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

Henry Kister

Male 1819 - 1862  (43 years)


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  • Name Henry Kister 
    Born 1819  , Germany Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Gender Male 
    Name Heinrich Kister 
    Occupation 1852  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    labourer 
    Occupation 1861  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Labourer 
    Residence 1861  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Lutheran 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-71992 
    Died 26 Aug 1862  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Person ID I71992  Generations
    Last Modified 25 Apr 2024 

    Family Kathrine,   b. 26 Feb 1824, , Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1861  (Age < 36 years) 
    Children 
     1. Catherine Kister,   b. 14 Sep 1851, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 26 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F21081  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • King Street , North Side

      Cedar Street.

      the easterly corner a good sized two story frame dwelling, built for himself in 1849-50 by Enoch Ziegler.
      garden and next to it a small one story frame building lengthwise with King Street, built about 1857, occupied by Henry Kister who later moved to Weber Street when Frederick Rummel occupied the building as tailor shop and dwelling a two story frame building with gable toward King Street, the first dwelling of Jake Kimmel and his family when they arrived in Berlin about 1850. Kimmel was a mason.


      REMINISCENCES OF BERLIN (NOW KITCHENER) By JACOB STROH Contributed by Joseph M. Snyder.

      Part I. Settlement - Early Villagers and Buildings, Waterloo Historical Society Annual Volume 1930

  • Sources 
    1. [S131] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1851, Div 4 Pg 11.
      Henry KISTER Labourer Germany 32 Lutheran b.
      Kathrine KISTER Germany 28 Lutheran b. 26-Feb
      Kathrine KISTER Canada 1 Lutheran b. 14-Sep

    2. [S123] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1861, Div. 2 Page 13.

    3. [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 28 Aug 1862.
      Heinrich Kister died 26 Aug 1862 in Berlin, 43 yrs.

    4. [S131] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1851, Div 4 Pg 11.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 1819 - , Germany Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - labourer - 1852 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Labourer - 1861 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Lutheran - 1861 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 26 Aug 1862 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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