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Wilmer C. Freeman

Family: son of Harry Freeman (of Peel Township, from Hastings England) and Fannie Crapp (from Jersey)
Born: 1894, Feb 6
Died: 1981, May 25
Municipality: Wellesley
Years on local council: Councillor 1926-29; DeputyReeve 1932-34
Years on County Council: 1932 1933 1934
Address: 32 Centre St, Elmira
Occupation: Farmer
Origin: Peel Township
Migration date: 1920
Spouse: Geneva Strieker; Mary Isabell Tansley
Children: Laurene (m. Jack Dale); Donald W.; Alma (m. Bruce Pufall); William; Phyllis (step - m. Alex Pryor); Dorothy (step - m. Robert Elder)
Landholdings: conc 10?
Religion: Presbyterian
Businesses and Organizations:
  • Gale Presbyterian Church, Elmira (elder many years)
Sources: Confederation number p 34; obituary Elmira Independent 27/5/1981 p 8
Photo: Confederation number p 33, Waterloo Chronicle7/1/1932 p 1

This information is excerpted from: "Waterloo County Councillors: A Collective Biography," researched and complied by Elizabeth Bloomfield and Linda Foster. (c) 1995 Caribou Imprints. It is reproduced by permission of Dr. Bloomfield.    ​The full text of the book can be seen here. ​