Waterloo Region Generations
A record of the people of Waterloo Region, Ontario.

Jacob Richard Hertel

Male 1893 - 1939  (46 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Jacob Richard Hertel was born 12 Jun 1893, Centreville (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (son of Herman Hertel and Marian Gehl); died 28 Jul 1939, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 30 Jul 1939, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-92129
    • Occupation: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Laborer, Farm
    • Residence: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Residence: 1939, 234 Eagle St., Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

    Notes:

    JACOB HERTEL

    PRESTON, July 28\emdash In poor health for sometime, Jacob Richard Hertel, 46, died today at his borne 234 Eagle street,for the past 15 years. Mr. Hertel was a tinsmith contractor in Preston. Prevously he worked for the Grand River Railway for five years, Clare Brothers and Eastern Steel Products Ltd. Born in Centreville, Mr. Hertel resided here for 27 years. He attended Pine Grove school at Limerick. As an ardent sportsman, he was instrumental in organizing the Preston Hunt Club. He attended Knox Presbyterian church and belonged to the Preston I.O.O.F. Surviving are his wife, formerly Mary Francis McKie, two sons, t.eonard and Alex of Preston, a daughter Florence of Preston and two grandchildren, John and Richard Hertel and two sisters, Mrs. A. Lewandousky and Mrs. Henry Dipple both of Kitchener. Funeral service will be held at his late residence on Sunday at 2: 30 p.m. Burial will be in Preston Cemetery.

    Kitchener Daily Record 28 Jul 1939 pg 17

    Jacob married Mary Frances "Frances" McKie 18 Jun 1912, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Mary (daughter of Peter McKie and Nancy McQuillan) was born 25 Apr 1893, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1963; was buried , Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. Leonard Richard Hertel was born 20 Jan 1913, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1996, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Peter Alexander Hertel was born 12 Mar 1914, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 12 Mar 1993, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 14 Mar 1993, Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Florence K. Hertel was born 1918, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 16 Sep 1971, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Herman Hertel was born 15 Feb 1849, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was christened 28 Sep 1849, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (son of Frederick Hertel, Sr. and Wilhelmina Schneider); died Yes, date unknown; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-143386
    • Occupation: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Tailor
    • Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Occupation: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Residence: 1884, Waterloo Township - German Company Tract Lot 054, Waterloo County, Ontario
    • Occupation: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Carpenter
    • Residence: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • 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; Mennonite

    Herman married Marian Gehl Feb 1872. Marian (daughter of Richard Gehl and Rebecca B. Tohman) was born 20 Jul 1850, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Marian Gehl was born 20 Jul 1850, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (daughter of Richard Gehl and Rebecca B. Tohman); died Yes, date unknown; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Marian Hertel
    • Name: Mary Ann Gehl
    • Eby ID Number: 00122-7515.2
    • Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Residence: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Residence: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

    Children:
    1. Hartel
    2. Abraham Hertel was born 1872, , Ontario, Canada; died 18 May 1904, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States.
    3. Rebecca Hertel was born 26 Feb 1874, Centreville (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 30 Aug 1937, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried 2 Sep 1937, Saint Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Frederick Hertel was born 1877, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    5. Hannah Viola Priscilla Hertel was born 1 Apr 1879, Freeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1950; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    6. Norman Hertel was born 21 Nov 1880, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    7. Amos Hertel was born 23 Oct 1883, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    8. Herman Hertel was born 14 Aug 1887, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1944; was buried , Freeport Pioneer Cemetery, Waterloo Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    9. Maud Hartel was born 1890, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    10. Mary Ann Hertel was born 1 Apr 1890, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    11. 1. Jacob Richard Hertel was born 12 Jun 1893, Centreville (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 28 Jul 1939, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 30 Jul 1939, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    12. Lauretta Hertel was born 4 Mar 1899, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Frederick Hertel, Sr. was born 26 Feb 1813, , Germany; died Yes, date unknown.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-143394
    • Occupation: 1852, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; tailor
    • Occupation: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Tailor
    • Residence: 1861, 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

    Frederick married Wilhelmina Schneider 1843. Wilhelmina was born 15 Feb 1823, , Germany; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Wilhelmina Schneider was born 15 Feb 1823, , Germany; died Yes, date unknown.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Wilhelmina Hertel
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-46092
    • Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

    Children:
    1. Salome "Sarah" Hertel was born 16 May 1846, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    2. 2. Herman Hertel was born 15 Feb 1849, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was christened 28 Sep 1849, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Christina Wilhelmina "Minnie" Hertel was born 24 Sep 1850, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was christened 28 Sep 1851, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    4. Lydia Hertel was born 1851, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 4 Feb 1880, Alma, Gratiot, Michigan, USA.
    5. Franklin "Frank" Hertel was born 3 May 1854, Mitchell, Perth Co., Ontario, Canada; died 24 Mar 1931, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    6. Isaac Hatel was born 1855, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    7. Frederick Hatel, Jr. was born 1857, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    8. Hannah Hertel was born 1863, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    9. Emma Hertel was born 1865, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.

  3. 6.  Richard GehlRichard Gehl was born 16 Mar 1825, , Prussia, Germany (son of Johannes "John Gehl); died 8 Jan 1909, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Residence: 555 Riverbank Dr. Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Eby ID Number: 00122-7515.1
    • Immigration: 1850
    • Naturalization: 1850
    • Occupation: 1850, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; farmer
    • Occupation: 1852, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; shoemaker
    • Occupation: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Occupation: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Occupation: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Occupation: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Occupation: 1901, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer

    Richard married Rebecca B. Tohman 19 Mar 1850, Greenbush (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Rebecca (daughter of Abraham Tohman, Sr. and Mary Bricker) was born 11 Apr 1829, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 28 Feb 1904; was buried , Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  4. 7.  Rebecca B. TohmanRebecca B. Tohman was born 11 Apr 1829, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (daughter of Abraham Tohman, Sr. and Mary Bricker); died 28 Feb 1904; was buried , Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Rebecca B. Gehl
    • Name: Rebecca Toman
    • Residence: Wilmot Township - Concession 3 Lot 14, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 555 Riverbank Dr. Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Eby ID Number: 00122-7515
    • Residence: 1850, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

    Notes:

    Rebecca Tohman, "was born April 11th, 1829. On March 19th, 1850, she was married to Richard Gehl, a farmer. They reside on her grandfather's (old Samuel Bricker) old place near Freeport, Ontario. To them was born a family of four children".1

    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.].

    Children:
    1. George Gehl was born 3 Aug 1849, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    2. 3. Marian Gehl was born 20 Jul 1850, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Isaac Gehl was born 19 May 1851, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1 Oct 1935; was buried , Lakeside Cemetery, Caledonia, Kent, Michigan, USA.
    4. Abraham "Abram" Gehl was born 30 Apr 1855, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 7 May 1894, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    5. Levi Allen Gehl was born 5 Sep 1865, Freeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 8 Oct 1942, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 11 Oct 1942, Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    6. Melvina Gehl was born 27 Jan 1868, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 25 Sep 1921, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Hagey Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.


Generation: 4

  1. 12.  Johannes "John Gehl was born CA 1800; died Yes, date unknown.

    Other Events:

    • Name: John Gehl
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-408873

    Children:
    1. 6. Richard Gehl was born 16 Mar 1825, , Prussia, Germany; died 8 Jan 1909, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Henry Gehl was born 1835, , Prussia, Germany; died Yes, date unknown.
    3. John Gehl was born 1840, , Germany; died Yes, date unknown.

  2. 14.  Abraham Tohman, Sr.Abraham Tohman, Sr. was born 7 Jan 1805, , Pennsylvania, USA (son of Valentine Tohman and Sarah Derstein); died 12 Dec 1867, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Abram Toman
    • Residence: Wilmot Township - Concession 3 Lot 14, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Eby ID Number: 00122-7513
    • Land: Bef 1831, Waterloo Township - German Company Tract Lot 111E, Waterloo County, Ontario
    • Historic Building: Abt 1845, Abraham Thoman's Relocated Barn, 10 Huron Road, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Bricker Barn
    • Occupation: 1852, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; farmer
    • Occupation: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

    Notes:

    Abram Tohman, "the eldest, was born in 1804. He was married to Mary, eldest daughter of Samuel and Rebecca (Eby) Bricker. She was born November 3rd, 1806. After their marriage they resided on her father's old homestead near Freeport, Ontario, until February 25th, 1846, when the moved to Wilmot Township, a little west of New Dundee where they resided until his death which occurred December 12th, 1867. After his death the widow had her home with her son, Samuel, who now possesses the old homestead. She died December 27th, 1893."


    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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    On the 12 of Dec, in Waterloo County; Ontario, of palsy, Abm. Toman, aged 62 years, 11 months and 5 days. He was buried at the Blenheim meeting-house Burying-ground, where appropriate funeral discourses were delivered.


    HERALD OF TRUTH, Feb 1868, page 31

    Residence:
    Home of Abram and Mary Tohman Lot 14 Concession 3 Wilmot Township. right side is the original left side was addition. House is now demolished.

    Historic Building:
    Bricker Barn originally located in Waterloo Township, Waterloo County. Constructed around 1845. Original owner, Abraham and Mary Thoman. Gift of John Steckley, 1976

    Abraham — Mary Bricker. Mary (daughter of Samuel Bricker and Rebecca Eby) was born 1805, , USA; died 27 Dec 1893, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario. [Group Sheet]


  3. 15.  Mary Bricker was born 1805, , USA (daughter of Samuel Bricker and Rebecca Eby); died 27 Dec 1893, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Mary Tohman
    • Residence: Wilmot Township - Concession 3 Lot 14, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Eby ID Number: 00016-1324
    • Birth: 3 Nov 1806, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

    Notes:

    Mary Bricker,"the eldest child of Samuel and Rebecca (Eby) Bricker, was born November 3rd, 1806. She was married to Abraham Toman who was born in Pennsylvania in 1804, and died in Wilmot Township, Waterloo County, Ontario, December 12th, 1867. She died December 27th, 1893. To them were born nine 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.].

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    TOMAN.-Mary Toman (maiden name Bricker), widow of the late Abraham Toman, was born in Waterloo township, Waterloo Co., Ont., November 3, 1806, and died in the township of Wilmot, December 26, 1893, aged 87 years, 1 month and 23 days. She survived her husband for over 26 years. She leaves a posterity of 9 children, 65 grandchildren, 79 great-grandchildren and 1 great-great-grandchild. Funeral on Dec 29th, 1893, on which occasion M.S. Bowman preached in German from John 14: 3, and Noah Stauffer in English from Isaiah 28: 29. Buried in Blenheim cemetery. Her end was peace.

    HERALD OF TRUTH , Vol. XXXI, No. 2, January 15, 1894 - pp 29,30,31

    Children:
    1. Toman
    2. Amos B. Tohman was born 11 Nov 1827, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 12 Dec 1907, Harrison, Clare, Michigan, United States.
    3. 7. Rebecca B. Tohman was born 11 Apr 1829, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 28 Feb 1904; was buried , Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Leah Tohman was born 18 Apr 1831, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 30 Aug 1902; was buried , Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario.
    5. Samuel Bricker Toman was born 28 Mar 1833, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 29 Oct 1922, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario.
    6. Abraham Tohman, Jr. was born 29 Jan 1835, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    7. Sarah Tohman was born 1 Jul 1837, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    8. Joseph Toman was born 12 Oct 1840, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 3 Mar 1920, Richmond, Osceola, Michigan.
    9. Mary Tohman was born 18 Jan 1844, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 17 Aug 1919; was buried , Pioneer Park Mennonite Cemetery, [formerly Weber Mennonite Biehn Drive Cemetery] Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    10. Susannah Tohman was born 14 Jan 1847, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 13 Nov 1935, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 15 Nov 1935, Mannheim Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.