Waterloo Region Generations
A record of the people of Waterloo Region, Ontario.

Daniel Evert Ziegler

Male 1911 - 1999  (87 years)


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  • Name Daniel Evert Ziegler 
    Residence 1911  Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Mennonite 
    Born 10 Mar 1911  Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    FindAGrave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/223562702 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-225134 
    Died 17 Feb 1999  Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I225134  Generations
    Last Modified 28 Jan 2025 

    Father Everett Daniel Neal "Daniel" Ziegler,   b. 24 Mar 1868,   d. 23 May 1972  (Age 104 years) 
    Mother Lavina Heckadon,   b. 17 Nov 1872, South Cayuga Township, Haldimand Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Nov 1928, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 55 years) 
    Family ID F11426  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mona Fortier,   b. 16 Dec 1907, Orillia, Orillia Twp., Simcoe Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Jan 1991, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years) 
    Last Modified 29 Jan 2025 
    Family ID F269949  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • ZIEGLER, Daniel Evert

      A resident of St. Luke's Place Apartments, Cambridge, he passed away peacefully, at St. Luke's Place on Wednesday, February 17, 1999, in his 88th year. Beloved husband of the late Mona Fortier (1991). Predeceased by his parents, Everett Daniel and Lavina Ziegler and by 8 brothers and 3 sisters. He is survived by his brother, Wade of London, Ontario, his brother Mallard Charles Ziegler and his wife Anne of Cambridge (St. Luke's Place). The are 17 nieces and nephews and their spouses surviving along with these are their many children and grandchildren. To us all, he was always are uncle "Ev" of "Uncle Ev" and "Aunt Mona". It was they that hosted many large "Ziegler" reunions. To the family and long-ago residents of Hespeler, he was known as "Ev". To his buddies he was "Zig". To his business and social friends and acquaintances he was "Dan". He served in the Canadian Armed Forces C.A.S.F., from June 1940 until discharge in 1945. He was a member of the Royal Canadian Legion, Hespeler Branch #272, a former member of the Galt Lions Club. He was Past Secretary Treasurer of the Cambridge-North Rotary Club and Past Grand Noble of the Hespeler Odd Fellows Lodge #321. In the community he was perhaps best known in his capacity of "License Issuer" for the Cambridge District, a position he held from, 1948 to 1983. He was an adherent of Central Presbyterian Church, Galt. He was an avid fisherman, a founding executive member of the Galt Sportsman's Club, a collector of antiques and automobile license plates. He will be fondly remembered and greatly missed by us all. Friends will be received at the Nelson Funeral Home, 1766 Franklin Blvd., Cambridge, on Friday, February 19, from 2: 00 to 4: 00 and 7: 00 to 9: 00 p.m. Funeral and committal service will be held at the home, at 11: 00 a.m., Saturday, February 20, with Reverend Herb Hartig officiating.

      Cambridge Reporter 1999

  • Sources 
    1. [S392] Census - ON, Waterloo, Hespeler - 1911, Div. 21 Pg. 11.

    2. [S2858] z Vit - ON - Birth Registration, Birth Certificate 051417 (1911).
      Name:Daniel Evert Ziegler Date of Birth:10 Mar 1911 Gender:Male Birth Place:Waterloo, Ontario, Canada Father's name:Daniel Ziegler Mother's name:Sovina Hagerdorn

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1911 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 10 Mar 1911 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 17 Feb 1999 - Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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