John Limpert^[1]
1857 - 1928

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• Birth	17 Dec 1857	, Ontario, Canada   [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1881	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	painter
  Occupation	1891	Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	House Painter
  Religion	1891	Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	Roman Catholic
  Occupation	1901	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Painter
  Occupation	1901	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	painter
  Elected Office	1905	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	councillor of Hespeler
  Name	Jack Limpert
  Occupation	1911	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Income
  Religion	1911	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Lutheran
  Eby ID Number	00135-8344.3
  Died	25 Mar 1928	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Buried	New Hope Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I3703	Generations
  Last Modified	6 Jun 2018

  
  

  Father	Valentine "Valtin" Limpert,   b. 23 Jul 1829, Saxe, Weimar, Germany ,   d. 27 Aug 1914, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Mother	Susannah Witmer,   b. 28 Nov 1839, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Bef 1914
  Family ID	F1202	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 1	Anna Martha Zryd,   b. 27 Jul 1870, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Children	1. Anna Leanor Limpert,   b. 19 Jul 1900, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1928   2. Ervin John Limpert,   b. 19 Apr 1903, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 29 Dec 1911, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Family ID	F7089	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 2	Magdalena,   b. 1863, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F250329	Group Sheet

  
  

• Notes

  In 1886 John Limpert opened a shop [barber shop] where Cliff Krieg is now and after ten years there he rented the space to The Merchants Bank of Canada who opened here that year, and moved his shop into the front portion of the present Robert Scott store and opened a billiard and pool room in rear. His first shop was in charge of his brother, Harry Limpert, who was assisted by another brother, Irwin, and by John himself on a busy night. Fred Coughlin was in charge at the second shop until John quit the business. Le Rue De Commerce, Other Times Other Customs Other Days Other Ways, Winfield Brewster 1954 _____________________ In 1874 J. N. Goebel bought a car load of Red Herring on track at Guelph. A load some merchant had ordered, then refused. And he got them cheap. He disposed of part of the shipment off the car to local merchants and others and arranged with David Rife Sr. to haul the rest to Hespeler. It was the dead of winter, deep snow, roads badly drifted and only a single track to Guelph. Jack Limpert, then 16, who was working for Mr. Rife (and who, by the way, told me the story) was sent with a hay rack on a bob sleigh to do the hauling. The fish were cleaned and smoked, and packed, with heads and tails on, in flat wooden boxes containing about a dozen. Jack went to Guelph and got his fish loaded after some delay, and by noon was coming along through the hills near Squire Phin's when he saw another rig coming and turned off to give him half the road; which was the thing to do. His load upset and there he was. It happened that the approaching rig was a load of soft drinks. The driver, a decent chap about Jack's own age, anchored his team with the weight and pitched in to give Jack a hand to get going again. By the time they got back on the road and the fish reloaded both boys were warm and tired and they sat down on a hard snow bank to rest. The hour was something after one and both boys were hungry so Jack broke open a box of Herrings, the other boy a couple of bottles of pop and they sat there and had a lunch. Red Herring and Ginger Ale. And Jack said it tasted good. Le Rue De Commerce, Other Times Other Customs Other Days Other Ways, Winfield Brewster 1954




• Sources

  [S10] Book - Vol II A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., 683. [S299] Census - ON, Waterloo, Hespeler - 1881, Sub-district F Page Number 8 Household Number 35. [S143] Census - ON, Waterloo, Hespeler - 1901, Hespeler (Village) D-2 Page 24. [S143] Census - ON, Waterloo, Hespeler - 1901, Hespeler (Village) D-2 Page 24. [S299] Census - ON, Waterloo, Hespeler - 1881, Page 8. [S392] Census - ON, Waterloo, Hespeler - 1911, Div. 21 Pg. 18. [S2441] Census - ON, Waterloo, Preston - 1891, Section 1 Page 42.

  
  

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  Event Birth - 17 Dec 1857 - , Ontario, Canada Occupation - painter - 1881 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - House Painter - 1891 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Religion - Roman Catholic - 1891 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Painter - 1901 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - painter - 1901 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Elected Office - councillor of Hespeler - 1905 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Income - 1911 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Religion - Lutheran - 1911 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 25 Mar 1928 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth