b. 1824 d. 1903
Married Mrs Anna Elizabeth Kalbfleisch
Karl (Charles) Noecker was born in the state of Prussia in Germany. After he had served in the cavalry in the Prussian army, he decided in 1852 to come out to Canada. He chose Berlin because of the use of German language and was able to get a job in George Davidson’s store. In 1854 he went back to Germany and brought over his whole family who settled around the community of Glen Allen. But not Charles. He returned this time to Waterloo. As things worked out later, he found a job helping run the Traveller’s House, a hotel that had been established by Eckhardt Kalbfleisch. It appears that Kalbfleisch was in failing health and he died in 1862. After a year or two Charles married the Widow Kalbfleisch. As Noecker took over the business in 1864 he decided to give his place a fancy name – Gambrius Hotel, but the name didn’t appeal to the local citizens and they just called it Noecker’s Place. Charles built a large home for his family on the corner of King St N and what was later Noecker St which he called Karlsrest.
Sources:
1. Ellis Little, Early Waterloo Hotels, unpublished
2. Waterloo Mt. Hope Cemetery Records
3. Obituary, Waterloo Chronicle, December 10, 1903
Charles Noecker Biography
Description
- Creator
- Little, Ellis, Author
- Media Type
- Text
- Item Type
- Articles
- Description
- This is a handwritten biography of Charles Noecker from the Ellis Little Papers. This biography has been transcribed exactly as written. Ellis Little was a local historian, who was the principal of Elizabeth Ziegler Public School.On his retirement, he invested much of his time in researching and writing about Waterloo's history. The Ellis Little Papers consist of extensive notes, papers and historical works.
- Notes
- Please scroll to the bottom of the page to see the transcribed text. To see the original document, please visit the Ellis Little Local History Room at the Main Branch of the Waterloo Public Library
- Date Of Event
- 1824-1903
- Subject(s)
- Personal Name(s)
- Kalbfleisch, Anna ; Noecker, Charles ; Noecker, Karl ; Davidson, George ; Kalbfeisch, Elizabeth
- Local identifier
- ELP 51.144
- Collection
- Ellis Little Papers: Men and Women of Our Past
- Language of Item
- English
- Copyright Statement
- Copyright status unknown. Responsibility for determining the copyright status and any use rests exclusively with the user.
- Location of Original
- Ellis Little Papers
- Contact
- Waterloo Public LibraryEmail:askus@wpl.ca
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