Lorena Estella Betzner^[1]

1881 - 1937  (56 years)

• Name	Lorena Estella Betzner
  Born	26 Feb 1881	New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Lorena Estella Kropf
  Residence	1891	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	Lutheran
  Occupation	1901	New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Servant
  Occupation	1911	New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Operator - Shirt & collar factory
  Residence	1911	New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Lutheran
  Residence	1937	95 Benton St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Eby ID Number	00006-0958.4
  Died	23 Mar 1937	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Buried	Riverside Cemetery, New Hamburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 4]
  Person ID	I9840	Generations
  Last Modified	30 Sep 2024

  
  

  Father	Isaac Betzner,   b. 2 Dec 1848, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 7 Apr 1926, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 77 years)
  Mother	Catharine Ernst,   b. 3 Oct 1852, Petersburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 2 Oct 1931, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 78 years)
  Married	11 Mar 1880  [8]
  Family ID	F2835	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Norman Kropf,   b. 28 Aug 1878, Pinehill, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 14 Aug 1936, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 57 years)
  Married	1 Mar 1916	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [9]
  Children	1. James Emmett "Emmett" Kropf,   b. 1917, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 9 Jul 1996, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 79 years)   2. Lieutenant Lorne Edward Kropf,   b. 1918, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 25 Jul 1966, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 48 years)
  Last Modified	1 Oct 2024
  Family ID	F2842	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Mrs. Norman Kropf After an illness of about ten weeks the death occurred at the Kitchener-Waterloo Hospital on Tuesday night, March 23rd, of Lorena Betzner, widow of the late Norman Kropf. The deceased was a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Betzner and was born in New Hamburg on February 26th, 1881, having thus just passed her 56th year. She spent her girlhood days here and on her marriage on March 1, 1916, she resided for a short time at Ceylon, Sask., later coming back to New Hamburg. For the past ten years the family resided in Kitchener. The deceased was a devout adherent of the Lutheran faith and since living in Kitchener she was an active member of the First English Lutheran Church and a member of the Women's Missionary Society, of which she was president a few years ago. Her husband predeceased her last August, but she leaves in deep bereavement two sons, Emmett and Lorne, of Kitchener, and two sisters, Miss Soph. Betzner, of Kitchener, and Mrs. Elena Ritz, of New Hamburg. The funeral will be held on Friday afternoon with service by Rev. Mr. Jacobi in Sandrock Funeral Chapel at 2: 30 o'clock followed by internment in Riverside Cemetery, New Hamburg. New Hamburg Independent, March 26, 1937 _______________________ Married - The marriage of Miss Lorena Betzner, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Betzner, of this town, to Mr. Norman Kropf, also from here, was solemnized by Rev. Mr. Behrens, pastor of the English Lutheran Church at Berlin, on Wednesday. Owing to the recent bereavement in the bride's family the wedding was a quiet affair. The newly married couple left on a short wedding trip and intend to leave here for Ceylon, Sask., where they intend to locate. Their many friends wish them a happy and prosperous wedded life. New Hamburg Independent, March 3, 1916

  
  

• Sources

  [S3] Book - Vol I A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., 249. [S2555] News - ON, Waterloo, New Hamburg - New Hamburg Independent (1917 -, March 26, 1937. [S307] Census - ON, Waterloo, New Hamburg - 1901, New Hamburg (Village) E-1 Page 10. [S153] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - Riverside New Hamburg CC#4564 Internet Link. Norman Kropf/ 1878-1936/ his wife/ Lorena Betzner/ 1881-1937 [S57] Vit - ON - Birth Registration, 033404-81. [S1054] Census - ON, Waterloo, New Hamburg - 1911, p. 27;. [S939] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1891, Div. 2 Page 25. [S3] Book - Vol I A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., 248. [S2555] News - ON, Waterloo, New Hamburg - New Hamburg Independent (1917 -, March 3, 1916.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 26 Feb 1881 - New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Lutheran - 1891 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Servant - 1901 - New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Operator - Shirt & collar factory - 1911 - New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Lutheran - 1911 - New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 1 Mar 1916 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 23 Mar 1937 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Riverside Cemetery, New Hamburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth