Johannes "John" Koch

1834 - 1889  (55 years)

• Name	Johannes "John" Koch
  Born	15 Jan 1834	Ober-Beerbach, , Hessen, Germany   [1, 2, 3]
  Christened	19 Jan 1834	Ober-Beerbach, , Hessen, Germany   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Name	John Koch  [4]
  Occupation	1861	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Baggage Master
  Residence	1861	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Lutheran
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-153164
  Died	18 Feb 1889	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Cause: consumption 5 months
  Person ID	I153164	Generations
  Last Modified	7 Nov 2024

  
  

  Father	George Valentin "Valentine" Koch,   b. 17 May 1805, Ober-Modau, , Hessen, Germany ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Elizabetha Barbara "Barbara" Eisinger,   b. 29 Apr 1805, , Germany ,   d. 3 Dec 1880, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 75 years)
  Married	18 Oct 1829	Ober-Beerbach, , Hessen, Germany   [5]
  Family ID	F12275	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Eliza Kling,   b. 1837, , USA ,   d. 9 Dec 1905, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 68 years)
  Married	6 Jul 1854	, Richland Co., Ohio   [6]
  Children	1. Margaretha Koch,   b. 31 Aug 1855, , USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Barbara Koch,   b. 9 May 1857, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. John Koch,   b. 12 Feb 1859, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. John George Koch,   b. 16 Apr 1861, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 31 May 1863, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 2 years)
  Last Modified	12 Nov 2024
  Family ID	F38324	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  King St. South In 1850 John Winger erected a building about half way between Gaukel and Foundry Streets and occupied the first floor as a factory. He used steam power, a novelty in those days, and pump had an old-fashioned upright engine built by Crombie & Co. of Galt. He made pumps, broom handles, etc. The second floor of the building was operated by Matthias Wegenast as a sash and door factory. Later there was a saw mill in the basement. Several acci-dents occurred in this saw mill; Helwig Scholl's leg was cut off as was also John Koch's arm, by the saw. Mr. Winger, apparently in difficulty with his creditors, suddenly left the village, after which the building was taken over by Martin Simpson, who had operated the Bowman & Correll factory at the east end of the town, and the building became known as the Simpson factory, the product being mostly furniture. At the rear of the Simpson factory stood a two storey frame building, used by W. H. Goetze, (cousin and brother-in-law of Louis Breithaupt) as a tobacco factory. Mr. Goetze came from New York early in the 60's. During the closing years of the American Civil War the factory found difficulty in getting tobacco, then mostly supplied from the Southern States. 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

  
  

• Sources

  [S123] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1861, Div. 3 Page 24. [S2317] Deutschland Geburten and Taufen - 1558-1898, Johannes Koch, 19 Jan 1834; citing ; FHL microfilm 1,195,110. Johannes Koch Event Date: 1824 - 1875 Event Date: 1834 Gender: Male Birth Date: 15 Jan 1834 Birth Year: 1834 Christening Date: 19 Jan 1834 Christening Place: EVANGELISCH, OBER BEERBACH, STARKENBURG, HESSE-DARMSTADT Father's Name: Georg Valentin Koch Mother's Name: Maria Elisabethe Eisinger [S713] Vit - ON - Death Registration, death certificate 17975 (1888), John Cook. John Cook d. 18 Feb 1889 Berlin, aged 55y, 1m, 2d, laborer, b. Germany, cause: consumption 5 months [S6] Church Records - ON, Waterloo - Bindeman, F. W. - Card Index Kitchener Public Library. Barbara Koch daughter of John and Eliza Kling of Berlin, born 9 May 1857, bapt. 30 Aug 1857 sponsors: Barbara Koch jr. [S2266] Deutschland, Heiraten, 1558-1929, Georg Valentin Koch and Elisabetha Barbara Eisinger, 18 Oct 1829; citing Evangelisch, Ober Beerbach, Starkenburg, Hesse-Darmstadt; FHL microfilm 1,195,111. Georg Valentin Koch Birth Date: 17 May 1805 Birthplace: Obermodau Age: 24 Spouse's Name: Elisabetha Barbara Eisinger Spouse's Birth Date: 29 Apr 1805 Spouse's Age: 24 Event Date: 18 Oct 1829 Event Place: Evangelisch, Ober Beerbach, Starkenburg, Hesse-Darmstadt Father's Name: Johannes Koch Mother's Name: Anna Catharina Daum Spouse's Father's Name: Jakob Eisinger Spouse's Mother's Name: Anna Margaretha Gehrling [S2538] Ohio, Marriages, 1803-1900. Eliza Kling Gender Female Spouse John Koch Spouse Gender Male Marriage Date 6 Jul 1854 County Richland State Ohio

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 15 Jan 1834 - Ober-Beerbach, , Hessen, Germany Christened - 19 Jan 1834 - Ober-Beerbach, , Hessen, Germany Married - 6 Jul 1854 - , Richland Co., Ohio Occupation - Baggage Master - 1861 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Lutheran - 1861 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - Cause: consumption 5 months - 18 Feb 1889 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth