William R. Jaffray

1856 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	William R. Jaffray
  Born	1856	, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Interesting	business, post
  Residence	1861	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Episcopalian
  Occupation	1871	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Post Office Clerk
  Residence	1871	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Anglican
  Occupation	1881	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Assistant Postmaster
  Residence	1881	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Episcopal
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-135716
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Person ID	I135716	Generations
  Last Modified	7 Nov 2024

  
  

  Father	Mayor William Jaffray,   b. 6 Mar 1832, Shrewsbury, , Shropshire, England ,   d. 28 Sep 1896, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 64 years)
  Mother	Agnes Smith Jackson,   b. 5 May 1833, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland ,   d. 3 Nov 1902, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 69 years)
  Married	26 Jan 1854	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4, 5]
  Family ID	F10093	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  W. Jaffray & Son, Ticket Agents, King Street - The firm of W. Jaffray & Son is one well and popularly known in Berlin, having been established since 1878 as general ticket agents for the Grand Trunk Railway, the Canada Express Company, the Great North-Western Telegraph Company, and for the following well known steamship lines: Allan, Inman, Cunard, Anchor, and others. Mr. W.R. Jaffray, the son, is also agent for the well known stock-broking firm of Cox & Co., of Toronto, whose operations extend all over Ontario and the west and other portions of the Dominion; also Chicago, New York and other American financial centres. Mr. Jaffray has special wires to Messrs. Cox & Co's. office, and all stock transactions can be transacted through him equally as well as through the Toronto office. Mr. W. Jaffray, the father, was born in Shrewsbury, England on March 6th, 1832, and has been postmaster in Berlin since 1862, and is a most faithful and efficient officer in that responsible office. Journalism appears to be hereditary in the blood of the Jaffrays. Mr. W. Jaffray's father was editor of the Shrewsbury Chronicle, while Mr. Jaffray himself has been editor of the Galt Reporter and Berlin Chronicle, so that he may well be called "a man of letters." He has three sons on the Chicago press. Mr. Jaffray has also taken an active interest in politics, and has acceptably filled at different times the officers of Councillor, Deputy-Reeve, Reeve and Mayor, having served two terms in the last mentioned office. Mr. W.R. Jaffray, the son, is an enterprising, pushing and persevering business man, and ably conducts the affairs of the agency, and seems destined to follow politically in his father's footsteps. Both gentlemen are held in the highest esteem by the community. Industries of Canada Historical and Commercial Sketches Hamilton and Environs 1886

  
  

• Sources

  [S158] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1881, Div. 2 Pg. 5. [S1885] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo City - 1861, Waterloo 1861 Dist. 2 Page 18. [S229] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1871, Sect. 2 Page 24. [S745] Book - A Cyclopedia of Canadian Biography being chiefly men of the time Vol. 1, pg 197 -biography of William Jaffray. [S1085] News - ON, Wellington, Elora - The Elora Backwoodsman - Index of Births, Marriages and Deaths 1852-1858, Date 9 Feb 1854. married Galt Jan. 26 1854

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 1856 - , Ontario, Canada Residence - Episcopalian - 1861 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Post Office Clerk - 1871 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Anglican - 1871 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Assistant Postmaster - 1881 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Episcopal - 1881 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth