Waterloo Region Generations
A record of the people of Waterloo Region, Ontario.

Henry L. Randall

Male 1858 - Yes, date unknown


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Henry L. Randall was born 1858, , New Hampshire (son of Shubal Hastings Randall and Elizabeth Damaris Chamberlain); died Yes, date unknown.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-199251
    • Residence: 1871, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Universalist
    • Residence: 1880, Rockingham, Windham, Vermont, United States


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Shubal Hastings Randall was born 27 Jun 1824, Chesterfield, Cheshire, New Hampshire, USA (son of Eleazer Randall and Clarissa Wheeler); died 19 Jan 1908, Alstead, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-199249
    • Occupation: 1871, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Gentleman
    • Residence: 1871, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Universalist
    • Residence: 1873, Bellows Falls, Windham, Vermont, United States
    • Residence: 1880, Rockingham, Windham, Vermont, United States

    Notes:

    George Randall was born in Chesterfield, New Hampshire, April 16th., 1832. He came to Canada in 1854 with his uncle, Marshall H. Farr, who had contracts for station buildings from Guelph westward on the Grand Trunk Railway and also some for the Great Western Railway, including the Preston station buildings. On Mr. Farr's death, George Randall and his brother took over the contracts, as stated. After completion of the railroad contracts Shubel H. Randall remained here for some years, removed in 1873 to Bellows Falls, Vermont, where he was in the hardware business and then retired. George Randall engaged in various kinds of manufacturing, had part in the woolen mills in Waterloo and also for a time in the distillery, etc. In 1883 he established with Mr. William Roos, his brother-in-law, the wholesale grocery firm of Randall and Roos, which began business in the premises now known as Nos. 9 and 11 Queen St., North, Kitchener, and moved in 1898 to its present location on Queen St. South. He was a director in the Waterloo Mutual Fire Insurance Company for thirty-three years, from 1875 on and president of this company from 1890 until the time of his death. Mr. Randall was married at Preston April 10, 1855, to Caroline Roos. In 1860 the place known as Spring Valley near Berlin became his home which he retained until he moved to Waterloo in 1873, to the house and large grounds now the property of the Mutual Life Insurance Company of Canada, the house having been on the site of the main building of the Insurance Co. He died December 23rd, 1908. Mrs. Randall died January 27, 1913. A son and two daughters live in Toronto.

    Fifth Annual Report Of The Waterloo Historical Society, 1917 pg 21

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    King Street, Kitchener

    Benton to Eby Street.-Successive occupation was as follows: From Benton Street easterward, before 1855, a one-story brick building with gable facing King Street was erected at the corner and used by Jacob Benner as blacksmith shop. Later Benner moved to West Montrose and the next occupant was Valentine Gildner and after him his son John Gildner . This blacksmith shop continued until comparatively recent years. A frame building painted white, with veranda in front, was Gildner s residence..

    Vacant lot.

    A tinsmith shop owned by Mr. Lehnen . This had a nice front with two good-sized glass windows on either side of the door.

    A dwelling house built by Henry Rothaermel 1848-9. He was a carpenter and later was market clerk and tax collector.

    A lane.

    A one and one-half story building, with gable facing King Street and a verandah extending over the sidewalk, occupied by a Mr. Coleman 1855-1860. Adjoining it was a warehouse. The store passed to Coleman's son and then to John Kegel. Later John George Schmidt, shoemaker, occupied the building.

    A lane.

    A double, frame building about 50 feet along King St.; the east half used as a dwelling had a veranda; the west half was occupied by Charles Koehn, shoemaker.

    Open space.

    Dwelling of Gabriel Bowman, carpenter, who built the house.

    A one and one-half story building occupied by Balzar Allendorf, a coverlet weaver, about 1840. Allendorf later moved to New Hamburg. There was a veranda at the front of the house and under it a well. Cattle ran at large in the streets at this time and one Sunday afternoon a steer got on the veranda floor, which was partly rotted, broke through, fell into the well and had to be pulled out by means of a windlass. The building was torn down later.

    frame building ocupied by Henry Sippel, former employee of Allendorf, as a weaver's shop.

    In 1855 there was a frame building one and one-half story high along King Street divided into two parts, one part a dwelling and the other part a hat shop, owned by John Kidder, who made felt hats and old-fashioned bonnets. The shop was a few steps above the sidewalk level.

    A dwelling.

    A one and one-half story frame building lengthwise with King street occupied by a widow, Mrs. Caroline Lehnen.

    A driveway.

    A two story brick building with gable toward King Street, occupied by J. J. Lehnen, son of the widow Lehnen, as a copper and tinsmith shop and a store. Lehnen made his own tinware. Later Jacob Doebler occupied this building as a bakery.

    A one and one-half story frame building with gable toward King Street occupied by George Yantz, a cabinet maker. He had a tavern in this same building for a time, and lived there.

    In the early years a garden.

    A small shop with sloping roof used by Christian Enslin as a book store and book-bindery, the first book-bindery in Berlin Enslm arrived in Berlin about 1830. Jacob Stroh remembers going with his father to the store to buy school supplies. Enslin later was editor, for Henry Eby, the publisher, of the Deutsche Canadier which began publication in 1840.

    Enslin's House, one-half story, frame, standing lengthwise with King Street and having a veranda over the door, was on the site of Dr. Hetts present office and house. At the rear there was an orchard.

    About 60 feet back of King Street there was a house built by Henry Eby. Shubel Randall, brother of George Randall, lived in it later. In 1860 the building was destroyed by fire and a servant girl Dina Hertz, perished in the flames. The walls remaining standing, the house was re-built, and is still in use.

    A brick building, abutting on King Street with gable facing the street, was Henry Eby's printing office. The main floor was she or seven feet above the sidewalk level. In 1860 this building was changed to a church and was the first Anglican Church in Berlin.

    A frame building, one end of which was used by Henry Bowman as a general store; he lived in the other end. This was known as the Bowman building. Later William Stein had a tailor shop in it and after him William Thoms used it as a shoe repair shop.

    REMINISCENCES OF BERLIN (NOW KITCHENER) By JACOB STROH Contributed by Joseph M. Snyder.

    Part I. Settlement - Early Villagers and Buildings, Waterloo Historical Society Annual Volume 1930

    Shubal married Elizabeth Damaris Chamberlain 17 Apr 1849, Brattleboro, Windham, Vermont, United States. Elizabeth was born 3 Mar 1823, Chesterfield, Cheshire, New Hampshire, USA; died 4 Aug 1901, Alstead, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Elizabeth Damaris Chamberlain was born 3 Mar 1823, Chesterfield, Cheshire, New Hampshire, USA; died 4 Aug 1901, Alstead, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Elizabeth Damaris Randall
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-199250
    • Residence: 1871, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Universalist
    • Residence: 1880, Rockingham, Windham, Vermont, United States

    Children:
    1. 1. Henry L. Randall was born 1858, , New Hampshire; died Yes, date unknown.
    2. Jesse E. Randall was born 12 Aug 1865, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 26 Jul 1957, Brookline, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Eleazer Randall was born 4 Aug 1796, Chesterfield, Cheshire, New Hampshire, USA; died 17 Jun 1860, Westmoreland, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-199248

    Eleazer — Clarissa Wheeler. Clarissa was born 8 May 1792, Chesterfield, Cheshire, New Hampshire, USA; died 7 Jun 1844, Chesterfield, Cheshire, New Hampshire, USA. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Clarissa Wheeler was born 8 May 1792, Chesterfield, Cheshire, New Hampshire, USA; died 7 Jun 1844, Chesterfield, Cheshire, New Hampshire, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Clarissa Randall
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-199256

    Children:
    1. 2. Shubal Hastings Randall was born 27 Jun 1824, Chesterfield, Cheshire, New Hampshire, USA; died 19 Jan 1908, Alstead, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States.
    2. Mayor George Randall was born 16 Apr 1832, Chesterfield, Cheshire, New Hampshire, USA; died 23 Dec 1908, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.