Ontario, Canada obituary? Wilhelm Bax

Question

Wilhelm Bax
Born: 24 Jul 1917, ?, Netherlands or Germany
Died: 6 Jan 1994, North York, Ontario, Canada
Buried 1994 York Cemetery; transferred 1998 out of cemetery.

Gerda Bax:
Born: 26 Aug 1917, ?, Netherlands or Germany
Died: 5 Mar 2011, Niagara?, Ontario, Canada

They are buried at Niagara Lakeshore Cemetery in Niagara-on-the-Lake.

Is anyone able to find an obituary (or any other record) for either Wilhelm or his wife Gerda?

Answer 1

Possible?

"Nederland, Indexen van de Archieven, Primaire Archiefstukken (BS en DTB), 1600-2000," database, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WB1T-K26Z : 31 October 2019), Willem Bax in entry for Petrus Hendrikus Bax, Death 3 Apr 1951, Dongen, North Brabant, Netherlands; from database, openarchives (https://www.openarch.nl : 2016); citing Deel: 3504, Periode: 1951, archive 1298, inventory number 3504, record number 34; Deel: 3504, Periode: 1951; Brabants Historisch Informatie Centrum

Comments

I think not...

https://www.genealogieonline.nl/en/stamboom-kouws-hendriks/I503.php

Answer 2

I can only find the FindaGrave profile for Gerda Bax:

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/211782568/gerda-bax

and the FindaGrave profile for Wilhelm Bax:

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/211782488/wilhelm-bax

Comments

Thanks for your efforts Anne.  The Find-a-Grave memorials are already mentioned as sources.

Answer 3

Like Anne, I haven't had any luck. People crisscross the border in that neck of the woods, so I checked the American side, too, but nothing. Unfortunately, the OurOntario.ca site is down. It features local newspapers. When it's running again, you might check it out.

Comments

I looked in the Voters Lists on Ancestry and couldn't even find  them there.

Answer 4

There is an interactive website for this cemetery where you can see where your loved one is buried. They even have a photo of Wilhelm and Gerda's headstone. 

You might try calling the cemetery as they hold business hours, and see if there is any other information to be had from their files - next of kin, funeral home, etc.

I'm sorry we can't be of much help Frank!

Answer 5

The Niagara Falls public library has an online index for BMD announcements in the Review (aka Evening Review & Niagara Falls Review) for select peroids from 1908 including from 1984 to present. Unfortunately, neither Wilhem nor Gerda are mentioned.  Only death notices for a Lucy Bax published 18 Aug 1937 and for Willemyna (nee Bolluyt) Bax published 1 May 1964.  I suppose that the St. Catharines Standard might be a good possibility but I do not know of any online source.

Comments

Good resource to know about, John! Do you happen to have the link handy?

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Sure, Laurie.  Here is the link  http://www.nflibrary.ca/nfplindex/start.asp?db=cari

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Thanks, John.