Wilhelmine Maria Johanne "Minnie" Knack^[1]

1875 - 1942  (67 years)

• Name	Wilhelmine Maria Johanne "Minnie" Knack
  Born	28 Jan 1875	Serrahn, , Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Gender	Female
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/214525741
  Immigration	1885  [2]
  Name	Wilhelmine Maria Johanne "Minnie" Goebel
  Name	Winnie Knack
  Occupation	1891	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Woolen Mill Employee
  Residence	1891	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Lutheran
  Occupation	1901	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Laborer
  Residence	1911	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Lutheran
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-378811
  Died	12 Jun 1942	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  Buried	New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  Person ID	I378811	Generations
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

  
  

  Father	Frederick Knack,   b. 22 Dec 1848, , Mecklinburg Schwerin, Germany ,   d. 4 Feb 1933  (Age 84 years)
  Mother	Louisa Dorothea "Dorothea Brandt,   b. 25 Aug 1847, , Germany ,   d. 28 Nov 1917  (Age 70 years)
  Family ID	F21419	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	John Richard Goebel,   b. 11 Jan 1872, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 18 Jul 1945, London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada  (Age 73 years)
  Married	29 Jan 1896	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Children	1. Victor John Frederick Goebel,   b. 26 May 1896, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1979  (Age 82 years)   2. Hellen Goebel,   b. Mar 1903, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Edward Goebel,   b. Jun 1905, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Elmer William Goebel,   b. 26 Mar 1916,   d. 14 Dec 1963  (Age 47 years)
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2025
  Family ID	F36971	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  MRS. JOHN R. GOEBEL By Record Correspondent HESPELER, June 23. - Mrs. John R. Goebel, who had been a resident of Hespeler for greater part her life, died at the Kitchener-Waterloo Hospital, Kitchener, at about 4:20 o'clock yesterday afternoon after an illness three weeks. The late Mrs. Goebel was in her 68th year. The deceased was born in Germany and came to Canada as a child of nine years of age. Her maiden name was Wilhelmina Knack, and she was the daughter of the late Mr.and Mrs. Frederick Knack. On January 29, 1896, she married John R. Goebel and had resided in Hespeler since that time. The late Mrs. Goebel was a member of St. Peter's Lutheran Church, Preston, and was active in the work of the Hespeler branch of Women's Institute and the Ladies' Auxiliary to the Preston church. She is survived by her husband. John R. Goebel of Hespeler: three sons. Victor J. Edward C. and Elmer W. Goebel, all of Hespeler, and one daughter, Mrs. C. C. Ostrom (Helen) of London. A brother, Herman Knack. Beaverdale, and four sisters, Mrs. H. Cornell (Henrietta), Mrs. Oberacker (Anne) and Mrs. E. Doeherel (Edith), all of Erie, Pa. and Mrs. J. Brown (Bertha) of Detroit, also survive. The funeral is to take place on Thursday afternoon. A service is to be conducted at her late residence, Guelph. Avenue, Hespeler, at two o'clock, and interment will be in the Hespeler Cemetery. Rev. W. H. Knauff of Preston will conduct the services. Kitchener Daily Record, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada Tue, Jun 23, 1942 Page 13

  
  

• Sources

  [S3002] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 012718-96. John Richard Goebel, 23, occ. Laborer, b. Waterloo Co., res. Waterloo Twp, son of George Goebel and Rosina Kopemann married Wilhelmine Maria Johanna Knack, 21, b. Serrahn Germany, res. Waterloo Twp, daughter of Frederick Knack and Dorothea Brandt, Witn Ernst Boss of Waterloo, John and Etta Knack of Hespeler and Lizzie Neubauer of Guelph, 29 January 1896 In Waterloo Twp. [S143] Census - ON, Waterloo, Hespeler - 1901, Hespeler (Village) D-1 Page 22. [S392] Census - ON, Waterloo, Hespeler - 1911, Div. 20 Pg. 5. [S2575] Census - ON, Waterloo Township - 1891, Sect. 3 Page 42. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/214525741/wilhelmina-maria-goebel.

  
  

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  Born - 28 Jan 1875 - Serrahn, , Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany Occupation - Woolen Mill Employee - 1891 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Lutheran - 1891 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 29 Jan 1896 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Laborer - 1901 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Lutheran - 1911 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 12 Jun 1942 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth