Spencer Boehmer Dalton

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• Occupation: 20 Queens Square, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Druggist
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-44756
• Occupation: 1924, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Druggist
• Residence: 1924, 7 Crombie St., Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

Spencer married Dorothy Boehmer 10 Sep 1924, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Dorothy (daughter of Norman Boehmer and Emma Steckle) was born 28 Sep 1903, Didsbury, Alberta, Canada; died 8 Feb 1951; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Dorothy Dalton
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-44755
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist
• Occupation: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Stenographer, Insurance
• Residence: 1921, 59 Samuel St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist
• Occupation: 1924, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Stenographer
• Residence: 1924, 59 Samuel St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-168752

George — Edith Constance Hotham. Edith was born 12 Jun 1868; died 22 Jul 1954; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Edith Constance Dalton
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-193466

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-130745
• Residence: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist
• Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist
• Occupation: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Salesman
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist

Norman — Emma Steckle. Emma (daughter of Jacob B. Steckle and Elizabeth Snider) was born 20 Mar 1876, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada; died 10 Sep 1949, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Emma Boehmer
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-177919
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist
• Residence: 1921, 59 Samuel St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist
• Misfortune: 1949; killed in fire

Notes:

Burned in Blast, Ex-Kitchenerite Taken by Death

Victim of the gas furnace explosion at Galt Thursday night, Mrs. Norman Boehmer, 73, a former resident of Kitchener, died at the Galt General Hospital early today.

Mrs. Boehmer suffered severe burns to the body, arms and face after the gas furnace at the home of her son-in-law, Spencer Dalton, exploded when she attempted to light it.

Enveloped in Flames

Neighbors report that the woman was enveloped in flames from head to foot as she ran out of the house to a side verandah. She was reported to have received the full blast of the explosion and became a human torch of flames.

Well known in Kitchener, she was a former member of the Benton St. Baptist Church and a Sunday school teacher there for many years.

Predeceased by Husband

The former Emma A. Steckle she was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Steckle and was born March 20, 1876. Hen husband, the late Norman Boehmer, died 34 years ago.

Surviving are one son, Harold Boehmer, Glendale, Calif.; and one daughter, Mrs. Spencer (Dorothy) Dalton, Galt, with whom she made her home. Seven grand- children and one sister, Mrs. Matilda Young, Brantford, also survive.

The body is resting at the Ratz Bechtel Funeral Home, but the casket will be closed. The funeral service will be held at the funeral home Monday at 3:30 p.m. Interment will be in Mt Hope Cemetery. Rev. Leander Roblin will officiate

Kitchener-Waterloo Record Sat, Sep 10, 1949 Page 3

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Kitchener Woman Is Badly Burned

A former resident of Kitchener. Mrs. Norman Boehmer, 73, is in a critical condition at the Galt Hospital from burns suffered in an explosion at the home of her son-in-law, Spencer Dalton, last night.

Mrs. Boehmer suffered severe burns to her body, arms and face and hospital authorities report her condition as very serious.

The explosion occurred after Mrs. Boehmer went to the basement to light a furnace fire. Neighbors heard cries for help. and Mrs. Boehmer was seen enveloped in flames as she ran out on a side verandah of the house.

A coat was thrown around her to smother the flames. The force of the explosion bulged the front and rear walls of the brick-veneer house to a maximum of about 18 inches, dislodging large sections of brick. Cause of the mishap has not been determined. The former Emma Steckle, Mrs. Boehmer was born in Waterloo. She has lived the greater part of her life in the Twin Cities, but took up residence in Galt when her daughter, Mrs. Spencer Dalton, moved there some years ago. A son, Harold Boehmer, resides in Glendale, Calif.

Kitchener-Waterloo Record Sat, Sep 9, 1949 Page 3

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• Name: A. Boehmer
• Name: Augustus Boehmer
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-56606P
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist
• Occupation: 1871, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Merchant
• Residence: 1871, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist
• Residence: 1873, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1874, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; merchant
• Elected Office: 1880, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; councillor - Kitchener Council
• Occupation: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Manufacturer
• Residence: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist
• Occupation: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Manufacturer
• Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist
• Possessions: 1893, 100 Ahrens St. W., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1901, 156 Duke St. W., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Paper Box
• Residence: 1901, 92 Queen St. N., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Business: 1906, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; A. & C. Boehmer - box manufacturers

Notes:

Boehmer, Augustus, general hardware merchant.

Illustrated Atlas of the County of Waterloo, H. Parsel & Co., Toronto - 1881

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August and Charles Boehmer in the sixties owned a hardware, stove and tinware store at 58 East King Street. In 1874, they began manufacturing paper boxes, after selling the hardware stock to C. E. Moyer and the tinware shop to Peter and Henry Hymmen. Hymmen Bros. first leased quarters in the Canadian block from J. Y. Shantz, and later on in the Germania block. Hardware and plumbing were added to their lines. In 1892, Peter Hymmen bought his brother's share. In 1906, he opened up West King Street as a business section, erecting a large block at No. 158. Mr. Hymmen was active until shortly before his death in 1930. Prior to his departure, his sons, H. I.. Hymmen and Homer Hymmen, had been their father's associates and now direct the enterprise. After Henry Hymmen left the firm he was for four years with H. Wolfhard & Co., and then bought C. E. Moyer's hardware stock. He carried on in the Dunke block until 1900, when he was appointed superintendent of the waterworks. George Potter, who for many years had been with John Fennell & Son, bought Mr. Hymmen's stock, and is still doing business at the old stand.

A History of Kitchener, W. V. (Ben) Uttley, Kitchener, Ontario 1937, pg 159

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NATURE'S NOBLE MAN CALLED HOME

DEATH OF AUGUST BOEHMER IS MOURNED BY BERLIN CITIZENS AT LARGE

SURVIVED OPERATION ONLY A FEW HOURS

The death of Mr. August Boehmer, 92 Queen St. North, which took place at the Berlin and Waterloo Hospital about four o'clock on Tuesday afternoon, has cast a gloom over the town, for the deceased was respected as one of the most honorable and useful citizens of Berlin.

Mr. Boehmer had been unwell for a little over a year and diagnosis revealed the presence of a growth in the abdomen. Of late he had been failing more rapidly as the best medical skill could not check the affliction. However with his characteristic adherence to duty he came down town each morning to get the mail and then went out to the factory on Water Street. But on Friday he was compelled to leave his business duties and since then was confined to his room. His condition fast grew more serious and as the only resort which would possibly prolong or save his life an operation to remove the obstruction, was decided upon. But he was too weak, and the trouble was too far advanced. His system could not stand the shock. Though the operation was successful, and though he rallied and expressed himself as greatly relieved from the pain he had been suffering, he could not survive and passed away about three hours after the operation had been performed.

The hour of the funeral has been fixed at two o'clock on Friday, from the family residence, 92 Queen St. North, to the Benton Street Baptist Church and Mount Hope Cemetery.

The last August Boehmer, who passed away in his 62nd year, was a native of this township - practically of Berlin.

He was a son of Henry Boehmer and was born about a mile out of the corporation limits, on the Mannheim Road. He received his education in the Berlin schools and early I life entered business as a general merchant. Later he conducted a hardware business, and about 35 years ago he and his brother Charles entered into partnership as A & C Boehmer in the manufacture of paper boxes. They have been eminently successful and are well-to-do.

38 years ago the late Mr. Boehmer was married to Catharine Kalbfleisch, who, with a family of nine children, survive. They are Mrs. H. Jarvis, of Cleveland, Norman, George, Mrs. H. Hymmen, Arthur, Oscar, Edna, Gertrude and Emma, all of Berlin. The four surviving brothers are Charles, Reinhart, Philip and Herman, all of Berlin.

A good character is a man's best asset. That was Mr. Boehmer's sincere belief and he lived to it. When he made a promise it was fulfilled. He was sincere and he wanted others to be true to him in word and in deed. He was the very soul of conscientiousness and those who knew him best respected him most highly.

A neighbor and friend this morning paid a tribute to his memory as follows:

"August was an intimate friend and companion of mine. He was one of the most exact men I ever knew. Everything with him was done in order and in season. Anything he said "Yes" to, stood as long as life. There was no coming around next day with excuses to back away. He never started anything that he did not finish, and then he was ready to pay for it. Berlin loses one of its finest types of citizens in his death."

Mr. Boehmer was a believer in, and advocate of the principle of Protection of Canadian industries, but was not actively connected with any political movement. He was a man of most retiring disposition a great lover of home. Very seldom did he leave it evenings, and it was something most exceptional indeed that kept him from retiring at nine o'clock.

He has been for many years an active worker in the Benton St. Baptist Church and a most liberal contributor to its work. but his giving was always unostentatious.

His memory will long be honored; his good name revered as a man of whom it can be truly said in the language of the poet Pope: -

"An honest man's the noblest work of God."

To the bereaved widow and members of the family this News Record extends its condolences in this hour of bereavement and affliction.

Berlin News Record Aug 3 1910 pg 1

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MR. A BOEHMER PASSES AWAY

In the death of the late Mr. August Boehmer, which took place at the Berlin-Waterloo Hospital on Tuesday alternoon, Berlin his lost one of its most valuable and esteemed citizens. The deceased has been in ill- health for about a year, suffering from a growth in the stomach but he has been able to be about until last Friday afternoon when he took to his bed. After a consultation the physicians decided that his only hope for recovery was to undergo an operation which he consented to. The operation was performed about noon Tuesday but owing to the serious condition of the bowels he was unable to pull through and death relieved him of his sufferings about 3.45 o'clock.

The Chronicle Telegraph 4 Aug 1910 pg 3

Possessions:
Address of 100 Ahrens St. W. is in dispute, possibly on Frederick St. West side between Gordon and Pequegnat Streets.

Residence:
Boehmer August : Mnfr [Current Address 2023] 92 Queen St N [Historical Address] 66 Queen N

August married Catherine Kalbfleisch 9 Aug 1873, Neustadt, Normanby Twp., Grey Co., Ontario, Canada. Catherine (daughter of George Kalbfleisch and Maria Dorothea "Dorothea" "Dora" Dechert) was born 16 Oct 1853, Bridgeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 4 Feb 1925, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Catherine Boehmer
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-99423
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist
• Residence: 1873, Neustadt, Normanby Twp., Grey Co., Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1874, Neustadt, Normanby Twp., Grey Co., Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist
• Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist
• Occupation: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Income
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist
• Residence: 1921, 92 Queen St. N., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist

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• Name: Jacob B. Stoeckle
• Name: Jacob Steckley
• Residence: 811 Bleams Rd., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Eby ID Number: 00118-7452
• Grave Photograph - Find A Grave: Jacob Steckle
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1869, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer

Notes:

Jacob Stoeckle, "was born August 20th, 1844. He was married to Elizabeth Snider, March 23rd, 1869. In 1873 he purchased the large farm of the late John Kraft, and from here he moved to Plattsville, Oxford County, where he resided until a few years ago when he moved to the town of Waterloo. At present he is engaged as caretaker of the Berlin and Waterloo Hospital."


Eby, Ezra E. (1895). 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: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character. Berlin [Kitchener, Ont.]: [s.n.].

Jacob married Elizabeth Snider 23 Mar 1869, , Ontario, Canada. Elizabeth (daughter of Samuel Shantz Snider and Anna Snider) was born 17 Jul 1846, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 3 Nov 1928; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Betsy Snider
• Name: Elizabeth Rudy
• Name: Elizabeth Steckle
• Eby ID Number: 00106-5935
• Residence: 1869, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

Notes:

Elizabeth Snider, "was born July 17th, 1846. On March 23rd, 1869, she was married to Jacob Stoeckle."


Eby, Ezra E. (1895). 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: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character. Berlin [Kitchener, Ont.]: [s.n.].