Louis Jacob Breithaupt (3March 18556March 1939) was an

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manufacturer and politician. He represented

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in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1899 to 1902 as a

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member.

Biography

Louis Jacob Breithaupt was born on 3 March 1855 in

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, the son of Catharine Hailer and Philip Ludwig "Louis" Breithaupt. Louis Jacob moved to

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( later renamed Kitchener) with his family in 1857 and was mayor of Berlin himself from 1888 to 1889. In 1881, he married Emma Alvarene Devitt, the daughter of Benjamin Devitt, then mayor of

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. Breithaupt was manager of the Breithaupt Leather Company, president of the Berlin Gas Company and was also associated with other manufacturing businesses. He served as president of the Board of Trade in 1891. His brother John Christian was mayor of Berlin in 1896 to 1897 and his brother Ezra Carl also served on the Berlin Board of Trade. His son Louis Orville later served as mayor of the city of Kitchener, a member of the House of Commons and Lieutenant-Governor for Ontario. His daughter Rosa Melvina (Breithaupt) Hewetson is the great-grandmother of Canadian actors

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and

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. While wintering in

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, Breithaupt died on 6 March 1939 at the age of 84 after contracting

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following a fall and fractured arm. His gravestone is at Mount Hope Cemetery in Kitchener.

References

External links

Kitchener Mount Hope Cemetery
(pdf)
Member's parliamentary history for the Legislative Assembly of Ontario''The Canadian album : Men of Canada; or, Success by example ...'', W Cochrane (1891)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Breithaupt, Louis J 1855 births 1939 deaths Mayors of Kitchener, Ontario Ontario Liberal Party MPPs Canadian people of German descent Burials at Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Ontario American emigrants to Canada