Henry Bernhardt^{[1, 2]}

1825 - 1907  (81 years)

• Name	Henry Bernhardt
  Born	10 Apr 1825	, Alsace Lorraine, France   [3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]
  Gender	Male
  Business	Rock Brewery, 1580 Queenston Rd., Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [9]
  		Preston-BernhardtBrewery-postcard001.JPG
  Business	1251 King St. E., Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	Brewery
  	Address: 1251 King St. E. Cambridge, Ontario formerly Preston. Demolished Henry Bernhardt operated his brewery here during the 1850s. The business moved and the Bernhardt Brewery later became the Rock Brewery.
  		Preston-KingSt.E-1251-001.jpg 1251 King St. E., Cambridge, Ontario - former Henry Bernhardt Brewery.
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/102180859
  Immigration	1833	, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Misfortune	1850	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	strike by lighting - blinded
  Name	Heinrich Bernhardt  [10]
  Residence	1850	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [11]
  Occupation	1852	Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Brewer
  Occupation	1861	Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Brewer
  Residence	1861	Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Lutheran
  Occupation	1871	Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Brewer
  Residence	1871	Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  Occupation	1891	Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	Gentleman
  Residence	1891	Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [12]
  	Lutheran
  Occupation	1901	Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	?
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-35118
  Died	26 Jan 1907	Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [13]
  	Cause: Cause: Senile - Bronchitis - Intestinal Catarrah and a Weak Heart
  Buried	Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  Person ID	I35118	Generations
  Last Modified	6 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Philip Jacob "Jacob" Bernhardt,   b. 29 Mar 1796, Oberhofen, , Alsace, France ,   d. 23 Jul 1857, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 61 years)
  Mother	Barbara Rupp,   b. 27 Mar 1791, Oberhofen, , Alsace, France ,   d. 24 Jan 1881, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 89 years)
  Family ID	F9382	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Dorthea Rahn,   b. CALC 15 Mar 1827, , Hessen, Germany ,   d. 31 Mar 1897, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 70 years)
  Married	1 Jan 1850	Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [11]
  Children	1. Mayor Peter Bernhardt,   b. 1 Oct 1850, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 18 Sep 1947, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 96 years)   2. George Bernhardt,   b. 27 Oct 1852, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 26 Apr 1930, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 77 years)   3. Peter Louis "Louis" Bernhardt,   b. CALC 18 Sep 1857, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 6 Feb 1936, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 78 years)   4. ? Barnhart,   b. 1859, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Valentine Bernhardt,   b. 4 Dec 1859, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 12 Apr 1863, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 3 years)   6. Henry Charles Bernhardt,   b. CALC 11 Jul 1862, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 26 Apr 1881, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 18 years)   7. Rosaline Bernhardt,   b. CALC 25 Jan 1866, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 2 Oct 1882, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 16 years)   8. Martin Bernhardt,   b. 1868, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F9316	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Among the early settlers may be named Mr. Isaac Salyerds, of Irish descent. Brought up among Pennsylvanians, he married a daughter of John Erb and with her obtained considerable landed property. Isaac was a man of energy. He built a tavern (now owned by Mr. Alfred Thomson,) owned two large farms near Preston and became the owner of a small tannery, near the Grand River, built by one Andrew Smith. Mr. Salyerds erected a large store, built a tannery on those premises and carried on the business of tanning for a number of years. Owing to sickness and other causes his business declined; he discontinued the tannery and died in embarrassed circumstances. (Having neglected to make a will, his property went into the Court of Chancery where it remained for a number of years, until the greater portion of it had been consumed by law costs. The tannery premises were purchased by Henry Bernhardt who converted them into a brewery and added a number of buildings as they now stand. Fifth Annual Report Of The Waterloo Historical Society, 1917, pg 25 __________________________ Dreadful Accident from Lightning at New Hope It falls this week to our lot as public journalists to record one of the most awful, sudden and frightful catastrophes, by which in the twinkling of an eye, unthinking mortals are occasionally hurried off the busy scene of human life, which we recollect as happening in our immediate neighbourhood. On Sunday last, about 5 o'clock in the afternoon, and when the heavy thunder storm which visited this quarter on that day, was raging at its height, just as three men, Frederick Long, Henry Barnhart and a German known as the "Little Waggoner" were in the act of leaving the stoop of the tavern in the Village of New Hope, kept by Mr. Adam Scott, a terrific flash of lightning struck the party and felled them all instantaneously to the earth. Melancholy to relate, Long was found to have been killed on the spot, his shirt and skin across the breast being most severely burned and singed and part of his clothes rent and torn into shreds by the fearful, yet incomprehensible violence of the electric shock. Barnhart was discovered to have been struck completely blind and has remained so ever since, besides being otherwise severely stunned, burned and injured. The other person, who seems only to be known by the cognomen of the "Little Waggoner" (being a wagon maker in New Hope), was only slightly affected in the foot, in which, however, he experienced a strange, yet painful sensation. Dr. Ebert and Mr. Klotz soon arrived from Preston, but all attempts at reviving Long were tried in vain. Barnhart, who is a brewer in Preston, has since been conveyed home, but notwithstanding every attention medical and otherwise, the poor fellow enjoys little hope of recovering his eyesight, if indeed, his life be spared as he now lies in a precarious condition. Long was 24 years of age, and son-in-law of old Mr. Barnhart and head cooper to Mr. Hespeler, of Preston and had lately been employed at Mr. H's Mills at New Hope. He leaves a wife and child to lament his untimely end, and the bereavement of a kind husband and fond father. At the time and place where the lightning struck, an extremely strong, sulphurous and suffocating smell pervaded the surrounding atmosphere and even clung to the bodies of the killed and injured, so much so that for some time there was great difficulty in breathing in the vicinity of the spot where the dire calamity occurred. The Niagara Chronicle of 8 Aug 1850 Picked up and reprinted from The Dumfries Reformer, Galt Ont __________________________ Died at Preston, on Sunday, January 27th, 1907, at 7.50 o'clock a.m. Henry Bernhardt Aged 81 Years, 10 Months and 17 Days. Funeral Will take place from the residence of Peter Bernhardt, where Service will be held, on Tuesday Afternoon, 29th Jan., at 2 o'clock to the Preston Cemetery for Interment. No Flowers. Friends and acquaintances please accept this intimation. Preston, Jan. 28th, 1907. City of Cambridge Archives Funeral Card Collection __________ HENRY BERNHARDT Preston, Ont., Jan. 28. Henry Bernhardt, one of Preston's oldest residents, died on Sunday in his 82nd vear. Deceased founded the Rock Brewery, and has been a resident of Preston for over fifty years. The Chronicle Telegraph, 31 Jan 1907, p. 12 ___________ DEATH OF RESPECTED PRESTONITE. Preston Progress: There passed away into the great beyond on Sunday morning, January 27th, at 7.50 o'clock, one of the town's oldest citizens, in the person of Henry Bernhardt, at the ripe old age of 81 years, 10 months and 17 days. Deceased has been alling for some time and his demise was not unexpected. Mr. Bernhardt was born in Alsace, when at the age of four years emigrated to America with his parents, who settled in Buffalo. For four years they remained in that city, then removed to Kossuth, where the farm upon which they settled, now cleared of its forest, and in a high state of cultivation, stands as a monument to their industry and patience. The deceased remained on the farm until he was about 22 years of age, when he came to Preston and founded the Rock brewery, which business is now successfully conducted by his son, Peter. As proprietor of the brewery Mr. Bernhardt achieved success, which, however, was marred by an accident, of which he was the victim when 23 years old. At Hespeler he was struck by lightning and his eyesight was greatly impaired, so that later in life he worked under that disadvantage, and besides suffered reverses which he, however, successfully overcame. Since the death of his wife, 10 years ago, deceased has resided with his son, ex-Mayor P. Bernhardt, at whose home he peacefully passed away. Four sons survive, Peter of Preston: George of Galt; Louis of Preston; and Martin of Chicago. William Bernhardt, of Galt, is a brother, and Mrs. Krouse, of Baden; Mrs. Kratzmeyer, of Preston, and Mrs. John Beck, of Preston, are sisters. The funeral took place from the residence of Peter Bernhardt on Tuesday at 3 p. m. Services were held at the house by Rev. J. C. C. Maas, pastor of St. Peter's Lutheran Church, who also officiated at the grave. The cortege was quite lengthy, many old friends being present from Galt, Berlin, Hespoler and Guelph. Among the relatives present from out of town were Mr. and Mrs. Krause of Palmerston, Mr. and Mrs. Murray of Patis, Mrs. Goebel of New Hamburg, Mrs. Krause, of Baden, and Mrs. Steifelmeyer, of New Hamburg. The pall-bearers were: Henry Bernhardt of Galt George Bernhardt Henry Bernhardt, Valentine Bernhardt, Arthur Bernhardt, and Irwin Bernhardt. Preston, all grandsons of the deceased. The Weekly News-Record 14 Feb 1907, Thu Page 9

  
  

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  [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 23 Apr 1863. Valentin Bernhardt died 12 Apr 1863 in Preston, son of Heinrich, 3 yrs, 4 mths. [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 19 May 1881. 26 Apr 1881 Carl Heinrich Bernhardt, son of H. Bernhardt, died in Preston of consumption of the lungs, at age of 18 years, 9 months and 15 days. [S270] Census - ON, Waterloo, Preston - 1852, Pg 4. [S204] Census - ON, Waterloo, Preston - 1901, Preston (Village) F-1 Page 3. [S105] Census - ON, Waterloo, Preston - 1871, Pg. 50. [S1473] Census - ON, Waterloo, Preston - 1861, Div. 2 Page 19. [S2441] Census - ON, Waterloo, Preston - 1891, Section 1 Page 66. [S239] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Preston CC#6335 Cemetery Internet Link . [Front] Bernhardt/ Back] In/ Memory Of/ Henry C./ Died April 26, 1881/ Aged 18 Yrs. 9 Mos. & 15 Dys./ Rosaline/ Died Oct. 2, 1882/ Aged/ 16 Yrs. 8 Mos/ & 7 Dys./ Children Of/ Henry & Dorathe/ Bernhardt./ [Left Side] In/ Memory Of/ Henry Bernhardt/ Who Died/ Jan. 27, 1907/ Aged 81 Years/ 10 Mos. & 17 Dys./ Dorathe Rahn/ Beloved Wife Of/ Henry Bernhardt/ Who Died/ March 31, 1897/ Aged 70 Years/ 2 Weeks & 2 Dys. / [Flat Markers] Peter / Louis Bernhardt/ 1857 - 1936. [S2301] Book - Galt Summer Carnival Thursday & Friday June 12th and 13th 1890 [booket]. [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 12 Oct 1882. 02 Oct 1882 Rosaline Bernhardt, only daughter of Heinrich Bernhardt, died in Preston of typhoid at age of 16 years, 8 months and 7 days (poem follows). [S13] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - Wellington District Marriage Register Part 1 1840-1852, Marriages By Rev'd Jacob Mailer, Minister of The Evangelical Lutheran Church At Preston report #177. Henry Bernhard, 25, to Dorolyea Rahn, 22, both of Waterloo. 1 Jan. 1850. [S2441] Census - ON, Waterloo, Preston - 1891. [S116] Vit - ON - Death Registration. Name:Henry Bernhardt Gender:Male Birth Year:abt 1826 Birth Place:Els, Prov of Laoraine, Deu Age at Death:81 Death Date:27 Jan 1907 Death Place:Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

  
  

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  Born - 10 Apr 1825 - , Alsace Lorraine, France Business - - Rock Brewery, 1580 Queenston Rd., Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Immigration - 1833 - , Ontario, Canada Misfortune - strike by lighting - blinded - 1850 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1850 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 1 Jan 1850 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Brewer - 1852 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Brewer - 1861 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Lutheran - 1861 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Brewer - 1871 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1871 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Gentleman - 1891 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Lutheran - 1891 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - ? - 1901 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - Cause: Cause: Senile - Bronchitis - Intestinal Catarrah and a Weak Heart - 26 Jan 1907 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth