Wilhelm "William" Stein^{[1, 2, 3, 4]}

1833 - 1907  (73 years)

• Name	Wilhelm "William" Stein
  Born	16 Dec 1833	Nidda, , Hessen, Germany   [2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]
  Immigration	1856	, Ontario, Canada   [11]
  Occupation	1857	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [12]
  	tailor
  Occupation	1861	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  	Tailor
  Residence	1861	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  	Lutheran
  Naturalization	1862  [11]
  Occupation	1864	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	tailor
  	Listed in the 1864 Directory as a tailor with William Gaul
  Occupation	1871	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [10]
  	Tailor
  Residence	1871	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [10]
  	[Member of New Jersulem Religion]
  Christened	4 Jun 1872	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [13]
  Gender	Male
  Name	William Stein
  Occupation	1881	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	Tailor
  	In the 1884 Directory he is listed as a merchant tailor working on the South Side of King Street in Kitchener.
  Residence	1881	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	New Church
  Occupation	1891	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [9]
  	Tailor
  Residence	1891	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [9]
  	[Member of New Jersulem Religion]
  Occupation	1901	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [11]
  	Tailor
  Residence	1907  [5]
  	New Jersusalem
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-36261
  Died	21 Aug 1907	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5, 6]
  	Cause: dilation of heart
  Buried	Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  Person ID	I36261	Generations
  Last Modified	12 May 2024

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Rothaermel,   b. 12 Mar 1836, Nieder-Ofleiden, , Hessen, Germany ,   d. 30 Sep 1903, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 67 years)
  Married	21 Jun 1857	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [12]
  Children	1. Maria Catharina Stein,   b. 15 Oct 1857, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1940  (Age 82 years)   2. Wilhelmina "Minnie" Stein,   b. 6 Feb 1859, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1951  (Age 91 years)   3. Catharina Elisabetha Stein,   b. 18 Nov 1860, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 13 Apr 1863, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 2 years)   4. Wilhelm Peter "William" Stein,   b. 3 Jan 1863, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 28 Sep 1901, London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada  (Age 38 years)   5. Anna Elisabeth Stein,   b. 21 Nov 1864, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   6. Anna Louise "Louisa" Stein,   b. 2 Oct 1868, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 5 Apr 1873, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 4 years)   7. Clara Minerva Stein,   b. 14 Oct 1870, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1959  (Age 88 years)   8. Ida Caroline Stein,   b. 31 May 1873, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1949, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 75 years)   9. Augusta Adelaide Stein,   b. 11 May 1875, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	13 May 2024
  Family ID	F9566	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, 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 ___________________ 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

  [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 16 Apr 1863. Catharina Elisabetha Stein died 13 Apr 1863 in Berlin, daughter of Wilhelm, 2 yrs, 4 mths, 25 days. [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 17 Apr 1873. Died 5 Apr 1873 In Berlin, Anna Louise, daughter of Wilhelm Stein died at the age of … [S3002] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 011865-86. William P. Stein, 23, occ. Tailor, b. Canada, res. Berlin, son of William and Elizabeth, married Lovina Cairns, 22, b. Canada, res. Berlin, daughter of John and Jane, Witness: George Cairns and Elizabeth Stein, both of Berlin, 18 May 1886 at Berlin [S3002] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 012158-90. George H. Trussler, 22, occ. Photographer, b. Canada, res. Berlin, son of William and Sarah Trussler, married Clara Stein, 19, b. Canada, res. Berlin, daughter of William and Elizabeth Stein, Witness(es) Fred F. And Eliza Uoeleus? both of Berlin, 28 July 1890 at Berlin [S116] Vit - ON - Death Registration. William Stein d. 21 Aug 1907 Berlin, aged 74y, occ. tailor, b. Nieda, Gross Herzog Hessen Thun, cause: dilation of heart, Religion: New Jersusalem [S166] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Mount Hope CC#4508 Internet Link . William Stein/ born Dec. 27, 1833/ died Aug. 21, 1907/ aged 73 yrs. 7 mo. 26 ds./ Elisabeth Rothaermel/ his wife/ born Mar. 12, 1836/ died Sept. 30, 1903/ aged 67 yrs. 6 mo. 18 ds [S158] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1881, Div 1 Page 41. [S123] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1861, Div. 1 Page 8. [S1592] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1891, Section 3 Page 60. [S229] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1871, Sect. 2 Page 7. [S137] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1901, Berlin (Town/Ville) A-8 Page 9. [S6] Church Records - ON, Waterloo - Bindeman, F. W. - Card Index Kitchener Public Library. Wilhelm Stein Residence: Berlin Occupation:Taylor Elisbth. Rothermel Residence: Berlin married 21 Jun 1857 Waterloo Twp. by Banns Witnesses: Fridrich Rothermel & Friedrich Gottlieb [S2] Church Records - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Church of the New Jerusalem (Swedenborgian).

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 16 Dec 1833 - Nidda, , Hessen, Germany Immigration - 1856 - , Ontario, Canada Occupation - tailor - 1857 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 21 Jun 1857 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Tailor - 1861 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Lutheran - 1861 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - tailor - 1864 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Tailor - 1871 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - [Member of New Jersulem Religion] - 1871 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Christened - 4 Jun 1872 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Tailor - 1881 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - New Church - 1881 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Tailor - 1891 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - [Member of New Jersulem Religion] - 1891 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Tailor - 1901 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - Cause: dilation of heart - 21 Aug 1907 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth