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Edwin Huehn

Family: son of Henry N.; brother to Herman, Oscar, and Herbert
Born: 1882, April 26
Died: 1956, March 12
Municipality: Wellesley
Years on local council; 1935-39 Deputy Reeve; 1940-47 Reeve
Years on County Council: 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 Warden
Occupation: owned general store in Heidelberg; postmaster
Spouse: Anna Ritz
Children: Howard; Helen; Erla
Politics: Liberal
Religion; Lutheran
Notes;
  • 1916-1956 - Heidelberg postmaster
  • Member of Waterloo Suburban Roads Commission
Businesses and Organizations:
  • Ontario Education Association, county council section - Director
  • Ontario Motor League - Director
  • Children’s Aid Society
  • St Peter’s Lutheran Church, Heidelberg
  • North Waterloo Liberal Association
Sources: obituary New Hamburg Independent 16/3/56 p 4; obituary Kitchener Waterloo Record 13/3/1956 p 5
Photo: obituary Kitchener Waterloo Record 13/3/1956 p 5; Maple Leaf Journal p 113 for photo as a boy

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. ​