Henry Beck

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-81781
• Occupation: 1891, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Tailor
• Residence: 1891, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
• Occupation: 1901, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Tailor

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H. Beck, Merchant Tailor, King Street. - Among the industries carried on in Preston, the manufacture of gents' clothing is a most important one, and when carried on as in the present intance, in accordance with the prevailing styles, the importance is surely all the greater alike a credit to the village that sustains such an industry, and to the gentleman engaged in it. Mr. Beck is the recognized fashionable tailor of Preston. This gentleman commenced business in 1883, having since built up a splendid trade, which is constantly increasing. In cloths Mr. Beck makes a specialty of Canadian and Scotch tweeds, and keeps always in stock an excellent assortment of worsted tweeds. The work turned out by this gentleman has secured for him a first-class reputation, and purchasing his cloths on the most fashionable terms, he is enabled to supply his goods at the most reasonable quotations. Mr. Beck is an experienced and skillful tailor, honorable and upright in all his dealings, and is deservmg of the large and constantly increasing patronage of which he is in the enjoyment.

Industries of Canada Historical and Commercial Sketches, London, Woodstock, Ingersoll, Guelph, Berlin, Waterloo, St. Thomas, Windsor and Environs, Toronto, M. G. Bixby & Co., Publishers 1887

Henry married Lydia Ann Maud Erb 19 Nov 1884, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Lydia (daughter of Joseph K. Erb and Nancy Schwartz) was born 28 Dec 1865, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 27 Oct 1925; was buried , Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

1. Verna Beck was born 1888, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
2. Alberta Verta "Verta" Beck was born 22 Jul 1889, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 23 Jan 1980, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 24 Jan 1980, Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-81780

Foltson — Margaret. Margaret was born Abt 1826, Of, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Margaret Beck
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-37495