William Henry Goetz^[1]

1835 - 1871  (36 years)

• Name	William Henry Goetz
  Born	11 Feb 1835	, Germany   [2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Business	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	tobacco factory
  Name	W. H. Goetz
  Residence	1862	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Occupation	1864	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	tobacconist
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-95844
  Died	4 Mar 1871	Atlantic Ocean   [2, 3, 6]
  Buried	Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Person ID	I95844	Generations
  Last Modified	12 May 2025

  
  

  Father	J. C. Goetz,   b. Abt 1805, of, Germany ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	T.,   b. Abt 1805, of, Germany ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F36205	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Carolina H. Hailer,   b. 6 Sep 1843, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1923  (Age 79 years)
  Married	7 Oct 1862	, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Children	1. Emilie Goetz,   b. 1862, Of, New York City, New York ,   d. 13 Apr 1866, New York City, New York, USA.  (Age 4 years)   2. Emma L. Goetz,   b. 1865, , USA ,   d. 1943  (Age 78 years)   3. M. Caroline Goetz,   b. 1867, , USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Henry Oscar Goetz,   b. 1869, , USA ,   d. 1930  (Age 61 years)
  Last Modified	13 May 2025
  Family ID	F24733	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  King Street Kitchener "In 1850 John Winger erected a building about half way between Gaukel and Foundry Streets and occupied the first floor as a pump factory. He used steam power, a novelty in those days, and had an old-fashioned upright engine built by Crombie & Co. of Galt. He made pumps, broom handles, etc. The second floor of the building was operated by Matthias Wegenast as a sash and door factory. Later there was a saw mill in the basement. Several accidents occurred in this saw mill; Helwig Scholl's leg was cut off as was also John Koch's arm, by the saw. Mr. Winger, apparently in difficulty with his creditors, suddenly left the village, after which the building was taken over by Martin Simpson, who had operated the Bowman & Correll factory at the east end of the town, and the building became known as the Simpson factory, the product being mostly furniture. At the rear of the Simpson factory stood a two storey frame building, used by W. H. Goetze, (cousin and brother-in-law of Louis Breithaupt) as a tobacco factory. Mr. Goetze came from New York early in the 60's. During the closing years of the American Civil War the factory found difficulty in getting tobacco, then mostly supplied from the Southern States." REMINISCENCES OF BERLIN (NOW KITCHENER) By JACOB STROH Contributed by Joseph M. Snyder. Part I. Settlement - Early Villagers and Buildings, Waterloo Historical Society Annual Volume 1930

  
  

• Sources

  [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 19 Apr 1866. Emilie Goetze died 13 Apr 1866 in New York, daughter of William H. granddaughter of Jakob Hailer. 3 yrs. [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 16 Mar 1871. William Henry Goetze died 4 Mar 1871 on a steamship between Jacksonville, Florida and Savannah, Georgia. of Berlin. 36 yrs, 21 days, buried in Berlin on Friday. [S166] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Mount Hope CC#4508 Internet Link . William H. Goetz / 1835-1871 [S5] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - 1858-1869 Marriage Register. Goetz W. M., 27, Res. Berlin, Germany, s/o J. C. & T., married 7 Oct 1862 C. H. Heiler, 19, Res. Berlin, Canada, d/o J. & Ma. [S330] Directory - ON, Waterloo - 1864 - County of Waterloo gazetteer and general business directory for 1864. [S229] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1871, Div. 1, Pg. 51.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 11 Feb 1835 - , Germany Business - tobacco factory - - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1862 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 7 Oct 1862 - , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - tobacconist - 1864 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 4 Mar 1871 - Atlantic Ocean Buried - - Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth