Emma Rickerman

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-31952
• Occupation: 1901, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Factory Employee

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-31949

Frederick married Leisetta Hohenstein 26 Dec 1880, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Leisetta (daughter of Henry Hohenstein and Mary) was born 17 Jul 1860, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Leisetta Rickerman
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-31948

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• Interesting: construction Kitchener's only windmill
• Name: Frederick Ludwig Rickerman
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-20684
• Occupation: 1857, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; labourer
• Occupation: 1871, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Labourer
• Residence: 1871, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1875, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; carpenter

Notes:

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.

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

Waterloo Historical Society Annual Vol. 1931

Friedrich married Fredericka Niemeir 1 Jun 1857, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Fredericka was born CALC 7 Sep 1837, , Germany; died 14 Aug 1875, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Frederica Niemeyer
• Name: Fredericka Rickermann
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-74852
• Residence: 1857, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1871, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-74853

Henry — Mary. Mary was born Abt 1830, of, Ontario; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Mary Hohenstein
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-74854

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-74855

Frederick — Christina. Christina was born Abt 1795, Of, Mecklinburg, Germany; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Christina Rickerman
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-74856