1857 - 1944 (87 years)
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Name |
William Henry Breithaupt |
Born |
25 Jan 1857 |
Buffalo, Erie, New York, United States [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] |
Gender |
Male |
FindAGrave |
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/154309221 |
Immigration |
1861 |
, Canada [4] |
Immigration |
1862 |
, Ontario, Canada [3] |
Residence |
1871 |
Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada [2] |
Evang. Assoc. |
Naturalization |
1872 |
, Canada [4] |
Occupation |
1881 |
Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada [1] |
Student |
Residence |
1881 |
Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada [1] |
Evangelist |
Residence |
1891 |
Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada [5] |
Civil Engineer |
Residence |
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) |
Residence |
1911 |
64 Margaret Avenue, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada |
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66 Margaret Ave, Kitchener, Ontario Home of William Henry Breithaupt - image from Waterloo Historical Society |
Residence |
1911 |
Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada [3] |
Presbyterian |
Occupation |
1921 |
Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada [4] |
Engineer, Civil |
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/
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Residence |
1921 |
Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada [4] |
Zion Evangelical |
Died |
26 Jan 1944 |
Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada |
Hall of Fame - Waterloo Region |
Bef 2012 |
, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada [7] |
Interesting |
life, engineer, history, business, railway |
Interesting |
story, railway, business, honoured |
Name |
W. H. Breithaupt |
Residence |
166 Adam Street, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada |
Eby ID Number |
Waterloo-138754 |
Buried |
Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada |
Person ID |
I138754 |
Generations |
Last Modified |
26 Nov 2023 |
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, 9] |
Family ID |
F13816 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family |
Martha Cunningham Murphy, b. 24 Jul 1865, , Quebec, Canada , d. 1950, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (Age 84 years) |
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 |
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Last Modified |
26 Nov 2023 |
Family ID |
F185292 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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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
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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
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Kitchener Pioneer, W. H. Breithaupt Buried; Died in 88th Year
KITCHENER-A pioneer of Kitchener and a recognized authority on historical matters, William H. Breithaupt, C.E., was buried in Mount Hope Cemetery here, today. Mr. Breithaupt, who was 87, died in K-W Hospital a few days after he fell on a street near his home on Margaret Ave.
Born in Buffalo, N.Y., he was the son of the late Louis and Catherine Hailer Breithaupt. He attended Zion Evangelical Church.
Mr. Breithaupt was very prominent in the development of Kitchener, assisting in promotion of the gas works, the electric street railway which succeeded horse-drawn cars which connected Kitchener and Waterloo and nearby Bridgeport. He was also instrumental in. establishing the Grand River Golf club, the first club of its type in this district.
Deceased was also very active in lirecting modernization of the Kitchener public library and was named the first president of the Waterloo county historical society when it was first founded by the Berlin Library Board in 1912. He was an accepted authority on the history of Waterloo county and for wo years, served as president of the Ontario historical society.
During his long and untiring life, Mr. Breithaupt personally made a complete survey of the Grand River on foot, walking from one end of it to the other, and one of the dreams of his life was fulfilled in 1942 when the Grand Valley Dam at Lake Belwood, near Fergus, was formally opened by the premier of Ontario.
A member of the Engineering Institute of Canada, Mr. Breithaupt was the author of numerous technical papers, including: History of the Grand Trunk Railway and others. He was a life member of the American Institute of Consulting Engineers. Fellow of the American Geographical Society, and of Rigma (golden key) of American colleges.
Besides his wife, Mr. Breithaupt is survived by one son, Sqdn.-Ldr. Philip William, R.A.F.. in the Middle East, and two daughters, Mrs. E. S. Sargeant and Mrs. H. G. S. Dinsmore, both of Toronto; two sisters, Mrs. Caroline Augustine. Mrs. Melvina Bauman; two brothers. John C. and Albert J. all of Kitchener.
Five grandsons and one grand- daughter, all of Toronto, also survive.
Waterloo Chronicle, 4 Feb 1944, p. 1
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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.
- [S244] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Deutsche Canadier (1841-1865) - Index to Births, Deaths and Marriages Announced in the Deutsche Canadier, Berlin, Canada West. originally indexed by Simone Nieuwolt and Sylvie Kuppek..organised by Rosemary Ambrose.
BREIHAUPT, Louis married 8 Feb 1853 Of Buffalo. To Catharina HAILER, Berlin. minister Uilhelm Schmitt newspaper date 10 Feb 1853 Pg: 6
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 | Born - 25 Jan 1857 - Buffalo, Erie, New York, United States |
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 | Immigration - 1861 - , Canada |
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 | Immigration - 1862 - , Ontario, Canada |
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 | Residence - Evang. Assoc. - 1871 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada |
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 | Naturalization - 1872 - , Canada |
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 | Occupation - Student - 1881 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada |
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 | Residence - Evangelist - 1881 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada |
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 | Residence - Civil Engineer - 1891 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada |
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 | Residence - Methodist - 1891 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada |
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 | Occupation - Berlin & Waterloo Street Rail co. - President - 1906 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada |
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 | Occupation - Engineer (Civil) - 1911 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada |
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 | Residence - Presbyterian - 1911 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada |
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 | Occupation - Engineer, Civil - 1921 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada |
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 | Residence - 1921 - 64 Margaret Ave., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada |
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 | Residence - Zion Evangelical - 1921 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada |
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 | Died - 26 Jan 1944 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada |
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 | Hall of Fame - Waterloo Region - Bef 2012 - , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada |
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 | Residence - - 166 Adam Street, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada |
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 | Buried - - Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada |
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