. 30 March 1823 in Toronto Township, Upper Canada, son of James Eakins and Ann Cox; brother of William Thomas
AITCHISON, ALEXANDER WILLIAM, manufacturer and fire chief; b
-attended plays, in which she took leading roles, and she had frequent at-homes at Rideau Hall, their official Ottawa residence. With her husband she presided over large parties and dinners, including a huge
Francis Hall*]. The party had become stranded on the Arctic ice and had been adrift since the previous October
.” Recalling this controversy, Joseph William Alexander Stewart, general secretary of the Canadian Baptist Missionary Board, wrote in the Canadian
CAVEN, WILLIAM, Presbyterian minister, educator, and theologian; b
CHARLES, WILLIAM, fur trader and HBC employee; b. 5 March 1831 in Edinburgh, son of John Charles and Jane
of William Pearce Howland of Lambton Mills (Etobicoke). He next opened his own grain business and
CLARKE, WILLIAM FLETCHER, Congregational minister, office holder, journalist, and publisher; b. 31 March 1824 in Coventry
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
, hired him to write literary criticism for the Toronto Globe. But the real launching of Davin’s Canadian career took place on the platform of Shaftesbury Hall on 19 April 1873. Chosen by the
stationed at Fort Garry.” Davis prospered and expanded his holdings, adding a barber-shop, billiard-hall, and store. The hotel contained a saloon, where he was able to meet newcomers, an ideal situation for
. 8 Feb. 1877 in Montreal, son of William Farrell and Mary Meagher; d. 7 Feb. 1909 in Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts
FONSECA, WILLIAM GOMEZ (known until around 1840 as Don Derigo Nojada Gomez da Silva Fonseca; in later years he
back to the fold by election time. He finally received his party’s nomination, in the dominion election of 1904, but he was defeated by Liberal incumbent William
. 7 May 1867 Jessie Lawson in Halifax, and they had two sons, William Lawson
.
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
and the grain-elevator owners [see William Watson Ogilvie*]. Within little more than a year the organization had disappeared
