Henry Grill

1860 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	Henry Grill
  Born	10 Jul 1860	Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1861	Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Lutheran
  Occupation	1881	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Farmer
  Residence	1881	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Lutheran
  Occupation	1901	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Mason
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-93126
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Person ID	I93126	Generations
  Last Modified	7 Nov 2024

  
  

  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	Elizabeth Ries,   b. 9 Oct 1864, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Children	1. Rose Grill,   b. 21 Feb 1895, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	12 Nov 2024
  Family ID	F24186	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Mr. Carl Grill worked at the trade here and did a bit of contracting but what is of more importance, historically at least, is that he taught his two sons, Charles and Henry, the trade in its several branches and made a good job of it. In due course, Carl Grill retired from the trade to devote more time to his farm on the River Road and Charles and Henry started on their own, in partnership, under style: "Grill Bros." which name came to be known widely and favorably throughout a large area; and which partnership subsisted many years during the course of which the firm built more buildings in Hespeler than any other firm of contractors before them or since. By the time they started, stone for building was being to some extent replaced by brick which by then had become available; and another type of building known as the rough cast house was being built because of its lower cost. In Building a rough cast house a baloon frame was made and one inch wooden strips were nailed so far apart up and down and to these strips wooden lath, which had replaced the split board type, were nailed the thickness of a lath apart and the outside coat of plaster was applied starting at the top. The mortar which squeezed between the lath, when hard, held the plaster in position. Grill Bros. adopted a different system. They put the lath the width of a lath apart and started plastering at the bottom, thereby filling the one inch space back of the lath with plaster. This made a wall of plaster outside the wood sheathing. This construction became known as the concrete plaster house and was so highly regarded from the standpoint of being a fire deterrent that some insurance companies gave a concession of ten cents in the rate from 75 to 65 cents. The first building erected by the new firm of Grill Bros. was the office building at the corner of Queen and Cooper Street which was occupied on part of the ground floor as a store; and on the second story as a dwelling with kitchen and another room downstairs. William A. Kribs was the first tenant of these living quarters, into which he moved when he married. In the Country round about, notably in Pinebush, there were a lot of Masons who worked with Grill Bros. when not engaged in building barn foundation walls, etc., among them being William Bartels, Charles Baumgartner, Abraham Brethauer, Henry Knack, Heinrich Kreig. Peter Each, Henry Bruder, Ernest Radke, Heinrich Kreig. Le Rue De Commerce, Other Times Other Customs Other Days Other Ways, Winfield Brewster 1954

  
  

• Sources

  [S105] Census - ON, Waterloo, Preston - 1871, Pg 16. [S86] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1901, Waterloo (South/Sud) G-4 Page 8. [S178] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1881, Waterloo S. Twp. 1881 Div 2 Page 4. [S1473] Census - ON, Waterloo, Preston - 1861, Div. 1 Page 1. [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 - 10 Jul 1860 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Lutheran - 1861 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Farmer - 1881 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Lutheran - 1881 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Mason - 1901 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth