Ulysses Pequegnat^{[1, 2, 3]}

1826 - 1894  (68 years)

• Name	Ulysses Pequegnat
  Born	21 May 1826	La Chaux-de-Fonds, , Neuchâtel, Switzerland   [4, 5, 6, 7, 8]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1881	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Watch Maker
  		Pequeghan Jewellers "First Store" Miller and Miller Auctions 2021
  Residence	1881	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Baptist
  Occupation	1891	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	Jeweller
  Residence	1891	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	Baptist
  Died	30 Sep 1894	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6, 8]
  Hall of Fame - Waterloo Region	Bef 2012	, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [9]
  	watchmaker
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-32655
  Buried	Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6, 8]
  Person ID	I32655	Generations
  Last Modified	6 Apr 2024

  
  

  Family	Francoise Verpillot,   b. 1 Aug 1829, , Switzerland ,   d. 20 Sep 1917, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 88 years)
  Married	1851	, Switzerland   [10]
  Children	1. Arthur Ulysses Pequegnat,   b. 22 Sep 1851, La Chaux-de-Fonds, , Neuchâtel, Switzerland ,   d. 11 Aug 1927, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 75 years)   2. Paul Ernest Pequegnat,   b. 8 Oct 1853, , Switzerland ,   d. 12 Apr 1923  (Age 69 years)   3. James Pequegnat,   b. 1854, , Switzerland ,   d. 1922, Stratford, Perth Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 68 years)   4. Emma Ida Pequegnat,   b. 1855, La Chaux-de-Fonds, , Neuchâtel, Switzerland ,   d. 11 Oct 1933, Colville, Stevens, Washington, United States  (Age 78 years)   5. Lina Marie Pequegnat,   b. 14 Nov 1856, , Switzerland ,   d. 4 Dec 1939, Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 83 years)   6. George Albert Pequegnat,   b. 17 Apr 1857, , Switzerland ,   d. 19 Oct 1937  (Age 80 years)   7. Reeve Leon Gustove Pequegnat,   b. 22 May 1858, , Switzerland ,   d. 4 Jan 1939, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 80 years)   8. Leah Rachel Pequegnat,   b. 1860, , Switzerland ,   d. Yes, date unknown   9. Rachael L. Pequegnat,   b. Dec 1860, Reconvilier, , Bern, Switzerland ,   d. 6 Jun 1946  (Age ~ 85 years)   10. Martha Pequegnat,   b. 31 Dec 1862, , Switzerland ,   d. 21 May 1902  (Age 39 years)   11. Joseph Urbain Pequegnat,   b. 22 Dec 1864, , Switzerland ,   d. 29 Nov 1947, Guelph City, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 82 years)   12. Albert Pequegnat,   b. 1865, , Switzerland ,   d. Yes, date unknown   13. Dena Pequegnat,   b. 19 Apr 1866, , Switzerland ,   d. Yes, date unknown   14. Philmon P. "Phil" Pequegnat,   b. 6 Dec 1866, , Switzerland ,   d. 18 May 1945  (Age 78 years)   15. Rachel Pequegnat,   b. 1870, , Switzerland ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F8511	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos		Ulysse Pequegnat from Waterloo Region Hall of Fame
  		UlyssesPequengant. Muskoka Area, Ontario, Canada - source unknown

  
  

• Notes

  Ulysse Pequegnat, an accomplished watch and clockmaker of Loveresse, Switzerland, procured clock parts from Swiss manufactures and assembled them in his home with the assistance of some of his eight sons. There were also six daughters. At the suggestion of his third eldest son, Pequegnat immigrated to Canada, arriving in Berlin in 1874. It was inevitable that the family should continue in the watch and clock business, and Arthur, the eldest son, started the first clock manufacturing plant in Canada, A The Arthur Pequegnat Clock Company. Pequegnat started a store of his own and the sons opened clock, watch and jewelry stores in Guelph, Stratford, Brantford, Waterloo, New Hamburg, Tavistock and Neustadt. The second and third generations of Pequegnats branched out from clock and watch making to various other fields of endeavor - the ministry, insurance, banking, industry, medicine and dentistry Waterloo Region Hall of Fame ___________________ Edmund von Erlach died in Berlin of nervous fever at age of 23 years, 8 months and 1 day. He came here several years ago from Switzerland, attended high school for a time, in order to learn English, and when he was unable to find an occupation that corresponded to his knowledge, he did ordinary labour. Last fall and winter, he cared for people sick with fever, until he was taken ill with the sickness himself and was laid low with it in the home of Mr. Pequegnat, where he was cared for like a member of the family. Berliner Journal 6 Apr 1882 ___________________ Pequegnat Bros., Watchmakers and Jewellers, Berlin and Waterloo - The inhabitants of Berlin are well supplied not only with the necessaries but also the luxuries and adornments of life, and there can be no excuse for going out of town to make purchases, when the merchants here keep such excellent stocks, and sell the lowest possible prices. Among those engaged in the watchmaking and jewellery business must be mentioned Messrs. Pequegnat Bros., whose establishment is located on King St. East. This business has been established for over 11 years and since its inception has met with very favourable success, the development being very gratifying. The premises occupied are 11x50 feet, with a very nice stock of watches, clocks, chains, rings, brooches, scarf pins, and such other articles in this line as are usually to be found in a first-class jewellery establishment. The firm also make a speciality of watch repairing, of which they do a great deal. They give employment to three competent and skilled assistants, and their trade extends throughout the town and country. They also do a large jobbing trade, and give their customers the benefit of the lowest market prices, thus ensuring a continuance of their custom. Messrs. Pequegnat Bros. started with almost nothing, but by perseverance, thrift, enterprise and ability, have built up an excellent business; not only this, but they have started seven other parties in different places, who are now doing well. They have also another store of their own located in Waterloo, which is a branch of the Berlin house. Messrs. Pequegnat Bros. are natives of Switzerland, the land that produced William Tell. They are wide-awake business men, and have the esteem of the community in which they reside. They have been in this country over 13 years. Industries of Canada Historical and Commercial Sketches Hamilton and Environs 1886 _______________ During the seventies a man and wife arrived in Berlin from Switzerland. Fourteen children walked with them from the station to the Town Hall to see the Mayor. The man carried over his shoulder a rifle, prepared to defend himself against wild beasts. He had less than $100 in his pocket that securely tied to his clothes but he had courage and a family to support. A watchmaker in his native land, he opened a small shop in the town. One by one his sons passed through the Canadian testing school, and shortly not only Berlin but also Guelph, Stratford and Brantford came to know the Pequegnats. One of the sons started Ontrio's first clock factory, and while conducting it served for 20 years on Berlin's and Kitchener's Board of Education. Had present regulations, with regard to the admission of immigrants, been in force in the seventies the Pequgnats would have been shipped back to their native land branded as "undesirables." Such an act would. in addition to the loss of services named, have blocked the way of one Pequegnat to the post of actuary for one of this country's noted life insurance companies. Waterloo Chronicle 13 Dec 1928, p. 19

  
  

• Sources

  [S116] Vit - ON - Death Registration. Arthur Ulyssls Pequegnat Death Date: 11 Aug 1927 Death Location: Waterloo Born: abt 1852 Birth Location: Che [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration. George Albert Pequegnat Born: CHE Age: 29 Father: Ulysses Pequegnat Mother: Francisca Pequegnat Born: abt 1857 Spouse: Alfreta Wilhelmina Gaukel Age: 29 born: Canada Father: Levi Gaukel Mother: Elizabeth Gaukel married 20 Oct 1886 [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 012272-83. Leo G. Pequegnat, 25, occ. Watch Maker, b. Switzerland, res. New Hamburg, son of Ulysse and Francoise, married Louise Becker, 18, b. Wilmot Twp., res. New Hamburg, daughter of Jacob and Katarina, Witnessed by Paul and George Pequegnat, both of Berlin, 12 July 1883 at New Hamburg [S137] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1901, a-2 pg 2. [S158] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1881, Div. 2 Pg. 43. [S166] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Mount Hope CC#4508 Internet Link . Ulysse Pequegnat/ born/ in Switzerland/ May 21, 1826/ died/ at Berlin, Ont./ Sept. 30, 1894/ [French verse]/ As for me I will behold/ thy face in righteousness/ I shall be satisfied when/ I awake with thy likeness/ Ps. 17.15 [S1592] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1891, Section 2 Page 32. [S3231] Find A Grave, Cemetery, M., America, N., Municipality, W., & Cemetery, M. (1826). Ulysse Pequegnat (1826-1894) - Find A Grave... Retrieved 13 August 2020, from https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10126893/ulysse-pequegnat. [S220] Waterloo Region Hall of Fame Waterloo Region Hall of Fame. [S118] News - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo - Waterloo Chronicle, Death of an Aged Resident; Mrs. Francoise Pequegnat Passes Away in Her 89th Year. Came here in 1874 - 2 Sep 1917.

  
  

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  Born - 21 May 1826 - La Chaux-de-Fonds, , Neuchâtel, Switzerland Married - 1851 - , Switzerland Occupation - Watch Maker - 1881 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Baptist - 1881 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Jeweller - 1891 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Baptist - 1891 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 30 Sep 1894 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Hall of Fame - Waterloo Region - watchmaker - Bef 2012 - , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth