John Hill

1868 - 1936  (67 years)

• Name	John Hill
  Born	17 May 1868	Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/156026965
  Occupation	undertaker
  Residence	1871	Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	E. Methodist
  Occupation	1901	Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Farmer
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-51544
  Died	25 Feb 1936	Lansing Post Office, York Co., Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Buried	Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Person ID	I51544	Generations
  Last Modified	6 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Heinrich "Henry" Hill,   b. 1 Aug 1828, , Germany ,   d. 1 Jul 1894, Wellesley Village, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 65 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Bender,   b. 1840, , Germany ,   d. 12 Jul 1885, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 45 years)
  Married	29 Jul 1861	, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  Family ID	F27706	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Adeline Ratz,   b. 10 Oct 1870, Gadshill, North Easthope Twp., Perth Co., Ontario ,   d. 1953  (Age 82 years)
  Married	5 Dec 1893	, Perth Co., Ontario, Canada
  Children	1. Thusnelda Elizabeth "Nelda" Hill,   b. 14 Sep 1894, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1989  (Age 94 years)   2. Lorne Henry Hill,   b. 1 Oct 1897, St. Clements, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Walter Hill,   b. 16 Jan 1902, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 20 Jan 1902, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 0 years)
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F13316	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Dissolution of Partnership. NOTICE is hereby given that the partnership heretofore subsisting between us,the undersigned Menno Bechtel and John Hill, as Sawmillers, Undertakers and Furniture Dealers, under the firm name of M. Bechtel & Co., has this day been dissolved by mutual consent. The business will from this date be conducted by the said John Hill, to whom all debts due to the said partnership, are to be paid, and who will also assume the liabilities of the said partnership. Witness: Eckhart Reiner. MENNO BECHTEL & JOHN HILL Dated at the Village of Wellesley, this 6th day of February, A. D., 1896. Waterloo Chronicle, 27 Feb 1896, p. 8 ___________________ Hill & Ratz. Here is a firm that conducts as large a business as any other two men in the county. They have a large saw and planing mill, furniture factory and undertaking establishment. They also manufacture sash, doors, blinds, etc. In fact, they are prepared to turn out everything in the wood line required in the building of a house and furnishing it. They also manufacture cheese boxes. Their establishment is equipped with the most modern and up-to-date machinery. Their large wareroom, a short distance from the factory and saw mill, is filled to its utmost capacity with parlor and bedroom sets and other household furniture. They have probably as large and fine a display of the latest styles of furniture as you will find anywhere in the county. In the display is a bedstead that particularly attracted the attention of the writer It was made entirely by Land by one of their workmen. It is an exquisite piece of work, the carving especially showing the taste of a skilled mechanic The undertaking department is supplied with everything necessary for the proper burial of the dead. Messre. Hill & Ratz are energetic young business men, and in the course of a year turn out a vast amount of lumber and furnish the material for a large number of residences throughout this section They also have a fine trade in the furniture line They also deal in shingles, of which they sell many thousands. Mr. Ratz, who was formerly a school teacher, came in as a partner with Mr. Hill last January, has just about completed a handsome, commodious residence in the immediate neighborhood of their works. In locking over their premises I became somewhat surprised, as I was under the impression that a village of not more than eight hundred inhabitants could not afford a manufacturing industry of the extent of that of Messre. Hill & Ratz The saw mill was established by Menno Bechtel in 1876, and who also operated a steam mill. The saw mill still has a large patronage and thousands of logs are annually converted into timber. Waterloo County Chronicle, 14 Jul 1898, p. 8 _________________ Wife of Mayor Ratz Bereaved in Death of Brother, J. Hill Word was received wife of Mayor Henry E. Ratz Waterloo, announcing her brother, John Hill, his home in Toronto Monday evening following a short illness. He was in his 69th year. There survive his wife, one son, Lorne Hill, of Beamsville, and one daughter, Mrs. M. K. Morrow, of Buffalo; one brother, Jacob Hill of Spokane, Wash., three sisters, Mrs. H. G. Ratz, Waterloo, Mrs. Charles H. Schwalm, Buffalo, and Mrs. M. S. Wilhelm of Wellesley. The funeral will take place on Friday afternoon at two o'clock from the undertaking parlors of Ratz & Bechtel, Queen St. S., Kitchener. Interment will be made in Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo. The late John Hill, who was well and favorably known in Waterloo County, was born in Wellesley, a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hill. For some years he conducted a retail shoe store in Wellesley. Later he moved to Caledonia and then to Canboro where he was engaged in the real estate business. He later moved to Texas where he lived for ten years, returning to Canada two years ago. Owing to a heart condition, he has lived retired, the past few years. Mr. and Mrs. Hill made their home with their daughter, Mrs. Walter Morrow, at Buffalo, the past two years and were spending the winter with his sister- in-law, Mrs. H. Schmidt, at Lansing, rear away Toronto, where he passed. Waterloo Chronicle 27 Feb 1936, p. 5

  
  

• Sources

  [S160] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wellesley Twp. - 1901, Wellesley E-6 page 5. [S113] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wellesley Twp. - 1881, Division 3 Page 43. [S269] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wellesley Twp. - 1871, Div. 4, Pg. 9. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/156026965. [S5] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - 1858-1869 Marriage Register. Henry Hill Birth Place: Germany Residence: Wellesley Township Age: 27 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1834 Father Name: Christian Mother Name: Catherine Spouse Name: Elizabeth Bender Spouse's Age: 29 Spouse Estimated Birth Year: abt 1832 Spouse Birth Place: Germany Spouse residence: Woolwich Township Spouse Father Name: John Spouse Mother Name: Fredericka Marriage Date: 29 Jul 1861 Marriage County: Waterloo

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 17 May 1868 - Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - E. Methodist - 1871 - Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 5 Dec 1893 - , Perth Co., Ontario, Canada Occupation - Farmer - 1901 - Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth