Seagram, Joseph

Joseph Emm Seagram

Born: April 15, 1841, Fisher’s Mills, near New Hope (Hespeler, later Cambridge), Upper Canada

Died: August 18, 1919, Waterloo, Ontario

Buried at: Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener

Burial plot: OLD section. Lot 214. Grave 4.

Date of Birth

1841-04-15 Place of birth: Fisher’s Mills, near New Hope (Hespeler, later Cambridge), Upper Canada

Date of Death 1919-08-18 Place of death: Waterloo, Ontario

Joseph Emm Seagram was an entrepreneur, racing administrator, community leader and politician.

Interment Info

He was buried in Mount Hope Cemetery in Waterloo

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