August Henry Wittmaak

1861 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	August Henry Wittmaak
  Born	Apr 1861	Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Name	A. H. Wittmaak
  Occupation	1881	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Tinsmith
  Occupation	1911	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Canadian Pacific Railway Agent. Station Railway
  Residence	1911	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Presbyterian
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-126616
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Person ID	I126616	Generations
  Last Modified	7 Nov 2024

  
  

  Father	John Wittmack,   b. 1816, , Holstein, Germany ,   d. 24 Jan 1884, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 68 years)
  Mother	Lena,   b. CALC 22 Aug 1836, , Germany ,   d. 25 Jan 1876, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 39 years)
  Family ID	F31344	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Wilhelmine Pabst,   b. May 1863, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Children	1. Edith Wittmaak,   b. May 1895, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	12 Nov 2024
  Family ID	F221829	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  August Henry Wittmaak in 1901 source Hespeler Souvenir

  
  

• Notes

  Thomas McMaster, Herman Kreig, Nicholas Krieg, August H. Wittmaak, Hugh McTearnen and others drove "Peddlewaggons" for John Zryd in the old days. Le Rue De Commerce, Other Times Other Customs Other Days Other Ways, Winfield Brewster 1954 __________________ August Henry Wittmaak opened a hardware store on the south side on October 2nd, 1882, sold it to B. H. Kopeman about 1892. Meantime he was appointed local agent of C.P.R. Tickets and Telegraphs and of Dominion Express Company and for years conveyed passengers and express shipments by horse-drawn vehicle to the C.P.R. Station at Galt to meet certain trains. He moved from Queen Street into a small building at the street end of Ike Queens Hotel shed, later occupied as a shoe repair shop by John Wilkinson and after him, by George Hilker. When the Trolley line was built to the Guelph Road in 1895 or 96 they had only a small building. Later on the present one was erected and Wittmaak then moved into it. He was assessor of Hespeler from 1897-1913 and did a good job. Le Rue De Commerce, Other Times Other Customs Other Days Other Ways, Winfield Brewster 1954

  
  

• Sources

  [S299] Census - ON, Waterloo, Hespeler - 1881, Page 2. [S392] Census - ON, Waterloo, Hespeler - 1911, Div. 20 Pg. 17.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - Apr 1861 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Tinsmith - 1881 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Canadian Pacific Railway Agent. Station Railway - 1911 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Presbyterian - 1911 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth