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Henry A. Hagen

Henry A. Hagen

Male 1867 - 1960  (93 years)

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  • Name Henry A. Hagen 
    Born 24 Aug 1867  , Germany Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4] 
    Gender Male 
    Business Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Hagen Shirt and Collar Company 
    Immigration 1873  , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Immigration 1873  , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Occupation 1881  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Factory Hand 
    Residence 1881  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Lutheran 
    Naturalization 1889  [1] 
    Occupation 1891  Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Shirt Cutter 
    Residence 1891  Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Lutheran 
    Elected Office 1899 
    councillor - Kitchener 
    • Years Served: 1899, 1912-1
    Occupation 1901  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Shirt Factory 
    Occupation 1911  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    General Laborer, Shirt Collar 
    Residence 1911  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Lutheran 
    Elected Office 1912  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    City of Kitchener Alderman 
    FindAGrave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/172086697 
    Interesting industry, politics 
    Name H. A. Hagen 
    Residence 1960  272 Queen St. S., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-37972P 
    Died 3 Oct 1960  London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I37972  Generations
    Last Modified 30 Sep 2024 

    Father Johann Wilhelm "John" Hagen,   b. 10 May 1828, , Mecklinburg Schwerin, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Dec 1878, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 50 years) 
    Mother Louisa Ahrens,   b. 1833, , Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Oct 1898, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 65 years) 
    Family ID F286532  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Florence Bolduc,   b. 2 Aug 1868, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Oct 1957  (Age 89 years) 
    Children 
     1. Naomi Hagen,   b. 1 Jun 1890, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Jun 1979, Farmington Hills, Oakland, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 89 years)
     2. Lorne B. Hagen,   b. 3 May 1892, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Jul 1975  (Age 83 years)
    Last Modified 1 Oct 2024 
    Family ID F9950  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
    H. A. Hagen    		H. A. Hagen
    From: Berlin Celebration of Cityhood - Issued by Authority of the City. Berlin Ontario, Issued in Commemoration of its Celebration of Cityhood July 17th 1912

  • Notes 
    • Henry Hagen, Former Shirt Maker, Passes

      Henry A. Hagen, 93, of 272 Queen St. South, died yesterday in London, Ont., after and illness of 3 months.

      Prominent in the shirt industry, Mr. Hagen founded the former Hagen Shirt and Collar Company, later absorbed by John Forsyth Ltd.

      Mr. Hagen started in business in 1886 with the former Kitchener shirt company of Williams, Greene and Rome.

      INVENTED NECK BAND

      He invented the cushion neck band, which prevented the stud from pressing into the neck of the wearer. He also initiated development of the present-day used collar.

      Known as the "daddy of the shirt business," Mr. Hagen organized the Berlin Shirt and Collar Company in 1894 and formed his own company six years later. In 1907 he joined the Forsyth firm and served as superintendent until his retirement in 1940. For the next nine years he acted in an advisory capacity on quality control.

      Mr. Hagen was born Aug. 24, 1867, in Germany but came to Canada when he was three. His parents were the late John Hagen and Louise Arndt.

      MARRIED IN 1889

      On Aug. 7, 1889, he married Florence Bolduc, She predeceased him on Oct. 4, 1957.

      Mr. Hagen was a member of St. Matthew's Lutheran Church and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

      Surviving are a son, Lorne of Lakewood, N.Y.; a daughter, Mrs Naomi Miller of Detroit; four grandchildren and 10 great-grand children. Three brothers predeceased him.

      The body will be at the Schreiter Sandrock Funeral Home until Wednesday at 12:30 pm, the at St. Matthew's Church where the funeral service will be conducted in the chapel at 2 p.m Rev. Dr. John Schmieder will officiate and burial will follow in Mount Hope Cemetery. Donation to St. Matthew's Church mission will be accepted as tokens sympathy.

      Kitchener-Waterloo Record Mon, Oct 03, 1960 Page 7

  • Sources 
    1. [S137] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1901, Berlin (Town/Ville) A-10 Page 11.

    2. [S158] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1881, Div 1 Page 15.

    3. [S340] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1911, Div. 25 1911 Pg. 11.

    4. [S1800] Census - ON, Waterloo, Galt - 1891, Section 2 Page 87.

    5. [S1775] Berlin: Celebration of Cityhood, pg 36.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 24 Aug 1867 - , Germany Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBusiness - Hagen Shirt and Collar Company - - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsImmigration - 1873 - , Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsImmigration - 1873 - , Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Factory Hand - 1881 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Lutheran - 1881 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Shirt Cutter - 1891 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Lutheran - 1891 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Shirt Factory - 1901 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - General Laborer, Shirt Collar - 1911 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Lutheran - 1911 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsElected Office - City of Kitchener Alderman - 1912 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 3 Oct 1960 - London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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