Waterloo Region Generations
A record of the people of Waterloo Region, Ontario.

Mayor Lester Everet Weaver[1]

Male 1872 - 1960  (87 years)


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  • Name Lester Everet Weaver 
    Prefix Mayor 
    Born 3 Dec 1872  Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4, 5, 6
    Gender Male 
    Occupation 1891  Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Woolen Mill Worker 
    Residence 1891  Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Presbyterian 
    Occupation 1901  Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Woolen Mill Overseer 
    Elected Office 1905  Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    councillor of Hespeler 
    Elected Office 1910  Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Reeve of Hespeler 
    Occupation 1911  Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Foreman, Woolen Mill 
    Residence 1911  Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Presbyterian 
    Elected Office 1916  Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mayor of Hespeler 
    Elected Office 1930  Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mayor of Hespeler 
    Name L. E. Weaver 
    Eby ID Number 00127-7665.2 
    Died 22 Oct 1960 
    Person ID I17678  Generations
    Last Modified 6 Apr 2024 

    Father Mayor William Henry Weaver,   b. 19 Aug 1849, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Sep 1929, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years) 
    Mother Sarah Ellen Hawthorne,   b. 13 Sep 1851, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Jul 1912, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 60 years) 
    Family ID F4607  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Ida Louise Milligan,   b. 20 Jul 1870, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Children 
     1. Evert Weaver,   b. May 1901, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     2. William Weaver,   b. Mar 1903, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 7 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F21813  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Besides these professional Gentlemen there were some amateurs who, too, had good equipment and did some splendid work[photography]. Among them, Arthur Mee, Lester E. Weaver and Douglas Pringle who later in company with an expert engraver, founded in Toronto the well known firm of commercial photographers, "Pringle & Booth."


      Le Rue De Commerce, Other Times Other Customs Other Days Other Ways, Winfield Brewster 1954

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      October 22. Lester Everett Weaver, 87, was born in Hespeler and was educated in Hespeler and Galt. After a textile course in England he joined R. Forbes Co. Ltd., where he supervised their extensive building programme. Later he was in charge of manufacturing woollen yarn. He was a member of Hespeler council from 1905 to 1931, serving as reeve 1911-15, mayor 1915-20 and again 1930-31. Mr. Weaver was chairman of the Hydro Commission for 20 years and of the building committees for the Town Hall and St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church. In addition to being active on various church boards, he was a past master of New Hope Masonic Lodge. Mr. Weaver died in Toronto and was buried in Hespeler.

      Forty-Eighth Annual Volume of the Waterloo Historical Society Mar 1961

  • Sources 
    1. [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..., 568.

    2. [S57] Vit - ON - Birth Registration.
      Lester Hoffman Weaver Born: 3 Dec 1872 County: Waterloo Father: William Henry Weaver Mother: Sarah Ellen Hawthorne

    3. [S143] Census - ON, Waterloo, Hespeler - 1901, Hespeler (Village) D-1 Page 10.

    4. [S299] Census - ON, Waterloo, Hespeler - 1881, Page 25.

    5. [S392] Census - ON, Waterloo, Hespeler - 1911, Div. 21 Pg. 12.

    6. [S2208] Census - ON, Waterloo, Hespeler - 1891, Section 1 Page 41.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 3 Dec 1872 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Woolen Mill Worker - 1891 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Presbyterian - 1891 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Woolen Mill Overseer - 1901 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsElected Office - councillor of Hespeler - 1905 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsElected Office - Reeve of Hespeler - 1910 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Foreman, Woolen Mill - 1911 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Presbyterian - 1911 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsElected Office - Mayor of Hespeler - 1916 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsElected Office - Mayor of Hespeler - 1930 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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