The Children of John R. Linder and Annie Wallace

William Wallace Linder – 1891-1945 and
Nellie Hooper – 1893-1964

Ephraim Leander Linder – 1893-1964,
Muriel Gretchen Candler – 1901-1972 and Stella Ciepiewicz – abt. 1900-1992

Birth

Ephraim Linder was born July 13, 1893. He was the second child in the family of John R and Annie Linder. The birth is recorded in the Ontario Birth Index of 1894, reference #233-715, records that Ephraim was born in Wellesley Township when the family lived in Hawkesville:

     Date:      June 13th 1893
     Name:      Ephraim Leander Linder
     Sex:       Male
     Father:    John R. Linder
     Occ:       Laborer
     Mother:    Annie Wallace
     Informant: Father,
                Hawkesville
     Acc:       Dr. Woodward
     Regis:     Jan 2/[18]94

Marriage

Ephraim married Muriel Gretchen Candler on April 17, 1919 in Milverton, Ontario as recorded in the Ontario Vital Statistics, reference #021-443, of 1919. There were two children: a daughter Betty and a son Jack W. Ephraim and Muriel divorced or separated at an unknown date.

     Groom:      Ephraim Linder
     Age:        Twenty five
     Residence:  City of Kitchener
     Born:       Peel Township
                 Bachelor
     Occupation: Painter
     Religion:   Methodist
     Parents:    John Robert Linder,
                 Annie Wallace

     Bride:      Muriel Gretchen Candler
     Age:        Eighteen
     Residence:  City of Kitchener
     Born:       Township of Elma
                 Spinster
     Occupation: [blank]
     Religion:   Methodist
     Parents:    Wesley Candler,
                 Mary Bolton

     Place:      Village of Milverton, Perth Co
     Date:       17th April 1919
     Witnesses:  Andrew Boa, Hensall
                 Bessie Bell, Milverton

Later Ephraim married again to Stella Ciepiewicz whom he was with when he died in 1964.

Deaths

Ephraim died in Kitchener on Sunday May 17, 1964 after a lengthy illness. The death notice was printed in the K-W Record on Tuesday May 19, 1964, page 23:

Ephriam L. Linder     Funeral service for Ephriam L. Linder, 70, of 216 Victoria Street N., who died Sunday at St. Mary's Hospital after a lengthy illness, will be conducted Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home. Burial will be at the Soldiers Plot at Woodland Cemetery. Very Rev. F. G. Stewart, Minister of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, will officiate.     Born June 13, 1893, in Elmira, Mr. Linder was a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Linder.     A veteran of the First World War, he served overseas with the Canadian forces. He was a life member of the Army, Navy and Airforce Veterans Association.     His wife, the former Stella Ciepiewicz, survives.     Other survivors are three sisters, Mrs. Edna Hodgson and Mrs. Grace Wettlaufer, both of Kitchener, Mrs. Bella Guthie of Detroit and four grandchildren.     He was predeceased by a son, Jack, a daughter, Betty, two brothers and two sisters.

EPHRAIM M. LINDER 1893-1964 --- AT REST Woodland Cemetery, Kitchener

• The obituary incorrectly spells Ephraim's first name and gives "L" as his middle initial which agrees with "Leander" on his birth record. His headstone has "M" as Ephraim's middle initial.

Ephraim's son Jack had passed away earlier in February of the same year. His obituary provides more information about the family. The K-W Record on Monday February 3, 1964, page 25 contained:

Jack W. Linder         By Record Staff Writer     NEW HAMBURG -- Jack W. Linder, 41, of Peel Street, died at Victoria Hospital, London Ont., Sunday, following a heart attack.     Mr. Linder was born in Waterloo. He had been employed as a machine operator by the Cornell Construction Company of Brantford.     Surviving besides his parents, are his wife, the former Phyllis Eichler; three sons, Leander and Paul at home and Jack of Vancouver and two daughters, Dianne and Beth, both at home.     A sister predeceased him.     The body is at the Futher-Omand Funeral Home where the funeral will be conducted Wednesday at 2:30 p.m. by Rev. Norman A Keffer of Trinity Lutheran Church, New Hamburg. Temporary entombment will be at the Graff Chapel at Riverside Cemetery. Good Funeral Home after Thursday at noon and funeral arrangements will be announced later.

This was followed the next day, Tuesday February 4, 1964 in the K-W Record, page 17:

Jack Linder         By Record Staff Writer     NEW HAMBURG -- Among the survivors of Jack Linder, 41, of Peel Street, New Hamburg, who died Sunday are his father, Ephriam Linder of Kitchener and his mother, Mrs. Muriel Drake of Brantford.     A member of the Army, Navy, and Air Force Veterans of Kitchener, Mr. Linder died at Victoria Hospital, London, Ont., Sunday following a heart attack.

Muriel C. Drake Dec 13, 1901 Sept 3, 1972 mother Jack Linder April 7, 1922 Feb 2, 1964 son Riverside Cemetery, New Hamburg

Ephraim's obituary refers to Stella Ciepiewicz being his wife at the time. A woman with this name died Saturday July 4, 1992 and she also had connections with the Army, Navy and Air Force Veterans' Association. Her obituary appeared in the K-W Record on Monday July 6, 1992, page A11:

PATTON, Mrs. Stella -- On Saturday, July 4, 1992, at St. Raphael's Nursing Home, the former Stella Ciepiewicz, in her 93rd year, of Kitchener.     Beloved mother of Jerome Krulicki and his wife Marjorie of Kitchener, Michael Krulicki and his wife Alice of Sauble Beach, Harry Krulicki of Sauble Beach, Joseph Krulicki and his wife Norma of Hope, B.C., Eleanor Lehman of Kitchener, Helen and her husband George Burger of St. Catharines, Dorothy and her husband John Shillington of St. Catharines; sister of Olga and her husband Harry Randall of Kitchener and Helen Romanick of Windsor. Lovingly remembered by her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Predeceased by her son, Frank Krulicki.     Mrs. Paton was a member of the Army, Navy and Air Force Veterans' Association Women's Auxiliary.     Cremation. Interment in Kitchener Mount Hope Cemetery. There will be no visitation. A memorial service will be held in the Ratz-Bechtel Chapel, 621 King St. W., Kitchener, on Friday, July 10, 1992 at 2:30 p.m.     Expressions of sympathy, may be shown by donations to the Canadian Diabetes Association, 910 King St. W., Kitchener, N2G 1G4.

Edward George Linder – 1895-1954,
Mary Alice Pleyer – 1895-1932 and
Armande Allard – 1903-unknown

Birth

Edward George Linder was born in Elmira, Ontario on September 01, 1895, recorded in the Ontario Birth Archive of 1895, reference #033-540. He was the third child of John R and Annie Linder.

    Birthdate:  Sept 17(?)/[18]95
    Name:       Linder, George Edward
    Sex:        Male
    Father:     John R. Linder
    Occupation: Laborer
    Mother:     Annie Wallace
    Informant:  John R. Linder,
                Elmira, Ont
    Registered: Oct 11/[18]95
    Accoucheur: N. Ullyot MD

Marriages

From the family Bible, Edward married Alice Pleyer on May 22, 1919. The marriage is also recorded in the Ontario Marriage Index of 1919, reference #018-021. They had no children of their own but adopted a daughter Dorothy who was born to Edward's younger sister Grace in 1916.

     Groom:      Edward George Linder
     Age:        23 years
     Residence:  Waterloo
     Born:       Elmira
                 Bachelor
     Occupation: Upholster
     Religion:   Methodist
     Parents:    John Robert Linder,
                 Annie Wallace

     Bride:      Mary Alice Player
     Age:        24 years
     Residence:  North Bay
     Born:       Riviere du Loup, Quebec
                 Spinster
     Religion:   Roman Catholic
     Parents:    Rudolph Player,
                 Mary Regis

     Place:      North Bay, Ont
     Date:       22 May 1919
     Witnesses:  Oscar Graco, North Bay
                 Rudolph Player, North Bay

Edward remarried Armande Allard on January 25, 1935. Armande was the widow of Joseph Pleyer, an older brother of Alice, who died in 1932. Edward and Armande had (at least) two daughters of their own.

Deaths

A headstone in the Roman Catholic section of Mt Hope Cemetery, Waterloo marks the grave of Alice Pleyer. The family Bible records that she died on February 28, 1931 and her headstone gives 1931 as the year of her death. In fact she died the next year on February 29, 1932. Her obituary was printed in the Kitchener Daily Record on Monday February 29, 1932 with an addenda the following day:

John Rudolph/ Pleyer/ 1865-1950/ rest in peace A. Joseph Pleyer/ 1900-1932 B. Alice Linder/ 1895-1931 Mt Hope Cemetery, Waterloo

