Mayor Morris Crater Lutz, Esq.^{[1, 2]}

Cal 1806 - 1876  (~ 70 years)

• Name	Morris Crater Lutz
  Prefix	Mayor
  Suffix	Esq.
  Born	CALC 28 Feb 1806	near, Elizabethtown, , New Jersey   [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Gender	Male
  Elected Office	1850	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  	Councillor - Galt
  Occupation	1851	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Machinist
  Residence	1851	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Presbyterian
  Elected Office	1853	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  	Councillor - Galt
  Elected Office	1853	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  	Mayor - Galt
  Occupation	1853	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [9]
  	reeve
  Elected Office	1857	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	Mayor of Galt
  Elected Office	1857	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  	Reeve - Galt
  Elected Office	1861	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  	Councillor - Galt
  Elected Office	1861	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  	Mayor - Galt
  Occupation	1861	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Iron Foundrier
  Residence	1861	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Free Church
  Elected Office	1865	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	Mayor of Galt
  Elected Office	1865	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  	Reeve - Galt
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/119741691
  Historic Building	60 Water St. N., Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  		60 Water St. North, Cambridge, Ontario House asssociated with Morris Lutz
  Historic Building	63 Ainslie Street N., Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [10]
  	2 story rubblestone
  	Built by Lionel Foster, the house is a two story, rubblestone building, listed in 1978 as in excellent condition.
  Interesting	politics, business, foundry, life story
  Occupation	1871	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Machinist
  Residence	1871	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	C. Presbyterian
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-133398
  Died	20 Aug 1876	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3, 7, 11]
  	Cause: Acute Hepatitis (9 days)
  Buried	Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Person ID	I133398	Generations
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2025

  
  

  Father	Henry Lutes,   b. 1786, Of, New Jersey, USA ,   d. 3 Sep 1864, , New Jersey  (Age 78 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth "Betsy" Cripps,   b. 27 Apr 1783, , Morris Co., New Jersey ,   d. 29 Aug 1861, Fairmount, Hunterdon, New Jersey, United States  (Age 78 years)
  Family ID	F48385	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Anna Neff,   b. 1815, Barton Twp., Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 17 Mar 1877, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 62 years)
  Children	1. Elizabeth Lutz,   b. 2 Oct 1835, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1 Sep 1925, Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 89 years)   2. Mary Jane Lutz,   b. 1837, of, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 25 Apr 1857, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 20 years)   3. Catherine Lutz,   b. 31 Aug 1839, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 13 Feb 1922, Exeter, Huron Co., Ontario  (Age 82 years)   4. Dr. Calvin Lutz,   b. 28 Jun 1843, Flamborough Township, Wentworth Co., Ontario ,   d. 13 Sep 1913, Gananoque, Leeds & Grenville United Co's, Ontario, Canada  (Age 70 years)   5. Mayor William H. Lutz,   b. 20 Jun 1848, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 21 Mar 1936, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 87 years)   6. Maria Lutz,   b. 15 Sep 1850, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 24 Aug 1851, , Ontario, Canada  (Age 0 years)   7. Peter C. Lutz,   b. 1852, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1943  (Age 91 years)   8. Anna Lutz,   b. 1854, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   9. Ida Lutz,   b. 1856, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   10. Ada Lutz,   b. 1857, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 7 Jul 1935, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 78 years)
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2025
  Family ID	F32883	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Morris Lutz was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey in 1806 and came to Canada in 1829, settling first in Flamboro where he carried on a foundry business in partnership with Mr. McInlay. He came to Galt in 1844 and upon arrival assumed the foremanship of the machinery department in the newly created Dumfries Foundry owned by J.K. Andrews and James Crombie. Soon afterward he formed a partnership with Duncan Fisher in the The Galt Foundry and Machine Works, the town's first foundry which had been organized by Mr. Fisher in 1842. The company became Lutz, Cook and Co. in 1857 when Mr. Fisher was replaced in the partnership by Peter Cook. Mr. Lutz took a strong interest in local politics and was elected to sit on Galt's first village council in 1850. He continued to sit on council in 1851 and 1852 and occupied the reeve's seat in 1853. Mr. Lutz was the first mayor of the Town of Galt, serving in that post from the time of Galt's incorporation as a town in 1857 to 1859 and again from 1865 to 1867. He also served as a member of council in 1860 and again from 1869 to 1872 and as the town reeve in 1861 and 1862. He was the first president of the Galt Mechanics Institute, the forerunner of the Galt Public Library, and was elected as part of the Galt delegation to direct the Gore Mutual Fire Insurance Co. in June 1863. It was this group that brought the Gore Mutual Fire Insurance Co. to Galt later that year. Mr. Lutz remained a director of the company until 1867. He died on August 30, 1876 and is buried in Mount View Cemetery. Cambridge Mosaic, Jim Quantrell, 1998, City of Cambridge _____________________ DUMFRIES REFORMER, SEPT. 6, 1876: Death or Morris C. Lutz. - It was with feelings of unusual sorrow that on Wednesday last the people of Galt learned of the demise of M. C. Lutz; Esq., which occurred at 8.o'clock on the morning of that day. For more than a week previous to his death, Mr. Lutz had been confined to bed by a painful illness, which from the first threatened a fatal termination Mr. Lutz, who has filled a very important place in the history of Galt, and will long be remembered as one of its most enterprising citizens, was born near Elizabeth town, New Jersey, in the year 1806. In 1829 he came to Canada, settling in West Flamboro, where, in company with a Mr. McInlay, he carried on the foundry business for several years, and where he married Miss Neff, the lady who now survives him. In 1844 he assumed the foremanship of the machinery department in the foundry of the late J. K. Andrews, of Galt, and soon leaving the position, entered into partnership with Mr. Fisher, of the Galt Foundry on North Water Street. After a successful career, Mr. Fisher retired from the business, into which the late Mr. Peter Cook and Mr. James Cowan, of Clochmohr, were taken as partners. Mr. Cook's sudden death by accident in 186_ terminated this partnership, and from that date till 1878, when Mr. Lutz finally retired from business, he and Mr. Cowan carried the Foundry on with its usual success. As a public man, Mr. Lutz was very prominent and very useful. He entered the Council of Galt when our municipality had a village government, and from that time till within a few years past he was almost constantly a member of the Council. In 1853 he was elected Reeve of Galt, and so great was the public esteem in which his services were held that in 1867, on the erection of Galt into a town, Mr. Lutz was elected first Mayor. This position he held for three years successfully, on two occasions being elected without opposition After retiring to a less prominent position at the Council board he was again elected to the Mayoralty in 1866, and filled that office till 1869, when he retired for a time to private life. He soon again resumed his duties as a councillor and continued in this position till a few years ago. Mr. Lutz's merits as a private citizen and public officer are well known by the people of Galt and also by outsiders. Generous and honorable, he won a warm place in the hearts of those with whom be came in contact, a fact well established by the universal and sincere expressions of regret uttered when his death became known throughout the town. In his public capacity, whether as Mayor, Councillor or Justice of the Peace, Mr. Lutz was held in general esteem. Public spirited as a man well could be, and almost enthusiastically studious of the welfare of the town, he did mulch to advance the interest of Galt - his conduct in that respect affording a contrast as well as an example to some others placed in a position where, like him, they could prove very useful, and like him, be missed when the curtain drops on the last scene of life. Mr. Lutz was exceedingly well informed on municipal law and on his duties as a magistrate. With a strong instinct in favor of right administered the law with a kindly and yet determined hand. His duties as a magistrate were extended over many years - but few perhaps have retired from that office with fewer enemies or more friends than the subject of this notice. His funeral took place on Friday afternoon, and seldom, if ever, has there been present so many prominent citizens of the town, and gentlemen from a distance. The Town Council, which had met on Wednesday evening and passed resolutions of sympathy with Mr. Lutz's family in their bereavement, attended in a body. The Rev. Messers. Bentley, of Galt, Torrance, of Guelph, and MacDonald, of Elora, were present and assisted at the funeral service. The town hall was surmounted by a flag at ha1f mast, while the business places of the town were closed for an hour or two out of respect for the deceased. As the long funeral procession wound its way through streets and out to the Cemetery, it may truly be said there was not a single on-looker but felt a more than ordinary regret that the familiar form of the kindly old gentleman would be seen on our streets no more. _________

  
  

• Sources

  [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 29 Mar 1877. Died 17 Mar 1877 In Galt, Anna, widow of the recently deceased Morris C. Lutz, died at 61 years of age. [S1338] News - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Galt Reporter (1846-1973), Obituary of Anna Neff - Lutz - 23 Mar 1877, pg 2. [S122] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Mount View CC#4495 Internet Link . Loutz/ In memory of/ Morris C. Lutz/ who died Aug.30,1876/ aged 70 years/ Anna/ wife of the above/ died Mar.17,1877/ aged 61 years/ Ada Lutz/ wife of/ Wiliam M Twohy/ died July 7,1935 [S570] Census - ON, Waterloo, Galt - 1871, Div. 1, Pg. 63. [S313] Census - ON, Waterloo, Galt - 1851, Pg.42. [S1838] Census - ON, Waterloo, Galt - 1861, Galt 1861 Div. 1 Page 8. [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 7 Sep 1876. Died 30 Aug 1876 In Galt, Morris C. Lutz died at the age of 70 years, 6 months. [S1450] Waterloo County Councillors A Collective Biography. [S31] News - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Dumfries Reformer (1850-1892), 21 Sep 1853. BAIKIE, James married 20 Sep 1853 to Elizabeth LUTZ At Galt, by Rev Mr Gibson. Jas, of Preston. Elizabeth, eldest daughter of M C Lutz, Reeve of Galt. [S1034] Book - City of Cambridge Local, Architectural Conversevation Advisory Committee Local Building Inventory, Report on 63 Ainslie St., N. - pg 9. Original owner, later owned by Morris C. Lutz. Georgian style rubblestone construction, 2 stories, constructed 1856. [S2491] aaa Vit - ON - Death Registration, death certificate 012526 (1876). Name:Marrie C Lutz Gender:Male Age:70 Religion:Presbyterian Birth Date:abt 1806 Birth Place:Elizabethtown, NJ Death Date:30 Oct 1876 Death Place:Waterloo, Ontario, Canada Cause of Death:Acute Hepatitis

  
  

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  Born - CALC 28 Feb 1806 - near, Elizabethtown, , New Jersey Elected Office - Councillor - Galt - 1850 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Machinist - 1851 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Presbyterian - 1851 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Elected Office - Councillor - Galt - 1853 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Elected Office - Mayor - Galt - 1853 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - reeve - 1853 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Elected Office - Mayor of Galt - 1857 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Elected Office - Reeve - Galt - 1857 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Elected Office - Councillor - Galt - 1861 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Elected Office - Mayor - Galt - 1861 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Iron Foundrier - 1861 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Free Church - 1861 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Elected Office - Mayor of Galt - 1865 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Elected Office - Reeve - Galt - 1865 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Historic Building - - 60 Water St. N., Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Historic Building - 2 story rubblestone - - 63 Ainslie Street N., Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Machinist - 1871 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - C. Presbyterian - 1871 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - Cause: Acute Hepatitis (9 days) - 20 Aug 1876 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth