John Klein^[1]

1825 - 1918  (93 years)

• Name	John Klein
  Born	13 Oct 1825	Drusenheim, Alsace Lorraine, Germany   [2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1852	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	school teacher
  Residence	1865	Neustadt, Normanby Twp., Grey Co., Ontario, Canada
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-24545
  Died	18 Nov 1918	Walkerton, Brant Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Buried	Walkerton Cemetery, Walkerton, Bruce Co., Ontario   [4]
  Person ID	I24545	Generations
  Last Modified	7 Nov 2024

  
  

  Father	Andreas Klein,   b. Abt 1780, of, Germany ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Maria Eva Haus,   b. Abt 1780, of, Germany ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F43183	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ludovika Isabella "Louisa" Lang,   b. 5 May 1828, Waitstadt, Baden, Germany ,   d. 23 Feb 1903, Walkerton, Brant Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 74 years)
  Married	5 Nov 1850	St. Boniface Roman Catholic Church, Maryhill, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  Children	1. Judge Alphonso Basil Klein,   b. 11 Sep 1851, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 23 Feb 1933, San Diego, San Diego, California, United States  (Age 81 years)   2. Angelina R. Klein,   b. 24 Oct 1853, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 5 Aug 1854, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 0 years)   3. Edmund Ernst Klein,   b. 27 Nov 1857, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 17 Feb 1917, , New York State, USA  (Age 59 years)   4. Oscar Emil Klein,   b. 9 Nov 1860, Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 2 May 1925, Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States  (Age 64 years)   5. Isidor Arthur Klein,   b. 8 Feb 1863, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 24 Jan 1944, New York City, New York, USA.  (Age 80 years)
  Last Modified	12 Nov 2024
  Family ID	F8246	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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• Notes

  Queen Street South, West Side. A frame building used as a tavern by Phineas Varnum and later the kitchen of the Gaukel Hotel. A frame building erected by Frederick Gaukel about 1833 as shelter for the considerable number of immigrants coming to Berlin at that time. In 1837 it was made into a dwelling for John Stroh, uncle of Jacob Stroh. Two children were born in this building, Katie, in 1838, (she married Jacob Oswald, still living, now 93 years of age), and Henry Stroh, born in 1840. Hall's Lane. A brick building erected about 1850. John Klein [of Buffalo], father of John Klein of Buffalo [Jud Klein of Walkerton], was the first occupant. Later the building was used as a printing office, first by the "Berlin Chronicle", William Jaffray editor and proprietor, and later by the "Berliner Journal", Rittinger & Motz. The site is now occupied by the Lockhart garage. The Franklin Hotel, a handsome, good-sized frame building, erected by Philip Roth [Poth] about 1856. Successive hotel-keepers were John Klein, Levi Gaukel, Frederick Riegelman, who later moved to Buffalo, and Jacob Weber. Weber was occupant in 1874 when the hotel was burned down. The fire started in the barn at the rear of the hotel. The hotel shed, next south, extended, at right angles, from Queen Street to the barn. A garden. A one and one-half story frame building lengthwise with the street occupied by Christopher K. Nahrgang whose parents came from Hessen, Germany, about 1835. He was married to a Miss Zinkann of New Hamburg. A stone building used as a tailor shop by Mr. Nahrgang who was deaf and dumb. His wife helped him in the business. She lived to be 87. It was in this building that John Motz of the "Journal" and eventually County Sheriff, learned the tailoring trade. A one and one-half story dwelling, erected about 1857, occupied by George Fischer, barber, who had his shop on King Street. A later occupant was George Lutz, a cabinet maker in Hoffman's factory and after him Henry Schaefer's mother. A frame building lengthwise with the street, the church of the Evangelical denomination, erected in 1841. In 1866 it was replaced by the brick building still standing, now used as stores and upstairs dwellings. A one and one-half story frame building with kitchen at the rear erected by William Becking, wagonmaker, about 1848. Becking was noted as a hunter. White hare and passenger pigeons, practically extinct long ago, were abundant at that time. Becking's wagon-shop and lumber yard at the corner of John Street with the customary incline and stair to the second story of the shop. Up this incline the wagons were drawn to the paint shop. Valentine Gildner, at the corner of King and Benton Streets, did the blacksmith work for Becking's wagons. John Street. A one and one-half story house occupied by H. Baedecker in 1860 and later by Adam Doering. Rev. F. W. Tuerk's residence erected about 1860 by Henry Rothaermel, a carpenter. The matching and planing was all done by hand, slow but thorough work. Window sashes, panel doors and all other requirements were made in the same manner. A skilled workman at that time was expected to he able to do painting as well as carpenter work. A single room in the shape of a square turret on the ridge of the building was Rev. Tuerk's study. The house was up-hill about twenty feet above the street level so that the study on top gave a good outlook. The site is now occupied by the York Apartments. A frame building one and one-half story high. Nothing but a building used as an ashery between that and Joseph E. Schneider's house and farm buildings. REMINISCENCES OF BERLIN (NOW KITCHENER) By JACOB STROH Contributed by Joseph M. Snyder. Part I. Settlement - Early Villagers and Buildings, Waterloo Historical Society Annual Volume 1930

  
  

• Sources

  [S93] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich, Maryhill - Saint Boniface Roman Catholic - www.findagrave. com. Angelina R./ Daughter From/ John &/ Louise Klein/ Born The/ 24 Oct. 1853/ Died The 5/ August. 1854 [S131] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1851, Div 4 Pg 5. John KLEIN School Teacher France 27 Roman Catholic b. 13-Oct Louisa KLEIN Germany 24 Roman Catholic b. 5-May Alphonso KLEIN Canada 1 Roman Catholic b. 11-Sep Stephana LANG Germany 15 Roman Catholic b. February [S1420] Book - Berlin To-day 1806-1906 Official Souvenir, Historical Sketch of His Honor Judge Klein. [S3231] Find A Grave, Cemetery, W., America, N., County, B., & Cemetery, W. (1825). John Klein (1825-1918) - Find A Grave Memorial. Findagrave.com. Retrieved 21 June 2018, from https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/188738726/john-klein. [S131] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1851, Div 4 Pg 5. [S91] Church Records - ON, Waterloo, Maryhill - St. Boniface Roman Catholic [found cited on various sources on the internet and family histories], Rev. Joseph Ritter. John Klein s/o Andreas & M. Eva Haus married 5 Nov 1850 to Luisa Lang d/o John & Margaret Wittman, witnesses: Andreas Klein & John Lang

  
  

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  Born - 13 Oct 1825 - Drusenheim, Alsace Lorraine, Germany Married - 5 Nov 1850 - St. Boniface Roman Catholic Church, Maryhill, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - school teacher - 1852 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1865 - Neustadt, Normanby Twp., Grey Co., Ontario, Canada Died - 18 Nov 1918 - Walkerton, Brant Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth