Antonete Marie Sophia "Sophia" Goldschmidt

1836 - 1923  (86 years)

• Name	Antonete Marie Sophia "Sophia" Goldschmidt
  Born	3 Jun 1836	, Schleswig Holstein, Germany   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Gender	Female
  Immigration	1846	, Canada   [4]
  Immigration	1846	, Canada
  Immigration	1848	, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Occupation	1861	Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	milliner
  Occupation	1871	Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Seamstress
  Invention	1877	Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	Invalid chair and lounge
  	Item - Library and Archives Canada. (2013). Retrieved 7 August 2020, from https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/patents-1869-1919/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=7847&
  		Goldschmidt,AntoneteMarieSophia-0001-Invention-invalidChair.jpg Item - Library and Archives Canada. (2013). Retrieved 7 August 2020, from https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/patents-1869-1919/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=7847&
  Residence	1877	Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Occupation	1901	Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Dress Maker
  Residence	1911	Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	Lodger
  Residence	1911	Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Methodist
  House of Industry and Refuge	1917	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Name	Sophia Goldschmidt
  Name	Sophia Goldsmith
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-34903
  Died	12 Feb 1923	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  Buried	Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  Person ID	I34903	Generations
  Last Modified	26 Jun 2024

  
  

• Notes

  Preston Resident, Antonete Marie Sophia "Sophia" Goldsmith was a rarity. Sophia was a Preston resident working as a dressmaker/milliner from the 1860's to after 1900. Never married she apparently aspired to be more and became a rarity in Canada, she was a FEMALE INVENTOR. In 1877 Sophia invented an "Invalid chair and Lounge", not only inventing it but patented it as well. Women didn't do things like that in the 1800's in Canada, especially when they couldn't vote. She paid her $20 to patent which now would be about $4,940 a huge sum for a common person at that time in the 1870's. She apparently didn't succeed with this invention. Continuing to work as a dressmaker until becoming a lodger in retirement in 1911. Falling on hard times she entered the House of Industry and Refuge in Kitchener in 1917, dying in 1923. She is buried in an unmarked grave in the Preston Cemetery.

  
  

• Sources

  [S270] Census - ON, Waterloo, Preston - 1852, Pg 23. [S204] Census - ON, Waterloo, Preston - 1901, Preston (Village) F-1 Page 16. [S105] Census - ON, Waterloo, Preston - 1871, Pg 25. [S1669] Census - ON, Waterloo, Preston - 1911, Div. 23 Page 4. [S116] Vit - ON - Death Registration. Sophia Goldsmith, aged 88 b. Germany, d. House of Refuge, Kitchener, single, dressmaker, buried Preston Cemetery, d. 12 Feb 1923

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 3 Jun 1836 - , Schleswig Holstein, Germany Immigration - 1846 - , Canada Immigration - 1846 - , Canada Immigration - 1848 - , Ontario, Canada Occupation - milliner - 1861 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Seamstress - 1871 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Invention - Invalid chair and lounge - 1877 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1877 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Dress Maker - 1901 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1911 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Methodist - 1911 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada House of Industry and Refuge - 1917 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 12 Feb 1923 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth