Henry Ahrens

1866 - 1958  (92 years)

• Name	Henry Ahrens
  Immigration	MAYBE 1863	, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Born	20 Mar 1866	, Germany   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Business	Elmira Agricultural Works Co. Limited, Elmira, Ontario
  	Klinck and Ahrens
  Interesting	business, pioneer, story
  Name	Heinrich Ahrens
  Occupation	1907	Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	hardware merchant
  Occupation	1911	Klinck and Ahrens Hardware Store, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Merchant, Hardware Store
  Residence	1911	Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Lutheran
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-198119
  Died	10 Jun 1958	, Ontario, Canada   [2, 4]
  Buried	Saint James Lutheran Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Person ID	I198119	Generations
  Last Modified	25 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	John Christian Theodore Ahrens,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F42875	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah Riechen,   b. May 1874, , Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 1952  (Age ~ 77 years)
  Married	1 May 1907	Hanover, Bentinck Twp., Grey Co., Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Children	1. Professor Frederick Christian Ahrens,   b. Oct 1908, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 2000  (Age ~ 91 years)
  Last Modified	26 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F187533	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Elmira Pioneer, Mr. Henry Ahrens, Ninety Years Old. Another grand old man of Elmira celebrated a great milestone in his life on Tuesday of this week. Mr. Henry Ahrens, 47 King street, Elmira, was 90 years old on March 20. Born in 1866 on a farm in Grey County near Hanover, Mr. Ahrens worked on the home farm for some years before taking a business course in the year 1897 at the age of 31. Mr. Ahrens came to Elmira in 1904, built his home here in 1906 and moved into it in 1907 and has lived there ever since. For 14 years, after coming to Elmira, he was a partner in the hardware business and the first store was located where Blow's Meat Market now stands and the firm was known as Klinck and Ahrens. Mr. Ahrens became ill in 1918 and sold out his partnership until he regained his health. In 1920, he started working as office manager for what was then known as the Creamery Co-Op and later became the Silverwood Dairy. Mr. Ahrens remained there for 22 years and was with Silverwoods for 15 years until he retired in 1942. It was wartime then and good bookkeepers and office managers were scarce and he worked for a few more years in St. Jacobs at the hardware store there. He finally retired 11 years ago in 1945 to his King street home. His wife, Sarah, passed away four years ago. Mr. Ahrens has one son, Fred who is a professor at the university in Gettysburg, Pa. A staunch Lutheran, Mr. Ahrens has been a member of St. James' Church since coming to Elmira 52 years ago. He has been an active member of the church was on the board of managers for 18 years as well as acting treasurer of the church. For 39 years he taught Sunday school here. Mr. Ahrens is in excellent health except for some arthritic trouble in his right leg. A jolly, personable gentleman, his hearing and eyesight are fine and except for his leg, he is as spry as a youngster of 60, as he says. "The building in town started right after the last war and the town hasn't stopped growing since," stated Mr. Ahrens. "I have seen a lot of changes in Elmira." Elmira Signet, Thursday, March 22, 1956 _______________________ Henry's parents were John Christian Theodore Ahrens who was reportedly born in Windisch Muslow, Mecklenburg, Germany & Sophia Voss both buried in Old Hanover Cemetery, Hanover, Ontario. email from Jean Howson

  
  

• Sources

  [S176] Census - ON, Waterloo, Elmira - 1911, Div. 49 Pg. 15. [S199] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - St. James Lutheran Elmira CC#2800 Internet Link. Ahrens/ Sarah Riechen/ 1874 - 1952/ Mary Isabel Ahrens/ Nee Halliday/ 1910 - 1996/ Henry Ahrens/ 1866 - 1958/ Frederick C. Ahrens/ 1908 - 2000/ Lo, I Am With You Always [S721] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, marriage certificate 10148 (1907), Ahrens-Reichen. Henrich Ahrens, hardware merchant of Elmira, Birth Place: Germany Residence: Elmira Age: 41 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1866 Father Name: Chris Ahrens Mother Name: Sophia Voss Spouse Name: Sarah Reichan, residence of Hanover, Spouse's Age: 32 Spouse Birth Place: Wisconsin Spouse Residence: Hanover Spouse Father Name: Fred reichan Spouse Mother Name: hemrich dahuke Marriage Date: 24 May 1907 Marriage Location: Hanover [S978] Funeral Home Records - ON, Waterloo, Elmira - Dreisinger. Henry Ahrens date of death as June 10, 1958 and buried in St. James. Lutheran Cemetery, Elmira.

  
  

• Event Map

  Immigration - MAYBE 1863 - , Ontario, Canada Born - 20 Mar 1866 - , Germany Business - Klinck and Ahrens - - Elmira Agricultural Works Co. Limited, Elmira, Ontario Occupation - hardware merchant - 1907 - Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 1 May 1907 - Hanover, Bentinck Twp., Grey Co., Ontario, Canada Occupation - Merchant, Hardware Store - 1911 - Klinck and Ahrens Hardware Store, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Lutheran - 1911 - Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 10 Jun 1958 - , Ontario, Canada Buried - - Saint James Lutheran Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth