1839 - Yes, date unknown
Generation: 1
1. | Conrad Fenner was born 10 Apr 1839, , Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany; died Yes, date unknown; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Other Events:
- Eby ID Number: Waterloo-44582
- Immigration: 1859, , Ontario, Canada
- Immigration: 1860, , Ontario, Canada
- Naturalization: 1860
- Occupation: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Carpenter
- Residence: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; U. P. (?)
- Residence: 1863, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
- Naturalization: 1866, , Ontario, Canada
- Historic Building: 1867, 20 Menno St., Waterloo, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; McLaughlin House
- Occupation: 1881, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Carpenter
- Residence: 1881, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
- Elected Office: 1884, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Councillor - Waterloo
- Occupation: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Carpenter
- Residence: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
- Occupation: 1901, Waterloo, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Labourer Distillery
- Occupation: 1911, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Carpenter, Distillery
- Residence: 1911, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
Notes:
Historic Building:
The McLaughlin House was built by local carpenter and Deputy Fire Chief Conrad Fenner in 1867.
Frame houses of this age are relatively rare in local urban settings since brick houses were encouraged by the enactment of fire regulations restricting wooden construction. The three-bay home, which stands on a foundation of granite fieldstone, has a central hall and balanced fenestration. The entrance is highlighted by a classical pediment, tympanum and fluted half columns which frame the paneled front door. The plank construction of the house is evident in the attic. Fenner, a talented joiner, enlarged the building from one-and-a-half to two-stories in 1886. Evidence of the change may be seen in the diagonal cuts on each of the four vertical corner trim pieces where they were spliced to accommodate the second storey. Vertical boards, two inches by twenty one inches are nailed to the horizontal ones. Siding covers the planks on the exterior, while lath and plaster does the same on the interior.
The west, north and south facades of the McLaughlin house, was designated as a well preserved example of wooden construction.1a
1aDesignated Properties www. waterloo.ca
Conrad married Elizabeth Becker 15 Dec 1863, Philipsburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Elizabeth (daughter of John B. Becker and Elizabeth Daub) was born 8 Apr 1843, North Easthope Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]
Children:
- 2. Fenner
- 3. Elisa Fenner
was born 9 Aug 1864, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
- 4. Henry Fenner
was born 21 Jan 1868, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 12 Nov 1943, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
- 5. John Fenner
was born 1869, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
- 6. Elizabeth Fenner
was born 1870, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
- 7. Jacob Fenner
was born 7 Feb 1872, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
- 8. Catherine Fenner
was born 1875, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
- 9. Catharine Fenner
was born 29 Jul 1875, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 13 Oct 1931, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
- 10. Conrad Fenner
was born 17 Jun 1878, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
- 11. Dora Fenner
was born 1881, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
- 12. Emma Dorothea Fenner
was born 19 Oct 1881, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
- 13. Albert Fenner
was born 27 Sep 1886, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
- 14. Effie Fenner
was born 23 Dec 1895, , USA; died Yes, date unknown.
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Generation: 2
3. | Elisa Fenner (1.Conrad1) was born 9 Aug 1864, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Other Events:
- Name: Elisa Schnarr
- Eby ID Number: Waterloo-44460
- Occupation: 1881, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Factory Hand
- Residence: 1881, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
Elisa married Jacob H. Schnarr 17 Apr 1892, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Jacob (son of Jacob Schnarr and Veronica) was born 29 Sep 1863, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]
Children:
- 16. Leona E. Schnarr
was born 10 Oct 1897, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
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4. | Henry Fenner (1.Conrad1) was born 21 Jan 1868, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 12 Nov 1943, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Other Events:
- Eby ID Number: Waterloo-44685
- Residence: 1881, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
- Occupation: 1901, Waterloo, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Moulder
- Occupation: 1911, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Moulder, Foundry
- Residence: 1911, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
Henry married Mary Elizabeth Elfert 23 Oct 1889, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Mary (daughter of John Eifert and Catherine Dahmer) was born 21 Jul 1870, , Germany; died 1952; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]
Children:
- 17. Arno Conrad Fenner
was born 29 Jun 1893, , Ontario, Canada; died 1965; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
- 18. Lou? Jacob Fenner
was born May 1896, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
- 19. Lloyd Conrad Fenner
was born 4 May 1896, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 8 Feb 1960, , Florida, USA; was buried , Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States.
- 20. Henry Clayton "Clayton" Fenner
was born 3 Dec 1898, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 14 Apr 1917, Vimy, , Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France; was buried , La Chaudiere Military Cemetery, Lens, France.
- 21. George Edgar Fenner
was born Nov 1901, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
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5. | John Fenner (1.Conrad1) was born 1869, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown. Other Events:
- Eby ID Number: Waterloo-150963
- Residence: 1881, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
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6. | Elizabeth Fenner (1.Conrad1) was born 1870, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown. Other Events:
- Eby ID Number: Waterloo-342787
- Occupation: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Servant
- Residence: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
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7. | Jacob Fenner (1.Conrad1) was born 7 Feb 1872, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Other Events:
- Eby ID Number: Waterloo-98630
- Residence: 1881, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
- Occupation: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Carpenter
- Residence: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
- Occupation: 1901, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; House Carpenter
- Occupation: 1911, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; House Carpenter
- Residence: 1911, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
Jacob — Caroline "Carrie" Rank. Caroline (daughter of Jacob Rank and Catharina Feick) was born 23 Apr 1876, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 22 Mar 1921; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]
Children:
- 22. Nonie Lydia Fenner
was born 23 Jul 1899, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 17 Feb 1929, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
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8. | Catherine Fenner (1.Conrad1) was born 1875, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown. Other Events:
- Eby ID Number: Waterloo-342789
- Residence: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
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9. | Catharine Fenner (1.Conrad1) was born 29 Jul 1875, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 13 Oct 1931, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Other Events:
- Eby ID Number: Waterloo-44584
- Residence: 1881, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
- Occupation: 1911, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Moulder
- Residence: 1911, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
Notes:
Katherine was deaf and had attended the Ontario Institution for the Education and Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb in Belleville from 1891 to 1896.
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10. | Conrad Fenner (1.Conrad1) was born 17 Jun 1878, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown. Other Events:
- Eby ID Number: Waterloo-86121
- Residence: 1881, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
- Residence: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
- Occupation: 1901, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Moulder
- Occupation: 1911, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Moulder
- Residence: 1911, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
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11. | Dora Fenner (1.Conrad1) was born 1881, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown. Other Events:
- Eby ID Number: Waterloo-342791
- Residence: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
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12. | Emma Dorothea Fenner (1.Conrad1) was born 19 Oct 1881, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown. Other Events:
- Eby ID Number: Waterloo-44585
- Occupation: 1901, Waterloo, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Dress Maker
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13. | Albert Fenner (1.Conrad1) was born 27 Sep 1886, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown. Other Events:
- Eby ID Number: Waterloo-44586
- Residence: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
- Occupation: 1901, Waterloo, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Bottler Distillery
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14. | Effie Fenner (1.Conrad1) was born 23 Dec 1895, , USA; died Yes, date unknown. Other Events:
- Eby ID Number: Waterloo-44587
- Immigration: 1896
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Generation: 3
15. | Leona Isabella Fenner (2.2, 1.Conrad1) was born Mar 1911, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown. Other Events:
- Eby ID Number: Waterloo-192444
- Residence: 1911, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
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16. | Leona E. Schnarr (3.Elisa2, 1.Conrad1) was born 10 Oct 1897, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown. Other Events:
- Eby ID Number: Waterloo-44461
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17. | Arno Conrad Fenner (4.Henry2, 1.Conrad1) was born 29 Jun 1893, , Ontario, Canada; died 1965; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Other Events:
- Eby ID Number: Waterloo-192434
- Occupation: 1911, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Upholsterer, Shop
- Residence: 1911, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
- Residence: 1960, Dearborn, Wayne, Michigan, USA
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18. | Lou? Jacob Fenner (4.Henry2, 1.Conrad1) was born May 1896, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown. Other Events:
- Eby ID Number: Waterloo-192435
- Occupation: 1911, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Shoe Maker, Factory
- Residence: 1911, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
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19. | Lloyd Conrad Fenner (4.Henry2, 1.Conrad1) was born 4 May 1896, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 8 Feb 1960, , Florida, USA; was buried , Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States. Other Events:
- Eby ID Number: Waterloo-44688
- Residence: 1960, Grosse Ile, Wayne, Michigan, United States
Notes:
Lloyd Fenner
Lloyd Fenner, 63, of Grosse Isle, Mich., a former resident of Waterloo, died Monday, in Florida of a heart attack, while on vacation. He was a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Henry Fenner of Waterloo, where he was born. He moved to Detroit, in 1918. Surviving are his wife, the former Hazel Walker of Detroit; two daughters, Mrs. Ralph (Ruth) Martin of Grosse Isle and Mrs. Edward (Marilyn) Butcher of Lavonia, Mich.; two brothers, Arno of Dearborn, Mich. and George of Waterloo; four grandchildren. He was predeceased by a brother, Clayton, killed in action in 1917. The funeral will be conducted Monday, in Detroit. Burial also will be in Detroit.
Kitchener-Waterloo Record 11 1960 pg 5
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20. | Henry Clayton "Clayton" Fenner (4.Henry2, 1.Conrad1) was born 3 Dec 1898, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 14 Apr 1917, Vimy, , Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France; was buried , La Chaudiere Military Cemetery, Lens, France. Other Events:
- Military: WW1
- Name: Clayton Fenner
- Residence: New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
- Residence: Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
- Residence: Iroquois Hotel, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
- Eby ID Number: Waterloo-44689P
- Residence: 1911, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
- Military: 1914, WW1; WW1, Lance Corporal, 111th Battalion
- Military: 1914, WW1; WW1, Service #730594
- Occupation: CA 1916; reporter - Galt Reporter & New Record
Notes:
Military:
Fenner, Clayton Lance Corporal. Enlisted at Galt with 111th Battalion under the name of Henry Frank Clayton on March 13, 1916. He was born in New Hamburg. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Fenner, now live on Menno St., Waterloo, Ontario. He married Ruby Essig of Samuelson St., Galt shortly before going overseas. He worked as a reporter on the Galt Reporter and on The News Record of Kitchener. He was killed in action in April 1917.1
1Fenner, Clayton: Grace Schmidt Room Digital Collection. (2016). Vitacollections.ca. Retrieved 10 May 2016, from https://vitacollections.ca/kpl-gsr/2836342/data?n=1
Henry — Ruby Mabel Essig. Ruby (daughter of Jacob Joseph Essig and Catherine Hassan) was born 3 Feb 1898, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 26 Jan 1971, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]
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21. | George Edgar Fenner (4.Henry2, 1.Conrad1) was born Nov 1901, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown. Other Events:
- Eby ID Number: Waterloo-192438
- Residence: 1911, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
- Occupation: 1926, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Shoemaker
- Residence: 1960, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
George married Edna Lena Rockel 15 May 1926, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Edna (daughter of Adolph J. Rockel and Elizabeth "Lizzie" Henrich) was born Jul 1908, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]
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22. | Nonie Lydia Fenner (7.Jacob2, 1.Conrad1) was born 23 Jul 1899, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 17 Feb 1929, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Other Events:
- Name: Nonie Lydia Weissgerber
- Eby ID Number: Waterloo-98634
- Residence: 1911, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
- Residence: 1929, 30 Water St., Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
Nonie married Ernst Henry Percy "Percy" Weissgerber 7 Oct 1916, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Ernst (son of Henry Weissgerber and Louisa Lemp) was born 19 Aug 1892, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1984; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]
Children:
- 23. Earl John Weissgerber
was born 1917, , USA; died 1980; was buried , Saint Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
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Generation: 4
23. | Earl John Weissgerber (22.Nonie3, 7.Jacob2, 1.Conrad1) was born 1917, , USA; died 1980; was buried , Saint Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Other Events:
- Eby ID Number: Waterloo-403851
Earl — Alberta Lavina Clara Schlueter. Alberta (daughter of Herman Frederick Schlueter and Alberta Marie "Bertha" Axt) was born 1919, , Ontario, Canada; died 18 Apr 2014, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]
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