Waterloo Region Generations
A record of the people of Waterloo Region, Ontario.

Ezra William Kreutziger[1]

Male 1869 - 1945  (76 years)


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  • Name Ezra William Kreutziger 
    Born 11 Apr 1869  Heidelberg, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4, 5, 6
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1871  Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Lutheran 
    Business 1885  Heidelberg, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Lorne's Mill (flouring) 
    • Lorne Mills (flouring) have been established five years, and contain six sets of rollers and four runs of stones, with a capacity of 100 barrels a day. Chas. Kreutziger.

      1885 Directory
    Charles Kreutziger's Lorne Roller Mill in Heidelberg, Ontario
    Charles Kreutziger's Lorne Roller Mill in Heidelberg, Ontario
    M930.50.5.571 | Lorne Roller Mills, Heidelberg, Ontario | Engraving | John Henry Walker (1831-1899) | McCord Museum. (2019). Collections.musee-mccord.qc.ca. Retrieved 20 October 2019, from https://collections.musee-mccord.qc.ca/en/collection/artifacts/M930.50.5.571
    Occupation 1901  Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Bookkeeper 
    Occupation 1901  Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Bookkeeper 
    Eby ID Number 00127-7950.2 
    Died 16 Sep 1945  Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Person ID I18710  Generations
    Last Modified 12 May 2024 

    Father Karl "Charles" "Carl" Kreutziger,   b. 9 May 1844, , Saxony, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Sep 1927, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years) 
    Mother Louisa S. Weber,   b. 13 Mar 1845, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Jun 1920, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years) 
    Married 16 Apr 1868  Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Family ID F4774  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Father Charles Knentziger,   b. 9 May 1845, , Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Mother Louisa,   b. 13 Mar 1846, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Family ID F10870  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Annie Florine Hahn,   b. 1 Jan 1872, Erbsville Lutheran Church, Erbsville, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Oct 1956, Grand Bend, Huron Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years) 
    Children 
     1. Lulu Kreutziger,   b. 22 Aug 1894, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Dec 1971, Oshawa, Durham County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years)
     2. Florine "Irene" Kreutziger,   b. 24 Dec 1901, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Mar 1936, Highland Park, Wayne, Michigan, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 34 years)
    Last Modified 13 May 2024 
    Family ID F12299  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • LORNE MILLS

      The village just now is feeling the effect of the temporary suspension of operations at these mills, for it is mainly owing to the existence of this industry that business activity is maintained. But it is nevertheless highly satisfactory to the business men to know that the suspension will be but a few weeks, for the purpose of giving the enterprising proprietors time to complete their plans of overhauling the entire plant and put in some of the improved mill machinery, which work is now being done as rapidly as possible. In fact the entire establishment has been gutted from basement to the third story, so that very likely by the time this reaches CHRONICLE readers the village of Heidelberg will be in a position to boast of one of the best equipped modern roller process flouring mills in the Province. The principal new additions will be the celebrated gyrator sieve the latest and best invention in mill machinery known to the trade, and which are being rapidly adopted by all prominent mill men throughout Canada and the United States

      The Lorne Mills were built in 1878 by Kappas and Kreutziger, and probably derive the same from the Marquis of Lorne who was then Governor-General of Canada. The partnership did not exist, however, more than a year or so, when Mr. Kreuziger became sole proprietor. He continued to operate them until about two years ago when be removed to Waterloo, where his time is absorbed in looking after his manufacturing interests. Since that time his son, Mr. E. W. Kreuziger, has had entire control and been operating the establishment here. The latter was born in Heidelberg in 1869. He had a thorough training in the business, and is therefore fully competent to give satisfaction to the large number of patrons that yearly drive up to the doors of the establishment.

      This mill is a large three story structure including basement. It has thirteen sets of rolls, with a capacity for turning out daily one hundred and fifty barrels choice family flour. The reputation of these mils for turning out a first-class article and doing honest custom work has been established since they began operations. Outside of the custom work, a very large amount of his mill's product, of which there are several popular bands, Mr. Kreutziger ships to different points in the Maritime Province, and a good deal of it is sent to the old country. All the wheat that comes in is purchased and the highest cash price is paid.

      In addition to the flour mills Mr. Kreuziger's operates a saw mill, which during the season is a great convenience to the farmers and those who need lumber and have logs to convert into that commodity. The grist mill contains a one-hundred horse-power engine, but the overhauling it is receiving and the new machinery being put in will not require that amount of power. This will be a great advantage, economically, as the gyrators, of which there will be three, do far more satisfactory work and are constructed on such principles as to require far less power. The mills will very likely be in operation again in the course of two or three weeks, and the new improvements will undoubtedly make amends for the apparent set-back business has experienced here during the suspension While Mr. Kreuziger's time is taken up in office business, he has a first-class miller employed, that gentleman being Mr. Noah Bowman.

      The fact that Heidelberg has some very handsome homes is not to be disputed, for one must travel some distance before seeing a finer residence and grounds than those belonging to the Kreuziger estate.

      The Bell Telephone and G. N. W. Telegraph office are located in the office of this mill, and where communication can be had with all parts of the world.

      Waterloo County Chronicle 20 Oct 1898, p. 3

  • Sources 
    1. [S10] Book - Vol II A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., 617.

    2. [S160] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wellesley Twp. - 1901, Wellesley E-2 Page 15.

    3. [S113] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wellesley Twp. - 1881, Division 1 Page 6.

    4. [S135] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo City - 1901, Waterloo (Town/Ville) D-1 Page 6.

    5. [S144] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1871, Div. 4, Pg. 22.

    6. [S2493] Michigan, Death Records, 1867-1952.
      Name:Ezra William Kreutziger
      Gender:Male
      Race:White
      Marital status:Married
      Death Age:76
      Birth Date:11 Apr 1869
      Birth Place:Heidelberg Ont Can
      Death Date:16 Sep 1945
      Death Place:Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, USA
      Father:Charles Kreutziger b.Germany
      Mother:Louise Weber b. Hamburg, Ont.
      File Number:341085

    7. [S5] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - 1858-1869 Marriage Register.
      Carl Kreutziger, 22, res. Woolwich, b. Germany, s/o Andrew & Anna, married 16 Apr 1868 Louisa Weber, 21, res. Woolwich, b. Canada, d/o Christian & Elizabeth

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 11 Apr 1869 - Heidelberg, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Lutheran - 1871 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBusiness - Lorne's Mill (flouring) - 1885 - Heidelberg, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Bookkeeper - 1901 - Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Bookkeeper - 1901 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 16 Sep 1945 - Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States Link to Google Earth
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