Peter Jaffray

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• Occupation: 1851, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Printer
• Residence: 1851, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Episcopalian
• Occupation: 1861, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Printer
• Residence: 1861, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Church of England
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PETER JAFFRAY 1800-1864

Married: Mary Ann Gittins

Mr. Jaffray was born in Stirling, Scotland in 1800, was a graduate of the University of Glasgow and learned the printing business while in the employ of Oliver and Boyd in Edinburgh. He also worked for the Shrewsbury Chronicle for twenty-two years and started the Shrewsbury News. In 1844 Mr. Jaffray immigrated to the Goderich area with the intention of becoming a gentleman farmer. On his way west he passed through Galt and noted that the Dumfries Courier was looking for a printer. He continued on his journey but it soon became apparent that pioneer farming in Canada was neither to his expectations nor his liking and he soon began to contemplate alternatives. He considered an offer to join George Brown's fledgling Toronto Globe but decided instead to throw in his lot with Ben Hearle and the Dumfries Courier. After working for two years for the "shiftless" Mr. Hearle, Mr. Jaffray and his sons finally had enough of the publisher's shortcomings and announced their intentions to leave within a month. Faced with the loss of the cream of his staff, Mr. Hearle persuaded the Jaffray's to stay on for an additional three weeks while he sought qualified replacements. When it became apparent that none were forthcoming and that the demise of the Courier was inevitable, Mr. Hearle offered to sell his antiquated equipment to Mr. Jaffray. Although contemplating the formation of his own newspaper, Mr. Jaffray declined the offer, opting instead for newer, though more expensive, equipment. Having now severed his ties with the Courier, Mr. Jaffray, in partnership with James Ainslie, launched the Galt Reporter with the first issue appearing on Friday, November 13, 1846. Mr. Ainslie and Mr. Jaffray had a falling out over the conservative political content that was finding its way into the paper and Mr. Ainslie left the partnership in 1849 to start a rival weekly, the Dumfries Reformer. With the departure of Mr. Ainslie the Reporter came under the sole control of Mr. Jaffray and his sons William, Richard, Henry and George, and became more politically conservative in tone. Mr. Jaffray died on November 15, 1864 and is buried in Trinity Anglican Cemetery. Jaffray St. is named for him and perpetuates the memory of various family members.


Cambridge Mosaic, Jim Quantrell, 1998, City of Cambridge

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During the summer of 1844 the first newspaper ever published in Galt saw the light. It was called the Dumfries Courier, and thirty-five year after its publication, as the copy before us witnesses, it presents a very faded and unattractive appearance. It was published by the easy-going, genial but shiftless "Ben" Hearle, who felt his bosom swell with pride when he was called the editor, but who performed little but spoke much of the onerous duties of the chair editorial. Indeed, from " Ben's" easygoing habits, it is very doubtful if there would have been any editorials whatever on some occasions, or in fact any Courier at all, but for the fact that Mr. Peter Jaffray and sons had arrived in Galt from Shrewsbury, England, shortly after the office was opened, and were induced to take an active part in getting out the paper.....Mr. Peter Jaffray was born in Stirling, Scotland, in 1800. He learned the printing business with Oliver & Bojsd, Edinburgh, and afterwards obtained a responsible charge in connection with the Shrewsbury Chronicle, in England, with which he was associated for twenty-two years. After starting the Shrewsbury News, he emigrated to Canada, arriving in Galt in July, 1844, where he continued to reside until his death on the 15th November, 1864. His connection with the press of Galt, as well as his social and kind disposition, are too well remembered to require recital.

Reminiscences of the Early History of Galt and the Settlement of Dumfries in the Province of Ontario, by James Young

Peter married Mary Ann Gittins 30 Oct 1829, Shrewsbury, , Shropshire, England. Mary was born 1804, Shrewsbury, , Shropshire, England; died 17 Apr 1873, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 4 May 1873, Trinity Anglican Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Kate Jaffray
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• Immigration: 1844, , Canada
• Residence: 1851, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Episcopalian
• Residence: 1861, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Church of England
• Residence: 1871, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Church of England

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• Business: W. Jaffray & Son, Kitchener, , Ontario, Canada; W. Jaffray & Son - Ticket Agents
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• Interesting: post, politics, life story, newspaper
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-38575P
• Residence: 1851, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Episcopalian
• Occupation: 1861, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Bookkeeper
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Episcopalian
• Occupation: 1862, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Postmaster
• Elected Office: 1866, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mayor - Councillor - Deputy Reeve
• Occupation: 1871, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Post Master
• Residence: 1871, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Anglican
• Occupation: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Postmaster
• Residence: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Episcopal
• Occupation: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Post Master
• Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Anglican

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William Jaffray

Jaffray, William, Berlin, Ontario, was born on March 6th, 1832, at Shrewsbury, England. He is a son of Peter Jaffray, a native of Stirling, Scotland, and Mary Ann, nee Gittins, of Shrewsbury. Mr. Jaffray, senior, was may say, was a gentleman of excellent literary attainments, and was, for a number of years, editor of the Shrewsbury Chronicle. Our subject, for one year, attended the Diocesan School in his native place. When very young, he entered the sedentary militia, and in 1854 was promoted to a lieutenancy. Our subject, it may be said, comes of a newspaper race, for the "inherited tendency" seems to manifest itself in the matter of the journalistic instinct, as well as in legal, military or ecclesiastical leanings. Some members of the family occupy prominent journalistic positions in Birmingham, England; some in Australia; some, as we see, in Canada, and several in the United States. In 1856 our subject became editor of the Galt Reporter and Berlin Chronicle, and for several years took an energetic, prominent and influential part in the political contests of South Waterloo. He married, on January 26th, 1834, Agnes Jackson, a native of Kilmarnock, Scotland, and the fruit of the union was eight children. Three of the sons are publishers and proprietors of the Canadian-American Journal, another holds an important office in the St. Paul M. & M. R. R., at Des Moines, Iowa, and the fifth is a partner with our subject, both being Grand Trunk R. R. agents in Berlin. Mr. Jaffray's father, we may say, established the Galt Reporter in 1847, and the son became partner with him in 1851. In 1856 the Berlin Chronicle was founded, but the enterprise was sold out in 1861. Mr. Jaffray has always been an unyielding and sturdy Conservative. In 1862, Mr. Jaffray was appointed postmaster for Berlin, and in 1864 he became the express and telegraph agent. In the period extending from 1865 to 1883, our subject has been councillor, deputy reeve, reeve and mayor, and occupied the last named position for two years. He has always been active and interested in municipal affairs, and although and Englishman, has in many contests been victorious, by considerable majorities, in a German town. He is an Episcopalian, and has been a member of church choirs continuously for over forty years. He once went to Scotland and England, and took a three month holiday through the countries. It is scarcely necessary to say that our subject is one of the most popular and respected inhabitants of Berlin.

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St. John the Evangelist Anglican Church

Early Anglican services were held in the Berlin area in the 1840s by the Rev. Michael Boomer of the Galt Mission. In 1856 William Jaffray moved from Galt to Berlin and established an English-language newspaper, the Berlin Chronicle. An Anglican, who had attended Trinity Church in Galt, Mr. Jaffray led in the formation of a congregation in Berlin, where he acted as Lay Reader. Two other gentlemen influential in establishing the Anglican presence in Berlin were Henry Joseph Fletcher Jackson and Dr. David S. Bowlby. Land was purchased on April 5, 1861 on the southeast corner of Water St. N. and Short (now Duke) Streets, and the first church, of red brick with white brick trim, was built in 1861.

The church was demolished in April 1894 to make room for the present church which was built on the same site and dedicated on October 7, 1894. A Parish Hall was built in 1927 and the church was enlarged in 1955. Early rectors who followed the missionary, Thomas S. Campbell, were the first rector Rev. E.R. Stimson (1859-1864), Rev. Dr. John Schulte (1864-1867), Rev. Henry Jessop (1868) and Rev. Alexander Sydney Falls (1869-1876).

Waterloo County Churches A Research Guide To Churches Established Before 1900 By Rosemary Ambrose

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Jaffray, William, Berlin, Ontario, was born on March 6th, 1832, at Shrewsbury, England. He is a son of Peter Jaflray, a native of Stirling, Scotland, and Mary Ann, nee Gittins, of Shrewsbury. Mr. Jaffray, senior, we may say, was a gentleman of excellent literary attainments, and was, for a number of years, editor of the Shrewsbury Chronicle. Our subject, for one year, attended the Diocesan School in his native place. When very young, he entered the sedentary militia, and in 1854 was promoted to a lieutenancy. Our subject, it may be said, comes of a newspaper race, for the "inherited tendency" seems to manifest itself in the matter of the journalistic instinct, as well as in legal, military or ecclesiastical leanings. Some members of the family occupy prominent journalistic positions in Birmingham, England ; some in Australia ; some, as we see, in Canada, and several in the United States. In 1856 our subject became editor of the Galt Reporter and Berlin Chronicle, and for several years took an energetic, prominent and influential part in the political contests of South Waterloo. He married, on January 26th, 1854, Agnes Jackson, a native of Kilmarnock, Scotland, and the fruit of the union was eight children. Three of the sons are publishers and propietors of the Canadian- American Journal, another holds an important office in the fit. Paul M. & M. R.R., at Des Moines, Iowa, and the fifth is a partner with our subject, both being Grand Trunk R.R. agents in Berlin. Mr. Jaffray's father, we may say, established the Galt Reporter in 1847, and the son became partner with him in 1851. In 1856 the Berlin Chronicle was founded, but the enterprise was sold out in 1861. Mr. Jaffray has always been an unyielding and sturdy Conservative. In 1862, Mr. Jaffray was appointed postmaster for Berlin, and in 1864 he became the express and telegraph agent. In the period extending from 1865 to 1883, our subject has been councillor, deputy reeve, reeve and mayor, and occupied the last named position for two years. He has always been active and interested in municipal affairs, and although an Englishman, has in many contests been victorious, by considerable majorities, in a German town. He is an Episcopalian, and has been a member of church choirs continuously for over forty years. He once went to Scotland and England, and took a three months holiday through the two countries. It is scarcely necessary to say that our subject is one of the most popular and respected inhabitants of Berlin.

A Cyclopaedia of Canadian Biography Being Chiefly Men of the Time.1886

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WILLIAM JAFFRAY 1832-1896

Married: Agnes Jackson - 1853
William Jaffray was born in 1832 in Shrewsbury, England, the oldest of the four sons of Peter Jaffray the founder of the Galt Reporter and his wife Mary Ann Gittins. He emigrated from England with his family in 1844, arriving in New York in May. The family was moving to the Goderich area with the intention of operating a farm. They were passing through Galt when Mr. Jaffray's father, Peter, noticed that the Dumfries Courier was seeking a printer. It was not long before he decided to forego the farming adventure and took the job at the Courier and settled in Galt. This led to the founding of the Galt Reporter by Peter Jaffray in 1846. In 1856 William Jaffray established the Berlin Chronicle and Waterloo Reformers' Gazette in Berlin, now Kitchener. For some time he maintained his residence in Galt, travelling back and forth on horseback. Mr. Jaffray sold the newspaper in 1860 and in 1861 was named Berlin's postmaster. Sometime later, Mr. Jaffray was appointed as town agent of the Grand Trunk Railway and also conducted the Montreal Telegraph office and the Canadian Express Company's local business. Like other members of his family, Mr. Jaffray had a strong interest in municipal politics. He served on the Berlin village council in 1866 and 1867 and acted as deputy reeve in 1869 and 1870. He served as the first reeve of the new town of Berlin in 1871 and returned to the office in 1880 and 1881. He also served as the mayor of Berlin, completing the term of Jacob Shantz in 1882 and winning election to the office again in 1883. Mr. Jaffray died on September 29, 1896.

Cambridge Mosaic, Jim Quantrell, 1998, City of Cambridge

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WILLIAM JAFFRAY: PUBLISHER AND POSTMASTER.

In 1856 William Jaffray came to Berlin and founded the Berlin Chronicle and Waterloo Reformers' Gazette, and soon afterward took Casper Hett into a partnership that lasted for a couple of years. Their printing ollice stood on the west side of south Queen street, on a lot now covered in part by Lockhart's Automobile Salesroom. At the outset Mr. Jaffray, whose home was in Galt, rode back and forth on horseback, until their venture warranted his bringing his wife and family to the county seat. He was the descendant of a family of Scotch publishers. one of whom settled in Galt in the middle Forties.

Originally the Jaffrays were a Scotch clan whose members scattered over England, the United States, and Canada. One of these sons, whose name was Peter, and who was born on the family estate near Stirling, Scotland, like many another young Scot, went south, after graduating from the University of Glasgow, and settled in England. At Shrewsbury he established a newspaper which he named The News. He then sent to Glasgow for his nephew, John Jaffray, and gave him a position on the newspaper. Nephew John afterward became owner of the Birmingham Post and of the Daily Mail, two Radical organs of the Midlands.

Before John Jaffray had left The News his uncle had placed his publication on a sound footing and taken unto himself a wife of Welsh descent. As the years fled Peter Jaffray heard numerous reports of the fortunes awaiting industrious pioneers in Upper Canada, and after discussing the matter from every angle with his wife, resolved to go to Canada and to engage in "gentleman farming"'.

In 1844 he sold his newspaper plant, and with his wife and six children, four of whom were boys, boarded a sailing ship that was Canada bound. After a tiresome voyage of eight weeks the vessel reached a Canadian port, from whence the immigrants made the journey overland to Goderich, C. W. There, in a new and sparsely settled region, Peter Jaffray tried his inexperienced hand at felling the trees from a section of the primordial forest. Although he succeeded in making a small clearing he soon realized that he was unfitted for the task of bushwhacking.

While he made a study of his problem and considered what would be the best move to make, he learned that another Scot, named Peter Brown, had just begun the publication of The Globe in Toronto. He communicated with Mr. Brown and received aninvitation to join the editorial staff of the Toronto paper. Since the smell of printer's ink was still in his nostrils, Peter Jaffray accepted the offer. Then, bundling his wife and bairns into a covered wagon, he set out for Toronto. But, while on the way, he heard that there was a struggling weekly in Galt, called The Courier, which needed either a new manager or a new owner. Peter Jaffray then turned his horses' heads southward and wheeled into Galt. There he was placed in charge of the paper and succeeded to the extent that within eighteen months he was able to acquire the property.

This was in 1847. After the weekly was his own, one of his first new was to name it The Reporter. Peter Jaffray was fortunate in possessing A group of promising boys. The four of them, William, Richard, Henry, and George, took to newspaper work like ducks to water. Successively he had them learn the printer's trade, and while they were mastering the practical side of the publishing business he encouraged them to write items for the paper. In a sense this came naturally to them, but they benefited most from having to satisfy their father, who was a university graduate, and who would not allow any article to pass which contained inaccuracies or was faulty in style.

William Jaffray, the oldest son, was the first to receive this careful training and made such progress that at the age of eighteen he was appointed as assistant editor. He had other gifts. One of these was the ability to express his thoughts from a public platform. Soon after he had taken up the editorial pen, he made his appearance on the hustings and supported the candidate whom their news-paper championed. Then and ever afterward he was self-confident. The next important event in his career was his marriage.

In 1853 William Jaffray and Agnes Jackson wedded. She was the youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Jackson of Ayr, Ontario. Her father founded the village of Ayr and named it after his wife who, like himself, was a native of Ayrshire, Scotland. Incidentally, the Thibado boys, Harry and Frank, who attended the Berlin High School, and who came here with their father, Dr. A. J. Thibado, of Boise City, Idaho, are the sons of Mrs. William Jaffary's sister.

Mr. and Mrs. William Jaffray themselves had five sons: James P., Robert M., William R., Edward G., and Clive T.; and two daughters: Margaret, who died as a result of an accident on the Cedar street hill, and Amy Robert Jaffray, a distinguished singer, who now lives in Italy. William Jaffray, the father of this engaging family, was born in 1832 and was in his twenty-third year when he came to Berlin and founded the Berlin Chronicle. It was an independent Reform weekly and he and Mr. Hett for a few years together published it. Later Mr. Hett sold his interest to Mr. Jaffray and removed to Philadelphia. Until 1860 the latter was the sole owner. He then sold the Chronicle and the plant to Messrs. Bowman and Kumpf, who transferred the office of publication lo Waterloo. Mr. Jaffray also removed to that town and engaged in business, but continued for a time to contribute editorials to this weekly.

In his appearance Mr. Jaffray resembled Charles Dickens. This resemblance was heightened by the fact that both wore full brown beards. Like the famous author, William Jaffray was closely observant and a clear and fluent writer. In his day and age in Berlin personal journalism was in vogue, for the people of the Fifties were only one remove from the pioneering times and method. When editors had exhausted caustic adjective they sometimes belabored each other on the street.

As the editor of a Reform weekly, Mr, Jaffray did not run tamely in party harness. Thus, for instance, when the Toronto Globe was contending that Upper Canada should either be represented in the parliament of the United Provinces according to its population (Rep. by Pop.), or withdraw from the union, Mr. Jaffray supported the confederation of the provinces as a Dominion. In local affairs he counseled that business men to set up manufaciories and thereby free themselves from n dependence upon local trade.

He was an excellent speaker. As such his services were in demand at public entertainments and on political platforms, In 1858, fur example, he slumped the South Riding of Waterloo on behalf of his friend, William Scott, and contributed to his election. In addition he was a fine singer, and fnr n number of years was chorister of St. John's Church. One of the first things that he advocated in his paper was the organization of a cricket club in Berlin. He himself played a good game. His greatest influence, however, lay in politics, for then the electors took public makers more seriously than they now do.

Mr. Jaffray's independence in writing on public questions perturbed his political allies, but won for him the support of Conservatives, like the late Jacob Hespeler. This independence paved the way fur his appointment as postmaster of Berlin in 1861, by the Cartier-Macdonald government. Then the small frame building now 61-63 South Queen Street served as the village post-office.

From this building the he was moved to a new building on King Street, where in remained until after the town hall was erected in 1869, when the western end of the main floor was set aside for Canadian Express Company's local business. In this work he was assisted in the telegraph and express office by his son James, and in the post-office by his son William. After the federal building on the corner of King and Benton streets was built, the post-office was removed to it. Thereafter Mr. Jaffray relinquished the railway agencies and confined his activities to his post-office duties.

While postmaster he found an outlet for his surplus energy in the council chamber. In 1866 and 1867 he was elected as a councilor by the village at large; in 1869 and 1870 he was elected as Deputy-Reeve; and in 1871 he was returned as the Reeve of the first town council. He then withdrew from the civic arena. But in 1880 and 1881 he was again elected as Reeve. In 1882 the businessmen of Berlin, desiring to honor Jacob Y. Shantz, persuaded him to accept the office of Mayor. Mr. Shantz reluctantly consented, but after a month or more in the chair he found that he had had greater satisfaction in building the town hall than he did in presiding over council meetings in it, and resigned. Mr. Jaffray was then elected Mayor for the unexpired term and again in 1883. During his terms as Mayor of Berlin, his brother Richard was also Mayor of Galt.

Throughout his years in the council William Jaffray was assiduous in the performance of his duties and fathered a number of progressive measures. After his second year in the Mayor's chair he retired from municipal life and devoted himself to his official duties and the cultivation of certain hobbies. Among these were music, and literature, and gardening. His services as chairman of public gatherings were always in demand. Mr. Jaffray was very methodical in everything. If he were, for instance, presiding at a meeting and the program was not concluded at his bedtime, which was shortly after ten o'clock, he would excuse himself and retire.

He was one of the earliest Oddfellows in Waterloo County. On attaining his majority he assumed membership in the British Order - Manchester Unity. Afterward, in Berlin, this led to his promotion of the interests of the Independent Order of Oddfellows, and to his connection with Grand Union Lodge as one of its founders.

Mr. Jaffray died on September 29, 1896.

The History of Kitchener, W. V. Uttley

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William Jaffray, Mayor 1883.

Mr. William Jaffray, was mayor of Berlin in part of 1882 and during 1883. Previously he had served three years in the reeve's chair. Mr. Jaffray was the son of Peter Jaffray of Galt, who established the Galt Reporter. He himself, with Mr. Hett, founded the Berlin "Chhronicle," which they afterwards sold to Bowman and Kumpf of Waterloo. He was eloquent speaker and a forcible writer. In 1861, he was appointed Post master. During his term as mayor he urged the young town to set up productive establishments and not depend merely on country trade His good advice ince been followed.

Official souvenir of the celebration of cityhood, July 17th 1912, Berlin, Ontario, The German Printing and Publishing Co

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W. Jaffray & Son, Ticket Agents, King Street - The firm of W. Jaffray & Son is one well and popularly known in Berlin, having been established since 1878 as general ticket agents for the Grand Trunk Railway, the Canada Express Company, the Great North-Western Telegraph Company, and for the following well known steamship lines: Allan, Inman, Cunard, Anchor, and others. Mr. W.R. Jaffray, the son, is also agent for the well known stock-broking firm of Cox & Co., of Toronto, whose operations extend all over Ontario and the west and other portions of the Dominion; also Chicago, New York and other American financial centres. Mr. Jaffray has special wires to Messrs. Cox & Co's. office, and all stock transactions can be transacted through him equally as well as through the Toronto office. Mr. W. Jaffray, the father, was born in Shrewsbury, England on March 6^th, 1832, and has been postmaster in Berlin since 1862, and is a most faithful and efficient officer in that responsible office. Journalism appears to be hereditary in the blood of the Jaffrays. Mr. W. Jaffray's father was editor of the Shrewsbury Chronicle, while Mr. Jaffray himself has been editor of the Galt Reporter and Berlin Chronicle, so that he may well be called "a man of letters." He has three sons on the Chicago press. Mr. Jaffray has also taken an active interest in politics, and has acceptably filled at different times the officers of Councillor, Deputy-Reeve, Reeve and Mayor, having served two terms in the last mentioned office. Mr. W.R. Jaffray, the son, is an enterprising, pushing and persevering business man, and ably conducts the affairs of the agency, and seems destined to follow politically in his father's footsteps. Both gentlemen are held in the highest esteem by the community.

Industries of Canada Historical and Commercial Sketches Hamilton and Environs 1886

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QUEEN STREET SOUTH, EAST SIDE.

On the corner of King Street Rehscher's vaulted cellar already spoken of.

An open space.

A two-story rough-cast building with two-story veranda along the Queen Street front built by Martin Anthes (father of John S. Anthes) in 1835 when it was considered one of the best houses in the village. Henry Stroh purchased this house from Mr. Anthes about 1837. Jacob Stroh was born in this house. Behind it there was a garden of about an acre of land. There were 31 pine stumps on the property when Mr. Stroh took possession and these stumps had to be laboriously removed as stump- pulling machines, which came later, were not then available. The well on the lot was only nine feet deep. Henry Stroh carried on a shoe shop in his house until he entered into partnership with Carl Kranz, on King Street.

In 1857, after he had dissolved partnership with Kranz, Henry Stroh built a one and one-half story frame building next to his house and used it as a shoe store. Mr. Stroh continued in this shoe business until 1863 when he went into partnership with Mr. Reinhold Lang, the tanner. The Queen Street shoe shop was changed to a dwelling. Later Mr. Vanderhart, a tailor, had his shop in this building and after him Carl Englehart had it as photographer. Henry Stroh sold his house to George King. Later Charles Ahrens owned it and had it moved to the corner of Shanley and Braun Streets about 1880.

A one and one-half story frame building erected about 1837 by Jacob Kraemer, later on Frederick Street, as spoken of. Later an addition was added to the front and the building used as the local post office, with William Davidson in charge. Later George Seip purchased the building and used it as a saloon, with a bowling alley in the rear, the first bowling alley in Berlin. William Jaffray used it as a post office for a time and later William Knell, son-in-law of Mr. Seip.

A one and one-half story frame building, originally a cooper shop, later the dwelling of Mr. Seip, after he sold the other building. In 1860 he built a brewery, known as Seip's brewery. Under the whole building he had a vaulted cellar built of field stone. Power for the brewery was supplied by a horse-power contained in an attached shed, shelter for the horses. Seip had a high reputation for good beer. He at first made his own malt, but later purchased it. After George Seip's death his son Louis continued the business until about 1880. The building was finally torn down to make room for the present auditorium.

The cooper shop, a small one story building, with brick chimney such as coopers used to heat staves for their barrel making, operated by Henry Brickner who later had his shop at the corner of Young and King Streets. Later Adam Stein had the Queen Street cooper shop. The Berlin coopers were experts in the making of what was called tight-wear,that is water-tight barrels, in large tuns which they made for the brewers.

A very early building, occupied by John Peters, a cabinet maker in Hoffman's factory, about 1860. The building had an outside stairway at the back. Peters was a bird lover and expert in trapping native song birds, mocking birds, cat birds, finches, etc., which he hung under his veranda roof in public display.

On the corner of Church Street a frame house occupied by Mr. Knechtel, a weaver, about 1842-1850. Knechtel moved to a farm in Mannheim where later he was injured in the spine by a falling tree to such an extent that he was bedfast for fourteen or fifteen years. He lived to about 1871. Conrad Doering occupied the Queen Street house for a time. He also was a weaver and made coverlets, etc. The house was torn down to make room for the present one of brick built by Dr. Clemens and later occupied by the late Dr. Walters.

Church Street.

On the south side St. Paul's Lutheran Church.

A one and one-half story unpainted frame building with gable towards the street, the dwelling, about 1860, of John Fleischauer, a laborer, a native of Hessen, Germany.

A one and one-half story house occupied by E. Kern, cabinet maker, about 1860 and later by John Ansted.

A vacant lot.

George Street.

Joseph Schneider originally owned all the land between George Street and Mill Street, mostly woods at that time, and extending to Benton and Eby Streets.


REMINISCENCES OF BERLIN (NOW KITCHENER) By JACOB STROH Contributed by Joseph M. Snyder.

Part I. Settlement - Early Villagers and Buildings, Waterloo Historical Society Annual Volume 1930

Occupation:
Appointed 1 Apr 1862 Separated 28 Sep 1896

Elected Office:
Years Served: 1866-67, 1870 (Deputy Reeve), 1871, 1880-81, 1882-83 (Mayor)

William married Agnes Smith Jackson 26 Jan 1854, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Agnes (daughter of James Jackson and Mary Ann Browning) was born 5 May 1833, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland; died 3 Nov 1902, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Residence: 1851, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Episcopalian
• Occupation: 1861, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Printer
• Residence: 1861, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Church of England
• Occupation: 1871, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Printer
• Residence: 1871, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Church of England
• Elected Office: 1880, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Warden for the County of Waterloo
• Occupation: 1881, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Printer
• Elected Office: 1883, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mayor of Galt
• Occupation: 1891, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Wagonmaker
• Residence: 1891, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Anglican

Notes:

Jaffray, Bros. , printers and proprietors of the Galt Reporter. The brothers are natives of England and were born there Richard in 1832, and George in 1838. Have been residents of Galt since 1844. Mr. R. Jaffray has held the office of Reeve.

Illustrated Atlas of the County of Waterloo, H. Parsel & Co., Toronto - 1881

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RICHARD JAFFRAY 1834-1898

Married: Mary (Marion) Havill

Richard Jaffray was born in Shrewsbury, England on February 3, 1834, a son of Peter Jaffray, the founder of the Galt Reporter, and Mary Ann Gittins. He emigrated from England with his family in 1844, arriving in New York in May. The family was moving to the Goderich area with the intention of operating a farm. They were passing through Galt when Mr. Jaffray's father, Peter, noticed that the Dumfries Courier was seeking a printer. It was not long before he decided to forego the farming adventure and took the job at the Courier and settled in Galt. This led to the founding of the Galt Reporter by Peter Jaffray in 1846. With the death of his father in 1864, Richard Jaffray joined with his brothers Henry and George Jaffray to form the printing and newspaper publishing firm of Jaffray Bros. In 1889 Richard Jaffray became quite ill and withdrew from the partnership, leaving the operation of the business to his sole surviving brother George. Mr. Jaffray recovered from this illness but did not return to the business. During his active career in the newspaper business, Mr. Jaffray demonstrated a keen interest in municipal politics. He was a member of the Galt town council from 1868 to 1874, was Galt's reeve from 1875 to 1882 and was Galt's mayor in 1883 and 1884. He also served as warden of Waterloo County. Mr Jaffray died on July 4, 1898 and is buried in Trinity Anglican Church.

Sources:
1. Obituary Galt Daily Reporter Monday July 4, 1898.
2. Jim Quantrell, "The Newspapers of Cambridge Part 2", A Part of Our Past, Essays on Cambridge's History City of Cambridge Archives, Cambridge Ontario 1992.
3. Constance E. Sanders, "The Evening Reporter Celebrates its 125th Anniversary", Waterloo Historical Society Journal Vol. 59, 1971.


