Charles Theodore Dahmer

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C. T. Dahmer dies; Twin City Chauffeur

Charles Theodore (Charlie) Dahmer, one of the few chauffeurs who used to work in the Twin Cities, died Tuesday at his residene, 247 Franklin St. N. following a brief illness. He was 89. Mr. Dahmer, who lived at 250 Frederick St., Kitchener, operated a garage on Hall's Lane in Kitchener, for many years and was a chauffeur for Kitchener leather industrialist George C. H. Lang for 11 years. While driving for the Lang family, Mr. Dahmer also transported such visiting dignitaries as Sir Wilfrid Laurier, the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire, Prime Minister Mackenzie King and Sir Robert Borden. He was the first chauffeur in the Twin Cities to have a proper uniform. Mr. Dahmer once estimated that he drove about 40,000 miles a year for the Langs. He retired in 1958. His wife, Laura, died two years ago. Among survivors are two daughters and a sister. Funeral services will be conducted Friday.

Kitchener-Waterloo Record 1 Oct 1975 pg 47

Charles married Laura Ethel Clarke 18 Aug 1909, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Laura (daughter of James H. Clarke and Elizabeth Stevens) was born 10 Feb 1888, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1972; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]