JAMES ALEXANDER, carpenter, lawyer, businessman, and politician; b. 1 Sept. 1854 in Brampton, Upper Canada, son of John Lougheed and Mary Ann
the American historian Charles Francis Adams, after whom he named the youngest son of his second marriage.
Barry Cahill
KENNEDY, Sir JOHN, engineer; b. 26 Sept. 1838 in Spencerville, Upper Canada, eldest son of William Kennedy and Agnes
HENDRIE, Sir JOHN STRATHEARN, engineer, businessman, militia officer, politician, and office holder; b. 15 Aug. 1857 in
the nomination for Carleton, an old Conservative constituency, and ran a solid, if understated, campaign. Grant accused his Tory opponent, fellow farmer Adam Holland Acres, of blind party loyalty and
of the Université Laval in 1881, he obtained his llb in 1884. He was articled in Montreal to John Joseph Caldwell
secured two historical experts, civil service commissioner Adam Shortt* and
GIBSON, Sir JOHN MORISON, militia officer, lawyer, office holder, politician, and businessman; b. 1 Jan. 1842 in Toronto
embarked on his first venture, buying and selling cordwood in Brampton. He then became a bookkeeper with a Toronto publisher, Adam Miller and Company. After Miller’s death in 1875, he continued as a partner
., son of John Forster, a farmer, and Rosanna Harvey; d. 11 Nov. 1929 in Montreal.
Francis Forster attended local schools before
FLEMING, ROBERT JOHN, businessman, temperance crusader, politician, and civil servant; b. 23 Nov. 1854 in Toronto, son of
. He obtained a narrow victory in the federal general election of June 1882. A free trader, he spoke in the commons in 1883 against the protectionism of Sir John A
Ellis; m. 7 Sept. 1876 Hester Rankine (d. 1928) in Saint John, and they had four daughters and one son; d. 23 June 1929 in Ottawa
Shakespeare and the Bible, ardently defended the values of Presbyterianism, and celebrated the triumph of science and material progress with an enthusiasm worthy of Adam Smith or Horatio Alger. In another
son of James William Domville and Frances Usher; m. 25 April 1867 Anne Isabella Scovil in Portland (Saint John), N.B., and they had three sons and five daughters; d. 30 July 1921 in
industrial sites in Ashbridges Bay [see Sir John Alexander Boyd*; John Irvine
the same combative tactics, Carvell joined New Brunswick Liberal organizers Edward S. Carter and Peter John Veniot* in forming the
BECK, NICHOLAS DU BOIS DOMINIC, lawyer and judge; b. 4 May 1857 in Cobourg, Upper Canada, son of John Walton Romeyn Beck and
ADAM, manufacturer, horseman, politician, office holder, and philanthropist; b. 20 June 1857 in Baden, Upper Canada, son of Jacob Friedrich Beck and Charlotte Josephine
economist Adam Shortt*) that successfully resolved a dispute at Sydney Mines