Melvina Stroh

Other Events:

• Name: Melvina Heinrich
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-70007
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1901, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; General Servant
• Residence: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

Melvina married John L. Heinrich 3 Apr 1894, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. John (son of Jacob Ludwig Heinrich and Ann Elisabeth "Elizabeth" Lackenbauer) was born 23 Nov 1862, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

1. Clara May Heinrich was born 24 Jun 1895, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
2. Mabel Louisa Heinrich was born 25 Jan 1899, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 31 Dec 1990; was buried , Memory Gardens Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

Other Events:

• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/101537401
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-70000
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1901, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Occupation: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1911, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1921, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

Notes:

Late Henry Stroh Waterloo Pioneer Passed away at Home of His Daughter, Aged 87: Was Native of Old Berlin

ST. JACOBS, Jan. 19-- Mr. Henry Stroh, one of Waterloo County's oldest pioneers, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Ellenors Fries. He was born in Berlin (Kitchener) and operated a farm east of Waterloo for many years. Many Waterloo residents will remember him as an obliging and genial milk vendor. His wife, who was Annie Knechtel. predeceased him some years ago. He is survived by two daughters. Mrs. Fries of St. Jacobs and Mrs. John Heinrich on the Stroh homestead near Bridgeport. One daughter, Mrs. Dahler. predeceased him 30 years ago. Mr. Stroh was aged 87 years one month and 18 days. The funeral 15 taking place this Thursday afternoon to the Waterloo Lutheran church and cemetery.

paper unknown

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Queen Street South, West Side.

A frame building used as a tavern by Phineas Varnum and later the kitchen of the Gaukel Hotel.

A frame building erected by Frederick Gaukel about 1833 as shelter for the considerable number of immigrants coming to Berlin at that time. In 1837 it was made into a dwelling for John Stroh, uncle of Jacob Stroh. Two children were born in this building, Katie, in 1838, (she married Jacob Oswald, still living, now 93 years of age), and Henry Stroh, born in 1840.

Hall's Lane.

A brick building erected about 1850. John Klein, father of John Klein of Buffalo, was the first occupant. Later the building was used as a printing office, first by the "Berlin Chronicle", William Jaffray editor and proprietor, and later by the "Berliner Journal", Rittinger & Motz. The site is now occupied by the Lockhart garage.

The Franklin Hotel, a handsome, good-sized frame building, erected by Philip Roth about 1856. Successive hotel-keepers were John Klein, Levi Gaukel, Frederick Riegelman, who later moved to Buffalo, and Jacob Weber. Weber was occupant in 1874 when the hotel was burned down. The fire started in the barn at the rear of the hotel. The hotel shed, next south, extended, at right angles, from Queen Street to the barn.

A garden.

A one and one-half story frame building lengthwise with the street occupied by Christopher K. Nahrgang whose parents came from Hessen, Germany, about 1835. He was married to a Miss Zinkann of New Hamburg.

A stone building used as a tailor shop by Mr. Nahrgang who was deaf and dumb. His wife helped him in the business. She lived to be 87. It was in this building that John Motz of the "Journal" and eventually County Sheriff, learned the tailoring trade.

A one and one-half story dwelling, erected about 1857, occupied by George Fischer, barber, who had his shop on King Street. A later occupant was George Lutz, a cabinet maker in Hoffman's factory and after him Henry Schaefer's mother.

A frame building lengthwise with the street, the church of the Evangelical denomination, erected in 1841. In 1866 it was replaced by the brick building still standing, now used as stores and upstairs dwellings.

A one and one-half story frame building with kitchen at the rear erected by William Becking, wagonmaker, about 1848. Becking was noted as a hunter. White hare and passenger pigeons, practically extinct long ago, were abundant at that time.

Becking's wagon-shop and lumber yard at the corner of John Street with the customary incline and stair to the second story of the shop. Up this incline the wagons were drawn to the paint shop. Valentine Gildner, at the corner of King and Benton Streets, did the blacksmith work for Becking's wagons.

John Street.

A one and one-half story house occupied by H. Baedecker in 1860 and later by Adam Doering.

Rev. F. W. Tuerk's residence erected about 1860 by Henry Rothaermel, a carpenter. The matching and planing was all done by hand, slow but thorough work. Window sashes, panel doors and all other requirements were made in the same manner. A skilled workman at that time was expected to he able to do painting as well as carpenter work. A single room in the shape of a square turret on the ridge of the building was Rev. Tuerk's study. The house was up-hill about twenty feet above the street level so that the study on top gave a good outlook. The site is now occupied by the York Apartments.

A frame building one and one-half story high.

Nothing but a building used as an ashery between that and Joseph E. Schneider's house and farm buildings.


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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Died In the Township of Woolwich, on Sunday, January 15, 1928 Henry S. Stroh Aged 87 years, one month and 23 days The Funeral will take place from the residence of his daughter Mrs. Eleanor Fries, in the Township of Woolwich, on Thursday, January 19th, 1928 at 1.30 o'clock, p.m. to the St. Johns Lutheran Church, Waterloo, for service, thence to Mount Hope Cemetery for Interment. Friends and acquaintances will please accept this intimation.

Funeral Card

Henry married Annie Eva Knechtel 30 Apr 1865, St. Jacobs, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Annie (daughter of Johann Philip "Philip" Knechtel and Anna Eva Jung) was born 23 Oct 1841, Bridgeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 27 Sep 1907, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/101537862
• Name: Annie Eva Stroh
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-70001
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

Notes:

DEATH OF MRS. HENRY STROH

A respected resident of Waterloo Township passed away at 3 o'clock this morning at her home near Waterloo in the person of Annie Eva Knechtel, beloved wife of Mr. Henry Stroh, at the age of 65 years, 11 months and 3 days.

Deceased suffered a paralytic stroke about two weeks ago from which she never rallied. Her demise will be mourned by a large circle of acquaintances and friends by whom she was highly esteemed

A husband and two children survive, viz. Mina (Mrs. John Heinrich) of Waterloo Townsitip, and Laura, (Mrs. Fries), near, St. Jacobs. Another daughter, Mrs. Val Dehler, predeceased her ten years.

Three brothers and one sister also survive.

The funeral will be held on Monday at 1.30 o'clock from her late residence to St. John's Lutheran Church for service thence to Mount Hope Cemetery..

Other Events:

• Name: John Stroh
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-34752
• Immigration: 1837, , Ontario, Canada
• Immigration: Sep 1837, New York City, New York, USA.
• Occupation: 1852, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; farmer
• Occupation: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Agricultural Laborer
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Retired: 1901, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

Notes:

John Stroh, one of the oldest settlers in this area, died Saturday evening, near Lexington, at the age of 92 years, 6 months. and 9 days. He was born in Lehrbach, Hesse-Darmstadt. and came to Canada in 1837, after he had married Elisabeth Stumpf shortly before his departure. At first, he lived in the wilderness where Berlin is now located and cleared a piece of forest where the court-house and prison now stand for Friedrich Gaukel. When he had been here for 2 years, he purchased 100 acres of land from John Wissler, who at that time, owned 1000 acres in one piece in the township of Waterloo. for $8.00 an acre. He was a member of the Lutheran Church and was a dear friend of the long-dead Pastor Bindemann. His wife died 17 years ago and since then, he has lived with his son, Carl, on the old homestead. In addition to the latter, he leaves three sons, namely: Henry, Yost, and John, and two daughters: Mrs. Catharina Oswald and Mrs. Marie Steen. Thus, one after another of the old guard departs.

Berliner Journal August 5, 1901 Page 4 - Column 2 Translated by: Patricia J. Kauk

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Death of John Stroh - There died near Lexington, in the Township of Waterloo on Sunday the 4th of August, last one of the oldest residents of the county. We refer to the death of Mr. John Stroh Sr., who at the time of his decease had attained the great age of 92 years, 6 months and 9 days. Mr. Stroh was born in Lehrbach, Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany, in 1809, and emigrated to America about the year 1837, having been married to Elizabeth Stumpf shortly before leaving Germany. He came direct to the wilderness where Berlin now stands and felled the trees, clearing the land where the Court House and County Jail are, this job of clearing being taken by Mr. Stroh from Mr. Gaukel who then owned the land. After living about two years in this country he bought 160 acres of land from Mr. John Wissler near Lexington at $8.60 per acre, (Mr. Wissler at the time owned 1000 acres in a block in that part of the township of Waterloo. Mr. Stroh was a consistent member of the Lutheran Church and was one of the principle promoters of the first Lutheran Church in Berlin, he and the pastor, the Rev. Mr. Bindeman being bosom friends. He suffered a slight paralytic stroke about two weeks before his death from which he never recovered. The deceased leaves four sons, namely Henry, Yost, John and Carl, and two daughters, namely Catharine, wife of Mr. Jacob Oswald who lives retired in Berlin, and Marie, wife of Mr. Steen of Berlin. Mrs. Stroh, wife of the deceased died about 17 years ago, since which time he has made his home with his son Carl at whose residence he died. Deceased was a brother of Mr. Yost Stroh of Balsam Grove, who is the sole survivor of the old brothers.

Unidentified Newspaper Obituary

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Queen Street South, West Side.

A frame building used as a tavern by Phineas Varnum and later the kitchen of the Gaukel Hotel.

A frame building erected by Frederick Gaukel about 1833 as shelter for the considerable number of immigrants coming to Berlin at that time. In 1837 it was made into a dwelling for John Stroh, uncle of Jacob Stroh. Two children were born in this building, Katie, in 1838, (she married Jacob Oswald, still living, now 93 years of age), and Henry Stroh, born in 1840.

Hall's Lane.

A brick building erected about 1850. John Klein, father of John Klein of Buffalo, was the first occupant. Later the building was used as a printing office, first by the "Berlin Chronicle", William Jaffray editor and proprietor, and later by the "Berliner Journal", Rittinger & Motz. The site is now occupied by the Lockhart garage.

The Franklin Hotel, a handsome, good-sized frame building, erected by Philip Roth about 1856. Successive hotel-keepers were John Klein, Levi Gaukel, Frederick Riegelman, who later moved to Buffalo, and Jacob Weber. Weber was occupant in 1874 when the hotel was burned down. The fire started in the barn at the rear of the hotel. The hotel shed, next south, extended, at right angles, from Queen Street to the barn.

A garden.

A one and one-half story frame building lengthwise with the street occupied by Christopher K. Nahrgang whose parents came from Hessen, Germany, about 1835. He was married to a Miss Zinkann of New Hamburg.

A stone building used as a tailor shop by Mr. Nahrgang who was deaf and dumb. His wife helped him in the business. She lived to be 87. It was in this building that John Motz of the "Journal" and eventually County Sheriff, learned the tailoring trade.

A one and one-half story dwelling, erected about 1857, occupied by George Fischer, barber, who had his shop on King Street. A later occupant was George Lutz, a cabinet maker in Hoffman's factory and after him Henry Schaefer's mother.

A frame building lengthwise with the street, the church of the Evangelical denomination, erected in 1841. In 1866 it was replaced by the brick building still standing, now used as stores and upstairs dwellings.

A one and one-half story frame building with kitchen at the rear erected by William Becking, wagonmaker, about 1848. Becking was noted as a hunter. White hare and passenger pigeons, practically extinct long ago, were abundant at that time.

Becking's wagon-shop and lumber yard at the corner of John Street with the customary incline and stair to the second story of the shop. Up this incline the wagons were drawn to the paint shop. Valentine Gildner, at the corner of King and Benton Streets, did the blacksmith work for Becking's wagons.

John Street.

A one and one-half story house occupied by H. Baedecker in 1860 and later by Adam Doering.

Rev. F. W. Tuerk's residence erected about 1860 by Henry Rothaermel, a carpenter. The matching and planing was all done by hand, slow but thorough work. Window sashes, panel doors and all other requirements were made in the same manner. A skilled workman at that time was expected to he able to do painting as well as carpenter work. A single room in the shape of a square turret on the ridge of the building was Rev. Tuerk's study. The house was up-hill about twenty feet above the street level so that the study on top gave a good outlook. The site is now occupied by the York Apartments.

A frame building one and one-half story high.

Nothing but a building used as an ashery between that and Joseph E. Schneider's house and farm buildings.


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

Johannes — Elizabeth Stumpf. Elizabeth was born CALC 20 Jun 1811, , Germany; died 10 May 1882; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Name: Elizabeth Stroh
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-34753
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Death: 11 Aug 1882, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

Other Events:

• Name: Philip Knechtel
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-31720
• Occupation: 1847, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; farmer
• Occupation: 1852, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; farmer
• Occupation: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Gentleman
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

Notes:

Extract from the Christening Files of the Ref. Parish Spesbach Year 1800 Church record No. 2

There was christened Knechtel, Johann Philipp
born on 26 December 1800 in Hitschenhausen
christened 30 December 1800 in Hitschenhausen

Parents: Valentin Knechtel, of Hitschenhausen and Maria Eva nee Gluck

Godparents: Philipp Knechtel unmarried, Johann Nikel Rink of Hitschenhausen, Philippine Gluck, unmarried of Hitschenhausen, Philippine Diez unmarried of Hutschenhausen.

Fee: DM 2.
A genuine abstract
Speyer 10 July 1975
Protestant Episcopal Church Archive of the Palatinate
( Dr. Rger )
Archive director

Johann — Anna Eva Jung. Anna was born 1807, , Bavaria, Germany; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Name: Anna Eva Knechtel
• Name: Anna Jung
• Name: Eva Young
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-31721
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

Other Events:

• Name: John Stroh
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-79453
• Immigration: Sep 1837, New York City, New York, USA.

Notes:

How More German Families Were Brought In

At that stage there was a further influx of German hand-workers. In the main they came from Hesse, with sprinklings from Baden, Saxony. Mecklenburg, and other States. Woodworkers predominated. The Dorf however boasted a weaver, wagonmaker, hatmaker. a tailor (John Nahrgang), two shoemakers, and several carpenters, while Anselm Wagner, potter, made shilling crocks and flowerpots for the Hausfrau. A Dr. Klinkert was the first doctor.

The late Jacob Stroh of Waterloo told how one German family brought in another. John Nahrgang, for example, wrote to his friend, Yost Stroh, of Lehrbach, Hesse-Darmstadt, a small land-owner and wagonmaker, urging him to come over, saying that good land could be bought at a low price. Yost Stroh reflected that his sons would soon be of age and require to serve seven years in the army: scratched his head when he thought of the seven or eight kinds of taxes he had to pay, including a head tax and a church tax; and winced when here remembered that the authorities took every tenth sheaf of grain he grew. So he resolved on emigrating.

Mr. and Mrs. Stroh and their sons John, Conrad, Henry and Yost, Jr., after a Grüsz Gott from relatives, set out on a sailing ship in 1837. The perilous seas tossed them hither and yon for twelve weeks before they reached New York. There they boarded a steamer for Albany; rode to Oswego in a train that ran on wooden rails faced with iron; at Oswego embarked in a ship they thought was bound for Hamilton but which landed them in Toronto; returned by boat to Hamilton, and hired a Negro to drive them up to Preston; then had a Mr. Guggisburg bring them up to Berlin in a wagon. When the party stepped inside John Nahrgang's door their combined capital was nine cents. Work however was plentiful and the family soon became householders. Later on John bought a farm at Lexington for eight dollars an acre, and Conrad one at West Montrose for $2.00 an acre. Henry and Yost Jr. were apprenticed to shoemakers. Afterward Henry opened a shop in Schneider's Road where the Seiler and Saddler blocks now are. Henry married Frederick Gaukel's daughter Susannah, and Mr. Jacob Stroh was one of their sons.

A History of Kitchener, W. V. (Ben) Uttley, Kitchener, Ontario 1937 pg 39, 40

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It was reported that her husband YOST died by drowning in he mill pond in Bridgeport and was buried in the Lutheran Cemetery in Berlin.

Johann — Anna Catherine Hahn. Anna was born 20 Aug 1786, , Germany; died 28 May 1865, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Name: Anna Catherine Stroh
• Name: Catherine Hahn
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-79454
• Immigration: Sep 1837, New York City, New York, USA.
• Residence: 1852, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1861, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

Notes:

Residence:
Lived with her son Henry and his wife Susanna

Other Events:

• Name: Valentine Knechtel
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-133626

Notes:

Extract from the Christening Files of the Ref. Parish Spesbach Year 1776 Church record No. 1

There was christened Name and first name Knechtel. Johann Valentin
born on 22 January 1776 in Hütschenhausen
christened 25 January 1776 in Hütschenhausen

Parents
Johann Jacob Knechtel of Hütschenhausen and wife Elisabeth Magdalena

Godparents
Valentin Dietz, legitimate son of Martin Dietzen Hütschenhausen Lutheran religion, Johann Peter legitimate son of Georg Knechtel
of Katzenbach and Maria Margaretha surviving daughter of Nikel Strachen of Hütschenhausen.

Residence at the time of the birth: Hütschenhausen

A genuine abstract
Speyer 10 July 1975
Protestant Episcopal Church Archive of the Palatinate
( Dr. Eger ) Archive Director

Johann married Maria Eva Klick 9 Apr 1799, Spesbach, Bayern, , Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany. Maria was born 1783; died 1873, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Name: Maria Eva Knechtel
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-133738