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. 1860 Census, St. Jospeh, Berrien Co. Michigan
Parents: Hiram & Elizabeth Teetzel, Elizabeth J, Age 6, born Mich., /b.1854.

Secondary verify for duplication: there appears to be three Elizabeth J Teetzel - PJA.

. 1869 Feb 6, Saint Joseph Herald,
Saint Joseph. Religious - The pastor of the M.E. Church of this place, Rev. Joseph Jones, has held service at his Church every evening the past 2 weeks. Mr. Joes is one of the most powerful reasoners we ever heard & under his ministrations, we are informed many have been led to seek their soul's salvation in accordance with the tenets of that denomination. The good pastor has the heart sympathy & good will of very many, who though not ready to adopt the plan taught by him, yet wish him Godspeed in his arduous labors.

. Shakespean Readings - On Friday evening Jan 29th ult, Mr. H F Rose of Lincoln twp. entertained the people of St. Joseph at Preston Hall by reading choice extracts from Shakespeare & other English & American Poets. Mr. R. gave evidence of much culture in the art of reading & dedication.
Mr. R was very ably seconded in the entertainment by a quartet of sings composed of Col. R G Rice, G S. Clapplapp, Misses Jordon, TEETZEL & Reedy, Piano accompaniment by Mrs. Rice. The attendance was not large in consequence of the very unfavorable state of the weather, & Church service which & pre-occupied the attention of many who would otherwise been present.

[Speculation as to which Teetzel in St. Joseph's this article may refer, however, Hiram Teetzel ran a blacksmith shoeing advertisement in this paper. His children were too young, so would it have been a teenager sister? - PJA]

Research & transcriptions by PJ Ahlberg. Thank you. - - -

Birth:
/1860 Census

Notes:

Hiram Teetzel is also listed as a parent on a Monument at Palermo United Cemetery, Halton County. [whose?]

. 1841 Trafalgar Township Census,
Note1: "Originally written by Hazel Chisholm Mathews 28 September 1965
Warning relative to the 1st & 2nd Concessions N.D.S. & S.D.S.
Except in a few instances the enumerator failed to distinguish between North & South of Dundas Street. It has therefore been impossible for the copyist to be certain of the location of a large proportion of those lots lying in the 1st & 2nd Concessions.
Any question is best answered by referring to the Trafalgar Township Abstract Index at the Halton County Registry Office at Milton, Ontario. The first census of the Province of Upper Canada was taken in the year that it became Canada West, 1841.
About 1948 when the researching for the Oakville history was going forward, the 1841 Census of Trafalgar Township was discovered in the Public Archives of Canada at Ottawa. Unlike its successors which were recorded in ledgers, the data for this first census was written on a tremendous sheet of paper some 6 or 8 feet square.
Having seen little use, this sheet was then in very good condition & my sister, Dr. Juliet Chisholm, took a copy of much of the essential data. The names run down the left hand side, the headings across the top & these are divided perpendicularly & horizontally by lines forming a grid. The last time this census was seen it was so torn as to be almost unreadable. For this reason the following transcript was made of the data."

. 1856 Jun 5 - Berrien County. We lean from the St. Joseph Traveler that the following officers were chose at the corporation election in that village on the 5th: Trustee: Hiram Teetzel. At a meeting of the citizens of St. Joseph, after discussion relative to the proposed extension of the Grand Trunk road across the State, $20,000 were subscribed & a committee appointed to canvass the town for further subscriptions.
Ref: Detroit Advertiser & Tribune Newspaper, published 1856 Jun 20.

. 1856 Oct 10 - The undersigned citizens of Berrien Co. Clear the Truck - The Response! One Hundred Democrats In Berrien County Declare For John C. Pierce in 1852. Believing in the great principles of Jefferson, Madison, Monroe & Jackson, than to adopt a policy which has resulted, so far as it has been tried, in civil war & bloodshed, we invite your cooperation ...to election the champion of Freedom John C Fremont, Republican party, in State of Michigan... against slavery. 00 names, including Hiram Teetzel.
Ref: Albany Evening Journal.

* 1860 Aug 7 Census St. Joseph, Berrien Co., Michigan,
Hiram Teetzel, Age 42, B1818, New Jersey, blacksmith,
Elizabeth, age 38, b 1822, Canada, Lorenzo, 1841, Canada, Mary A, 1843; Adella, 1846 Canada; Hiram, 1848, Canada
Charles, aged 8, b 182, Michigan, Elizabeth age 6, 1854, Michigan; William E Teetzel, 1857 in Michigan.

. 1867-8 Michigan Gazette, Hiram Teetzel, Grocer, St. Joseph, MI. 2,200 inhabitants Daily mail.

. 1870 Census Saint Joseph, Berrien Co., Michigan.

. 1880 History of Berrien Co., Michigan,
Taverns. The first house of entertainment in Watervliet as a boardinghouse for mill hands, opened by W W McKee in a building which stood opposite the site of Walden's store. This building was afterwards answered in two, & is still doing duty. on-half as Brat's blacksmith shop & the other as Mr. Teetzel's residence.* Primarily intended as a boarding-place for the millhands, but as both places accommodated travelers, they were taverns, although not call so.
Ref: History of Berrien Co., Michigan, 1880.
Note2: Which Mr. Teetzel of Watervliet is not stated.

. 1861 Feb 27 - Federal Officers, An election held for the purpose, on Wed last, … Hiram Teetzel was chosen for Light House Keeper.
Ref: Grand Haven News, Michigan.

. 1868 Sep 12 Sat. - School Meeting - the Annual school meeting of the District School # 1, stituated in this village at Union School House on Monday evening …School Trustees. The meeting then proceeded to the election of a second trustee in place of Hiram Teetzel.
Ref: St. Joseph Herald.

. 1889 Jul 7, Sunday. Obituary: Hiram Teetzel , St. Joseph, Mich. July 6 , special Telegram. Hiram Teeter died this morning, aged, 73 years [b. 1816].
He has been a citizen of S. Joseph for 40 years. He leaves 4 sons & 2 daughters.
Research & transcriptions by PJ Ahlberg. Thank you. - - -

Birth:


Died:
Verify alt DOB 10 Nov 1887.

Hiram married Elizabeth BETTY HAGER in 1839 in Ontario, Canada. Elizabeth was born on 1819 - 1822 in Ontario, Canada; died between 1870 - 1880 in St. Joseph, Berrien Co., Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

. Is this ELIZABETH is the daughter of JOHN HAGER & POLLY BUCK of Hagerville, Wentworth Co., Ontario.
The Palermo Cemetery on Dundas Concession 1 SDS, Lot 29. A log church was built in 1812 on the low where the cemetery now is. The Wesleyan Methodists were first mentioned in an article in the Christian Guardian in 1851. Two frame churches stood on either side of the cemetery and can be seen on the 1858 Tremaine map. In 1867, 17 years before the general union of Methodist churches, they untied & built the present church. At the time of the union, a small minority continued to worship in the small frame church. Eventually it was closed & used as a stable. Two of the earliest burials listed are for Alexander Rose died Sept 27 1813 & Elizabeth Hager Feb 12 1815.

. 1870 Jun 11 Census St. Joseph, Berrien Co. Michigan
Hiram & Elizabeth Teetzel.

. Joseph Hagger: Drawing, of a jolly blacksmith, hammering a horseshoe on an anvil.
"They allus come when I want to go a-fishin."
The subject of this sketch and originator of this phrase was the late Joseph Hager, of Saint Joseph Michigan. He was a son of John Hager, who moved from Palermo, Ont., to St. Joe, Michigan, & later to San Francisco, Cal.
John Hager was a brother of Lawrence Hager of Palermo, Ont.
Mary Hager King of St. Joe, Mich., is a living sister of Joseph Hager, & the mother of the late Ben King, the famous poet of Michigan who wrote; "For my soul it seems caught in the old times undertow, & I'm floating down the river St. Joe."

. Half a dozen houses away is: Joseph Hager, b 1853, NY, Lawyer. - - -

Birth:
Alt DOB 1822, Census 1860; and Census 1870, born 1819.