Dr. Wilhelm Eggert

1825 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	Wilhelm Eggert
  Prefix	Dr.
  Born	CA 1825	Of, Plattsville, Oxford Co., Ontario
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1855	Plattsville, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	doctor
  Occupation	1856	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	Doctor
  Occupation	1861	Ottawa, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada
  	Doctor
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-107130
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Person ID	I107130	Generations
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

  
  

  Family	Luise Clementine "Louisa" Hespeler,   b. 13 Jan 1825, Gernsbach, Gernsbach, , Baden-Württemberg, Germany ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	11 Apr 1855	Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2025
  Family ID	F27579	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Queen Street North, West Side Gaukel's well at the corner of the hotel shed, the corner being later built up as the Bowman Block, now the Bank of Montreal. A brick warehouse belonging to the corner store of the Bowman Block. First occupants of this store were Bowman and Heins, later H. S, Huber and then by Huber and Roy. Opposite the Breithaupt leather store stood a one-story brick building, Dr. Pipe's surgery and later Dr. Wright's. A two-storey brick house lengthwise with Queen Street and with veranda on two sides, the veranda a few steps above the ground, occupied by Henry Schaefer. In 1871 Dr. Pipe lived in this house. Among other things Dr. Pipe kept bees, although he was quite afraid of them. Dr. Pipe and Henry Stroh succeeded in bringing the first Italian queen bee to this part of the country. A lane. A handsome brick house, gable roof, lengthwise with the street, the corners faced with limestone from Guelph, erected by Joseph Hobson, the surveyer, in 1860. Hobson eventually was Chief Engineer of the Great Western Railway and when that was merged with the Grand Trunk he became Chief Engineer of the latter Company and was among other things Chief Engineer of the Sarnia tunnel. Alexander MacPherson, editor and publisher of the Berlin Telegraph, later lived in the house. The site is now occupied by the head office of the Economical Fire Insurance Company. A two-story red frame building well back from the street built probably before 1850 by Peter Eby, identified with the "Deutsche Canadier" and with the early days of the "Telegraph". Dr. Eggert, homeopath, lived in the house 1859-1860 and later John Klippert, high constable and county bailiff. One and a half story brick building at the corner of Duke and Queen Streets occupied by a Mr. Von Ebenau and wife and later for a number of years by Michael Jaehle, a blacksmith. The site is now occupied by the Daily Record building. Duke Street. A large handsome building trimmed with cut stone built in 1860 by David S. Shoemaker of Bridgeport who was county registrar, The building was intended for a bank and agent's residence and so used first by the Commercial Bank which failed and later by the Merchants Bank of which R. N, Rogers was agent for a number of years. Some time later Dr. H. S. Lackner acquired the property and used it as residence and surgery. After Dr. Lackner's death the property was sold to the present occupants, the Langleys of Toronto. building, colonial style, with large posts at the front carrying the projecting roof, erected in 1848-49, the Waterloo Township Hall, the land for which was donated by Frederick Gaukel. General public meetings were held in this hall, among others meetings purposing to have Berlin named as county town. After consummation of this a banquet was held in the hall, which was occasionally used for such purpose. The occasion of this particular banquet was the laying of the corner stone of the new county buildings in 1852. 100 guests were present and there were a number of patriotic toasts. Later the building was used as a printing office, the "Deutsche Canadier" and the "Telegraph" being printed there for a time. Eventually the building was remodelled and enlarged and became the Methodist Church. In 1904 the St. Matthews Lutheran congregation purchased the property and later the First English Lutheran Church, which still continues in the building. Behind the present Kitchener Public Library, occupying the site of his ornamental garden, and still standing is Dr. Scott's residence, built in 1855. Henry Rothaermel was the contractor. Dr. Scott was the first warden of the county and first reeve of Berlin. After his death the house was occupied by M. C. Schofield who married Dr. Scott's widow. Later Israel Bowman, for many years county clerk and town clerk of Berlin, acquired the property and lived there. Weber Street. On the corner the Presbyterian Church first built 1860-61 at a size of 36 ft. by 50 ft., cost $4,500 and seating 175 persons. Rev. John McMeekin was an early minister. A two-story red brick building lengthwise with Queen Street, built 1855-56, the house of H. S. Huber. Simon Roy's house, also red brick, one and one-half story high, both of these houses were set back from the street. Mr. Roy was nurseryman and florist. A one-story double house lengthwise with Queen Street. Before Ahrens Street was continued westerly across Queen Street there was on the site a two-story unpainted weather-boarded building, the house of John Dopp. frame building, similar to Dopp's, the house of Christina Bloch, a widow who lived there for many years. A frame building, similar to Dopp's, but with gable facing Queen Street, the house of August Vetter, painter and paper-hanger. A vacant lot later owned by Louis Breithaupt who built, on the corner of Margaret Avenue, a residence for Judge Lacourse. Margaret Avenue. On Margaret Avenue a short distance westerly from Queen Street was the Moxley farm with house and barn. The barn was later moved to Lexington by Henry Stroh who bought it to replace one that had been struck by lightning. On the corner of Ellen Street a brick house occupied in the early days by Rev. Mr. Savage, Methodist minister, and later by John Hoffman, Jr., a druggist. Ellen Street. 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 ______________ EGGERT, W. practised homeopathy in Plattsville in 1855, during which time he and Dr. Henry Legler conducted a lengthy dispute concerning vaccination in the pages of Der Deutsche Canadier. In March 1856 he opened an office in Berlin, remaining there for about four years. He may have been in Preston in 1859, judging from a birth notice on October 25th., although his professional card continued to read Berlin. A questionable notice appeared in Der Deutsche Canadier which read. "We are unable to print your advice regarding Dr. W. Eggert because of lack of proper verification." Since good news does not require verification, this advice was presumably derogatory. The next mention was from Ottawa reported in the Berliner Journal August 8, 1861: Dr. Eggert, a Homeopathic physician in Ottawa, was recently attacked by two men on Nepean Street as he was on his way to visit a patient in Black Rapids, when they sprang out of a buggy which was stopped across the road. While one held the team, the other sprang into the doctor's wagon and struck a blow at him with a pistol butt, while he cried "Your money or your life!" The doctor dodged the blow, and since he had no weapon, put his hand in his pocket to hand over to the criminal his ready cash. Just as a second blow was aimed at him he sprang from the wagon and ran through a field to a farm house. The farmer and his people accompanied the Doctor to the spot and found the team's harness cut up and the reins tied to the wagon wheels. The highwaymen were not to be found. Dr. Eggert is well known in this county as he practised for a year in Berlin. (Translated with the assistance of Dr. Martin Scheurlin). Dr. Alexander D. Campbell, Doctors in Waterloo County 1852-1925 ____________ Possibly the samer Dr. William Eggert "Dr. N. G. Burnham located in Indianapolis in 1862 and Dr. William A. Eggert in 1863. Dr. Burnharn was a graduate in 1855 of the Western College of Homœopathic. Medicine in Cleveland. Dr. Eggert was a graduate of Berlin University, and in 1863 of the New York Homœopathic Medical College. He had practiced in Ottawa, Canada, and in other places as an allopathic physician, but had become a homœopath in 1859. Drs. Burnham and Eggert were partners and succeeded in building up a lucrative practice. " (No date) HISTORY OF HOMOEOPATHY AND ITS INSTITUTIONS IN AMERICA By William Harvey King, M. D., LL. D. Presented by Sylvain Cazalet. Available at: https://www.homeoint.org/history/king/1-20.htm (Accessed: 16 June 2024).

  
  

• Sources

  [S6] Church Records - ON, Waterloo - Bindeman, F. W. - Card Index Kitchener Public Library. Wilhelm Eggert, Docktor of Plattsville, Blenheim Twp., married 11 Apr 1855 in Preston by lic. to Louisa Hespeler of Galt, Oxford Co., wit: Wilhelm Hespeler of Wilmot & John Chapmann of Galt

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - CA 1825 - Of, Plattsville, Oxford Co., Ontario Occupation - doctor - 1855 - Plattsville, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Married - 11 Apr 1855 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Doctor - 1856 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Doctor - 1861 - Ottawa, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth