Nathan Roy "Roy" Weber

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• Name: Roy Weber
• Eby ID Number: 00127-7953.8
• Residence: 1891, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
• Occupation: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Insurance Agent, Insurance Office
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical

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• Name: Ludwig Weber
• Eby ID Number: 00127-7953
• Residence: 1861, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Laborer
• Residence: 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; N. C. Methodist
• Occupation: 1881, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Occupation: 1891, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1891, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
• Occupation: 1901, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Occupation: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Income

Notes:

Louis S. Weber," was born March 22nd, 1853. He is married to Emma Knechtel. They reside on east half of his father's old homestead near Heidelberg where he is engaged in farming. To them are born seven children, namely: Ida, Sylva, Ira, Eben, Anna, Louis, and Roy."

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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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.].

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L.S. Weber

The death of L.S. Weber, 81, occurred at the home of his daughter, Mrs. C.F. Ott, Allen and Willow Streets, Waterloo, at four o'clock this morning after an illness of five weeks. The deceased was born at Heidelberg on March 22, 1853.

In addition to his farming activity at Heidelberg, the deceased was widely known in the livestock trade. He subsequently moved to Kitchener and was one of the founders of the first rubber factory here, known as the Berlin Rubber Company. For some years he was associated with the late Jacob Kaufman in the rubber and timber industries. The late Mr. Weber was actively interested in the promotion and development of several local and provincial industrial enterprises.

After the death of his wife, he spent the larger part of his time in California. Owing to advancing age, he returned to Waterloo this summer to make his home with his daughter.

His wife, Emma Knechtel of Listowel, to whom he was married in 1875, predeceased him on January 31, 1926. His daughter, Annie (Mrs. E.L. Hooper), of Oakland, Calf., also predeceased him on Oct. 12, 1924. He is survived by two daughters, Mrs. C.F. Ott of Waterloo and Mrs. A.D. Gishler of Buffalo and four sons, I.S.K., of Los Angeles, E.O. of Kitchener, L.A., of Vancouver and Roy of Edmonton.

The funeral which will be private, will be held at two o'clock Saturday afternoon from the home of his daughter, Mrs. C.F. Ott, Allen and Willow Streets, Waterloo. Rev. H.A. Kellerman is to officiate. Interment will be made in Mount Hope Cemetery.

Unidentified Newspaper Obituary

Louis married Emma Knechtel 6 May 1875, Wallace Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada. Emma (daughter of Johann Philippe "Philip" Knechtel and Ann "Anna" "Nancy" Godbold) was born 24 Nov 1856, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 31 Jan 1926, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Emilia Knechtel
• Name: Emma Weber
• Eby ID Number: 00127-7953.1
• Residence: 1861, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelican Society
• Residence: 1881, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1891, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical
• Residence: 1925, 25 Otto St., Waterloo, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

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• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/80742522
• Eby ID Number: 00127-7946
• Occupation: 1852, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1852, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1861, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1861, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1881, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer

Notes:

Christian Weber," son of Christian and Catherine (Bruck) Weber, was born in the village of Dietrichhingen, district of Zweibruecken, Rhein Bayren, Germany, March 4th, 1810. When in his nineteenth year he bid adieu to his fatherland and emigrated to America. After arriving at New York in safety he was obliged to work for some time in order to raise sufficient means to defray his expenses across the ocean. In a few years he had, by diligent labor, saved so much from his earnings that he was able to pay the expenses of bringing his parents and others of the family to this country. Some time during the year 1833 or 1834 he, together with his parents and others, moved to Canada and settled near Wilmot Centre, Waterloo County, Ontario, where Mr Weber was married to Elizabeth Schmaus who was born June 29th, 1818, and died June 3rd, 1886. Here they resided about twenty years, then he disposed of his farm and purchased that of Moses Weaver a little east of Heidelberg where they resided until their deaths. He died March 22nd, 1886. Mr. Weber was a man of noble character, industrious and economical. Modesty, coolness and deliberation were some of his characteristics. His descendants are not so much distinguished for being great men as for the uniform private worth of all of them, not intending to convey the idea that they are less able or competent to fill public positions than others but that a certain feature of character impells them always to attend to their own business first. None of them are and never have been ambitious for public citizenship. Mr. and Mrs. Weber were blessed with a family of eight children"


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.].

Christian — Elizabeth Schmaus. Elizabeth (daughter of Johannes Schmaus and Elizabeth) was born 29 Jun 1818, , Germany; died 3 Jun 1886, Near Heidelberg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Hillside United Cemetery, Wellesley Twp, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Elisabeth Schmaus
• Name: Elizabeth Schmaltz
• Name: Elizabeth Weber
• Eby ID Number: 00127-7946.3
• Residence: 1852, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Roman Catholic
• Residence: 1861, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; N. C. Methodist

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• Name: Philip Knechtel
• Name: Philip W. Knechtel
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-18740
• Residence: 1845, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1851, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; cabinet maker
• Occupation: 1852, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; carpenter
• Occupation: 1861, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; farmer
• Occupation: 1861, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1861, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelican Society

Notes:

Philip moved to Wallace Township, Perth Co., Ontario by 1871?. He reported to have been born in Hütchenhausen, Bayern, Germany, documentation needed.

Johann married Ann "Anna" "Nancy" Godbold 20 Feb 1845, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Ann (daughter of Charles Godbold and Elizabeth Edwards) was born 11 Sep 1826, Blundeston With Flixton, Suffolk, England; was christened 6 Sep 1827, Blundeston With Flixton, Suffolk, England; died 5 Aug 1911, Wallace Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Augusta Evangelical Cemetery, Wallace Twp., Perth Co., Ontario. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Ann "Anna" "Nancy" Knechtel
• Name: Nancy Godbold
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-34280
• Birth: 15 Mar 1829, , England
• Residence: 1845, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1861, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelican Society

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• Eby ID Number: 00127-7946.1

Christian — Catherine Bruck. Catherine was born 1785, , Germany; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Catherine Weber
• Eby ID Number: 00127-7946.2
• Residence: 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

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1871 - Katharin Weber was staying with Christian Weber.

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-218365

Johannes — Elizabeth. Elizabeth was born 1774; died 1862; was buried , Hillside United Cemetery, Wellesley Twp, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Elizabeth Schmaus
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-215198

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-46143

Notes:

The first marriage proclamation was posted on the main entrance of the Hiltschenhausen Town Hall on January 21, 1827 at noon, and the second marriage proclamation was posted on January 28 at the same time. There was no opposition to this marriage. After having read all the presented documents and the 6th chapter from the Civil Code titled "About Marriage" the bride and groom were asked if they wanted to marry each other. Both of them gave an affirmative answer and Johann Jacob KNECHTEL and Anna Eva WILD were married. The couple declared that they had a son who was born out of wedlock and whose birth was registered in the Hiitschenhausen Civil Birth Record for the year 1825. He was registered under the name Johann Philipp. Johann Jacob admitted that he was the father of the child. The following people were witnesses to this statement: Daniel KURTZ, 47 years old, Adam WILD, 6..? years old, D?..? BENDEL, 26 years old, Ludwig BUB 25 years old, farmer. All of are from Hutschenhausen. Remark: Adam WILD is not related to the groom (bride). The witnesses to the above statement and the witnesses to the marriage signed this document. The bride said that she cannot write. Hiltschenhausen, on the day mentioned above. Maria Knechtel Jakob Knechtel Valentin Knechtel Kurtz Wilhelm Wild Ludwig Bill Adam Wild Rul D ? Bendel.

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Johann married Anna Eva Wild 30 Mar 1827, Hütschenhausen, , Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany. Anna was born 1799, Hütschenhausen, , Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Anna Eva Knechtel
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-133739

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-5911
• Occupation: 1851, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; farmer
• Residence: 1871, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Church of England
• Occupation: 1881, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Gentleman
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Church of England

Notes:

King Street , North Side

From Francis to Water Street.

he 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

Charles married Elizabeth Edwards 29 Mar 1819, Blundeston, Suffolk, England. Elizabeth was born 4 Mar 1798, Bungay, , , England; died 5 Aug 1854, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Elizabeth Godbold
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-7171

Notes:

Elizabeth's last name may have been Townsend, it is possible that she was mother of Robert Townsend who married Charles Godbold's daughter.