Catherine Seip

1846 - 1915  (68 years)

• Name	Catherine Seip
  Born	20 Oct 1846	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Gender	Female
  Birth	15 Nov 1846	, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/159864282
  Historic Building	179 Queen St. S., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	House was demolished in 2010. It was moved from another location in 1902 and became the residence of Catherine Seip wife of Hugh Kranz.
  		179 Queen St. S., Kitchener, Ontario being demolished 2010 The Waterloo Region Record 30 Mar 2010
  Name	Catherine Kranz
  Residence	1861	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Lutheran
  Residence	1871	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Lutheran
  Occupation	1881	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Lutheran
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-38572
  Died	2 Feb 1915	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Cause: arterio sclerosis (2 years) & apoplexy (2 days)
  Buried	Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I38572	Generations
  Last Modified	25 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	George Seip,   b. 13 Feb 1820, Beerfelden, Odenwaldkreis, Hessen, Germany ,   d. 21 May 1877, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 57 years)
  Mother	Maria "Mary" Peppler,   b. 15 Feb 1813, , Germany ,   d. 1 Jul 1879, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 66 years)
  Married	20 Apr 1845	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  Family ID	F11069	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mayor Hugo Carl Kranz, MPP,   b. 13 Jun 1834, Lahrbach, Hesse Darmstadt, Germany ,   d. 1 Jun 1902, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 67 years)
  Married	1865  [8]
  Children	1. Franzis H. Kranz,   b. 29 Jan 1866, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 8 Jun 1944  (Age 78 years)   2. Maria Wilhelmine Kranz,   b. 21 Jul 1867, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 22 Nov 1934, Prescott, Augusta Twp., Grenville Co., Ontario  (Age 67 years)   3. Mayor Carl Kranz,   b. 11 Nov 1869, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 3 May 1938, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 68 years)   4. William Kranz,   b. 1872, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	26 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F10092	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  KITCHENER - Board by board, a wood frame house that has stood watch on Queen Street for more than a century is slowly disappearing. While it's been vacant for more than a year, the quaint one and a half story home at the corner of St. George Street, was once inhabited by the widow of a former Berlin mayor and Conservative MP. The house was moved from its original spot to Queen Street in 1902. Catherine Kranz moved in that year, according to a city staff report presented to Heritage Kitchener last year. Catherine Kranz was the wife of Hugo Kranz, a German immigrant who served as everything from justice of the peace to mayor of Berlin to member of Parliament in his 67 years. He was also a founding member and president of the Economical Mutual Fire Insurance Company. Hugo himself may have lived in the home a short time before his death in June 1902, according to the city report. Catherine lived in the home until 1915. The city's heritage planners recommended tearing down the home because no substantial link between the prominent Berlin citizen and the home could be made. The vinyl siding put up by a later occupant also did little to add to the historical character of the area and, because the building had already been moved, its historical integrity had already been compromised, according to city staff. The city approved the demolition of the home in December to make way for a parkette that will serve the adjacent Sandhills Retirement Community. The Waterloo Region Record 30 Mar 2010 __________________ In Memoriam Died At Berlin, Tuesday, February 2nd, 1915 Catharine Seip Kranz, relict of the late Hugo Kranz, in her 70th year. The Funeral (Private) From her late residence, 89 Queen Street South, on Thursday, February 4th, at 3.30 o'clock. Please omit flowers. Funeral Card

  
  

• Sources

  [S137] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1901, Berlin (Town/Ville) A-11 Page 9. [S131] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1851, Div 4 Pg 13. [S158] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1881, Div 1 Page 64. [S229] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1871, Div. 1, Pg. 32. [S116] Vit - ON - Death Registration. Catharine Kranz, d. 2 Feb 1915 Berlin, aged 69y, 3m, 13d. b. Berlin, d/o George Seip & Mary Peppler, cause: arterio sclerosis (2 years) & apoplexy (2 days) [S123] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1861, Div. 4 Page 39. [S13] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - Wellington District Marriage Register Part 1 1840-1852, Rev'd Jacob Huttner, Lutheran Minister, Preston report 53. George Seip, to Mary Peppler, both of Waterloo. 20 Apr. 1845 [S77] News - ON, Waterloo, Elmira - Elmira Signet (1893-1982), 5 June 1902 pg 1.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 20 Oct 1846 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Birth - 15 Nov 1846 - , Ontario, Canada Historic Building - - 179 Queen St. S., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Lutheran - 1861 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Lutheran - 1871 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Lutheran - 1881 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - Cause: arterio sclerosis (2 years) & apoplexy (2 days) - 2 Feb 1915 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth