Johan Heinrich "John Henry" Rothaermel^[1]

1818 - 1884  (66 years)

• Name	Johan Heinrich "John Henry" Rothaermel
  Born	20 Sep 1818	, Germany   [2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Immigration	6 Jul 1841	New York City, New York, USA.   [7]
  Occupation	1842	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  	carpenter
  Christened	1846	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [9]
  Gender	Male
  Name	Heinrich Rothaermel
  Name	Henry Rothaermel
  Name	John Henry Rothaermel  [10]
  Residence	1846	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [9]
  Occupation	1851	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [11]
  	cabinetmaker
  Occupation	1852	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [12]
  	cabinet maker
  Occupation	1852	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [13]
  	carpenter
  Occupation	1861	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Carpenter
  Residence	1861	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	[Member of New Jersulem Religion]
  Occupation	1871	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Carpenter
  Residence	1871	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	[Member of New Jersulem Religion]
  Occupation	1881	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Tax Collector
  Residence	1881	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Swedenborgian
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-26661
  Died	30 Sep 1884	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	Cause: Dropsy of the Heart
  Person ID	I26661	Generations
  Last Modified	1 Dec 2024

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Metz,   b. 30 Oct 1820, , Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany ,   d. 15 Feb 1894, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 73 years)
  Married	17 Oct 1841	Greenbush (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  Children	1. Wilhelm "William" Rothaermel,   b. 9 Mar 1843, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 18 Mar 1915  (Age 72 years)   2. Catharina Rothaermel,   b. 30 Jun 1846, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Heinrich "Henry" Rothaermel,   b. 25 Jun 1848, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Elizabeth Rothaermel,   b. 23 Aug 1850, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Catherine Rothaermel,   b. 23 Aug 1850, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 8 Jan 1913, Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 62 years)   6. Peter Rothaermel,   b. 22 Jul 1852, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   7. Anna Maria "Mary" Rothaermel,   b. 13 Apr 1856, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 7 Aug 1938, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 82 years)   8. Johannes Emm "John" Rothaermel,   b. 20 Sep 1857, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   9. Louise Rothaermel,   b. 7 Oct 1859, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 27 Aug 1889, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 29 years)   10. Carolina Rothaermel,   b. 14 Jan 1861, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 20 May 1919  (Age 58 years)   11. Laura Lydia Rothaermel,   b. 11 Nov 1863, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   12. Wilhelmina "Minna" Rothaermel,   b. 21 Oct 1868, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 25 Apr 1947, Bryn Athyn, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States  (Age 78 years)
  Last Modified	3 Dec 2024
  Family ID	F6975	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Johan Heinrich (Henry) Rothaermel from Ancesty Public Member Tree

  
  

• Notes

  Death of an Old Citizen of Berlin Says the News of Tuesday:-"Another of our old citizens, Mr. Henry Rothaermel, died today. The deceased has lived in Berlin since it was a very small village-about 40 years we think and always commanded the highest respect of those who knew him best. He was a carpenter by trade and conducted his business in a quiet unostentatious way, thoroughly upright in all his dealings. When the Berlin Market House was put up he was made Market Clerk, and faithfully discharged those duties till he moved to another part of the town when he resigned some six or seven years ago. His health has been feeble for some time and his death was not unexpected. He lived and died a faithful and worthy member of the New Jerusalem Church, which loses one of its best friends by his departure." Galt Reporter Oct 3 1884 pg 8 _______________________ King Street Kitchener Benton to Eby Etreet.-Successive occupation was as follows: From Benton Street easterward, before 1855, a one-story brick building with gable facing King Street was erected at the corner and used by Jacob Benner as blacksmith shop. Later Benner moved to West Montrose and the next occupant was Valentine Gildner and after him his son John Gildner. This blacksmith shop continued until comparatively recent years. A frame building painted white, with veranda in front, was Gildner s residence.. Vacant lot. A tinsmith shop owned by Mr. Lehnen. This had a nice front with two good-sized glass windows on either side of the door. A dwelling house built by Henry Rothaermel 1848-9. He was a carpenter and later was market clerk and tax collector. A lane. A one and one-half story building, with gable facing King Street and a verandah extending over the sidewalk, occupied by a Mr. Coleman 1855-1860. Adjoining it was a warehouse. 1 he store passed to Coleman's son and then to John Kegel. Later John George Schmidt, shoemaker, occupied the building. . A lane. A double, frame building about 50 feet along King St.; the east half used as a dwelling had a veranda; the west half was occupied by Charles Koehn, shoemaker. Open space. Dwelling of Gabriel Bowman, carpenter, who built the house. A one and one-half story building occupied by Balzar Allendorf, a coverlet weaver, about 1840. Allendorf later moved to New Hamburg. There was a veranda at the front of the house and under it a well. Cattle ran at large in the streets at this time and one Sunday afternoon a steer got on the veranda floor, which was partly rotted, broke through, fell into the well and had to be pulled out by means of a windlass. The building was torn down later. frame building ocupied by Henry Sippel, former employee of Allendorf, as a weaver's shop. In 1855 there was a frame building one and one-half story high along Kmg Street divided into two parts, one part a dwelling and the other part a hat shop, owned by John Kidder, who made felt hats and old-fashioned bonnets. The shop was a few steps above the sidewalk level. A dwelling. A one and one-half story frame building lengthwise with King street occupied by a widow, Mrs. Caroline Lehnen. A driveway. A two story brick building with gable toward King Street, occupied by J. J. Lehnen, son of the widow Lehnen, as a copper and tinsmith shop and a store. Lehnen made his own tinware. Later Jacob Doebler occupied this building as a bakery. A one and one-half story frame building with gable toward King Street occupied by George Yantz, a cabinet maker. He had a tavern in this same building for a time, and lived there. In the early years a garden. A small shop with sloping roof used by Christian Enslin as a book store and book-bindery, the first book-bindery in Berlin Enslm arrived in Berlin about 1830. Jacob Stroh remembers going with his father to the store to buy school supplies. Enslin later was editor, for Henry Eby, the publisher, of the Deutsche Canadier which began publication in 1840. Enslin's House, one-half story, frame, standing lengthwise with King Street and having a veranda over the door, was on the site of Dr. Hetts present office and house. At the rear there was an orchard. About 60 feet back of King Street there was a house built by Henry Eby. Shubel Randall, brother of George Randall, lived in it later. In 1860 the building was destroyed by fire and a servant girl Dina Hertz, perished in the flames. The walls remaining standing, the house was re-built, and is still in use. A brick building, abutting on King Street with gable facing the street, was Henry Eby's printing office. The main floor was she or seven feet above the sidewalk level. In 1860 this building was changed to a church and was the first Anglican Church in Berlin. A frame building, one end of which was used by Henry Bowman as a general store; he lived in the other end. This was known as the Bowman building. Later William Stein had a tailor shop in it and after him William Thoms used it as a shoe repair shop. 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 ___________________ Queen Street North, West Side Gaukel's well at the corner of the hotel shed, the corner being later built up as the Bowman Block, now the Bank of Montreal. A brick warehouse belonging to the corner store of the Bowman Block. First occupants of this store were Bowman and Heins, later H. S, Huber and then by Huber and Roy. Opposite the Breithaupt leather store stood a one-story brick building, Dr. Pipe's surgery and later Dr. Wright's. A two-storey brick house lengthwise with Queen Street and with veranda on two sides, the veranda a few steps above the ground, occupied by Henry Schaefer. In 1871 Dr. Pipe lived in this house. Among other things Dr. Pipe kept bees, although he was quite afraid of them. Dr. Pipe and Henry Stroh succeeded in bringing the first Italian queen bee to this part of the country. A lane. A handsome brick house, gable roof, lengthwise with the street, the corners faced with limestone from Guelph, erected by Joseph Hobson, the surveyer, in 1860. Hobson eventually was Chief Engineer of the Great Western Railway and when that was merged with the Grand Trunk he became Chief Engineer of the latter Company and was among other things Chief Engineer of the Sarnia tunnel. Alexander MacPherson, editor and publisher of the Berlin Telegraph, later lived in the house. The site is now occupied by the head office of the Economical Fire Insurance Company. A two-story red frame building well back from the street built probably before 1850 by Peter Eby, identified with the "Deutsche Canadier" and with the early days of the "Telegraph". Dr. Eggert, homeopath, lived in the house 1859-1860 and later John Klippert, high constable and county bailiff. One and a half story brick building at the corner of Duke and Queen Streets occupied by a Mr. Von Ebenau and wife and later for a number of years by Michael Jaehle, a blacksmith. The site is now occupied by the Daily Record building. Duke Street. A large handsome building trimmed with cut stone built in 1860 by David S. Shoemaker of Bridgeport who was county registrar, The building was intended for a bank and agent's residence and so used first by the Commercial Bank which failed and later by the Merchants Bank of which R. N, Rogers was agent for a number of years. Some time later Dr. H. S. Lackner acquired the property and used it as residence and surgery. After Dr. Lackner's death the property was sold to the present occupants, the Langleys of Toronto. building, colonial style, with large posts at the front carrying the projecting roof, erected in 1848-49, the Waterloo Township Hall, the land for which was donated by Frederick Gaukel. General public meetings were held in this hall, among others meetings purposing to have Berlin named as county town. After consummation of this a banquet was held in the hall, which was occasionally used for such purpose. The occasion of this particular banquet was the laying of the corner stone of the new county buildings in 1852. 100 guests were present and there were a number of patriotic toasts. Later the building was used as a printing office, the "Deutsche Canadier" and the "Telegraph" being printed there for a time. Eventually the building was remodelled and enlarged and became the Methodist Church. In 1904 the St. Matthews Lutheran congregation purchased the property and later the First English Lutheran Church, which still continues in the building. Behind the present Kitchener Public Library, occupying the site of his ornamental garden, and still standing is Dr. Scott's residence, built in 1855. Henry Rothaermel was the contractor. Dr. Scott was the first warden of the county and first reeve of Berlin. After his death the house was occupied by M. C. Schofield who married Dr. Scott's widow. Later Israel Bowman, for many years county clerk and town clerk of Berlin, acquired the property and lived there. Weber Street. On the corner the Presbyterian Church first built 1860-61 at a size of 36 ft. by 50 ft., cost $4,500 and seating 175 persons. Rev. John McMeekin was an early minister. A two-story red brick building lengthwise with Queen Street, built 1855-56, the house of H. S. Huber. Simon Roy's house, also red brick, one and one-half story high, both of these houses were set back from the street. Mr. Roy was nurseryman and florist. A one-story double house lengthwise with Queen Street. Before Ahrens Street was continued westerly across Queen Street there was on the site a two-story unpainted weather-boarded building, the house of John Dopp. frame building, similar to Dopp's, the house of Christina Bloch, a widow who lived there for many years. A frame building, similar to Dopp's, but with gable facing Queen Street, the house of August Vetter, painter and paper-hanger. A vacant lot later owned by Louis Breithaupt who built, on the corner of Margaret Avenue, a residence for Judge Lacourse. Margaret Avenue. On Margaret Avenue a short distance westerly from Queen Street was the Moxley farm with house and barn. The barn was later moved to Lexington by Henry Stroh who bought it to replace one that had been struck by lightning. On the corner of Ellen Street a brick house occupied in the early days by Rev. Mr. Savage, Methodist minister, and later by John Hoffman, Jr., a druggist. Ellen Street. 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 _______________ 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, father of John Klein of Buffalo, 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 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 be 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

  
  

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  [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 012905-73. Peter Rothaermel, 21, occ. Carpenter, b. Berlin, res. Guelph, son of Henry and Elizabeth married Amanda Seiler, 26, b. Canada, res. Berlin, daughter of George and Elizabeth, witnessed by: Henry Stroh and Elizabeth Rothaermel both of Berlin, 19 October 1873 in Berlin [S131] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1851, Div 4 Pg 6. Henry ROTHARMEL Cabinet Maker Germany 34 SW b. 20-Sep Elisabeth ROTHARMEL Germany 33 SW b. October William ROTHARMEL Canada 9 SW b. 20-May Henry ROTHARMEL Canada 4 SW b. 25-Jun Katharine ROTHARMEL Canada 6 SW b. 30-Jun Elisabeth ROTHARMEL Canada 2 SW b. 23-Aug Henry ROTHARMEL Cabinet Maker Germany 34 SW b. 20-Sep John BRODHAKER Cabinet Maker Germany 21 Lutheran b. 15-Mar Jacob BRODRECHT Cabinet Maker Germany 18 Lutheran b. 14-May [S134] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1851, Div 3 Pg 14. John Rothermal Carpenter Germany Lutheran 30 Elisabeth Rothermal Germany Lutheran 33 [S158] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1881, Div. 2 Pg. 62. [S123] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1861, Div. 4 Page 36. [S229] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1871, Sect. 2 Page 9. [S3004] New York, U.S., Arriving Passenger and Crew Lists (including Castle Garden and Ellis Island), 1820-1957. Arrival Date:6 Jul 1841 Herrich Rothenmel 23 Elisabe Metz 27 Port of Departure:Bremen, Germany Port of Arrival:New York, New York, USA Ship Name:Johann Georg [S13] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - Wellington District Marriage Register Part 1 1840-1852. Rev'd Frederick W. Bindemann, Minister Of The German Evangelical Church, , At Green Bush, Waterloo Township, 31 Aug. 1841 To 31 Aug. 1842 John Henry Bothermel, Carpenter, To Elisabeth Metz, Both Of Waterloo. Wit. Carl H. Ahrens, Carpenter, Of Waterloo And Henry Herber, Yeoman, Of Wilmot [S2] Church Records - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Church of the New Jerusalem (Swedenborgian), pg 3. by Pastor John Harbin [S2] Church Records - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Church of the New Jerusalem (Swedenborgian), Vol 1 pg 5. [S2070] Directory - Ontario Directory for 1851. [S131] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1851, Div 4 Pg 6. [S134] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1851, Div 3 Pg 14.

  
  

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  Born - 20 Sep 1818 - , Germany Immigration - 6 Jul 1841 - New York City, New York, USA. Married - 17 Oct 1841 - Greenbush (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - carpenter - 1842 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Christened - 1846 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1846 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - cabinetmaker - 1851 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - cabinet maker - 1852 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - carpenter - 1852 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Carpenter - 1861 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - [Member of New Jersulem Religion] - 1861 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Carpenter - 1871 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - [Member of New Jersulem Religion] - 1871 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Tax Collector - 1881 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Swedenborgian - 1881 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - Cause: Dropsy of the Heart - 30 Sep 1884 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth