Waterloo Region Generations
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Charles Dascombe Kidder

Male 1809 - 1860  (50 years)


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  • Name Charles Dascombe Kidder 
    Born 29 Sep 1809  Ashby, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Birth 28 Jul 1810  [2
    Occupation Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    hat maker 
    Residence 1839  Buffalo, Erie, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Residence Bef 1840  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Occupation 1851  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    hatter and furrier 
    Occupation 1852  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    hat maker 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-31847 
    Died 3 Mar 1860  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 7
    Person ID I31847  Generations
    Last Modified 26 Feb 2024 

    Family 1 Julianna Ferguson,   b. Abt 1815, of, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married 4 May 1839  Buffalo, Erie, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Children 
     1. Kidder,   b. 22 Jun 1840, Bolivar, Tuscarawas, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     2. Harriet Kidder,   b. 30 Apr 1842, , USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     3. Alden B. Kidder,   b. 28 Nov 1844, , USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 2 Mar 2024 
    Family ID F9567  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Margareth "Margaret",   b. 6 May 1821, , USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Children 
     1. Bennet Kidder,   b. 1842, , USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     2. John Quincy Kidder,   b. 28 Sep 1851, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Mar 1915  (Age 63 years)
     3. Frances Kidder,   b. 1857, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 2 Mar 2024 
    Family ID F20653  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • King Street, Kitchener

      Benton to Eby Street.-Successive occupation was as follows: From Benton Street easterward, before 1855, a one-story brick building with gable facing King Street was erected at the corner and used by Jacob Benner as blacksmith shop. Later Benner moved to West Montrose and the next occupant was Valentine Gildner and after him his son John Gildner . This blacksmith shop continued until comparatively recent years. A frame building painted white, with veranda in front, was Gildner s residence..

      Vacant lot.

      A tinsmith shop owned by Mr. Lehnen . This had a nice front with two good-sized glass windows on either side of the door.

      A dwelling house built by Henry Rothaermel 1848-9. He was a carpenter and later was market clerk and tax collector.

      A lane.

      A one and one-half story building, with gable facing King Street and a verandah extending over the sidewalk, occupied by a Mr. Coleman 1855-1860. Adjoining it was a warehouse. The store passed to Coleman's son and then to John Kegel. Later John George Schmidt, shoemaker, occupied the building.

      A lane.

      A double, frame building about 50 feet along King St.; the east half used as a dwelling had a veranda; the west half was occupied by Charles Koehn, shoemaker.

      Open space.

      Dwelling of Gabriel Bowman, carpenter, who built the house.

      A one and one-half story building occupied by Balzar Allendorf, a coverlet weaver, about 1840. Allendorf later moved to New Hamburg. There was a veranda at the front of the house and under it a well. Cattle ran at large in the streets at this time and one Sunday afternoon a steer got on the veranda floor, which was partly rotted, broke through, fell into the well and had to be pulled out by means of a windlass. The building was torn down later.

      frame building ocupied by Henry Sippel, former employee of Allendorf, as a weaver's shop.

      In 1855 there was a frame building one and one-half story high along King Street divided into two parts, one part a dwelling and the other part a hat shop, owned by John Kidder [probably Charles], who made felt hats and old-fashioned bonnets. The shop was a few steps above the sidewalk level.

      A dwelling.

      A one and one-half story frame building lengthwise with King street occupied by a widow, Mrs. Caroline Lehnen.

      A driveway.

      A two story brick building with gable toward King Street, occupied by J. J. Lehnen, son of the widow Lehnen, as a copper and tinsmith shop and a store. Lehnen made his own tinware. Later Jacob Doebler occupied this building as a bakery.

      A one and one-half story frame building with gable toward King Street occupied by George Yantz, a cabinet maker. He had a tavern in this same building for a time, and lived there.

      In the early years a garden.

      A small shop with sloping roof used by Christian Enslin as a book store and book-bindery, the first book-bindery in Berlin Enslm arrived in Berlin about 1830. Jacob Stroh remembers going with his father to the store to buy school supplies. Enslin later was editor, for Henry Eby, the publisher, of the Deutsche Canadier which began publication in 1840.

      Enslin's House, one-half story, frame, standing lengthwise with King Street and having a veranda over the door, was on the site of Dr. Hetts present office and house. At the rear there was an orchard.

      About 60 feet back of King Street there was a house built by Henry Eby. Shubel Randall, brother of George Randall, lived in it later. In 1860 the building was destroyed by fire and a servant girl Dina Hertz, perished in the flames. The walls remaining standing, the house was re-built, and is still in use.

      A brick building, abutting on King Street with gable facing the street, was Henry Eby's printing office. The main floor was she or seven feet above the sidewalk level. In 1860 this building was changed to a church and was the first Anglican Church in Berlin.

      A frame building, one end of which was used by Henry Bowman as a general store; he lived in the other end. This was known as the Bowman building. Later William Stein had a tailor shop in it and after him William Thoms used it as a shoe repair shop.

      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

  • Sources 
    1. [S131] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1851, Div 4 Pg 5.
      Charles KIDDER Hatt Maker USA 42 Methodist b. 29-Sep
      Margareth KIDDER Milliner USA 31 ? b. 6-May
      Heriata KIDDER USA 10 Methodist b. 30-Apr
      Alden B. KIDDER USA 8 Methodist b. 28-Nov
      John Quincy KIDDER Canada 1 Methodist b. 6-Oct
      William B. CRAY Hatter USA 46 Presbyterian b.

    2. [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 8 Mar 1860.
      Charles Kidder died 3 Mar 1860 died in Berlin, 49 yrs, 7 mths, 3 days.

    3. [S9] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Canada Museum und Allgemeine Zeitung (1835-1840), 15 Jun 1839:25.
      4 May 1839 In Buffalo, Charles Kidder m. Miss Julianna Ferguson, both formerly of Berlin.

    4. [S9] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Canada Museum und Allgemeine Zeitung (1835-1840), 8 Aug 1840:15.
      22 Jun 1840 The family of Mr. Charles Kidder, formerly of this city, but now living in Boliver, Ohio, was blessed with a daughter.

    5. [S2070] Directory - Ontario Directory for 1851.

    6. [S131] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1851, Div 4 Pg 5.

    7. [S123] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1861, Div. 4 Page 37.

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    Link to Google MapsBorn - 29 Sep 1809 - Ashby, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - hat maker - - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1839 - Buffalo, Erie, New York, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 4 May 1839 - Buffalo, Erie, New York, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Bef 1840 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - hatter and furrier - 1851 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - hat maker - 1852 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 3 Mar 1860 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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