Karl "Charles" Weber

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• Name: Charles Weber
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-25535
• Residence: 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1901, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1907, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1911, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1911, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1937, 17 Dill St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1937, 11 Dill St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

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KARL WEBER

Coming to Kitchener 20 years ago to found the Weber Hardware Company with his son, C. N. Weber, Karl Weber, 17 Dill street, died at his late residence here today in his 61^st year

A son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Ludwig Weber, the deceased was born in Germany in December, 1856. He came to Canada in infancy and later married Margareta Hammer. Before entering the hardware business of which he was president, Mr. Weber farmed for many years. He was a member of St. Matthew's Lutheran church.

Surviving are three sons. Louis and Carl N. both of Kitchener, Phillip of Owen Sound, three daughters, Mrs. Ed. Holtachuh, Dorking, Mrs. J. Nickason, Southampton and Mrs. C. W. Kruse, Kitchener, two brothers, Louis of Hawkesville and Henry of Portland, Ore., one sister, Miss Katie Weber, Kitchener and 14 grandchildren.

Remains will rest at the funeral home.

Funeral arrangements are not complete.

Karl married Maria "Mary Ann" Ries 12 Jun 1881, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Maria (daughter of Eckhart Ries and Catherine Opperthaeuser) was born 1860, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1894; was buried , Elmira Union Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Karl — Margaret Hammer. Margaret was born 16 Feb 1869, Carrick Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada; died 29 Jan 1956, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Elmira Union Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Catharine Weber
• Name: Katherine "Katie" "Catharine" Holzschuh
• Name: Katie Weber
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-370226

Katherine married Edward Frederick Holzschuh 20 Dec 1911. Edward (son of Frederick Holzschuh and Margaret Oswald) was born 12 Dec 1876; died 2 Nov 1950, London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada; was buried 5 Nov 1950, Saint Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, Linwood, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Louis Weber
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-55707
• Occupation: 1901, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer Son
• Occupation: 1911, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer Son
• Residence: 1911, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

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LOUIS WEBER

The death occurred at K-W hospital on Aug 12 of Louis Weber, eldest son of the late Karl Weber, and Mary (Ries) Weber. He was born at Balsam Grove in 1884, and resided there until his father sold the farm when he went to live with his sister, Mrs. E. Holzshuh at Dorking.
After a number of years, he went to live with Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Brubacher of Elmira and later was at the Brubacher Nursing Home, St. Jacobs

Elmira Signet 24 Aug 1966

Ludwig — Katie R.. Katie was born Mar 1882, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-55708

Caroline married James Nickason 20 Apr 1910, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. James (son of William Nickason and Louisa Senhen) was born 1883; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-168250
• Occupation: 1911, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer Son
• Residence: 1911, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

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• Business: C. N. Weber Limited, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Name: C. N. Weber
• Name: Charles Weber
• Name: Karl N. Weber
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-43678
• Residence: 1911, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Hall of Fame - Waterloo Region: Bef 2012, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

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CARL N. WEBER
1899-1978

Born in Elmira, Ontario, C.N.Weber, in 1923, purchased the wholesale hardware business of John Fennell in Kitchener and organized Weber Hardware, later to become C.N Weber Limited. A longtime member and past-president of the Kitchener Board of Trade (Kitchener Chamber of Commerce), he was elected chairman of the Kitchener Urban Renewal Committee in 1971. He was a director of Canada Trust, the Equitable Life Insurance Company and the Economical Mutual Insurance Company.

Beyond his business interests, he served his community as a member of the K-W Hospital Commission for twenty-two years and was chairman for twenty of those years. He was a member of the Board of Governors of the University of Waterloo from the time it was founded until his death. He was also a trustee and past-president of the Ontario Hospital Association.

An active member of the Lutheran Church, he was a Canadian delegate to the World Council of Churches in India in 1961. He was a member of the executive council of the Lutheran Church in America, a member and chairman of its board of publications, a member of its pensions board and an executive member of the Eastern Canada Synod.


Waterloo Region Hall of Fame

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WEBER, Carl N. - At Boca Raton Community Hospital, Boca Raton, Fla., on Wednesday, March 1, 1978, after a brief illness, Carl N. Weber, age 79 years, of 1501-81 Church St., Kitchener.

Mr. Weber was born in Elmira, a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Karl Weber and the former Margaret Hammer. He was founder and chairman of the board of C.N. Weber Ltd. and a member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Cambridge.
Survived by his wife, the former Irene Wittig; five sons, Carl J., Eric, and Bruce, all of Kitchener, Paul and John (Jack) of Waterloo, and two daughters, Mrs. Frank (Ilene) Torode of Basking Ridge, N.J. and Mrs. Keith (Jene) Good of Kitchener; one brother, Philip, of Agincourt and two sisters, Mrs. Carl (Mary) Kruse of Kitchener and Mrs. Caroline Nickason of Kincardine. He is also survived by 24 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Predeceased by one brother and one sister.

Resting at the Edward R. Good Funeral Home, 171 King St. S., Waterloo, where the family will receive friends from 7-9 p.m. on Friday and 3-5 and 7-9 p.m. on Saturday. At noon on Sunday removal will be made to St. Peter's Lutheran Church, Kitchener, for the funeral service at 2 p.m., Rev. Willis Ott and Rev. Terry Pitts officiating. A family committal service will be held at Woodland cemetery, Kitchener on Monday.

Business:
C. N. Weber is a complex organization, but it started simply enough as hardware store founded by Samuel Date in 1855. He sold tools and supplies needed by carpenters, metal smiths and carriage makers in the community of Berlin, which later became Kitchener.
Date sold the store to John Fennell, a prominent community leader who died in 1922. In 1923, C.N. Weber bought the store from Fennell's widow. Over time, the business shifted from retail sales to industrial supply.

Carl married Anna Irena "Irene" Wittig 24 Dec 1925, Milverton, Mornington Twp., Perth Co., Ontario. Anna (daughter of John Wittig and Gertrude Gerth) was born 11 Jun 1903, Milverton, Mornington Twp., Perth Co., Ontario; died 16 Dec 1994, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Mary Anna Margaretha Kruse
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-25537

Mary — Carl William Kruse. Carl (son of William F. Karl Kruse and Augusta Hagen) was born 4 Mar 1907, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 17 Nov 1978, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Edna Voll
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-370228

Edna — Benjamin Voll. Benjamin was born CA 1911; died CA 2009. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-370227

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-168253
• Residence: 1911, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran