Born: 1896, Died 1965 (Oct 11)
Married: Celia Robinson
Wilfred Hilliard was the son of Dr William Hilliard and a grandson of Thomas Hilliard, one of the founders of the insurance industry in Waterloo. As a young man he spent three years serving in World War I as a member of the 118th Battalion and in the Signal Corp. When he returned to Waterloo, he joined the Dominion Life Assurance Company that his Grandfather had helped form. He spent 40 years in the company retiring as associate actuary. He was a member of the Methodist church (First United) where he took an active part as steward, trustee and elder. For recreation he was a member of the Waterloo Curling Club and in the summer was an avid lawn bowler being on the provincial championship team in 1950.
Sources:
WHS 1965 Volume 53 "Wilfred L. Hilliard"
Waterloo County Councillors, A Collective Biography
Obituary, Kitchener-Waterloo Record , October 12, 1965.
Wilfrid L. Hilliard Biography
Description
- Creator
- Little, Ellis, Author
- Media Type
- Text
- Item Type
- Articles
- Description
- This is a handwritten biography of Wilfrid L. Hilliard 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
- 1896-1965
- Subject(s)
- Personal Name(s)
- Hilliard, Wilfrid ; Hilliard, William ; Hilliard, Thomas ; Robinson, Celia
- Corporate Name(s)
- Dominion Life Assurance Company
- Local identifier
- ELP 51.90
- 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
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