In 1784, Kitchener was built on the land given to the Six Nations by the British for their support in the American Revolution- 240000 hectares.
From 1796 to 1798, they sold 38000 hectares of the land to Colonel Richard Beasley.
A German Mennonite family purchased all of Beasley’s unsold land created 160 tracts out of it.
In 1800, the first buildings were built and many families moved in. Some of the families that live here are the Schneiders, the Bechtels, the Erbs, the Ebys, the Webers, the Cressmans, and the Brubachers. In 1816, the Government of Upper Canada named the area the Township of Waterloo. From 1816 to 1870, immigration increased rapidly and many of them are German. In 1833, the town changed its name to Berlin and in 1853, it became the County Seat of the new County of Waterloo.
The extension of the Grand Trunk Railway from Sarnia to Toronto in July 1856 helped expand the community and increased industrialization here.
On June 9, 1912, Berlin became an official city, but because of anti-German sentiment from the First World War, the city was forced to change its name. In 1916, the name was changed to Kitchener after Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener, who died the same year serving as the Secretary of State in the War of United Kingdom.
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