Clare F. H. Pfaff

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-67624

Clare married Verna Mary Rock May 1936. Verna was born 9 Nov 1913, , Middlesex Co., Ontario, Canada; died 19 Jul 2012; was buried , Riverside Cemetery, New Hamburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

1. Joyce Pfaff
2. James Edward Pfaff was born 3 Sep 1936, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 10 Feb 2003, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Riverside Cemetery, New Hamburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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• Family Photograph: Edward Pfaff and Lillie
• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/256877634
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-399883
• Residence: 1891, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1901, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Barber
• Occupation: 1911, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Barber - Barbershop
• Residence: 1911, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

Notes:

EDWARD PFAFF.

Though Mr. Edward Pfaff may not as he puts it "do so much of it" the patrons of his barber shop can get anything in the tonsorial line that they can get anywhere else. This means that he has a thoroughly up-to-date barber shop in every respect and that it has all the facilities afforded by larger shops in larger towns. It is a three-chair shop and the leader in New Hamburg. Mr. Pfaff has been over seven years in business and is largely patronized, he and an assistant being kept busy. He keeps his shop scrupulously neat and gives close attention to business. He is well liked personally, a factor which draws trade no less than his good work. He carries a good line of tobaccos and cigars.

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

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Edward Pfaff

A well-known New Hamburg resident, Edward Pfaff, 262 Jacob St., died on Monday at Avoncrest Hospital, Stratford, at the age of 91 Mr. Pfaff had been a patient at the hospital for the past eight weeks

Born in Woolwich Township, the deceased has been barbering for 70 years, and spent 66 years as a barber in New Hamburg

He was a member of St Peter's Lutheran Church, having been a member of the church council and was on the board of the New Hamburg cemetery for a number of years. Mr. Pfaff was president of the New Hamburg Turf Club for 17 years and was a charter member and honorary life member of the town's Board of Trade.

A son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Pfaff, he was predeceased by his wife, the former Lilly Hueglin, in 1964.

Surviving are three sons, Reginald, Orville and Clare, all of New Hamburg; one daughter, Miss Audrey, Kitchener; 11 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.

The body is resting at the Bruce J. Omand Funeral Home, where services will be conducted at 3 p m. today.

Interment will take place in Riverside cemetery, New Hamburg

New Hamburg Independent, October 1, 1969


Family Photograph:
family photograph from Dale White

Edward married Lillie Hueglin 23 Jul 1902. Lillie (daughter of Ferdinand Hueglin and Christina Gaukel) was born 31 Aug 1875, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 28 Nov 1964, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Riverside Cemetery, New Hamburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Family Photograph: Edward Pfaff and Lillie
• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/256877729
• Name: Lillie Pfaff
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-151199
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1911, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

Notes:

Mrs. Edward Pfaff - by Record Staff Writer

NEW HAMBURG - Mrs. Edward Pfaff, 89, of Jacob St., died Saturday at K-W Hospital after a lengthly (sic) illness. She was born in Waterloo. The former Lillie Hueglin, she was a member of St. Peter's Lutheran Church, a life member of St. Peter's Sisterhood and an honorary member of New Hamburg Women's Institute. Surviving beside her husband, to whom she was married July 23, 1902, are three sons, Reginald, Orville and Clare of New Hamburg; a daughter, Audrey of London; two sisters, Christine Hueglin and Mrs. Fred (Regina) McAvoy, both of Waterloo; 11 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. The body will be at the Bruce J. Omand Funeral Home until noon Tuesday when removal will be made to St. Peter's Church for service at 2 p.m. Burial will be in Riverside Cemetery.

Unidentified Newspaper Obituary

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The Mill Fire

Early on the warm August 8 evening in 1902, while local residents were enjoying a variety program staged by a Chautauqua group at the local school yard, cries of "fire" and the sounding of the town bell could be heard to signal for help to fight a blaze.

Little Elena Betzner, whose father, Isaac, had been head miller at the local flour mill, had been taken to the evening program to mark her ninth birthday day.

Soon a column of thick smoke arose over the downtown area. This was a spectacular fire, for it was at the local flour and grist mill in the heart of the village. The large three-storey frame building was soon engulfed in flames and in a short time was razed to the ground. This was the mill built by William Scott in 1848, a half century before. It had a colourful history, having passed through the hands of a succession of owners and operators, and had been extensively damaged in the 1889 boiler explosion.

The economic loss was to affect not only the owners and employees but also the community as well, for it drew farmers and their families for miles around who shopped and transacted business in town as well as at the mill.

Mrs. Edward Pfaff, bride of New Hamburg's newest barber, who had recently moved to town, stood at the window of the couple's temporary home in the Queen's Hotel, (now 73-77 Peel Street) just a hundred meters from the mill. She watched with a mixture of apprehension and awe at the scene as flames and smoke billowed into the air, carrying sparks and embers over the buildings nearby.

Embers and burning shingles settled on nearby roofs, some of which began to smoulder. Residents and building occupants busily carried pails of water to douse flames. New Hamburg's steam-powered fire engine Chugged valiantly, but to little avail. The frame building was doomed, and it burned to the foundation. The loss of the mill would have a definite impact on its patrons and the economy of the village as well.

From: New Hamburg as it really was…. By Ernst E. Ritz

Family Photograph:
family photograph from Dale White

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-96639P
• Immigration: 1852, , Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1864, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Naturalization: 1870
• Occupation: 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Carpenter
• Residence: 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Immigration: 1880, , Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1881, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Carpenter
• Occupation: 1891, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Carpenter
• Residence: 1891, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1901, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Carpenter
• Occupation: 1911, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Carpenter, Furniture Factory
• Residence: 1911, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

Daniel married Catherine Hollinger 26 Jan 1864, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Catherine (daughter of George Hollinger and Margareth Brechbiel) was born 27 Jan 1842, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 29 Sep 1906; was buried , Elmira Union Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Catherine Pfaff
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-115586
• Residence: 1851, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1861, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Laborer
• Residence: 1861, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1864, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1891, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

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• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/218890371
• Name: Ferdinand Hüglin
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-81267
• Occupation: 1861, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Painter
• Residence: 1861, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1881, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Painter
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Painter
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1901, Waterloo, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Painter
• Occupation: 1911, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Painter, Carriage Shop
• Residence: 1911, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

Ferdinand married Christina Gaukel 12 May 1861, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Christina (daughter of Adam Geckel and Catherine Maria Roth) was born 12 Jul 1842, New York City, New York, USA.; died 26 Jan 1916; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Catharine Gaukel
• Name: Christina Hueglin
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-79270
• Immigration: 1844, , Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1861, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1861, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Roman catholic
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Roman Catholic
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Roman Catholic
• Residence: 1911, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-40919
• Residence: 1856, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

George — Catherine Knarr. Catherine was born CA 1800, of, Germany; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Catherine Pfaff
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-59072

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-48078
• Occupation: 1851, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Innkeeper
• Residence: 1851, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1851, Woolwich 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: 1883, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1883, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1891, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Gentleman
• Residence: 1891, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheram

Notes:

Mr. Geo. Hollinger, an old resident of Elmira, passed away at the residence of his son-in-law, Mr. Charles Klinck, on Sunday morning, November 13th, at the advanced age of 83 years, 2 months and 28 days. Mr. Hollinger was born in Germany and emigrated to America when 19 years of age. He settled in Woolwich township near Heidelberg where he followed the trade of cooper. In 1837 he was married to Margaret Brechbiebl. He afterwards purchased a farm near Elmira. Here his first wife died. He was again married to Mrs. Breimer of Waterloo who predeceased him about two years ago. Deceased was a staunch member of the Lutheran church and a man of sterling integrity. He possessed great powers of endurance and perseverance. He leaves a family of four children, viz: Louis Hollinger, of Wallace; Mrs. Charles Klinck, Mrs. D. Pfaff and Mrs. B. Wahl of Elmira.

Waterloo County Chronicle 24 Nov 1898, p. 5
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1851 - George Hollinger is staying with George Hollinger (1815).

George married Margareth Brechbiel 1837. Margareth (daughter of Johann Philip "Philip" Brechbiel and Maria Katharina "Catharina" Boehmer) was born CALC 13 Apr 1819, Schönberg, Rheinkreis, Bavaria; died 11 Oct 1880, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Margareth Hollinger
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-164995
• Residence: 1851, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1861, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

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• Name: Jacob Higlin
• Name: Jacob Hüglin
• Name: John Jacob Hüglin
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-34532
• Occupation: 1850, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; inn keeper
• Death: 18 Sep 1850, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

John — Catharina Stengel. Catharina (daughter of George Stengel and Christina, daughter of Kraemer) was born 5 Nov 1808, , France; died 6 Feb 1853, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Catharina Hueglin
• Name: Catharina Kraemer
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-34531
• Probate: 14 Mar 1853, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

Notes:

Catharine Higlin: The Last Will and Testament of Catharine Higlin, widow.

I, Catharine Higlin, of Village of Berlin, widow of the late Jacob Higlin of same place, Inn Keeper, deceased, being at present of sound mind and memory…do make and constitute these presents as my Last Will and Testament…Whereas the said late husband's own Will and Testament, dated the seventeenth of April 1850, and proven on the eighth of February 1853, did leave all the property left by him into my hands, possession and disposal, therefore do I now in power and virtue of his said Will direct and ordain, that all the real and personal property left by me shall be sold by my hereinafter mentioned Executors as soon as it conveniently can and may be after my decease to the best advantage of my estate, and the proceeds thereof put out on interest for the welfare of my children, to be portioned out to them in equal share and be paid over to them as they come of age, son Ferdinand, when Twenty one years old and my daughters, Catharine and Wilhelmine when eighteen years old. My said son Ferdinand is to be put out to some trade according to his own liking, and my daughters shall also be put to earn theirliving. My real property consists of the property on which I now do live on the South side of King, West of Cedar street, of about three roods; a small lot of about one rood on the East side of Cedar Street, and one lot of about one acre on the north side of King Street, with barn and stables thereon, all in Berlin aforesaid. I hereby nominate, constitute and appoint my well-beloved brother Jacob Kramer, of the said Village of Berlin, Stocking Weaver, and Henry Eby of the same place, Gentleman, as my Executors of this my Last Will and Testament… I especially charge them to see to the welfare of the children, and that they do get their proper schooling. I also empower and authorize them in the sale of my Real Estate to grant, execute and deliver to the purchasers thereof good and sufficient deeds of conveyance thereof, and do also all other matters and things, instruments and writings which they all and will deem proper…

Will Dated 6^th February 1853
Witnesses Jost Stroh and Johannes Haller
Proven 14^th March 1853
Died [not entered]
Inventory rendered £82/11/8

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• Name: Adam Gaukel
• Name: Adam Goekle
• Occupation: Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; baker
• Eby ID Number: 00133-8196.2
• Residence: 1848, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1852, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; baker
• Occupation: 1861, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baker
• Residence: 1861, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1871, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baker
• Residence: 1871, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baker
• Residence: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Catholic

Notes:

King Street, Kitchener

Eby to Cedar Street

On the corner a one and one-half story frame building, lengthwise with King Street, occupied by Adam Jaeckel as a bakery. Jaeckel had a high reputation as a baker and guarded the secret of his process. The story is that he had his bake-oven in the basement of the building, where in the evening he would set dough for about forty loaves of bread. He would then put the cover on the baking trough and sleep on it. When the dough would rise sufficiently, about three or four o'clock in the morning, it would wake him. He would then proceed with his baking and later go fishing, of which he was very fond. Later on this building, painted drab, was used by Town Constable Joachim.

A garden.

A one and one-half story building lengthwise with King Street occupied by John Heller in 1843 as a jewelry and watchmaking shop.

Residence occupied by Philip Moogk, as cabinetmaker and carpenter.

A two story frame building with gable facing King Street, occupied by Gottlieb Ratliman, a tailor. The same building was used 1850-55 as a tavern by a Mr. Jahn, Bandmaster Kayser occupied one end of the building after 1864. Kayser also had a saloon and beer garden, the latter a place of general entertainment during the summer months, with concerts, dances, etc.

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

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MEMBERS OF THE BERLIN FIRE COMPANY NO. 1, JANUARY, 1849

The officers were: Emmanuel Ziegler, captain; George Jantz, lieutenant; Henry Eby, secretary-treasurer; Thomas M. Carl, engineer.
The firemen were: George S. Howard, Noah Ziegler, Anselm Wagner, Christian Goeltz, John W. Eby, Enoch Ziegler, Henry Kropp, Daniel Lehnen, Charles Kidder, Gabriel Bowman, Adam Geckle, Ludwig Rotharmel, Henry Krug, John Oetzel, George Hill, Frederick Gilbert, Joseph Dieder, Lemuel Eby, Edward Greene, Isaac W. Weber and William Lockner.

This information was sent by Henry Eby to Thomas Saunders, clerk of the peace, Guelph, on March 30, 1849. This letter is in the Waterloo Historical Society archives at the Kitchener Public Library.

Adam — Catherine Maria Roth. Catherine (daughter of Roat and Christina) was born 2 Nov 1818, , Germany; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Catharina "Kate" Roat
• Name: Catherine Maria Geckel
• Name: Katherine Rothes
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-79268
• Residence: 1861, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Roman Catholic
• Residence: 1871, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; RC
• Residence: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Catholic