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

David Philip Guenther

Male 1865 - 1924  (59 years)


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  • Name David Philip Guenther 
    Born 23 Dec 1865  Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5
    Gender Male 
    Occupation 1891  Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Carpenter 
    Residence 1891  Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Lutheran 
    Occupation 1901  Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Carpenter 
    Occupation 1911  Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Carpenter, House Builder 
    Residence 1911  Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Lutheran 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-83642 
    Died 27 Dec 1924  Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Buried New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Person ID I83642  Generations
    Last Modified 26 Feb 2024 

    Father George John Guenther,   b. 22 Jan 1837, Klings, Sachsen-Weimar, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Mar 1896, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 59 years) 
    Mother Maria "Mary" Sachs,   b. CALC 11 Aug 1838, Eisenad, Sachsen-Weimar, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Apr 1881, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 42 years) 
    Family ID F29839  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary Wehner,   b. 5 Dec 1862, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Apr 1951  (Age 88 years) 
    Children 
     1. Emma Guenther,   b. Oct 1882, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     2. George Gustov Guenther,   b. 10 Oct 1888, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Feb 1974  (Age 85 years)
     3. Ralph Guenther,   b. 14 Jun 1894, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1918  (Age 23 years)
     4. Roy Guenther,   b. 4 May 1897, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     5. Emma Barbara Guenther,   b. 25 Oct 1902, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1973  (Age 70 years)
    Last Modified 2 Mar 2024 
    Family ID F21769  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • SERIOUS ACCIDENT AT HESPELER.

      Fall of a Scaffold at the Star Mills.

      Fifteen Men Hurt - One Dead and Others Fatally Injured.

      (From our Correspondent.)
      This (Wednesday) forenoon about 9:30 o'clock, without a moment's warning the cross beams of timber,on the second story of the rear part of Forbes & Co.'s St Woollen Mills, broke, precipitating about twenty men to the ground, & distance of some twenty-five feet. All the men were more or less injured. The following is a list of the names of those who, at the time of sending away this news, are in critical condition: - Mr. John Sachs, boss mechanic, Mr. Conwarf, sr., Edward Johnston, Fred. Sohonfeldt, John Wehner and David Guenther. Mr. Sachs it is feared will not recover from the injuries received.

      Drs. Mcintyre and Lockhart are in close attendance on the patients who are most seriously injured.

      It is needless to add all was done that was possible to do to relieve the injured men, In a few minutes hundreds of willing hands were engaged removing the debris from above the men, who fell with the timbers and lay buried beneath the same, and as one by one were extricated from their pinned position received kind attention in the way of washing the blood from their wounds and placed in some adjoining house or taken to their respective homes. None were allowed to be removed until examined by the doctors.

      It is the worst catastrophe that has occurred here in many years.

      LATER, 11:10 A.M.- Since sending previous word Mr. John Sachs has died, others are not expected to get over their injuries.

      Hespeler Aug 24, 1887

  • Sources 
    1. [S143] Census - ON, Waterloo, Hespeler - 1901, Hespeler (Village) D-1 Page 7.

    2. [S508] Census - ON, Waterloo, Hespeler - 1871, Page 3.

    3. [S392] Census - ON, Waterloo, Hespeler - 1911, Div. 20 Pg. 2.

    4. [S2208] Census - ON, Waterloo, Hespeler - 1891, Section 1 Page 20.

    5. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/212442162/david-phillip-guenther.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 23 Dec 1865 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Carpenter - 1891 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Lutheran - 1891 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Carpenter - 1901 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Carpenter, House Builder - 1911 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Lutheran - 1911 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 27 Dec 1924 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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