Christian Friedrich Conrad "Friedrich" "Fritz" Krug^[1]

1843 - 1925  (81 years)

• Name	Christian Friedrich Conrad "Friedrich" "Fritz" Krug
  Born	4 Jul 1843	Gartaw, Hanover, Germany   [2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/176309860
  Name	Fred Krug
  Name	Frederick Krug
  Name	Friedrich "Fritz" "Frederick" Krug
  Residence	1868	Tavistock, East Zorra Twp., Oxford County, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Occupation	1901	East Zorra Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	merchant
  Eby ID Number	00002-585.4
  Died	27 Feb 1925	Tavistock, East Zorra Twp., Oxford County, Ontario, Canada
  Buried	Saint Andrew's Cemetery, Shakespeare, North Easthope Twp., Perth Co., Ontario
  Person ID	I8734	Generations
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

  
  

  Father	Johann Heinrich "Heinrich" Krug,   b. 7 Sep 1808, Eulersdorf, Grebenau Kr Alsfeld, Hessen, Germany ,   d. 3 May 1853, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 44 years)
  Mother	Mary Sophia "Sophia" Schultz,   b. 27 Jan 1823, Niendorf, , Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany ,   d. 4 Jun 1890, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 67 years)
  Family ID	F2556	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Jane Stewart,   b. 8 Nov 1853, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1915  (Age 61 years)
  Married	17 Jun 1868	Tavistock, East Zorra Twp., Oxford County, Ontario, Canada   [3, 5]
  Children	1. Ellen Bell Krug,   b. 19 Feb 1870, Tavistock, East Zorra Twp., Oxford County, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 12 Feb 1953, London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada  (Age 82 years)   2. Dr. Henry Stewart Krug,   b. 16 Feb 1873, Tavistock, East Zorra Twp., Oxford County, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 19 Mar 1933, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States  (Age 60 years)   3. Jessie Louise Krug,   b. 1883, Tavistock, East Zorra Twp., Oxford County, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Anna May Krug,   b. 1886, Tavistock, East Zorra Twp., Oxford County, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Robert Matheson Krug,   b. 1888, Tavistock, East Zorra Twp., Oxford County, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 7 Oct 1917, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States  (Age 29 years)
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2025
  Family ID	F17883	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  MR. FRED KRUG, SR. The longest established and the store doing perhaps the largest business in Tavistock or for that matter in the county, is the mercantile business of Mr. Fred Krug, whose store is a veritable ark where the customers wants from a pin to an anchor can be satisfied. In boyhood days Mr. Krug endured many of the hardships of pioneer life. Born in Gartaw, Province of Hanover, Germany in 1843, the family settling in Berlin, Ont. His first experience in business was in the newspaper line. After attending the public schools for a few years he entered the office of the "Bauernfreund" in Waterloo, where he went through the old fashioned apprenticeship, under the late Jacob Teuscher. His experiences were such that few of our present journalists would care to face. It was part of his duties to deliver the papers which he did on horse-back. In winter or in summer, on not the best of roads and often times through storm and snow banks he found his way from one farm house to another with the papers. These were some of the experiences that laid the ground work of a splendid physique and the prompt business methods which have made him so successful. In January 1860 Mr. Krug left the printing office in Waterloo and removed to Tavistock - then called Inkerman - to accept a position as clerk in the log store conducted by the late Jacob Wagner. In 1870 he commenced business for himself, and in 1872 he formed a partnership with Mr. Adam Falk. The business was conducted under this partnership until 1884 when Mr. Krug took over the entire business and has since conducted it alone. The busines has grown steadily and rapidly and is to-day considered one of the largest general mercantile business in Western Ontario, employing about twenty hands; the most active worker being Mr. Krug himself. The store is an up-to-date departmental one. Every branch of merchandise is kept in the best assortment, and each department is managed as if it was a seperate business. Mr. Krug is one of the oldest importers in Western Ontario always making it a strict rule to pay cash, saving large cash discounts, in which, of course, his customers share. He is a large buyer and in sugar alone buys from one to three car-load lots; and also deals largely in Rio coffee, buying it green in the car-lots directs from the grower at Rio de Janiero. He was appointed Post Master in 1885. He built a handsome block which is occupied by the Western Bank of Canada and the post office, that would do credit to a much larger place. Mr. Krug has always taken a keen interest in municipal affairs and has assisted in all advancements of Tavistock. Mr. John Krug is one of the active partners in the business and is agent for the Canadian Express Co. whose Tavistock office is located in the Krug block. He is a young man who has a promising future and his strict attention to business has enhanced his reputation in the community, and he is one of the most popular residents of Tavistock. Mr. Fred Krug jr. who acts as postmaster is another of Tavistock's popular young men. As a musician he has acquired more than a local reputation. He plays a number of different instruments, and his services are highly valued in musical circles. The Canadian Graphic 21 Oct 1905 Vol. 4, No. 11 pg 11

  
  

• Sources

  [S3] Book - Vol I A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., 179. [S134] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1851, Div 2 Pg 1. [S5] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - 1858-1869 Marriage Register. Krug Friederich, Tavistock, Gartorff Hanover Germany, s/o Heinrich & Sophia (Chartens), married 17 June 1868 Jane Stewart, , Tavistock, Perth Co, d/o Duncan [S1543] Census - ON, Oxford, East Zorra - 1901, Div 5 pg 18. [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 25 Jun 1868. Friedrich Krug married Jane Stewart 17 Jun 1868 both of Tavistock

  
  

• Event Map

  Residence - 1868 - Tavistock, East Zorra Twp., Oxford County, Ontario, Canada Married - 17 Jun 1868 - Tavistock, East Zorra Twp., Oxford County, Ontario, Canada Occupation - merchant - 1901 - East Zorra Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Died - 27 Feb 1925 - Tavistock, East Zorra Twp., Oxford County, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Saint Andrew's Cemetery, Shakespeare, North Easthope Twp., Perth Co., Ontario  = Link to Google Earth