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

Agabus Kinzie[1]

Male 1874 - 1947  (72 years)

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  • Name Agabus Kinzie 
    Born 26 Jul 1874  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
    Gender Male 
    Occupation 1901  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Farm Laborer 
    Residence 1921  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Farmer 
    Residence 1921  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Pentecostal 
    Eby ID Number 00065-4088.5 
    Died 1947  [2
    Buried First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Person ID I3275  Generations
    Last Modified 6 Apr 2024 

    Father Jacob D. Kinzie,   b. 1 May 1844, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Aug 1916, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years) 
    Mother Veronica Weber,   b. 21 Apr 1848, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1922  (Age 73 years) 
    Married 14 Jul 1867  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 8
    Family ID F1068  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Clara Pfohl,   b. May 1880, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Dec 1967, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 87 years) 
    Children 
     1. Gertrude Pearl "Pearl" Kinzie,   b. 1904, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     2. Olive Kinzie,   b. 1905, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     3. Roy Kinzie,   b. 1910, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     4. Reta Kinzie,   b. 1915, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     5. Clifford P. Kinzie,   b. 1918, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1987  (Age 69 years)
    Last Modified 7 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F1069  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
    Kinzie, Agabus -formal head.jpg
    Kinzie, Agabus -formal head.jpg

  • Notes 

    • It is believed to by Agabus and Clara is the Kinzies mentioned in the article

      YOUNG CHILD FOUND IN BARN

      Six Weeks Old Babe Was Almost Frozen to Death When Discovered.

      IS BEING CARED FOR

      With its little hands and feet frozen and its tiny body and clothes wet from the spilling of a bottle of milk highly drugged with paragoric, an unknown infant, left in a package on the cement floor of the barn owned by A. Kinzie, German Mills, was barely saved after every effort possible to medical science had been used by Dr. J. F. Honsberger, who was immediately summoned by Mr. and Mrs. Kinzie as soon as the baby was found.

      At six o'clock Tuesday morning Mr. Kinzie went into his barn for the purpose of looking after the morning chores and on opening the door found a package about a yard in length lying on, the cement floor. He immediately Investigated and found that the parcel contained a six weeks-old infant scantily clothed, cold and wet as a result of the spilling of a bottle of drugged milk left in the package and with its feet and hands frozen stiff. Just how long the helpless babe was lying on the cold floor of the barn is unknown, but it is believed the child had been there for more than three hours.

      Mr. Kinzie picked up the dying foundling and rushed into the house. Mrs. Kinzie at once prepared hot blankets and hot water bottles while her husband summoned Dr. Honsberger. When the physician arrived the babe was beginning to show signs of life. Great credit is due to Mr. and Mrs. Kinzie for the capable manner in which they cared for the child, left by a brutal mother to perish.

      At the present time a certain young couple, who are suspected of being responsible for the abandoning of the infant, are being carefully watched by the police and it is expected that with the securing of further evidence they will be immediately placed under arrest.

      As soon as the child was sufficiently revived, it was taken to the Kitchener Orphanage and later a suitable home provided for it in this city. At present the little castaway is receiving every medical attention and while scarcely recovered from the unnatural ordeal to which it was subjected by the inhuman cruelty of a heartless and criminal mother, it is expected that it will live

      The Chronicle Telegraph (190101), 8 Mar 1917, p. 3

  • Sources 
    1. [S3] Book - Vol I 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..., 849.

    2. [S47] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - First Mennonite CC#4507 Internet link First Mennonite Cemetery online.

    3. [S132] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1901, Waterloo C-5 Page 7.

    4. [S132] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1901, Waterloo C-5 Page.

    5. [S57] Vit - ON - Birth Registration.
      Agabus Kinzie Born: 23 Jul 1874 County: Waterloo Father: Jacob D Kinzie Mother: Veronica Weber

    6. [S235] Census - ON, Bruce, Carrick - 1881, Division 1 Page Number 58 Household Number 247.

    7. [S2088] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1921, Sub District 5 Page 7.

    8. [S31] News - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Dumfries Reformer (1850-1892), 17 Jul 1867.
      Weaver, Veronica married 14 Jul 1867 to J.D. Kinsey At the bride's residence, by Rev. S.L. Downey, Sheffield. Groom, of Dumfries; bride of Waterloo.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 26 Jul 1874 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Farm Laborer - 1901 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Farmer - 1921 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Pentecostal - 1921 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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