Waterloo Region Generations
A record of the people of Waterloo Region, Ontario.

Herbert John Hambrecht

Male 1885 - 1973  (87 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Herbert John Hambrecht was born 19 May 1885, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (son of Heinrich "Henry" Hambrecht and Margaret Becker); died 1973; was buried , Saint Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-344631
    • Residence: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Occupation: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Machinist, Factory
    • Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Occupation: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Auto Dealer
    • Residence: 1921, 40 Pequegnat Ave., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

    Herbert married Edith Elizabeth "Eda" Dreger 24 Feb 1914, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Edith (daughter of Heinrich Charles "Henry" Dreger and Sophia Johanne Henriette Klaehn) was born 26 Jan 1887, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1962; was buried , Saint Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. Cleta (?) Hambrecht was born 1919, , Ontario, Canada.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Heinrich "Henry" Hambrecht was born 27 Jul 1862, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was christened 26 Dec 1862, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (son of Martin Christian "Christian" Hambrecht and Annie Catherine "Kate" Wagner); died 4 Jul 1932, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Name: Henry Hambrecht
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-45099
    • Residence: 1871, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Residence: 1881, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Occupation: 1885, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; carpenter
    • Occupation: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Carpenter
    • Residence: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Occupation: 1901, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Carpenter
    • Occupation: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Machinist, Factory
    • Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Occupation: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Cabinet Maker, Furniture Factory
    • Residence: 1921, 66 Wellington St. N., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

    Heinrich — Margaret Becker. Margaret (daughter of John K. Becker and Catherine Ortwein) was born 5 Jun 1866, Heidelberg, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Margaret Becker was born 5 Jun 1866, Heidelberg, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (daughter of John K. Becker and Catherine Ortwein); died Yes, date unknown.

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    • Name: Maggie Becker
    • Name: Margaret Hambrecht
    • Name: Margeratha Becker
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-86380
    • Residence: 1881, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Residence: 1885, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Residence: 1921, 66 Wellington St. N., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

    Children:
    1. 1. Herbert John Hambrecht was born 19 May 1885, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1973; was buried , Saint Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Katherine Marie Hambrecht was born 12 Sep 1888, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 20 Jan 1947, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Anna Becker was born Jan 1908, , Ontario, Canada; died 2002; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Martin Christian "Christian" Hambrecht was born 31 Jan 1834, , Germany; died 26 Jun 1865, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Bridgeport Memorial Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/263600225
    • Name: Christian Hambrecht
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-45100
    • Occupation: 1856, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; wagonmaker
    • Occupation: 1861, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; wagon maker

    Martin married Annie Catherine "Kate" Wagner 19 Aug 1856, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Annie (daughter of Henry Wagner and Catherine Alles) was born 1 Jul 1837, , Hessen, Germany; died 2 Apr 1913, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Annie Catherine "Kate" Wagner was born 1 Jul 1837, , Hessen, Germany (daughter of Henry Wagner and Catherine Alles); died 2 Apr 1913, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/115802201
    • Name: Annie Catherine "Kate" Hambrecht
    • Name: Annie Catherine "Kate" Soehner
    • Name: Annie Catherine "Kate" Weber
    • Name: Catherine Wagner
    • Name: Kate Wagner
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-41689
    • Immigration: 1850, , Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1856, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1866, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1881, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Residence: 1882, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

    Notes:

    MRS. ADAM WEBER PASSES AWAY

    Another of Waterloo's old residents passed away on Wednesday in the person of Mrs. Adam Weber, corner of Cedar and Peppler Sts. The deceased had attained the age of 75 years and 9 months. A bereaved husband and several children are left to mourn her loss.

    The services will be held on Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the residence, from where the remains will be taken to Mount Hope Cemetery for interment.

    The Chronicle-Telegraph Waterloo, Ontario, Canada Thursday April 10, 1913 Page 5

    Children:
    1. Caroline Hambrecht was born 7 Sep 1857, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 12 Oct 1915, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Elizabeth Hambrecht was born 1860, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    3. Magdalena Rosina "Lena" Hambrecht was born 25 Sep 1860, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was christened 11 Aug 1861, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 24 Jun 1914, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. 2. Heinrich "Henry" Hambrecht was born 27 Jul 1862, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was christened 26 Dec 1862, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 4 Jul 1932, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    5. Friedrich "Frederick" Hambrecht was born 14 Jul 1863, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.

  3. 6.  John K. Becker was born 3 Aug 1842 (son of John Becker and Mary, son of Becker and Mary); died 10 Sep 1912, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Riverside Cemetery, New Hamburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Business: Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Queen's Hotel
    • Business: New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Royal Exchange Hotel
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-86402P
    • Birth: 30 Aug 1842, , Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany
    • Immigration: 1854, , Ontario, Canada
    • Immigration: 1855, , Ontario, Canada
    • Naturalization: 1870
    • Occupation: 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Blacksmith
    • Occupation: 1881, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Black Smith
    • Occupation: 1881, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Wagon Maker
    • Residence: 1881, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Residence: 1881, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Occupation: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Blacksmith
    • Residence: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Occupation: 1901, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Hotel Keeper [catagory: hotel keeper, inn keeper, tavern keeper]
    • Occupation: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Income
    • Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Residence: 1912, 60 King St. E., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

    Notes:

    THE KING EDWARD HOTEL.

    Situated close to the depot, the King Edward is the grip man's headquarters. The house contains 32 bedrooms and is constantly filled with boarders and transient guests. A complete plumbing system affords all the conveniences of a city hotel. Meals are served at all hours. Mr. Becker has had fifteen years experience as a hotelman and runs a first class house in every respect. Rates $1.50 per day.

    Special Industrial souvenir number of New Hamburg: containing a comprehensive review of the natural advantages and resources of the village of New Hambug, 1908, Berlin Daily News, Berlin, Ontario

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    JOHN BECKER.

    The subject of this sketch is the proprietor of the Royal Exchange at the G.T.R. station. He was born in the Province of Hesse Darmstadt, Germany, on Aug 3, 1842 He came to this country with his parents in 1856. His first work in this country was as a blacksmith in Waterloo. He also was employed for some time in Heidelberg and from there in 1877 he went to Baden, where he worked at his trade. In 1883 he returned to Waterloo, where he was engaged at blacksmithing and carriage work and for two years in the foundry. He finally took charge of the Queen's Hotel in that town, which he conducted with good success for four years. After this he was employed as travelling salesman for farming implements. Subsequently he worked in the New Hamburg foundry three years and in 1894 he went to Castle, where he was employed for four years. On February 11, 1896, be took charge of the Royal Exchange, Hamburg. While he is an experienced blacksmith, he shows ripe experience as a hotel man, as there are no better kept hotels in the country than the Royal Exchange, under his management. It is the most pleasantly located in the village and in addition to this feature the interior is decidedly inviting for the weary soul and a good appetite. The sleeping apartments are comfortably and neatly furnished and carpeted. The tables in the scrupulously clean and nicely arranged dining room are always bountifully supplied with wholesome and well-cooked food.

    Mr. Becker is a typical German, good natured, and is always the same one day with another.

    New Hamburg, The Hub of Wilmot - Waterloo County Chronicle 18 Aug 1898, p. 2,3

    John — Catherine Ortwein. Catherine (daughter of George Heinrich Ortwein and Anna Maria Ratz) was born 29 Jun 1843, , Ontario, Canada; died 1905; was buried , Riverside Cemetery, New Hamburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  4. 7.  Catherine Ortwein was born 29 Jun 1843, , Ontario, Canada (daughter of George Heinrich Ortwein and Anna Maria Ratz); died 1905; was buried , Riverside Cemetery, New Hamburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Name: Catherine Becker
    • Name: Elizabeth Ortwein
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-86403
    • Residence: 1881, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

    Children:
    1. Becker
    2. 3. Margaret Becker was born 5 Jun 1866, Heidelberg, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    3. Mary Becker was born 5 Nov 1869, Heidelberg, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    4. Sophia Becker was born 1870, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    5. William P. Becker was born 29 May 1874, , Ontario, Canada; died 1954; was buried , Riverside Cemetery, New Hamburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    6. George Becker was born 1875, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    7. Henry Becker was born 1879, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    8. John Becker was born 9 Dec 1884, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    9. Florence Becker was born 17 Sep 1890, , Ontario, Canada; died 1 Aug 1926; was buried , Riverside Cemetery, New Hamburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.


Generation: 4

  1. 10.  Henry Wagner was born Abt 1807, Of, Hessen, Germany; died Yes, date unknown.

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    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-150667

    Henry — Catherine Alles. Catherine was born Abt 1807, Of, Hessen, Germany; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]


  2. 11.  Catherine Alles was born Abt 1807, Of, Hessen, Germany; died Yes, date unknown.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Catherine Wagner
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-163307

    Children:
    1. 5. Annie Catherine "Kate" Wagner was born 1 Jul 1837, , Hessen, Germany; died 2 Apr 1913, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

  3. 12.  John Becker was born Abt 1820; died Bef 1881.

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    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-150558

    John — Mary. Mary was born 1822, , Germany; died 18 Feb 1901; was buried , Riverside Cemetery, New Hamburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  4. 13.  Mary was born 1822, , Germany; died 18 Feb 1901; was buried , Riverside Cemetery, New Hamburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Mary Becker
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-150557P
    • Residence: 1881, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

    Children:
    1. 6. John K. Becker was born 3 Aug 1842; died 10 Sep 1912, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Riverside Cemetery, New Hamburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

  5. 14.  George Heinrich Ortwein was born 27 Jan 1810, , Darmstadt, Germany; died 30 Aug 1878, South Easthope Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada.

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    • Name: George Ortwein
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-59042

    George — Anna Maria Ratz. Anna was born 1809, of, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1 Dec 1897, , Huron Co., Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  6. 15.  Anna Maria Ratz was born 1809, of, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1 Dec 1897, , Huron Co., Ontario, Canada.

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    • Name: Anna Maria Ortwein
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-59043

    Children:
    1. Conrad Ortwein was born 14 Nov 1836, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was christened 24 Nov 1836, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 5 Nov 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. 7. Catherine Ortwein was born 29 Jun 1843, , Ontario, Canada; died 1905; was buried , Riverside Cemetery, New Hamburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Rev. John William Ortwein was born 25 Dec 1849, Tavistock, East Zorra Twp., Oxford County, Ontario, Canada; died 20 May 1946, Hensall, Hay Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Hensall Union Cemetery, Hensall, Huron Co., Ontario.