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

Bernhardt A. "Barney" Bartscher[1, 2]

Male 1866 - 1933  (67 years)


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  • Name Bernhardt A. "Barney" Bartscher 
    Born 16 May 1866  West Freesia, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 4, 5
    Gender Male 
    Immigration 1880  , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Name Barney Bartscher 
    Name Bernhard Bartscher  [6
    Occupation 1892  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    laborer 
    Occupation 1892  Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    laborer 
    Occupation 1911  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Section Man, Grand Trunk Railroad 
    Residence 1911  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Lutheran 
    Residence 1918  104 Moore St. (formerly 104 Charon), Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-182457P 
    Died 25 Nov 1933  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Buried Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Person ID I182457  Generations
    Last Modified 6 Apr 2024 

    Father Theodore Bartscher,   b. Abt 1836, of, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Mother Elizabeth Schaefer,   b. Abt 1836, of, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Family ID F168512  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Rosina Theodora Koch,   b. 26 Feb 1868, Conestogo, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Sep 1938, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years) 
    Married 18 May 1892  Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Children 
     1. Edwin Walter Bartscher,   b. 16 Dec 1892, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1965, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years)
     2. Alvina Bartscher,   b. Oct 1894, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     3. Arnold Bernhardt Bartscher,   b. 8 Oct 1894, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Oct 1958, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 63 years)
     4. Hulda Bartscher,   b. Feb 1897, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Dec 1911  (Age ~ 14 years)
     5. Thomas Ervin "Ervin" Bartscher,   b. 9 Sep 1904, Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Dec 1986, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years)
     6. Oscar Walter Bartscher,   b. 3 Dec 1906, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     7. Helena Bartscher,   b. Jun 1910, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Apr 1994, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 83 years)
     8. Earl William Bartscher,   b. 1912,   d. 27 Sep 1992, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years)
    Last Modified 7 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F176907  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • BERNHARDT A. BARTSCHER - Ailing for seven weeks, Bernhardt A. Bartscher passed away at his home, 104 Charon Street, at 7:30 o'clock Saturday evening. Mr. Bartscher was born in West Freesia, Germany, on May 16, 1866 and therefore was in his 68th year. He came to Canada with his parents at the age of 14 years and for 39 years had been employed with the CNR as a section hand, being pensioned two years ago. He had resided in this city for the past 23 years and was a member of St. Matthew's Lutheran Church.

      Surviving are his wife, four sons and two daughters, Edwin, Arnold, Ervin, Earl, Mrs. Herbert Brooks and Mrs. Ross Webb, all of Kitchener, and eight grandchildren, together with one brother, Richard Bartscher, Ridgeway, Ont., one step-brother, Hugo Schmidt, Evansville, Ont., and one sister, Mrs. Ernest Ristau, Golden Lake, Ont.

      The funeral will be held on Tuesday from his late home, 104 Charon Street, at 2:30 o'clock to St. Matthew's Church at 3 pm. Interment will take place in Mount Hope Cemetery, Rev. J. Schmiecer will officiate.

  • Sources 
    1. [S2403] News - Unidentified Newspaper Obituary, Obituary of Edwin Bartscher - 1965.

    2. [S2403] News - Unidentified Newspaper Obituary, Obituary of Rosina Koch - Bartscher.

    3. [S340] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1911, Div. 29, Pg 11.

    4. [S721] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, marriage certificate 12006 (1892), Bartscher-Koch.
      Bernhard Bartscher, 25, b. Germany, laborer, res. Waterloo, s/o Theodore & Elizabeth Bartscher married Rosina Koch, 22, res. Waterloo, b. Conestogo, d/o Julius and Catherine Koch. witn: Henry Rellinger & Elizabeth Hasenpflug of Waterlo, married 18 May 1892 Waterloo.

    5. [S166] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Mount Hope CC#4508 Internet Link .
      Bernhardt Bartscher/ born May 16, 1866/ died Nov. 25, 1933/ his wife Rosina Koch/ born Feb. 26, 1868/ died Sept. 15, 1938

    6. [S2403] News - Unidentified Newspaper Obituary, Obituary of Helen Bartscher - Webb - 1994.

    7. [S655] z Vit - ON - Birth Registration, 33072 (1892), Edwin Bartscher.
      Edwin Bartscher, b. 16 Dec 1892 Berlin, s/o Bernhard Bartscher (laborer) & Rosina Koch

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsImmigration - 1880 - , Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - laborer - 1892 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - laborer - 1892 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 18 May 1892 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Section Man, Grand Trunk Railroad - 1911 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Lutheran - 1911 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1918 - 104 Moore St. (formerly 104 Charon), Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 25 Nov 1933 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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