Henry Frederick Boehmer

1857 - 1939  (82 years)

• Name	Henry Frederick Boehmer
  Born	23 May 1857	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1881	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Shoemaker
  Residence	1881	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Lutheran
  Occupation	1891	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Shoemaker
  Residence	1891	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Lutheran
  Occupation	1901	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Shoe Maker
  Occupation	1911	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Shoe Maker
  Residence	1911	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Lutheran
  House of Industry and Refuge	1939
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-41894
  Died	23 Oct 1939	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Buried	Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Person ID	I41894	Generations
  Last Modified	12 May 2024

  
  

  Father	Carl Frederick Boehmer
  Mother	Marie
  Family ID	F40935	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Father	Charles Boehmer,   b. 1823, , Germany ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Sophia,   b. 1837, , Germany ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F249656	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth "Lizzie" Kalbfleisch,   b. 2 Aug 1863, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 15 Jun 1901, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 37 years)
  Married	Feb 1882  [6]
  Children	1. Henry Philip Boehmer,   b. 16 Apr 1883, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1948  (Age 64 years)   2. Regina Cecelia Boehmer,   b. 18 Mar 1885, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1930  (Age 44 years)
  Last Modified	13 May 2024
  Family ID	F10909	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  TRADE HOLDS LORE AFTER FORTY YEARS BESIDE WORKBENCH Henry F. Boehmer, 71, Still Vigorous After Long Service At Shoe Making And Repairing Forty years at repairing shoes and still going strong. That is the record which Henry F. Boehmer who does his "cobbling" at 101 King street has made for himself. Despite the fact that he is 71 years of age Mr. Boehmer still takes a very lively interest in his trade, and does his work without any in speaking to assistance. a Record representative today, he recalled the time when he launched into the shoe making and shoe repairing trade, forty years ago, and states that at that time Waterloo was considerably larger than Kitchener Mr. Boehmer was born in Kitchener then Berlin in 1857 and lived there for twenty three years moving to Waterloo in 1880. After living here for a little over six years, he decided to go into the shoe business and moved to Milverton where he opened up a repair shop. Whether business was good or otherwise Mr. Boehmer did not stay, but after about a year and a half in Milverton he came back to Waterloo, establishing his shoe business here on April 1, 1888. At that time Waterloo was almost as large as it is at present, tho Kitchener was even smaller than Waterloo. There were practically as many factories here then as there are now and Waterloo was quite an industrial centre, making swift strides toward advancement. "Since opening that business here 40 years ago, Henry Boehmer stated, "I have not worked at any other trade. For the first while I used to manufacture shoes, but of late I have not made any. Business was very good at that time and has continued very well tho just at present it is a little slack. Tho he has been working hard and consistently for forty consecutive years, and is 71 years of age, Mr. Boehmer certainly does not show it. He has plenty of vigor and vitality and these are matched by the merry twinkle in his eye.

  
  

• Sources

  [S135] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo City - 1901, Waterloo (Town/Ville) D-2 Page 4. [S158] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1881, Div 1 Page 14. [S192] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo City - Mount Hope CC#4500 Internet Link. In memory of/ Henry F. Boehmer/ 1857-1939/ Elizabeth Kalbfeisch/ his wife/ 1864-1901 [S366] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo City - 1911, Div. 41 Page 8. [S1573] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo City - 1891, Section 3 Page 20. [S1573] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo City - 1891, Section 3 Page 21.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 23 May 1857 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Shoemaker - 1881 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Lutheran - 1881 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Shoemaker - 1891 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Lutheran - 1891 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Shoe Maker - 1901 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Shoe Maker - 1911 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Lutheran - 1911 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 23 Oct 1939 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth