Jacob George Hespeler, Esq.^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]}

1811 - 1881  (70 years)

• Name	Jacob George Hespeler
  Suffix	Esq.
  Born	28 Jan 1811	Eningen, , Baden-Württemberg, Germany   [4, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12]
  Occupation	1852	Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  	Merchant
  Elected Office	1856	, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	Warden
  Elected Office	1859	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	Reeve of Hespeler
  Residence	1860	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [13]
  Occupation	1861	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [11]
  	Miller
  Residence	1861	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [11]
  	Christian
  Historic Building	CA 1865	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	Woollen Mill
  		Hespeler-JacobHespelersWoollenMill-001-1860s-HespelerHeritageCentre.jpg Hespeler Heritage Centre: This sketch is from the 1860s before fire gutted Jacob Hespeler's Woollen Mill in 1869. Note the roofline; the building on the river was rebuilt by Isaac McQueston & Son in 1881. It later was acquired by A. J. Brodie Co. and operated as the Canada Woollen Mill. …. Note that there were 2 bridges on Avenue St. (Guelph Ave). The main one was over the Speed River and the other over the Mill Raceway between the stone buildings on right. Just below the dam was a spur rail line built by Jacob Hespeler to carried the goods from his complex to the RR Stn. on Sheffield St. The small building at the dam was his saw mill operation. The buildings on left were his cooperage & distillery.
  Occupation	1871	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [9]
  	Farmer and Manufacturer
  		Hespeler-StampedandEnamelledWareLtd-picture-CityofCambridgeArchives.jpg Stamped And Enamelled Ware Limited (Note Corner Stone 1850 Built By Jacob Hespeler - City of Cambridge Archives
  Christened	29 Jan 1881	Eningen, , Baden-Württemberg, Germany   [12]
  Gender	Male
  Business	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	Distillery
  	Jacob Hespeler's distillery, later became the Brodie Shoddy Mill, and home to the Hespeler Scouts during the late 1940s -50s.. Image from: Hespeler, Canada : a souvenir of the factory town 1901
  		The Brodie Shoddy Mill image from Hespeler Heritage Centre 2012
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/120754280
  Died	22 Mar 1881	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3, 10]
  Hall of Fame - Waterloo Region	Bef 2012	, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [14]
  Historic Building	152 Guelph Ave., Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	2 story large stone house
  	Large 2 story stone house built by Jacob Hespeler. Sold to his daughter Lissie Bowlby in 1870 for $1. Sold to Andrew Simpson post master in 1877. Sold to Robert and Henry Swan merchants in 1877 who sold in 1888.
  Historic Building	Dovecote
  	CAMBRIDGE \emdash Dovecote or not, a historic stone tower that was built for Hespeler's founder at least 180 years ago will be relocated to a nearby park from its current location. On Tuesday evening, Cambridge council heard opposing opinions about whether an old stone tower found at the Forbes estate on Guelph Avenue was a dovecote or not. A dovecote is a building that houses birds to be eaten. In the end, it didn't matter what the historic stone tower's original purpose was when council ended a long and passionate debate with a vote to relocate the historic stone tower. "We're all very interested in ensuring that this tower is conserved," Mayor Kathryn McGarry, who supported moving the tower, said during Tuesday's meeting. She said the tower's association with Jacob Hespeler and his agricultural complex will be preserved, and even strengthened, by relocating it to Jacob's Landing Park about 400 metres away from its current spot on a property that is up for redevelopment into a subdivision.... "Historic Stone Tower In Hespeler Will Be Relocated". 2022. Therecord.Com. https://www.therecord.com/news/waterloo-region/2022/02/15/historic-stone-tower-in-hespeler-will-be-relocated.html.
  		Jacob Hespeler's Dovecoat "Historic Stone Tower In Hespeler Will Be Relocated". 2022. Therecord.Com. https://www.therecord.com/news/waterloo-region/2022/02/15/historic-stone-tower-in-hespeler-will-be-relocated.html.
  Name	Jakob Hespeler
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-27047P
  Buried	New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [10]
  Person ID	I27047	Generations
  Last Modified	25 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Johann Georg "George" Hespeler,   b. 8 Nov 1784, , Wuerttemberg, Germany ,   d. 10 Sep 1840, Baden, Baden, , Baden-Württemberg, Germany  (Age 55 years)
  Mother	Anna Barbara Wick,   b. 26 Nov 1791, Ehningen, , Baden-Württemberg, Germany ,   d. 21 Dec 1881, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 90 years)
  Married	27 Jul 1809	Eningen, , Baden-Württemberg, Germany   [15]
  Family ID	F22526	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elisabeth "Lissie" "Lizzie" "Elise" Knoth,   b. 28 Oct 1817, , Germany ,   d. 14 Oct 1881, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 63 years)
  Children	1. Col. John George "George" Hespeler,   b. 8 Apr 1837, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 23 Sep 1910, Raleigh, Wake, North Carolina, United States  (Age 73 years)   2. Elizabeth "Lissie" Hespeler,   b. 5 Nov 1839, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 11 Jan 1920, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 80 years)   3. Anna Hespeler,   b. 2 Jan 1844, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 2 Apr 1915, Holyoke, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States  (Age 71 years)   4. Mina Hespeler,   b. 1845, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 11 May 1938, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 93 years)   5. Ellonora "Laura" Hespeler,   b. 23 Nov 1847, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1 Feb 1935, London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada  (Age 87 years)   6. Jacob Hespeler, I,   b. 8 May 1851, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 23 Apr 1852, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 0 years)   7. Jacob Hespeler, II,   b. 10 Sep 1853, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 4 Nov 1927, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 74 years)   8. Charles Hespeler,   b. CALC 1855, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 29 Oct 1886, Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States  (Age ~ 31 years)   9. Rose "Rosa" Hespeler,   b. CALC 18 Jul 1860,   d. 18 Nov 1874, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 14 years)
  Last Modified	26 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F9290	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos		Jacob Hespeler Waterloo Region Hall of Fame
  		Jacob Hespeler

  
  

• Notes

  Death of Jacob Hespeler, Esq. On Tuesday afternoon many of the residents of Galt were very much grieved to learn that a dispatch had been received from Hespeler announcing the death of this gentleman. Mr. Hespeler had been had apparently quite well day, and after the mail arrived had walked to the post office and got his mail. Returning to his residence, he sat down to read his paper, the and while so engaged his servant had her attention directed towards him by a peculiar cough. Speaking to him she got no reply, and seeing that he was ill, at be once went for assistance. Medical aid in being secured it was seen that but a few minutes of life were left, and very soon after, without regaining consciousness, he breathed his last. And so closed this busy, eventful life- a life which for over it fifty years has not, we believe, seen an Idle day. Mr. Hespeler was in his 71st year. He came to Canada in 1836, and a after a short an residence.in Montreal moved to. Preston, where he opened a store and shortly after a Distillery. In these enterprises he was very successful, and rapidly accumulated competence. His attention having been directed to the valuable water-power on the Speed at Hespeler, he finally disposed of his businesses at Preston and invested his capital in the large flouring mill, distillery, and shortly after the large woolten mill property, which was destroyed by fire about twelve years ago. These enterprises greatly prospered, that prosperity being only interrupted by the fire which we have mentioned. Some years ago, Mr. Hespeler almost retired from these businesses and left Hespeler, to engage in other enterprises in Hamilton and elsewhere. Retiring from these he again moved back to the village, where he has since constantly resided. During his life in Preston, Mr. Hespeler occupied the position of Reeve and represented that village at the County Council. Conservative in politics, he entered into the various contests in this and contiguous constituencies with the greatest energy. In 1862, we think, The was the Conservative candidate for South Waterloo, a contest then taking place owing to the dissolution of the Macdonald-Sicotte Ministry. In that contest Mr. Hespeler was defeated by Mr. James Cowan. Nowise daunted, successive contests saw him ever ready with counsel and assistance, and it may safely be said that few in the Riding at one time or another had more personal power with the electorate than the gentleman of whom we write. Mr. Hespeler was one of a large family, of whom, we believe, many are yet living. Mr. Wm. Hespeler, of Winnipeg, is one brother, and living in this neighborhood are its sisters, Mrs. Adam Warnock, Mrs. Beck and Mrs. Chapman. His own family consisted of Mr.George Hespeler, of Galt, Mr. Jacob Hespeler, manager of the branch of Molson's Dank, Waterloo, Mr. Chas. Hespeler, of Hespeler, Mrs. W. H. Bowlby, of Berlin, Mrs. Farr, of Holyoke, Mass, Mrs. John Walker, of London, and Mrs. John Cutler, of Preston. On Saturday last, Mr. Hespeler was in Galt, and calling upon his old friends, appeared to be as healthy, and as likely to see many more days, as he has done for the last twenty years. He was then full of hope and many schemes for the future. His end was fearfully sudden; but there is reason for thankfulness that when it came he was spared suffering. Galt Reporter 25 Mar 1881 _____________ Jacob Hespeler Cambridge Hall of Fame Inducted 1995 Jacob Hespeler was born in Ehningen Germany in 1811, the eldest son of John George Hespeler and Anna Barbara Wick. His mother's grandfather was Count Andrassy, an Hungarian nobleman. The evidence suggests that he was twice married, first to Eliza "Lissie" Knoth (c.1835) and sometime later to Elise Diehl. He had nine children, seven of whom survived to adulthood. Little is known of Mr Hespeler's early years others than that he was educated in Nancy, France and emigrated to Canada with all but one of his nine brothers and sisters. Mr Hespeler spent a number of years working in the fur trade first in association with John Jacob Astor and then with the Hudson Bay Co. In about 1835 he decided to settle down and moved to the German community of Preston. There he opened a store with a man named Yoeste (Yost). It appears that Mr Yoeste had some difficulty with the authorities in the United States and before long Mr Hespeler was the sole owner of the business. This single store was not sufficient to satisfy Mr Hespeler's boundless energies and he soon turned his sights on some land upon which he could build a grist mill, a mill that would run in opposition to one already operated by Preston's leading family, the Erbs. Mr Hespeler located a suitable site along the Grand River near its confluence with the Speed River. The evidence suggests that Mr Hespeler neglected to purchase water rights when he obtained the mill site and after beginning to dig the race needed to bring in the water that would power the mill was forced to abandon the site. He then turned to a site on King Street where he proceeded to erect a grist mill, a stone store and a distillery. Mr Hespeler became a fairly prominent businessman in Preston and served as the Captain of the Preston Hook and Ladder Co. when it was organized in 1844. It was at about this time that Mr Hespeler decided to broaden his business activities. Beginning on 6 Feb 1845 he purchased a total of 145 acres fronting on the Speed River in the settlement of New Hope. Mr Hespeler replaced the existing dam on his new property with a much bigger one in keeping with his ambitious plans for the site. He began with the building of a grist mill in 1847 followed shortly thereafter by a sawmill and a cooperage. These were followed by a gas house, a distillery and, in 1861, a stone woollen mill. He also built a stone housing block known as the "Riverside Terraces" which was built to house unmarried men working in his factories. He was also a major benefactor of both the Lutheran and Roman Catholic churches in the village, assisting in the construction of each. Although Mr Hespeler was increasingly involved with his growing business concerns in New Hope, he continued to maintain close ties to Preston. He continued operating his store, mill and distillery in Preston and in 1850 started a factory that was among the first in Canada to use the new "German" or "quick" method of vinegar production. Traditionally vinegar was made by a two stage process of natural fermentation which required several months to produce a complete vinegar. The new "German" process produced vinegar in a much shorter period. Mr Hespeler's vinegar was sent to the Great Exhibition at Hyde Park in London in 1851 and met with such acceptance that he began exporting his vinegar to the English market the following year. Mr Hespeler's activities extended beyond his business concerns. He was Preston's second postmaster serving in the position from 1851 to 1859. He served on Preston's council both in 1852, when he was elected as the newly incorporated village's first Reeve, and from 1854 to 1858, the last three years of which he was once again named Reeve. In 1852 he also served as Preston's representative on the first Waterloo County provisional council. Following his service on Preston's Council, Mr Hespeler was elected to serve as the first reeve of the newly incorporated and newly named Village of Hespeler, holding the office from 1859 to 1862. The incorporation of the settlement of New Hope as the village of Hespeler was due in no small part to the efforts of Jacob Hespeler and was, in part, based on the coming of the Great Western Railway to New Hope on its route from Galt to Guelph. The presence of the railway construction crews in the vicinity of New Hope encouraged Mr Hespeler to call for a census of the settlement in 1857 hoping to find enough "residents" to qualify for incorporation under the terms of the Ontario Municipal Act of 1849. Incorporation was essential to Mr Hespeler's plans for the settlement which could then separate from the county and elect its own Council with jurisdiction over all aspects of roads and bridges and a variety of other issues, the most important being the location of industries and the ability to make provision for fire protection and public health. The census was duly taken and on 31 July 1858 the government of her majesty Queen Victoria proclaimed that the settlement of New Hope would become the incorporated Village of Hespeler effective 1 Jan 1859. In 1861, Mr Hespeler ran as a Conservative candidate for the Legislative Assembly but was defeated by the Liberal James Cowan. He was never again a candidate for parliament but he maintained an involvement in later campaigns by providing advice and assistance. It was said that few people in the riding had as much influence with the electorate as Mr Hespeler. At about the same time Mr Hespeler sold his businesses in Preston and, in 1861, built a large stone woollen mill close to his other factories on the Speed River in Hespeler. This mill was severely damaged by fire in 1869 and shortly there after Mr Hespeler moved to California. He lived there for a number of years and then returned to Hespeler where he died on 22 Mar 1881. He is buried in New Hope Cemetery. https://www.city.cambridge.on.ca/cs_pubaccess/hall_of_fame.php?aid=22 ________________________ Wesleyan Methodist and Methodist New Connexion St. Paul's United Church The earliest Methodist services were said to have begun in 1861 when the Rev. E.W. Frazee arrived in Preston. He organized a congregation which met at first in the upper room of a woolen mill on Eagle Street and then in the frame Lutheran church on King Street; members of the New Connexion Methodists began to meet in the Town Hall at about the same time. Rev. Charles Freshman, the German Wesleyan Methodist missionary, began preaching to English- and German-speaking congregations on May 3, 1862. In his autobiography Rev. Dr. Freshman is quoted: "I preached at St. George in the morning, Paris in the afternoon and at Preston in the evening. Our other regular appointments were Strasburg, Roseville, Conestoga [sic], New Dundee, Doon and occasionally in Princeton" (Freshman 1868: 214). A stone church was built at the corner of Duke and Argyle Streets in 1864 on property which had been donated by Jacob Hespeler; the church was opened on September 25, 1864. Dedicatory services were held in English by Mr. Rice and Mr. Carrol and in German by Rev. Freshman. Four acres of land between King and Queen (now Queenston Road) Streets were purchased from Jacob Hespeler on July 15, 1868 by the trustees of the Wesleyan Methodist and New Connexion churches. A newer, larger church was built on this property and completed on October 18, 1868. Although union of the Wesleyan Methodist Church in Canada and the Methodist New Connexion Church did not occur until 1874 it is quite possible that the two congregations in Preston had already formed their own union with the building of the church in 1868. For some years it was a community church where other denominations also worshipped. In 1871 the church was enlarged; the tower and spire were added at the same time. A Sunday School was built in 1875-1879 during the ministry of Rev. James McAllister. In 1877 the congregation was given permission to sell the old New Connexion Church and to apply the proceeds towards improvements on the new church. The Circuit was divided in 1883 when Preston, Zion and Doon were separated from Hespeler. In 1887 Preston was by itself, but at the Annual Conference in 1897 of the Methodist Church, Guelph Conference, Galt District, Preston was divided into a circuit consisting of Preston and Doon. The church became self-supporting at that time. Preston later was with Hespeler until 1909 when each became an independent charge. The congregation of Preston Methodist Church became Preston United Church in 1925 and later, in 1933, St. Paul's United Church. The cornerstone for a new Sunday School was laid in 1921; the addition was completed in 1922. Further additions were constructed in 1955 and 1967. Waterloo County Churches A Research Guide To Churches Established Before 1900 By Rosemary Ambrose ___________________________ Shortly after Ferrie and Liebschuetz had opened stores in Preston, two young Germans who had been living in the United States, came to Preston and opened a store, in the premises first occupied by Liebschuetz. These two Germans were a Jew named Yost and Jacob Hespeler. They did a good business, but it appeared that Mr. Yost had committed some fraud in Philadelphia, was pursued, captured and taken to Hamilton jail to await his trial. Hespeler managed to make a compromise with Yost's creditors, upon receiving an assignment of all Yost's interests in the store. A short time afterwards Hespeler built a large store and extended his business to a considerable extent; he had also built a distillery some time before. Fifth Annual Report Of The Waterloo Historical Society, 1917 pg 27 ____________________ PRESTON STORE The Subscriber most respectifully informs his friends, customers the public in general, that continues business in his own name, at the old stand formerly kept by himself and partner, in the Village of Preston where he will be pleased to see and wait upon his old customers and others who may please to favor him with a call. His Goods are of the best quality, which he will sell very low for either cash, produce or the usual. credit. BERNARD YOESTE. Village of Preston, - June 5th, 1837, 25-tf ___________________________ NOTICE I hereby give Notice to those Merchants, Traders, and others with whom I have been accustomed to deal and traffic and Dealers and the public generally, that the Letter of attorney heretofore made by me, constituting and appointing Bernard Yoeste my true and lawful attorney and agent, is REVOKED, ANNULLED AND MADE VOID; and that the said, Bernard Yoeste, is no longer my attorney and agent; and that I will not be liable for, nor will I pay any debts of his contracting after this date-and I hereby forbid all and every person and persons paying unto the said Bernard Yoeste any sum and sums of money now due me or that may hereafter become due or dealing or transacting business with him on my account. JACOB HESPELER Dated Preston, Waterloo Township, Upper Canada, this twenty fifth day of May 1837 ___________________ N. B. I have removed my Store to my new buildings. near my Distillery I shall continue to keep a large assortment of cheap Goods, constantly on hand, and try to accommodate my customers and the public in general, as well possible. J. H. [Jacob Hespeler]

  
  

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  [S6] Church Records - ON, Waterloo - Bindeman, F. W. - Card Index Kitchener Public Library, #20, p 162. Jacob Hespeler, son of Jacob Hespeler and Elisabeth Knoth of Preston, died 23 Apr 1852, Age 11 m 15 d [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 2 Dec 1886. Oct. 29, 1886 Chas. Hespeler, youngest son of the late Jakob Hespeler, died in Memphis, Tenn. at age of 31 years. [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 20 Oct 1881. 14 Oct 1881 Elise Hespeler, widow of Jakob Hespeler, died in Preston at age of 65 years. [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 19 Nov 1874. Died 18 Nov 1874 In Berlin, Rosa, daughter of Jakob Hespeler, Esq., died at the age of 14 years, 4 months. (Funeral details follow.) [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 11 Apr 1861. Married 10 Apr 1861 In Hespeler, at the home of the bride's father, by Rev. E.R. Stimson, Ward Hamilton Bowlby Esq., holds a M.A. and is advocate of this paper, was married to Lissie Hespeler, oldest daughter of Jakob Hespeler, Esq. [S1338] News - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Galt Reporter (1846-1973), Obituary of Elizabeth (Lissie) Knoth - Hespeler - Oct 21 1881 pg 8. [S2403] News - Unidentified Newspaper Obituary, Obituary of Anna Barbara Wick - Hespeler - 23 Dec 1881, pg 1. [S270] Census - ON, Waterloo, Preston - 1852, Pg 3. [S508] Census - ON, Waterloo, Hespeler - 1871, Page 37. [S237] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - New Hope CC#4498 Internet Link . Jacob Hespeler/ Founder Of The Village Of Hespeler/ Died 22nd March, 1881/ In The 71st Year Of His Age/ Requiescat In Pace/ Lissie/ Wife Of/ Jacob Hespeler/ Born 28th October 1817/ Died 14th October, 1881/ Hespeler [S1837] Census - ON, Waterloo, Hespeler - 1861, Div. 1 Page 9. [S2303] Germany, Select Births and Baptisms, 1558-1898 - Ancestry.com, FHL Film Number: 1569112 Pg 63 22. Jacob Hespeler Birth Date: 28 Jan 1811 Baptism Date: 29 Jan 1811 Baptism Place: Eningen, Württemberg, Germany Father: Joh. Georg Hespeler Mother: Anna Barb. Wikin [S20] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berlin Telegraph (title varies: Berlin Telegraph, Berlin Daily Telegraph) (1853-1922), 7 Sep 1860. Hespeler: At Hespeler, on the 30th ult., the wife of Jacob Hespeler, Esq., of a daughter. [S220] Waterloo Region Hall of Fame Waterloo Region Hall of Fame. [S1977] Germany, Marriages, 1558-1929, Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M92681-3 , System Origin: Germany-EASy , GS Film number: 1569113 , Reference ID: 24. Johann Georg Hespeler Birth Date: 08 Nov 1784 Spouse's Name: Anna Barbara Wick Spouse's Birth Date: 26 Nov 1791 Event Date: 27 Jul 1809 Event Place: Eningen, Württemberg, Germany Father's Name: Joh. Georg Hespeler Mother's Name: Maria Reg. Leuzin Spouse's Father's Name: Jacob Wick Spouse's Mother's Name: Maria Ursula Wik Marital Status: Single Spouse's Marital Status: Single

  
  

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  Born - 28 Jan 1811 - Eningen, , Baden-Württemberg, Germany Occupation - Merchant - 1852 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Elected Office - Warden - 1856 - , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Elected Office - Reeve of Hespeler - 1859 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1860 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Miller - 1861 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Christian - 1861 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Historic Building - Woollen Mill - CA 1865 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Farmer and Manufacturer - 1871 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Christened - 29 Jan 1881 - Eningen, , Baden-Württemberg, Germany Business - Distillery - - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 22 Mar 1881 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Hall of Fame - Waterloo Region - Bef 2012 - , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Historic Building - 2 story large stone house - - 152 Guelph Ave., Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth