Tobias Kolb Schantz was a mill worker and salesman. He was born to Benjamin Schantz (1811-1868) and Lydia Kolb (1814-1862) on April 10, 1842 in Freeport on the Grand River and raised alongside his ten siblings: Josiah K. Schantz (December 5, 1834-August 3, 1913), Catharine Schantz (May 17, 1836-February 28, 1917), Hannah Schantz (April 1, 1838-August 20, 1841), Christian Schantz (January 20, 1840-?), Abraham K. Schantz (September 20, 1844-?), Benjamin K. Schantz (December 5, 1846), Menno K. Schantz (January 31, 1849-July 6, 1888), Lydia K. Schantz (August 17, 1851-July 16, 1900), Sarah K. Schantz (April 1, 1854-April 10, 1878), and Enoch K. Schantz (October 7, 1856-May 25, 1888).

As a young adult, Tobias worked in his father’s gristmill in Port Elgin, Ontario.

On August 6, 1863, Tobias married Mary Moyer. The couple had eight children: Orpheus Moyer Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary Schantz, Sophie Emma Schantz, Austin Tobias Schantz, Franklin Abram Schantz, Arthur Benjamin Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine Schantz, and Herbert Cecil Palmer Schantz.

From 1864-1865, Tobias attended the Eastman National Business College in Poughkeepsie, New York. Tobias completed his schooling in the spring of 1865 and returned to Port Elgin, Ontario in 1866 with his family.

Tobias’ father Benjamin sold his gristmill in Port Elgin, Ontario in 1866. Afterwards, Tobias travelled to Missouri with his father for a short period in 1867.

Tobias moved to the village of Hawkesville in Waterloo County in 1870 with his family where he worked in Wilson’s mill. Later in 1877, Tobias moved to the village of Conestogo in Waterloo County with his family where he worked in the Conestogo and Bridgeport mills.

In 1884 Tobias and his family moved to Berlin (now Kitchener), Ontario and lived in a house on Benton Street. In 1887, the family purchased two aces of land from Samuel Schneider’s farm for $1,100.00. In 1888, the family built an Italianate style home at 43 Schneider Avenue. It was the first house built on the street and cost $1,725.00 to build. During this period, Tobias worked for ED Smith selling fruit trees and he also worked as a book salesman.

In 1902, Tobias followed his two sons Arthur and Austin and son-in-law, Ward Malott White, out west to homestead in Alberta. They each claimed a a quarter section of a 160 acres of land southwest of Didsbury, Alberta for a fee of $10.00.

Tobias remained in Alberta until 1907. Afterwards, he returned to Berlin (now Kitchener), Ontario. He died on April 16, 1925.

Sophie was born to Tobias and Mary Schantz on May 4, 1869 in or near Campden, Ontario and raised alongside her seven siblings; Orpheus Moyer Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary Schantz, Austin Tobias Schantz, Franklin Abram Schantz, Arthur Benjamin Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine Schantz, and Herbert Cecil Palmer Schantz.

In 1870 Sophie and her family moved to the village of Hawkesville in Waterloo County. In 1877 Sophie and her family moved to Conestogo, Waterloo County and later to Berlin (now Kitchener), Ontario in 1884.

As a young adult, Sophie worked as a dressmaker. In 1884, she stayed with her brother Orpheus and sister-in-law Carrie in Chicago, Illinois. In 1897 she enrolled in a two year kindergarten course at the Chicago Froebel Association’s Jones School in the city. She received a license to teach in Chicago in 1899 and taught there for a short period.

Sophie returned to Berlin (now Kitchener), Ontario following the death of her sister Etta in 1900. She planned to help Ward White, Etta’s husband, raise his infant daughter Dorothy. Around 1902, Ward proposed marriage to Sophie and asked her to move out west to homestead with him in Alberta. Sophie declined his proposal and remained in Berlin (now Kitchener), Ontario.

Sophie was unable to teach in Ontario with her license from Chicago, Illinois. Instead, she worked at Woolworth's Five, Ten & Fifteen Cent store. She helped her sister Florence acquire a job in this store as well during the 1920s.

Sophie retired in the 1930s and subsequently kept house at her family home at 43 Schneider Avenue in Kitchener, Ontario.

Sophie owned and played a reed organ. She enjoyed quilting on large frames in her home with friends from church.

By 1950, Sophie suffered from dementia and was confined to a wheel chair. She was eventually taken to Scott Pavilion at the Kitchener-Waterloo Hospital (now the Grand River Hospital) where she stayed until she died on October 8, 1958.

Orpheus was born to Tobias and Mary Schantz (nee Moyer) on May 27, 1864 in Port Elgin, Ontario and raised alongside his seven siblings; Etta Lydia Mary Schantz, Sophie Emma Schantz, Austin Tobias Schantz, Franklin Abram Schantz, Arthur Benjamin Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine Schantz, and Herbert Cecil Palmer Schantz.

From September to December 1864, Tobias, Mary and Orpheus lived in Poughkeepsie, New York while Tobias attended the Eastman National Business College. Tobias completed his schooling in the spring of 1865 and the family returned to Port Elgin, Ontario in 1866.

In 1870 the family moved to the village of Hawkesville in Waterloo County. In 1877, the family moved to the village of Conestogo in Waterloo County.

In 1881 Orpheus moved to Cedar Falls, Iowa to work as a clerk in his uncle Levi. N. Moyer’s dry goods business. Orpheus initially lived with his uncle but eventually moved into a boarding house.

Orpheus married Cornelia (Carrie) Caroline Flagler (1864-1922) in Ottumwa, Iowa on January 30, 1889. The couple had two children; Ruth Schantz (1892-1976) and Worth Flagler Schantz (1902-1964).

Once married Orpheus and Carrie lived in Iowa Falls, Iowa but later moved to Chicago, Illinois because Orpheus acquired a job working for the department store Carson Pirie Scott & Company. Between 1912-1917 Orpheus acquired an elected position as Treasurer of the Cicero Area School Board.

Although he made his living as a dry goods merchant he had an abiding interest in ornithology, botany , geography and geology. He was president of the Illinois Audubon Society, secretary-treasurer of the Chicago Geographic Society and a popular author and lecturer.

In 1918 Orpheus visited the Great Smoky Mountains in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. He later formed a company called Schantz Tours that organized trips around the mountain range for over 20 years.

After he retired, Orpheus moved to Riverside, Illinois to live with his son Worth. In 1943 he moved with Worth and his family to Red Bank, New Jersey.

Orpheus died on September 2, 1951.

Mary was born to Abraham Bechtel Moyer and Mary Gross Moyer (nee Nash) on July 1, 1840 in Cayuga, Ontario and raised alongside her nine siblings. She was raised in a pioneer Mennonite farming family and moved throughout her childhood to Norfolk County, Lincoln County, Pelham, and Cainsville, Ontario.

Mary was also a descendant of Samuel Meyer who came to Lincoln County, Canada West in 1800.

At the age of 16, Mary acquired a position as a school teacher in the Niagara Peninsula. She eventually accepted a teaching position in Port Elgin, Ontario.

On August 6, 1863, Mary married Tobias Schantz in Port Elgin. The couple had eight children: Orpheus Moyer Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary Schantz, Sophie Emma Schantz, Austin Tobias Schantz, Franklin Abram Schantz, Arthur Benjamin Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine Schantz, and Herbert Cecil Palmer Schantz.

From 1864-1865, Mary lived in Poughkeepsie, New York while Tobias attended the Eastman National Business College. She returned to Port Elgin, Ontario in 1866 with her family.

In 1867, she stayed with her mother and brother in Campden, Ontario while her husband travelled to Missouri with his father.

Mary moved to the village of Hawkesville in Waterloo County in 1870 later to the village of Conestogo in Waterloo County in 1877 as Tobias found work in local mills.

In 1884 Mary and her family moved to Berlin, Ontario and lived in a house on Benton Street. In 1887, the family purchased two aces of land from Samuel Schneider’s farm for $1,100.00. In 1888, the family built an Italianate style home at 43 Schneider Avenue. It was the first house built on the street and cost $1,725.00 to build.

Mary died on January 28, 1935 and was buried at Mount Hope Cemetery.

Herbert was born to Tobias and Mary Schantz on May 2, 1883 in Conestogo, Waterloo County and raised alongside his seven siblings; Orpheus Moyer Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary Schantz, Sophie Emma Schantz, Austin Tobias Schantz, Franklin Abram Schantz, Arthur Benjamin Schantz, and Florence Annie Catherine Schantz.

He attended school in Berlin (now Kitchener), Ontario. He enjoyed bike riding and kept a tame crow.

Herbert experienced significant health problems throughout his life. He suffered from epilepsy, a condition that worsened as he grew older.

Herbert’s health continued to decline in his twenties and he was eventually confined to the Hamilton Asylum for the Insane (also called the Ontario Hospital and later the Hamilton Psychiatric Hospital) during the last three years of his life. He reportedly also developed dementia and asthma during the final two years of his life.

Herbert died on November 3, 1912.

Franklin was born to Tobias and Mary Schantz on January 12, 1874 in Hawkesville, Waterloo County and raised alongside his seven siblings; Orpheus Moyer Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary Schantz, Sophie Emma Schantz, Austin Tobias Schantz, Arthur Benjamin Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine Schantz, and Herbert Cecil Palmer Schantz.

In 1877 Franklin and his family moved to Conestogo, Waterloo County. In 1884, Franklin and his family moved to Berlin (now Kitchener), Ontario and he attended Central School.

Franklin left school at the age of thirteen. Subsequently he worked as a clerk in dry goods stores including R.D. Lang Dry Goods and the Smythe Brothers Dry Goods. Franklin continued to work for R.D. Lang Dry Goods located on King Street West for the majority of his career and was eventually promoted to Head of the home furnishings department.

Franklin’s sister Etta died from complications of childbirth in 1900. Afterwards, Franklin took care of the family, especially Etta’s infant daughter Dorothy Etta Russell (nee White). He helped to pay off the family’s debts and eventually his mother Mary deeded ownership of the house at 43 Schneider Avenue to him in 1901.

In 1908, Franklin stayed with his siblings Arthur, Austin and Florence in Alberta for several months.

In 1917 Franklin was summoned by a letter from Military District No.1 to appear under the national registration at a recruiting office. He joined the 108th Militia Battalion and trained in the local barracks in the Williams Greene and Rome Company factory on Queen Street South in Berlin (now Kitchener), Ontario.

Franklin joined the Waterloo Historical Society, which met in the Kitchener Public Library. Franklin was also an avid stamp collector and member of the K-W Philatelic Society. In addition, Franklin had a lifelong interest in nature. He was particularly interested in birds and often gave talks on the subjects and led nature walks.

Franklin retired from his work in the dry goods business in the 1930s but continued to work part time elsewhere. During World War II, he worked as a night watchman at a power station on Breithaupt Street. Later, he delivered accounts for the Public Utilities Commission to Kitchener homes.

Franklin served as Secretary-Treasurer of the KW Orphanage Board from 1918 to 1942. He was elected to the Kitchener Public School Board as a Trustee between 1933 and 1940.

Franklin died of stroke on October 2, 1962 at the age of 88 and was buried at Mount Hope Cemetery.

Florence was born to Tobias and Mary Schantz on December 28, 1879 in Conestogo, Waterloo County and raised alongside her seven siblings; Orpheus Moyer Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary Schantz, Sophie Emma Schantz, Austin Tobias Schantz, Franklin Abram Schantz, Arthur Benjamin Schantz, and Herbert Cecil Palmer Schantz.

In 1887 she moved with her family to Berlin (now Kitchener), Ontario and attended Central School.

In 1907 Florence moved southwest of Didsbury, Alberta to keep house for her brother Arthur. Between 1910-1911, she kept house for her brother Austin who also lived southwest of Didsbury, Alberta. Sometime in 1911 Florence moved back to Berlin (now Kitchener), Ontario.

During the 1920s, Florence’s sister Sophie worked for Woolworth's Five, Ten & Fifteen Cent store. Sophie helped Florence acquire a job in the store where she worked.

Florence liked to collect Victorian ephemera and postcards. In addition, she diligently recorded Schantz Russell family history in ledger books, created scrapbooks, poetry, and preserved her decoupage cutouts, clippings, schoolbooks and music.

Florence died of breast cancer on March 11,1938 at the age of 58.

Cornelia (Carrie) Caroline Flagler was born on August 9, 1864 in Illinois to Samuel Adee and Melvina (nee Browne) Flagler. She married Orpheus Moyer Schantz in Ottumwa, Iowa on January 30, 1889. The couple had two children: Ruth Schantz (1892-1976) and Worth Flagler Schantz (1902-1964). Once married Orpheus and Carrie lived in Iowa Falls, Iowa but later moved to Chicago, Illinois because Orpheus acquired a job working for the department store Carson Pirie Scott & Company. Carrie died on October 26, 1922 and was buried in Mount Auburn Memorial Park.

Austin was born to Tobias and Mary Schantz on October 5, 1871 in Hawkesville, Waterloo County and raised alongside his seven siblings; Orpheus Moyer Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary Schantz, Sophie Emma Schantz, Franklin Abram Schantz, Arthur Benjamin Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine Schantz, and Herbert Cecil Palmer Schantz.

In 1877 Austin and his family moved to Conestogo, Waterloo County and later to Berlin (now Kitchener), Ontario in 1884.

In the 1890s Austin moved to Chicago, Illinois and worked as a clerk with Chas. Gossage & Co, a dry goods store. During this period, he sent money home to support his family in Berlin (now Kitchener), Ontario.

Austin moved frequently between Iowa and Nebraska in the late 1890s.

Austin moved out west to homestead in Alberta with his brother Arthur, his father Tobias and his brother-in-law Ward White in 1900. They each claimed a quarter section of a 160 acres of land southwest of Didsbury, Alberta for a fee of $10.00. Austin lived in a small framed house with finished wood in Alberta. Between 1911-1912, his sister Florence helped him keep house. Austin kept angora goats and hogs on his property and possibly some horses. He had two dogs named Tony and Bobs.

Between 1917-1919, Austin worked as a courier between a mine and a nearby town around Grant, Colorado. As a courier, Austin made two trips a month carrying supplies, mail and samples of ore for assaying between the mine and the town. In the meantime, a neighbour in Didsbury, Alberta maintained his crop and stock back home.

During the 1920s and 1930s Austin travelled frequently. He briefly worked as a caretaker for a mine in Denver, Colorado.

In 1942, he returned to Kitchener, Ontario and moved into the family home at 43 Schneider Avenue. Austin subsequently suffered from rheumatism and dementia and died at Sunnyside Nursing Care Home on June 9, 1959.

Arthur was born to Tobias and Mary Schantz on November 22, 1876 in Hawkesville, Waterloo County and raised alongside his seven siblings; Orpheus Moyer Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary Schantz, Sophie Emma Schantz, Austin Tobias Schantz, Franklin Abram Schantz, Florence Annie Catherine Schantz, and Herbert Cecil Palmer Schantz.

In 1877 Arthur and his family moved to Conestogo, Waterloo County and later to Berlin (now Kitchener), Ontario in 1884.

As a young adult, Arthur likely worked on Freeport, a farm situated on land owned by his grandfather Benjamin Schantz (September 2, 1811-November 9, 1868).

In 1894 Arthur worked at a photo gallery with Schneuker in Berlin, Ontario.

In 1895 he left for an unknown job opportunity in Nebraska. By 1896, Arthur was in Manitoba.

In 1898 Arthur was employed by the North American Transport and Trading Company in the Old Colony Building in Chicago, Illinois.

Arthur moved out west to homestead in Alberta with his brother Austin, his father Tobias and his brother-in-law Ward White in 1900. They each claimed a quarter section of a 160 acres of land southwest of Didsbury, Alberta for a fee of $10.00.

Arthur lived in a two story log cabin with a mansard shingled roof. In 1907, his sister Florence moved out west to help him keep house for three years.

Arthur considered himself a rancher and he raised horses. He returned to Kitchener, Ontario a few times over the course of his life to visit family but never moved back to Ontario permanently.

Arthur died in Carstairs, Alberta on September 9, 1958.

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Sanborn and his wife Virginia (nee Berry Wright) (1887-1949) married in New York City on October 10, 1919. Together they had two children: Georgia-Mary (September 7, 1920-April 13, 2006) and Robert Berry (January 14, 1927-February 9, 1983). Sanborn died February 15, 1966 in Norfolk, Massachusetts.

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The Hon Victoria Mary Sackville-West, Lady Nicolson was an English author and poet, winner of the Hawthornden Prize, and aristocrat. Vita as she was commonly known was born March 9, 1892 to Lionel Edward Sackville-West, the 3rd Baron Sackville, and his wife Victoria Sackville-West. In 1913 Vita married the writer and politician Harold George Nicolson (1886-1968), son of Arthur Nicolson, 1st Baron Carnock. Vita and Harold lived abroad for many years in Constantinople and traveled frequently. In the 1930's the couple acquired Sissinghurst Castle which had been once owned by Vita's ancestors. They settled here with their sons Nigel (1917-2004) and Benedict (1914-1978).

Although Vita and Harold remained married until her death they were in an open relationship and both had numerous extra marital affairs. The couple's relationship with the Bloomsbury Group of authors lead to Vita's most well known affair with Virginia Woolf.

Vita wrote a number of novels, namely The Edwardians and All Passion Spent, poetry, and a gardening column for The Observer. In her later years she was heavily involved in gardening creating the gardens at Sissinghurst Castle (that are now run by the National Trust) and becoming a founding member of the National Trust's garden committee.
Vita died at Sissinghurst on June 2, 1962.

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Dr. Olive Ruth Russell was born in Delta, Ontario on July 9, 1897. She graduated from the University of Toronto in 1931 and from the University of Edinburgh in 1935 going on to teach at various schools and colleges from 1920 to 1942. During World War II, she served as a personnel selection officer with the Canadian Women's Army Corps, 1942-1945, attaining the rank of Captain. From 1945 to 1947 she was an executive assistant to the director general of the Rehabilitation Branch, Dept. of Veterans' Affairs.

Dr. Russell was a Canadian delegate to the Inter-continental Conference of the National Council of Women, 1946; a fraternal delegate from the World Federation of United Nations Associations to the Conference of the International Federation of University Women, 1947, and a member of the board, National Commission for Beneficient Euthanasia, U.S.A. She was Assistant Professor of Psychology, Winthrop College, S.C., 1947-1949, and Professor and Chairman of the Dept. of Psychology, Western Maryland College, 1949-1962. She authored Freedom to Die: Moral and Legal Aspects of Euthanasia (1975) and campaigned vigorously in favour of euthanasia. She was also the author of numerous articles on euthanasia, education and psychology.

Russell died on May 25, 1979 at her home in Chevy Chase at the age of 81.

Harold was born to Flemming Clarke Russell and Dorothy Etta Russell (nee White) on September 14, 1935 in Kitchener, Ontario and raised alongside his brother Donald Richard Russell.

Flemming Clarke, commonly known as Clarke, was born to Ernest S. Russell and Jenny Brown on March 8, 1903 near Palmyra, Ontario.

As a young adult, Clarke was a talented musician and taught Hawaiian guitar to a variety of pupils. In 1923, he gave guitar lessons to a young lady named Dorothy. The two developed a relationship and married on July 2, 1924 in Guelph, Ontario. The couple lived with Dorothy’s uncle Franklin Schantz in the family home at 43 Schneider Avenue, Kitchener, Ontario immediately after they wed.

During the first few years of their marriage Clarke worked in a music store in Kitchener, Ontario and continued to give guitar lessons. He taught pupils in Preston, Ontario and he also taught at the Kitchener Music Conservatory. Clarke also occasionally played music on the radio.

In 1927 Clarke accepted a position as a traffic officer with the Ontario Provincial Police. Initially, he patrolled the Toronto Exhibition area but was later stationed to Oakville on the Toronto-Hamilton Highway Two. In 1928 Clarke was stationed to Chatham, Ontario.

On February 24, 1929, Clarke and Dorothy’s first son, Donald Richard Russell, was born.

Around 1933, Clarke resigned from the Ontario Provincial Police force due to his ailing back. Clarke moved to Toronto to pursue his music career once again.

On September 14, 1935, Clarke and Dorothy’s second son, Harold Clarke Franklin Russell was born.

In Toronto, Clarke established the Artistic Recordings studio for musical groups. The studio rooms were located on the 7th floor of the Heintzman Building on Yonge Street across from Eaton’s.

On March 18, 1954 Clarke died suddenly of a bowel obstruction at Toronto’s Mount Sinai Hospital.

Dorothy Etta Russell was a teacher and photographer. Born to Etta Lydia Mary White (nee Schantz) and Ward White on April 26, 1900 in the family home at 43 Schneider Avenue, Berlin (now Kitchener), Ontario. Shortly after giving birth, Dorothy’s mother died from complications of childbirth. At the time of Dorothy’s birth, her father was homesteading in Alberta and he remained out west after she was born.

Subsequently, Dorothy was raised by her grandmother Mary Schantz, her aunts Sophie Emma Schantz, and Florence Annie Catherine Schantz and her uncle Franklin Abram Schantz.

At the age of ten, Dorothy began attending school for the first time. She was enrolled in Courtland Avenue School in 1910. Later, she attended Victoria Public School. Between 1916 and 1920, Dorothy attended the Kitchener and Waterloo Collegiate Institute.

In September 1920, Dorothy enrolled in the Toronto Normal School to train as a teacher. She stayed at a boarding house in Toronto, Ontario during this time. Afterwards in 1921, Dorothy accepted a position at Suddaby Public School in Kitchener, Ontario as an assistant kindergarten teacher.

In 1923 Dorothy began taking Hawaiian guitar lessons from Clarke Russell and the two developed a relationship. The couple married on July 2, 1924. They moved to Chatham, Ontario around 1928.

Their first son Donald Richard Russell was born on February 24, 1929.

In 1933, Clarke moved to Toronto to pursue his music career. Dorothy and Donald moved back to Kitchener, Ontario and into the family home at 43 Schneider Avenue.

Dorothy and Clarke’s second son Harold Clarke Franklin Russell was born on September 14, 1935.

In 1937 Dorothy accepted a teaching position at Margaret Avenue School and stayed there until 1954. Afterwards, she taught at Prueter Public School until she retired in 1965.

Dorothy enjoyed a successful retirement spending time travelling and pursuing her interests including photography.

Dorothy died on January 18, 2005 after a period of illness.

George Rumpel was a German-born manufacturer and politician in Ontario, Canada. He served as mayor of Berlin (now Kitchener) in 1896. The son of Frederick Rumpel and Fredericka Rick, he was born in Saxony and apprenticed as a shoemaker. Rumpel worked in twelve different factories in Germany before coming to Canada in 1868, first settling in Hamilton, where he worked as a shoemaker for five years. In 1872, he married Minna Hartman, in 1875, they moved to Berlin, where he worked at the Berlin Felt Boot Company. Rumpel bought the company in 1879. In 1903, he returned to Germany with his two sons to study advanced felt-making techniques. By the time he sold the company in 1909, it was employing 300 workers. He continued on as president until 1912 when he formed the Rumpel Felt Company. The family also owned the Berlin Asbestos Mine in northern Quebec. The felt factory continued to operate under family ownership until 2007. Rumpel served as chair of the Kitchener Water Works Commission and was also a member of the Parks Board.

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Walter Rosekat was born on September 2, 1896.

Walter was the son of Christian Rosekat and Henrietta Bechler. Walter worked as a bootmaker in Berlin (later Kitchener). Rosekat enlisted in the Canadian Armed Forces during the First World War on January 7, 1918. Regimental No. 3130783. Walter married Margaret Frank (b. 1895, d. 1980 on December 18, 1926.

Walter Rosekat passed away in 1957.

Henrietta Wilhelmine Bechler was born in Germany on November 7, 1859 to Christian and Christine (nee Floetke) Behcler. She married Christian Rosekat with whom she had several children. She died May 24, 1925 in Kitchener and was buried at Mount Hope Cemetery.

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Christian Rosekat passed away on November 20, 1922.

Charles Rosekat was born in December 30, 1884. Charles was the son of Christian Rosekat and Henrietta Bechler. Charles worked at the Kaufman Rubber Company and was involved in several athletic sports in Berlin (later Kitchener). Rosekat played hockey in the intermediate and senior O. H. A teams of Berlin and the Berlin pros. for several years. Charles married Edith “Ida” Behrend (b. 1887, d. 1952) on May 23, 1906. The couple had three children: Leona, Margaret (Theresa), and Harry. On a trip with friends Chas. Lundgren and Lawrence Seiling in Grimsby, Charles Rosekat drowned in boating accident in Lake Ontario at the age of 26 in August of 1911. He was buried at Mount Hope Cemetery. The three Rosekat children were admitted to the St. Agatha Orphanage on Sept. 10, 1916. Margaret and Harry were discharged on August 22, 1922.

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John Harvey Robertson was born August 12, 1829 in Insch, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, son of John Robertson and Janet Harvey Robertson. His father died ca. 1832 and his mother remarried in 1836 to James Sims. The family emigrated to Canada shortly after, settling near Hawkesville, Wellesley Township, now in the Region of Waterloo. He married Ann Hawk and moved to Kelvin, Windham Township, Norfolk County. He died there on October 5, 1912.

Born in Vinton, Iowa in 1876. Married Rice Hugh "Hugh" Roberts in Buena Vista, Iowa on June 28, 1897.

Sir Charles George Douglas Roberts KCMG FRSC (January 10, 1860 – November 26, 1943) was a Canadian poet and prose writer. He was one of the first Canadian authors to be internationally known, publishing various works on Canadian exploration and natural history, verse, travel books, and fiction.

Thomas Frederick Ritchie was born April 24, 1888 in Bryson, Quebec. In the late 1930's, he was a chief assistant at the Central Experimental Farm in Ottawa, Ontario. He died February 28, 1976.

Walter Riss worked as a photographer for Studio Two in Mississauga, ON.

Talmon Henry Rider was an industrialist and rubber company executive in Berlin and Montreal. He was born in New Hamburg on August 10, 1878, the eldest child of Peter Rieder (1850-1936) and Emeline Merner (1857-1940). Talmon had eight siblings: Maude, Idella (Della), Elmer, Loretta, Esther, Eva, Talma (May), and Alma.

Talmon attended the Berlin High School, completing a year of school on June 1894, then going to work in his father's general store before entering business through his first job at the Berlin Gas Works. On October 1, 1906 he married Martha Melvina Anthes (1878-1971), daughter of John Schmitt Anthes (1844-1915) and Lydia Catherine Herlan (1849-1935), and they had four children (Paul, Edward Anthes, Margaret Catherine, and Helen Elizabeth). Talmon and his young family moved to Montreal in 1914 when he took up a position there.

Talmon died unexpectedly after a sudden illness on April 14, 1922 due to complications from pneumonia that affected his heart. At the time he was head of Ames-Holden McCready, Limited in Montreal, and had just started the development of the Westmount area of Kitchener into a contemporary garden suburb, inspired in part by the Westmount area in Montreal where he and his family lived. He was interred in Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener. Martha and their children moved back to Kitchener soon after Talmon's death.

Peter Rieder was a merchant and an early white settler of what is today the Region of Waterloo. He was born in Perth Township July 27, 1850 to Daniel Rieder of Switzerland and Christina Goettinger Rieder of Germany. Rieder was one of eleven children which included both full siblings and half siblings born to his mother and her second husband Conrad Kabel, who she married after Daniel Rieder's death.

By 1877 Rieder was living in New Hamburg and was married to Emeline Merner Rieder, the daughter of white settlers from Switzerland and Germany. Peter was also partners in Rieder and Ruby, General Merchants of New Hamburg, possibly with Emmanual Ruby (1844-1883).

Peter and Emiline had nine children: Talmon Henry (1878), Maude Matilda (1880), Idella Rose (1882), Elmer Alfred (1884), Lauretta Elizabeth (1886), Esther Emiline (1891), Eva Sarah (1892), Mary (1896), Alma (1900).

Peter Rieder retired in 1912 and died May 31, 1936 at the age of 85. Emeline died January 17, 1940 at the age of 82.

Martha Melvina Rieder was a Canadian homemaker. She was born November 19, 1879, the fourth child of John Schmitt and Lydia Anthes. Martha went to the Central School in Berlin (later Kitchener), Ontario and attended Ontario Ladies' College in Whitby. In 1906 she married Talmon Henry Rieder and they had four children. Margaret Catherine (1906-2003), called Marnie, was a teacher; she married Elmer Paisley. Edward Anthes (1908-1966) worked at the Mutual Life Assurance Company and served as president of the company from 1959 to 1964; he married Jean Rudell. Helen Elizabeth (1911-1959), and Henry Paul (1914-[19--?]), called Paul. Martha died in 1971 and was buried in Mount Hope Cemetery with Talmon.

Lauretta Rieder was born October 31, 1886 in New Hamburg, the child of Peter and Emeline Merner. She died at 21 years of age of meningitis and was buried in the Rieder family plot at Mount Hope Cemetery.

Henry Paul "Paul" Rieder was a sales manager at the Waterloo Manufacturing Co. He was born in 1914 in Montreal to Talmon and Martha Rieder. He married Dorothy Scheifele in 1941 at St. John's Lutheran Church in Waterloo. Rieder died in 1991 and was buried in Mount Hope Cemetery.

Emeline Rieder was born April 27, 1857 in Wilmot Township. The daughter of white settlers her father, Christian Merner, was born in Switzerland, and her mother, Elizabeth Young Merner, was born in Germany. She married Peter Rieder, a merchant and early white settler of what is today the Region of Waterloo. Together they had several children, including industrialist and rubber merchant, Talmon H. Rieder. In addition to raising a family, Rieder was active in the local evangelical association. She died January 17, 1940 and was buried at Mount Hope Cemetery.

Edward Anthes Rieder was a Canadian actuary who spent the entirety of his career with Mutual Life of Canada. Born October 6, 1908 in Berlin, Ontario (now Kitchener), he was the second child of Talmon and Martha (nee Anthes) Rieder. He graduated with a bachelor of commerce from the University of Toronto in 1931, landing a job in the actuarial department of Mutual Life the same year. He held several roles at the company, rising through the ranks over the course of several decades. He was named assistant general manager and actuary in 1954, and vice-president and general manager in 1958. Named vice-president in 1959, he held the role until 1964 when he was elected chairman of the board.

Rieder married Jean Patricia Rudell in Kitchener, Ontario on September 26, 1936 and together they had several children.

Rieder died at the Toronto General Hospital on May 23, 1966 following a lengthy illness and was buried at Mount Hope Cemetery. He was survived by his mother, wife Jean (nee Rudell, and several children.

Mary Raleigh Richardson was born in Belleville, Ontario and moved to Europe in 1898. Here she became involved with the fight for women's suffrage and joined the Women's Social and Political Union. Richardson was arrested nine times for acts including arson, smashing windows, a bombing, and slashing Velazquez's Rokeby Venus painting. While imprisoned she was one of the first women to be force fed and she wrote about this experience. In 1932 she joined the British Union of Facists and was with them until 1936. She died in 1961 in Hastings.

Arthur Herbert Richardson, known as “Mr. Conservation,” was appointed as the first Chairman of The Metropolitan Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (MTRCA) in 1957, after a long career in reforestation and conservation.