Elizabeth Sauer

Brief Life History of Elizabeth

When Elizabeth Sauer was born on 13 December 1858, in Humberstone, Welland, Ontario, Canada, her father, Christian Sauer, was 29 and her mother, Elizabeth Hilsle, was 27. She married John Schabel on 23 May 1876, in Welland, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Welland, Welland, Ontario, Canada in 1931. She died on 14 February 1937, in Willoughby, Welland, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 78, and was buried in Snyder, Fort Erie, Niagara, Ontario, Canada.

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Family Time Line

John Schabel
1855–1908
Elizabeth Sauer
1858–1937
Marriage: 23 May 1876
Charles William Schabel
1877–1965
Lena Christina Schabel
1880–1880
Edward George Schabel
1882–1960
John Henry Schabel
1885–1960
Stella Elizabeth Schabel
1890–1978

Sources (20)

  • Elizabeth Schaubel, "Canada Census, 1931"
  • Elizabeth Sauer, "Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927"
  • Elizabeth Shauhel, "Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947"

World Events (6)

1867 · Ontario Founded

On July 1, 1867, the province of Ontario was founded. It is the second largest province in Canada. A third of the population of Canada live here. Before it was Ontario it was called Upper Canada and had a Governor.

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1883 · Mining Boom

In 1883, there was a mining boom in Northern Ontario when mineral deposits were found near Sudbury. Thomas Flanagan was the blacksmith for the Canadian Pacific Railway that noticed the deposits in the river.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: German Kurt, Heinz, Otto, Achim, Dieter, Erwin, Hans, Helmut, Reinhold, Erna, Florian, Fritz.

German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): nickname for an embittered or cantankerous person, from Middle High German sūr, German sauer ‘sour’. In Jewish families, it is mainly artificial, assigned at random by Austrian clerks. This surname is also found in France (Alsace and Lorraine), the Netherlands, Denmark, Poland, Czechia, Croatia, and Slovenia.

Czech and Slovenian (Šauer): from German Schauer . In Slovenia, it is in part of Gottscheerish (i.e. Gottschee German) origin.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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