William Henry Breithaupt

1857 - 1944  (86 years)

• Name	William Henry Breithaupt
  Born	25 Jan 1857	Buffalo, Erie, New York   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Gender	Male
  Immigration	1861	Canada   [4]
  Immigration	1862	, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Religion	1871	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Evang. Assoc.
  Naturalization	1872	Canada   [4]
  Occupation	1881	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Student
  Religion	1881	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Evangelist
  Religion	1891	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Civil Engineer
  Religion	1891	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Methodist
  Occupation	1906	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Berlin & Waterloo Street Rail co. - President
  Occupation	1911	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Engineer (Civil)
  Religion	1911	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Presbyterian
  Residence	1911	64 Margaret Avenue, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  		66 Margaret Ave, Kitchener, Ontario Home of William Henry Breithaupt - image from Waterloo Historical Society
  Occupation	1921	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Engineer, Civil
  Religion	1921	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Zion Evangelical
  Residence	1921	64 Margaret Ave., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	KITCHENER A downtown developer has plans to build a 112-unit apartment complex on vacant land that was once the site of W.H. Breithaupt's mansion. Vive Development Corp. is proposing to build a six-storey, 94-unit apartment building on land fronting Victoria Street North, and a 2 ½-storey 18-unit building on the site of the former mansion at 64 Margaret Ave. The smaller building along Margaret Avenue would be built in a style reminiscent of the mansion that once stood there, said Vanessa Hicks, a heritage planner hired by Vive. The stucco and limestone building would be designed to look like a large home from the street and would have a roofline and tall, eight-paned windows reminiscent of those on the original Breithaupt mansion, which was demolished in 2003. Hicks is also recommending the developer put up a plaque explaining the history of the site and the reasons the building is built in that architectural style. "Someone walking by might easily recognize that building as an interpretation of what the original house would have looked like," she said in a presentation this week to Kitchener's heritage committee. The larger building on Victoria is a more modern design. Four homes, from 217 to 229 Victoria St. N., will be demolished to make way for the six-storey building..... Apartments planned for former Breithaupt mansion site in Kitchener. (2017). Therecord.com. Retrieved 9 April 2017, from https://www.therecord.com/news-story/7228229-apartments-planned-for-former-breithaupt-mansion-site-in-kitchener/
  Died	1944
  Hall of Fame - Waterloo Region	Bef 2012	, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  Interesting	story, railway, business, honoured
  Name	W. H. Breithaupt
  Residence	166 Adam Street, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-138754
  Person ID	I138754	Generations
  Last Modified	12 Jun 2019

  
  

  Father	Mayor Philip Ludwig "Louis" Breithaupt,   b. 8 Nov 1827, Allendorf, Kurhessen, Germany ,   d. 3 Jul 1880, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 52 years)
  Mother	Catharine Hailer,   b. 16 Aug 1834, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 5 Jul 1910, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 75 years)
  Married	8 Feb 1853	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  Family ID	F13816	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Martha Cunningham Murphy,   b. Jul 1865, , Quebec, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Children	1. Philip William Breithaupt,   b. Dec 1898, , , USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Margaret C. Breithaupt,   b. Oct 1901, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Martha Elizabeth Breithaupt,   b. Apr 1906, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	14 Jun 2019
  Family ID	F185292	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 25 Jan 1857 - Buffalo, Erie, New York Immigration - 1861 - Canada Immigration - 1862 - , Ontario, Canada Religion - Evang. Assoc. - 1871 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Naturalization - 1872 - Canada Occupation - Student - 1881 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Religion - Evangelist - 1881 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Religion - Civil Engineer - 1891 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Religion - Methodist - 1891 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Berlin & Waterloo Street Rail co. - President - 1906 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Engineer (Civil) - 1911 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Religion - Presbyterian - 1911 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Engineer, Civil - 1921 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Religion - Zion Evangelical - 1921 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1921 - 64 Margaret Ave., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Hall of Fame - Waterloo Region - Bef 2012 - , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - - 166 Adam Street, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos		William Henry Breithaupt
  		William Henry Breithaupt

  
  

• Notes

  William Henry Breithaupt, C. E., (Berlin, Ontario,) son of Louis and Catherine (Hailer) Breithaupt, was born in Buffalo, N. Y., January 25th, 1857. Prepared at High School, Berlin, Ontario, and at North Western College, Naperville, Ill., entering the Institute in September, 1877. Took a position on construction work on the New York, West Shore & Buffalo Railroad August, 1881, working mainly on West Point tunnel. Private business kept him at Berlin, Ont., during 1882. Appointed bridge inspector for Pennsylvania railroad company, January, 1883, and in October, 1883, assistant engineer in the office of C. Shaler Smith, of St. Louis. In 1886, of the firm of Breithaupt & Allen, civil engineers and specialty, iron and steel structures. Member of the Rensselaer Society of Engineers. P. O. address, Kansas City, Mo Biographical record of the officers and graduates of the Rensselaer polytechnic institute, 1824-1886, W.H. Young, 1887 _______________________ William Henry Breithaupt, an extremely accomplished civil engineer, was a builder of railway bridges on this continent and the author of many technical papers. Born in Buffalo in 1857 to Louis and Catherine Breithaupt (later citizens of Berlin), he took up residence here in 1900 and promoted the family interests - the Berlin and Waterloo Railway, and the Berlin Gas Works - and built a rail line to Bridgeport. First chairman of the City Planning Commission, he brought in a famous New York town planning expert for consultation. He visited the Carnegie Foundation in New York, successfully seeking funds for the Berlin Library on three occasions. Breithaupt served as president of the Ontario Historical Society, was first president of the Waterloo Historical Society and a founder of the Waterloo County Pioneers' Memorial Association that erected the Pioneers' Memorial Tower near Preston. The first to propose flood control, Breithaupt also pioneered Grand River Conservation. Waterloo Region Hall of Fame

  
  

• Sources

  [S158] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1881, Div. 2 Pg. 51. [S229] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1871, Div. 1, Pg. 54. [S340] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1911, Div. 38 Page 7. [S2264] Census - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - 1921, Sub Dist. 25 Page 7. [S1592] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1891, Section 4 Page 52. [S2481] Annual Report of the Board of Trade of the Town of Berlin, Twenty-First. [S220] Waterloo Region Hall of Fame Waterloo Region Hall of Fame. [S107] Book - The Canadian Biographical Dictionary and Portrait Gallery of Eminent and Self-Made Men, Ontario Volume, 1880.