Benjamin Rothwell^[1]

1815 - 1911  (96 years)

• Name	Benjamin Rothwell
  Born	1815	, Wexford Co, Ireland   [2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1861	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Comercial Merchant
  Residence	1861	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Protestant
  Occupation	1871	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Miller
  Occupation	1881	Walkerton, Brant Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada
  	grain dealer
  Residence	1881	Walkerton, Brant Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-260427
  Died	15 May 1911  [4]
  Buried	Walkerton Cemetery, Walkerton, Bruce Co., Ontario   [4]
  Person ID	I260427	Generations
  Last Modified	12 May 2024

  
  

  Family	Julia Fardy,   b. 1819, , Wexford Co, Ireland ,   d. 27 Jan 1892  (Age 73 years)
  Children	1. Julia A. Rothwell,   b. 1842, , Wexford Co, Ireland ,   d. 15 Aug 1868, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 26 years)   2. Hannah Rothwell,   b. 1843, , Wexford Co, Ireland ,   d. 1939  (Age 96 years)   3. Benjamin Armstrong Rothwell,   b. 4 Mar 1846, , Wexford Co, Ireland ,   d. 21 Nov 1934, Melfort, , Saskatchewan, Canada  (Age 88 years)   4. Wilhelmina "Mina" Rothwell,   b. 1852, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 27 Oct 1916  (Age 64 years)   5. Louisa Rothwell,   b. CALC 1855, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 15 Sep 1870, Greenbush (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 15 years)   6. Georgina May Rothwell,   b. 1858, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Oct 1942, Melfort, , Saskatchewan, Canada  (Age 84 years)   7. Caroline Edith Rothwell,   b. 1860, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 30 Oct 1907, Ottawa, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 47 years)
  Last Modified	13 May 2024
  Family ID	F230173	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  King Street , North Side Pine Street. Open space with gravel pit at the rear and a lime kiln where now is the Waterloo water tower. The gravel pit was operated by Frederick Hagen. About 1860 a brick dwelling, still standing, was erected in front of the lime kiln and occupied by Mr. Glady. Opposite the present Collegiate Institute, Rev. W. F. Bindeman had four acres on which he erected a dwelling near King Street. He had an orchard some of which is still bearing fruit. His house is still standing, but he later moved to Young Street, where he died. His Young St. house was later occupied by Frederick Von Neubron. Rev. Bindeman moved on a Sunday on account of a fire which had started in the Greenbush across the road. It was a strong fire, fanned by the wind, so that a large part of the Greenbush, which was nearly all pine, was destroyed. The Berlin and Waterloo fire brigades, working conjointly, eventually got control and prevented the fire from extending across the road to the pine woods there. Rev. Bindeman's house did not burn as had been feared. It was later moved further toward the water tower where it is still standing. Its first location was in front of the present Carmel Church property. The first well in this locality. It was about 70 or 80 feet deep. Before it was sunk, in 1840, local dwellers had to go up King Street about half a mile to where is now Bauer's shoddy mill, in Waterloo, for their water supply. A two story frame building, cottage roof, erected by Benjamin Rothwell, in which lived, for a number of years, a man and his wife, who had come from Germany. This man also was a wood turner, making kitchen utensils such as spoons, ladles, etc. REMINISCENCES OF BERLIN (NOW KITCHENER) By JACOB STROH Contributed by Joseph M. Snyder.

  
  

• Sources

  [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 29 Sep 1870. Louisa Rothwell died 15 Sep 1870 in Greenbush near Berlin, daughter of Benjamin, 15 yrs. [S229] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1871, Div 13, Page 11. [S1885] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo City - 1861, Waterloo 1861 Dist. 1 Page 1. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/189093914/benjimen-rothwell.

  
  

• Event Map

  Occupation - Comercial Merchant - 1861 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Protestant - 1861 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Miller - 1871 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - grain dealer - 1881 - Walkerton, Brant Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada Residence - 1881 - Walkerton, Brant Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth