John Georg "George" Lortz^[1]

1833 - 1904  (70 years)

• Name	John Georg "George" Lortz
  Born	27 Jul 1833	, Germany   [2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1857	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	joiner
  Occupation	1861	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Carpenter
  Residence	1861	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Lutheran
  Directory	1864	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  Name	George Lortz
  Occupation	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	cabinet maker
  Occupation	1871	Listowel, Wallace Twp., Perth County, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	carpenter
  Residence	1871	Listowel, Wallace Twp., Perth County, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Lutheran
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-153843
  Died	19 Feb 1904	Toronto Junction, York Co., Ontario
  Person ID	I153843	Generations
  Last Modified	6 Apr 2024

  
  

  Family	Marie E. Hess,   b. 31 May 1836, , Germany ,   d. 1 Sep 1901, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 65 years)
  Married	13 Apr 1857	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Children	1. Mary Lortz,   b. 1 May 1858, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 4 Feb 1939, St. Catharines, Welland, Ontario, Canada  (Age 80 years)   2. Louisa Lortz,   b. 1861, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 21 Jun 1927, , York Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 66 years)   3. Catherine "Katie" Lortz,   b. 30 Jun 1865, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 25 Dec 1940, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 75 years)
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F38415	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 [George Lortz] , 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

  
  

• Sources

  [S6] Church Records - ON, Waterloo - Bindeman, F. W. - Card Index Kitchener Public Library. Maria Lortz daughter of John Georg & Maria Hess, born 1 May 1858, bapt. 6 Jun 1858, sponsors: George Hess, Christian Hess [S123] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1861, Div. 3 Page 26. [S1514] Census - ON, Perth, Listowel - 1871, pg 16. George Lortz 28, b. Germany, Lutheran, carpenter Maria E. 35, Germany Marie 13 Louisa 9 Catherina 5 Eda E. Sept. [S6] Church Records - ON, Waterloo - Bindeman, F. W. - Card Index Kitchener Public Library. George Lorts Res: Berlin Occupation: Joiner Maria Hess Res: Berlin married 13 Apr 1857 Waterloo Twp. by Banns Witnesses: George Hess & Jacob Uhlrich [S330] Directory - ON, Waterloo - 1864 - County of Waterloo gazetteer and general business directory for 1864, George Lortz, res. Berlin, cabinet maker with Hoffman.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 27 Jul 1833 - , Germany Occupation - joiner - 1857 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 13 Apr 1857 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Carpenter - 1861 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Lutheran - 1861 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Directory - 1864 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - cabinet maker - - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - carpenter - 1871 - Listowel, Wallace Twp., Perth County, Ontario, Canada Residence - Lutheran - 1871 - Listowel, Wallace Twp., Perth County, Ontario, Canada Died - 19 Feb 1904 - Toronto Junction, York Co., Ontario  = Link to Google Earth