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Louis Alfred "Alfred" Jeanneret

Louis Alfred "Alfred" Jeanneret

Male 1859 - 1940  (80 years)

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  • Name Louis Alfred "Alfred" Jeanneret 
    Born 7 Nov 1859  Les Ponts-de-Martel, Neuchâtel, , , Switzerland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] 
    Gender Male 
    Immigration 1876  , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Immigration 1877  [1] 
    Name Alfred Louis Jeanneret  [6] 
    Name L. A. Jeanneret 
    Occupation 1891  Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Watch Maker 
    Residence 1891  Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Lutheran 
    Naturalization 1895  [1] 
    Occupation 1901  Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Watch Maker 
    Residence 1903  Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Jeanneret resident    		 Jeanneret resident
    From: Enterprising Elmira Souvenir, An historical, descriptive, and illustrated Book of the Village of Elmira, Waterloo County, Ontario, Canada, published by George Klinck, 1903.
    Occupation 1911  Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Jeweller 
    Residence 1911  Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Lutheran 
    Occupation 1940  Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    jeweller 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-197725 
    Died 1 Jul 1940  Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Buried Westminster Memorial Park, Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Person ID I197725  Generations
    Last Modified 3 Mar 2025 

    Father Frederic Sylvain Jeanneret,   b. CA 1814, , Switzerland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Mother Eugenie Dumont,   b. CA 1814, , Switzerland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Family ID F14799  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Phoebe Sophia Haack,   b. 26 Feb 1864, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Jul 1950, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years) 
    Children 
     1. Sylvain Britton Jeanneret,   b. 30 May 1885, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1967  (Age 81 years)
     2. Hilda Phoebe Jeanneret,   b. CALC 19 Mar 1888, Of, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Aug 1892, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 4 years)
     3. Francois Charles Archile "Archile" Jeanneret,   b. 18 Nov 1890, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1967  (Age 76 years)
    Last Modified 4 Mar 2025 
    Family ID F187435  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • L. A. JEANNERET.

      The village is fortunate in having a first class watchmaker and jeweler, and the above named gentleman is that individual. Mr. Jeanneret has been a watchmaker almost from the time he left the cradle in the home of his nativity, Switzerland, the greatest watch manufacturing country of the world. He was born in the hamlt of Sur la Roche, Neuchatel county, Switzerland, on Nov.7, 1861. This hamlet is situated on the summit of a high mountain over looking the picturesque Val de Travers, and from which can be plainly seen the snow capped Alps, a distance of about seventy-two miles. It is the center of the great watch manufacturing industry of that country and the home of the famous Neuchatel cheese. Here, in one of the largest watch manufactories in Switzerland, Mr. Jeanneret commenced to learn his trade when ten years of age. He served six years and during that time he acquired the most thorough knowledge possible for an expert watchmaker and jeweler. At the close of his apprenticeship he concluded to sail for the New World and arrived in Waterloo county when about sixteen years of age. Being in a strange land, and unable to procure a suitable situation at his adopted trade, procured work on a farm and for eight years followed that occupation. For three seasons he went around the country threshing. Being of an economical disposition and not inclined to dissipation be succeeded in becoming able, financially, to start in business for himself and about thirteen years ago he looked upon Elmira as a suitable location for his trade and accordingly set up business in what is now known as the "Curiosity Shop." Being an expert workman and courteous to all who patronized him he gradually built up a lucrative trade, having to-day many of the best citizens of this vicinity as his customers. He does all kinds of repairing, both in watches and jewelry, and also keeps quite a stock of the same on hand for sale.

      Mr. Jeanneret was married to Miss Mary, daughter of Mr. Chas. Haac, of Conestogo, in 1883, and at present has two children. He is one of a family of twelve children, all watchmakers. One brother and five sisters are still living in Switzerland. It will be well remembered by many readers of the CHRONICLE that one brother who also came to this county at the time was the victim of a foul murder at Breslau about two years ago. When mentioning this sad incident Mr. Jeanneret evinces considerable emotion and feels satisfied in his own mind as to the identity of the person who committed the deed. Mr. Jeanneret deserves great credit for his success, as in the first three years of his venture in business he had a hard road to hoe, and often found it difficult to make both ends meet. Mr. Jeanneret was also member of the Village Council for a number of years.

      Waterloo County Chronicle 27 Jan 1898, p. 1, 2, 3

  • Sources 
    1. [S161] Census - ON, Waterloo, Elmira - 1901, Elmira (Village) B. Page 17.

    2. [S176] Census - ON, Waterloo, Elmira - 1911, Div. 49 Pg. 9.

    3. [S2057] Census - ON, Waterloo, Elmira - 1891, Pg. 41.

    4. [S116] Vit - ON - Death Registration.
      Louis Alfred Jeanneret, d. 1 Jul 1940 Toronto, b. 7 Nov 1859 Switzerland, Occ: jeweller, wife: Phoebe Sophia Jeanneret, s/o Sylvaina Jeannerit b. Switzerland, informant: S. B. Jeanneret (son) buried Westminster Memorial Park Cemetery

    5. [S2508] Ancestry Public Member Trees, https://www.ancestry.ca/family-tree/person/tree/57044247/person/44149169225/facts.

    6. [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 25 Aug 1892.
      Aug. 13, 1892 Hilda Phöbe Jeanneret, daughter of Alf. Jeanneret, died in Elmira at age of 4 years, 4 months & 25 days.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 7 Nov 1859 - Les Ponts-de-Martel, Neuchâtel, , , Switzerland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsImmigration - 1876 - , Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Watch Maker - 1891 - Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Lutheran - 1891 - Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Watch Maker - 1901 - Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1903 - Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Jeweller - 1911 - Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Lutheran - 1911 - Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - jeweller - 1940 - Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 1 Jul 1940 - Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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