Henry Richard Playtner / Ploethner

1864 - 1943  (78 years)

• Name	Henry Richard Playtner / Ploethner
  Born	18 Dec 1864	Preston, Waterloo County, Ontario
  Gender	Male
  Census	1881	Kincardine, Bruce County, Ontario
  	age 21, Kincardine, Bruce South, Ontario living with family of jeweler Edward Fox
  Census	1921	King Street, Preston, Waterloo County, Ontario
  Residence	1923	16 Peter Street, Kitchener, Ontario
  	Henry Playtner lived here from about 1923 until his death in 1943.
  Residence	1935	16 Peter Street, Kitchener, Ontario
  Residence	1940	16 Peter Street, Kitchener, Ontario
  Died	20 Sep 1943	Kitchener, Waterloo County, Ontario
  Buried	Old Preston Cemetery, Cambridge (Preston) Waterloo County, Ontario
  Person ID	I03562	All
  Last Modified	2 Sep 2013

  
  

  Father	August Ploethner,   b. 13 Jan 1823, Neustadt, Sachsen, Germany ,   d. 10 Jul 1900, Preston, Waterloo County, Ontario  (Age 77 years)
  Mother	Martha Christine Heise,   b. 18 Jun 1836, Mülhausen, Thuringen, Königreich, Prussia ,   d. 12 Dec 1916, Preston, Waterloo County, Ontario  (Age 80 years)
  Married	12 May 1856	Waterloo Township, Waterloo County, Ontario
  Family ID	F0761	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 18 Dec 1864 - Preston, Waterloo County, Ontario Census - age 21, Kincardine, Bruce South, Ontario living with family of jeweler Edward Fox - 1881 - Kincardine, Bruce County, Ontario Census - 1921 - King Street, Preston, Waterloo County, Ontario Residence - Henry Playtner lived here from about 1923 until his death in 1943. - 1923 - 16 Peter Street, Kitchener, Ontario Residence - 1935 - 16 Peter Street, Kitchener, Ontario Residence - 1940 - 16 Peter Street, Kitchener, Ontario Died - 20 Sep 1943 - Kitchener, Waterloo County, Ontario Buried - - Old Preston Cemetery, Cambridge (Preston) Waterloo County, Ontario  = Link to Google Earth
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• Photos » Slide Show		Henry Playtner
  		Henry Playtner Caption reads Professor H.R. Playtner preparing lobster with Jerry Smith's daughters watching. Prof. Playtner was Jerry Smith's horology professor.
  		Henry Richard Playtner Henry Richard Playtner founded the Canadian Horological Institute in 1890 at Toronto, Ontario and became world famous for the contributions that he and his students made to the field of horology.
  		16 Peter Street, Kitchener, Ontario Henry Playtner purchased this home when he retired in 1923. He lived here until his death in 1943.

  
  

  Headstones

  PLAYTNER, Henry

  
  

  Histories		Canadian Horological Institute
  		Obituary of Henry R. Playtner