Ernest Menno "Menno" Wiles^[1]

1878 - 1964  (85 years)

• Name	Ernest Menno "Menno" Wiles
  Born	14 Oct 1878	Arran Township, Bruce, Ontario, Canada   [2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Gender	Male
  Employer	Canadian Office and School Furniture Co., Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Military	WW1 - 31st. Regiment - 34th Battlion  [4]
  	Ernest had two sets of Attestation papers.
  Military	WW1 - sergeant-major with the 48th highlanders overseas.
  Occupation	1911	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Cabinet, Furniture Factory
  Residence	1911	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Baptist
  Military	1914	WW1   [4]
  	WW1, 34th Battalion, Service #603156
  Military	1914	WW1   [7]
  	WW1, Private, 31 Regiment / 34th Battalion
  Name	Menno Wiles
  Residence	Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4, 7]
  Residence	Arran Township, Bruce, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Residence	Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Eby ID Number	00047-3467.12
  Died	25 Sep 1964	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  Buried	27 Sep 1964	Parklawn Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  Person ID	I203791	Generations
  Last Modified	6 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	John Wiles,   b. CALC 25 Dec 1830, , Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. 25 Nov 1892, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 61 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth B. Hagey,   b. 10 Mar 1836, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	12 Jun 1853	Greenbush (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  Family ID	F870	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Lilly Jane Ruthig,   b. Mar 1881, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 17 Mar 1950, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 69 years)
  Married	29 Nov 1905	Newton, Mornington Twp., Perth Co., Ontario   [9]
  Children	1. Carolina Isabel "Carrie" Wiles,   b. May 1906, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Elizabeth Lucille "Cille" Wiles,   b. 20 Aug 1907, Mornington Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 7 May 1974, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 66 years)   3. Nellie Wiles,   b. May 1909, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F188851	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  PRESTON - Ernest Wiles, 85, died Friday at Lakeview Rest Home, 101 David St. Kitchener, where he had lived for the past year. Mr. Wiles was born at Kossuth but had been a resident of Preston most of his life. He had been employed for many years as a cabinet maker at Canadian Office and School Furniture Limited. He retired 20 years ago. He was a former member of Knox Presbyterian Church and a life member of the Legion. In the First World War he was a sergeant-major with the 48th highlanders overseas. He as predeceased by his wife, the former Lillian Ruthig, in 1950. Surviving are three daugh- [appears to be missing next line of obit] vin[sic] (Lucille) Kerr of Burford, and Mrs. Albert (Nella) Pirak of Kitchener, and four grandchildren. The body is at the Barthel-Stager Funeral Home where the service will be conducted Sunday at 3: 30 p.m. Interment will be in Preston Cemetery. Rev. A.H. Vair of Knox Presbyterian Church will officiate.1a 1aKitchener-Waterloo Record 1964

  
  

• Sources

  [S3] Book - Vol I A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., 745. [S401] Census - ON, Bruce, Arran - 1881, Div 1 Page 28 Family 109. [S272] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1911, Div. 7 Page 7. [S157] Military - Canada - World War I - Attestation papers. [S2575] Census - ON, Waterloo Township - 1891, Sect. 2 Page 2. [S356] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Parklawn CC#4504 Internet Link . Husband/ Ernest M./ Wiles/ 1878 - 1964/ Wife/ Lilly Jane/ Ruthig/ 1881 - 1959/ At Rest. [S2231] Military - Kitchener Public Library - Soldier Information Card Collection - World War One. [S6] Church Records - ON, Waterloo - Bindeman, F. W. - Card Index Kitchener Public Library. John Weil, joiner of Waterloo Twp. married 12 Jun 1853 at Greenbush by license to Elisabeth Hagey of Waterloo Twp. [S2488] aaa Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, marriage certificate. Name:Ernest M Wiles Age:22 Birth Year:abt 1883 Birth Place:Elsinor Marriage Date:29 Nov 1905 Marriage Place:Perth, Ontario, Canada Father:John Wiles Mother:Elizabeth Haig Spouse:Lillie G Ruthig

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 14 Oct 1878 - Arran Township, Bruce, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Cabinet, Furniture Factory - 1911 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Baptist - 1911 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - - Arran Township, Bruce, Ontario, Canada Residence - - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 25 Sep 1964 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - 27 Sep 1964 - Parklawn Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth