Addison C. Moyer^[1]

1874 - 1929  (55 years)

• Name	Addison C. Moyer
  Born	1 Mar 1874	St. Jacobs, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Gender	Male
  Website	photograph
  	Waterloo Pubic Library Digital Collection
  Occupation	1891	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	Spinner
  Residence	1891	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	Lutheran
  Occupation	1901	Waterloo, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Photographer
  Occupation	1911	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Photographer, Photo Gallery
  Residence	1911	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Lutheran
  Eby ID Number	00027-2029.2
  Died	9 Nov 1929  [5]
  Buried	Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  Person ID	I113491	Generations
  Last Modified	7 Nov 2024

  
  

  Father	Johann Bernhardt "Barney" Moyer,   b. 22 Mar 1847, Rochester, Monroe, New York, United States ,   d. 15 Feb 1913  (Age 65 years)
  Mother	Rachel Cress,   b. 1 Oct 1850, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 2 Nov 1925  (Age 75 years)
  Married	20 Aug 1872	St. Jacobs Mennonite Cemetery, St. Jacobs, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  Family ID	F28765	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Matilda Helene Klem,   b. 5 Feb 1875, Centreville (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 29 Oct 1958  (Age 83 years)
  Children	1. Victor Moyer,   b. 18 Jul 1903, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 18 Sep 1969  (Age 66 years)   2. Russell Moyer,   b. Feb 1908, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	12 Nov 2024
  Family ID	F11483	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos		Addison Moyer hold the reins Back row, second from left is Mathilda Klem (later Mrs. Addison Moyer). Addison C. Moyer is holding the reins. All others are unidentified. From the Waterloo Public Library
  		Addison C. Moyer mathman2 originally shared this to Ancestry Public Member Tree

  
  

• Notes

  Addison C. Moyer The work of Addison C. Moyer has likely found its way into more homes than any other local artist. As the first and only professional photographer in Waterloo for many years, Moyer captured images that are touchstones of Waterloo's history. Hundreds of early Waterloo settlers would have sat in his portrait studio on King Street. Within ten years, Moyer had become quickly established a reputation for producing beautiful family portraits and images of the local landscape. In 1906 it was written: "His work is classed among the best produced in the county, and as a photographer of outside views his services are in frequent requisition . . . the excellence of his work brings patrons from all over the county." Moyer was born in St. Jacobs in 1874 and moved to Waterloo to set up his business in 1895 at the age of twenty-one. He had become fascinated by the emerging technology of photography at a young age and "the further he delved into the mysteries of the art the more interested he became." His first camera was a small Kodak with which "he produced some very creditable pictures." In a 1902 advertisement for a Waterloo singing festival, Moyer promoted himself as an artist. "A good photo of yourself and friends will be a fine remembrance of the big time you had at Waterloo on the big Saengerfest," he wrote. "My facilities for turning out first-class photos in my new studio in Letter's Block are unexcelled." He soon became a prominent businessman and by 1912 began serving the community as a councilor. He remained on council for about seven years and in 1916 he became the deputy reeve for a year. Moyer was also involved in the community as a member of a fraternal organization called the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, a service group whose origins date back to mid-eighteenth century England. Addison Moyer, who died on November 7, 1929 at his William Street home, was fortunate to be involved in a profession where technology was developing at a fast pace. In 1908, at the height of his career, a written history of Waterloo highlighted his work: "The good photographer is every whit as much an artist as the individual who uses only brushes and paints, and people are beginning to wake up to that fact more and more every day." Note: In the photograph above, taken by Addison Moyer, the photographer himself is at the left side of the photo, wearing a bowler hat. Waterloo Public Library https://www.wpl.ca/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/moyer_addison.pdf

  
  

• Sources

  [S3] Book - Vol I A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., 471. [S130] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1881, Division 1 Page Number 52 Household Number 246. [S135] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo City - 1901, Waterloo (Town/Ville) D-6 Page 1. [S130] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1881, Div. 1 Page 52. [S192] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo City - Mount Hope CC#4500 Internet Link. Moyer/ Addison Moyer/ 1874-1929/ his wife/ Matilda Klem/ 1875-1958 [S366] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo City - 1911, Div. 45 Pg. 2. [S1821] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1891, Section 3 Page 38. [S721] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, marriage certificate.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 1 Mar 1874 - St. Jacobs, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Spinner - 1891 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Lutheran - 1891 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Photographer - 1901 - Waterloo, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Photographer, Photo Gallery - 1911 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Lutheran - 1911 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth