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 1862 - 1933 (70 years)
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| Name |
William Henry Schmalz [1] |
| Birth |
31 Dec 1862 |
Waterloo Township, Waterloo County, Ontario  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
09 May 1933 |
189 Queen Street, Kitchener, Waterloo County, Ontario |
| Burial |
11 May 1933 |
Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Ontario [1] |
| Person ID |
I14104 |
All |
| Last Modified |
6 Aug 2008 |
| Father |
Balthasar Schmalz, b. Abt 1834, Germany d. 1 Jan 1891, Berlin, Waterloo Township, Waterloo County, Ontario (Age ~ 57 years) |
| Mother |
Maria Steinacker, b. Oct 1837, Germany bur. 25 Mar 1892, Berlin, Waterloo Township, Waterloo County, Ontario (Age ~ 54 years) |
| Marriage |
8 Feb 1859 |
Waterloo County, Ontario |
| Notes |
Married:
- From translated transcripts of the Berlin Daily Telegraph Marriages and Births 1856-1864
SCHMALZ
Feb 8, 1859
Balthasar Schmalz to Mary Steinacker of Berlin.
B.D.T. Feb 11, 1859
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| Family ID |
F3771 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Eleanor Oelschlager, b. 13 Sep 1867, Ontario |
| Marriage |
12 Sep 1888 |
| Children |
| | 1. Stillborn Schmalz, b. 23 May 1889, Berlin, Waterloo Township, Waterloo County, Ontario |
| | 2. William Henry Eugene Schmalz, b. 29 Jul 1890, Berlin, Waterloo Township, Waterloo County, Ontario d. 1981 (Age 90 years) |
| | 3. Clara Louise Schmalz, b. 22 Dec 1891, Berlin, Waterloo Township, Waterloo County, Ontario |
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| Family ID |
F4323 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
6 Aug 2008 |
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| Notes |
- Found at http://www.kitchenercemeteries.ca/pdf/MountHope_walkingTour_sm.pdf on June 14, 2006
William H.Schmalz (1862-1933)
Mayor of the Town of Berlin in 1911, and
when Berlin became incorporated as a City
on June 10,1912 he became the first mayor
of the new city. He designed the original
coat-of-arms of the City of Kitchener.
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Found at http://chd.region.waterloo.on.ca/WEB/Region.nsf/0/d22ee171f2aa335185256b0a004d7b4c!OpenDocument&Click= on June 14, 2006
WILLIAM H. SCHMALZ
1862-1933
A man who played an important part in persuading several industries to locate in Berlin was William H. Schmalz. An excellent penman, in 1878 he entered the employ of the Economical Mutual Fire Insurance Company as a policy writer. He became secretary in 1891 and managing director in 1908. He served the Company until 1933.
Schmalz was an alderman in 1892 and mayor in 1911 and 1912. His son, W.H.E. Schmalz, designed Kitchener's 1924 city hall. He was secretary of St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church for forty-two years, a member of the choir for twenty years, and treasurer of the Ontario district of the Missouri Synod for twenty-two years. He served the hospital board for eighteen years, nine years as secretary and three as president.
One of Canada's leading philatelists, Schmalz had a collection of 45,000 postage stamps. He also did some fine painting and etching.
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Found at http://www.german-canadian-business.ca/en/gpd2002_MayorSchmalz.php on June 14, 2004
Mayor Schmalz’s 1912 address – delivered by Helmut Koeckritz
Fellow Citizens!
The Ceremonies which we all have long looked forward to have now taken place and the City of Berlin is an accomplished fact.
I am sure that in this wide Dominion there can be found no city of its size which has so many people singing its praises, upholding its integrity and showing their loyalty than the good people of Berlin, whether they are Natives or Citizens by Adoption. I congratulate you on becoming residents of a city at this Midnight Hour and hope that this event may ever be a pleasant Reminiscence.
Berlin is now the youngest City in the Dominion, but by no means the smallest or least important. As a Town it has long taken the lead in many matters of Importance and has indeed by its unbounded Energy and Industriousness made a Name for itself. Now that the Town of Berlin has been created into the City of Berlin, its Growth and Stability will undoubtedly increase rapidly and I hope that the new Era in its History will produce only good Results.
I trust that our Citizens will remain loyal to a greater Berlin and that Contentment and Prosperity may be their Reward. My sincere Wish is that God may bless and protect the City of Berlin.
Born:
- SCHMALZ, Henry William
Born Dec 31, 1862
Baptized Feb 1, 1863
Parents Balzer Schmalz and Maria Steinacher
Sponsors Casper Otterbein and wife, Margareth
Source: Records of St. Paul's Lutheran Evangelical Church, Berlin, Ontario
Baptism record can be viewed here.
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