Charles Heintz

1871 - 1896  (24 years)

• Name	Charles Heintz
  Born	29 Oct 1871	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1891	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Agricultural Laborer
  Residence	1891	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Baptist
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-121778P
  Died	7 Mar 1896	New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Buried	Riverside Cemetery, New Hamburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Person ID	I121778	Generations
  Last Modified	6 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Joshua Heintz,   b. 27 Jun 1845, , Germany ,   d. 5 Jun 1919  (Age 73 years)
  Mother	Elisabeth "Lizzie" Weber,   b. 22 Sep 1840, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 27 Sep 1907  (Age 67 years)
  Family ID	F20389	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Annie Rachel "Ray" Law,   b. 4 Aug 1874, Maryborough Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 12 Jan 1942, Dearborn, Wayne, Michigan, USA  (Age 67 years)
  Married	25 Dec 1895
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F21142	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  A large number from here attended the funeral of the late Charles Heintz at Hamburg last Tuesday afternoon. We sympathize with the young widow in her great trouble by the sudden death of her husband and also with the parents in the death of their son. New Hamburg Independent 13 Mar 1896 __________________ Fatal Accident of Mr. Charles Heintz. - One of tbe saddest accidents in the history of New Hamburg occurred last Saturday forenoon. Charles Heintz, son of Joshua Heintz, Wilmot, was driving into town with his brother and sister; they were followed by Henry Doerr, who was also driving into town. When approaching Rau's bridge, which spans the river just at the outskirts of the corporation, they engaged in conversation, and when on the bridge, Mr. Heintz got out of his sleigh to drive into town with Mr. Doerr, but owing to the very icy state of the bridge, caused by the sleet that had fallen the previous day, slipped and fell through the open space between the planks and the railing. Mr. Heintz caught hold of the railing with his both hands, but the fact of it also being icy and his legs having shot out with such rapidity, the force proved too much for the hold and so he passed right through. He dropped a distance of nearly sixteen feet on the ice below, striking the ice with his head with such force, that the skull was broken and the brain laid open to view. The brother and sister, who had continued driving, did not see him fall, were soon called back by Mr. Doerr, and their horror at seeing what had happened, may better be imagined than described. Dr. Marty was immediately called, but declared that it was impossible to do anything for the unfortunate man. He was then taken to his father's home, where he breathed his last at four o'clock in the afternoon. The deceased had been married only last Christmas and was on his way to visit his wife at Listowel, where she was visiting her parents, making it doubly sad for her to receive such terrible tidings instead of the anticipated visit. The remains were laid to rest in our village cemetery on Tuesday afternoon. That the bereft widow and parents have the sincerest sympathy of the whole com-munity was amply shown by the attend-ance of the very large concourse of people, not half of those present having been able to gain entrance into the Baptist church to attend the religious service; the procession was over a mile in length. The deceased had always enjoyed good health and was only in his 25th year of age and was looking forward to life with all the hopes of a prosperous young man, when lo! his career was cut short by such an extremely tragic end, again demonstrating to us so forcibly that man is but a mite on this earth, today he may tread on the flowery path of prosperity and tomorrow he may todder at the precipice of death. Coroner Bowlby, of Berlin, held an inquest on Monday afternoon and the verdict was, that Charles Heintz came to his death by falling off the bridge near Rau's brewery on Saturday, the 7th of March 1896, and that they also find said bridge not in a proper condition for the public safety. We understand that an action for damages against the county is to be instituted at once. New Hamburg Independent 13 Mar 1896

  
  

• Sources

  [S140] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1881, Div. 2 Page 55. [S939] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1891, Div. 2 Page 59. [S153] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - Riverside New Hamburg CC#4564 Internet Link. Charles/ Heintz/ Born/ Oct. 29, 1871/ Died/ Mar. 7, 1896/ At Rest

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 29 Oct 1871 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Agricultural Laborer - 1891 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Baptist - 1891 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 7 Mar 1896 - New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Riverside Cemetery, New Hamburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth