Warden - Reeve Aaron W. Hoffer

1885 - 1970  (85 years)

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• Name	Aaron W. Hoffer
  Prefix	Warden - Reeve
  Born	4 Jan 1885	Floradale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1910	Bright, Blandford Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario   [1]
  	clerk
  Elected Office	1926	Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	Elmira Reeve
  Elected Office	1933	, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	Warden
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-259378
  Died	11 Jan 1970	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Buried	Elmira Union Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I259378	Generations
  Last Modified	12 May 2024

  
  

  Father	Jacob Hoffer,   b. 1 Aug 1832, , Alsace Lorraine, France ,   d. 28 Oct 1909  (Age 77 years)
  Mother	Catherine Weismiller,   b. 14 Sep 1845, , Darmstadt, Germany ,   d. 4 Jan 1928, Floradale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 82 years)
  Married	26 Mar 1867	, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Family ID	F233108	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Edith Urana "Rene" Esch,   b. 9 Jul 1883, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 8 May 1962, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 78 years)
  Married	28 Mar 1910	Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Children	1. Jeannie Hoffer   2. Katherine Lloy "Lloy" Hoffer,   b. 6 Jan 1911, Bright, Blandford Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario ,   d. 23 Dec 1994, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 83 years)   3. Ruth Pearl Hoffer,   b. 3 Sep 1916, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 28 Dec 2009, , Ontario, Canada  (Age 93 years)   4. John Arthur "Jack" Hoffer,   b. 24 Jun 1918,   d. 16 Oct 2012, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada  (Age 94 years)   5. Gertrude Grace "Trudy" Hoffer,   b. 6 Oct 1919,   d. 10 Oct 2007, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 88 years)   6. Vivian Mae Hoffer,   b. 7 Apr 1925,   d. 5 Dec 2007  (Age 82 years)
  Last Modified	13 May 2024
  Family ID	F233099	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Aaron W. Hoffer, Elmira, Dies at 85 Elmira - Aaron W. Hoffer of Elmira, who served on town council for 20 years, 14 as reeve, died Sunday at K-W Hospital. He was 85. Mr. Hoffer was reeve of Elmira from 1926 to 1940 and he became warden of Waterloo County in 1933. He was a member of the first Elmira high school board. In 1913 Mr. Hoffer went into the shoe business and by 1917 was the first manufacturer of felt bootees in Canada. The A. W. Hoffer Stork Brand Bootees were still on the market in 1960. The company supplied the T. Eaton Co. with a line of bootees for many years. Mr. Hoffer was born in Floradale, Jan. 4, 1885, a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Hoffer. His wife, the former Urana Esch, a foster daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Steddick, who he married March 28, 1910, died in 1962. Since 1913, he had been a member of the Elmira board of Trade, and was an honorary member of the board when he retired. He was a member of the board of St. Paul's Lutheran Church and a member of Elmira recreation committee. When he moved to Elmira in 1913, he bought a home on the southwest corner of Arthur and Water streets where the post office is now located. In 1924 the government chose his corner lot as the site for the post office. The house was moved by horsepower and windlass with the furniture in place and oil lamps left on tables. Surviving are five daughters, Mrs. Stewart (Lloy) Reichard of Elmira, Mrs. Kenneth (Ruth) McLaughlin of Belmont, Mrs. Franklin (Trudy) Klink of Elmira, Mrs. Stewart (Vivian) Huehn of Elmira and Mrs. Carl (Jean) Wagner of Beamsville; one son John of Winnipeg, 14 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. Two sisters and three brothers predeceased him. The body will be at the Dreisinger Funeral Parlor, Elmira, until Wednesday noon, when removal will be made to St. Paul's Church for a funeral service at 2: 30 p.m. Burial will be made in Elmira cemetery. Rev. D. A. Fritz will officiate. Elmira Signet 11 Jan 1970

  
  

• Sources

  [S721] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, marriage certificate 21502 (1910), Hoffer-Esch. Aaron Hoffer, 25, Clerk, Bright Ont., Son of Jacob Hoffer & Catherine Weismiller Married Edith Urana Esch, 25, Elmira, daughter of Menno Esch & Sussannah Cherry, Witn: J.H. Ruppel & Mrs. Emma Granford (Graupner?) Both of Elmira, 28 March 1910 In Elmira [S5] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - 1858-1869 Marriage Register. Jacob Hofer, 28, res. Peel, b. Alsace, son of Jacob and Barbara, married 26 Mar 1867 Katherine Weissmuller, 22, res. Woolwich, b. Darmstadt, daughter of Henry & Margaretha

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 4 Jan 1885 - Floradale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 28 Mar 1910 - Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Elected Office - Elmira Reeve - 1926 - Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Elected Office - Warden - 1933 - , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 11 Jan 1970 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Elmira Union Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth