Born: 1850, Died 1923
Married: Elizabeth Moogk
John Killer, son of Nicholas Killer, followed in the footsteps of his father, helping in the Killer Construction business. He inherited the family farm on Bridgeport Rd and sold it to George Moore c.1882. Moore then sold it in 1885 to Joseph E. Seagram who established his famous racing stables there. John married Elizabeth Moogk, a sister of Charles Moogk who was also a regarded builder in Waterloo and its first town engineer. John was interested in the insurance field and became an employee of the Mutual Life Assurance Company for 15 years. He then switched to the London Life Assurance Company becoming their agent in the area of Waterloo County. In 1882 he was one of the original organizers of the Waterloo Musical Society Band and its first secretary. About 1911 he decided to move to Berlin (Kitchener) where he died in 1923.
Sources:
Rose Moogk and Edward Moogk, The Moogk Family History, published privately, Grace Schmidt Room, Kitchener Public Library.
Waterloo Mount Hope Cemetery Records.
Obituary, Waterloo Chronicle, August 2, 1923.
Ellis Little, Charles G. Moogk, Waterloo Great Builder and First Civic Engineer, Waterloo Historical Society, Volume 8, 1998.
Waterloo Country Councillors: A Collective Biography.
John Killer Biography
Description
- Creator
- Little, Ellis, Author
- Media Type
- Text
- Item Type
- Articles
- Description
- This is a handwritten biography of John Killer 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
- 1850-1923
- Subject(s)
- Personal Name(s)
- Killer, John ; Killer, Nicholas ; Moore, George ; Seagram, Joseph E. ; Moogk, Elizabeth ; Moogk, Charles
- Corporate Name(s)
- Mutual Life Assurance Company of Canada ; London Life Assurance Company
- Local identifier
- ELP 51.107
- 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:
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