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

Jeanetta Louise "Nettie" Knack

Female 1909 - 1993  (~ 83 years)


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  • Name Jeanetta Louise "Nettie" Knack 
    Born Aug 1909  , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Gender Female 
    Name Jeanetta Louise "Nettie" Adam 
    Name Nettie Knack 
    Residence 1911  Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Presbyterian 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-225589 
    Died 15 Jan 1993  Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    Buried Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Person ID I225589  Generations
    Last Modified 28 Jan 2025 

    Father Herman Charles Knack,   b. 22 Sep 1882, , Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1961  (Age 78 years) 
    Mother Mary Leethorn Cornell,   b. 18 Aug 1883, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Feb 1960, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years) 
    Married 20 Dec 1906  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Family ID F14807  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Walter Harold Adam,   b. 20 Jun 1908, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1976  (Age 67 years) 
    Last Modified 29 Jan 2025 
    Family ID F47319  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • ADAMS, Mrs. Jeanetta (Nettie) - At Hilltop Manor Nursing Home, Cambridge on Friday January 15, 1993. Jeanetta (Nettie) Louise Adams (nee Knack), aged 83 years of Cambridge formerly of Kitchener. Mrs. Adams was a member of St. Matthews Lutheran Church. Beloved wife of the late Walter Adams who predeceased her in 1976, dear sister of Mrs. Hazel Snutch of Cambridge. Also survived by her nieces and nephews and great nieces and great nephews. Predeceased by her parents, brother Russell and 3 sisters, Dorothy Brown, Ruth Thorman and Gladys Adams. Friends and relatives called at the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home, 621 King Street West, Kitchener where the Funeral and Committal Service was held (today) Monday at 4 p.m. Reverend Harold Brill officiated. Interment Woodland Cemetery. Memorial donations to the Golden Hours of St. Matthews Lutheran Church or the Alzheimer's Society would be appreciated as expressions of sympathy.

      Cambridge Reporter 16 Jan 1993

  • Sources 
    1. [S392] Census - ON, Waterloo, Hespeler - 1911, Div. 21 Pg. 19.

    2. [S967] News - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Cambridge Reporter (1973-2003), Obituary of Mrs. Jeanetta (Nettie) Adams - 16 Jan 1993.

    3. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/179583239/jeanetta-louise-adams.

    4. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 019443-06.
      Herman C.C. KNACK, 25, bricklayer, Germany, Hespeler, s/o Frederick KNACK & Louisa BRANDT married Mary L. CORNELL, 22, South Dumfries, Waterloo Twp, d/o John CORNELL & Janet COMMON, witn: Harry BECKER & Bertha KNACK both of Hespeler, 20 December 1906 in Berlin

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - Aug 1909 - , Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Presbyterian - 1911 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 15 Jan 1993 - Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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