Elizabeth Ziegler^[1]

1854 - 1942  (87 years)

• Name	Elizabeth Ziegler
  Born	15 Sep 1854	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]
  Gender	Female
  Residence	1861	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Mennonite
  Occupation	1881	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	School Teacher
  Residence	1881  [5]
  	Weslyan Metodist
  Occupation	1901	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	P. S. Teacher
  Occupation	1911	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	Teacher, Public School
  Residence	1911	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	Christian Science
  Occupation	1921	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  	Teacher, Public School
  Residence	1921	86 Queen St. N., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  Residence	1921	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  	Christian Science
  Honoured	1930	Elizabeth Ziegler School, 90 Moore Avenue South, Waterloo, Ontario
  	Elizabeth Ziegler School named in her honor
  Died	1942  [9]
  Website	2009
  	Photo
  	Waterloo Public Library Digital Collection Notes: The career of Elizabeth Ziegler, who was the first female principal in Waterloo County, was so long that three generations of some families were taught by her. When she died, her gravestone was inscribed simply: "Elizabeth Ziegler. She loved children." She grew up in Kitchener, attending local schools before completing her teaching certificate at the Toronto Normal School when she was just sixteen. She taught for one year in Breslau and two years in Bloomingdale before she moved to Central School in Waterloo where she taught primary students. She taught at Central and Alexandra schools in Waterloo and served as the first woman principal at Alexandra school when it was a four-room school. She retired in 1930 at the age of seventy-four. In 1931 the Premier of Ontario George S. Henry opened the new Elizabeth Ziegler School on Moore Avenue in Waterloo. Elizabeth Ziegler died in 1942.
  Hall of Fame - Waterloo Region	Bef 2012	, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [10]
  Name	Lizzie Ziegler
  Eby ID Number	00139-8443
  Buried	Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [9]
  Person ID	I9573	Generations
  Last Modified	6 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Enoch Ziegler,   b. 2 Mar 1822, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 22 Nov 1897, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 75 years)
  Mother	Hannah Hallman,   b. 3 Nov 1824, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 19 Jul 1913, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 88 years)
  Married	Apr 1844	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [11, 12, 13]
  Family ID	F1961	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  Elizabth (Lizzie) Ziegler Waterloo Public Library Digital Collection

  
  

• Notes

  Lizzie Ziegler, "is engaged as a teacher in the Waterloo Central School. She is not married." Eby, Ezra E. (1895). A biographical history of Waterloo township and other townships of the county: being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character. Berlin [Kitchener, Ont.]: [s.n.]. _____________________________ ELIZABETH ZIEGLER 1854-1942 Elizabeth Ziegler, daughter of Enoch Ziegler and Hannah Hallman, received her teaching certificate from the Toronto Normal School at the age of sixteen, and at that time was the youngest student to receive a certificate. It was signed by Dr. Egerton Ryerson, Ontario's first Minister of Education. She taught for fifty-eight years, one year in Breslau, two years in Bloomingdale and in Waterloo for fifty-five years in both Central School and later as principal of Alexandra School. Premier G.S. Henry presided when the Elizabeth Ziegler School, Moore Avenue, Waterloo, was opened and named in honor of her on September 2, 1931. Mr. Henry said in part: "This splendid building is a monument to the purpose, integrity and inspiration of a woman who has helped fashion the lives of the citizens of this community and has helped them to make the best use of their lives." Ziegler was a vocalist of note for many years and was a church choir leader. She retired in 1930 and died in 1942. Region of Waterloo Hall of Fame

  
  

• Sources

  [S10] Book - Vol II A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., 701. [S158] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1881, Division 1 Page Number 2 Household Number 8. [S137] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1901, Berlin (Town/Ville) Page 6. [S229] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1871, Div 13, Page 12. [S158] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1881, Div 1 Page 2. [S123] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1861, Div. 1 Page 6. [S340] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1911, Div. 36 Page 16. [S2264] Census - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - 1921, Sub Dist. 25 Page 5. [S166] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Mount Hope CC#4508 Internet Link . Elizabeth Ziegler/ 1854-1942/ She taught little children/ for sixty years/ [S220] Waterloo Region Hall of Fame Waterloo Region Hall of Fame. [S32] News - Herald of Truth, December 15, 1897 - Obituary of Enoch Ziegler. [S13] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - Wellington District Marriage Register Part 1 1840-1852, Rev'd Frederick W. Bindemann, Minister of The German Evangelical Protestant Lutheran Church, At Greenbush, Waterloo Township, Halton County, 1 Sept. 1843 to 1 July 1844 report 32. Enoch Ziegler, Wagonmaker, of Waterloo, to Hana Hallmann, of Dumfries. Wit. Sam'i Fried, Farmer, of Plenum, and Adam Unger, Farmer, of Dumfries. [S1592] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1891, Sec. 5 Page 1.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 15 Sep 1854 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1861 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - School Teacher - 1881 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - P. S. Teacher - 1901 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Teacher, Public School - 1911 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Christian Science - 1911 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Teacher, Public School - 1921 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1921 - 86 Queen St. N., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Christian Science - 1921 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Honoured - Elizabeth Ziegler School named in her honor - 1930 - Elizabeth Ziegler School, 90 Moore Avenue South, Waterloo, Ontario Hall of Fame - Waterloo Region - Bef 2012 - , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth