Emerson David Luckhardt

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• Elected Office: Member of New Hamburg Town Council
• Occupation: New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; jeweller
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-181363
• Occupation: 1911, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; ?
• Residence: 1911, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist
• Occupation: 1916, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; jeweller

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Luckhardt legacy going to auction

NEW HAMBURG - The little gold brooch, with its 10-karat shine, is 105 years old.
But it still sparkles in the wrinkled palm of your hand.
"It's beautiful, isn't it?" Bonnie Berndt said of her grandfather's precise handiwork, which is up for auction through a New Hamburg bid-taking firm.
Her grandfather was Emerson David Luckhardt, a prominent jeweller, watchmaker and optometrist in the town.
The pizza shop on Peel Street, just a short stroll from the Luckhardt family home on Jacob Street, is where Luckhardt's jewelry shop once stood, shoehorned into a long-ago New Hamburg alleyway. The brooch helped him create that shop.
When he was in his twenties, Luckhardt apprenticed with the town jeweller, Lafayette Hostetler.
Luckhardt, with a fine eye for detail, wanted to prove his mettle with precious metals. So he crafted this brooch by hand. His initials are press-fit with three pocket-watch jewels.
The inscription says: Made at L. Hostetler's. New Hamburg. Ont. Feb. 1913.
"The inscription is so tiny," Berndt said.
"It was kind of his resumé. He proved to this guy he knew what he was doing."

Eventually, the jeweller sold all his stock to Luckhardt, who set up his jewelry and optometry operation in an old bank. He kept the jewelry in the bank vaults.....

Hicks, J. (2018). Luckhardt legacy going to auction. TheRecord.com. Retrieved 2 February 2018, from https://www.therecord.com/news-story/8105911-luckhardt-legacy-going-to-auction/

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LUCKHARDT Emerson David

On Friday, July 30, 1982, at St. Mary's Hospital, Kitchener, Emerson Luckhardt, age 93, of 159 Jacob St., New Hamburg.

He was a faithful member of the former First Baptist Church, New Hamburg. He graduated from the School of Optometry in 1920 and practised in New Hamburg from 1911 to 1977. He also had a jewelry business. He was a member of the New Dominion Lodge # 205, New Hamburg, the Avon Lodge #4I, 100F, Stratford, the Nith Valley OES #285; an honorary member of the New Hamburg Board of Trade and had also served as a member of the town council.

Son of the late David Luckhardt and the former Mary Wilhelm. He is lovingly remembered by his wife, the former Abigail Otto, whom he married July 1, 1916 and two daughters Dorothy at home and Ruth (Mrs. Harvey Berndt) of Kingston Also surviving are two granddaughters, Brenda of Calgary and Bonnie of Vancouvor. He was predeceased by a brother, Edward.

Rested at the Mark ,Jutzi Funeral Home, New Hamburg Chapel, 291 Huron St. Saturday, July : 31 and Sunday, Aug. 1., where service was held at 2: 30 p.m. with Rev. William Wood officiating. Inter-ment in Riverside cemetery, New Hamburg.

New Hamburg Independent Aug 4 1982 pg 16

Emerson married Abigail Otto 1 Jul 1916, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Abigail (daughter of Christian Otto and Elizabeth Christner) was born 1 Apr 1894, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 18 Dec 1983; was buried , Riverside Cemetery, New Hamburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-194502

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-194504