Christopher Rohr

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• Birth: Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-77391
• Residence: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Agricultural Laborer
• Residence: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1901, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Laborer
• Occupation: 1911, Petersburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Well Digger
• Residence: 1911, Petersburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

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Christopher Rohr

There passed away at the K.-W. Hospital on Monday evening Mr. C. Rohr, after suffering a ten months illness. Deceased was in his 69th year and was born in East Zorra.

He is survived by his wife, five sons, Maurice Rohr of Kitchener, Harvey and Gordon of Mannheim. Ira of Linwood and Samuel of Ayr, and by one daughter, Mrs. John Tschirhart of Kitchener. Four grand children also survive, and two brothers and one sister. Messrs. Valentine Rohr of Centreville and Samuel of Waterloo and Mrs. Adam Poll of Roseville.

The funeral took place Thursday. July 26. from the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home and proceeded to the Mannheim Lutheran church for service. Interment was made in the adjoining cemetery. Rev. G. R. Schultz of New Dundee had charge of the service.

Waterloo Chronicle 26 Jul 1934, p. 5

Christopher — Marion Sittler. Marion (daughter of John C. Sittler and Maria "Mary" Spaetzel) was born 29 Sep 1868, Peel Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada; died 1961; was buried , Saint James Lutheran Cemetery, Mannheim, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Morris Rohr
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-77394
• Residence: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1940, 172 Mill St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

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Hydro Worker Is Badly Burned

When the regulation switch stick which he was using to close a 13,000 volt disconnecting switch at the Hydro sub-station on Gaukel street, in Kitchener, slipped on Sunday morning, 43 year old Maurice Rohr, Public Utilities employee, narrowly escaped death. Rohr was closing the switch when the stick slipped, grounding on the steel panel at the rear of the switch. A blinding flash resulted, setting fire to Rohr's clothing. He was rushed to St. Mary's Hospital where he was treated for a badly burned right arm and hip. Hospital authorities yesterday reported his condition as good.

Waterloo Chronicle 30 Jan 1936, p. 1

Maurice — Meta Annie Hagen. Meta (daughter of Christian Johann Ernest Hagen and Augusta Bertha "Bertha" Roesler) was born 9 May 1898, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1961, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Maurice — Mabel Irene Swick. Mabel was born 25 Jul 1897, Canfield, Haldimand Co., Ontario, Canada; died 1949, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-77395

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-77396
• Occupation: 1911, Roseville, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Laborer, Farm
• Residence: 1911, Roseville, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical

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• Misfortune: killed in auto accident
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-77397
• Occupation: 1911, New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Laborer, Farm
• Residence: 1911, New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1921, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Laborer
• Residence: 1921, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

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Gordon Rohr, 38, Killed When Automobile Leaps to Sidewalk

Wilfred Schmitt, 21, Conestogo, Faces Criminal Negligence Charge.

HAPPENED ON SCHOOL HILL

Gordon Rohr, 38, died early Sunday morning at the K.-W. Hospital, following an automobile accident Saturday night, and Wilfred Schmitt, 21, Conestogo, is in the county jail at Kitchener charged with criminal negligence.

Provincial police say Rohr was walking along the sidewalk at Bridgeport, when Schmitt's car skidded off the road, ran between a pole and a tree and struck Rohr. According to Schmitt he was blinded by the headlights of an approaching car, put on his brakes, and swerved out of the pathway of the car.

Rohr was rushed to the hospital and attended by Dr. N. A. Morrison, who said death was caused by a fracture of the base of the skull and laceration of the brain. An inquest will be held.

Rohr was single, and employed on the Jacob Jacobi farm near Bridgeport. He was born in Baden, and is survived by four brothers, Maurice of Kitchener, Ira of Linwood, Sam of Roseville, and Harvey of Drum- bo, and one sister, Mrs. J. Tschirhart, Kitchener. The funeral was held yesterday from the Ratz- Bechtel Funeral Home to Mannheim Lutheran Church for service, followed by interment in the adjoining cemetery.


Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 3 Sep 1936, p. 1

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Schmidt Faces Manslaughter Count

Wilfred Schmidt of near Conestogo, named by a coroner's jury as the driver of a car which killed Gordon Rohr at Bridgeport recently, faced a charge of manslaughter when he appeared in: Kitchener court yesterday.

Waterloo Chronicle, 17 Sep 1936, p. 1

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Acquit Youth Of Manslaughter

Wilfred Schmitt, 21, Baden, Not to Blame in Bridgeport Death.

Wilfred Schmitt, 21, Baden, appearing in Kitchener police court on Tuesday morning, was acquitted on a charge of manslaughter which has been facing him for almost a month.

Schmitt was charged after his car struck Gordon Rohr as the latter was walking up the hill near the school at Bridgeport. Rohr received a fractured skull, succumbing later in the hospital.

On motion of Crown Attorney W. P. Clement, the charge was dismissed by Magistrate Col. Winter of Simcoe. Mr. Clement pointed out that evidence produced at the inquest showed that Schmitt was in no way negligent. His car skidded while making a turn, striking Rohr who was walking on the sidewalk.

Waterloo Chronicle, 1 Oct 1936, p. 1

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• Name: Ida Margarite Tschirhart
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-77398

Ida married John Tschirhart 30 Nov 1918, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. John (son of Gregory Tschirhart and Magdalena Siegfried) was born 14 Oct 1889, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-205719

Samuel — Violet Grace Copley. Violet (daughter of Henry Albert "Harry" Copley and Louise Radke) was born 6 Apr 1907, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1992; was buried , New Dundee Union Cemetery, New Dundee, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]