Friedrich Ludwig "Frederick" Rickermann^[1]

Cal 1826 - 1886  (~ 60 years)

• Name	Friedrich Ludwig "Frederick" Rickermann
  Born	CALC 10 Jun 1826	, Mecklenburg, Germany   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Interesting	construction Kitchener's only windmill
  		Kitchener-WindMill-0001-drawingW.H.Schmalz.jpg Built in 1861, the Albert Street (now Madison) windmill had four canvas-covered, 40-foot-wings mounted on a top that revolved to catch the wind. W.H. Schmalz sketched Berlin's first grist mill from his childhood memories of the structure. - W.V. Uttley's History of Kitchener, 1937
  Name	Frederick Ludwig Rickerman
  Occupation	1857	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	labourer
  Occupation	1871	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Labourer
  Residence	1871	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Lutheran
  Occupation	1875	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	carpenter
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-20684
  Died	21 Oct 1886	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Buried	Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I20684	Generations
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2025

  
  

  Father	Frederick Rickerman,   b. Abt 1795, Of, Mecklinburg, Germany ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Christina,   b. Abt 1795, Of, Mecklinburg, Germany ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F19512	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Fredericka Niemeir,   b. CALC 7 Sep 1837, , Germany ,   d. 14 Aug 1875, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 37 years)
  Married	1 Jun 1857	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  Children	1. Frederick Reickerman,   b. 1857, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Wilhelm Rickerman,   b. 25 Feb 1859, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Frederick Johann Carl Rickerman,   b. 17 Aug 1861, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Bef 1901  (Age < 39 years)   4. August Rickerman,   b. 17 Aug 1861, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Albert Rickerman,   b. 29 Apr 1863, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1 Oct 1928, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 65 years)   6. John Reickerman,   b. 1869, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   7. Benjamin Reickerman,   b. Feb 1871, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2025
  Family ID	F8380	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Emilie Friederica Dreves,   b. 9 Jun 1853, Lobsens, Posen, Prussia, Germany ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	3 Oct 1875	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Children	1. Mary Rickerman,   b. CA 1876,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2025
  Family ID	F19513	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  THE WINDMILL A feature of many years of the southerly end of the village was a windmill, on what was known as Mecklenburg Hill, near the westerly corner of Church and Albert streets. This was the project of a company composed of Jacob Y. Shantz, Henry Boehmer and others. It was built in 1860 by Frederick Rickerman who was the originator of the idea. Rickerman was familiar with windmills and had operated one in Germany. The structure was about sixty feet high, hexagonal in plan, with each of the four wings or sails about 45 feet long by 6 feet wide. A vertical centre beam meshing with the topcross shaft extended down to the main floor of the mill and there operated three sets of stones. The revolving top carried the cross-shaft, on which the wings were mounted, and could be set for the Wind by means of a Windlass. An outer platform was at the height of' the wing length from the top shaft. From this the wings or arms could be worked on, and their canvas covering put in place. Particular excellence was claimed for the flour from this mill. The author remembers eating bread baked from the first flour it produced. Pg. 278 REMINISCENCES OF BERLIN (NOW KITCHENER) By Jacob Stroh Contributed by Joseph M. Snyder Part II.--Churches, Roads, Miscellaneous Waterloo Historical Society Annual Vol. 1931

  
  

• Sources

  [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 19 Aug 1875. Died 14 Aug 1875 In Berlin, Friderike, nee Niemeier, wife of Friedrich Rickermann, died in childbirth at the age of 37 years, 11 months, 7 days. (Details follow.) [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration. Frederick Rickerman Born: Mecklenburg, Germany Age: 50 Father: Frederick Rickerman Mother: Christina Rickerman Born: abt 1825 Spouse: Emilie Drews Age: 22 born: Germany Father: Michael Drews Mother: Caroline Drews married 3 Oct 1875 married: Waterloo, Berlin [S229] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1871, Div. 2, Pg. 66. [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 28 Oct 1886. Oct. 21, 1886 Friedrich Rickermann died in Berlin at age of 60 years, 4 months and 11 days. [S6] Church Records - ON, Waterloo - Bindeman, F. W. - Card Index Kitchener Public Library. Friedich Rickarmann, labourer of Berlin married 1 Jun 1857 in Berlin by banns to Frederica Niemeyer of Berlin, wit: Caroline Hagen of Berlin & Dorothy Gaukeyl of Berlin

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - CALC 10 Jun 1826 - , Mecklenburg, Germany Occupation - labourer - 1857 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 1 Jun 1857 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Labourer - 1871 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Lutheran - 1871 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - carpenter - 1875 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 3 Oct 1875 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 21 Oct 1886 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth