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Charles Hendry[1, 2]

Male 1823 - 1897  (73 years)


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  • Name Charles Hendry 
    Born 14 Jun 1823  Saint Nicholas, Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
    Christened 1848  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [10
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1848  Conestogo, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [10
    Public Service 1850  Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [11
    Auditor - Woolwich Township 
    Occupation 1861  Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Merchant 
    Residence 1861  Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    [Member of New Jersulem Religion] 
    Elected Office 1868  , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Warden for the County of Waterloo 
    Occupation 1871  Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Merchant 
    Occupation 1881  Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Store Keeper 
    Occupation 1881  Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Store Keeper 
    Employer 1886  Waterloo Mutual Fire Insurance Co., Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location 
    President 
    Occupation Conestogo, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Postmaster 
    Occupation Conestogo, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    store merchant 
    • Charles operated a general store in Conestogo with his partner Henry Snider.
    Occupation 1891  Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Gentleman 
    Residence 1891  Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    [Member of New Jersulem Religion] 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-26682P 
    Died 4 Jan 1897  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 9
    Buried Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    Person ID I26682  Generations
    Last Modified 25 Apr 2024 

    Father Alexander Hendry,   b. 14 Aug 1791, , Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Mar 1838, , Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 46 years) 
    Mother Ann Milne,   b. Abt 1792, , Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 2 Jun 1817  Aberdeen, , Aberdeen, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Family ID F12779  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Harriet Amanda Austin,   b. 22 Sep 1824, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Apr 1901, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years) 
    Married 20 Oct 1846  Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Ann Amanda Hendry,   b. CALC 13 Oct 1847,   d. 28 Aug 1848, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 0 years)
     2. Mary Matilda "Matilda" Hendry,   b. 1848, Conestogo, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 May 1885, Conestogo, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 37 years)
     3. Charles Hendry,   b. 1849, Conestogo, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     4. Laura Amalia Hendry,   b. 4 Apr 1852, Conestogo, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Jun 1928, Eramosa Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years)
     5. Sophrona "Sophia" Hendry,   b. 28 Jan 1854, Conestogo, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Dec 1928, Bala, Muskoka Lakes, Muskoka District, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years)
     6. Isabella Hendry,   b. 29 May 1857, Conestogo, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     7. Harriet A. Hendry,   b. 24 Oct 1860, Conestogo, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 26 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F6980  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Charles Vice President Towship of Woolwich Agricultural Society 1853. Reeve of Woolwich Twp 1864-68 & 1872. Worshipful Master Grand River Lodge 1866, 67, 1869-71. 1st District Deputy Grand Master for Wellington.

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      HISTORY OF GRAND RIVER LODGE No. 151, G.R.C. 1861-1961

      ...In 1866 Charles Hendry of Conestoga who had occupied both the Junior and Senior Warden's chairs, became the Worshipful Master. He also carried on as Master in 1867. He was followed by his Senior Warden, W. Washburn, in 186S, but he again was called back to preside as Master for an additional three year term, during 1869, 1870 and 1871. A special tribute must be paid to W. Bro. Hendry who carried the responsibilities of Master for no less than five years. He was also the first member to serve Wellington as District Deputy Grand Master...

      HISTORY OF GRAND RIVER LODGE No. 151, G.R.C. 1861-1961 Compiled by Wor. Bro. H. M. Cook
      https://home.golden.net/~djjcameron/history.htm

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      Charles Hendry, a respected citizen of Waterloo and generally well-known as a business-man and official, died on Monday afternoon in the Berlin-Waterloo Hospital. He had been seriously ill for about 8 days, and when his condition became significantly worse on Monday evening, he was transported to the hospital. The deceased was born in Scotland and emigrated to Canada in his youth. His parents died early and he was raised by Mr Henry Schneider, father of Mayor Schneider of Waterloo. He was the founder of "Blockstaedel" (Log-cabin Town), now Conestogo, where for many years he owned a store; he was a township and county Councillor, Reeve and Warden, president of the Waterloo Mutual Fire Insurance Company and the Reform Association of North Waterloo and lived to the age of 73 years.

      Berliner Journal 7 Jan 1897 pg 4 c 4 Translated by: Patricia J. Kauk for the Kitchener Public Library

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      THE WOOLWICH COUNCIL

      A Woolwich Township Council was organized on January 21st, 1850. The councillors were: John Meyer, Edward Passmore, Peter Wenger, Peter Hay, and Wm. Veitch. They met "at Conestoga, in Kurtz's tavern." The members chose John Meyer as reeve and named James Dow as clerk and treasurer; Moses Springer as assessor on the east side of the Grand River and Christian Hurst on the west wide, each at 6 pounds ($24) a year; and Wm. Reynolds as collector, with a salary of five and a half per cent. of his collections. Charles Hendry was appointed auditor.

      The council ordered a seal and studied a plan for building a bridge across the Conestoga River; appointed a road surveyor and considered the advisability of appointing a local superin-tendent of schools. For a number of years schools, bridges, roads, and the regulation of taverns were the chief items of business.

      Waterloo County's provisional municipal council met in Berlin on May 3rd, 1852. Woolwich was represented by Reeve John Meyer and Deputy-Reeve Peter Wenger.

      Waterloo Historical Society Annual Volume 1933 pg 134 - Woolwich Township - Its Early Settlement by W. V. Uttley

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      King Street, Kitchener

      Next easterly were the foundry buildings of Huber & Ahrens, operated from 1840 to 1853. There were four separate buildings, 30 or 40 feet back from the King Street line. In the moulding shop, Mr. Stroh remembers seeing the glittering metal run out from the cupola, at casting time, when he was a boy. The woodworking and power building was a two-storey brick structure with a smoke stack about 50 feet high. The second floor of the building was used for painting and finishing. On the Foundry Street side there was an outside stairway and incline to let down finished machinery. A third building was used for making agricultural machines, threshing cylinders and ploughs. Separators were not made at that time. Near Foundry Street there was a two-storey building with gable toward King Street, used also for woodworking and for the office. In this building three pianos, the first to be made in Berlin, were turned out in 1852. These were upright pianos, hand-made all except the keyboard. The artisan was J. Maas and he made the pianos, one for Charles Ahrens, one for Henry S. Huber and one for Charles Hendry of Conestoga. This latter building was later moved alongside of Winger's pump shop and used as a cigar factory for a time; eventually it was converted into a dwelling. The moulding shop of the foundry was later used as an ashery. After Mr. Ahrens died in 1853 the foundry buildings were sold by auction to Sheriff Davidson who owned them for a number of years.

      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 
    1. [S2] Church Records - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Church of the New Jerusalem (Swedenborgian), Vol 1 pg 7.
      List of Baptisms by Thomas Wilks 1855.

    2. [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 14 May 1885.
      03 May 1885 Mary Matilda Hendry, oldest daughter of Charles Hendry, died in Conestogo at age of 36 years

    3. [S27] International Genealogical Index - Extracted Church Records, 0991199 Parish registers, 1560-1855 Church of Scotland (Aberdeen).

    4. [S144] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1871, Div 4, Page 42.

    5. [S130] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1881, Div. 3 Page 12.

    6. [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), Obituary of Charles Hendry - 7 Jan 1897.

    7. [S915] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1861, Township of Woolwich 1861 Div. 1 Page 7.

    8. [S1573] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo City - 1891, Section 4 Page 10.

    9. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/165301159/charles-hendry.

    10. [S2] Church Records - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Church of the New Jerusalem (Swedenborgian), pg 3.
      by Pastor John Harbin

    11. [S2058] Book - Annual Volume 1933, pg 13 Woolwich Township - Its Early Settlement by W. V. Uttley.

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    Link to Google MapsBorn - 14 Jun 1823 - Saint Nicholas, Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 20 Oct 1846 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChristened - 1848 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1848 - Conestogo, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsPublic Service - Auditor - Woolwich Township - 1850 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Merchant - 1861 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - [Member of New Jersulem Religion] - 1861 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsElected Office - Warden for the County of Waterloo - 1868 - , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Merchant - 1871 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Store Keeper - 1881 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Store Keeper - 1881 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsEmployer - President - 1886 - Waterloo Mutual Fire Insurance Co., Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Postmaster - - Conestogo, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - store merchant - - Conestogo, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Gentleman - 1891 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - [Member of New Jersulem Religion] - 1891 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 4 Jan 1897 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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