Emilie Catherine Ellise "Amelia" Rockel

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• Name: Amelia Rockel
• Name: Emilie Catherine Ellise "Amelia" Gerbracht
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-41968
• Residence: 1911, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

Emilie married George Albert "Albert" Gerbracht 17 Oct 1928, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. George (son of Henry Gerbracht and Elizabeth Berlet) was born 11 Jun 1887, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Charles Rockel
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-41966
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1881, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Painter
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1901, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Painter
• Occupation: 1911, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Painter
• Residence: 1911, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1926, 110 King St. N., Waterloo, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

Carl — Lina Amelia Mary Hedderich. Lina (daughter of John Frederick Louis "Louis" Hedderich and Elizabeth "Elisa" Rockel) was born 18 Oct 1859, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 2 Dec 1924, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Lina Amelia Mary Rockel
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-41967
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1911, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1924, 110 King St. N., Waterloo, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

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• Name: Andrew Rockel
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-152405P
• Birth: 24 Nov 1831
• Immigration: 1856
• Naturalization: 1860
• Immigration: 1861, , Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1861, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Joiner
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1871, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Carpenter
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Elected Office: 1881, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Councillor - Waterloo
• Occupation: 1881, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Carpenter
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Builder
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1901, Waterloo, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Occupation: 1911, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Undertaker
• Residence: 1911, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

Notes:

The funeral of the late Mr. Rockel was held on Saturday afternoon from the late residence on Erb street where services were held and thence to Mount Hope cemetery for interment. There was a large attendance of sorrowing friends and relatives of the deceased while members of the Harmonie Singing Society of which he was a member attended in a body.

Chronicle Telegraph [Waterloo], July 25, 1912

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Obituary of his brother

N.Y., Tuesday, Oct. 2nd, 1883 Obituaries


Brooklyn, E.D., Sept. 30, 1883
All the relatives and friends,....
The sad news, that our beloved husband and father
Philipp Rockel
Passed away in the the age of 57 years, 3 months and 16 days, on Sept. 30. 1883, at evening 6:30 p.m., after a short illness peacefully to the Lord.
The funeral takes place on Wednesday, Oct. 3., at afternoon 1 p.m. starting from the house of mourning, No. 76 Throop Ave.
The sorrowing bereaved
Elisabetha Rockel, nee Reinhardt, spouse
Children
Heinrich Rockel,
Michael Rockel
Lina Rockel
Siblings
Martha Heid,
Sophia Koch,
Anna Lange,
Elisa Hetterich
Regina Zoll
Andreas Rockel
With brothers and sisters-in-law

Andreas married Catherine Rooke 1856. Catherine was born 17 Nov 1836, , Germany; died 1 Dec 1906, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Catherine Rockel
• Name: Katharina Rooke
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-152406
• Immigration: 1847, , Canada
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1896, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; undertaker

Notes:

ANOTHER AGED RESIDENT GONE

Death of Mrs. Andrew Rockel Occurred Sunday after a Lingering Illness

Another of Waterloo's aged residents passed away on Sunday morning at 10 o'clock in the person of Catherine Rockel, wife of Mr. Andrew Rockel, at the advanced age of 70 years and 14 days. Deceased had been ill for the past two years, being confined to her bed for a good portion of that time. The late Mrs. Rockel was born in Germany on Nov. 17, 1836. When 11 years of age she came to Canada, coming direct to Waterloo. She was married to Mr. Andrew Rockel in 1856. Thirteen children blessed the union, ten of whom survive, namely: Henry, Charles, Gustave, Adolph and Andrew, and five daughters, Sophia (Mrs. Schwartzwelder), Waterloo; Regina (Mrs. Brasseler), Toronto; Teckla (Mrs. Bardon), Berlin; and Linda and Catherine at home. The funeral was held Monday afternoon from the late residence, west of Waterloo, where services were conducted by Rev. H. Petschke, of Heidelberg. The interment took place at Mt. Hope Cemetery.

The Chronicle-Telegraph 6 Dec 1906 pg 5

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• Name: Louis Hedderich
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-65624
• Occupation: 1871, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Cabinet Maker
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1881, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Carpenter
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

Notes:

Louis Hedderich was one of our well known citizens, and a public man in his way, for he ran the village sprinkling wagon for many years. This tankwagon, usually a bright blue in color, was his own manufacture, and had a number of ingenious contrivances to add to its usefulness or otherwise. A huge umbrella shaded his wagon seat on hot summer days, and he had an arrangement by which a whistle chirped merrily, musically and constantly when the sprinkler was sprinkling. He secured his water supply from the mineral spring where some enterprising villagers one time bored for oil or salt and secured a wonderful flow of mineral water. A bellows attached to the wagon was used to blow a horn that called the village clerks from the shops with their pails and pitchers, to get a supply of drinking water. The same horn was used to call out the bartender, when he operated it at one of the hotels, and the dispenser of drinks, recognizing the signal, came out with a schooner of beer and emptied it into a mug which Mr. Hedderich carried, and this saved an extra trip for him. The sprinkling was paid for by subscription, each business man along the business part of King Street, contributing a certain amount each year. Mr. Hedderich did his collecting in the beginning of the year, and made his call an annual social visit as well.

He was a gun and locksmith, and an expert in repairing clocks and other articles of household use. His workshop on North King Street was an interesting bit of architecture, owing to the fact that Mr. Hedderich used a church in his native village in Germany as a model when he built it, and it had all the appearance of a small church, with tower clock that struck the hours, steeple and all.

His wife was a very useful citizen as well, and was widely known and in great demand as an experienced nurse and midwife. I believe it was her proud boast that she officiated at something like two thousand stork parties during her busy life here. Mr. and Mrs. Hedderich were in Waterloo in the early 50's, or possibly sooner, and resided here for many years until their passing at advanced ages.

Sixteenth Annual Report of the Waterloo Historical Society, 1928, A Historical Sketch of the Town of Waterloo, Ontario, Clayton W. Wells, L.D.S., D. D. S.

John — Elizabeth "Elisa" Rockel. Elizabeth (daughter of Heinrich Rockel and Johanna Sophia) was born 29 May 1823, Burkhards, , Hessen, Germany; died 3 Aug 1888, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Elizabeth "Elisa" Hedderich
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-150685
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

Notes:

Died 3 Aug 1888 Elisa Hedderich, nee Rockel, wife of Louis Hedderich, died in Waterloo at age of 65 years, 2 months and 5 days. The deceased, known far and wide as a midwife, had assisted at the births of 1823 children in the last 35 years. The mourners at her funeral were great in number.

Berliner Journal 9 August 1888

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-156814

Heinrich — Johanna Sophia. Johanna was born CA 1800; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Johanna Sophia Rockel
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-75845