Louis Grill

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• Name: Louis Grill
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-82268
• Occupation: 1893, Guelph City, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada; tinsmith
• Occupation: 1901, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Hardware
• Elected Office: 1911, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; councillor of Hespeler
• Occupation: 1911, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Retail, Hardware
• Residence: 1911, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

Notes:

After learning the tinsmithing at Preston, Louis Grill went to Guelph and there worked at the trade for several years. In 1896 he came to Hespeler, and on the site of the Johnston Blacksmith Shop, erected the fine building Leroy Wettlaufer now owns. In this building he successfully conducted the hardware business and a tinshop in connection until he died.

He was a member of New Hope Masonic and Hespeler Oddfellows Lodges and in religion, a Lutheran. He served on the Town Council for three years, 1911-13, with credit to himself. He was a useful member. We were for years next door neighbors, and I frequently dropped into his store. Usually some little story was told by one or the other or some joke.

One morning during the winter the temperature dropped to about Zero, and when I entered the store Lou. remarked that it was a cold morning; down tn Zero, I told him I thought he had better bring in the thermometer which hung outside before it got any colder.

It happened that morning was just the start and for three or four mornings it got colder and colder until it struck about forty below; I dropped in that morning and found Louis with his collar turned up fixing away at the fire in his stove. He mentioned that this was a corker and I started right in abusing him for not having brought the thermometer in when I told him four days ago.

Ever after that, when it happened to be either very cold or very hot, Louie, with a twinkle in his eye used to say "I'll have to bring the thermometer in before it gets worse.''

The hundreds that knew him will tell you there never was a finer, more decent man in Hespeler than Louis Grill.


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

Louis married Selina Martha Snider 21 Jun 1893, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Selina (daughter of Norman B. Snider and Caroline H. Haehnel) was born Sep 1869, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 23 Jan 1945; was buried , New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

1. Gunner Charles Norman "Norman" Grill was born 14 Jun 1894, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 2 Oct 1918, near, Blécourt, , Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France; was buried , Haynecourt British Cemetery, Haynecourt, , Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France.
2. Helen May Grill was born 20 May 1899, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 7 Apr 1993, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
3. Beatrice Jennie Grill was born 3 Jun 1907, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 2 May 1988, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 4 May 1988, Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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• Name: Charles Grill
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-27984
• Occupation: 1852, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mason
• Occupation: 1861, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mason
• Residence: 1861, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1871, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mason
• Occupation: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

Carl married Anna Stein 15 Jan 1852, Greenbush (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Anna was born 21 Jul 1828, , Germany; died 13 Dec 1893, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Birth: Gigraltar, (Mediterranean)
• Name: Anna Grill
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-27985
• Residence: 1852, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1861, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran