. In 1872 Prime Minister Sir John A. Macdonald* offered the young but accomplished Blake the position of junior vice

BOYD, Sir JOHN ALEXANDER, lawyer and judge; b

, and scholar; b. 12 May 1846 in Drummondville (Niagara Falls), Upper Canada, son of John Kennedy

, which initially consisted of George William Allan as president, John Alexander Boyd and George Albertus

1829 and 1851 (her age reporting was inconsistent) in Halifax, daughter of John Johnson (Johnston) and his wife, Clarissa, whose family name may have been Robinson, African American refugees of the War

some two and a half years Mabee served alongside such prominent members of the bench as Chancellor Sir John Alexander

at John Boyd’s academy in Toronto. His family moved to the city in 1846 when his father acquired a brewery. Charles worked for a time in this business and then embarked on a legal career

*, John Craig Eaton*, and Sir Edmund Boyd

, Edmund Boyd Osler*, and Wilmot Deloui