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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 Library
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35 Albert Street, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, N2L 5E2

Full Text

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.

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