Senator William Daum Euler, MP 1875 - 1961

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• Prefix	Senator
  Suffix	MP
  Birth	10 Jul 1875	Conestogo, Waterloo Region, Ontario   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Religion	1891	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario   [3]
  	Lutheran
  Public Service	1906	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario
  	Berlin Public School Board
  		From: Berlin Today 1806-1906
  Elected Office	1909	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario
  	mayor - councillor - Kitchener
  	Years Served: 1909, 1911-12, 1913-14 (Mayor)
  Occupation	1911	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario   [2]
  	Principal, Business College
  Religion	1911	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario   [2]
  	Methodist
  Occupation	1921	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario   [4]
  	Publisher, Paper
  Religion	1921	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario   [4]
  	Lutheran
  Residence	1921	143 Frederick St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario   [4]
  Died	15 Jul 1961	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario   [1]
  Website	2009
  	wikipedia
  	Wikipedia Entry
  Hall of Fame - Waterloo Region	Bef 2012	, Waterloo Region, Ontario   [5]
  Name	W. D. Euler
  Residence	143 Frederick St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-78636P
  Buried	Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario   [1]
  Person ID	I78636	Generations
  Last Modified	6 Oct 2017

  
  

  Father	Henry Euler,   b. 1 Dec 1842, , Germany ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Catherine Daum,   b. 6 Mar 1843, , Germany ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	21 Oct 1866	, Waterloo Region, Ontario
  Family ID	F13997	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 1	Virginia Howd,   b. Jul 1863, , , USA ,   d. 13 Jul 1947
  Children	1. William Max "Max" Euler,   b. 28 Aug 1895, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario ,   d. 1976   2. May Alexandra Euler,   b. Jan 1901, , , USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Donald Robert Euler,   b. Mar 1903, , Ontario ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F184628	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 2	Jennie,   b. 1875, , USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Children	1. May Euler,   b. 1900, , Ontario ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Donald Robert Euler,   b. 1902, , Ontario ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F243629	Group Sheet

  
  

• Photos		Euler,William-formal(DoonHeritage).jpg http://www.region.waterloo.on.ca/web/Region.nsf/0/B5D7AA89B6C49CEF85256B06004AEEF5?OpenDocument
  		W. B. Euler From: Berlin Celebration of Cityhood - Issued by Authority of the City. Berlin Ontario, Issued in Commemoration of its Celebration of Cityhood July 17th 1912
  		William Daum Euler image from Ancestry.com 2014

  
  

• Notes

  When William Euler and W.L. MacKenzie King played together as schoolboys in Berlin, in the 1880s, neither realized the important place they would occupy in Canadian politics. King became Prime Minister and Euler a senator. Born in Conestogo in 1875, Euler taught school for six years before opening a very successful business college. He was a school trustee, alderman, reeve, county councillor, and mayor in 1913-14. He was elected Federal member for Waterloo North in 1917 and was re- elected in 1921, 1925, 1926, 1930, 1935 and 1940, serving in Ottawa for twenty-three years. In 1926, Euler was chosen as Revenue Minister to correct scandalous conditions in the Customs Department. Minister of Trade and Commerce, from 1935, he led trade missions to Europe and concluded many agreements beneficial to Canada. A senator from 1940 to 1961, Euler was one of Canada's finest public servants.1a 1aWaterloo Region Hall of Fame website, 2008 ________________________________ Where The Rivers Meet Picturesque Conestoga Pretty Woolwich Village CONESTOGO CHURCHES SEE PROSPEROUS DEVELOPMENT Lutherans Made Beginnings In 1850 And Have Finest Country Church In Ontario; Methodists Organized 1865 Erecting Church In 1878; M.B.C. Church Built 1888. CONESTOGO'S LEADING SON Of all native-born Conestogians who decided to enter the struggle of life outside the home village and who have been more or less successful in their undertakings, none has achieved a higher position nor become more prominent and respected among his fellow-citizens than the present distinguished representative for North Waterloo in the Dominion Parliament. William D. Euler, son of Henry Euler. He was born in this village. In the public school he had the reputation of being a very bright scholar under the well known pedagogue the late Geo. A. McIntryre. After working for a number of years he again managed to take up educational studies in the Berlin High School from which he graduated and became a very successful teacher. Later on he held a position in various business colleges and finally became principal. He obtained ownership of the business college in Berlin (now Kitchener) where he entered the municipal field and became in 1913-1914 its Chief Magistrate. He entered the field for federal honors in 1917 as the Independent Liberal standard bearer and was successful. There the Conestogo working boy has worked himself up gradually to his present important position in life. Conestogo Agent Gathered Facts The Daily Record offers its readers today a comprehensive survey of charming Conestogo, Waterloo country's leading summer resort. This historical review will be found replete with many interesting facts concerning the primitive settlements, the early business venture and the beginnings of churches and schools. Credit for the compilation is due to the efforts of Mr. Noah Stroh, the Daily Record's enterprising representative in the pretty village.2a 2a Kitchener Daily Record 20 Jun 1924 typed by Marion Roes in 2011 ________________________________ It is said that he lead the movement to legalize margarine in Canada. ________________________




• Sources

  [S166] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Mount Hope CC#4508 Internet Link . In loving memory of / William Daum Euler / 1875-1961 [S340] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1911, Div. 34 Page 4. [S1821] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1891, Div. 2 Page 13. [S2264] Census - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - 1921, Sub District 29 Page 28. [S220] Waterloo Region Hall of Fame Waterloo Region Hall of Fame.

  
  

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  Event Birth - 10 Jul 1875 - Conestogo, Waterloo Region, Ontario Religion - Lutheran - 1891 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario Public Service - Berlin Public School Board - 1906 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario Elected Office - mayor - councillor - Kitchener - 1909 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario Occupation - Principal, Business College - 1911 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario Religion - Methodist - 1911 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario Occupation - Publisher, Paper - 1921 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario Religion - Lutheran - 1921 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario Died - 15 Jul 1961 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario Hall of Fame - Waterloo Region - Bef 2012 - , Waterloo Region, Ontario Buried - - Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth