Frederik Kloch was a master carpenter, businessman and fire inspector in Skive.
Kloch was first trained as a carpenter by his father, also named Frederik Kloch. He later served an apprenticeship with Iversen in Aalborg, after which he went on the road. In 1896, Kloch returned to Skive as a journeyman in his father’s carpentry shop on Møllegade. In 1898, he took over the joinery workshop, which he modernized and converted into a machine joinery, after which it became one of the largest employers in Skive.
Kloch held a number of positions of trust in Skive town. As a fire inspector from 1906 and for 25 years at the station, which was also located on Møllegade, he was the driving force in building up the fire service in Skive. In addition, Kloch was chairman of both the landowners’ association and the “Borger- og Haandværker stiftelsen”.
He was married to Frederikke Johanne Maren Trampedach, with whom he had 5 children.
Sources
- Nielsen Hedvig & Nielsen, Ejnar, Slægten Kloch – bidrag til slægtens historie, Konrad Jørgensens bogtrykkeri 1943