Henry Beck

1856 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	Henry Beck
  Born	11 Nov 1856	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1891	Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Tailor
  Residence	1891	Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Methodist
  Occupation	1901	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Tailor
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-81781
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Person ID	I81781	Generations
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2025

  
  

  Father	Foltson Beck,   b. Abt 1826, Of, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Margaret,   b. Abt 1826, Of, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F21346	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Lydia Ann Maud Erb,   b. 28 Dec 1865, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 27 Oct 1925  (Age 59 years)
  Married	19 Nov 1884	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 3, 4]
  Children	1. Verna Beck,   b. 1888, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Alberta Verta "Verta" Beck,   b. 22 Jul 1889, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 23 Jan 1980, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 90 years)
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2025
  Family ID	F250206	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  H. Beck, Merchant Tailor, King Street. - Among the industries carried on in Preston, the manufacture of gents' clothing is a most important one, and when carried on as in the present intance, in accordance with the prevailing styles, the importance is surely all the greater alike a credit to the village that sustains such an industry, and to the gentleman engaged in it. Mr. Beck is the recognized fashionable tailor of Preston. This gentleman commenced business in 1883, having since built up a splendid trade, which is constantly increasing. In cloths Mr. Beck makes a specialty of Canadian and Scotch tweeds, and keeps always in stock an excellent assortment of worsted tweeds. The work turned out by this gentleman has secured for him a first-class reputation, and purchasing his cloths on the most fashionable terms, he is enabled to supply his goods at the most reasonable quotations. Mr. Beck is an experienced and skillful tailor, honorable and upright in all his dealings, and is deservmg of the large and constantly increasing patronage of which he is in the enjoyment. Industries of Canada Historical and Commercial Sketches, London, Woodstock, Ingersoll, Guelph, Berlin, Waterloo, St. Thomas, Windsor and Environs, Toronto, M. G. Bixby & Co., Publishers 1887

  
  

• Sources

  [S143] Census - ON, Waterloo, Hespeler - 1901, Hespeler (Village) D-1 Page 20. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration. Henry Beck Born: Hespeler Age: 26 Born: abt 1858 Father: Foltson Beck Mother: Margaret Beck Spouse: Lydia Maud Erb Age: 19 Born: abt 1865 born: Preston Father: Joseph Erb Mother: Nancy Schwartz married 19 Nov 1884 married: Waterloo Township [S2441] Census - ON, Waterloo, Preston - 1891, Section 1 Page 22. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration. Name:Lydia Maud Erb Age:19 Birth Date:abt 1865 Birth Place:Preston Marriage Date:19 Nov 1884 Marriage County or District:Waterloo Father:Joseph Erb Mother:Nancy Schwartz Spouse:Henry Beck Spouse's Age:26 Spouse Birth Date:abt 1858 Spouse Birth Place:Hespeler Spouse Father:Foltson Beck Spouse Mother:Margaret Beck

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 11 Nov 1856 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 19 Nov 1884 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Tailor - 1891 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Methodist - 1891 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Tailor - 1901 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth