Reeve Lewis Lorenzo Kribs

Other Events:

• 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

Notes:

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

_______________________-

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

_____________________________________________


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

______________________________

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)

___________________


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]

1. Sarah Ann Kribs was born 7 Apr 1853, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 22 Dec 1924, Guelph City, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada.
2. Henry Aaron Kribs was born 23 Apr 1855, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 28 Jul 1904, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
3. Louis Pannabaker Kribs was born 27 Feb 1857, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 24 Mar 1898, Ottawa, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
4. Mayor William Abraham Kribs was born 27 Feb 1859, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 27 Oct 1943; was buried , New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
5. George Alexander Kribs was born 17 Feb 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
6. Elizabeth R. "Lizzie" Kribs was born 13 Aug 1863, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 13 Aug 1910, Guelph City, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
7. Margaret M. "Maggie" Kribs was born 7 Jul 1865, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 29 Jul 1939, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
8. Clara Jane "Jennie" Kribs was born 15 Jun 1867, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 27 Mar 1916, Victoria, British Columbia; was buried , Ross Bay Cemetery, Victoria, British Columbia.
9. Ella "Ellie" Kribs was born 31 Oct 1867, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
10. Kribs was born 31 Oct 1869, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
11. Mary V. "Molly" Kribs was born 4 Oct 1871, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 27 Aug 1938; was buried , New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
12. Florence Almira Kribs was born CALC 17 Oct 1873, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 7 Feb 1878, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-82936
• Occupation: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Gentleman
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Congregrational

Notes:

Died, In Sand Beach, Michigan, on Sunday, April 16th, Aaron Kribs, Aged 89 years, 5 months and 15 days. Funeral Will take place from the residence of Lewis Kribs, Cooper St., Hespeler, on Wednesday afternoon, at 3 o'clock, to the Hespeler cemetery for interment. Friends and acquaintances will please accept this intimation. Hespeler, April 18th, 1893.

Funeral Card of Aaron Kribs

_____________________

"Aaron Kribs, aged 88 years, died at the residence of Peter Brown, at noon on Sunday last. The deceased was a resident of our village for the past eleven years, and had been a member of Peter Brown's household for the last eight years. He leaves four mourning children, two daughters and two sons, the former being Mesdames Brown and Frame of this village. The remains were taken to Hesplar [Hespeler], Ont[ario, Canada], on Tuesday for interment, that being the home of his son, Lewis Kribs. Mesdames Frame and Brown attended the funeral. David Kribs of Sturgis was at the bedside of his father at the time of death. The cause of death is attributed to old age."

The Huron Times, Sand Beach, Huron County, MI, April 21, 1893

Aaron — Anna Steves. Anna was born 10 Dec 1802; died 22 Dec 1865, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Name: Anna Kribs
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-9929