Arthur Boehmer

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-99428
• Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist
• Residence: 1901, 92 Queen St. N., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1909, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Box Maker
• Occupation: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Box Maker, Box Factory
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist
• Occupation: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Box Maker, Box Factory
• Residence: 1921, 33 Elgin St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist
• Residence: 1935, 33 Elgin St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1957, 137 Duke St. E., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

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Residence:
Boehmer Arthur : Boxmaker A & C Boehmer's [Current Address 2023] 92 Queen St N [Historical Address] 66 Queen N

Arthur married Barbara Nettie "Nettie" Shoemaker 9 Jun 1909, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Barbara (daughter of Jacob S. Shoemaker and Eliza Hall) was born 6 Mar 1884, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1970; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

1. August Arthur Boehmer was born 20 Sep 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1952, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
2. Greta Boehmer was born 1920, , Ontario, Canada; died 1985; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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• Name: A. Boehmer
• Name: Augustus Boehmer
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-56606P
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist
• Occupation: 1871, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Merchant
• Residence: 1871, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist
• Residence: 1873, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1874, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; merchant
• Elected Office: 1880, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; councillor - Kitchener Council
• Occupation: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Manufacturer
• Residence: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist
• Occupation: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Manufacturer
• Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist
• Possessions: 1893, 100 Ahrens St. W., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1901, 156 Duke St. W., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Paper Box
• Residence: 1901, 92 Queen St. N., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Business: 1906, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; A. & C. Boehmer - box manufacturers

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Boehmer, Augustus, general hardware merchant.

Illustrated Atlas of the County of Waterloo, H. Parsel & Co., Toronto - 1881

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August and Charles Boehmer in the sixties owned a hardware, stove and tinware store at 58 East King Street. In 1874, they began manufacturing paper boxes, after selling the hardware stock to C. E. Moyer and the tinware shop to Peter and Henry Hymmen. Hymmen Bros. first leased quarters in the Canadian block from J. Y. Shantz, and later on in the Germania block. Hardware and plumbing were added to their lines. In 1892, Peter Hymmen bought his brother's share. In 1906, he opened up West King Street as a business section, erecting a large block at No. 158. Mr. Hymmen was active until shortly before his death in 1930. Prior to his departure, his sons, H. I.. Hymmen and Homer Hymmen, had been their father's associates and now direct the enterprise. After Henry Hymmen left the firm he was for four years with H. Wolfhard & Co., and then bought C. E. Moyer's hardware stock. He carried on in the Dunke block until 1900, when he was appointed superintendent of the waterworks. George Potter, who for many years had been with John Fennell & Son, bought Mr. Hymmen's stock, and is still doing business at the old stand.

A History of Kitchener, W. V. (Ben) Uttley, Kitchener, Ontario 1937, pg 159

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NATURE'S NOBLE MAN CALLED HOME

DEATH OF AUGUST BOEHMER IS MOURNED BY BERLIN CITIZENS AT LARGE

SURVIVED OPERATION ONLY A FEW HOURS

The death of Mr. August Boehmer, 92 Queen St. North, which took place at the Berlin and Waterloo Hospital about four o'clock on Tuesday afternoon, has cast a gloom over the town, for the deceased was respected as one of the most honorable and useful citizens of Berlin.

Mr. Boehmer had been unwell for a little over a year and diagnosis revealed the presence of a growth in the abdomen. Of late he had been failing more rapidly as the best medical skill could not check the affliction. However with his characteristic adherence to duty he came down town each morning to get the mail and then went out to the factory on Water Street. But on Friday he was compelled to leave his business duties and since then was confined to his room. His condition fast grew more serious and as the only resort which would possibly prolong or save his life an operation to remove the obstruction, was decided upon. But he was too weak, and the trouble was too far advanced. His system could not stand the shock. Though the operation was successful, and though he rallied and expressed himself as greatly relieved from the pain he had been suffering, he could not survive and passed away about three hours after the operation had been performed.

The hour of the funeral has been fixed at two o'clock on Friday, from the family residence, 92 Queen St. North, to the Benton Street Baptist Church and Mount Hope Cemetery.

The last August Boehmer, who passed away in his 62nd year, was a native of this township - practically of Berlin.

He was a son of Henry Boehmer and was born about a mile out of the corporation limits, on the Mannheim Road. He received his education in the Berlin schools and early I life entered business as a general merchant. Later he conducted a hardware business, and about 35 years ago he and his brother Charles entered into partnership as A & C Boehmer in the manufacture of paper boxes. They have been eminently successful and are well-to-do.

38 years ago the late Mr. Boehmer was married to Catharine Kalbfleisch, who, with a family of nine children, survive. They are Mrs. H. Jarvis, of Cleveland, Norman, George, Mrs. H. Hymmen, Arthur, Oscar, Edna, Gertrude and Emma, all of Berlin. The four surviving brothers are Charles, Reinhart, Philip and Herman, all of Berlin.

A good character is a man's best asset. That was Mr. Boehmer's sincere belief and he lived to it. When he made a promise it was fulfilled. He was sincere and he wanted others to be true to him in word and in deed. He was the very soul of conscientiousness and those who knew him best respected him most highly.

A neighbor and friend this morning paid a tribute to his memory as follows:

"August was an intimate friend and companion of mine. He was one of the most exact men I ever knew. Everything with him was done in order and in season. Anything he said "Yes" to, stood as long as life. There was no coming around next day with excuses to back away. He never started anything that he did not finish, and then he was ready to pay for it. Berlin loses one of its finest types of citizens in his death."

Mr. Boehmer was a believer in, and advocate of the principle of Protection of Canadian industries, but was not actively connected with any political movement. He was a man of most retiring disposition a great lover of home. Very seldom did he leave it evenings, and it was something most exceptional indeed that kept him from retiring at nine o'clock.

He has been for many years an active worker in the Benton St. Baptist Church and a most liberal contributor to its work. but his giving was always unostentatious.

His memory will long be honored; his good name revered as a man of whom it can be truly said in the language of the poet Pope: -

"An honest man's the noblest work of God."

To the bereaved widow and members of the family this News Record extends its condolences in this hour of bereavement and affliction.

Berlin News Record Aug 3 1910 pg 1

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MR. A BOEHMER PASSES AWAY

In the death of the late Mr. August Boehmer, which took place at the Berlin-Waterloo Hospital on Tuesday alternoon, Berlin his lost one of its most valuable and esteemed citizens. The deceased has been in ill- health for about a year, suffering from a growth in the stomach but he has been able to be about until last Friday afternoon when he took to his bed. After a consultation the physicians decided that his only hope for recovery was to undergo an operation which he consented to. The operation was performed about noon Tuesday but owing to the serious condition of the bowels he was unable to pull through and death relieved him of his sufferings about 3.45 o'clock.

The Chronicle Telegraph 4 Aug 1910 pg 3

Residence:
Boehmer August : Mnfr [Current Address 2023] 92 Queen St N [Historical Address] 66 Queen N

August married Catherine Kalbfleisch 9 Aug 1873, Neustadt, Normanby Twp., Grey Co., Ontario, Canada. Catherine (daughter of George Kalbfleisch and Dorothea) was born 16 Oct 1853, Bridgeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 4 Feb 1925, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Catherine Boehmer
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-99423
• Residence: 1873, Neustadt, Normanby Twp., Grey Co., Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1874, Neustadt, Normanby Twp., Grey Co., Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist
• Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist
• Occupation: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Income
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist
• Residence: 1921, 92 Queen St. N., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist

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• Name: Henry Boehmer
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-36468
• Birth: 10 Mar 1812, , Bavaria, Germany
• Occupation: 1852, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; cooper
• Occupation: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist
• Occupation: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist

Johann married Magdalena Stoltz 31 Mar 1836, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Magdalena (daughter of Stoltz and Elisabetha) was born 20 Jan 1816, , Germany; died 20 Jan 1887, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Magdalena Boehmer
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-32672
• Birth: CALC 5 Jan 1817
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist
• Residence: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-46587

George — Dorothea. Dorothea was born Abt 1823, of, Waterloo Twp., Region of Waterloo, Ontario; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Dorothea Kalbfleisch
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-46901

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• Name: Valentine Boehmer
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-128839
• Occupation: 1852, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; cooper

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It is reported that Valentin was born in Schoenenberg in Rheinland Phalz, Germany, proof is needed to confirm.

Johann married Katharina Barbara Schauss 10 Oct 1797, Waldmohr, , Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany. Katharina was born 9 Feb 1779, Schoenenbourg, , Alsace, France; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Katharina Barbara Boehmer
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-218005

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-56605

— Elisabetha. Elisabetha was born 23 Apr 1775, , Germany; died 7 Feb 1864; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Elisabetha Stoltz
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-32671
• Residence: 1852, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada