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Caspar Schneider was not related to the Schneiders who emigrated to this area from Pennsylvania but came here directly from Germany in early 1820s. He bought a farm north of the early village on the banks of Laurel Creek (now just below Hilltop Park). Besides being an excellent farmer, he had been trained as a carpenter. He acted as foreman when the first frame church was erected in 1837 for the early St John’s Lutheran Congregation. Also attached to his home was a small water powered furniture making enterprise where, mainly in the winter, he manufactured chairs, tables and bedsteads as well as wooden hubs and wheels for the carriages and wagons of that time. One of his workers was Nicholas Killer who married his daughter Christina and who went on to become a major building contractor in early Waterloo. On the farm Schneider planted an extensive orchard and when it began producing, constructed one of the first cider mills in the community.
Sources:
1. A History of St. John’s Lutheran Church
2. Census figures, Waterloo North, 1851
3. Personal Interview with Mrs. Helen Kaufman, July 10, 1998. She is a descendant by marriage of Caspar Schneider.
4. Tremaine Map – 1861, Kitchener Public Library
5. 100th Anniversary, St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church
Caspar Schneider Biography
Description
- Creator
- Little, Ellis, Author
- Media Type
- Text
- Item Type
- Articles
- Description
- This is a handwritten biography of Caspar Schneider 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
- 1811-1887
- Subject(s)
- Personal Name(s)
- Schneider, Caspar ; Killer, Nicholas ; Schneider, Christina ; Killer, Christina
- Local identifier
- ELP 51.187
- 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
Website:
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