Waterloo Region Generations
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Robert Edson Bush

Robert Edson Bush

Male 1849 - 1929  (79 years)

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  • Name Robert Edson Bush 
    Born 16 Nov 1849  Lunenburg, Stormont Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Gender Male 
    Name Edson Bush 
    Occupation 1901  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Plumber 
    Occupation 1911  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Boat Livery, at Park 
    Residence 1911  26 Homewood Ave., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    20 Homewood Ave., Kitchener, Ontario in 1912
    20 Homewood Ave., Kitchener, Ontario in 1912
    From: Berlin Celebration of Cityhood - Issued by Authority of the City. Berlin Ontario, Issued in Commemoration of its Celebration of Cityhood July 17th 1912.
    Residence 1911  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Presbyterian 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-40282 
    Died 28 Aug 1929  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Buried Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Person ID I40282  Generations
    Last Modified 26 Feb 2024 

    Family Sarah Jane Hopper,   b. 31 Oct 1859, Hagersville, Oneida Twp., Haldimand Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Aug 1902, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 42 years) 
    Last Modified 2 Mar 2024 
    Family ID F10489  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • When Victoria Park opened in 1896, the newly created lake was Berlin's largest body of water (and remains so) thus it wasn't surprising to find, along the David Street shore near Roland Street, a 70-foot boathouse.

      That boathouse remained in service until 1929 by which time much of the wood had rotted from continual exposure to the lake water. Edson Bush operated the boathouse in all seasons for those three decades, renting boats, providing refreshments and lighting the wood stoves so skaters could warm up.

      To replace it, the Kitchener Park Board committed $15,000 in early 1929 for a two-storey brick structure designed by architect Charles Knechtel. Four months after ground was broken near the Queen Victoria monument, the first canoes and rowboats, stored on racks within each end of the building, were being rented from its dock.

      "Flash From The Past: Kitchener'S Multi-Tasking Victoria Park Boathouse". 2021. Therecord.Com. https://www.therecord.com/life/local-history/2021/08/06/flash-from-the-past-kitcheners-multi-tasking-victoria-park-boathouse.html.

  • Sources 
    1. [S137] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1901, Berlin (Town/Ville) A-12 Page 19.

    2. [S340] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1911, Div. 25 1911 Pg. 13.

    3. [S166] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Mount Hope CC#4508 Internet Link .
      Bush/ Robert E. Bush/ born Nov. 16, 1849/ died Aug. 28, 1929/ aged 79 yrs. 9 m. 12 d./ Sarah Jane Appleby/ his wife/ born Oct. 31, 1859/ died Aug. 10, 1902/ aged 42 yrs. 9 m. 10 d./ Rest in peace

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    Link to Google MapsBorn - 16 Nov 1849 - Lunenburg, Stormont Co., Ontario Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Plumber - 1901 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Boat Livery, at Park - 1911 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1911 - 26 Homewood Ave., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Presbyterian - 1911 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 28 Aug 1929 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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