Sanitary Bottling Works

14 Nov 2021, last revised 05 May 2026

The Sanitary Bottling Works was a continuation of F. M. Kinsman, who was a continuation of H. Larsen & Co.

In Oct 1919, Fred Demarais purchased the bottling works of Frank Kinsman (8). Demarais would manage what would then be known as the Sanitary Bottling Work (8).

Fredrick Demarais was born on 20 May 1896 in Calumet (2). In 1917, he was a machinist helper for the Copper Range Railroad Co. (3). He served in World War I in Ambulance Corps, U.S. Army from 05 Mar 1918 to 28 May 1919 (4).

The 1920 U.S. Federal Census listed Demarais as a proprietor of a soft drink factory (5). The 1921 Polk directory listed Sanitary Bottling Works at 812 Portland St., Red Jacket with Fredrick Demarais as proprietor (1). The bottling works was not listed in the 1927 directory (6), suggesting that it had closed by then. By 1930, Demarais had moved to Detroit where he was supervisor of a vacuum cleaner company (7). Demarais died on 24 Apr 1969 in Detroit (2).

Demarais' time running the bottling works was short-lived. The latest bottle dates to 1921, so the bottling works may have lasted for only two years.

Citations

1. R. L. Polk & Co. 1921. Michigan State Gazetteer and Business Directory for 1921-1922. R. L. Polk & Co. Detroit, MI.
2. Find a Grave. accessed Feb 2022. Fredrick Joseph Demarais. findagrave.com/memorial/219190200/frederick-joseph-demarais
3. U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 (accessed on ancestry.com)
4. U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1970 (accessed on ancestry.com).
5. U.S. Census Bureau. 1920 United States Federal Census. accessed on ancestry.com.
6. R. L. Polk & Co. 1927. Polk’s Michigan State Gazetteer and Business Directory 1927-1928. R. L. Polk & Co. Detroit, MI.
7. U.S. Census Bureau. 1930 United States Federal Census. accessed on ancestry.com.
8. anonymous. (1919, Oct 27). Purchases bottling works. The Calumet News (Calumet, MI). p. 2.