Liborius Breithaupt

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: dnf-79461

Liborius — Catherine Goetze. Catherine was born CALC 19 Oct 1801, , Germany; died 12 Jan 1887, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Business: Eagle Tannery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Eagle Tannery
• Historic Building: 30 King St. E., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; 3 story brick, commercial
• Honoured: Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Breithaupt Park named in the family honour
• Interesting: business, politics, life story,
• Name: Louis Breithaupt
• Residence: 166 Adam Street, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-37247P
• Immigration: Nov 1843, Buffalo, Erie, New York, United States
• Residence: 1853, Buffalo, Erie, New York, United States
• Business: 1854, Breithaupt Leather Co., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Immigration: 1861, , Ontario, Canada
• Elected Office: 1866, Berlin and Waterloo, Ontario; Morden, Carman and Winnipeg, Manitoba; councillor, Deputy Reeve, Mayor
• Business: 1867, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Berlin Tannery
• Occupation: 1871, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Tanner
• Residence: 1871, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evang. Assoc.
• Historic Building: 1872, 25 Maynard Street, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Historic Building: 1874, 108 Queen Street North, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Sonneck House
• Family Photograph: 1876
• Historic Building: 1876, 190 Victoria St. N., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Hall of Fame - Waterloo Region: Bef 2012, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

Notes:

Louis Breithaupt, mayor of Berlin, and one of the most successful business men in the town, was a son of Liborius and Catherine (Goetze) Breithaupt, and born in Allendorf, Kurhessen, Germany, on the 8th November, 1827. He received a common German education; partially learning his father's business, that of a tanner, in the old country, and in November, 1843, came with the family to the United States, settling in Buffalo, N. Y., the next spring. There they built a small tannery on Seneca street, at the " Hydraulics," making it of slabs, and commencing to tan sheep skins on a very moderate scale, subsequently purchasing other lands, and rebuilding and enlarging from time to time. Thus father and son continued to operate together until 1851, when Liborius Breithaupt died, and Louis carried on the business awhile alone without changing the firm's name, which was simply L. Breithaupt. In 1852, Jacob F. Schoelkoff became the partner of our subject, and in 1855 they purchased a tannery at North Evans, sixteen miles from Buffalo, and managed both tanneries until 1861, when Mr. Breithaupt sold out his entire interest, and settled in Berlin. Four years before this date he had started a tannery here, in company with his brother-in-law, Jacob Wagner, who died in the spring of the next year (1858). Finding it difficult and unsatisfactory to manage his business in Canada while residing in Buffalo, he concluded to concentrate all his capital here, and to make Berlin his home.

Mr. Breithaupt commenced operations here with thirty-two vats, adding from time to time until he has one hundred and forty-four vats; and while we are writing this sketch he is preparing to double this number, and is erecting a drying house, with a capacity for 1,000 sides a week.

With his present facilities he is doing a business of about $120,000 a year. There is no more enterprising manufacturer in the lively town of Berlin none whose excellent business capacities have been better rewarded.

In addition to his tannery and his large brick house in a six acre lot, on the outskirts of the town, Mr. Breithaupt owns the great three story American House block, which has ten stores besides the hotel, and several of the finest residences in town, not to mention other property scattered here and there.

He takes much interest in any public enterprise calculated to build up the town, and holds, at this time, the office of provisional director of the Waterloo, Wellington and Georgian Bay railway, projected continuation of the Grand Trunk road from Waterloo.
He has held successively the office of town councilman, deputy reeve, and mayor, being at this time at the head of the municipality of the town, and having an eye watchful of its interests.

Mr. Breithaupt is a member of the Evangelical Association, a trustee of the same, and one of the most liberal supporters of religious and charitable organizations in town.

February 8, 1853, he married Miss Catharine Hailer of Berlin, and they have had ten children, nine of them still living. The parents are taking great pains to educate the children and to fit them for spheres of useful labor.

Mrs. Breithaupt is a daughter of Jacob Hailer, a native of Baden, Germany. He left the old country in 1829, and after spending one year in Baltimore, Maryland, came to Canada, and settled where the town of Berlin now stands. That was just fifty years ago. He built the fifth or sixth house in the place, and followed the wheelwright business till a few years ago, his specialty being spinning wheels and reels. He is in his 76th year, and somewhat deaf and infirm. His wife is also living, and quite smart and active. Mr. Hailer is a prominent member of the Evangelical Association, and has long been an officer of the same.

The Canadian Biographical Dictionary and Portrait Gallery of Eminent and Self-Made Men, Ontario Volume, 1880

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Louis Breithaupt, who started the first tannery in Berlin in 1857, at one time used the services of Abraham Lincoln, then a Springfield, Illinois lawyer.

The fifth generation of Breithaupts in the tanning industry, he was associated with his father in business in Buffalo. During one of his trips to Canada to buy sheepskins, he met and eventually married Catherine Hailer of Berlin. In 1861 they came to Berlin to reside and later moved into a spacious home named Waldeck. A number of their descendants became distinguished and famous citizens.

Breithaupt's life was one of unremitting activity and indomitable perseverance. His tannery was destroyed by fire in 1867 and again in 1870 but he rebuilt and continued to develop a large business. He was called the "first citizen of Berlin" for his work in furthering the growth of the town and his municipal activities, including two years as mayor.


Waterloo Region Hall of Fame

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Past two decades have seen many King Street blazes

KITCHENER Sunday's fire at the Stag Shop lengthens the list of blazes that have punched holes in Kitchener's downtown streetscape in recent years.

"Regrettably, older buildings sometimes have some of these difficulties," Kitchener Mayor Carl Zehr said. "We want to obviously maintain the character of the core," Zehr said. "It's fairly representative of the downtowns of the cities in our province and our country." The building housing the Stag Shop at 30 King St. E. is part of a block that dates from 1862, when it was constructed by Louis Breithaupt. The building is no stranger to fire, having been heavily damaged in a blaze in February 1995.

The Waterloo Region Record 27 Mar 2011

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Louis Breithaupt, Mayor, 1879-80.

The late Louis Breithaupt was born in Germany in 1827. Migrated to Buffalo, N. Y. in 1842, where he engaged in business. On a visit to Berlin he met Miss Catherine Hailer, to whom he was married in 1853. He established a leather business here in 1857, which was followed by the establishment of a tannery. Through successes and reverses, he built up a large business. In fostering the growth of his adopted town and in the extension of its interests, he was foremost. At the time of his death in 1880, he was in his second year as mayor of Berlin. He was termed its foremost citizen.

Official souvenir of the celebration of cityhood, July 17th 1912, Berlin, Ontario, The German Printing and Publishing Co

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Louis Breithaupt & Co., Tanners, Queen Street, Berlin, Ont. - The largest and most important tannery and leather house in Ontario is that known as the "Eagle Tannery," owned by Messrs. Louis Breithaupt & Co., of Berlin. This business was established in 1858 by the late Mr. Louis Breithaupt, and in its inception was not, comparatively speaking, of large proportions, but on account of the superior quality of the leather manufactured, and the persevering energy and enterprise of the inceptor, it rapidly developed, extending in volume year by year, until it reached its present immense proportions. On the decease of the founder in 1880, the business was carried on under the management of his tree sons, Mr. Louis J., Mr. William H. and John C. Breithaupt, under the direction of the executrix and executors. The said L.J. and W.H. are the executors, their mother, Mrs. Catharine Breithaupt, being executrix. The sons are young men, but understanding the heavy responsibility resting upon their shoulders, and being gentlemen of sound common sense and more than ordinary business ability, have not only maintained the former standing of the firm but have materially developed it; and finding that it was necessary to increase their production to fill orders, it was found necessary to build a new tannery, and so a large and substantial structure was erected at Penetanguishene, on the shores of Georgian Bay, where hemlock bark could be obtained in sufficient quantities for their requirements. This new tannery manufactures Spanish sole leather only and is one of the largest of its kind, and is said to be the model tannery of the Dominion, having a capacity for turning out 700 sides per week. The tannery there is fitted up with all the latest and most improved machinery and appliances known to the trade. The tannery in Berlin has a capacity of 1,000 sides per week of sole and harness leather, peerless calf, peerless veal kips, prime upper, etc. The firm also at their warehouse on Queen Street carry all kinds of foreign leathers, shoe findings, tanners' tools etc. They sell both wholesale and retail, and being themselves manufacturers as stated, are always prepared to give the best value, both in quality and prices, of any leather house in the Dominion.

Industries of Canada Historical and Commercial Sketches Hamilton and Environs 1886

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King Street , North Side

Queen St. North.

On the corner there was a frame building lengthwise with King Street, occupied by J. U. Tyson, dealer in groceries, wines, liquors and meats, erected about 1833. In 1841 Sheriff George Davidson bought this building and in it opened the first Post Office in 1842. His brother William was associated with him. Probably during 1845 Doering & Ahrens occupied the premises as a general store. A little later the firm was Huber & Ahrens. Mr. Huber acted as magistrate for a number of years, in which occupation he was popular and had much to do, people coming from small surrounding villages to Mr. Huber for fair trial. He was the second reeve in Berlin.

Next came a barber shop occupied by George A. Fischer who also served as dentist and as fruit dealer.

A house erected by C. A. Ahrens of Huber and Ahrens. Mr. Ahrens had a brick vault at the back of his kitchen, lined with an iron chest and considered fire proof. He was the first treasurer of Waterloo County and had this vault for safe keeping of his books and papers. The house was later occupied by Dr. Mylius.

Louis Breithaupt, who came from Buffalo in 1861 after having started his tanning business in Berlin in 1857, previously bought the corner of King and Queen Streets, and erected there the first section of the American Block in 1862.

Next to the Dr. Mylius house there was a two story brick building erected about 1855. It was occupied by Baedeker and Steubing who had a considerable business as book sellers and stationers, also as dealers in wallpaper, etc., besides doing some publishing. This business, moved later to the corner of King and Frederick Streets, continued until Mr. Steubing's death.

In his younger years Mr. Baedeker was a carpenter and had cut his knee with an adze, necessitating amputation and substitution of a cork leg.

On the site of the present Steel's store, George Davidson, later sheriff, erected a building in 1845 and moved the Post Office there when Doering and Ahrens occupied the corner store. Mr. Davidson also had a general store in this new building. About 1855 Kranz & Stroh occupied the building as a general store.

Next came a building occupied at first by George Klein and later the site of Henry Knell's jewelery shop.

John Winger's pump shop. Wooden pipe called pump logs were of about ten-inch timber, tamarack or pine logs with a bore of about 3". The pumps were mostly finished square and surmounted with turned tops.

A two story frame building painted white. John Winger's house. Eby's history mentions John Winger as having come from Pennsylvania in 1836.

A ten-foot lane leading back to the Public School grounds and into Winger's yard. The highest ground in this vicinity was in Winger's yard. Children were in the habit of sliding down the hill in winter to King Street. In 1840 Mr. Bentler erected a building and occupied the second floor as dwelling and shoe shop. Martin Messner had a music store on the ground floor which was a few steps above the street level. In 1855-6 Andrew Nicolaus took over the Winger house and changed it to a hotel. The first considerable street grading operation in Berlin was the lowering of the corner of King and Frederick and vicinity 8 to 10 feet. This put the St. Nicholas Hotel, as it was called, under the necessity of being extended downward one story and this lower part became the hotel office and bar room. At the westerly end of the hotel there was a shed and stable for horses. Over the shed, approached by a stairway, there was a hall known as St. Nicholas Hall used for concerts, balls and entertainments generally. At the rear of the adjoining St. Nicholas Hall there was a building on the high ground known as the Turner Hall and used as German Turnverein.

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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Queen Street North, East Side.

Huber and Ahrens occupied the corner as a store and had a warehouse at the rear. The first section of the American Block was built in 1862. It contained a hotel with entrance on Queen Street and stores on the King Street front.

A meat shop occupied by one Schaefer and later by Crozier. This building was later occupied by Von Ebenau, a German toy dealer. He also built some sidewalks for the village in 1857.

A long two story frame building originally used by C. Ahrens as a barn and later by John Jacob Woelfle, a plough maker, who had a shop at one end and lived in the rest of the building. He had worked in the foundry on Foundry St. and after this shut down started his own shop. The building was later occupied by Rev. Jacob Wagner, who died there.

In 1858 a two story frame building was erected by Louis Breithaupt as his office and leather store. This was the first building on this site.

A 1 1/2 story dwelling with veranda lengthwise with Queen St. occupied by jailer Walden. Dr. Whiting later lived in this building for a time.

A small house occupied by Mrs. Harbin, (widow of Rev. Harbin who was Swedenborgian minister in Berlin) and her sister, Mrs. Wheeler.

A garden owned by Thomas Sparrow, with balsam trees along the street, adjoining the Sparrow's two story house with gable toward Queen St. and long veranda. Sparrow later moved to Galt.

A two story plaster building painted red with ground floor considerably above the sidewalk level and steps leading up to it, occupied by the Commercial Bank.

St. Peter's Church, formerly a vacant lot belonging to Mrs. Krug. The lot extended to Weber St. and to Mrs. Krug's house on Frederick St. This site was at one time favorably considered for the Central School, but it was decided that the ground would not be large enough. The present parsonage of St. Peter's Church was built by Dr. Eby, a native of Berlin, who had been living in Sebringville. He was the oldest son of John Eby spoken of as on Frederick Street. He married a daughter of Cyrus Bowers.

Weber Street.

County Buildings.

Jail and Jailer's residence with a barn at the rear. The jail was built some time after the Court House, about 1860.

Ahrens Street.

One and a half story frame building painted red, the dwelling of Charles Roos, a cabinet maker in Hoffman's factory.

Frame building, the house of Mr. Stuebing, later occupied by Charles Peterson.

Small dwelling.

Street.

A brick yard operated by Nicholas Zieger who made puddled brick by hand. Later the brick yard belonged to John Dauberger whose house, a red frame building, was on the corner of Ellen and Queen.

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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Queen Street North, West Side

Gaukel's well at the corner of the hotel shed, the corner being later built up as the Bowman Block, now the Bank of Montreal.

A brick warehouse belonging to the corner store of the Bowman Block. First occupants of this store were Bowman and Heins, later H. S, Huber and then by Huber and Roy.

Opposite the Breithaupt leather store stood a one-story brick building, Dr. Pipe's surgery and later Dr. Wright's.

A two-storey brick house lengthwise with Queen Street and with veranda on two sides, the veranda a few steps above the ground, occupied by Henry Schaefer. In 1871 Dr. Pipe lived in this house. Among other things Dr. Pipe kept bees, although he was quite afraid of them. Dr. Pipe and Henry Stroh succeeded in bringing the first Italian queen bee to this part of the country.

A lane.

A handsome brick house, gable roof, lengthwise with the street, the corners faced with limestone from Guelph, erected by Joseph Hobson, the surveyer, in 1860. Hobson eventually was Chief Engineer of the Great Western Railway and when that was merged with the Grand Trunk he became Chief Engineer of the latter Company and was among other things Chief Engineer of the Sarnia tunnel. Alexander MacPherson, editor and publisher of the Berlin Telegraph, later lived in the house. The site is now occupied by the head office of the Economical Fire Insurance Company.

A two-story red frame building well back from the street built probably before 1850 by Peter Eby, identified with the "Deutsche Canadier" and with the early days of the "Telegraph". Dr. Eggert, homeopath, lived in the house 1859-1860 and later John Klippert, high constable and county bailiff.

One and a half story brick building at the corner of Duke and Queen Streets occupied by a Mr. Von Ebenau and wife and later for a number of years by Michael Jaehle, a blacksmith. The site is now occupied by the Daily Record building.

Duke Street.

A large handsome building trimmed with cut stone built in 1860 by David S. Shoemaker of Bridgeport who was county registrar, The building was intended for a bank and agent's residence and so used first by the Commercial Bank which failed and later by the Merchants Bank of which R. N, Rogers was agent for a number of years. Some time later Dr. H. S. Lackner acquired the property and used it as residence and surgery. After Dr. Lackner's death the property was sold to the present occupants, the Langleys of Toronto.


building, colonial style, with large posts at the front carrying the projecting roof, erected in 1848-49, the Waterloo Township Hall, the land for which was donated by Frederick Gaukel. General public meetings were held in this hall, among others meetings purposing to have Berlin named as county town. After consummation of this a banquet was held in the hall, which was occasionally used for such purpose. The occasion of this particular banquet was the laying of the corner stone of the new county buildings in 1852. 100 guests were present and there were a number of patriotic toasts. Later the building was used as a printing office, the "Deutsche Canadier" and the "Telegraph" being printed there for a time. Eventually the building was remodelled and enlarged and became the Methodist Church. In 1904 the St. Matthews Lutheran congregation purchased the property and later the First English Lutheran Church, which still continues in the building.

Behind the present Kitchener Public Library, occupying the site of his ornamental garden, and still standing is Dr. Scott's residence, built in 1855. Henry Rothaermel was the contractor. Dr. Scott was the first warden of the county and first reeve of Berlin. After his death the house was occupied by M. C. Schofield who married Dr. Scott's widow. Later Israel Bowman, for many years county clerk and town clerk of Berlin, acquired the property and lived there.

Weber Street.

On the corner the Presbyterian Church first built 1860-61 at a size of 36 ft. by 50 ft., cost $4,500 and seating 175 persons. Rev. John McMeekin was an early minister.

A two-story red brick building lengthwise with Queen Street, built 1855-56, the house of H. S. Huber.

Simon Roy's house, also red brick, one and one-half story high, both of these houses were set back from the street. Mr. Roy was nurseryman and florist.

A one-story double house lengthwise with Queen Street.

Before Ahrens Street was continued westerly across Queen Street there was on the site a two-story unpainted weather-boarded building, the house of John Dopp.

frame building, similar to Dopp's, the house of Christina Bloch, a widow who lived there for many years.

A frame building, similar to Dopp's, but with gable facing Queen Street, the house of August Vetter, painter and paper-hanger.

A vacant lot later owned by Louis Breithaupt who built, on the corner of Margaret Avenue, a residence for Judge Lacourse.

Margaret Avenue.

On Margaret Avenue a short distance westerly from Queen Street was the Moxley farm with house and barn. The barn was later moved to Lexington by Henry Stroh who bought it to replace one that had been struck by lightning. On the corner of Ellen Street a brick house occupied in the early days by Rev. Mr. Savage, Methodist minister, and later by John Hoffman, Jr., a druggist.

Ellen Street.

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


Historic Building:
Destroyed by fire 27 Mar 2011, constructed by Louis Breithaupt in 1862. Originally constructed as the American Hotel.

Elected Office:
Municipality Berlin Years on local council: Councillor 1866-68, 1875; Deputy Reeve (1867-68?, 1876; Mayor 1879-1880 (died in July)
Years on Waterloo County Council: 1867 1868

Business:
from: Gazetteer and directory of the County of Waterloo. 1867

Historic Building:
Built by Louis Breithaupt as a rental residence for John Klippert. John puchased the property in 1887. It is a two story brick residence now (1978) made into a duplex. In 1978 it was listed as in very good condition.

Historic Building:
Named "Sonneck" this house was built in 1874 as a leased residence by Louis Brethaupt. Two stories and made of brick it is one of the last homes in Kitchener, owned by Louis Breithaupt's eldest son, Louis Jacob and was purchased upon his marriage. Strong Italianate features reflect Breihaupt's American architectural background. It contained some of best stained glass in the city. In 1978 it was recorded as being in very condition.

Historic Building:
Owned originally by Louis Breithaupt was built as a rented home. It is a two story brick home. In 1978 was listed as in very good condition and much altered.

Philip married Catharine Hailer 8 Feb 1853, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Catharine (daughter of Johann Jacob "Jacob" Hailer and Margareth Riehl) was born 16 Aug 1834, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was christened 9 Aug 1835, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 5 Jul 1910, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Nationality: , Canada
• Name: L. J. Breithaupt
• Residence: 166 Adam Street, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Eby ID Number: 00030-2327.1
• Immigration: 1855, , Canada
• Immigration: 1861, , Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1871, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evang. Assoc.
• Historic Building: 1874, 108 Queen Street North, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Sonneck House
• Naturalization: 1875, , Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Manager
• Occupation: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; tanner and leather merchant
• Residence: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelist
• Elected Office: 1882, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; councillor, Deputy Reeve, Reeve, Warden
• Occupation: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical
• Occupation: 1901, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Tanner - Eagle Tannery
• Business: 1906, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Breithaupt Leather Co.
• Public Service: 1906, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Council of the Baord of Trade
• Occupation: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Manufacturer, Leather
• Residence: 1911, 108 Queen Street North, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical
• Employer: 1912, Ecomonical Fire Insurance Company, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; director of Economical Fire Insurance Company
• Occupation: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Tanner, ? Leather
• Residence: 1921, 108 Queen St. N., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Zion Evangelical

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Louis J. Breithaupt, Mayor 1888-9.

Mr. Louis J. Breithaupt, eldest son of the late Louis Breithaupt occupied the mayor's chair with acceptance in 1888-1889. Previous to gaining this honor, he served as councillor, deputy-reeve and reeve. For some years he was a member of the county council and during the time, was chosen warden of the county. During his public career, he has served on the School Board, of which he became chairman. Also was a member of the Local Legislature in 1900-2. As mayor his policy was: Economy with Progress. He is a director of both the Economical Fire Insurance Co. and the Mutual Life Ass. Co. of Canada. Mr. Breithaupt is an useful citizen.


Official souvenir of the celebration of cityhood, July 17th 1912, Berlin, Ontario, The German Printing and Publishing Co

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LOUIS JACOB BREITHAUPT.

Louis Jacob Breithaupt, whose business history forms an integral chapter in the commercial and industrial development of Berlin, was born in Buffalo, New York, March 3, 1855, his parents being Louis and Catherine (Hailer) Breithaupt. The father, a native of Hessen, Germany, brought his family from the United States to Canada during the early boyhood of his eldest son, Louis J. Breithaupt, who was educated at Berlin and Toronto, after which he joined his father in business in the former city, learning the trade of a tanner. He was subsequently at different times salesman, bookkeeper and commercial traveler for the house, and upon the death of his father in 1880 he became a member and acting manager of the firm of Louis Breithaupt & Company. In 1890 the business was re-organized as a joint stock company, under the style of The Breithaupt Leather Company, Limited, having extensive tanneries at Berlin, Penetanguishene and Listowel, with head offices at Berlin. Mr. Breithaupt is now president of the company, which is operating extensively in the tanning business and as dealers in leather, being one of the largest houses of its kind in Canada. The trade has been developed along substantial and healthful lines, through a ready recognition of conditions in the business world, through close application and through unfaltering perseverance. The enterprise was established on a safe, conservative basis, and in the conduct of the business most systematic methods are followed, while the relations with the patrons are based upon a high standard of commercial ethics.

While the tanning and leather business occupies most of Mr. Breit- haupt 's time and attention, he has also extended his efforts to other fields of activity and is now president of the Ontario Bark Company, Limited, while in former years he was president of the Berlin Gas, Electric Light & Power Company. He was also formerly connected with the Berlin & Waterloo Street Railway Co., and is now a director of the Berlin & Bridgeport Street Railway Co. He was formerly first vice-president of The Berlin Rubber Co., Limited, and has been for many years a director of the Economical Fire Insurance Co. of Berlin ; is president of the North Waterloo Agricultural Society.

The city has benefited by interests which have been promoted by him aside from those of a strictly business character. He has been chairman of the Berlin school board, and the cause of education has found in him a stalwart champion, and he is now chairman of the German School Society of Berlin. Although politically somewhat independent, believing that on general principles the interests of the country should precede that of any party, he represented the riding of North Waterloo in the Ontario Legislature as a supporter of the Liberal government from the year 1900 to 1902. He was likewise president of the Berlin Board of Trade and is a member of the Park Board, of which he is now the chairman, and of which board he has been a member continually since its inception in 1893. No movement or measure for the welfare and progress of the city along material, intellectual and moral lines fails to receive his endorsement and co-operation. He was for several years president of the Young Men's Christian Association and was one of the first trustees of the Berlin-Waterloo Hospital, his broad humanitarianism and ready sympathy finding expression in his efforts along those lines. For a number of years he served as a member of the Waterloo county council, during the year 1898 he was warden of the county and for seven years he was a member of the Berlin town council, serving as councillor, deputy reeve and reeve, while in 1888 and 1889 he served as mayor of the city.

In 1881 Mr. Breithaupt was married to Miss Emma Alvarene, the second daughter of Benjamin Devitt, formerly mayor of Waterloo. Their union has been blessed with a family of eight children: Evelyn, Lillian, Edna, Rose, Louis, William Walter, Catharine and Paul. Mr. Breithaupt is in religious faith connected with the Evangelical Association, and has reared his family in that belief. He has been for many years a member of the board of trustees of Zion Evangelical Church. He is a man of domestic taste, devoted to the welfare and happiness of his wife and children, and in citizenship he stands for all that is progressive and beneficial, and in business life for all that is honorable. He has been to a great extent the architect of his own fortune and has builded wisely and well. A man of sound judgment, he has never arrived quickly at conclusions, but when once his mind is made up as to what is the right course nothing can deter him from pursuing it. He possesses excellent executive and business ability, combined with a resistless energy and resolute purpose, and while he has gained a handsome competence he has never selfishly used this for his own interests only, but has done what he could to promote the welfare of the city and to ameliorate hard conditions of life for the unfortunate. He recognizes fully man's obligation to his fellowmen and throughout his life has been actuated by high and honorable principles.


A History of Ontario: its resources and development

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LOUIS J. BREITHAUPT, Berlin, Ont., was born in 1855 in Buffalo, N.Y., from whence he came to Canada. His father was very prominent in business and municipal circles, and mayor of Berlin at the time of his death in 1880. Mr. Breithaupt was married in 1881 to Emma Alvarene, daughter of ex-Mayor Devitt, of Waterloo, Ont. He was educated at Berlin and Toronto, and is now engaged in the tanning business, (which trade he learnt practically), being president of the Breithaupt Leather Company Limited, who have extensive establishments in Berlin and Penetanguishene, Ont. He was seven years a member of the town Council, three years in the County Council, and two years mayor--being the youngest mayor Berlin has had. He is president of the Ontario Bark Company Limited, of the Berlin Gas Company, and is also connected with other manufacturing enterprises in Berlin. He is a school trustee, and has recently been unanimously elected president of the Board of Trade. Mr. Breithaupt is an active member of the German Evangelical Church, and is ever ready to promote its welfare.

The Canadian Album - Men of Canada or Success by Example (Brantford, Ontario, Canada: Bradley Garretson & Co., 1891)

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In Death Of L.J. Breithaupt - Kitchener - Former mayor, reeve and deputy reeve of Berlin, now Kitchener, and former M.L.A. for North Waterloo, Louis J. Breithaupt passed away at St. Petersburg, Fla., early Monday Morning. Mr. Breithaupt, who only a few days ago, celebrated his 84th birthday, was president of the Breithaupt Leather Co., for many years. His death came as the result of bronchial pneumonia which he contracted, shortly after fracturing his arm in a fall about three weeks ago. He had spent the winter in Florida. In addition to being active in philanthropic and political fields, the deceased was a leader in Board of Trade operations, being a former president of the organization, here. Mr. Breithaupt spent many years as a member of the Toronto Board of Trade, and for some time was president of the tanners section of that body. Born in Buffalo, N.Y., in 1855, he was a son of the late Louis Breithaupt, who was the fourth mayor of Berlin. His mother was the former Catherine Hailer. His own civic career advanced rapidly, and in 1888, at the age of 33, he served as mayor of Berlin. He was again chief magistrate in the following year. In 1900, he was elected to represent the constituency of North Waterloo in the Legislature, running on a Liberal ticket, and retired from that position in 1903. Mr. Breithaupt was Warden of Waterloo County in 1989. His long service in civic affairs included terms as chairman of the board of park management, chairman of the public school board, president of the Kitchener Y.M.C.A., member of the first Kitchener-Waterloo hospital board. During the Great War, he served as president of the Patriotic Fund. Mr. Breithaupt is survived by three sons and fi e daughters, former Mayor L.O. Breithaupt, managing director of the Breithaupt Leather Co., and president of the Kitchener board of trade; William Breithaupt, Breithaupt, both of Toronto; Mrs. J. R. Parry, Hamilton, the Misses E. Lillian Breithaupt and Edna Breithaupt at home, Mrs. H. S. Clark, Scarboro, and Mrs. A. V. Bennett, Fitchburg, Mass. Also surviving are three brothers W. H. Breithaupt, John C. Breithaupt and A. L. Breithaupt, and two sisters, Mrs. C. Augustine and Mrs. A. Bauman, all of Kitchener. His wife predeceased him in 1925. She was the former Emma Devitt.

The Waterloo Chronicle Mar 10 1939 pg 3

Historic Building:
Named "Sonneck" this house was built in 1874 as a leased residence by Louis Brethaupt. Two stories and made of brick it is one of the last homes in Kitchener, owned by Louis Breithaupt's eldest son, Louis Jacob and was purchased upon his marriage. Strong Italianate features reflect Breihaupt's American architectural background. It contained some of best stained glass in the city. In 1978 it was recorded as being in very poor condition.

Elected Office:
Municipality Berlin; 1st Div
Years on local council: Councillor 1882-83 ; D Reeve 1885-86; Reeve 1887; Mayor 1888-89
Years on Waterloo County Council: 1885 1886 1887 1897 1898 Warden 1899 1900

Louis married Emma Alvarena Devitt Apr 1881. Emma (daughter of Mayor Benjamin Devitt and Nancy Lewis Bowman) was born 16 Oct 1860, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 12 Jun 1925, Belmont, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/154309221
• Interesting: life, engineer, history, business, railway
• Interesting: story, railway, business, honoured
• Name: W. H. Breithaupt
• Residence: 166 Adam Street, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-138754
• Immigration: 1861, , Canada
• Immigration: 1862, , Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1871, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evang. Assoc.
• Naturalization: 1872, , Canada
• Occupation: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Student
• Residence: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelist
• Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Civil Engineer
• Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
• Occupation: 1906, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Berlin & Waterloo Street Rail co. - President
• Occupation: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Engineer (Civil)
• Residence: 1911, 64 Margaret Avenue, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
• Occupation: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Engineer, Civil
• Residence: 1921, 64 Margaret Ave., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Zion Evangelical
• Hall of Fame - Waterloo Region: Bef 2012, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

Notes:

William Henry Breithaupt, C. E., (Berlin, Ontario,) son of Louis and Catherine (Hailer) Breithaupt, was born in Buffalo, N. Y., January 25th, 1857. Prepared at High School, Berlin, Ontario, and at North Western College, Naperville, Ill., entering the Institute in September, 1877. Took a position on construction work on the New York, West Shore & Buffalo Railroad August, 1881, working mainly on West Point tunnel. Private business kept him at Berlin, Ont., during 1882. Appointed bridge inspector for Pennsylvania railroad company, January, 1883, and in October, 1883, assistant engineer in the office of C. Shaler Smith, of St. Louis. In 1886, of the firm of Breithaupt & Allen, civil engineers and specialty, iron and steel structures. Member of the Rensselaer Society of Engineers. P. O. address, Kansas City, Mo

Biographical record of the officers and graduates of the Rensselaer polytechnic institute, 1824-1886, W.H. Young, 1887

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William Henry Breithaupt, an extremely accomplished civil engineer, was a builder of railway bridges on this continent and the author of many technical papers.

Born in Buffalo in 1857 to Louis and Catherine Breithaupt (later citizens of Berlin), he took up residence here in 1900 and promoted the family interests - the Berlin and Waterloo Railway, and the Berlin Gas Works - and built a rail line to Bridgeport. First chairman of the City Planning Commission, he brought in a famous New York town planning expert for consultation. He visited the Carnegie Foundation in New York, successfully seeking funds for the Berlin Library on three occasions.

Breithaupt served as president of the Ontario Historical Society, was first president of the Waterloo Historical Society and a founder of the Waterloo County Pioneers' Memorial Association that erected the Pioneers' Memorial Tower near Preston. The first to propose flood control, Breithaupt also pioneered Grand River Conservation.

Waterloo Region Hall of Fame

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Kitchener Pioneer, W. H. Breithaupt Buried; Died in 88th Year

KITCHENER-A pioneer of Kitchener and a recognized authority on historical matters, William H. Breithaupt, C.E., was buried in Mount Hope Cemetery here, today. Mr. Breithaupt, who was 87, died in K-W Hospital a few days after he fell on a street near his home on Margaret Ave.

Born in Buffalo, N.Y., he was the son of the late Louis and Catherine Hailer Breithaupt. He attended Zion Evangelical Church.

Mr. Breithaupt was very prominent in the development of Kitchener, assisting in promotion of the gas works, the electric street railway which succeeded horse-drawn cars which connected Kitchener and Waterloo and nearby Bridgeport. He was also instrumental in. establishing the Grand River Golf club, the first club of its type in this district.

Deceased was also very active in lirecting modernization of the Kitchener public library and was named the first president of the Waterloo county historical society when it was first founded by the Berlin Library Board in 1912. He was an accepted authority on the history of Waterloo county and for wo years, served as president of the Ontario historical society.

During his long and untiring life, Mr. Breithaupt personally made a complete survey of the Grand River on foot, walking from one end of it to the other, and one of the dreams of his life was fulfilled in 1942 when the Grand Valley Dam at Lake Belwood, near Fergus, was formally opened by the premier of Ontario.

A member of the Engineering Institute of Canada, Mr. Breithaupt was the author of numerous technical papers, including: History of the Grand Trunk Railway and others. He was a life member of the American Institute of Consulting Engineers. Fellow of the American Geographical Society, and of Rigma (golden key) of American colleges.

Besides his wife, Mr. Breithaupt is survived by one son, Sqdn.-Ldr. Philip William, R.A.F.. in the Middle East, and two daughters, Mrs. E. S. Sargeant and Mrs. H. G. S. Dinsmore, both of Toronto; two sisters, Mrs. Caroline Augustine. Mrs. Melvina Bauman; two brothers. John C. and Albert J. all of Kitchener.

Five grandsons and one grand- daughter, all of Toronto, also survive.

Waterloo Chronicle, 4 Feb 1944, p. 1

Residence:
KITCHENER - A downtown developer has plans to build a 112-unit apartment complex on vacant land that was once the site of W.H. Breithaupt's mansion.

Vive Development Corp. is proposing to build a six-storey, 94-unit apartment building on land fronting Victoria Street North, and a 2 ½-storey 18-unit building on the site of the former mansion at 64 Margaret Ave.

The smaller building along Margaret Avenue would be built in a style reminiscent of the mansion that once stood there, said Vanessa Hicks, a heritage planner hired by Vive. The stucco and limestone building would be designed to look like a large home from the street and would have a roofline and tall, eight-paned windows reminiscent of those on the original Breithaupt mansion, which was demolished in 2003.

Hicks is also recommending the developer put up a plaque explaining the history of the site and the reasons the building is built in that architectural style.

"Someone walking by might easily recognize that building as an interpretation of what the original house would have looked like," she said in a presentation this week to Kitchener's heritage committee.

The larger building on Victoria is a more modern design. Four homes, from 217 to 229 Victoria St. N., will be demolished to make way for the six-storey building.....

Apartments planned for former Breithaupt mansion site in Kitchener. (2017). Therecord.com. Retrieved 9 April 2017, from https://www.therecord.com/news-story/7228229-apartments-planned-for-former-breithaupt-mansion-site-in-kitchener/

William — Martha Cunningham Murphy. Martha was born 24 Jul 1865, , Quebec, Canada; died 1950, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Misfortune: lost eye
• Name: J. C. Breithaupt
• Residence: 172 Margaret Ave., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-97689P
• Immigration: 1862, , Ontario, Canada
• Immigration: 1864, , Ontario, Canada
• Historic Building: 1870, 42 Margaret Avenue, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1871, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evang. Assoc.
• Occupation: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Tanner
• Residence: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelist
• Elected Office: 1890, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; councillor, Deputy Reeve, Reeve
• Occupation: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Tanner
• Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
• Occupation: 1892, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; merchant
• Occupation: 1901, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Tanner Manager
• Occupation: 1906, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Breithaupt Leather Co - Secretary
• Occupation: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Manufacturer
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical
• Directory: 1912, 160 Adam St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Manufacturer, Leather
• Residence: 1921, 172 Margaret Ave., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical

Notes:

J. C. Breithaupt, Mayor, 1896-7.

Mr. J. C. Breithaupt entered the council in 1890 and continued in it until 1891. He was elected first deputy-reeve in 1893, and reeve in 1894. His services were appreciated and he was elected mayor in 1896 and re-elected the following year. He went back as a councillor and served until 1898, during which time the water-works were purchased by a committee of which he was a member. In 1899, he was elected a member of the first water board and has remained on it ever since. During his terms as mayor, the new G. T. R. depot was erected and Victoria Park opened. Mr. Breithaupt's public services are invaluable.


Official souvenir of the celebration of cityhood, July 17th 1912, Berlin, Ontario, The German Printing and Publishing Co

Historic Building:
Built in 1870-1875. The original owner was John C. Breithaupt. A two story brick building in 1978 it was listed in fair condition. Apparently by 2009 it has been demolished.

Elected Office:
Municipality BerlinYears on local council: Councillor 1890-91, 1898; Deputy Reeve 1893; Reeve 1894; Mayor 1896-97
Years on Waterloo County Council 1893 1894

John married Caroline Catharine "Carrie" Anthes 27 Jan 1892, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Caroline (daughter of John Schmidt Anthes and Lydia Catherine Herlan) was born 29 Sep 1868, , Ontario, Canada; died 18 May 1963, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Name: Barbara Breithaupt
• Name: Caroline Margaret Barbara "Barbara" Augustine
• Residence: 166 Adam Street, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 189 Queen St. N., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 189 Queen St. N., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-138756
• Residence: 1871, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evang. Assoc.
• Residence: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelist
• Residence: 1887, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Income
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical
• Residence: 1921, 189 Queen St. N., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical
• Residence: 1950, 25 Margaret Ave., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

Notes:

Residence:
The house was built at the turn of the 20th Century for Albert Augustine and Caroline Breithaupt, whose family was among the pioneers of the tanning industry in Kitchener.

Caroline married Albert Benjamin Augustine 3 Aug 1887, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Albert was born 6 Mar 1859, Racine, Racine, Wisconsin, USA; died 12 Apr 1909, Racine, Racine, Wisconsin, USA. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/187291988
• Name: Melvina Emilia Bauman
• Residence: 166 Adam Street, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-97540
• Residence: 1871, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evang. Assoc.
• Residence: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelist
• Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
• Residence: 1911, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical

Notes:

Mrs. Melvin E. Baumann

Mrs. Melvina E. Bauman, 90, died Sunday at her home, 11 Margaret Ave., following a lengthy illness. Born Feb. 8, 1864, in Kitchener, she was a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Louis Breithaupt.

She was a member of Zion Evangelical United Brethren Church and the last charter member of the Women's Association of that church.
A Bible school teacher for many years, she was also a former secretary-treasurer of the K-W Hospital Auxiliary for years, former treasurer of the ladies auxiliary of Freeport Sanatorium and former treasurer of the Waterloo Red Cross Society.

Her husband, Dr. A. Franklin Baumann, died Nov. 25, 1918.

A son, Edward F. and a brother, Albert L. Breithaupt of Kitchener, survive.

The body is at the Ratz-Bechtel Funerai Home where the funeral will be conducted Tuesday at 3:30 p.m. Burial will be in Mount Hope Cemetery. Rev. F M. Faist, pastor of Zion Evangelical UB Church, will officiate.

Kitchener-Waterloo Record 05 Apr 1954, Mon Page 5

Melvina — Dr. Amos Frank Bauman. Amos (son of Bauman, son of Moses S. Bauman and Susannah Clemens) was born 29 Sep 1857, Bloomingdale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 25 Nov 1918, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Name: Carl Breitaupt
• Residence: 166 Adam Street, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-138758
• Residence: 1871, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evang. Assoc.
• Residence: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelist
• Occupation: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Illegible
• Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
• Website: 2009

Notes:

BREITHAUPT, EZRA CARL, engineer and businessman; b. 19 Feb. 1866 in Berlin (Kitchener), Upper Canada, sixth of ten children of Louis Breithaupt, a tanner, and Catharine Hailer; d. there unmarried 27 Jan. 1897.

Ezra Carl Breithaupt's father, originally from Germany, was living in Buffalo, N.Y., by 1853, when he married Catharine Hailer, the daughter of German immigrants to Berlin, Upper Canada. A fifth-generation tanner, he had inherited his father's interest in a tannery in Buffalo, but around 1857 he set up another in Berlin and in 1861 moved his family and his firm there. The family became active in Zion Evangelical Church and in local business and politics. At the time of his death in 1880, Louis was mayor of Berlin. His elder sons were to continue the leather business and would be involved in establishing the Berlin Gas Company around 1883.

Ezra Carl Breithaupt (usually known as Carl)attended public and high schools in his native town, and from 1883 to 1887 took a general course at the evangelical North-Western College in Naperville, Ill. For several years afterwards, he had health problems, possibly respiratory in nature, which led him to winter with the family physician, Dr David Sovereign Bowlby, in Bermuda and in Texas. Breithaupt's choice of profession was probably influenced by his family's involvement in the Berlin Gas Company. In the autumn of 1890 he began the two-year course in applied electricity offered at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore since 1886. He was certificated in applied electricity in 1892.

On his return to Berlin, Breithaupt entered the Breithaupt Leather Company, of which he became a director, and the Berlin Gas Company, in which he combined professional and family interests. By 1892 he owned more than $2,000 in shares in Berlin Gas and about then became its manager. The firm began generating electricity, and in 1895, with power from Berlin Gas, Breithaupt converted two horse-drawn streetcars owned by the Berlin and Waterloo Street Railway Company to electric traction; its power also lit eight arc street lamps in Waterloo. Between July 1895 and February 1896, Breithaupt, his brother William Henry, and his sister Melvina Emilia acquired more than $22,000 of the $40,000 capital of the street railway company, and Carl soon became its president. He expanded both firms, building a large gas tank and extensive additions to the powerhouse and plant for Berlin Gas and installing new rails and two new electric cars for the street railway.

Like his elder brothers, Carl had a place in the local community. Louis Jacob was mayor of Berlin in 1888-89, and John Christian in 1896-97; both served as presidents of the board of trade, Louis Jacob in 1891 and John Christian in 1895. Carl was a member of the board's financial committee in 1893, was elected its vice-president the following year, and in 1896 sat on its council. Through these years he also acted as consulting engineer in various parts of Canada and published articles on Canadian electrical engineering in American journals. A member of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers, he belonged to the Canadian Electrical Association (formed in 1889), served on its executive, and in June 1896 was chosen its second vice-president. His papers were frequently read at the meetings of the association.

In January 1897, at the age of 30, Breithaupt died from injuries sustained in an explosion in the new gas tank he had built for Berlin Gas. His mother donated a pipe-organ to Zion Evangelical Church in memory of her husband and Carl, who had been choirmaster and a Sunday school teacher there. She also gave $1,000 of Carl's estate to Berlin-Waterloo Hospital, which installed a window in his memory.


Johns Hopkins Univ. Arch. (Baltimore, Md.), Registrar's records, E. C. Breithaupt student file, including transcript from North-Western College (Napierville, Ill.), 11 Feb. 1889. Kitchener Chamber of Commerce (Kitchener, Ont.), Board of Trade, minute-books; Chamber of Commerce records. Kitchener Public Library, Rare Books Dept., Berlin and Waterloo Street Railway Company, stock-book; Berlin Gas Company, stock-book. Univ. of Waterloo Arch. (Waterloo, Ont.), L. J. Breithaupt, diaries, 1867-1927; Breithaupt family photographs. Zion Evangelical Church (Kitchener), Reg. of baptisms, marriages, and burials. "The late E. Carl Breithaupt," Canadian Engineer (Toronto), 4 (1896-97): 285 (includes photograph). Berliner Journal (Berlin (Kitchener]), 8 March 1866. Daily Record (Berlin), 27, 29-30 Jan. 1897. Berlin, Canada: a self-portrait of Kitchener, Ontario, before World War One . . . , ed. Paul Tiessen (St Jacobs, Ont., 1979). [W. H. Breithaupt], Sketch of the life of Catharine Breithaupt, her family and times (Berlin, 1911; copy at Kitchener Public Library, Rare Books Dept.). John English and Kenneth McLaughlin, Kitchener: an illustrated history (Waterloo, 1983). J. C. French, A history of the university founded by Johns Hopkins (Baltimore, 1946), 169-70. W. V. Uttley, A history of Kitchener, Ontario (Kitchener, 1937; repr. [Waterloo, 1975]). "Waterloo County railway history," Waterloo Hist. Soc., Annual report (Kitchener), 1917: 19.


Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online www.biographi.ca

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BREITHAUPT (Berlin, Ont.) Jan 27 - E. Carl Breithaupt, who was injured in the explosion at the gas works last night, died this morning about 2 o'clock. He was badly burned and also injured internally. It now transpires that Breithaupt was blown onto the roof of the shed, where he was rescued. The other victim is so far doing favorably

ALDRICH (Berlin, Ont.) Jan. 26 - A terrible fire which has already resulted in one fatality and through which others may follow, happened here tonight at 7: 30. Two terrible explosions in rapid succession frightened people living in the near vicinity of the Gas company's works.

