Dr. - Mayor William Pipe^[1]

1834 - 1874  (40 years)

• Name	William Pipe
  Prefix	Dr. - Mayor
  Born	6 Mar 1834	, England   [2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1852	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	cabinet maker
  	Lived with Gabriel Bowman
  Occupation	1861	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3, 6]
  	Physician - Doctor - Dr.
  Residence	1861	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Wesleyan Methodist
  Elected Office	1871	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	Mayor of Kitchener
  	Years Served: 1865, 1871 (Mayor)
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10121345
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-79298P
  Died	25 Sep 1874	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Buried	Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Person ID	I79298	Generations
  Last Modified	7 Nov 2024

  
  

  Father	Pipe,   b. Abt 1790,   d. Bef 1861  (Age ~ 70 years)
  Mother	Alice,   b. 1790, , England ,   d. 24 Feb 1868, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 78 years)
  Family ID	F38816	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Marsh Hearle Harvey,   b. CALC 18 Oct 1838, Niagara, Lincoln, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 8 Dec 1914, Guelph City, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 76 years)
  Married	27 Jun 1861	Guelph City, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada   [6]
  Children	1. William Pipe,   b. 8 Aug 1862, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 20 Oct 1922  (Age 60 years)   2. Harriet Alice Pipe,   b. 16 Mar 1866, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 10 Feb 1936, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 69 years)   3. Georg Harland Pipe,   b. CALC 13 Aug 1868, of, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 13 Jul 1870, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 1 years)   4. Harvey Pipe,   b. 3 Jul 1863, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 6 Apr 1923, Amherst, Cumberland Co., Nova Scotia  (Age 59 years)   5. Alice Mary Pipe,   b. 28 Aug 1871, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 3 Apr 1939, Guelph City, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 67 years)
  Last Modified	12 Nov 2024
  Family ID	F23459	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Dr. William Pipe From Berlin Today 1806-1906 official souvenir located at the Kitchener Public Library
  		Dr. William Pipe From Berlin Today 1806-1906 official souvenir located at the Kitchener Public Library
  		Dr. William Pipe From Official souvenir of the celebration of cityhood, July 17th 1912
  		Dr. William Pipe Official souvenir of the celebration of cityhood, July 17th 1912

  
  

• Notes

  Dr. W. Pipe, Mayor 1871. Dr. William Pipe had the distinction of being elected first mayor of the town of Berlin. He was a self-made man. A woodturner by trade, he determined to study for the medical profession and worked his way through college. When he became a physician, he built up a wide practice and won the confidence of his fellow-citizens. He took an interest in municipal matters and his habits of frugality, practised in early life, and his intelligence, led to his being chosen to fill the mayor's chair when Berlin became a town. His public duties were carefully and conscientiously discharged. Official souvenir of the celebration of cityhood, July 17th 1912, Berlin, Ontario, The German Printing and Publishing Co ________________________ Queen Street North, West Side Gaukel's well at the corner of the hotel shed, the corner being later built up as the Bowman Block, now the Bank of Montreal. A brick warehouse belonging to the corner store of the Bowman Block. First occupants of this store were Bowman and Heins, later H. S, Huber and then by Huber and Roy. Opposite the Breithaupt leather store stood a one-story brick building, Dr. Pipe's surgery and later Dr. Wright's. A two-storey brick house lengthwise with Queen Street and with veranda on two sides, the veranda a few steps above the ground, occupied by Henry Schaefer. In 1871 Dr. Pipe lived in this house. Among other things Dr. Pipe kept bees, although he was quite afraid of them. Dr. Pipe and Henry Stroh succeeded in bringing the first Italian queen bee to this part of the country. A lane. A handsome brick house, gable roof, lengthwise with the street, the corners faced with limestone from Guelph, erected by Joseph Hobson, the surveyer, in 1860. Hobson eventually was Chief Engineer of the Great Western Railway and when that was merged with the Grand Trunk he became Chief Engineer of the latter Company and was among other things Chief Engineer of the Sarnia tunnel. Alexander MacPherson, editor and publisher of the Berlin Telegraph, later lived in the house. The site is now occupied by the head office of the Economical Fire Insurance Company. A two-story red frame building well back from the street built probably before 1850 by Peter Eby, identified with the "Deutsche Canadier" and with the early days of the "Telegraph". Dr. Eggert, homeopath, lived in the house 1859-1860 and later John Klippert, high constable and county bailiff. One and a half story brick building at the corner of Duke and Queen Streets occupied by a Mr. Von Ebenau and wife and later for a number of years by Michael Jaehle, a blacksmith. The site is now occupied by the Daily Record building. Duke Street. A large handsome building trimmed with cut stone built in 1860 by David S. Shoemaker of Bridgeport who was county registrar, The building was intended for a bank and agent's residence and so used first by the Commercial Bank which failed and later by the Merchants Bank of which R. N, Rogers was agent for a number of years. Some time later Dr. H. S. Lackner acquired the property and used it as residence and surgery. After Dr. Lackner's death the property was sold to the present occupants, the Langleys of Toronto. building, colonial style, with large posts at the front carrying the projecting roof, erected in 1848-49, the Waterloo Township Hall, the land for which was donated by Frederick Gaukel. General public meetings were held in this hall, among others meetings purposing to have Berlin named as county town. After consummation of this a banquet was held in the hall, which was occasionally used for such purpose. The occasion of this particular banquet was the laying of the corner stone of the new county buildings in 1852. 100 guests were present and there were a number of patriotic toasts. Later the building was used as a printing office, the "Deutsche Canadier" and the "Telegraph" being printed there for a time. Eventually the building was remodelled and enlarged and became the Methodist Church. In 1904 the St. Matthews Lutheran congregation purchased the property and later the First English Lutheran Church, which still continues in the building. Behind the present Kitchener Public Library, occupying the site of his ornamental garden, and still standing is Dr. Scott's residence, built in 1855. Henry Rothaermel was the contractor. Dr. Scott was the first warden of the county and first reeve of Berlin. After his death the house was occupied by M. C. Schofield who married Dr. Scott's widow. Later Israel Bowman, for many years county clerk and town clerk of Berlin, acquired the property and lived there. Weber Street. On the corner the Presbyterian Church first built 1860-61 at a size of 36 ft. by 50 ft., cost $4,500 and seating 175 persons. Rev. John McMeekin was an early minister. A two-story red brick building lengthwise with Queen Street, built 1855-56, the house of H. S. Huber. Simon Roy's house, also red brick, one and one-half story high, both of these houses were set back from the street. Mr. Roy was nurseryman and florist. A one-story double house lengthwise with Queen Street. Before Ahrens Street was continued westerly across Queen Street there was on the site a two-story unpainted weather-boarded building, the house of John Dopp. frame building, similar to Dopp's, the house of Christina Bloch, a widow who lived there for many years. A frame building, similar to Dopp's, but with gable facing Queen Street, the house of August Vetter, painter and paper-hanger. A vacant lot later owned by Louis Breithaupt who built, on the corner of Margaret Avenue, a residence for Judge Lacourse. Margaret Avenue. On Margaret Avenue a short distance westerly from Queen Street was the Moxley farm with house and barn. The barn was later moved to Lexington by Henry Stroh who bought it to replace one that had been struck by lightning. On the corner of Ellen Street a brick house occupied in the early days by Rev. Mr. Savage, Methodist minister, and later by John Hoffman, Jr., a druggist. Ellen Street. 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 ____________ PIPE, WILLIAM was a native son who was brought up on the Petersburg Road under straitened circumstances. He paid for his schooling by splitting wood to heat the school. He became a woodworker by apprenticing at Ziegler's cabinet making factory. He was persuaded, according to the Berliner Journal, to begin the study of medicine by Dr. Sovereign. The paper says that he took out an insurance policy which he assigned to Mr. Ephraim Wilson, as surety for a loan. He studied with Dr. Bowlby and by working as a craftsman in his holiday time, attended and graduated from the Rolph School in Toronto. On April 2, 1856 his card appeared in the Berlin Chronicle: Doctor Pipe, Physician, etc. Office at Bemis' Hotel, Winterbourne. The same paper again carried his card, this time on March 2, 1857, with his office in St. Jacobs. His office was in Berlin on May 11, 1858, according to the Chronicle, with his location on Frederick Street. He soon built up a sizeable practice, but still found time to take an interest in municipal affairs. He was elected to council, and in the year that Berlin became a town, in 1871, he became mayor. One account says he was the first and tallest mayor Berlin had. At six feet six inches, he was an outstanding figure. Although he was afraid of them, he was a bee keeper. He was one of those who first introduced Italian queen bees to this area. The archives of the Historical Society holds a touching letter he wrote to his brother on the death of their mother, providing some insight into his character. The Berliner Journal on February 29, 1872 carries a correction which he found necessary. Correction. As a result of the widespread rumours that I intend to move away from Berlin, I herewith let it be known to make the correction, that such is not the case. William Pipe M. D. He suffered from tuberculosis, and went to Europe to look for treatment, without success, his health continued to decline and he died on October 25. 1874. in his 39th. year. He left his widow, two daughters and two sons. He had gained the respect and admiration of the community because of his intelligence, his ability in business matters, and because of his success in overcoming so well the lack of advantages of his youth. At his funeral an immense crowd turned out, accompanied by a band which played funeral marches. Dr. Alexander D. Campbell, Doctors in Waterloo County 1852-1925, 1986

  
  

• Sources

  [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 27 feb 1868. Allice Pipe died 24 Feb 1868 in Berlin, mother of Dr. Pipe, 77 yrs. [S229] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1871, Div 13, Page 17. [S123] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1861, Div. 2 Page 18. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10121345/william-pipe. [S131] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1851, Div 4 Pg 2. [S20] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berlin Telegraph (title varies: Berlin Telegraph, Berlin Daily Telegraph) (1853-1922), 21 Jun 1861. Pipe - Harvey: At St. George's Church, Guelph, on. Thursday, the 27th inst., by the Rev. Arthur Palmer, Wm. Pipe, M.D., of Berlin, to Mary, eldest daughter of John Harvey, Esq., Guelph.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 6 Mar 1834 - , England Occupation - cabinet maker - 1852 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Physician - Doctor - Dr. - 1861 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Wesleyan Methodist - 1861 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 27 Jun 1861 - Guelph City, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Elected Office - Mayor of Kitchener - 1871 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 25 Sep 1874 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth