Wilhelm "William" Thoms^{[1, 2]}

1854 - 1949  (94 years)

• Name	Wilhelm "William" Thoms
  Born	5 Jan 1854	, Ontario, Canada   [3, 4, 5, 6]
  Gender	Male
  Name	William Thoms
  Residence	1875	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Occupation	1881	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Shoemaker
  Residence	1881	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Lutheran
  Occupation	1891	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Shoemaker
  Residence	1891	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Methodist
  Occupation	1901	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Shoemaker
  Occupation	1911	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Shoemaker, Shop
  Residence	1911	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Methodist
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-91861
  Died	1949
  Buried	Doon Presbyterian Cemetery, Doon (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I91861	Generations
  Last Modified	25 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	John Thoms,   b. 3 Mar 1811, , Germany ,   d. 27 Sep 1884  (Age 73 years)
  Mother	Doretha Bunger,   b. 30 Dec 1832, , Mecklinburg Schwerin, Germany ,   d. 27 Oct 1908, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 75 years)
  Family ID	F26928	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Maria "Mary" Wolfe,   b. 9 Mar 1850, Doon (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	2 Nov 1875	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Children	1. Francoise Thoms,   b. 1876, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Milton Thoms,   b. 1877, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Violet Frances Thoms,   b. 9 Dec 1877, Doon (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Herbert Wesley Thoms,   b. CALC 17 Mar 1879, Of, Doon, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 20 Feb 1880, Doon (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 0 years)   5. Herbert Toms,   b. 28 Sep 1879, Newcastle, Durham Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   6. Alma Thoms,   b. Apr 1881, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   7. Howard Thoms,   b. 1 Jul 1883, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   8. Hilda M. Thoms,   b. 25 Aug 1886, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   9. Clara Thoms,   b. 1889, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   10. Clarence Thoms,   b. 2 Feb 1890, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	26 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F257813	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  King Street, Kitchener Benton to Eby Street.-Successive occupation was as follows: From Benton Street easterward, before 1855, a one-story brick building with gable facing King Street was erected at the corner and used by Jacob Benner as blacksmith shop. Later Benner moved to West Montrose and the next occupant was Valentine Gildner and after him his son John Gildner . This blacksmith shop continued until comparatively recent years. A frame building painted white, with veranda in front, was Gildner s residence.. Vacant lot. A tinsmith shop owned by Mr. Lehnen . This had a nice front with two good-sized glass windows on either side of the door. A dwelling house built by Henry Rothaermel 1848-9. He was a carpenter and later was market clerk and tax collector. A lane. A one and one-half story building, with gable facing King Street and a verandah extending over the sidewalk, occupied by a Mr. Coleman 1855-1860. Adjoining it was a warehouse. The store passed to Coleman's son and then to John Kegel. Later John George Schmidt, shoemaker, occupied the building. A lane. A double, frame building about 50 feet along King St.; the east half used as a dwelling had a veranda; the west half was occupied by Charles Koehn, shoemaker. Open space. Dwelling of Gabriel Bowman, carpenter, who built the house. A one and one-half story building occupied by Balzar Allendorf, a coverlet weaver, about 1840. Allendorf later moved to New Hamburg. There was a veranda at the front of the house and under it a well. Cattle ran at large in the streets at this time and one Sunday afternoon a steer got on the veranda floor, which was partly rotted, broke through, fell into the well and had to be pulled out by means of a windlass. The building was torn down later. frame building ocupied by Henry Sippel, former employee of Allendorf, as a weaver's shop. In 1855 there was a frame building one and one-half story high along King Street divided into two parts, one part a dwelling and the other part a hat shop, owned by John Kidder, who made felt hats and old-fashioned bonnets. The shop was a few steps above the sidewalk level. A dwelling. A one and one-half story frame building lengthwise with King street occupied by a widow, Mrs. Caroline Lehnen. A driveway. A two story brick building with gable toward King Street, occupied by J. J. Lehnen, son of the widow Lehnen, as a copper and tinsmith shop and a store. Lehnen made his own tinware. Later Jacob Doebler occupied this building as a bakery. A one and one-half story frame building with gable toward King Street occupied by George Yantz, a cabinet maker. He had a tavern in this same building for a time, and lived there. In the early years a garden. A small shop with sloping roof used by Christian Enslin as a book store and book-bindery, the first book-bindery in Berlin Enslm arrived in Berlin about 1830. Jacob Stroh remembers going with his father to the store to buy school supplies. Enslin later was editor, for Henry Eby, the publisher, of the Deutsche Canadier which began publication in 1840. Enslin's House, one-half story, frame, standing lengthwise with King Street and having a veranda over the door, was on the site of Dr. Hetts present office and house. At the rear there was an orchard. About 60 feet back of King Street there was a house built by Henry Eby. Shubel Randall, brother of George Randall, lived in it later. In 1860 the building was destroyed by fire and a servant girl Dina Hertz, perished in the flames. The walls remaining standing, the house was re-built, and is still in use. A brick building, abutting on King Street with gable facing the street, was Henry Eby's printing office. The main floor was she or seven feet above the sidewalk level. In 1860 this building was changed to a church and was the first Anglican Church in Berlin. A frame building, one end of which was used by Henry Bowman as a general store; he lived in the other end. This was known as the Bowman building. Later William Stein had a tailor shop in it and after him William Thoms used it as a shoe repair shop. 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), 21 Feb 1880. Feb. 20, 1880 Herbert Wesley Thoms, infant son of William Thoms, died in Doon at age of 11 months and 3 days. (Poem follows) [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 4 Nov 1875. 02 Nov 1875 By Pastor Umbach in Berlin, Wilhelm Thoms was married to Maria Wolf, both of Waterloo Township. [S86] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1901, Waterloo (South/Sud) G-2 Page 11. [S178] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1881, Waterloo S. Twp. 1881 Div 3 Page 45. [S272] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1911, Div. 7 Page 21. [S2560] aaaWaterloo Township South 1891, Sect. 1 Page 59.

  
  

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  Born - 5 Jan 1854 - , Ontario, Canada Residence - 1875 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 2 Nov 1875 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Shoemaker - 1881 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Lutheran - 1881 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Shoemaker - 1891 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Methodist - 1891 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Shoemaker - 1901 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Shoemaker, Shop - 1911 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Methodist - 1911 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth