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Conrad Zick[1]

Male 1850 - 1940  (89 years)


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  • Name Conrad Zick 
    Born 15 Sep 1850  Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9] 
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1852  Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Lutheran 
    Residence 1861  Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Lutheran Protestant 
    Occupation 1871  Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Farmer 
    Occupation 1871  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Laborer 
    Residence 1871  Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Lutheran 
    Residence 1871  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Mennonite 
    Occupation 1881  Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Carpenter 
    Residence 1881  Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Lutheran 
    Occupation 1891  Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Carpenter 
    Residence 1891  Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Lutheran 
    Occupation 1911  Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Cabinet Maker, Factory 
    Residence 44 Willow St., Waterloo, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1911  Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Lutheran 
    Residence 1940  60 Heins Ave., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-278376 
    Died 16 Mar 1940  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Buried Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Person ID I278376  Generations
    Last Modified 7 Nov 2024 

    Father George Zick,   b. 5 Mar 1815, Beerfelden, , Hessen, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Jul 1884, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years) 
    Mother Barbara Elisabeth Schmidt,   b. 1817, , Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married 1843  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    Family ID F3829  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Anne Mary "Mary" Pfitzenmaier,   b. 10 Apr 1854, Freedom Township, Washtenaw Co., Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Nov 1938, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years) 
    Married 29 Jan 1874  Freedom, Cheboygan, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [11] 
    Children 
     1. William Philip Zick,   b. 18 Mar 1875, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Feb 1936, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 60 years)
     2. Edmund Henry Zick,   b. 1877, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     3. Homer Herman Zick,   b. 23 Jun 1882, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Jun 1941  (Age 58 years)
     4. Bertha Ellenora Zick,   b. 2 Jun 1885, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1963  (Age 77 years)
     5. Norman Arno William Zick,   b. 21 Aug 1887, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Feb 1957, Glendale, Los Angeles, California, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years)
    Last Modified 12 Nov 2024 
    Family ID F37820  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Died at Kitchener in 90th Year.

      Kitchener - Large numbers of Twin City and district residents paid their last respects to Conrad Zick, prominent Kitchener resident at the funeral held late last week from the home of his daughter, Mrs. E. O. Ritz, Heins Ave.

      Mr. Zick, who was in his 90th year, was born near St. Clements on September 15, 1851, but has resided in the Twin City most of his life. He was an active member of St. John's Lutheran church, Waterloo, and also the Canadian Order of Foresters.

      Predeceased by his wife in November, 1938, and one son William in 1936. Mr. Zick is survived by three sons, Edmond, Buffalo, N.Y., Homer, Dundas and Norman, Los Angeles, one sister, Mrs. Christian Paul, Ann Arbor, Mich;, seven grandchildren and three great grandchildren.

      Interment ws made in Mount Hope Cemetery

      Waterloo Chronicle 5 Apr 1940 pg 3

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      Recall Honeymoon Journey Over 3-Foot Drifts in 1874

      Mr. and Mrs. C. Zick, Bride and Groom of 60 Years, Active and Happy.

      ESTEEMED COUPLE IN BEST OF HEALTH

      Sixty years ago, Conrad and Mary Zick drove through three to four feet of snow to spend their honeymoon at the old homestead in Wellesley township.

      Times have changed a lot since then, they say, but at their diamond wedding anniversary on Monday, January 29th, they were prepared for just as happy a celebration as they were the day an old German hymn was sung to mark their nuptials.

      Enjoyable Family Gathering.

      A happy feature of the anniversary, to which Mr. and Mrs. Zick looked forward, was a reunion of their five children, held at the home of their only daughter, Bertha, Mrs. Emil O. Ritz, Heins Avenue, Kitchener. It was a most enjoyable dinner party held on Sunday, to mark this unique and interesting event. The youngest son, Norman, is clerk and treasurer of Waterloo. Friends and relatives congregated at the home to felicitate the highly esteemed Twin-City couple upon their long and happy married life.

      Wedded in Michigan.

      Conrad Zick is 88; his wife, who was Mary Fitzmeyer, of Freedom, Mich., is 80. They were married at her home, January 29, 1874. Except for a two-year stay in Michigan, Mr. Zick has resided all his life in Waterloo county.

      "My father and mother were born in Germany," Mr. Zick told the Chronicle. "They settled on a farm in Wellesley township. Of our family, only myself and a brother and sister in Michigan are still living. I went to Michigan to work and made big money for those times. A farmer paid me $25 a month the year round. But I didn't like the farm. From boyhood I wanted to work with wood. So we came back to Waterloo after our marriage."

      Mr. and Mrs. Zick resided at Waterloo until thirteen years ago when they moved to Kitchener to reside with Mrs. Ritz. He retired five years ago but they are both still active. He tinkers with wood at an improvised bench and feeds a pair of handsome love birds. She knits, bakes and avidly follows current. events in the newspapers

      "We have taken life as it came - we knew we couldn't change it," Mr. Zick said when asked the secret of their youthful attitude towards life. "There was a day when we had to live on seven shillings a day and frequently we couldn't get our wages. This is not our first depression.

      Their children are William P. of Detroit, Edmund H. of Buffalo, Homer of Dundas, Norman of Waterloo and Mrs. Bertha Ritz, of Kitchener. There are seven grand- children and two great grand.

      Waterloo Chronicle 1 Feb 1934, p. 1

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  • Sources 
    1. [S3108] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 021709-10.
      Emil Otto Ritz, 29, occ. Druggist, res. of Berlin, Son of Jacob Ritz & Mary Beckner Married Bertha Ellenora Zick, 25, res. of Waterloo, daughter of Conrad Zick & Mary Fitzmeier, Witn: Homer F. Zick of Dundas & Meta Ritz of Berlin, 20 September 1910 In Waterloo

    2. [S302] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo City - 1881, Waterloo Village 1881 Div. 2 Page 38.

    3. [S366] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo City - 1911, Div. 43 Pg. 5.

    4. [S269] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wellesley Twp. - 1871, Div. 4, Pg. 72.

    5. [S242] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wellesley Twp. - 1851, Div. 1 Pg. 23.

    6. [S190] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1871, Div. 2 Page 15.

    7. [S855] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wellesley Twp. - 1861, Div. 8 Page 46.

    8. [S1573] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo City - 1891, Section 3 Page 36.

    9. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/234785310/conrad-zick.

    10. [S13] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - Wellington District Marriage Register Part 1 1840-1852, Rev'd Frederick W. Bindemann, Minister of The German Evangelical Protestant Lutheran Church, At Greenbush, Waterloo Township, Halton County, 1 Sept. 1843 to 1 July 1844 report 32.
      George Zick, Farmer, of Woolwich, to Barbara Elisabeth Schmitt, of Queens Bush. Wit. Jacob Allimanz, Farmer, of Queens Bush and John Monshheimer, Farmer of Woolwich.

    11. [S57] Vit - ON - Birth Registration.
      Name: Norman Arno William Zick
      Sex: Male
      Birth Date: 21 Aug 1887
      Birthplace: Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
      Birthplace (Original): Waterloo, Ontario
      Father's Name: Conrad Zick
      Father's Sex: Male
      Mother's Name: Fitzmeier
      Mother's Sex: Female
      Parent married 29 Jan 1894 Washington Co., Michigan

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 15 Sep 1850 - Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Lutheran - 1852 - Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Lutheran Protestant - 1861 - Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Farmer - 1871 - Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Laborer - 1871 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Lutheran - 1871 - Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1871 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 29 Jan 1874 - Freedom, Cheboygan, Michigan, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Carpenter - 1881 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Lutheran - 1881 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Carpenter - 1891 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Lutheran - 1891 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Cabinet Maker, Factory - 1911 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - - 44 Willow St., Waterloo, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Lutheran - 1911 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1940 - 60 Heins Ave., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 16 Mar 1940 - 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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