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A slight, delicate youth not much given to sports, Joseph had been put to work in 1870 as a clerk for Prince Edward Island’s treasurer, his grandfather Joseph
* and Thomas Robert Edward MacInnes.
Pickthall’s career began in earnest when prizes launched her into the magazines. “The greater gift
Reverend Edward Ahenakew* recorded Thunderchild’s stories of his early life
’ Bank of Halifax. Since obtaining a federal charter in 1869, it had cautiously built up a network of 25 branches throughout Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island. Bad loans to Nova Scotian
PARKIN, Sir GEORGE ROBERT, educator, imperialist, and author; b
. His “silk stocking” candidacy fell flat and he was defeated by Robert John Fleming. A poor speaker, he had
July 1856 in Hartington, England, son of Robert Oliver and Emma Lomas, a widow; m
she was baptized by Cree Methodist minister Edward Paupanekis* in St
generators for the Toronto Railway. Engineer Edward Montague Ashworth remembered Nicholls as his “early idea of a Big Man,” whose telephone summonses caused department heads to jump. Although CGE was meant to
Oct. 1866 in Goderich, Upper Canada, sixth and youngest son of Robert Ker Addison Nichol, a barrister, and Cynthia Jane
Bank of Nova Scotia by attaining the people’s trust when trust was all important.
McLeod was the son of a ship’s captain in Prince Edward
McLENNAN, ROBERT PURVES, tinsmith, businessman, politician, and banker; b. 7
.
From 1897 to 1900 McGrath was assistant clerk of the House of Assembly. In the 1900 election he supported Liberal leader Robert
of the port of Halifax had already received federal support in 1913 when the Conservative government of Robert Laird Borden
practised civil litigation with Robert Andrew Bonnar, who would specialize in criminal cases, and by 1904 he had formed a partnership with Eliphalet Edwards Sharpe. He was active on behalf of land investors
in Montreal, and then moved to Toronto, employed for a short period at an insurance agency.
The death of her eldest sister, Mary Edwards Merrill
1874 he began formal studies at the University of Glasgow, where he was influenced by idealist philosopher Edward Caird, but these ended in 1876, before a degree was awarded, because of a bout with
MATHISON, ROBERT, newspaperman, office holder, educator of the deaf, and administrator of a fraternal order; b. 9
Sept. 1852 in Milton, Upper Canada, son of Edward Martin, a miller, and Mary Ann Fleming; m. 2