Jacob Cluthe

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• Business: Doon Shody Mill
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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-91851
• Immigration: 1860, , Ontario, Canada
• Naturalization: 1882, , Ontario, Canada
• Immigration: 1885, , Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1886, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; machinist
• Residence: 1886, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Naturalization: 1887
• Occupation: 1901, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Manufacturer
• Occupation: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Manufacturer, Shadie
• Residence: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Roman Catholic
• Residence: 1936, 15 Pearl Place, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

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The Karweil Case.
Editor, Reporter:

Regarding the investigation of dead woman which you had in March 6, Reporter, I wish to let the people know the truth. Forty-one years ago I met Mr. and Mrs. Karweil through Mr. H. Krantz in the town hall in Berlin, coming from Germany. I took them to Doon and gave Mr. Karweil work for quite a number of years. Then he went to Williamsburg and after some years came back to Doon, bought a house and worked for me and others. In 1923 he fell off in health and I looked after him. At the time some people and specially one merchant tried to take advantage of him, by giving not the proper change and selling him one dozen eggs and deliver only eight eggs. After eight days I tackled this merchant for the balance of 4 eggs and he got furious and threatened to break my bones, We quit that merchant and I supplied Mr. Karweil with groceries and whatever he wanted and took for him what goods he had to sell for market. This merchant minds all other peoples' business except his wife's grocery business. As to the Provincial police investigation surrounding the death of aged Doon resident on March 6, 1925, that could only be sent to the Reporter by such a lunatic as he, as there was no provincial police investigation until Saturday March 7. Last summer Mr. Karweil fell in health. He was weak and could not work except in his own garden. He wanted not to be bothered by his next neighbors because they wanted him to go to the Poorhouse in Kitchener. An old spinster he made me order from the house as he says she was after his purse. Last summer I met the reeve in Preston and he told me they must go to the poor house. He had the papers all ready. When I came home and told them this they were just wild. They offered to deed the property over to me as they had no children and no relations. If I would see to it that they did not go to the Poorhouse. I Agreed and he said to get a lawyer. Well the deed was made by Mr. Bitzer of Kitchener , and I took them over to my house, I got medicine from a doctor often and both old people improved a lot. On Feb. 22, after Mrs. Karweil had her oatmeal breakfast, coffee, etc., on the lounge she started to knit socks as she always made me buy yarn so she could knit socks. Then I went to the stable to attend the stock. When I came back she had left the lounge and lay near the bed on the floor, and Mr. Karweil trying to help her up, saying "get up. I can't lift you alone, but I must help you", and I lifted her up on the bed. Then I seen what had happened, she was lame in the left arm and her mouth was drawn to one side. She had suffered a stroke. I went at once to a doctor in Preston and told him and wanted him to come, but he explained to me that he could do nothing for her as she was old and besides he had no way to come to Doon and was needed in Preston. Roads were bad to Doon for a car.

All we could do was to keep her clean and give her what she wanted. For 2 or 3 days she lay in torment. Then she wanted a drink. We gave it to her with a spoon , but two days before she died she could not swallow and slept peacefully away on Sunday March 1. I could not go on Sunday and leave the old man alone. The road was icy and I had no sharp shod horse. I made arrangements to go with Mr. Teet to come on Monday and take me over with his horse as I needed a coffin. Mr.Teet came on Monday but being under the weather myself and with the bitter cold wind blowing I could not go.

In the meantime Mr. Karweil insisted on making the coffin himself as he had made them in Germany, and by Wednesday he had the coffin made.

On Wednesday, being mild, I went to the doctor in Preston and got the death certificate. Coming home, I went to Mr. Hepburn, cemetery caretaker, for a grave, but it seems to me Miss Hepburn was running this as she insisted that her father have nothing to do with it. When I saw I had trouble getting a grave from Mr. Hepburn, I made up my mind to find who was the coroner in Preston. On the way to Preston I met Dr. Oakes, and I found he was the coroner. I went back with him and he looked up the corpse and declared the coffin all right. In the afternoon I went to Preston and got through the coroner the burial certificate and arranged with Mr.Grieve the undertaker and sent to Galt and arranged with Mr. Oder for a burial sermon.

Friday I went to Mrs. Kinzie at Doon got a grave without any trouble, in the cemetery. I ordered the grave dug and on Sunday at 2 p.m. we had the funeral with about 50 in attendance, we had a very nice sermon at the house and cemetery. God give her the needed rest.
How I do not want to seem such a prude in the eyes of the public as some scoundrels want to show me up. Some of the people of the village are so bigoted and narrow minded and long-nosed that the rumour was afloat that I intended burning the; body instead of burying same. Provincial Police Inspector McCaffrey asked me so arbitrary and, I may say, funny that I cannot close this chapter without giving him some good advice, viz; To work in a shoddy mill for a year. It may do him good and he might improve a lot.

(Signed ) Jacob Cluthe,
Doon, March 21, 1925

Women's Institute, Tweedsmuir History Doon and Blair Branch.

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The Departed

JACOB CLUTHE

The death occurred Sunday of Jacob Cluthe, 79, owner of the Doon Shoddy Mill, at the residence of his daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth Ziegler. 15 Pearl Place. Deceased was born in Germany on June 4, 1856, and m grated to this country in 1880.

His widow survives with four sons, William of Toronto, Lawrence at Doon, Fred and George of Kitchener, and seven daughters. Mrs. A. Helman, city, Miss Kathrine, Toronto, Mrs. Leo Heit. Toronto, Mrs. A. Abrew, New York, N.Y., Mrs. V. Helt, Waterloo, Mrs. Fred Ziegler, city, and Miss Marie, city. One brother, Dr. William Cluthe, Evansville, Ill, and one sister. Mrs. Kathrine Ernst in Nebraska also survive, The funeral will be held Tuesday afternoon with a service at Doon Cemetery at 3 o'clock. Rev. G. Taylor Munro will officiate. The remains will be resting at Schreiter Sandrock Funeral Home until Tuesday afternoon.

Kitchener Daily Record 02 Dec 1935, Mon Page 13

Jacob married Magdalena "Leona" Metz 11 Oct 1886, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Magdalena (daughter of Metz and Anna Maria) was born 1 Jan 1869, , Bavaria, Germany; died 6 Mar 1956, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Clara Heiman
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-203933
• Residence: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Roman Catholic

Clara married Archibald Louis "Archie" Heiman 17 Aug 1920, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Archibald (son of Francis "Frank" Heiman and Catherine Stuhlfaut) was born 22 May 1894, Peel Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada; died 1960; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Clara Cluthe
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-91853
• Occupation: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Dress Maker, Shop Training
• Residence: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Roman Catholic

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• Name: Katie Cluthe
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-203944
• Residence: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Roman Catholic

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• Name: William Cluthe
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-91855
• Occupation: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Laborer, Farm
• Residence: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Roman Catholic

Wilhelm married Amelia Lanz 28 Nov 1917, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada. Amelia was born 1889, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Annie Maria Heit
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-91856
• Occupation: 1922, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; dress designer

Annie married Leo Louis Joseph Heit 15 Aug 1922, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Leo (son of Louis J. Heit and Emaline "Emma" Miller) was born 16 Oct 1895, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1979; was buried , Doon Presbyterian Cemetery, Doon (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-91858

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• Name: Lawrence Cluthe
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-203977
• Occupation: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Laborer, Shadie Mill
• Residence: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Roman Catholic
• Occupation: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Tire Builder, Tire Factory
• Residence: 1921, 298 Frederick St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Roman Catholic

Lorentz married Bertha Amato Ranscombe 9 Jul 1921, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Bertha (daughter of George Ranscombe and Ada Elizabeth Amato) was born 25 Dec 1892, , England; died 13 May 1947, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Parklawn Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-203988
• Residence: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Roman Catholic

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• Name: Augusta Cluthe
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-91859

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-91860
• Residence: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Roman Catholic
• Occupation: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Bookkeeper, Furniture Factory
• Residence: 1921, 298 Frederick St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Roman Catholic

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-204010
• Residence: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Roman Catholic

Notes:

Death Claims Deputy Fire Chief Cluthe

A member of the Kitchener fire department for 27 years, Deputy Chief Fred J. Cluthe, 52, of 249 Weber St. East, died at St. Mary's Hospital yesterday after a brief illness.

The deputy chief's death, Fire Chief Kenneth Putnam said today, is a blow to the department. "He was a fine man and one who will be difficult to replace," the chief said.

NATIVE OF DOON

Born in Doon May 1, 1901, Mr. Cluthe was a son of Mrs. Leona Cluthe and the late Jacob Cluthe. Surviving is his wife, the former Hilda Braendle whom he married at Kitchener in 1927; a son, Fred, and a daughter, Averill, all of Kitchener, and his mother of Doon. There are two brothers, William, Toronto: George, Kitchener; seven sisters, Kate, Doon; Mrs. Leo Heit, Toronto; Mrs. Andre Abreu, New York, Mrs. Urban Heit, Waterloo; Mrs. Fred Ziegler, London, Ont., Mrs. Samuel Gall and Mrs. Archie Heiman, both of Kitchener.

He was predeceased by one brother, Lawrence, of Doon.

PRIVATE FUNERAL

The funeral will be private with a service at the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home Wednesday at 1 p.m. Burial will be in Woodland Cemetery.
Rev. E. E. Pletch, pastor of Olivet Evangelical UB Church, will conduct the service. The body is at the funeral home.

Kitchener-Waterloo Record 22 Jun 1953, Mon Page 5

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• Name: Lena Cluthe
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-204021
• Residence: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Roman Catholic
• Occupation: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Dipping, Candy Factory
• Residence: 1921, 298 Frederick St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Roman Catholic
• Occupation: 1926, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Chocolate Dipper

Magdalena married Frederick Harold Ziegler 5 Jul 1926, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Frederick (son of Christopher Ziegler and Lydia Seifert) was born 1902, Bridgeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Minnie Cluthe
• Name: Wilhelmina Rosanna "Minnie" Cluthe
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-204044
• Residence: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Roman Catholic
• Occupation: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Packer, Candy Factory
• Residence: 1921, 298 Frederick St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Roman Catholic

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• Business: George Cluthe Manufacturing Company, Waterloo, , Ontario, Canada
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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-204055
• Residence: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Roman Catholic
• Residence: 1921, 298 Frederick St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

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CLUTHE, George J. - Suddenly, at his residence, on Friday, May 2, 1997, age 87 years and was born in Kitchener, Ont. Mr. Cluthé founded, owned and operated The Geo. Cluthé Manufacturing Co. Ltd., Waterloo. He established the George Cluthé Foundation within the Kitchener and Waterloo Community Foundation. Loving father of Ronald and his wife Marlene, William and his wife Ruth, both of Wellesley, Gerald and his wife Patricia of Wiarton and Richard and his wife Beverley of Elmira. Beloved grandfather of 13 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren. Predeceased by by seven sisters and three brothers. Mr. Cluthé's family will receive friends at the Edward R. Good Funeral Home, 171 King St. S., Waterloo, this evening (Saturday) from 7-9 p.m. and Sunday from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Funeral and committal service to be held in the funeral home chapel on Monday at 11 a.m. Cremation to follow. As expressions of sympathy, donations to a charity of your choice would be greatly appreciated.

The Record 03 May 1997, Sat Page 21

George married Mary Violet Howse 1 Sep 1932, Leaside, East York Twp., York Co., Ontario. Mary was born 2 Apr 1912, Guelph City, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada; died 1980; was buried , Woodlawn Memorial Park Cemetery, Guelph City, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Archibald — Jean. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Kathleen Kaufman
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-352151

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KAUFMAN, Kathleen

Peacefully, at K-W Health Centre of Grand River Hospital, on Friday, Jan. 17, 1997, following a lengthy illness, Kathleen Kaufman (nee Heiman), of Waterloo, age 61 years. Beloved wife of Alan. Sadly missed by sister-in-law, Jean Kaufman and family; nieces, Janice, Judy and their families. Also survived by Alan's brother, Dr. Paul Kaufman and his wife Ann of Thornhill and his sister, Marian of Toronto. She was predeceased by her parents, Archibald Heiman and the former Clara Cluthe of Kitchener and a brother, Archie Heiman of Brampton. Friends and relatives may call at the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home, 621 King St. W., Kitchener, on Sunday from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Funeral and committal services will be held in the chapel on Monday at 2: 30 p.m., with Rev. Edward Sheridan officiating. Private interment at Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener.

The Record Newspaper 18 Jan 1997 pg B4

Kathleen — Alan Kaufman. [Group Sheet]