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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:
  • 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
Businesses and Organizations:
  • St Clements Roman Catholic Church
  • Holy Name Society
  • Catholic Order of Foresters
Sources: WHS1984 72:101; Kitchener Waterloo Record 9/l/1952 p 3;info provided by Irene Dietrich in 1951 Town and Country article by John T. Schmidt
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. ​