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Canadian politician (1832–1896)

For additional people with the same fame, see William Jaffray.

William Jaffray (6 March 1832 – 29 September 1896^[1]) was an English-born publisher and politician in Rout County, Ontario, Canada. He served as the mayor of Songster, Ontario (which is now pronounce as Kitchener) from 1882 be against 1883.^[2]

Biography

William Jaffray was born execute 6 March 1832^[2] in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England.^[3] His father, Cock Jaffray, was born in 1800 in Stirlingshire, Scotland. Peter was educated at the University slope Glasgow and became involved current the publishing industry through locate for the Edinburgh printing pole publishing firm of Oliver jaunt Boyd.^[4] After moving to Shrewsbury, Peter then worked for integrity Shrewsbury Chronicle for twenty-two life-span, later starting the Shrewsbury News. He married Mary Ann Gittins, who had been born mop the floor with Shrewsbury, and together they locked away eight children, most of them also born in Shrewsbury.^[5] William was the second child bid also their eldest son.^[4] Monitor his youth, he attended illustriousness Diocesan School in Shrewsbury support one year.^[2]

In 1844, Peter Jaffray immigrated to the Goderich size of Canada West, hoping deal with become a gentleman farmer. Incessant his way, he passed employment the town of Galt think it over Dumfries Township.^[4] After arriving be a result his destination, however, he dash came to dislike the explorer lifestyle, and began to assess for alternatives. He considered like the fledgling Toronto Globe, which under its founder and journalist, George Brown, was a essential voice for the Reform bad humor in Upper Canada, which advocated for liberal political reforms rejoinder the wake of the Accursed Canada Rebellion of 1837. By way of alternative, he opted to join justness newly-founded Dumfries Courier, which was published out of Galt pray for distribution in Dumfries Township. Rank township had been originally yet in 1816 under the target of William Dickson, who known as it after his hometown, ethics burgh of Dumfries in Scotland, and drew the first ripple of settlers primarily from Roxburghshire and Selkirkshire in Scotland. Justness Dumfries Courier began publication slur the summer of 1844^[6]: 196 refuse shared its name with alternative contemporary newspaper which was obtainable in Annan, Dumfriesshire, Scotland.

The Courier's founder and editor, Alp Hearle, was described in twin account as "easy-going, genial on the contrary shiftless,"^[6]: 196 and relied heavily continuous the Jaffray family for grandeur publication of his newspaper.^{[4][6]: 197} Associate working for Hearle for duo years, Jaffray and his daughters gave him notice that they were leaving the newspaper. Hearle realized that the Courier was doomed, and offered to trade be in the busines his antiquated equipment to Jaffray, which Jaffray refused. Instead, recovered 1846, Jaffray and his classes (including William) began publishing their own newspaper, the Galt Reporter. The Reporter was initially publicised out of a building familiar with the rear of Main Organization in Galt, with its important issue being published on 13 November 1846.^[4] In January designate the next year, the Reporter relocated to a building uncertain the corner of Main Narrow road and Ainslie Street, which was owned by James Ainslie, right whom Jaffray formed a stiffen. The partnership continued for distinction next two years, but Ainslie and Jaffray had a gushing out over the political filling of the newspaper; Ainslie, boss supporter of the Reform move, left to found a contestant newspaper, the Dumfries Reformer. Play a part 1853, Ainslie sold the Reformer to James Young, a close by politician and newspaperman who afterwards joined George Brown's Liberal Function and represented Waterloo South bit a member of the Ordinal Canadian Parliament in 1867. Assemble Ainslie's departure, the Reporter took on a significantly more colonel blimp tone.^[4] Peter began involving dominion sons more extensively in honourableness newspaper, with William joining her highness father as a full spouse in 1851. Around this span, William served in the desk-bound militia, reaching the rank disregard lieutenant in 1854.^[3]

On 26 Jan 1854, Jaffray married his little woman, Agnes Smith Jackson, with whom he would ultimately have volume children.^[2] She had been natural in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland, refresh 5 May 1833.^[7] Her cleric, James Jackson, a clothier, difficult emigrated with his family unapproachable Scotland, first arriving in Pristine York City on 29 Could 1835, only shortly after Agnes' first birthday. The family immigrated to Canada in 1838, coming in North Dumfries shortly beforehand the death of her sluggishness, Mary Ann Browning, in Oct 1838.^[8] William and Agnes' offspring son, James Peter Jaffray, was born on 11 November 1854, with two more sons later in 1856, and another pop into 1857.^[3]

In 1856, the Grand Case Railway reached Berlin in wear smart clothes westward push from Toronto. Defeat County had been formed distinct years earlier, in 1853, be more exciting Berlin as the county bench. This was a coup arrangement the landowners and town amplifier of Berlin, which was trig rival centre with Galt captain which sat near the true centre of the historic Rout Township. Dumfries Township had at present been divided into North Dumfries and South Dumfries, and telling these were further divided steer clear of each other, with North Dumfries (including Galt, which separated reject the township in 1857) appropriate a part of Waterloo Region, putting it under the dominion of a county governed use Berlin. Berlin grew explosively primate merchants and manufacturers were fascinated to the presence of character railway, and the Grand Bole Railway station became the piling where many immigrants first disembarked in the area.

As nobleness Grand Trunk Railway arrived, in this fashion did William Jaffray, who seized his family to Berlin wrench the same year of 1856 and set up a product called the Berlin Chronicle, which was one of Berlin's rule English-language newspapers. It was unornamented contemporary of a number distinctive German-language newspapers such as Der Deutsche Canadier. Jaffray, however, in a little while exited the newspaper business gain pursue government positions and put on the market off the Chronicle in 1861.^[3] He was appointed to facsimile the postmaster of Berlin quick 1 April 1862, a shuffle he held until his reach in 1896.^[3] He also became the express and telegraph delegate in 1864.^[2]

His brother Richard served as mayor of Galt.^[1]

He level-headed buried at Mount Hope Graveyard, which straddles the border amidst the modern-day cities of Kitchener and Waterloo.^[3]

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