Jacob Kloss

1817 - 1878  (61 years)

• Name	Jacob Kloss
  Born	1817	, Germany   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Crime	1859	New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	child molestation
  Interesting	child abuser, crime, scandal
  Name	Jacob Klos
  Name	The Hamburg Bull Kloss
  Occupation	1861	New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Harness Maker
  Residence	1861	New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Protestant
  Occupation	1864	Huron Rd., New Hamburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	saddler
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-257941
  Died	7 Dec 1878	New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I257941	Generations
  Last Modified	26 Jun 2024

  
  

  Family	Elisabeth,   b. 1828, , Germany ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Children	1. Barbara Kloss,   b. 1845, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Elizabeth Kloss,   b. 1848, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Anna Kloss,   b. 1851, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Gertrude Kloss,   b. 1853, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Lydian Klos,   b. 1856, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   6. Attilla Kloss,   b. 1858, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	26 Jun 2024
  Family ID	F229630	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Revolting Case - To the Editor of the Hamburg Volksblatt For the sake of morality I consider myself, as an eye-witness, bound to draw the attention to an individual who resides in New Hamburg, and is called Jacob Kloss (or "the Hamburg Bull.") He is a saddler by trade, father of a large family, and already advanced in years; he is, as much as I know, not given to drinking, but several times already he has been surprised when he tried to violate girls from 7 to 14 years of age. Till now, strange to say, he got off only with a thrashing by the parents of the children, and has not been brought before the court to get the legal punishment as no person appeared as plaintiff against him. Sunday, the 11th inst., this monster rambled about Wilby from morning till afternoon, and at the time when the adult persons had left the place to go to church, watched for little girls, and tried to mislead them to remote places, in order to commit infamous actions on their persons. An unfortunate girl, Elizabeth Ullner, 14 years of age, residing near Wilby, let herself be misled by this rascal, and went with him into the bush, and as I observed both unseen, I followed them and surprised them in acts of bareness which cannot be publicly described. I gave this beast of a man a sound thrashing, and think it my duty to publish this horrible occurrence in the newspapers. - Daniel Lohr - Wilby, September 12, 1859 Berlin Daily Chronicle 20 Sep 1859

  
  

• Sources

  [S1868] Census - ON, Waterloo, New Hamburg - 1861, Div. 2 Pg. 15. [S330] Directory - ON, Waterloo - 1864 - County of Waterloo gazetteer and general business directory for 1864.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 1817 - , Germany Crime - child molestation - 1859 - New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Harness Maker - 1861 - New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Protestant - 1861 - New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - saddler - 1864 - Huron Rd., New Hamburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 7 Dec 1878 - New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth