Peter Louis Hymmen

1852 - 1930  (77 years)

• Name	Peter Louis Hymmen
  Born	21 Aug 1852	Centreville (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]
  Gender	Male
  Business	Hymmen Bros. & Chamberlain, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	Hymmen Bros. & Chamberlain
  Business	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	Hymmen Hardware
  		King Street Kitchener 1922 photo by Denton original owned by rych Mills 2015 (At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.)
  Interesting	business, life story,
  Immigration	1860	, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  Immigration	1860	, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Name	Peter Hyman
  Residence	1861	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Baptist
  Residence	1871	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Baptist
  Occupation	1881	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Tin Smith
  Residence	1881	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Baptist
  Occupation	1891	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  	Tinsmith
  Occupation	1891	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  	Tinsmith
  Occupation	1901	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Hardware
  		Kitchener-HymmenHardware-001-Envelope-1897.jpg
  Occupation	1911	156-158 King St. W., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6, 10]
  	Merchant, Hardware
  Residence	1911	95 Queen St. N., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Residence	1911	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Baptist
  Occupation	1921	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	Store Keeper, Hardware Retail
  Residence	1921	95 Queen St. N., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  Residence	1921	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	Baptist
  Residence	1930	57 Roy St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [9]
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-186267
  Died	10 May 1930	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [9]
  Person ID	I186267	Generations
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2025

  
  

  Father	Johan Heinrich Peter "Peter" Hymmen,   b. 1819, , Germany ,   d. 24 Sep 1869, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 50 years)
  Mother	Helena Louisa Wescott,   b. 15 Nov 1823, Wuppertal, , Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany ,   d. 3 Mar 1902, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 78 years)
  Family ID	F8672	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Reichart,   b. 4 Apr 1857, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Bef 1952  (Age < 94 years)
  Married	13 Jun 1880	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Children	1. Harvey Lewis Hymmen,   b. 28 Feb 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 10 Sep 1945, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 64 years)   2. Homer Wescott Hymmen,   b. 17 Mar 1883, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1951  (Age 67 years)
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2025
  Family ID	F8408	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Hymmen Bros. & Chamberlain, Hardware, Stoves, Pumps, etc., King Street - The hardware trade in Berlin is one in which a large amount of capital is invested, and in which employment is furnished to many hands. The goods handled are those in use in all building operations, houses, stores, offices, etc., and consequently the demand is large and the field of operations extensive. Among those actively and prominently engaged in this line of industry is the firm of Messrs. Hymmen Bros. & Chamberlain, whose business has been established for the past six years, Mr. Chamberlain having been admitted a partner last spring. The premises occupied are large and commodious, being 20x124 feet in dimensions, where a large and well assorted stock of hardware, stoves, pumps, tinware, hot-air furnaces, cutlery, etc., etc., is carried in profusion. The firm manufacture their own tinware both from order and for stock. They give employment to 8 competent assistants and skilled workmen, and use one team for the delivery of goods to customers, who come from the town and surrounding sections of country. The business since its inception has been constantly improving and still steadily increases, the volume of business transacted this fall being very large and in advance of former years. All members of the firm are natives to Canada, and imbued with all the business characteristics which have made the country such a successful commercial one. They are held in the highest regard by all who know them. Industries of Canada Historical and Commercial Sketches Hamilton and Environs 1886 _______________________ August and Charles Boehmer in the sixties owned a hardware, stove and tinware store at 58 East King Street. In 1874, they began manufacturing paper boxes, after selling the hardware stock to C. E. Moyer and the tinware shop to Peter and Henry Hymmen. Hymmen Bros. first leased quarters in the Canadian block from J. Y. Shantz, and later on in the Germania block. Hardware and plumbing were added to their lines. In 1892, Peter Hymmen bought his brother's share. In 1906, he opened up West King Street as a business section, erecting a large block at No. 158. Mr. Hymmen was active until shortly before his death in 1930. Prior to his departure, his sons, H. I.. Hymmen and Homer Hymmen, had been their father's associates and now direct the enterprise. After Henry Hymmen left the firm he was for four years with H. Wolfhard & Co., and then bought C. E. Moyer's hardware stock. He carried on in the Dunke block until 1900, when he was appointed superintendent of the waterworks. George Potter, who for many years had been with John Fennell & Son, bought Mr. Hymmen's stock, and is still doing business at the old stand. 2aA History of Kitchener, W. V. (Ben) Uttley, Kitchener, Ontario 1937, pg 159

  
  

• Sources

  [S137] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1901, Berlin (Town/Ville) A-5 Page 10. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration. Peter Hymen Born: USA Age: 28 Father: Peter Hymen Mother: Helena Hymen Born: abt 1852 Spouse: Mary Reichert Age: 23 born: Canada Father: Philip D Reichert Mother: Eva Mary Reichert married 13 Jun 1880 [S158] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1881, Div 1 Page 60. [S229] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1871, Div. 1, Pg. 51. [S123] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1861, Div. 4 Page 38. [S340] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1911, Div. 34 Page 3. [S2264] Census - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - 1921, Sub District 28 Page 1. [S1592] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1891, Sec. 5 Page 61. [S116] Vit - ON - Death Registration. Peter Hymmen b. 24 Aug 1852 Centreville, On. d. 10 may 1930 Kitchener, s/o Peter Hymmen & Helen Westcott, res. 57 Roy St., Kitchener, Ont. [S1535] Report - An Inventory of Industrial Buildings of Architectural/Historical Significance in the City of Kitchener, p. pg 8.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 21 Aug 1852 - Centreville (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Business - Hymmen Hardware - - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Immigration - 1860 - , Ontario, Canada Immigration - 1860 - , Ontario, Canada Residence - Baptist - 1861 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Baptist - 1871 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 13 Jun 1880 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Tin Smith - 1881 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Baptist - 1881 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Tinsmith - 1891 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Tinsmith - 1891 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Hardware - 1901 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Merchant, Hardware - 1911 - 156-158 King St. W., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1911 - 95 Queen St. N., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Baptist - 1911 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Store Keeper, Hardware Retail - 1921 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1921 - 95 Queen St. N., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Baptist - 1921 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 10 May 1930 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth