Waterloo Region Generations
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Johann "John" Sachs

Male 1836 - 1887  (51 years)


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  • Name Johann "John" Sachs 
    Born 24 Jun 1836  , Sachsen Weimar, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
    Gender Male 
    FindAGrave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/220087170 
    Residence 1862  Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 9
    Occupation 1871  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Carpenter 
    Residence 1871  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Lutheran 
    Occupation 1881  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Carpenter 
    Residence 1881  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Lutheran 
    Misfortune 1887 
    killed in industrial accident 
    Name John Sachs 
    Occupation 1887  Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    carpenter 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-145550 
    Died 24 Aug 1887  Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 6, 8
    Cause: accident 
    Buried New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    Person ID I145550  Generations
    Last Modified 26 Feb 2024 

    Father Ernst Sachs,   b. 1809, , Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Mother Anna Martha Rinke,   b. 1813, , Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Family ID F7296  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Catherine Roos,   b. 1838, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Aug 1899, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 61 years) 
    Married 5 Aug 1862  Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 9
    Children 
     1. Henry Sachs,   b. 15 Sep 1862, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 May 1950  (Age 87 years)
     2. Albert Sachs,   b. 8 Nov 1863, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     3. Mary Sachs,   b. 5 Apr 1866, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Oct 1929, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 63 years)
     4. Edward Sachs,   b. 1867, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     5. John Sachs,   b. 1869, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     6. Charles Sachs,   b. Between 1871 and 1872, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     7. Caroline "Carrie" Sachs,   b. 1873, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     8. Maude Caroline Sachs,   b. 16 Oct 1873, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 May 1922  (Age 48 years)
     9. Leana R. Sachs,   b. 1874, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     10. Rosalina "Rosa" Sachs,   b. 10 Mar 1875, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Sep 1945, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years)
     11. George Sachs,   b. 5 Dec 1876, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Jun 1921  (Age 44 years)
     12. William Sachs,   b. 3 Jan 1878, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1961  (Age 82 years)
     13. Lily May Sachs,   b. 3 Jan 1882, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 May 1947, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 65 years)
     14. Margaret E. "Maggie" Sachs,   b. 10 Apr 1883, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1964  (Age 80 years)
    Last Modified 2 Mar 2024 
    Family ID F36488  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • I n 1860 Messrs. Gideon Ochs, George Guenther and John Sachs entered into partnership in the Carpenter business under style: Gideon Ochs & Co., which partnership subsisted until 1864 when Mr. Guenther withdrew to go with Fred. Guggisburg. For a time the remaining two partners continued. Both partnerships owned property in Hespeler.

      From 1867 until 1874 Gideon Ochs appears personally as a carpenter, from 1870 on, as resident. Because he lived in the Township and owned no property in Hespeler Mr. John Sachs does not appear on our assessment rolls subsequent to 1864 when evidently the Partnership ceased. Mr. John Sachs apparently worked with Mr. Ochs or with his brother, Henry Sachs (or both) until about 1874 when he went as Boss Carpenter, Millwright and General Maintenance man for J. Schofield & Co. where he remained until his death in 1887.

      When he went to work at the Lower Mill, Mr. Sachs took along as Millwright, Gideon Ochs, who left around 1876 and moved to the farm west of the Guelph Road just above the Block Line. John Wehner and Fred. Fiedler worked for John Sachs at the Lower Mill and during the time there of Mr. John Sachs, many of the mill houses were built.

      Le Rue De Commerce, Other Times Other Customs Other Days Other Ways, Winfield Brewster 1954

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      SERIOUS ACCIDENT AT HESPELER.

      Fall of a Scaffold at the Star Mills.

      Fifteen Men Hurt - One Dead and Others Fatally Injured.

      (From our Correspondent.)
      This (Wednesday) forenoon about 9:30 o'clock, without a moment's warning the cross beams of timber,on the second story of the rear part of Forbes & Co.'s St Woollen Mills, broke, precipitating about twenty men to the ground, & distance of some twenty-five feet. All the men were more or less injured. The following is a list of the names of those who, at the time of sending away this news, are in critical condition: - Mr. John Sachs, boss mechanic, Mr. Conwarf, sr., Edward Johnston, Fred. Sohonfeldt, John Wehner and David Guenther. Mr. Sachs it is feared will not recover from the injuries received.

      Drs. Mcintyre and Lockhart are in close attendance on the patients who are most seriously injured.

      It is needless to add all was done that was possible to do to relieve the injured men, In a few minutes hundreds of willing hands were engaged removing the debris from above the men, who fell with the timbers and lay buried beneath the same, and as one by one were extricated from their pinned position received kind attention in the way of washing the blood from their wounds and placed in some adjoining house or taken to their respective homes. None were allowed to be removed until examined by the doctors.

      It is the worst catastrophe that has occurred here in many years.

      LATER, 11:10 A.M.- Since sending previous word Mr. John Sachs has died, others are not expected to get over their injuries.

      Hespeler Aug 24, 1887

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      Hespeler Correspondence.

      BURIAL OF MR. SACHS.
      On Friday afternoon last the funeral of Mr. John Sachs, aged fifty-two years, took place from his late residence to the Hespeler cemetery. The funeral was conducted by the Ancient Order of United Workmen, the member of said Society turning out in large numbers, and presenting a fine appearance, dressed neatly in dark colored clothes, wearing white gloves and the regular A. O. U. W. badge. Many of the brethren were from distant places; among the number we noticed some from Galt, Guelph, Morriston, Weston and Preston. In addition to the society all the employees of the Star Mills, male and and female, marched, also many of the villagers as well as a large number from a distance. There were sixty-four single carriages and twenty three double carriages in the line of procession. Among the number was the carriage of the firm, for whom the deceased had worked for so many years, the occupants thereof being Mr. Robert Forbes and son George. The procession was twenty minutes passing a given point. Rev. Mr. Haigh officiated at the house previous to conveying the remains of the deceased there from, and the Rev. pastor of the Lutheran church conducted the services at the grave. The funeral sermon was preached in the Lutheran church, of which deceased was a staunch adherent, by the pastor, on Sunday evening last, a large congregation attending.

      DOING WELL


      All the men injured through the accident at the Star Woollen Mills, on Wednesday the 24th, are doing full as well as can be expected.

      Guelph Mercury 30 Aug 1887

  • Sources 
    1. [S131] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1851, Div 1 Pg 53.

    2. [S184] Funeral Card - - Funeral Card Notices of Waterloo County from 1851 to 1980.
      Died/ At Hespeler, on Wednesday morning,/ August 24th, by accident,/ John Sachs,/ aged 51 years and 2 months./ Funeral/ Will take place on Friday next, August/ 26th, at 2 p.m., from his late residence to/ the Cemetery./ The funeral will be conducted by the/ Ancient Order of United Workmen./ Brethren and friends will please accept/ this intimation. [no year given. Tombstone: 1887]

    3. [S116] Vit - ON - Death Registration, 17437-1887 John Sachs.

    4. [S604] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1871, Div. 2, Pg. 4.

    5. [S178] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1881, Waterloo S. Twp. 1881 Div 2 Page 23.

    6. [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 1 Sep 1887.
      24 Aug 1887 John Sachs died in Hespeler at age of 51 years and 2 months.

    7. [S5] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - 1858-1869 Marriage Register.
      Johann Sachs, 26, res. Hespeler, b. Sachsen Weimar, son of Ernst and Martha (Rink), married 5 Aug 1862 Catherine Roos, 21, res. Hespeler, b. Waterloo, daughter of Jacob and Caroline (Bohmer)

    8. [S2575] Census - ON, Waterloo Township - 1891, Sect. 3 Page 28.

    9. [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), Aug. 7, 1862.
      Aug. 5, 1862 Johann Sachs and Catharine Roos, both of Hespeler

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    Link to Google MapsBorn - 24 Jun 1836 - , Sachsen Weimar, Germany Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1862 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 5 Aug 1862 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Carpenter - 1871 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Lutheran - 1871 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Carpenter - 1881 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Lutheran - 1881 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - carpenter - 1887 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - Cause: accident - 24 Aug 1887 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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