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Henry Schuler

Male 1842 - Yes, date unknown


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  • Name Henry Schuler 
    Born 25 Sep 1842  , Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-45015 
    Died Yes, date unknown 
    Person ID I45015  Generations
    Last Modified 6 Apr 2024 

    Father Rev. Wendlin Schuler,   b. 1814, , Baden, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Oct 1857, Normanby Twp., Grey Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 43 years) 
    Mother Susanna Brandt,   b. 1823, , Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married 1841  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Family ID F11714  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • HENRY SCHULER, proprietor of the Paris Stoneware Works, was born in Illinois on 25th Sept., 1842, and is a son of Wendlin and Susanna (Brandt) Schuler, who were married in Canada. The former was a native of Baden, Germany, and died in Saugeen, Ont., in 1856, and the latter, who resides now in East Zorra, Ont., was born in the State of Ohio in 1823, and married the second time, Harman Schmidt, who died in St. Louis in 1874. Mrs. Schuler's first husband had been a school teacher for twenty-five years, in New Hamburg, Ont., where he was keeping a hotel about the time of his death. The subject of this sketch was united in marriage, on 21st November, 1861, to Mary Ann Reynest, who was born in Paris, Ont., on the 6th Dec., 1845, and they are both members of the Church of England. Mr. Schuler acquired a good common school education, and engaged in the pottery business in 1868, which he changed into the manufacture of stoneware in 1873. This he has been proprietor of for the past ten years, and has meet with generally good success. There are nine children in the family, seven of whom survive, viz., Anna, Emma, Edward, John, Frederick, James and Lincoln. The parents of Mr. S. had eight children, of whom six are now living, Henry being the oldest, and of them only he and his brother Wendlin reside in the County of Brant.


      The history of the county of Brant, Ontario: containing a history of the county: its township, cities, towns, schools, J. H. Beers & Co. Warner, Beers & Co.

  • Sources 
    1. [S134] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1851, Div 3 Pg 15.

    2. [S1533] Book - The History of the County of Brant, Ontario, Biography of Henry Schuler: 678 - 679.

    3. [S13] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - Wellington District Marriage Register Part 1 1840-1852.
      Rev'd Frederick W. Bindemann, Minister Of The German Evangelical Church, , At Green Bush, Waterloo Township, 31 Aug. 1841 To 31 Aug. 1842
      Wendling Schuler, Teacher, Of Wilmot, To Susanna Band, Of Huron Tract. Wit. Christoph Nahraany, Yeom. , And John Bauer, Shoemaker, Both Of Wilmot

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