Isobel Zryd

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-27185

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-126572
• Occupation: 1901, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Merchant
• Occupation: 1909, Grimsby, , Lincolnshire, England; manufacturer
• Business: 1914, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Fireco Range Ltd

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Business:
The Fireco Range, Ltd., capitalized at $50,000, head office, Hespeler, has obtained charter. The new company is
composed of Oscar Zryd, Z. A. Hall, A. W. Boos, J. F. Greig, K. B. Zryd.<sup>1a

1a</sup>Hardware and Metal, Vol XXVI No. 16, MacLean Publishing Co. Ltd., Toronto, Ontario Apr 18, 1914

Oscar married Kathleen Bell "Katie" Dowser 30 Jun 1909, Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada. Kathleen was born 1877; died 1949; was buried , New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Kathleen Bell "Katie" Zryd
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-27184

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• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/211932082
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-82999
• Immigration: 1840, , Canada
• Naturalization: 1860
• Elected Office: 1864, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; councillor of Hespeler
• Residence: 1865, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1865, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Immigration: 1866, , Canada
• Elected Office: 1869, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; councillor of Hespeler
• Occupation: 1871, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Tinsmith and Merchant
• Occupation: 1881, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Tinsmith
• Occupation: CA 1890, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; store keeper Zryd & Co.'s Hardware Store
• Retired: 1901, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1911, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Income
• Residence: 1911, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

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John Zryd, born at Frutingen, Canton Berne, in Switzerland, died here April 14th, 1917, aged 82 years, 2 months and 18 days. As a youth he learned the tinsmithing trade under Frederick Snyder at Berlin, Ontario, and in 1857 came here and opened a tinshop in space rented in a frame building then standing on the site of Miss Ada Shepherd's store.

In 1866 he bought two buildings at the corner of Queen and Adam, in one of which he had started his first shop. In 1867 he bought a lot on the north side of Queen Street and built a stone store with, living quarters above. His eldest son, Gustav, was born at Adam Street in 1867; his second son, John, in the new building in 1870. Oscar, a younger son, succeeded him in business and then came Mr. Gordon, Hall and Simenton and the present occupant, all hardware men.

And so it may be recorded that the premises now occupied by Mr. R. M. McHardy have, except for a relatively short period, been in use as a hardware store uninterruptedly for 85 years; the business to which he succeeded for 97.

Mr. Zryd trained well a lot of apprentices in his day. I mention two. Came to his shop, a youth, his belongings in a pocket handkerchief. Came to learn the tinsmith trade. James H. Ashdown. His apprenticeship completed, this boy went west, there later to found and for many years to head the great wholesale hardware firm doing business in the tens of Millions, whose good name is known throughout the whole of Canada: "Ashdowns of Winnipeg"

While learning his trade at Snyder's there was another apprentice named Schmidt who later started up in SebringviIle. When his son was old enough, Mr. Schmidt sent him to John Zryd to learn the trade rather than teach the boy himself. This I regard as one of the finest compliments one man could pay another.

While his store was well enough patronized by residents of the Village, Mr. Zryd was not satisfied with the amount of business he was getting from the farmers, most of whom were going to the larger places around us. To offset this situation he put on the road what we boys used to call "Peddle Waggons" which ran trips on schedule over different routes every three or four weeks, so that the Lady of the Farm knew exactly what day Zryd's waggon would be along.

These waggons were stocked with merchandise likely to be wanted and considerable business resulted. The Driver was always open to trade tinware (or anything else) for what the farmer had to trade. Among Zryd's waggon men were Thomas McMaster, Hugh McTearnen, John Limpert, August Wittmaak and for a longer time the two Krieg boys, Herman and Nicholas.

Mr. Zryd served as Councillor in the years 1864-65 and from 1875 to 1891 was Treasurer of the Village. He was a life-long member of St. Jacob's Lutheran Church and when it was being built, acted as Chairman of the Building Committee.

Le Rue De Commerce, Other Times Other Customs Other Days Other Ways, Winfield Brewster 1954

John married Anna Barbara Metzger 2 Apr 1865, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Anna (daughter of Andreas "Andrew" Metzger and Barbara Trebert) was born 26 Apr 1842, , Bavaria, Germany; died 11 Nov 1916; was buried , New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Anna Barbara Zryd
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-83000
• Immigration: 1852, , Canada
• Residence: 1865, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Immigration: 1868, , Canada
• Residence: 1911, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-71591
• Occupation: 1851, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; tailor

Johann — Susanna Bieren. Susanna was born 1795, , Germany; died 19 May 1868, Kossuth, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Susanna Pieren
• Name: Susanna Zyrd
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-43540
• Occupation: 1851, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

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• Name: Andrew Metzger
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-144586

Andreas — Barbara Trebert. Barbara was born Abt 1811, Of, Bavaria, Germany; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Barbara Metzger
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-144587