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Catharine Hailer was born August 16, 1834 in Berlin, Ontario to parents Margaret Riehl and Jacob Hailer, purportedly the first native German to settle in what is now the Region of Waterloo Ontario. She met Philip Ludwig (known as Louis) Breithaupt of Buffalo when he visited Berlin on business. The couple married February 8, 1853 in Berlin. Together Louis and Catherine had ten children, seven of whom survived to adulthood, and some of whom played an instrumental role in the growth and development of what is today Kitchener, Ontario. The family lived in Buffalo until relocating to Berlin in 1861.
Catharine was active in community affairs, most notably the Zion Evangelical Church. After her husband's death in 1880 she travelled to Germany, the Pacific Coast, as well as to the United States to visit family and friends, and seasonally to the family cottage "Bay View Cottage" in Penetaguishene, Ont.
Catharine died July 5, 1910 and was buried with Louis.
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Born in Siefersheim, German, Jacob emigrated to Lyons, New York, with his parents in 1840. He originally worked as a farmer and a cooper before beginning to preach at age 18 under the tutelage of Rev. Joseph Harlacher. Jacob married Margaret Hailer (1831-1918) and they had two living children, Rev. Louis Henry (1857-1945) and Catherine (b.1852).
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File consists of two letters in German. The first, dated November 4, 1852, is from Jacob Wagner to an unknown individual. The second, dated December 31, 1852, is a joint letter to Louis Breithaupt in Buffalo, signed by Catharine Hailer, and possibly also by Jacob and Margaret Hailer. This is a letter from Catharine to her soon-to-be husband, written shortly before their marriage, which took place February 8, 1853.
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Letter to Louis Breithaupt is torn with part of the signature missing. The senders could also be Jacob and Margaret Wagner.
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Scanned as JPG files 2011.
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