Moses Springer, Date of Birth, Date of Death
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About Moses Springer
- Moses Springer (August 21, 1824 – September 5, 1898) was an Ontario businessman and political figure.
- He represented Waterloo North in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Liberal member from 1867 to 1881.
- He was also the first mayor of Waterloo, Ontario. He was born in Doon in Upper Canada in 1824 and was orphaned during a cholera epidemic.
- He was then adopted and raised by Mennonite bishop Joseph B.
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- He worked as a farm hand, taught school and served as a provincial land surveyor in Woolwich Township.
- In 1854, he moved to Waterloo where he became the owner and publisher of the German language newspaper Der Canadische Bauernfreund.
- He opened a store there in 1856.
- He was the president of the Waterloo Mutual Fire Insurance Company and helped found the Ontario Mutual Life Assurance Company, later Clarica Life Assurance, in 1868.
- He was the first reeve of the village of Waterloo and served as reeve for a total of 12 years, served 11 years on the county council and became the first mayor when Waterloo was incorporated as a town in 1876.
- In 1881, Springer became sheriff for Waterloo County and served in that post until his death in 1898.
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