Mary Almina Elverena Kemkes^[1]

1879 - 1965  (85 years)

• Name	Mary Almina Elverena Kemkes
  Born	12 Sep 1879	Hanover, Bentinck Twp., Grey Co., Ontario, Canada   [2, 3]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Elverna Kemkes
  Residence	1901	Brant Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Eby ID Number	00084-5030.4
  Died	1965
  Person ID	I20491	Generations
  Last Modified	9 Jun 2025

  
  

  Father	Herman Kemkes,   b. 3 Apr 1836, , Prussia, Germany ,   d. 22 May 1917, Hanover, Bentinck Twp., Grey Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 81 years)
  Mother	Magdalena S. Myers,   b. 21 Jan 1849, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 14 Aug 1883, Hanover, Bentinck Twp., Grey Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 34 years)
  Married	20 Oct 1874	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4, 5]
  Family ID	F5079	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S10] Book - Vol II 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..., 138. [S655] z Vit - ON - Birth Registration, birth certificate 7818 (1879), Mary Almina Elverna. Mary Almina Elverna Kemkes Date of Birth: 12 Sep 1879 Gender: Female Birth County: Grey Father's Name: Herman Kemkes, carpenter of Hanover Mother's Name: Magdalena Myers [S1970] Census - ON, Bruce, Brant Township - 1901, Polling Div 9 pg 5. Herman Kemkey b. 3 Apr 1835 Germany age 65, contractor Louisa b. 25 Mar? 1860 age 41 b. Ontario Mary E. 12 Sep 1879 age 21 Ervin H. 11 May 1884 age 16 Charles 16 Oct 1886 age 14 Silvia L. 2 Apr 1888 12 Katie J. 20 May 1891 9 [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 29 Oct 1874. 20 Oct 1874 By Pastor Umbach of Berlin, Herman Kemkes of Elmwood, Bruce Co., was married to Magdalena Myers of Wilmot. [S721] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, marriage certificate 9874 (1874), Kemkes-Myers. Herman Kemkes, 36, widower, carpenter of Brant Township, b. Prussia Germany, s/o Hermand and Johann Kemkes, married Madalene Myers. 25, res. Wilmot, b. Wilmot, spinster, d/o Michale and Maria Myers, witnesses Josiah Myer teamster and labourer of Wilmot and Emaline Moyer of the township of Clinton, Lincoln Co. 20 Oct 1874 Wilmot Twp.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 12 Sep 1879 - Hanover, Bentinck Twp., Grey Co., Ontario, Canada Residence - 1901 - Brant Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth