Jacob Schoneau

1811 - 1884  (73 years)

• Name	Jacob Schoneau
  Born	9 Jan 1811	, Wuerttemberg, Germany   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/113703990
  Occupation	1871	Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Tailor
  Occupation	1871	Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Tailor
  Residence	1871	Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Lutheran
  House of Industry and Refuge	1881	House of Industry and Refuge, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Name	Jacob Schoenau
  Occupation	1881	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Pauper
  Residence	1881	House of Industry and Refuge, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  Residence	1881	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Lutheran
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-131133
  Died	29 Nov 1884	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Cause: old age
  Buried	House of Industry and Refuge Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I131133	Generations
  Last Modified	10 Jul 2025

  
  

  Family	Anna Rosine "Rosina" Kuenzel,   b. 16 Sep 1799, , Wuerttemberg, Germany ,   d. 27 Apr 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 81 years)
  Children	1. Christian Schoenau,   b. 1835, Tretflugger, Baden, Germany ,   d. 21 Feb 1878, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 43 years)
  Last Modified	10 Jul 2025
  Family ID	F32338	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  HouseofIndustryandRefugeca1869edited.jpg The House of Industry and Refuge. In 1868, 141 acres was purchased on Frederick Street in Berlin (now Kitchener) and the house opened on June 15, 1869. The original building housed 100 and operated as an industrial farm, which raised crops and livestock. The residents worked for their keep if possible, those most did not. The House eventually became a strictly a residence of the aged and later relocated and renamed Sunnyside.

  
  

• Sources

  [S105] Census - ON, Waterloo, Preston - 1871, Pg 32. [S158] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1881, Div 1 Page 57. [S713] Vit - ON - Death Registration, death certificate 18380 (1884), Jacob Schoenau. Jacob Schoenau d. 29 Nov 1884 Berlin, aged 74 b. Germany, pauper, cause old age [S2798] aaaPreston 1871 census, Sect. 1 Page 32. [S158] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1881, Div 1 pg 54-58.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 9 Jan 1811 - , Wuerttemberg, Germany Occupation - Tailor - 1871 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Tailor - 1871 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Lutheran - 1871 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada House of Industry and Refuge - 1881 - House of Industry and Refuge, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Pauper - 1881 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1881 - House of Industry and Refuge, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Lutheran - 1881 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - Cause: old age - 29 Nov 1884 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - House of Industry and Refuge Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth