Joseph "Josh" Wayper, Jr.

1858 - 1915  (56 years)

• Name	Joseph "Josh" Wayper
  Suffix	Jr.
  Birth	8 Oct 1858	Weardale, Durham County, England
  Gender	Male
  Death	2 Sep 1915	Hespeler, Waterloo Township, Waterloo County, Ontario
  Burial	New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler, Ontario   [1]
  Person ID	I04370	All
  Last Modified	23 Mar 2008

  
  

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

  
  

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

  
  

• Event Map		Marriage - 18 Dec 1883 - Palmerston, Wallace Township, Perth County, Ontario Death - 2 Sep 1915 - Hespeler, Waterloo Township, Waterloo County, Ontario Burial - - New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler, Ontario  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Photos		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

  
  

  Headstones

  WAYPER, Joseph "Josh" and Margaret CUSACK

  
  

  Histories		A Verdict Secured Against Hespeler Hotel Men Article printed in the Toronto Star on Wednesday April 4, 1895
  		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 Promoters Were Here Looking Over the Puslinch Lake Deal - Refused to State Who was Behind the Scheme - February 6, 1912
  		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

  [S065467] Tombstone.