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Ephraim J. Hamacher

Ephraim J. Hamacher

Male 1857 - 1935  (78 years)

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  • Name Ephraim J. Hamacher 
    Born 10 Jun 1857  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Interesting photographer 
    Name E. J. Hamacher 
    Name Ephraim Hammacher 
    Name Ephraim Jantz Hamacher 
    Name Ephraim Johnson Hamacher 
    Residence 1861  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Other Methodist 
    Residence 1871  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Wesleyan Methodist 
    Occupation CA 1885  New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    photographer 
    NewHamburg-Photographer-Hamacher,EphraimJ.-0001-RayRuddyCollection.jpg
    NewHamburg-Photographer-Hamacher,EphraimJ.-0001-RayRuddyCollection.jpg
    Ray Ruddy Collection 2021
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-216800 
    Died 29 Oct 1935  Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I216800  Generations
    Last Modified 26 Feb 2024 

    Father Jacob Hammacher,   b. 1831, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Ellensburg, Kittitas, Washington, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Nancy Jantz,   b. 11 Jul 1831, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Jul 1922, Dundas, West Flamborough Twp., Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 90 years) 
    Married 28 Aug 1853  Greenbush (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Family ID F597  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
    Ephraim Hamacher
    Ephraim Hamacher
    from Yukon Archives 2012

  • Notes 
    • Whitehorse Photographer- Ephraim Hamacher

      Hamacher was born in Wilmot Township in 1857. In the summer of 1900, he arrived in Whitehorse following in the footsteps of the Gold Rush photographer, E.A. Hegg. Hamacher never left the Yukon and his photographs have become priceless treasures from a by-gone era. He will always be known as the "Whitehorse Photographer."

      CastleKilbride.ca 2012

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      In October 1906, the Whitehorse Star reported that: "Photographer E.J. Hamacher returned Sunday evening on the steamer White Horse from a professional trip along the river. He obtained some excellent views of the wreck of the steamer Columbian."

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      We are in receipt of a letter from Mr. E. J. Hamacher of White Horse, Yukon, in which he states that he is now on his way to Agua Caliente, Arizona, where he intends to spend the winter, returning to the Yukon again in the spring. Mr. Hamacher has been a subscriber to the Independent for many years and enjoys reading the news from the old town. He will be remembered by many of the older people in town having conducted ia photo studio here in the eighties. He has been in the Yukon for many years.

      New Hamburg Independent 13 Nov 1931

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      Back to His Northern Home.


      In a letter received from Mr. E. J. Hamacher from Agua Caliente, Arizona, he informs us that he is leaving again for his home in White Horse, Yukon Territory. He spent the past few winters in Arizona and writes us that there they have summer all the year around with temperature at 95 on the day of leaving and butterflies fluttering around. He states that the past winter was the pleasantest weather he ever experienced. Mr. Hamacher wishes to be remembered to all his old New Hamburg friends.

      New Hamburg Independent 18 Mar 1932

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      Died in Yukon.

      Word has been received by relatives here of the death of Mr. E. J. Hamacher, of Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, which occurred on October 29th. The deceased was a son of the late Jacob Hamacher and was born in Wilmot Township 78 years ago. He learned the photograph art with Peter
      Reichert in New Hamburg and left for the Coast States about fifty years ago. A few years after the 1898 gold rush to the Yukon he went north and had since been located at Whitehorse where he carried on a photograph business and general store for years and for some years also conducted a ferry line across Whitehorse Lake. For several years the late Mr. Hamacher came South and spent the winter at Agua Caliente, Arizona. During all the years since he left here the deceased was a constant subscriber to the Independent. The deceased was unmarried and is
      survived by two brothers, Gideon and Emanuel Hamacher, of Wilmot, and three sisters, Mrs. Aaron Toman, of New Dundee, Mrs. Lavina Tennis in Indiana and Mrs. Almeda Bolton, of Detroit,

      New Hamburg Independent 29 Nov 1935

  • Sources 
    1. [S190] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1871, Div. 2 Page 20.

    2. [S844] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1861, Sect. 9 Page 58.

    3. [S6] Church Records - ON, Waterloo - Bindeman, F. W. - Card Index Kitchener Public Library.
      Jacob Hammacher, sawmiller of Wilmot married 28 Aug 1853 in Greenbush by banns to Nancy Jantz of Wilmot, wit: John Peppler of Wilmot & Lydia Lutz of Wilmot

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 10 Jun 1857 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Other Methodist - 1861 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Wesleyan Methodist - 1871 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - photographer - CA 1885 - New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 29 Oct 1935 - Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada Link to Google Earth
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