Julius Boedecker

1837 - 1920  (~ 83 years)

• Name	Julius Boedecker
  Born	May 1837	, Prussia, Germany   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Birth	, Holland
  Immigration	1870	, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Occupation	1871	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Pedlar
  Residence	1871	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Baptist
  Residence	1911	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Baptist
  House of Industry and Refuge	1920	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-138905
  Died	19 Nov 1920	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Cause: old age - senile debility
  Buried	Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I138905	Generations
  Last Modified	7 Nov 2024

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth G. Klassen,   b. 1828, , Germany ,   d. Bef 1911  (Age < 82 years)
  Married	10 Oct 1869	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Last Modified	12 Nov 2024
  Family ID	F34580	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  HouseofIndustryandRefugeca1869.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.

  
  

• Notes

  THE BENTON STREET BAPTIST CHURCH "Julius Boedecker was church clerk." A History of Kitchener, W. V. (Ben) Uttley, Kitchener, Ontario 1937 _______________________ August Fuchs was an early jeweller and watchmaker. He built the Fuchs Block. Spiers & Osborne of Galt opened a general store in Berlin in 1856. Conrad Stuebing came to Berlin in 1857 and with J. Boedecker as a partner, bought Christian Enslin's bookstore. Old factory smoke : Berlin, Ontario / by Robert A. Glover, 2013 __________________________ Julius was Benton Street Church first clerk in 1852

  
  

• Sources

  [S229] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1871, Div. 1, Pg. 33. [S340] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1911, Div. 30, Pg 14. [S1848] House of Industry and Refuge Burial Register - Kitchener, Pg 22 Reg. Number in Admittance Record Book: 2206. J. Bodecker Died: 19 Nov 1920 Aged 83 Cause: Old Age Comment and Remarks: Ed Lippert Buried by Daughters, Mt. Hope Cemetery

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - May 1837 - , Prussia, Germany Birth - - , Holland Married - 10 Oct 1869 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Immigration - 1870 - , Ontario, Canada Occupation - Pedlar - 1871 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Baptist - 1871 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Baptist - 1911 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada House of Industry and Refuge - 1920 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - Cause: old age - senile debility - 19 Nov 1920 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth