Georg Adam "Adam" Rittinger

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• Name: Adam Rittinger
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-146390

Georg married Katharine Charlotta Neu 28 Aug 1820, Michelbach, , Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Katharine was born 6 Apr 1795, Heidelberg, , Baden-Württemberg, Germany; died 7 Aug 1845, Michelbach, , Baden-Württemberg, Germany. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Frederick Rittinger
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-138831
• Occupation: 1848, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; laborer
• Residence: 1848, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

John married Elisabeth Hochman 15 Sep 1848, Greenbush (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Elisabeth was born 1818, Of, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Wilhelm Rittinger
• Name: William Rittinger
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-41073
• Residence: 1848, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

George — Catharine Sutter. Catharine was born CALC 3 Dec 1825, Michelbach, Baden, Germany; died 25 Feb 1891, Mornington Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Business: Berliner Journal, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Name: Frederick Rittinger
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-130873
• Occupation: 1854, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; painter
• Occupation: 1861, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Printer
• Residence: 1861, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Publisher
• Residence: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Publisher
• Occupation: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Publisher
• Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

Notes:

FRIEDRICH RITTINGER

It is our painful duty to bring news of the death of Mr. Friedrich Rittinger, co-editor of the "Journal" to our readers. Last week, a kidney ailment, which had recurred periodically in the last few years reappeared and last Sunday night, it developed into a kidney infection which daily became increasingly worse and ended on Tuesday afternoon at 2: 10pm with his death. He suffered the painful illness with patience and trust in God, spoke consolingly and full of hope with his wife and children who surrounded his bed and was fully conscious until shortly before his end.

The deceased was born December 6, 1833, in Michelbach, Grand Duchy of Baden and came to Canada in 1847 with his father, 2 brothers and one sister. They landed in Quebec and lived for a time in Cornwall and Morrisburg. In 1848, they came to this area and the deceased was apprenticed to Mr. Henry Eby, printer, who published the "Deutscher Kanadier". Several years later the printery went into the ownership of Mr. Peter Eby, who founded the "Berlin Telegraph", the first issue of which was printed by the deceased.

In the autumn of the year 1859, he left this business and went into a business partnership with Mr. J. Motz for the publication of the "Berliner Journal", the first issue of which appeared on December 29, 1859.

Since that time, he was the first and the last in on every work day in the office; with the exception of 2 rather short illnesses a few years ago, until his last sickness developed. When he was not occupied with book-keeping or correspondence, then he stood from morning to night at the letter-case; he did nothing else but this.

With his death, the busy, active life of a circumspect, pleasant business-man, of an honest, friendly, business partner came to an end. The author of these lines, who stood close to him for 38 years, knows what he has lost in him. The loss will be especially painfully felt by the deeply saddened widow, to whom he was a loyal, helpful husband, and by his children, who looked up to him as a loving and caring father. He was generally loved and respected on account of his modest and gentle nature.

In religious matters, he was a practical, Lutheran Christian, and yet tolerant of other believers. In regard to friendship and love he recognized no differences in confessions of faith. He was one of the founders of the St. Peter's congregation here and served it for many years as a governor, treasurer and Sunday-school superintendent and teacher. He played an active part in the building of the first and second churches of this congregation and helped solve the problems which arose during these circumstances honestly.

The deceased was married May 14, 1854 to Elizabeth Geiger. From this marriage, 7 children were born, of whom 3 died very young. Those who are still living are: John A. publisher of the "Ontario Glocke" in Walkerton; William and Herman, in the "Journal" press and Lizzie, wife of Pastor Julius Badke in Humberstone.

It is worth noting, that he moved into the house on October 14, 1867, from which he was carried out, 30 years later, namely on October 14, 1897. His burial will take place today, Thursday, at 2pm. The body will be carried from the house of mourning to St. Paul's Church and then, after the service, will be buried in Mount Hope Cemetery. (2 poems follow)


Berlin Daily News October 14th, 1897 Page 1 - Column 3 Translated by: Patricia J. Kauk

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Rittinger & Mots, printers and publishers Berlin Journal. Mr. Motz was formerly Deputy Reeve, and is now a member of the Town Council. Both gentlemen are Germans, and settled here Mr. Rittinger in 1847, and Mr. Motz in 1848.

Illustrated Atlas of the County of Waterloo, H. Parsel & Co., Toronto - 1881

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Friederich Rittinger and John Motz, then young men, issued on the 29th day of December, 1859, the first number of the "Berliner Journal," a weekly newspaper, which soon became, as it remains to this day, in the second generation of the firm of Rittinger & Motz, the principal German newspaper in Canada.

Friederich Rittinger was born in the Grand Duchy of Baden in 1833. His mother died early. In 1847 he came with his father, two brothers and a sister, to Canada, landing in Quebec, and soon made his way to the German settlement in Berlin, Canada West. Here, when still under fourteen years of age, he became printer's apprentice to Henry Eby, the publisher of the 'Deutche Canadier." For several years part of the boy's work was the delivery of this paper to subscribers in Waterloo and Wilmot townships. As printer and general assistant Rittinger remained with the " Deutche Canadier " until the " Journal " was begun, this becoming his life work. He died in 1897.

First Annual Report of the Waterloo Historical Society 1913

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BERLINER JOURNAL WAS ESTABLISHED IN DECEMBER 1859

Rittinger & Motz Continued In Publishing Business With Same Members Until 1897; Successors Acquired Controlling Interest In News Record Limited 1919.

SOUND PRINCIPLES IN PROSPECTUS

The first issue of the Berliner journal, published by Rittinger & Motz, Berlin, Ontario, made its appearance on December 29, 1859. The prospectus reads as follows:

"The publishers undertake to meet all requirements from week to week by way of placing before their readers all important news in a fair, open and impartial manner. Their efforts are directed to promote the life and activity, growth and progress of Canada, and particularly that of Berlin and Waterloo county.

"In regard to religion the publishers will strictly adhere to I the principle of tolerance in all matters pertaining to faith and freedom of conscience. Each one expects to gain salvation in his own particular manner, and it is a comfort to him to be treated with indulgence.

"Politically the paper will take an independent stand. Each of the two existing parties in Canada, Conservative and Reform, has its own particular good and evil inclinations and therefore we cannot give an unrestricted decision. In general the paper will favor the Reform party, without, however, obliging itself to sing the praises of those belonging to that party, whether merited or not.

"In 'matters of public concern we will at all times express our views in an unconcealed manner, but will also be ready to learn from others, and our paper will be at the disposal of those who wish to discuss rationally matters of public interest.

"And thus today we pass into the hands of our honored subscribers our first issue with the assurance that we will honestly endeavor to justify the confidence placed in us. Wishing our readers a happy New Year, we commend ourselves to their kind disposal and well-wishing.".

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Friedrich married Elizabeth Geiger 14 May 1854, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Elizabeth (daughter of Johann Adam Geiger and Elizabeth Koerber) was born 23 Mar 1829, Sinsheim, Rhein-Neckar-Kreis, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany; died 9 Jul 1919, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Fred Rittinger
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-77199P
• Occupation: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Laborer
• Residence: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1901, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Laborer

Frederick — Catherine Rothaermel. Catherine (daughter of Henry Rothermel and Elizabeth Metz, daughter of Johan Heinrich "John Henry" Rothaermel and Elizabeth Metz) was born 23 Aug 1850, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 8 Jan 1913, Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Fairmount Cemetery, Baden, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-41072

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• Interesting: story, news
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-140549
• Residence: 1861, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1871, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1875, Walkerton, Brant Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada; the editor of The Walkerton Glocke
• Occupation: 1876, Walkerton, Brant Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada; co-publisher of the "Bell and Telescope"
• Occupation: 1897, Walkerton, Brant Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada; publisher of "The Glocke"
• Residence: 1904, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Printer
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

Notes:

John A. Rittinger, born in Berlin, Ont., February 16, 1855, died here July 29th. For 29 years, 1875 to 1904, he was active on and became proprietor of the German weekly paper, the Walkerton "Glocke," and was well known throughout the Counties of Bruce and Grey as the " Glockemann. " In 1904 the "Glocke" was combined with the Berliner Journal when Mr. Rittinger returned here and became member, as was his father before him, of the firm of Rittinger and Motz, and was active, until his untimely death, as editor of the Journal. Mr. Rittinger took keen interest in the formation of this Society. His accumulated volumes of the ' ' Glocke ' ' have passed into possession of the Society.


Annual Report of the Waterloo Historical Society, 1915

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RITTINGER, JOHN ADAM, editor, publisher, and humorist; b. 16 Feb. 1855 in Berlin (Kitchener), Upper Canada, son of Friedrich Rittinger and Elisabeth Geiger; m. 22 Jan. 1877 Mary Jane Rogerson (Rodgerson) in Owen Sound, Ont., and they had one son; d. 29 July 1915 in Kitchener.

John Adam Rittinger was educated at the College of St Jerome in Berlin. After graduation he was apprenticed in his father's firm, Rittinger and Motz, publishers of the weekly Berliner Journal [see John Motz], and then obtained a journeyman's training in the newspaper and publishing business in Guelph, Toronto, Buffalo, New York, and Chicago. He returned to Ontario and in 1875, in partnership with Aaron Eby, acquired the weekly Walkerton Glocke. He became sole owner and editor of the paper in 1878 and changed its name in 1882.

Friedrich Rittinger died in 1897 and John Adam succeeded him as a partner in Rittinger and Motz. In 1904 the Ontario Glocke amalgamated with the Berliner Journal, though an edition of the Journal continued to be published with the Ontario Glocke masthead; Rittinger moved to Berlin and became "political and responsible" editor of the Journal, which he now published with John Motz's son, William John. It prospered and by 1909, when it sold more than 5,000 copies every week, Rittinger and Motz had absorbed, with one exception, all other German-language newspapers in Ontario.

As a journalist, Rittinger was keenly interested in public affairs. He argued that Canadian patriotism and the maintenance and promotion of the German language and culture were not only compatible but desirable. It was in the letters he wrote under the pseudonym Joe Klotzkopp from 1890 onwards in the Ontario Glocke and the Berliner Journal that he expressed his views most effectively. The publishing of texts in the Pennsylvania-German dialect common among German Canadians in southwestern Ontario was a tradition at the time for German-language newspapers, and letters were published under various noms de plume in almost all of them. Although Rittinger was not himself of Pennsylvania-German descent and acquired the dialect as an adult, the Klotzkopp letters, 120 in all, became the most favoured of these writings. The letters, which in their humour can be compared to writings by Thomas Chandler Haliburton* and Stephen Butler Leacock*, for the most part deal with matters of public concern. Less often, Rittinger wrote letters and poems of an occasional type, such as a description of his son's birthday party. Despite their thematic restrictions, the Klotzkopp letters, in their linguistic and stylistic treatment of themes and in their humoristic mode of narration, are outstanding examples of a specific literary genre and testimonials of 19th-century German Canadian thinking and affairs.

Steven Tötösy de Zepetnek

AO, RG 80-5-0-64, no.2937. H. K. Kalbfleisch, "Joe Klotzkopp returns!" Kitchener-Waterloo Record (Kitchener, Ont.), 4 March 1966: 3-4. Ahornblätter: deutsche Dichtung aus Kanada, ed. Heinz Kloss and A. B. Dyck (Würzberg, [Germany], 1961). Canadian encyclopedia, 2: 895-96. Heiteres und Satirisches aus der deutschkanadischen Literatur . . . , ed. Hermann Boeschenstein (Toronto, 1980) [text in English]. H. K. Kalbfleisch, The history of the pioneer German language press of Ontario, 1835-1918 (Toronto, 1968); "John A. Rittinger," American-German Rev. (Philadelphia), 23 (1957-58), no.6: 18-20; "A word about Joe Klotzkopp," German-Canadian Rev. (Galt [Cambridge], Ont.), 10 (1957), no.1: 2-5; 11 (1958), no.1: 2-7. K. K. Klein, Literaturgeschichte des Deutschtums im Ausland (new ed., with biblio. by Alexander Ritter, Hildesheim, [Germany], and New York, 1979). Gottlieb Leibbrandt, Little paradise: aus Geschichte und Leben der Deutschkanadier in der County Waterloo, Ontario, 1800-1975 (Kitchener, 1977; also issued in English as Little paradise: the saga of the German Canadians of Waterloo County, Ontario, 1800-1975, Kitchener, 1980). "Literary works by German-speaking Canadians and their critical appraisal: a selected and annotated bibliography with an introduction," comp. Steven Tötösy de Zepetnek, Canadian Rev. of Comparative Lit. (Edmonton), 16 (1989): 669-86. J. E. Middleton and Fred Landon, The province of Ontario: a history, 1615-1927 (5v., Toronto, 1927-[28]), 4: 438-39. L. E. Richardson, "A facile pen: John Motz and the Berliner Journal, 1859-1911" (ma thesis, Univ. of Waterloo, Ont., 1991). G. K. Weissenborn, "John Adam Rittinger: the 'Glockemann' (1855-1915)," German-Canadian yearbook (Toronto), 8 (1984): 221-24.


Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online 2000 University of Toronto/Université Laval

John married Mary Jane Rogerson 22 Jan 1877, Owen Sound, Grey Co., Ontario, Canada. Mary was born 11 Jul 1855, Owen Sound, Grey Co., Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown; was buried , Walkerton, Brant Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Elizabeth Rittinger
• Name: Laura Elizabeth "Lizzie" Badke
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-155539
• Residence: 1861, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1871, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1880, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1897, Humberstone, Welland Co., Ontario

Laura married Rev. Julius Badke 21 Oct 1880, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Julius (son of Gottlieb Badke and Elizabeth Pahlfos) was born 19 May 1850, Evanbusch, Prussia, Germany; died 20 Apr 1926, Brantford, Brant Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mt. Hope Cemetery, Brantford, Brant County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Wilhelm Rittinger
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-32566
• Residence: 1871, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Printer
• Residence: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1883, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Printer
• Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1897, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1901, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Printer
• Occupation: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Insurance Agent, Life Insurance
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Agent, Insurance
• Residence: 1921, 193 Frederick St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

William married Catharine Caroline "Katie" Doerr 3 May 1883, Saint Peter's Evanglical Lutheran Church - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Catharine (daughter of Conrad Doerr and Catharine Kimmel) was born 3 Mar 1862, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was christened 10 Aug 1862, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 29 Feb 1920, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-146404

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-146392

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-146369

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-130877
• Residence: 1871, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Compsitor
• Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1893, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; printer
• Residence: 1897, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Printer, Shop
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1913, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; printer

Herman married Louise E. Hoffman 23 Aug 1893, Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, United States. Louise was born Apr 1870, , USA; died 1939; was buried , Woodland Public Cemetery, Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Ontario. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-283542
• Occupation: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Laborer
• Residence: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-283543
• Residence: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-77201

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• Name: Anna Catharina Forrest
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-93467P
• Residence: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1901, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Domestic Servant
• Residence: 1911, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

Anna married Benjamin Forrest 21 May 1902, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Benjamin (son of Benjamin Forrest and Matilda Kee) was born 23 Sep 1879, , Ontario, Canada; died 1947; was buried , Riverside Cemetery, New Hamburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Fred J. Rittinger
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-77202
• Residence: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1901, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Stable Boy
• Occupation: 1911, Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Laborer, Oil Mill
• Residence: 1911, Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

Frederick married Bertha Matilda Magdalinski 28 Dec 1904, Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Bertha (daughter of Christian Magdalinski and Anna Leishan, daughter of Christian Magdalinski and Annie Leiskau) was born 5 Dec 1887, Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1956; was buried , Fairmount Cemetery, Baden, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Catherine Elizabeth "Kate" Leiska
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-195393
• Immigration: 1883, , Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1903, Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1911, Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

Notes:

MRS. C. LEISKA

Well-Known Resident of Ayr Passes on Friday in Her 63rd Year

The death occurred in Ayr on Friday, December 28th, of Catherine Rittinger, widow of Christian Leiska in her 63rd year, after an illness of over a year.

Mrs. Leiska was born in Reid City Mich., and removed, with her family, to Baden, when quite young. She was the last remaining member of her family.

Mrs. Leiska was married May 13, 1903, and came to Ayr to reside in March of the following year. Here the family have since resided. She was a valued member of Christ Church and was much esteemed by a wide circle of friends. Her husband predeceased her on Nov. 18, 1940.

Surviving are three sons and three daughters, viz.: Mrs. Frank Courtney of Guelph; Arthur, Clarence, Edna, Clayton and Margaret, Ayr.

The Funeral.

The funeral took place on Monday afternoon, with private service at the residence at 2 o'clock, followed by a public service at Christ Church. Interment was made in Ayr Cemetery. The services were in charge of the rector, Rev. L. V. Pocock, and the pallbearers were: A. M. Cochrane, Ephraim Hawes, F. R. Mc-Grogan, J. T. Kay, J. C. Swan and William Woolsey.

The Ayr News Jan 3 1946 pg 8

Catherine married August Christian "Chris" Leiska 13 May 1903, Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. August (son of Annie Leiskau) was born 16 May 1876, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 18 Nov 1940, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 20 Nov 1940, Ayr Cemetery, Ayr, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-77203P
• Residence: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-283548
• Residence: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

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• Name: Edward Rittinger
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-77205
• Occupation: 1909, Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Laborer
• Occupation: 1911, Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Laborer, Oil Mill
• Residence: 1911, Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

Alfred married Adeline D. Magdalinski 14 Oct 1909, Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Adeline (daughter of Christian Magdalinski and Annie Leiskau) was born 2 Feb 1891, , Ontario, Canada; died 1947; was buried , Fairmount Cemetery, Baden, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-77206

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• Name: Lizzie Badke
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-241888

Notes:

Grandchild of Friedrich Rittinger, co-publisher of this newspaper.

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-44839

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-32588
• Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

Notes:

Finally Released Nellie Rittinger

After three months of an often very painful sickness, Nellie Rittinger, the oldest daughter of Mr. William Rittinger, was released by death, the previous Wednesday afternoon. The deceased took sick with nervous problems in the beginning of January. Almost every day during the course of the sickness, she had incidents of vomiting, and her strength became weaker and weaker. Her suffering became more and more serious, even though various physicians were consulted and nothing was left untried, in order to give the patient relief. Everything, however, was in vain.

The death of her nine-month-old little sister Lillian, three weeks ago, had a detrimental effect on the sick Nellie. The day before her death, she asked the doctor herself, if he had any hope for her recovery and demanded a definite answer from him. With resignation, just as she had born all her suffering, she accepted the "No." answer. On Wednesday, she took communion. In the afternoon, the incidents of nausea began again, and about 5 o'clock, she seemed to fall peacefully asleep. Before anyone became aware of it, eternal sleep had begun and the sufferer had entered into a better life beyond.

Burial took place Saturday afternoon. The funeral service took place in St. Peter's Lutheran Church, where the girls' choir sang several moving songs. Burial followed in the town cemetery. Pastor Badke's wife and her sons came from Humberston and Mrs. J. Rittinger of Walkerton came for the funeral service, as well as many friends of the family from St. Jacobs, Elmira, Hespeler, Baden, Waterloo, Bridgeport, Petersburg, etc. The flower arrangements on the coffin were especially beautiful and numerous.

Pastor J. Badke, uncle of the deceased, dedicated the following obituary to her: (poem follows).

Berliner Journal April 14, 1904 Page 4 - Column 4 Translated by: Patricia J. Kauk

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-32600
• Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

Louise married Rev. John Frederick Bornhold 30 Apr 1913, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. John (son of Friedrich "Frederick" Bornhold and Louisa Loeffler) was born 19 Aug 1885, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Lottie Rittinger
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-187858
• Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Stenographer, Rubber Clothing
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1921, 193 Frederick St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

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• Name: Edward Rittinger
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-337003
• Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

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• Name: Emma Rittinger
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-32622
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; House Keeper
• Residence: 1921, 193 Frederick St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

Notes:

RITTINGER, Miss C. Emma

At St. Mary's Hospital on Friday, Dec. 24th, 1976, following a lengthy illness, Emma Rittinger, of 175 Queen St. N., Apt. 210, Kitchener. A member of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church; daughter of the late William Rittinger and Catherine Doerr; sister of Edna (Mrs. J. L. McCurdy) of Collingswood, N.J.; also surviving are three nephews, Donald and William McCurdy, Dr. Harold Born-hold; two nieces, Mrs. Dorothy Etter and Mrs. Catherine Stromberg, all of the United States. She was predeceased by one sister, Charlene, in 1973. Friends may call at the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home, 821 King St. W., Kitchener, where the funeral and committal service will be held on Tuesday at 2 p.m. with Rev. Chester Lewis officiating. Interment Mount Hope cemetery, Kitchener.


Kitchener-Waterloo record 27 Dec 1976 pg 35

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-32633
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-121573

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-179145
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

Alan — Vera C. Totzke. Vera (daughter of Alfred Henry Totzke and Mary Emiline "Emma" Hause) was born May 1910, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-179146
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1927, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA; physician

Frederick married Lydia Laurene Sinclair 4 Feb 1927, Guelph City, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada. Lydia was born 4 Feb 1905, Paris, Brant County, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]