Christian Friedrich Conrad "Friedrich" "Fritz" Krug

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• Name: Fred Krug
• Name: Frederick Krug
• Name: Friedrich "Fritz" "Frederick" Krug
• Eby ID Number: 00002-585.4
• Residence: 1868, Tavistock, East Zorra Twp., Oxford County, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1901, East Zorra Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada; merchant

Notes:

MR. FRED KRUG, SR.

The longest established and the store doing perhaps the largest business in Tavistock or for that matter in the county, is the mercantile business of Mr. Fred Krug, whose store is a veritable ark where the customers wants from a pin to an anchor can be satisfied. In boyhood days Mr. Krug endured many of the hardships of pioneer life. Born in Gartaw, Province of Hanover, Germany in 1843, the family settling in Berlin, Ont. His first experience in business was in the newspaper line. After attending the public schools for a few years he entered the office of the "Bauernfreund" in Waterloo, where he went through the old fashioned apprenticeship, under the late Jacob Teuscher. His experiences were such that few of our present journalists would care to face. It was part of his duties to deliver the papers which he did on horse-back. In winter or in summer, on not the best of roads and often times through storm and snow banks he found his way from one farm house to another with the papers. These were some of the experiences that laid the ground work of a splendid physique and the prompt business methods which have made him so successful. In January 1860 Mr. Krug left the printing office in Waterloo and removed to Tavistock - then called Inkerman - to accept a position as clerk in the log store conducted by the late Jacob Wagner. In 1870 he commenced business for himself, and in 1872 he formed a partnership with Mr. Adam Falk. The business was conducted under this partnership until 1884 when Mr. Krug took over the entire business and has since conducted it alone. The busines has grown steadily and rapidly and is to-day considered one of the largest general mercantile business in Western Ontario, employing about twenty hands; the most active worker being Mr. Krug himself. The store is an up-to-date departmental one. Every branch of merchandise is kept in the best assortment, and each department is managed as if it was a seperate business. Mr. Krug is one of the oldest importers in Western Ontario always making it a strict rule to pay cash, saving large cash discounts, in which, of course, his customers share. He is a large buyer and in sugar alone buys from one to three car-load lots; and also deals largely in Rio coffee, buying it green in the car-lots directs from the grower at Rio de Janiero. He was appointed Post Master in 1885. He built a handsome block which is occupied by the Western Bank of Canada and the post office, that would do credit to a much larger place. Mr. Krug has always taken a keen interest in municipal affairs and has assisted in all advancements of Tavistock.

Mr. John Krug is one of the active partners in the business and is agent for the Canadian Express Co. whose Tavistock office is located in the Krug block. He is a young man who has a promising future and his strict attention to business has enhanced his reputation in the community, and he is one of the most popular residents of Tavistock.

Mr. Fred Krug jr. who acts as postmaster is another of Tavistock's popular young men. As a musician he has acquired more than a local reputation. He plays a number of different instruments, and his services are highly valued in musical circles.


The Canadian Graphic 21 Oct 1905 Vol. 4, No. 11 pg 11

Christian married Jane Stewart 17 Jun 1868, Tavistock, East Zorra Twp., Oxford County, Ontario, Canada. Jane was born 8 Nov 1851, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

1. Ellen Bell Krug was born 19 Feb 1870, Tavistock, East Zorra Twp., Oxford County, Ontario, Canada; died 12 Feb 1953, London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
2. Dr. Henry Stewart Krug was born 16 Feb 1873, Tavistock, East Zorra Twp., Oxford County, Ontario, Canada; died 19 Mar 1933, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States.
3. Jessie Louise Krug was born 1883, Tavistock, East Zorra Twp., Oxford County, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
4. Anna May Krug was born 1886, Tavistock, East Zorra Twp., Oxford County, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
5. Robert Matheson Krug was born 1888, Tavistock, East Zorra Twp., Oxford County, Ontario, Canada; died 7 Oct 1917, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States.

Other Events:

• Name: Henry Krug
• Eby ID Number: 00002-585.2
• Historic Building: 1850, 325 King St. East, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1852, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; innkeeper
• Probate: 3 May 1853, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

Notes:

A-1-10 Henry Krug: Administration with will annexed of the estate of Henry Krug, Innkeeper, of Wilmot Township, granted to his widow Mary Sophia Krug and deceased's Will approved and insinuated the 16^th July 1853…

…I Henry Krug of the Township of Wilmot, Inn Keeper…do make, ordain, and constitute this my Last Will and Testament… (First) I revoke all Wills ever before made by me.. (Secondly) I give, devise and bequeathed to his wife Mary Sophia Krug, four acres of land, joining the road called Huron road, with a house, seventy six by seventy four feet, (frame) a story and a half high, further, the whole benefit of the whole property as long as my beloved wife shall be and remain a widow, to have two good beds. (Thirdly) It is my Will that the Land I now hold shall be sold by auction as follows, the Tavern standhouse, stables, and with fifty acres along the line between the David Scharick and along the Huron road, but the enclosure or grave yard of the deceased Ford's wife excepted, thirty acres of pine bush to be sold in ten-acre lots, the remaining land to be sold in five lots. (Fourthly) It is my will that all the house furniture, with lumbers what is to be spared, shall be sold by public sale. In witness whereof Have herewith set my hand and seal this 3^rd day of May 1853…

Witnessed by Jacob Bettschin, J.P., Jacob Bricker.
Will dated 3 May 1853
Will proved and granted 16 July 1853
Inventory £269/4/4
Died 3 May 1853


Wills of Waterloo County Register A 1853-1871, transcribed by Frances Hoffman

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In 1848 when Heinrich came to Waterloo Region he established an inn at 525 King St. E., Kitchener, Ontario. Later he moved to Wilmot and ran a inn there. Dying young he left a large family. His widow married Moses Biehn who raised Heinrich's children as he own.

Historic Building:
Built in 1850, a frame building it was originally used as a store. In 1978 it was listed in poor condition and much altered from the original. At that time is was covered in insul-brick.

Johann — Mary Sophia "Sophia" Schultz. Mary was born 27 Jan 1823, Niendorf, , Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany; died 4 Jun 1890, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Emanuel Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery, Petersburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/238381449
• Name: Mary Sophia "Sophia" Biehn
• Name: Mary Sophia "Sophia" Krug
• Name: Sophia Schultz
• Eby ID Number: 00002-585.3

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• Eby ID Number: dnf-43080

Notes:

He was supposedly named Johann Konrad Krug b. Germany