Christian Kumpf

Christian Kumpf (August 22, 1838^[1] – January 9, 1904) was a German-born politician in Ontario, Canada. He served as mayor of Waterloo from 1879 to 1880 and from 1888 to 1889.^[2]

He was born in Beerfelden, Hesse. He immigrated to Canada in 1846. By 1852, he was living in Preston.^[1] Kumpf worked for Daniel Snyder in his store and post office, eventually becoming assistant postmaster. He was working as a printer by around 1855.^[1] In 1860, with John Bowman, he purchased the Berlin Chronicle and Provincial Reformers' Gazette, renaming it the Waterloo County Chronicle. On Snyder's retirement, Kumpf became postmaster in 1862. He purchased the Erb-Kumpf House from Elias Snider in 1869.^[1] In 1885, he became the local agent for the Bell Telephone Company and, in 1889, helped establish the Dominion Life Assurance Company and served as one its first vice-presidents. Kumpf was first president of the Waterloo Board of Trade, first chair of the Board of Park Management and a member of the first board for the Berlin-Waterloo Hospital.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Mayor Christian Kumpf". Waterloo Region Generations. Retrieved October 26, 2022.
^ "Christian Kumpf". Waterloo Public Library. Waterloo Public Library. Archived from the original on December 29, 2020. Retrieved December 29, 2020.
^ "Christian Kumpf, 1838-1905" (PDF). Early Mayors. City of Waterloo. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-06-18.