John Schmidt Anthes^{[1, 2]}

1844 - 1915  (70 years)

• Name	John Schmidt Anthes
  Born	8 Nov 1844	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]
  Gender	Male
  Business	Anthes & Merner
  Business	Anthes Furniture Company, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	Anthes Manufacturing Company of Berlin
  		Kitchener,AnthesManufacturingCo-BusyBerlin1897.jpg Anthes Mfg. Col. of Berlin Kitdchener Ontario 1897 From: Busy Berlin Jubilee Souvenir 1897, published by Berlin News-Record
  Business	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	Berlin Novelty Works
  		from Waterloo Region Museum A trade or business card printed on white paper. It reads: Berlin Novelty Works./ J S. Anthes, Prop.,/ Manufacturer of/ Children's Carriages/ Sleighs, etc.,/ Berlin, Ontario. Ther is a handwritten list in pencil on the back.
  Business	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	Canada Furnitue Manufacturers Ltd.
  Residence	1851	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [9]
  	Lutheran
  Occupation	1861	New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	Shoe Maker
  Residence	1867	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [11]
  Occupation	1871	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Bookkeeper
  Residence	1871	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Evang. Assoc.
  Elected Office	1880	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [12]
  	Councillor - Waterloo Township
  Elected Office	1880	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [12]
  	Kitchener
  	Municipality: Berlin; 1st Div Years on local council Councillor 1880, 1882-83, 1886, 1907 (defeated as Mayor in last year); D Reeve 1887, 1891, 1897; elected for 1st Division 1901 and 1902 when not on Town Council Years on Waterloo County Council: 1887 1891 1901 1902
  Occupation	1881	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Manufacturer
  		Berlin-BerlinNoveltyWorks001.jpg
  Residence	1881	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Evangelical
  Elected Office	1882	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [12]
  	Councillor - Waterloo Township
  Business	1885	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	Berlin Novelty Works
  		Berlin Novelty Works 1885-1886 Directory
  Invention	1885	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	children's carriage
  		Child's Carriage Patent 1885
  		Berlin-BerlinNoveltyWorks002.jpg
  Elected Office	1886	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [12]
  	Councillor - Waterloo Township
  Elected Office	1887	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [12]
  	Deputy Reeve - Waterloo Township
  Elected Office	1891	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [12]
  	Deputy Reeve - Waterloo Township
  Occupation	1891	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  	Manufacturer
  Residence	1891	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  	Evangelical
  Elected Office	1897	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [12]
  	Deputy Reeve - Waterloo Township
  Residence	1897	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  		John S. Anthes' residence in 1897 from Busy Berlin 1897 34 Weber St. West, Kitchener. w
  Occupation	1901	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Furniture
  Residence	Between 1901 and 1903	34 Weber St. W., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	The address is now 44 Weber St. W., Kitchener.
  Residence	1901	44 Weber St. W., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [13]
  	Anthes John S : Manufacturer [Current Address 2023] 44 Weber St W [Historical Address] 34 Weber W
  Elected Office	1907	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [12]
  	Councillor - Waterloo Township
  Interesting	pioneer, story, business, politics, public service
  Name	J. S. Anthes
  Name	John S. Anthes
  Occupation	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	undertaker - furniture maker
  Occupation	1911	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Manufacturer, Furniture
  Residence	1911	44 Weber St. W., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  		The renovated home in 2021 44 Weber St. W., Kitchener - Google Image
  		44 Weber Street West, Kitchener, Ontario 1892 Bird's Eye Map
  Residence	1911	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Evangelical
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-30676P
  Died	13 Apr 1915	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [10, 14]
  Buried	Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [10]
  Person ID	I30676	Generations
  Last Modified	25 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Martin Anthes,   b. CALC 16 Nov 1812, , Alsace Lorraine, France ,   d. 10 Apr 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 78 years)
  Mother	Catharine Schmidt,   b. 25 Mar 1814, , France ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	25 Dec 1835  [15]
  Family ID	F1640	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Father	Martin Anthes,   b. CALC 16 Nov 1812, , Alsace Lorraine, France ,   d. 10 Apr 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 78 years)
  Mother	Catherine Schmitt,   b. 1813, , Alsace Lorraine, France ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F245512	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Lydia Catherine Herlan,   b. 20 Dec 1849, Warsaw, Wyoming, New York, USA ,   d. 1935, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 85 years)
  Married	27 Jun 1867	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [11]
  Children	1. Caroline Catharine "Carrie" Anthes,   b. 29 Sep 1868, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 18 May 1963, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 94 years)   2. Frank Anthes,   b. 1870, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. John Isaac Franklin "Frank" Anthes,   b. 16 Oct 1870, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1933  (Age 62 years)   4. Sarah Magdalena Anthes,   b. 31 Oct 1874, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 26 Nov 1874, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 0 years)   5. Lydia Louisa "Louisa" Anthes,   b. 27 Mar 1877, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 18 Jun 1942, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 65 years)   6. Martha Melvina Anthes,   b. 19 Nov 1879, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   7. Ella Elmina Anthes,   b. 6 Jan 1882, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   8. Alvin B Anthes,   b. CALC 7 Jul 1884, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 14 Feb 1885, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 0 years)
  Last Modified	26 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F8060	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

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• Notes

  Death of a Pioneer Furniture Maker One of the oldest furniture manufacturers in Canada, and a pioneer in the industry in Berlin, died in that city on April 13th, in the person of John S. Anthes, president of the Anthes Furniture Co. Deceased was born in Wilmot Township, Waterloo County, Ontario, November 8th, 1844, and was therefore in his 71st year. He received his education in the county schools, and later taught school for several years. In 1865, he went to Berlin, and was employed by the late Louis Breithaupt, founder of the leather and tanning business now carried on by the Breithaupt Leather Company Ltd. Mr. Anthes was employed as accountant and salesman for a number of years and later entered the furniture business being associated with some of the pioneer furiture manufacturers of Berlin, such as the late John Aldous and William Simpson. In 1884, he purchased the Berlin Novelty Works and carried on business in his own name for a number of years in the manufacture of children's carriages and patent slat chairs. In 1888, his factory was destroyed by fire, but was immediately rebuilt on a much larger scale. In this factory, Mr. Anthes began making the high grade furniture which has made his name known throughout Canada in the furniture trade. In 1901 he went into the amalgamation of furniture factories under the name of Canada Furniture Manufacturers Ltd., in which company he was a director and manager of the local factories for a number of years. In 1906, Mr. Anthes resigned as director of the Canada Furniture Manufacturers Ltd. and built the present large, modern factory at Berlin in partnership with J. C. Breithaupt, under the name of The Anthes Furniture Co., the product of this factory being exclusively high grade furniture. The late Mr. Anthes always took a keen interest in municipal affairs and served in council and on public boards for many years. He was known as a keen business man and successful manufacturer and his many friends throughout the country will sincerely mourn his departure. Mr. Anthes was married in 1867 to Miss L. Catherine Herlan who with one son J. I. Frank Anthes, and four daughters, Mrs. J. C. Breithaupt, Mrs. A. L. Breithaupt, Mrs. T. H. Reider [sic] and Mrs. H. M. Cook, and twenty grandchildren survive. A sister, Mrs. G. Strasser, of Sebringville, also survives. The late H. W. Anthes, who died recently in Toronto, was a brother. The funeral was held from his late residence thence to Zion Evangelical Church for service. The remains were interred in Mount Hope Cemetery. Canadian Furniture World and The Undertaker, May 1915, p. 36 (www.archive.org) _________________________ King Street , North Side Foundry Street (now Ontario Street). Jacob and John Hoffman, brothers, who came from Pennsylvania, erected a furniture factory on the corner about 1840. It was a two story frame building extending along King St., had 25 to 30 employees and a 15 h.p. engine brought from Buffalo. Eby's history gives John Hoffman as having come from Pennsylvania in 1825; Jacob, almost two years older, seems to have come before. They both worked at carpentry, etc., for a number of years before starting the factory in which enterprise they were assisted by Benjamin Eby. On the ridge of the factory roof there was a belfry with the only larger bell in Berlin. This bell served not only the factory but the village as well, pinging at 7 in the morning, at 12, at 1 and at 6 o'clock in the evening. It was used also as a fire bell and was tolled for funerals. By some prank or spite the bell was stolen in 1850 before there was a night watchman at the factory, and disappeared for two or three years. Eventually it was found in a well at the comer of Duke and College Streets, put back in place on the Hoffman factory and later was taken to a belfry on the Simpson factory spoken of, where it was used until this factory was discontinued. It was then taken to the pavilion in Victoria Park and was melted down when the pavilion was destroyed by fire. Behind the Hoffman factory there was a pond, about three feet deep, fed by a spring, the water being used for the factory boiler, etc. About 1860 a frame building, used by the firm for a warehouse, covered the site of the spring. Further back there was a saw mill, also a planing mill, the first of its kind in Berlin. A two story frame building extending along Foundry Street was later added to the factory and used as a turning shop. At the rear of this building was the factory boiler house. Next to the factory on King Street there was a three story brick building. The ground floor was used as a store, called the Berlin Warehouse. Jacob Hoffman, who by this time was alone in the business, John having gone to Waterloo, announced himself as dealer in dry goods, groceries, hardware, china, glassware, crockery, and paint and oils and manufacturer of all kinds of furniture, also sash doors, etc., selling low for cash. An overhead passage way on a bridge connected the second stories of the factory and brick building. Over the store was the paint shop and in the rear a warehouse. Hoffman's store was later occupied by William Schmidt, son of Rev. Wm. Schmidt, an early minister of the Evangelical Church. Schmidt had a dry goods store only, known as the Golden Lion store because of a large gilt lion over the entrance. Isaac Hoffman, son of Jacob, carried on the factory and store for several years; later John S. Anthes was in possession while Hoffman went to Waterloo and continued the furniture business there with Adam Klippert and Martin Wegenast as partners. Jacob and John Hoffman erected a number of houses in Berlin. Jacob Hoffman was very stout, weighing over 300 pounds. He was a member of the Evangelical Church. For a time he served on the village council. He resided on Foundry Street in the rear of the Canadian Block in a square, hip roof, two story, frame house, until it was destroyed by fire, when he moved to the west side of Foundry Street, south, where now is the Robe & Clothing Co. building. Here he had a one and one-half story frame house with a large two story addition at the rear where were lodged apprentices and other factory employees. There was a small portico over the front door and a porch extending along the northerly side of the house. Next to the Hoffman warehouse there was a saloon and restaurant occupied by a Mr. Unger. He served, among other things, oysters which came in small wooden, 1-gal. kegs. Adjoining Hoffman's store there was the tailor shop of H. J. Nahrgang, later occupied by Henry Glebe, an early band master; next a store differently occupied at various times and next the shoe store of Wm. Niehaus. A three story brick building occupied by Wm. Young as a grocery. Mr. Young eventually went to the Canadian Block and the store was used for various purposes, among them auction sales in the evening. Here there was sold the first white crockery offered in Berlin. Later the building was occupied by the Berliner Journal. A one and one-half story frame building with gable toward King St. and a veranda, occupied by Mr. Fuchs, a tailor and shoemaker, whose wife assisted her husband as expert in repairing clocks. The family lived in the building. About 1865 the frame building was moved to the rear and Fuchs' block erected on the street. The ground floor had three stores, the west one occupied by Mr. Fuchs, the middle by John Kayser, dry goods merchant, and the third one by Tindall Simpson and Sons, shoemakers and tailors. The first building on part of the Fuchs' block site was a rough frame structure used by one Susand, colored, who was the first barber in Berlin. A two story brick building with gable facing King Street, occupied by Christian Garman, harness maker, who later moved to New Hamburg and started a tannery. This building was later occupied by Levi Gaukel, son of Frederick Gaukel, after his father's death. He had a small hotel known as The Red Lion. In 1860 Urban Prinzer succeeded Gaukel and continued the hotel for a short time. A two and one-half story brick building with gable facing King St. was occupied by Levi Gaukel, as a butcher shop after he gave up the hotel next door. Jacob Gaukel was associated with Levi. Later George Debus occupied this shop. A building with gable and porch facing King Street, later occupied by George DeBus as a barber shop. On the corner of King and Queen Streets there was first a driving shed for the Gaukel hotel opposite, until the Bowman block was erected in 1860. This was a three story brick building lengthwise with King Street. Joseph Bowman the noted violinist occupied the third floor of this building. Half of the ground floor of the building was occupied by Henry B. Bowman with a partner Heins as general dry goods store. This was on the corner. The other half was a brick store occupied by Cole and Graf, druggists, and later by Wm. Bowman in the same business. On the site of the Bowman block is the handsome Bank building built by the Merchants Bank and now occupied by the Bank of Montreal. 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

  
  

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  [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration. J. Frank Anthes, age 27 b. Berlin son of Jno. S. Anthes & Lydia C. to Cyrena Simmonds age 20 b. Berlin daughter of Leo? and Rosetta 10 nov 1897 Berlin [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 19 Feb 1885. 14 Feb 1885 Alvin B. Anthes, infant son of John S. Anthes, died in Berlin at age of 7 months and 7 days [S137] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1901, Berlin (Town/Ville) A-4 Page 17. [S229] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1871, Div. 1, Pg. 56. [S158] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1881, Div. 2 Pg. 45. [S340] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1911, Div. 28 Pg. 4. [S1868] Census - ON, Waterloo, New Hamburg - 1861, Div. 2 Pg. 16. [S1592] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1891, Section 2 Page 23. [S134] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1851, Sect. 5 Page 189. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/154542512/john-schmitt-anthes. [S5] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - 1858-1869 Marriage Register. Antes John, 22, Berlin, Wilmot, s/o Martin & Catharina, married 27 June 1867 Catharina Herlan, 17, Berlin, Warsaw NY, d/o Franz & Carolina [S1450] Waterloo County Councillors A Collective Biography. [S3193] Directory - Historical Vernon City Directories Mapped - Kitchener - 1901-1903. Anthes John S : Manufacturer [Current Address 2023] 44 Weber St W [Historical Address] 34 Weber W [S2264] Census - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - 1921, Sub Dist. 26 Page 6. [S10] Book - Vol II A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., 263.

  
  

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  Born - 8 Nov 1844 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Business - Berlin Novelty Works - - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Business - Canada Furnitue Manufacturers Ltd. - - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Lutheran - 1851 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Shoe Maker - 1861 - New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1867 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 27 Jun 1867 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Bookkeeper - 1871 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Evang. Assoc. - 1871 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Elected Office - Councillor - Waterloo Township - 1880 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Elected Office - Kitchener - 1880 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Manufacturer - 1881 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Evangelical - 1881 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Elected Office - Councillor - Waterloo Township - 1882 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Business - Berlin Novelty Works - 1885 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Invention - children's carriage - 1885 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Elected Office - Councillor - Waterloo Township - 1886 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Elected Office - Deputy Reeve - Waterloo Township - 1887 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Elected Office - Deputy Reeve - Waterloo Township - 1891 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Manufacturer - 1891 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Evangelical - 1891 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Elected Office - Deputy Reeve - Waterloo Township - 1897 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1897 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Furniture - 1901 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1901 - 44 Weber St. W., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Elected Office - Councillor - Waterloo Township - 1907 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - undertaker - furniture maker - - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Manufacturer, Furniture - 1911 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1911 - 44 Weber St. W., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Evangelical - 1911 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 13 Apr 1915 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth