Walter George Neff b. 8 Jul 1868 Wainfleet Township d. 24 Feb 1920 Sherkston, Ontario

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1868 - 1920 (51 years)

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Name	Walter George Neff
Born	8 Jul 1868	Wainfleet Township
Gender	Male
Died	24 Feb 1920	Sherkston, Ontario
Person ID	I1057982	Jacob and Barbara (Schenk) Hoover
Last Modified	30 Jan 2016

Father	Solomon Neff, b. 26 Oct 1837, Wainfleet Township, Ontario , d. 30 Apr 1913, Lowbanks Cemetery (Age 75 years)
Mother	Sarah Ann Dodge Furry, b. 15 Aug 1840, Wainfleet Township, Ontario , d. 17 Jun 1911, Lowbanks Cemetery (Age 70 years)
Married	8 Sep 1862	Wainfleet Township, Ontario
Family ID	F178730	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Mary Jane (Janiey) Michael, b. 30 Oct 1872, Sherkston, Ontario , d. 24 Feb 1940, Sherkston Cemetery (Age 67 years)

Married 12 Jul 1890 Port Colborne, Ontario

Children

	1. Laura Alberta Pearl Neff, b. 13 Aug 1891, Port Colbourne, Ontario [Natural]
	2. George Walter Neff, b. 4 Oct 1893, d. 19 Jan 1895 (Age 1 years) [Natural]
	3. Gordon E. Neff, b. 11 Feb 1895, d. 11 Feb 1895 (Age 0 years) [Natural]
	4. Arthur Leslie Neff, b. 27 Mar 1896, Sherkston, Ontario , d. 18 Aug 1980, Port Colborne, Ontario-St. Paul's Lutheran Cemetery (Age 84 years) [Natural]
	5. Walter Franklin Neff, b. 13 Jun 1899, Fort Erie, Ontario , d. 14 Mar 1984, Port Colborne, Ontario-St. Paul's Lutheran Cemetery (Age 84 years) [Natural]
	6. Jennie Violet Isobel Neff, b. 2 Aug 1901, Humberstone Township, Ontario , d. 7 Nov 1966, Niagara Falls, NY-Memorial Park Cemetery (Age 65 years) [Natural]
	7. Nelson Alfonso Neff, b. 7 Jun 1907, Port Colbourne, Ontario , d. 13 Jul 1990, Welland, Ontario-Ridgeway Memorial Cemetery (Age 83 years) [Natural]
	8. Gerald Poston Colson Neff, b. 23 Jun 1911, St. Catherines, Ontario , d. 11 Sep 1989 (Age 78 years) [Natural]

Last Modified 2 Apr 2014

Family ID F178734 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Notes

WELLAND TRIBUNE

TERRIBLE BURNS CAUSE DEATH
George Walter Neff, 52, aged 52 years and 8 months, died Tuesday at the Welland Hospital as the result of terrible burns which he suffered while working at the Cement Works on Monday the 14th, about 2:30 p.m. On account of him being so seriously injured it was found necessary to keep Mr. Neff at the first aid hospital at work until Friday afternoon, when he was removed to the hospital in Welland. The late Mr. Neff lived in Port Colborne and Humberstone during the last nineteen years. He was married thirty years ago. He is survived by his widow; three sons, Leslie, Frank and Nelson at home and two daughters, Mrs. Jones Roberts of Humberstone and Jennie at home; four brothers, Ellis of Niagara Falls, N.Y., Elisha and Elmer of Hamilton and Douglas of Cleveland; and two sisters, Mrs. D. A. Furry of Nagara Falls, N.Y. and Mrs. Grant Michener of Lowbanks. The funersl was held Thursday, Feb. 26 from the family residence, Ash Street at 1:00 o'clock, where service was held. Interment at Mennonite Cemetery, Sherkston. When he received his injuries which caused his death Mr. Neff was engaged in cleaning out a feed screwer which conveys pulverized coal to the kilns. The conveyor had become clogged by a piece of coal and Mr. Neff was on a ladder about eight feet from the floor and had just completed his task when the flames of burnt coal dust swept down upon him. It is presumed that a spontaneous combustion explosion was the original cause of the fire. Mr. Neff was thrown to the floor from the ladder and in his endeavour to make his escape from the building, struck his head on an overhead bar and was thrown back into the flames. He was rescued by fellow workers. He was terribly burned from his waist down to his feet and from his back to the top of his head.
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