Winfield Brewster

1879 - 1962  (83 years)

• Name	Winfield Brewster
  Born	7 Oct 1879	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Business	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	Universal Lightning Rod Company
  		Universal Lightning Rod Company
  Residence	1891	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Methodist
  Occupation	1901	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Clerk
  Occupation	1911	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Town Cterk, Office
  Residence	1911	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Methodist
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-84153
  Died	Nov 1962	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Buried	New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I84153	Generations
  Last Modified	7 Nov 2024

  
  

  Father	William Andrew Jackson Brewster,   b. 13 Nov 1836, , Jefferson Co., New York ,   d. 4 Mar 1903, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 66 years)
  Mother	Margaret A. "Maggie" Brydon,   b. 26 Apr 1843, , Dumfrieshire, Scotland ,   d. 10 Jul 1936, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 93 years)
  Married	16 Feb 1865	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  Family ID	F21867	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Hazel Leota Kribs,   b. 25 Jan 1884, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 7 Feb 1973, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 89 years)
  Children	1. Jean Brewster   2. Andrew Jackson Brewster,   b. Jul 1903, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Louis Scott Brewster,   b. 26 May 1906, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Margaret C. Brewster,   b. Sep 1908, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	12 Nov 2024
  Family ID	F26601	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  Winfield Brewster from City of Cambridge Archives

  
  

• Notes

  Winfield Brewster in 1900 read aloud the proclamation that incorporated Hespeler as a town. His father had done the same in 1858 when Hespeler became a village. He operated the Hespeler Fuel Co. and wrote 5 books on the history of Hespeler and the area. Cambridge Mosiac, Jim Quantrell, 1998, City of Cambridge [snippet from original text in book] __________________ The First Automobile owned here was a steam runabout which Jack Farnsworth bought in Brooklyn in September, 1906, and of which he and Charles Phillip Grill and I owned each an undivided one-third share. Le Rue De Commerce, Other Times Other Customs Other Days Other Ways, Winfield Brewster 1954 __________________________ When we were closing the office on the evening of November 25th, 1952, I noticed Reginald Prior coming out of the Post Office and called him over and when he came, asked him if he would mind locking the door for me which he kindly did, and then, turning to me he asked what was the big idea and my reply was that some day he would come to know. Now to redeem that promise. My Father opened the old office at the corner of Queen and Adam Streets on November 25th, 1877, and so, Reggie, when you did me that favor you were locking up Brewster's office after 75 years on Queen Street. And How glad I am it was you and not the Bailiff! Le Rue De Commerce, Other Times Other Customs Other Days Other Ways, Winfield Brewster 1954 ____________________________ Winfield Brewster entered into the political life of Hespeler when, in 1900, he was asked to read the proclamation which incorporated Hespeler as a town. In doing so he followed in the footsteps of his father, Andrew Jackson Brewster, who performed this duty in 1858 when Hespeler was incorporated as a village. Winfield followed his father in many endeavours. In 1898, he entered the conveyancing and insurance business started by his father in 1877. He was known as one of Hespeler's leading citizens and was instrumental in building up an "outstanding" Patriotic Fund during World War I. He was his father's successor as Hespeler Town Clerk and Treasurer of the Hespeler Public School Board when the elder Mr Brewster died in 1903. Mr Brewster was a Captain in the 29th Waterloo Militia and was a one third owner of the first automobile in Hespeler, a steam runabout purchased in Brooklyn, New York in 1906. Mr Brewster was the primary organizer of both the 1906 and the 1926 Old Boys Reunion and was consulted frequently by the organizers of the 1947 Homecoming. Mr Brewster was the Honorary President of the Hespeler Horticultural Society, operated the Hespeler Fuel Co., and, at one time, headed the Universal Lightning Rod Co. He was also the author of six small books on the history of Hespeler and area. They include "La Rue de Commerce; Queen St. Hespeler, Ontario", "The Floodgate: Random Writings of Our Ain Folk", "Pine-Bush Genealogy", "Hespeler Yarns", "Lot Six in the Third of Waterloo" and "J. Hespeler, New Hope C.W.". Winfield Brewster died 2 Nov 1962 and is buried in New Hope Cemetery. Cambridge Hall of Fame. (2019). Cambridge.ca. Retrieved 2 March 2019, from https://www.cambridge.ca/en/learn-about/cambridge-hall-of-fame.aspx

  
  

• Sources

  [S143] Census - ON, Waterloo, Hespeler - 1901, Hespeler (Village) D-1 Page 15. [S299] Census - ON, Waterloo, Hespeler - 1881, Page 12. [S392] Census - ON, Waterloo, Hespeler - 1911, Div. 20 Pg. 20. [S2208] Census - ON, Waterloo, Hespeler - 1891, Section 1 Page 5. [S31] News - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Dumfries Reformer (1850-1892), 22 Feb 1865. Brydon, Margaret married 16 Feb 1865 to H.A. Brewster In Waterloo by Rev Mr MacKenzie. Bride, 2nd dau David Brydon, Wloo.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 7 Oct 1879 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Business - Universal Lightning Rod Company - - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Methodist - 1891 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Clerk - 1901 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Town Cterk, Office - 1911 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Methodist - 1911 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - Nov 1962 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth