Carl "Charles" Knechtel^[1]

1869 - 1951  (81 years)

• Name	Carl "Charles" Knechtel
  Born	22 Nov 1869	Mannheim, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Gender	Male
  Name	Charles Knechtel  [8]
  Residence	1871	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	Lutheran
  Residence	1881	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Lutheran
  Occupation	1891	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Machinist
  Residence	1891	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Lutheran
  Occupation	1901	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Architect
  Occupation	1911	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Architect
  Residence	1911	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Lutheran
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-29315
  Died	5 Oct 1951	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  Buried	Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  Person ID	I29315	Generations
  Last Modified	19 Dec 2024

  
  

  Father	Jonas Knechtel,   b. 14 Jan 1842, Spesbach, Bayern, , Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany ,   d. 14 Dec 1894, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 52 years)
  Mother	Susannah Otto,   b. 29 Jan 1852, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 4 Jun 1926, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 74 years)
  Married	29 Dec 1868	, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6, 9]
  Family ID	F7678	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ernestine Schlegel,   b. 21 Jun 1872, Bamberg, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 6 May 1958, Heidelberg, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 85 years)
  Children	1. Mildred Elizabeth Knechtel,   b. 20 Feb 1896, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1972  (Age 75 years)   2. Otto William Knechtel,   b. 27 Aug 1898, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Carl Edward Knechtel,   b. 7 Jan 1900, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 8 Apr 1990, Woodstock, Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 90 years)   4. Dorothy Louise Knechtel,   b. Jul 1910, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	19 Dec 2024
  Family ID	F10160	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos		Charles Knechtel From Berlin Today 1806-1906 official souvenir located at the Kitchener Public Library
  		Charles Knechtel From Berlin Today 1806-1906 official souvenir located at the Kitchener Public Library

  
  

• Notes

  FLASH FROM THE PAST: Victoria Park's first 'comfort station' By Jon Fear Early visitors to Victoria Park in Kitchener somehow did without public washrooms for the first 14 years of the park's existence. But in 1910 when the town of Berlin (soon to be renamed Kitchener in 1916) got around to building them, it took pains to do a first-rate job. "Finest of its Kind in Canada," a Berlin News Record headline said on June 7, 1910. "New Comfort Station One of the Most Complete in Canada," the Berlin Daily Telegraph agreed....The building's architect was Charles Knechtel. He also designed the original Victoria Park pavilion, which was destroyed by fire in 1916. A newspaper account from 1910 describes the comfort station building as having the shape of a Maltese cross and featuring an interior with terrazzo flooring, enamelled brick walls and an ornamental metal ceiling. "The building is divided into two compartments, one for men, the other for women. The latter has a large rest room in connection, splendidly equipped with mission furniture, easy chair, rockers and coach and a writing table. The furniture for this is from the Krug factory and cost $85.".... Waterloo Region Record 28 Jun 2014 _____________________ KNECHTEL, Charles (1869-1951), son of Jonas Knechtel of Berlin, was born in Mannheim, Waterloo County, Ont. on 22 November 1869 and attended Central School in Berlin (now Kitchener). He did not receive a formal education in architecture but instead gained his knowledge of design and construction from his father whom he worked with from 1886 until the death of the latter in 1894. Knechtel then opened his own office in Berlin in 1895 and continued to practise there until after 1930. He died in Kitchener on 5 October 1951 (obituary in the Kitchener-Waterloo Record, 5 Oct. 1951, 7; inf. Ontario Association of Architects). The Region of Waterloo Archives in Kitchener, Ont. holds a collection of over 800 original drawings by Jonas Knechtel and by Charles Knechtel dating from 1893 to 1943 (Fonds - JCK Coll.). Knechtel, Charles | Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Canada. (2020). Dictionaryofarchitectsincanada.org. Retrieved 6 January 2020, from https://dictionaryofarchitectsincanada.org/node/223

  
  

• Sources

  [S2403] News - Unidentified Newspaper Obituary, Obituary of Erenstine Schlegel - Knechtel. [S57] Vit - ON - Birth Registration. [S137] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1901, Berlin (Town/Ville) A-11 Page 14. [S158] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1881, Div. 2 Pg. 51. [S340] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1911, Div. 25 1911 Pg. 6. [S1592] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1891, Section 4 Page 48. [S87] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Woodland CC#4510 Internet Link . Leicht Knechtel [A] In Loving Memory/ Clarence A. Leicht/ 1892-1966 [B] Daughter/ Mildred Elizabeth/ Wife Of/ Clarence A. Leicht/ 1896-1972 [C] In Loving Memory/ Jerene H. Betzner/ 1896-1994/ Wife of/ Carl E. Knechtel [D] Son/ Carl E. Knechtel/ 1900-1990 [E] Mother/ Ernestine Schlegel/ 1872-1958 [F] Father/ Charles Knechtel/ 1869-1951 [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 5 Mar 1896. 20 Feb 1896 The wife of Charles Knechtel, in Berlin, a daughter. [S5] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - 1858-1869 Marriage Register. Jonas Knechtel Born: Spessbach Bairen Wilmot Township Age: 26 Father: Jacob Knechtel Mother: Philippina Sauer Spouse: Susanne Otto Age: 16 born: Wilmot Township Res: Wilmot Township Father: John Otto Mother: Leah Thoman married 29 Dec 1868 married: Preston

  
  

• Event Map

  Residence - Lutheran - 1871 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Lutheran - 1881 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Machinist - 1891 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Lutheran - 1891 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Architect - 1901 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Architect - 1911 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Lutheran - 1911 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 5 Oct 1951 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth