Henry Hilker^[1]

1825 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	Henry Hilker
  Born	1825	, Germany   [2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1851	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	shoemaker
  Eby ID Number	00023-1632.1
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Person ID	I15702	Generations
  Last Modified	12 May 2025

  
  

  Father	William Hilker,   b. 1795, , Germany ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Henriette,   b. 1799, , Germany ,   d. 25 Jul 1869, Saugeen Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 70 years)
  Family ID	F7146	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Hannah Clemens,   b. 1826, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1856, Port Elgin, Saugeen Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 30 years)
  Children	1. Elijah Hilker   2. Caroline Hilker,   b. 1843, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. John W. Hilker,   b. 1849, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Amos A. Hilker,   b. 1851, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	13 May 2025
  Family ID	F4230	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Emily,   b. 1836, , Germany ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Children	1. Henry Hilker,   b. 1863, Port Elgin, Saugeen Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Minnie Hilker,   b. 1864, Port Elgin, Saugeen Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Adam Hilker,   b. 1867, Port Elgin, Saugeen Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Bismarck Hilker,   b. 1869, Port Elgin, Saugeen Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Emily Hilker,   b. 1874, Port Elgin, Saugeen Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   6. Nellie Hilker,   b. 1875, Port Elgin, Saugeen Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   7. Charles Hilker,   b. 1877, Port Elgin, Saugeen Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	13 May 2025
  Family ID	F7151	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  Hilker, Henry - Port Elgin plaque.jpg

  
  

• Notes

  THE FOUNDING OF PORT ELGIN Port Elgin's development began when, in 1854, Benjamin Shantz, one of Saugeen Township's early settlers, acquired from George Butchart a sawmill on Mill Creek. Nearby he built a grist-mill and within three years a community of 250 people had developed around these mills. Stores, hotels and tanneries were constructed and in March, 1857, a village plot named Port Elgin was laid out. The enterprise of its businessmen, notably Henry Hilker, Samuel Bricker and John Stafford, contributed to the development of the settlement, which had a population of over 600 by 1867. The arrival of the Wellington, Grey and Bruce Railway in 1872 further stimulated the growth of the community and it was incorporated as a Village in 1874 with a population of about 950. Erected by the Archaeological and Historic Sites Board Ministry of Colleges and Universities Historical Plaques of Bruce County, Ontario, Canada Location: Park Place Rd. just off Goderich St, H-Way 21, Pt. Elg

  
  

• Sources

  [S3] Book - Vol I A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., 397. [S131] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1851, Div 1 pg 1. [S201] Census - ON, Bruce, Port Elgin - 1881, Page Number 17 Household Number 66.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 1825 - , Germany Occupation - shoemaker - 1851 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth