Herman Kemkes^{[1, 2]}

1836 - 1917  (81 years)

• Name	Herman Kemkes
  Born	3 Apr 1836	, Prussia, Germany   [3, 4, 5, 6]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1874	Brant Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	carpenter
  Residence	1874	Elmwood, Normanby Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Occupation	1879	Hanover, Bentinck Twp., Grey Co., Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	carpenter
  Occupation	1883	Hanover, Bentinck Twp., Grey Co., Ontario, Canada   [8]
  	manufacturer
  Occupation	1885	Hanover, Bentinck Twp., Grey Co., Ontario, Canada   [9]
  	carpenter
  Occupation	1901	Brant Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	contractor
  Eby ID Number	00084-5030.1
  Died	22 May 1917	Hanover, Bentinck Twp., Grey Co., Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Cause: arterio sclerosis (two years) & heart weakness (14 days)
  Person ID	I20488	Generations
  Last Modified	6 Apr 2024

  
  

  Family 1	Magdalena S. Myers,   b. 21 Jan 1849, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 14 Aug 1883, Hanover, Bentinck Twp., Grey Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 34 years)
  Married	20 Oct 1874	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 3]
  Children	1. Herman Elwood Kemkes,   b. 31 Jul 1875, Brant Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 20 Dec 1875, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 0 years)   2. Mary Almina Elverena Kemkes,   b. 12 Sep 1879, Hanover, Bentinck Twp., Grey Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1965  (Age 85 years)   3. Magdalena Kemkes,   b. 8 Aug 1883, Bentinck Township, Grey County, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1941  (Age 57 years)
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F5079	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Louisa Miller,   b. 25 Mar 1860, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	29 Apr 1884	Bentinck Township, Grey County, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Children	1. Erwin Kemkes,   b. 11 May 1885, Hanover, Bentinck Twp., Grey Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F41720	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Herman Kemkes was born April 3, 1836 in Prussia. He came to America via Boston in 1853 at age 17. His first wife was a Prost and 2 children were born, Henrietta and Johanna. Family #2 was when married to Myers, issued four children, Edwin Zephonia (1877), Elvarene (1879), Elwood(1881-died same year), Magdelina (1883). Family #3 was when married to Louisa Miller who bore Irvin (1885), Charles (1887), and my grandmother, Sylvia Leah (1889). I have pictures of him with all these children. He died in Hanover, May 22, 1917 and I have the card from his funeral service. He had moved away from Hanover to Saskatchewan after all the children were born, but returned to Hanover to die. Email Sharon Ziel 2012 __________________________ Born April 3, 1836 in Prussia. His first marriage was to Frederika Christina Prastu in 1868. This marriage produced Henrietta (1869-1934), Johanna (1871-1947) and John (1872-1930). His second marriage was to Magdalena Shoemaker Myers and produced Herman Elwood (1875), Edwin (1877-1960), Elvarena (1879-1965), Magdalena (1883-1941). Magdalena died in childbirth. He then married Louisa Miller (Muller) in 1884. She bore Erwin (1885-1908), Charles (1887-1925), Sylvia Leah (1889-1993) (my maternal grandmother), Katharine (1891-1980) and David (1895). Herman left his family in Prussia at age 17 because he left the Catholic church in which he had been raised, He continued a religious man throughout his life listing himself as Evangelical and Methodist at various times. I have had a relationship with cousins from children from each of the three wives although this took much research to straighten it all out. I have a picture of him with ten of the twelve children he fathered and who were being mothered by Louisa Miller at the time. Email Sharon Ziel 2013

  
  

• Sources

  [S10] Book - Vol II 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..., 138. [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 29 Oct 1874. 20 Oct 1874 By Pastor Umbach of Berlin, Herman Kemkes of Elmwood, Bruce Co., was married to Magdalena Myers of Wilmot. [S721] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, marriage certificate 9874 (1874), Kemkes-Myers. Herman Kemkes, 36, widower, carpenter of Brant Township, b. Prussia Germany, s/o Hermand and Johann Kemkes, married Madalene Myers. 25, res. Wilmot, b. Wilmot, spinster, d/o Michale and Maria Myers, witnesses Josiah Myer teamster and labourer of Wilmot and Emaline Moyer of the township of Clinton, Lincoln Co. 20 Oct 1874 Wilmot Twp. [S721] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, marriage certificate 3431 (1884), Kemkes-Muller. Herman Kemkes, 48, carpenter of Hanover, b. Germany, widower, s/o Herman Kemkes & Johanna Koenok married Louisa Muller, 24, residence Hanover, b. Canada, d/o Carl Muller & Lea Schwartz, married 29 Apr 1884 Bentinck [S713] Vit - ON - Death Registration, death certificate 13831 (1917), Herman Kemkes. Herman Kemkes, d. 22 May 1917 Hanover, aged 81, b. Germany, cause: arterio sclerosis (two years) & heart weakness (14 days) informant Charles Kemkes 139 Kenedy St. Winnipeg [S1970] Census - ON, Bruce, Brant Township - 1901, Polling Div 9 pg 5. Herman Kemkey b. 3 Apr 1835 Germany age 65, contractor Louisa b. 25 Mar? 1860 age 41 b. Ontario Mary E. 12 Sep 1879 age 21 Ervin H. 11 May 1884 age 16 Charles 16 Oct 1886 age 14 Silvia L. 2 Apr 1888 12 Katie J. 20 May 1891 9 [S655] z Vit - ON - Birth Registration, birth certificate 7818 (1879), Mary Almina Elverna. Mary Almina Elverna Kemkes Date of Birth: 12 Sep 1879 Gender: Female Birth County: Grey Father's Name: Herman Kemkes, carpenter of Hanover Mother's Name: Magdalena Myers [S655] z Vit - ON - Birth Registration, birth certificate 10179 (1883), Magdalena Kemkess. Magdalena Date of Birth: 8 Aug 1883 Gender: Female Birth County: Grey Father's Name: Herman Kenekess, manufacturer of Hanover, Mother's Name: Magdalena Myers [S655] z Vit - ON - Birth Registration, birth certificate 10891 (1885), Erwin Kemkes. Erwin Kemkes Date of Birth: 11 May 1885 Gender: Male Birth County: Grey Father's Name: Herman Kemkes, carpenter of Hanover, Mother's Name: Louisa Miller

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 3 Apr 1836 - , Prussia, Germany Occupation - carpenter - 1874 - Brant Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada Residence - 1874 - Elmwood, Normanby Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada Married - 20 Oct 1874 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - carpenter - 1879 - Hanover, Bentinck Twp., Grey Co., Ontario, Canada Occupation - manufacturer - 1883 - Hanover, Bentinck Twp., Grey Co., Ontario, Canada Occupation - carpenter - 1885 - Hanover, Bentinck Twp., Grey Co., Ontario, Canada Occupation - contractor - 1901 - Brant Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada Died - Cause: arterio sclerosis (two years) & heart weakness (14 days) - 22 May 1917 - Hanover, Bentinck Twp., Grey Co., Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth