Levi Erb Seibert

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• Eby ID Number: 00109-6507
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical Association
• Military: 1871, Winterbourne, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Winterbourne Militia Company
• Occupation: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Carpenter
• Occupation: 1871, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Journeyman
• Residence: 1871, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; --
• Residence: 1872, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; carpenter
• Occupation: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Carpenter
• Residence: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
• Occupation: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Undertaker
• Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1901, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Undertaker
• Occupation: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; undertaker
• Occupation: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Undertaker
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical
• Misfortune: 1932, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died of injuries - hit by motor truck

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Levi Seibert, "was born August 2nd, 1846. He is married to Magdalena Wüst and resides in Berlin where he is engaged as an undertaker by The Simpson Company. His family consists of three children".


Eby, Ezra E. (1895). A biographical history of Waterloo township and other townships of the county: being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character. Berlin [Kitchener, Ont.]: [s.n.].

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Then there was Levi Seibert in charge of "Daddy" Simpson's Undertaking Parlors for twenty-five years, a tribute to the good work of the employee and the good appreciation of employer and the public, for the management of such a department requires great tact and unlimited good judgment and not a small amount of patience. He is still retained to manage that department for Schreiter' s.


Official souvenir of the celebration of cityhood, July 17th 1912, Berlin, Ontario, The German Printing and Publishing Co

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Levi Erb Siebert - At the ago of seventy-eight, Levi E. Seibert is the oldest man engaged in his line of business, that of embalmer and funeral director, in this part of the Province, and probably in Ontario. His work brings him into the home in the hour of its darkest sorrow, and his fine consideration and sincere sympathy have won for him the regard and lasting friendship of those he has served. The founder of this branch of the family in Canada was Jacob Seibert, grandfather of Levi Erb Seibert, a native of Wahlfrshbach, in Rhein-Bavaria. From there he brought his bride, whose maiden name was Stein, and they settled in Waterloo Township. He was a man of considerable means and he bought a large acreage of woodland. This was cleared and developed into a fertile farm. His last days were spent with one of his sons in Caledonia, Michigan. His son, Jacob Stein Seibert, was born in Waterloo Township, and died there at the age of eighty-two. He learned the trade of carpenter, and early in life established himself in business as a building contractor. In 1856 he retired from that business to become a general merchant at Bridgeport, Ontario. While this venture was successful, his old business never lost its appeal, and after a few years he sold the store and resumed contracting. He continued thus engaged until he was compelled to retire on account of his health at the age of sixty-eight. He married Magdalena Erb, daughter of David Erb, both of them natives of Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Of their three children, Levi E. was the only one who grew to maturity. Upon the death of his first wife, Jacob S. Seibert married her sister, Elizabeth Erb, and from this union six children were born, of whom four grew up: Aaron E., of Hamilton; Frank (deceased); Elizabeth, died aged 16; and Jacob, of Kitchener.

Levi Erb Seibert attended the elementary schools of Berlin (now Kitchener) and the Berlin grammar school until he was eighteen. He then learned the trade of cabinet-maker and followed it as a journey-man until 1883. In July of that year he established himself in business as an undertaker. He was successful from the beginning and has continued actively engaged in that business until the present time. In 1919 the business was joined with that of the Schreiter Furniture Company, Limited, and Mr. Seibert became a member of the company and has continued as manager of the undertaking department of the business. He has officiated at more than seven thousand funerals. Mr. Seibert's fraternal memberships include the Woodmen of the World, Maccabees, and Canadian Order of Foresters.

Levi Erb Seibert married, December 25, 1872, Magdalena Wuest, daughter of Joseph Wuest, of Waterloo Township. This union has been blessed with three children: 1. William who died unmarried. 2. Joseph M., who married Mary Heyd; she died leaving two children; William Henry R, (now deceased). Mr. Seibert is a member of the Evangelical Church, while Mrs. Seibert is identified with the First Church of Christ, Scientist.

The Province of Ontario - A History 1615-1927," Vol 4, pg 392 (pub 1927)

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Veteran Funeral Director Passes Away at Kitchener
Levi Seibert Victim of Accident. Aged 85 Years and Active Almost to Last

Waterloo County's oldest and best known funeral director, Levi Seibert, aged 85, died on Wednesday, March 2nd, at the K & W Hospital as a result of injuries sustained when hit by a motor truck, Feb. 23. Mr. Seibert was until August, 1928, manager of Schreiter's Funeral Home. He continued active until his accident. Harry Osborne, driver of the truck, is being held on $500 bail. Mr. Osborne stated that Seibert stepped into the path of his car in Hall's Lane. The late Mr. Seibert was born two miles north of Waterloo on August 2, 1846, a son of Mr. and Mrs Jacob Seibert. After receiving training at the School of Embalming at Toronto, he became manager with Simpson and Aldous and later with Simpson, Anthes and Merner, Canada Furniture Co., and finally of Schreiter's Limited. On Dec. 26, 1872, he married Magdalena Wuest, who died Nov. 13, 1928. There survive one son, Joseph and one brother Jacob Seibert. The funeral was held from Schreiter's Funeral Home on Saturday. Interment was made I Mount Hope Cemetery. Rev. G. F. Barthel of Zion Church officiated.

Waterloo Chronicle, March 10, 1932

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A poem found with Levi's death notice in the newspaper
Levi Siebert Died March 2, 1932. In charge of Schreiter's Funeral Service from 1885-1928.

He was a faithful, kindly friend
A friend we all did know,
He sympathised with everyone
In times of trial and times of woe.
His task was oft a thankless one
When called at break of dawn -
To some far off, death-stricken home,
To care for one who'd gone.

We've often thought him heartless
When he came to dress our dead.
We've thought he didn't see our grief
Or care that eyes were red.
But now we know our grief was his.
His heart was heavy too;
He did the last few kindly deeds
That one could ever do.

He's closed the lids o'er sightless eyes,
He's touched with reverent care
The lips that used to smile so sweet,
The face that was so fair.
He's folded hands so tenderly
Across the shrunken breasts,
As he prepared the cast-off shell
For its eternal rest.

Now, in his place there's someone else,
Must do these deeds of love,
For he is in a happier land
In clouds of heaven above.
Let's give him praise, where praise is due,
And ne'er forget this friend,
His memory will linger on
Until our journey's end.

Levi married Magdalena Wuest 26 Dec 1872, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Magdalena (daughter of Joseph Wuest and Charlotte Rickert) was born 8 Feb 1851, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was christened 27 Apr 1851, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: 00109-6507.2
• Residence: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

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• Eby ID Number: 00109-6507.3
• Residence: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1901, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Tailor
• Residence: 1908, 68 Courtland Ave., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Tailor
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical

Joseph married Ella May Heyd 23 Aug 1904, Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States. Ella (daughter of Henry Heyd and Eleanor Cornell) was born 1879, Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 9 Feb 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: 00109-6507.4
• Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-177136
• Residence: 1908, 68 Courtland Ave., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical

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• Name: Ellenor Magdelene Brown
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-231681

Ellenor — William Harvey Brown. William (son of John McKenzie Brown and Eva Paterson) was born 10 May 1915, Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1981; was buried , Parkview Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]