Archive Record
Images
![ph 23060: Willi Geiger, in sailor suit[?], ca.1930.](https://s3.amazonaws.com/pastperfectonline/images/museum_460/020/thumbs/ph23060.jpg)
![ph 23061: Willi and his brothers[?], ca.1930.](https://s3.amazonaws.com/pastperfectonline/images/museum_460/020/thumbs/ph23061.jpg)
Additional Images [8]
![ph 23067: Tombstone works[?], undated.](https://s3.amazonaws.com/pastperfectonline/images/museum_460/020/thumbs/ph23067.jpg)
![ph23070: [Leonore (Lore) Geiger], ca.1970](https://s3.amazonaws.com/pastperfectonline/images/museum_460/020/thumbs/ph23070.jpg)
Metadata
Accession # |
A2006.201 |
Title |
Willi and Leonore Geiger records, ca. 1920-1998. -- 10 cm. |
Date |
1920-1998 CIRCA |
Description |
Willi (Bill) Geiger, and his wife Leonore (Lore), immigrated from Karlsruhe-Durlach, Germany, to Canada in 1954. They went first to Simcoe, Ontario, before coming to Fergus where Bill worked for James Howard and Son, monument dealers, and eventually purchased the business. For many years he was active with the Fergus Highland Games, Fergus Chamber of Commerce, and was a charter member of Fergus-Elora Rotary Club. He was a co-owner of the Fergus Market. In 1990, letterhead was titled G & G Designs / Bill & Lore Geiger / Monuments - Markers - Lettering. Bill Geiger died in 1991 and his wife Lore in 1993. SERIES 1: Willi (Bill) August Ludwig Geiger (1926-1991), 1932-1994. - file 1: Documents, 1932-1954. Photocopies and originals - transcripts and papers (in German) relating to work and schooling. Most found within envelope marked "pension info" or file-folder marked "Privat"; includes curriculum vitae 1941-1954. - file 2: Correspondence re. coming to Canada, 1953-1990. Includes letters between Geiger and William R. Mauthe, Telephone City Memorials, Simcoe, where he first settled, on arrival in Canada; insurance claim for "broken stuff", Simcoe, 9 Sept. 1954; includes letter from James Howard, 1956, letters of welcome to Mr. and Mrs. Geiger "on behalf of the Liberal Party as a fellow citizen" when they took out Canadian citizenship, 1959; includes correspondence (some in German) to 1990. - file 3: Clippings, 1965-1994. Some undated; includes his appointment as Citizen of the Year, 1987 (with letters of congratulation); obituary, 1991; donations from his estate, 1994 [SOME OVERSIZED STORED MU 569]. - file 4: Book of Condolences, John Thomson & Son funeral home, 1991. - file 5: Death certificate, 1991. PERSONAL INFORMATION BANK: PLEASE CONSULT ARCHIVIST. Includes Funeral Director's statement of death; letters regarding the health of Bill Geiger. SERIES 2: Leonore (Lore) Paula Geiger (1929-1993), ca.1920-1998 - file 1: Family history, ca.1920-ca.1940; includes "Mitgliedsbuch" [membership booklet], DAG [Deutsche Angestellten- Gewerkschaft], for Lore Schrogel, 1949-1953. FILES 2-6 PERSONAL INFORMATION BANK: PLEASE CONSULT ARCHIVIST - file 2: Living Will, Power of Attorney, list of Lore (Leonore) Geiger's relatives, 1992, 1993. - file 3: Will, 19 Nov. 1993 Includes inventory of assets; obituary; application for probate, 13 Dec. 1993. - file 4: Interim statement of Executor's Accounts to 24 Sept. 1994. - file 5: Second Interim statement of Executor's Accounts to 22 April 1996; includes correspondence 1994-1996. - file 6: Final statement of Executor's Accounts to 29 Oct. 1997. Includes 3 letters, 1996, 1997, 1998. SERIES 3: Photographs, 1929-1994. Subseries 1: Geiger family, 1929-1994. - ph 23059: Family portrait; 2 images, 1 large, 1 small, 1929. - ph 23060: Willi, in sailor suit[?]; 2 images, 1 large, 1 small, ca.1930. - ph 23061: Willi [and his brothers?], ca.1930. - ph 23062: Mitgleids-Karte B, Willi, ca.1932. - ph 23063: Willi with his mother and brother; swastica graffiti in background, 6 Sept. 1933. - ph 23064: Willi on rocking horse, ca.1933. - ph 23065: Willi with arms on hips, ca.1933. - ph 23066: Willi [and his brother?], Nov. 1935. - ph 23067: Tombstone works[?], undated. - ph 23068: Lenore (Lore) Geiger, ca. 1950. - ph 23069: Willi, 15 Oct. 1951. - ph 23070: [Lenore (Lore) Geiger], ca.1970. - ph 23071: Geiger estate donation; l-r: Rudy Chiarandini; Sue Ledger, Victorian Order of Nurses; John Myers, 1994. - ph 23072: Geiger estate donation; l-r: Rudy Chiarandini; George Rolfe, Canadian Cancer Society; John Myers, 1994. Subseries 2: Fergus Highland Games, ca.1960-ca.1980. - ph 23073: 3 related images, children dancing, ca.1960. - ph 23074: Throwing the weight [mace?], ca.1960. - ph 23075: Tug-of-War, under sign for House of Brougham Ltd., ca.1960. - ph 23076: Young woman with sash "Fergus Highland Games 1979". - ph 23077: 6 related colour images, one with Mayor Bill Holman, ca.1980. - ph 23078: Colour image, presentation; seated Perrin Beatty, MP; Jack Johnson, MPP, Bill Beattie, Mayor Cliff Darroch, Past Mayor John F. Campbell, Mr. and Mrs. Scotty Henderson, ca.1980. - ph 23079: 3 colour images, Regimental Pipe Major Percy Gibson in Templin Gardens, ca.1980. - |
Creator \ Maker |
Chiarandini, Rudy (Dr.) [compiler] |
Item Name |
Record Group Will Correspondence Newspaper Death Certificate |
Person \ Organization |
Geiger Monument Company Limited G and G Designs Fergus Highland Games Fergus Scottish Festival and Highland Games Fergus Chamber of Commerce Fergus-Elora Rotary Club Fergus Market Telephone City Memorials James Howard and Son Geiger, Willi August Ludwig Geiger, Leonore Paula Geiger, Bill Geiger, William Geiger, Lore Chiarandini, Rudy (Dr.) Ledger, Sue Myers, John Rolfe, George Beatty, Perrin Johnson, Jack Mauthe, William A. Beattie, Bill Darroch, Cliff Campbell, John F. Henderson, Scott Henderson, Scotty (Mrs.) Holman, William Gibson, Percy |
Place |
Fergus Simcoe Brantford Germany Templin Gardens Scotland |
Subject |
Biography Commercial Immigration Children Portrait Toys |
Photo, Map # |
ph 23059 ph 23059 - ph 23079 ph 23060 ph 23061 ph 23062 ph 23063 ph 23064 ph 23065 ph 23066 ph 23067 ph 23068 ph 23069 ph 23070 ph 23071 ph 23072 ph 23073 ph 23074 ph 23075 ph 23076 ph 23077 ph 23078 ph 23079 |
Year Range from |
1920 |
Year Range to |
1998 |
Accession # |
A2006.201 |
Containers |
MU 634 MU 642 |