John Dopp

1828 - 1865  (37 years)

• Name	John Dopp
  Born	1828	Of, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-91110
  Died	23 Mar 1865	Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Person ID	I91110	Generations
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2025

  
  

  Father	Nicholas Dopp,   b. 1798, , Germany ,   d. 22 Sep 1851, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 53 years)
  Mother	Anna Maria Berger,   b. 9 Jan 1801, , Germany ,   d. 9 Aug 1887, Buffalo, Erie, New York, United States  (Age 86 years)
  Family ID	F10612	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Magdalene Dettel,   b. 1837, , Switzerland ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Children	1. Philomena Dopp,   b. 1855, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. George Dopp,   b. 24 Dec 1855, , Germany ,   d. 9 Feb 1935, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 79 years)   3. John Peter Dopp,   b. 5 Aug 1858, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 2 Feb 1950  (Age 91 years)   4. Joseph Dopp,   b. 1859, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Raymond Samuel Dopp,   b. 1861, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   6. Jacob Dopp,   b. 1862, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2025
  Family ID	F28368	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  "From November 1860, to February, 1873, Preston was served again from New Germany by Fathers Glowacki, Breitkopf, Rassaerts and Elena in the order named./ Father Louis Funcken, C.R. also appears occasionally in the register from 1864 on. He was residing at St. Agatha till the latter part of 1866, when he moved to Berlin./ In March, 1865, Father Nicolaus Sorg gave a mission here and blessed the cemetery. John Dopp helped to carry the cross to the cemetery and helped to erect it there. A week later he died suddenly and was the first to be buried there by Father Rassaerts on March 25, 1865." Father Theobald Spetz's book, Diamond Jubilee History of the Diocese of Hamilton with a Complete History of the County of Waterloo, 1856-1916, pg. 142 _____________________ Theresa Walsh heard this story from her cousin, who heard it from his mother. John was a stonemason and builder. One job he was not paid for, so he went to see the man at the hotel. They argued and left together. When the hotel closed, John's body was found in the street. According to his obituary, he helped raise the new cross in the new Catholic cemetery. He didn't realize he would be the first laid to rest there. Ancestry.com

  
  

• Sources

  [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 30 Mar 1865. John Dopp died 23 Mar 1865 in Preston, 36 yrs, had, last Saturday, helped to raise new cross on the new Catholic Churchyard. Didn't realize that he would be the first to be laid to rest there.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 1828 - Of, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 23 Mar 1865 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth