Roy Oakley

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-189776
• Residence: 1911, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-95192
• Occupation: 1901, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; trunk maker
• Occupation: 1911, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Candy Maker, Buscuit Factory
• Residence: 1911, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

George — Frida Kraft. Frida (daughter of Philip Jacob Kraft and Amalia Hedderich) was born Jun 1885, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Frida Oakley
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-189773
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1911, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; House Work at home
• Residence: 1911, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-107453
• Residence: 1861, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Anglican
• Occupation: 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Wagonmaker
• Occupation: 1881, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Waggon Maker
• Occupation: 1901, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; general laborer

George — Sarah Jane English. Sarah was born 8 Jan 1849, , Ontario, Canada; died Aft 1936. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Sarah Jane Oakley
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-107454

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• Business: Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; West Side Hotel
• Name: Philip Krafft
• Occupation: Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; police chief
• Residence: Park St., Waterloo, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-12044
• Residence: 1868, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1871, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Carpenter
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Hotel Keeper
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1903, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Carpenter

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DEATH OF PHILIP KRAFT

Well Known Resident of Waterloo Passed Away Friday Afternoon. A Short Sketch of His Life.

One of Waterloo's best known and most respected citizens passed away on Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock in the person of Mr. Philip Kraft. The deceased had been unwell for the last three months, having a sufferer from diabetes.

The funeral of the late Philip Kraft was held Monday afternoon, from his late residence on Park street, to St. John's Lutheran church for service, and was largely attended. Interment took place in Mt. Hope cemetery.

The late Philip Jacob Krafft was born in Hessen Darmstadt, Germany, On May 10th, 1846, and came to this country when eighteen years of age. In 1867 he came to Waterloo, working at his trade of carpenter, and later became proprietor of the Westside Park Hotel, which he conducted for ten years, retiring several years ago. About 21 years ago he was chief of police here, serving in that capacity for several years. The deceased was a member of the C. O. F., C.O.C.F., and also the of German Macabees.

He was thrice married, his first wife being Amalie Hedderich, daughter of the late Louis Hedderich, of Waterloo, who died about 12 years ago. His second wife was Mrs. Seyler, of Berlin, who died three or four years ago. The third wife, Mrs. Sacho, widow of the late Otto Sacho of Berlin survives him. By his first wife he had five children, namely, Mrs. C. Bauer, Waterloo. Anna and Freda, both of whom are married, Herman. of Listowel, and and Louis, of Waterloo. By his second wife he had two children, one of whom survives.

The Chronicle Telegraph 4 Jan 1906 pg 5

Philip married Amalia Hedderich 12 Apr 1868, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Amalia (daughter of John Frederick Louis "Louis" Hedderich and Elizabeth "Elisa" Rockel) was born CALC 8 Oct 1848, , Germany; died 22 Jun 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Amalia Kraft
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-12046
• Residence: 1868, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-181680
• Residence: 1840, Dumfries Township, Gore District, Ontario
• Occupation: 1861, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Tavern Keeper
• Residence: 1861, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Anglican
• Residence: 1861, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Crosshill
• Occupation: 1864, 4820 William Hastings Line, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Hotel proprietor - Queen's Arms Hotel
• Occupation: 1864, Crosshill, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; licensed auctioneer
• Occupation: 1871, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Innkeeper
• Residence: 1871, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Church of England

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Return of the Number of Tavern Licenses issued in each
County, City, Town, or Incorporated Village

In the Ontario Sessional Papers of 32 Victoria 1868-69 (31) there is a report on the "Return of the Number of Tavern Licenses issued in each County, City, Town, or Incorporated Village, in detail. Also, the name of the party to whom issued, and the name of the Issuer for each County, with the amount received from such Licenses to date." The report is dated January 6, 1869. Below you will find the name of the license holder and the cost of the license but not the running total, as given in the Sessional Papers

WATERLOO - James Colquhoun Issuer

...George Oakley $5.00

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Death of Mr. Geo. Oakley - Many of our readers in Galt and elsewhere will read with deep regret the above heading. As Bugle-Major of the 29th Battalion, when the companies put in their week's drill a few years ago in our town, Mr. Oakley was known to a good many of our townspeople, and his jolly appearance, and his equally jolly manner, made friends of every one he met. As true a Briton as ever drew breath, he was always foremost in every patriotic move, and when duty called him into the ranks, no volunteer ever took his place with a happier heart or a merrier countenance, than the big-hearted Bugle-Major of the 29th. We copy the following particulars of his death from the Berlin Telegraph - "We sincerely regret to be called upon the week to record the death of Mr. George Oakley, of Crosshill, which took place at his residence on Saturday evening last. He had been unwell for some months past, the result, we believe, of sunstroke received last summer, but no serious apprehension of a fatal termination were entertained. Of last his friends thought he was improving in health, but alas! for human calculations, while engaged in sewing the buttons upon a vest on Saturday evening, he suddenly fell forward and expired without a groan. Mr. Oakley, or "Royal George" as he was wont to style himself, had been a resident of Crosshill for the past twenty-two years, following the combined occupation of auctioneer, hotel-keeper and tailor, and was widely known and esteemed for his many excellent qualities of both head and heart. His genial countenance, which, even under the most trying circumstances, was always radiant with good humor will be sadly missed in the community - and few men have "paid the debt of nature" for whom the public have expressed more real regret. Being naturally of a more than ordinarily generous and hospitable disposition, Mr. Oakley made for himself hosts of friends whose good will and esteem he always retained. In him the poor and needy ever found a generous friend, ready to alleviate their gatherings so far as he was able. At the time of his death, and for many years previously, Mr. Oakley held the office of Secretary Treasurer to the Wellesley Agricultural Society, the duties of which he performed with commendable efficiency and fidelity. His age was 59 years. "Peace to his ashes.""

Galt Reporter - Apr 20, 1877, pg 2

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"The militiamen of Waterloo in those days were big men in every way. Capt. Barbour, of the Crosshill Company, was over 6 feet 5 inches, and his right hand man stood over 6 feet 6 inches, while the Bugle-Major, Geo. Oakley, at one time a gunner in the Royal Artillery, was so stout that it was said he had to have a rifle sling sewn to his belt to encompass his aldermanic breadbasket."

Galt Reporter, July 26, 1907, p. 8

George married Elizabeth Sales 11 Feb 1840, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Elizabeth was born 1819, , England; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Elizabeth Heart
• Name: Elizabeth Oakley
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-181681
• Residence: 1840, Dumfries Township, Gore District, Ontario
• Residence: 1861, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Anglican
• Residence: 1871, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Church of England
• Occupation: 1881, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Hotel Keeper

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• Name: Henry Kraft
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-65424

Heinrich — Christina Giller. Christina was born Abt 1815, of, Germany; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Christina Kraft
• Name: Ernestina Gillet
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-65623

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• Name: Louis Hedderich
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-65624
• Occupation: 1871, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Cabinet Maker
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1881, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Carpenter
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

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Louis Hedderich was one of our well known citizens, and a public man in his way, for he ran the village sprinkling wagon for many years. This tankwagon, usually a bright blue in color, was his own manufacture, and had a number of ingenious contrivances to add to its usefulness or otherwise. A huge umbrella shaded his wagon seat on hot summer days, and he had an arrangement by which a whistle chirped merrily, musically and constantly when the sprinkler was sprinkling. He secured his water supply from the mineral spring where some enterprising villagers one time bored for oil or salt and secured a wonderful flow of mineral water. A bellows attached to the wagon was used to blow a horn that called the village clerks from the shops with their pails and pitchers, to get a supply of drinking water. The same horn was used to call out the bartender, when he operated it at one of the hotels, and the dispenser of drinks, recognizing the signal, came out with a schooner of beer and emptied it into a mug which Mr. Hedderich carried, and this saved an extra trip for him. The sprinkling was paid for by subscription, each business man along the business part of King Street, contributing a certain amount each year. Mr. Hedderich did his collecting in the beginning of the year, and made his call an annual social visit as well.

He was a gun and locksmith, and an expert in repairing clocks and other articles of household use. His workshop on North King Street was an interesting bit of architecture, owing to the fact that Mr. Hedderich used a church in his native village in Germany as a model when he built it, and it had all the appearance of a small church, with tower clock that struck the hours, steeple and all.

His wife was a very useful citizen as well, and was widely known and in great demand as an experienced nurse and midwife. I believe it was her proud boast that she officiated at something like two thousand stork parties during her busy life here. Mr. and Mrs. Hedderich were in Waterloo in the early 50's, or possibly sooner, and resided here for many years until their passing at advanced ages.

Sixteenth Annual Report of the Waterloo Historical Society, 1928, A Historical Sketch of the Town of Waterloo, Ontario, Clayton W. Wells, L.D.S., D. D. S.

John — Elizabeth "Elisa" Rockel. Elizabeth (daughter of Heinrich Rockel and Johanna Sophia) was born 29 May 1823, Burkhards, , Hessen, Germany; died 3 Aug 1888, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Interesting: medical
• Name: Elizabeth "Elisa" Hedderich
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-150685
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

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Died 3 Aug 1888 Elisa Hedderich, nee Rockel, wife of Louis Hedderich, died in Waterloo at age of 65 years, 2 months and 5 days. The deceased, known far and wide as a midwife, had assisted at the births of 1823 children in the last 35 years. The mourners at her funeral were great in number.

Berliner Journal 9 August 1888