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Elizabeth "Lissie" Hespeler

Female 1839 - 1920  (80 years)


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  • Name Elizabeth "Lissie" Hespeler 
    Born 5 Nov 1839  Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7] 
    Gender Female 
    FindAGrave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/147275396 
    Historic Building 152 Guelph Ave., Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    2 story large stone house 
    • Large 2 story stone house built by Jacob Hespeler. Sold to his daughter Lissie Bowlby in 1870 for $1. Sold to Andrew Simpson post master in 1877. Sold to Robert and Henry Swan merchants in 1877 who sold in 1888.
    Name Elizabeth "Lissie" Bowlby 
    Name Lissie Hespeler  [8] 
    Name Lizzie Hespeler 
    Residence 1852  Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Residence 1861  Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Residence 1861  Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Christian 
    Residence 1871  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Church of England 
    Residence 1881  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Church of England 
    Residence 1891  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Anglican 
    Residence 1911  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Church of England 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-34977 
    Died 11 Jan 1920  Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I34977  Generations
    Last Modified 30 Sep 2024 

    Father Jacob George Hespeler, Esq.,   b. 28 Jan 1811, Eningen, , Baden-Württemberg, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Mar 1881, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years) 
    Mother Elisabeth "Lissie" "Lizzie" "Elise" Knoth,   b. 28 Oct 1817, , Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Oct 1881, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 63 years) 
    Family ID F9290  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Warden Ward Hamilton Bowlby, M. A.,   b. 4 Oct 1834, Waterford, Townsend Twp., Norfolk Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Jan 1917, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years) 
    Married 10 Apr 1861  Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [8, 9, 10, 11] 
    Children 
     1. Annie Hespeler Bowlby,   b. 7 Mar 1862, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Aug 1910, Westminster, City of Westminster, Greater London, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 48 years)
    Last Modified 1 Oct 2024 
    Family ID F10254  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Funeral of Mrs. Bowlby

      The remains of the late Elizabeth Hespeler, relict of the late Ward H. Bowlby K. C., whose death took place in Toronto, arrived in Kitchener on Monday and were interred in the family mausoleum at Mount Hope cemetery. Services were held at St, John's Anglican Church, and were conducted by Rev. J. W. J. Andrew, of St. Thomas, and Rev. H. M. Langford, rector of the church,

      The deceased was in her eightieth year, and had lived in Kitchener for over half a century. She was actively interested in charitable institutions, and during the war, rendered a valuable service for the various patriotic organizations in Kitchener. She is survived by one grandchild, Mrs. Robertson, of Ottawa, daughter of Sir George E. Perley, two sisters and one brother, Mrs. Walker of Toronto, Mrs. Cutler of Preston, and Mr. Jacob Hespeler, Toronto.

      New Hamburg Independent, January 16, 1920

  • Sources 
    1. [S270] Census - ON, Waterloo, Preston - 1852, Pg 3.

    2. [S137] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1901, Berlin (Town/Ville) A-12 Page 1.

    3. [S229] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1871, Div. 2, Pg. 32.

    4. [S158] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1881, Div. 2 Pg. 69.

    5. [S340] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1911, Div. 24 Pg. 20.

    6. [S1837] Census - ON, Waterloo, Hespeler - 1861, Div. 1 Page 9.

    7. [S1592] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1891, Section 1 Page 53.

    8. [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 11 Apr 1861.
      Married 10 Apr 1861 In Hespeler, at the home of the bride's father, by Rev. E.R. Stimson, Ward Hamilton Bowlby Esq., holds a M.A. and is advocate of this paper, was married to Lissie Hespeler, oldest daughter of Jakob Hespeler, Esq.

    9. [S31] News - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Dumfries Reformer (1850-1892), 17 Apr 1861.
      Bowlby, Ward married 10 Apr 1861 to Leesa Hespeler In Hespeler by Rev E R Stinson. Groom, barrister of Berlin; bride, eld dau Jacob Hespeler, Hespeler

    10. [S745] Book - A Cyclopedia of Canadian Biography being chiefly men of the time Vol. 1, pg 123-4 - biography of Ward Hamilton Bowlby.

    11. [S1333] News - ON, Wellington, Guelph - Guelph Mercury, 11 Apr 1861.
      In Hespeler, at the home of the bride's father, by Rev. E.R. Stimson, Ward Hamilton Bowlby Esq., holds a M.A. and is advocate of this paper, was married to Lissie Hespeler, oldest daughter of Jakob Hespeler, Esq.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 5 Nov 1839 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsHistoric Building - 2 story large stone house - - 152 Guelph Ave., Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1852 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1861 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Christian - 1861 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 10 Apr 1861 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Church of England - 1871 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Church of England - 1881 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Anglican - 1891 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Church of England - 1911 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 11 Jan 1920 - Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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