Stephen Ignatius Meinzinger

1887 - 1984  (97 years)

• Name	Stephen Ignatius Meinzinger
  Born	10 Feb 1887	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Business	66 Weber St. N., Waterloo, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	music studio
  Name	Stefan Meinzinger
  Residence	1891	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Roman Catholic
  Occupation	1901	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Shipper
  Occupation	1911	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Musician
  Residence	1911	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Roman Catholic
  Residence	Between 1949 and 1957	411 Louisa St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Residence	1984	47 Holborn Dr., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-97287
  Died	11 Jul 1984	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Buried	Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Person ID	I97287	Generations
  Last Modified	6 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Ignatz Meinzinger,   b. 1850, , Germany ,   d. 22 Nov 1892, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 42 years)
  Mother	Barbara Hoerle,   b. 9 Apr 1856, , Germany ,   d. 30 Jan 1935, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 78 years)
  Family ID	F25093	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Bertha Vera Schnarr,   b. 25 May 1894, Freeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 12 Mar 1990  (Age 95 years)
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F59735	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Florentine Georgina Schaefer,   b. 26 Jul 1896, , Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 8 Nov 1931, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 35 years)
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F59736	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Stephen Meinzinger, musician, dies at 97 A funeral will be held Saturday for Stephen Meinzinger, well-known musician and music teacher in Kitchener, who died Wednesday. Meinzinger, 97, a charter member of the Kitchener Musician's Union (now known as the Central Ontario Musicians' Association), had been a member of the K,W Philharmoic Choir and served as organist at three local churches. He began his music training at age 17 when he took cornet lessons from Noah Zeller, director of the 29th Regiment Band. Meinzinger was later accepted as a band member. He also took violin lessons from a Toronto teacher. He continued training in Warren, Ohio, and took violin instruction from the concertmaster of the Rochester Symphony in New York. In 1912, he returned to Kitchener where he began teaching music. He charged 50 cents an hour at his studio at 66 Weber St. N. He served as organist at St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church from 1912 to 1916 and 1918 to 1920. In the 1940s, he was organist at Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church. He also was assistant organist for St. Mary's and St. Joseph's German congregations after he retired from CPR, where he had worked in the telegraph office. His daughter, Sister Barbara, said he continued to play for funerals and special services on request when he was in his 80s and played for his own pleasure up until a year ago. A brother of the late Joseph Meinzinger, one of Kitchener's most colorful mayors, Meinzinger lived with his wife, the former Bertha Schnarr, at 47 Holborn Dr. He was a member of St. Anthony Daniel's Roman Catholic Church. Meinzinger is survived by two sons, Carl of Cambridge; Vincent of Stoney Creek; three daughters, Theresa Kraftchick and Sister Barbara SSND, both of Kitchener; and Agnes Allen of Waterloo. He is also survived by 17 grandchildren, 19 great- grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild. He was predeceased by his first wife Florence Schaefer; daughter Ruth Urig; four brothers and two sisters, Mary and Margaret. Funeral mass will be 11 a.m. Saturday at St. Anthony Daniel's in Kitchener followed by burial at Mount Hope Cemetery.

  
  

• Sources

  [S137] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1901, Berlin (Town/Ville) A-3 Page 17. [S340] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1911, Div.. 21 Page 20. [S1592] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1891, Section 4 Page 27. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/206572909/stephen-ignatius-meinzinger.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 10 Feb 1887 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Business - music studio - - 66 Weber St. N., Waterloo, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Roman Catholic - 1891 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Shipper - 1901 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Musician - 1911 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Roman Catholic - 1911 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 11 Jul 1984 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth