John George Schmidt

Other Events:

• Name: George Schmidt
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-28171P
• Immigration: 1856, , Germany
• Residence: 1861, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1871, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; shoemaker
• Occupation: 1871, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Shoemaker
• Residence: 1871, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Shoemaker
• Residence: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Shoemaker
• Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1901, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; shoe maker
• Residence: 1901, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

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

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Frederick Street, East Side.

On the corner Millar's store and at its rear a warehouse belonging to it, a two story building with gable toward Frederick Street.

A vacant lot, site of the present Market Building, surrounded by a six foot hoard fence, customary in those days to keep out cattle, which had the freedom of the streets. A one and one-half story frame building with porch in front occupied by Mr. Yeck who died of being bled by a layman when he was Dr. Scott's patient. A man Geiger married the widow and lived in the building.

A small frame building occupied by Geo. Schmidt.

A small frame building occupied by Wm. Stein.

A two story frame building with a small portico painted white over the front door, the house occupied by Thomas Pierce, then Principal of the Central School and later by Herman Rathman.

On the corner, now occupied by Dr. Honsberger's residence, a two story brick building for some time the residence of Sheriff Davidson. Before that, 1840-1860, Jacob Kramer occupied the building as a tavern. Kramer was known as Strumpf Weber (stocking weaver) from a former occupation in a shop on Oueen Street S.

Weber Street. On the corner a large brick building erected by Christian Enslin about 1855 with veranda along the entire Frederick Street front and on it a narrow gallery at the second floor. The building is still in use for stores with the veranda removed. At one time it was occupied as a tavern.

A one and one-half story frame building lengthwise with Frederick St. On the easterly corner of what is now Spetz St., a two story brick building, set back somewhat from the street, the house of Peter Rebscher. It had a large sign, "Peter Rebscher Brewer"; in the rear was the brewery, a two story frame building, and a large barn. A later brewer was Jacob Summer and after him, in 1862, Joseph Spetz had the house and brewery until he died.

A vacant lot belonging to John Roth and later to Simon Roy who used it as a nursery for shrubs and rare trees.

The old Central School and grounds, the school now remodelled and greatly enlarged to the present handsome Suddaby School. The Central School building had a belfry on top with at first a small bell and later a larger one. Jacob Stroh rang this bell as long as he attended the Central School, later W. H. Breithaupt had this charge for a time.

A frame building occupied by Yost Kimmel, a carpenter.

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

John married Anna Margaretha Wenk 16 Jul 1861, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Anna (daughter of John Wenk and Ann Eva Voelker) was born 18 Oct 1838, , Germany; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Name: Henry Schmidt
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-75537
• Residence: 1871, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Butcher
• Residence: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-130600
• Residence: 1871, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Factory Hand
• Residence: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

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• Name: Louisa S. Sattler
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-36480
• Residence: 1871, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Laundress
• Occupation: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Woolen Mill Worker
• Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

Louisa — Louis Sattler. Louis (son of Konrad "Conrad" Sattler and Katharine Barbara Steiss) was born 8 Oct 1861, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Anna E. Detweiler
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-23365
• Residence: 1871, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Laundress
• Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1901, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

Anna — Alexander Detweiler. Alexander (son of Isaac Detweiler and Catharine Busch) was born 27 Dec 1870, Port Elgin, Saugeen Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada; died 1959; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Carl Schmidt
• Name: Charles Schmidt
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-28173
• Residence: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Shoemaker
• Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1901, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; shoemaker
• Occupation: 1907, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Shoemaker
• Occupation: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Shoemaker, Factory
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

Carl married Lydia Catharina Burkhardt 28 Sep 1907, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Lydia (daughter of Frederick Burkhardt and Bertha Roethscheit) was born 10 Jun 1889, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1969; was buried , Saint Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-130604
• Residence: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Finisher
• Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-28174
• Residence: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Student
• Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1901, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; finisher glove factory
• Residence: 1901, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

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• Name: Emma Maria Letson
• Name: Emma Mary Schmidt
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-174752P
• Residence: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1901, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; employer shirt collar factory
• Residence: 1901, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian

Emma married Elmer Letson 25 Apr 1906, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Elmer (son of Edward J. Letson and Caroline Stedelbaurer) was born 16 Aug 1882, Winterbourne, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 28 Feb 1980, Walnut Creek, Contra Costa, California, United States; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-36481
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-36482
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-36483
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-185168
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

Louis — Mabel B. Wagstaff. Mabel was born 1907; died 1987; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-23363

Notes:

HAROLD L. DETWEILER
Harold L. Detweiler died at his home in Guelph on Monday, January 17, 1955. His wife, the former Ruby Woodall, survives and members of the family are Donald of Ottawa, Geale, Ross, Neill, Murray, Ralph, Barry, Mrs. Mel (Jean) Goetz, Wanda and Betty, all of Guelph.
He was the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Alex Detweiler of Elmira and a brother of Carl, Elmira, and Mrs. William (Margaret) Tyack of Detroit.
The body is resting at the McLanaghan-Wall Funeral home, 206 Norfolk at Woolwich streets where a private service will be held at 2 o'clock Thursday (today afternoon. Interment will be in the Elmira Union Cemetery.

Harold — Ruby Isabel Woodall. Ruby (daughter of Gale Woodall and Kate Cooper) was born 4 Mar 1901, , Ontario, Canada; died 6 Sep 2001, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Elmira Union Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-134253

Carl — Catherine Mary Manning. Catherine (daughter of William Allen Manning and Ellen Prudence Langman) was born 1902; died 30 Sep 1992, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 2 Oct 1992, Saint James Lutheran Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Margaret Edith Tyack
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-111129

Notes:

TYACK, Mrs. William (nee Margaret Detweiler)

Suddenly, at her home, May 14, 1974, Mt. Clemens. Mich., beloved wife, of the late William Tyack: daughter of the late, Mr. and Mrs. Alex Detweiler of Elmira, Ont.: survived by three sons and two daughters: predeceased by two brothers, Harold and Carl. Funeral and burial in Mt. Clemens.

Kitchener-Waterloo Record 15 May 1974 pg 29

Margaret married William James Tyack 25 Sep 1923, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. William (son of William O. Tyack and Florence Anetta Cookman) was born 6 Nov 1900, Hawkesville, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 6 Oct 1972, Mount Clemens, Macomb, Michigan, USA; was buried , , Michigan, USA. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-184101
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-184102
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-67919
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

Carl — Margaret Lockhart. Margaret (daughter of Archibald "Archie" Lockhart and Lillian Beatrice "Lilly" Moyer) was born 1912; died 2004; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-204680

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• Name: Jean Catherine Goetz
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-386161

Notes:

GOETZ, Jean Catherine

Passed away peacefully, at Cambridge Memorial Hospital on Sunday, January 31, 2010, at age 84. Beloved wife of the late Melvin Leonard Goetz. Loving mother of Wayne, Paul, Judy, Larry, Nancy, Randy, and Lori. Dear grandmother to 18 grandchildren and 21 great grandchildren. Survived by 6 brothers and 1 sister. Predeceased by her parents, Harold and Ruby Detweiler, son Bryon Goetz, 2 brothers and 1 sister. The family will receive friends at the Barthel Funeral Home, 566 Queenston Road, Cambridge on Wednesday, February 3, 2010, from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. As per Jean's request there will be no funeral service. Cremation to follow.

Waterloo Region Record death-6 Feb 2010

Jean — Melvin Leonard Goetz. Melvin was born 1921; died 1982; was buried , Parklawn Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-204681

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-204684

Notes:

Geale Eldon Detweiler ~ Passed away at Groves Memorial Hospital on March 16, 2012 at the age of 80 years. Survived by his loving wife Grace (nee Seifried) of 55 years. He will be greatly missed by his daughters Debbie (Alan) McLeod of Oshawa, Brenda (Floyd) Groff of Belleville, Linda (Gary) Gelata of Waterloo, and son Harold (Mary) of Guelph. Sadly missed by his grandchildren Aaron, Tyler, Devin, Kayla, Shannon, Alysa, Julianna and Jessica. Dear brother of Ross (Gwen) of Guelph, Neill of Kitchener, Murray (Hazel) of Oxford Mills, Ralph (Beverly) of Bright, and Barry (John) of Kitchener. Predeceased by his parents Harold and Ruby, his siblings Jack (in infancy), Don (June), Jean (Mel), Wanda (Wilf), Betty and sister-in-law Connie. Geale and Grace lived at their home in Inverhaugh, Ontario for 51 years. Geale delivered ice for his father Harold and then became an auto body mechanic until he retired. He loved gardening, country music and restoring old cars. Geale was very generous with his time. He was good at working with his hands and took on any task. He loved helping other people, no matter what it was they asked. Being a good neighbour was very important to him. Arrangements entrusted to the Dreisinger Funeral Home, Elmira.

"Obituary Of Geale Eldon Detweiler | Dreisinger Funeral Home Ltd.". 2021. Dreisingerfuneralhome.Com. https://dreisingerfuneralhome.com/tribute/details/321/Geale-Detweiler/obituary.html.

Geale — Grace Seifried. Grace (daughter of Norman Henry Seifried and Rose Catherine "Rose" Lehman) was born 1 Apr 1937; died 21 Feb 2018, Fergus, Nichol Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Business: Mister D's Tire and Auto
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-278699

Notes:

Detweiler, Neill William

Passed away peacefully at Grand River Hospital on Thursday, August 11, 2016 at the age of 81.

Neill is at peace, reunited with the love of his life Connie who passed away in 2008. He is survived by his children, Keith (Donna), Jerri (Paul) Smith, and Darren (Peggy), six grandchildren Joleen (Chase), Jodie (Andre), Raquel (Geoff), Robbie, Terilyn (Jhared), and Danny, as well as three great-grandchildren, always remembered as (Poppa cheesy) to Brayden, Hannah and Liam. Also remembered by his brothers Ross and Ralph. Neill will also be missed by the many neighborhood dogs that stopped by for their dog treats.

Neill was employed with Laidlaw Waste Systems working his way through the ranks leaving as Vice President to start his own business Mister D's Tire and Auto where he enjoyed many years building his collection of Nascar collectables and trucks.

At Neill's request, there will be no visitation or service.

Condolences for the family and donations to the Children's Wish Foundation may be arranged through the Erb & Good Family Funeral Home, 171 King Street S. Waterloo at www.erbgood.com or 519-745-8445. At the family's request, please feel free to leave a memory or a story for the family through the website.

Obituary of Neill Detweiler | Erb & Good Funeral Home (2023). Available at: https://erbgood.com/tribute/details/10312/Neill-Detweiler/obituary.html (Accessed: 2 January 2023).

Neill — Connie Schmidt. Connie (daughter of Herbert Edward Schmidt and Edna Minnie Herter) was born 19 Mar 1940; died 28 Feb 2008, 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-204689

Notes:

The passing of Betty Margaret Detweiler of Fredericton occurred Thursday, January 13, 2011 at the Dr. Everett Chalmers Regional Hospital.


Born August 13, 1940 in Guelph, Ontario she was the daughter of the late Harold Louis Detweiler and the late Ruby Isobel (Woodall) Detweiler.


Betty's request for no visitation hours or formal funeral service will be respected. Cremation has been held with interment of her ashes in Ontario.
Online condolences may be expressed through www.bishopsfuneralhome.com

Robert — Barbara. [Group Sheet]

Robert — Phyllis Barbara Wilkins. (daughter of Albert W. Wilkens and Bernice Mabel Yantz) [Group Sheet]

Carl — Jan. [Group Sheet]

Katherine — William Lotrijan. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-406948