Johann Wolfgang "John" Baumgartner^{[1, 2]}

Cal 1820 - 1885  (~ 65 years)

• Name	Johann Wolfgang "John" Baumgartner
  Born	CALC 17 Apr 1820	Gunzenhausen, , Bayern, Germany   [2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1871	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Stone Cutter
  Residence	1871	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Lutheran
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-241587
  Died	15 Oct 1885	near Hespeler, Ontario   [2, 3]
  Person ID	I241587	Generations
  Last Modified	9 Jun 2025

  
  

  Family 1	Johanna Dorothea Herflein,   b. CA 1820, Gunzenhausen, , Bayern, Germany ,   d. CA 1855, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 35 years)
  Married	1847	Gunzenhausen, , Bayern, Germany
  Children	1. Margaret Rachel Baumgartner,   b. 25 Jul 1850, , Bavaria, Germany ,   d. 17 May 1904, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 53 years)
  Last Modified	10 Jun 2025
  Family ID	F32166	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Christina Barbara Hausch,   b. 15 Sep 1830, Güglingen, , Baden-Württemberg, Germany ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Children	1. George Baumgartner,   b. 4 Nov 1857, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Phillip Baumgartner,   b. 9 Dec 1860, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 5 Jan 1936, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 75 years)   3. Johann Carl "Charles" Baumgartner,   b. 14 Aug 1863, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 10 Nov 1918, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 55 years)   4. Catharina Rosina "Catherine" "Katie" Baumgartner,   b. 2 Nov 1865, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Mary Christina "Christina" Baumgartner,   b. 11 Dec 1869, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   6. Heinrich "Henry" Baumgartner,   b. 23 Oct 1874, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 22 Apr 1957  (Age 82 years)
  Last Modified	10 Jun 2025
  Family ID	F258547	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  BAUMGARTNER Johann Wolfgang Baumgartner, born at Ganzenhausen, Bavaria, April 17th, 1820, served his apprenticeship as a stone cutter (Steinhauer) made his journey, and for some years worked around home as a Journeyman. In 1847 he married Johanna Dorothea Herklein also of Ganzenhausen, who bore him three children of whom two died and the other, a girl, married. In 1854 they emigrated to America and in 1855 took up residence in Preston, Ontario, where she died shortly after their arrival there. In 1856 Johann married Christena Barbara Hausch, born on September 15th, 1830, at Giglingen, in Wuertemburg, only a short distance from where Jacob Hespeler was born (at Ehnigen) some twenty years earlier. To them three children were born at Preston, namely: George on November 4th, 1857. Phillip on December 9th, 1860. Jahann Carl on August 14th, 1863. At Preston he obtained work at his trade from Mason Contractors and also from Jacob Hespeler both at Preston and at New Hope, where Hespeler had erected a stone Grist Mill in 1847, and had embarked on an extensive building programme, which included many of the buildings of the present plant of Stamped and Enamelled Ware Limited. The work around New Hope kept increasing once the Mason contractors got to know the fine quality of his work with the result, that in 1865, he decided to move from Preston to some location nearer the centre of his operations. If you would be interested in the type of stone dressing he did, take a look some time at the corner stones on the building on the left bank of the river, just above the bridge, which Hespeler built in 1862, as a weave room. Baumgartner dressed these stones. He purchased a five acre property in Waterloo Township, fronting on the Town Line, located fifty links south of the Siegle (Now Jamieson) Farm. In the ledger of Conrad Nahrgang, who used to draw up papers for people, there is a charge against John Baumgartner for drawing up a deed on May 4th, 1865, which probably fixes the date when he moved. The deed is registered as B9-4103. Later, from time to time, Johann added to his holdings until he owned some 25 acres or thereabouts. Three more children were born to him in Waterloo Township: (1) Catharna Rosina born November 2nd, 1865. (2) Christena Maria born December 11th, 1869. (3) Heinrich born October 24th, 1874. Johann died in Waterloo Township, October 15th, 1885.... Pine Bush Genealogy by W. Brewster

  
  

• Sources

  [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 11542-86 Elizabeth Sachs. Philip BAUMGARDNER, 25, farmer, Preston, Waterloo twp., s/o Jean BAUMGARDNER & Christine HAUNH, married Lizzie DORR, 31, widow, Hespeler, same, d/o Adams SACHS & Margaretha WISSEMAN, witn: Carl & Catherine BAUMGARDNER and John SACHS, all of Waterloo twp., 16 Dec 1885 at Waterloo twp [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 22 Oct 1885. 15 Oct 1885 John Wolfgang Baumgartner died near Hespeler at age of 65 years, 5 months and 28 days. He was a native of Gunzenhausen, Kingdom of Bavaria [S2575] Census - ON, Waterloo Township - 1891, Sect. 3 Page 41. [S2767] aaaWaterloo Township 1871 South, Sect. 2 Page 49.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - CALC 17 Apr 1820 - Gunzenhausen, , Bayern, Germany Married - 1847 - Gunzenhausen, , Bayern, Germany Occupation - Stone Cutter - 1871 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Lutheran - 1871 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 15 Oct 1885 - near Hespeler, Ontario  = Link to Google Earth