Malinda Boehmer

Other Events:

• Name: Malinda Nordhausen
• Eby ID Number: 00086-5072.2
• Residence: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist
• Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist

Notes:

Malinda Boehmer, "is married to C. J. Nordhausen, a button manufacturer. They reside in Rochester, New York."

Malinda — Christian J. Nordhausen. Christian was born 1854, , , Germany; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

1. Clayton Nordhausen was born 1881, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
2. Clayton Henry Nordhausen was born 28 Dec 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
3. Ada May Nordhausen was born 20 Aug 1883, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 20 Jan 1889, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
4. Alvin Nordhausen was born 1885, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.

Other Events:

• Name: H. S. Boehmer
• Name: Henry S Böhmer
• Name: Henry S. Boehmer
• Eby ID Number: 00086-5072.1
• Birth: 20 Dec 1836, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Birth: 24 Dec 1836, , Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1858, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Historic Building: 1874, 104 Church Street, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Historic Building: 1874, 63 Church St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Historic Building: 1875, 130 Church St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Elected Office: 1878, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; councillor - Kitchener
• Occupation: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; merchant
• Occupation: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Store Keeper
• Residence: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist
• Business: 1890, 546 King St. W., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Berlin & Organ Company - Director
• Business: 1891, 58 King St. E. Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; H. S. Boehmer & Son, importers of Staple and Fancy Dry Goods
• Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist
• Residence: 1897, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Retired: 1901, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

Notes:

Henry S. Böhmer

In recent days, death reaped a wealthy harvest in Berlin and area. At noon Saturday, Henry S. Balmer, one of the most prominent citizens of our town passed away. He was born in 1836 on a farm near Berlin, and came to Berlin 36 years ago. He ran a store on the spot where Beck and Schell's shop now stands, and from whose beginnings, gradually, the present Böhmer Company developed. The deceased, in addition, belonged to several other industrial organizations, was active in the expansion of Berlin and had, on his own, approximately 50 residences and other buildings constructed here. He was on city council for two years. His first wife was Anna Oberholtzer, who passed away about 14 years ago. Several years ago, he married Mrs. Margaretha Guth of Milwaukee, Wisc., who survives him, as well as five children from the first marriage, as well as five brothers and one sister. The burial was to have taken place on Tuesday afternoon, after a service in the German Baptist Church, but had to be postponed, because several relatives only reached Berlin late in the evening, because of the snow-fall.


Berliner Journal 3 Mar 1904 pg 4 col 3 Translated by: Patricia J. Kauk

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Henry S. Boehmer and Associates


Henry S. Boehmer, merchant, began business at 16 East King Street, in a store 16 x 20 feet, in 1868. He and his brothers Charles and Philip erected the Dunke block, and in association with them and his brothers August and Herman, the block at 58-62 East King Street. At various times, his four brothers and P. S. Lautenschlager were partners of the store enterprise; and later on, E. D. Lang, Julius Appel, and his sons, A. O. and E. O. Boehmer. The firm dealt in dry-goods and became one of the chief mercantile houses in the county. Mr. H. S. Boehmer broke ground in Alma Street and built six houses in it. Elsewhere in the town he erected upward of fifty homes. At the time of his death he was President of the Dominion Table Company, and a director of the Berlin Piano Company and J. Y. Shantz & Sons. On his deathbed he was told of the Wellesley Railway by-law, just voted on, having lacked three votes of the necessary majority. "What a pity," said he, "I have three votes that would have carried it."

A History of Kitchener, W. V. (Ben) Uttley, Kitchener, Ontario 1937, pg 158

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THE WINDMILL

A feature of many years of the southerly end of the village was a windmill, on what was known as Mecklenburg Hill, near the westerly corner of Church and Albert streets. This was the project of a company composed of Jacob Y. Shantz, Henry Boehmer and others. It was built in 1860 by Frederick Rickerman who was the originator of the idea. Rickerman was familiar with windmills and had operated one in Germany. The structure was about sixty feet high, hexagonal in plan, with each of the four wings or sails about 45 feet long by 6 feet wide. A vertical centre beam meshing with the topcross shaft extended down to the main floor of the mill and there operated three sets of stones. The revolving top carried the cross-shaft, on which the wings were mounted, and could be set for the Wind by means of a Windlass. An outer platform was at the height of' the wing length from the top shaft. From this the wings or arms could be worked on, and their canvas covering put in place. Particular excellence was claimed for the flour from this mill. The author remembers eating bread baked from the first flour it produced.

Pg. 278

REMINISCENCES OF BERLIN (NOW KITCHENER)
By Jacob Stroh
Contributed by Joseph M. Snyder
Part II. - Churches, Roads, Miscellaneous

Waterloo Historical Society Annual Vol. 1931

Historic Building:
Original owner Henry Boehmer, built in 1874-1875. 1 1/2 story brick house, in 1978 it was listed as in very good condition.

Historic Building:
Original owner Henry Boehmer, built in 1874-1875. 1 1/2 story brick house, in 1978 it was listed as in very good condition. Apparently by 2003 it was demolished.

Historic Building:
Henry Boehmer was the original owner of this 1 1/2 story brick siding clad house. In 1978 it was listed as in very good condition.

Henry married Susannah B. Oberholtzer 20 Jul 1858, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Susannah (daughter of Abraham Oberholtzer and Rachel Bauman) was born 16 Mar 1827, Bloomingdale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 16 Nov 1890, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Name: Susannah B. Boehmer
• Eby ID Number: 00086-5072
• Birth: CALC 16 Mar 1839
• Residence: 1858, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist

Notes:

Susannah Oberholtzer, "was born March 16th, 1827. She was married to Henry Boehmer, merchant. They resided in Berlin where she died November 16th, 1890, leaving a family of six children"

Susannah Oberholtzer, "was born March 16th, 1827, and died November 16th, 1890. She was married to Henry Boehmer."


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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• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/62313084
• Name: Henry Boehmer
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-36468
• Birth: 10 Mar 1812, , Bavaria, Germany
• Occupation: 1852, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; cooper
• Occupation: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist
• Occupation: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist

Johann married Magdalena Stoltz 31 Mar 1836, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Magdalena (daughter of Stoltz and Elisabetha) was born 20 Jan 1816, , Germany; died 20 Jan 1887, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Name: Magdalena Boehmer
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-32672
• Birth: CALC 5 Jan 1817
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist
• Residence: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: 00086-5071
• Land: Bef 1831, Waterloo Township - German Company Tract Lot 070N, Waterloo County, Ontario
• Occupation: 1852, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; farmer

Notes:

Abraham Oberholtzer, "son of John and Susannah (Moyer) Oberholtzer, was born in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, January 17, 1802. In 1826 he, in company with his brother Jacob and others, moved to Canada and settled in Waterloo County, Ontario. He was married to Rachel, daughter of Martin and Magdalena (Bear) Baumann (No. 553). She was born April 21st, 1801, and died November 28th, 1851. They resided at Bloomingdale, on the farm now possessed by Isaac E. Weber. He died February 24th, 1855, leaving a family of four 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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A-1-62 Abraham Oberholtzer: The Last Will and Testament of Abraham Oberholtzer, of the Township of Waterloo.

In the name of God, Amen. I Abraham Oberholtzer, of the Township of Waterloo, in the County of Waterloo, Yeoman, do make and constitute these presents, dated the fifteenth day of May 1854, my Last Will and Testament, ordaining and directing concerning my worldly estate as follows, viz : (1) My hereinafter named Executors I hereby authorize to collect all my outstanding debts, notes and bonds, and pay and discharge all my own lawful and just debts and dues. (2) Having sold and disposed of my Real Estate to my son Owen Oberholtzer for the purchase sum of Three Thousand Dollars, out of which there are to remain standing the sum of One Thousand Dollars for the Dowry of my Widow, I hereby ordain that my beloved widow Nancy shall have, draw and receive the annual interest of that sum during her widowhood, and also the interest of Two Hundred Dollars which my Executors shall invest out of my Estate for that purpose, but in case she married again, these two hundred dollars shall be her portion for and in lieu of her Widow Third in my real property, the grant of Deed whereof being as yet in my possession, and of which, if not done by myself during my life time, it shall be executed and given by my Executor….my property being composed of the North East Third part of Lot number Seventy of the German Company Tract of Waterloo. My widow is further to have during her widowhood the free use and benefit of all my household chattels and goods, but if she intermarries again, she is to have as her own for ever, out of the same, one full Bed, one Bureau, one Table, six Chairs, and all her necessary Kitchen furniture. (3) After the demises of my widow shall the above mentioned Two Hundred Dollars fall to the present children of my widow, she of late having been the widow of John Bowman, deceased, and then after her demise, or at her intermarriage, the remainder of my chattels and goods shall be equally divided, or be sold and the proceeds thereof be equally divided, amongst all my own children, and which also shall be so done with all my monies, notes, bonds and other obligations including the above said One Thousand Dollars. (4) In case I shall be at the time of my demise in possession of some landed property, my widow shall of course have her regular widow third therein, but she shall never the such be obliged for and in lieu of a fair commutation and compensation thereof to release her Dower therein, so that a clear Deed may be given to the Purchasers thereof…As executors to my Estate I hereby appoint my beloved son Owen Oberholtzer and my beloved Son-in-Law Jacob B. Bowman, both of Waterloo, Yeomen.

Witnessed by Jacob Hailer and Henry Boedecker
Will dated 5 May 1854
Proved 7 March 1855
Inventory amount £1371/18/8
Died 24 February 1855

Surrogate Court Records Copybook Register A 1853-1871 transcript to 1863. Frances Hoffman transcriber.

Abraham — Rachel Bauman. Rachel (daughter of Martin Bauman and Magdalena Baer) was born 21 Apr 1801, Alleghany Valley, Berks Co., Pennsylvania; died 28 Nov 1851, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Name: Rachel Oberholtzer
• Eby ID Number: 00002-558

Notes:

Rachel Baumann, "was born April 21st, 1801, and died November 28th, 1851. She was married to Abraham Oberholtzer, who was born January 17th, 1802, and died February 24th, 1855. They resided at Bloomingdale, on the farm now possessed by Isaac E. Weber. Their family consisted of four 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.].

Other Events:

• Name: Valentine Boehmer
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-128839
• Occupation: 1852, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; cooper

Notes:

It is reported that Valentin was born in Schoenenberg in Rheinland Phalz, Germany, proof is needed to confirm.

Johann married Katharina Barbara Schauss 10 Oct 1797, Waldmohr, , Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany. Katharina was born 9 Feb 1779, Schoenenbourg, , Alsace, France; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Name: Katharina Barbara Boehmer
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-218005

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-56605

— Elisabetha. Elisabetha was born 23 Apr 1775, , Germany; died 7 Feb 1864; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Name: Elisabetha Stoltz
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-32671
• Residence: 1852, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: 00086-5043

Notes:

John Oberholtzer, "(From Rev. Jacob Oberholtzer) was married to Susannah Moyer. They resided in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, where they had a family of several children, three of whom settled in Canada"


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.].

John — Susannah Moyer. Susannah was born Abt 1770, Of, Montgomery Co. Pennsylvania; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Name: Susannah Oberholtzer
• Eby ID Number: 00086-5043.1

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• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/235870348
• Eby ID Number: 00002-94

Notes:

Martin Baumann, "was married to Magdalena Baer, lived and died in the Alleghany Valley, Berks County, Pennsylvania, one-half mile from his uncle, Christian Baumann."

Martin Baumann, "the youngest son of Jacob Baumann, and grandson of Wendel Baumann, resided in the Alleghany Valley, Berks County, Pennsylvania, one-half mile from his uncle, Christian Baumann, was born October 3rd, 1768, and died February 13th, 1813, He was married to Magdalena Baer. Their family consisted of nine 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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BIRTH AND PARENTS
Martin Bowman (also known as Bauman) was born in 1768 in Pennsylvania to Jacob Bowman and to Veronica (no maiden name known as of 2020). They were born about 1722 in Berks County where they gave birth to eight of their nine children. Their community was Pennsylvania Dutch.

MARRIAGE AND FAMILY
Martin married Magdalena Newcomer Baer in 1791 in Allegany, Pennsylvania. They had nine children during their marriage including a daughter, Susanna, who was named Susan in the Mennonite records.

DEATH
Martin Bowman died on February 13, 1813, in Pennsylvania at the age of 44. Since he lived in Cumru Township in 1800 according to the census, he may have died there.

PROBATE
He had his Will written for him on November 30, 1812. The will's text named him Martin Bauman. The Will was probated on March 2, 1813. The title page named him Martin Bowman.

BURIAL
In 2022 it was suspected that he was buried in the Allegheny Mennonite Cemetery.

Gravesite Details
History of Cemetery: It was originally named after the families that contributed the land: Bowman (Bauman) and Eshelman.

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/235870348/martin-bowman

Martin — Magdalena Baer. Magdalena was born CALC 18 Sep 1775, , Pennsylvania, USA; died 12 Sep 1851, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/44827605
• Name: Magdalena Bauman
• Name: Magdalena Erb
• Eby ID Number: 00002-94.1