Agnes Josephine Armstrong

1847 - 1926  (78 years)

• Name	Agnes Josephine Armstrong
  Born	9 Apr 1847	Hawkesville, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Agnes Josephine Thompson
  Residence	1861	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	QU
  Residence	1871	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	--
  Residence	1911	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Methodist
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-91776
  Died	21 Jan 1926	, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Buried	Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Person ID	I91776	Generations
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

  
  

  Father	Thomas Armstrong,   b. 26 Mar 1819, Ogdensburg, St. Lawrence, New York, USA ,   d. 27 Apr 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 62 years)
  Mother	Martha Winn,   b. 5 Dec 1822, Newmarket, York Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 23 Nov 1863, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 40 years)
  Family ID	F26674	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	James Henry Thompson,   b. 9 Apr 1844, , Ireland ,   d. 9 Jun 1924, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 80 years)
  Children	1. May Thompson,   b. 12 Feb 1881, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2025
  Family ID	F23876	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Some of the older inhabitants will remember the two-storey building popularly called "Das Spritzhaus". After the village was incorporated in 1857, Jacob C. Snider donated the lot just south of the Public Library on Albert Street as a site for a municipal building. The upper room served as a village hall until the present town hall was erected in 1874, (at a cost of $10,000). The lower or ground floor was used as a firehall, and housed the large, mounted hand pump, hose, leather buckets and other accessories used by the firemen of the time. Great was the excitement when a score or more of volunteers grasped the long rope attached to the "engine", and ran along the bumpy street to a fire, with bells clanging and the "chief" shouting his orders through a trumpet. After the present town hall was built, the lower floor continued to be used as a firehall, and the upper was used for various purposes. A private school, with the late Mrs. James Thompson, nee Miss Agnes Armstrong as teacher, was conducted here for a short time. The upper floor was used at one time as a morgue. Elections were held here, the municipal centre, and were decided by open voting, as there was no balloting then. Sixteenth Annual Report of the Waterloo Historical Society, 1928, A Historical Sketch of the Town of Waterloo, Ontario, Clayton W. Wells, L.D.S., D. D. S.

  
  

• Sources

  [S86] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1901, Waterloo (South/Sud) G-2 Page 9. [S229] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1871, Div. 1, Pg. 54. [S123] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1861, Div. 3 Page 25. [S192] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo City - Mount Hope CC#4500 Internet Link. Thompson/ James H./ 1844-1924/ Agnes Armstrong/ his wife/ 1847-1926 [S272] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1911, Div. 7 Page 20. [S242] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wellesley Twp. - 1851, Div. 2 Page 1.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 9 Apr 1847 - Hawkesville, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - QU - 1861 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - -- - 1871 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Methodist - 1911 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 21 Jan 1926 - , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth