John Wittick

1841 - 1913  (72 years)

• Name	John Wittick
  Born	21 Mar 1841	Asbach, , Hessen, Germany   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Interesting	story
  Residence	1865	Peel Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Occupation	1871	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Carpenter
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-90592
  Died	25 Oct 1913	Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada   [3]
  Person ID	I90592	Generations
  Last Modified	6 Apr 2024

  
  

  Family	Mary McGaffin,   b. 15 Mar 1845, Orangeville, Mono Twp., Dufferin Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 19 Apr 1928, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada  (Age 83 years)
  Married	5 Jan 1865	, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Children	1. John Albert "Albert" Wittick,   b. 17 Jul 1866, Drayton, Peel Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario ,   d. 23 Jan 1959, Niverville, , Manitoba  (Age 92 years)   2. Lottie Wittick,   b. 17 Dec 1868, Drayton, Peel Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario ,   d. 18 Aug 1870, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 1 years)   3. Nellie Alberta Wittick,   b. 17 Nov 1870, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 7 Oct 1965  (Age 94 years)   4. Syble Alice Wittick,   b. 30 Jun 1874, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Mabel Maud Wittick,   b. 25 May 1877, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 20 Jun 1961  (Age 84 years)
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F23427	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Around 1981, this barn in the Rural Municipality of Hanover was featured in a Manitoba Co-operator series on rural buildings. The original caption for the photograph is given below Shaped in the traditional U-design of French farm buildings sometimes found in the old country or Quebec, this barn was started in 1943 when the 36-foot by 90-foot section on the left was completed. Two years later, the 38-foot by 74-foot ring wing was completed, with the 24-foot by 48-foot connecting wing added in 1947. The feed mill facility on the extreme left was added in 1960. In total, this barn provided the Wittick family of Niverville with about 7,700 square feet of ground floor space for their hog and earlier cattle operations. The Wittick barn holds a link with the province's earliest agricultural history. John Wittick came to Manitoba in 1877, joined later that year by his wife, son Albert, and three daughters from Berlin [now Kitchener], Ontario. Two years later, he was hired as head carpenter and foreman to build Manitoba's first grain elevator at Niverville, a round structure that was to handle the province's formative efforts of grain export to Eastern Canada and beyond. It was pulled down in 1923 and the lumber was used to build another nearby barn, one that is featured in this series at a later date. The Witticks remained prominent in local affairs, from school to municipal to sports and musical duties. The farm was sold by retiring grandsons Norman and Eric Wittick in 1965 to Bill Redekop who has continued the hob operation. As was the case with most farms in Western Canada, the Wittick farmers were self-taught and self-sufficient in most trades. For example, when they added a third floor to the left wing in the 1950s, an elevator was also built by the brothers to hoist men and feed to a new laying flock which produced about 90 dozen eggs daily. The barn also features an automatic feed delivery system and a separate manure carrier system built by the owners for their herd of 250 to 300 hogs. The Wittick brothers have retired from farming and related enterprises and are now engaged in such activities as writing local histories and violin-making. Goldsborough, G. (2019). Historic Sites of Manitoba: Wittick Barn (RM of Hanover). Mhs.mb.ca. Retrieved 8 June 2019, from https://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/sites/wittickbarn.shtml

  
  

• Sources

  [S229] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1871, Div 13, Page 10. [S55] Vit - ON, Wellington - Wellington County Marriage Register 1858-1869. ame: John Wittick Event Type: Marriage Event Date: 05 Jan 1865 Event Place: Wellington County Gender: Male Age: 23 Birth Year (Estimated): 1842 Birthplace: Germany Residence: Peel Father's Name: Jacob Wittick Mother's Name: Anna Wittick Spouse's Name: Mary Majaffin Spouse's Gender: Female Spouse's Age: 19 Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1846 Spouse's Birthplace: Canada Res: Peel Spouse's Father's Name: James Majaffin Spouse's Mother's Name: Sarah Majaffin [S2707] Manitoba, Death Index, 1871-1947. Name:Wittick Gender:Male Death Date:25 Oct 1913 Death Place:Wpg, Manitoba, Canada

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 21 Mar 1841 - Asbach, , Hessen, Germany Residence - 1865 - Peel Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Married - 5 Jan 1865 - , Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Occupation - Carpenter - 1871 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 25 Oct 1913 - Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada  = Link to Google Earth