Jacob Merner Staebler (August 16, 1846[1] – May 7, 1906) was an insurance broker[2] and politician in Ontario, Canada. He served as mayor of Berlin in 1891.[1]
He was born in Wilmot Township, Waterloo County, Canada West.[3] His father, Jacob Friederich Staebler, was born in Bernhausen, Esslingen in what is now the German state of Baden-Württemberg. His mother, Ann or Anna Muerner (or Merner), was from Switzerland.[3]
He was elected to the Berlin town council in 1880.[1] Staebler also served as president of the local Board of Trade.[4] He died on May 7, 1906, and was buried at Mount Hope Cemetery in Kitchener.[3]
His former home, built in the late 1870s, was purchased by John Metz Schneider during the early 1900s.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b c Hopkins, John Castell; Hunter, W. J (1891). The Canadian album: Men of Canada; or, Success by example, in religion ... Bradley, Garretson & Company. p. 136.
- ^ a b "Historic Queen Street residence becomes high-tech home". The Record. December 28, 2013.
- ^ a b c "Mayor Jacob Merner Staebler". Waterloo Region Generations. Region of Waterloo. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
- ^ English, John; McLaughlin, Kenneth (2010). Kitchener: An Illustrated History. Wilfrid Laurier University Press. p. 216. ISBN 978-1554586790.
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