B.: 1889 D.: 1947
Married: Minnie Hagen
William (Bill) Uffelman, son of Jacob Uffelman, was born in Elmira in 1889. Soon after, the family moved to Waterloo where Jacob had purchased the Shuh and Snider store in the Commercial Block on King Sts. After attending K-W Collegiate, he was employed as a Bank of Toronto clerk in Kitchener, New Hamburg, Brantford and Toronto. In 1914 he enlisted in the 118th Battalion and served overseas for four years. When he returned to Waterloo he worked for Dominion Rubber Company for 15 yrs. Then he became the town assessment commissioner and tax collector from 1934-47. During his youth he played hockey for the Kitchener and Waterloo OHA teams and as well played for Toronto Argonauts. He had many other civic interests including Mayor of Town 1931, the Wat Board of Trade, Waterloo Young Men’s Club, the Masonic Lodge, the IOOF, the Waterloo Musical Society, and the Boy Scouts. In 1947 he suffered a heart attack and died at the early age of 58.
Sources:
1. Obituary, Waterloo Chronicle, October 10, 1947; also Kitchener-Waterloo Record of same date.
2. Waterloo County Councillors: A Collective Biography.
3. WHS, 1947, Vol 35, Wm Uffelman.
William Uffelman Biography
Description
- Creator
- Little, Ellis, Author
- Media Type
- Text
- Item Type
- Articles
- Description
- This is a handwritten biography of William Uffelman 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
- 1889-1947
- Subject(s)
- Personal Name(s)
- Uffelman, William ; Uffelman, Jacob ; Hagen, Minnie ; Uffelman, Minnie
- Local identifier
- ELP 51.225
- 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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