b. 1861 d. 1932
married Sophia _____
John Ritzer born in 1861 in Waterloo was apprenticed as a tailor in the clothing department of Snider & Shuh General Store located in Suite #4 of the Commercial Block on King St S. He later, in partnership with a man called Slater, opened a tailor shop on King St in Waterloo. Soon Ritzer became sole owner of the shop located immediately North of Zimmerman’s Hotel and next door to Fischer’s Meat Market. In 1896 he purchased lots on Water St (now Dorset) and Young St from Philip Krafft. About 1903 he built on these lots a Queen Anne Style home on which he had taken out a $5,400 mortgage. The home was later known as “Braeside.” In 1911 Ritzer defaulted on the loan and the house was put up for auction. About this time, he moved his business to Berlin but continued residing at 10 Princess St in Waterloo.
Sources:
1. Obituary, Waterloo Chronicle, May 26, 1932.
2. Saengerfest Souvenier Programme, Town of Waterloo, 1902.
3. Waterloo Chronicle, July 30, 1896, December 25, 1902
John Ritzer Biography
Description
- Creator
- Little, Ellis, Author
- Media Type
- Text
- Item Type
- Articles
- Description
- This is a handwritten biography of John Ritzer 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
- Please scroll to the bottom of the page to see the transcribed text. 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
- 1837-1912
- Subject(s)
- Personal Name(s)
- Ritzer, John ; Ritzer, Sophia ; Lotz, Sophia ; Krafft, Philip
- Corporate Name(s)
- Snider and Shuh General Store ; Zimmerman's Hotel ; Fischer Meat Market
- Local identifier
- ELP 51.166
- 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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