Michael Schlachter

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-185732
• Immigration: 1904, , Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1907, 123 Water St. N., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Tanner, Tannery
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Roman Catholic
• Residence: 1959, 21 Theresa St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1973, 21 Theresa St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

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SCHLACHTER, Michael . At the K-W Hospital, on Wednesday, April 4, 1973, age 93, Michael Schlachter of 21 Theresa St., Kitchener, a member of St. John's RC Church, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Peter Schlachter; husband of the late Susanna Albrecht; father of Albert, John, Joseph, Genvieve (Mrs. Harold Vogel) and Rita, all of Kitchener; also survived by five grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren; predeceased by two brothers and four sisters; he was the last surviving member of his family.

Kitchener-Waterloo Record 4 Apr 1973 pg 32

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Michael is reported to be born in Kleinbetchkerek,Banat,Hungary, documentation needed.

Michael — Susannah Albrecht. Susannah was born 31 Jan 1881, , Hungary; died 1959. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-185734
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Roman Catholic

Albert — Florence Hoffman. Florence (daughter of Albert Joseph Hoffman and Laura Elma Knechtel) was born 8 Apr 1909, , Ontario, Canada; died 1983, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Interesting: art
• Name: John N. Schlachter
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-185735
• Residence: 1907, 123 Water St. N., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Roman Catholic

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John Schlachter was born in Berlin (Kitchener) and studied art with Frederick H. Varley A.R.C.A., John Martin and at the Doon School of Fine Art. He became the central figure of the artistic community in Waterloo County. As well as being a well-known oil painter of landscapes, he was a prominent teacher and influenced many budding artists.

Schlacter was a member of the K-W Society of Artists, the Teachers' Council of the Five Counties Art Association and of the K-W Art Gallery where he served on the board of directors for 18 years. He was active in the Doon School of Fine Art.

Schlacter exhibited at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, the London Art Gallery, the Royal Canadian Academy and the Art Gallery of Ontario. He was employed at Baetz Brothers in finishing furniture long after the normal retirement age.

List of Hall of Fame inductees (2023). Available at: https://regionofwaterloomuseums.ca/en/visit/list-of-hall-of-fame-inductees.aspx#John-Schlachter-1906-1982 (Accessed: 13 June 2023).

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Worked 50 years at Baetz

Veteran craftsmen and artists at Baetz Fine Furniture, 264 Victoria St. N., Kitchener, rarely retire when they reach age 65.

In fact, they are encouraged by the management to carry on. "They have skills which take decades to develop and they're just too valuable to let go," lain Douglas, Baetz president, said.

All of which is just fine with John M. Schlachter, 29 Reyburn Ave., Kitchener, an artist who will be 72 on Oct. 22, has just marked his 50th anniversary with the company and intends to carry on indefinitely.

Schlachter applies the finishing paint touches to chesterfields, chairs, lamps, commodes, dining room suites and curio cabinets. He also does the gold leafing and antiquing of furniture pieces.

Some of the expensive furniture he finishes finds its way to Canadian embassies around the world. His landscape oil paintings also hang in a number of embassies, including the ones in Kenya and Brazil.

"It makes me feel good that a part of me is all over the world," he said. "Artists, after all, need the recogni- tion, the applause so to speak."

Schlachter has been painting since he was 14, studied under Frederick H. Varley, a member of the famous Group of Seven and feels fortunate that painting became both his work and his hobby.

His paintings have been accepted for exhibition in Toronto and Montreal by the Royal Canadian Academy. He taught oil painting for 14 years to groups in Kitchener, one season at the Elmira high school and another season in Stratford.

His ambition was to be a cartoonist, "but I didn't have the necessary sense of humor and couldn't lampoon anybody."

His story goes like this:

Born in a house at 123 Water St. N., Kitchener, now the site of an Esso service station, he's a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Michael Schlachter. His father worked at Lang Tanning Co., for the city as a laborer and joined Baetz as a janitor at age 65, worked until he was 70 and lived until he was 93.

Young Schlachter became interested in art and painting while attending St. Jerome's high school. "A young Cuban in my class drew some beautiful pictures of screen personalities. I said to myself if he can do it, so can I. Fortunately, I received a lot of encouragement."

At 19 "and full of youthful ambitions to be a cartoonist," he packed his bags and went to Philadelphia. "I wanted to make the world notice me."

But instead of becoming a cartoonist in the United States, he landed a job as a bus boy at Child's Restaurants. His pay was $3 a day. "I paid $9 a week for room and board, $1 a week for car fare and 50 cents every time I went to a movie, which was often. This left me with very little."

After two years as a bus boy, he returned to Kitchener broke and promptly got himself a job with Baetz Specialty, the lamp manufacturing division on Gaukel Street in a building next to where Schreiter's furniture is now.

"I worked in the wire frame department and my starting pay was 20 cents an hour. We made a lot of lamps with parchment shades, wooden lamps, wrought iron lamps and brass lamps."

It was there he met Ada Bowman, a lamp sewer. "A romance started in the lamp factory." They've been married 43 years, have a daughter, Mrs. Marion Bickers and six grand-children.

When the lamp division was transferred to Victoria Street in 1932, Schlachter learned all about decorating and finishing fine furniture and doing Chinese lacquer work. His pay on Victoria Street shot up to 35 cents an hour.

During the Second World War, he recalls, wartime regulations limited lamp production.

Schlachter attended night classes at the Doon School of Fine Arts in the winter of 1945 when the instructor was the famous Frederick Varley, an original member of the Group of Seven.

He found out that Varley enjoyed drinking beer and the two would go to the Walper Hotel after Thursday night classes. "He would drink me under the table. But I learned a lot more from those sessions at the hotel than during the classes because he was only able to devote 15 minutes to each student."

Schlachter also received painting instructions from John Martin of Ayr. As a member of the K-W Society of Artists, he spent weekends for three years painting scenes around countrysides from here to Hamilton. "My wife became a painting widow."

Although he has completed as many as seven oil paintings in one week and his house is full of paintings, his highest revenue from painting and teaching was $1,400 a year. "It just paid for my hobby." Artists can make a living if they create a name for themselves and there's a demand for their work, he said. "But they have to be exceptional if they choose landscapes, because this field is flooded with people."

Kitchener-Waterloo Record 30 Sep 1978 pg 24

Johannes — Gladys Idabelle "Ada" Bauman. Gladys (daughter of Emanuel Gunther Bauman and Wilhelmina Adabell Spight) was born Jan 1904, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Feb 1993; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Genevieve Mary Vogel
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-486142

Genevieve — Harold Chris Vogel. Harold (son of Christian Vogel and Melinda Marie "Maude" Marie" Ziegler) was born Mar 1905, Newstead, Erie, New York, USA; died 10 Oct 1989, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-138145

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SCHLACTER, Joseph Gerald "Joe" Peacefully at Heritage House, St. Jacob's on Thursday, November 20, 2014 at the age of 95. Beloved husband of Ruth (nee Dunnington) of 68 years. Special uncle of James (Tracey) Dobney of BC and Jane (Don) Haffner of Waterloo. Also sadly missed by his many other nieces and nephews. Predeceased by his brothers and sisters Albert, John, Genevieve and Rita. Joe was a proud Veteran of The Second World War serving with The Canadian Navy on a mine sweeper. After the war, Joe worked as a Stationary Engineer throughout Southern Ontario. His positive attitude will be missed by all. Family and friends will be received at Robert Ruggle Funeral Home , 617 King St. N., Waterloo on Saturday, November 29, 2014 for a memorial reception from 12 noon - 3 p.m. Cremation has taken place. Interment in Parkview Cemetery. As expressions of sympathy, memorial donations to The Royal Canadian Legion Poppy Fund would be appreciated by the family and may be arranged by contacting the funeral home at 519-888-7700. Condolences may be made online at www.robertrugglefuneralhome.com "Over and Out"

Waterloo Region Record Nov 26, 2014

Joseph — Ruth Irene Dunnington. Ruth (daughter of William Robinson Dunnington and Mabel Annie Carnochan) was born 28 Sep 1923, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 18 Oct 2017, St. Jacobs, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Parkview Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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George — Leona Beatrice "Lee" Betts. Leona (daughter of Charles Darlen "Charlie" Betts and Beatrice Ann McLeod) was born 9 Jul 1935; died 29 Dec 2019, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Parkview Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Marion Bickers
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-376312

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Bickers, Marion,

Only daughter of John & Ada Schlachter, died on August 21, 2018. She will be fondly remembered by her children and their families; her daughter Diane and her husband Rob Cowan; daughter Kathy and her late husband Dan Emery; her sons David and his wife Therese; Michael and his wife Karen; Alex and his partner Sue Taylor-Binsted; and her son Patrick. As well as by her 13 grandchildren: Daniel, John, Alex, Eric, Christopher, Sarah, Leo, Jessica, Robin, Emma, Olivia, Luke and Jared and 8 great-grandchildren Nicholas, Destiny, Terry, Mercedes, John Jr., William, Autumn and Araya. Predeceased by her husband James and her parents.

Marion's family will receive relatives and friends at Henry Walser Funeral Home, 507 Frederick Street, Kitchener, 519-749-8467 on Sunday, August 26, 2018 from 2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Prayers Sunday 4:30 p.m. at the funeral home. A funeral mass will take place at St. Aloysius R.C. Church, 11 Traynor Ave., Kitchener, on Monday, August 27, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. Reception to follow in the parish hall. Private cremation to take place.

As expressions of sympathy, donations to St. Aloysius Church - Food Pantry or Marillac Place would be appreciated by the family (cards available at the funeral home).

Visit www.henrywalser.com for Marion's memorial.

Marion Bickers - Tuesday, August 21st, 2018 (2023). Available at: https://www.henrywalser.com/memorials/marion-bickers/3591086/obituary.php (Accessed: 13 June 2023).

Marion — James Daniel Bickers. James (son of Gordon Engelbert Schmalz and Mary Philomina Koebel, son of C. Walter Bickers and Elenora Elizabeth "Eleanor" Schmalz) was born 7 Feb 1937, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 12 Nov 1972, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]