Encyclopedia Dubuque
"Encyclopedia Dubuque is the online authority for all things Dubuque, written by the people who know the city best.”
Marshall Cohen—researcher and producer, CNN
Affiliated with the Local History Network of the State Historical Society of Iowa, and the Iowa Museum Association.
MOFFATT, Wallace W.
Family History: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=higg&id=I3576
MOFFATT, Wallace W. (Orillia, Ontario, Canada, Nov. 25, 1879--Dubuque, IA, May 3, 1952). Moffat came to Dubuque in 1900 and began work with the MATHIS-METZ CO. This later became the MATHIS-MOFFATT PRINTING COMPANY. (1) When he first ran for the council in 1942 he had the endorsement of the DUBUQUE TRADES AND LABOR CONGRESS and the Good Government League. (2) He was the MAYOR of the city in 1944.
Moffatt was an honorary member of the Dubuque Police Protective Association and a member of the DUBUQUE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY, Dubuque County Conservation Society, DUBUQUE AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE and the Royal Arch Masons.
---
Source:
Christa Hughes, descendant
1. "Former Mayor Moffatt Dies," Telegraph Herald, May 4, 1952, p. 1
2. "In Council Race," Telegraph Herald, March 17, 1942, p. 1