deputy, Capt. Andrew Hamilton, sailed with John Simpson in the Yonge for Albany River where, on

. On 18 April 1785 Lieutenant Governor Henry Hamilton, faced with another widespread infectious

Northwestern Railway. In 1853 he immigrated to Upper Canada to become mechanical superintendent, based in Hamilton, of the Great Western Railway, then under construction from Windsor to Niagara Falls [see

BROOKS, LYDIA (Blake; Campbell), diarist; b. 1 Nov. 1818 at Hamilton Inlet, Labrador, one of three children of Ambrose

1872 by important Conservative John Hamilton as an “extreme grit”), Brouse was defeated by Conservative George Crawford* in a close election to

of Lake Ontario, then had crossed the Niagara River and continued on to the region of the present city of Hamilton. Leaving La Salle and his men there, they continued their journey to the north

St Catharines, and for the next nine years practised successfully in the Niagara, St Catharines, and Hamilton areas. His ability led to

 1784 under the honorary presidency of Lieutenant Governor Henry Hamilton, continued until 15 June

. Campbell returned to St John’s after more than five months to found with Rendell the Tuberculosis Dispensary on Hamilton Avenue, where her most important work was carried out. Here tubercular patients

Hamilton, Upper Canada. Cantin failed in 1843 but rebounded immediately, and in 1846 he opened the first stage of a new shipyard and dry dock. Within ten

arrangement with the lieutenant governor, Arthur Hamilton Gordon*, the withdrawal was carefully timed so that a place on the bench could be

[Hamilton-Gordon*] and Lady Aberdeen [Marjoribanks*] led the opening ceremonies in July 1898

1841, but lost it to Rolland Macdonald in 1844. In the assembly, Chésley opposed Hamilton Hartley Killaly’s selection of the south side of the St Lawrence as the site of the Beauharnois Canal

. William B. Hamilton PAC, MG 11, Nova Scotia A, 62, pp.51–52; 69, pp.174–91

Globe (Toronto), 18 Sept. 1885. Canadian Stock-Raisers’ Journal (Hamilton, Ont.), 1 (1883–84), prospectus (August 1883); no .2 (December

CRAWFORD, GEORGE, businessman and politician; b. 1793 at Manor Hamilton, County Leitrim (Republic of Ireland

certificates from such local notables as Samuel Street* and Robert Hamilton

prosperous enough to purchase the Halton House inn. John Freeman Davis, his eldest son, attended the Gore District Grammar School in Hamilton, and also studied the violin, piano, and organ. He is reported to

appreciation Governor Ker Baillie Hamilton, on the advice of the Conservative administration, appointed him keeper

Heights (Hamilton). For two years the Denkes, unable to communicate with Bethlehem, took full charge of the Indians, with some assistance from the Upper

Dusautoy. To prevent the concurrent exercise of two closely related legal functions by one person, Lieutenant Governor Henry Hamilton* on 30

George*, in York (Toronto), Upper Canada, then settled in Hamilton. The younger George went to York about 1828 and studied law in the office of Simon Washburn. He was licensed attorney and notary

Military District which included Toronto, Hamilton, and central Ontario. This area had a heartier appetite for patriotic military activity than did most other parts of Canada, and whereas many staff officers

(Halifax), Registers for Windsor-Falmouth-Newport, 1774–95, 16 Aug. 1781 (mfm. at PANS). University of King’s College Library (Halifax), P. S. Hamilton, “History of the county of

supporting Lieutenant Governor Henry Hamilton*. In July 1785 Edwards, who was identified as “a bookseller and director of the press,” was one of

Kunz. The Moravians left London on 18 May 1752 and first met Labrador Eskimos on 29 July, north of Hamilton Inlet. On 31 July they

 Aug. 1851; 23 Dec. 1853; 31 March 1854. Dundas Weekly Post, 25 Aug., 8 Dec. 1835; 19 Jan. 1836. Western Mercury (Hamilton, [Ont.]), 17

(Hamilton, Ont.; Toronto), 1883/84–90. CPG, 1897. A history of Peel County: to mark its centenary as a separate county, 1867–1967 (Toronto, 1967). R. L. Jones

during the general election in the summer of 1863 and in the Waterloo North by-election of April 1864. In the latter contest he helped defeat Michael Hamilton

view. The post-1830 period thus witnessed the rise of black leaders such as Paola Brown* in Hamilton

Gordon*, sent her friend and former teaching companion Sister Mary Martha to found another orphanage in Hamilton, and two sisters began teaching at St Patrick’s School in Toronto. Within a year of

became a partner with another brother, John William*, in a general store about 1822 and its sole owner in 1827. He sold it to Henry Hamilton

. The missionary’s activities earned him the wrath of British authorities: Lieutenant Governor Henry Hamilton* of Detroit thought he should

and Hamilton wished to share, or take over, the trade of St Paul (Minn.) with Red River, and farmers in Canada West saw it as a region which might afford new farm lands

, ed. P. A. W. Wallace (Pittsburgh Pa., 1958), 85–200. “John Ettwein and the Moravian Church during the revolutionary period,” ed. K. G. Hamilton, Moravian Hist. Soc., Trans

proprietor) some time after 1793, and they had six children, including John Hamilton Gray*. He was active in organizing an agricultural

, have been swept away as the meetings progressed.” The two women received a steady stream of requests, many asking them to visit larger or more distant churches, including some in Hamilton and Toronto

Hamilton, on the Great Western Railway. Two years later he died and was buried at Copetown. Harris’ best-known work is Settlers and convicts

helped inaugurate or sustain many enterprises. He was president of Canada’s first telegraph company, the Toronto, Hamilton, Niagara, and St Catharines Electro-Magnetic Telegraph Company, from the year

of 1849 and later became a political partisan of Luther Hamilton Holton*, a Liberal and the man he felt would serve the “best

, 3rd Marquess of Tweeddale, and Susannah Cochrane, Countess of Dundonald, née Hamilton; d. unmarried, 1 May 1760, in London, England

Baillie* Hamilton. In July 1869 Hill became governor of Newfoundland. He arrived at the start of an election campaign in which the central issue

-Admiral Sir Charles Hamilton*, the next governor, named him waiter and searcher in the customs department at St John’s, but within a

HOLTON, LUTHER HAMILTON, Montreal businessman, civic leader, and politician; b. 22 Jan. 1817 at Sheffield’s Corners (now

Oxford from its first settlement . . . , comp. T. S. Shenston (Hamilton, [Ont.], 1852; repr. Woodstock, Ont., 1968). History of Princeton, 1795–1967, [comp. Mrs W

Hamilton College Library (Clinton, N.Y.), Kirkland mss, journal of 1764–1765. Johnson papers (Sullivan et al.). “Mémoire du

(Minn.). Some produce came from local sources, such as wheat and potatoes; other goods were imported from Edinburgh, London, and Hamilton, Canada West. The HBC handled his overseas financial transactions

Hamilton at the Morning Banner. He had returned to the Globe to work in its business office when he accepted employment as editor of the Guelph Advertiser in 1861. A year later he

Times (Hamilton, [Ont.]), August 1863. Globe, 27, 30 July, 3, 5–8, 12, 21, 22, 24 Aug. 1863. Irish Canadian (Toronto), 5, 12, 26 Aug., 2, 16 Sept., 21

, in 1832, and was an incorporator of the Toronto Dry-Dock Company (1847), the Toronto, Hamilton, Niagara, and St Catharines Electro-Magnetic Telegraph Company (1847), the Toronto Island Bridge