William Otto Albert Lenz^{[1, 2, 3]}

1869 - 1937  (68 years)

• Name	William Otto Albert Lenz
  Born	5 Feb 1869	Tanowo, , Zachodniopomorskie, Poland   [1, 4, 5]
  Gender	Male
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/197868086
  Nationality	, Germany   [4]
  Immigration	1913	, Canada   [4]
  Occupation	1921	Bridgeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Night Watch, Factory
  Residence	1921	Bridgeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Lutheran
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-297232
  Died	5 Jun 1937	Wellesley Alliance Church, Wellesley, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  Buried	Saint John's Lutheran Cemetery, Bamberg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  Person ID	I297232	Generations
  Last Modified	9 Jun 2025

  
  

  Family	Martha Friederike Ladwig,   b. 24 Mar 1873, , Germany ,   d. 16 Apr 1938, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 65 years)
  Children	1. Raymond Lenz,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Paul Lenz,   b. 1892, , Germany ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Erna Lenz,   b. 1898, , Germany ,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Louise Fredericka Maria Lenz,   b. 1900, Falkenwalde, , Brandenburg, Germany ,   d. 14 Jan 1989, Edmonton, , Alberta, Canada  (Age 89 years)   5. Anna Augusta Meta Lenz,   b. 1901, Falkenwalde, , Brandenburg, Germany ,   d. 19 Apr 1992, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 91 years)   6. Charlotte Martha Lenz,   b. 1905, Falkenwalde, , Brandenburg, Germany ,   d. 7 Dec 1998, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 93 years)   7. William Lenz,   b. 1908, , Germany ,   d. Yes, date unknown   8. Frieda Anna M. Lenz,   b. 1908, , Germany ,   d. 18 Sep 1973, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 65 years)   9. Eric Lenz,   b. 1909, , Germany ,   d. Yes, date unknown   10. Henry Lenz,   b. 1915, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	10 Jun 2025
  Family ID	F237775	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  WILLIAM LENZ By Record Correspondent. WELLESLEY, June 3. - After an illness of four months, William Lenz 68, Hesson road, Wellesley township, passed away at his late residence early today. The deceased, a farmer came to Canada from Germany in 1913. He was a member of St. John's Lutheran church. Surviving are his wife, four sons, Paul and Henry, Hesson road, William, Haysville and Eric in Alberta, five daughters, Mrs. Wm. Bauer. Buffalo, Mra. Henry Clausing. Waterloo, Mrs. W. Bauer, Waterloo, Mrs. Edward Kohl, Bamberg, and Mrs. Nelson Hackburt, Hesson road. Funeral services will be held publicly on Tuesday at 2 p.m. from his late residence to St. John's Lutheran church, Hesson road, with interment in the adjoining cemetery. Rev. W. Schultz will officiate. Kitchener, Daily Record, Sat, Jun 05, 1937 Page 15

  
  

• Sources

  [S2403] News - Unidentified Newspaper Obituary, Obituary of Freida Anna Lenz - Hackbart - 1973. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration. Name: Henry William John Clausing Event Type: Marriage Event Date: 11 Jun 1918 Event Place: Kitchener, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada Gender: Male Age: 28 Birth Year (Estimated): 1890 Bremen Germany Occ: tireworker - Bridgeport Father's Name: August Clausing Mother's Name: Anna Boelts Spouse's Name: Anna Augusta Meta Lenz Spouse's Gender: Female Spouse's Age: 16 Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1902 Falkenwalle Germany Res: Waterloo County Occ: rubber worker Spouse's Father's Name: William Lenz Spouse's Mother's Name: Martha Ladwig [S3108] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 020128-24. William Bauer, 28, occ. Laborer, b. Waterloo, res. Waterloo, son of Frank Bauer and Mary Ball married Lovina Lenz, 24, b. Germany, res. Kitchener, daughter of William Lenz and Martha Ludwig, Witn: George and Caroline Bauer both of Waterloo, 15 July 1924 in Waterloo [S2088] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1921, Sud District 3 - Lexington 1921 Page 7. [S3231] Find A Grave, Cemetery, Saint, North America, Waterloo Municipality, and Saint Cemetery. 1870. " William Lenz (1870-1937) - Find A Grave Memorial". Findagrave.Com. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/197868086/william-lenz.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 5 Feb 1869 - Tanowo, , Zachodniopomorskie, Poland Nationality - - , Germany Immigration - 1913 - , Canada Occupation - Night Watch, Factory - 1921 - Bridgeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Lutheran - 1921 - Bridgeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 5 Jun 1937 - Wellesley Alliance Church, Wellesley, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Saint John's Lutheran Cemetery, Bamberg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth