Dr. - Mayor John Emil Hett

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• Interesting: building, public service, politics, paranormal
• Name: J. E. Hett
• Name: J. E. Hett
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-130928P
• Residence: 1871, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1897, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1902, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Public Service: 1906, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Berlin Public School Board
• Residence: 1906, 115 King St. E., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Physican
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Elected Office: 1913, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; mayor - councillor - Kitchener
• Author: 1943; Cancer, Its Causes and Prevention and New Treatment

Notes:

The MCC [Mennonite Central Committe 223 King St. E., Kitchener] House was owned by Dr. J. Hett, a cancer specialist and a spiritualist, and the building was shared with him. A separate entrance led into the doctor's office . One room on the second floor served as his bedroom and another room was reserved for seances.

Mennogespräch, Mennonite Historical Society of Ontario March, 1989, Vol. 7, No. 1

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According to the Registrar of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, Dr. Hett was registered with the College on May 29, 1891. His name was erased from their register as of April 16, 1937, and restored by order of the Council on April 2, 1938. An item in the New York Times, September 26, 1956, stated that Dr. Hett's name was erased from the register when he refused to divulge the formula for a serum that he insisted would cure arthritis, diabetes, peptic ulcers and cancer. . . In 1938, he was reinstated after he allowed a special Provincial Government inquiry to check the formula. It was found to be medically harmless, but of unproved value.

CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians Volume 12, Issue 3, Article first published online: 30 DEC 2008

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"Dr. J. E. Hett purchased the first automobile owned by a Berlin resident"

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King Street, Kitchener

Benton to Eby Street.-Successive occupation was as follows: From Benton Street easterward, before 1855, a one-story brick building with gable facing King Street was erected at the corner and used by Jacob Benner as blacksmith shop. Later Benner moved to West Montrose and the next occupant was Valentine Gildner and after him his son John Gildner . This blacksmith shop continued until comparatively recent years. A frame building painted white, with veranda in front, was Gildner s residence..

Vacant lot.

A tinsmith shop owned by Mr. Lehnen . This had a nice front with two good-sized glass windows on either side of the door.

A dwelling house built by Henry Rothaermel 1848-9. He was a carpenter and later was market clerk and tax collector.

A lane.

A one and one-half story building, with gable facing King Street and a verandah extending over the sidewalk, occupied by a Mr. Coleman 1855-1860. Adjoining it was a warehouse. The store passed to Coleman's son and then to John Kegel. Later John George Schmidt, shoemaker, occupied the building.

A lane.

A double, frame building about 50 feet along King St.; the east half used as a dwelling had a veranda; the west half was occupied by Charles Koehn, shoemaker.

Open space.

Dwelling of Gabriel Bowman, carpenter, who built the house.

A one and one-half story building occupied by Balzar Allendorf, a coverlet weaver, about 1840. Allendorf later moved to New Hamburg. There was a veranda at the front of the house and under it a well. Cattle ran at large in the streets at this time and one Sunday afternoon a steer got on the veranda floor, which was partly rotted, broke through, fell into the well and had to be pulled out by means of a windlass. The building was torn down later.

frame building ocupied by Henry Sippel, former employee of Allendorf, as a weaver's shop.

In 1855 there was a frame building one and one-half story high along King Street divided into two parts, one part a dwelling and the other part a hat shop, owned by John Kidder, who made felt hats and old-fashioned bonnets. The shop was a few steps above the sidewalk level.

A dwelling.

A one and one-half story frame building lengthwise with King street occupied by a widow, Mrs. Caroline Lehnen.

A driveway.

A two story brick building with gable toward King Street, occupied by J. J. Lehnen, son of the widow Lehnen, as a copper and tinsmith shop and a store. Lehnen made his own tinware. Later Jacob Doebler occupied this building as a bakery.

A one and one-half story frame building with gable toward King Street occupied by George Yantz, a cabinet maker. He had a tavern in this same building for a time, and lived there.

In the early years a garden.

A small shop with sloping roof used by Christian Enslin as a book store and book-bindery, the first book-bindery in Berlin Enslm arrived in Berlin about 1830. Jacob Stroh remembers going with his father to the store to buy school supplies. Enslin later was editor, for Henry Eby, the publisher, of the Deutsche Canadier which began publication in 1840.

Enslin's House, one-half story, frame, standing lengthwise with King Street and having a veranda over the door, was on the site of Dr. Hetts present office and house. At the rear there was an orchard.

About 60 feet back of King Street there was a house built by Henry Eby. Shubel Randall, brother of George Randall, lived in it later. In 1860 the building was destroyed by fire and a servant girl Dina Hertz, perished in the flames. The walls remaining standing, the house was re-built, and is still in use.

A brick building, abutting on King Street with gable facing the street, was Henry Eby's printing office. The main floor was she or seven feet above the sidewalk level. In 1860 this building was changed to a church and was the first Anglican Church in Berlin.

A frame building, one end of which was used by Henry Bowman as a general store; he lived in the other end. This was known as the Bowman building. Later William Stein had a tailor shop in it and after him William Thoms used it as a shoe repair shop.

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



Elected Office:
Years Served: 1913, 1915-16 (Mayor)

Author:
Cancer, Its Causes and Prevention and New Treatment
John Emil Hett
American Distributing Company, 1943 - Cancer - 206 pages

Other Events:

• Name: John B. Hett
• Name: John Hett
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-130923
• Immigration: 1845, , Ontario, Canada
• Immigration: 1845, , Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1861, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Carpenter
• Residence: 1861, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1870, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; builder
• Occupation: 1871, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Carpenter
• Residence: 1871, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Carpenter
• Residence: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Carpenter
• Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1901, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Contractor
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

Notes:

Golden Wedding

Mr. and Mrs. John B. Hett celebrated the rare occasion of a golden wedding anniversary on Friday in the presence of their children and grand-children. The celebratory couple took their vows on September 26, 1852 before Pastor Wunderlich in Waterloo. Mr. and Mrs. Hartmann Schnarr, both long dead, functioned as witnesses. Mr. John B. Hett originated in Hessen, Germany and settled in Berlin in 1845 and followed the cabinet-makers's trade. Mrs. Hett came to Berlin with her father, Mr. J. H. Heller, at the age of 9 years.

A festive meal took place at Dr. Hett's residence on Friday afternoon at 5: 00 o'clock; at which four generations were represented. All the children of the celebratory couple were present, namely, Mrs. L.H. Drumm of Watseka, Ills; Mrs. C.B. Webb of Springfield, Mass; Mr. A.B. Hett of Buffalo, and Mrs. M. Massell and Dr. J.E. Hett of Berlin. May Mr. and Mrs. Hett spend many more years, happy and content together!
(poem follows)

Berliner Journal October 2, 1902 Page 4 - Column 6

Johann married Eva Elizabeth Heller 28 Sep 1852, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Eva (daughter of Johann "John" Heller and Margaretha Krug) was born 15 Jan 1833, Udenhausen, Vogelsbergkreis, Hessen, Germany; died 2 Jul 1910, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Name: Elizabeth Heller
• Name: Eva Elizabeth Hett
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-130924
• Immigration: 1845, , Canada
• Residence: 1861, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1871, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

Other Events:

• Name: Heinrich Hett
• Name: Henry Hett
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-242751
• Occupation: 1861, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Labourer
• Residence: 1861, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1879, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

Notes:

Johann is reported to have been from Wahlen, Alsfeld, Hessen, Germany. Also, Henry Hett was the hired man of widow Christina Goss Killers. Henry and Christina's first child was born in 1826. Although Henry did not marry Christina for years, he reported, named, and took responsibility for each child's birth to the church.

Johann married Anna Christina Goss 1 Mar 1833, Bernsburg, , Hessen, Germany. Anna was born 30 May 1796, Eberklein Gross, Hessen, Germany; died 23 May 1869, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Anna Christina Hett
• Name: Anna Christina Killer
• Name: Christina Goss
• Name: Maria Christian Goss
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-29237
• Birth: 30 May 1796, Obergleen, , Hessen, Germany
• Residence: 1861, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

Other Events:

• Name: John Heller
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-79308
• Occupation: 1851, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; watchmaker
• Occupation: 1852, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; clock maker
• Occupation: 1861, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Watch Maker
• Residence: 1861, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1871, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Watch Maker
• Residence: 1871, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

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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Among the citizens who arrived in the village in the forties and fifties were: Johann Heller, watchmaker..

History of Kitchener pg 89

Occupation:
A one and one-half story building lengthwise with King Street occupied by John Heller in 1843 as a jewelry and watchmaking shop.<sup>1a

1a</sup>Remenences of Yost Stroh

Johann — Margaretha Krug. Margaretha was born 3 Mar 1797, , Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany; died 22 Mar 1880, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Margaretha Heller
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-79309
• Residence: 1861, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1871, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-40770

John — Elizabeth. Elizabeth was born Abt 1770, of, Germany; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Name: Elizabeth Hett
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-41006