16 he became an errand boy in William Petrie’s general store in Russell. A few years later he was promoted to clerk and also worked as a telegraph operator. In 1884, after seven years’ service, he
Davies, chief justice of Canada, Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King
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James’s father intended that his sons follow him into carpentry and the building trade, which James did after leaving school. In 1869 the firm for which James worked also employed William
Jan. 1873 near Windsor, Ont., second son of William McGregor and Jessie Lathrup Peden; m
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In the late 19th century a number of British whalers increased their trade with the Inuit to offset the rapid decline of the whale population in Davis Strait. A few companies attempted to regularize
PRICE, Sir WILLIAM, businessman, industrialist, officer, and politician; b. 30
. 7 June 1839 in County Tipperary (Republic of Ireland), daughter of William
board that attempted conciliation in a Cape Breton mine strike [see William Davis]. Throughout the
. 29 April 1903 William Patrick Davis in Ottawa, and they had two daughters
March the territorial premier, Frederick William Gordon Haultain
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The bank had been established in 1867 by Irish-born merchant William McMaster* and a consortium of Toronto businessmen in reaction to the
Feb. 1869 at Quebec, only son of William Watson, a rigger of sailing ships, and Jane Grant; m
Jan. 1872 William John Dickson in Truro, N.S., and they had five surviving children; d
, businessman, and politician; b. 23 March 1865 in Oswego, N.Y., son of William Weston