The Children of William Randall and Barbara Laufer

Birth

Lucinda Randall, the second child of William and Barbara Randall and the namesake of her aunt Lucinda Randall, was born on June 9, 1870. The birth was recorded in the Waterloo County Births, Deaths and Marriages as recorded 1869-1871, Folio 100, and in the Ontario Vital Statistics for 1870, #005-400.

Daniel Bormann was the eldest child of Joseph Bormann and Caroline Frick. He was born in Wellesley and according to his family's entry in the 1901 Census the date was Oct 12, 1868. Daniel's recorded age when he first married and his headstone say that he was born one year earlier.

Marriage

Lucinda's marriage to Daniel Bormann is recorded in the Minute Book of St James Lutheran Church in Elmira: Date: June 4, 1889 Groom: Bormann, Daniel Age: 23 Resident: Woolwich Born: Woolwich bachelor Occ: Farmer Religion: Lutheran Parents: Joseph Bormann, Caroline Frick Bride: Rentel, Lucinde Age: 19 Resident: Wellesley Born: Woolwich spinster Religion: Lutheran Parents: William Rentel, Barbara Lauffer Rentel was a German equivalent of Randall.

Lucinda Randall - 1970-1910

The marriage is also listed in the Ontario Archives, index #012-168 for 1889:

     Groom:    Borman, Daniel
     Age:      22
     Resident: Wellesley Twp, Ont
     Born:     Woolwich Twp, Ont
               bachelor
     Occ:      Farmer
     Religion: Lutheran
     Parents:  Joseph Borman, Caroline Borman

     Bride:    Randall, Lucinda
     Age:      19
     Resident: Wellesley Twp
     Born:     Woolwich Twp
               spinster
     Religion: Lutheran
     Parents:  William Randall, Barbara Randall

     Witness:  Peter Borman, Wellesley Twp;
               Mary Roshler, Wellesley Twp
     Date:     June 4, 1889, Elmira, Ont
     By:       Rev A. R. Schutz,
               Banns

A picture of the family at an unknown location, about 1903. L-R: Daniel, Ellen Lucinda, Clarence, Daniel [Jr], Carrie/Caroline, Lucinda, Laura/Dore. From the booklet "Gratton Family Tree", Stratford-Perth Archives.

The couple had at least eight children. A son, Frederick was born prematurely in 1893 and died the next day. The eldest daughter Laura died in 1905 and is buried at the Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery in Sebastopol (at the north limits of Tavistock, today).

BORMANN Zum Andenken an Dore Tochter von Daniel & Lucinda BORMANN gest. den 29 Jan. 1905 Alter 13 Jahre 7 M. u. 21 T. Trinity Cemetery, Sebastopol

Death

Lucinda gave birth to an unnamed boy in the Berlin-Waterloo hospital on August 6, 1910. The child was very weak and died eight days later. The death of Lucinda Randall from birth complications on August 6, 1910 is recorded in the Ontario Vital Statistics, #030-636, for 1910:

     Name:          Randall, Lucinda
     Sex/Race:      female, white
     Died:          Aug 6, 1910
     Born:          June 9th 1870, St Jacobs
     Age:           40yrs 1m 25days
     Where:         B+W Hospital [Berlin and Waterloo]
                    hospitalized 1 day
                    married
     Father:        William Randall
     Mother:        Barbara Laufer

     Doctor:        Dr. Fischer

     Medical --     Randall, Lucinda
     Died:          Aug 6, 1910
     Cause:         Eclampsia, 20 hours
     Immediate:     Convulsions, a few minutes
     Doctor:        Wm J. Fischer, Waterloo, Ont
     Date:          Oct 4/10
     Remarks:       Sent here from Waterloo

An obituary was printed in The Daily Telegraph on Tuesday August 9, 1910 on page 4: Death of Mrs. Bowman ---------------     A sad death took place Saturday evening at the Berlin-Waterloo Hospital when Mrs. Daniel Bowman, Queen St., Waterloo, passed away. Deceased has been a resident of Waterloo a year, having formerly lived in Tavistock. A husband and seven children survive, the eldest of whom is sixteen years.     The funeral took place this afternoon from the residence, Queen St., to St. John's Lutheran Church for service and Mount Hope cemetery for burial.

After the death of Lucinda, Daniel married a second time to Caroline L. Schlueter in Elmira on August 16, 1911.

Daniel passed away more than twenty-five years later in Linwood, Ontario on December 1, 1936. His death was reported in the Daily Record at the time:

In Memory Of DANIEL BORMANN 1867-1936 At Rest Mt Hope Cemetery, Waterloo

Obituary   DANIEL BORHMAN By Record Correspondent.     LINWOOD Dec. 1. -- The death of Daniel Borhman formerly of Waterloo, occurred at his home near Linwood, Wellesley township, this morning. Mr. Borhman was born in Wellesley and was in his 70th year.     Surviving are his wife, three sons, Clarence, Daniel and Milton of Kitchener, two daughters, Mrs. Clayton Hannenberg of Guelph, Mrs. C. Schultz of Elmira, three sisters, Mrs. Henry Mansz, Kitchener, Mrs. R. Johnson and Mrs. B. Hawke, Toronto, one brother, William Borhman of Brantford, and 18 grandchildren.     The funeral will be held Thursday at 2:30 from the Letter and Dreisinger Funeral Chapel, Waterloo, to Mount Hope cemetery. The remains will rest at the chapel.

In memory of CAROLINE L. SCHLUETER Beloved Wife Of DANIEL BORMANN 1867-1939 St Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, Linwood

Daniel's second wife survived him. Caroline died in 1939 and is buried in St Peter's Lutheran Cemetery in Linwood.

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