b.1841 d.1918
Married - Caroline Hamel
John was born in Breitenbach, Ziegenhain-Hessen, Germany and came to Waterloo with his family in the 1850s. He took up the profession of tailoring and worked out of his home on the corner of Bricker and Albert St N. He was a member of the Evangelical Association and was on the building committee when the congregation built the new church in 1870 on corner of Cedar and Water Sts (now Bridgeport Rd and Dorset).
Source:
1. Obituary, Waterloo Chronicle, July 25, 1918
2. Vernon’s Directory, 1913.
3. Waterloo Mt. Hope Cemetery Records.
