Jeremiah Suddaby

Jeremiah Suddaby was described by one who knew him well as “a man of sterling worth whom to know was to love, a born teacher, a man of splendid ability and attainment, a deep student and a friend of teachers and pupils.”

Born in Grenville County near the town of Prescott, in 1842, he completed Normal School and taught in the County of Waterloo until 1877. During the years that followed, as principal of the Berlin Model School, he played a prominent part in the training and preparation of many of the teachers of the county.

Suddaby enjoyed a brilliant reputation, not only in Waterloo County, but throughout the entire province, where he was widely known and esteemed as an authority on educational affairs. In his memory the Berlin Public School Board changed the name of Central School where he served, to Suddaby School.