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Joe, here is some info I have on Wendlin. Hope this helps. Email me if you need further info, I have more on his children- Greg
Wendlin Schuler (b ? 1814 Baden, Germany, d 06 Oct 1857)
Wendlin was born in Baden, Germany in 1814 into a German Protestant family. I am unsure when he emigrated from there, but I suspect that it was as an adult. My research indicates that he may have been married in Germany on 18 Feb 1831 to an Anna Dettenmeier, though I am unsure of this and have as of yet been unable to verify this information. If this is correct, he would have been 17 at the time of that marriage.
Wendlin emigrated from Germany to US (date unknown) where he met Susannah Brandt. Tradition dictates they were married in 1839 in Waterloo County, Ontario. It is unknown when they came to Canada, but oldest son Henry was born in Illinois in 1842. It is very improbable that Susana and Wendlin were married in Canada in 1839 and then traveled back to the US before giving birth to their first child and then back to Canada again. I suspect that Henry was born out of wedlock in 1842 in Illinois, and that is why Wendlin and Susannah emigrated to Canada, where they were married immediately upon their arrival. This is supported by The Marriage Register of Upper Canada/ Canada West, Wellington District 1840-1852 where on pg 11 Rev Bindemann of the German Evangelical Church records that he married Wendlin and Susannah sometime between 31 Aug 1841 and 31 Aug 1842 (no specific date was given). There is an incosistancy, however, with Henry’s actual birth date. Oral tradition tells that he was born in Sept 1842. Rev Bindeman’s records end at Aug 1842.
Wendlin’s occupation at their marriage was given as a school teacher, which he did for the next 25 years (according to a biographical sketch of his son Henry, the potter). In addition, Wendlin was also active as a Minister of the Evangelical Lutheran Church where he performed marriages, baptisms and burials on a sporadic basis at least from 1847 until 1849. Sadly, the last entry in 1849 he writes that “in 1849 I performed only 1 burial, that of one of my own children”, which he did not name. It is unknown what his occupation was from 1849 until his death in 1857. His obituary and the above mentioned biographical sketch both state that he was a tavern owner, however it is hard to reconcile this with the previous information given (ie that he was a school teacher for 25 yrs, and a Lutheran minister. Mathematically, if he was a school teacher for 25 yrs, he would have to been 18 when he started teaching for 25 yrs until his death at 43. Also, it is very unlikely that a man who was a Lutheran minister or even a former Lutheran minister would be a tavern owner, although it is possible).
Wendlin died at Winklers Mills, Ontario (now known as Neustadt, Ontario) 06 Oct 1857. It is as of yet unknown where he was buried. It is unknown why he travelled there from his home in Wilmot (near Berlin, or modern day Kitchener), although he may have been trying to secure a land grant. At this time in Ontario history, the federal government wanted to establish a pioneer road between Lake Huron and Central Ontario and was offering 50acre parcels to hardy pioneers for opening this corridor to trade and traffic. Another possibility for his presence there was because of a “German” connection. If he was still active as a Minister, he may have been circuit riding in the area. At the time, there was an influx of German migrant pioneers (hence the name change of the town later from “Winklers Mills” to present day “Neustadt”) .The Berlin Chronicle presented his death in a most unflattering way,
Berlin Chronicle, Deaths, 1857
"An inquest was held for him ... found dead on the 6th in the woods near Winkler's Mills in Normandy ...
he had kept a tavern ... a hard drinker and driven by trouble and delirium tremers into woods, he there
perished, leaving a small family to mourn his loss."
After the death of Wendlin, Susannah married Harman Schmidt and lived out her days in East Zorra until her death on May 20, 1885.
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