John Grasser^[1]

1857 - 1938  (80 years)

• Name	John Grasser
  Born	20 Nov 1857	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1881	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Moulder
  Residence	1881	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Roman Catholic
  Occupation	1891	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Moulder
  Residence	1891	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Lutheran
  Business	1896	Bridgeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	Lancaster Hotel
  	At one time or another there were five hotels in the village. Tom Ferrier owned the old hotel building on the corner of Bridge Street and the Bloomingdale road. The building is presently used as an apartment. The Lancaster House was the first hotel built here in 1840 by a Mr. Bitzer, at the junction of Lancaster and Mill Streets. In 1896 John Grasser purchased it from Habfried Hunderhager. Fred Querin sold it to Jim Walsh in 1950. The Grand Hotel, situated at the head of Lancaster Street, has passed through many owners' hands and is presently owned by George Berges. Early owners were a Mr. Albert and John Boettinger who owned it for many years. Bridgeport, A History by Idessa Eichler - Waterloo Historical Society Annual Volume 1950
  		Lancaster Hotel, Bridgeport, Ontario
  Occupation	1901	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Inn Keeper
  Residence	1911	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Lutheran
  Retired	1911	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-70253
  Died	1938  [6]
  Buried	Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  Person ID	I70253	Generations
  Last Modified	19 Dec 2024

  
  

  Father	Francis Joseph "Joseph" Grasser,   b. 1831, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 3 Feb 1901, South Kingswood, Parry Sound District, Ontario  (Age 70 years)
  Mother	Barbara Weiler,   b. 15 Aug 1837, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 21 May 1915, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 77 years)
  Married	20 Jan 1857	St. Agatha, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Family ID	F184418	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Amelia Schade,   b. 2 Aug 1862, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	Jan 1881  [5]
  Children	1. Emma Grasser,   b. 11 Mar 1885, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 27 Nov 1929, Weston, York Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 44 years)
  Last Modified	19 Dec 2024
  Family ID	F18391	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Amelia Schade,   b. 1862,   d. 1937  (Age 75 years)
  Last Modified	19 Dec 2024
  Family ID	F282771	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  THE LANCASTER HOUSE Thie old and well known hostelry was built by one Bitzer about forty five years ago, and is now owned and kept by Mr. John Grasser, who is well known in Waterloo where he was a moulder in the agricultural works of the Waterloo Manufacturing Company for over twenty years. He was born near Hamburg in 1857, and in Jannary, 1881, was married to Miss Amelis, daughter of Martin Schade. The fruits of this union is one child, a daughter, who is now attending the Berlin High School, and also becoming an accomplished musician. Mr. Grasser is a courteous and gentlemanly soul, being in every way qualified to conduct a public house, consequently the Lancaster is one of the best kept hotels in the county. It contains fourteen rooms and is nicely furnished throughout. It is supplied with abundance of pure cold spring water which is forced by natural pressure to different parts of the premises from a large spring several hundred yards distant. Adjoining the house is a large yard neatly kept for the accommodation of guests and neighbors who wish to indulge in a friendly game of croquet or other harmless games during the summer months. This yard is a gradual slope ending in a bluff of considerable height overlooking the valley of the Grand River. The view to be obtained here is pleasing indeed, and is a most enviable feature for a country hotel, N B. It was my intention to give some more interesting notes pertaining to St. Agatha in this letter, but owing to the fact that I am not at the present writing in possession of certain data desired to make the article complete and reliable, it has been held over until next issue. In this article there are some very interesting items and it is therefore not my intention to give it incomplete. Waterloo Chronicle

  
  

• Sources

  [S87] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Woodland CC#4510 Internet Link . 1862 ["R" encircled with bird, moon & stars, beehive and tree] 1937/ Init'd 1912/ Amelia Schade/ Wife Of/ John Grasser [S132] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1901, Waterloo C-3 Page 8. [S302] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo City - 1881, Waterloo Village 1881 Div. 2 Page 31. [S340] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1911, Div. 23 Page 5. [S1573] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo City - 1891, Section 3 Page 16. [S87] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Woodland CC#4510 Internet Link . 1857 [Masonic symbol] 1938/ John Grasser

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 20 Nov 1857 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Moulder - 1881 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Roman Catholic - 1881 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Moulder - 1891 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Lutheran - 1891 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Business - Lancaster Hotel - 1896 - Bridgeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Inn Keeper - 1901 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Lutheran - 1911 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Retired - 1911 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth