Christian Frederick Pabst^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]}

1832 - 1909  (76 years)

• Name	Christian Frederick Pabst
  Born	27 Oct 1832	Thiemar, Sachen, Germany   [3, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13]
  Gender	Male
  Building	20-24 Queen St. W., Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	Och's Block - Second Empire Style
  	Christian Pabst is the likely builder of the limestone section of this commercial building.
  Immigration	1852  [9]
  Residence	1855	Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [14]
  Naturalization	1858  [9]
  Occupation	1861	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [12]
  	Tavern Keeper
  Residence	1861	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [12]
  	Lutheran
  Occupation	1871	, USA   [10]
  	Mason and Hotel Keeper
  Occupation	1881	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  	Hotel Keeper
  Occupation	1881	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8, 11]
  	Hotel Keeper
  Occupation	1884	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [15]
  	mason
  Elected Office	1888	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	councillor of Hespeler
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/218844262
  Residence	1891	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [13]
  	Lutheran
  Retired	1891	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [13]
  Occupation	1901	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [9]
  	Insurance Agent
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-82681
  Died	5 Feb 1909	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Buried	New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I82681	Generations
  Last Modified	19 Dec 2024

  
  

  Father	Adam John Pabst,   b. Abt 1804, Of, Thesmar Saxon Meinizigen, Germany ,   d. Bef 1861  (Age ~ 56 years)
  Mother	Christine Madalene Stock,   b. 29 Feb 1804, , Germany ,   d. 25 Jan 1886, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 81 years)
  Family ID	F6643	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Christine Elizabetha Kirschner,   b. 23 Nov 1832, Ehrstaedt, Baden, Germany ,   d. 14 Nov 1882, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 49 years)
  Married	27 Feb 1855	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 14]
  Children	1. Magdalena E. "Lena" Pabst,   b. Dec 1855, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 28 Jun 1936  (Age ~ 80 years)   2. Rosina Pabst,   b. 1856, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Emma Pabst,   b. 19 Mar 1859, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 9 Aug 1920, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 61 years)   4. Catherine Christina Pabst,   b. 1 Oct 1860, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 16 Aug 1921, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 60 years)   5. Wilhelmina Pabst,   b. 1862, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   6. Augusta Caroline Pabst,   b. Oct 1863, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1939, Acushnet, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States  (Age ~ 75 years)   7. August G. Pabst,   b. 11 Oct 1863, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 2 Jun 1921, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 57 years)   8. Louisa M. Pabst,   b. 8 Apr 1865, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 10 Apr 1922, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 57 years)   9. John Pabst,   b. 1866, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   10. Anna Pabst,   b. 1868, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   11. Julia H. Pabst,   b. 1 May 1871, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   12. George Pabst,   b. 1872, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   13. Amande Pabst,   b. CALC 23 Apr 1874,   d. 25 Aug 1874, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 0 years)   14. Rosamunda Pabst,   b. CALC 23 Apr 1874,   d. 12 Oct 1874, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 0 years)   15. Conrad Emil Pabst,   b. CALC 18 Feb 1877,   d. 18 Sep 1877, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 0 years)
  Last Modified	19 Dec 2024
  Family ID	F6633	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Theresa Haehnel,   b. 13 Apr 1841, Stolzburg, Prussia, Germany ,   d. 8 Jun 1927, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 86 years)
  Married	26 Mar 1884	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [15, 16, 17]
  Children	1. Amelia Maud Pabst,   b. 1884, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	19 Dec 2024
  Family ID	F6644	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Being then in a position to do his own sawing and mill work, Mr. Kribs was able to handle much larger jobs and in due course came to be known as one of the leading general contractors in this area. On some of his large jobs he sublet some of the work, Carpentry often to Archie Brydon, Masonry to Christian Pabst....Christian Pabst came here about 1860 to keep Hotel. He was then a man of about 28 years of age and mentally very active. He soon embarked on a bit of contracting and by 1868 became one of the best known Mason contractors in this area, employing a lot of men and executing large contracts. Some at least of the work he did for Jacob Hespeler seems to have been on a cost plus basis as is evidenced by his being credited with the time of a long list of men employed by him on the job. In addition to Masonry contracts, Mr. Pabst took on other work, the building and gravelling of roads etc., no doubt to keep his equipment and men busy. He owned quarries which were under the supervision of his wife's brother, Christian Kirchener, an expert quarryman. Among the stone structures built by Mr. Pabst in the Village may be cited the United, the Evangelical and the old Presbyterian (now St. Mary's) Churches. The Bank of Montreal Building, Zryd's Hardware Store, both Johnston's and Saults' Blacksmith Shops (the latter then only one story) and several of the stone buildings at the Lower Mill. Le Rue De Commerce, Other Times Other Customs Other Days Other Ways, Winfield Brewster 1954 ______________________ "The Robert Burns Hotel". Operated by Frederick Weltz prior to 1859. From the death of Weltz that year by Christian Pabst till 1864. Then till 1870 by John Ohlman and by Joseph Bolduc in 1871. Le Rue De Commerce, Other Times Other Customs Other Days Other Ways, Winfield Brewster 1954 ____________________ The Germania House". Built in 1863-64 by Christian Pabst and oper-ated by him until 1886. Next by Eugene Sullivan till 1888; by John Andrich, 1889, and by Frank Jaglowitz until 1891 when its license was discontinued. Le Rue De Commerce, Other Times Other Customs Other Days Other Ways, Winfield Brewster 1954 ________ HESPELER MAN DEAD. Hespeler, Ont., Feb. 5. One of Hespeler's oldest citizens, in the person of Christian Pabst, died suddenly during the night of heart failure. Mr. Pabst was one of the most widely known men in this district and was a Mason of over 35 years' standing. He was a director of the Economical Insurance Company, of Berlin, Ont. Mr. Pabst was 74 years old and leaves a wife and grown up family. Feb 5, 1909 - Hamilton Times ________________ THE LATE CHR. PABST A Hespeler correspondent writes as follows of the life and death of the late Chr. Pabst, who passed away very suddenly on the 5th inst. Mr. Pabst was a native of Germany having been born on the 27th day of October, 1832, in Thiemar, Saxony Menigen, Germany. In 1851, when a young man of nineteen years of age, he came to Canada, when he became a resident of Hespeler. He was the popular landlord of the Germania House and was not slow in displaying the flag of his native land at the time of the Franco-Prussian war. On Feb. 25th, 1855, he was married to Miss Katharine Kirschner. They were blessed with fifteen children the following of whom survive,- Three sons, George of Springfield, Vt; John of Hamilton, and August, of Hespeler, and the following daughters Mrs. Chas. Allendorf, Brooklyn, N.Y. Mrs. Augusta Maud, Acushnet, Mas. Mrs. Edward Pannabaker, Walkerville Ont.; Mrs. Emma Allendorf and Mrs. J. C. Eaton, Toronto, Mrs. Michael Roos, Berlin; Mrs, A. H. Wittmaak, and Mrs. Emil Moeller of Hespeler. The deceased was twice married his first wife dying on Nov. 17,1882. In his second marriage on March 26, 1884, Mrs. Theresa Dopler became his wife. One daughter, Miss Maud Pabst blessed their home. Both wife and daughter survive. Mrs. Pabst, before her marriage to Mr. Pabst, was the possessor of the children by her first husband, who also survive. The deceased is also survived by forty-one grandchildren and five great grand- children. The late Mr. Pabst was a public spirited citizen most He was the holder of many offices in the gift of the town and his scholarly bearing fitted him well for the proper performance of these duties. He was for twenty-seven years a director of the Economical Fire Insurance Company of Berlin, and has never missed an annual meeting of the Company. He held office for many years as alderman of the town, and in his younger days was a valued member of the brass band as player of the bass instrument. Last, but not least, he was an ardent supporter and influential officer in the Lutheran church. was one of the prime movers in the installation of the chime of bells in the tower of that church, which peal out in sonorous tones on the quiet Sabbath morning air their sweet call to one and all to attend worship. He had held the office of superintendent of the Lutheran Church Sunday School acceptably for many years and always enjoyed the confidence and respect of all his fellow townsmen. Feb 8, 1909-Berlin News Record

  
  

• Sources

  [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 11450-81. Edward PANNEBAKER, 28, yeoman, Waterloo, Hespeler, s/o Abraham & Sarah, married Rosina PABST, 24, Preston, Hespeler, d/o Christian & Christine, witn: Emil MOELLER & Catherine PABST, both of Hespeler, 15 Feb 1881 at Preston [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 23 Nov 1882. 17 Nov 1882 Christine Pabst, nee Kirschner, wife of Christian Pabst, died n Hespeler at age of 49 years, 11 months and 22 days. The deceased was a native of Ehrstaedt, Grand Duchy of Baden; lived a peaceful married life with her husband for 27 years; bore 15 children, among them 2 pairs of twins. She was a vigorous housewife, a loyal life's companion, a good mother, a genial neighbour, and an active member of the Lutheran congregation and of the ladies' group of same. She had suffered repeated illnesses since last spring. The funeral procession, which was an extraordinarily numerous one, took place on Sunday afternoon. The funeral service was led by Pastor Wurster, in which he preached on the text chosen by the deceased herself, Isaiah 61: 10. she is survived by her husband, 12 children and 6 grandchildren. [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 27 Aug 1874. Died 25 Aug 1874 In Hespeler, Amande, baby daughter of Christian Pabst, one of twins, died at the age of 4 months, 2 days. [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 27 Sep 1877. Died 18 Sep 1877 In Hespeler, Conrad Emil, youngest son of Christian Pabst, died at the tender age of 7 months of diarrhea. [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 15 Oct 1874. Died 12 Oct 1874 In Hespeler, Rosamunda, second twin of Christian Pabst, died at the age of 5 months, 17 days. R.I.P. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 11436-81. Emil Moeller, 24, Occ. Mason, b. Lachsen Meningsen Germany, Res. Hespeler, son of Christian and Maria, married Catherine Pabst, 21, b. Hespeler, Res. Same, daughter of Christian and Christine, Witness(es): Henry Baker and Mina Pabst, both of Hespeler, 13 Dec 1881 at Preston [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 11743-82. Joseph W. Maud, 22, occ. Machinist, b. Yorkshire Endland, res. Hespeler, son of Francis James and Rebecca, married Augusta Pabst, 19, b. Hespeler, res. same, daughter of Christian and Christena, Witness(s): John Miller of Waterloo and Minnie Pabst of Hespeler, 18 April 1882 at Galt [S299] Census - ON, Waterloo, Hespeler - 1881, Page Number 28 Household Number 137. [S143] Census - ON, Waterloo, Hespeler - 1901, Hespeler (Village) D-1 Page 4. [S508] Census - ON, Waterloo, Hespeler - 1871, Page 8. [S299] Census - ON, Waterloo, Hespeler - 1881, Page 28. [S1837] Census - ON, Waterloo, Hespeler - 1861, Div. 1 Page 6. [S2208] Census - ON, Waterloo, Hespeler - 1891, Section 1 Page 1. [S6] Church Records - ON, Waterloo - Bindeman, F. W. - Card Index Kitchener Public Library. Christian Pabst or Bapst of Preston, to Christine Kristner of Preston, witnesses: Abraham Sallyerds of Preston and George Roos of Preston 27 Feb 1855 Berlin by banns [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 011720-84. Christian PABST, 51, widower, mason, Thesmar Saxon Meinizigen - Germany, Hespeler, s/o Adam John & Magdalena Stock PABST, married Theresa KOPFER, 43, widow, Stolzburg Prussia - Germany, Hespeler, d/o Carl HALMEL & Rosine SCHAEFER, witn: George ALLENDORF, Philip LACKNER, Frederick FIEDLER & Ludwig HUETHER, all of Hespeler, 26 March 1884 at Hespeler (Lutheran) [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), Apr. 3 1884. Mar 26 1884 Widow Therese Dopfer of Walkerton & Christian Pabst of Hespeler, were married by Pastor Schr der of Preston. (poem follows) [S2208] Census - ON, Waterloo, Hespeler - 1891.

  
  

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  Residence - 1855 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 27 Feb 1855 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Tavern Keeper - 1861 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Lutheran - 1861 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Mason and Hotel Keeper - 1871 - , USA Occupation - Hotel Keeper - 1881 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Hotel Keeper - 1881 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - mason - 1884 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 26 Mar 1884 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Elected Office - councillor of Hespeler - 1888 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Lutheran - 1891 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Retired - 1891 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Insurance Agent - 1901 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 5 Feb 1909 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth