Waterloo Region Generations
A record of the people of Waterloo Region, Ontario.

Frederick "Bismark" Marti

Male 1823 - 1904  (81 years)


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  • Name Frederick "Bismark" Marti 
    Born 1823  , Switzerland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1861  Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Lutheran 
    House of Industry and Refuge 1881  House of Industry and Refuge, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1881  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Pauper 
    Residence 1881  House of Industry and Refuge, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    House of Industry and Refuge 1904  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Name Bismark 
    Name Fred Marte 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-60773 
    Died 4 Mar 1904  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Cause: bright's disease 
    Buried Toronto School of Anatomy, Toronto, York Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Person ID I60773  Generations
    Last Modified 30 Sep 2024 

    Father Christian Marti,   b. 1788, , Switzerland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Apr 1872, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years) 
    Family ID F229782  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Of all the inmates of the Waterloo County House of Industry and Refuge throughout the years none was better known than Bismark, the deaf mute who spent his waking hours trudging up and down Frederick Street within the bounds of poor-house property dressed in the red coat of A British soldier. Poor old Bismark, with his wooden gun and his hat full of paper clippings. The Ontario Anatomy Act had no terrors for him, but his lifeless body was the first sent from Berlin to Toronto under its provisions to be a subject for scientific research.

      Waterloo Historical Society Annual Volume 1947, Mabel Dunham

  • Sources 
    1. [S158] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1881, Div 1 Page 54.

    2. [S1473] Census - ON, Waterloo, Preston - 1861, Div. 2 Page 29.

    3. [S1848] House of Industry and Refuge Burial Register - Kitchener, Pg 14 No. 443 Reg. Number in Admittance Record Book: 241.
      Fred. (Bismark) Marti Died: 04 Mar 1904 Aged 83 Cause: Bright's Disease Comment and Remarks: To School of A.

    4. [S158] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1881, Div 1 pg 54 & 55.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 1823 - , Switzerland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Lutheran - 1861 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsHouse of Industry and Refuge - 1881 - House of Industry and Refuge, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Pauper - 1881 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1881 - House of Industry and Refuge, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsHouse of Industry and Refuge - 1904 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - Cause: bright's disease - 4 Mar 1904 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Toronto School of Anatomy, Toronto, York Co., Ontario Link to Google Earth
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