Jacob Cluthe b. 2 Jul 1856 , Germany d. 30 Nov 1935 Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada: Waterloo Region Generations

1856 - 1935 (79 years)

Name	Jacob Cluthe
Born	2 Jul 1856	, Germany [1, 2, 3, 4]
Gender	Male
Business	Doon Shody Mill
FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/223089799
Interesting	rumour
Immigration	1860	, Ontario, Canada [3]
Naturalization	1882	, Ontario, Canada [3]
Immigration	1885	, Ontario, Canada [1]
Occupation	1886	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada [5]
Occupation	machinist
Residence	1886	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada [6]
Naturalization	1887 [1]
Occupation	1901	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada [1]
Occupation	Manufacturer
Occupation	1911	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada [3]
Occupation	Manufacturer, Shadie
Residence	1911	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada [3]
Residence	Roman Catholic
Died	30 Nov 1935	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada [2]
Residence	1936	15 Pearl Place, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
Eby ID Number	Waterloo-91851
Buried	Doon Presbyterian Cemetery, Doon (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada [2]
Person ID	I91851	Generations
Last Modified	11 Sep 2025

Father	Jacob Cluthe, b. Abt 1820, of, Germany , d. Yes, date unknown
Mother	Catherine, b. Abt 1820, of, Germany , d. Yes, date unknown
Family ID	F8178	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Magdalena "Leona" Metz, b. 1 Jan 1869, , Bavaria, Germany , d. 6 Mar 1956, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (Age 87 years)

Married 11 Oct 1886 Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada [6, 7]

Children

	1. Clara Cluthe, b. 9 Dec 1886, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada , d. 1962 (Age 75 years)
	2. Annie Cluthe, b. 9 Dec 1886, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada , d. Yes, date unknown
	3. Kathleen Cluthe, b. 8 Nov 1889, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada , d. 5 Nov 1960, Freeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (Age 70 years)
	4. Wilhelm Joseph "William" Cluthe, b. 20 Oct 1890, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada , d. Yes, date unknown
	5. Annie Maria Cluthe, b. 28 Dec 1892, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada , d. 1973 (Age 80 years)
	6. Lorne Cluthe, b. 2 Feb 1895, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada , d. Yes, date unknown
	7. Lorentz Paul "Lawrence" Cluthe, b. 12 Feb 1895, Doon (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada , d. 8 Feb 1948, Doon (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (Age 52 years)
	8. Lora Mary Cluthe, b. 12 Jan 1897, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada , d. Yes, date unknown
	9. Augusta C. Cluthe, b. 12 Jan 1897, , Ontario, Canada , d. Oct 1986, New York City, New York, USA. (Age 89 years)
	10. Eva Cluthe, b. 7 Feb 1899, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada , d. Yes, date unknown
	11. Deputy Chief Frederick J. Cluthe, b. 1 May 1901, Doon (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada , d. 21 Jun 1953, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (Age 52 years)
	12. Magdalena "Lena" Cluthe, b. Aug 1902, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada , d. 18 Aug 1984, London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada (Age ~ 82 years)
	13. Willamina Rose Marie "Minnie" Cluthe, b. 20 Oct 1905, Doon (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada , d. Yes, date unknown
	14. George Joseph Cluthe, b. 19 Oct 1909, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada , d. 2 May 1997, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (Age 87 years)

Last Modified 11 Sep 2025

Family ID F23897 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Notes

DOON STORY EXPLAINED

The Karweil Case.
Editor, Reporter:

Regarding the investigation of dead woman which you had in March 6, Reporter, I wish to let the people know the truth.

Forty-one years ago I met Mr. and Mrs. Karweil through Mr. H. Krantz in the town hall in Berlin, coming from Germany. I took them to Doon and gave Mr. Karweil work for quite a number of years. Then he went to Williamsburg and after some years came back to Doon, bought a house and worked for me and others. In 1923 he fell off in health and I looked after him. At the time some people and specially one merchant tried to take advantage of him, by giving not the proper change and selling him one dozen eggs and deliver only eight eggs. After eight days I tackled this merchant for the balance of 4 eggs and he got furious and threatened to break my bones, We quit that merchant and I supplied Mr. Karweil with groceries and whatever he wanted and took for him what goods he had to sell for market. This merchant minds all other peoples' business except his wife's grocery business. As to the Provincial police investigation surrounding the death of aged Doon resident on March 6, 1925, that could only be sent to the Reporter by such a lunatic as he, as there was no provincial police investigation until Saturday March 7.

Last summer Mr. Karweil fell in health. He was weak and could not work except in his own garden. He wanted not to be bothered by his next neighbors because they wanted him to go to the Poorhouse in Kitchener. An old spinster he made me order from the house as he says she was after his purse.

Last summer I met the reeve in Preston and he told me they must go to the poor house. He had the papers all ready. When I came home and told them this they were just wild. They offered to deed the property over to me as they had no children and no relations. If I would see to it that they did not go to the Poorhouse. I Agreed and he said to get a lawyer. Well the deed was made by Mr. Bitzer of Kitchener , and I took them over to my house, I got medicine from a doctor often and both old people improved a lot.

On Feb. 22, after Mrs. Karweil had her oatmeal breakfast, coffee, etc., on the lounge she started to knit socks as she always made me buy yarn so she could knit socks. Then I went to the stable to attend the stock. When I came back she had left the lounge and lay near the bed on the floor, and Mr. Karweil trying to help her up, saying "get up. I can't lift you alone, but I must help you", and I lifted her up on the bed. Then I seen what had happened, she was lame in the left arm and her mouth was drawn to one side. She had suffered a stroke. I went at once to a doctor in Preston and told him and wanted him to come, but he explained to me that he could do nothing for her as she was old and besides he had no way to come to Doon and was needed in Preston. Roads were had to Doon for a car.

All we could do was to keep her clean and give her what she wanted. For 2 or 3 days she lay in torment. Then she wanted a drink. We gave it to her with a spoon , but two days before she died she could not swallow and slept peacefully away on Sunday March 1. I could not go on Sunday and leave the old man alone. The road was icy and I had no sharp shod horse. I made arrangements to go with Mr. Teet to come on Monday and take me over with his horse as I needed a coffin. Mr.Teet came on Monday but being under the weather myself and with the bitter cold wind blowing I could not go.

In the meantime Mr. Karweil insisted on making the coffin himself as he had made them in Germany, and by Wednesday he had the coffin made.

On Wednesday, being mild, I went to the doctor in Preston and got the death certificate. Coming home, I went to Mr. Hepburn, cemetery caretaker, for a grave, but it seems to me Miss Hepburn was running this as she insisted that her father have nothing to do with it. When I saw I had trouble getting a grave from Mr. Hepburn, I made up my mind to find who was the coroner in Preston. On the way to Preston I met Dr. Oakes, and I found he was the coroner. I went back with him and he looked up the corpse and declared the coffin all right. In the afternoon I went to Preston and got through the coroner the burial certificate and arranged with Mr.Grieve the undertaker and sent to Galt and arranged with Mr. Oder for a burial sermon.

Friday I went to Mrs. Kinzie at Doon got a grave without any trouble, in the cemetery. I ordered the grave dug and on Sunday at 2 p.m. we had the funeral with about 50 in attendance, we had a very nice sermon at the house and cemetery. God give her the needed rest.

How I do not want to seem such a prude in the eyes of the public as some scoundrels want to show me up. Some of the people of the village are so bigoted and narrow minded and long-nosed that the rumour was afloat that I intended burning the; body instead of burying same. Provincial Police Inspector McCaffrey asked me so arbitrary and, I may say, funny that I cannot close this chapter without giving him some good advice, viz; To work in a shoddy mill for a year. It may do him good and he might improve a lot.

(Signed ) Jacob Cluthe,
Doon, March 21, 1925

Kitchener Daily Record, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada Saturday, April 04, 1925

Women's Institute, Tweedsmuir History Doon and Blair Branch.

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INVESTIGATING DEATH OF WOMAN

Found Body Of Doon Woman In Box Of Rough Lumber Ready For Burial; No Undertaker Called

Provincial police are investigating the conditions surrounding the death of an aged Doon resident, Mrs. Karwell, whose death was reported to Preston authorities on Wednesday. Mrs. Karwell had died on Sunday but no notice of it had been given before several days had elapsed. Dr. Oaks, coroner of Preston announced late yesterday there would be no inquest into the woman's death because investigation by him revealed she had died from perfectly natural causes,

When the police went to the home of Jacob Cluthe of Doon with whom Mr. and Mrs. Karwell had been residing, they found the body of the woman in a roughly made coffin. Plain lumber had been made up into a box for the body. The services of the undertaker had not been asked it is alleged and not even a physician was in attendance at the death bed. According to the information received by the police, it had been decided to bury Mrs. Karwell in a field on the Cluthe farm.

According to the story of the police Mrs. Karwell was overcome about two weeks ago and fell, in a faint to the floor. She was assisted to bed by her husband and Mr. Cluthe, medical aid was summoned and the woman continued to grow weaker. On Sunday she expired and no word of the death was conveyed to authorities until Wednesday.

Mr. and Mrs. Karwell have been residing with Mr. Cluthe for some time. Owing to their old age they were to have been sent to the Old Peoples Home, but Mr. Cluthe offered to care for them. It is believed the couple owned some property.

The Daily Record, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada Fri, Mar 6, 1925 Page 1

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DOON MAN FINED; CRUELTY CHARGE

Jacob Cluthe Found Guilty Of Beating Horses; Neighbors Tell Story In Court

Despite the efforts of his counsel, W. B. Dowdall, Jacob Cluthe of Doon was find $10 and costs or one month in jail by Magistrate Weir in police court this morning for ill treating his horses. Mr. Dowdall tried to convince His Worship that the case was spite work on the part of neighbors Cluthe. The magistrate, of however, found him guilty on the evidence submitted.

John Wilke, the first witness called told the court he had been working for the accused for the past two months and on August 15 was working in the fields on the Cluthe farm at Doon. They were working with the horses and a binder. He stated Cluthe beat the horses with a long whip which was exhibited in court. It had a long stick attached to the end of a long rope. On the end of the rope there was a piece of heavy wire. This whip, the witness stated, marked the horses considerably. "One horse has sore feet and is in a bad condition" said the witness. On August 20 he was again working in the fields with a balky horse and Cluthe tried to make the horse work by hitting it with a five foot pipe. This he did several times.

Chris. Hagen, another of the employes, told the magistrate he saw Cluthe beat the horses on August 15 and on August 20 he again saw the accused use a pipe on one of the horses. The witness, when asked by Mr. Dowdall if he had ever used the whip on the horse himself, said he had not. The witness claimed the animals were poorly fed and were not in the condition to work.

The next witness was Mrs. J. Nahls, a neighbor of Cluthe's. She said that she saw the accused whipping the horses, but as she was too far away she could not recognize the instrument he was using.

Mr. Dowdall asked her whether or not she had any quarrels with Mr. Cluthe. Mrs. Nahls stated she had and that she was the one at whose instigation the charge was laid. The witness claimed she heard the whish of the whip on the horses inside her house.
"I went into the house because I could not stand it," said Miss Nellie Pryne another witness speaking of the cruelty. When asked if the beating was out of the ordinary on Aug. 15 she replied, "Quite out of the ordinary, I should judge when you can hear the sound of the whip from across the dam where we live."

Provincial Constable Carroll told of visiting the Cluthe farm on the afternoon of August 20 and examining the horses in question. He said the hoofs of the animals smelt strong and were suffering a disease. A black horse had open sores on the shoulders and according to the officer were very poorly fed.

Jacob Cluthe, when called, denied using any pipes and went so far as to state the evidence was made up. He admitted having trouble with the neighbors .

The Daily Record, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada Tue, Aug 25, 1925 Page 1

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The Departed

JACOB CLUTHE

The death occurred Sunday of Jacob Cluthe, 79, owner of the Doon Shoddy Mill, at the residence of his daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth Ziegler. 15 Pearl Place. Deceased was born in Germany on June 4, 1856, and m grated to this country in 1880.

His widow survives with four sons, William of Toronto, Lawrence at Doon, Fred and George of Kitchener, and seven daughters. Mrs. A. Helman, city, Miss Kathrine, Toronto, Mrs. Leo Heit. Toronto, Mrs. A. Abrew, New York, N.Y., Mrs. V. Helt, Waterloo, Mrs. Fred Ziegler, city, and Miss Marie, city. One brother, Dr. William Cluthe, Evansville, Ill, and one sister. Mrs. Kathrine Ernst in Nebraska also survive, The funeral will be held Tuesday afternoon with a service at Doon Cemetery at 3 o'clock. Rev. G. Taylor Munro will officiate. The remains will be resting at Schreiter Sandrock Funeral Home until Tuesday afternoon.

Kitchener Daily Record 02 Dec 1935, Mon Page 13

Sources

[S86] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1901, Waterloo (South/Sud) G-2 Page 11.
[S198] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Doon Presbyterian CC#4519 Cemetery Internet Link .
C/ in memory of/ Jacob Cluthe/ 1856 - 1936/ at rest/
[S272] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1911, Div. 7 Page 20.
[S2264] Census - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - 1921, Sub Dist. 27 Page 10.
[S57] Vit - ON - Birth Registration.
Annie Cluthe Born: 9 Dec 1886 County: Waterloo Father: Jacob Cluthe Mother: Lona Metz
[S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 14 Oct 1886.
October 11, 1886 Jakob Cluthe & Margaretha März, both of Berlin, were married by Very Rev. Dr. Funcken, Berlin.
[S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 011819.
Jacob CLUTHE, 31, machinist, Germany, Berlin, s/o Jacob & Catharine married Magdalena MERTZ, 19, Bavaria Germany, Berlin, d/o (no father's name given) & Anna Maria MERTZ, witn: Lorenz KINZIE & Anna C. HUNDESHAGEN both of Berlin, 11 October 1886 in Berlin

Event Map

	Born - 2 Jul 1856 - , Germany
	Immigration - 1860 - , Ontario, Canada
	Naturalization - 1882 - , Ontario, Canada
	Immigration - 1885 - , Ontario, Canada
	Occupation - machinist - 1886 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
	Residence - 1886 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
	Married - 11 Oct 1886 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
	Occupation - Manufacturer - 1901 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
	Occupation - Manufacturer, Shadie - 1911 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
	Residence - Roman Catholic - 1911 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
	Died - 30 Nov 1935 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

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