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Conrad Nahrgang

Male 1823 - 1868  (45 years)


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  • Name Conrad Nahrgang 
    Born 1823  , Germany Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1845  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Occupation 1851  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    merchant 
    Elected Office 1859  Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    councillor of Hespeler 
    Occupation 1861  Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Merchant 
    Residence 1861  Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Lutheran 
    Elected Office 1864  Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Reeve of Hespeler 
    Misfortune killed by train accident 
    Occupation Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    postmaster 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-27960 
    Died 18 Aug 1868  Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 6] 
    Person ID I27960  Generations
    Last Modified 6 Apr 2024 

    Father Johann Georg Nahrgang,   b. Abt 1805, , Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Mother Maria Katharina Kuhl,   b. Abt 1805, , Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Family ID F11686  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Eleanor Seidewand,   b. 1824, , Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 May 1881, Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 57 years) 
    Married 20 Jul 1845  Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Children 
     1. Amelia Nahrgang,   b. 1843, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     2. Bertha Wilhelmina "Mina" Nahrgang,   b. 1850, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     3. George Christoph Nahrgang,   b. 19 Nov 1852, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Jul 1853, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
     4. George William Nahrgang,   b. 13 Jul 1854, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Jun 1905, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 50 years)
     5. Lizzie Nahrgang,   b. 1856, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 7 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F7277  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Fatal Accident in Hespeler

      As Mr Nahrgang, postmaster, Hespeler, was attempting on Thursday night, to get on the train which passes that place about half-past eight, he fell and sustained a severe compound-fracture of the leg, a little above the ankle joint. Mortification set in immediately after the accident, and as his medical attendant was aware that amputation would be of no avail to save the patient's life, the operation was not performed. He lingered till half-past 4 o'clock this (Tuesday) morning, when death put an end to his suferings. The deceased leaves a wide circle of friends and acquaintances to mourn his untimely end. He was father-in-law of Mr. W. J. McCurry of this place. The remains will be interred with Masonic honours, (of which order he was a member) at 5 p..m.,. tomorrow afternoon. Brethren from Galt and other places will take part in the imposing ceremony. Parties leaving Guelph by the 2:50 train can return in the evening.

      Aug 18, 1868-Guelph Mercury

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      NAHRGANG, Conrad:

      Born: 1825, July 24 Died: 1868, Aug 18 Municipality. Hespeler Years on local council Councillor 1859,
      1860, 1862-63; Reeve 1864 Years on County Council 1864
      Occupation: Postmaster and storekeeper
      Origin: Lehrbach-Gross Hessen
      Spouse: Ellenora
      Children: Amelia; Wilhelmina; George; Lizzie Landholdings: "around 1858 [Thomas Hammett, a blacksmith] sold the westerly portion of his property to Conrad Nahrgang extending from the corner about as far as the dividing line between the present Cliff Kreig and Ernest Klein buildings" (p89 La rue de commerce, describing the corner of Queen and Adam streets)

      Politics: Conservative? Religion: Lutheran
      Notes: "Jacob Hespeler's store keeper and right hand man" (Lot six, p12)
      * 1851-1868 - first postmaster of New Hope, succeeded 1868-69 by Mrs E. Nahrgang
      * Died as a result of trying to jump on the train to Guelph which broke his leg in a ghastly manner and from which he died: He was called "one of the oldest residents of the village" (this at age 43) and "well known throughout Waterloo, having been in business for many years" ("Fatal accident in Hespeler," GR 21/8/1868p2)
      Businesses and Organizations:
      St James Lutheran Church, Hespeler
      Sources: 1861 census; La rue de commerce;
      Lot six; GR 21/8/1868p2)

      Waterloo County Councillors A Collective Biography Authors:Elizabeth Bloomfield, Linda Foster ,1995, Caribou Imprints, Guelph

  • Sources 
    1. [S131] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1851, Div 1 pg 55.

    2. [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 20 Aug 1868.
      Conrad Nahrgang died 18 Aug 1868 in Hespeler, 43 yrs.

    3. [S1837] Census - ON, Waterloo, Hespeler - 1861, Div. 1 Page 3.

    4. [S13] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - Wellington District Marriage Register Part 1 1840-1852, Rev'd Jacob Huttner, Lutheran Minister, Preston report 53.
      Conrad Nahrgang, to Eleonora Seidewand both of Waterloo. 20 July 1845

    5. [S31] News - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Dumfries Reformer (1850-1892), 2 Feb 1870.
      Brooks, Francis married 17 Jan 1870 to Bertha Wilhemina Nahrgang At Canadian Cottage (the residence of W .J. McCurry), Topeka, Kansas, by Rev. Jas. Stewart. Groom, formerly of Toronto, Ont.; bride, the second daughter of the late C. Nahrgang, Postmaster, Hespeler, Ontario.

    6. [S118] News - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo - Waterloo Chronicle, 20 Aug 1868.
      Nahrgang, Conrad died 18 Aug 1868 At Hespeler.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 1823 - , Germany Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1845 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 20 Jul 1845 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - merchant - 1851 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsElected Office - councillor of Hespeler - 1859 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Merchant - 1861 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Lutheran - 1861 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsElected Office - Reeve of Hespeler - 1864 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - postmaster - - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 18 Aug 1868 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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