Caroline Wilhelmina "Minnie" Kraemer

1835 - 1885  (50 years)

• Name	Caroline Wilhelmina "Minnie" Kraemer
  Born	10 Apr 1835	, Germany   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Interesting	suicide, drowning
  Misfortune	1885	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	suicide by drowning
  Name	Caroline Wilhelmina "Minnie" Pelz
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-350466
  Died	11 Sep 1885	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Cause: Cause: Drowning
  Buried	Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Person ID	I350466	Generations
  Last Modified	25 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Carl "Charles" Kraemer,   b. 1803, , Germany ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Maria Burnfeld,   b. 1808, , Germany ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F24475	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Gustav William Pelz,   b. 24 Sep 1830, , Prussia, Germany ,   d. 20 Mar 1899, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 68 years)
  Children	1. Gustav Lawrence "Gus" Pelz,   b. 3 Apr 1866, Saltfleet, Saltfleet Twp., Wentworth Co., Ontario ,   d. 1940  (Age 73 years)   2. Mayor Frederick Otto Pelz,   b. 25 Feb 1874, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 11 Oct 1950, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 76 years)
  Last Modified	26 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F251370	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  The Body Found We mentioned a couple of weeks ago that a Mrs. Pelz, of Preston, had wandered away from her home in a fit of mental aberration, and that all efforts to trace her whereabouts had up to that time failed. The search was continued unsuccessfully during the ensuring week, rumors being prevalent that she had been seen in Guelph, Beverly, Ayr and other places, but on investigation, these rumors turned out incorrect. It being believed by many that the unfortunate woman had committed suicide, the river above Galt was dragged by no clue to her fate was obtained. On Friday morning last, however, as a boy named Robert Taylor was looking at the water flowing over the dam, he saw what he believed to be a human body tossing about beneath the falls. He at once ran and notified others, and a boat and ropes being procured the body was with much difficulty secured and brought to the shore. It was surmised that the remains were those of Mrs. Pelz, and her husband and others being notified were soon on the spot and identification fully established. The body was conveyed to her late residence in Preston during the forenoon, and interred in the cemetery there the same day. The deceased was a daughter of Mr. Charles Kreamer, of that village, and leaves a large family to mourn her sad death. The finding of her body as described leaves no doubt that the unfortunate woman committed suicide by throwing herself in to the dam, and that the rise in the water carried the remains over the falls. Galt Reporter Sep 18 1885 pg 1

  
  

• Sources

  [S239] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Preston CC#6335 Cemetery Internet Link . Our/ Mother/ Minnie Wife Of/ G. W.. Pelz/ Born Apr. 10/ 1835/ Died Sept. 2/ 1885/ Verse [Burial Card] Caroline Wilhelmina Pelz. [S116] Vit - ON - Death Registration. Name:Carolina Pelz Gender:Male Age:50 Birth Date:abt 1835 Birth Place:Germany Death Date:11 Sep 1885 Death Place:Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 10 Apr 1835 - , Germany Misfortune - suicide by drowning - 1885 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - Cause: Cause: Drowning - 11 Sep 1885 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth