Louisa Lavina Zimmer

1856 - 1934  (78 years)

• Name	Louisa Lavina Zimmer
  Born	9 Jul 1856	, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3]
  Christened	9 Nov 1856	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Louisa Lavina Hunter
  Name	Louise Zimmer
  Residence	1861	Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Lutheran
  Residence	1871	Grey Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Presbyterian
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-279260
  Died	21 Dec 1934	Grey Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada
  Buried	Brussels, Grey Twp., Huron Co., Ontario
  Person ID	I279260	Generations
  Last Modified	6 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Jacob Zimmer,   b. 9 Sep 1832, Hütschenhausen, , Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany ,   d. 10 Feb 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 58 years)
  Mother	Barbara Steiss,   b. 1836, , Baden, Germany ,   d. 3 Jan 1875, Grey Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 39 years)
  Married	28 May 1855	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Family ID	F234195	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	John Hunter,   b. 1853, , York Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	29 Mar 1876	Brussels, Grey Twp., Huron Co., Ontario
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F21133	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  Louisa Lavina Zimmer from Ancestry.com 2014

  
  

• Notes

  This was a woman that could never be replaced. She was a wife, mother and friend of everyone. She was born in Berlin, Ont., then went to Waterloo, Ont. She passed away in Kitchener, Ont. She was one of the nicest, best, good hearted, honest, hard working woman that was loyal to her husband and family. She was always ready to help anyone in need, brought up a family of 12 (one died early in life) and then myself, making the total still 12, through hard times and half of the children had Black Dyphtheria and not one died which was a miracle. She thought a lot of every child. I cannot say enough of the woman I call grandma. She took me in at the age of 4 and raised me after her son, my father died. She cured many babies of ills or the elderly. She was known as the family doctor. Several near that passed away she layed out, ready for the undertaker. I cannot say how she did everything she had to do because it was endless. I know her soul will rest at peace and she will have a place for her Eternal Life. She has passed her emotions and goodwill to all her family. The hardships were many, get up early in morning, ice on the kitchen water, light up kitchen stove (from wood stored in oven the night before) and get everone their breakfast as they arose. I peeled apples with the apple peeler and she would core them ready for drying on he screen set above the stove. The day was not long enough for her labours, baking bread (12 loaves at a time), washing clothes with the scrub board, and made soap. She came to Oshawa to my place and brought a child into the world and helped endless. She did so much for me. Pages are not long enough to write the necessities of her life but when the final days of her life approached, she still never gave anyone a moment of ther feelings as she knew her life was fast coming to an end. She told Clara to help as she lay in bed downstairs in her bedroom to get her out of bed and ease the breathing, as her lungs were filling with fluid of what I guess was old people's pneumonia. She prayed for God not to save her but take her out of her hardship and give her Eternal Life. May she have it and be there to greet us one and all as we shop up. "Thy will be done Oh Lord" Written by Frank Hunter about his grandmother in September 1977.

  
  

• Sources

  [S6] Church Records - ON, Waterloo - Bindeman, F. W. - Card Index Kitchener Public Library. Louise Zimmer d/o Jacob & Barbara Steis. b. 9 Jul 1856, bapt. 9 Nov 1856, sponsors: parents, Conrad Sattler & wife ???? [S855] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wellesley Twp. - 1861, Div. 10 Page 56. [S2161] Census - ON, Huron, Grey - 1871, Div 2 pg 7. [S6] Church Records - ON, Waterloo - Bindeman, F. W. - Card Index Kitchener Public Library. Jacob Zimmer, joiner of Waterloo married 28 May 1855 in Berlin by banns to Barbara Steif, of Wellesley, wit: Jacob Ziegler of Woolwich & Elizabeth Ziegler

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 9 Jul 1856 - , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Christened - 9 Nov 1856 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Lutheran - 1861 - Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Presbyterian - 1871 - Grey Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada Married - 29 Mar 1876 - Brussels, Grey Twp., Huron Co., Ontario Died - 21 Dec 1934 - Grey Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada Buried - - Brussels, Grey Twp., Huron Co., Ontario  = Link to Google Earth