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Adam Wegfahrt

Male 1830 - 1915  (85 years)


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  1. 1.  Adam Wegfahrt was born 5 Jun 1830, , Germany; died 14 Aug 1915; was buried , Saint James Lutheran Cemetery, St. Jacobs, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-79960P
    • Immigration: 1871, , Ontario, Canada
    • Occupation: 1877, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Yeoman
    • Occupation: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Occupation: 1901, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer

    Adam married Elisabeth Hoffman 22 Feb 1877, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Elisabeth (daughter of Peter Hoffmann and Margaretha) was born 12 Dec 1843, , Kur Hessen, Germany; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 2. Johannes Peter "Peter" Wegfahrt  Descendancy chart to this point was born 15 Oct 1869, , Germany; died 25 Dec 1930, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , St. James Lutheran Cemetery, North Easthope Twp., Perth Co., Ontario.
    2. 3. Cecil Wegfahrt  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1883, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    3. 4. Adam Karl Wegfahrt  Descendancy chart to this point was born 25 Feb 1884, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 11 Jul 1955, Philipsburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Zion Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery, Philipsburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. 5. Charles Wegfahrt  Descendancy chart to this point was born 25 Feb 1885, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Johannes Peter "Peter" Wegfahrt Descendancy chart to this point (1.Adam1) was born 15 Oct 1869, , Germany; died 25 Dec 1930, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , St. James Lutheran Cemetery, North Easthope Twp., Perth Co., Ontario.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Peter Wegfahrt
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-79962
    • Immigration: 1872, , Ontario, Canada
    • Immigration: 1872, , Ontario, Canada
    • Occupation: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Occupation: 1901, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farm Laborer
    • Occupation: 1910, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Occupation: 1911, Philipsburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1911, Philipsburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

    Notes:

    Friends and relatives of the district were grieved to learn of the death of Mr. Peter Wegfahrt who died on Christmas day. A paralytic stroke suffered the day before Christmas was the cause of his death. He was 61 years of age. He leaves to mourn his death a sorrowing wife, nee Annie Hammer, five children, one son and four daughters, namely, George, Mabel, Hilda, Christena and Marie.

    New Hamburg Independent Jan 9 1931 pg 4

    ____________________

    Peter Wegfahrt
    By Record Correspondent)

    WELLESLEY, Der. 27-Mr. Peter Wegfahrt died on Christmas Day. He was in fair health but on Wednesday complained of not feeling well and went to bed. Soon afterward be suffered a paralyte stroke and became unconscious. Rev. Stockman and Dr. Glaister were notified at once but had little hopes for him. He died on Thursday at 9 p.m. He was 61 years old. He leaves to mourn his death. his wife, daughter of George Hamer. and five children. The funeral will be held privately on Sunday after Boon, December 28 at two o'clock. Interment will take place at the Alles Lutheran Church. Rev. Stockman of Sebastopol will officiate.

    Johannes married Anna Margareta Hammer 27 Apr 1910, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Anna (daughter of George Ernst Hammer and Catherina Steppler) was born 28 Jan 1882, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 4 May 1972, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , St. James Lutheran Cemetery, North Easthope Twp., Perth Co., Ontario. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 6. Christena Wegfahrt  Descendancy chart to this point died Yes, date unknown.
    2. 7. Marie Wegfahrt  Descendancy chart to this point died Yes, date unknown.
    3. 8. Mabel C. Wegfahrt  Descendancy chart to this point was born 20 Mar 1907, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 10 Jun 1995, Tavistock, East Zorra Twp., Oxford County, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint James Lutheran Church Cemetery, Mennonite Corner, Perth County, Ontario, Canada.
    4. 9. George Adam Wegfahrt  Descendancy chart to this point was born 29 Jul 1911, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 18 Feb 1987, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Zion Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery, Philipsburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    5. 10. Clara Katherine Wegfahrt  Descendancy chart to this point was born 17 Apr 1913, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 18 Apr 1913, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint James Lutheran Church Cemetery, Mennonite Corner, Perth County, Ontario, Canada.
    6. 11. Hilda Justine Wegfahrt  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1 Dec 1914, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 27 Sep 1995, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

  2. 3.  Cecil Wegfahrt Descendancy chart to this point (1.Adam1) was born 1883, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-285564
    • Residence: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran


  3. 4.  Adam Karl Wegfahrt Descendancy chart to this point (1.Adam1) was born 25 Feb 1884, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 11 Jul 1955, Philipsburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Zion Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery, Philipsburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Adam Charles Wegfahrt
    • Name: Charles Wegfahrt
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-200700P
    • Occupation: 1911, Philipsburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Carpenter, Laborer, House Building
    • Residence: 1911, Philipsburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

    Adam — Katharine Martha Berg. Katharine (daughter of Henry Berg and Mary Elizabeth Hermann) was born Dec 1885, , Ontario, Canada; died 1976; was buried , Zion Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery, Philipsburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 12. Stanley Charles Wegfahrt  Descendancy chart to this point was born 25 Apr 1911, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 8 Sep 1983, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Zion Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery, Philipsburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. 13. Clarence Peter Wegfahrt  Descendancy chart to this point was born 26 Nov 1916, Philipsburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 28 Sep 2005, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Zion Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery, Philipsburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

  4. 5.  Charles Wegfahrt Descendancy chart to this point (1.Adam1) was born 25 Feb 1885, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-79963



Generation: 3

  1. 6.  Christena Wegfahrt Descendancy chart to this point (2.Johannes2, 1.Adam1) died Yes, date unknown.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-406849


  2. 7.  Marie Wegfahrt Descendancy chart to this point (2.Johannes2, 1.Adam1) died Yes, date unknown.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-406850


  3. 8.  Mabel C. Wegfahrt Descendancy chart to this point (2.Johannes2, 1.Adam1) was born 20 Mar 1907, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 10 Jun 1995, Tavistock, East Zorra Twp., Oxford County, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint James Lutheran Church Cemetery, Mennonite Corner, Perth County, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-406847

    Notes:

    BERG, Mable Passed away, Saturday, June 10, 1995, at People Care Centre, in Tavistock, formerly of North East Hope and Wellesley. She was born in Wilmot Township, 88 years ago.

    She was the daughter of the late Peter and Anna Wegfahrt. She is survived by one daughter-in-law, Dorothy (Mrs. Ross Campbell) of RR 2 Tavistock; two sisters, Hilda (Mrs. Edward Culliton) of Kitchener, Marie (Mrs. Bob Williams) of Kitchener; six grandchildren, Joyce Barclay, Janice Heyer, Brian Berg, Janet Roth, Judy and Terry Berg and by five great-grandchildren.

    She was predeceased by one son, Ivan; by two daughters, Marie and Irene Barclay; one son-in-law, John Barclay; one brother, George Wegfahrt and one sister Christina Hall. Also predeceased by her husband, the late Allen Berg.

    Visitation was held at the Futher Bros. Funeral Home, 40 Henry St. W., Wellesley on Sunday from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. The funeral service will be held today (Monday, June 12) at St. James Lutheran Church, North East Hope Township, at 2 p.m., Rev Judy William will officiate. Burial in St. James Lutheran Cemetery.


  4. 9.  George Adam Wegfahrt Descendancy chart to this point (2.Johannes2, 1.Adam1) was born 29 Jul 1911, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 18 Feb 1987, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Zion Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery, Philipsburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-122489
    • Residence: 1987, 66 Brewery St., Baden, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canad

    Notes:

    WEGFAHRT, George Adam - Peacefully, on Wednesday, Feb. 18, 1987, at St. Mary's Hospital, Kitchener, George Wegfahrt, of 66 Brewery St., Baden.

    He was born in Wilmot township 75 years ago, a son of the late Peter Wegfahrt and the former Anna Hammer. He was a member of Zion Lutheran Church, Phillipsburg, and was retired from Kitchener Blower and Forge in 1976.

    Beloved husband of the former Charlotte Laura Hoerle, whom he married March 31, 1937. Lovingly remembered by three daughters, Carolyn and her husband Frank Baranski of Kitchener, Marion and her husband Gary Schumm of Baden, Ruth and her husband Alfred Cleary of London, Ont. Sadly missed by 10 grandchildren and four sisters, Mrs. Mabel Berg of Wellesley, Mrs. Hilda Culliton of Waterloo, Dena (Mrs. William Hall) of Milverton and Marie (Mrs. Robert Williams) of Kitchen er. He was predeceased by one sister, Clara.

    Visitation at the Mark Jutzi Funer al Home, 291 Huron St., New Ham burg, after 7 p.m. Thursday and until Saturday at noon, then transfer to Zion Lutheran Church, Phillipsburg. for the service at 2 p.m., with Rev. D. Kranz officiating. Spring interment in the church cemetery.

    Kitchener-Waterloo Record 19 Feb 1987 Pg E11

    George married Charlotte Laura Hoerle 31 Mar 1937, , Ontario, Canada. Charlotte (daughter of Nelson Conrad Hoerle and Alma Catherine Heipel) was born 1915, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 22 Apr 2000, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Zion Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery, Philipsburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  5. 10.  Clara Katherine Wegfahrt Descendancy chart to this point (2.Johannes2, 1.Adam1) was born 17 Apr 1913, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 18 Apr 1913, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint James Lutheran Church Cemetery, Mennonite Corner, Perth County, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-188435


  6. 11.  Hilda Justine Wegfahrt Descendancy chart to this point (2.Johannes2, 1.Adam1) was born 1 Dec 1914, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 27 Sep 1995, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Hilda Justine Culliton
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-406848
    • Residence: 1945, 11 Fairview Ave, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

    Hilda married Edward Anthony Culliton 22 Dec 1972, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Edward (son of Patrick J. Culliton and Bridget Ellen "Lizzie" Conway) was born 10 May 1912, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 3 May 1975, Ossossane Beach, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  7. 12.  Stanley Charles Wegfahrt Descendancy chart to this point (4.Adam2, 1.Adam1) was born 25 Apr 1911, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 8 Sep 1983, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Zion Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery, Philipsburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Charles Wegfahrt
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-200702
    • Residence: 1911, Philipsburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

    Stanley — Verna Emma Hoerle. Verna (daughter of Henry Hoerle and Barbara Elizabeth "Lizzie" Schmidt) was born 1915, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 20 May 2010, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Zion Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery, Philipsburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 14. Helen Wegfahrt  Descendancy chart to this point

  8. 13.  Clarence Peter Wegfahrt Descendancy chart to this point (4.Adam2, 1.Adam1) was born 26 Nov 1916, Philipsburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 28 Sep 2005, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Zion Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery, Philipsburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-37639

    Notes:

    WEGFORD, Clarence - Passed away on Wednesday, September 28, 2005, at Freeport Health Center of Grand River Hospital, Kitchener. Clarence resided at Nithview Home, New Hamburg and was formerly of Philipsburg where he was born 88 years ago. He was the son of the late Adam and Catherine (Berg) Wegfahrt. Clarence was a lifelong member of Zion Lutheran Church, Philipsburg where he served on church council and the cemetery committee for many years. Beloved husband of the late Martha Wegford, who predeceased him October 5, 2002. Dear father of Carol Wagler of Newmarket and Paul Wegford of New Hamburg. Loving grandfather of Trevor and Wendy Wagler, Ian Wagler, all of Waterloo, Laurel Wagler of Mississauga, Christopher Wegford and Jason Wegford, both of New Hamburg. Also remembered by son-in-law Harvey Wagler of Waterloo, sisters-in-law Verna Wegford of New Hamburg, Isabel Compass of Waterloo, Esther Hoerle and brother-in-law Edgar and Marilyn Hoerle, all of New Hamburg. Clarence was predeceased by brother Stanley Wegford, sisters-in-law and brothers-in-law Irene and Reuben Wettlaufer, Charlotte and George Wegfahrt, Leona Hoerle, Bruce Compass and Weybourne Hoerle. Family and friends may call at the Mark Jutzi Funeral Home, 291 Huron St., New Hamburg tonight (Thursday) from 7-9 p.m. and again Friday 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. The funeral service will take place on Saturday, October 1, 2005 at 2: 30 p.m. with Pastor Richard Brown officiating. Interment to follow in the church cemetery. As expressions of sympathy donations may be made to Zion Lutheran Church, Philipsburg or the Canadian Cancer Society.

    Clarence married Martha Catherine Hoerle 12 Apr 1947. Martha (daughter of Nelson Conrad Hoerle and Alma Catherine Heipel) was born 23 Jul 1912, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 5 Oct 2002, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Zion Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery, Philipsburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 15. Carol Wegfahrt  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 16. Paul Clarence George Wegford  Descendancy chart to this point


Generation: 4

  1. 14.  Helen Wegfahrt Descendancy chart to this point (12.Stanley3, 4.Adam2, 1.Adam1)

    Helen — Ronald Ehrat. (son of John Jacob Ehrat and Eva Lenore Forler) [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 17. Christine Ehrat  Descendancy chart to this point

  2. 15.  Carol Wegfahrt Descendancy chart to this point (13.Clarence3, 4.Adam2, 1.Adam1)

  3. 16.  Paul Clarence George Wegford Descendancy chart to this point (13.Clarence3, 4.Adam2, 1.Adam1)

    Paul — Darlene Gail Bechtel. (daughter of Delfred Earl Bechtel and Pearl Snyder) [Group Sheet]



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