STAIRS, WILLIAM JAMES, merchant, banker, and politician; b

. 26 Nov. 1836 in Toronto, son of William Langley and Esther Anderson; d. there 9 Jan

rectangular building in red brick that housed the municipal offices and a concert hall, brought in revenue enabling the village to balance its budget. Tax exemptions for manufacturers and certain public

skills. At the end of August 1888 he staged a “grand juvenile fancy dress ball” at the British Hall for the parents and friends of his dancing pupils. It was followed two weeks later by a “carnival

 1892, Stanley noted that there was a meeting in Halifax on the subject. He thought that Premier Sir William Vallance

Local 1064 of the United Steelworkers of America erected a monument in front of the union hall in Sydney listing the names of 304 individuals who had lost their lives at the steel plant. Impressive in its

. Henry R. Gray received his early education at a school in Standard Hill, Nottinghamshire, where he attended classes taught by William Goodacre, a famous author of school texts. He then studied

THOMPSON, GRACE SARAH HALL (Fletcher), businesswoman and social reformer; b

and the west. Friends and associates in the agricultural community from Fort William (Thunder Bay), Ont., to the Pacific coast valued Waugh for speaking out and promoting dairying, mixed farming, and

. 12 Oct. 1842 in Coupar Angus, Scotland, son of William Robertson Reid and Catherine Gillespie; m

in literature; he was also employed by booksellers Thomas H. Hall and William

public lives of women in Canada would combine to allow her to embark upon a course of social activism in British Columbia. At home, her brother William Willcox Perrin, the well-known progressive vicar of

. first c. 1879 William

-power. Two years later, 26-year-old Bennett entered his father’s business. In 1862 he and his brother William took over the Victoria Woolen Mills from the elder Rosamond and began an ambitious program of

Street; latterly he formed a brief partnership with William Bullock, listed as “McCausland & Bullock, glass stainers” at the same address. From 1862 the firm was called the Canada Stained Glass Works

rights” agitation [see William Caven; D’Alton

later he was posted in Catalina, where he married a daughter of the local Anglican clergyman, William Netten. In 1878 he helped to rescue the crew of a shipwrecked schooner, a feat that involved his

CLARKE, WILLIAM FLETCHER, Congregational minister, office holder, journalist, and publisher; b. 31 March 1824 in Coventry

youth he worked on the family farm at Chebogue Point, and in 1840, after a year at sea and another teaching, he entered into partnership with William H

HOWLAND, Sir WILLIAM PEARCE, businessman, politician, and office holder; b