Albert Edward Ahrens was born on April 4, 1867 in Berlin (later Kitchener) Ontario to parents Charles Ahrens and Charlotte Roth. He worked as a shoe manufacturer with his father and brothers at their company Charles A. Ahrens & Sons. Albert is listed as married to Eva I. (birth name unknown, born June 29, 1873 in United States, immigrated to Canada in 1900) in the 1901 census. He later married Isabella Louisa Hachborn September 26, 1910. He had one child with Isabella; Mildred Marie Ahrens. Albert died December 20, 1920 and is buried at Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener.

Caroline "Carrie" Ahrens was born on January 25, 1862 in Berlin, now Kitchener, Ontario to parents Charles Andrew Ahrens and Henrietta Charlotte Roth. She was the fourth child of eleven, her siblings being: Maria Charlotte; Herman Emmanuel; Louisa; Henry Jacob; Charles August; Wilhelmine; Helena; Emma; Albert Edward; and Laura Emma. Ahrens was a member of the Church of the New Jerusalem. She died March 24, 1934 and was buried in Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener.

Charles Andrew Ahrens was an industrialist, businessman and bookkeeper born July 11, 1827 in Hohen-Wesdt, Holstein, Germany. He emigrated to Berlin (now Kitchener) in 1851 at the age of 24. He began working as a bookkeeper at Louis Breithaupt's tannery 1857. He later worked for Beardmores in Toronto for 5 years. On April 16, 1854, Ahrens married Henrietta Charlotte Roth, who had emigrated from Germany to Preston, Ontario in 1852. Together they had twelve children. The family lived for a time in Port Elgin, where Charles operated a general store, in partnership with a Mr. Kinzie. Upon their return to Kitchener, Charles worked as bookkeeper for the Hepburn Shoe Factory. Charles was also the clerk and treasurer for the town of Berlin and in 1886 he was a Town Councillor. In 1879 he opened his own shoe store, and later a factory, C.A. Ahrens Shoe Co., which operated across from the Walper Hotel on Queen Street South. By the early 1900's, the shoe factory was a thriving and eventually taken over by Ahrens' son, Charles August.The company was purchased by Savage Shoe Co. in 1949. Charles Andrew died on August 18, 1903 following a series of strokes and was interred at Mount Hope Cemetery in Kitchener, Ontario.

Emma Ahrens was born April 27, 1865 in Kitchener, Ontario. Her parents were Charles Andrew Ahrens and Charlotte Henrietta Roth Ahrens. Emma died December 27, 1945 in Kitchener and was interred at Mount Hope Cemetery in Kitchener.

Henriette Charlotte Roth was a homemaker born June 29, 1831 in Reichen Sachsen (Hessee) Germany. She emigrated to Preston, Ontario in 1852 to join her brother Henry Roth. On April 16, 1854, she married Charles Andrew Ahrens and together they had 11 children: Wilhelmine "Minnie" "Menna" (Von Ende); Charles August; Henry Jacob; Helena (Schneider); Carolina "Carrie"; Louise; Emma; Albert Edward; Laura Emma "Lola" (Hachborn); Herman Emmanuel; Maria "Mary" Charlotte. Ahrens died on March 27, 1896 following several years of illness, and was buried in Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener.

Herman Emmanuel Ahrens was a tailor and deputy returning officer for municipal elections born November 23, 1872 to Charles Andrew and Charlotte Henrietta Ahrens. He began a career in tailoring at the age of 13 after receiving a tailored suit from his parents, serving as a tailor's apprentice and later as a journeyman tailor. At the time of his Mother's death in 1896, he was living in Mount Pleasant, Michigan. He married Alvina Hofert of Saginaw, Michigan September 4, 1899 at Mount Pleasant, Michagan. The couple were residing in Ohio in the 1900 United States census. They then moved returned to what is now Kitchener in 1904, where he opened up a tailor shop above the Schell and Englert grocery store on King Street and later a location in Fergus. He served as deputy returning officer of Kitchener's municipal elections for 46 years, was a member of the Swedenborgian Church of Good Shephard and was active in the Moose lodge. He and his wife, Alvina had seven children; Leonard, Eugene, Margaret, Helen, Grace, Ruth, and Herbert. Ahrens retired from tailoring in 1948. He died October 16, 1958 and was buried in Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener. His wife, Alvina died in 1960 and was buried with him in Mount Hope.

Louise Ahrens was born in Berlin (later Kitchener) Ontario on December 5, 1863, the daughter of Charles Andrew Ahrens and Charlotte Henrietta Roth. She was a member of the Church of the Good Shepherd and their Women's Auxiliary. Louise died suddenly on September 7, 1948 and was interred at Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener.

George Alles was a farmer born in Woolwich Township on October 4, 1856 to parents Conrad Alles and Barbara Adolph. He farmed most of his life in the Wellesley area. On June 7, 1881, George married Elizabeth Fischer (1860-1906) at Shantz Station, Waterloo Township. The couple had four children: Lucinda (Eby); Clara Rosalina; Alvin George and Cordella Arilla (Huehnergard). Subsequent to his wife Elizabeth's death, George married Anna Maria Schneider. George, who spent the final 28 years of his life in Kitchener, died October 8, 1934 at his home at 77 Water Street South and was buried in Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener.

Catharine Schmitt was born March 25, 1814 in Alsace, France, and married Martin Anthes, December 25, 1835. The couple had five children: Samuel (died in infancy), Jacob, Salome Sarah; John Schmitt and Henry William. She died November 24, 1894 and was interred at Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener.

Clarissa Lovina Anthes was born October 30, 1871in Ellice Township, Perth County, Ontario to parents Jacob Anthes and Magdalena Stricker. Clarissa died September 1, 1893 at age 21 of typhoid fever, and was interred in Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener.

Cyrena Hoffman Simonds was born June 15, 1877 in Berlin (later Kitchener) Ontario, daughter of Leonard Wells Simonds and Rosette Harriet Johnson. She married John Isaac Franklin Anthes November 10, 1897 and the couple had five children: Olive Cyrena; Edith Louise; Leonard John; Henry Herbert and Norman Franklin. Cyrena died September 15, 1945 in Toronto and was interred in Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener.

Emma "Emmie" Caroline Anthes was a stenographer and typist born in Berlin (later Kitchener) Ontario November 23, 1873 to parents Jacob Anthes and Magdalena Stricker. She worked for Mutual Life Assurance for 35 years, retiring in 1933, and was a member of the Church of the Good Sheppherd. Emma built and owned a cottage at Freeport surrounded by birch trees where she enjoyed bird watching and had a dog named Peter Pan. She died January 28, 1961 and was interred in Mount Hope Cemetery.

Henry Herbert Anthes was born in Berlin (later Kitchener) Ontario on September 5, 1908. He was the son of John Isaac Franklin Anthes and Cyrena Harriet Simmonds. The 1921 census has the family living in Montréal, Quebec. According to Henry's United States Second World War draft registration card, he was living in Sausalito, California and working for Proctor & Gamble in April of 1945. He became a US citizen in 1949 at which time he was living in Shaker Heights, Ohio. Henry died in September of 1984 in Ohio and was buried at the Anthes family in Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener.

John Isaac Franklin "Frank" Anthes was born October 16, 1870 in Berlin (later Kitchener), Ontario to John Schmitt Anthes and Lydia Catherine Anthes. Following graduation from high school, Anthes worked in the furniture business with his father. In 1900, he was appointed assistant manager of Canadian Furniture Manufacturers, the former Burr Bros., in Guelph, Ontario and later Wiarton, Ontario. He worked in the local rubber industry from 1906 to 1916, representing the Canadian Consolidated Rubber Co. during the building of the Dominion Tire Factory. In 1915 he was appointed vice-president of the company's Montreal head office, service as the general purchasing supervisor from 1917 to 1919 before leaving the company to start his own business. He married Cyrena H. Simonds on November 10, 1897 and together they had five children. He died in 1933 and was buried at Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener.

John Schmitt Anthes was a businessman and teacher born November 8, 1844 in Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region to parents Martin Anthes and Catharine Schmidt, both born in France. John Anthes worked as a teacher before coming to Berlin (later Kitchener) in 1865, where he worked as an accountant and salesman at the Breithaupt Tannery. In 1884 he entered the furniture business purchasing the Berlin Novelty Works and manufacturing children's carriages and slat chairs and later high end furniture for the home. In 1901 he went into the amalgamation of furniture factories under the name of Canada Furniture Manufacturers Ltd., in which company he was a director and manager of the local factories for a number of years. In 1906, Mr. Anthes resigned as director and in partnership with J. C. Breithaupt established the Anthes Furniture Company. Outside of business operations, Anthes was an active member of municipal affairs and was first elected as a city councillor in 1886. He went on to serve as depurty-reeve in 1887, 1891, 1897 and 1907, and was the a member of the first Berlin Water Commission. Anthes was also an member of the Zion Evangelical Church, serving in a number of executive roles. He married Lydia Catherine Herlan on June 27, 1867. Together they had seven children: Caroline Catharine "Carrie"; Frank; John Isaac Franklin "Frank"; Sarah Magdalena, who died in infancy; Lydia Louisa "Louisa", Martha Melvina; Ella Elmina; and Alvin Burton Charles, who also died in infancy. Anthes died on April 13, 1915, and was buried in Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener.

Lydia Catherine Herlan was born in Warsaw, New York on December 20, 1849 to Franz Herlan and Carolina Demarez. She married John Schmitt Anthes in Kitchener, Ontario on June 27, 1866. Together they had seven children: Caroline Catharine "Carrie"; Frank; John Isaac Franklin "Frank"; Sarah Magdalena, who died in infancy; Lydia Louisa "Louisa", Martha Melvina; Ella Elmina; and Alvin Burton Charles, who also died in infancy. Lydia died February 22, 1936 and was interred in Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener.

Magdalena Stricker was born March 30, 1840 in Ontario to parents Matthias Stricker and Elisabetha Bauman. She married Jacob Anthes of Wilmot Township, Ontario (date unknown) and the couple had six children: Sarah Anna; Mary Elizabeth; Martin Franklin; Catharine A.; Clarissa Lovina; Emma Caroline. Magdalena died May 20, 1914 and is buried in Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener.

Martin Anthes was born November 16, 1812 in Alsace, France to parents Michael Anthes and Salomea Andres. He married Catharine Schmitt December 25, 1835 and the couple had seven children: Samuel (died as an infant), Jacob, Salome Sarah, John Schmitt, Henry William and Catherine. The family emigrated to Canada from Germany around 1827. Martin died April 10, 1891 and was buried in Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener.

Norman Franklin Anthes was born May 7, 1910 to John Isaac Franklin Anthes and Cyrena Harriet Simmonds of Berlin (later Kitchener). He died October 16, 1915 after being struck by a vehicle. He was buried in Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener.

Olive Cyrena Anthes was born in Berlin (later Kitchener) Ontario on February 3, 1900, daughter of John Isaac Franklin Anthes and Cyrena Hoffman Simonds. On June 3, 1939 she married John Beauchamp Bagnell De Montmorency Harvey (b. November 8, 1892 in London, Ontario). She was buried in Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, but her death date is unknown.

Albert William Augustine was born to Albert Benjamin Augustine and Caroline Margaret Barbara Breithaupt in Racine, Wisconsin on October 26, 1890. As a young man, Albert attended North-Western College in Naperville, Illinois but he never graduated. After the death in 1909 in Racine of his father, Albert Benjamin, the remaining family members moved to Kitchener, Ontario.

On August 22, 1918, Albert married Edna Louise Kaufman in Kitchener, Ontario and together they had four children; Albert Jacob Augustine, John Ross Augustine, David William Augustine, and Mary Caroline Augustine.

In 1919, Albert acquired the Doering Trunk Company in Waterloo, Ontario. This company was renamed the Superior Box Company in 1932. In 1924, he purchased the Forewell Foundry in Kitchener, Ontario. This company was renamed the Augustine Foundry Company. The Superior Box Company and the Augustine Foundry Company did not survive the Great Depression during the 1930s.

In 1938, Albert developed the White Valley Chemical Company which extracted calcium carbonate from the bottom of a lake near Bobcaygeon, Ontario. This company closed in 1941.

From 1942-1946, Albert worked as a government inspector in manufacturing centres across Quebec and Ontario. During the war, he checked the quality of rubber rafts and survival gear. After the war, Albert worked as an agent for the Staminite Company. He retired in 1951.

On March 7, 1972 Albert died from a heart attack and was buried in Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener. On February 25, 1973, a pulpit drape and book mark were given to the Zion United Church in Kitchener, Ontario in his memory.

Caroline Margaret Barbara "Barbara" Breithaupt was a homemaker born in Berlin (later Kitchener), Ontario on November 17, 1861 to Philip Louis Breithaupt and Catherine Hailer. She married school teacher Albert Benjamin Augustine of Racine, Wisconsin on August 3, 1887 in Berlin. The couple moved to Racine, Wisconsin and had three children: Albert William; Laurine Catherine; and Grace Melvina Louise. Albert died in Racine April 10, 1909 and was buried with in his family's plot at Mound Cemetery, Racine. Shortly after Albert's death, Caroline and her children moved to Berlin. Caroline died on November 1, 1951 and was buried in Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener.

Edna Louise Kaufman was born to Jacob Kaufman and Mary Eidt Ratz in Kitchener, Ontario on December 21, 1891. On August 22, 1918 she married Albert William Augustine in Kitchener, Ontario and together they had four children; Albert Jacob Augustine, John Ross Augustine, David William Augustine, and Mary Caroline Augustine.

Edna was actively involved with the Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) and the Zion United Church in Kitchener, Ontario throughout her life.

Edna died on June 3, 1983 and as buried in the Kaufman family plot in Mount Hope Cemetery.

Grace Melvina Louise Augustine was an academic and instructor born in Racine, Wisconsin on September 12, 1895 to Albert Benjamin Augustine and Caroline Margaret Barbara Augustine (nee Breithaupt) and raised alongside her siblings Albert William Augustine and Laurine Catherine Augustine. After the death of Albert Benjamin in 1909, the family moved to Berlin (later Kitchener) Ontario, their mother's birthplace. Grace returned to the United States to pursue graduate studies at Columbia University, obtaining an B.S., M.A. and, in [1935], a PhD in Household Arts. The same year Some aspects of management of college residence halls for women, which she co-authored with Mary De Garmo Bryan was published.

Following the completion of her PhD, Grace worked for a time at Columbia as an associate in Household Arts, Teacher College before being appointed to Texas State College for Women in Denton, Texas. She taught as an associate professor from 1938 until 1944, serving as head of the institution of management division and house director of residence halls. She went on to joint the Iowa State College as head of the Department of Institutional Management (later the Department of Hotel, Restaurant, and Institution Management) from the time of her appointment in 1944 until 1961. At some point after retiring, Grace returned to Kitchener where she lived in the family home on Margaret Avenue and served for a time a a member of the Parkwood Manor auxiliary executive. She died on April 8, 1981 and was buried in Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener.

Laurine Catherine Augustine was born on May 13, 1894 in Racine, Wisconsin to Albert Benjamin Augustine and Caroline Margaret Barbara Augustine (nee Breithaupt). After Albert's death in 1909, the family moved to Berlin (later Kitchener), Ontario. She worked as a teacher at the Kitchener Waterloo Collegiate and Vocational School. Laurine died on September 13, 1954 at the Kitchener-Waterloo Hospital and a funeral service was held at Zion Evangelical Church. She was buried in Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener.

Melvina Emilia Breithaupt was born February 8, 1863 in Berlin (later Kitchener) Ontario to parents Philip Ludwig (Louis) Breithaupt and Catherine Hailer. She married Dr. Amos Frank Baumann (also spelled Bauman) on June 25, 1901 in Berlin. They had one son, Edward Franklin, born June 21, 1904. Amos died November 26, 1918 and was buried in Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener. Melvina died April 4, 1954 and was buried with Amos.

Anna (Annie) Schmidt was born in Germany to Joachim Schmidt and Marie Knopp in 1877. Anna married Edward Bechler on April 18, 1899 in Berlin (later Kitchener). Anna passed away in 1953 and was buried in Mount Hope Cemetery.

Martha Esther Bowlby (nee Murphy) was born July 23, 1836 in Montreal, Quebec. She came to Berlin (now Kitchener) in 1854, where she married Dr. David Sovereign Bowlby in 1856. An active member of the community, Bowlby was the first secretary treasurer of the Kitchener-Waterloo Ladies' Hospital Auxiliary, was a member of the St. John's Anglican Church, and served at one time as the first regent of the Princes of Wales chapter of the Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire. She died in 1925 after being badly burned in an accident at her home. Bowlby was buried at Mount Hope Cemetery alongside her husband, who died in Rome, Italy in 1904.

Catharine [sometimes Catherine] Emelia Anthes was born April 30, 1864 to parents Jacob Anthes and Magdalena Stricker. She married Moses E. Braendle (date unknown) and the couple had a son, Harold Anthes born July 17, 1893, in Woolwich Township. Moses died in 1952 and was buried in Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Ontario. Catherine who died January 23, 1953. Son, Harold died in Florida, July 17, 1974.

Moses E. Braendle was born October 23, 1862 in Wellesley township, Ontario to parents Johannes "John" Braendle, and Rosina Barbara Eberwein. He married Catharine Emelia Anthes (date unknown) and the couple had a son, Harold Anthes born July 17, 1893, in Woolwich Township. Moses' occupation is listed as teacher in the birth record of Harold. In 1910 he is listed as a bookkeeper in a furniture factory in Waterloo, later in 1921 he is a stock clerk also in Waterloo. Moses died in 1952 and was buried in Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Ontario with Catherine who died February 23, 1953.. Harold died in Florida, July 17, 1974.

Albert Liborius Breithaupt was a businessman and public official born in Berlin (later Kitchener) Ontario November 3, 1870 to parents Philip Ludwig (Louis) Breithaupt and Catherine Hailer. He married Lydia Louise Anthes June 2, 1901. The couple had six children: Frederick Albert; Marie; Rudolph Anthes; Ruth Anna Catherine; Arthur Liborius and David.

Albert worked for his father's leather company, and also founded and developed three other Kitchener companies, founding one of the city's first rubber industries which became part of the Dominion Rubber Company, the Berlin Trunk and Bag Company, and co-founding the ladies wear firm Star Whitewear. Interested in community service, Breithaupt served as an alderman for several years, a member of the Kitchener high school board, a member of the Berlin Light Commission, and he taught in the Sunday school at Zion Evangelical Church. Interested in woodworking, he made many pieces of furniture for his Georgian Bay cottage. His last business interest being in sales work with a company he started, the Shoe Findings Company.

After Lydia's death in 1942, Albert married Gladys Eileen Baechler. Albert died in a boating accident on Georgian Bay on July 22, 1955. He was buried in Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener with Lydia.

Barbara Catharina Goetz was born October 19, 1801 in Germany and married Liborius Breithaupt in Allendorf, German on October 24, 1826. The couple had a son, Philip Ludwig (Louis) born November 8, 1827, also in Allendorf. A daughter Marie Elisabeth Frederica, born June 14, 1829, died May 13, 1834. In 1843, Liborius, Cattharina and Louis emigrated from Hesse, Germany to Buffalo, New York. While there, they had another daughter, Catharina, born February 18, 1847. Liborius died in Buffalo in May of 1851. Catharina applied for US naturalization in June of 1851, however, she and her two children later moved to Kitchener, Ontario in 1861. She died January 12, 1887 and was buried in Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener.

Carl Louis Breithaupt was born in Berlin (later Kitchener) Ontario on July 27, 1896 to parents John Christian Breithaupt and Caroline Catherine Anthes. He attended Kitchener Collegiate Institute from 1910 to 1915 and was then employed by the family-owned Breithaupt Leather Company Limited of Kitchener. Carl enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Force in September 1917 and went to England where he was detailed to Signal Company schools in south of England. He advanced to wireless operator, returning to Canada in March 1919.

Carl was educated as an chemical engineer and became an American citizen. While working in Boston, Massachusetts married Alice Kranz of Pennsylvania on October 11, 1933 in Ohio. In the 1940 United States census, Carl and Alice were listed as living in Cleveland Heights, Ohio with children Carl W. aged 5 and Walter, aged 1. On August 14, 1946 Carl drowned while on a fishing trip in Parry Sound, Ontario with his brother, Walter. He was buried in Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener. Following his death Alice and their children stayed in Ohio. She died May 25, 1984.

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.

Catherine Louise Breithaupt was born December 3, 1872, the daughter of Philip Ludwig (known as Louis) and Catherine Hailer. She died as a young teenager of appendicitis on April 14, 1886. She was buried in Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener with siblings Daniel and Adolph, who both died as children.

Daniel Edward was born October 30, 1868 in Berlin (later Kitchener) Ontario, the son of Philip Ludwig (known as Louis) Breithaupt and Catherine Hailer. He died as a child on July 19, 1871 and was buried in Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener.

Emma Alvarene Devitt was born October 17, 1860 in Waterloo, Ontario to parents Benjamin Devitt and Nancy L. Bowman. She married Louis Jacob Breithaupt of Berlin (later Kitchener) Ontario April 5, 1881 and the couple had 8 children: Louise Evelyn; Friedrich Adolph; Emma Lillian; Martha Edna; Rosa Melvina; Louis Orville; William Walter; Catherine Olive; and Paul Theodore. Emma died June 12, 1925 in Belmont, Massachusetts and was buried in Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener. Louis died in St. Petersburg, Florida March 6, 1939 and was also buried in Mount Hope.

Emma Lillian Breithaupt was born in Berlin (later Kitchener) Ontario May 28, 1884, the daughter of Louis Jacob Breithaupt and Emma Alvarene Devitt. After studying at local public schools, she attended the Ontario Ladies College in Whitby, Ontario. Emma was active in many church groups in Kitchener, Ontario, and was a leader in the local cultural community. Emma died September 9, 1951 in Kitchener and was buried at Mount Hope Cemetery.

Ezra Carl "Carl" Breithaupt was born February 10, 1866 in Berlin (later Kitchener) Ontario ,the son of Philip Ludwig (Louis) Breithaupt and Catherine Hailer. After attending local schools in Berlin, he took a general course at the evangelical NorthWestern College in Naperville, Illinois from from 1883 to 1887. In the autumn of 1890 he began the two-year course in applied electricity offered at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland. He was certificated in applied electricity in 1892, returned home and entered the Breithaupt Leather Company, of which he became a director, and the Berlin Gas Company, in which he combined professional and family interests.

Carl became the manager of the Berlin Gas Company. The firm began generating electricity, and in 1895, with power from Berlin Gas, they converted two horse-drawn streetcars owned by the Berlin and Waterloo Street Railway Company to electric power; also lighting eight arc street lamps in Waterloo. Carl became the president of BWSR, expanding both the railway and the gas company, building a large gas tank and extensive additions to the powerhouse and plant for Berlin Gas and installing new rails and two new electric cars for the street railway.

Carl was prominent in the local community serving as a member of the local Board of Trade's financial committee in 1893, and as vice-president the following year, and in 1896 sat on its council. He also served as choirmaster and a Sunday school teacher at Zion Evangelical Church.

Carl died January 27 1897, at 30 years of age, from injuries sustained in an explosion in the new gas tank he had built for Berlin Gas. He was buried in Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener.

Frederick Albert was born July 29, 1902 in Berlin (later Kitchener) Ontario, the first child of Albert Liborius and Lydia Louisa Anthes. He married Frances Marian Bean on June 25, 1930 which whom he has two children. Frederick died in 1983 and was interred in Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener.

Friederich Adolph "Adolph" Breithaupt was born August 25, 1875 in Berlin (later Kitchener) Ontario to parents Philip Ludwig (Louis) and Catherine Hailer. He died as a child on June 21, 1883 while visiting family with his mother in Cleveland, Ohio. He was buried in Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener.

John Christian Breithaupt was a businessman and politician born in Buffalo, New York, February 27, 1859, the son of Philip Louis Breithaupt and Catherine Hailer. He and his family emigrated to Berlin (later Kitchener) Ontario circa 1862.

John married Caroline Catherine "Carrie" Anthes on January 27, 1892 and the couple had six children: John Edward; Louise Catherine (Geil); Carl Louis; Freida Caroline (Harris); Walter Hailer; and Helena Esther (Duffield). John worked in the family leather tanning business.

John first served on the Berlin council in 1890-1891. He was elected first deputy-reeve in 1893, and reeve in 1894. Following in his brother Louis's footsteps, he ran for and was elected Mayor of Berlin serving 1896-1897. He went back as a councillor and served until 1898, during which time the Berlin water works were purchased by a committee of which he was a member. In 1899, he was elected a member of the first water board.

John died September 14, 1951 and was buried in Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener. Caroline died May 18, 1963 and was buried with him in Mount Hope Cemetery.

Louis Jacob Breithaupt was an industrialist and politician. He was born March 3, 1855, in Buffalo, New York, the son of Philip Ludwig (known as Louis) and Catherine Hailer. The family moved to Berlin (later Kitchener) Ontario in 1857. He married Emma Alverene Devitt on April 5, 1881 and the couple had 8 children: Louise Evelyn; Emma Lillian; Martha Edna; Rosa Melvina; Louis Orville; William Walter; Catherine Olive; and Paul Theodore.

Louis took over the family business and served as Mayor of Kitchener from 1888-1889. He represented Waterloo North in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1899 to 1902 as a Liberal member. Louis died March 6, 1939 in St. Petersburg, Florida and was buried in Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener.

Louis Paul Breithaupt was born in Kitchener, Ontario on June 25, 1922 to parents Louis Orville Breithaupt and Sara Caskey. Louis attended Queen's University where he became President of his year. He left in 1943 to join the R.C.A.F. and was discharged in 1945. He married Elizabeth Caroline Massey in Toronto on April 10, 1948 and the couple resided in Kitchener where Louis worked for the Breithaupt Leather Company until its sale in 1968. They had three sons: Louis M., Timothy H., and Gary S.

Louis was active in community organizations such as: the Kitchener Rotary Club, Kitchener Chamber of Commerce, Public School Board, Boy Scouts (Medal of Merit), Gyro, Flying Club, Public Utilities Commission, and Probus. He died June 9, 2005 in Kitchener and was buried in Mount Hope Cemetery with his wife Elizabeth who died in 2013.

Lydia Louisa Breithaupt was a homemaker in Berlin (later Kitchener) Ontario. She was born March 27, 1877 in Berlin Ontario to parents John Schmitt Anthes and Lydia Catherine Herlan. She married Albert Liborius Breithaupt on June 2, 1901 and the couple lived in Kitchener. The couple had six children: Frederick Albert; Maria Martha Louise; Rudolph Anthes; Ruth Anna Catherine; Arthur Liborius; David John. Lydia died June 18, 1942 in Toronto, Ontario. She was interred at Mount Hope Cemetery in Kitchener.

Mabel Louise White was born in Milton, Ontario on April 5, 1894. She married Louis Orville Breithaupt on October 14, 1915. Mabel and their first child died on June 27, 1916 during premature labour. She was buried in Mount Hope Cemetery in what is now Kitchener, Ontario.

Martha Edna "Edna" Breithaupt was born July 26, 1885 in Berlin (later Kitchener) Ontario to parents Louis Jacob and Emma Devitt. She had seven siblings: Louise Evelyn; Emma Lillian; Rose Melvina; Louis Orville; William Walter; Catherine Olive and Paul Theodore. As a girl, Edna, as she was known, spent her summers at the Breithaupt family cottages, "Riverbend" on the Grand River near Bridgeport (now part of Kitchener), and "Bayview" on Georgian Bay in the Penetanguishene area, where her father had opened a second branch of his tannery business in 1885. The Breithaupts were devoted members of Zion Evangelical church in Kitchener and Edna was involved in many church activities during her formative years. After high school she attended the Ontario Ladies' College in Whitby, where she majored in art.

As an adult in Toronto, Edna founded the Art Students' League bringing art education to local children. She was an artist and patron of the arts throughout her life purchasing Giant’s Tomb Island, with the intention of establishing an artist’s colony; she even has a namesake island, "Aunt Edna’s Island" on Georgian Bay. In the 1940s, Edna established Wakunda Lodge at Sawlog Bay in the 1940s where she ran an art school with students staying for weeks at a time. She was also instrumental in forming the Kitchener-Waterloo Centre of Community Arts. Edna died April 13, 1963 and was interred in Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener.

Paul Theodore Breithaupt was born September 9, 1903 in Berlin (later Kitchener) Ontario to parents Louis Jacob and Emma Alvarene Devitt. Paul joined his sister, Edna, in active support of the fine arts, including the Grange Studios and the Art Students' League in Toronto during the early 1930's. He married Margaret Jean Alexander July 17, 1937 and the couple had three children: Paul Alexander; Emmy; E.A. Kirby. They lived in Pickering, Ontario and later Guildwood Village, Scarborough, the residential community his sister Rosa and her husband Spencer Clark were involved in creating that was adjacent to their arts community, Guild of All Arts.

Paul died in 1961 and was buried in Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener with his wife who died in 1969.

Philip Ludwig (Louis) Beithaupt was born in Allendorf an der Werra, Kurhessen, Germany on 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 spent time working as a carpenter. On a visit to Berlin, Ontario he met Catherine Hailer, to whom he was married February 8, 1853. 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, 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 until his death in1880. He was buried in Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener.

Rudolph Anthes "Dolph" Breithaupt was born in Berlin (later Kitchener) Ontario October 21, 1906 to parents Albert Liborius and Lydia Louisa Anthes. He became a Major in the Canadian military a member of the Scots Fusiliers of Canada receiving the Order of the British Empire. He married Marion Elizabeth Roos on August 24, 1928. Dolph died March 21, 1960 and was interred in Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener.

Sara Caskey was born March 2, 1895 in Youngstown, Ohio to parents Herbert C. Caskey and Mary McElwey. She married Louis Orville Breithaupt of Kitchener on November 27, 1919 in Toronto. The couple had four children: Mary Scott; Louis Paul; Sara (Sally) Caroline and Herbert Caskey. Sara died in Kitchener February 14, 1989 and is buried with her husband in Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener.

William Henry Breithaupt was an engineer born in Buffalo, New York January 25, 1857 to Philip Louis (Ludwig) and Catherine Hailer. The family moved to Berlin (later Kitchener) Ontario in 1861. He 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 was buried in Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener. His wife, Martha died in 1950 and was buried with William.

William Walter Breithaupt was born in Berlin (later Kitchener), Ontario June 7, 1894 to parents Louis Jacob and Emma Alvarene Devitt. He received his education at the Kitchener Collegiate Institute, and attended both Northwestern College, Naperville, Illinois and the University of Toronto. He worked at the Breithaupt Leather company, the family business. William served in World War I as a lieutenant in the Infantry in Spring of 1916. He served in Canada in various capacities before heading to England for further training in 1918 where he was on Armistice Day. He returned to Canada where he was honourably discharged in May of 1919.

William Walter married Gertrude Irene Hughes of Toronto on December 12, 1919 in Toronto. The couple lived in Kitchener, and had two children. A son, William Ransom was born August 7, 1920. William Ransom served in World War II as a flying officer in the 239th Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force. He was shot down on September 13, 1944 near Cologne, Germany, did not survive and is buried in Rheinberg, Germany War Graves. A second son, Norman Hughes was born December 31, 1924 in Kitchener.

Gertrude died April 10, 1954 and was buried in Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener. William Walter died in Scarborough, Ontario on January 7, 1977 and was buried with Gertrude.

Roger E. Gofton was born on January 4,1863 in Wilmot Township to Robert and Rosannah Fonger Gofton. His occupation was in woodworking. He married Elizabeth Schnieder, the sister of J.M. Schneider, October 20, 1886. Together they had a son named Alfred Schneider Gofton. After the unexpected death of Elizabeth in 1894, Gofton married Anna Woelfle with whom he had 8 children. He died April 3, 1949 and was buried at Mount Hope Cemetery.

August Gralke Jr. was born in Germany to August and Catherine (nee Krause) Gralke. He died in Berlin, Ontario (now Kitchener) at 20 years of age from tuberculosis and was buried in Mount Hope Cemetery.

Laura "Lola" Emma Ahrens was born in Berlin (Kitchener) Ontario to parents Charles Andrew Ahrens and Henrietta Charlotte Roth. She married George Henry Hachborn also of Berlin on September 26, 1894. The couple lived in Berlin and had four children: Marguerite Helen (Koenig) ; Laura Isabella Hachborn; Rudolph Albert and Robert Carl Hachborn.

Laura died December 9, 1939 and was buried in Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener alongside George who predeceased her on July 1, 1934.

Sarah Anna Anthes was born July 3, 1858 in Wilmot township, Ontario to parents Jacob Anthes and Magdalena Stricker. On June 15, 1887 she married Menno S. Hallman also of Wilmot and they had a daughter, Lizzie Hilda Hallman, born July 12, 1891. Sarah died of consumption [tuberculosis] September 26, 1893 at 35 years old. Her young daughter, Lizzie died a few years later on March 17, 1896. Both are buried in Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener.

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.

Edith Louise Schneider MacPhail was born on April 10, 1897, the eldest child of Heinrich Metz and Louise Schneider (née Lehnen). She married Cecil Gordon "Gordon" Macphail with whom she had two daughters: Jean and Marion. MacPhail died October 4, 1955 and was buried in Mount Hope Cemetery.

Hildegard Marsden (nee von Boetticher) was a the Dean of Women and a lecturer in the Department of Germanic and Slavic Languages University of Waterloo. Marsden was born in Germany in 1920 and moved to the United States with her family. In 1941 while attending Randolph College in Virginia her family was deported back to Germany where she worked in a censoring office in Berlin. After the war Marsden worked a liaison between the German government and the Americans and British and during this time she met her future husband British officer Horace Marsden. The couple immigrated to Canada in 1951 and settled in Waterloo Region with their three children. Marsden began taking classes at Waterloo College and was the first woman in the region to return to university as a mature student with children. In 1959 she graduated with her BA from Randolph College and went to on to obtain an MA from the University of Waterloo. She was appointed a lecturer in the Department of Germanic and Slavic Languages in 1965 and in 1967 she was appointed Dean of Women. Marsden died April 24, 1988 with interment at Mount Hope Cemetery.

Margaret "Marnie" Catherine Anthes Paisley was a teacher born in Berlin, now Kitchener, Ontario on November 1, 1906 to Talmon and Martha Rieder. She graduated in 1929 with an arts degree from the University of Toronto, where she played women's hockey. Following graduation she spent a year working alongside Emma Razt Kaufman to expand the YWCA in Japan. She married Elmer Paisley, with whom she had two children: Mary ("Penny ") and Ian. Paisley taught at the Kitchener Collegiate Institute and Waterloo Collegiate between 1955 and 1969. She was also an active member of the United Church, serving as a Sunday school teacher and director of summer camps. Paisley died June 11, 2003 and was interred at Mount Hope Cemetery in Kitchener.

Marcel Pequegnat was a civil engineer in Kitchener, Ontario, who spent his professional career with the Kitchener Water Commission as superintendent and consultant. He was also involved in the Grand River Conservation Commission and the Arthur Pequegnat Clock Company.

Pequegnat was born in Berlin (now Kitchener) April 27, 1886 to clockmaker Arthur Pequegnat and his wife Hortense (nee Marchand), Marcel studied engineering at the University of Toronto. After graduating he taught at the University and worked for several summers for the Berlin City Enginneers. In 1910-1911, he surveyed land in Manitoba, and in 1913, he was appointed assistant city engineer in Berlin. In 1919, he became superintendent of the Kitchener Water Commission, holding this position until 1957 when he became a consultant until retiring in 1970. Pequegnat also served for 27 years on the Kitchener Planning Board and for 30 years on the Kitchener Suburban Roads Commission. He was president of the Arthur Pequegnat Clock Company from 1940 to 1964, though for most of that time the company was dormant, having ceased clock production by 1942.

Pequegnat was a founding member of the Grand River Conservation Commission (GRCC) when it formed in 1932 and served as vice-chairman from 1938 to 1952, chairman from 1953-1959, and chief engineer from 1962 to 1965. His period of service with the GRCC coincided with the building of the Shand, Luther, and Conestogo dams. He was also Life Member of the Engineering Institute of Canada, a charter member of the Professional Engineers of Ontario, and received their Citizenship Award in 1973. He also was awarded Life Membership in the American Waterworks Association.

Pequegnat married Nellie Elizabeth Klippert (1888-1972) December 28, 1910 and together they had three children. He died in 1988 and was buried alongside Elizabeth in Mount Hope Cemetery.

Henry Eidt Ratz was born April 30, 1877 in the Gads Hill area of Perth County, Ontario. He was the youngest of Henry and Christina (nee Eidt) Ratz's ten children. He was the mayor of Waterloo from 1935 to 1936, in addition to numerous terms as a Waterloo city councillor and Deputry Reeve, and as Warden for the County of Waterloo. Ratz married Margaret Hill and together they had two children: Gladys Ruby and Lloyd Henry. He died in 1954 and was buried in 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Christian "Christoper" Rosekat was born on July 15, 1850 in Germany. He and his wife, Henrietta Wilhelmina Bechler (b. November 7, 1859, d. May 24, 1925) immigrated from Germany to Berlin (now Kitchener) in 1879, though it is unclear if they were already married at that time. Christian Rosekat worked as a tanner in Berlin (later Kitchener). Christian and Henrietta had nine children: Wilhelmine Henriette (Mina), William, Charles, Henry, Alfred (Frederick), Herman, Albert, Walter, and John. He died in November of 1922 at his home in Kitchener and was buried at Mount Hope Cemetery.

Wilehlmina “Minnie” Rosekat (b. March 30, 1881, d. 1947) married Ervin Owen Woelfle (b. 1878, d. 1945) on September 15, 1903 in Berlin. Minnie and Ervin had five children: Harvey, Walter, Hilda, Erma, Oscar.

Private William Rosekat (b. February 1, 1883, d. 1947) served Canada in the First World War in the 4th Battalion Reserve. Rosekat enlisted on May 31, 1918. Regimental No. 3137585. William was a machine hand and later a trimsawyer at a furniture factory.

Charles Rosekat (b. December 30, 1884, d. 1911) worked at the Kaufman Rubber Company and was involved in several athletic sports teams in Berlin. Charles married Edith “Ida” Behrend (b. 1887, d. 1952) on May 23, 1906. The couple had three children: Leona, Margaret (Theresa), and Harry.

Henry Rosekat (b. February 14, 1887, d. 1950) worked as a boot maker in Berlin.

Alfred (Frederick) Rosekat (b. May 21, 1889) worked as a rubber bootmaker in Berlin. Rosekat enlisted in the Canadian Armed Forces during the First World War on April 4, 1916 and served in the 18th Battalion. Regimental No. 751623.

Herman Rosekat (b. October 25, 1891, d. 1960) worked as a tire builder in Berlin. Herman married Lorna Kumpf (b. 1899, d. 1961) on June 14, 1923. Lorna worked as a housekeeper in Berlin.

Albert Rosekat (b. March 28, 1894, d. 1946) worked as a cobbler in a shoe factory for 31 years. Rosekat enlisted in the Canadian Armed Forces during the First World War on February 26, 1918. Regimental No. 3131939. He married Annie Mary Franke (b. 1897, d. 1972) on February 18, 1926. The couple had a daughter named Ruth Rosekat.

Walter Rosekat (b. September 2, 1896, d. 1957) worked as a bootmaker. 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.

John Rosekat (b. September 1899) married Lydia Becker. The couple had a child named Anna Margaret Rosekat.

Christian Rosekat passed away on November 20, 1922.

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.

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.

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.

Albert Carl Schneider was born on September 26, 1877 to parents Johann Christoph and Anna Schneider. He married Emma Gerbig on February 27, 1901. Together they had four children: Clarence Carl, Maude Elizabeth, Mabel, and Florence Irene. Schneider died of pulmonary tuberculosis on August 30, 1920 and was buried at Mount Hope Cemetery.

David Frederick was born March 25, 1907 to Heinrich Metz and Louisa Lehnen in Berlin, now Kitchener, Ontario. He was the Director and Purchasing Manager of the J.M. Schneider Ltd., for 41 years. He married Dorothy F. Kyle on December 30, 1937, with whom he had one daughter, Lynne. Schneider died February 4, 1968 and was buried at Mount Hope Cemetery.

Heinrich Metz Schneider born on September 22, 1865 to parents Johann Christoph and Anna Schneider. He was the second of five children. He married Louisa Lehnen on June 10, 1896 with whom he has five children with; Edith, Emil, Anna, David and Alberta. He died February 23, 1951.

Johann Christoph Schneider was born in Germany, in Unteröwisheim, Baden, on August 27, 1831. His father, a farmer, was also Johann Christoph Schneider; his mother was Margarethe Elizabeth Zoller. He left Germany in 1847 when he was sixteen years old and settled in Berlin (now Kitchener), Ontario, where a substantial German settlement already existed. He worked as a carpenter and later as a mechanic, and by 1858 was a building contractor. He married Anna Elizabeth Metz on April 26, 1857 and started married life in a house on what is now College St. in Kitchener. Together they had seven children, of whom John Metz Schneider was the first.

In 1860 Schneider purchased a 100-acre farm in what is now the Victoria/Lawrence St. area of Kitchener, cleared the land and spent the next thirty-seven years as a farmer. He contributed to the growth of Berlin as a builder, helping to construct buildings such as the Waterloo County Court House and the Breithaupt tanneries. He was also a founding member of the Church of the New Jerusalem, a Swedenborgian congregation. He died December 20, 1900 and was buried at Mount Hope Cemetery.

Pearl Wing was born April 1898 in Shipka, Ontario, near Grand Bend. She married Emil John Henry Schneider and together they had three children: John, Ruth and Anne. She attended the Church of the Good Shepherd and was a one time member of the Women's Auxiliary. She died December 2, 1987 in St. Jacobs, Ontario and was buried in Mount Hope Cemetery.

Janet Harvey was born ca. 1806 in Insch, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. On January 2, 1823, she married John Robertson with whom she had four children, Alexander, James, John and Jane. Her husband died ca. 1832 and on June 1, 1836 she married James Sims. They emigrated to what is now Canada in 1837, settling as squatters on Queen's Bush land near Hawkesville, Ontario. Together Janet and James had four children: Janet McQueen, James Campbell Sims, Peter Harvey Sims and William Andrew Sims. Janet Harvey Sims died October 3, 1881 and was buried in Kitchener's Mount Hope Cemetery.

James Kenneth Davidson "Kenneth" Sims was born July 12, 1904 in Berlin (now Kitchener), Ontario to Harvey J. Sims and Florence Katherine Roos. He married twice. First, to Lyla Patterson Hughes (date unknown) and later to Mabel Alguire Cameron of Cornwall, Ontario on June 28, 1930. He died July 29, 1970 and was buried in Kitchener's Mount Hope Cemetery.

Elizabeth (Betty) Clement Stewart (1916-1977) was born to William Pope Clement and Muriel Alberta Kerr Clement in 1916 in Berlin (Kitchener). Betty won the Bishop Strachan Scholarship and was awarded a full scholarship the University of Toronto. In 1940 Betty wed alderman and investor Peter Ross Stewart (1915-1980) of West Hartford. Together they had children: Janet and Stewart. Betty died in 1977 and was buried at Mount Hope Cemetery.

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.

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.

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.