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

Franz Carl "Frank" Rabethge

Male 1893 - 1980  (87 years)


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  • Name Franz Carl "Frank" Rabethge 
    Immigration 1893  , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Born 30 Jan 1893  , Germany Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Name Frank Rabethge 
    Occupation 1911  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Button Turner 
    Residence 1911  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Lutheran 
    Residence 1946  151 Albert St. S., Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-175999 
    Died 19 Oct 1980  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Buried Saint Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Person ID I175999  Generations
    Last Modified 6 Apr 2024 

    Father Carl W. Franz "Frank" Rabethge,   b. 2 Feb 1867, , Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 Dec 1958  (Age 91 years) 
    Mother Louise Schomberg,   b. 16 Sep 1869, , Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Jul 1937  (Age 67 years) 
    Family ID F175413  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Ella Marie Margaretha Doering,   b. 16 Oct 1899, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Feb 1946, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 46 years) 
    Married 19 Dec 1917  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Verna Ann Rabethge,   b. 15 Sep 1920, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Jan 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
     2. Elma D. Rabethge,   b. 1922,   d. 1983  (Age 61 years)
     3. Irene C. Rabethge,   b. 2 Aug 1923
     4. Blanche C. Rabethge,   b. 25 Feb 1927, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Aug 2014, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years)
     5. Laverne Carl Rabethge,   b. 25 May 1929, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Oct 2014  (Age 85 years)
    Last Modified 7 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F40563  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Idella M. "Della Krueger,   b. 29 Aug 1895, Buffalo, Erie, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Jul 1963, Freeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years) 
    Married 1948  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Last Modified 7 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F43108  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 3 Emma Margaret Weltz,   b. 13 Mar 1895, Normanby Twp., Grey Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Apr 1978, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years) 
    Last Modified 7 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F50218  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • RABETHGE, Frank C. - On Sunday, Oct. 19, 1980, at Freeport Hospital, Frank Carl Rabethge, in his 88th year, formerly of Madison Ave. S., Kitchener.

      He was a member of St. Peter's Lutheran Church, Kitchener and had been employed with the City of Kitchener Parks Board until his retirement.

      Husband of the late Ella Doering of Phillipsburg; dear father of Evelyn (Mrs. Stanley Hohl) of New Hamburg, Mrs. Alma Heimpel of Heidelberg, Irene (Mrs. Donald Cunningham) of Elmira, Blanche (Mrs. Roy Doering) of Philipsburg and Laverne of Kitchener; brother of Mrs. Erna Hartleib and Mrs. Dorothy Weist, both of Waterloo, Eric of Kitchener and William of Cambridge. Also survived by 15 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.

      Friends may call at the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home, 621 King St. W., Kitchener, after 7 pm today. Funeral service in the Ratz-Bechtel Chapel on Wednesday at 3 pm with Rev. Eric Reble officiating. Interment in St. Peter's Lutheran Cemetery.

      Kitchener-Waterloo Record Oct 20 1980 pg 27

  • Sources 
    1. [S340] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1911, Div. 24 Pg. 12.

    2. [S3231] Find A Grave, Cemetery, S., America, N., Municipality, W., & Cemetery, S. (1893). Franz Carl “Frank” Rabethge (1893-1980) - Find A... Retrieved 22 June 2020, from https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/92173498/franz-carl-rabethge.

    3. [S77] News - ON, Waterloo, Elmira - Elmira Signet (1893-1982), Obituary of Idella Krueger-Rabethge - Jul 10 1963 pg 4.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsImmigration - 1893 - , Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 30 Jan 1893 - , Germany Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Button Turner - 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 MapsMarried - 19 Dec 1917 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 1948 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 19 Oct 1980 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Saint Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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