Jacob Teuscher^{[1, 2]}

1819 - 1873  (54 years)

• Name	Jacob Teuscher
  Born	1819	, Switzerland   [3, 4, 5]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1852	Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	Editor
  Business	1853	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	Foreign Exchange and Forwarding Business
  		Teuscher,Jacob-ForeignExchangeandForwardingBusiness-advert.jpg
  Elected Office	1857	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	Waterloo City - councillor
  Occupation	1860	Canadische Bauernfreund Newspaper - Waterloo, Ontario   [6]
  	editor
  Occupation	1860	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	editor of Canadshe Bauernfreund newspaper
  Occupation	1861	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Editor
  Occupation	1863	Stratford, Perth Co., Ontario, Canada
  	Editor - Colonist Newspaper
  Residence	49-53 Albert St., Waterloo, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-35846
  Died	6 Dec 1873	Stratford, Perth Co., Ontario, Canada   [5]
  Person ID	I35846	Generations
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

  
  

  Family	Anna,   b. 1826, , Switzerland ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Children	1. Marie Louise "Louise" Teuscher,   b. 1847, , Switzerland ,   d. 4 Jan 1912, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 65 years)   2. Robert Teuscher,   b. CALC 1 Feb 1852, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 7 Jun 1867, Stratford, Perth Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 15 years)   3. Emma Teuscher,   b. CALC 6 Sep 1855, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 20 Jan 1861, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 5 years)   4. August Teuscher,   b. CALC 1 Dec 1857, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 2 Dec 1860, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 2 years)   5. Bertha Teuscher,   b. 1860, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2025
  Family ID	F9459	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  In 1886 the Herald was purchased by Dingman Bros., who moved it in to its present elegant quarters on Market square. This paper has also been successful, being now a sixteen-page sheet, and sold to subscribers at $i per annum. In 1887 a daily was issued, which has now a large circulation. Both of the Stratford daily papers have a great advertising patronage, and certainly have done much in promoting the business interests of the city. In 1863 was established a weekly German paper, named the Colonist. This sheet was founded by Jacob Teuscher, In 1872 it became the property of Messrs. Schmidt & Scherer, and five years later Mr. Schmidt became sole proprietor. The Colonist has a large patronage amongst the Germans, a number of whom are settled near Stratford. Since the period when the News was launched, many ventures have been made, but not with great success. An Orange Gazette was published for some time, but abandoned. These, with a paper called the Advertiser, constitute the journalistic ventures in Stratford. History of the County of Perth From 1825-1902 William Johnston _____________________ DER KANADISCHE KOLONIST In 1863 a German weekly newspaper was established in Stratford, named the Colonist. This sheet was founded by Jacob Teuscher. In 1872 it became the property of Messrs. Schmidt & Scherer, and five years later Mr. J.H. Schmidt became sole proprietor. The Colonist had a large patronage amongst the Germans, a number of whom settled near Stratford. -(page 487 - Johnston's History of Perth, 1825-1902). Fact & Fantasy: A History of Tavistock & District

  
  

• Sources

  [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 6 Dec 1860. August Teuscher died 2 Dec 1860 in Waterloo, son of Jakob, 3 yrs, 1 day old. [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 20 Jun 1867. Robert Teuscher died 7 Jun 1867 in Stratford, last & only son of Jakob, 15 yrs, 4 mths, 6 days., heart disease. [S270] Census - ON, Waterloo, Preston - 1852, Pg 16. [S1885] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo City - 1861, Waterloo 1861 Dist. 1 Page 4. [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 11 Dec 1873. Died 06 Dec 1873 In Stratford, Jakob Teuscher, former publisher of the "Colonist", died at 50 years of age. [S20] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berlin Telegraph (title varies: Berlin Telegraph, Berlin Daily Telegraph) (1853-1922), 7 Dec 1860. Teuscher: At the Village of Waterloo, on the 2nd inst., August, son of Jacob Teuscher, Esq., Editor of the "Canadshe Bauernfreund," aged 3 years.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 1819 - , Switzerland Occupation - Editor - 1852 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Business - Foreign Exchange and Forwarding Business - 1853 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Elected Office - Waterloo City - councillor - 1857 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - editor of Canadshe Bauernfreund newspaper - 1860 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Editor - 1861 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Editor - Colonist Newspaper - 1863 - Stratford, Perth Co., Ontario, Canada Died - 6 Dec 1873 - Stratford, Perth Co., Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth