Rev. Wilhelm Ernst "William" Beese

1872 - 1957  (84 years)

• Name	Wilhelm Ernst "William" Beese
  Prefix	Rev.
  Born	21 Jan 1872	Carrick Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Name	William Beese
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-35190
  Died	1957	Morriston, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada   [2, 3]
  Buried	Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 3]
  Person ID	I35190	Generations
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

  
  

  Father	William Beese,   b. 6 Feb 1842, , Mecklenburg, Germany ,   d. 2 Aug 1915  (Age 73 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Reinhardt,   b. 27 Nov 1849, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1 Nov 1920  (Age 70 years)
  Family ID	F175950	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Barbara Miller,   b. 28 Jul 1878, Milverton, Mornington Twp., Perth Co., Ontario ,   d. 9 Aug 1955  (Age 77 years)
  Married	14 Jul 1899	Milverton, Mornington Twp., Perth Co., Ontario
  Children	1. Fern Evangeline Beese,   b. 31 Dec 1904, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1996  (Age 91 years)
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2025
  Family ID	F35662	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  BEESE, WILLIAM ERNST Rev. Beese, PH. B. , BD, was born January 21, 1872, in Carrick Township, Bruce County, ON and died Tuesday, June 11, 1957 at Morriston, after a lengthy illness, in his 86th year. Rev. Beese was prominently identified with the Canadian Council of Churches during his ministerial career. He was licensed to preach by the Canada Conference in April 1955 at South Cayuga. He was ordained deacon at Tavistock in 1899 and received his elder's ordination in 1901. He took a three year course at North Central College and Seminary in Naperville, Illinois and also took some seminary work under Professor S. L. Umbach. Later, he took several correspondence courses. His first appointment was as assistant pastor at the Chesley mission in 1897. Then, he served a year at Rockingham. In 1899, he was sent as the first missionary of the Evangelical Church to the Canadian northwest. He was stationed at Winnipeg but he also preached at Neudorf, Rosthern and other points. After five years in the west, due to ill health, he returned east. He then served the following fields: Morriston, Toronto, Hespeler, Sebringville, Pelham, Hamilton, Tavistock and then, Hamilton again. He served fifty-one years in the active ministry. For thirteen years, he was Superintendent of the Hamilton and Hamilton-Ottawa Conference. In 1934, he was elected president of the Hamilton Ministerial Association and in 1946 was elected First Vice-President of the Canadian Council of Churches. He retired from active service in 1948 and has since lived in Morriston. On June 14, 1899, he married Barbara Miller of Milverton. To this union, were born two sons and two daughters. One daughter, Lorinda Elizabeth, died in Winnipeg. Mrs. Beese died August 9, 1955. He is survived by two sons, Carl W. of Morriston; Willis E. of Niagara Falls; one daughter, Fern E. (Mrs. Rev. C. B. Heckendorn) of Chesley; two brothers, E. E. Beese of Winnipeg; Edgar A. Beese of Waterloo; one sister, Mrs. S. H. Holtzman of Hamilton; and four grandchildren. In 1946, he retired at Morriston, where he resided until his death. McLanaghan-Wall Funeral Home. A memorial service was held at the Morriston Evangelical United Brethren Church at 2: 30 on Thursday. Rev. A. S. Caughell, pastor of the Morriston Church presided. Rev. E. Pletch offered the prayer and Rev. E. F. Dorsch preached. Interment Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener. Rev. G. F. Barthel presided. Pallbearers were: Rev. Earl E. Pletch, Rev. George Sim, Rev. Mervyn E. Reuber, Rev. John V. Dahms, Rev. John Huether and Rev. J. Henry Goetz -Information from Our Germans Were Linked Through Puslinch Township by Chris Bowman and B. & A Celebration of Lives Obituaries of Puslinch Township, Wellington Co., Ontario Vol 1, Anna Jackson & Marjorie Clark Used with kind permission of Marjorie Clark

  
  

• Sources

  [S655] z Vit - ON - Birth Registration, birth certificate 4060 (1872), Wilhelm Ernst Beese, accessed 28 Apr 2010. Wilhelm Ernst Beese Date of Birth: 21 Jan 1872 Gender: Male Birth County: Bruce Father's Name: William Beese, farmer of Carrick Mother's Name: Elizabeth Reinhardt [S166] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Mount Hope CC#4508 Internet Link . Beese/ Rev. Wm. E. Beese/ 1872-1957/ First Missionary from Canada/ Conference, Evangelical/ Association sent to North West/ Canada, 1899/ his beloved wife/ Barbara Miller/ 1878-1955 [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/188521039/william-ernest-beese.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 21 Jan 1872 - Carrick Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada Married - 14 Jul 1899 - Milverton, Mornington Twp., Perth Co., Ontario Died - 1957 - Morriston, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Buried - - Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth