William Blake Uffelman (1889 - 1947)

Born 3 Jan 1889 in Elmira, Woolwich, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

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Died 3 Oct 1947 at age 58 in Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

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WILLIAM BLAKE UFFELMAN was born on January 3rd, 1889 at Elmira, Woolrich, Waterloo, Ontario.

He was the son of JACOB UFFELMAN and ELIZABETH ELSLEY. He passed away in 1947.

Following material from: 'The Andrew Cook Genealogy...' (Sources)

WILLIAM UFFELMAN

The first child of JACOB and ELIZA (ELSLEY) UFFELMAN, was born January 3, 1889 at Elmira, Ontario,... he graduated from the Kitchener—Waterloo Collegiate, and served as a clerk in the Bank of Toronto.

In 1914, at the beginning of the First World War, he enlisted in the 118th Battalion, and served Overseas.

In the War, he was both wounded and gassed. Following his Discharge, he was employed as a Foreman with the Dominion Rubber Co., at Kitchener.

His sports interests and abilities were at a high level, having played O.H.A. Hockey in Kitchener and Waterloo with the Kitchener Dutchmen, and Football with the Toronto Argonauts.

In 1919, "Bill" married MINNIE BERTHA HAGEN, who was born at Kitchener, Ontario in 1893, and they had three children:

SHELDON LLOYD UFFELMAN

MARJORY MAY UFFELMAN DAY, and

LORRAINE JEAN UFFELMAN BROWN

Like his father, Jacob, WILLIAM became interested in municipal affairs, and served four years as alderman and two as Reeve.

In 1931, he became Waterloo's Mayor as had his father 27 years before.

JACOB and WILLIAM UFFELMAN have the distinguished honour of being the only father and son combination to have served the city of Waterloo as Mayor.

After his term as Mayor, WILLIAM served as Assessment Commissioner and Tax Collector for Waterloo.

As further evidence of his important activities in the Municipality, William was at one time President of the Waterloo Board of Trade; a member of the Waterloo Young Men's Club; The Granite Club; the Grand River Lodge, A.F. & A.M. - 151 Kitchener, Chapter 117, and of Mocha Temple of Shriners of London.

He was a Past Preceptor of Valletta PrecipItory, No. 64, Kitchener, and a Director of Boy Scouts, North Waterloo.

He and Minnie made their home at 68 John St. East; Waterloo.

MINNIE (HAGEN) UFFELMAN died January 26, 1938, and WILLIAM BLAKE UFFELMAN, died on October 3, 1947.

Both were members of First United Church, Waterloo, and are buried in Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo, Ontario

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About the Children of William Blake & Minnie Bertha (Hagen) Uffelman...

SHELDON LLOYD UFFELMAN

the first child of William and Minnie (Hagen) Uffelman, was born at Kitchener, Ontario on Jan. 12, 1920

After graduation from Kitchener—Waterloo Collegiate, Sheldon served with the Royal Canadian Air Force in World War II in No. 215 and No. 428 Squadrons. His area of operations included England, Malta, the Middle East and India, and involved a total of 51 operational flights in Bomber Command. On one mission, his plane was forced to "ditch" in the Mediterranean Sea, and he and his crew walked the Sahara Desert in Egypt for three days until rescued by a British Army Unit.

Mentioned in Dispatches, he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross, in recognition of his great personal contribution to the allied cause, and was Discharged with the rank of Flying Officer.

In 1948, SHELDON married DORIS JEAN KOPPESOR, (born at Kitchener, 1926) and they have four children:

KRISTINE DORIS UFFELMAN

JANICE LAURIE UFFELMAN

CRAIG SHELDON UFFELMAN, and

JOHN WILLIAM UFFELMAN

Doris and Sheldon are ardent curlers and members of the Kitchener Granite Club. Sheldon is a shoe salesman, and their home address is R.R.#1, Waterloo, Ontario.

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MARJORIE MAY UFFELMAN

The second child of William and Minnie (Hagen) Uffelman, was born at Kitchener, Ont. on Feb. 28, 1921.

She graduated from Kitchener-Waterloo Collegiate in 1938, and for nine years was employed by the Mutual Life Insurance Company in Waterloo.

After a year's schooling at The Lutheran Deaconess School for Church Workers in Baltimore, Maryland, she worked as Church Secretary at St. John's Lutheran Church in Waterloo. Marjorie then became a Parish Worker and Church Secretary in Baltimore, and finally, Director of Christian Education in Havertown, Pennsylvania.

In 1959, she married a widower, MERLE LOGAN DAY (born at Eldorado, Kansas, on May 18,1920), and thus became step-mother to five children:

MARLA ANN DAY

KATHRYN ANN DAY

NANCY ANN DAY

BARBARA ANN DAY, and

RALPH LEROY DAY

Merle and Marjorie are the parents of one child,

JANET LEE DAY

Merle graduated in 1938 from Hutchinson High School in Hutchinson, Kansas. He attended Hutchinson Junior College; University of Kansas, Kansas State College, and graduated in 1945 with a B.S.M.E. degree from the University of Kansas. Serving in the U.S. Navy, 1944-45, he did graduate work at the Drexel Institute of Technology following his return to civilian life.

Employed by the General Electric Company for over 25 years, Merle enjoys as hobbies; Music, Numismatics, Model Railroads, and historical reading. He and Marjorie and family live at 2360 Spring Creek Rd., Decatur, Georgia 30033.

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LORRAINE JEAN UFFELMAN

The third child of William and Minnie (Hagen) Uffelman, was born in 1928 at Kitchener, Ontario.

She graduated from Kitchener-Waterloo Collegiate, and attended Waterloo College, A registered Nurse, she graduated in 1950 from Toronto Sick Children's Hospital, and is a member of the Sick Children's Alumnae.

At Waterloo, Ontario in 1953, she married WALTER STUART BROWN a, native of Toronto, Ont.

Stuart attended Parkdale Collegiate and Trinity College, University of Toronto, graduating in Honours Geography in 1951. He is an Importer of wallpapers, associated with Walter L. Brown Ltd., Exclusive Interiors.

Members of Trinity Anglican Church at Port Credit, Stuart and Lorraine have four children:

1. SUZANNE LOUISE BROWN
2. NANCY ELIZABETH BROWN
3. BARBARA JANE BROWN, and
4. ?UNNAMED/UNKNOWN BROWN

They live at 1431 Waters Edge, in Port Credit, Ontario.

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(PLEASE NOTE: the material following is from the Find A Grave Memorial Record for WILLIAM BLAKE UFFELMAN, and as indicated is probably originally sourced to The Mayors of Waterloo. Content also at Waterloo Generations

William Blake Uffelmann b. 3 JAN 1889 Elmira, Woolwich Twp ...

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William Uffelman 1889 - 1947

William (Bill) Uffelman was born in Elmira on January 3, 1889 the son of former mayor, Jacob Uffelman.

The family moved to Waterloo where William attended the Berlin High School.

Upon graduation he worked as a bank clerk in Berlin (Kitchener), Brantford, New Hamburg, and Toronto.

In 1914 he enlisted in the 118th Battalion North Waterloo serving overseas for four years. He later worked as a foreman at the Dominion Rubber Company for 15 years and from 1940-1948, Uffelman served as the Town of Waterloo's Assessment Commissioner and Tax Collector.

Athletically inclined, Uffelman played hockey with the Waterloo and Kitchener O.H.A. teams and was also a member of the Toronto Argonauts team.

His civic interests included the Waterloo Board of Trade where he served as president, the Waterloo Young Men's Club, the Masonic Lodge, the Germania Lodge (Independent Order of Odd Fellows) and the Waterloo Musical Society where he served as an officer. Uffelman was first elected as a councillor in 1927.

He successfully completed four terms, two as reeve from 1929-30, prior to his election as mayor in 1931. His one year in office saw the abolishment of the Waterloo Sewer Commission and the construction of a new sewer disposal plant for the town. Through the Unemployment Relief Committee of the Provincial Government, a program of local improvements was undertaken.

The town also assisted the Public School Board with a loan for the construction of the Elizabeth Ziegler school. In 1933 and 1934 Uffelman returned to council as an alderman.

Mayors of Waterloo - www.waterloo.ca 2006

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UFFELMAN, William:

Family: son of Jacob and Eliza Jane

Born: 1889, Jan 3 Died: 1947, Oct 3

Municipality: Waterloo

Years on local council: Councillor 1927-28;

Reeve 1929-1930; Mayor 1931

Years on County Council 1929 1930

Address: 68 John

Occupation: Foreman, Dominion Rubber Co., Kitchener; Tax collector and assessment commissioner

Origin: Elmira

Spouse: Minnie Hagen

Children:

Sheldon

Marjorie

Lorraine

Religion: United

Notes:

Following graduation from Berlin High School, was a bank clerk in Berlin, Brantford, New Hamburg and Toronto. An outstanding hockey player, he played for O.H.A teams in Kitchener and Waterloo, as well as for the Toronto Argonauts.

• 1914 - enlisted with the 118th Battalion, North Waterloo where he served overseas for 4 years. He was wounded and gassed.
• Foreman for Dominion Rubber Co. 15 years
• 1934 - Waterloo assessment commissioner and tax collector

Businesses and Organizations:

Dominion Rubber Co., Kitchener

Waterloo Musical Society

Waterloo Board of Trade - president

Waterloo Young Men’s Club

Germania Lodge, I.O.O.F., Waterloo

Kitchener-Waterloo Collegiate and Vocational School

118th Battalion, North Waterloo - Major

First United Church, Waterloo

Grand River Masonic Lodge, Number 151, A.F. and AM., Kitchener

Sources: obit WHS1947 35:49; obit KWR 4/10/1947

Photo: Confederation number p44

Waterloo County Council Composition by Year---Page 270

1929:

Ayr: Henry Griffin.

Dumfries N: William Lockie.

Elmira: Aaron W. Hoffer.

Hespeler: Herbert Louis Ott.

New Hamburg: Frederick DeBus.

Preston: James Leslie.

Waterloo: Clayton Dotzert.

Waterloo: Walter W. Frickey.

Waterloo: William Uffelman.

1930:

Dumfries N: Edwin Z. Kemkes.

Elmira: Aaron W. Hoffer.

Hespeler: J. James Shaw.

New Hamburg: John Elias Bingeman.

Preston: Marcus Munroe Donald.

Preston: James, "Jim" Leslie.

Waterloo: Clayton Dotzert.

Waterloo: Walter W. Frickey.

Waterloo: William Uffelman.

Waterloo County Councillors by Municipality or Division Represented---284

Uffelman, William: 1929, 1930. Note: Reeve

Waterloo County Councillors with Years and Municipality/Division Represented----295

Uffelman, William, Waterloo: 1929, 1930.

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From:

WATERLOO COUNTY COUNCILLORS

A Collective Biography---Includes Biographical References and Index

Elizabeth Bloomfield, Design and Coordination

and Linda Foster, Research

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1995

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• "Canada Census, 1901," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KHGG-2C2 : 18 March 2018), William Uffleman in household of Eliza Uffleman, Waterloo (north/nord), Ontario, Canada; citing p. 7, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa.
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