Rev. Louis Henry Wagner^{[1, 2]}

1857 - 1945  (87 years)

• Name	Louis Henry Wagner
  Prefix	Rev.
  Born	11 Apr 1857	Grove Township, Alleghanney Co., New York   [3, 4, 5]
  Gender	Male
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/35285811
  Historic Building	1875	41 Margaret Avenue, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Louis Henry Wagner was the first owner of this 2 story brick house. It was possibly built for Louis Breithaupt. In 1978 is was listed as being in fair condition and was much altered from the original. Stucco was added later.
  Interesting	religion
  Interesting	story, religion
  Name	L. H. Wagner
  Occupation	1881	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Salesman
  Residence	1881	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Evangelist
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-58845
  Died	8 Jan 1945	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  Buried	Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  Person ID	I58845	Generations
  Last Modified	17 Feb 2026

  
  

  Father	Rev. Jacob Wagner,   b. 15 Oct 1824, Siefersheim, , Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany ,   d. 19 Apr 1858, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 33 years)
  Mother	Margaret Hailer,   b. 30 May 1831, Chippewa, Welland Co., Ontario, Canda ,   d. 7 Jul 1918, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 87 years)
  Married	14 Sep 1849	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7, 8]
  Family ID	F4171	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Sarah Lodema Moyer,   b. 22 Sep 1861, Clinton Twp., Lincoln Co., Ontario ,   d. 8 Aug 1941, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 79 years)
  Married	4 Jul 1889	Campden, Clinton Twp., Lincoln Co., Ontario   [3]
  Children	1. Louis Jacob Wagner,   b. 10 May 1886, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 30 Oct 1968, Courtenay, , British Columbia, Canada  (Age 82 years)   2. Ida Louisa Wagner,   b. 16 Feb 1893,   d. 23 Apr 1953, Glen Lake, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States  (Age 60 years)   3. Carl Henry Wagner,   b. 27 Jan 1897, Sebringville, Ellice Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 3 Jul 1981, Byron, Ogle, Illinois, United States  (Age 84 years)   4. Margaret Florence Wagner,   b. 7 Dec 1898,   d. 13 Dec 1977, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 79 years)
  Last Modified	24 Feb 2026
  Family ID	F15214	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Mary Staebler,   b. CALC 14 Feb 1859, East Zorra Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 10 May 1887, Plattsville, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 28 years)
  Married	20 May 1884
  Last Modified	24 Feb 2026
  Family ID	F226114	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  Wagner-LouisHenry-1857-1945-001-AncestryPublicMember.JPG Margaret (Hailer) Wagner with her son Rev L.H. Wagner and grandson Louis Wagner - Doug Kosloski originally shared this on 8 Jul 2025 to Ancestry Public Member Tree

  
  

• Notes

  His father, Rev. Jacob Wagner, was a native of Germany, born at Siefersheim, near Bingen on the Rhine, Hessen. He emigrated with his parents in 1840 and settled in the vicinity of Lyons, N. Y., where he was employed with his father, Henry Wagner, at farming and the coopers' trade, until brought to the Saviour by that indefatigable pioneer missionary, Rev. Joseph Harlacher, and began preaching at the age of 18, serving very important fields in the state of New York and Canada. He died in Berlin, Ont., April 19, 1858. His wife Margaret (nee Hailer) born upon Canadian soil, but of German descent, her father being from Wilfredingen, Baden, and her mother from Muhlhausen, Alsace, were the first German born settlers at Berlin, Ont., where they arrived in 1831. Several years after the death of her husband Mrs. Wagner married one Daniel Bean, a country school teacher, and Lewis Henry received a good common school education. An uncle after whom he was named, and his grandfather Jacob Hailer, of Berlin, took quite an interest in the lad, and with a view of giving him a better education offered him a home in their families, which he accepted, and when 13 years old left his mother's home to attend the Central school at Berlin. Three years later he passed the examination and attended the High school, continuing several years. An idea to get into business life possessed him, so he entered the employ of his uncle, Louis Breithaupt, as an apprentice tanner, remaining with him two years, also learning the trade of leather belt making during that time. The desire for still better educational attainments now again made themselves strongly felt, and he received permission to attend Northwestern College, an institution of the Evangelical Association at Naperville, Ill., where he remained three years, after which, in the Summer of 1878, he again entered the employ of his uncle as clerk in the leather and shoe findings department, and later as bookkeeper and traveling salesman. Quite early in life impressions of a higher calling, that to which his sainted father sacrificed his energies and life, made themselves felt, but not until the Winter and Spring of 1882 would he consent to give it any attention. In his 12th year he was received into church fellowship on profession of faith, and as often as he lived up to the inner promptings of love and duty to God and man something seemed to tell him in words unheard by others yet keenly felt by himself, "you are not where God wants you." Being fond of business and not desiring the staid realities of an itinerant preacher's life, he would, for the time being, drown these inner promptings in the interests of his employments and at times even in actual folly. But now the thought would not leave him, and, after many prayers and consultations, he decided to apply to his class for recommendation to preach, which was freely given him. At this time he was holding the important offices of Sunday school superintendent and exhorter in the Evangelical church at Berlin. A few weeks later the Canada Conference of the Evangelical Association met at St. Jacobs, Ont., who unanimously granted him his license, received him into the itineracy and appointed him assistant to his former pastor, Rev. J. J. Klipphardt, at Sebringville. The next year he was given Gainsboro Mission, during which time he built and secured payment for a new church at Bismark and had an encouraging revival on the charge. In 1884 he was sent to Hespeler, having been ordained deacon by his conference just previously. About this time he was married to Mary Staebler. At the conference session of 1886 he passed all the examinations and completed the full course of study creditably, was ordained an elder and admitted into full connection in the conference. In 1887 he was assigned to Blenheim Circuit, where his wife died two weeks after their arrival, leaving an infant son. Mr. Wagner's health becoming somewhat broken down, by the kindness of some friends in the Summer of 1888, he was privileged to make a few months tour to Europe, visiting England, Holland, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland and Italy, which quite restored him. In the Spring of 1889 his conference sent him to Campden station, where he served three years with much favor and success. It was while here that he was married, on July 4, 1889, to Sarah Lodema, eldest daughter of Jacob S. Moyer. Another move in 1892 brought them to their present field of labor, Stratford, Ont. Mr. Wagner has for eight years held the office of conference missionary treasurer. He is in the prime of life, having just passed his 38th birthday. His future is full of prospects, bright and encouraging. From : A Genealogical Record of the Descendants of Christian and Hans MEYER and Other Pioneers Together with Historical and Biographical Sketches, Illustrated with Eighty-seven Portraits and Other Illustrations Repository: Call Number: R929.2 M613 Media: Book (page 122-124)... ______________ Veteran Pastor, Rev. L. H. Wagner, Taken by Death Veteran of early pioneer work of the Evangelical Church in the west and one-time pastor of Zion Evangelical Church, Rev. L. H. Wagner, 87, died at his residence, 253 Weber St. E., today, after a brief illness. Serving for 55 years in the ministry before retiring in 1937, Rev. Mr. Wagner for 20 years was superintendent of missions in the west. Appointed to this position when pastor of Zion Church in 1906, Rev. Mr. Wagner retired from this office, after years of long service because of heart trouble. Continuing in the service of the church, the energetic minister returned to the east and took over charges in this district. He was stationed at Roseville Evangelical Church at the time of his retirement. PIONEER MISSIONARY Superintendent of the work of the church in the west when the country was still rough, unbroken land for the most part, Rev. Mr. Wagner's life was exciting. His territory stretched from Winnipeg to the Pacific coast and necessitated travelling over 30,000 miles a year. Bootlegging and attendant troubles kept-law-abiding citizens away, until the Royal Northwest Mounted Police appeared. Russian-Germans were his chief concern, and for the minister to have to sleep on the floor of their mud huts, covered only by a horse blanket, became a common experience. Of these German settlers, Rev. Mr. Wagner has said they were very fine, religious and law-abiding people. The minister's father, the late Rev. Jacob Wagner, was a "regular saddlebag preacher," who travelled over corduroy roads and unbroken trails in 1850's, when it took a whole day to travel from New Hamburg to Stratford, BORN IN U.S. Mr. Wagner, Sr., was working in the Allegheny Mountains when Rev. Mr. L. H. Wagner was born on April 11, 1857, and a year later was transferred to Canada. The latter attended Central School, now Suddaby, in Kitchener, and the local high school, and later North Central Evangelical College in Napierville, Ill. Returning to business this city, he started. career, but the call of the ministry proved stronger, and in 1882 he started out on his first appointment at Sebringville. On July 4 1889 he married the former Sarah L. Mayer, who passed away on Aug. 8. 1941. Prior to being appointed pastor at Zion Church he served at Hespeler. Plattsville, Niagara, Stratford, Sebringville, Toronto and Waterloo. It was during his pastorate at Zion Church he was appointed to the western work. FAMILY OF THREE Two sons and two daughters survive: Louis J. G. Wagner of Morse, Sask Carl H of Sycamore, Ill, Mrs. T.O. (Ida) Hanson of Minneapolis, and Mrs. Laverne (Florence) Knechtel of Kitchener. Also surviving are two brothers, Rev. E. H Bean of Thorold, and S. U. Bean of Kitchener; three sisters. Mrs Rebecca Dickert of Regina, Mrs. Emma Haist of Williamsville, NY.. and Mrs. A. C Bender of Kitchener five grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. The funeral will take place Thursday afternoon at 2.30 from Olivet Evangelical Church, with Rev. Charles Cornwell and Rev. G F. Barthel officiating Burial will be made in Mount Hope Cemetery The remains are resting at the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home un-til 12:00 noon Thursday, when the removal will be made to the church where friends may pay their respects until the hour of the service. Kitchener Record, Mon, Jan 08, 1945 Page 10

  
  

• Sources

  [S20] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berlin Telegraph (title varies: Berlin Telegraph, Berlin Daily Telegraph) (1853-1922), Obituary of Margaret Hailer - Jul 8, 1918. [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 19 May 1887. 10 May 1887 Mary Wagner, wife of the Rev. L.H. Wagner, nee Staebler, died in Plattsville at age of 28 years, 2 months and 26 days. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration. Louis Henry Wagner Born: Grove Tp Alleghanney CO NY States United States Age: 32 Father: Jacob Wagner Mother: Margaret Wagner Born: abt 1857 Spouse: Sarah Codema Mayer Age: 27 born: Clinton Tp Lincoln CO Ont Father: Jacob Mayer Mother: Elizabeth Mayer married 4 Jul 1889 married: Lincoln [S158] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1881, Div. 2 Pg. 51. [S3231] Find A Grave, Cemetery, M., America, N., Municipality, W., & Cemetery, M. (1857). Rev Louis Henry Wagner (1857-1945) - Find A Grave... Retrieved 19 March 2020, from https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/35285811/louis-henry-wagner. [S872] Book - Historic Building Inventory - Kitchener. [S13] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - Wellington District Marriage Register Part 1 1840-1852. Jacob WAGNER, Minister, 24, to Margareth HAILER, 18. 14 Sept. 1849. Rev. SCHMIDT. Wit. Balthasar ALENDORF and Emanuel ZIGLER. [S244] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Deutsche Canadier (1841-1865) - Index to Births, Deaths and Marriages Announced in the Deutsche Canadier, Berlin, Canada West. originally indexed by Simone Nieuwolt and Sylvie Kuppek..organised by Rosemary Ambrose. HAILER, Margaretha married 14 Sep 1849 Daughter of Joseph Hailer, Berlin. To Jacob WAGNER, preacher in Albany N.Y. minister W. Schmidt newspaper date 21 Sep 1849:38

  
  

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  Historic Building - 1875 - 41 Margaret Avenue, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Salesman - 1881 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Evangelist - 1881 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 4 Jul 1889 - Campden, Clinton Twp., Lincoln Co., Ontario Died - 8 Jan 1945 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth