Frederick C. "Fred" "Fritz" Keil

1864 - 1925  (60 years)

• Name	Frederick C. "Fred" "Fritz" Keil
  Born	20 Jul 1864	Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Gender	Male
  Business	1887	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	Knights of Labor
  		Waterloo-KnightofLabor-StephanandKeil.0001-1887Directory.JPG The Union Publishing Co.'s Farmers' and Business Directory for the Counties of Waterloo and Wellington 1887, Vol. 3
  Waterloo Region Museum Display or Artifact	Keil, Fred - 0. (2018). Waterloo.pastperfectonline.com. Retrieved 14 May 2018, from https://waterloo.pastperfectonline.com/vocabulary?keyword=Keil%2C+Fred&letter=K&searchtype=people&showsearch=true
  Name	Fred Keil
  Name	Fritz Keil
  Occupation	1891	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Cigar Maker
  Residence	1891	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Lutheran
  Occupation	1901	Waterloo, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Cigar Maker
  		on sale on ebay.com in 2006
  		on sale on ebay.com in 2006
  		on sale on ebay.com in 2006
  Occupation	1911	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Cigar Manufacturer
  		Jack Canuck Cigar Box image from Ebay 2015
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-45267
  Died	9 May 1925	, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  Buried	Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  Person ID	I45267	Generations
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2025

  
  

  Father	Frederick W. Keil,   b. 1816, , Bavaria, Germany ,   d. 14 Jun 1884, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 68 years)
  Mother	Anna Barbara "Barbara" Freiman,   b. 28 Mar 1831, , Bavaria, Germany ,   d. 23 Sep 1912, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 81 years)
  Married	23 Feb 1851	Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  Family ID	F9377	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Emma C. Koehler,   b. 20 Jul 1866, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 6 Mar 1944, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States  (Age 77 years)
  Children	1. Elfin Keil,   b. 1890, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Elfie M. Keil,   b. 2 Sep 1890, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Bruce Keil
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2025
  Family ID	F11764	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Frederick Keil

  
  

• Notes

  The Walper House Cigar Store. Tennyson wrote of the brook "For men may come and men may go: But I go on forever." A parody on this applied to the Berlin Cigar Store in the Walper House block would read: "For stores may come and stores may go; But I go on forever." The Walper House stand is the oldest cigar store in town and retains its popularity with all classes. Its central position probably has something logo with this but the man behind the gun" or "counter" in this case has much more to do with it. Since August 1907, this man has been Mr. L. A. Meblenbacher or "Alf" as he is more generally known. Mr. Mehlenbacher is cigar man from the ground up He was, for ten years prior to taking hold of the store, on the road for Mr. Fred Keil, the well-known Waterloo cigar manufacturer and latterly has returned to his first love, leaving the store in charge his son, Bruce. Bruce, by way, who seems to be a chip off old block, dispenses excellent cigars and tobacco with the ease and grace of a veteran. At no time has this store been better stocked with every popular brand of cigars and tobaccos. The lover of the weed can find anything here that his fancy dictates, either in the line of smokers' sundries or the weed itself. Customers invariably get what they want, and, combined with courteous treatment from the men in charge, makes a host of satisfied patrons who are the best any store can have. The Berlin News Record, Wed, Dec 16, 1908 Page 14

  
  

• Sources

  [S135] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo City - 1901, Waterloo (Town/Ville) D-7 Page 5. [S297] Census - ON, Waterloo, Preston - 1881, Page 52. [S366] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo City - 1911, Div. 46 Pg. 5. [S1573] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo City - 1891, Section 4 Page 59. [S3231] Find A Grave, Frederick Keil, J., Cemetery, M., America, N., Municipality, W., & Cemetery, M. (1864). Frederick Keil, Jr (1864-1925) - Find A Grave... Retrieved 20 May 2020, from https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/110914716/frederick-keil. [S13] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - Wellington District Marriage Register Part 1 1840-1852. Frederick Keil, to Mrs. Barbara Freimann, both of Waterloo. 23 Feb. 1851. by Rev. Huttner.

  
  

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  Born - 20 Jul 1864 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Business - Knights of Labor - 1887 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Cigar Maker - 1891 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Lutheran - 1891 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Cigar Maker - 1901 - Waterloo, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Cigar Manufacturer - 1911 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 9 May 1925 - , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth