Catharine Coleman

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• Name: Catharine Patrick
• Name: Catharine Smith
• Eby ID Number: 00015-1216.28
• Occupation: 1903, Caradoc, Middlesex Co., Ontario; dressmaker
• Residence: 1922, Strathroy, Middlesex Co., Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1924, London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada

Catharine married William Patrick 15 Jan 1903, , Middlesex Co., Ontario, Canada. William was born 1870, Caradoc, Middlesex Co., Ontario; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Catharine married Charles Louis Smith 27 Nov 1924, London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada. Charles was born 1875, Pontiac, Oakland, Michigan, United States; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Occupation: Guelph City, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada; merchant
• Eby ID Number: 00095-5375.67
• Occupation: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; school teacher
• Occupation: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Teacher
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
• Directory: 1864, Waterloo Township - German Company Tract Lot 087, Waterloo County, Ontario; school teacher
• Occupation: 1876, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada; farmer
• Occupation: 1879, Acton, Esquesing Twp., Halton Co., Ontario, Canada; merchant
• Occupation: 1900, Falconbridge, Middlesex Co., Ontario; Postmaster
• Residence: 1901, Carradoc, Middlesex Co., Ontario

Notes:

James at the time of his marriage was a school teacher.

James married Lydia Steen 31 Dec 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Lydia (daughter of John Steen and Catharine Bretz) was born 27 Apr 1838, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 30 Nov 1914, Caradoc, Middlesex Co., Ontario; was buried , Cook's United Cemetery, Carradoc Township, Middlesex Co., Ontario. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Lydia Coleman
• Eby ID Number: 00015-1216.21
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1901, Carradoc, Middlesex Co., Ontario

Notes:

Lydia Steen, "was born April 27th, 1838. She is married to James Coleman. They reside in Middlesex County, west of London"


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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-42884
• Occupation: 1851, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; grocer
• Occupation: 1852, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; grocer

Notes:

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 Kmg 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

John — Jane Blair. Jane was born 6 Sep 1817, , County Down, Ireland; died 14 Apr 1883, , Nebraska, USA; was buried , Fairview Cemetery, Papillion, Sarpy, Nebraska, United States. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Name: Jane Coleman
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-42885

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: 00015-1216.1
• Occupation: 1851, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; farmer
• Occupation: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Tunker
• Occupation: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Gentleman
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; C. Mennonite

John married Catharine Bretz 1 May 1828. Catharine (daughter of Jacob Bretz and Maria Strickler) was born 7 Nov 1805, , Pennsylvania, USA; died 26 Jan 1888, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Catharine Steen
• Eby ID Number: 00015-1216
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; C. Mennonite

Notes:

Catharine Bretz, "youngest daughter of Jacob and Maria (Strickler) Bretz, was born November 7th, 1805. She was married to John, son of George and Margaret Steen, May 1st, 1828. He was born July 28th, 1802, and died January 27th, 1888. She died January 26th, 1888, a few hours before her husband. They resided a little south of Tuck's Hill, in the township of Waterloo. Their family consisted of eleven children, of whom the two eldest and two youngest died in infancy. Their names, but no dates were received"


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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• Eby ID Number: 00015-1216.2

George — Margaret Steen. Margaret was born Abt 1772, Of, Pennsylvania; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Margaret Steen
• Eby ID Number: 00015-1216.3

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• Eby ID Number: 00015-1190
• Land: Bef 1831, Waterloo Township - Beasley's Lower Block Conc. 2 Lot 12, Waterloo County, Ontario

Notes:

Jacob Bretz, "the father of this family in our County, was born in Pennsylvania, November 1st, 1766. He was married to Maria Strickler who was born September 4th, 1766, and died July 19th, 1853. In 1806 they with their family moved to Canada and settled in Waterloo County, a little below Preston, on the farm now occupied by John Clemens. 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.].

Jacob — Maria Strickler. Maria was born 4 Sep 1766, , Pennsylvania, USA; died 19 Jul 1853, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Maria Bretz
• Name: Mary Strickler
• Eby ID Number: 00015-1190.1