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Johann Nicholas "Nicholas" Killer

Male 1823 - 1893  (69 years)


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  • Name Johann Nicholas "Nicholas" Killer 
    Born 27 Nov 1823  Bernsburg, , Hessen, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9] 
    Christened 30 Nov 1823  Bernsburg, , Hessen, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Occupation 1850  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    joiner 
    Occupation 1852  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    carpenter 
    Naturalization 1859  , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    • Nicholas was naturalized a citizen in 1859.
    Occupation 1861  Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Carpenter 
    Residence 1861  Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Protestant 
    Elected Office 1865  Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Councillor - Waterloo City 
    Elected Office 1869  Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Waterloo City - councillor 
    Occupation 1870  Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Hardward merchant 
    1870 Nicholas Killer invoice    		 1870 Nicholas Killer invoice
    Occupation 1871  Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Builder 
    Residence 1871  Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Lutheran 
    Elected Office 1876  Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Waterloo City - councillor 
    Name John Killer 
    Name Nicholas Killer 
    Occupation 1877  Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    implement manufacturer 
    N. Killer & Son    		 N. Killer & Son
    From: The County of Waterloo Gazetteer and Directory for 1877-78. Published by Armstrong & Co., Toronto, Ontario 1878
    Occupation 1881  Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Farmer 
    Residence 1881  Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Lutheran 
    Occupation 1891  Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Gentleman 
    Residence 1891  Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Lutheran 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-46129 
    Died 15 Feb 1893  Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 6] 
    Cause: cancer of stomach (4 months) 
    Buried Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Person ID I46129  Generations
    Last Modified 25 Apr 2024 

    Father Johannes Killer,   b. Abt 1795, of, Bernsburg, , Hessen, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1824, , Germany Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 29 years) 
    Mother Anna Christina Goss,   b. 30 May 1796, Eberklein Gross, Hessen, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 May 1869, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years) 
    Married 20 May 1823  Bernsburg, , Hessen, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location  [11] 
    Family ID F24786  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Christina Schneider,   b. 27 Sep 1835, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Jun 1909, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years) 
    Married 9 May 1850  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Children 
     1. John Killer,   b. 20 Aug 1850, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 Jul 1923, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years)
     2. Casper Killer,   b. 1852, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     3. Henry Killer,   b. 1855, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Apr 1887, Stratford, Perth Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 32 years)
     4. Anne Catherine "Catherine" Killer,   b. 6 Jul 1857, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Nov 1932, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years)
     5. Peter Killer,   b. 1858, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     6. Elizabeth "Lizzie" Killer,   b. 28 Sep 1861, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1937  (Age 75 years)
     7. George Killer,   b. 14 Oct 1864, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Feb 1928, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 63 years)
     8. Friedrich "Frederick" Killer,   b. 8 Apr 1866, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     9. Emma Catherine Killer,   b. CALC 30 Jan 1869, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Apr 1879, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 10 years)
     10. Elisabetha Killer,   b. 1870, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     11. Karl Valentine Killer,   b. 17 May 1871, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Jul 1873, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 2 years)
     12. Killer,   b. 9 Sep 1873, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Sep 1873, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
     13. Margaret Killer,   b. 1874, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     14. Martha Largetta Killer,   b. 26 Jan 1875, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Dec 1935, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 60 years)
     15. Killer,   b. 12 Jul 1880, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Jul 1880, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
    Last Modified 26 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F11985  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Death of Mr. Killer.

      The many friends of Mr. Nicholas Killer will be pained to her of his death which occurred on Wednesday forenoon. He had been a great sufferer for some months and his death was not unexpected. In his death, Waterloo loses one of its oldest and most respected citizens The following brief sketch of his life will prove interesting to many of his former friends:

      Mr. John Nicholas Killer was born at Bernsburg, Kreisalsfeld, in the Grand Duchy of Darmstadt, on the 27th November, 1823. When eighteen years of age immigrated to Canada and settled in Waterloo where he lived until his death. In his early years he was a builder and contractor in which he was successful in massing quite a large amont of property. He built the present Town Hall and also the Marble Block in which he carried on business for a number of years. 1875 the hardware firm of N. Killer & Son was formed and the business was carried on until about two years ago when it was disposed of to Mssrs. J. W. Fear & Co, the present proprietors.

      Mr. Killer always took an active interest in municipal and school affairs and every measure which had for its object the promotion of the interests of the town found in him a warm friend. He has very closely identified with the progress of the town for more than fifty years He was one of the organizers of The Waterloo Mutual Fire Insurance Company and was one the directors from its formation up to the time of his death. He was a member of the village Council for some years and served in the Town Council for some years. He was a valued and active member of the Public School Board for, 26 consecutive years. He also took a lively interest in church work and was one of the pillars of St. John's Lutheran church of which he was a trustee for thirty six years and In which he also filled the office of treasurer.

      He was of a quiet, peaceable and kindly disposition that always commanded the respect and friendship of everyone. He was married to Christina Schneider who survives him. His children are all grown up and most of them hold good positions in life. They are as follows: John, Inspector of the Waterloo Mutual Fire Insurance Co Jasper and George, residing in Winnipeg,; Peter in Chicago; Fred in Toronto; Catharine, wife of Mr. Gerhard Heintzman, piano manufacturer , Toronto; Elizabeth, wife of Mr. Geo. H. Hutchinson, barrister of this town; Largetta, unmarried, still at some. Three of his children predeceaced him, viz., Harry who died six years go this spring; Emma who died in 1879 aged 10 and Charles in 1873,
      aged 2 years.

      The funeral will take place from his residence, King street, on Saturday next, at 1 30 p. m. to St. John's Lutheran church for service, then to Mount Hope Cemetery for interment.

      We are sure that the widow and family will have the sympathy of the entire community in the great bereavement that has befallen them.

      Waterloo County Chronicle 16 Feb 1893, p. 3

  • Sources 
    1. [S131] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1851, Div 3 Pg 143.

    2. [S6] Church Records - ON, Waterloo - Bindeman, F. W. - Card Index Kitchener Public Library.
      Johann Nicholas Killer, 24, joiner of Waterloo married 9 May 1850 in Waterloo (at Caspar Schneider's) by license to Christina Schneider, 13, of Waterloo, wit: George Gleiser, taylor of Waterloo & John Hett, joiner of Waterloo

    3. [S302] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo City - 1881, Waterloo Village 1881 Div. 1 Page 10.

    4. [S192] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo City - Mount Hope CC#4500 Internet Link.
      In memory/ of/ J. Nicholaus Killer/ 1823-1893/ father

    5. [S908] Church Records - Germany, Hessen, Bernsburg - Evangelical Lutheran, FHL microfilms (595926-595929) 595929.

    6. [S713] Vit - ON - Death Registration, death certificate 17806 (1893), John Nicholas Killer, accessed 22 Nov 2009.
      John Nicholas Killer, d. 15 Feb 1893 Waterloo, aged 69y, 2m, 18d, b. Germany, cause: cancer of stomach (4 months),

    7. [S1885] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo City - 1861, Waterloo 1861 Dist. 3 Page 24.

    8. [S1573] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo City - 1891, Section 3 Page 10.

    9. [S2658] aaaaWaterloo Village 1871, Sect. 1 Page 38.

    10. [S907] Naturalization Records of Waterloo County, Naturualization of Nicholas Killer 1859.

    11. [S908] Church Records - Germany, Hessen, Bernsburg - Evangelical Lutheran, FHL microfilms (595926-595929) 595927.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 27 Nov 1823 - Bernsburg, , Hessen, Germany Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChristened - 30 Nov 1823 - Bernsburg, , Hessen, Germany Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - joiner - 1850 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 9 May 1850 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - carpenter - 1852 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsNaturalization - 1859 - , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Carpenter - 1861 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Protestant - 1861 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsElected Office - Councillor - Waterloo City - 1865 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsElected Office - Waterloo City - councillor - 1869 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Hardward merchant - 1870 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Builder - 1871 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Lutheran - 1871 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsElected Office - Waterloo City - councillor - 1876 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - implement manufacturer - 1877 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Farmer - 1881 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Lutheran - 1881 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Gentleman - 1891 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Lutheran - 1891 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - Cause: cancer of stomach (4 months) - 15 Feb 1893 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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