Wilhelm "William" Thoms: Waterloo Region Generations

Generation: 1

Wilhelm "William" Thoms was born 5 Jan 1854, , Ontario, Canada; died 1949; was buried , Doon Presbyterian Cemetery, Doon (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

Other Events:

Name: William Thoms
Eby ID Number: Waterloo-91861
Residence: 1875, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
Occupation: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Shoemaker
Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
Occupation: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Shoemaker
Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
Occupation: 1901, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Shoemaker
Occupation: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Shoemaker, Shop
Residence: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist

Notes:

King Street, Kitchener

Benton to Eby Street.-Successive occupation was as follows: From Benton Street easterward, before 1855, a one-story brick building with gable facing King Street was erected at the corner and used by Jacob Benner as blacksmith shop. Later Benner moved to West Montrose and the next occupant was Valentine Gildner and after him his son John Gildner . This blacksmith shop continued until comparatively recent years. A frame building painted white, with veranda in front, was Gildner s residence..

Vacant lot.

A tinsmith shop owned by Mr. Lehnen . This had a nice front with two good-sized glass windows on either side of the door.

A dwelling house built by Henry Rothaermel 1848-9. He was a carpenter and later was market clerk and tax collector.

A lane.

A one and one-half story building, with gable facing King Street and a verandah extending over the sidewalk, occupied by a Mr. Coleman 1855-1860. Adjoining it was a warehouse. The store passed to Coleman's son and then to John Kegel. Later John George Schmidt, shoemaker, occupied the building.

A lane.

A double, frame building about 50 feet along King St.; the east half used as a dwelling had a veranda; the west half was occupied by Charles Koehn, shoemaker.

Open space.

Dwelling of Gabriel Bowman, carpenter, who built the house.

A one and one-half story building occupied by Balzar Allendorf, a coverlet weaver, about 1840. Allendorf later moved to New Hamburg. There was a veranda at the front of the house and under it a well. Cattle ran at large in the streets at this time and one Sunday afternoon a steer got on the veranda floor, which was partly rotted, broke through, fell into the well and had to be pulled out by means of a windlass. The building was torn down later.

frame building ocupied by Henry Sippel, former employee of Allendorf, as a weaver's shop.

In 1855 there was a frame building one and one-half story high along King Street divided into two parts, one part a dwelling and the other part a hat shop, owned by John Kidder, who made felt hats and old-fashioned bonnets. The shop was a few steps above the sidewalk level.

A dwelling.

A one and one-half story frame building lengthwise with King street occupied by a widow, Mrs. Caroline Lehnen.

A driveway.

A two story brick building with gable toward King Street, occupied by J. J. Lehnen, son of the widow Lehnen, as a copper and tinsmith shop and a store. Lehnen made his own tinware. Later Jacob Doebler occupied this building as a bakery.

A one and one-half story frame building with gable toward King Street occupied by George Yantz, a cabinet maker. He had a tavern in this same building for a time, and lived there.

In the early years a garden.

A small shop with sloping roof used by Christian Enslin as a book store and book-bindery, the first book-bindery in Berlin Enslm arrived in Berlin about 1830. Jacob Stroh remembers going with his father to the store to buy school supplies. Enslin later was editor, for Henry Eby, the publisher, of the Deutsche Canadier which began publication in 1840.

Enslin's House, one-half story, frame, standing lengthwise with King Street and having a veranda over the door, was on the site of Dr. Hetts present office and house. At the rear there was an orchard.

About 60 feet back of King Street there was a house built by Henry Eby. Shubel Randall, brother of George Randall, lived in it later. In 1860 the building was destroyed by fire and a servant girl Dina Hertz, perished in the flames. The walls remaining standing, the house was re-built, and is still in use.

A brick building, abutting on King Street with gable facing the street, was Henry Eby's printing office. The main floor was she or seven feet above the sidewalk level. In 1860 this building was changed to a church and was the first Anglican Church in Berlin.

A frame building, one end of which was used by Henry Bowman as a general store; he lived in the other end. This was known as the Bowman building. Later William Stein had a tailor shop in it and after him William Thoms used it as a shoe repair shop.

REMINISCENCES OF BERLIN (NOW KITCHENER) By JACOB STROH Contributed by Joseph M. Snyder.

Part I. Settlement - Early Villagers and Buildings, Waterloo Historical Society Annual Volume 1930

Wilhelm married Maria "Mary" Wolfe 2 Nov 1875, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Maria (daughter of Johann "John" Wolfe and Anna Barbara "Barbara" Ziegler) was born 9 Mar 1850, Doon (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was christened 21 Sep 1856, Strassburg Evangelical Lutheran Church, Strassburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Children:

2. Francoise Thoms was born 1876, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
3. Milton Thoms was born 1877, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
4. Violet Frances Thoms was born 9 Dec 1877, Doon (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
5. Herbert Wesley Thoms was born CALC 17 Mar 1879, Of, Doon, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 20 Feb 1880, Doon (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
6. Herbert Toms was born 28 Sep 1879, Newcastle, Durham Co., Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
7. Alma Thoms was born Apr 1881, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
8. Howard Thoms was born 1 Jul 1883, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
9. Hilda M. Thoms was born 25 Aug 1886, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
10. Clara Thoms was born 1889, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
11. Clarence Thoms was born 2 Feb 1890, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.

Generation: 2

2.	Francoise Thoms (1.Wilhelm¹) was born 1876, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown. Other Events: Eby ID Number: Waterloo-375300 Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist

3.	Milton Thoms (1.Wilhelm¹) was born 1877, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown. Other Events: Eby ID Number: Waterloo-375301 Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist

Violet Frances Thoms

(1.Wilhelm¹) was born 9 Dec 1877, Doon (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.

Other Events:

Name: Violet Frances Gamble
Eby ID Number: Waterloo-84083

Violet — William N. Gamble. William (son of Joseph Gamble and Anna Newson) was born 2 Nov 1880, Amaranth Village, Wellington Co., Ontario; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Children:

12. Hilda Joy Gamble was born 29 Oct 1897, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
13. Hector Thomas Gamble was born 25 Jan 1900, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.

5.	Herbert Wesley Thoms (1.Wilhelm¹) was born CALC 17 Mar 1879, Of, Doon, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 20 Feb 1880, Doon (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Other Events: Eby ID Number: Waterloo-233611

6.	Herbert Toms (1.Wilhelm¹) was born 28 Sep 1879, Newcastle, Durham Co., Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown. Other Events: Eby ID Number: Waterloo-64531 Occupation: 1901, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Barber

7.	Alma Thoms (1.Wilhelm¹) was born Apr 1881, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown. Other Events: Eby ID Number: Waterloo-204188 Pension: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist Residence: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist

8.	Howard Thoms (1.Wilhelm¹) was born 1 Jul 1883, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown. Other Events: Eby ID Number: Waterloo-36724 Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist Occupation: 1901, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Chicken Store

Hilda M. Thoms

(1.Wilhelm¹) was born 25 Aug 1886, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.

Other Events:

Eby ID Number: Waterloo-91863
Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
Occupation: 1911, Petersburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Teacher, Public School
Residence: 1911, Petersburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist

10.	Clara Thoms (1.Wilhelm¹) was born 1889, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown. Other Events: Eby ID Number: Waterloo-375305 Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist

11.
Clarence Thoms (1.Wilhelm¹) was born 2 Feb 1890, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
Other Events:
Eby ID Number: Waterloo-91864

Generation: 3

12.
Hilda Joy Gamble (4.Violet², 1.Wilhelm¹) was born 29 Oct 1897, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
Other Events:
Eby ID Number: Waterloo-84084

13.	Hector Thomas Gamble (4.Violet², 1.Wilhelm¹) was born 25 Jan 1900, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown. Other Events: Eby ID Number: Waterloo-212267