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William Henry Schmalz

Male 1862 - 1933  (70 years)


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  • Name William Henry Schmalz  [1
    Born 31 Dec 1862  Waterloo Township, Waterloo County, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 09 May 1933  189 Queen Street, Kitchener, Waterloo County, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried 11 May 1933  Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I14104  All
    Last Modified 6 Aug 2008 

    Father Balthasar Schmalz,   b. Abt 1834, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Jan 1891, Berlin, Waterloo Township, Waterloo County, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 57 years) 
    Mother Maria Steinacker,   b. Oct 1837, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 25 Mar 1892, Berlin, Waterloo Township, Waterloo County, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 54 years) 
    Married 8 Feb 1859  Waterloo County, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    Married:
    • From translated transcripts of the Berlin Daily Telegraph Marriages and Births 1856-1864

      SCHMALZ
      Feb 8, 1859
      Balthasar Schmalz to Mary Steinacker of Berlin.
      B.D.T. Feb 11, 1859

    Family ID F3771  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Eleanor Oelschlager,   b. 13 Sep 1867, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 12 Sep 1888 
    Children 
     1. Stillborn Schmalz,   b. 23 May 1889, Berlin, Waterloo Township, Waterloo County, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. William Henry Eugene Schmalz,   b. 29 Jul 1890, Berlin, Waterloo Township, Waterloo County, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1981  (Age 90 years)
     3. Clara Louise Schmalz,   b. 22 Dec 1891, Berlin, Waterloo Township, Waterloo County, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified 6 Aug 2008 
    Family ID F4323  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 31 Dec 1862 - Waterloo Township, Waterloo County, Ontario Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 09 May 1933 - 189 Queen Street, Kitchener, Waterloo County, Ontario Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Found at http://www.kitchenercemeteries.ca/pdf/MountHope_walkingTour_sm.pdf on June 14, 2006

      William H.Schmalz (1862-1933)
      Mayor of the Town of Berlin in 1911, and
      when Berlin became incorporated as a City
      on June 10,1912 he became the first mayor
      of the new city. He designed the original
      coat-of-arms of the City of Kitchener.

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      Found at http://chd.region.waterloo.on.ca/WEB/Region.nsf/0/d22ee171f2aa335185256b0a004d7b4c!OpenDocument&Click= on June 14, 2006

      WILLIAM H. SCHMALZ
      1862-1933

      A man who played an important part in persuading several industries to locate in Berlin was William H. Schmalz. An excellent penman, in 1878 he entered the employ of the Economical Mutual Fire Insurance Company as a policy writer. He became secretary in 1891 and managing director in 1908. He served the Company until 1933.

      Schmalz was an alderman in 1892 and mayor in 1911 and 1912. His son, W.H.E. Schmalz, designed Kitchener's 1924 city hall. He was secretary of St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church for forty-two years, a member of the choir for twenty years, and treasurer of the Ontario district of the Missouri Synod for twenty-two years. He served the hospital board for eighteen years, nine years as secretary and three as president.

      One of Canada's leading philatelists, Schmalz had a collection of 45,000 postage stamps. He also did some fine painting and etching.

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      Found at http://www.german-canadian-business.ca/en/gpd2002_MayorSchmalz.php on June 14, 2004

      Mayor Schmalz’s 1912 address – delivered by Helmut Koeckritz
      Fellow Citizens!

      The Ceremonies which we all have long looked forward to have now taken place and the City of Berlin is an accomplished fact.

      I am sure that in this wide Dominion there can be found no city of its size which has so many people singing its praises, upholding its integrity and showing their loyalty than the good people of Berlin, whether they are Natives or Citizens by Adoption. I congratulate you on becoming residents of a city at this Midnight Hour and hope that this event may ever be a pleasant Reminiscence.

      Berlin is now the youngest City in the Dominion, but by no means the smallest or least important. As a Town it has long taken the lead in many matters of Importance and has indeed by its unbounded Energy and Industriousness made a Name for itself. Now that the Town of Berlin has been created into the City of Berlin, its Growth and Stability will undoubtedly increase rapidly and I hope that the new Era in its History will produce only good Results.

      I trust that our Citizens will remain loyal to a greater Berlin and that Contentment and Prosperity may be their Reward. My sincere Wish is that God may bless and protect the City of Berlin.


    Born:
    • SCHMALZ, Henry William
      Born Dec 31, 1862
      Baptized Feb 1, 1863
      Parents Balzer Schmalz and Maria Steinacher
      Sponsors Casper Otterbein and wife, Margareth

      Source: Records of St. Paul's Lutheran Evangelical Church, Berlin, Ontario

      Baptism record can be viewed here.

  • Sources 
    1. [S065776] http://www.kitchenercemeteries.ca/pdf/MountHope_walkingTour_sm.pdf.




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