Ira Fisher

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-259106
• Residence: 1861, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-259103
• Residence: 1853, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1861, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Laborer
• Residence: 1861, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Business: 1864, Bridgeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Union Hotel

Joseph married Susanna Christina Wiffler 8 Feb 1853, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Susanna (daughter of Carl "Charles" Wiffler and Margaretha Allemang) was born 1834, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 13 May 1885, Clinton, Hullett Twp., Huron Co., Ontario; was buried 16 May 1885, Clinton Public Cemetery, Hullet Twp., Huron Co., Ontario. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Susanna Christina Fisher
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-259104
• Residence: 1853, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1861, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1861, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; NC Methodist

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-94565

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Colborne

An Old Settler Gone. - On Thursday last 7th Sept. Mr. Joseph Fisher, Senr. died at his residence lot 7, 2nd con. W. D. Colborne, aged 71 years. The deceased was one of the oldest settlers in the Township, having settled there in the year 1846. He first visited Goderich about the year 1834, and his first recollection of the town was as a post station consisting of three houses. After remaining here a few years he removed to Waterloo, where receiving the deed, from his father, of the Colborne farm he returned down to clear off the woods and make for himself a home. Descended from the Pennsylvania Germans, he manifested the industry and shrewdness of the people during his lifetime, thereby winning the respect of his neighbours and much of this world's guest?

Huron Signal 12 Sep 1876 pg 2

Joseph — Susanah Kirchstatten. Susanah was born 2 Jun 1810, Vaughan Twp., York Co., Ontario; died 14 Nov 1830, Vaughan Twp., York Co., Ontario; was buried , Zion Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery, Vaughan Township, York Co., Ontario. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Susanah Fischer
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-64819

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• Name: Charles Wiffler
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-23031

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The name of the person who was the real founder of the largest and to the inhabitants of Preston the most important establishment has so far been mentioned only incidentally, but since he well deserves special mention, a brief review of his achievements will no doubt prove interesting. The name of this party is Mr. Robert Hunt, a quiet, unassuming man, benevolent in disposition, closely attending to his business and possessed of superior tact and business qualities. It was about the year 1845 that Mr. Hunt came to Preston. The water privilege now known as that of the Preston Woolen Mills was acquired by purchase in 1832 by one Charles Wiffler, a German blacksmith, who conceived the idea of starting a wool carding shop, but being unable to carry out that idea, he sold the premises, in 1842, to one Hiram Kinsman, who built a frame two story building in which he carried on wool carding for the farmers in the vicinity. Woolen mills, as we know them, were unknown here in those early days. The farmer brought his wool to the carding mill, had it carded, the carder deducting a usual percentage of the wool for his work, and the farmer took home his carded wool. His wife and daughters spun it into yarn and then this yarn was woven into homespun by the weaver who wove by hand loom, the cotton warp being bought in the stores. Mr. Robert Hunt, upon seeing the water power and premises, at once discovered a mine of wealth latent there which only required energy, tact and means to develop. He purchased the premises from Mr. Kinsman in 1845, and set to work with that earnestness, perseverance and forethought which were his peculiar characteristics. The old frame building proved too small, a stone factory was erected and to this were gradually additions and numerous outer buildings. Mr. Hunt's wealth increased with the increase of his premises. A most disastrous fire consumed the whole interior of the main building, but phoenix-like there soon arose from its ashes a large building, filled with the most improved machinery. In 1855 'Mr. Andrew Elliott of Galt became a partner of 'Mr. Hunt and the premises and business were considerably enlarged.

Fifth Annual Report Of The Waterloo Historical Society, 1917

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In the year 1832, Carl Wiffler was running a Blacksmith shop on the site of the Pattinson Mill at Preston and he sold his land to one Kinsman of Galt in 1842. Meantime on the 11th day of September, 1840, by deed registered as number 312 he purchased from Michael Bergey, then of the Township of Puslinch, three parcels of land containing together two acres and one road. One of these parcels containing one-half acre, having a frontage on Queen Street of 132 feet and a depth back southerly there from of 165 feet was located immediately to the east of the James Sault house property, then owned by John George Allendorf.

A second parcel containing one acre had likewise a frontage on the south side of Queen Street of 132 feet and it extended back south to a depth of three hundred and thirty feet, and it lay immediately east of the half-acre lot. After selling out in Preston to Kinsman Mr. Carl Wiffler came here and probably in the year 1843 built a blacksmith shop with dwelling above on the one-acre parcel. This building, legend has it, was later converted into the Fire Hall shown on some of the ancient pictures of Queen Street.

On December 1 st, 1845, by deed number 445, Wiffler sold the half-acre lot to Robert Forbes and your attention is called to the description in it "Being composed of a Village Lot in New Hope near the Blacksmith Shop on the south side of Queen Street". A man named George Steffler comes somehow into the picture in con-nection with this one-acre parcel. It may be that he was a blacksmith operating this blacksmith shop subsequent to Wiffler's demise, presumably as tenant of the estate.

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

Carl — Margaretha Allemang. Margaretha was born 1808, , Germany; died 21 Jan 1883, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Margaretha Oberholtzer
• Name: Margaretha Wiffler
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-23032
• Residence: 1851, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1861, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

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Mrs. Wiffler, whose maiden name was Allemang, had three children; Charles who learned the Waggon Making trade, Catharine who married Gideon Ochs and Elizabeth who never married, but for many years worked as a seamstress. By that I mean she went to a house where the Ladies had materials they wanted made up into dresses; and her work was, in the main, with the top notch families in the district hereabouts. She made, for instance, most of the gowns for the daughters of Jacob Hespeler, and she kept little bits of pretty-much all the nice materials she worked with and years after when Minnie Ochs, her Niece, was building a crazy patch quilt, Aunt Lizzie brought her down a lot of these patches and went over them telling what dress this was from, that this other patch was of the dress that Miss Hespeler wore to someone's wedding, etc. All that sort of history. It must have made a fine afternoon of it for Minnie.

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