Reeve Zachariah Adam Hall

1866 - 1952  (85 years)

• Name	Zachariah Adam Hall
  Prefix	Reeve
  Born	28 Feb 1866	Millbank, Mornington Twp., Perth County, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Business	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	Hall Zryd Foundry
  Elected Office	Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	Reeve of Preston, council
  Interesting	foundry, business, politics
  Name	Z. A. Hall
  Occupation	1901	Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Teacher
  Residence	155 Guelph Ave., Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	Also known as 171 Guelph Ave.
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-89067
  Died	1952	Guelph City, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada
  Buried	Woodlawn Memorial Park Cemetery, Guelph City, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I89067	Generations
  Last Modified	6 Apr 2024

  
  

  Family	Margaret Forbes,   b. 1869, Badenoch, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 25 May 1949, Guelph City, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 80 years)
  Married	16 Dec 1909	Guelph Township, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada
  Children	1. Margaret Forbes Hall,   b. 17 Dec 1911, Guelph City, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 12 Mar 2009, Victoria, British Columbia  (Age 97 years)
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F22726	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Zachariah A. Hall, a noted industrialist enjoyed a varied career acting as a school principal in Preston then operating a Preston furniture business. In 1907 with Oscar Jacob Zyrd he purchased Parker Steele Range Company of Windsor and moved to Grimsby then relocating the business to Hespeler in 1909. He foundry company was the Hall Zyrd Foundry Company until 1928 Mr. Zyrd sold his interests. The business was renamed to Hall Foundry Company Limited until 1952 when he died. He noted for many of the invention of special features on ranges. He was elected as a MPP in 1914, serving until 1919. He also served on Preston town council and a reeve. He also served on Waterloo County council. He moved to Guelph abt 1922. Cambridge Mosaic , Jim Quantrell, 1998, City of Cambridge [abbreviated snippet from original text in book]

  
  

• Sources

  [S204] Census - ON, Waterloo, Preston - 1901, Preston (Village) F-2 Page 3.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 28 Feb 1866 - Millbank, Mornington Twp., Perth County, Ontario, Canada Business - Hall Zryd Foundry - - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Elected Office - Reeve of Preston, council - - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Teacher - 1901 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - - 155 Guelph Ave., Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 16 Dec 1909 - Guelph Township, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Died - 1952 - Guelph City, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth