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John Kaiser Wintermeyer

John Kaiser Wintermeyer

Male 1860 - 1932  (72 years)

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  • Name John Kaiser Wintermeyer 
    Born 4 Jun 1860  Straubing, , Bayern, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9] 
    Gender Male 
    Business Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Berlin Glue Works - Dominion Glue Company 
    Interesting business, life story 
    Immigration 1864  , Germany Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    Immigration 1868  , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Immigration 1869  , Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Immigration 16 May 1869  Quebec City, , Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1871  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    RC 
    Occupation 1881  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Factory Hand 
    Residence 1881  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Roman Catholic 
    Naturalization 1882  , Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Residence 1885  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [11] 
    Occupation 1886  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [12] 
    engineer 
    Occupation 1888  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [13] 
    button tool maker 
    Occupation 1891  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Machinist 
    Residence 1891  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Roman Catholic 
    Occupation 1901  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [14] 
    glue manufacturer 
    Occupation 1911  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Manufacturer, Glue 
    Residence 1911  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Roman Catholic 
    Occupation 1921  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Manufacturer 
    Residence 1921  60 College St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Residence 1921  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Roman Catholic 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-95445 
    Died 31 Oct 1932  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 9, 15] 
    Cause: Cause: Bronchopneumonia (6 days) 
    Buried 2 Nov 1932  Mount Hope Roman Catholic Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 9] 
    Person ID I95445  Generations
    Last Modified 19 Dec 2024 

    Father Johann "John" Wintermeyer,   b. 8 Dec 1827, , Bavaria, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Feb 1906, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years) 
    Mother Theresa Kaiser,   b. 15 Oct 1827, , Bavaria, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Nov 1907, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years) 
    Family ID F11700  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Matilda Bauer,   b. 30 May 1863, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Jan 1941, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years) 
    Married 5 Oct 1886  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 11, 12, 16] 
    Children 
     1. Alfred Carl Wintermeyer,   b. 10 Jul 1888, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Aug 1974, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years)
     2. Hilda Marie Wintermeyer,   b. Apr 1903, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Feb 1996, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 92 years)
    Last Modified 19 Dec 2024 
    Family ID F24424  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • It is reported but not proven than John was born in Straubing, Bavaria, Germany in his marriage record at St. Mary's Church in Kitchener apparently confirms this.

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      JOHN W. WINTERMEYER

      Kitchener, Oct. 31 John W. Wintermeyer, founder of the Dominion Glue Company here, died today after an illness of several years. He was seventy-two years old. Mr. Wintermeyer came to Canada from Bavaria when he was nine years old and lived successively in Waterloo, Mannheim and Kitchener. In early life be was a machinist. In 1894 he founded the Berlin Glue Works. His wife, a son and daughter survive.

      The Globe and Mail 1 Nov 1932

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      John Kaiser Wintermeyer came from Straubing, Bavaria Germany in 1869 with his parents and siblings: Anna 1863, Mary 1864, Rosina 1869 and Jacob 1874. John Wintermeyer and his younger brother Jacob Wintermeyer started their own business in Berlin Ontario prior to World War 1. The business was a glue factory. The brothers became involved in a dispute and John bought Jacob out of the business. During WWI there was a great need for glycerine, a by-product of glue, as a component of explosives. The family business did very well. John Wintermeyer asked his son Alfred Carl (a loan's officer at the Bank of Montreal) to join him in the business. Subsequently a businessman from Windsor Ontario asked John and son Alfred Carl to become 50/50 partners in Essex Meat Packers, which they did. Shortly thereafter John Wintermeyer was injured severely at work when a barrel fell on his legs and crushed them, leaving him paralysed. Both family businesses were thus sold and the accumulated capital from the sales was used to invest in the stock market. Alfred Carl invested in gold in 1930 after exploring investment opportunities in Kirkland Lake Ontario. He purchased shared in the Wright/Hargreaves Mines and the Hollinger-Lakshore Mines. His fortune was further made

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      John K. Wintermeyer

      Death removed a well known Kitchener business man in the person of John K. Wintermeyer, founder of the Dominion Glue Works, who died on Monday in his 73rd year. The funeral was held yesterday.

      Deceased started as a machinist in the Shantz Button Factory and in 1894 founded the Berlin Glue Works, later changed to Dominion Glue Work. In 1919 he had both legs broken in an accident at the plant and obliged him to retire from active work. Partners were E. H. Scully until 1912 and John Novak until 1905.

      Coming from Bavaria when nine years old, deceased lived in Waterloo and later at Mannheim. Some time later he moved to Kitchener and in 1886 married Matilda Bauer. A wife, one son, AA. C., and one daughter, Mrs. H. J. Shoniker, a brother, Jacob, and two sisters, Mrs. Rose Moseberger of St. Agatha and Mrs. John Weber of Calgary, Alta.

      Waterloo Chronicle 3 Nov 1932, p. 3

  • Sources 
    1. [S137] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1901, A-2 pg 10.

    2. [S229] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1871, Div. 2, Pg. 52.

    3. [S158] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1881, Div. 2 Pg. 80.

    4. [S340] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1911, Div 35 Page 16.

    5. [S370] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Mount Hope Roman Catholic CC#4517 Internet Link .
      John Wintermeyer/ 1860-1932/ R.I.P.

    6. [S2264] Census - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - 1921, Sub Dist. 24 Page 10.

    7. [S1592] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1891, Section 2 Page 14.

    8. [S1063] Church Records - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church, marriage record.

    9. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/60060781.

    10. [S137] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1901, a-2 pg 10.

    11. [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 7 Oct 1886.
      October 5, 1886 Mathilde Bauer & John Wintermeyer, both of Berlin, were married by Very Rev. Dr. Funcken, Berlin.

    12. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration.
      John Wintermeter (engineer of Berlin) Born: Germany Age: 26 Est. Birth: abt 1860 Father: John Wintermeyer Mother: Theresa Wintermager married Matilda Bauer Age:: 23 Est. Birth: abt 1863 Born: Canada Father: Charles Bauer Mother: Sophia Bauer married 5 Oct 1886 Marriage Place: Waterloo, Berlin

    13. [S57] Vit - ON - Birth Registration.
      Alfred Wintermeyer Date of Birth: 10 Jul 1888 Gender: Female Birth County: Waterloo Father:: John Wintermeyer Mother: Matilda Bauer

    14. [S137] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1901, a-1 pg 10.

    15. [S116] Vit - ON - Death Registration.
      Name:John Wintermeyer Gender:Male Birth Year:abt 1860 Birth Place:Germany Age at Death:72 Death Date:31 Oct 1932 Death Place:Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

    16. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration.
      Name:John Wintermager Age:26 Birth Date:abt 1860 Birth Place:Germany Marriage Date:5 Oct 1886 Marriage County or District:Waterloo Father:John Wintermager Mother:Theresa Wintermager Spouse:Matilda Bauer Spouse's Age:23 Spouse Birth Date:abt 1863 Spouse Birth Place:Canada Spouse Father:Charles Bauer Spouse Mother:Sophia Bauer

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 4 Jun 1860 - Straubing, , Bayern, Germany Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBusiness - Berlin Glue Works - Dominion Glue Company - - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsImmigration - 1864 - , Germany Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsImmigration - 1868 - , Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsImmigration - 1869 - , Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - RC - 1871 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Factory Hand - 1881 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Roman Catholic - 1881 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsNaturalization - 1882 - , Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1885 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - engineer - 1886 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 5 Oct 1886 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - button tool maker - 1888 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Machinist - 1891 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Roman Catholic - 1891 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - glue manufacturer - 1901 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Manufacturer, Glue - 1911 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Roman Catholic - 1911 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Manufacturer - 1921 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Roman Catholic - 1921 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - Cause: Cause: Bronchopneumonia (6 days) - 31 Oct 1932 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - 2 Nov 1932 - Mount Hope Roman Catholic Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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