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Lang, Angela M.

  • Person
  • 1896-1979

Angela M. Lang (nee Kelly) was born in October 1896 in Albany, New York. She married Reinhold Lang in the same city on September 1915 with whom she had six children. The family lived in Kitchener, where Reinhold's family operated Lang Tanning Co. Ltd, and Lang ran the Magda Lang Dress Shop. She died September 1, 1979 and was buried at Mount Hope Cemetery.

Euler, William Daum

  • Person
  • 1875-1961

William Daum Euler was born in Conestogo, Ontario, in 1875. Euler worked as a businessman, based in Kitchener, and was involved with multiple companies during his career including the Economical Fire Insurance Company, Dominion Life Assurance Company, Waterloo Trust Company, and J.C. Jaimit Company Limited.

He later moved on to a career in politics with his first job as Mayor of Berlin during 1913 to 1914. After that experience, Euler moved to federal politics where he represented the Liberal Party of Canada for the Waterloo North constituency. Between 1917 and 1940, he was a Member of the House of Commons. In the many year he worked in Ottawa, Euler was the Minister of Trade and Commerce, Minister of National Revenue, and Minister of Customs and Excise. Appointed by William Lyon Mackenzie King, Euler had a term as senator from 1940 until 1961. He died on July 15, 1961.

Watson, Mary Margaret

  • Person
  • 1907 - 1982

Mary Margaret Watson was born in Exeter, Devonshire, in England. Homer Ransford Watson and Roxanna "Roxa" Betchtel adopted her in December of 1907. She was their only living child. Mary Watson died on July 14, 1982, in Cambridge, Ontario.

Ackermann, Rudolph

  • Person
  • 1764-1834

Rudolph Ackermann (20 April 1764 in Schneeberg, Electorate of Saxony – 30 March 1834 in Finchley, London) was an Anglo-German bookseller, inventor, lithographer, publisher and businessman.

Weber, Donald

  • Person
  • 1919-1990

Mayor of Kitchener from 1954 to 1955.

Moyer, Mary Gross

  • Person
  • 1808-1885

Mary Gross Nash was born to Abraham Abram Nash (1778-1823) and Mary Krall Gross (1778-1861) on March 2, 1808 in Tinicum Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States.

Mary married Abraham Bechtel Moyer on March 23, 1830. The couple had nine children; Anna N. Moyer (1831-?), Tobias Moyer (1832-1909), Samuel Gross Moyer (1835-?), Abraham Nash Moyer (1837-?), Mary Gross Moyer (1840-1935), Jacob Nash Moyer (1842-?), Levi Nash Moyer (1845-1916), Sophia Nash Moyer (1847-1870), Jessie Gross Moyer (1850-?).

Mary died on November 8, 1885 in Plumstead Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States.

Bowman, Arthur M.

  • Person
  • 1865-1943

Arthur Bowman was born on August 5, 1865.

He worked as a civil engineer and resided at Mahan, Pennsylvania.

Martin, Jessie Gartshore

  • Person
  • 1885-1968

Jessie Gartshore (Wilson) Martin was a homemaker in Waterloo, Ontario. In 1912, she married John Alexander Martin, and they lived for a time in Vancouver before moving to Toronto and then Waterloo. They had three children: Wilson Alexander, William Jamieson, and John Gartshore. Jessie was the daughter of Richard and Margaret Wilson. Richard Todd Wilson ([1839?]-1927) was a merchant and manufacturer from Dundas, Ontario. He married Margaret Gartshore (1844-[193-]), daughter of John Gartshore (a miller in Fergus, Ontario) and Margaret (Moir). Richard and Margaret Wilson moved to Toronto in 1914. They had six children: Richard Steel, Anna Jacqueline, Alexander Douglas, Marion Forrester (called Merne), Margaret Helen (More) (called Madge), and Jessie Gartshore.

Shantz, Lydia Kolb

  • Person
  • 1814-1862

Lydia Kolb was born on May 13, 1814 to Deacon Jacob Kolb Sr. (April 17, 1781-January 3, 1869) and Catharine Clemens (May 21, 1782-January 25, 1869) in Pennsylvania.

Lydia married Benjamin Shantz on November 5, 1883 and together the couple had eleven children; Josiah K. Shantz (December 5, 1834-August 3, 1913), Catharine Shantz (May 17, 1836-February 28, 1917), Hannah Shantz (April 1, 1838-August 20, 1841), Christian Shantz (January 20, 1840-?), Tobias Kolb Schantz, Abraham K. Shantz (September 20, 1844-?), Benjamin K. Shantz (December 5, 1846), Menno K. Shantz (January 31, 1849-July 6, 1888), Lydia K. Shantz (August 17, 1851-July 16, 1900), Sarah K. Shantz (April 1, 1854-April 10, 1878), and Enoch K. Shantz (October 7, 1856-May 25, 1888).

After Lydia and Benjamin married, they moved to Freeport, Ontario so that Benjamin could work on his father's farm. In 1853, Lydia and her family moved to Saugeen, Bruce County, Ontario.

Lydia died on November 9, 1862 in Bruce County, Ontario.

Breithaupt, William Henry

  • Person
  • 1857-1944

William Henry Breithaupt was born in Buffalo, New York January 25, 1857 to parents Philip Louis (Ludwig) and Catherine Hailer. His siblings were Louis Jacob; John Christian; Caroline Margaret; Melvina Emilia; Ezra Carl; Daniel Edward; Albert Liborius; Catharine Louise and Friederick Adolph. The family moved to Berlin (later Kitchener) Ontario in 1861.

William attended Berlin Collegiate Institute in Kitchener, Ontario, Commercial School in Toronto and then North Western College, Naperville, Illinois. He entered Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute of Troy, New York in September of 1877. He worked in construction on the New York, West Shore and Buffalo railroad August 1881, working mainly on the West Point tunnel. in January 1883 he was appointed bridge inspector for the Pennsylvania railroad company and in October of the same year assistant engineer for C. Shaler Smith of St. Louis, Missouri. In 1886 he had his own company Breithaupt & Allen, civil engineer based in Kansas City, Missouri.

William married Martha Cunningham Murphy February 1, 1898 in Montreal, Quebec. The couple had three children: Philip W,; Margaret Catharine and Martha Elizabeth. In 1907 William was in a partnership with E.H. Keating in Toronto, Ontario. The couple moved to Berlin, Ontario. William was an entrepreneur and professional engineer, and his diaries contain notes on town planning in Kitchener, environmental protection of the Grand River watershed and early local public works projects such as public transportation, the Berlin and Waterloo Railway, the Bridgeport Line, and also water and power supplies. The history of the Berlin Gas Works is documented in the diaries and also in correspondence with his brother, Ezra Carl, also an engineer, who died in 1897 in an explosion at the gas works. William also served as President of the Waterloo Historical Society.

William died January 27, 1944 due to complications from a fall at home, and is buried in Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener. His wife, Martha died in 1950 and is buried with William.

Breithaupt, Philip Ludwig (Louis)

  • Person
  • 1827-1880

Philip Ludwig (Louis) Beithaupt was born in Allendorf an der Werra, Kurhessen, Germany November 8, 1827 to parents Liborius Breithaupt and Barbara Catharina Goetz. The family moved to Buffalo, N.Y. in 1843, where his father owned a sheep skin processing factory. After the death of Liborius in 1851, Louis, as he was known, continued his father's business and is also listed as a carpenter. On a visit to Berlin, Ontario he met Catherine Hailer, to whom he was married February 8, 1853. The couple lived in Buffalo, and were living in Albany, New York according the United States Civil War draft records of June1863. It is not known if Louis fought in the Civil War. The family are listed in the 1871 Ontario census as living in Berlin (later Kitchener) Ontario where Philip established a leather business followed by the establishment of a tannery. He became one of the leading businessmen in Berlin, serving as Mayor from 1879 to 1880.

Louis and Catherine had ten children: Louis Jacob; William Henry; John Christian; Caroline Margaret Barbara; Melvina Emilia; Ezra Carl; Daniel Edward; Albert Libroius; Catharine Louise; and Friederich Adolph. Louis died July 3, 1880 and is buried in Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener.

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