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Title: History of Waterbury and the Naugatuck Valley, Connecticut
Year: 1918 (1910s)
Authors: Pape, William Jamieson, 1873-
Subjects: Waterbury (Conn.) -- History Waterbury (Conn.) -- Biography Naugatuck River Valley (Conn.) -- History Naugatuck River Valley (Conn.) -- Biography
Publisher: Chicago, New York The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company
Contributing Library: University of Connecticut Libraries
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m near Cornwall Center. He was a youth of seven-teen when they removed to a larger farm which the father purchased near Kent, Connecticut,and thereon Charles P. Kirsch remained until he attained his majority, or until 1888. whenhe came to Torrington. Here he has since remained, having for twenty-nine years beena resident of this city. He has been identified with the building business tliroughouttlie entire period save for a year and a half, when he was employed at the plant of theTurner & Seymour Manufacturing Company. For twenty years he was a general con-tractor and for nineteen years lias conducted business as a member of the present firmof Kirsch & Racheter, his partner being Theodore A. Racheter. The firm has undoubtedlybuilt more houses than any other contracting firm in Torrington and their buildingoperations have also extended to Thomaston, Winsted, Cornwall, Bantam, Oakville, Water-town and Terryville. They have erected altogether several hundred houses in Torrington,
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CHARLES P. KIRSCH WATERBURY AND THE NAUGATUCK VALLEY 425 evidences of their skill and ability being seen in buildings on almost every street of theborough. On the 31st of October, 1900, Mr. Kirsch was married to Miss Elizabeth Dunn, whowas born at Rockville, Connecticut, and passed away February 3, 1912, leaving fourcliildren, namel,y: Genevieve Cecelia, who was born September 25. 1901; Carl Paul, bornDecember 19, 1905; Mary Bernadine, June 25, 1907; and Christian Lawrence, January 31,1909. The last named was but three years and three days old at the time of his mothersdemise. Through the intervening period Mrs. Kirschs sister, Mrs! Frances Nolan, haspresided over the Kirsch home, and, having no children of her own, she has taken theplace of a mother to the young children of the household. Mr. Kirsch belongs to St. Francis Catholic church and for twenty-seven years he hasbeen connected with the Knights of Columbus. He also has membership with the Forestersof America and the Companions

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