Mayor Lester Everet Weaver^[1]

1872 - 1960  (87 years)

• Name	Lester Everet Weaver
  Prefix	Mayor
  Born	3 Dec 1872	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1891	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Woolen Mill Worker
  Residence	1891	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Presbyterian
  Occupation	1901	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Woolen Mill Overseer
  Elected Office	1905	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	councillor of Hespeler
  Elected Office	1910	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	Reeve of Hespeler
  Occupation	1911	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Foreman, Woolen Mill
  Residence	1911	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Presbyterian
  Elected Office	1916	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	Mayor of Hespeler
  Elected Office	1930	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	Mayor of Hespeler
  Name	L. E. Weaver
  Eby ID Number	00127-7665.2
  Died	22 Oct 1960
  Person ID	I17678	Generations
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2025

  
  

  Father	Mayor William Henry Weaver,   b. 19 Aug 1849, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 29 Sep 1929, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 80 years)
  Mother	Sarah Ellen Hawthorne,   b. 13 Sep 1851, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 19 Jul 1912, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 60 years)
  Family ID	F4607	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ida Louise Milligan,   b. 20 Jul 1870, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Children	1. Evert Weaver,   b. May 1901, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. William Weaver,   b. Mar 1903, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2025
  Family ID	F21813	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Besides these professional Gentlemen there were some amateurs who, too, had good equipment and did some splendid work[photography]. Among them, Arthur Mee, Lester E. Weaver and Douglas Pringle who later in company with an expert engraver, founded in Toronto the well known firm of commercial photographers, "Pringle & Booth." Le Rue De Commerce, Other Times Other Customs Other Days Other Ways, Winfield Brewster 1954 _________________ October 22. Lester Everett Weaver, 87, was born in Hespeler and was educated in Hespeler and Galt. After a textile course in England he joined R. Forbes Co. Ltd., where he supervised their extensive building programme. Later he was in charge of manufacturing woollen yarn. He was a member of Hespeler council from 1905 to 1931, serving as reeve 1911-15, mayor 1915-20 and again 1930-31. Mr. Weaver was chairman of the Hydro Commission for 20 years and of the building committees for the Town Hall and St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church. In addition to being active on various church boards, he was a past master of New Hope Masonic Lodge. Mr. Weaver died in Toronto and was buried in Hespeler. Forty-Eighth Annual Volume of the Waterloo Historical Society Mar 1961

  
  

• Sources

  [S10] Book - Vol II 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..., 568. [S57] Vit - ON - Birth Registration. Lester Hoffman Weaver Born: 3 Dec 1872 County: Waterloo Father: William Henry Weaver Mother: Sarah Ellen Hawthorne [S143] Census - ON, Waterloo, Hespeler - 1901, Hespeler (Village) D-1 Page 10. [S299] Census - ON, Waterloo, Hespeler - 1881, Page 25. [S392] Census - ON, Waterloo, Hespeler - 1911, Div. 21 Pg. 12. [S2208] Census - ON, Waterloo, Hespeler - 1891, Section 1 Page 41.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 3 Dec 1872 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Woolen Mill Worker - 1891 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Presbyterian - 1891 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Woolen Mill Overseer - 1901 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Elected Office - councillor of Hespeler - 1905 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Elected Office - Reeve of Hespeler - 1910 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Foreman, Woolen Mill - 1911 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Presbyterian - 1911 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Elected Office - Mayor of Hespeler - 1916 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Elected Office - Mayor of Hespeler - 1930 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth