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 1805 - 1870 (64 years)
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| Name |
Christoff Heise |
| Birth |
1 Jul 1805 |
Mülhausen, Thuringen, Königreich, Prussia  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
22 Apr 1870 |
Waterloo County, Ontario |
| Age: 64y |
| Cause: hernia incarcerata |
| Burial |
Old Preston Cemetery, Cambridge (Preston) Waterloo County, Ontario |
| Person ID |
I03552 |
All |
| Last Modified |
10 Oct 2010 |
| Family |
Maria Elisabeth Mierstedt, b. 8 Mar 1809, Mülhausen, Thuringen, Königreich, Prussia d. 24 Feb 1896, Preston, Waterloo County, Ontario (Age 86 years) |
| Marriage |
1830 |
Lutheran Church |
| Children |
| | 1. Charles "Carl" Heise, b. 24 Jul 1833, Mülhausen, Thuringen, Königreich, Prussia d. 8 May 1908, Preston, Waterloo County, Ontario (Age 74 years) |
| + | 2. Martha Christine Heise, b. 18 Jun 1836, Mülhausen, Thuringen, Königreich, Prussia d. 12 Dec 1916, Preston, Waterloo County, Ontario (Age 80 years) |
| + | 3. Christian Heise, b. Abt 1838, Mülhausen, Thuringen, Königreich, Prussia d. 16 Jan 1920, 37 Cambridge Street, Galt, Waterloo County, Ontario (Age ~ 82 years) |
| | 4. Henry Heise, b. 10 Apr 1841, Mülhausen, Thuringen, Königreich, Prussia d. 21 Mar 1917, At his home, Preston, Ontario (Age 75 years) |
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| Family ID |
F0764 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- Christoff Heise was born in 1806 in Germany. In 1830, he married Maria Mierstedt born 1810. They had four children: Martha, Carl, Christian and Henry.
Christoff was a Guild artisan and wood turner who sold his own products on the same premises where he produced them. Maria had a brother, August Mierstadt who had moved to Louisville, Kentucky. In 1850 August Mierstadt wrote letters to convince Christoff and Maria to come to America. The letters also indicate that Maria's mother was living in Germany at the time.
In the spring of 1851, Martha and Carl booked passage from Hamburg to New York. From New York, Martha joined her fiancé, August Plöthner in Preston. August Plöthner was an established weaver in Preston and Martha set up a millinery business in the front of his shop. August was a Lutheran from Weimar, not far from Muhlhausen, and probably became acquainted with Martha there.
On August 15, 1852, Christoff and Maria came to Preston, Ontario along with Henry and Christian. Christoff found employment as a wood turner with Guggisberg's Furniture and Chair Factory until funds were secured to establish an independent business.
On January 10, 1855, Christoff purchased a 1/4 acre plot on the southeast corner of King and Argyle Streets in Preston. Here he erected a building which was to serve as house, workshop and store.
Christoff Heise opened an independent furniture business sometime in 1856. Carl joined him early in the venture and ownership was placed in Carl's name. By 1864, Sutherland's County of Waterloo Gazeteer lists five Heise's at the site: Christoff, turner; Christian and Henry, cabinet makers; Charles (Carl), moulding maker; and an unknown relative named John, labourer.
Christoff Heise died April 24, 1870 and Henry bought out his brother's interest in the property and took personal control of the business.
Source: The German Immigrant Henry Heise (1842 - 1917)
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