Born: 1854, Died: 1943
Married: Emma Davey
John R. Kaufman was born in North Easthope Township in Perth County. At the age of 19 he moved to Waterloo where he apprenticed in the blacksmith shop of Fred Merner. He then opened his own shop on King St S. Levi Greybill, when he came to Waterloo in 1871, worked for Kaufman in the blacksmith shop. When then Levi Greybill left to open Greybill Manufacturing Co., John R became a partner. After Greybill sold out to J. B Snider in 1891, Kaufman operated his own blacksmith and carriage shop where he manufactured wagons, buggies and cutters. He was very interested in politics becoming a town councillor and was elected mayor for the term 1914-1915. During his time on Council, he had a part in deciding the location of the Waterloo Sewage Plant. He was a solid supporter of the Waterloo Music Society, as he grew older, he moved to Baden to live with his daughter Mrs. Stifelmeyer and he died there at the age of 89 years.
Sources:
Marg Rowell et al. Welcome to Waterloo
Obituary, Waterloo Chronicle, February 5, 1943
Waterloo County Councillors, a Collective Biography.
John R. Kaufman Biography
Description
- Creator
- Little, Ellis, Author
- Media Type
- Text
- Item Type
- Articles
- Description
- This is a handwritten biography of John R. Kaufman 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
- 1854-1943
- Subject(s)
- Personal Name(s)
- Kaufman, John ; Davey, Emma ; Merner, Fred ; Greybill, Levi ; Snider, J.B.
- Corporate Name(s)
- Greybill Manufacturing Company
- Local identifier
- ELP 51.104
- 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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