Born: 1850, Died: 1915
Married: Minnie Kaatz
Frank Haight was born in Markham, Ontario. He came to Waterloo in 1885. He went to work for the Waterloo Mutual Fire Insurance Company. When C. M. Taylor died in 1898, Haight was named Manager and Secretary of the Company. In 1924 he was named Vice President of Merchants Casualty Company, which in 1928 was amalgamated with the Economical Insurance Company. As his obituary stated he was "a man of rare ability" contributing much to the growth of the company he represented.
Sources:
Waterloo Mt Hope Cemetary Records.
The Twin City, Berlin and Waterloo
Marg Rowell et al. Welcome to Waterloo
Clayton W. Wells, A Historical Sketch
The Daily Telegraph- Waterloo County Outlook Edition, "Men of Waterloo County Today", August 1914.
Obituary, June 10, 1915, Waterloo Chronicle.
Frank Haight Biography
Description
- Creator
- Little, Ellis, Author
- Media Type
- Text
- Item Type
- Articles
- Description
- This is a handwritten biography of Frank Haight 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
- 1850-1915
- Subject(s)
- Personal Name(s)
- Taylor, C.M. ; Haight, Frank ; Kaatz, Minnie
- Corporate Name(s)
- Waterloo Mutual Fire Insurance Company ; Merchants Casualty Insurance Company ; Economical Insurance Company
- Local identifier
- ELP 51.79
- 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:
Agency street/mail address:35 Albert Street, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, N2L 5E2
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