Dr. - Mayor John Emil Hett

1870 - 1956  (86 years)

• Name	John Emil Hett
  Prefix	Dr. - Mayor
  Born	2 May 1870	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1871	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Lutheran
  Residence	1897	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  		Kitchener,Hett,J.E.residence-busyberlin1897.jpg Residence of J. E. Hett MD - From: Busy Berlin Jubilee Souvenir 1897, published by Berlin News-Record
  Residence	1902	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  Public Service	1906	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	Berlin Public School Board
  		From: Berlin Today 1806-1906
  Residence	1906	115 King St. E., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  		From: Berlin Today 1806-1906
  Occupation	1911	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Physican
  Residence	1911	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Lutheran
  Elected Office	1913	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	mayor - councillor - Kitchener
  	Years Served: 1913, 1915-16 (Mayor)
  Author	1943
  	Cancer, Its Causes and Prevention and New Treatment
  	Cancer, Its Causes and Prevention and New Treatment John Emil Hett American Distributing Company, 1943 - Cancer - 206 pages
  Interesting	building, public service, politics, paranormal
  Name	J. E. Hett
  Name	J. E. Hett
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-130928P
  Died	25 Sep 1956	Windsor, Essex Co., Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I130928	Generations
  Last Modified	26 Nov 2023

  
  

  Father	Johann B. "John" Hett,   b. 9 Nov 1829, Bernsburg, , Hessen, Germany ,   d. 19 Jul 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 81 years)
  Mother	Eva Elizabeth Heller,   b. 15 Jan 1833, Udenhausen, Vogelsbergkreis, Hessen, Germany ,   d. 2 Jul 1910, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 77 years)
  Married	28 Sep 1852	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5, 6]
  Family ID	F32278	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  The MCC [Mennonite Central Committe 223 King St. E., Kitchener] House was owned by Dr. J. Hett, a cancer specialist and a spiritualist, and the building was shared with him. A separate entrance led into the doctor's office . One room on the second floor served as his bedroom and another room was reserved for seances. Mennogespräch, Mennonite Historical Society of Ontario March, 1989, Vol. 7, No. 1 ______________________________ According to the Registrar of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, Dr. Hett was registered with the College on May 29, 1891. His name was erased from their register as of April 16, 1937, and restored by order of the Council on April 2, 1938. An item in the New York Times, September 26, 1956, stated that Dr. Hett's name was erased from the register when he refused to divulge the formula for a serum that he insisted would cure arthritis, diabetes, peptic ulcers and cancer. . . In 1938, he was reinstated after he allowed a special Provincial Government inquiry to check the formula. It was found to be medically harmless, but of unproved value. CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians Volume 12, Issue 3, Article first published online: 30 DEC 2008 _______________ "Dr. J. E. Hett purchased the first automobile owned by a Berlin resident" _________________________ King Street, Kitchener Benton to Eby Street.-Successive occupation was as follows: From Benton Street easterward, before 1855, a one-story brick building with gable facing King Street was erected at the corner and used by Jacob Benner as blacksmith shop. Later Benner moved to West Montrose and the next occupant was Valentine Gildner and after him his son John Gildner . This blacksmith shop continued until comparatively recent years. A frame building painted white, with veranda in front, was Gildner s residence.. Vacant lot. A tinsmith shop owned by Mr. Lehnen . This had a nice front with two good-sized glass windows on either side of the door. A dwelling house built by Henry Rothaermel 1848-9. He was a carpenter and later was market clerk and tax collector. A lane. A one and one-half story building, with gable facing King Street and a verandah extending over the sidewalk, occupied by a Mr. Coleman 1855-1860. Adjoining it was a warehouse. The store passed to Coleman's son and then to John Kegel. Later John George Schmidt, shoemaker, occupied the building. A lane. A double, frame building about 50 feet along King St.; the east half used as a dwelling had a veranda; the west half was occupied by Charles Koehn, shoemaker. Open space. Dwelling of Gabriel Bowman, carpenter, who built the house. A one and one-half story building occupied by Balzar Allendorf, a coverlet weaver, about 1840. Allendorf later moved to New Hamburg. There was a veranda at the front of the house and under it a well. Cattle ran at large in the streets at this time and one Sunday afternoon a steer got on the veranda floor, which was partly rotted, broke through, fell into the well and had to be pulled out by means of a windlass. The building was torn down later. frame building ocupied by Henry Sippel, former employee of Allendorf, as a weaver's shop. In 1855 there was a frame building one and one-half story high along King Street divided into two parts, one part a dwelling and the other part a hat shop, owned by John Kidder, who made felt hats and old-fashioned bonnets. The shop was a few steps above the sidewalk level. A dwelling. A one and one-half story frame building lengthwise with King street occupied by a widow, Mrs. Caroline Lehnen. A driveway. A two story brick building with gable toward King Street, occupied by J. J. Lehnen, son of the widow Lehnen, as a copper and tinsmith shop and a store. Lehnen made his own tinware. Later Jacob Doebler occupied this building as a bakery. A one and one-half story frame building with gable toward King Street occupied by George Yantz, a cabinet maker. He had a tavern in this same building for a time, and lived there. In the early years a garden. A small shop with sloping roof used by Christian Enslin as a book store and book-bindery, the first book-bindery in Berlin Enslm arrived in Berlin about 1830. Jacob Stroh remembers going with his father to the store to buy school supplies. Enslin later was editor, for Henry Eby, the publisher, of the Deutsche Canadier which began publication in 1840. Enslin's House, one-half story, frame, standing lengthwise with King Street and having a veranda over the door, was on the site of Dr. Hetts present office and house. At the rear there was an orchard. About 60 feet back of King Street there was a house built by Henry Eby. Shubel Randall, brother of George Randall, lived in it later. In 1860 the building was destroyed by fire and a servant girl Dina Hertz, perished in the flames. The walls remaining standing, the house was re-built, and is still in use. A brick building, abutting on King Street with gable facing the street, was Henry Eby's printing office. The main floor was she or seven feet above the sidewalk level. In 1860 this building was changed to a church and was the first Anglican Church in Berlin. A frame building, one end of which was used by Henry Bowman as a general store; he lived in the other end. This was known as the Bowman building. Later William Stein had a tailor shop in it and after him William Thoms used it as a shoe repair shop. 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

  
  

• Sources

  [S158] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1881, Div 1 Page 51. [S57] Vit - ON - Birth Registration. John Emil Hett Date of Birth: 2 May 1870 Gender: Male Birth County: Waterloo Father's Name: John B Hett (builder of Berlin) Mother's Name: Eva Elizabeth Heller [S340] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1911, Div. 33 Pg. 9. [S229] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1871, Sect. 2 Page 13. [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), Golden Wedding - October 2, 1902. [S13] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - Wellington District Marriage Register Part 1 1840-1852, Rev. Fr. Wilh. Wunderlich, Rev. return 232. John Hett married Eva Elizabeth Hiller 28 Sep 1852, wit: Hartman Schnare & wife.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 2 May 1870 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Lutheran - 1871 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1897 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1902 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Public Service - Berlin Public School Board - 1906 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1906 - 115 King St. E., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Physican - 1911 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Lutheran - 1911 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Elected Office - mayor - councillor - Kitchener - 1913 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 25 Sep 1956 - Windsor, Essex Co., Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth