Verne Kribs

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• Name: Arthur Kribs
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-83403
• Residence: 1900, 151 Guelph Ave., Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1901, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; School
• Occupation: 1911, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Student
• Residence: 1911, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian

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Arthur L. Kribs

HESPELER, Arthur Lewis Kribs, 65, of 27 Shaw Ave., Hespeler, died suddenly today, at the South Waterloo Memorial Hospital. Born April 17, 1893, in Hespeler, he was a son of the late, William A. Kribs and Rhoda Duffield. A lifelong resident of Hespeler, he was employed as plant engineer at Artex Woollens and was a member of St. James Lutheran Church. Surviving are his wife, the former Emma From; two sons, Verne of Hespeler and William of Galt; a brother, Bertram of Niagara Falls; two sisters, Viola and Estrella, both of Shakespeare and six grandchildren. The body is at the Stager-Nelson Funeral Home, where the funeral will be conducted, Monday, at 2 p.m. Interment, will be in Hespeler Cemetery.

Kitchener-Waterloo Record 26 Mar 1960 pg 5

Lewis married Emma Maria From 3 Feb 1915, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Emma was born 1892; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Emma Maria Kribs
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-421566

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• Business: 4860 Townline Rd, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; W. A. Kribs Flour Mill
• Interesting: public service, politics, builder, mill, lumber, flour
• Name: W. A. Kribs
• Occupation: , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Sheriff
• Eby ID Number: 00087-5106.8
• Residence: 1861, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Christian
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
• Elected Office: 1886, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; councillor of Hespeler
• Elected Office: 1888, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Reeve of Hespeler
• Occupation: 1891, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Millwright
• Residence: 1891, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
• Elected Office: 1895, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Warden for the County of Waterloo
• Residence: 1900, 151 Guelph Ave., Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1901, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lumber Merchant
• Elected Office: 1908, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; councillor of Hespeler
• Occupation: 1911, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Manufacturer, Saw Mill
• Residence: 1911, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
• Elected Office: 1914, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mayor of Hespeler

Notes:

William Abram Kribs was born in Hespeler on February 27, 1859 the son of Lewis Kribs and Elizabeth Pannabaker. He took over the operation of the Holm flour mills, located two miles north of Hespeler, from his father in 1899 and managed them until 1907. Continuing his father's lumber and sawmill business, he built a new plant on Avenue Road in Hespeler, now Guelph Ave., in 1902. As a general contractor, Mr. Kribs was responsible for the construction of the new Kress Hotel in Preston and the C. Turnbull & Co. Textile mill in Galt. His lumber business was continued until 1914 supplying material for local factories. During World War I Mr. Kribs' company designed special machinery for the manufacture of shell boxes. In 1917 the lumber business was discontinued and machinery was installed for the manufacture of warehouse trucks and, a short time later, for the manufacture of "Simplicity" washing machines. The business was incorporated under the name W. A. Kribs Company Limited in 1919. Mr. Kribs retired from the business in 1925. In addition to his business interests, Mr. Kribs was a member of the Hespeler Public Library Board for eighteen years and served as the warden of Waterloo County in 1895. On March 19, 1898, he was elected to the Provincial Legislature representing Waterloo South. He won re-election on May 29, 1902 and remained in the House until 1905. He also served on Hespeler council in 1886 and 1887, as Hespeler's reeve from 1888 to 1896 and as Hespeler's mayor in 1914 and 1915. Mr. Kribs also acted as sheriff of Waterloo County from 1926 to 1934. He died in Hespeler on October 27, 1943 and is buried in New Hope Cemetery. Kribs St. perpetuates the memory of both Mr. Kribs and his father Lewis Kribs.


Cambridge Mosaic, Jim Quantrell, 1998, City of Cambridge

William married Rhoda Fidilla "Fidilla" Duffield 14 Feb 1883, Guelph City, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada. Rhoda (daughter of Thomas Duffield and Sarah E. Whiteoak) was born 18 Jul 1863, , York Co., Ontario, Canada; died 18 Jul 1939; was buried , New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Rhoda Fidilla "Fidilla" Kribs
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-83397P
• Occupation: 1891, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
• Residence: 1900, 151 Guelph Ave., Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1911, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
• Residence: 1911, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian

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Mrs. Wm. A. Kribs

Hespeler - The widow of a former Waterloo county sheriff, Mrs. William A. Kribs died at her home Tuesday on the 76th anniversary of her birthday. Mrs. Kribs, nee Rohdea Duffield, was born in York County on July 18, 1863, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Duffield. She came to Hespeler in 1881. She was married to ex-Sheriff Kribs at Guelph on Feb. 14, 1883 and lived here ever since. Surviving are her husband, W. A. Kribs, two daughters, Miss Viola of Elizabethtown, N.Y., and Miss Estelle of Hespeler; four sons, Gordon of Toronto, Lloyd of Hamilton, Arthur of Hespeler and Bert of Niagara Falls, four sisters, Mrs. P. E. Wilkins of Grimsby, Miss Ida Blizzard of Hespeler, Mrs. Alex Silverthorn of Los Angeles and Mrs. Bert Dunne of Vancouver.

The Waterloo Chronicle Jul 21 1939 pg 3

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• Business: Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Kribs Saw Mill
• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/105757927
• Interesting: contractor, business, bridge, public service, story, builder, politics
• Name: Louis Kribs
• Name: Ludwig Kribs
• Eby ID Number: 00087-5106.1
• Historic Building: Abt 1850, 4860 Townline Rd, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1852, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1861, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Carpenter
• Residence: 1861, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Christian
• Occupation: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
• Elected Office: 1880, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Reeve of Hespeler
• Elected Office: 1883, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Warden for the County of Waterloo
• Occupation: 1891, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1891, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
• Retired: 1901, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

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Died In Hespeler, on Wednesday, March 11th, 1908, at 11.30 o'clock a.m., Lewis L. Kribs, In his 79th year. Funeral Will take place from his late residence, Cooper St., Hespeler, where services will be held, on Friday, March 13th, at 2 o'clock p.m., leaving residence at 2.30, to the Hespeler Cemetery for interment. Friends and acquaintances will please accept this intimation. Hespeler, March 11th, '08

Funeral Card of Lewis L. Kribs

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Lewis Kribs was born in Eramosa Township on December 1, 1829, the son of Aaron Kribs. A carpenter by trade, Mr. Kribs soon developed a solid reputation as a skilled builder of public buildings and bridges. It was reported that all the major buildings in Hespeler were the product of his master mind as a contractor. Knox's Presbyterian Church in Galt was built under his supervision and he assisted in the construction of the Grand Trunk Railway bridge in Hespeler in 1860. In about 1864 Mr. Kribs went into the sawmill business, operating it for about eighteen years before passing it to his son William A. Kribs in about 1882 and turning his talents to flour milling. Lewis Kribs operated the Holm flour mills, located two miles north of Hespeler, for seventeen years. Here he introduced the roller system of milling, enlarged the building and added steam power where before there had been only water power. He retired from business in 1899 leaving the operation of the mill to his son William A. Kribs. Also active in local politics Mr. Kribs acted as Hespeler's first town clerk from 1859 to 1866 and served as the the village tax collector from 1859 to 1865. He served as reeve of Hespeler from 1881 to 1884, as reeve of Waterloo Township and as warden of Waterloo County. Mr Kribs died on March 11, 1908 and is buried in New Hope Cemetery. Kribs St. perpetuates the memory of both Mr. Kribs and his son William A. Kribs.

Cambridge Mosaic, Jim Quantrell, 1998, City of Cambridge

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LEWIS KRIBS, Reeve of the Village of Hespeler, is a native of Eramosa Township, Wellington County, where he was born in 1829. His father, Aaron Kribs, was also a native of Canada, though of German extraction. Mr. Kribs, on arriving at his majority, acquired the trade of a carpenter, and for a considerable period engaged extensively in contracting and building. He at present conducts saw, shingle, and planing mills in Hespeler, and owns as well two fine farms in the vicinity, aggregating 450 acres. His experience as a municipal legislator has been quite extended, embracing a period of membership in the Waterloo Township Council, during a portion of which he occupied the Reeve's Chair, and, since his removal to Hespeler, a term in the Reeveship of that village. Mr. Kribs is a Conservative in politics, an active and influential man in political campaigns, and holds a high position in the local councils of that party.

Illustrated Atlas of the County of Waterloo, H. Parsell & Co., Toronto, Ont. 1881

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Kribs, Lewis, contractor and builder. Born in Eramosa Tp., Wellington County, 1829. Settled here, 1846 Is present Reeve of village.

Illustrated Atlas of the County of Waterloo, H. Parsel & Co., Toronto - 1881 (Village of New Hespeler entries)

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Lewis Kribs from 1853 worked here by the day as a Carpenter and from 1859 he and Ephraim Panabaker, working together, took contracts for building houses, etc. In 1863 he purchased the Oberholtzer saw mill and moved it to Forbes Street and older people will remember the huge piles of logs that accumulated during the sleighing season on the hill above the mill.

Being then in a position to do his own sawing and mill work, Mr. Kribs was able to handle much larger jobs and in due course came to be known as one of the leading general contractors in this area. On some of his large jobs he sublet some of the work, Carpentry often to Archie Brydon, Masonry to Christian Pabst.

Let me now digress; Jacob Hespeler was Reeve for 4 years; John Chapman for five; Lewis Kribs for five; A. W. Brodie for one; George D. Forbes for thirteen, and William McVittie for three and one-half years. Prior to their election to the high office of Chief Magistrate none of these Gentle-men had had any previous Municipal experience here as Councillor.

This indicates the confidence held by the citizens at these different periods, in the business ability, the Probity, the Integrity of these good men. The high regard in which they were held by their fellow citizens. And I add that during one of his terms of office as our Reeve, Mr. Kribs was also Warden of the County of Waterloo.

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

Historic Building:
3 story stone mill first begun as a sawmill in 1850 by Peter Holm, later Lewis Kribs became owner and ran as a flour and grist mill.

Lewis married Elizabeth Pannabaker 11 May 1852, Trinity Anglican Church, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Elizabeth (daughter of Abraham "Abram" Pannabecker and Sarah Ann "Sally" Clemens) was born 26 Jan 1832, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 21 Sep 1906, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/105758068
• Name: Elizabeth Kribs
• Eby ID Number: 00087-5106
• Residence: 1852, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1861, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Christian
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
• Residence: 1891, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian

Notes:

Elizabeth Pannebecker, "is married to Lewis Kribbs, contractor and builder, and also miller. They reside in Hespeler."


Eby, Ezra E. (1895). A biographical history of Waterloo township and other townships of the county: being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character. Berlin [Kitchener, Ont.]: [s.n.].

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Died In Hespeler, on Friday, September 21st, 1906, at 5.30 o'clock p.m., Elizabeth Panabaker, Beloved wife of Lewis Kribs, In her 75th year. Funeral Will take place from her late residence, Cooper St., Hespeler, where services will be held, on Monday, September 24th, at 2.30 o'clock p.m., to the Hespeler Cemetery for interment. Friends and acquaintances will please accept this intimation. Hespeler, September 22nd, 1906.


Funeral Card of Elizabeth Panabaker

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-84223
• Occupation: 1901, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Carpenter

Thomas married Sarah E. Whiteoak 10 Apr 1867, Markham Twp., York Co., Ontario. Sarah (daughter of William Whiteoak and Sally) was born 5 Jan 1846, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Sarah E. Duffield
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-84225