Robert Matheson Krug

1888 - 1917  (29 years)

• Name	Robert Matheson Krug
  Born	1888	Tavistock, East Zorra Twp., Oxford County, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Name	Bob Krug
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-148048
  Died	7 Oct 1917	Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States   [1]
  Person ID	I148048	Generations
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

  
  

  Father	Christian Friedrich Conrad "Friedrich" "Fritz" Krug,   b. 4 Jul 1843, Gartaw, Hanover, Germany ,   d. 27 Feb 1925, Tavistock, East Zorra Twp., Oxford County, Ontario, Canada  (Age 81 years)
  Mother	Jane Stewart,   b. 8 Nov 1853, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1915  (Age 61 years)
  Married	17 Jun 1868	Tavistock, East Zorra Twp., Oxford County, Ontario, Canada   [2, 3]
  Family ID	F17883	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Krug: Robert Matheson Krug The death took place in St. Luke's Hospital, Chicago, 111., on Tuesday morning, October 7th, of Robert Matheson Krug, youngest son of Mr, Fred Krug, of this village in his 29th year. Deceased had been ailing for some time with ulcers of the stomach and as a last resort, he underwent three operations which seemed to benefit him so much that he was reported as being well on the road to recovery, but owing to some slight rupture, he was suddenly called away by the grim reaper. Although it was a well-known fact in the village that he was seriously ill, yet telegrams received from time to time by his Father, conveyed the assuring news that he was slowly and satisfactorily recuperating, and the news of his death came as a great surprise and shock to all in the community, and caused deep regret and sorrow, for "Bob" was one of the village's most promising young men, and was well known and well liked by everyone. The deceased was born in Tavistock in the year 1888. After graduating from the local collegiate, he entered the employ of the local branch of "The Trader's Bank," where he rapidly won promotion to the position of Teller, Here, many of his warm friends and acquaintances were formed. He was a prominent figure in the sporting circles of the village, figuring on the line-up of the local junior football team when they won the Championship of Ontario. He was, also, an adept and finished hockeyist and played on several local teams. As a pianist, he was an accomplished artist, possessing the instinct and intellect to be able to play almost any selection, no matter how difficult, from memory. After leaving the village, he secured a lucrative position with the Trader's Bank at their Blind River Branch, and later when that institution amalgamated with the Royal Bank, he was transferred to their Toronto Branch. Here he remained until he was offered the position of Assistant Secretary of the Chicago Art Institute, at Chicago, 111, Sometime later he entered teh employ of the "Northern Trust Company," in the same city, and even in this great institution he was steadily rising and at the time of his death, occupied one of the most responsibel positions in the company. On March 3, 1917, he was married to Miss Gladys Carpenter, only daughter of Mr. Newton H. Carpenter, Secretary of the Chicago Art Institute, who survives him and to whom we offer our deepest and sincerest sympathy in her early bereavement. The funeral was held on Tuesday afternoon, October 9th, and was very largely attended. Services were conducted at his Father's residence, "The Maples" by Rev. H. H. Turner, Pastor of Knox Presbyterian Church, at 1: 30 o'clock, with internment in St. Andrew's Cemetery, North Easthope. Six boyhood friends of the deceased, Messrs. James V. Field, Charles H, Kaufman, Stanley McDermott, Robert R. Murray, Hartman Krug and Lome W, Appel, acted as pallbearers. He leaves to mourn his loss, a sorrowing Widow, his Father, three sisters, Mrs. Neil McVicar of Rosetown, Sask., Mrs. Robt. B. Moore, of Galt, and Mrs. E. B. Arnott, of Tavistock; three brothers, Fred of Kitchener, John F. of Tavistock, and Dr. Henry S. Krug of St, Louis, Mo., besides numerous nephews, cousins, uncles, and aunts, and a host of friends. To these are extended the heartfelt sympathies of the community. Friends and relatives were present from Stratford, Woodstock, Kitchener, Toronto, Chicago, St. Louis, Galt, and numerous other places, who all came to pay their last respects to a good, true and loyal friend. They included Mr. and Mrs. Hartman Krug, and son, Ludwig, Rev. Fr. Fischer and Mr, Oscar Rumpel, of Kitchener; Dr. J, P. Rankin and daughter, Winnifred; Messrs. C. E. Mcllhargey and son, Eugene, and W. D, Martin of Stratford; E. W. Nesbitt, M.P., and daughter Effie, and Mr. Coventry of Woodstock. Tavistock Gazette 18 Oct 1917

  
  

• Sources

  [S1432] News - ON, Oxford, Tavistock - Tavistock Gazette, Obituary of Robert Matheson Krug - 18 Oct 1917. [S5] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - 1858-1869 Marriage Register. Krug Friederich, Tavistock, Gartorff Hanover Germany, s/o Heinrich & Sophia (Chartens), married 17 June 1868 Jane Stewart, , Tavistock, Perth Co, d/o Duncan [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 25 Jun 1868. Friedrich Krug married Jane Stewart 17 Jun 1868 both of Tavistock

  
  

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  Born - 1888 - Tavistock, East Zorra Twp., Oxford County, Ontario, Canada Died - 7 Oct 1917 - Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States  = Link to Google Earth