Born: 1857, Died: 1933
Married: Sarah Anthes, Martha Snider
M. S. Hallman was born in 1857 in the village of Washington in Wilmont Township. As a young man he taught school for a few years and then worked in a bookstore in Berlin. In 1894 he had an opportunity to work for David Bean who owned and published the Waterloo Chronicle. But soon after, in 1895, he siezed the chance to become accountant and office manager in the J. B. Snider Furniture Company. It was while working here that he met his second wife Martha Snider, the daughter of his boss. Just two years later Hallman joined the Actuarial Department of the Mutual Life Assurance Company and by 1907 had become Chief Actuary (retired 1925). He bought a new home at 41 Allen St E in 1902 and his hobby was flower gardening around the new home. At various times he received civic recognition for his horticultural excellence, even in 1932, a year before his death.
Sources:
Waterloo Chronicle, May 1, 1902; December 18, 1902; January 1, 1925; August 1, 1932.
A Century of Mutuality; The Mutual Life Assurance Company of Canada, 1870-1970
The Town of Waterloo, J. P. Jaffray.
Obituary, Waterloo Chronicle, November 6, 1933.
Menno S. Hallman Biography
Description
- Creator
- Little, Ellis, Author
- Media Type
- Text
- Item Type
- Articles
- Description
- This is a handwritten biography of Menno S. Hallman 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
- 1857-1933
- Subject(s)
- Personal Name(s)
- Hallman, Menno ; Anthes, Sarah ; Snider, Martha ; Bean, David
- Corporate Name(s)
- Waterloo Mutual Fire Insurance Company ; J.B. Snider Furniture Company
- Local identifier
- ELP 51.80
- Collection
- Ellis Little Papers: Men and Women of Our Past
- Language of Item
- English
- Geographic Coverage
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Location of Menno Hallman's house:
Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 43.4617150705354 Longitude: -80.517291222229
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Location of Menno Hallman's house:
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- Location of Original
- Ellis Little Papers
- Contact
- Waterloo Public LibraryEmail:askus@wpl.ca
Website:
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