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

Elton Steiner Kinzie[1]

Male 1910 - 1984  (74 years)


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  • Name Elton Steiner Kinzie 
    Born 6 Jan 1910  Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4, 5
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1911  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Mennonite 
    Residence 1958  Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-23021 
    Died 4 Apr 1984  Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4, 5, 7
    Cause: heart failure 
    Buried Hagey Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5
    Person ID I23021  Generations
    Last Modified 6 Apr 2024 

    Father Ephraim Kinzie,   b. 2 Jul 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Jan 1958, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years) 
    Mother Nancy Detweiler,   b. 28 Aug 1883, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Nov 1969, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years) 
    Married 3 Feb 1909  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [8, 9
    Family ID F5531  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Alma Irene "Irene" Shantz,   b. 1924, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Dec 2011, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years) 
    Married 1 Jan 1953  [2, 4
    Last Modified 7 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F231656  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • KINZIE, Elton S., son of Ephraim and Nancy (Dettweiler) Kinzie, was born in Cambridge, Ont., Jan. 6, 1910; died of heart failure at Cambridge, Ont., Apr. 4, 1984; aged 74 y. On Jan. 1, 1953, he was married to Irene SHANTZ, who survives. Also surviving are 2 sons (Kenneth and James), 2 daughters (Janet Clark and Rosemary Zehr), 2 grandchildren, and 3 sisters (Verda, Della, and Orpha Kinzie). He was a member of Preston Mennonite Church. Funeral services were held at Cambridge, Ont., Apr., 6, in charge of Brian Bauman and Rufus Jutzi; interment in Hagey Cemetery

      Gospel Herald - Volume 77, Number 19 - May 8, 1984, pg. 342

  • Sources 
    1. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, Obituary of Emma (Spaeth) Shantz - October 20, 1964 - pp 925, 926.

    2. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, May 8, 1984 - Obituary of Elton Kinzie.

    3. [S272] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1911, Div. 7 Page 7.

    4. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, Obituary of Elton S. Kinzie - May 8, 1984, pg. 342.

    5. [S146] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Hagey Mennonite CC#5431 Cemetery Internet Link .
      Kinzie / Elton Steiner Kinzie / 1910-1984 / beloved husband of / Alma Irene Shantz / Alive forever more RE.1: 18

    6. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, Volume LI, Number 12 - March 18, 1958-page 262, 263.
      Kinzie, Ephraim, son of the late Henry and Elizabeth (Steiner)Kinzie, was born near Preston, Ont., July 2, 1881; passed away at the South Waterloo Hospital, Jan. 10, 1958; aged 76 y. 6 m. 8 d. Death was due to a heart ailment. On Feb. 3, 1909, he was married to Nancy Detweiler. He is survived by his wife, one son (Elton, Breslau, Ont.), 4 daughters (Rheta, Toronot, Ont.; and Verda, Della, and Orpha, at home), 3 brother (Harry and Edwin, Blair, Ont.; and Isaiah, Hespeler, Ont.), and one sister (Mrs. Abraham Wismer, Preston, Ont.). He dedicated his talents in service to the Preston Mennonite Church and witnessed through his many business contacts during the forty years he operated Preston's first dairy. Funeral services were held at the Preston Church, Jan. 12, in charge of Howard L. Good and B. B.Shantz. Burial in the Hagey Cemetery.

    7. [S146] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Hagey Mennonite CC#5431 Cemetery Internet Link .

    8. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, Volume LI, Number 12 - March 18, 1958-page 262, 263.
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    9. [S3108] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 020499-09.
      Ephraim Kinzie, 27, occ. Dairyman, res. of Waterloo Twp, son of Henry Kinzie and Lizzie Steiner Married Nancy Detweiler, 25, res. of Waterloo Twp, daughter of Noah Detweiler and Nancy Weber, Witn: Abram Wismer of Hespeler and Lydia Ann Kinzie of Blair, 3 February 1909 in Waterloo.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 6 Jan 1910 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1911 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1958 - Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - Cause: heart failure - 4 Apr 1984 - Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Hagey Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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