Reginald B. Simpson

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-324433
• Residence: 1921, 153 Victoria St. N., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Church of England

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-329211
• Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Anglican
• Occupation: 1909, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Machinist
• Occupation: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Engineer, Stationary
• Residence: 1921, 153 Victoria St. N., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Church of England

Reginald married Nellie Katherine Decher 20 Jul 1909, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Nellie (daughter of John James Yost Decker and Veronica C. Kirsch) was born 17 Jun 1881, , Ontario, Canada; died 14 Jun 1976, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-324430
• Occupation: 1901, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Shoe Maker
• Recipes: 1906, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1921, 153 Victoria St. N., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Church of England

Notes:

Recipes:
TOMATO SOUP

Miss N. Decker.

1 quart of fresh tomatoes or 1 can, 1 onion, 4 ounces butter, 1 tablespoon flour, 2 spoons salt, 1/2 spoon cayenne pepper, 1/2 pint rich milk, 3 pints water. Boil tomatoes and onions 3/4 of an hour, add salt, pepper and three pints of hot water, the butter and flour rubbed smoothly with a little of the soup to aid in mixing and a little more to make it like thin cream. Boil ten minutes and when ready to serve, pour on the milk which must be boiling to prevent it curdling the soup. It may be made thinner if required.<sup>1a

1a</sup>The Ladies of Berlin, Waterloo and Friends Elsewhere, The Berlin Cook Book (Berlin, Ontario: The New Record Print Shop, 1906), pg 22

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-155311
• Residence: 1859, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1861, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Shoemaker
• Residence: 1861, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Church of England
• Occupation: 1871, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Shoemaker
• Residence: 1871, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Church of England
• Occupation: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Shoe Maker
• Residence: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Church of England
• Occupation: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Shoemaker
• Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Anglicam

Notes:

King Street , North Side

Foundry Street (now Ontario Street).

Jacob and John Hoffman, brothers, who came from Pennsylvania, erected a furniture factory on the corner about 1840. It was a two story frame building extending along King St., had 25 to 30 employees and a 15 h.p. engine brought from Buffalo.

Eby's history gives John Hoffman as having come from Pennsylvania in 1825; Jacob, almost two years older, seems to have come before. They both worked at carpentry, etc., for a number of years before starting the factory in which enterprise they were assisted by Benjamin Eby. On the ridge of the factory roof there was a belfry with the only larger bell in Berlin. This bell served not only the factory but the village as well, pinging at 7 in the morning, at 12, at 1 and at 6 o'clock in the evening. It was used also as a fire bell and was tolled for funerals.

By some prank or spite the bell was stolen in 1850 before there was a night watchman at the factory, and disappeared for two or three years. Eventually it was found in a well at the comer of Duke and College Streets, put back in place on the Hoffman factory and later was taken to a belfry on the Simpson factory spoken of, where it was used until this factory was discontinued. It was then taken to the pavilion in Victoria Park and was melted down when the pavilion was destroyed by fire.

Behind the Hoffman factory there was a pond, about three feet deep, fed by a spring, the water being used for the factory boiler, etc. About 1860 a frame building, used by the firm for a warehouse, covered the site of the spring. Further back there was a saw mill, also a planing mill, the first of its kind in Berlin. A two story frame building extending along Foundry Street was later added to the factory and used as a turning shop. At the rear of this building was the factory boiler house.

Next to the factory on King Street there was a three story brick building. The ground floor was used as a store, called the Berlin Warehouse. Jacob Hoffman, who by this time was alone in the business, John having gone to Waterloo, announced himself as dealer in dry goods, groceries, hardware, china, glassware, crockery, and paint and oils and manufacturer of all kinds of furniture, also sash doors, etc., selling low for cash. An overhead passage way on a bridge connected the second stories of the factory and brick building. Over the store was the paint shop and in the rear a warehouse. Hoffman's store was later occupied by William Schmidt, son of Rev. Wm. Schmidt, an early minister of the Evangelical Church. Schmidt had a dry goods store only, known as the Golden Lion store because of a large gilt lion over the entrance. Isaac Hoffman, son of Jacob, carried on the factory and store for several years; later John S. Anthes was in possession while Hoffman went to Waterloo and continued the furniture business there with Adam Klippert and Martin Wegenast as partners. Jacob and John Hoffman erected a number of houses in Berlin.

Jacob Hoffman was very stout, weighing over 300 pounds. He was a member of the Evangelical Church. For a time he served on the village council. He resided on Foundry Street in the rear of the Canadian Block in a square, hip roof, two story, frame house, until it was destroyed by fire, when he moved to the west side of Foundry Street, south, where now is the Robe & Clothing Co. building. Here he had a one and one-half story frame house with a large two story addition at the rear where were lodged apprentices and other factory employees. There was a small portico over the front door and a porch extending along the northerly side of the house.

Next to the Hoffman warehouse there was a saloon and restaurant occupied by a Mr. Unger. He served, among other things, oysters which came in small wooden, 1-gal. kegs. Adjoining Hoffman's store there was the tailor shop of H. J. Nahrgang, later occupied by Henry Glebe, an early band master; next a store differently occupied at various times and next the shoe store of Wm. Niehaus. A three story brick building occupied by Wm. Young as a grocery. Mr. Young eventually went to the Canadian Block and the store was used for various purposes, among them auction sales in the evening. Here there was sold the first white crockery offered in Berlin. Later the building was occupied by the Berliner Journal.

A one and one-half story frame building with gable toward King St. and a veranda, occupied by Mr. Fuchs, a tailor and shoemaker, whose wife assisted her husband as expert in repairing clocks. The family lived in the building. About 1865 the frame building was moved to the rear and Fuchs' block erected on the street. The ground floor had three stores, the west one occupied by Mr. Fuchs, the middle by John Kayser, dry goods merchant, and the third one by Tindall Simpson and Sons, shoemakers and tailors. The first building on part of the Fuchs' block site was a rough frame structure used by one Susand, colored, who was the first barber in Berlin.

A two story brick building with gable facing King Street, occupied by Christian Garman, harness maker, who later moved to New Hamburg and started a tannery. This building was later occupied by Levi Gaukel, son of Frederick Gaukel, after his father's death. He had a small hotel known as The Red Lion. In 1860 Urban Prinzer succeeded Gaukel and continued the hotel for a short time.

A two and one-half story brick building with gable facing King St. was occupied by Levi Gaukel, as a butcher shop after he gave up the hotel next door. Jacob Gaukel was associated with Levi. Later George Debus occupied this shop.

A building with gable and porch facing King Street, later occupied by George DeBus as a barber shop.

On the corner of King and Queen Streets there was first a driving shed for the Gaukel hotel opposite, until the Bowman block was erected in 1860. This was a three story brick building lengthwise with King Street. Joseph Bowman the noted violinist occupied the third floor of this building. Half of the ground floor of the building was occupied by Henry B. Bowman with a partner Heins as general dry goods store. This was on the corner. The other half was a brick store occupied by Cole and Graf, druggists, and later by Wm. Bowman in the same business. On the site of the Bowman block is the handsome Bank building built by the Merchants Bank and now occupied by the Bank of Montreal.


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

Tindall married Ellen Neuson 28 Dec 1858, Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada. Ellen (daughter of Newson and (Mrs.) Newson) was born 1837, , England; died 25 Jun 1921; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Name: Eileen Newson
• Name: Ellen Simpson
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-138189
• Residence: 1859, Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1861, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Church of England
• Residence: 1871, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Church of England
• Residence: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Church of England
• Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Anglican

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-38122
• Occupation: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Shoemaker
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1877, Walkerton, Brant Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada; shoemaker
• Occupation: 1901, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Shoe Maker
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Roman Catholic
• Residence: 1925, 118 Breithaupt St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

John married Veronica C. Kirsch 11 Dec 1877, Walkerton, Brant Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada. Veronica (daughter of John Kirsch and Veronica Schiebel) was born 20 Jul 1859, Formosa, Culross Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada; died 17 Aug 1925, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Recipes: Creamed Oysters
• Name: Veronica C. Decker
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-38123
• Residence: 1877, Walkerton, Brant Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Roman Catholic

Notes:

Recipes:
CREAMED OYSTERS

Mrs. J. Decker
To 1/2 tablespoon butter melted in a saucepan, add 1 heaping tablespoon flour, cook a few moments and stir in gradually one cup of hot milk, season with salt, pepper, and 1 teaspoonful of celery salt, wash and pick over 1 pint of fine oysters, boil them in their own liquor until plump, drain and pour over them the sauce.

Berlin Cook Book (1906)

Creamed Oysters. (2019). 366dayswiththeberlincookbook. Retrieved 3 February 2019, from https://366dayswiththeberlincookbook.wordpress.com/2019/02/03/creamed-oysters/

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• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/167538460
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-138403
• Historic Building: 1858, 78 Weber St. West, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1861, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Church of England
• Occupation: 1871, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Shoemaker
• Residence: 1871, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Church of England

Notes:

Historic Building:
Built in 1858 by Martin Simpson a boot and shoe maker. Constructed of stone two stories high and covered (1978) in stucco. In 1978 is was listed in very good condition with a much altered entrance.

Martin married Ann Elizabeth "Eliza" Tindall 12 May 1830, North Cave, Yorkshire, England. Ann was born CALC 24 Sep 1809, , England; died 10 Mar 1892, New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Ann Elizabeth "Eliza" Simpson
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-138404
• Residence: 1861, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Church of England
• Residence: 1871, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Church of England
• Residence: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-242872

— (Mrs.) Newson. (Mrs.) was born CALC 1809, of, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 6 Feb 1882, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Name: (Mrs.) Newson
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-242871

Other Events:

• Name: Henry Decher
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-45145
• Occupation: 1849, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; mason
• Immigration: 1850, , Canada
• Naturalization: 1851
• Occupation: 1852, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; mason
• Occupation: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mason
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mason
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mason
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Laborer
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

Heinrich married Anna Maria "Mary" Lang 14 Oct 1849, Greenbush (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Anna was born 1818, , Germany; died Bef 1901. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Name: Anna Maria "Mary" Decher
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-31817
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

Other Events:

• Name: Charles Kirsch
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-73637

John married Veronica Schiebel 9 May 1854. Veronica (daughter of George Schiebel and Anna Eckensviller) was born Abt 1830, Of, Formosa, Bruce Co., Ontario; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Name: Veronica Kirsch
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-74284