Daphne Lang

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-227712

Notes:

Little Miss Delphine Lang, elder daughter of Mr. Jerome Lang, is at home from Loretto Abbey, Toronto.

Waterloo Chronicle 12 Jan 1928, p. 4

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• Residence: 189 Queen St. N., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-38065
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Catholic

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2,500 PEOPLE ATTEND SALE HELD BY JEROME LANG

Largest Sale Held in Years Nets Over $2000-High Class Furniture.

One of the largest sales held in the Twin-City in many years was that held on Saturday afternoon at the home of Jerome Lang, 176 Queen St. N., Kitchener. By the time W. W. Frickey got the sale under way there was a crowd of people estimated at 2500 present. Motor cars were parked along Queen St. and adjoining streets and it required two traffic constables to regulate traffic. The crowd congre gated on the large lawns and along the street reminded one of a big midway.

Buyers were present from Hamil ton, Toronto and Twin-City and district. The household furniture offered was of a very high quality and the bidding under Auctioneer Frickey was brisk. The sale started at 1.80 and was finished by 5.30 o'clock, and netted over $2000.

Waterloo Chronicle 26 Sep 1929, p. 6

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AUCTION SALE of Very Valuable and High Class Furniture and Household Effects.


W. W. Frickey, Auctioneer, has been favored with instructions from Mr. Jerome Lang to sell to the high st bidder all the Furniture and Household Effects at his residence, No. 189 Queen St. N., Cor. Lan caster St., city of Kitchener, on Saturday Afternoon, Sept. 21

Sale to start at 1 p.m. sharp. The following: 2 chesterfields; 2 piece chesterfield suite; mohair arm chairs; Heintzman & Co. cabinet phonograph and records; 3 piece mahogany parlor set; 5 floor lamps; 5 table lamps; 2 fernerys; 2 3-piece wicker sets; 2 large hall mirrors; Crome Williams hall chair; 10-piece mahogany dining room suite; tea wagon; cake stand; fire boxes; new 5-piece oak breakfast set; 2 walnut arm chairs; walnut hall tree; high post mahogany double bed; dresser; dressing table; bench; table; rock and chair to match; 2 single ivory beds; complete dresser; chiffonier; dressing table and rocker; 2 mahogany twin beds; complete ma hogany double bed; complete mahogany dresser with large mirror and glass top brass bed; mahogany writing table and chair; mahogany wardrobe; mahogany bedroom chairs and rockers; 4 mahogany tables; walnut dresser; white enamel dresser and chiffonier; oak chiffonier; oak Morris chair; leather den chairs; oak writing desk; cedar chest; new McLary 4-burner combination gas and electric stove; Eureka electric vacuum cleaner; 2 kitchen tables; electric heaters; 30 chesterfield cushions; 8 large rugs; bedroom and sitting room rugs; 15 small rugs; curtains; camp bed; wicker chairs; card tables; baby crib; 2 baby carriages; sleighs; odd rockers and chairs; 3 new veranda rugs; veranda swing; some dishes; cut glass; cooking utensils; and many other useful articles too numerous to mention.

This is no doubt the best Sale ever held in Kitchener as the furniture is in first-class condition. Do not miss this sale. No Reserve. Terms Cash.

JEROME LANG, Proprietor, 189 Queen St. N., Kitchener. W. W. FRICKEY, Auctioneer, Phone 692w, Waterloo.

Waterloo Chronicle 19 Sep 1929

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JUDGMENT WAS RESERVED

Hearing in Lang Alimony Case Concluded: Husband Denies Charges of Cruelty.

Mr. Justice Wright reserved Judgment in the alimony action of Mrs. Victoria Lang against her husband. Jerome Lang, son of a wealthy and prominent member of the Lang Tanning Company. He urged the two parties to come to an amicable settlement, especially as regards the children. The defendant, Mr. Lang, denied the charges of his wife that he had been frequently intoxicated and abusive to her. She had. never complained of being ill-treated although they had occasional disagreements. For the past few years be paid his wife $360 per month. His income, which was $3,000 a year, had increased to $4,000, $5,000 and $6,000. As he was no longer a director of the company he received. no fees. He said his wife had a love for money and was spoiled and was therefore hard to please. He never accused his wife of being addicted. to drink and denied having said his wife was guilty of infidelity. al though she was at times indiscreet, loving the attentions of other men. "

Evidence of Plaintiff

Mrs. Lang, the plaintiff. In her evidence said that she was allowed $75.00 a month during the first two years of their married life. She said. that when her husband became intoxicated he was of an unpleasant disposition and made disparaging remarks regarding her family. She had not told Mrs. Seltz that she did not love her husband. When they talked of separation he said that she could have the children if they cried for her and he would give her $200 a month and more if he could afford It. In speaking of the revolver incident she said that she had been crying and had gone to her husband's room to secure one of his large handkerchiefs and had to lay aside her husband's revolver which was lying on top. My husband appeared at the time and became. alarmed. She denied that she had tried to open the safety catch and had asked her husband to forgive her for the revolver incident. Shet also denied that she had been untrue to her husband. Other witnesses called were Dr. Spohn, Dr. Huehnergard, Mrs. W. Seltz, Toronto, Mrs. Reinhold Lang, Geo. W. Lang. Mrs. Genssen, P. Kline of New York City, Mrs. Connelly, Montreal, mother of the plaintiff, and others. all of whom gave evidence bearing on the case.

Following the addresses and arguments by counsel, Mr. Justice. Wright reserved judgment.

Waterloo Chronicle 14 Oct 1926

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JUDGMENT IS RESERVED IN ALIMONY CASE

Conflicting Testimony in Case of Mrs. Jerome Lang Tried at Kitchener.

HUSBAND TESTIFIES

Mr. Justice Wright on Tuesday evening reserved judgment in the alimony action of Mrs. Victoria Lang of Montreal, against her husband.. Jerome Lang. son of a prominent and wealthy Kitchener manufacturer, after hearing argument by counsel for the respective parties.

The feature of the concluding evidence on behalf of the defence was a refutal of the defendant of charges that he had been intoxicated more than three or four times since their marriage or that he had. ever ill-treated his wife. In this he was supported by several witnesses. who had been close friends, including Dr. P. D. Spohn and Dr. H. H. Hueneragrd and Mrs. Spohn. The defendant alleged that he had never been informed by his wife that she was in health owing to ill-treatment. but that he was well aware of the fact that she was dissatisfied because she found her allowance of $350 a month not sufficient to run the house and clothe herself and the two children. "Love for more money and her desire to be free were the cause of her dissatisfaction." the witness remarked. It was brought out in the evidence. that the defendant's Income about $15,000 per year.

In closing the examination following the cross-examination the plaintiff produced two former maids. in the Lang home, who swore that they had never seen Mrs. Lang partake of liquor in the home. This evidence was put in as a rebuttal of evidence given earlier in the day. by members of the Lang family and others that on certain occasions she was the worse for liquor.

An interesting development was the statement of the husband that he had never accused his wife of being addicted to drink He explained that when he used the term "grossly intemperate in his examination for discovery some months. ago he meant that his wife used too much liquor considering her constitution, but he did not mean that she drank to excess and became intoxicated. Lang believed that the alimony action rested on his wife's purpose to secure money from him.

Not Guilty of Infidelity.

Questioned as to whether he believed that she was guilty of infidelity, he vigorously said "no," but that he believed she had been indiscreet, and that another of her faults was her love of attention by men. He added he did not have any particular men in mind, but admitted that he could not understand her attention to one Robert Kline, ot New York, formerly of Kitchener. whom she consulted before she left him last October..

Evidence was given by Mrs. Reinhold Lang that Mrs. Jerome Lang. while in New York with her had said: "I love Mr. Kline, and I know he loves me. I am sure that he will tell me he loves me this evening." She saw Mrs. Lang the next morning about 10 o'clock, after she had returned about 2 o'clock. She then sald: "I am sure he loves me, but what a strange man; he did not say anything about it."

Mrs. Jerome Lang denied the accusation, stating that she merely consulted Mr. Kline about the situation in her home, since he was a friend of the Lang family. Kline also testified that he had no interest in her and that when she met him their meeting was confined merely to discussing the domestic situation in her family. He further stated he was surprised that she should consult him.

Waterloo Chronicle 30 Sep 1926, p. 3

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MRS. VICTORIA LANG LOSES ACTION FOR ALIMONY

Mrs. Victoria Lang, of Kitchener, loses her action for alimony against Jerome Lang, her husband, by a judgment delivered by Mr. Justice Wright at Osgoode Hall on Monday. In his judgment Mr. Mr. Justice Wright directs "that judgment be entered dismissing the action, the defendant to pay the plaintiff's disbursements in accordance with the practice in alimony cases."

"On the whole case," states his lordship. "I find that there was no such cruelty on the part of the defendant as brings the case within the authority to render him liable to pay alimony.

While adultry was not expressly charged in the pleadings, it was insinuated. This charge was entirely unfounded.

Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 21 Oct 1926, p. 3
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COURT RESERVES JUDGMENT IN APPEAL OF JEROME LANG

The Appellate Court of the second division last week reserved judgment in the appeal of Jerome Lang against the ruling of Mr. Justice Meredith awarding alimony of $3,600 and an additional $1,000 a year for the care of the children of his wife, Mrs. Victoria Connelly Lang The court showed little inclination to tamper with the alimony but displayed interest in the father's plea that he was not given sufficient access to his children under the judgment.

D. L. McCarthy, K.C., for the appellant, stated that if the judgment were permitted to stand, Mrs. Lang could take the children to Montreal or Atlantic City and the father in Kitchener would be unable to see them. The appellant, he contended, did not wish to appeal to the court every time he wishes to see his children.

Waterloo Chronicle 2 Feb 1928, p. 3

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KITCHENER MAN LOSES DIVORCE SUIT

Jerome Lang Falls In Action In Brockville Court.-Wife's Allowance $3,600.

SLEUTHS' TESTIMONY IS HELD BAD

Jerome Lang of Kitchener lost his action for a divorce before Judge Hope at Brockville on Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Lang were given legal separation in 1928. Up until spring of 1933 Mrs. Lang resided in Kingston, moving to Montreal.

Mrs. Lang, in evidence, revealed that her allowance amounted to $3,600 a year with an additional $500 per year for each of her two children. She received this regularly but still found herself in straitened circumstances.

To straighten out her financial difficulties, she said, she sought the advice of a Mr. Whips, an underwriter from the head office of the Sun Life Assurance Co. at Montreal. On the night of November 14, Mr. Whips and Mr. Lang were in her rooms when two strange men entered and hurriedly left. Mr. Whips, on checking up, found out they were private detectives hired by Mr. Lang. The evidence revealed that Mr. Whips had taken a bottle of whiskey to Mr. Lang's apartment. This had been opened.

Jacqueline Lang, 14-year-old daughter, told the court she had never been very fond of her father, but disliked him more for taking this action.

Waterloo Chronicle 1 Mar 1934, p. 1

Jerome married Victoria Elizabeth "Betty" Connelly 1916, Montreal, Ile De Montreal, Quebec. Victoria was born 7 Apr 1892, , Frontenac Co., Ontario; died , Montreal, Ile De Montreal, Quebec. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Name: Victoria Elizabeth "Betty" Lang
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-227704

Other Events:

• Interesting: business, building
• Name: C. H. Lang
• Occupation: Lang Tanning Co., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; tanner
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-38058P
• Residence: 1861, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Roman Catholic
• Occupation: 1871, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Tanner
• Residence: 1871, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Roman Catholic
• Residence: 1875, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Tanner
• Residence: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Roman Catholic
• Historic Building: Abt 1885, 76 Queen Street North, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Obertholtzer-Lang House
• Occupation: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Tanner
• Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Roman Catholic
• Business: 1897, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lang Tanning Company
• Residence: 1897, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1901, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Tanner
• Occupation: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Manufacturer, Leather
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Catholic
• Occupation: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Manufacturer, Tannery
• Residence: 1921, 76 Queen St. N., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Roman Catholic

Notes:

GEO. C. H. LANG,

PRESIDENT OF THE LANG TANNING Co., Limited.

Mr. Geo. C. H. Lang, the President of the Lang Tanning Co., is one of Berlin' most prominent citizens and business men. Born in Berlin in 1851, he became a partner in, and manager of the firm of R. Lang & Son in 1873. Under Mr. Lang's guidance the business has grown enormously as can be readily gathered from a glance at the views on another page, showing the premises in 1876 and in 1906, respectively. The Lang Tanning Co. manufactures harness leather and are by long odds the biggest people in their line in Canada. Their output supplies about one half of the entire Canadian trade. Their plant, which was recently enlarged is readily conceded to be one of the best, if not the best equipped on the American Continent. Mr. Lang represented Berlin in the County Council for a number of years, serving most acceptably as Chairman of the Educational committee. He has been president and manager of his company since 1893.

Berlin Today 1806-1906 official souvenir

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Prominent Tanner George C. H. Lang Dies At Kitchener

Pioneer Tanner Born at Kitchener in 1851. - Served Many Years in Public Life. - Known in Leather Circles throughout the World.

EIGHT CHILDREN SURVIVE

George C. H. Lang, pioneer leather tanner, President of the largest harness leather Tannery in the British Empire, outstanding citizen and prominent church worker, died at his home in Kitchener yesterday morning, at the age of 85 years. The late Mr. Lang, born in Berlin (now Kitchener) in 1851, served many years on municipal boards and councils, and was very well known in many parts of the world as well as in his native community.

Father Started Tannery

Mr. Lang was born in Berlin April 13, 1851. His father, the late Reinhold Lang, had come from Germany the previous year with his bride, the former Barbara Vogt, and started a tannery in a small building near the corner of King and Ontario streets on the site of the present Canadian Block.

The modest family home was in the same structure until, a few years later, the tannery was moved to Francis street, its present location. The family then moved to a brick residence at the corner of King and Francis streets.

George Lang, the eldest son, learned the tanning business from his father and some years later became his partner, the firm adopting the name of R. Lang and Son. Following the father's death, the business was incorporated under the name of the Lang Tanning Co., Ltd. The shareholders were the four sons, George, William, John and August, together with the one daughter, the late Mrs. Mary Kaiser. George, as president and later as chairman of the board, managed the business ever since, first with the assistance of his three brothers and later with his four sons. He maintained his close contact with the business to the very end.

In the course of years the Lang tannery has become the biggest harness leather plant in the British Empire. The manufacture of sole leather was introduced as time went on. Mr. Lang himself was a recognized authority in his business throughout Canada. For a number of years he was chairman of tanners' section of the Toronto Board of Trade.

Mr. Lang was head of the Canadian Patriotic Fund drive during the Great War period.

Served On Council

Mr. Lang took active interest in church, school and municipal life. He was for many years on the trustee board of St. Mary's Church as well as an active member of the separate school board for over 30 years. In public life as member of the town council, county council and board of trade he devoted his time and talents to advancing the interests of his home town and its citizens.

From 1884 until his death he was an active member of the board of directors of the Economical Fire Mutual Insurance Co. In 1902 he was made vice-president and in 1922 he was elected president. His indefatigable interest in insurance matters was largely instrumental in making the Economical one of the outstanding mutual companies in Canada.

The deceased was twice married, first in 1880 to Miss Minnie Lacourse and, following her demise in 1892, to Miss Eleanor Foley. For many years after his first marriage he lived in the frame house still standing on the west side of Francis street across from the tannery. Later he moved to Charles street and then to Queen street North. It is noteworthy that his first home after his marriage was also the first home of each of his three brothers following their marriage.

Louis L. Lang of Galt, president of the Lang Tanning Co. and vice- president of the Mutual Life Assurance Co., and Mrs. Edward Stoody of Ottawa, are the surviving children of the first marriage. Children from the second marriage are: Reinhold, of Waterloo, and Jerome, of Kitchener, both vice-presidents of the Lang Tanning Co.; George W., of Kitchener, a director of the company; Mrs. William J. Seitz and Mrs. St. Clair McEvenue, both of Toronto, and Mrs. Frank Couzens, wife of Mayor Couzens of Detroit. There are 41 grandchildren and six great grandchildren.

The funeral is being held on Friday at ten o'clock to St. Mary's church with interment in the Woodlawn cemetery.

Waterloo Chronicle 16 Jul 1936, p. 4

Historic Building:
Built in the 1880's by G.V. Oberholtzer in was in the Queen Ann Revival style. Purchased by G. R. Lang about 1900 it was extensively remodelled and enlarged. The house was demolished about 1940.

George — Elenora "Nellie" Foley. Elenora (daughter of John Foley and Margaret O'Connor) was born 8 Mar 1864, Whitby, Whitby Twp., Ontario Co., Ontario, Canada; died 1940; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Elenora "Nellie" Lang
• Name: Elenora "Nellie" Lang
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-38059
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Catholic
• Residence: 1921, 76 Queen St. N., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Roman Catholic

Other Events:

• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10129401
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-75939P
• Immigration: 1847, , Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1852, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; tanner
• Elected Office: 1859, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; councillor - Kitchener
• Occupation: 1861, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Tanner
• Residence: 1861, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Roman Catholic
• Occupation: 1871, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Tanner
• Residence: 1871, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Roman Catholic
• Possessions: 1880, 410 King St. W., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Tanner
• Residence: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Roman Catholic
• Historic Building: 2006, 151 Charles St. W., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lang Tannery redevelopment
• Hall of Fame - Waterloo Region: Bef 2012, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; tanner

Notes:

The founder of The Lang Tanning Company Limited, Reinhold Lang, came to Berlin (now Kitchener) from a small village in the German Rhineland with his eldest son George, and established a small tannery in 1849. The tannery was located on Foundry (now Ontario) Street in Berlin, and was moved to an area between Wilmot (now Victoria) and Francis Streets after fire destroyed the original plant. This area was chosen because there was a natural spring there that could be used as water supply for the tannery. The Lang Tanning Company then went on to become the largest sole leather producer in the British Empire, and Reinhold Lang, who was also a member of the Berlin Council in 1859, became a prominent local citizen. During the First World War, Lang Tanning produced huge amounts of saddle material, and in the Second World War it supplied sole leather and leather linings for aircraft gasoline tanks. The company discontinued operations as a tannery in 1954 due to competition from synthetic materials, but kept its five-acre downtown site and complex of 35 buildings until 1974, when the property was sold to Ball Brothers Limited (a Kitchener contracting firm). In 1954, at the time that the Lang Tanning Company ceased operations, Jerome Lang was president, and Reinhold (Bun) Lang was Chairman of the Board. In 1974, at which time the President of the company was Reinhold (Bun) Lang, the company held a final meeting where they wound up business: the payment of bills, the disposition of assets, and the surrender of the 1917 charter to the Federal Government.

University of Waterloo website rarebook collection (2009) https://www.lib.uwaterloo.ca/discipline/SpecColl/archives/LangTanning.html

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Digital hub to set up shop in Tannery building

March 02, 2010 By Rose Simone, Record staff

KITCHENER - It's official. The new centre that is being created to foster the development of the digital media economy in Waterloo Region will make its home in the redeveloped historic Lang Tannery building in downtown Kitchener. After months of speculation the centre would be a tenant in the Tannery building, it was officially announced today that The Communitech Hub: Digital Media and Mobile Accelerator, more commonly known as The Hub, will lease 30,000 square feet of space in the building at Victoria and Joseph streets.
The building, owned by Toronto-based developer Candan, has been undergoing a massive $30-million redevelopment. The digital hub is expected to move in this summer.

The centre will partly be an incubator to grow early stage companies that are developing new digital media products, said Kevin Tuer, vice-president of digital media for Communitech, a technology association in Waterloo Region. In addition to the 5,700 square feet of space devoted to the new enterprises, the centre will also have 3,000 square feet of "partner lab space" for large established technology companies, such as Christie Digital, Open Text, Agfa Healthcare and Research in Motion, Tuer said. They will use the space to showcase technologies and foster potential partnerships with the startups.

"It is all about spurring innovation," said Tuer, also director of the Canadian Digital Medial Network. "The larger, established companies might give them a platform from which they can build out and roll out their products." "There is a lot of excitement building around the creation of an environment where some of these relationships can take hold," he said. "We are already getting interest in terms of companies willing to move in." Digital media is being broadly defined to include not just computer games and social media, but also digital tools that can help health care, finance, mineral exploration and other sectors collect, organize and visualize data.

The centre will also be used for events. There will be space for speakers and meetings, state-of-the-art videoconferencing capabilities and experts on hand to help the new businesses grow. The digital media centre will open sometime this summer, Tuer said. It will operate using a similar model as the Accelerator Centre in the University of Waterloo Research and Development Park, Tuer said. The centre in Kitchener is part of a larger digital media hub that includes the University of Waterloo Stratford Institute in Stratford, which will graduate students who will work in digital media.

The centre in Kitchener represents an investment of more than $100 million, Tuer said, with money and in-kind donations being pledged over the next five years by the Ontario and federal governments, the City of Kitchener and industry partners. Businesses will also pay a fee to have a space in the hub, Tuer said. "Our intent is to have it be self-sustaining." With the global digital media market expected to grow into a $2.2 trillion industry, the various levels of government are keen to have Canada and Ontario primed to grab part of that market. "I think this is the next step in our evolution," Tuer said.


The Waterloo Record 2 Mar 2010

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REINHOLD LANG, one of the oldest and most respected German inhabitants of the city of Berlin, died quite unexpectedly at 7 a.m. on Saturday morning of a bladder infection, from which he had been suffering for about a week. A native of Waibstadt, Baden, he emigrated to America with his wife in 1847, arrived in Berlin after a short stay in the United States, and began here the tanning business, on a small scale, on the spot where the Canadian Block now stands. After several years, he founded the present large tannery, which he has managed in recent times, together with his eldest son. A large number of friends and acquaintances, who had, in part, come from great distances, followed his funeral procession Tuesday, to the church and the graveside.

BERLINER JOURNAL- October 18,1883. (p.4 - col. 1), translated by the Kitchener Public Library

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King Street , North Side

From Francis to Water Street.

The ground was used by H. F. J. Jackson for stabling, etc., on his contract for building the Grand Trunk Railway through a large part of Waterloo County. Later he built his residence on this plot.

The plot east of Water Street was used as a drill ground by the Berlin Volunteer Company of the Waterloo Battalion, 1864-67. They mostly drilled in the evenings and had some quite young volunteers, Jacob Stroh, 16 years, one of them. The trustees of the New Jerusalem Church bought the corner in 1869 and in 1870 erected the present Church. This had the first pipe organ in Berlin, built by Claus Maas of Preston.

Haller's hat and felt-working shop. He made the first felt boots and shoes, worn largely by the farmers, in winter, in this vicinity.

Open space up to Henry Brickner's house.

A frame building one and one-half story high and located a little back of the street. Later a brick building was erected on the open space. At the westerly corner of Young Street Mr. Bricker built a cooperage in 1860.

At the easterly corner of Young and King Streets was Wendell Brunner's blacksmith shop, a rough frame building. Behind it, on Young Street, was another frame building used as a waggon shop by Christian Huinbrecht.

Vacant place and next a three story brick building, lengthwise with King Street, divided into two parts, used as stores for a short time. Later it was a paint shop and still later a warehouse for the Simpson factory across the road. The third floor of this building was the first habitat of the Berlin Militia, organized in 1864 at the time of the American Civil War. Colonel Pickering was the first drill master. He was sent from England to drill the Canadian Militia. The local company had at first no rifles and had to use Wooden substitutes for their drills.

A three story brick building erected by C. Schneucker and used as a hotel. The third floor was a large hall used for a number of years, for balls and concerts. Paul Schmidt moved into the building in 1860. It was then called the Schneucker and Schmidt Hotel. A later landlord was Mr. Zinger and the name was changed to The North American Hotel. Toward the rear and just east of the Hotel was a barn and horse shed, with wide approach from King Street.

A one and one-half story frame house 15 or 20 feet back from the street line with gable and veranda facing King Street, occupied by Paul Schmidt and later by his widow.

A very early building one and one-half story, rough cast; the dwelling of Sam Trout, a blacksmith. A later occupant was James Godbold, son of Godbold who lived on the corner of Wellington and King Streets. Jacob, son of James, brakeman on the Grand Trunk, was killed while on top of a freight car in St. Mary's, the train passing under a low bridge which Godbold did not see as he was looking at a circus beside the track.

A tailor shop was also in this building which stood originally at the corner of Foundry and King Streets.

A two story brick building with gable toward King Street and occupied by Henry Gauntley. On the second floor there was a paint shop and at the rear a wagon shop.

A brick building, the blacksmith shop, for many years, of Sam Trout.

A vacant lot.

At the Foundry St. corner a frame building, Reinhold Lang's tannery with his house, alongside, one and one-half story with frame porch. Later Mr. Lang moved his business to Charles Street, the site of the present Lang Tanning Co. plant. Jacob Y. Shantz erected the Canadian Block, three story brick, corner of King and Foundry Streets, in 1856. The front was set back from the street line and had a verandah extending to the edge of the sidewalk. There were three stores, the corner, Cole and Graf, druggists; then Wm. Young, groceries and liquors; and next H. S. Huber, general store. The old blacksmith shop was used as a warehouse by Huber.

The Canadian Block while still fairly new, burned down about 1862 in the Spring. The fire started in the corner drug store, during the night. The walls remained standing after the fire was out but were considered dangerous and were pulled down by the firemen. One wall, in this operation, fell on H. S. Huber's warehouse, which had not been burned and in which he had large quantities of supplies. The firemen were blamed for not having notified Huber so that he could have removed his goods before the wall was thrown over.


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

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QUEEN STREET SOUTH, EAST SIDE.

On the corner of King Street Rehscher's vaulted cellar already spoken of.

An open space.

A two-story rough-cast building with two-story veranda along the Queen Street front built by Martin Anthes (father of John S. Anthes) in 1835 when it was considered one of the best houses in the village. Henry Stroh purchased this house from Mr. Anthes about 1837. Jacob Stroh was born in this house. Behind it there was a garden of about an acre of land. There were 31 pine stumps on the property when Mr. Stroh took possession and these stumps had to be laboriously removed as stump- pulling machines, which came later, were not then available. The well on the lot was only nine feet deep. Henry Stroh carried on a shoe shop in his house until he entered into partnership with Carl Kranz, on King Street.

In 1857, after he had dissolved partnership with Kranz, Henry Stroh built a one and one-half story frame building next to his house and used it as a shoe store. Mr. Stroh continued in this shoe business until 1863 when he went into partnership with Mr. Reinhold Lang, the tanner. The Queen Street shoe shop was changed to a dwelling. Later Mr. Vanderhart, a tailor, had his shop in this building and after him Carl Englehart had it as photographer. Henry Stroh sold his house to George King. Later Charles Ahrens owned it and had it moved to the corner of Shanley and Braun Streets about 1880.

A one and one-half story frame building erected about 1837 by Jacob Kraemer, later on Frederick Street, as spoken of. Later an addition was added to the front and the building used as the local post office, with William Davidson in charge. Later George Seip purchased the building and used it as a saloon, with a bowling alley in the rear, the first bowling alley in Berlin. William Jaffray lived in the house for a time and later William Knell, son-in-law of Mr. Seip.

A one and one-half story frame building, originally a cooper shop, later the dwelling of Mr. Seip, after he sold the other building. In 1860 he built a brewery, known as Seip's brewery. Under the whole building he had a vaulted cellar built of field stone. Power for the brewery was supplied by a horse-power contained in an attached shed, shelter for the horses. Seip had a high reputation for good beer. He at first made his own malt, but later purchased it. After George Seip's death his son Louis continued the business until about 1880. The building was finally torn down to make room for the present auditorium.

The cooper shop, a small one story building, with brick chimney such as coopers used to heat staves for their barrel making, operated by Henry Brickner who later had his shop at the corner of Young and King Streets. Later Adam Stein had the Queen Street cooper shop. The Berlin coopers were experts in the making of what was called tight-wear,that is water-tight barrels, in large tuns which they made for the brewers.

A very early building, occupied by John Peters, a cabinet maker in Hoffman's factory, about 1860. The building had an outside stairway at the back. Peters was a bird lover and expert in trapping native song birds, mocking birds, cat birds, finches, etc., which he hung under his veranda roof in public display.

On the corner of Church Street a frame house occupied by Mr. Knechtel, a weaver, about 1842-1850. Knechtel moved to a farm in Mannheim where later he was injured in the spine by a falling tree to such an extent that he was bedfast for fourteen or fifteen years. He lived to about 1871. Conrad Doering occupied the Queen Street house for a time. He also was a weaver and made coverlets, etc. The house was torn down to make room for the present one of brick built by Dr. Clemens and later occupied by the late Dr. Walters.

Church Street.

On the south side St. Paul's Lutheran Church.

A one and one-half story unpainted frame building with gable towards the street, the dwelling, about 1860, of John Fleischauer, a laborer, a native of Hessen, Germany.

A one and one-half story house occupied by E. Kern, cabinet maker, about 1860 and later by John Ansted.

A vacant lot.

George Street.

Joseph Schneider originally owned all the land between George Street and Mill Street, mostly woods at that time, and extending to Benton and Eby Streets.


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

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Between Wilmot and Francis Streets there were no buildings until 1850 when Reinhold Lang moved his tannery there from Foundry Street, now Ontario Street. Mr. Lang built for himself a two- story brick house with verandah the entire length of the building on the southerly corner of Francis and King Streets in 1855. The ground between Wilmot and Francis Streets was springy and so desirable for a tannery. The water supply was good, keeping filled a sump or water-hole dug out twelve feet square.

About half way in the block from Francis to Water Street was a dwelling occupied by Frederick Lake, mason, about 1855.

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

Elected Office:
Years Served: 1859-61, 1865, 1874, 1877

Possessions:
Sold to Bruno Schmidt

Reinhold married Maria Barbara "Babette" "Barbara" Vogt 9 Jun 1846, Mosbach, , Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Maria was born 10 Mar 1822, , Germany; died 29 Jan 1890, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/50266039
• Name: Babbet Vogt
• Name: Barbara Vogt
• Name: Maria Barbara "Babette" "Barbara" Lang
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-75944
• Residence: 1861, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Roman Catholic
• Residence: 1871, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Roman Catholic
• Residence: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Roman Catholic

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-460561

John — Margaret O'Connor. Margaret died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Name: Margaret Foley
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-460562