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

Robert Ralph "Bob" Beaver

Male 1922 - 2007  (85 years)


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  • Name Robert Ralph "Bob" Beaver 
    Born 1922  Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Employer Butler Metals, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    welder 
    Military WW2 - Navy  [1
    Name Bob Beaver 
    Occupation Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    farmer 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-34510P 
    Died 12 Mar 2007  Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Buried Cremated Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I34510  Generations
    Last Modified 12 May 2024 

    Father Lorne Weir Beaver,   b. 1897, Elkton, Huron, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Mar 1975, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years) 
    Mother Anne Chesterman,   b. 1899, Edmonton, , Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Oct 1990, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 91 years) 
    Married 10 Feb 1921  Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    Family ID F15216  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary Harrow,   b. 14 Jun 1923,   d. 14 Jun 2013, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 90 years) 
    Children 
     1. Carol A. Beaver
     2. Kenneth Beaver
    Last Modified 13 May 2024 
    Family ID F53591  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • BEAVER, Robert (Bob) - Of Saint Luke's Place, Cambridge, on Monday, March 12, 2007, at Cambridge Memorial Hospital, in his 85th year. Beloved husband of Mary Harrow. Dear father of Carol McCafferty of Cambridge, Kenneth and his wife Cara Lea, Lorne, and Lloyd (Sam), all of Drayton Valley, AB. Sadly missed by his sister Audrey and her husband Harry Wells of Cambridge; his grandchildren, Sherry Kinzie, Bradley Beaver and Tara Beaver, great-granddaughter Brittany Block and one sister-in-law Mary Beaver of Batchawana Bay, ON. Predeceased by his parents, Lorne and Annie Beaver and his brother Roy. Bob was born in Hespeler and had lived in Cambridge all his life. He was an avid innovative farmer for many years on Pioneer Tower Road and a welder employed at Butler Metals until his retirement in 1988. He served in the Canadian Navy in Second World War, was a member of the Royal Canadian Legion, Hespeler Branch 272 and was the Union Rep at CAW 1986. At Bob's request, cremation has taken place. There will be no service or visitation. Tributes may be made online at www.mem.com Arrangements entrusted to Barthel Funeral Home, Cambridge (519) 653-3251. "All who know Bob would appreciate his zest for life"

      The Record Newspaper 13 Mar 2007

  • Sources 
    1. [S490] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - The Record (1994-March 2008), Obituary of Robert (Bob) Beaver - 13 Mar 2007.

    2. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration.
      Lorne Beaver Born: Elkton Michigan U.S.A Age: 23 Father: Daniel Beaver Mother: Janet Weir Born: abt 1898 Spouse: Annie Chesterman Age: 22 born: Edmonton England Father: William Chesterman Chesterman Mother: Hockett Chesterman married 10 Feb 1921 married: Waterloo, Hespeler

    3. [S2488] aaa Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, marriage certificate 022214 (1921).
      Name:Lorne Weir Beaver Age:23 Birth Year:abt 1898 Birth Place:Elkton Michigan USA Marriage Date:10 Feb 1921 Marriage Place:Waterloo, Ontario, Canada Father:Daniel Beaver Mother:Janet Weir Spouse:Annie Chesterman

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 1922 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsEmployer - welder - - Butler Metals, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - farmer - - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 12 Mar 2007 - Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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