John Ferris Loth

1908 - 1972  (63 years)

• Name	John Ferris Loth
  Born	3 Jun 1908	Milverton, Mornington Twp., Perth Co., Ontario   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	music teacher
  		Loth,JohnFerris-001-MusicBook.jpg
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  Residence	1911	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Presbyterian
  Residence	1921	82 Margaret Ave., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Residence	1921	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Presbyterian
  Residence	1933	80 Margaret Ave., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-324727
  Died	29 Jan 1972
  Person ID	I324727	Generations
  Last Modified	9 Jun 2025

  
  

  Father	Milton A. Loth,   b. 13 Apr 1880, Tavistock, East Zorra Twp., Oxford County, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 8 Mar 1946, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 65 years)
  Mother	Clara Annie Blanche "Blanch" Ferris,   b. 23 Mar 1876, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 27 Aug 1934, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 58 years)
  Married	12 Mar 1904	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Family ID	F244411	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ella Evelyn McGeagh,   b. 1912, Port Colborne, Humberstone Twp., Welland Co., Ontario ,   d. 1958  (Age 46 years)
  Last Modified	10 Jun 2025
  Family ID	F54649	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Loth, J. Ferris J. (John) Ferris Loth. Teacher, editor, b Milverton, near Kitchener, Ont, 3 Jun 1908, d Kitchener 29 Jan 1972. Born into a musical family, Loth studied piano with George Lethbridge in London, Ont, Ernest Tailby in Doon, Ont, and George Ziegler in Kitchener and later attended the Hambourg Conservatory in Toronto, completing a course in school music teaching. In 1930 he settled in Kitchener, where he taught piano and operated a music kindergarten. Writings (published by Waterloo Music Co Ltd) Students Chopin (194?) Scales and Chords for Piano, 2 vols (1944) Students Selected Sonatinas (1945) Students Basic Exercises for Piano, 5 vols (1945-51) Beginners Scales and Chords for Piano (1946) Piano Play for Every Day, 5 vols (1946-7) Piano Play for Older Child Beginners (1946) Twenty Lessons on Note Writing (1957) Twenty Lessons on Counting Time (1958) Moogk, E. (2001). J. Ferris Loth. The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 24 November 2017, from https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/j-ferris-loth-emc/

  
  

• Sources

  [S272] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1911, Div. 7 Page 24. [S2264] Census - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - 1921, Sub Dist. 25 Page 7. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 18583-04. Milton A. Loth, 23, Occ. Clerk, b. Tavistock, Res. Milverton, son of John Loth and Annie Kaufmann, married Blanche Ferris, 26, b. Wellesley Twp., Res. Galt, daughter of Samuel Ferris and Annie Boyd, Witn: Ella E. Rogers of Galt and Roland B. Ferris of Elmira, 12 March 1904 at Galt

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 3 Jun 1908 - Milverton, Mornington Twp., Perth Co., Ontario Occupation - music teacher - - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Presbyterian - 1911 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Presbyterian - 1921 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth