B.1862 D.1932
Married: Melvina Schwartz
Levi Shuh was son of John Shuh who owned a general store in Unit 4 of Commercial Block. As a young man, Levi worked in the store and when his father left to be involved in other matters including the insurance field, Levi took over ownership. He took on a partner in the venture by the name of J.B. Snider. The business was called Shuh and Snider. In 1891 the partners sold the store and in 1893 Levi joined the Waterloo Mutual Fire Insurance Company which his father had helped to found and was 1st Treasurer. In 1898 Frank Haight was made manager of Mutual Fire and Shuh became assistant manager. Again when Haight died in 1915, Shuh was given the manager’s job. In 1924 Levi retired as manager and was appointed President of the Waterloo Mutual Fire Insurance Company.
Sources:
1. Obituary, Waterloo Chronicle, January 7, 1932.
2. Barbara Ann Shuh and Jean Shuh, Descendants of John Shuh, 1828-1907, Waterloo, Ont. and Truro N.S.
3. The Town of Waterloo, J.P. Jaffray.
Levi Shuh Biography
Description
- Creator
- Little, Ellis, Author
- Media Type
- Text
- Item Type
- Articles
- Description
- This is a handwritten biography of Levi Shuh 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
- 1862-1932
- Subject(s)
- Personal Name(s)
- Shuh, Levi ; Schwartz, Melvina ; Shuh, Melvina ; Snider, J.B. ; Haight, Frank
- Corporate Name(s)
- Waterloo County Mutual Fire Insurance Company ; John Shuh and Company General Merchants and Produce Dealers ; Shuh and Snider
- Local identifier
- ELP 51.198
- 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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