Horace Frank "Frank" Russ

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• Name: Frank H. Russ
• Name: Harry F. Russ
• Occupation: Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; station master - Grand River Railway
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-227915
• Immigration: 1905, , Canada
• Occupation: 1911, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Clerk, Freight Office
• Elected Office: 1930, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; councillor of Hespeler

Notes:

July 12. Frank H. Russ, 69, came from London, England, with his parents to settle in Hespeler in 1905. In 1957 he retired after 50 years of service with the Grand River Railway. In May, 1960, Hespeler held "Frank Russ Night" to honour this citizen who had served his community through service to the United Church, Chamber of Commerce, Masons, Senior Citizens and musical activities. He was a past-president of the Preston-Hespeler Rotarv Club and had been a Hespeler Alderman for five years.

Waterloo Historical Society, Annual Volume 1960

Horace married Elizabeth Alberta "Alberta" Schoenau 27 May 1914, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Elizabeth (daughter of Jacob John Schoenau and Julia Catherine Schmidt) was born 11 Oct 1890, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1955; was buried , New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]