Louis Allen Allendorf^[1]

1869 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	Louis Allen Allendorf
  Born	1869	, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1891	Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Carriage Maker
  Occupation	1891	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Carriage Trimmer
  Residence	1891	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Lutheran
  Residence	1891	Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Lutheran
  Occupation	1898	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Carriage Trimmer
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-118978
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Person ID	I118978	Generations
  Last Modified	7 Nov 2024

  
  

  Father	John George Allendorf,   b. 12 Feb 1817, , Germany ,   d. 12 Mar 1901, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 84 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Schlagel,   b. 19 Sep 1826, , Germany ,   d. 20 Jan 1911  (Age 84 years)
  Married	4 Aug 1850	Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  Family ID	F7112	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Father	George Allendorf,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Lesetta,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F288819	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	?,   b. Abt 1869,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	12 Nov 2024
  Family ID	F240952	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Bertha Jane West,   b. 1872, , USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	12 Jan 1898	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Last Modified	12 Nov 2024
  Family ID	F288818	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Another employee of that firm [Cober & Bechtel] was Louis Allendorf, a carriage trimmer who kept the younger generation supplied with little bits of leather out of the scrap box. Lou was short-stop on the Hespeler Ball Team and before the game the kids would take a piece of cedar fence rail to him and with a jack-knife he would trim it down flat like a ruler so we could notch the runs. He would sometimes cut a chunk out of one side instead of leaving both sides the same length and he used to tell us to use the short side to score our runs because Hespeler was not likely to get many runs that day. And that was bad news for us. When Lou threw a man out at first he always got a nice hand from his little friends. Funny, isn't it, how these things stick with one? Le Rue De Commerce, Other Times Other Customs Other Days Other Ways, Winfield Brewster 1954

  
  

• Sources

  [S3002] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 014699-1898. Louis Allen Allendorf, 28, occ. Carriage Trimmer, Not Given, res. Hespeler, son of Lesetta and George Allendorf, Married Bertha Jane West, 25, Not Given, res. Hespeler, daughter of Amelia and Bernard West; Witness(s): George Boyton, Flora West, Hespeler, S. Beaumont, Glenwilliams. 12 Jan 1898 Hespeler, St. James Church. [S508] Census - ON, Waterloo, Hespeler - 1871, Page 21. [S299] Census - ON, Waterloo, Hespeler - 1881, Page 7. [S2208] Census - ON, Waterloo, Hespeler - 1891, Section 1 Page 14. [S2441] Census - ON, Waterloo, Preston - 1891, Section 1 Page 52. [S13] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - Wellington District Marriage Register Part 1 1840-1852, #177 Rev. Jacob Hüttner, Evangelical Lutheran church at Preston.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 1869 - , Ontario, Canada Occupation - Carriage Maker - 1891 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Carriage Trimmer - 1891 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Lutheran - 1891 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Lutheran - 1891 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Carriage Trimmer - 1898 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 12 Jan 1898 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth