Rev. Julius Badke^[1]

1850 - 1926  (75 years)

• Name	Julius Badke
  Prefix	Rev.
  Born	19 May 1850	Evanbusch, Prussia, Germany   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Honoured	Brantford, Brant Co., Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	founded St. Matthew's Lutheran Church
  Occupation	1880	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	pastor
  Occupation	1886	Arcadia, Trempealeau, Wisconsin, USA   [4]
  	Pastor
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-45582
  Died	20 Apr 1926	Brantford, Brant Co., Ontario, Canada
  Buried	Mt. Hope Cemetery, Brantford, Brant County, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I45582	Generations
  Last Modified	7 Nov 2024

  
  

  Father	Gottlieb Badke,   b. 1806, , Germany ,   d. 16 Feb 1894, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 88 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Pahlfos,   b. Abt 1810, of, Germany ,   d. Bef 1871  (Age ~ 60 years)
  Family ID	F32347	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Laura Elizabeth "Lizzie" Rittinger,   b. 23 Nov 1857, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 16 Apr 1939, Woodstock, Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 81 years)
  Married	21 Oct 1880	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Children	1. Emma Lizzie "Lizzie" Badke,   b. 11 Aug 1883, Wilton, Monroe, Wisconsin, United States ,   d. 9 Aug 1884, Arcadia, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 0 years)   2. Friedrich Wilhelm Badke,   b. 24 Sep 1886, Arcadia, Trempealeau, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 21 Oct 1886, Arcadia, Trempealeau, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 0 years)
  Last Modified	12 Nov 2024
  Family ID	F14786	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  Rev. Julius Badke Rinkrats5 originally shared this on 01 Feb 2014 to Ancestry Public Member Trees

  
  

• Notes

  The Report of the Necrologist The Rev. Julius Badke was born at Evanbusch, Preussen, Germany, May 19th, 1850. With his parents he came to Canada in 1864, the family establishing their home in Kitchener (then Berlin). He lived at Kitchener for six years. Leaving Kitchener he went to Chicago, and in 1875 entered Concordia Theological Seminary at Springfield, Ill., graduating in 1880 Oct. 21 of the same year he was married to Miss Elizabeth Rittinger of Kitchener, at St. Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Church. The first seven years of his ministry were spent in Wisconsin. In 1887 he returned to Canada where he served the congregations at Conestogo, Bridgeport, Breslau, 1887-1889; Humberstone and district, 1889-1904; Brantford 1904-1907; Auburn 1907-1911. In 1911 he retired and until the time of his death resided in Brantford. He died at his home the evening of April 30th, 1926. Services were conducted at the home and Church by his pastor, the Rev. C. Cronmiller, assisted by the Rev. A. C. E. Grotke, of Hespeler, after which the body was interred at Mt. Hope Cemetery, Brantford, May 3rd, 1926. Besides his widow he leaves one daughter, Mrs. E. S. Neff, of Brantford, and one son E. F. Badke, of Toronto, and seven grandchildren. We would recommend that Synod pass the following resolution: Whereas it has pleased Almighty God in His unsearchable wisdom to call from the Church Militant to the Church Triumphant, His servants, the Rev. Emil Hoffmann, and the Rev. Julius Badke, be it therefore resolved: "That at this, the first meeting of our Synod following the deaths of these servants, we bow in submission to God's will, in prayer show our gratitude to God for the years of service rendered to the Church and ask Him for guidance and implore His comfort and mercy upon the Church and families in their sorrow and loss. Respectfully submitted, A. C. E. GROTKE, Necrologist. The report was adopted. Minutes of the Sixty-fourth Annual Convention of the Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Canada, St. Paul's and Trintiy Evangelical Lutheran Churches Hamilton, Ontario June 2-7, 1916 pg 42 __________________ THE DEPARTED Rev.. Julius Badke. Rev. Julius Badke, former Kitchener resident, was called by death suddenly Saturday morning at his home 26 Wells avenue, Brantford. The deceased spent his youth in this city and learned the printing trade to at the office of the Berliner Journal nearly sixty years ago. He was engaged as printer in Chicago at the time of this great fire in 1871 and often related his experiences on that occasion being forced to move his trunk several times in order to save it from the approaching flames: Out of the newspaper office in which he worked only, three or four cases of type were saved . Over forty years ago be entered the Lutheran ministry and was at first in charge of congregations in Wisconsin. Later he came to Ontario and was pastor of: Bridgeport and Conestogo , the Lutheran church In Bridgeport being built under his administration, He later was pastor at Humberstone and Brantford and some years ago retired from active work. He was married to Miss Elisabeth Rittinger of Kitchener, sister of Mr. William Rittinger of 193 Frederick street, and he leaves in addition to the his widow one son Emil in Toronto and one daughter Mrs. Earl Neff in Brantford township. The deceased who was 76 years of age was born in Germany and was a son of the late Gottlieb Badke of this 'city. He was the last surviving member of the older generation of the Badke family of this vicinity. The brothers and sister who predeceased him were Samuel, city, Otto of Toronto, John of Cleveland, Ferdinand of Kitchener, Michael of Wisconsin and Mrs. Charles Schallhorn of Kitchener. Gustav Badke of North Water street is a nephew of the deceased. The funeral was held at Brantford this afternoon. A private. service was held at the home which was followed by a service at the church after which Internment took place in the cemetery. Kitchener Daily Record 3 May 1926 pg 11

  
  

• Sources

  [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 14 Aug 1884. Aug. 9, 1884 Lizzie Badke, infant daughter of Pastor Julius Badke and grandchild of Friedrich Rittinger, co-publisher of this newspaper, died in Arcadia Wisconsin at tender age of 1 year (poem follows) [S721] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, marriage certificate 11229 (1880), Badke-Rittinger. Julius Badke, 30, Pastor of Evangelical Lutheran Church, res. Berlin b. Germany, son of Gottlieb and A. Polsfus?, married to Lizzie Rittinger, 23, res. Berlin, b. Canada daughter of Frederick and Elizabeth, Witn: William Rittinger and Catherine Doerr, both of Berlin, 21 Oct 1880 at Berlin [S118] News - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo - Waterloo Chronicle, Obituary of Elizabeth Badke - Apr 21 1939 pg 6. [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), Oct. 28, 1886. Oct. 21, 1886 Friedrich Wilhelm Julius Badke, infant son of Pastor Julius Badke, died in Arcadia, Wisconsin at the tender age of 27 days. (poem follows)

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 19 May 1850 - Evanbusch, Prussia, Germany Honoured - founded St. Matthew's Lutheran Church - - Brantford, Brant Co., Ontario, Canada Occupation - pastor - 1880 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 21 Oct 1880 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Pastor - 1886 - Arcadia, Trempealeau, Wisconsin, USA Died - 20 Apr 1926 - Brantford, Brant Co., Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth