George D. Schmidt

1872 - 1957  (85 years)

• Name	George D. Schmidt
  Born	2 Apr 1872	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Gender	Male
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/57153758
  Name	George D. Smith
  Occupation	1891	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Tailor
  Residence	1891	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Lutheran
  Occupation	1901	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Tailor
  Occupation	1911	Heidelberg, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Tailor
  Residence	1911	Heidelberg, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Lutheran
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-57576
  Died	5 Nov 1957  [5]
  Buried	Saint Paul's Lutheran Cemetery, Erbsville, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  Person ID	I57576	Generations
  Last Modified	12 May 2025

  
  

  Father	Conrad Heinrich "Henry" Schmidt,   b. 10 Jan 1848, , Germany ,   d. 26 Nov 1945, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 97 years)
  Mother	Juliana "Julia" Doerbecker,   b. 31 Jan 1849, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 9 May 1935, Freeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 86 years)
  Family ID	F14110	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Clara Doering,   b. 23 Apr 1873, Erbsville, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 24 Jul 1944, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 71 years)
  Married	30 May 1897	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  Children	1. Vera Esther Smith,   b. 28 Jun 1899, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1956  (Age 56 years)   2. Mossie Clarissa Adeline Smith,   b. 20 Jan 1905, Heidelberg, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1976  (Age 70 years)
  Last Modified	13 May 2025
  Family ID	F14846	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  GEORGE D SMITH Tailoring is as essential to the general business interests of a community […calling,], and Heidelberg [ ] represented in this particular. Mr. Smith opened his shop here in February, 1895, but he was not a stranger to the citizens for it was here that he learned his trade with Mr. Jacob Forler in 1887. Like many others who have served the required apprenticeship, he went forth among strangers to gain further experience. He first worked as a 'jour" in Waterloo and finally in Tavistock, and subsequently spent some time in New York State, working at his trade in several of the leading cities, where he acquired an experience which has proved beneficial to him as a fashionable tailor. Previous to coming here Mr. Smith had a shop at Carthage, but not being satisfied with the locality he concluded to remove to Heidelberg. Since coming here he has built up a fine patronage where others have failed. Many of the best families of the neighborhood are his customers. Mr. Smith is a native of St Jacobs, where he was born in 1872, his father, Mr. Henry Smith, being a well known citizen of that village, who was an employee in the old Cannery there for over twenty-two years. The subject of this sketch was married in May, 1897, to Miss Clara, daughter of Mr. Henry Doering, of Erbsville. Mr. Smith ferquently employes as high as four or five hands. He takes a deep interest in the welfare of the village and undoubtedly contributes as much toward its support as does any other citizen in similar circumstances. He is a member of the band - a musical organization that has earned quite an enviable reputation for Heidelberg, and in which he takes a deep interest. Waterloo County Chronicle 20 Oct 1898, p. 3

  
  

• Sources

  [S148] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1901, Woolwich F-7 Page 8. [S130] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1881, Div. 1 Page 30. [S348] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1911, Div.. 18 Page 7. [S1821] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1891, Section 3 Page 23. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/57153758.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 2 Apr 1872 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Tailor - 1891 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Lutheran - 1891 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 30 May 1897 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Tailor - 1901 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Tailor - 1911 - Heidelberg, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Lutheran - 1911 - Heidelberg, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Saint Paul's Lutheran Cemetery, Erbsville, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth