Hermann Family of Preston, Ontario, Canada
by Carolyn Hermann 

Updated News 9/20/04 : Hermann Family was from Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Carolyn sent an email to Preston looking for church info.  She got an amazing offer and reply from the
Reverend Erich Schultz that he would look up some records in the St. Peter's Church book in Preston.  This
showed many of the children born to John and Wilhelmine Hermann, including a death record of Johann
Friederich Hermann.  The record shows he was born in Frankfurt am Main on 12 Sept 1833 and died on
5 Oct 1894 at the age of 61 years.  Frankfurt am Main is the large well known city of Frankfurt and off the
 Main River in the current State of Hesse, Germany.  Back in the days when the Hermanns were there its
German name was also known as Frankfurt, Hessen-Nassau, Prussia.  See the old 1882 map of Hesse.

Johann “John” Frederich Hermann was born on 12 September 1833 in Frankfurt, Germany.
 He later married Wilhelmine Bauer, daughter of Wilhelmine and Johann “John” Bauer who was also
from Germany.  It is unclear whether the Hermanns and Bauers all came together to Canada or not. 

John was a butcher by trade and had 8 children all born in Preston, Ontario, Canada. 
Ida, Henry, Wilhelmine, John, Elizabeth, Alvina, William and Carl.

  Son, Henry Hermann, married Mary Elizabeth Boos in Chicago on 3 Feb 1882.  See Marriage License. 
They had 4 children, John in 1888, born in Chicago, followed by Lillian, Myrtle, and Anna. 
Below is a picture of John in World War I.


Old Preston Cemetery

Johann “John” Frederich Hermann was born Sept 12, 1833 and died on October 5, 1894

at the age of 61 years.  Wilhelmine Bauer Hermann was born in 1836 and died on
May 2, 1916 at the age of 80 years of bronchitis.  Wilhelmine was the daughter

of Johann “John” and Wihelmine Bauer.  John was born in 1799 in Germany and

died November 28, 1885 at the age of 86 years.

Friedericka Maria "Ida" Hermann, the first child of John and Wilhelmine,
was born March 19, 1860.  She died on March 1, 1884 at the age of 23 years.

 

Henry C. Hermann, the second child, was born on December 10, 1862 and

died on June 3, 1931 at the age of 68 years.  Henry was married to Mary Elizabeth

“Lizzie” Boos in Preston, Ontario, Canada.  Elizabeth was born December 18, 1865 in

Preston.  Henry and Elizabeth had moved to Chicago, IL where he was a butcher like

his father.  They had 4 children all of whom were born in Chicago.  John was born

Feb 6, 1888, a World War I Vet (see death cert), Lillian was born May 5, 1893, Myrtle was

born in February 1895 and Anna after 1900.  When Henry died June 3, 1931 his body

was brought back to Preston, Ontario, Canada for burial in the Hermann Family Plot.

 

 

Wilhelmina “Minnie” Maria Caroline Hermann was born December 10, 1863 and died
November 5, 1944. Minnie was a dressmaker according to the Census that was taken in 1891.

 

 

Minnie had married George Cherry who was born September 10, 1865 and died
January 7, 1944. They had one child, Mary Georgina who was born in 1889
and died in 1968.  Mary was married to Thomas Williams.

 

Johann "John" August Ernst Hermann was born May 28, 1869 and died September 1899.
 (no headstone pictured)

 

Elise “Lizzie” Eva Hermann was born February 9, 1869 and died in 1915.
Lizzie had married Fred Stecho who was born in 1874 and died in 1909.

 

Alvina Wilhelmina Maria Hermann was born Dec 12,1871 and died in 1957. 
Alvina married John C. Allemang who was born in 1870 and died in 1942.  Of this marriage they had
four children, Alma Minnie (b. March 24, 1896),  Laura Mary (b. August 15, 1901 – d. 1994),
Margaret Minnie (b. December 30, 1903) and Edith W. (b. January 10, 1908 – d. 1910).

Friedrich Wilhelm "Willie" Georg Hermann (no grave pictured) was born Oct 20, 1873 and married

Margaret Israel on June 21, 1901.  Willie was a butcher apprentice according to the

April 10, 1891 Census and probably became a butcher like his father.

Carl “Charles” Peter Lewis Hermann, the last and 8th child of John and Wilhelmine, was born
 December 13, 1876 and died May 30, 1948.  Carl married Mary Bomes on August 29, 1901. 
Mary was born March 31, 1860 and died June 21, 1951.

 

I would like to give special thanks to Mike Haskins who took the time to do the research

at the Archives in Canada, and also for taking the pictures at Old Preston Cemetery.

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