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Mayor Albert Seiling

Mayor Albert Seiling

Male 1898 - 1970  (72 years)

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  • Name Albert Seiling 
    Prefix Mayor 
    Born 17 Mar 1898  Neustadt, Normanby Twp., Grey Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] 
    Gender Male 
    Business Seiling Chicken Hatchery, Elmira, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Elected Office Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mayor - Elmira 
    FindAGrave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/76476054 
    Interesting business, accident, life story, misfortune, politics, 
    Invention Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Seiling Hatchery Egg Incubator 
    • Display at Waterloo Region Museum 2011
    Seiling Hatchery Egg Incubator    		 Seiling Hatchery Egg Incubator
    Residence 1911  Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Methodist 
    Occupation 1921  Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    shoemaker 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-72048 
    Died 28 Dec 1970  Petrolia, Enniskillen Twp., Lambton Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Buried Elmira Union Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Person ID I72048  Generations
    Last Modified 12 May 2024 

    Father John Abraham Seiling,   b. 8 May 1866, Carrick Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Dec 1951, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth Losch,   b. Nov 1865, Carrick Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Jan 1953  (Age ~ 87 years) 
    Married 15 Mar 1892  Carrick Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Family ID F22356  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Gladys Evelyn Jarvis,   b. 15 Sep 1909, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Aug 2000, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 90 years) 
    Children 
     1. Trevor John Jarvis,   b. 31 Oct 1933, Hanover, Bentinck Twp., Grey Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Jun 2015, Listowel, Wallace Twp., Perth County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years)
    Last Modified 13 May 2024 
    Family ID F12648  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Edna Viola MacKie,   b. 31 Jan 1897, Winterbourne, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Jul 1974, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years) 
    Married 6 Sep 1921  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Children 
     1. Elizabeth Ruth "Bette" Seiling,   b. CA 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Jul 2000, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 79 years)
     2. Donald Clarence Ira "Don" Seiling,   b. 20 Dec 1924, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Mar 1992  (Age 67 years)
     3. Dorothy Gladys Seiling,   b. 29 Jan 1925, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Oct 1925, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
     4. E. Jean "Jean" Seiling,   b. 25 Feb 1927,   d. 26 Aug 2021, Fergus, Nichol Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 94 years)
     5. Shirley A. Seiling,   b. 6 Jun 1929,   d. 17 Jul 2008, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years)
    Last Modified 13 May 2024 
    Family ID F24223  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Albert Seiling dies of crash injuries By Record Staff Writer

      ELMIRA - Albert Seiling, 72, of Elmira died Monday at Petrolia Hospital from injuries suffered in an accident near Sarnia a week ago. A former mayor of Elmira, Mr. Seiling was born in Carrick Township March 17, 1898, a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Seiling. He had been a Holstein breeder and, until his retirement in 1967, was proprieter of Seiling Chicken Hatchery here.

      Surviving besides his wife the former Edna Mackie, are one son Donald of Elmira; three daughters, Mrs. Arthur (Bette) Musselman, Mrs. Carl (Jean) Trapp and Mrs. Ronald (Shirley) Braid, all of Elmira; a brother, Gordon of Elmira; three sisters, Mrs. William (Margaret) Forester of Poole and Mrs. Herbert (Rose) Oerhring (sic) and Lila Seiling, both of Elmira; 14 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

      The body will be at the Dreisinger Funeral Parlor until Thursday at noon when removal will be made to Zion United Church for a service at 3 p.m. with Rev. M.E. Reuber officiating. Burial will be in Elmira cemetery.

      Kitchener-Waterloo Record Tue, Dec 29, 1970 Page 27

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      l Have a Dream! After World War ll, John Gotdi, was a disenchanted civil servant in Switzerland. By 1950 he had two more children after Hans, Heidi, and Fred. He dreamed of a better life for them in a land far from the sectarian strife of war-torn Europe.

      THE GOOD OLD DAYS BEFORE CANADA

      His private passion was raising champion chickens as a hobby, in an enclosure behind the apartment buitding in which his family lived. His prize Mechelners won awards all over Switzerland for their laying prowess. Hardly a picture was taken in those post-war years which didn't feature chickens, chickens with kids, or kids with chickens. Below with Hans (John), who does not seem to be contemplating a career in the chicken business. Slowly a dream to turn his hobby into a profession became an obsession to move to Canada which was advertising itself as the perfect place for men of means who had initiative, were independent, self-reliant, and who were willing to work in agriculture like John Goldi clearly was. Above and right Hans (John), the otdest, Heidi and Fred, posed for their studio portraits taken in their "going to Canada" out?ts. ....

      Albert Selling: Because of John Goldi's reputation as a breeder of champion chickens, famous Elmira chicken mogut Albert Semng, sponsored him to Canada, and John went to work for him for a few months in a hatchery Albert bought hockey sticks for Fred and John, who learned the national sport of their new country on the streets of Elmira. Though Aibert had tried his best, neither John or Fred made it to the NHL. (But Albert's grandson Rod, who was six years old, at the time, did. With typical modesty he always said he learned everything he knew from the Goldi boys.) But wage employment was not what Dad wanted. So he bought a farm with his lite sayings. Aberfeldy Dream Farm: Goldi brought his family to a farm at Aberfeldy, between London and Chatham, in February 1950 .....

      John & Ruth Goldi Farm, Aberfeldy, Ontario - 1950-57 . (2016). Thecanadasite.com. Retrieved 2 October 2016, from https://thecanadasite.com/places/houses6_goldi.html

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      PATENTS ARE VALID ON EGG INCUBATION
      U.S. Companies and Govern- ment Both Fail in Court Suits

      Ottawa, January 30. The Exchequer Court today handed down two judgments in which it held Canadian patents of both the Smith Incubator Company, of Cleveland. Ohio, and of Albert Seiling, of Elmira, Ont., for incubation of eggs are valid.

      Rulings of the court mean the Government lost in its efforts to have the American company's patent declared invalid while the Smith Company and its licensee, the Buck-eye Incubator Company of Springfield, O., failed in its action attacking the validity of the, Seiling patent. It was intimated following the judgments the battle may be carried by appeal of the Government to Supreme Court of Can- ada. In broad terms, the two inven- tions differ in the application of heat and air.

      Approximately 1,000 hatcheries are operating in Canada. About 700 utilize the Smith or Seiling makes of incubators, patents on which the court adjudged valid. The remainder use methods covered by some 10 other Canadian incubator patents, whose validity validity has not been challenged so far before the courts. Proceedings were instituted in the Exchequer Court some months ago by the Smith and Buckeye companies against Seiling on the strength of a decision they obtained in the United States Supreme Court last January against an American patentee.

      The Canadian Government then hand stepped in and and launched an action to have declared invalid the Smith patent which has only five years. to run in Canada. Action of the Government was taken on representations of Canadian hatchery operators they were being pressed to use incubators covered by the Smith patent.

      In a lengthy judgment in the action of the Government against the Smith Incubator Company and the Buckeye Incubator Company seeking to have the Smith patent declared invalid, Justice Angers reviewed the claims of invention in the Smith patent issued by the Canadian Patent Office, April 18, 1922. He concluded: "However it may be, I have, not unhesitatingly I must admit, reached the conclusion, based on the evidence adduced before me, that the patent in suit is valid.

      "There will be judgment declaring the patent valid and dismissing the action." Rejecting the suit of the Smith and Buckeye Companies claiming infringement by Seiling of the Smith patent, Justice Angers in this judgment said in part: "The method used by the defendant for the circulation of heated air in the incubator and the tilting of the eggs is, as I have pointed out, quiet different.

      "I fail to see any infringement by the defendant (Seiling) of Patent No. 217,777 (the Smith patent) and there will in consequence be judgment dismissing the action...

      The Seiling patent was issued by the Canadian Patent Office April 7, 1931.

      The Gazette, Montreal Fri, Jan 31, 1936 Page 11

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      ALBERT SEILING LOSES VALUABLE BEAGLE HOUND

      Mr. Albert Seiling who sometime ago shipped three of his valuable Beagle hounds to the States for trial runs last month received a telegram from Windsor on Friday, telling him that one of his dogs was dead and the other two were sick and that they would be shipped from Windsor on Friday noon. On October 12th Mr. Seiling shipped his dogs to Windsor and from there, they were to be reshipped to Chippawa Lake, Ohio, to run in the Derby, but thru some unavoidable reason they were too late for this trial run. They were then shipped to Allegam, Mich., and entered in the Wolverine trials and altho the dogs were sick, one of them won a silver cup and the other the Reserve Prize. However, their condition was so bad that their caretaker thought it advisable to cancel the Western trials at Bass Lake, Ind., and the Canadian National at Windsor. Mr. Seiling will take good care of the two remaining dogs and bring them back into good running shape again.

      The Daily Record Sat, Nov 04, 1922 Page 7

  • Sources 
    1. [S98] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - Elmira Union CC#4578 Internet Link.
      In Memory Of/ Albert Seiling/ Mar. 17, 1898/ Dec. 28, 1970/ Husband Of/ Edna Viola Mackie/ Jan. 31, 1897/ July 20, 1974/ Spine -Seiling

    2. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration.
      Albert Seiling Born: Village of Nenstadt Gray CO Age: 23 Est. Birth: abt 1898 Father: John A Seiling Mother: Elizabeth Losch Seiling married Edna V MacKie Age:: 24 Est. Birth: abt 1897 Born: Village of Winterboune Waterloo Co. Father: John A MacKie Mother: Elizabeth Millard MacKie married 6 Sep 1921 Marriage Place: Waterloo, Kitchener

    3. [S176] Census - ON, Waterloo, Elmira - 1911, Pg 6.

    4. [S176] Census - ON, Waterloo, Elmira - 1911, Div. 48 Pg. 6.

    5. [S655] z Vit - ON - Birth Registration, (1898), Albert Sieling.
      Albert Sieling. b. 17 Mar 1898 Normanby s/o John Sieling & Elizabeth Losch

    6. [S1662] Waterloo Region Museum Waterloo Region Museum.

    7. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration.
      John Sieling Born: Carrick Age: 25 Est. Birth: abt 1867 Father: Adam Sieling Mother: Annie Sieling married Elisabeth Losch Age:: 27 Est. Birth: abt 1865 Born: Carrick Father: Adam Losch Mother: Margaret Losch married 15 Mar 1892 Marriage Place: Bruce, Carrick Twp.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 17 Mar 1898 - Neustadt, Normanby Twp., Grey Co., Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBusiness - - Seiling Chicken Hatchery, Elmira, , Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsElected Office - Mayor - Elmira - - Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsInvention - Seiling Hatchery Egg Incubator - - Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Methodist - 1911 - Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - shoemaker - 1921 - Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 6 Sep 1921 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 28 Dec 1970 - Petrolia, Enniskillen Twp., Lambton Co., Ontario Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Elmira Union Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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