Rosine "Rose" Kummer

1866 - 1976  (110 years)

• Name	Rosine "Rose" Kummer
  Born	20 Jan 1866	Doon (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Female
  Interesting	Age
  Name	Rosine "Rose" Wasman
  Residence	1871	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	C. Presbyterian
  Residence	1889	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-139410
  Died	3 Apr 1976	Great Falls, Cascade, Montana, USA   [2]
  Buried	Highland Cemetery, Great Falls, Cascade, Montana, United States   [2]
  Person ID	I139410	Generations
  Last Modified	6 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	John Kummer,   b. 28 Dec 1826, , Berne, Switzerland ,   d. 10 Mar 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 64 years)
  Mother	Marie Ann "Mary" Wagenplast,   b. 11 Aug 1840, Unterriexingen, , Baden-Württemberg, Germany ,   d. 29 Jan 1919, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 78 years)
  Family ID	F34719	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Louis Wasman,   b. 1 Nov 1864, , Perth Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 27 Oct 1945, Sand Coulee, Cascade, Montana, United States  (Age 80 years)
  Married	19 Feb 1889	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F51763	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Former Doon resident dies in Montana at 110 A native of Doon, Mrs. Rose Wasman died Saturday in a nursing home in Great Falls, Montana. She was 110. She was the sister of Oliver A. Rummer, 96, of 843 Hamilton St., in the Preston section of Cambridge. His son O. L. Kummer, also of Cambridge. has flown to Montana for the funeral which will be held Wednesday. Believed to be Montana's oldest woman. Mrs. Wasman was born Jan. 20. 1866, in Doon, near Kitchener, and was one of four girls and seven boys in her family. In 1889, she married Louis Wasman near Galt, Ont., and they both came by train to Montana as tourists. They chose to settle in Great Falls, Mont., then moved in 1893 to a ranch near Sand Coulee, Mont. Mr. Wasman died in 1945 and Mrs. Wasman operated the ranch alone until moving back into the city two years later. She gave up horseback riding at 82 and abandoned show shovelling at 99. At 104, she received a letter of congratulations from President Richard Nixon for being the oldest resident in her social security district. Interviewed on her 100th birthday, Mrs. Wasman attributed her long life to a steady diet of meat, potatoes and vegetables. She said she never drank milk. Kitchener-Waterloo Record 13 Apr 1976

  
  

• Sources

  [S604] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1871, Div. 3, Pg. 19. [S3231] Find A Grave, Cemetery, H., America, N., County, C., Falls, G., & Cemetery, H. (1866). Rose Kummer Wasman (1866-1976) - Find A Grave... Retrieved 20 May 2020, from https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/54410880/rose-wasman. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration. Name: Louis Wasman Event Type: Marriage Event Date: 19 Feb 1889 Event Place: Galt, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada Gender: Male Age: 25 Birth Year (Estimated): 1864 Canada Occ: laborer of Listowel Father's Name: Fred Wasman Mother's Name: Hannah Wasman Spouse's Name: Rosa Kummer Spouse's Gender: Female Spouse's Age: 23 Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1866 Waterloo Res: Galt Spouse's Father's Name: James Kummer Spouse's Mother's Name: Mary Kummer

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 20 Jan 1866 - Doon (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - C. Presbyterian - 1871 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1889 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 19 Feb 1889 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 3 Apr 1976 - Great Falls, Cascade, Montana, USA Buried - - Highland Cemetery, Great Falls, Cascade, Montana, United States  = Link to Google Earth