Cambridge Mosaic, Jim Quantrell, 1998, City of Cambridge [used with kind permission of Jim Quantrell]

Richard married Mary Havill 30 Nov 1868, London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada. Mary (daughter of James Havill and Mary Ann) was born 11 Aug 1848, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 27 Sep 1922, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 29 Sep 1922, Trinity Anglican Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Interesting: accident, drowning, story
• Name: H. J. Jaffray
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-153480
• Residence: 1851, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Episcopalian
• Occupation: 1861, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Printer
• Residence: 1861, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Church of England
• Occupation: 1871, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Printer
• Residence: 1871, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Church of England
• Misfortune: May 1878, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

Notes:

SAD ACCIDENT AT GALT

A Pleasure Steamboat Goes Over The Mill Dam -- 8 Drowned

May 23, Galt. --The little steamer EMPRESS OF INDIA, which had been placed on the Grand River, and which on Monday last commenced its trips for the season on Blain's Dam, to all appearance was perfectly safe for the business required of it, and the calamity which has overtaken it was totally unlooked for.

Last evening about eight o'clock a party of some fifteen young men and two young women embarked on the vessel for a sail up the river. As the boat was crossing the dam something appeared to go wrong with the rudder, and the head of the boat could not be turned sufficiently up the stream to enable it to counteract the effects of the current caused by the flow over the dam. The west side of the dam was reached without mishap, however, but the point where the boat would have touched being rough and rocky, an order was given to reverse the engine, which was done. The boat again getting out into the stream, an effort was made to turn the bow up the stream but again it seemed as if the rudder would not work, and when at last it did, it unfortunately was turned the wrong way, and the boat headed directly for the fall, and before those on board could realize their position the steamer drifted broadside to the fall, and in a moment went crashing over into the boiling water beneath. Before it took it's final leap, however, two of it's occupants, John and William Ovens, jumped into the water, and the latter, in an almost miraculous manner, managed to obtain a foothold on the very edge and to resist the current until he reached the shore. His brother John was not so fortunate, being carried over the faIl, but he was eventually taken out of the river some distance below in an insensible condition.

Of those who went over with the boat, eight were lost, the rest having in various ways managed to reach shore. Both of the young women were saved, one, Miss Landreth, having had an escape that was perfectly miraculous, she floated down the stream until she struck the western pier of the upper bridge, against which the water pressed her so tightly that parties were enabled to get ropes and rescue her.

The following is a complete list of the drowned:-
Jas. Montgomery (engineer and owner), Edward Wren, Andrew Jackson; John Fraser; Frederick Cane; H. J. Jaffray (of the Galt reporter); Thomas Elliott and David Scott. The body of Mr. H. J. Jaffray was taken out of the water within a short time of the accident, but the most unremitting exertions on the part of the medical men present failed to restore life. It is the general impression, that when the boat went over the fall he must have been struck and stunned.

Efforts to recovers of the bodies were made during the night but without success. This morning the boat was turned over where she lay below the falls, t being supposed that some of the bodies must be entangled in the wreck, but none were discovered. The dam is about ten or twelve feet high, with about a foot of water flowing over the fall. The depth of water above the fall is from fifteen to eighteen feet.


Meaford Monitor Friday, May 31, 1878

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• Interesting: newspaper, life story
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-102101
• Residence: 1851, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Episcopalian
• Occupation: 1861, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Printer
• Residence: 1861, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Church of England
• Residence: 1866, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1871, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Printer
• Residence: 1871, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Church of England
• Misfortune: May 1878, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1881, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Journalist
• Occupation: 1891, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; News Paper Publisher
• Residence: 1891, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Anglican

Notes:

Jaffray, Bros. , printers and proprietors of the Galt Reporter. The brothers are natives of England and were born there Richard in 1832, and George in 1838. Have been residents of Galt since 1844. Mr. R. Jaffray has held the office of Reeve.

Illustrated Atlas of the County of Waterloo, H. Parsel & Co., Toronto - 1881

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GEORGE J. JAFFRAY 1838-1895

Married: 1. Ellen Burke - 2. Jane (Jennie) Nairn - 1877
George Joseph Jaffray was born in Shewsbury, Shropshire, England on October 21, 1838, the youngest son of Peter Jaffray, the founder of the Galt Reporter, now the Cambridge Reporter. He emigrated from England with his family in 1844, arriving in New York in May. The family then proceeded toward the Goderich area with the intention of operating a farm. They were passing through Galt when Mr. Jaffray's father, Peter, noticed that the Dumfries Courier was seeking a printer. It was not long before he decided to forego the farming adventure and took the job at the Courier and settled in Galt. This led to the founding of the Galt Reporter by Peter Jaffray in 1846. Peter Jaffray died in 1864, leaving the operation of the paper to George Jaffray and his brothers Henry Jaffray, William Jaffray and Richard Jaffray. The brothers formed the firm of the Jaffray Bros. to publish the paper and to do contract print work. George Jaffray served as the business manager for the paper and is credited with placing the paper on a sound business footing. Following the deaths of two of his brothers, Henry and William, and the withdrawal of the third brother, Richard, from the partnership in 1889, George Jaffray took over sole control of the paper acting as the editor as well as the business manager. He retained both positions until ill health caused him to relinquish his posts on August 12, 1895. In addition to operating the Reporter, Mr. Jaffray was a member of the Galt Public School Board in 1888 and 1889, was the auditor for a number of years of both the Town of Galt and the Ontario Mutual Life Co. of Waterloo. He also served as the Secretary-Treasurer of the Imperial Hotel Co. and as the Secretary of the Conservative Association of South Waterloo. He was a member of the Galt Board of Trade as well as a shareholder in the Galt, Preston and Hespeler Street Railway Company. Mr. Jaffray died on September 6, 1895 and is buried in Trinity Anglican Cemetery.

Cambridge Mosaic, Jim Quantrell, 1998, City of Cambridge

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DEATH OF MR. JAFFRAY

He Passed Away Thursday Evening Aged 57 Years - An Old and Much Respected Resident of Galt - A Widely-Known Journalist

After nearly four weeks of suffering and distress, Mr. Geo. Joseph Jaffray, editor and proprietor of the Galt Reporter and one of the oldest and most highly esteemed residents of the town, died Thursday evening, at a few minutes after nine o'clock.

The deceased gentleman had, at late years, been a victim of dyspepsia, but being of a quiet disposition and of as uncomplaining nature, very few of his friends were acquainted with his sufferings. He was always able to attend to business and was to be found In his office every day, with a punctuality and regularity that was a marked characteristic of Mr. Jaffray during all his life. It was not until attending the C. W. A. meet in Waterloo in July, that Mr. Jaffray's condition began to give his family any source of alarm. To a friend he remarked upon that occasion that he had some difficulty in getting his breath. Mr. Jaffray, however, continued to be present at his office every day for some weeks after and it was not until four weeks ago on Monday last that he was compelled to remain at home, his indisposition having assumed a character as to necessitate his ceasing work. For three weeks previous to his death, he suffered much distress and notwithstanding all that medical skill could do to relieve his ailment, which was heart trouble, he grew worse and his condition for the last few days, was very precarious. Perfect rest and quietude was ordered him by his physiclan and these were secured to him as far as possible. Mr. Jaffray was conscious up to the last moment and the end came, as already mentioned, a few minutes after 9 o'clock, in the evening.

George Joseph Jaffray was the youngest son of the late Peter Jaffray and was born in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England, in the year 1838. When a mere boy, along with the other members of the family, he came to Canada with his parents. They came direct to Galt and were thinking of going up in the neighborhood of Goderich to take up land and begin farming. But at that time a situation was open for a printer on the Dumfries Courier and Mr. Jaffray, the father of the subject of this sketch, received employment on the paper. His two sons, William and Richard also drifted into the employ of the same office. This was in the year 1844 and two years subsequently, Mr. Peter Jaffray, retired to establish the Galt Weekly Reporter, the organ of the Conservative party in Waterloo Co. Thus, it will be seen, that the Reporter, ever since its inception, nearly fifty years ago, has been in the hands of the Jaffray family, the paper descending from father to son. Shortly after this journal was established by Mr. Jaffray, the Courier went out of existence. The Reporter continued in the hands of the father, until he passed away in 1864, when it came into the possession of the sons Richard, Henry and George. Mr. Richard Jaffray edited the journal until his serious illness in 1889, when he retired, his interest being taken over by his brother George. The deceased, before assuming the editorial management and control of the Reporter, was actively connected with its business interests, being bookkeeper and business manager. Henry Jaffray, who was also one of the proprietors, did not devote as much time to the business as his brothers, Richard and George. He being of a nomadic disposition, had gone on a trip to England, joined Wolelsey's Red River expedition to the North-west and travelled miles over the face of the continent. He was one of the victims of that ill-fated steamer which passed over the dam in Galt, in the year 1878, the memory of which still fills many minds with horror and recalls one of the saddest drowning accidents, which ever took place in Canada. The only others of deceased who are living are William, the eldest, who is postmaster at Berlin and Richard, of Galt. Two sisters were born, one of whom is still living, Miss Catherine Jaffray, who resided with the deceased. The other sister, Minnie, who married Mr. Geo. Baker, now of Chicago, died some years ago.

As a publisher and journalist, the deceased was known far and wide in the newspaper fraternity. He always conducted a clean, well edited and neat publication, which reflected credit on the publisher and was an ornament to the Canadian press.

The deceased was also familiar with the early scenes and associations of Galt and surrounding country and was conversant with the history of the oldest residents, their struggles, and the hardships incident to settling in a new and what was then, a comparatively undeveloped country. He was an authority on municipal law and the Statutes of Ontario. The funeral of the late Geo. J. Jaffray took place from the family residence, East Main St., to Trinity church cemetery on Saturday afternoon. The respect and esteem in which the deceased gentleman was held, was evidenced by the large attendance, the cortege being one of the longest ever witnessed in Galt. The floral tributes were numerous and very pretty. As the solemn procession moved slowly down Main street on the way to Trinity church, the merchants closed their places of business and lowered their window blinds. All the clergymen of the town were present at the house, where the solemnities were conducted by Rev. John Ridley, rector of Galt, and Rev. Dr. King. At Trinity church the burial service of the Church of England was conducted by Rev. Mr. Ridley. Interment, to the Trinity church cemetery.

The Weekly Reformer 12 Sep 1895 pg 6

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Misfortune:
SAD ACCIDENT AT GALT

A Pleasure Steamboat Goes Over The Mill Dam -- 8 Drowned

May 23, Galt. --The little steamer EMPRESS OF INDIA, which had been placed on the Grand River, and which on Monday last commenced its trips for the season on Blain's Dam, to all appearance was perfectly safe for the business required of it, and the calamity which has overtaken it was totally unlooked for.

Last evening about eight o'clock a party of some fifteen young men and two young women embarked on the vessel for a sail up the river. As the boat was crossing the dam something appeared to go wrong with the rudder, and the head of the boat could not be turned sufficiently up the stream to enable it to counteract the effects of the current caused by the flow over the dam. The west side of the dam was reached without mishap, however, but the point where the boat would have touched being rough and rocky, an order was given to reverse the engine, which was done. The boat again getting out into the stream, an effort was made to turn the bow up the stream but again it seemed as if the rudder would not work, and when at last it did, it unfortunately was turned the wrong way, and the boat headed directly for the fall, and before those on board could realize their position the steamer drifted broadside to the fall, and in a moment went crashing over into the boiling water beneath. Before it took it's final leap, however, two of it's occupants, John and William Ovens, jumped into the water, and the latter, in an almost miraculous manner, managed to obtain a foothold on the very edge and to resist the current until he reached the shore. His brother John was not so fortunate, being carried over the faIl, but he was eventually taken out of the river some distance below in an insensible condition.

Of those who went over with the boat, eight were lost, the rest having in various ways managed to reach shore. Both of the young women were saved, one, Miss Landreth, having had an escape that was perfectly miraculous, she floated down the stream until she struck the western pier of the upper bridge, against which the water pressed her so tightly that parties were enabled to get ropes and rescue her.

The following is a complete list of the drowned:-

Jas. Montgomery (engineer and owner), Edward Wren, Andrew Jackson; John Fraser; Frederick Cane; H. J. Jaffray (of the Galt reporter); Thomas Elliott and David Scott. The body of Mr. H. J. Jaffray was taken out of the water within a short time of the accident, but the most unremitting exertions on the part of the medical men present failed to restore life. It is the general impression, that when the boat went over the fall he must have been struck and stunned.

Efforts to recovers of the bodies were made during the night but without success. This morning the boat was turned over where she lay below the falls, being supposed that some of the bodies must be entangled in the wreck, but none were discovered. The dam is about ten or twelve feet high, with about a foot of water flowing over the fall. The depth of water above the fall is from fifteen to eighteen feet.

Meaford Monitor Friday, May 31, 1878

George married Jane Kippen Nairn 18 Jul 1877, Port Huron, St. Clair, Michigan, United States. Jane (daughter of John Nairn, daughter of John Nairn and Jane Murdock Kippen) was born 7 Aug 1847, Goderich, Huron Co., Ontario, Canada; died 29 Apr 1921, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 1 May 1921, Trinity Anglican Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

George married Ellen Burke 14 May 1866, Guelph City, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada. Ellen was born 1837, , Ireland; died 27 Apr 1868; was buried , Saint Patrick's Roman Catholic Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-364105
• Residence: 1891, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Anglican

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• Birth: Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
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• Name: Mary Harriet Baker
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-153482
• Residence: 1851, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Episcopalian
• Residence: 1861, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Church of England
• Residence: 1871, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Church of England

Notes:

At the residence of the bride's brother, in Berlin, on Tuesday, 24th instant, by the Rev. Dr. Boomer, Mr. Geo. A. Baker, to Mr. H., youngest daughter of the late Mr. P. Jaffray, both of Galt.

Galt Reporter - 27 Apr 1866, pg 3

Mary married George Alfred Baker 24 Apr 1866, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. George was born 25 Sep 1835, , Scotland; died 14 May 1901, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States; was buried , Trinity Anglican Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-253883
• Residence: 1861, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Church of England

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• Interesting: life story, newspaper
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-65123
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Episcopalian
• Occupation: 1871, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Telegraph Operator
• Residence: 1871, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Anglican
• Occupation: 1901, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Journalist
• Occupation: Abt 1912, The Reformer Newspaper, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; newspaper publisher The Reformer

Notes:

JAMES PETER JAFFRAY 1854-1934

Married: Adeline E. Littel - 1889

James Peter (J.P.) Jaffray was the oldest son of William Jaffray and a grandson of Peter Jaffray, the founder of the Galt Reporter, now the Cambridge Reporter. He was born in Galt in November 1854 and at an early age moved with his parents to Berlin, now Kitchener. There he attended Berlin and Waterloo Public Schools as well as St. Jerome's College for a short time. Before his thirteenth birthday, Mr. Jaffray joined the staff of the Galt Reporter, then published by his uncles, Richard Jaffray, Harry Jaffray and George Jaffray. He worked as a general utility man for two years assisting in type setting and providing the man power for the hand press. In 1868 he returned to Berlin to work in the telegraph office operated by his father. Four years later he was in charge of the parliament building office of the Dominion Telegraph Company. In 1874 he accepted a position in Ottawa for the Montreal Telegraph Company and two years after that he left the telegraph business to return to the newspaper business with his brother Robert in publishing the Norwich Gazette. After three years of publishing the Gazette, the brothers moved to Brantford where, with a third brother Edward, they acquired the Brant Union, a weekly newspaper, and turned it into the daily Brantford Evening Telegram. In the fall of 1882 the three brothers moved to the northwestern United States where Mr. Jaffray conceived of the idea of producing a newspaper for Canadians living in the United States. The paper appeared in 1883 in Minneapolis and was moved to Chicago in 1885. Mr. Jaffray returned to Galt in 1896 to take over operations of the Galt Reporter and within six weeks of his arrival had added a daily paper to the weekly which continued to be published until 1920. Within six months of the creation of the daily paper the Reporter attained a circulation of nine hundred copies each working day. In 1912, the same year that the Galt Reporter absorbed the Galt Reformer, Mr. Jaffray left Galt and went to Philadelphia where he remained for seven years. Then, after a year in Glasgow, Scotland, where he served as a Canadian Government Immigration Inspector, Mr. Jaffray returned to Galt and the Reporter where he served as editor and editorial writer until he retired in 1924. In the municipal field Mr. Jaffray served on Galt town and city council in 1900, 1902, 1907, and from ,1909 to 1912. In his time on council he served as deputy reeve in 1907 and 1912. He also served as president of the Galt Board of Trade and was a member of the Ontario Municipal Board. He was a member of the Galt Horticultural Society and was president of the Ontario Horticultural Society in 1912 and in 1932. He died in Galt on July 16, 1934 and is buried in Mount View Cemetery.

Cambridge Mosaic, Jim Quantrell, 1998, City of Cambridge

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J. P. JAFFRAY DIES AT GALT

Outstanding Newspaperman and Public Spirited Citizen. Born in 1854.

SON OF FORMER POSTMASTER

J. P. Jaffray, one of Waterloo county's best known men and a dean of the "fourth estate", died on Monday, July 16, at his residence, Brant road at Blenheim road. He had been in failing health for some time.

He was born in Galt in November, 1854, and when quite young his family moved to Kitchener.

He launched on his newspaper career with the Galt Reporter in 1866 and remained here two years, then returned to Kitchener (then Berlin) to take up telegraphy in his father's office. He made much progress as a telegrapher by 1872 that he was placed in charge of the Ontario parliament buildings office of the Dominion Telegraph Company at Toronto. In 1874 he accepted a parliamentary telegraph job at Ottawa for the Montreal Telegraph Company.

Started Newspapers

He gave up telegraphy in 1876 to go to Norwich to join his late brother, Robert M., of Windsor, in establishing the Gazette. After two years the brothers established the Brantford Daily Telegram. Then the brothers went west, R. M. to become manager of the Daily Morning Leader of Eau Claire, Wis., and Edward G. the editor.

In 1896, J. P. returned to Galt and with his brother took over the Reporter, established by his grandfather, in 1844. J. P. immediately launched into a program of civic improvement in Galt, and for 15 years served in the council.

J. P. launched the Reporter as a daily in 1896. Mr. Jaffray was s great advocate of public ownership and one of Hydro's greatest boosters. In 1912 he left the Reporter to take over the Canadian government general agency in Philadelphia. He was a member of the British recruiting mission 1914-18. He wrote many historical booklets in Canada and the U. S. A. and was regarded as an authority on Waterloo county history. He was contributor of feature news articles for the Waterloo Chronicle during recent years.

He was greatly responsible for the development of Galt's fine park system, civic beautification and a strong supporter of the Grand River improvement association.

The late Mr. Jaffray is survived by his widow, two daughters, Mrs. Morrison of Edmonton, Mrs. Wideman of Chicago, one son, Harland, Toronto, one brother, C. T. Jaffray, president of the Soo Railway, Minneapolis, and Miss A. R. Jaffray. Toronto, all of whom are eher[sic].

J. P. Jaffray's father was former postmaster of Kitchener.

Waterloo Chronicle, 19 Jul 1934, p. 1

James — Adeline Little. Adeline was born 17 Aug 1862, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown; was buried , Trinity Anglican Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Interesting: business, post
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-135716
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Episcopalian
• Occupation: 1871, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Post Office Clerk
• Residence: 1871, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Anglican
• Occupation: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Assistant Postmaster
• Residence: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Episcopal

Notes:

W. Jaffray & Son, Ticket Agents, King Street - The firm of W. Jaffray & Son is one well and popularly known in Berlin, having been established since 1878 as general ticket agents for the Grand Trunk Railway, the Canada Express Company, the Great North-Western Telegraph Company, and for the following well known steamship lines: Allan, Inman, Cunard, Anchor, and others. Mr. W.R. Jaffray, the son, is also agent for the well known stock-broking firm of Cox & Co., of Toronto, whose operations extend all over Ontario and the west and other portions of the Dominion; also Chicago, New York and other American financial centres. Mr. Jaffray has special wires to Messrs. Cox & Co's. office, and all stock transactions can be transacted through him equally as well as through the Toronto office. Mr. W. Jaffray, the father, was born in Shrewsbury, England on March 6^th, 1832, and has been postmaster in Berlin since 1862, and is a most faithful and efficient officer in that responsible office. Journalism appears to be hereditary in the blood of the Jaffrays. Mr. W. Jaffray's father was editor of the Shrewsbury Chronicle, while Mr. Jaffray himself has been editor of the Galt Reporter and Berlin Chronicle, so that he may well be called "a man of letters." He has three sons on the Chicago press. Mr. Jaffray has also taken an active interest in politics, and has acceptably filled at different times the officers of Councillor, Deputy-Reeve, Reeve and Mayor, having served two terms in the last mentioned office. Mr. W.R. Jaffray, the son, is an enterprising, pushing and persevering business man, and ably conducts the affairs of the agency, and seems destined to follow politically in his father's footsteps. Both gentlemen are held in the highest esteem by the community.


Industries of Canada Historical and Commercial Sketches Hamilton and Environs 1886

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• Name: R. M. Jaffray
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-318714
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Episcopalian
• Residence: 1887, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States
• Occupation: 1901, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; ?
• Residence: 1923, Windsor, Essex Co., Ontario, Canada

Robert married Annie Laura Reynolds 29 Jun 1887, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Annie (daughter of Dr. Robert Todd Reynolds and Elizabeth "Lizzie" Byrne) was born 5 Jul 1864, , Ontario, Canada; died 13 Sep 1923, Sarnia Township, Lambton Co., Ontario; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-260965
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Episcopalian
• Residence: 1871, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Anglican

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-260966
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Episcopalian
• Residence: 1871, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Anglican

Notes:

In Berlin, on Tuesday, the 15th inst., at 1: 35 o'clock p.m., Maggie, eldest daughter of Mr. Wm. Jaffray, Postmaster, in the 19th year of her age.

Galt Reporter Apr 18 1879 pg 3

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-67081

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-135821
• Residence: 1871, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Anglican
• Occupation: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Bank Clerk
• Residence: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Episcopal

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-328867
• Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Anglican

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-135890
• Residence: 1871, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Anglican
• Residence: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; 1868-1869

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• Name: Gertrude Jaffray
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-104920
• Residence: 1871, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Church of England
• Residence: 1891, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Anglican

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-332694
• Occupation: 1891, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Teacher
• Residence: 1891, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Anglican

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• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/91363852
• Interesting: education
• Interesting: first permanent secretary at the Galt Collegiate Institute in 1911
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-104921
• Occupation: 1911, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Registar, Collegete
• Residence: 1911, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Anglican

Notes:

KATE FLEURY JAFFRAY 1872-1959

Kate Fleury Jaffray was born on July 20, 1872, the daughter of Richard Jaffray and Mary Havill. She taught at Central Public in Galt in the early 1890's and was appointed the first permanent secretary at the Galt Collegiate Institute in 1911. Described as an "ideal school secretary", Miss Jaffray held that position for twenty five years. She was the author of "In Retrospect: Trinity Church, Galt 1844 - 1934" and served as a member of the first executive committee of the Galt Anti-Tuberculosis League when it was founded on December 2, 1908. Miss Jaffray died on January 5, 1959 and is buried in Trinity Anglican Cemetery.


Cambridge Mosaic, Jim Quantrell, 1998, City of Cambridge

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-63378
• Residence: 1891, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Anglican
• Occupation: 1911, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Teacher, Muisic
• Residence: 1911, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Anglican

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• Interesting: public service
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-62362
• Residence: 1891, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Anglican
• Residence: 1891, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Anglican
• Occupation: 1901, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Teacher

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JAFFRAY DIES Galt - Born Woman, 61, Was U.S. Social Worker New York, May 22. (JP)

Julia K. Jaffray, 61. active for 32 years in public welfare work and a prominent clubwoman, died of a heart ailment today in her Hotel Woodstock suite after two weeks' illness.

Born in Galt Ont Miss Jaffray, sister of H. T. Jaffray, general manager of the Imperial Bank of Canada. Toronto, was secretary of the National Committee on Prisons and Prison Labor. In 1930 she was named by then Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt to the New York state legislative commission to investigate prison administration and construction serving for three years while secretary of the advisory committee on prison industries. Governor Herbert H. Lehman in 1934 appointed her to the commission on education in correctional institutions. The late President Coolidge had made her a member of the board of advisors of the federal industrial institution for women at Alderson, W.V.A. Jaffray served as an official of numerous committees on public welfare and prison matters for the federation of women's clubs, and in 1933 alternated as president of the consumer's advisory - board of the NRA.

The Gazette from Montreal, Quebec, Canada - Friday, May 23, 1941 Page 16

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• Residence: 1891, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Anglican

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Vice-President Of Bank H.T. Jaffray Dies Suddenly

Imperial's General Manager Suffers Heart Attack While Holidaying at Fishing Club

Vice-president and general manager of the Imperial Bank of Canada. Harry Traver Jaffray died last night of a heart attack at the age of 65 while bolidaying at the Beaver Fishing Club, Flesherton. He left his bank duties but a week ago in apparent perfect health.

Born and educated in Galt, Mr. Jaffray was an outstanding figure in banking and financial circles and only recently had spent many tedious hours attending the Banking and Commerce Committee sessions at Ottawa. He was a past president of the Canadian Bankers Association, highest compliment which can be paid a Canadian banker. He filled that post in both 1940 and 1941, early years of the war when numerous problems were faced.

Mr. Jaffray was the son of George Joseph and Jane Kippen Jaffray. He attended Galt Collegiate and in 1898 joined the Merchants Bank at Galt, later becoming ledger keeper for Imperial Bank at Portage La Prairie in 1899

MADE STEADY PROGRESS

From his modest beginning, the man who was later to rule one of Canada's great financial institutions, made steady progress. He was appointed Imperial Bank manager at Golden, BC in 1907, and at Prince Albert, 1909. Then he became inspector at Calgary, 1915; western superintendent Winnipeg. 1919; assistant general manager. Winnipeg. 1922 assistant general manager, Toronto, 1928; general manager, 1937.

Mr. Jaffray was a most ardent fisherman and golfer. He was a member of the Toronto Golf Club, Toronto, Canadian, York and Cana dian Club (New York), An Anglican his residence was at 1 Clarendon cres, Toronto

SHOCK TO STAFF

"News of his death is a complete shock to the entire staff of the bank. He seemed in perfect health when he left on his vacation," said one bank official.

Noted for his calm and outspoken opinion. Mr. Jaffray made a momentous statement in 1931 when the nerves of the financial worlds were shaken when England suspended the gold standard in relation to the pound sterling.

"Britain is net bankrupt," he stated, in advising Canadians there was no need for hysteria over the event. The pound sterling is not off the map. So don't let us treat things as if they were." He then predicted the situation in England would have little effect on Canada and Britain would be protected in not being drained of gold by the selling of securities held by foreigners on the British market.

Surviving are his wife, Gwendaline Jessop Overton Jaffray, one-time resident of Selkirk, Man, and two children by a former marriage, Mrs. H. P. Hill Jr. of Ottawa, and Capt. T. P. N. Peters Jaffray.RAY

Harry married Jessie Laura Louise Benson 2 Sep 1908, Port Hope, Hope Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario. Jessie was born 31 Dec 1880, Port Hope, Hope Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; died 7 Nov 1936; was buried , Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto, York Co., Ontario. [Group Sheet]

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• Residence: 1891, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Anglican

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• Occupation: Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada; clerk
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-62364
• Residence: 1891; Anglican

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• Residence: 1871, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Church of England

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• Name: Mary Nairn
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-102108
• Residence: 1871, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Church of England

Mary married Charles A. Nairn 19 Jun 1888, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Charles (son of John Nairn and Joanna Gibbons) was born 1854, Goderich, Huron Co., Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Residence: 1871, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Church of England

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• Name: Dora Baker
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-389013

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-33246

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-65126
• Immigration: 1898

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-65127

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• Residence: Thorold, Thorold Twp., Welland Co., Ontario
• Residence: 50 Brant Rd., Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-65128
• Military: 1914, WW1; WW1, Lieutenant, Service #542216
• Military: 1914, WW1; WW1, Private, 54th Battalion

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Daughters , Margaret Francis, Barbra Jane Caroline Roberta Janice Gilroy Katherine Elizabeth , son stuart addison

Harland — Edith Lorna "Lorna" Addison. Edith was born 16 Aug 1901, Mount Forest, Wellington County, Ontario, Canada; died 30 Dec 1963; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Residence: 1901, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada