William Braun

1828 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	William Braun
  Born	26 Jun 1828	, Germany   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Gender	Male
  Name	William Brown
  Occupation	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	stone cutter - tombstone maker
  Occupation	1850	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	painter
  Occupation	1851	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	painter
  Occupation	1852	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	painter
  Occupation	1861	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Painter
  Residence	1861	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Lutheran
  Occupation	1871	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Painter
  Residence	1871	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Lutheran
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-81259
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Person ID	I81259	Generations
  Last Modified	20 Mar 2023

  
  

  Family	Catherine Tuerk,   b. 30 Nov 1833, , Ireland ,   d. 31 Aug 1872, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 38 years)
  Married	2 Feb 1850	Greenbush (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3, 8]
  Children	1. Maria Eleanor Braun,   b. Nov 1850, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Joanna Brown,   b. 1855, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Catharine Braun,   b. 5 Mar 1855, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 20 Oct 1922, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 67 years)   4. Sophrina Brown,   b. 1857, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. ? Braun,   b. 1858, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1860, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 2 years)   6. Charles A. Brown,   b. 1859, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   7. Arthur W. Brown,   b. 1861, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   8. Georg Alfred Braun,   b. Sep 1863, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 3 Jan 1864, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 0 years)   9. Agnes Brown,   b. 1864, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   10. Walter D. Brown,   b. 1866, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	20 Mar 2023
  Family ID	F28526	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Foundry [Ontario Street] to Queen Street- Almost the whole of this block was a spongy swamp, with willow trees along the edge. Cattle could scarcely go into it as they would sink. Up to 1850 there was no building up to Gaukel's Hotel at the corner of Queen Street. Along the street front there was an elevated sidewalk erected on cedar posts with stringers. The sidewalk was about six feet wide and high enough to enable boys to explore underneath as, of course, they used to do. About 1858, Osborne Spiers & Co., erected a three-storey brick building, later known as Spiers' Block, on the Foundry Street corner. The building contained two stores fronting on King Street, one occupied by Wm. Spiers as a grocery and wine and spirit merchant, and the other a dry goods store first occupied by Mr. Stanton and later by W. H. G. Knowles who had been clerk at Stanton's. The members of the first Berlin band, organized in 1855, had rooms on the third floor of the building and met there for practice, Next to Spiers Block there was for many years a vacant lot and next to that a small, one-storey frame building with gable toward King Street, ten feet back from the street line, used by Wm. Brown, the first stone cutter and tombstone maker in Berlin. He was also painter, paper-hanger, glazer, and dealer in marble and stone. Next to this, about 1856, Lelinen Brothers had a frame building one storey and a half high, occupied as tinsmith shop and store for tinware, the shop being at the rear. In 1860 this building was replaced by the Snyder Block, a narrow, three-story brick building. Frederick Snyder, who had been apprentice at Lehnen Bros., had this building. He was very industrious and in the habit of working until one and two o'clock in the morning when he came to own the business. 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

  [S131] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1851, Div 4 Pg 13. William BRAUN Painter Germany 24 Lutheran b. 26-Jun Kathrine BRAUN Ireland 19 Roman Catholic b. 30-Nov Maria Elliner BROWN Canada 2 Roman Catholic b. 8? November Philip BRAUN Painter Germany 15 Lutheran b. 1-Jun [S137] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1901, a-2 pg 11. [S6] Church Records - ON, Waterloo - Bindeman, F. W. - Card Index Kitchener Public Library. William Brown aged 22, a painter of Berlin married 2 Feb 1850 Greenbush by license to Cathrine Turk aged 18, of Berlin. Witnesses: John Schwalm a painter of Waterloo, Dr. F. W. Delion of Waterloo [S229] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1871, Div. 1, Pg. 53. [S123] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1861, Div. 1 Page 4. [S2070] Directory - Ontario Directory for 1851. [S131] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1851, Div 4 Pg 13. [S244] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Deutsche Canadier (1841-1865) - Index to Births, Deaths and Marriages Announced in the Deutsche Canadier, Berlin, Canada West. originally indexed by Simone Nieuwolt and Sylvie Kuppek..organised by Rosemary Ambrose. BRAUN, William married 2 Feb 1850 To Catharina TURK. Both from Waterloo. minister Benjamin Eby newspaper date 8 Feb 1850 Pg: 6

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 26 Jun 1828 - , Germany Occupation - stone cutter - tombstone maker - - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - painter - 1850 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 2 Feb 1850 - Greenbush (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - painter - 1851 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - painter - 1852 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Painter - 1861 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Lutheran - 1861 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Painter - 1871 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Lutheran - 1871 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth