B.: 1831 D.: 1899
Married: Wilhelmina _____
Cyrus Taylor was born in England and came with his parents to Listowel. He became a school teacher and was later hired for a position in Waterloo’s Central School. But he left this profession to become a clerk in the store operated by John Shuh. In 1861 he opened an office selling fire insurance that was then mainly available from British companies. The idea of a local mutual fire insurance company was discussed with a number of influential citizens, Jeremiah Hughes providing pertinent ideas about the way such a company should operate. With Cyrus Taylor getting the support from local business, the Waterloo County Mutual Fire Insurance Company was formed in 1863. Taylor was first named Treasurer but soon became manager of the company. When he died in 1899, Frank Haight became manager. He supervised the bldg in 1888.
In 1868 along with Jeremiah Hughes, C.M. Taylor promoted the idea of a life assurance company on the same ideas as the Fire Ins Co they had begun earlier. Taylor did most of the work necessary for incorporation and in 1868 the Ontario Mutual Life Assurance Company was incorporated. Taylor was known as the “Father of Insurance” in this area.
Sources:
1. Waterloo County Hall of Fame.
2. A Century of Mutuality: The Mutual Life Assurance Company of Canada, 1870-1970.
3. Waterloo Mt. Hope Cemetery Records.
4. Kitchener-Waterloo Record, June 27, 1967.
5. Census Figures, Town of Waterloo, 1861.
6. Waterloo Historical Society, 1940, Vol. 28
7. Marg Rowell et al
8. Wat Hist Society, 1963 Vol 51
Cyrus M. Taylor Biography
Description
- Creator
- Little, Ellis, Author
- Media Type
- Text
- Item Type
- Articles
- Description
- This is a handwritten biography of C.M. Taylor 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
- 1831-1899
- Subject(s)
- Personal Name(s)
- Taylor, Cyrus ; Shuh, John ; Hughes, Jeremiah ; Haight, Frank
- Corporate Name(s)
- Waterloo County Mutual Fire Insurance Company ; Ontario Mutual Life Assurance Company
- Local identifier
- ELP 51.220
- Collection
- Ellis Little Papers: Men and Women of Our Past
- Language of Item
- English
- Copyright Statement
- To obtain a copy of this item and for terms of use please contact the Waterloo Public Library.
- Location of Original
- Ellis Little Papers
- Contact
- Waterloo Public LibraryEmail:askus@wpl.ca
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