John Reidel
Born: 1858, Feb 25
Died: 1952, Jan 8
Municipality: Wellesley
Years on local council: Councillor 1907-1911; Deputy Reeve 1913-15; Reeve 1916-1925
Years on County Council: 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 Warden
Occupation Farmer and butcher
Spouse: Agatha Leinhart; Theresa Rau
Children: Eugene; Edward; Leo; Arthur; Catherine (m. Leo Voisin); Hilda (m. Albert Esbaugh); Rose (m. Fred Baechler); Michael A; John A; William (predeceased father)
Landholdings: farmed 9th Line of Wellesley about 3 miles northwest of St Clements
Religion: Roman Catholic
Notes:
Photo: Waterloo Chronicle 29/1/1925 p 4
Died: 1952, Jan 8
Municipality: Wellesley
Years on local council: Councillor 1907-1911; Deputy Reeve 1913-15; Reeve 1916-1925
Years on County Council: 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 Warden
Occupation Farmer and butcher
Spouse: Agatha Leinhart; Theresa Rau
Children: Eugene; Edward; Leo; Arthur; Catherine (m. Leo Voisin); Hilda (m. Albert Esbaugh); Rose (m. Fred Baechler); Michael A; John A; William (predeceased father)
Landholdings: farmed 9th Line of Wellesley about 3 miles northwest of St Clements
Religion: Roman Catholic
Notes:
- Began as a farmer, but later combined it with business as butcher.
- Owned shop on the east side of the Herrgott Industries building, originally started by Leo Esbaugh (WHS1984 72:101) and was in the wholesale and retail butcher business
- While he served as a county councillor the highway was built from Wagner’s Corners to St Clements
- c1945 - retired, the business being taken over by Barney Boegel
- St Clements Roman Catholic Church
- Holy Name Society
- Catholic Order of Foresters
Photo: Waterloo Chronicle 29/1/1925 p 4
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.