Waterloo Region Generations
A record of the people of Waterloo Region, Ontario.

Heman Cole[1]

Male 1840 - 1928  (88 years)


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  • Name Heman Cole 
    Born 5 May 1840  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
    Gender Male 
    Business New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    New Hamburg Brick & Tile Factory 
    • Thomas Adamson & Heman Cole
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    FindAGrave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/69442389 
    Historic Building 1101 Doon Village Rd., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1861  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Occupation 1871  New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Brickmaker 
    Occupation 1881  New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    brick maker 
    Occupation 1881  New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Brickmaker 
    Residence 1881  New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Christadelphian 
    Historic Building 1890  1115 Doon Village Road, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • This handsome one and a half storey residence, with hipped rood, was built in 1890 by Herman Cole, co-owner of the former Watson Woollen Mill. Though not a large building, it displays a wealth of well-executed classical features. These include a porch with pedimented roof supported by grouped Doric columns and roof detail of denticulated frieze. The eaves brackets of the house roof and the sementally arched windows are Italianate features. Set in an attractive garden, with many mature trees and shrubs, this is a building of great charm and presence.1a

      1aUpper Doon, a a heritage conservation district plan, prepared by Nicholas Hill (architect planner - London) 1987 pg 34
    Name H. Cook 
    Name Herman Cole 
    Occupation 1891  New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [10
    Brick & Tile Manufacturer 
    Residence 1891  New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [10
    Christadelphian 
    Retired 1901  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Occupation 1911  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    Income 
    Residence 1911  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    Christadelphian 
    Eby ID Number 00049-3685.7 
    Died 13 Oct 1928  [2
    Buried Blair Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Person ID I1957  Generations
    Last Modified 7 Nov 2024 

    Father Jeremiah Kohl,   b. 1805, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1861  (Age < 55 years) 
    Mother Hannah Hammacher,   b. 1812, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married 1828  [11
    Family ID F623  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Lydia Matilda Moore,   b. 27 Sep 1835, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Aug 1922  (Age 86 years) 
    Married 19 Jan 1861  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 12, 13
    Children 
     1. Lydia Cole,   b. 19 Dec 1861, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Sep 1862  (Age 0 years)
     2. Jane Caroline "Jennie" Cole,   b. 30 Aug 1864, Doon (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Jan 1934, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years)
     3. Alice Eucebis Cole,   b. 7 Sep 1871, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Jan 1930, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 58 years)
    Last Modified 12 Nov 2024 
    Family ID F6164  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Cole, H., proprietor of brick and tile manufactory. Born in the county, 1838. Mr. Cole has village property valued at $8,000.

      Illustrated Atlas of the County of Waterloo, H. Parsel & Co., Toronto - 1881 (Village of New Hamburg entries)

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      DOON SCHOOL OF FINE ARTS.

      After Homer Watson's sister , Phoebe Amelia Watson, died on Oct. 22nd, 1947, in her 90th year the property was sold to Mr. and Mrs. Ross Hamilton, who started and ran the Doon School of Fine Arts.

      Mayor Ross Hamilton, one of Canada's foremost Art critics was born in Kingston. He was a veteran of both world wars and a member of the Kitchener Branch Legion of the Canadian.

      With the artist; the late Ralph Connor; Ross Hamilton founded the K-W Art Society. He married Bessie Haist of St. Jacobs and Kitchener. He was very familiar with the Watson Gallery as he had been commissioned, after Mr. Watson's death, to sell the remaining Watson
      landscapes. Before moving to the Watson home they lived in the Rockway section of Kitchener. This home had been purchased by Homer Watson in 1894 and was part of the Adam Ferrie land. The studio was added to the house in 1894, with large windows to give him correct lighting for his painting. In 1903 he added the Art Gallery. He removed a small white brick house to make room for the Gallery . The last inhabitants of this house was a family by the name of Bannister. The Gallery was built of New Hamburg brick purchased from his cousin Heman Cole; price two oil paintings.

      Grand River Tweedsmuir Book Chapter 1

  • Sources 
    1. [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..., 781.

    2. [S34] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Blair CC#4501 Internet Link.
      Cole / Heman Cole / born May 5, 1840, died Oct. 13, 1928 / Lydia Moore, his beloved wife / born Sept. 27, 1835, died Aug. 17, 1922 / Alice Williams, their dau. / born Sept. 7, 1872, died Jan. 29, 1930 A. Stewart T. Williams / 1903-1978 / beloved husband of / Emily J. McKie B. Lydia Cole / 1835-1922 C. Heman Cole / 1840-1928 D. Glenn Stewart / 1956-1977 / beloved son of / Emily and Stewart / Williams / rest in peace E. Alice Williams / 1872-1930 F. William John / Williams / died 1927 / husband of / Alice Cole

    3. [S86] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1901, Waterloo (South/Sud) G-2 Page 7.

    4. [S250] Census - ON, Waterloo, New Hamburg - 1871, Page 28.

    5. [S251] Census - ON, Waterloo, New Hamburg - 1881, Sub-district G Page Number 9 Household Number 35.

    6. [S134] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1851, Div 3 Pg 9.

    7. [S5] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - 1858-1869 Marriage Register.
      Herman Cole Born: Waterloo Township Res: Wilmot Township Age: 23 Father: Jeremiah Mother: Hanch Hamacher Born: 1838 Spouse: Lydia Moore Age: 24 born: Waterloo Township Res: Waterloo Born: 1837 Father: Charles Mother: Rachel Thomson? married 19 Jan 1861

    8. [S251] Census - ON, Waterloo, New Hamburg - 1881, New Hamburg 1881 Page 9.

    9. [S272] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1911, Div. 7 Page 22.

    10. [S699] Census - ON, Waterloo, New Hamburg - 1891, Section 1 Page 23.

    11. [S844] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1861, Sect. 9 Page 54.

    12. [S6] Church Records - ON, Waterloo - Bindeman, F. W. - Card Index Kitchener Public Library.

    13. [S699] Census - ON, Waterloo, New Hamburg - 1891, Section 1 Page 24.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 5 May 1840 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBusiness - New Hamburg Brick & Tile Factory - - New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1861 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 19 Jan 1861 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Brickmaker - 1871 - New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - brick maker - 1881 - New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Brickmaker - 1881 - New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Christadelphian - 1881 - New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsHistoric Building - 1890 - 1115 Doon Village Road, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Brick & Tile Manufacturer - 1891 - New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Christadelphian - 1891 - New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsRetired - 1901 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Income - 1911 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Christadelphian - 1911 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Blair Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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