Professor Herman Theodore Zoellner

1854 - 1922  (68 years)

• Name	Herman Theodore Zoellner
  Prefix	Professor
  Born	13 Apr 1854	, Germany   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Gender	Male
  Immigration	1859	, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Immigration	1862	, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  Occupation	1871	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	Store Clerk
  Residence	1871	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	Lutheran
  Occupation	1880	Moscow, Clermont, Ohio, United States   [6]
  	teacher of music
  Occupation	1881	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Music Teacher
  Residence	1881	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Protestant
  Naturalization	MAYBE 1881	, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  Occupation	1901	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Music
  Occupation	1911	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Music Teacher, Private
  Residence	1911	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Swedenborgian
  Died	11 May 1922	St. Catharines, Welland, Ontario, Canada   [2, 3]
  	Cause: Paralysis Agitous (2 years)
  Hall of Fame - Waterloo Region	Bef 2012	, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  Name	Theodore Zoellman
  Name	Theodore Zoellner
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-30918
  Buried	Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Person ID	I30918	Generations
  Last Modified	6 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Heinrich August "Henry" Zoellner,   b. 29 Oct 1821, Oldieleben, Gachsen, Weimar, Deutschland ,   d. 25 Mar 1906  (Age 84 years)
  Mother	Marie Petersen,   b. 16 Feb 1824, Rotingen, Rheinland, Germany ,   d. 7 Sep 1899, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 75 years)
  Family ID	F17977	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Luella Downing,   b. 29 Sep 1853, Foster, Bracken, Kentucky, United States ,   d. 8 Jan 1943  (Age 89 years)
  Married	6 May 1877	Pendleton, Henry, Kentucky, United States   [9]
  Children	1. Maria Margaret "Margaret" Zoellner,   b. 29 Mar 1878, Pendleton, Henry, Kentucky, United States ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Emma Laura Zoellner,   b. 18 Feb 1880, Moscow, Clermont, Ohio, United States ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F8109	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Professor Heman Zoellner Hall of Fame (source)
  		Theodore Zoellner From Berlin Today 1806-1906 official souvenir located at the Kitchener Public Library
  		Theodore Zoellner From Berlin Today 1806-1906 official souvenir located at the Kitchener Public Library

  
  

• Notes

  Local News Items: Mr. Theo Zoellner, F.S.S., London, Eng., assisted by the Misses Zoellner and Miss Specker, formerly of Elmira, contralto, all of Berlin, will give a musical evening at the residence of Mr. J. D. Hamilton, Albert street, Stratford, on Friday evening, 19th inst. Elmira Signet 18 Jan 1894 pg 4 c. 2 ______________________________ (Herman) Theodor Zoellner. Conductor, teacher, organist-choirmaster, b Dornburg, Saxony, Germany, 13 Apr 1854, d West Indies [in error] after 1922. The Zoellner family settled in Berlin (Kitchener), Ont, in 1861, and the father, Hans A. Zoellner (d ca 1906), who had been a singer and conductor in Germany, became a leader of local singing societies, directed two Sängerfeste, and drafted the constitution for the German-Canadian Choir Federation in 1873. The younger Zoellner studied at home with his father and in Cincinnati. In 1880 on his return to Berlin he taught voice and instruments. In 1883 he founded the Berlin Philharmonic Society, dedicated to the performance of such large-scale works as The Creation (1883) and Messiah (1887). For an 1896 performance of Mendelssohn's St Paul there were 160 voices in the choir. The instrumentalists Zoellner engaged to accompany these performances were billed, sometimes, as the Philharmonic Orchestra. He also organized and directed opera, operetta, and other performances, often employing visiting musicians. Zoellner directed two men's choirs, the Sängerbund of Berlin and the Orpheus of Waterloo, and his appointment as conductor of the 1886 International Sängerfest and the 13th Peninsular Sängerfest (1901) attested to his stature as the leading musician of his time in the Berlin-Waterloo area. The first professional musician to teach music in schools in Berlin, Zoellner served as singing master 1897-1922 in the public system and at St Jerome's College. His program was based on the sol-fa system. He involved the entire school population in choral performances in the town rink. He became organist-choirmaster ca 1890 at the Church of the New Jerusalem and held the same position (ca 1898-1908) at St Peter's Lutheran Church. The Canadian Enclyclopedia/ The Encyclopedia of Music in Canada article June Countryman 2012 _________________ Herman Theodor Zoellner made a tremendous contribution to the early musical life of the Berlin-Waterloo area. He was born in Dornburg, Saxony, and came from a long line of musicians. He studied music in Germany and in Berlin after coming here in 1861. He went to Cincinnati to obtain a theoretical and practical musical education. In 1880, on his return to Berlin, he started vocal and instrumental classes, took over the leadership of several societies and organized the Philharmonic Society and Orchestra which presented many great choral works as well as operas and operettas. He was the director of several "Saengerfests" and being an able arranger, composer and performer on various instruments ranked high in his profession. He conducted several men's choruses, was the singing master in the Berlin public schools and St. Jerome's College and the organist and choir director in two churches. Waterloo Region Hall of Fame website 2012

  
  

• Sources

  [S137] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1901, Berlin (Town/Ville) A-5 Page 1. [S166] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Mount Hope CC#4508 Internet Link . Zoellner / Theodore H. / Zoellner / born / April 13, 1854 / died / May 11, 1922 [S116] Vit - ON - Death Registration. Herman Theodoore occupation: Professor of Music, b. Germany 13 Apr 1854 d. May 11 1922 St. Catharines son of A. T. Zoellner (b. Germany) & Marie Patterson (b. Germany) cause: Paralysis Agitous [S302] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo City - 1881, Waterloo Village 1881 Div. 1 Page 16. [S340] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1911, Div. 26 Pg 6. [S1639] Census - U.S. Census Population Schedule, 1880 10th Census, Ohio, Clermont, Moscow page character : A entry number : 3940 nara film number : T9-1000 gs film number : 1255000 digital folder number: 004243506 image number: 00668. Zoellner, Theadore 26 Germany Teacher of Music Luella 26 Kentucky Margaret 2 Kentucky Emma L. Ohio [S2658] aaaaWaterloo Village 1871, Sect. 2 Page 9. [S220] Waterloo Region Hall of Fame Waterloo Region Hall of Fame. [S1972] Kentucky, Marriages, 1785-1979, indexing project (batch) number: I01749-3 system origin: Kentucky-EASy source film number: 1843035 reference number: 295. Theodore Zoellner married Luella Downing 6 May 1877 Pendleton, Kentucky

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 13 Apr 1854 - , Germany Immigration - 1859 - , Ontario, Canada Immigration - 1862 - , Ontario, Canada Occupation - Store Clerk - 1871 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Lutheran - 1871 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 6 May 1877 - Pendleton, Henry, Kentucky, United States Occupation - teacher of music - 1880 - Moscow, Clermont, Ohio, United States Occupation - Music Teacher - 1881 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Protestant - 1881 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Naturalization - MAYBE 1881 - , Ontario, Canada Occupation - Music - 1901 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Music Teacher, Private - 1911 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Swedenborgian - 1911 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Hall of Fame - Waterloo Region - Bef 2012 - , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth