Mayor George Adolph Gruetzner

Other Events:

• Business: Hespeler Furniture Company, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Business: 927 King St. E., Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mineral Springs Furniture Company
• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/214843077
• Interesting: business, mill, politics, furniture,
• Name: Adolph Gruetzner
• Name: G. A. Gruetzner
• Eby ID Number: 00145-5528.1
• Immigration: 1862, , Ontario, Canada
• Immigration: 1880, , Canada
• Occupation: 1881, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Harness Maker
• Naturalization: 1885, , Canada
• Occupation: 1901, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Furniture manufacturer
• Occupation: 1911, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Manufacturer
• Residence: 1911, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist
• Elected Office: 1914, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; councillor of Hespeler
• Elected Office: 1921, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Reeve of Hespeler
• Elected Office: 1925, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mayor of Hespeler

Notes:

George A. Gruetzner was born in Buffalo, New York the son of Rev. Edward Gruetzner. Came to Canada as a young man and worked for a short time as a harness maker in New Dundee. He first entered the furniture business with the firm of Simpson and Co. of Kitchener. In 1901 in partnership with investors he founded the Hespeler Furniture Co. manufacturers of the "Craftmanship" line of period furniture. He served on Hespeler town council as well as reeve and mayor.

Cambridge Mosaic , Jim Quantrell, 1998, City of Cambridge [abbreviated snippet from original text in book]

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GEORGE A. GRUETZNER. MANAGER HESPELER FURNITURE CO., HESPELER, ONT.

Mr. Geo. A. Gruetzner, one of the province's bright furniture manufacturers, is a native of New York State, having been born in Buffalo, N. Y., and is the son of a Baptist clergyman. His parents removed to Waterloo County when he was a mere lad. His education was obtained partly in New York State and partly in Ontario. As a young man, he learned the trade of carriage trimming and became proficient at it. Engaged in business for himself, he did the principal trimming of the county, fulfilling orders for Peter Gillies, of Galt, George Huck, of Berlin, Fred. Merner of Hamburg and others. In 1888, Mr. Gruetzner undertook the selling of furniture on commission for various firms in the county. In 1891, he engaged with The Simpson Company of Berlin as a travelling salesman and later assumed the management of its manufactory in Berlin, and conducted it successfully until it was merged into the Canada Furniture Syndicate. Before this occurred, Mr. Gruetzner purchased the furniture factory at Bloomingdale and formed a company to operate it. Receiving an offer of a bonus to locate in Preston the company removed there and established the Mineral Springs Furniture Company, now the Crown Furniture Co. When he severed his connections with the Simpson Company, he sold his interest in Preston. Having gained a good reputation as a manager of furniture enterprises, several centres held out inducements to him to establish such a factory. Principally because of the interest and energy of Mayor Forbes of Hespeler in the matter and the town's excellent shipping facilities, he decided to locate there, where a new company was formed and operations commenced. A fine furniture factory of pressed brick, 60x125, well-equipped, was errected in 1901 and it met with success from the outset. Three years later it was found necessary to build a large addition, also of pressed brick. Today, the company employs 90 mechanics, making only high-grade furniture, which has a reputation throughout the country, for design, finish and workmanship.

Mr. Gruetzner, while a citizen of Berlin, was an active member of the Board of Trade, and always progressive. The esteem in which he was held was shown by his election to the town council for two terms. His work there was characterized by a deep interest in the town and he aided in bringing in several industries. The was a member of the Berlin Club and proved himself to be social and always considerate towards others. His former fellow-citizens are glad to note his success in. Hespeler.

Berlin 1806-1906 Official Souvenir

Business:
The Grist Mill Centre has a complex history. It was built with limestone rubble, as a grist mill, about 1839, likely by Jacob Hespeler, the man for whom Hespeler (now part of Cambridge) was named. In the 1860s, John Chapman used it to produce vinegar and in the 1870s it held the Preston Carriage Works.

In the late 1800s, George Gruetzner opened the Mineral Springs Furniture Co. in the building, which soon was renamed Crown Furniture and sold to Austin Moss and Frank Wildman. In the 1920s, they sold it to E.O. Weber Ltd.

Fear, J. (2014). #TBT Flash from the Past: Preston's Grist Mill Centre has storied past. TheRecord.com. Retrieved 22 February 2018, from https://www.therecord.com/living-story/4615337--tbt-flash-from-the-past-preston-s-grist-mill-centre-has-storied-past/

George — Elizabeth B. "Eliza" Sararas. Elizabeth (daughter of David L. Sararas and Magdalena Brower) was born 20 Jan 1856, Freeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 26 Apr 1933, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Name: Alice Mooney
• Eby ID Number: 00145-5528.2
• Occupation: 1901, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; milliner

Alice married James Mooney 27 Nov 1901, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States. James was born 1875; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: 00145-5528.3
• Residence: 1911, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist

Other Events:

• Name: Carl Gruetzner
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-224572
• Residence: 1911, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist
• Occupation: 1927, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; assistant general manager - Hespeler Furniture

Karl — Mabel Ethelyn Pound. Mabel was born 4 Nov 1898, Malahide Township, Elgin Co., Ontario, Canada; died 1982; was buried , New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-181730