b. 1838 d. 1905
Married (Bridget) Annie Cogan
Christian Kumpf was born in Beerfelden, Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany. When he arrived in Canada in 1846 he came to Waterloo, and was hired by Daniel Snyder to work in his store and post office. He soon became assistant Postmaster and when Snyder retired c1862 Kumpf became Postmaster. He served three PO locations – Devitt Block, the corner of King and Erb and finally in the building he erected behind this location (Kumpf Block). In 1860 Christian Kumpf and John J. Bowmann purchased the Berlin Chronicle and Provincial Reformer's Gazette from William Jaffray and moved it to Waterloo. They renamed it the Waterloo County Chronicle and was soon sold the paper in 1864 to Francis Frank and Michael Scherer. One of the high points of his second term as mayor was officiating at the inauguration of the trolley line in 1889.
Sources:
1. Obituary, Waterloo Chronicle, January 12, 1905
2. Margaret J. Zavaros, Waterloo Post Office, Waterloo Historical Society, Vol 80, 1992
3. Marg Rowell et al, Welcome to Waterloo
4. Historical Atlas of Wat and Wellington Counties
5. Kitchener-Waterloo Record, June 25, 1957
6. History of Waterloo, Clayton W. Wells, WPL.
Christian Kumpf Biography
Description
- Creator
- Little, Ellis, Author
- Media Type
- Text
- Item Type
- Articles
- Description
- This is a handwritten biography of Christian Kumpf 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
- Please scroll to the bottom of the page to see the transcribed text. To see the original document, please visit the Ellis Little Local History Room at the Main Branch of the Waterloo Public Library
- Date of Publication
- 1838
- Date Of Event
- 1838-1905
- Subject(s)
- Personal Name(s)
- Kumpf, Christian ; Cogan, Annie ; Cogan, Bridget ; Snyder, daniel ; Bowman, John ; Bowmann, John ; Jaffray, William ; Frank, Francis ; Scherer, Michael
- Local identifier
- ELP 51.117
- 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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