Johann Heinrich "John Henry" Thoms

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• Name: John Henry Thoms
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-54930
• Residence: 1882, St. Jacobs, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1901, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Labourer Factory
• Occupation: 1901, St. Jacobs, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; spinner
• Occupation: 1901, St. Jacobs, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Spinner
• Occupation: 1911, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Weaver Factory
• Residence: 1911, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

Johann married Evaline "Eva" Libutzke 26 Feb 1882, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Evaline (daughter of John Libutzke and Eva Dobbrick) was born 29 Sep 1858, , Prussia, Germany; died 5 Aug 1898, St. Jacobs, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint James Lutheran Cemetery, St. Jacobs, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Johann married Louisa "Lucy" Metzdorf 6 Feb 1901, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Louisa (daughter of Karl Friedrich Hugo "Charles" Metzdorf and Sophia Maria Karolina Hoffman) was born 29 Sep 1860, Erbsville, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 23 Feb 1940, St. Jacobs, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint James Lutheran Cemetery, St. Jacobs, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-54661
• Occupation: 1901, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farm Labourer
• Occupation: 1910, St. Jacobs, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; tinsmith
• Occupation: 1911, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Tinsmith
• Residence: 1911, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1921, St. Jacobs, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Tinsmith
• Residence: 1921, St. Jacobs, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

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THOMS, Alvin - On Monday, June 24, 1974, at his residence, 42 Isabella St., St. Jacobs, age 88 years, Alvin Thorns, honorary member of the Waterloo Rod and Gun Club, member of the Canadian Order of Foresters, beloved husband of the late Elizabeth Stahle; dear father of Murschell of Kitchener, Mrs. Raymond (Elfrieda) Schlitt and Mrs. George A. (Mildred) Martin, both of St. Jacobs; predeceased by two sons Jerold in 1922 and Ronald in 1943 who fell in Sicily during the war; brother of Emmanuel Thorns of Portland, Ore.; also survived by five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Friends may call at the Dreisinger Funeral Parlor, Elmira, after 7 p.m. today. Committal in the St. James Lutheran cemetery, St. Jacobs, on Thursday, June 27 at 1:30 p.m. Memorial service at the St. James Luther-an Church St. Jacobs at 2 p.m.


Kitchener-Waterloo Record 25 Jun 1947 Pg 47

Alvin married Elizabeth Stahle 30 Mar 1910, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Elizabeth (daughter of Johannes C. "John" Stahle and Fredericka Hohenstein) was born 28 Oct 1883, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 16 Dec 1964, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint James Lutheran Cemetery, St. Jacobs, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-54932

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-54933

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-149778

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• Name: Clara Lichty
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-36723
• Residence: 1956, 93 Cedar St. S., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

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MRS. LINCOLN LICHTY
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Mrs. Lincoln Lichty, 58, of 93 Cedar St. South, Kitchener died at K-W Hospital Saturday after a brief illness. Born in St. Jacobs, she was the former Clara Thorns, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. John H. Thorns. Her marriage to Lincoln Licthty, who survives, took place in Kitchener in 1948. She was a member of St. Matthew's Lutheran Church.

Surviving besides her husband are four brothers, Emanuel Thorns of Aloha Ore., Milton of Vancouver, Alvin of St. Jacobs and John of Hanover. Three brothers predeceased her.

The funeral was held Monday with Rev. Dr. J. Houser in charge. Burial was in St. James' Lutheran Cemetery, St. Jacobs

Clara married Lincoln Lichty 1948. Lincoln (son of Levi Lichty and Catharine Good) was born 1 Oct 1898, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown; was buried , Saint James Lutheran Cemetery, St. Jacobs, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-169272P
• Residence: 1911, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1921, St. Jacobs, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-89530
• Residence: 1921, St. Jacobs, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

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• Name: Elfrieda Hildegard Schlitt
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-107372
• Residence: 1921, St. Jacobs, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

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SCHLITT, Elfrieda Hildegard - Peacefully surrounded by her family on Thursday January 12, 2006 in her 93rd year at Forest Heights Long Term Care Facility. Elfrieda Schlitt, loving wife of the late Raymond Schlitt. Dear grandmother of Kelly Haynes and her husband Scott, and Patrick Schlitt and his wife Lisa all of Kitchener. Loving great-grandmother of David and Candice Haynes and Katelyn, Jordan, Denver and Rebecca Schlitt. Fondly remembered by one sister, Mildred Martin of Kitchener. Predeceased by her son and daughter-in-law, Gerald and Ruth Schlitt. Relatives and friends are invited to call at the Schreiter-Sandrock Funeral Home and Chapel 51 Benton at Church Street Kitchener on Saturday January 14, 2006 from 12 until 2 p.m. A Funeral Service will be held at 2 p.m. in the Funeral Home Chapel. Interment St. Jacobs Lutheran Cemetery. Donations to the Charity of your choice would be appreciated as expressions of sympathy. Special thanks to Rev. Ab Lorch for his continuing support and to Barb, Tanya and the other staff at Forest Heights for their care shown to Elfrieda. For more information and to email the family, visit www.schreitersandrockfuneral home.com.

The Record Jan 13 2006

Elfrieda — Raymond J. Schlitt. Raymond (son of John Schlitt and Emma Ludwig) was born May 1909, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1988; was buried , Saint James Lutheran Cemetery, St. Jacobs, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Military: WW2
• Name: R. W. Thoms
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-157114P
• Residence: 1921, St. Jacobs, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

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PRIVATE ROLAND WILLIAM THOMS

In the early morning hours of 10 July 1943 Canadian troops landed on the southwest shore of the Pachino peninsula in the southeastern corner of Sicily. The assault troops of 1 Canadian Infantry Division were assigned several key missions that day, beyond getting ashore and clearing the beach defences. First, they were to capture Italian coastal defence artillery batteries within range of the landing beach to protect the invasion fleet. Royal Navy warships bombarded and temporarily suppressed enemy heavy guns during the assault, but it was up to the infantry to capture or and destroy those gun batteries. The second task was to secure enemy airfields in the invasion area to deny their use to the enemy and free them for Allied aircraft. Finally, the assault troops needed to consolidate their positions ashore in order to meet expected Axis counterattacks. The thin screen of Italian coastal defence units the Canadians met on D-Day were meant to delay and disorganize the invasion force as it came ashore and warn counterattack forces of the landing location. The Canadians accomplished their D-Day mission at a cost of seven killed and twentyfive wounded. One of the first men killed was Private Roland William Thoms. Thoms was one of three members of the Royal Canadian Regiment killed during their attack on a pair of Italian shore batteries and Pachino airfield. The airfield was surrounded by a defensive pillbox and bunker network. Private Roland William Thoms was killed when the Royal Canadian Regiment mopped up pillboxes on the high ground beyond the airfield. Roland hailed from a family of seven. He left behind two brothers, one of whom also served overseas, two sisters and his mother and father, Alvin and Elizabeth Thoms. The family hailed from St. Jacobs, Ontario. Roland was also survived by his wife, Mrs. Edith Thoms, who he married only three days prior to enlisting. Roland was born in 1915, and by 1940, he had established himself as a shoemaker in St. Jacobs. He practiced this profession for just over a decade before enlisting on 2 July 1940 in Kitchener, Ontario. Private Thoms completed infantry training at Camp Borden, and proceeded overseas to join the RCR in the fall of 1941. He embarked for Sicily with the Royal Canadian Regiment in mid-June 1943 and lays there still.

https://www.operationhusky2013.ca/the-mission/the-names-of-the-fallen/private-roland-william-thoms/ 2014

Roland married Edith 1940. Edith was born Abt 1918. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-305870
• Residence: 1921, St. Jacobs, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

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• Name: Mildred Caroline Martin
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-122304
• Residence: 2006, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

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MARTIN, Mildred Caroline (nee Thoms) - Surrounded by her loving family, passed away, peacefully at Grand River Hospital on Friday, March 17, 2006 at the age of 86. Devoted wife for 55 years of the late George A. Martin and loving mother of Eric and his wife Alix of Burlington, Rob and his wife Debbie of Kitchener, Julia Martin and her husband Barry Johnson of Kitchener and Linda Ritter and her husband Roger of Waterloo. Also survived by eight loving grandchildren. Mildred grew up and lived most of her life in St. Jacobs. She was a member of St. James Lutheran Church in St. Jacobs and devoted her time and talent to the E.L.W. She was also a long time member of the Merry- Maids Sextet. A Memorial service will be held at David MacLeod Funeral Home, 617 King St. N., Waterloo on Wednesday, March 22, 2006 at 10 a.m., Rev. Harold Brill officiating. As expressions of sympathy donations to Waterloo Regional Homes for Mental Health Inc. would be appreciated by the family and may be arranged by contacting the funeral home at 519-888-7700.

The Record Mar 2006

Mildred — George Adam Martin. George was born 1921; died 26 Apr 2005; was buried , Saint James Lutheran Cemetery, St. Jacobs, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Julia — Barry Johnson. [Group Sheet]

Linda — Roger Ritter. (son of Harold Russell Ritter and Merle Jane Kreller) [Group Sheet]