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Joseph "Josh" Wayper, Jr.

Joseph "Josh" Wayper, Jr.

Male 1858 - 1915  (56 years)

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  • Name Joseph "Josh" Wayper 
    Suffix Jr. 
    Born 8 Oct 1858  Weardale, Durham County, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 2 Sep 1915  Hespeler, Waterloo Township, Waterloo County, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I04370  All
    Last Modified 23 Mar 2008 

    Father Joseph Wayper, Sr.,   b. 14 Feb 1824, Hamsterley, Durham, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 May 1904, Queen's Hotel, Hespeler, Waterloo Township, Waterloo County, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years) 
    Mother Hannah Wilson,   b. 25 Dec 1824, Durham, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Jan 1909, Hespeler, Waterloo Township, Waterloo County, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years) 
    Married Autumn of 1845  Weardale, Durham County, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F2932  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Margaret Cusack,   b. 6 Feb 1862, Palmerston, Wallace Township, Perth County, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Jan 1938, Jenning's Hospital, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years) 
    Married 18 Dec 1883  Palmerston, Wallace Township, Perth County, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 23 Mar 2008 
    Family ID F0994  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 18 Dec 1883 - Palmerston, Wallace Township, Perth County, Ontario Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 2 Sep 1915 - Hespeler, Waterloo Township, Waterloo County, Ontario Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler, Ontario Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
    Queen's Hotel, Hespeler, Ontario
    Queen's Hotel, Hespeler, Ontario
    Winfield Brewster wrote in 1954 "La Rue De Commerce-Hespeler" that Stephen Flynn kept Hotel there 1866-68; Michael Haller, 1868-71; John Fields, 1872-73; James Baker, 1874-86; then came the Waypers, father and son, and after them, Albert E. Thomson and then again by Joseph Wayper Jr. After “Josh” died the hotel was operated for a time by his widow and her second husband, Archie Smith. During the time of The Ontario Temperance Act, Mr. George D. Forbes bought the hotel and refurnished it and Henry Sachs managed it.
    After Mr. Forbes died, George Thorlby rented the hotel and then it was sold to James Sutherland Cornell, by him to Joseph Krempowich who in turn sold to Samuel Sturman, the present owner.
    Josh Wayper
    Josh Wayper

    Headstones
    WAYPER, Joseph 'Josh' and Margaret CUSACK
    WAYPER, Joseph "Josh" and Margaret CUSACK

    Histories
    A Verdict Secured Against Hespeler Hotel Men
    A Verdict Secured Against Hespeler Hotel Men
    Article printed in the Toronto Star on Wednesday April 4, 1895
    Novel System of Scoring
    Novel System of Scoring
    Article printed in the Toronto Star on Thursday January 10, 1901

    Jack Wayper, the Noted Trap Shot, Has Devised a New Scheme for the Hespeler Gun Club
    Will Build Line to Puslinch Provided they Get a Square Deal
    Will Build Line to Puslinch Provided they Get a Square Deal
    Promoters Were Here Looking Over the Puslinch Lake Deal - Refused to State Who was Behind the Scheme - February 6, 1912
    PUSLINCH HOTEL
    PUSLINCH HOTEL
    Mr. Josh Wayper Preparing for Erection of Big Resort - 12 April 1907

  • Notes 
    • From http://www.region.waterloo.on.ca

      JOSEPH "JOSH" WAYPER
      1858-1915

      A resident of Hespeler for forty years, Josh Wayper was a marksman of uncanny ability. He was proprietor of the Queen's Hotel in which his numerous trophies and stuffed animals were on display for the public to see.

      He was co-founder of the Hespeler Gun Club which was formed in 1883 and was active for many years. In 1896, the Hespeler four man team led by Wayper won the Ontario Championship, breaking 94 out of 100 clay pigeons.

      In 1901 Wayper was champion wing-shot of Canada, killing 199 out of 200 live pigeons to equal the World's Record for this type of competition. In trapshooting, Wayper was three times Canadian champion. He also won the championship gold medal for Ontario several times.

      On one occasion he was a member of the Canadian team which went to England for the Bisley competition. In the course of his career, Wayper won a great many lesser events as well.

  • Sources 
    1. [S065467] Tombstone.




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