IN THE COUNTY OF WATERLOO                                215

APPENDIX NO.  D.-BERLIN EARLY SETTLERS,

    In Berlin Town or Village, besides those mentioned in the text: In his ministrations here, Father Sanderl mentions for 1845: Adam Goeckel, Jacob Jantz, John Moser, Anselm Wagner, Raphael Weinstein (for 1844), Nicolaus Dopp and his sons Joseph and Nicolaus, Geo.  Blesch, Adam Meckel, August Riesterer, Joseph Schaller, Mr. Vogt, Jos.  Hentges, Jos.  Schopp, Christ.  Fischer, Phil.  Hausmann, John Hitzel, John Klein, Nic. Stuhlfahrt, Matthias Schmidt, Henry Rudolph, Jos.  Pernfuss, William Jahn, Martin Nadler, Jacob Wenz, Peter Gilles, Maurice Hushin, John Murphy, Martin Deady, Frank O'Connor, and others occur 1859 in the Register as living in Berlin.  There were quite a few others, too.
    In Waterloo there was a considerable number, some of whom are given for that parish.  Further north, about three miles, was Joseph Spetz, who joined Berlin parish as soon as the church was erected in 1855 or 1856.  St. Jacobs had a few families, who mostly went to St. Clement's.  Conestogo also had a few who mostly came to Berlin, like Theobald Spetz, his brother John, Anton Schmidt, the Feils, etc.
    Lexington had quite a colony.  Joseph Scheuermann, Geo, Amann, Jos.  Deininger, Mich.  Heck, John Hitzel, Adam Bierenstiel, etc.
    At Bridgeport were: John D. Miller, the genial blacksmith; Steckenreider, Joseph Wendling, the woolen manufacturer; Fidel Fischer, Victor Lang, Wm. Miller, etc.
    Near Breslau, this side of the river, Theobald Kunemann, the "Rich." In
the village there were several Irish.
    At Centreville: The O'Loane's, Geo. and Adam Miehm (1842), John Johnson, a family Hunt, Schreiber, Jantz, Schoenbechler, etc.
    At Doon; Several families Lang, Webers, Nic.  Jantz, Mich. Blesch, Peter Sehl, Jos. Schopp, Ferdinand Miller, John Hoffman, Hy.  Kuehner, Fr.  Ament
and his brother George.
    At Strassburg, Judenburg and Williamsburg there was the largest colony outside Berlin: Anton Wilhelm, 1846; Philip Fischer, 1846; Leopold Henhoefer and his brother Anton 1850; Wendel Bick, Valentine Grosch,  1860; Geo.  Baetz, 1855; John Stoeckle, 1835; Margaret Gehl, with Antony, her son, 1856; Gregory Weber, John Conrad, Frank Bishof, Adolph Werle, Fred Doll, Jos. and Theo.  Miller, 1856; Phil. Roeser, Wendel Brunner, Remigius Lettner, Moritz Hunt, 1847; Nicolaus Jantz, 1853; Geo.  Helmer, 1855; Jacob Fritz, 1865.
    On the Petersburg Road: Michael Moser, Christian Gross.
    In Greenbusch: Carl Bauer, Andrew Pihale, etc.
    Altogether there must have been in the Berlin District about two hundred or more families.  As many in the villages had no conveyances, they would hardly be expected to come to church very often, nor contribute much to its support, on account of poverty, etc.
    As to their origin, they came from many different parts of Germany, Alsace, and some from France.  The Irish became more numerous during and after the railroad was constructed.  Many of them moved away again later.
    The first Poles came about the year 1860, and later, after the Insurrection.  Some made Berlin only a short stopping place, some remained, while newcomers increased their number gradually and slowly.