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Fritz Reitler
FRITZ REITLER, of Ford City, Armstrong county, now engaged in the bakery
business, was born in Germany in 1869, son of John Reitler.John Reitler, who resides with his family at Ford City, was born and
married in Germany and came to America with his wife and three sons, landing
at New York, April 27, 1888. Mr. Reitler came to the United States as a
skilled plate glass manufacturer, having learned and followed the trade in his
native land. It was through inducements offered him by Captain Ford, the
founder of Ford City, Pa., and the father of the glass business at this place,
that Mr. Reitler left Germany and came to Ford City to engage in the
glassmaking industry, beginning work in the Pittsburgh plate glass plant
before the machinery was all in place. With his sons, who were also
glassworkers, Mr. Reitler entered the works, and it was under his supervision
that the first lot of plate glass was manufactured there. The business has so
expanded that now the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Works at Ford City are reputed to
be the largest in the world.Fritz Reitler was employed in the glass works at Ford City for eleven years
and then was engaged as a clerk by Mr. Scheeren, dealer in wholesale liquors.
After three years he purchased Mr. Scheeren’s interest and continued the
business himself until recently, when he changed to his present line. Mr.
Reitler is one of the city’s heaviest taxpayers, owns a large amount of
valuable property and is a stockholder in the Ford City National Bank. He is a
man of much public spirit and notably benevolent.In 1892 Mr. Reitler was married to Anna Snyder, daughter of Nicholas
Snyder, and they have eight children, namely: Mary, Christian, John, Annie,
Fritz, Jr., Flora, William and Herman. Mr. Reitler, his parents, brothers and
sisters, and his own family, all belong to the Lutheran Church. Fraternally he
is identified with the Elks at Kittanning, and with the Eagles at Ford City.Source: Page 805, Armstrong County, Pa., Her People, Past and
Present, J.H. Beers & Co., 1914
Transcribed October 1998 by James R Hindman for the Armstrong County Beers
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