Mayor Albert Seiling

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• Business: Seiling Chicken Hatchery, Elmira, , Ontario, Canada
• Elected Office: Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mayor - Elmira
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• Interesting: business, accident, life story, misfortune, politics,
• Invention: Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Seiling Hatchery Egg Incubator
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-72048
• Residence: 1911, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
• Occupation: 1921, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; shoemaker

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Albert Seiling dies of crash injuries By Record Staff Writer

ELMIRA - Albert Seiling, 72, of Elmira died Monday at Petrolia Hospital from injuries suffered in an accident near Sarnia a week ago. A former mayor of Elmira, Mr. Seiling was born in Carrick Township March 17, 1898, a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Seiling. He had been a Holstein breeder and, until his retirement in 1967, was proprieter of Seiling Chicken Hatchery here.

Surviving besides his wife the former Edna Mackie, are one son Donald of Elmira; three daughters, Mrs. Arthur (Bette) Musselman, Mrs. Carl (Jean) Trapp and Mrs. Ronald (Shirley) Braid, all of Elmira; a brother, Gordon of Elmira; three sisters, Mrs. William (Margaret) Forester of Poole and Mrs. Herbert (Rose) Oerhring (sic) and Lila Seiling, both of Elmira; 14 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

The body will be at the Dreisinger Funeral Parlor until Thursday at noon when removal will be made to Zion United Church for a service at 3 p.m. with Rev. M.E. Reuber officiating. Burial will be in Elmira cemetery.

Kitchener-Waterloo Record Tue, Dec 29, 1970 Page 27

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l Have a Dream! After World War ll, John Gotdi, was a disenchanted civil servant in Switzerland. By 1950 he had two more children after Hans, Heidi, and Fred. He dreamed of a better life for them in a land far from the sectarian strife of war-torn Europe.

THE GOOD OLD DAYS BEFORE CANADA

His private passion was raising champion chickens as a hobby, in an enclosure behind the apartment buitding in which his family lived. His prize Mechelners won awards all over Switzerland for their laying prowess. Hardly a picture was taken in those post-war years which didn't feature chickens, chickens with kids, or kids with chickens. Below with Hans (John), who does not seem to be contemplating a career in the chicken business. Slowly a dream to turn his hobby into a profession became an obsession to move to Canada which was advertising itself as the perfect place for men of means who had initiative, were independent, self-reliant, and who were willing to work in agriculture like John Goldi clearly was. Above and right Hans (John), the otdest, Heidi and Fred, posed for their studio portraits taken in their "going to Canada" out?ts. ....

Albert Selling: Because of John Goldi's reputation as a breeder of champion chickens, famous Elmira chicken mogut Albert Semng, sponsored him to Canada, and John went to work for him for a few months in a hatchery Albert bought hockey sticks for Fred and John, who learned the national sport of their new country on the streets of Elmira. Though Aibert had tried his best, neither John or Fred made it to the NHL. (But Albert's grandson Rod, who was six years old, at the time, did. With typical modesty he always said he learned everything he knew from the Goldi boys.) But wage employment was not what Dad wanted. So he bought a farm with his lite sayings. Aberfeldy Dream Farm: Goldi brought his family to a farm at Aberfeldy, between London and Chatham, in February 1950 .....

John & Ruth Goldi Farm, Aberfeldy, Ontario - 1950-57 . (2016). Thecanadasite.com. Retrieved 2 October 2016, from https://thecanadasite.com/places/houses6_goldi.html

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PATENTS ARE VALID ON EGG INCUBATION
U.S. Companies and Govern- ment Both Fail in Court Suits

Ottawa, January 30. The Exchequer Court today handed down two judgments in which it held Canadian patents of both the Smith Incubator Company, of Cleveland. Ohio, and of Albert Seiling, of Elmira, Ont., for incubation of eggs are valid.

Rulings of the court mean the Government lost in its efforts to have the American company's patent declared invalid while the Smith Company and its licensee, the Buck-eye Incubator Company of Springfield, O., failed in its action attacking the validity of the, Seiling patent. It was intimated following the judgments the battle may be carried by appeal of the Government to Supreme Court of Can- ada. In broad terms, the two inven- tions differ in the application of heat and air.

Approximately 1,000 hatcheries are operating in Canada. About 700 utilize the Smith or Seiling makes of incubators, patents on which the court adjudged valid. The remainder use methods covered by some 10 other Canadian incubator patents, whose validity validity has not been challenged so far before the courts. Proceedings were instituted in the Exchequer Court some months ago by the Smith and Buckeye companies against Seiling on the strength of a decision they obtained in the United States Supreme Court last January against an American patentee.

The Canadian Government then hand stepped in and and launched an action to have declared invalid the Smith patent which has only five years. to run in Canada. Action of the Government was taken on representations of Canadian hatchery operators they were being pressed to use incubators covered by the Smith patent.

In a lengthy judgment in the action of the Government against the Smith Incubator Company and the Buckeye Incubator Company seeking to have the Smith patent declared invalid, Justice Angers reviewed the claims of invention in the Smith patent issued by the Canadian Patent Office, April 18, 1922. He concluded: "However it may be, I have, not unhesitatingly I must admit, reached the conclusion, based on the evidence adduced before me, that the patent in suit is valid.

"There will be judgment declaring the patent valid and dismissing the action." Rejecting the suit of the Smith and Buckeye Companies claiming infringement by Seiling of the Smith patent, Justice Angers in this judgment said in part: "The method used by the defendant for the circulation of heated air in the incubator and the tilting of the eggs is, as I have pointed out, quiet different.

"I fail to see any infringement by the defendant (Seiling) of Patent No. 217,777 (the Smith patent) and there will in consequence be judgment dismissing the action...

The Seiling patent was issued by the Canadian Patent Office April 7, 1931.

The Gazette, Montreal Fri, Jan 31, 1936 Page 11

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ALBERT SEILING LOSES VALUABLE BEAGLE HOUND

Mr. Albert Seiling who sometime ago shipped three of his valuable Beagle hounds to the States for trial runs last month received a telegram from Windsor on Friday, telling him that one of his dogs was dead and the other two were sick and that they would be shipped from Windsor on Friday noon. On October 12th Mr. Seiling shipped his dogs to Windsor and from there, they were to be reshipped to Chippawa Lake, Ohio, to run in the Derby, but thru some unavoidable reason they were too late for this trial run. They were then shipped to Allegam, Mich., and entered in the Wolverine trials and altho the dogs were sick, one of them won a silver cup and the other the Reserve Prize. However, their condition was so bad that their caretaker thought it advisable to cancel the Western trials at Bass Lake, Ind., and the Canadian National at Windsor. Mr. Seiling will take good care of the two remaining dogs and bring them back into good running shape again.

The Daily Record Sat, Nov 04, 1922 Page 7

Invention:
Display at Waterloo Region Museum 2011

Albert — Gladys Evelyn Jarvis. Gladys (daughter of John Henry Jarvis and Edith Eagle) was born 15 Sep 1909, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 11 Aug 2000, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint James Lutheran Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

1. Trevor John Jarvis was born 31 Oct 1933, Hanover, Bentinck Twp., Grey Co., Ontario, Canada; died 21 Jun 2015, Listowel, Wallace Twp., Perth County, Ontario, Canada.

Albert married Edna Viola MacKie 6 Sep 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Edna (daughter of John Alexander MacKie and Elizabeth Lottie Millard) was born 31 Jan 1897, Winterbourne, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 20 Jul 1974, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Elmira Union Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

1. Elizabeth Ruth "Bette" Seiling was born CA 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 20 Jul 2000, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Elmira Union Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
2. Donald Clarence Ira "Don" Seiling was born 20 Dec 1924, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 29 Mar 1992; was buried , Saint James Lutheran Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
3. Dorothy Gladys Seiling was born 29 Jan 1925, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 20 Oct 1925, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Elmira Union Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
4. E. Jean "Jean" Seiling was born 25 Feb 1927; died 26 Aug 2021, Fergus, Nichol Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario.
5. Shirley A. Seiling was born 6 Jun 1929; died 17 Jul 2008, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Elmira Union Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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• Recording: Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Rosy Oshering talking about the Seiling family
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-68546
• Occupation: 1892, Carrick Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada; farmer
• Occupation: 1905, Neustadt, Normanby Twp., Grey Co., Ontario, Canada; saw miller
• Residence: 1905, Neustadt, Normanby Twp., Grey Co., Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1911, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Laborer, on Farm
• Occupation: 1911, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; labourer
• Residence: 1911, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist

Notes:

John Seiling, 85, Elmira, was almost instantly killed at 5: 30 p.m. Sunday when he was struck by a car in front of the home of his son, Albert, on Arthur Street.

The accident occurred at the dangerous five-point intersection of Arthur street, South street, Edward street and Streeter Lane.

Police Chief Harry Jarvis, who investigated, said the car, driven by Elmer M. Bauman, 19, Springwater, Saskatchewan, and owned by his brother, Abner M. Bauman, R.R. 1, Elmira, struck the man as he crossed the intersection from west to east. The car was proceeding north.

Mr. Seiling is believed to have suffered a fractured skull and died of brain injuries.

He was carried into hs son's home and attended by Dr. J. T. McCullough. He was dead when the doctor arrived.

Dr. Le Roy Wagner, coroner, was called.

Mr. Seiling's clothing was badly torn. His watch was found on the pavement, stopped at 5: 30.

The right front headlight was knocked off the car and the right front fender was damaged.

Chief Jarvis said there were no actual witnesses to the accident.

Walter M. Martin, the only passenger in the car, said he didn't see Mr. Seiling until he was right in front of the car. The car struck him immediately. There was no inquest.

Charges are being laid against the driver.

The accident resulted in Elmira's first traffic fatality since August, 1938, when a five-year old boy was killed at Arthur and Water streets.

At the time of the accident Mr. Seiling was returning home from work at the Seiling hatchery, owned by his son with whom he lived.

Born near Hanover, Mr. Seiling had lived in Elmira for four years.

Surviving are his wife, the former Elizabeth Lasch; two sons, Albert and Gordon of Elmira; four daughters, Mrs. William (Margaret) Foerster of Poole and Mrs. Gertrude Payne, Mrs. Herbert (Rose) Oehring and Lila of Elmira; one sister, Mrs. Sarah Helwig of Hanover; 12 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren.

The body was at the Dreisinger Funeral Parlor., The funeral service was held Wednesday at 2: 30 p.m Burial was in the Elmira Union Cemetery. Rev. C. B. Heckendorn officiated.

Recording:
Park of a series consists of 40 oral histories conducted by a committee in the former Town of Elmira. The project began in 1974 when Abner Martin, Manager at the Canada Trust had a dream that people were being interviewed about the history of Elmira. Abner told his dream to Harry Wintsch and Harry got his wife, Enid involved. The committee included Mary Anne Kirkness, Elmira Library Supervisor; Abner Martin; Enid Wintsch; and Bob Huschka, Elmira High School history teacher. the interviews were conducted by Enid Wintsch, Lorene Bosomworth, Ruth Moldenhauer, Harry Wintsch, Bertha Thompson, Art Gorman, Joanne Venton, and Pat Weber. The project was funded in partnership between Canada Trust and the Township of Woolwich and continued until 1983.

John married Elizabeth Losch 15 Mar 1892, Carrick Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada. Elizabeth (daughter of Adam Losch and Margaret) was born Nov 1865, Carrick Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada; died 27 Jan 1953; was buried , Elmira Union Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Elizabeth Seiling
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-70424
• Residence: 1905, Neustadt, Normanby Twp., Grey Co., Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1911, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist

Notes:

Mrs. Elizabeth Seiling [first part of obituary was not photocopied] [Elmira, Jan. 27, 88 years]

Elmira, Mrs. Arthur (Gertrude) Peebles, Linwood, and Miss Lila Seiling of East Orange, N.J.; two sons, Albert and Gordon, both of Elmira; one sister, Mrs. Ernest Witter, Mildmay. Twelve grandchildren and 20 great-grandchildren also survive. Her husband, John, predeceased her. The body is resting at the Dreisinger Funeral Parlor until Friday afternoon at 2 .p.m., when removal will be made to the adjoining chapel for the funeral. Burial will be in the Elmira Cemetery. Rev. C.B. Heckendorn will officiate

Kitchener-Waterloo Record 28 Jan 1953

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• Name: Adam Sealing
• Name: Adam Sieling
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-102144
• Residence: 1851, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1854, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1861, Nichol Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada; labourer
• Residence: 1861, Nichol Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada; Church of England
• Residence: 1901, Bentinck Township, Grey County, Ontario, Canada

Notes:

1851 - Adam Sealing is in same household as Henry Sealing.

Adam married Anna Elisabeth "Elizabeth" Dürrbecker 22 Jan 1854, Greenbush (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Anna (daughter of A. Dürrbecker, daughter of Andreas Doerbecker and Christina Oetzel) was born 28 Sep 1832, Breitenbach am Herzberg, Hessen, Germany; died 16 Jan 1910, Hanover, Bentinck Twp., Grey Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Hanover Cemetery, Bentinck Twp., Hanover, Grey Co., Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Anna Elisabeth "Elizabeth" Seiling
• Name: Anna Elisabeth Doerbecker
• Name: Elisabeth Dürbecker
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-55350
• Residence: 1854, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1861, Nichol Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada; Church of England
• Residence: 1901, Bentinck Township, Grey County, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1910, Hanover, Bentinck Twp., Grey Co., Ontario, Canada

Notes:

The death of a very fine old Hanover lady ogeurred here on Sunday last when Mrs Adam Sieling breathed her, last. She was 77 years, months and 18 days old. Death was directly due to gall stones, but she had been alling for some four years when she had an attack of pneumonia. Deceased, whose maiden name was Elizabeth Derbecker. was born in Breitenbach Am Herzberg Germany,

Owen Sound Sun Tue, Jan 25, 1910 Page 2

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-102243

Adam — Margaret. Margaret was born Abt 1835, Of, Carrick Township, Bruce Co., Ontario; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Margaret Losch
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-103183

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-30279