Heman Cole^[1]

1840 - 1928  (88 years)

• Name	Heman Cole
  Born	5 May 1840	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]
  Gender	Male
  Business	New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	New Hamburg Brick & Tile Factory
  	Thomas Adamson & Heman Cole
  		NewHamburg-Business-NewHamburgBrickandTileFactory-001-Advert.JPG
  Business	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	Williams Glove & Gauntlet Company
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/69442389
  Historic Building	1101 Doon Village Rd., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Residence	1861	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  Occupation	1871	New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Brickmaker
  Occupation	1881	New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	brick maker
  Occupation	1881	New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  	Brickmaker
  Residence	1881	New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  	Christadelphian
  Historic Building	1890	1115 Doon Village Road, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	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   [10]
  	Brick & Tile Manufacturer
  Residence	1891	New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [10]
  	Christadelphian
  Retired	1901	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Occupation	1911	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [9]
  	Income
  Residence	1911	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [9]
  	Christadelphian
  Eby ID Number	00049-3685.7
  Died	13 Oct 1928	Doon (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Buried	Blair Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Person ID	I1957	Generations
  Last Modified	17 Feb 2026

  
  

  Father	Jeremiah Kohl,   b. 1805, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Bef 1861  (Age < 55 years)
  Mother	Hannah Hammacher,   b. 1812, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   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 ,   d. 17 Aug 1922  (Age 86 years)
  Married	19 Jan 1861	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7, 12, 13]
  Children	1. Lydia A. Cole,   b. 19 Dec 1861, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 19 Sep 1862, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 0 years)   2. Jane Caroline "Jennie" Cole,   b. 30 Aug 1864, Doon (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 6 Jan 1934, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 69 years)   3. Alice Eucebis Cole,   b. 7 Sep 1871, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 29 Jan 1930, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 58 years)
  Last Modified	24 Feb 2026
  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) __________________ 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 ___________________ Herman Cole The death occurred Saturday morning at five o'clock at his home in Doon of Herman Cole in his 89th year. He is survived by two sisters, Mrs. J. Ernst, New Hamburg; Mrs. Alice Williams, Doon. His wife pre-deceased him eight years ago. The funeral which was private, was held yesterday. Burial took place in the Blair cemetery. Kitchener Daily Record, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada Mon, Oct 15, 1928 Page 3 __________________ For Sale By Tender KITCHENER, DOON and NEW HAMBURG RESIDENCES Tenders will be received by the undersigned up to 12 o'clock noon of Thursday the 27th of July, 1922, for the purchase of the following assets of HEMAN COLE trading as WILLIAMS GLOVE & GAUNTLET COMPANY KITCHENER ONT consisting of: (1) Residence known as No. 10 Otto Street, Kitchener, being a 2-storey and attic brick 6 roomed house, lot 55 ft. frontage by 85 ft. depth, more or less. (2) roomed brick residence situated on Waterloo Street, New Hamburg, Ontario, erected on part of lot No. 23, North of Bleams Road, containing approximately one acre and at present occupied by J. P. Ernst, Esq. (3) 6 roomed brick residence occupied by Heman Cole, Esq. at Doon, Ontario, erected on lots Nos 4 and 5 according to a plan of a subdivision of part of farm lot No. 3 in Biehm's tract in the Tp. of Waterloo, on the west side of the Grand River, made for John Bear (the younger) by L. L.. Bowman, P. L. S., September 23rd, 1881, and duly registered in the Registry Office of the County of Waterloo. Tenders will be received for each parcel separately. All tenders must be accompanied by a marked cheque payable to the Trustee, for 10% of the amount of the tender, which will be returned if the tender is not accepted, and forfeited if the tender is accepted and not completed by the purchaser. Terms of payment, 30% cash (less the deposit) and the remaining 70% in 30 days thereafter, when the sale is to be completed and the title papers delivered to the purchaser. On the acceptance of any tender the successful tenderer shall execute an agreement to purchase satisfactory to the Trustee. No deed shall given and no tilte shall pass to the purchaser until the full amount of the purchase money has been paid to the trustee. The highest or any tender not necessarily accepted. All taxes, insurance, water rates and similar items will be adjusted to the completion of sale. Further particulars may be obtained on application to the Trustee. DATED at Toronto this 26th day of June, 1922. E. G. CLARKSON, Trustee E. R. C. Clarkson & Sons, Toronto Kitchener Daily Record, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada Sat, Jul 8, 1922 Page 9 ______________ THE BANKRUPTCY ACT NOTICE TO CREDITORS. In the Estate of Herman Cole of the Township of Waterloo, Ontarlo, trading as Williams Glove & Gauntlet Company, Kitchener, Ont., Authorized Assignor. Notice is hereby given that Herman Cole of Township of Waterloo did on the 10th day of April, 1022, make an authorized assignment to the undersigned. Notice is further given that the first meeting of creditors in the above estate will be held at my office, 15 Wellington Street West, Toronto, on the 4th day of May, 1922, at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, To entitle you to vote therent proof of your claim inust be lodged with me before the meeting is held. Proxies to be used at the meeting must be lodged with me prior thereto. And further take notice that if you have any claim against the debtor for which you are entitled to rank, proof of such claim must be filled with me within thirty days from date of this notice, for from and after the expiration of the said thirty days I shall distribute the proceeds of the debtor's estate among the parties entitled thereto, having regard only to the claims of which I have then notice. Dated at Toronto this 22nd day of April, 1922. E. G. CLARKSON Authorized Trustee

  
  

• 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..., 781. [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 [S86] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1901, Waterloo (South/Sud) G-2 Page 7. [S250] Census - ON, Waterloo, New Hamburg - 1871, Page 28. [S251] Census - ON, Waterloo, New Hamburg - 1881, Sub-district G Page Number 9 Household Number 35. [S134] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1851, Div 3 Pg 9. [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 [S251] Census - ON, Waterloo, New Hamburg - 1881, New Hamburg 1881 Page 9. [S272] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1911, Div. 7 Page 22. [S699] Census - ON, Waterloo, New Hamburg - 1891, Section 1 Page 23. [S844] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1861, Sect. 9 Page 54. [S6] Church Records - ON, Waterloo - Bindeman, F. W. - Card Index Kitchener Public Library. [S699] Census - ON, Waterloo, New Hamburg - 1891, Section 1 Page 24.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 5 May 1840 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Business - New Hamburg Brick & Tile Factory - - New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Business - Williams Glove & Gauntlet Company - - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1861 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 19 Jan 1861 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Brickmaker - 1871 - New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - brick maker - 1881 - New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Brickmaker - 1881 - New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Christadelphian - 1881 - New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Historic Building - 1890 - 1115 Doon Village Road, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Brick & Tile Manufacturer - 1891 - New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Christadelphian - 1891 - New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Retired - 1901 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Income - 1911 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Christadelphian - 1911 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 13 Oct 1928 - Doon (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Blair Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth