Alexander W. Brodie

1856 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	Alexander W. Brodie
  Born	1856	, Scotland   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1891	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Manufacturer of Woolen Products
  Residence	1891	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Presbyterian
  Elected Office	1900	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	councillor of Hespeler
  		Hespeler Town Council 1900
  Elected Office	1900	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	Reeve Hespeler
  	Mr. Alex W. Brodie had been elected reeve for 1900 but removed from Hespeler before the close of the year.1a 1aWaterloo Historical Society, 1922, The Town of Hespeler, author D. N. Panabaker, part 2
  Name	A. W. Brodie
  Occupation	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	mill owner
  		BrodieShoddyMill-formelyJacobHespelersdistillery-fromHespelerHeritageCentre2012.jpg image from Hespeler Heritage Centre 2012
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-311883
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Person ID	I311883	Generations
  Last Modified	12 May 2025

  
  

  Family	Maggie,   b. 1864, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	Oct 1886  [1]
  Children	1. Martha Brodie,   b. 1887, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	13 May 2025
  Family ID	F241140	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  In the 1880's, the major woollen mills in Ontario were the A W Brodie and the R Forbes mills in Hespeler, the Cornwall Manufacturing Co in Cornwall, and the Rosamond and Victoria woollen mills in Almonte, while Sherbrooke, Quebec, had the Paton Manufacturing Company. ________________________ Let me now digress; Jacob Hespeler was Reeve for 4 years; John Chapman for five; Lewis Kribs for five; A. W. Brodie for one; George D. Forbes for thirteen, and William McVittie for three and one-half years. Prior to their election to the high office of Chief Magistrate none of these Gentle-men had had any previous Municipal experience here as Councillor. This indicates the confidence held by the citizens at these different periods, in the business ability, the Probity, the Integrity of these good men. The high regard in which they were held by their fellow citizens. And I add that during one of his terms of office as our Reeve, Mr. Kribs was also Warden of the County of Waterloo. Le Rue De Commerce, Other Times Other Customs Other Days Other Ways, Winfield Brewster 1954 ______________________________ Without attempting to mention all the more recent sketches of Hespeler history, the very interesting Illustrated Souvenir issued in 1901 by Mr. O. S. Eby (now Registrar of Waterloo County) then editor of the Hespeler Herald, should be mentioned. In the same year January 1st, 1901, the Galt Reporter devoted an eight page Souvenir Supplement to the newly incorporated town of Hespeler, which was edited by the local reporter, the late Thomas Arntfield. In this Reporter Supplement, Mr. R. H. Knowles, (now of Toronto) then Public School Principal, contributed an interesting article, headed "Old School Days" and Mr. J. D. Ramsay, the present Principal, outlined the municipal development of the place in an article headed "Hespeler As It Is." Mr. Ramsay is the only member of the council of 1900 now residing in Hespeler, and that council, of which he was "acting reeve" during the last quarter of the year, was distinguished by having passed more progressive measures than any previous local municipal body had done. Some of these may be mentioned as outstanding features of the progressive spirit which characterized the then "budding town." Mr. Alex W. Brodie had been elected reeve for 1900 but removed from Hespeler before the close of the year. Tenth Annual Report of the Waterloo Historical Society, 1922, pages 213 - 224.

  
  

• Sources

  [S2208] Census - ON, Waterloo, Hespeler - 1891, Section 1 Page 49.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 1856 - , Scotland Occupation - Manufacturer of Woolen Products - 1891 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Presbyterian - 1891 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Elected Office - councillor of Hespeler - 1900 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Elected Office - Reeve Hespeler - 1900 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - mill owner - - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth