Born: 1868, Died: 1947
Married: Anna Schneider
Louis Dietrich was born in St. Agatha in 1868. He was apprenticed as a blacksmith in 1888 and in 1892 opened a shop in his home village. The next year he expanded his shop in order to handle the John Deere Implement Agency. He decided in 1904 that a move to Waterloo would be beneficial to his business career. Dietrich rented, then purchased the old J. B. Snider Furniture Building and, as cars made their appearance started an automobile garage. In 1915 he became the first automobile dealer in Waterloo, securing a sub agency for the Ford Motor Co. In 1916 he was appointed by the Dodge Co. to sell their cars in Waterloo County. He continued the farm implement business in a separate part of the building. Shortly after he moved to Waterloo he purchased the large frame home on Erb St E. that had been constructed by Charles Kreutziger and recently vacated. The Waterloo Club moved to The Lewis Hotel (Waterloo Hotel). He was an active member of various Roman Catholic institutions including St Louis R.C. Church, St Louis Separate School Board, Knights of Columbus and the Holy Name Society. He was also active in local politics being an Alderman for several years and elected as mayor for 1929-1930.
Sources:
Middleton and London, "Louis Dietrich". Province of Ontario, a History 1615-1927.
Obituary, Kitchener- Waterloo Record, June 11, 1947.
"Confederation Number Diamond Jubilee July 1, 1927", Waterloo Chronicle, 1927.
Waterloo County Councillors: A Collective Biography.
Louis Dietrich Biography
Description
- Creator
- Little, Ellis, Author
- Media Type
- Text
- Item Type
- Articles
- Description
- This is a handwritten biography of Louis Dietrich from the Ellis Little Papers. This biography has been transcribed exactly as written. Ellis Little was a local historian, who was the principal of Elizabeth Ziegler Public School.On his retirement, he invested much of his time in researching and writing about Waterloo's history. The Ellis Little Papers consist of extensive notes, papers and historical works.
- Notes
- To see the original document please visit the Ellis Little Local History Room at the Main Branch of the Waterloo Public Library
- Date Of Event
- 1868-1947
- Subject(s)
- Personal Name(s)
- Dietrich, Louis ; Schneider, Anna
- Local identifier
- ELP 51.44
- Collection
- Ellis Little Papers: Men and Women of Our Past
- Language of Item
- English
- Copyright Statement
- Copyright status unknown. Responsibility for determining the copyright status and any use rests exclusively with the user.
- Location of Original
- Ellis Little Papers
- Contact
- Waterloo Public LibraryEmail:askus@wpl.ca
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