rented a boarding-house where she lodged some of the escaped slaves. In the spring of 1858 the famous American abolitionist John Brown stayed with her in St Catharines, though by then Auburn had

LOWE, JOHN, newspaperman, civil servant, and farm developer; b. 20 Feb. 1824 in Warrington (Cheshire

CARLING, Sir JOHN, businessman and politician; b. 23 Jan. 1828 in London Township, Upper Canada, youngest son of Thomas

Dawson and Elizabeth Gardner; m. 16 Oct. 1858 Annie M. Bent in Saint John; d. 9 Feb. 1916 in Westmount, Que. Samuel E

, John William Ritchie* and Sir William Johnston Ritchie*, both

BOYD, Sir JOHN ALEXANDER, lawyer and judge; b

, Johnson was native by birth, her father being a Mohawk of the wolf clan. The great-granddaughter of Tekahionwake (Jacob Johnson), whose name she would later adopt, and the granddaughter of John “Smoke

BUTLER, WILLIAM FREDERICK, carpenter and architect; b. 22 June 1866 in St John’s, son of Thomas Butler, a farmer, and

1892. Her column focused on recipes, household hints, and garden advice, but contained inspirational tales of career women and assertive wives and mothers as well. During John Stephen

, Guelph, and Aurora, Ont., respectively, searched their files for material. Particular thanks are extended to Jacquie Brown of the Huron County Pioneer Museum, Goderich, Ont., for thoroughly checking the

of the 1st Infantry Brigade, was assigned to capture the advance Blue and Brown lines. Despite fierce German resistance, the operation was crowned with success

Brown*, an mla and editor of the Globe, in the backwoods community of Huntingdon, Lower Canada. The first issue of his Canadian Gleaner appeared on 18

stress by forcing the Grittish John Gordon Brown from the editorship of the Globe in December 1882. Riel’s conviction on grounds of treason and his execution on 16 Nov. 1885 nevertheless

with Weatherbe and Graham in 1874–78 and returned as a partner when John Sparrow David Thompson* went to the bench in 1882

. 10 Dec. 1827 in Bandon (Republic of Ireland), son of John Keeffe (O’Keefe) and Mary Russell; m. 23 Jan. 1862 Helen Charlotte

was called to the bar of the North-West Territories within four weeks of his arrival, and became the junior partner of Thomas Brown Lafferty. Since Lafferty’s brother James D. was the mayor of

Douglass*, both single-taxers, he founded the Toronto Anti-Poverty Society around 1887. Wood was equally active in the Young Men’s Liberal Club in Toronto, where he met John Stephen

. 1884), and they had eight children; m. secondly 1891 Frances Isabel Brown, and they had at least one child; d. 30 Oct. 1912 in New

farm, but he failed to find suitable property and rejoined William in 1844. In 1845 he purchased the farm of John Crysler* in Upper Canada, site

HENDRY, JOHN, businessman; b