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Charles Peter Quirmbach

Male 1836 - 1895  (59 years)


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  • Name Charles Peter Quirmbach 
    Born 1 May 1836  Nentershausen, Westerburg, Hessen, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
    Gender Male 
    FindAGrave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/151952051 
    Name Peter Carl Quirmbach 
    Occupation 1856  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    cigarmaker 
    Occupation 1861  Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Cigar Maker 
    Occupation 1861  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Night Watchman 
    Residence 1861  Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Lutheran 
    Occupation 1871  Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Hotel Keeper 
    Occupation 1878  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    constable 
    Occupation 1881  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Constable 
    Residence Buffalo, Erie, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1881  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Christian 
    Residence 1891  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Lutheran 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-73357 
    Died 26 Jun 1895  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Buried Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I73357  Generations
    Last Modified 26 Feb 2024 

    Father Peter Quirmbach,   b. 24 Nov 1806, , Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Jun 1873, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 66 years) 
    Mother Louise Ohly,   b. Between 1805 and 1806, of, Nentershausen, , Hessen, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married 11 Aug 1835  Nentershausen, Westerburg, Hessen, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    Family ID F34961  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Catherine "Katie" Stuempfle,   b. 8 Apr 1839, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Apr 1929, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 90 years) 
    Married 30 Nov 1856  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Children 
     1. Louisa Gertrude Quirmbach,   b. 27 Apr 1859, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Dec 1942, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years)
     2. Charles Quirmbach,   b. 1861, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     3. Emil Quirmbach,   b. 14 Nov 1864, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 May 1938, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years)
     4. Dilman Quirmbach,   b. 25 Dec 1866, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Jun 1883, French River, Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 16 years)
     5. George Roos Quirmbach,   b. 29 Mar 1869, Blair (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 May 1936, Brockville, Leeds & Grenville United Counties, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years)
     6. Frederick William Quirmbach,   b. 20 Jan 1871, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Apr 1957, Santa Clara, Santa Clara, California, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years)
     7. Rev. Albert Peter Quirmbach,   b. 28 Dec 1872, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Jan 1954, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years)
     8. Elizabeth "Lizzie" Quirmbach,   b. 1874, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     9. Walter Quirmbach,   b. 1876, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     10. Oscar Quirmbach,   b. 19 Nov 1878, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     11. Claude Herman "Hermie" Quirmbach,   b. 10 Dec 1880, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Jan 1949, Saint Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years)
    Last Modified 2 Mar 2024 
    Family ID F20577  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Charles P. Quirmbach of Preston leased the Railroad Hotel in Berlin in 1874. It stood opposite Shantz's foundry in West King Street and was a long white building with a verandah in King Street. It got its name from Railroad Street, now College Street. On the lower corner of King and Young Streets then stood Mr. Brueckner's cooper-shop, and next to it, an old frame blacksmith shop. In 1876 the merchants employed Mr. Quirmbach as a private night watchman, a position that he filled acceptably for nineteen years. He was the father of Emil and Herman Quirmbach, the Rev. Albert Quirmbach, and other sons and daughters.

      A History of Kitchener, W. V. (Ben) Uttley, Kitchener, Ontario 1937, pg 163

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      QUIRMBACH - In Berlin on June 26, Charles Quirmbach, aged 59 years.

      Waterloo County Chronicle, 4 Jul 1895, p. 8

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      DEATH OF CHAS. P. QUIRM BACH

      He Passed Away Shortly After Midnight - A Valued Citizen Gone

      Mr. Charles P. Quirmbach, a well-known and highly respected citizen, died at his residence on Ellen street at 12.10 a.m. to. day, after a long illness arising from an affection of the heart. Mr. Quirmbach was able to move shout considerably between attacks of his disease. He knew that he was fighting a losing battle for health yet bore himself with fortitude and cheerfulness. About five o'clock Tuesday evening he grew weaker and asked his wife to send for the doctor. These were his last words. He became weaker and sank into unconscionsness from which he never recovered and shortly after midnight his spirit took its flight.

      Mr. Quirmbach was born in Nassau, Germany, in 1838 and with his parents emigrated to Buffalo, N. Y., when about eight years of age. He spent many years of his boyhood there, the family removing to Hespeler afterwards. He then went to Preston himself to live and while there was appointed bailiff and espoused his wife. Some nineteen years ago he came to Berlin and for a year or better conducted a hotel in the old stand, now no longer used, near the Fairview boarding house; after which he was asked to accept a position as nightwatchman by the merchants and bankers of Berlin. For eighteen years, with scarcely an interruption and with a faithfulness and loyalty to duty seldom equalled, he performed his task until a severe cold, contracted during his hours of duty, led him to a bed of sickness that has resulted in his demise.

      He leaves a wife, six sons and one daughter to mourn his death. Three sons are at home, the others are in Ohio, Indiana and Montana respect ively. Mr. Quirnibach was a Conservative in polities and an adherent of St. Peter's Lutheran Church. He was a member of Grand River Lodge No. 151 A. F. and A. M., Berlin, and will be buried with Masonie honors by its members, Well known and valued for his amiable, honorable traits of character, his death will arouse a wide feeling of sorrow in Berlin and other places and his family will receive the sympathy of the community.

      The funeral will be held on Friday afternoon, June 28th at 2 p, m. to Mt. Hope Cemetery from his late residence.
      He was aged 59 years, 1 mos. 25 days.

      Daily Record 26 Jun 1895 pg 1

  • Sources 
    1. [S105] Census - ON, Waterloo, Preston - 1871, Pg 21.

    2. [S158] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1881, Div. 2 Pg. 1.

    3. [S1473] Census - ON, Waterloo, Preston - 1861, Div. 2 Page 15.

    4. [S1592] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1891, Section 2 Page 47.

    5. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/151952051/charles-peter-quirmbach.

    6. [S3020] Germany, Hessen-Nassau, Diocese of Limburg, Catholic Church Records, 1601-1919.
      Name: Peter Carl Quirnbach
      Event Type: Baptism
      Event Date: 8 May 1836
      Event Place: Nentershausen, Westerburg, Hessen-Nassau, Preußen, Deutschland
      Sex: Male
      Birth Date: 1 May 1836
      Father's Name: Peter Quirnbach
      Mother's Name: Loise Ohly
      Certificate Number: 30

      Digital Folder Number: 008640221
      Image Number: 00447

    7. [S6] Church Records - ON, Waterloo - Bindeman, F. W. - Card Index Kitchener Public Library.
      Carl Quirmbach, cigar maker of Waterloo Twp. married 30 Nov 1856 in Berlin by banns to Catherine Strimpfle of Waterloo Twp. wit" Otto Boehmer of Waterloo Village & Louise Huber of Waterloo Village

    8. [S655] z Vit - ON - Birth Registration, birth certificate 32112 (1878), Oscar Quirmback.
      Oscar Quirmback Date of Birth: 19 Nov 1878 Gender: Male Birth County: Waterloo Father's Name: Charles P Quirmback (constable of Berlin) Mother's Name: Catharine Strempfle

    9. [S3020] Germany, Hessen-Nassau, Diocese of Limburg, Catholic Church Records, 1601-1919.
      Name: Peter Quirnbach
      Event Type: Marriage
      Event Date: 11 Aug 1835
      Event Place: Nentershausen, Westerburg, Hessen-Nassau, Preußen, Deutschland
      Sex: Male
      Birth Date: 1807
      Father's Name: Andreas Quirnbach
      Mother's Name: Anna Katharina Speier
      Spouse's Name: Louise Ohly
      Spouse's Sex: Female
      Spouse's Birth Date: 1806
      Spouse's Father's Name: Fredrich Ohly
      Spouse's Mother's Name: Louise Magdalena
      Certificate Number: 4
      Digital Folder Number: 008640222
      Image Number: 00411

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    Link to Google MapsBorn - 1 May 1836 - Nentershausen, Westerburg, Hessen, Germany Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - cigarmaker - 1856 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 30 Nov 1856 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Cigar Maker - 1861 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Night Watchman - 1861 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Lutheran - 1861 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Hotel Keeper - 1871 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - constable - 1878 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Constable - 1881 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - - Buffalo, Erie, New York, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Christian - 1881 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Lutheran - 1891 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 26 Jun 1895 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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