John Lehman Wideman, St. Jacob's, Ontario
Description
- Media Type
- Text
- Item Type
- Documents
- Description
- Documents from John L. Wideman including: Indenture between John L. Wideman and the Trusts and Guarantee Company of Toronto regarding an investment of $25 and four copies of a publication entitled "Semi-Centennial Souvenir, 1856-1906" published by the "Waterloo Chronicle-Telegraph" newspaper and placed with the Guarantee Company; Oath of the Knights of St. Columbus; two letters regarding donations of his papers to the Waterloo Public Library; genealogical history of the Wideman family.
- Notes
- John Lehman Wideman was born in Markham, Ontario, on December 27, 1833. He began work as a clerk in the John W. Eby Dry Goods store, Kitchener in 1852. In November of that same year he went to St. Jacob's as clerk of the general store of George W. Eby. In 1854 he became a member of the firm of Yost, Winkler & Wideman, general merchants. He was a member of the Woolwich Township Council 1866-1873; township clerk 1873-1905; clerk of the Seventh Division Court 1867-1893; a notary public from 1879; chairman of the Licence Board of North Waterloo for ten years; a director of the Waterloo Mutual Fire Insurance Company and a member of the Waterloo Historical Society from its beginning. He was also a very prominent member of the Evangelical Church.
- Date of Original
- 1910
- Date Of Event
- 1910
- Subject(s)
- Local identifier
- II-8-1 to II-8-5
- Language of Item
- English
- Geographic Coverage
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Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 43.53339 Longitude: -80.54969
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- Copyright Statement
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- Contact
- Waterloo Public LibraryEmail:askus@wpl.ca
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