b. 1827 d. 1906
Married - Elizabeth Holsworth
George Pfaff came to Waterloo from Germany in 1859 with his wife and baby daughter. He was a tailor by trade having just completed his apprenticeship before leaving his native country. When he first arrived, he looked over the newly incorporated village for a good site for a home and business. Albert St, in the 1860s, was a main road leading out into a prosperous and growing farm area. Much traffic moved along the street to the grist mill and other businesses at King and Erb Sts. Pfaff purchased an extensive lot (#1) from Elias Snider located on the corner of Albert and Church (Central) Sts and there erected a large brick residence. Part of the building housed the family quarters and a small tailor’s shop while another section was fitted out as a hotel. Although Pfaff named the hotel the Queen’s Arms, the local population called it Pfaff’s Hotel. Pfaff continued his dual occupation of tailor and hotel keeper for many years but on his death in 1906, the hotel ceased to operate.
Sources:
1. Waterloo LACAC Files, “Pfaff Hotel,” City of Waterloo.
2. Waterloo Mt. Hope Cemetery Records.
3. Obituary, Waterloo Chronicle, October 11, 1906.
4. Ellis Little, Early Waterloo Hotels, unpublished.
George Pfaff Biography
Description
- Creator
- Little, Ellis, Author
- Media Type
- Text
- Item Type
- Articles
- Description
- This is a handwritten biography of George Pfaff 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 Event
- 1827-1906
- Subject(s)
- Personal Name(s)
- Holsworth, Elizabeth ; Pfaff, Elizabeth ; Pfaff, George
- Corporate Name(s)
- Pfaff Hotel ; Queen's Arms Hotel
- Local identifier
- ELP 51.154
- 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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