Born: 1876, Died: 1944
Married: Elizabeth Baechler
Edgar Fischer was the son of meat market owner J.B. Fischer. Edgar learned the trade of butchering while helping in his father’s shop on King St. N. In 1918 Edgar purchased his father’s business upon the latter’s retirement. In 1921 Fischer again renovated the store that had been a meat shop for the last 50 years. In 1935 the shop was sold by Edgar to Eugene Gatschene and Arthur Bringloe who had been employees in the store for a number of years. Edgar lived with his wife Elizabeth Boehler on Victoria St. (now Avondale) where he died in 1944 at the age of 68.
Sources:
Obituary, Waterloo Chronicle, May 26, 1944
Saengerfest Souvenir Programme, 1902, Waterloo Public Library
Daily Telegraph, Wat Co. Outlook Ed. Aug. 1914.
Edgar Fischer Biography
Description
- Creator
- Little, Ellis, Author
- Media Type
- Text
- Item Type
- Articles
- Description
- This is a handwritten biography of Edgar Fischer from the Ellis Little Papers. This biography has been transcribed exactly as written. Ellis Little was a local historian, who was the principal of Elizabeth Ziegler Public School.On his retirement, he invested much of his time in researching and writing about Waterloo's history. The Ellis Little Papers consist of extensive notes, papers and historical works.
- Notes
- To see the original document please visit the Ellis Little Local History Room at the Main Branch of the Waterloo Public Library
- Date Of Event
- 1876-1944
- Subject(s)
- Personal Name(s)
- Edgar, Fischer ; Fischer, John B. ; Baechler, Elizabeth ; Gatschene, Eugene ; Bringloe, Arthur
- Local identifier
- ELP 51.56 and ELP 63.43.12
- Collection
- Ellis Little Papers: Men and Women of Our Past
- Language of Item
- English
- Copyright Statement
- Copyright status unknown. Responsibility for determining the copyright status and any use rests exclusively with the user.
- Location of Original
- Ellis Little Papers
- Contact
- Waterloo Public LibraryEmail:askus@wpl.ca
Website:
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