Taylor, the 12th president of the United States and also the great-grandnephew of Jefferson Davis, the president of the Confederate states during the American Civil War. His father, John Taylor Wood, was

Davies*, put Wakeham in command of an expedition charged with reassessing the span of time during which the strait was free of ice and with asserting Canadian rights over Baffin Island and the Arctic

THOMSON, THOMAS JOHN (Tom), artist; b

partisanship was evident in 1894. The Davie government tended to favour the federal Conservatives. A staunch Liberal, Smith ran in North Nanaimo against John

; Davis), also known as Moses, fugitive slave and “conductor” on the Underground Railroad; b

. Lemuel Owen’s grandfather Arthur Owen was one of a small but influential group of immigrants to St John’s (Prince Edward) Island from the West Country of England. These men, who included the founders

Sullivan on the resignation of the government of Louis Henry Davies*. In the election which was called within days, he won easily in

federal election in the summer of 1872 did not, however, measure up to the hopes of the youthful members. Sir John A. Macdonald

order Premier Pope managed to extract what could be argued were slightly improved terms from the Conservative government of Sir John A

contributions to mission work a dd had been conferred on Holmes, in 1905 by St John’s College, Winnipeg. A gifted linguist, he had mastered the Cree language and his remarkable

in the “nine hour” movement for a reduction of working hours. In the aftermath of the movement’s failure and the printers’ strike of 1872 [see John

anglophones from Ontario [see Sir John Christian Schultz*]. Although Riel was prevented from coming home by the dominion

, son of John Douglas and Euphemia Moffat; m. 6 Aug. 1861 Jane Smith of Darlington Township

become surveyor general of British Columbia, but he declined. In parliament Dewdney supported the Conservative government of Sir John A

DAVIS, JOHN FREEMAN, dance and music teacher; b. 31 March 1835 in Oakville, Upper Canada, one of the six children of Charles

DAVIS, DELOS ROGEST, teacher and lawyer; b. 4 Aug. 1846 in Maryland

 John. Alice Davis Hart and her husband are considered the founders of the Saint John Jewish community. After their marriage they had moved to

DAVIS, ADELINE (Chisholm; Foster, Lady Foster), temperance reformer and author; b

singing. Her musical talents were much admired and she served as choir director and organist at St Andrew’s Church. Canon John Grisdale, later Anglican bishop of Qu’Appelle, referred to her as “our