Charles Dascombe Kidder

1809 - 1860  (50 years)

• Name	Charles Dascombe Kidder
  Born	29 Sep 1809	Ashby, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Birth	28 Jul 1810  [2]
  Occupation	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	hat maker
  Residence	1839	Buffalo, Erie, New York, United States   [3]
  Residence	Bef 1840	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Occupation	1851	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	hatter and furrier
  Occupation	1852	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	hat maker
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-31847
  Died	3 Mar 1860	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 7]
  Person ID	I31847	Generations
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

  
  

  Family 1	Julianna Ferguson,   b. Abt 1815, of, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	4 May 1839	Buffalo, Erie, New York, United States   [3]
  Children	1. Kidder,   b. 22 Jun 1840, Bolivar, Tuscarawas, Ohio, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Harriet Kidder,   b. 30 Apr 1842, , USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Alden B. Kidder,   b. 28 Nov 1844, , USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2025
  Family ID	F9567	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Margareth "Margaret",   b. 6 May 1821, , USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Children	1. Bennet Kidder,   b. 1842, , USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. John Quincy Kidder,   b. 28 Sep 1851, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 5 Mar 1915  (Age 63 years)   3. Frances Kidder,   b. 1857, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2025
  Family ID	F20653	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• 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 [probably Charles], 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

  
  

• Sources

  [S131] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1851, Div 4 Pg 5. Charles KIDDER Hatt Maker USA 42 Methodist b. 29-Sep Margareth KIDDER Milliner USA 31 ? b. 6-May Heriata KIDDER USA 10 Methodist b. 30-Apr Alden B. KIDDER USA 8 Methodist b. 28-Nov John Quincy KIDDER Canada 1 Methodist b. 6-Oct William B. CRAY Hatter USA 46 Presbyterian b. [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 8 Mar 1860. Charles Kidder died 3 Mar 1860 died in Berlin, 49 yrs, 7 mths, 3 days. [S9] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Canada Museum und Allgemeine Zeitung (1835-1840), 15 Jun 1839:25. 4 May 1839 In Buffalo, Charles Kidder m. Miss Julianna Ferguson, both formerly of Berlin. [S9] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Canada Museum und Allgemeine Zeitung (1835-1840), 8 Aug 1840:15. 22 Jun 1840 The family of Mr. Charles Kidder, formerly of this city, but now living in Boliver, Ohio, was blessed with a daughter. [S2070] Directory - Ontario Directory for 1851. [S131] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1851, Div 4 Pg 5. [S123] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1861, Div. 4 Page 37.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 29 Sep 1809 - Ashby, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States Occupation - hat maker - - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1839 - Buffalo, Erie, New York, United States Married - 4 May 1839 - Buffalo, Erie, New York, United States Residence - Bef 1840 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - hatter and furrier - 1851 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - hat maker - 1852 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 3 Mar 1860 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth