Lawrence George Lovell

1908 - 1971  (63 years)

• Name	Lawrence George Lovell
  Born	21 Aug 1908	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1911	North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Anglican
  Elected Office	1943	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	Galt City Councillor
  Honoured	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	Lovell Industrial Park named in his honour
  Interesting	honored, politics
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-166628
  Died	18 Oct 1971	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Buried	18 Oct 1971	Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Person ID	I166628	Generations
  Last Modified	6 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	William George Lovell,   b. Jan 1866, , England ,   d. 10 Jun 1930, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 64 years)
  Mother	Kate Alice Howes,   b. 27 Jun 1873, Greater London, Kent, England ,   d. 1957  (Age 83 years)
  Family ID	F187279	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ellen Reta "Reta" Pearse,   b. 1908,   d. 8 Jan 1998, Owen Sound, Grey Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 90 years)
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F273078	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  LAURENCE G. LOVELL ?-1971 Married: Ellen Reta Pearase Laurence George Lovell was born in Niagara Falls, Ontario but came to Galt with his parents when he was two years old. He was employed as sales manager at the A. E. Willard and Son Ltd. furniture store for a number of years before the business was sold to the T. Eaton Co. in 1960. Early in 1965 he became acting Industrial Commissioner for the City of Galt taking over many of the duties of Edward G. Warnock who was ill. Mr. Lovell was appointed full time Industrial Commissioner in December 1965, a job he held at the time of his death. Mr. Lovell was a member of Galt city council from 1943 to 1954 serving as chairman of both the Market, Fire and Light and Finance Committees. He also served as the acting mayor in 1954 when then Mayor Arthur White was elected the representative from South Waterloo to the federal parliament. Mr. Lovell served as chairman and trustee of the Galt Hospital and was a member of the Galt Board of Health for fifteen years. He assisted in that board's amalgamation with the Waterloo County Health Unit and then assisted in the work of the Health Unit as Galt's representative. He was the first chairman of the Galt Committee of Adjustment and was a member of the executive of the retail section of the Galt Board of Trade for sixteen years. Mr. Lovell died on October 15, 1971 and is buried in Mount View Cemetery. The Lovell Industrial Park is named in his honour. Source:Obituary Galt Evening Reporter Friday October 15, 1971. Cambridge Mosaic, Jim Quantrell, 1998, City of Cambridge [used with kind permission of Jim Quantrell]

  
  

• Sources

  [S562] Census - ON, Waterloo, North Dumfries - 1911, Div. 1 Page 14. [S2699] Burial Card - Mount View Cemetery, Card Collection. Lawrence G Lovell 18 Oct 1971/

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 21 Aug 1908 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Anglican - 1911 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Elected Office - Galt City Councillor - 1943 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Honoured - Lovell Industrial Park named in his honour - - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 18 Oct 1971 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - 18 Oct 1971 - Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth