Shubal Hastings Randall

1824 - 1908  (83 years)

• Name	Shubal Hastings Randall
  Born	27 Jun 1824	Chesterfield, Cheshire, New Hampshire, USA   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1871	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Gentleman
  Residence	1871	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Universalist
  Residence	1873	Bellows Falls, Windham, Vermont, United States
  Residence	1880	Rockingham, Windham, Vermont, United States   [1]
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-199249
  Died	19 Jan 1908	Alstead, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States
  Person ID	I199249	Generations
  Last Modified	6 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Eleazer Randall,   b. 4 Aug 1796, Chesterfield, Cheshire, New Hampshire, USA ,   d. 17 Jun 1860, Westmoreland, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States  (Age 63 years)
  Mother	Clarissa Wheeler,   b. 8 May 1792, Chesterfield, Cheshire, New Hampshire, USA ,   d. 7 Jun 1844, Chesterfield, Cheshire, New Hampshire, USA  (Age 52 years)
  Family ID	F55781	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Damaris Chamberlain,   b. 3 Mar 1823, Chesterfield, Cheshire, New Hampshire, USA ,   d. 4 Aug 1901, Alstead, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States  (Age 78 years)
  Married	17 Apr 1849	Brattleboro, Windham, Vermont, United States   [3]
  Children	1. Henry L. Randall,   b. 1858, , New Hampshire ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Jesse E. Randall,   b. 12 Aug 1865, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 26 Jul 1957, Brookline, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States  (Age 91 years)
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F55782	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  George Randall was born in Chesterfield, New Hampshire, April 16th., 1832. He came to Canada in 1854 with his uncle, Marshall H. Farr, who had contracts for station buildings from Guelph westward on the Grand Trunk Railway and also some for the Great Western Railway, including the Preston station buildings. On Mr. Farr's death, George Randall and his brother took over the contracts, as stated. After completion of the railroad contracts Shubel H. Randall remained here for some years, removed in 1873 to Bellows Falls, Vermont, where he was in the hardware business and then retired. George Randall engaged in various kinds of manufacturing, had part in the woolen mills in Waterloo and also for a time in the distillery, etc. In 1883 he established with Mr. William Roos, his brother-in-law, the wholesale grocery firm of Randall and Roos, which began business in the premises now known as Nos. 9 and 11 Queen St., North, Kitchener, and moved in 1898 to its present location on Queen St. South. He was a director in the Waterloo Mutual Fire Insurance Company for thirty-three years, from 1875 on and president of this company from 1890 until the time of his death. Mr. Randall was married at Preston April 10, 1855, to Caroline Roos. In 1860 the place known as Spring Valley near Berlin became his home which he retained until he moved to Waterloo in 1873, to the house and large grounds now the property of the Mutual Life Insurance Company of Canada, the house having been on the site of the main building of the Insurance Co. He died December 23rd, 1908. Mrs. Randall died January 27, 1913. A son and two daughters live in Toronto. Fifth Annual Report Of The Waterloo Historical Society, 1917 pg 21 _____________________ 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, 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

  [S1639] Census - U.S. Census Population Schedule, 1880 10th Census, Rockingham, Windham, Vermont - enumeration district ED 235, sheet 462A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1349; FHL microfilm 1,255,349. Shubal H RandallSelfMale56New Hampshire, United States Elizabeth B RandallWifeFemale57New Hampshire, United States Henry L RandallSonMale21New Hampshire, United States Jesse E RandallDaughterFemale14Canada Mary KeithOtherFemale19Vermont, United States [S229] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1871, Sect. 2 Page 21. [S2346] Vermont Vital Records 1760-1954. Shubal H Randall Event Type:Marriage Event Date:17 Apr 1849 Event Place:Brattleboro, Vermont, United States Gender:Male Spouse's Name:Elisabeth D Chamberlain

  
  

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  Born - 27 Jun 1824 - Chesterfield, Cheshire, New Hampshire, USA Married - 17 Apr 1849 - Brattleboro, Windham, Vermont, United States Occupation - Gentleman - 1871 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Universalist - 1871 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1873 - Bellows Falls, Windham, Vermont, United States Residence - 1880 - Rockingham, Windham, Vermont, United States Died - 19 Jan 1908 - Alstead, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States  = Link to Google Earth