Margaret Catherine Armstrong

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• Name: Margaret Catherine Witt
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-233870

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WITT, Mrs. Margaret (nee Armstrong) - Passed away, at her home in Kitchener, in the loving arms of her son, on Tuesday, June 22, 2004, at the age of 75. Margaret was a longtime member of St. Mark's Lutheran Church in Kitchener. Dearly loved mother of Cameron Witt and his wife Patty of Waterloo and Sandra Witt of Langley, B.C. Cherished grandma of Hannah and Noah. She will be greatly missed by her many lady friends. Predeceased by her husband John Witt in 1991, her parents, and her siblings. Arrangements in care of the Ratz- Bechtel Funeral Home, 621 King St. W., Kitchener. The funeral service will be held in the funeral home chapel today, (Friday), June 25, 2004 at 10 a.m. with Rev. Nancy Kelly officiating. Cremation with interment in Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, at a later date. A reception will follow the service in the Ratz-Bechtel Family Centre. As expressions of sympathy, memorial donations may be made to the Canadian Diabetes Association or to the Grand River Hospital Foundation, K-W Health Centre Dialysis Unit and may be arranged by contacting the funeral home at 745-9495 or online through 1057@alderwoods.com. "Goodbye grandma, we love you."

Margaret — John Witt. John (son of Michael Christian Witt and Martha Molzan) was born 6 Jun 1925, , Poland; died 14 Aug 1991, Kitchener Daily Record Newspaper, Kitchener, , Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Roman Catholic Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-474635
• Occupation: 1926, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Insurance Agent

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James Armstrong
By Record Correspondent

HESPELER - James Armstrong, 80, of 121 Queen St.. East, Hespeler, died Friday at South Waterloo Memorial Hospital, Galt, after a brief illness. Born in Scotland, he lived in Canada for more than 60 years. He retired 15 years ago after many years in the insurance business and was an agent for the Prudential Life in Hespeler for 33 years.

He was a member of St. Luke's United Church.

Survivors include his wife, the former Julia Mueller; two sons, William of Preston and George of Hespeler; a sister, Mrs. John (Margaret) Witt of Kitchener; and one grandchild.

His first wife, the former Agnes Bell, predeceased him in 1926.

The body is at the Nelson Funeral Home, Hespeler, where the funeral will be conducted Monday at 2 p.m. Rev. James A. Lawson will officiate. Burial will be in Hespeler Cemetery.

Kitchener Waterloo Record Sat, Nov 07, 1964 Page 27

James married Julia Rosella Moeller 20 May 1926, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Julia (daughter of Emil Moeller and Catherine Christina Pabst) was born 26 Jul 1890, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1970; was buried , New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-83620
• Residence: 1891, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1911, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Laborer, Woolen Mill

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-474636

Thomas — Mary Irvine. Mary was born CA 1854; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-474637

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-83617
• Immigration: 1873, , Canada
• Occupation: 1881, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mason
• Occupation: 1891, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Building Contractor
• Residence: 1891, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1901, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mason Stone
• Occupation: 1911, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mason, Contractor
• Residence: 1911, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

Emil married Catherine Christina Pabst 13 Dec 1881, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Catherine (daughter of Christian Frederick Pabst and Christine Elizabetha Kirschner) was born 1 Oct 1860, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 16 Aug 1921, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Catherine Christina Moeller
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-83618
• Residence: 1891, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1911, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-446217

Christian — Maria. Maria was born 1810, , Mecklenburg, Germany; died 27 May 1895, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Maria Moeller
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-446218

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• Building: 20-24 Queen St. W., Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Och's Block - Second Empire Style
• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/218844262
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-82681
• Immigration: 1852
• Residence: 1855, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Naturalization: 1858
• Occupation: 1861, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Tavern Keeper
• Residence: 1861, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1871, , USA; Mason and Hotel Keeper
• Occupation: 1881, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Hotel Keeper
• Occupation: 1881, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Hotel Keeper
• Occupation: 1884, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; mason
• Elected Office: 1888, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; councillor of Hespeler
• Residence: 1891, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Retired: 1891, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1901, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Insurance Agent

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Being then in a position to do his own sawing and mill work, Mr. Kribs was able to handle much larger jobs and in due course came to be known as one of the leading general contractors in this area. On some of his large jobs he sublet some of the work, Carpentry often to Archie Brydon, Masonry to Christian Pabst....Christian Pabst came here about 1860 to keep Hotel. He was then a man of about 28 years of age and mentally very active. He soon embarked on a bit of contracting and by 1868 became one of the best known Mason contractors in this area, employing a lot of men and executing large contracts. Some at least of the work he did for Jacob Hespeler seems to have been on a cost plus basis as is evidenced by his being credited with the time of a long list of men employed by him on the job. In addition to Masonry contracts, Mr. Pabst took on other work, the building and gravelling of roads etc., no doubt to keep his equipment and men busy.

He owned quarries which were under the supervision of his wife's brother, Christian Kirchener, an expert quarryman. Among the stone structures built by Mr. Pabst in the Village may be cited the United, the Evangelical and the old Presbyterian (now St. Mary's) Churches. The Bank of Montreal Building, Zryd's Hardware Store, both Johnston's and Saults' Blacksmith Shops (the latter then only one story) and several of the stone buildings at the Lower Mill.

Le Rue De Commerce, Other Times Other Customs Other Days Other Ways, Winfield Brewster 1954

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"The Robert Burns Hotel". Operated by Frederick Weltz prior to 1859. From the death of Weltz that year by Christian Pabst till 1864. Then till 1870 by John Ohlman and by Joseph Bolduc in 1871.

Le Rue De Commerce, Other Times Other Customs Other Days Other Ways, Winfield Brewster 1954

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The Germania House". Built in 1863-64 by Christian Pabst and oper-ated by him until 1886. Next by Eugene Sullivan till 1888; by John Andrich, 1889, and by Frank Jaglowitz until 1891 when its license was discontinued.

Le Rue De Commerce, Other Times Other Customs Other Days Other Ways, Winfield Brewster 1954

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HESPELER MAN DEAD.

Hespeler, Ont., Feb. 5. One of Hespeler's oldest citizens, in the person of Christian Pabst, died suddenly during the night of heart failure. Mr. Pabst was one of the most widely known men in this district and was a Mason of over 35 years' standing. He was a director of the Economical Insurance Company, of Berlin, Ont. Mr. Pabst was 74 years old and leaves a wife and grown up family.

Feb 5, 1909 - Hamilton Times

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THE LATE CHR. PABST

A Hespeler correspondent writes as follows of the life and death of the late Chr. Pabst, who passed away very suddenly on the 5th inst.

Mr. Pabst was a native of Germany having been born on the 27th day of October, 1832, in Thiemar, Saxony Menigen, Germany. In 1851, when a young man of nineteen years of age, he came to Canada, when he became a resident of Hespeler. He was the popular landlord of the Germania House and was not slow in displaying the flag of his native land at the time of the Franco-Prussian war.

On Feb. 25th, 1855, he was married to Miss Katharine Kirschner. They were blessed with fifteen children the following of whom survive,- Three sons, George of Springfield, Vt; John of Hamilton, and August, of Hespeler, and the following daughters Mrs. Chas. Allendorf, Brooklyn, N.Y. Mrs. Augusta Maud, Acushnet, Mas. Mrs. Edward Pannabaker, Walkerville Ont.; Mrs. Emma Allendorf and Mrs. J. C. Eaton, Toronto, Mrs. Michael Roos, Berlin; Mrs, A. H. Wittmaak, and Mrs. Emil Moeller of Hespeler.

The deceased was twice married his first wife dying on Nov. 17,1882. In his second marriage on March 26, 1884, Mrs. Theresa Dopler became his wife. One daughter, Miss Maud Pabst blessed their home. Both wife and daughter survive. Mrs. Pabst, before her marriage to Mr. Pabst, was the possessor of the children by her first husband, who also survive. The deceased is also survived by forty-one grandchildren and five great grand- children.

The late Mr. Pabst was a public spirited citizen most He was the holder of many offices in the gift of the town and his scholarly bearing fitted him well for the proper performance of these duties. He was for twenty-seven years a director of the Economical Fire Insurance Company of Berlin, and has never missed an annual meeting of the Company. He held office for many years as alderman of the town, and in his younger
days was a valued member of the brass band as player of the bass instrument. Last, but not least, he was an ardent supporter and influential officer in the Lutheran church. was one of the prime movers in the installation of the chime of bells in the tower of that church, which peal out in sonorous tones on the quiet Sabbath morning air their sweet call to one and all to attend worship. He had held the office of superintendent of the Lutheran Church Sunday School acceptably for many years and always enjoyed the confidence and respect of all his fellow townsmen.

Feb 8, 1909-Berlin News Record

Building:
Christian Pabst is the likely builder of the limestone section of this commercial building.

Christian married Christine Elizabetha Kirschner 27 Feb 1855, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Christine (daughter of Kirchner) was born 23 Nov 1832, Ehrstaedt, Baden, Germany; died 14 Nov 1882, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Christine Elizabetha Pabst
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-25541
• Residence: 1855, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1861, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

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Christine Pabst, nee Kirschner, wife of Christian Pabst, died n Hespeler at age of 49 years, 11 months and 22 days. The deceased was a native of Ehrstaedt, Grand Duchy of Baden; lived a peaceful married life with her husband for 27 years; bore 15 children, among them 2 pairs of twins. She was a vigorous housewife, a loyal life's companion, a good mother, a genial neighbour, and an active member of the Lutheran congregation and of the ladies' group of same. She had suffered repeated illnesses since last spring. The funeral procession, which was an extraordinarily numerous one, took place on Sunday afternoon. The funeral service was led by Pastor Wurster, in which he preached on the text chosen by the deceased herself, Isaiah 61: 10. she is survived by her husband, 12 children and 6 grandchildren.


Berliner Journal Newspaper 23 Nov 1883

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Died, In Hespeler, on Friday afternoon, at 5 o'clock, Christine, Beloved wife of Christian Pabst, Aged 49 Years, 11 Months and 22 Days. Funeral, On Sunday afternoon, at 1 o'clock, from the residence of her Husband, to the Hespeler Cemetery. Hespeler, Nov. 18th, 1882.


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