Emil Otto Ritz^[1]

1881 - 1957  (76 years)

• Name	Emil Otto Ritz
  Born	15 Jul 1881	New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Business	E. O. Ritz & Co. City Drugstore, Kitchener, , Ontario, Canada
  		E. O. Ritz & Co. City Drug Store E. O. Ritz & Company, a pharmacy in 1905, at 26 King Street East in the Town of Berlin. He had purchased the business, then known as the City Drug Store from J. E. Neville, who had established it there in 1881. Emil had apprenticeshipped with Mr. Neville from 1903 to 1905.
  Business	E. O. Ritz & Co. City Drugstore, Kitchener, , Ontario, Canada
  		E. O. Ritz bottle ebay 2014
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/164158945
  Name	E. O. Ritz
  Occupation	1901	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	apprentice
  Occupation	1910	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Druggist
  Occupation	1911	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Druggist, Store
  		Berlin-E.O.RitzandCo.-FloralAntiChapandTan-Advert.JPG
  Residence	60 Heins Ave., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Residence	1911	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Lutheran
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-95541
  Died	20 Aug 1957	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Buried	Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Person ID	I95541	Generations
  Last Modified	12 May 2025

  
  

  Father	Jacob Ritz,   b. CALC 27 Dec 1842, Petersheim, Bavaria, Germany ,   d. 11 Dec 1886, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 43 years)
  Mother	Maria "Maria" Boeckner,   b. 1 Jun 1851, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1926, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 74 years)
  Married	8 Dec 1868	, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5, 6]
  Family ID	F37488	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Bertha Ellenora Zick,   b. 2 Jun 1885, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 8 Oct 1963, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 78 years)
  Married	20 Sep 1910	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Children	1. Carl Frederick Ritz,   b. 19 Jul 1912, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 30 Sep 1995, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 83 years)
  Last Modified	13 May 2025
  Family ID	F184424	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  Ritz-EmilOtto-1881-1957-001.jpg Emil Otto Ritz

  
  

• Notes

  E. O. Ritz, Ex-Druggist, Dies at 76 A man who conducted a business on downtown King street longer than anyone else, Emil O. Ritz, 76, of 60 Heins Ave., died today at K-W Hospital. Mr. Ritz was proprietor of the E. O. Ritz and Company, Ltd., drug store, King and Queen streets, for 52 years. He retired in 1955. Mr. Ritz, a native of New Hamburg, kept the first quarter he had received in his first business transaction. He kept it in a wooden box at his home. Several years ago the pharmacy was sold to Denton D. Tatum of Guelph. DIPLOMA HAD 50 SEALS Mr. Ritz, a graduate of the Ontario College of Pharmacy, "had a diploma which bore 50 seals, one for every year he practised as druggist. He served as an apprentice with J. E. Neville's drug store after he left the college in 1903. Two years later he bought the business and started on his own. It was in 1917 the business moved to its present location. Although most of the drug stores in those days were legally able to sell whisky, Mr. Ritz. was one of the few druggists who did not handle that commodity. Drug stores then opened at 7 a.m. and closed about midnight. They specialized more in drugs, prescriptions and cosmetics. Today some sell anything from "soup to bicycles." LIVED HERE 57 YEARS A resident of Kitchener for 57 years. he was a member of St. Matthew's Lutheran Church and a member of the Grand River Lodge AF and AM and Grand Union Lodge, IOOF. He was son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Ritz. Surviving is wife the former Bertha E. Zick, and one son, Carl F. Ritz of Waterloo. One brother, Arno W. Ritz of Kitchener, and one granddaughter. also survive. The body is at the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home where a service will be conducted Thursday at 2 p.m. by Rev. J. Ray Houser. Burial will be in Woodland Cemetery. Kitchener-Waterloo Record, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada Tue, Aug 20, 1957 Page 3

  
  

• Sources

  [S3108] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 021709-10. Emil Otto Ritz, 29, occ. Druggist, res. of Berlin, Son of Jacob Ritz & Mary Beckner Married Bertha Ellenora Zick, 25, res. of Waterloo, daughter of Conrad Zick & Mary Fitzmeier, Witn: Homer F. Zick of Dundas & Meta Ritz of Berlin, 20 September 1910 In Waterloo [S137] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1901, a-2 pg 11. [S340] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1911, Div 35 Page 4. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/164158945/emil-otto-ritz. [S5] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - 1858-1869 Marriage Register. Jacob Rietz, 26, res. New Hamburg, b. Petersheim Bavaria, son of Jacob and Elizabeth, married 8 Dec 1868 Maria Boeckner, 17, res. New Hamburg, b. New Hamburg, daughter of Peter and Ann Elizabeth [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 17 Dec 1868. Married 8 Dec 1868 By Rev. Rally, New Hambrug, Jacob Reitz, foreman in "Volksblat" printing shop was married to Maria Boeckner, both of New Hamburg.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 15 Jul 1881 - New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Business - - E. O. Ritz & Co. City Drugstore, Kitchener, , Ontario, Canada Business - - E. O. Ritz & Co. City Drugstore, Kitchener, , Ontario, Canada Occupation - apprentice - 1901 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Druggist - 1910 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 20 Sep 1910 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Druggist, Store - 1911 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - - 60 Heins Ave., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Lutheran - 1911 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 20 Aug 1957 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth