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Vogt, Leonore Hagedorn

  • Person
  • 1874-1911

Leonora Laura Thusnelda Hagedorn was born January 26, 1874 to Ernst Adolph Philip and Maria Magdalena "Mary" (nee Kappler) Hagedorn. She married John Edward Thomas Vogt on September 30, 1896 in Berlin, Ontario (now Kitchener) and together they had three children: Charles Henry, Ernest William, and George Theodore. Vogt died May 11, 1911 from septic poisoning and was buried at Mount Hope Cemetery.

Wagner, Louis Henry

  • Person
  • 1857-1945

Rev. Louis Henry Wagner was born April 11, 1857 in New York to Jacob Wagner and Margaret Hailer. After his father's death his mother re-married Daniel Biehn (Bean) and he was educated in primary school. At the age of 13 he was invited to move to Kitchener by his grandfather Jacob Hailer and his uncle Louis Breithaupt. Here he attended Berlin Central School, high school, and then apprenticed as a tanner under his uncle Louis. He later attended Northwestern College in Naperville, Illinois. In 1878 he returned to Kitchener and worked again for his uncle as a bookkeeper and salesman. In 1882 he began working as an itinerant preacher for the Evangelical Association. He married Mary Staebler (1859-1887) on May 20, 1884 and she died two weeks after giving birth to their only child, Louis. He re-married in 1889 to Sarah Lodema Moyer (1861-1941). Louis Henry would continue to preach in Ontario, Alberta, Manitoba and Saskatchewan until his death. He died in Kitchener on January 8, 1945 at the age of 87 and was buried in Mount Hope Cemetery.

Waldeck

  • Building
  • 1870-1965

Waldeck was a brick house located at 166 Adam Street in Kitchener, Ontario. Designed by architect D. W. Gingerich, construction began in 1870. The building had a four-story tower and was likely the first home in Berlin to be centrally heated, which was possible due to steam pipes from the nearby tannery boiler room.

Philip Louis and Catherine Breithaupt moved into the home in 1871, and it was later the home of their son home of Albert Liborius Breithaupt and his family. The building was demolished in 1965 and the New Apostolic Church was later built on the site.

Walking Girl

  • Campus artwork
  • 1974-

Bronze sculpture by Almuth Lutkenhaus purchased through donations in memory of Muriel DeGre.

Willson, Ephraim William

  • Person
  • 1862-1950

Ephraim William Willson was born August 26, 1862 in Waterloo County, Ontario. He married Mary Elizabeth Anthes September 30, 1886 and the couple had five children: Leslie A.; Ford Isaac; William Claremont; Norma Margaret Hattin; and Martha Bell (Marthabell) Cook.. He died in September of 1950 and is buried with Mary in Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener.

Willson, Mary Elizabeth

  • Person
  • 1860-1928

Mary Elizabeth Anthes was born in Wilmot township February 11, 1860 to parents Jacob Anthes and Magdalena Stricker. She was married September 30, 1886 to Ephraim William Willson and the couple had five children: Leslie A.; Ford Isaac; William Claremont; Norma Margaret; and Martha Bell (Marthabell). She died September 14, 1928 and is buried in Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener.

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