Georg "George" Lips

1869 - 1894  (25 years)

• Name	Georg "George" Lips
  Born	10 Sep 1869	Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/79681308
  Name	George Lips
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-121714
  Died	25 Dec 1894	Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Buried	Lisbon United Cemetery, Lisbon, North Easthope Twp., Perth Co., Ontario   [2]
  Person ID	I121714	Generations
  Last Modified	26 Jun 2024

  
  

  Father	Carl "Charles" Lips,   b. 30 Apr 1834, , Mecklinburg Schwerin, Germany ,   d. 19 Feb 1897, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 62 years)
  Mother	Dorothea E. "Dora" Ebert,   b. 14 Jun 1832, , Germany ,   d. 29 Aug 1920, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 88 years)
  Family ID	F7827	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  C. Hammer & Co. This firm is one among the leading firms of the village that are prosperous and reliable. They deal exclusively in boots and shoes, which they also manufacture and repair. They have a large stock of all kinds of footwear of the latest patterns and styles. Their work and ready-made stock will compare favorably with any other in the county. Mr. Hammer, the senior member of the firm, was born in Normanby, Grey county, in 1864. He was married about three years ago to Martha, daughter of Mr. John Dingwall, of this place. He learned the boot and shoe making trade about twenty years ago with his uncle, Mr. John Eidt, now of Philipsburg. For a number of years he was employed by Mr. Hill, who was then conducting the business. He then purchased the business from Mr. Hill and was a partner with George Lips, who died about ten months after they had engaged in business. From that time on Mr. Hammer was alone in the business until about a year and a half ago he took as partner Mr. H Forler. Mr. Forler was born here in 1870. He learned his trade with Mr. Henry Hill. The business is one of the oldest in this section, having been established by Mr. Hill about forty five years ago. Mr. Hammer and his partner, Mr. Foiler, are seldom idle, always working at the bench when not engaged at the counter atttending to customers in the ready-made department. Their work will always stand inspection. While here I was shown a valuable relic which is now in the possession of Mr. Hammer. It is a medal received by his grandfather for meritorous conduct in the war with Napoleon in 1814 and 1815. It was made from a cannon captured by the Germans from the French. On one side is the inscription: "K.W.II seinen tapfern, Hessen, 1821. On the reverse side, "Gott brach des Feindes macht und Hessen ward befreit." Its worthy recipient died many years ago from the result of wounds he sustained in that sanguinary strife. Waterloo County Chronicle, 21 Jul 1898, p. 8

  
  

• Sources

  [S140] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1881, Div. 2 Page 53. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/79681308.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 10 Sep 1869 - Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 25 Dec 1894 - Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Lisbon United Cemetery, Lisbon, North Easthope Twp., Perth Co., Ontario  = Link to Google Earth