Born: 1865, Died 1914
Married: Margaret Sheriffs
Nelson Good was another son of Joel Good. He along with younger brother Milton, became interested in the equipments going on c.1900 with gasoline buggies. He and brother Milton made an early car that they drove to Brown City, Michigan and back. The brothers moved their shop to Berlin and formed the LeRoy Automobile Company. Five LeRoy (first spelled LeRoi) cars were made but to continue was going to require a lot of capital which was not available. One of the five cars that was made, has found a home in Doon Heritage Crossroads as a gift from Norman Schneider. After 1902 Nelson moved to Brown City in Michigan where he operated an agency for farm implements. He died in 1914 at the young age of 49.
Sources:
Ezra E. Eby, A Biographical History
Obituary, Waterloo Chronicle, March 12, 1914.
Marg Rowell et al. Welcome to Waterloo.
Kitchener Waterloo Record, June 27, 1967.
Waterloo Historical Society, "Waterloo County's Romance with the Automobile", 1971, Volume.
Nelson Good Biography
Description
- Creator
- Little, Ellis, Author
- Media Type
- Text
- Item Type
- Articles
- Description
- This is a handwritten biography of Nelson Good 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
- 1865-1914
- Subject(s)
- Personal Name(s)
- Good, Milton ; Good, Nelson ; Good, Joel ; Schneider, Norman
- Corporate Name(s)
- LeRoy Automobile Company
- Local identifier
- ELP 51.73
- 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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