Nicholas A. Berlet

1850 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	Nicholas A. Berlet
  Born	1 May 1850	, Germany   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Immigration	1872  [1]
  Naturalization	1878  [1]
  Occupation	1891	New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Agricultural Laborer
  Residence	1891	New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Lutheran
  Occupation	1901	New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Brick Maker
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-85918
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Person ID	I85918	Generations
  Last Modified	6 Apr 2024

  
  

  Family	Christina Marklewitz,   b. 16 Dec 1844, Riesenburg, Rosenberg, West Preussen, Germany ,   d. 17 Nov 1933, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 88 years)
  Children	1. Henry Albert "Harry" Berlette,   b. 29 Apr 1876, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 9 May 1952, Woodstock, Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 76 years)
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F22298	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  The Berlet brickyard, begun about 1878, was purchased by Frederick Schaefer in 1905, at which time he refitted and modernized the operation. Many thousands of bricks passed through the kilns located there and produced mainly a pale yellow-coloured brick, still seen in a number of homes and buildings erected here during that time. (Felt Boot building,: houses at 254, 312 and 334 Peel Street are examples). New Hamburg as it really was... Ernst F. Ritz ____________ A. N. BERLET. This gentlemen was born in New Hamburg in 1876, and for one of his age evinces considerable ability as a business man. He is proprietor of the large brick and tile yards, which for many years have furnished brick and tile for a wide section. He has been in charge of this plant for about six years, and learned the business under his father. He is a hard worker, being constantly on duty in common with his working men, ten of whom he keeps employed during the busy season. The plant has a capacity of turning cut 15,000 wire cut and 10,000 stock brick per day, and has also a capacity for producing 10,000 21 inch tile per day. A twenty-two horse power engine is used and the machinery is of the most modern type Last season be turned out fourteen kilns and the entire output was disposed of by spring. That number will be increased this season as the ninth kiln has been finished already this season. There are about fifteen acres of the finest quality of clay, hence there will be no lack of material for at least fifty five years to come As Mr. Berlet is thoroughly experienced in brick and tile making and the works being constantly under his personal supervision, patrons can be assured of getting good material. The wire cut brick manufactured here are as smooth as glass, the clay being free from gravel stones and other hard substances, a feature that is not always the case in many brick yards. The stock brick are also of a superior finish and quality. In the line of tile, Mr. Berlet gives first class satisfaction and in the course of a year he disposes of many thousands to the farmers in a radius of many miles. The majority of the handsome new brick residences and public buildings in Homburg and vicinity are of the product of these yards. Mr. Berlet was formerly a moulder by trade. He will undoubtedly make a success in his present vocation if hard work and energy are to be taken into account, and is therefore highly worthy of the large field of patronage he is now enjoying. New Hamburg, The Hub of Wilmot - Waterloo County Chronicle 18 Aug 1898, p. 2,3

  
  

• Sources

  [S307] Census - ON, Waterloo, New Hamburg - 1901, New Hamburg (Village) E-1 Page 1. [S699] Census - ON, Waterloo, New Hamburg - 1891, Section 1 Page 3. [S699] Census - ON, Waterloo, New Hamburg - 1891, Section 1 Page 4.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 1 May 1850 - , Germany Occupation - Agricultural Laborer - 1891 - New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Lutheran - 1891 - New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Brick Maker - 1901 - New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth