Moedinger Funeral Home Index 1899 – 1911
Copyright by the Ontario Genealogical Society, Elgin County Branch 2004
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Louis Moedinger Sr., arrived in Sparta about 1859 and started a furniture business and undertaking service in “The Abbey”. His son, Louis Jr., learned the business and purchased the west end of the Hilborn store for an undertaking and hardware establishment. After the death of Louis Moedinger Jr., in 1940, he was succeeded by his daughter and son-in-law, Helen and Robert Harvey, who conducted the hardware business.
The Moedinger father and son team made the caskets used in the undertaking business, also some furniture. Miss Amelia Moedinger helped in the business and worked on the lining and finishing of the coffins. During these years Sparta was a thriving village. In keeping up with the demands, a handsomely appointed new hearse was acquired. It came from Buffalo and had been made about 1840. The hearse was sold to a collector in London.
In earlier days a democrat or sleigh was used to convey the casket to the cemetery. For many years Mr. Joseph Leverton was assistant to Mr. L. W. Moedeinger. These gentlemen wore black broadcloth mourning suits, gloves and high silk hats.
Various horses in the community were hired to draw the hearse. The old hearse was laid away with the other relics of a bygone era and Mr. Moedinger purchased a second horse-drawn hearse at a cost of $1,200. This vehicle was simpler in design that the first one. A photo of the hearse can be seen in the Peter Robson Art Gallery in Sparta, Ontario.
These records were made available to Elgin OGS by Mr. Moedinger’s daughter, Helen Harvey of Sparta.
The records begin in 1899, but from 1899 to 1902, there is only a list of burials with a date (presumed to be the date of burial). No other information is given. This list will be given separately at the beginning of the index below. Please do not request further information for these names, as none exists in the records.
Bastedo, Mr., Oct. 13, 1899
Cornell, William, Oct. 21, 1899
Sanderson, Benjamin, Nov. 27, 1899
Rose, son of William, Nov. 5, 1899
Mattis, Mrs., Feb. 1, 1899
Cornell, William, March 20, 1899
Jay, George, March 30, 1899
Prior, George, Sr., Apr. 20, 1899
Jay, George, Mrs., May 28, 1899
Lethbridge, John, Mrs., June 22, 1899
Carr, Fanny, June 26, 1899
Watkins, Mrs., July 1, 1899
Robins, Spencer, Mrs., July 13, 1899
Arlett, James, Mrs., Dec. 1899
Fitch, child of A. E., Dec. 18, 1899
Mann, Mrs., Dec. 19, 1899
House, Frank, Dec. 30, 1899
Luton, Mrs., Feb. 6, 1900
Haight, David, Feb. 6, 1900
Martyn, Rich., Mrs., Feb. 15, 1900
Stafford, child of Charles, Feb. 26, 1900
Howell, William, Mar. 20, 1900
Wilcox, Dinah, Mar. 22, 1900
Rundle, John, Apr. 7, 1900
Paige, Jos., Mrs., June 4, 1900
Prior, George, Mrs., Aug. 1, 1900
Gunn, Robert, Sept. 12, 1900
Hilborn, child of Joseph, Sept. 15, 1900
Shaw, child of James, Sept. 24, 1900
Smith, John A., Nov. 5, 1900
Smith, Charity C., Nov. 14, 1900
Smale, Immanuel, Dec. 25, 1900
Fanson, Mrs., Jan. 21, 1901
Bailey, Darius, Jan. 9, 1901
Harvey, David, Mrs., Mar. 6, 1901
Gillett, Mrs., Mar. 19, 1901
Patient, Bill, Mar. 4, 1901
Lincoln, Joseph, May 19, 1901
Emmett, Mrs., Aug. 2, 1901
Crumb, Mrs., Sept. 12, 1901
Haight, Samuel, Oct. 9, 1901
Gunn, Eugene, Mrs., Nov. 4, 1901
Pickard, Mrs., May 17, 1902
Wilding, Mrs., May 23, 1902
Jay, Emma, June 8, 1902
Brumpton, Mrs., June 10, 1902
Fordyce, Mr., June 20, 1902
Weaver, Mrs., June 23, 1902
Ross, Daniel, Mrs., Sept. 20, 1902
Berry, Mr., Dec. 20, 1902
The following burials, from 1903 to 1911, contain additional information in the record book. Requests for lookups can be made to Elgin OGS from this list:
Albertson, Bertha A., 1904, page 8
Albertson, Josiah, 1904, page 9
Albertson, Kinsey, 1906, page 20
Alexander, John, 1909, page 34
Avery, Sarah A., 1908, page 30
Badgley, William H., 1908, page 26
Bale, Dora Catharine, 1904, page 9
Banbury, Mary Ann, 1903, page 2
Banbury, Richard, 1910, page 36
Banbury, Thomas, 1907, page 23
Barnum, George Rodney, 1911, page 40
Bassett, Eliza, 1908, page 29
Bedford, Harriet, 1908, page 28
Binns, Viola F., 1907, page 22
Brumpton, Joseph, 1905, page 10
Burton, Charlotte Ley, 1909, page 30
Bustin, Christopher, 1905, page 13
Butterwick, Lucy E., 1909, page 33
Canning, F. W., 1905, page 13
Carpenter, Thomas, 1910, page 40
Chase, Isaac U., 1908, page 27
Chase, Walter Charles, 1910, page 37
Clark, Mary, 1908, page 27
Couse, Norman, 1903, page 6
Crocker, William J., 1905, page 12
Crumb, Samuel, 1910, page 39
Cummings, James C., 1906, page 18
Cummings, Mary J., 1908, page 29
Dangerfield, Marcella S., 1905, page 11
Denniss, Henry W., 1911, page 42
Doolittle, Edith Pearl, 1907, page 23
Douglas, Charles, 1906, page 15
Eakins, John A., 1903, page 6
Edkins, Ellen, 1905, page 11 [Eakins?]
Fishleigh, Albert Allan, 1908, page 25
Fleming, Ida, 1911, page 41
Flemings, Mary Lee, 1911, page 42
Gillet, Daniel, 1909, page 30
Gillet, Earl C., 1909, page 33
Gilroy, child of Lee, 1903, page 2
Golder, child of Frank, 1907, page 21
Gregory, Ruth, 1906, page 19
Haight, John, 1906, page 14
Hall, John, 1906, page 15
Harvey, Ray Elton, 1907, page 21
Hawley, Emila, 1909, page 35
Hawley, Joseph N., 1911, page 42
Henderson, Catherine, 1910, page 37
Henderson, Francis A., 1904, page 6
Herrington, William, 1909, page 35
Hilborn, Catherine, 1906, page 18
Hilborn, George, 1903, page 1
Hilborn, Ira W., 1903, page 1
Hoshal, Eva May, 1909, page 33
Jay, Alfred, 1908, page 28
Jay, Alvin H., 1906, page 14
Jay, Mary Ann, 1910, page 36
Jay, Sophia, 1906, page 15
King, Alice E., 1908, page 29
Kipp, Harrison, 1911, page 41
Laidlaw, Agnes, 1908, page 25
Laur, Milton, 1904, page 6
Leverton, Louisa, 1903, page 5
Littlejohn, James, 1904, page 9
Mann, Byron, 1910, page 40
Mann, Elizabeth, 1906, page 14
Mann, Noah, 1906, page 16
Mann, Phoebe Grace, 1903, page 3
Mansion, James, 1908, page 24
Marshall, Thomas, 1907, page 23
Matthews, Catherine Pilkey, 1907, page 23
Matthews, Harvey J., 1908, page 26
McCandless, Donald M., 1907, page 22
McCulloch, John, 1906, page 17
McDowell, Alexander, 1906, page 19
McDowell, Elizabeth, 1909, page 35
McLain, Phoebe, 1904, page 8
McLean, David, 1908, page 28
McLean, Rebecca, 1908, page 26
Medcraft, Mary Jane, 1911, page 41
Medcraft, Thomas H., 1908, page 27
Medcraft, William, 1905, page 13
Mills, Abraham, 1910, page 38
Mills, Emma, 1903, page 5
Mills, Enoch, 1904, page 7
Minard, Adney, 1903, page 5
Minard, Clarissa, 1906, page 17
Minor, Jordan, 1906, page 15
Minor, Mary C., 1906, page 19
Minor, William H., 1910, page 39
Mitchell, Mary, 1909, page 31
Moedinger, Louis, 1905, page 10
Montgomery, Fanny, 1909, page 33
Moore, Henry M., 1908, page 26
Murphy, Arthur, 1906, page 14
Murray, Andrew, 1907, page 24
Murray, Dora M., 1908, page 27
Neal, son of William, 1910, page 39
Nichol, child of John, 1903, page 2
Norman, James O., 1908, page 29
Oke, Harold L., 1910, page 39
Pfeffer, John, 1906, page 18
Phetteplace, Abraham W., 1911, page 41
Phetteplace, Jane Caroline, 1911, page 40
Pierce, William, 1903, page 3
Plummer, Ida May, 1903, page 3
Pound, James, 1907, page 22
Pound, Rebecca S., 1903, page 4
Prior, Alice, 1906, page 17
Prior, George Washington, 1906, page 17
Prior, H. Stephen, 1909, page 31
Ratley, Cecil G., 1903, page 4
Roberts, David, 1907, page 21
Roberts, Thomas, 1903, page 2
Robins, Elizabeth, 1905, page 12
Robins, Richard, 1909, page 35
Rogers, Amos, 1906, page 20
Roke, Sarah, 1904, page 7
Rose, William, 1908, page 28
Ross, Charles V., 1906, page 16
Ross, Elizabeth Maud, 1904, page 7
Ross, Hattie, 1905, page 11
Ross, Samuel, 1908, page 25
Ross, William, 1905, page 10
Russ, Isabella, 1909, page 32
Ryckman, Mary J., 1909, page 34
Shaw, Gilbert, 1906, page 19
Smith, Amanda H., 1910, page 37
Smith, Clara Pauline, 1903, page 4
Smith, Isaac Huff, 1904, page 8
Smith, Mary A., 1905, page 10
Smith, Sarah, 1903, page 4
Smith, Thomas J., 1906, page 20
Stafford, Abel Edward, 1906, page 16
Stafford, Elizabeth, 1909, page 36
Stafford, Fleety, 1909, page 32
Sutton, William, 1904, page 7
Tansley, John, 1909, page 34
Taylor, John, 1903, page 3
Turrill, Beatrice, 1904, page 8
Turrill, George F., 1907, page 22
Unknown, man, 1906, page 18
Waite, Arthur, 1911, page 42
Waite, Bertha A., 1903, page 2
Whitcroft, Herbert Austin, 1909, page 32
White, Thomas E., 1909, page 36
Whyte, Charles D., 1910, page 38
Whyte, Hannah J., 1910, page 38
Wickett, Linal B., 1903, page 1
Wilson, Sarah Ann, 1909, page 31
Wonnacott, Merton, 1909, page 34
Wood, Ellen, 1907, page 21
Wood, Laura, 1909, page 31
Wood, Martha Ann, 1907, page 22
Wood, Mary J., 1903, page 5
Wood, W. K., 1908, page 25
Yarwood, James Henry, 1910, page 38
Yelland, George B., 1906, page 16
Young, John, Mrs., 1910, page 37
Young, John, 1908, page 24