Walter Hett

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-32946
• Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-32943
• Residence: 1861, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1871, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Butcher
• Residence: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1887, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; painter
• Occupation: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Painter
• Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1901, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Painter
• Occupation: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Painter, Houses
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

John married Matilda "Tillie" Biehn 19 Oct 1887, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Matilda (daughter of Moses David Biehn and Sophia Catharina Krug, daughter of Moses Biehn and Mary Sophia "Sophia" Schultz) was born 3 Aug 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 29 May 1908, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Matilda "Tillie" Hett
• Name: Matilda Bean
• Name: Tilley Bean
• Eby ID Number: 00008-1029.14
• Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

Notes:

The death took place on Friday morning at King street, Berlin the wife of Mr. John W. Hett, in her forty-seventh year. The deceased, whose maiden name was Matilda Biehn, was born Aug. 3, 1861, in Wilmot Township. The funeral funeral was held Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the house, 170 King St., East, to St. Peter's Church, thence to Mount Hope cemetery for interment.

The Chronicle Telegraph 4 Jun 1908, p. 3

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• Name: Henry Hett
• Name: John Henry Hett
• Residence: Kitchener Daily Record Newspaper, Kitchener, , Ontario, Canada
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-40736
• Immigration: 1850, , Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1856, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; painter
• Historic Building: 1858, 115 Church Street, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1861, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Painter
• Residence: 1861, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1871, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; painter
• Occupation: 1871, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Painter
• Residence: 1871, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Naturalization: 1878, , Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Painter
• Residence: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Immigration: 1888, , Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Painter
• Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1901, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Painter
• Occupation: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Road Inspector for Town
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

Notes:

Historic Building:
Built by Henry Hett in 1858 it is a brick 1 1/2 story building. In 1978 it was listed as in fair condition and was used as a rented residence.

Johann married Caroline "Carrie" Hardt 5 Aug 1856, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Caroline was born 1 Jan 1841, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Caroline "Carrie" Hett
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-40737
• Residence: 1856, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1861, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1871, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutrheran
• Residence: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

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• Eby ID Number: 00008-1029.7
• Occupation: 1849, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; labourer
• Occupation: 1881, Wallace Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada; farmer

Moses married Sophia Catharina Krug 26 Apr 1863, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Sophia (daughter of Johann Heinrich "Heinrich" Krug and Mary Sophia "Sophia" Schultz) was born 13 May 1849, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was christened 8 Jul 1849, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 12 Sep 1908, , Kearny, Kansas, United States; was buried , Lakin Cemetery, Lakin, Kearny, Kansas, United States. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Sophia Catharina Biehn
• Eby ID Number: 00008-1029.13

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• Name: Heinrich Hett
• Name: Henry Hett
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-242751
• Occupation: 1861, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Labourer
• Residence: 1861, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1879, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

Notes:

Johann is reported to have been from Wahlen, Alsfeld, Hessen, Germany. Also, Henry Hett was the hired man of widow Christina Goss Killers. Henry and Christina's first child was born in 1826. Although Henry did not marry Christina for years, he reported, named, and took responsibility for each child's birth to the church.

Johann married Anna Christina Goss 1 Mar 1833, Bernsburg, , Hessen, Germany. Anna was born 30 May 1796, Eberklein Gross, Hessen, Germany; died 23 May 1869, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Anna Christina Hett
• Name: Anna Christina Killer
• Name: Christina Goss
• Name: Maria Christian Goss
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-29237
• Birth: 30 May 1796, Obergleen, , Hessen, Germany
• Residence: 1861, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

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• Name: Moses Bean
• Eby ID Number: 00008-1029
• Occupation: 1852, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; farmer and sawyer
• Directory: 1864, Wilmot Township - Block A Concession 1 Lot 06, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

Notes:

Moses Biehn, "was born July 24th, 1809. He was a farmer and resided in Wilmot Township, a little north of New Dundee, where he died July 24th 1869. He was married twice, first to Barbara Detweiler and after her decease to Sophia Krug. With the first wife there were eleven 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.].

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This second marriage is in error as Sophia was married to his son Moses and not himself.

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• Name: Margaretha Barbara "Margaret" Biehn
• Eby ID Number: 00029-2102

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Margaret Detweiler," was born October 28th, 1814. She was married to Moses Biehn. They resided in Wilmot Township, a little north of New Dundee, where she died."

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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• Name: Henry Krug
• Eby ID Number: 00002-585.2
• Historic Building: 1850, 325 King St. East, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1852, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; innkeeper
• Probate: 3 May 1853, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

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A-1-10 Henry Krug: Administration with will annexed of the estate of Henry Krug, Innkeeper, of Wilmot Township, granted to his widow Mary Sophia Krug and deceased's Will approved and insinuated the 16^th July 1853…

…I Henry Krug of the Township of Wilmot, Inn Keeper…do make, ordain, and constitute this my Last Will and Testament… (First) I revoke all Wills ever before made by me.. (Secondly) I give, devise and bequeathed to his wife Mary Sophia Krug, four acres of land, joining the road called Huron road, with a house, seventy six by seventy four feet, (frame) a story and a half high, further, the whole benefit of the whole property as long as my beloved wife shall be and remain a widow, to have two good beds. (Thirdly) It is my Will that the Land I now hold shall be sold by auction as follows, the Tavern standhouse, stables, and with fifty acres along the line between the David Scharick and along the Huron road, but the enclosure or grave yard of the deceased Ford's wife excepted, thirty acres of pine bush to be sold in ten-acre lots, the remaining land to be sold in five lots. (Fourthly) It is my will that all the house furniture, with lumbers what is to be spared, shall be sold by public sale. In witness whereof Have herewith set my hand and seal this 3^rd day of May 1853…

Witnessed by Jacob Bettschin, J.P., Jacob Bricker.
Will dated 3 May 1853
Will proved and granted 16 July 1853
Inventory £269/4/4
Died 3 May 1853


Wills of Waterloo County Register A 1853-1871, transcribed by Frances Hoffman

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In 1848 when Heinrich came to Waterloo Region he established an inn at 525 King St. E., Kitchener, Ontario. Later he moved to Wilmot and ran a inn there. Dying young he left a large family. His widow married Moses Biehn who raised Heinrich's children as he own.

Historic Building:
Built in 1850, a frame building it was originally used as a store. In 1978 it was listed in poor condition and much altered from the original. At that time is was covered in insul-brick.

Johann — Mary Sophia "Sophia" Schultz. Mary was born 27 Jan 1823, Niendorf, , Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany; died 4 Jun 1890, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Emanuel Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery, Petersburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Mary Sophia "Sophia" Biehn
• Name: Mary Sophia "Sophia" Krug
• Name: Sophia Schultz
• Eby ID Number: 00002-585.3