Joseph Louis "Joe" Messner

1920 - 1969  (48 years)

• Name	Joseph Louis "Joe" Messner
  Born	18 Dec 1920	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-204293
  Died	20 Aug 1969	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Buried	Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Person ID	I204293	Generations
  Last Modified	25 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Carl "Charles" Messner,   b. Feb 1877, , Alsace Lorraine, France ,   d. 1950  (Age ~ 72 years)
  Mother	Isabella Buckel,   b. 14 Apr 1874, East Zorra Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1946  (Age 71 years)
  Married	3 Sep 1907	New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Family ID	F44962	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Mother	Katharine Emma Nihill,   b. 24 Aug 1894, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F58385	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Norma Theresa Brenner,   b. 13 May 1924, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 24 Jan 2010, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 85 years)
  Last Modified	26 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F57238	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  Joe Messner (2019). Images.findagrave.com. Retrieved 31 May 2019, from https://images.findagrave.com/photos/2018/85/187262524_1522185846.jpg

  
  

• Notes

  Joseph L. Messner Joseph Louis Messner of 177 Clark St. died Wednesday at the Toronto General Hospital after a brief illness. He was 48. Born in Kitchener, Dec.. 18, 1920, he was a son of the late Mr. and Mrs.. Carl Messner. He had been employed as a steward; at the Knights of Columbus Hall for two years. A member of St. Aloysius RC Church, he was also a third degree member of the Knights of Columbus and belonged to the Council of Catholic Men. Surviving, besides his wife, the former Norma Brenner, are one son, Michael at home; four daughters, Anne, Catherine, Mary and Cecilia, all at home; one sister, Mrs. Roy (Margerite) Utley of Kitchener. The body will be at the Schreiter - Sandrock Funeral Home after 7:30 p.m. tonight. The parish rosary will be recited at 8 p.m. Friday followed by a special Kitchener Knights of Columbus prayer service at 8:30 pin. Prayers at the funeral home Saturday at 10:30 a,m. will be followed at 11 a.m. by requiem mass at St. Aloysius RC Church. Rev. C. A. Hauser will officiate. Burial will be in Woodland cemetery. Kitchener-Waterloo Record 21 Aug 1969 pg 26 ________________ Name at birth as Louis Nihill on 18 Dec 1920 in Kitchener. The 1921 Canada Census confirms that Louis Nihill, age 5 months, was an orphan at the St Agatha Orphanage. His father was recorded as being Irish and he was, a Roman Catholic. The orphanage was headed by a Mother Superior with 18 Sisters that were looking after 73 orphans. St. Agatha baptismal records the baptism.

  
  

• Sources

  [S87] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Woodland CC#4510 Internet Link . In Loving Memory Of/ Joseph L./ Messner/ 1920-1969 [S3108] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 020658-07. Carl Messner, 29, occ. Manufacturer, b. Elsace Germany, res. New Hamburg, son of Wendelin Messner and Barbara Killmer married Isabella Buckel, 33, b. East Zorra, res. New Hamburg, daughter of John Buckel and Catherine Doelln (?), Witness(es) Wilbert Mayer of Waterloo, E. Buckel of Toronto, Clara Buckel of New Hamburg and C. Arnold of Shakespeare, 3 September 1907 in New Hamburg

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 18 Dec 1920 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 20 Aug 1969 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth