, particularly in the Hamilton area during the early 1830s. Smyth’s Canadian Garland, which ran from 15 Sept. 1832 to 31 Aug. 1833, was the third attempt in Hamilton “to sustain

 Alfred Booker, a Regular Baptist clergyman; d. 27 Sept. 1871 in Montreal, Que. The Booker family had been in Hamilton, Canada West, for

Hamilton, Upper Canada, son of William Hendrie* and Margaret Walker; m. 2 April 1885 Lena Maude Henderson (d. 18 July

), seventh son of Gerald O’Reilly; d. 26 Feb. 1861 in Hamilton, Canada West. Gerald O’Reilly was sent to Dublin to study medicine in 1823 and

whom he had three daughters; d. 21 Jan. 1903 in Hamilton, Ont. The eldest of eight children, Andrew Trew Wood attended public school in his

Colonel John Thomas Caddy of the Royal Artillery and Hannah Godard (Goddard); d. 19 March 1883 at Hamilton, Ont. John Herbert Caddy was

and Joan Patterson; d. 26 Sept. 1873, at Hamilton, Ont. John Farrell emigrated to Canada with his parents, who settled in Kingston

Westmoreland, Oneida County, N.Y., around 1821. They remained there for 11 years before moving to Upper Canada and settling in Hamilton. Harrison’s mother was a competent artist, and he displayed an artistic

Beasley*, and they had two sons; d. 9 Nov. 1856 in Hamilton, Upper Canada. The eldest son of a Glasgow textile merchant, Colin

Martin Dowling; d. 6 Aug. 1924 in Hamilton, Ont. Thomas J. Dowling immigrated from Ireland to Hamilton with his family in 1851. He

HAMILTON, DANIEL SALMON, Congregational minister and social worker; b. 8 March 1864 near Forest, Upper Canada, son of David Hamilton, a

Kingston, Ont. Lizzie Lessard grew up in late-19th-century Hamilton, Ont., in a predominantly British neighbourhood where Protestants, Catholics, and

*; d. 14 Sept. 1918 in Hamilton, Ont. Clementina Trenholme’s father had emigrated from Yorkshire, England, and her mother had come from

. James McKeand was a partner in a wholesale dry goods firm in Glasgow which had a branch in Hamilton, Canada West. In 1854 he and his family settled in Hamilton, where he personally managed this branch

 July 1919 in Hamilton, Ont. Allan Studholme grew up in the English Midlands, where he was apprenticed to a farmer. As a youth, he became involved

BRUCE, WILLIAM BLAIR, painter; b. 8 Oct. 1859 in Hamilton, Upper Canada, son of William Bruce and Janet Blair; m. 4

firm selling paper and office supplies, in Hamilton, a city becoming the distribution centre for the north and west of Upper Canada. Buntin formed a partnership with his brother James on 1 May 1852

own as an industrialist. In 1910 he mobilized Toronto capital to create the Canada Steel Company Limited (renamed Burlington Steel in 1914), a large, specialized operation in Hamilton that employed

Gourlay and his supporters at the Head of the Lake (the vicinity of present-day Hamilton Harbour). When Richard Hatt died in 1819, Willson won the by-election to replace him for the riding of Halton

holder; b. 14 June 1795 in Drogheda (Republic of Ireland), son of Captain Joseph Bull; m. 28 June 1818 Dorothea Burland, and they had four sons; d. 5 Dec. 1847 in Hamilton

Margaret McKernan; d. 15 Oct. 1870 at Hamilton, Ont. Edward John Gordon’s parents died when he was a child and he was brought up by an

’ responsibilities grew rapidly; in 1840 when the firm opened its Hamilton branch with John Young* also a partner, it was called Buchanan, Harris, and

, son of John Gale and Jean Esson; m. 9 Aug. 1836 Margaret Scarth of Kirkwall, Scotland, and they had at least two daughters and one son; d. 6 April 1854 in Albion Mills (Hamilton

mother while the family lived in Hamilton. At age 12 he worked as a messenger in the law office of Britton Bath Osler

 July 1899 in Lake Rosseau, Ont. Shortly before his seventh birthday William Eli Sanford was orphaned. He was sent to Hamilton, Upper Canada, to

articles he reported on all these communities in detail. After arriving at Hamilton in 1862 he wrote Canada, a battle ground, on the growing hostility towards the United States and the possible

. George King Chisholm was educated at the Nelson common school, at Gore District grammar school in Hamilton, and at Upper Canada College in York. He married Isabella Land, granddaughter of Robert

Richard Fuller of the 41st Foot and Mary O’Brien England; d. 17 Dec. 1884 at Hamilton, Ont. Thomas Brock Fuller was named after a godfather

 Dec. 1934 in Hamilton, Ont. Mary Baker’s father had been in the Royal Navy before becoming a minister. A Calvinist with a strong missionary spirit

Peter and Margaret Buchanan; m. in January 1843 Agnes Jarvie at Glasgow, and they had 11 children; d. 1 Oct. 1883 at Hamilton, Ont

Malcolm and Gillespie. Some four years later he was engaged as a journeyman merchant at Beamsville or Cobourg, possibly representing Malcolm and Gillespie. He then went on to do three years at the Hamilton

HAYWORTH, MARGARET JANET, schoolgirl; b. 21 Aug. 1929 in Hamilton, Ont., the elder daughter of John Smith

of John Urpeth Rastrick and Sarah —; m. 21 July 1857 Anna Mary Stephens in Hamilton, Upper Canada, and they had six sons and one daughter; d. there 12 Sept. 1897

had four sons and six daughters; d. 15 Feb. 1854 in Hamilton, Upper Canada. Although there is some controversy surrounding the identity of

for Wentworth South, a Reformer like his father, and he represented this riding until confederation. A Methodist, he favoured prohibition in the 1850s. As a member for the Hamilton area, he promoted

new owner of the Bridgewater Works near Chippawa. For a brief time he supervised Durand’s enterprises in Norfolk County before moving to the Head of the Lake (the vicinity of present-day Hamilton

 Dec. 1900 in Clifton Springs, N.Y., and was buried in Hamilton, Ont. Donald McInnes’s family emigrated to Upper Canada in 1840 and settled at

DAVIS, ADELINE (Chisholm; Foster, Lady Foster), temperance reformer and author; b. 14 April 1844 in Hamilton, Upper

 1843 in Hamilton, Upper Canada. Although James Matthew Whyte’s family background and early experiences are obscure, he apparently was born into

) on a farm near St George in Brant County, Upper Canada, 12th child of David Hunter and Jane Hamilton; m. 15 Sept. 1881 John Hoodless in Cainsville, near Brantford, and they had two sons

Hamilton*, seems to have continued some of the judicial arrangements evolved when the area was under martial law. He recognized Dejean as jp and even condoned the extension

steadfast Conservative, which he remained for the rest of his life, and had also acquired a reputation as an effective platform speaker in Irish national circles in Hamilton. In early 1872 he founded the

, Scotland, 16th child of James Faerrie and Jean Robertson; d. 24 Dec. 1863 at Hamilton, Canada West. Unlike most of Montreal’s Scottish-born

Hamilton. John Gordon formed a partnership in that year with his uncle, Donald Mackay, under the name of Gordon, Mackay and Company, Gordon being the senior partner. Mackay had been a merchant-tailor in

Hamilton* and his family were the Jarvises’ closest friends. Samuel Peters’s first letter to his daughter in Upper Canada urged the couple to live in

the board of Canadian Dredge and Dock, the largest firm of its kind in the country. Phin was also deeply involved in the Hamilton-based Dominion Power and Transmission Company, which he headed from 1925

they had four sons and a daughter; d. 22 March 1833 in Hamilton, Upper Canada. James Durand arrived in British North America in 1802 as an

MEWBURN, FRANK HAMILTON, surgeon, politician, army officer, and university professor; b. 5 March 1858 in Drummondville

debts. In supporting his claim Henry Hamilton*, lieutenant governor at Detroit, wrote to Governor

. 7 May 1866 at Hamilton, Canada West. James Brennan came to Kitley Township, Upper Canada, as a child. The Brennan home was often visited