Waterloo Obituary MRS. EDWARD G. LINDER   Mrs. Edward G. Linder, 142 Bridgeport road, died at St. Mary's hospital this morning after a lingering illness. She was in her 38th year. Mrs. Linder was born in River Du Loup, Quebec.   She is survuved by her husband, one daughter, Dorothy, her father, Rudolph Pleyer, Waterloo, two brothers, Jos. Pleyer, Waterloo and Andrew Pleyer, Cobalt, three sisters, Mrs. Oscar Greco, North Bay, Eva of Quebec City and Sister Madeline Florence of Notre Dame Convent, Montreal.   The funeral will be held Thursday from the residence, 142 Bridgeport road to St. Louis church for service at 9 o'clock. Interment will be made at Waterloo R.C. Cemetery. MRS. EDWARD G. LINDER   In the report of the death of Mrs. Edward G. Linder, 142 Bridgeport road, who died at St Mary's hospital yesterday, the names of two survivors, her stepmother, Mrs R. Pleyer and one sister, Miss Mary Pleyer, both of Waterloo were omitted.

Name: Linder, Alice Place: St Mary's Hospital, Kitchener Residence: 142 Bridgeport Road, Waterloo Sex/orig/marriage: Female/German/married Born: Feb 28, 1895, River Du Loup, Quebec Age: 37 years, 1 day Occupation: Housewife Residence: 2 mo. place of death, 23 years Ontario, life Canada Parents: Rudolph Pleyer, born Germany; Mary Regis, born Quebec Informant: Edward Linder, 142 Bridgeport Road, husband Burial: Waterloo R.C. Cemetery, Mar 3/[19]32 Registered: 1 March 1932 Medical Information Died: Feb 29th 1932 Cause: G.P.I., 1 year Contrib: Myocardial failure, 1 month Physician: C.R. McCarolly, MD 176 King St S Registered: March 1st 1932

Edward's death in North Bay on Saturday March 6, 1954 was reported in the K-W Record on Monday March 8, 1954, page 5:

Edward G. Linder         By Record Correspondent     NORTH BAY -- After a lengthy illness, Edward George Linder, 58, 375 5th Ave. East (formerly of Waterloo), died here Saturday.     Born Sept. 17, 1895, in Elmira, he was a son of the late John Linder and the former Annie Wallace. Mr. Linder served three years with the 118th Battalion during the First World War.     Surviving are his wife, three daughters, Miss Eva Linder, at home; Mrs. William (Janet) Sayyae, North Bay; Mrs. James (Dorothy) Coltart, Waterloo, one brother Ephraim, Kitchener; three sisters, Mrs. Jay Harris, Detroit; Mrs. Grace Wettlaufer and Mrs. Jack Hodgson, both of Kitchener, and four grandchildren.     The body is at the Edward R. Good Funeral Home, Waterloo, where service will be conducted Tuesday at 2 p.m. by Rev. J. G. Murdock of Knox Presbyterian Church, Waterloo. Burial will be in Waterloo Mount Hope Cemetery.

EDWARD G. LINDER LANCE CORPORAL C.R.T. C.E.F. 6 MAR 1954  AGE 58 Mt Hope Cemetery, Waterloo

Lovina Bell Linder – 1897-unknown and
Jay Harris – unknown

Birth

Bella Linder was the fourth child, and first daughter, to be born in the family. From information in the family Bible and the 1901 Census, she was born on October 25, 1897. The same information is found in the Ontario Vital Statistics for 1897, #042-638:

     Name:      Levina Belle Linder
     Sex:       Female
     Birth:     Oct 25/[18]97
     Father:    John R. Linder
     Occ:       Laborer
     Mother:    Annie Wallace
     Informant: John R. Linder
     Physician: H. R. Hay MD
     Regist'd:  Nov 19/[18]97

Marriage

Bella married Jay Harris before 1924. The couple lived in Detroit.

Death

Bella died before her sister Grace Wettlaufer in 1971.

James Cathrae Linder – 1900-1901

Birth

James Cathrae Linder was born in Elmira, Ontario on June 21, 1900, the fifth child in the family. The baby's great grandmother, Charlotte Randall Linder, had a sister Caroline who married George Cathrae. Is that the source of this unusual middle name? The birth is recorded in the Ontario Birth Archive of 1900, reference #041-639.

    Name:       Linder, James Cathrae
    Sex:        Male
    Birthdate:  June 21/1900
    Father:     John Linder
    Occupation: Mason
    Mother:     Annie Wallace
    Informant:  John Linder,
                Elmira, Ont
    Accoucheur: N R Hay, MD
    Registered: June 29/1900

Death

James died as a baby just six months afterward. The Ontario Vital Statistics, reference #027-711 for 1901, gives the details.

    Name:       Linder, James Cathrea
                Male
    Died:       Jan 9, 1901
    Age:        6m 19d
    Residence:  39 Arthur St
    Occupation: infant
    Born:       Elmira
    Cause:      Broncho-Pneumonia, 1 week
    Physician:  N R Hay, MD
    Religion:   Methodist
    Return:     N R Hay, Jan 10/1901

Georgianna Grace Elizabeth Linder – 1902-1971 and
Charles Wettlaufer – unknown-1926

Birth

Grace Linder was born "Georgianna Grace Elizabeth" in Elmira, Ontario on March 02, 1902, the sixth child of John R and Annie Linder. The Ontario Birth Archive of 1902, reference #043-324, has more detail.

    Name:       Linder, Georgianna Grace Elizabeth
    Sex:        Female
    Birthdate:  March 2/1902
    Father:     John Linder
    Occupation: Hostler
    Mother:     Annie Wallace
    Informant:  John Linder,
                Elmira, Ont
    Accoucheur: J N Ratz MD
    Registered: April 1/1902

Marriage

Grace gave birth to a daughter in 1916 that was later adopted by her brother Edward and his wife Alice to be raised as Dorothy.

Grace married Charles Wettlaufer on December 4, 1920 in Kitchener. He was a widower and more than 30 years older than Grace. Together they had three children: Rosemary, Raymond and Ruth. Charles died in 1926, not long after the couple was married.

Death

Grace passed away on Tuesday April 27, 1971 in Kitchener. Her death notice was printed in the K-W Record the same day on page 23:

Mrs. Charles Wettlaufer     Mrs. Charles Wettlaufer of 518 Greenfield Drive died at the K-W Hospital today after a brief illness. She was 69.     The former Grace Elizabeth Linder, she was a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Linder. She was born in Elmira but lived in the Twin Cities most of her life. She had been employed at Snyder's Furniture Co. Ltd. and then the James C. Snyder Ltd. for over 40 years, retiring in 1968. She was a member of the ladies of the Moose and the Army, Navy and Air Force Association.     She was predeceased by her husband in 1926, a daughter, Rosemary in 1944; a son, Raymond in 1925, three brothers and three sisters.     Surviving are one daughter, Mrs. E. Ruth Edwards of Hamilton, and one sister, Mrs. John (Edna) Hodgson of Kitchener.     The body is at the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home where service will be conducted Thursday at 2 p.m. by Rev. Roy E. Webb of St. George's Anglican Church. Burial will be in Woodland cemetery.     Donations to the Canadian Cancer Society will be accepted as expressions of sympathy.

• There are four graves in the group at Woodland Cemetery in Section K, but just two markers:
  1. Annie Wallace Linder (1872-1945) was buried on February 24, 1945,
  2. Rosemary Wettlaufer (1922-1943) buried on November 12, 1943,
  3. Grace E. Wettlaufer on April 29, 1971 and
  4. Elsie Ruth Edwards (19xx-1989) buried on June 17, 1989

ROSEMARY WETTLAUFER 1922-1943 AT REST Woodland Cemetery, Kitchener

GRACE E. WETTLAUFER 1902-1971 AT REST Woodland Cemetery, Kitchener

Caroline Linder – 1904-1943 and
Ernest Clutterbuck – 1898-1958

Birth

Caroline Linder was the seventh child of John R Linder and Annie Wallace. She was born in Elmira on January 25, 1904, as recorded in the Ontario Birth Index (#045-414) for 1904 and in the family Bible.

Marriage

Caroline married Ernest Clutterbuck on May 12, 1919 in Galt, Ontario (from #025-397 of the Ontario Marriage Index for 1919). We do not know how long they remained married or anything about any children they might have had.

     Groom:      Ernest Clutterbuck
     Age:        20 years
     Residence:  Waterloo
     Born:       Stepheny Green, England
                 Bachelor
     Occupation: Shoemaker
     Religion:   Church of England
     Parents:    George Clutterbuck,
                 Elizabeth Collins

     Bride:      Caroline Linder
     Age:        18 years
     Residence:  Waterloo
     Born:       Elmira, Ont
                 Spinster
     Occupation: At home
     Religion:   Church of England
     Parents:    John Linder,
                 Annie Wallace

     Place:      Galt, Ont
     Date:       12 May 1919
     Witnesses:  Mrs. Thos Cossel(?), King St. Waterloo
                 Thos Cossel, King St. Waterloo

Deaths

The Bridgeport Free Church Cemetery contains the graves of Caroline and Ernest. The records do not give the date of burial so more research will be required to come up with obituaries. The Ontario Birth Index and the family Bible page gives Caroline's date of birth as January 25, 1904. Her headstone records two years earlier, in 1902, which is clearly wrong.

Clutterbuck/ Ernest Clutterbuck/ 1898-1958/ Caroline Linder/ his beloved wife/ 1902-1943/ In silence we remember Free Church Cemetery, Bridgeport

Margaret Linder – 1906-19?? and
Harry James Graff – 1904-19??

Birth

Margaret Linder was the eighth child of the family. The Ontario Vital Statistics for 1906, #001-309, gives January 6, 1906 as Marguerite's date of birth. The family Bible says that Margaret was born on January 19, 1906.

Harry James Graf was born in Waterloo on September 13, 1904, the son of John Graf and Minnie Harlock.

Marriage

Margaret was married to Harry James Graff on November 24 of some year when she was living at 109 King St. Someone neglected to include the year they were married in the Holy Matrimony page in the family Bible. It does seem unusual that this page wasn't used for information about John R and Annie.

     Groom:      Harry James Graff
     Age:        19
     Residence:  Waterloo
     Born:       Waterloo
     Occupation: Laborer
     Father:     John Graff (b. Woolwich Twp)
     Mother:     Minnie Harlock

     Bride:      Margaret Linder
     Age:        18
     Residence:  Waterloo
     Born:       Elmira
     Father:     John Linder (b. Elmira)
     Mother:     Annie Wallace

     Witness:    Eliza Graff, 13 Charles St. S., Waterloo
                 Joseph Graff, 13 Charles St. S., Waterloo
     Date:       24 November 1923
     Place:      109 King St. in Waterloo

Deaths

At this time, nothing is known about the date or place of death of either Margaret or Ernest.

Edna Linder – 1908-1981 and
John (Jack) Charlton Hodgson – 1901-1963

Birth

Edna Linder was the last of nine children born to John R Linder and Annie Wallace. She was born on February 01, 1908, from the recording of the event in the family Bible.

John (Jack) Hodgson was born in Puslinch Township on April 24, 1901, the son of Robert Hodgson and Hannah Towell. He had (at least) two brothers and five sisters.

Marriage

Edna married Jack on June 29, 1925. Jack's obituary says the marriage took place in Kitchener but the Ontario Vital Statistics say the marriage was registered in Galt, Ont.

The couple had one surviving child, a son, Robert. There was also one daughter that died in infancy.

Deaths

Edna and John C. Hodgson are buried in Section A of Memory Gardens to the east of Kitchener in Woolwich Township. Edna, the youngest, survived all her brothers and sisters.

Add headstone picture -- Memory Gardens, Woolwich Twp John C./ 1901-1963/ Edna/ 1908-1981/ In loving memory/ Hodgson

Jack Hodgson's obituary was printed in the Kitchener-Waterloo Record on September 4, 1963 followed almost twenty years later by Edna's on October 14, 1981:

John C. Hodgson     John C. Hodgson, 62, of 559 Ephraim St. died today at his home after a brief illness.     He was born in Puslinch Township, April 24, 1901, and has been residing in Kitchener for the past 20 years. He was a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hodgson, and a member of St. Andrew's Presbyterian church. He was employed at the B.F. Goodrich Company Ltd., for the past 39 years.     He is survived by his wife, the former Edna Linder, whom he married in Kitchener in 1925; a son, Cpl. Robert Hodgson with the RCAF in Clinton; a brother, William of Preston; four sisters Mrs. Martha Chester, Hespeler, Mrs. Irene Eaton of Orillia, Mrs. Rose Black of Camas, Wash., and four grandchildren.     He was predeceased by a brother, Robert, a sister Ethel, and a daughter in infancy.     The body is at the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home for services Friday at 2 p.m. with the Very Rev. F.G. Steward[sic] officiating.     Donations to the Ontario Heart Foundation will be accepted as Cancer Society will be accepted as as expressions of sympathy.

HODGSON, Mrs. John (Edna) -- At St. Mary's Hospital, on Wednesday, Oct. 14, 1981, following a brief illness, Edna Linder, age 73 years, of 88 Bruce St., formerly of 559 Ephraim St., Kitchener.     Mrs. Hodgson was a member of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church.     Beloved wife of the late John (Jack) Hodgson, dear mother of Robert and his wife Kathleen of Vancouver, B.C. Also surviving are four grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. She was predeceased by her parents.     A memorial service will be held in the Ratz-Bechtel Chapel on Friday at 2 p.m., with Rev. Grand MacDonald officiating. Cremation with interment in Memory Gardens.     Donations to the Canadian Cancer Society may be made as expressions of sympathy.     There will be no visitation at the funeral home prior to the service.