Mayor William Daniel Brill

1888 - 1966  (77 years)

• Name	William Daniel Brill
  Prefix	Mayor
  Born	30 Apr 1888	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1891	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Lutheran
  Occupation	1911	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Cutter, Cuff & Collar Factory
  Residence	1911	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Lutheran
  Business	1918	Waterloo Shirt Co., Waterloo City, Ontario   [4]
  	founded the Waterloo Shirt Co. with A.E. Sanderson, whose interest was acquired by Brill when Sanderson died in 1924. In 1927 the company employed about 20 people and produced about 4000 dozen shirts a year. It was later known as the Butler Shirt Co., Waterloo
  Elected Office	1922	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	councillor, Deputy Reeve, Reeve, Warden
  	Municipality . Waterloo Years on local council: Councillor 1922-23, 1937; Deputy Reeve 1924-25; Mayor 1926-28, 1941-42; Reeve 1939-1940. Years on Waterloo County Council 1924 1925 1939 Warden 1940
  Name	Pete Brill
  Name	W. D. Brill
  Residence	79 Moore St., Waterloo, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-44536
  Died	1966
  Buried	Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I44536	Generations
  Last Modified	25 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Peter Brill,   b. 11 Dec 1851, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 15 Feb 1937, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 85 years)
  Mother	Catharina Carolina "Carolina" Schmidt,   b. 4 Sep 1847, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 28 Sep 1930, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 83 years)
  Married	25 Sep 1886	New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3, 5, 6]
  Family ID	F11582	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Adeline Dotzert,   b. 10 Jun 1887, North Easthope Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1973  (Age 85 years)
  Last Modified	26 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F22020	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos		William Daniel Brill image from Find A Grave 2013
  		Brill,WilliamDaniel-001.jpg

  
  

• Notes

  William Daniel Brill, was born in Waterloo on April 30, 1888. He is proprietor and manager of the Waterloo Shirt Company. He served the town as member of the Town Planning Commission in 1921, and six years in the town council, two as councillor and two as deputy reeve. In 1926 he was elected Mayor which office he now holds, being returned by accalamation for 1927 Waterloo Chronicle Confederation Number, Sixty Years of Progress in Canada ________________ Waterloo Shirt Company One of Waterloo's most flourishing industries is that of the Waterloo Shirt Company founded by the late A. E, Sanderson and W. D. Brill in 1918. After the death of Mr. Sanderson in 1924, his interest was acquired by W. D. Brill who has since operated the plant as sole owner and manager. The products of the firm are the "Waterloo Label", fine shirts and also several lines of Railroad Men's Shirts which are made for the Kitchen Overall and Shirt Company of Brantford. The firm finds a ready market for their goods and trade extends to all parts of the Dominion. The output of the plant is about four thousand dozen shirts per year and about twenty hands are employed. Mr. Brill has found time to take a share in the municipal affairs of the town and county as Mayor of Waterloo and past member of the County Council. Confederation number : diamond jubilee, July 1st 1927 / the Waterloo Chronicle, Waterloo Chronicle 1927

  
  

• Sources

  [S135] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo City - 1901, Waterloo (Town/Ville) D-6 Page 10. [S366] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo City - 1911, Div. 42 Page 3. [S1592] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1891, Section 1 Page 44. [S1450] Waterloo County Councillors A Collective Biography. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration. Peter Brill, 34, Moulder, New Hamburg, Waterloo, son of Peter Brill and Margaret Ritz married Caroline Schmidt, 34, Berlin, Waterloo, daughter of Paul Schmidt and Marie Schaefer, Witnessed by: August and Catharine Vondran of Waterloo, 28 September 1886 in New Hamburg. [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 14 Oct 1886. September 28, 1886 Peter Brill of New Hamburg & Caroline Schmidt of Waterloo, were married by Pastor Spring in New Hamburg.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 30 Apr 1888 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Lutheran - 1891 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Cutter, Cuff & Collar Factory - 1911 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Lutheran - 1911 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Elected Office - councillor, Deputy Reeve, Reeve, Warden - 1922 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - - 79 Moore St., Waterloo, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth