Louis Albert "Alf" Mehlenbacher^[1]

1860 - 1939  (~ 79 years)

• Name	Louis Albert "Alf" Mehlenbacher
  Born	Feb 1860	Rainham Twp., Haldimand Co., Ontario, Canada   [2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/93051606
  Occupation	1884	Lyndoch, Norfolk Co., Ontario   [3]
  	store clerk
  Occupation	1911	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Traveller, Cigars
  Residence	1911	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Lutheran
  Occupation	1921	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Traveller, ?
  Residence	1921	40 Roy St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Residence	1921	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Lutheran
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-179654
  Died	14 Apr 1939	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  Buried	Saint Peters Lutheran Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I179654	Generations
  Last Modified	9 Jun 2025

  
  

  Family	Mary Catharina Ebert,   b. 6 Apr 1865, Middleton Township, Norfolk Co., Ontario ,   d. 28 Jul 1928, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 63 years)
  Married	6 May 1884	Middleton Township, Norfolk Co., Ontario   [3]
  Children	1. Dr. William Bruce Mehlenbacher,   b. 31 Oct 1887, Delhi, Norfolk Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1956  (Age 68 years)   2. Edward Lorne "Lorne" Melenbacher,   b. 3 Mar 1892, Delhi, Norfolk Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1 Mar 1964, Orillia, Orillia Twp., Simcoe Co., Ontario  (Age 71 years)   3. Grace Irene "Irene" Mehlenbacher,   b. 24 Oct 1897, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 25 Oct 1954, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 57 years)
  Last Modified	10 Jun 2025
  Family ID	F176257	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Louis Mehlenbacher Louis Albert Mehlenbacher, 79, of Ayr, died at K.-W. Hospital on Friday. Deceased, a traveller for the Doerr Candy Company and Randall and Roos. retired 12 years ago. Born in Fisherville, he was a son of Jacob Mehlenpacher. His wife, Mary Ebert, predeceased him 11 years. Surviving are two sons, Lorne of Ayr, Dr. W. B. of Atlanta, Ga., one daughter, Mrs. J. R. Keast, Fergus, one brother and one sister. The Waterloo Chronicle Apr 21 1939 pg 6 ___________ The Walper House Cigar Store. Tennyson wrote of the brook "For men may come and men may go: But I go on forever." A parody on this applied to the Berlin Cigar Store in the Walper House block would read: "For stores may come and stores may go; But I go on forever." The Walper House stand is the oldest cigar store in town and retains its popularity with all classes. Its central position probably has something logo with this but the man behind the gun" or "counter" in this case has much more to do with it. Since August 1907, this man has been Mr. L. A. Meblenbacher or "Alf" as he is more generally known. Mr. Mehlenbacher is cigar man from the ground up He was, for ten years prior to taking hold of the store, on the road for Mr. Fred Keil, the well-known Waterloo cigar manufacturer and latterly has returned to his first love, leaving the store in charge his son, Bruce. Bruce, by way, who seems to be a chip off old block, dispenses excellent cigars and tobacco with the ease and grace of a veteran. At no time has this store been better stocked with every popular brand of cigars and tobaccos. The lover of the weed can find anything here that his fancy dictates, either in the line of smokers' sundries or the weed itself. Customers invariably get what they want, and, combined with courteous treatment from the men in charge, makes a host of satisfied patrons who are the best any store can have. The Berlin News Record, Wed, Dec 16, 1908 Page 14

  
  

• Sources

  [S3108] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 018976-08. William Bruce Mehlenbacher, 20, occ. Mechanic, b. Delhi Ontario, res. Berlin, son of L.A. Mehlenbacher and Mary Ebert married Ida Lautenschlaeger, 18, occ. Domestic, b. Petersburg, res. Berlin, daughter of Adam Lautenschlaeger and Barbara Wagner, Witn: Herman Shippanowski and Tim Lautenschlaeger both of Berlin, 15 January 1908 in Berlin [S340] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1911, Div. 28 Pg. 2. [S721] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, marriage certificate 7754 (1884), Mehlenbach-Ebert. Lewis Albert Mehlenbacher, store clerk of Lyndock, Birth Place: Rainham Haldimand Age: 24 Father Name: Jacob Muchlenbacher Mother Name: Margaretta Wiederich Spouse Name: Maria Katharina Ebert, residence Middleton Spouse's Age: 19 Spouse Birth Place: Middleton Spouse Father Name: Gottfried Ebert Spouse Mother Name: Katharina Hoelz Marriage Date: 6 May 1884 Marriage Location: Norfolk, Middleton [S2264] Census - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - 1921, Sub Dist. 26 Page 2. [S118] News - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo - Waterloo Chronicle, Obituary of Louis Mehlenbacher - Apr 21 1939 pg 6.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - Feb 1860 - Rainham Twp., Haldimand Co., Ontario, Canada Occupation - store clerk - 1884 - Lyndoch, Norfolk Co., Ontario Occupation - Traveller, Cigars - 1911 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Lutheran - 1911 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Traveller, ? - 1921 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1921 - 40 Roy St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Lutheran - 1921 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 14 Apr 1939 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Saint Peters Lutheran Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth