Friedrich "Frederick" Riegelmann^[1]

1837 - 1922  (~ 85 years)

• Name	Friedrich "Frederick" Riegelmann
  Born	Jul 1837	, Germany   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1856	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	clerk
  Occupation	1861	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Tavern Keeper [catagory: hotel keeper, inn keeper, tavern keeper]
  Residence	1861	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Lutheran
  Business	1862	Queen St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	Franklin Hotel
  		Kitchener-FranklinHotel-001-1862AdvertFrederickRiegelman.jpg Grand Trunk Railway gazetteer, commercial advertiser and business directory, Toronto : J.L. Mitchell & A.O. Loomis, Publishers and Compilers, 1862
  Name	Frederick Riegelmann  [4]
  Occupation	1870	Buffalo, Erie, New York, United States   [5]
  	saloon keeper
  Residence	1870	Buffalo, Erie, New York, United States   [5]
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-152694
  Died	15 Dec 1922	Buffalo, Erie, New York, United States   [6]
  Person ID	I152694	Generations
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2025

  
  

  Father	Riegelmann,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Kranz,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F300307	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Katharine Hüglin,   b. 6 Aug 1838, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 31 Dec 1895, Buffalo, Erie, New York, United States  (Age 57 years)
  Married	26 Oct 1856	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Children	1. Caroline Riegelmann,   b. 30 May 1857, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 31 Dec 1895, Buffalo, Erie, New York, United States  (Age 38 years)   2. George Henry Riegelmann,   b. 1858, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 19 Sep 1910, Buffalo, Erie, New York, United States  (Age 52 years)   3. Charles Riegelmann,   b. 1862, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2025
  Family ID	F38276	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Queen Street South, West Side. A frame building used as a tavern by Phineas Varnum and later the kitchen of the Gaukel Hotel. A frame building erected by Frederick Gaukel about 1833 as shelter for the considerable number of immigrants coming to Berlin at that time. In 1837 it was made into a dwelling for John Stroh, uncle of Jacob Stroh. Two children were born in this building, Katie, in 1838, (she married Jacob Oswald, still living, now 93 years of age), and Henry Stroh, born in 1840. Hall's Lane. A brick building erected about 1850. John Klein, father of John Klein of Buffalo, was the first occupant. Later the building was used as a printing office, first by the "Berlin Chronicle", William Jaffray editor and proprietor, and later by the "Berliner Journal", Rittinger & Motz. The site is now occupied by the Lockhart garage. The Franklin Hotel, a handsome, good-sized frame building, erected by Philip Roth about 1856. Successive hotel-keepers were John Klein, Levi Gaukel, Frederick Riegelman, who later moved to Buffalo, and Jacob Weber. Weber was occupant in 1874 when the hotel was burned down. The fire started in the barn at the rear of the hotel. The hotel shed, next south, extended, at right angles, from Queen Street to the barn. A garden. A one and one-half story frame building lengthwise with the street occupied by Christopher K. Nahrgang whose parents came from Hessen, Germany, about 1835. He was married to a Miss Zinkann of New Hamburg. A stone building used as a tailor shop by Mr. Nahrgang who was deaf and dumb. His wife helped him in the business. She lived to be 87. It was in this building that John Motz of the "Journal" and eventually County Sheriff, learned the tailoring trade. A one and one-half story dwelling, erected about 1857, occupied by George Fischer, barber, who had his shop on King Street. A later occupant was George Lutz, a cabinet maker in Hoffman's factory and after him Henry Schaefer's mother. A frame building lengthwise with the street, the church of the Evangelical denomination, erected in 1841. In 1866 it was replaced by the brick building still standing, now used as stores and upstairs dwellings. A one and one-half story frame building with kitchen at the rear erected by William Becking, wagonmaker, about 1848. Becking was noted as a hunter. White hare and passenger pigeons, practically extinct long ago, were abundant at that time. Becking's wagon-shop and lumber yard at the corner of John Street with the customary incline and stair to the second story of the shop. Up this incline the wagons were drawn to the paint shop. Valentine Gildner, at the corner of King and Benton Streets, did the blacksmith work for Becking's wagons. John Street. A one and one-half story house occupied by H. Baedecker in 1860 and later by Adam Doering. Rev. F. W. Tuerk's residence erected about 1860 by Henry Rothaermel, a carpenter. The matching and planing was all done by hand, slow but thorough work. Window sashes, panel doors and all other requirements were made in the same manner. A skilled workman at that time was expected to he able to do painting as well as carpenter work. A single room in the shape of a square turret on the ridge of the building was Rev. Tuerk's study. The house was up-hill about twenty feet above the street level so that the study on top gave a good outlook. The site is now occupied by the York Apartments. A frame building one and one-half story high. Nothing but a building used as an ashery between that and Joseph E. Schneider's house and farm buildings. REMINISCENCES OF BERLIN (NOW KITCHENER) By JACOB STROH Contributed by Joseph M. Snyder. Part I. Settlement - Early Villagers and Buildings, Waterloo Historical Society Annual Volume 1930 _________________ RIEGELMANN--In this city, December 15, 1922, Frederick Riegelmann, husband of the date Catherine, brother of Mrs. Frederick Snyder of Kitchener, Canada, grandfather of Frederick Kuhn. Mrs. Horace Deutcher and Frederick Carl Riegelmann, aged 85 rears. Funeral from his granddaughter's residence. Mrs. Horace Deutcher, No. 72 York Street. Monday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. Friends are invited. Deceased was a member of Concordia Lodge, No. 143. F. & A. M.. The Buffalo Times, Buffalo, New York Sun, Dec 17, 1922 Page 73

  
  

• Sources

  [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 9 Jun 1881. 28 May 1881 George Friedrich Kuhn, infant son of Charles Kuhn and grandson of Friedrich Riegelmann, died in Buffalo, N.Y. of a brain infection, at age of 1 year, 7 months and 25 days. [S123] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1861, Div. 3 Page 22. [S6] Church Records - ON, Waterloo - Bindeman, F. W. - Card Index Kitchener Public Library. Friedrich Riegelmann, clerk of Berlin married 26 Oct 1856 in Berlin by license to Catherine Higlin of Berlin wit: Hugo Kranz of Berlin & Henry Knell of Berlin [S6] Church Records - ON, Waterloo - Bindeman, F. W. - Card Index Kitchener Public Library. Caroline Reigelmann d/o Friederich & Catharine Higlin of Berlin, b. 30 May 1857 bapt. 5 Jul 1857 sponsors: Henry Galle, Caroline Kraemer [S2374] Census - U.S. Census Population Schedule, 1870 9th Census, Census Place: Buffalo Ward 4, Erie, New York; Roll: M593_933; Page: 420B. [S3013] New York, U.S., Death Index, 1852-1956. NameFrederick Riegelmann Death Date15 Dec 1922 Death PlaceBuffalo, New York, USA Certificate Number67455

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - Jul 1837 - , Germany Occupation - clerk - 1856 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 26 Oct 1856 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Tavern Keeper [catagory: hotel keeper, inn keeper, tavern keeper] - 1861 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Lutheran - 1861 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - saloon keeper - 1870 - Buffalo, Erie, New York, United States Residence - 1870 - Buffalo, Erie, New York, United States Died - 15 Dec 1922 - Buffalo, Erie, New York, United States  = Link to Google Earth