Herman Rathman^[1]

1839 - 1925  (85 years)

• Name	Herman Rathman
  Born	29 Mar 1839	, Germany   [2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Gender	Male
  Immigration	1852	, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Immigration	1852	, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Naturalization	1872  [2]
  Occupation	1881	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Painter
  Residence	1881	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Lutheran
  Occupation	1891	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Furniture Painter
  Residence	1891	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Lutheran
  Occupation	1901	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Finisher
  Residence	1911	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Lutheran
  Residence	1919	Frederick St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-33040
  Died	4 Jan 1925	, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  Buried	Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  Person ID	I33040	Generations
  Last Modified	6 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Gottlieb Rathman,   b. 11 Jul 1811, , Germany ,   d. 23 May 1884, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 72 years)
  Mother	Christiane L. "Christina",   b. 9 Mar 1817, , Germany ,   d. 8 May 1903, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 86 years)
  Family ID	F32207	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Kathrine "Catherine" Kraemer,   b. 15 Aug 1846,   d. 20 Dec 1919, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 73 years)
  Children	1. August J. Rathman,   b. 28 Jan 1865, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Hugo Rathman,   b. 20 Dec 1867, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1959  (Age 91 years)   3. Henry Rathman,   b. 1874, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. William Rathman,   b. 1876, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Amelia Rathman,   b. 21 Jun 1883, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F8585	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  I must not forget Herman Rathman, a finisher, indeed the boss finisher for the old Simpson Company; a man more or less retired from active business to-day but bears the reputation in the trade of being "one of the best finishers in Canada." Official souvenir of the celebration of cityhood, July 17th 1912, Berlin, Ontario, The German Printing and Publishing Co ____________________________ Frederick Street, East Side. On the corner Millar's store and at its rear a warehouse belonging to it, a two story building with gable toward Frederick Street. A vacant lot, site of the present Market Building, surrounded by a six foot hoard fence, customary in those days to keep out cattle, which had the freedom of the streets. A one and one-half story frame building with porch in front occupied by Mr. Yeck who died of being bled by a layman when he was Dr. Scott's patient. A man Geiger married the widow and lived in the building. A small frame building occupied by Geo. Schmidt. A small frame building occupied by Wm. Stein. A two story frame building with a small portico painted white over the front door, the house occupied by Thomas Pierce, then Principal of the Central School and later by Herman Rathman. On the corner, now occupied by Dr. Honsberger's residence, a two story brick building for some time the residence of Sheriff Davidson. Before that, 1840-1860, Jacob Kramer occupied the building as a tavern. Kramer was known as Strumpf Weber (stocking weaver) from a former occupation in a shop on Oueen Street S. Weber Street. On the corner a large brick building erected by Christian Enslin about 1855 with veranda along the entire Frederick Street front and on it a narrow gallery at the second floor. The building is still in use for stores with the veranda removed. At one time it was occupied as a tavern. A one and one-half story frame building lengthwise with Frederick St. On the easterly corner of what is now Spetz St., a two story brick building, set back somewhat from the street, the house of Peter Rebscher. It had a large sign, "Peter Rebscher Brewer"; in the rear was the brewery, a two story frame building, and a large barn. A later brewer was Jacob Summer and after him, in 1862, Joseph Spetz had the house and brewery until he died. A vacant lot belonging to John Roth and later to Simon Roy who used it as a nursery for shrubs and rare trees. The old Central School and grounds, the school now remodelled and greatly enlarged to the present handsome Suddaby School. The Central School building had a belfry on top with at first a small bell and later a larger one. Jacob Stroh rang this bell as long as he attended the Central School, later W. H. Breithaupt had this charge for a time. A frame building occupied by Yost Kimmel, a carpenter. 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

  [S3002] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 012414-95. August Rathmann, 30, occ. Foreman, b. Berlin, Ont., res. Same, son of Herman and Catherine, married Maggie Weichel, 21, b. Wellesley Township, res. Elmira, daughter of Adam and Anna, Witn: Hugo Rathman (Sic) of Berlin And Clara and Ella Weichel of Elmira, 30 April 1895 at Elmira [S137] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1901, Berlin ITown/Ville) A-6 Page 6. [S158] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1881, Div 1 Page 46. [S340] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1911, Div. 34 Page 13. [S1592] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1891, Sec. 5 Page 20. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/160976929/herman-rathman.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 29 Mar 1839 - , Germany Immigration - 1852 - , Ontario, Canada Immigration - 1852 - , Ontario, Canada Occupation - Painter - 1881 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Lutheran - 1881 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Furniture Painter - 1891 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Lutheran - 1891 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Finisher - 1901 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Lutheran - 1911 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1919 - Frederick St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 4 Jan 1925 - , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth