Claude Herman "Hermie" Quirmbach

1880 - 1949  (68 years)

• Name	Claude Herman "Hermie" Quirmbach
  Born	10 Dec 1880	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/78789896
  Honoured	Hermie Place, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	Hermie Place in Kitchener was named in his honour.
  Military	South African War
  Name	Herman Quirmbach
  Name	Hermie Quirmbach
  Residence	1881	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Christian
  Residence	1891	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Lutheran
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-137561P
  Died	26 Jan 1949	Saint Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota, United States
  Buried	Roselawn Cemetery, Roseville, Ramsey, Minnesota, United States of America
  Person ID	I137561	Generations
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

  
  

  Father	Charles Peter Quirmbach,   b. 1 May 1836, Nentershausen, Westerburg, Hessen, Germany ,   d. 26 Jun 1895, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 59 years)
  Mother	Catherine "Katie" Stuempfle,   b. 8 Apr 1839, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 14 Apr 1929, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 90 years)
  Married	30 Nov 1856	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Family ID	F20577	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Helena Glover Plum,   b. 16 Jul 1879, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 6 Mar 1944, Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States  (Age 64 years)
  Married	16 Sep 1908	New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2025
  Family ID	F57788	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos		Hermie Quirmbach Display from Waterloo Region Museum 2014
  		Quirmbach,ClaudeHermanHermieQuirmbach-002.jpg Globe Newspaper, Toronto

  
  

• Notes

  C. HERMAN QUIRMBACH. Among the younger of Berlin Old Boys abroad is Sergeant C. Herman Ouirmbach of the American Express Company. He holds a responsible position in the head office of the Company at St. Paul, Minnesota. He has done well since leaving Berlin about four years ago and has hosts of friends here and elsewhere who look with confidence for further advances. The subject of this sketch, who is better known as "Hermie", was born in Berlin, Dec. 10th, 1880, and after going through the public school, entered the local office of the Canadian Express Company and G. N. W. Telegraph Company, and when the Canadian contingents offered themselves to the Mother land to help fight her battles in South Africa, Hermie was one of the volunteers. He was accepted and spent a year and a half in active service, going through the thick of several engagements. He was for sometime with the famous "Gattling Gun" Howard and when the latter responded to the last roll call, Hermie fell heir to his shoes, revolver and other accoutrements of warfare which he brought home and cherishes as priceless mementos of an eventful period of his life. Berlin Today 1806-1906 official souvenir ________________________ Sergt. C. [Claude] Herman Quirmbach is a Berlin boy, of whom every citizen can well be proud. Born in Berlin, in the year 1879, he is a native of the town. he received his education in the Public and High Schools in this town and is thus well known to the younger element of Berlin's citizens, while his connection with the G.N.W. Telegraph Co. gave him ample opportunity to make himself popular with the merchants and business men of the town. When the call for a second contingent was issued by the Canadian Government, Sergt. Quirmbach hid himself to Guelph, unknown to Berlin friends, and passed the necessary examination, qualifying to accompany "D" battery which was composed largely of Guelph volunteers.. Berlin Daily Telegraph, August 7, 1901 ________________________________ from his song: When Hermie Quirmbach comes home. He'll be the nation's pride and joy. So welcome him with shouts of joy. When Hermie Quirmbach comes marching home. When Hermie Quirmbach comes home."

  
  

• Sources

  [S158] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1881, Div. 2 Pg. 1. [S1592] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1891, Section 2 Page 47. [S6] Church Records - ON, Waterloo - Bindeman, F. W. - Card Index Kitchener Public Library. Carl Quirmbach, cigar maker of Waterloo Twp. married 30 Nov 1856 in Berlin by banns to Catherine Strimpfle of Waterloo Twp. wit" Otto Boehmer of Waterloo Village & Louise Huber of Waterloo Village

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 10 Dec 1880 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Honoured - Hermie Place in Kitchener was named in his honour. - - Hermie Place, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Christian - 1881 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Lutheran - 1891 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 16 Sep 1908 - New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 26 Jan 1949 - Saint Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota, United States Buried - - Roselawn Cemetery, Roseville, Ramsey, Minnesota, United States of America  = Link to Google Earth