A reporter lives near the scene, and running out of the house, saw the gas works were on fire. The sound of a man's voice shouting "Help! help!" in a frantic voice was heard. Not long after an alarm was sent in, and the firemen were on the scene in quick time, and had streams playing on the flames.
Those who arrived on the scene first found E. Carl Breithaupt, manager of the Gas company and who is also manager of the electric street railway, lying on the low roof of a shed adjoining the burning building. He was terribly burned and bruised about the head and body. He was taken to Dr. G.H. Bowlby's residence and his injuries looked after. He was unconscious. It is feared his back is broken. When the reporter called at the doctor's residence shortly after, he was told that Mr. Breithaupt had recovered consciousness, but that it was not known, whether he would live or not. Near the burning building, a workman employed about the works, named Weller, was found in an unconscious state. He was carried to an adjoining house, where he now lies at this writing, unconscious.

But a horrible discovery awaited the searchers. A smothered cry was heard inside the burning building, and two brave firemen rushed in the teeth of the flames to attempt a rescue. The other firemen turned the hose on them, and by this means they were enabled to get at the imprisoned man, who was lying near the oil tanks, under a heap of burning wood and bricks. Before they got him out, however, he was dead. His hands and feet were literally burned off, and his face was burned beyond recognition. Though he could not be positively recognized, it was known that the poor wretch was William Aldrich, the electrician of the building. He was laid out on the snow, until Suraris' undertaking wagon was brought, when he was taken to the undertaking establishment.

There are different stories as to how the fire originated, but as all those in the building, at the time are dead or unconscious, it can only be a surmise. The general impression prevails, that the three men went into the building where the gas is made and the tanks of oil are kept, in order to make some repairs. One must have had a cigar, and a spark from it evidently dropped into one of the tanks. Immediately the oil must have exploded, and Mr. Breighaupt, and Mr. Weller were thrown outside, while poor Aldrich, less fortunate, was dashed against the stone wall of the building to die horribly, being literally roasted to death.

Hamilton Spectator - Wednesday, January 27, 1897

Website:
Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online

Other Events:

• Residence: 166 Adam Street, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-138759
• Residence: 1871, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evang. Assoc.

Other Events:

• Business: Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Berlin Trunk and Bag Co.
• Employer: Breithaupt Leather Co., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Historic Building: 166 Adam Street, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Interesting: business, death
• Land: Honey Harbour, Baxter Township, Muskoka District, Ontario, Canada; Cottage
• Name: A. L. Breithaupt
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-183884P
• Residence: 1871, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evang. Assoc.
• Residence: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelist
• Occupation: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Student
• Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
• Elected Office: 1899, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; councillor - Kitchener Council
• Occupation: 1901, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Printigrapher Leather Business
• Occupation: 1906, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Secretary-Treasurer - The Berlin Rubber Co. Ltd.
• Occupation: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Manufacturer
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical
• Residence: 1912, 166 Adam Street, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Manufacturer, Baggage
• Residence: 1921, 166 Margaret St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical

Notes:

Albert Breithaupt Drowns, Wife Pulled From Lake
Well-known Kitchener Resident Disappears With Sinking Boat

HONEY HARBOR, Ont (CP)-Albert Breithaupt, 84-year-old Kitchener industrialist, was drowned yesterday in a boat collision near this Georgian Bay resort area. He was an uncle of Louis O. Breithaupt, lieutenant-governor of Ontario. Mr. Breithaupt's wife Gladys, who was in the boat when it sank, escaped unhurt and was pulled from the water. The accident scene was about seven miles north of Honey Harbor, which is 25 miles northwest of Orillia. Mr. Breithaupt had been vacationing at his cottage here.

LIFELONG RESIDENT

A life-long resident of Kitchener, Mr. Breithaupt once worked for the Breithaupt Leather Co. Ltd., which was founded by his father. It now is owned by the lieutenant-governor's family. He helped found and develop three other Kitchener companies. He leaves four sons and two daughters, Fred and Arthur of Kitchener, Rudolph of Waterloo, Dr. David, of Toronto, Mrs. H. E. Martin and Mrs. R. A. Gordon, of Toronto. His first wife predeceased him in 1942. The boat, a 16-foot craft with an inboard motor, overturned in the crash and Mr. Breithaupt disappeared before rescuers could reach him. He had been on his way to Whallen's island for supplies. It is believed he was trapped behind the wheel and was unable to free himself because of a hip condition. Search for the body is continuing.

NINTH AREA VICTIM

Mr. Breithaupt was the ninth Waterloo County resident to drown in the past month. Karen Winslade, 6, of Ayr, drowned in Ayra last Sunday. Arthur Weber, RR 2, Breslau his son Richard 9, and daughter Shirley, 12, were drowned in a pond June 29 near Hespeler. Five-year-old Andrew Pilkington drowned July while swimming in the Speed River near Hespeler. David Brenneman, 14, of Haysville, drowned in the Nith River July 16.

Mr. Breithaupt was the last surviving member of the family of the original Louis Breithaupt, and had lived all his live in the homestead built by his father in 1870. He remained active to the end of his life, his last business interest being in sales work with a company he started, the Shoe Findings Company. He helped found one of the city's first rubber industries in the building now a part of Dominion Rubber Company, Ltd. on Margaret Avenue. The factory on Young street now occupied by John Forsyth Ltd., once house a ladies wear firm which was developed by a group including Mr. Breithaupt. He also organized the former Berlin Trunk and Bag Company which is now occupied by the Greb Shoe Company. Interested in public life, he was an alderman for several years and unsuccessfully contested the mayoralty when Dr. J. E. Hett was elected.

A member of the high school board, he was especially interested in promoting manual training. In the early years of this community, Mr. Breithaupt was a member of the Berlin Light Commission. He was a member of Zion Evangelical UB Church and was on the denomination's board of Christian education. He taught in the Sunday school here for most of his life. An enthusiast in the early days of photography as a hobby, he returned to it in his later years and was an ardent color photography fan. Interested in woodworking, he made many pieces of furniture for his Georgian Bay cottage.

Mr. Breithaupt had spent each weekend this summer at his cottage, as well as some full weeks. However, he returned to make his regular calls on shoemakers in several communities between Galt and North Bay, driving his car on road trips in spite of his advanced age. He liked to retain his interest in the leather trade and found his sales trips valuable for this. His first wife, the former Louise Anthes, died in 1942. The present Mrs. Breithaupt was the former Gladys Baechler. Funeral arrangements have not been made pending finding of the body.



Kitchener-Waterloo Record- 23 Jul 1955 pg 3

Historic Building:
Waldeck house built by Louis Breithaupt, demolished in 1965.

Elected Office:
1899-1900, 1913-1914

Albert — Lydia Louisa "Louisa" Anthes. Lydia (daughter of John Schmidt Anthes and Lydia Catherine Herlan) was born 27 Mar 1877, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 18 Jun 1942, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Albert — Gladys Eileen Baechler. Gladys was born 25 Aug 1913; died 5 Aug 2004, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Grace United (Zion Evangelical) Cemetery , Tavistock, East Zorra Township, Oxford Co., Ontario. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Name: Katie Breithaupt
• Residence: 166 Adam Street, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-36091
• Residence: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelist

Other Events:

• Residence: 166 Adam Street, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-136004
• Residence: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelist

Other Events:

• Name: Louise Evaline "Evaline" Parry
• Eby ID Number: 00142-2327.2
• Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical
• Recipes: 1906, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

Notes:

Family Photograph:
The above picture represents five daughters of Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Breithaupt, of Berlin, all of whom have been students at our College. Mr. Breithaupt is one of the leading citizens of Berlin, Mayor of the City, Warden of Waterloo, ex-member of Parliament, etc. The daughters have occupied successively one of the front rooms of the main building known as No. 9 Lower Main. The eldest. Miss Evelyn Breithaupt, is now Mrs. Dr. Parry, of Hamilton, and the youngest. Miss Katherine Breithaupt, is at present attending the College. The others. Miss Lillian, Miss Edna and Miss Rose, are at home in Berlin. The College cherishes the most kindly feeling towards parents and daughters, and wishes them every possible favor and blessing in life which they so richly deserve.

Recipes:
PLANKED SHAD OR WHITE FISH

Evelyn Breithaupt.

Clean and split a thin pound shad, put the skin side down on oak plank 1 inch thick and a little longer and wider than the fish, sprinkle with salt and pepper and brush over melted butter. Bake 25 minutes in hot oven. Remove from the oven, spread with butter, garnish with parsley and brown. The fish should be sent to the table on plank. Planked shad is well cooked in a gas range having the flame over the fish.<sup>1a

1a</sup>The Ladies of Berlin, Waterloo and Friends Elsewhere, The Berlin Cook Book (Berlin, Ontario: The New Record Print Shop, 1906), pg 25

Louise married Dr. John Roland Parry 31 Oct 1906, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. John (son of John Parry and Margaret Jane Galbraith) was born 13 Jun 1879, Dunnville, Haldimand Co., Ontario; died 27 Dec 1956; was buried , Hamilton Cemetery, Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Ontario. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Name: Lillian Breithaupt
• Eby ID Number: 00142-2327.3
• Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical
• Recipes: 1906, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Recipes: 1906, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1911, 108 Queen Street North, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical
• Residence: 1921, 108 Queen St. N., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Zion Evangelical

Notes:

In the 1930s she was the president of the Ladies Auxiliary for the local sanatorium.

Family Photograph:
The above picture represents five daughters of Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Breithaupt, of Berlin, all of whom have been students at our College. Mr. Breithaupt is one of the leading citizens of Berlin, Mayor of the City, Warden of Waterloo, ex-member of Parliament, etc. The daughters have occupied successively one of the front rooms of the main building known as No. 9 Lower Main. The eldest. Miss Evelyn Breithaupt, is now Mrs. Dr. Parry, of Hamilton, and the youngest. Miss Katherine Breithaupt, is at present attending the College. The others. Miss Lillian, Miss Edna and Miss Rose, are at home in Berlin. The College cherishes the most kindly feeling towards parents and daughters, and wishes them every possible favor and blessing in life which they so richly deserve.

Recipes:
BEEFSTEAK PIE

Miss. Lillian Briethaupt

Cut remnants of cold broiled stake or roast beef in 1 inch cubes, cover with boiling water, add 1 small onion, and cook slowly one hour. Remove onion, thicken gravy with flour diluted with cold water, and season with salt and pepper, add 4 potatoes cut in 1/2 inch slices, 1/2 cup turnip cut in dice and 3/4 cup carrot cut in dice, which have been parboiled eight minutes in boiling water. Put in a buttered pudding dish, cool, cover with baking powder biscuit mixture or pie crust, bake in a hot oven. If covered with pie crest make several incisions in crust that gases may escape.<sup>1a

1a</sup>The Ladies of Berlin, Waterloo and Friends Elsewhere, The Berlin Cook Book (Berlin, Ontario: The New Record Print Shop, 1906), pg 50

Recipes:
BAKING POWDER BISCUIT

Miss. Lillian Briethaupt

2 cups flour, 1/2 teaspoon salt, 4 teaspoons baking powder, 1 cup shortening, 2/3 cup water.<sup>1a

1a</sup>The Ladies of Berlin, Waterloo and Friends Elsewhere, The Berlin Cook Book (Berlin, Ontario: The New Record Print Shop, 1906), pg 51

Other Events:

• Name: Edna Breithaupt
• Eby ID Number: 00142-2327.4
• Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical

Notes:

Exceptional drive, impressive skills in leadership and organization, and a strong social conscience, combined with interests in education and the arts: these were the characteristics of Edna Breithaupt which led to her many achievements. The various organizations she founded all derived from her vision of a better life through arts education, and all of them have enriched Canadian cultural life.

Martha Edna Breithaupt, known as Edna, was born July 26, 1885 in Berlin, Ontario, the second of eight children of Louis Jacob Breithaupt and Emma (Devitt) Breithaupt. The Breithaupts were a locally prominent family of considerable wealth that was derived mainly from the family tannery business, the Breithaupt Leather Company. They were also involved in local and provincial politics. Sir Wilfrid Laurier was entertained at the family home, "Sonneck," and Edna's brother, Louis 0. Breithaupt, was a Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario.

As a girl, Edna spent her summers at the Breithaupt family cottages, "Riverbend" on the Grand River near Bridgeport (now part of Kitchener), and in Penetang on Georgian Bay, where her father had opened a second branch of the tannery business in 1885. The Breithaupts were devoted members of Zion Evangelical church in Kitchener and Edna was involved in many church activities during her formative years. After high school she attended the Ontario Ladies' College in Whitby, where she majored in art...

Women of Waterloo County, edited by Ruth Russell

Family Photograph:
The above picture represents five daughters of Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Breithaupt, of Berlin, all of whom have been students at our College. Mr. Breithaupt is one of the leading citizens of Berlin, Mayor of the City, Warden of Waterloo, ex-member of Parliament, etc. The daughters have occupied successively one of the front rooms of the main building known as No. 9 Lower Main. The eldest. Miss Evelyn Breithaupt, is now Mrs. Dr. Parry, of Hamilton, and the youngest. Miss Katherine Breithaupt, is at present attending the College. The others. Miss Lillian, Miss Edna and Miss Rose, are at home in Berlin. The College cherishes the most kindly feeling towards parents and daughters, and wishes them every possible favor and blessing in life which they so richly deserve.

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: 00142-2327.5
• Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical

Notes:

Family Photograph:
The above picture represents five daughters of Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Breithaupt, of Berlin, all of whom have been students at our College. Mr. Breithaupt is one of the leading citizens of Berlin, Mayor of the City, Warden of Waterloo, ex-member of Parliament, etc. The daughters have occupied successively one of the front rooms of the main building known as No. 9 Lower Main. The eldest. Miss Evelyn Breithaupt, is now Mrs. Dr. Parry, of Hamilton, and the youngest. Miss Katherine Breithaupt, is at present attending the College. The others. Miss Lillian, Miss Edna and Miss Rose, are at home in Berlin. The College cherishes the most kindly feeling towards parents and daughters, and wishes them every possible favor and blessing in life which they so richly deserve.

Other Events:

• Name: L. O. Breithaupt
• Eby ID Number: 00142-2327.6
• Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical
• Occupation: 1915, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; tanner
• Elected Office: 1919, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mayor - Councillor - Kitchener
• Occupation: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Sales Manager, Tannery
• Residence: 1921, 100 Queen St. N., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Zion Evangelical
• Website: 2009
• Hall of Fame - Waterloo Region: Bef 2012, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

Notes:

Louis Orville Breithaupt earned the title of the city's "most eminent citizen" when he became Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario in 1952. He served the office with distinction until 1957.

His father, Louis Jacob Breithaupt, was a prominent industrialist, operating the Breithaupt Leather Company. Following graduation from the University of Toronto, Breithaupt entered his father's business, became vice-president and general manager, and, later, president.

He was an alderman for four years and in 1923, at age thirty-two, became the youngest mayor in the city's history - and the third generation of his family to serve in that office. Many local organizations received the benefit of his executive guidance. He had been governor of McMaster University, Hamilton and the chancellor of Victoria University, Toronto.

He was elected Liberal member for Waterloo North in 1940, 1945 and 1949. His personal qualities and interest in humanity made him a beloved citizen.


Waterloo Region Hall of Fame

____________________

LOUIS ORVILLE BREITHAUPT


L. O. Breithaupt, 70, former Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario and one of Waterloo County's most distinguished citizens died on December 6, 1960.

Following retirement as lieutenant-governor in December 1957, after serving a year beyond the customary five-year term, Mr.
Breithaupt resumed business as president of the Breithaupt Leather Co., in Kitchener, a position he first assumed in 1930. In April 1959, he was installed as chancellor of Victoria University, Toronto.

Bom in Kitchener, son of Louis J acob Breithaupt and Emma Devitt, he was the third generation of his family to serve as mayor of Kitchener (Berlin), and the youngest in the city's history.

Following education at the local high school, Northwestern College of Naperville, 111., and University of Toronto, Mr. Breithaupt entered the family-owned leather business.

He was first elected Kitchener alderman in 1919 and was reelected in 1920, 1921 and 1922 when he headed the polls on a citywide vote. In 1923, before his 33rd birthday he was elected mayor and the following year he was returned to the mayor's chair by acclamation.
There followed years devoted to business enterprise and public service before he stood, in 1940, as Liberal member for Waterloo- North. This was former prime minister Mackenzie King's original riding and Mr. Breithaupt's father had been largely responsible for persuading the late Mr. King to enter politics. L. O. Breithaupt was returned to the House of Commons in 1945 and 1949.

Throughout his life he was a moving spirit in a vast number of public enterprises, including his church, Zion Evangelical United Brethren, the Y.M.C.A., Rotary Club and the restoration of Woodside, former home of Mackenzie King. He was a member of the Board of Governors of McMaster University and of a host of clubs and organizations.

L. O. Breithaupt performed his duties with dignity and competence and with a lack of ostentation. Because of this and his other great qualities, he will be remembered as an example for citizens of Waterloo County.

Waterloo Historical Society Annual Volume 1960

Elected Office:
Years Served: 1919-22, 1923-24 (Mayor)

Website:
Wikipedia Entry

Louis married Mabel Louise White 14 Oct 1915, Milton, Trafalgar Twp., Halton Co., Ontario, Canada. Mabel was born 5 Apr 1894, Milton, Trafalgar Twp., Halton Co., Ontario, Canada; died 27 Jun 1916, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Louis — Sara Caskey. Sara was born 2 Mar 1895, Youngstown, Mahoning, Ohio, USA; died 14 Feb 1989, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Military: WW1 - Signaller 64th Battalion
• Eby ID Number: 00142-2327.7
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical
• Residence: Abt 1916, 108 Queen Street North, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1919, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; manufacturer
• Occupation: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Manager, Tannery
• Residence: 1921, 23 Margaret Ave., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Zion Evangelical

William married Gertrude J. Hughes 1 Oct 1919, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada. Gertrude was born 1893, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada; died 10 Apr 1954, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-99426
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical
• Occupation: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Student
• Residence: 1921, 108 Queen St. N., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Zion Evangelical

Notes:

Family Photograph:
The above picture represents five daughters of Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Breithaupt, of Berlin, all of whom have been students at our College. Mr. Breithaupt is one of the leading citizens of Berlin, Mayor of the City, Warden of Waterloo, ex-member of Parliament, etc. The daughters have occupied successively one of the front rooms of the main building known as No. 9 Lower Main. The eldest. Miss Evelyn Breithaupt, is now Mrs. Dr. Parry, of Hamilton, and the youngest. Miss Katherine Breithaupt, is at present attending the College. The others. Miss Lillian, Miss Edna and Miss Rose, are at home in Berlin. The College cherishes the most kindly feeling towards parents and daughters, and wishes them every possible favor and blessing in life which they so richly deserve.

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-188867
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical
• Occupation: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Student
• Residence: 1921, 108 Queen St. N., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Zion Evangelical

Paul — M. Jean Alexander. M. was born 1907; died 1969; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Military: WW1 - Cadet - Royal Air Force
• Nationality: , Canada
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-189093P
• Immigration: 1900, , Ontario, Canada
• Immigration: 1900, , Canada
• Residence: 1911, 66 Margaret Avenue, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
• Military: 1914, WW1; WW1, Cadet, Royal Air Force
• Occupation: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Student
• Residence: 1921, 66 Margaret Ave., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-189094
• Residence: 1911, 66 Margaret Avenue, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
• Occupation: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Student
• Residence: 1921, 66 Margaret Ave., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Zion Evangelical

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-189095
• Residence: 1911, 66 Margaret Avenue, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
• Occupation: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Student
• Residence: 1921, 66 Margaret Ave., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Zion Evangelical

Other Events:

• Name: Edward Breithaupt
• Residence: 172 Margaret Ave., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-97692
• Occupation: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Student
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical
• Directory: 1912, 160 Adam St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; ?
• Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical
• Occupation: 1925, Hastings, Northumberland Co., Ontario, Canada; chemical engineer

John married Elspeth Gertrude Mavor 14 Oct 1925, Beamsville, Clinton Twp., Lincoln Co., Ontario. Elspeth was born 4 Mar 1895, Rockland, Prescott and Russell United Counties, Ontario; died 1967; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Name: Louisa Catharine Geil
• Residence: 172 Margaret Ave., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-97693
• Occupation: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Student
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical
• Directory: 1912, 160 Adam St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Income
• Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical

Louisa — Professor Milton George Geil. Milton (son of Henry Geil and Margaret Domm) was born 3 Jun 1893, Drew, Minto Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada; died 6 Jul 1962, West Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Military: WW1
• Residence: 172 Margaret Ave., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 172 Margaret Ave., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 172 Margaret St., Kitchener, Ontario
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-97694P
• Occupation: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Student
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical
• Directory: 1912, 160 Adam St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Military: 1914, WW1; WW1, Divisional Signaler, Service #2266063
• Occupation: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Student
• Residence: 1921, 172 Margaret Ave., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical
• Residence: 1946, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA

Other Events:

• Name: Frieda Carolina Harris
• Residence: 172 Margaret Ave., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-97695
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical
• Directory: 1912, 160 Adam St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Student
• Residence: 1921, 172 Margaret Ave., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical
• Residence: 1953, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada

Frieda married Ernest Albert Harris 10 Jul 1948, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Ernest was born 1892; died 1956. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Residence: 172 Margaret Ave., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 172 Margaret Ave., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-184008
• Directory: 1912, 160 Adam St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Student
• Residence: 1921, 172 Margaret Ave., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical

Walter married Norma Fosbrook Shepperson 1 Sep 1928, Brantford, Brant Co., Ontario, Canada. Norma was born 17 Jun 1903, Brantford, Brant Co., Ontario, Canada; died 31 Jan 1967, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Name: Esther Breithaupt
• Name: Helena Esther "Esther" Duffield
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-308532
• Occupation: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Student
• Residence: 1921, 172 Margaret Ave., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

Helena — Allen Edward Duffield. Allen was born 19 Jan 1908, Mount Forest, Wellington County, Ontario, Canada; died 4 Jul 1954, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Nationality: , USA
• Residence: 189 Queen St. N., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-188873
• Immigration: 1910, , Ontario, Canada
• Immigration: 1911, , Canada
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical
• Occupation: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Manufacturer, Trunk Factory
• Residence: 1921, 22 Margaret Ave., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Zion Evangelical
• Occupation: 1950, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; sales manager - Staminite Co.

Albert — Edna Mary Louise "Mary" Kaufman. Edna (daughter of Jacob S. Kaufman and Mary Ratz) was born 21 Dec 1891, , Ontario, Canada; died 3 Jun 1983; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Nationality: , Canada
• Immigration: UNKNOWN, , Canada
• Residence: 189 Queen St. N., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-188874
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical
• Occupation: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Diatician, Hospital
• Residence: 1921, 189 Queen St. N., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical
• Occupation: 1950, K-W Collegiate & Vocational School, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario; teacher - K-W Collegiate & Vocational School
• Residence: 1950, 25 Margaret Ave., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

Other Events:

• Residence: 189 Queen St. N., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-188875
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical

Other Events:

• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/187292025
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-189761
• Residence: 1911, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical

Other Events:

• Name: F. A. Breithaupt
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-183886P
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical
• Occupation: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Student
• Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical
• Elected Office: 1951, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; councillor - Kitchener Council
• Residence: 1955, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

Notes:

Elected Office:
1951-1958, 1960-1962

Fredrick — Frances Marian Bean. Frances (daughter of David Alexander "Alexander" Bean and Rose Anna Winter) was born 26 May 1906, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 3 Nov 1999, Ottawa, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Name: Marie Breithaupt
• Name: Martha Marie Louise "Marie" Hagmeier
• Name: Martha Marie Louise "Marie" Martin
• Residence: 166 Adam Street, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-183887
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical
• Occupation: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Student
• Residence: 1921, 166 Margaret St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical
• Residence: 1955, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada

Notes:

HAGMEIER, Mrs. L. Gordon (Marie) On Saturday, June 23, 1979, at University Hospital, London, Ont., the former Marie Breithaupt, aged 75 years, of Route 2 (Beach-O-Pines) Grand Bend, Ont., along with her husband resided at Sarasota, Fla. (Siesta Key) during the winter months.

Survived by her husband Dr. L. Gordon Hagmeier and his three daughters: Mrs. Arthur H. (Betty) McCarthy of Shaker Heights, Ohio, Mrs. H. William (Jean) Schlegel of Route 2. Grand Bend, Mrs. John (Anne) Gibson of Calgary; her sister Mrs. R. A. Ruth Gordon of Toronto; her brothers, Fred A. Breithaupt and Arthur L. Breithaupt, both of Kitchener, Dr. David J. Breithaupt of Toronto and nieces and nephews. Predeceased by her brother Rudolph A. Breithaupt of Waterloo, her first husband H. Emmerson Martin, her father Albert L.. Breithaupt and her mother, the former Louisa Anthes. She was a graduate of the Toronto General Hospital School of Nursing, and at one time was on the staff of Preston Springs Sanitorium, then returned to Toronto General Hospital, where she had been an operating room head nurse.

A memorial service will be held at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Queen and Weber Streets Kitchener, on Tuesday, June 26, 1979, at 2 p.m. Rev. Grant MacDonald will officiate, Cremation has taken place, there will be no visitation at the funeral home.

Expressions of sympathy may be shown by donations to St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church Radio and Television Ministry or the charity of your choice and may be arranged at the Ratz Bechtel Funeral Home.

Kitchener-Waterloo Record Mon, Jun 25, 1979 Page 23

Martha married Hugh Emerson "Emerson" Martin 4 Jun 1938, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Hugh was born 31 May 1896, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada; died 21 Dec 1969, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Martha — Dr. Louis Gordon "Gordon" Hagmeier. Louis (son of Abraham Hagmeier and Elizabeth Graeb) was born 5 Jun 1887, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1985; was buried , Exeter Cemetery, Exeter, Huron Co., Ontario. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Name: Dolph Breithaupt
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-183888
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical
• Occupation: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Student
• Residence: 1921, 166 Margaret St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical
• Residence: 1955, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

Rudolph — Marion Gertrude Elizabeth Martha Roos. Marion (daughter of Peter H. Roos and Mary Elizabeth Zimmermann) was born 18 Nov 1909, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1 Jul 2011, Waterloo Ave., Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Name: Anna Breithaupt
• Name: Ruth Anna Catharine Gordon
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-183889
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical
• Residence: 1921, 166 Margaret St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical

Notes:

Ruth Anne Breithaupt, a nurse, joined the anaesthetic staff at Christie Street Veterans' Hospital, and hoped to "live happily ever after." However, war soon loomed, and a phone call at 0200 on September 1, 1939 "invited" him to report, at 0900 the same day, to the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps to become an army anaesthetist. Overseas, he served first with the Fifteenth Canadian General Hospital and, from 1941 to I945, with the Basingstoke Neurological and Plastic Surgery Hospital. After the war, Rod remained in the RCAMC (Reserve), becoming a full colonel in 1949....


CANADIAN JOURNAL OF ANAESTHESIA 1994 / 4l: pp1-2 Alan W. Conn, Toronto

Ruth — Dr. Roderick Angus Gordon. Roderick was born 2 Aug 1911, near, Watrous, , Saskatchewan, Canada; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-242622
• Residence: 1935, 166 Margaret St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1955, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1963, 97 Queen St. N., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1968, 84 Rushholme Rd., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

Arthur married Martha Anne Frisbie 27 Mar 1936. Martha was born 1914; died 1969; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Arthur — Betty Anne Combs. Betty was born 1915; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-261777
• Residence: 1921, 166 Margaret St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical
• Residence: 1955, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada