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

Alfred Schneider Gofton

Male 1889 - 1985  (96 years)


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  • Name Alfred Schneider Gofton 
    Born 9 Mar 1889  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Birth 9 May 1889  [4
    Christened 14 Jul 1889  Church Of New Jerusalem, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Gender Male 
    Name A. S. Gofton 
    Residence 1891  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Swedenborgian 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-39192 
    Died 19 Nov 1985  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Buried Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Person ID I39192  Generations
    Last Modified 6 Apr 2024 

    Father Roger Fonger Gofton,   b. 4 Jan 1863, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Apr 1949, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth Schneider,   b. 26 Jul 1862, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Oct 1894, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 32 years) 
    Married 20 Oct 1886  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6
    Family ID F19393  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Charlotte Elizabeth Braun,   b. 1895, Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Oct 1979, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years) 
    Married 6 Jun 1923  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Last Modified 7 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F19430  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • GOFTON, Alfred Schneider - Died November 19, 1985, in his 96th year. He was the only son of Elizabeth Schneider and Roger Gofton. Predeceased by his wife, Charlotte Braun in 1979. He is survived by his daughters and sons-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Paul I. Dalseg (Eleanor) of Sault Ste. Marie, Mr. and Mrs. Cyril A. Fry (Marion) of Gravenhurst, Mr. and Mrs. John A. Allison (Jerene) of Brampton, Dr. and Mrs. John R. Augustine (Annette) of Thunder Bay and by his dear grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

      He served in the Canadian Army overseas until 1919 and was employed in the Engineering Department of J. M. Schneider Ltd. until his 82nd year. The family will receive friends at the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home, 621 King St. W., Kitchener, on Thursday, Nov. 21 (today) from 7-9 p.m. Funeral service on Friday, Nov. 22 at 3 p.m. in the Ratz-Bechtel Chapel. Those wishing may make memorial contributions to the Church of the Good Shepherd, Kitchener, Ont.


      KITCHENER-WATERLOO RECORD Thursday, November 21, 1985

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      Right Hand Badly Torn.

      Fifteeen Stitches Were Put in

      Painful Experience of Alfred S. Gofton

      On Saturday, Alfred S. Gofton, aged fifteen, the son of Mr. R. F. Gofton, both emploed at Mr. J. Kaufman's planing mills, experience a painful accident which will lay him off duty for some time. He was cleaning the rollers at the rear of one of the machines, and in doing so, his right hand was caught between the revolving bars, the fleshy part of the hand from the wrist to the base of the fingers being almost entirely tore off. It was laid open and made a terrible injury Drs. Honsberger and Biehn putting in 15 stitches.

      Berlin News Record 16 Jun 1904

  • Sources 
    1. [S137] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1901, Berlin (Town/Ville) A-12 Page 1.

    2. [S74] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Kitchener-Waterloo Record (1948-1994), November 21, 1985 - Obituary of Alfred Schneider Gofton.

    3. [S1592] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1891, Section 1 Page 20.

    4. [S2] Church Records - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Church of the New Jerusalem (Swedenborgian).
      Alfred Schneider b. 9 May 1889, chr. 14 Jul 1889 s/o Roger and Elisab. Gofton

    5. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration.
      Roger F Gofton Born: Tp of Wilmot Age: 23 Est. Birth: abt 1863 Father: Robert G Gofton Mother: Rosanna Foringer Gofton married Elizabeth Schneider Age:: 24 Est. Birth: abt 1862 Born: Tp of Waterloo Father: Christopher Schneider Mother: Anna Elizabeth Metz Schneider married 20 Oct 1886 Marriage Place: Waterloo Township

    6. [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 28 Oct 1886.
      October 20, 1886 Roger F. Gofton of Mannheim & Elisabeth Schneider of Waterloo T'p., were married by Pastor F. W. Turk in Berlin.

    7. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration.
      Alfred Gofton (foreman of Kitchener) Born: Kitchener, Ont Age: 34 Est. Birth: abt 1889 Father: Roger Gofton Mother: Elizabeth Schneider married Charlotte Elizabeth Braun (of Kitchener) Age:: 27 Est. Birth: abt 1896 Born: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA Father: Carl Edw Braun Mother: Emelia Wuersmith married 6 Jun 1923 Marriage Place: Waterloo, Kitchener

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 9 Mar 1889 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChristened - 14 Jul 1889 - Church Of New Jerusalem, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Swedenborgian - 1891 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 6 Jun 1923 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 19 Nov 1985 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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