Jacobs. There he became the first Canadian to introduce roller milling to the industry. On the advice of John Braun (Brown), a former employee, he purchased a roller system from the Hoerde company of

priesthood in the Church of England. Native catechists John and Moses Melucto, Edward Richard, and Adam Lucy helped him greatly in mastering these tongues, as he himself would acknowledge. He adopted the

the same combative tactics, Carvell joined New Brunswick Liberal organizers Edward S. Carter and Peter John Veniot* in forming the

bookselling firm of United Editors Limited and secured two historical experts, civil service commissioner Adam

then became a bookkeeper with a Toronto publisher, Adam Miller and Company. After Miller’s death in 1875, he continued as a partner in the firm, which he took over in 1879 and renamed W

 Adam Beck, that was paid for by private-power interests in

the Exchange brought him into contact with leading Toronto businessmen. Looking about for new chances, he decided that the nascent electricity business would be a growth industry [see John

 $100 annual bonus from Archbishop John Joseph Lynch* of Toronto. His early

for his model the American historian Charles Francis Adams, after whom he named the youngest son of his second marriage

WILLISON, Sir JOHN STEPHEN, newspaperman, author, and businessman; b. 9

RUTHERFORD, JOHN GUNION, veterinarian, horse breeder, office holder, editor, politician, and civil servant; b. 25

, and celebrated the triumph of science and material progress with an enthusiasm worthy of Adam Smith or Horatio Alger. In another context and, perhaps, with a less developed rebellious streak, Drummond

GIBSON, Sir JOHN MORISON, militia officer, lawyer, office holder, politician, and businessman; b. 1

from the firm of Adam Lomas and Son. By the late 1860s and early 1870s Stephen had become one of the foremost

Sir John A

protectionism of Sir John A. Macdonald*’s

. 1862 in East Williams Township, Upper Canada, son of John Alexander Macdonald, a farmer, and Jane Grant; m

 Sept. 1854 in Brampton, Upper Canada, son of John Lougheed and Mary Ann Alexander; m

 John Railway [see Horace Jansen Beemer*] and he

 October) in Eldon Township, Upper Canada, fifth son of John Mackenzie, a farmer, and Mary McLauchlan; m