Louis Grill

1861 - 1942  (80 years)

• Name	Louis Grill
  Born	6 Jun 1861	Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1893	Guelph City, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada
  	tinsmith
  Occupation	1901	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Hardware
  Elected Office	1911	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	councillor of Hespeler
  Name	Louis Grill
  Occupation	1911	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Retail, Hardware
  Residence	1911	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Lutheran
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-82268
  Died	22 Apr 1942  [4]
  Buried	New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Person ID	I82268	Generations
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2025

  
  

  Father	Carl "Charles" Grill,   b. 29 Mar 1822, , Baden, Germany ,   d. 7 Aug 1894, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 72 years)
  Mother	Anna Stein,   b. 21 Jul 1828, , Germany ,   d. 13 Dec 1893, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 65 years)
  Married	15 Jan 1852	Greenbush (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5, 6]
  Family ID	F7284	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Selina Martha Snider,   b. Sep 1869, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 23 Jan 1945  (Age ~ 75 years)
  Married	21 Jun 1893	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Children	1. Gunner Charles Norman "Norman" Grill,   b. 14 Jun 1894, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 2 Oct 1918, near, Blécourt, , Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France  (Age 24 years)   2. Helen May Grill,   b. 20 May 1899, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 7 Apr 1993, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 93 years)   3. Beatrice Jennie Grill,   b. 3 Jun 1907, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 2 May 1988, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 80 years)
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2025
  Family ID	F21454	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  After learning the tinsmithing at Preston, Louis Grill went to Guelph and there worked at the trade for several years. In 1896 he came to Hespeler, and on the site of the Johnston Blacksmith Shop, erected the fine building Leroy Wettlaufer now owns. In this building he successfully conducted the hardware business and a tinshop in connection until he died. He was a member of New Hope Masonic and Hespeler Oddfellows Lodges and in religion, a Lutheran. He served on the Town Council for three years, 1911-13, with credit to himself. He was a useful member. We were for years next door neighbors, and I frequently dropped into his store. Usually some little story was told by one or the other or some joke. One morning during the winter the temperature dropped to about Zero, and when I entered the store Lou. remarked that it was a cold morning; down tn Zero, I told him I thought he had better bring in the thermometer which hung outside before it got any colder. It happened that morning was just the start and for three or four mornings it got colder and colder until it struck about forty below; I dropped in that morning and found Louis with his collar turned up fixing away at the fire in his stove. He mentioned that this was a corker and I started right in abusing him for not having brought the thermometer in when I told him four days ago. Ever after that, when it happened to be either very cold or very hot, Louie, with a twinkle in his eye used to say "I'll have to bring the thermometer in before it gets worse.'' The hundreds that knew him will tell you there never was a finer, more decent man in Hespeler than Louis Grill. Le Rue De Commerce, Other Times Other Customs Other Days Other Ways, Winfield Brewster 1954

  
  

• Sources

  [S105] Census - ON, Waterloo, Preston - 1871, Pg 16. [S143] Census - ON, Waterloo, Hespeler - 1901, Hespeler (Village) D-2 Page 3. [S392] Census - ON, Waterloo, Hespeler - 1911, Div. 21 Pg. 4. [S237] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - New Hope CC#4498 Internet Link . Grill/ Louis Grill/ 1861-1942/ Selina M. Snider/ his beloved wife/ 1869-1945 (I.O.O.F. insignia) [S6] Church Records - ON, Waterloo - Bindeman, F. W. - Card Index Kitchener Public Library. Carl Grill, 28, mason of Preston married 15 Jan 1852 in Greenbush by bann to Anna Stein, 19, of Preston, wit: Hubert Pratzmeyer of Waterloo & Michael Haller of Waterloo [S13] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - Wellington District Marriage Register Part 1 1840-1852, Rev'd Fredereck W. Bindemann, Minister of The United Lutheran and German Reformed Protestant Church, Greenbush, Waterloo Twp., 1 Jan. 1852 - 1 Jan. 1853 #226.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 6 Jun 1861 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - tinsmith - 1893 - Guelph City, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Married - 21 Jun 1893 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Hardware - 1901 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Elected Office - councillor of Hespeler - 1911 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Retail, Hardware - 1911 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Lutheran - 1911 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth