Peter A. Wagner
Family: son of Peter Wagner
Born: 1873, Jan 29
Died: 1943, Sept 3
Municipality: Wellesley
Years on local council: 1924-25 Councillor; 1926-29 Deputy Reeve; 1930-39 Reeve
Years on County Council; 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 Warden 1937 1938 1939
Occupation: Hotelkeeper; Sawmill, contracting
Spouse: Ada Federspiel
Children: Louis; Clarence; Joseph; Mrs Lome Miller; Mrs Clayton Spahr; Mrs Charles McLaughlin; son and daughter predeceased him
Religion: Roman Catholic
Notes:
Born in St Agatha, but raised in Michigan where he married Ada Federspiel
Photo: Confederation number p 33
Born: 1873, Jan 29
Died: 1943, Sept 3
Municipality: Wellesley
Years on local council: 1924-25 Councillor; 1926-29 Deputy Reeve; 1930-39 Reeve
Years on County Council; 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 Warden 1937 1938 1939
Occupation: Hotelkeeper; Sawmill, contracting
Spouse: Ada Federspiel
Children: Louis; Clarence; Joseph; Mrs Lome Miller; Mrs Clayton Spahr; Mrs Charles McLaughlin; son and daughter predeceased him
Religion: Roman Catholic
Notes:
Born in St Agatha, but raised in Michigan where he married Ada Federspiel
- 1897 - sawmilling, contracting and later custom threshing
- 1904 - bought Richter Hotel at St Agatha, later named the Prince of Wales Hotel
- 1911 - sold Richter hotel and bought Berdux Hotel at Wellesley, where he also had one of the best equipped garages in the district
- 1917-1923 on Wellesley Light Commission
- 1937 - disagreement between the residents of Linwood and the management of the Elmira Bus Lines that left the children of the district without transportation to Elmira Collegiate (Kitchener Daily Record 29/10/1937). "Reeve P.A.Wagner...vigorously denied that any bonuses had been promised. "I have been a member of the council since 1924 and if he (Lishman) was ever promised a bonus I must have been asleep,’ he said" (Maple Leaf Journal p 61)
- Wellesley Light Commission
- Ontario Good Roads Association
- St Agatha Roman Catholic Church
- Knights of Columbus
Photo: Confederation number p 33
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.