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
in the creation of a theoretical but unaccredited alternative to practical training in law under the auspices of the law society’s professional school at Osgoode Hall [see William Albert
of Fowler et Roy. In 1864 he entered the employ of the two sons of William Thomas*, William Tutin and Cyrus Pole, architects of the classical
committees of council. The resignation of William Henry Boulton* as mayor led to Read’s election on 11
. 12 Oct. 1842 in Coupar Angus, Scotland, son of William Robertson Reid and Catherine Gillespie; m
Halifax’s city hall (1889), a house near Baddeck for Alexander Graham Bell* (1893), the administration building of the Presbyterian College
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
-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
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
Ireland, eventually to become the mayor of Cork. The Newfoundlander was taken over by his brothers William Richard* and Ambrose as
. 2 March 1843 in Drumcree (Republic of Ireland), son of William Somerset; m
STAIRS, WILLIAM JAMES, merchant, banker, and politician; b
1892, Stanley noted that there was a meeting in Halifax on the subject. He thought that Premier Sir William Vallance
status of a native woman, Suzanne Connolly*, who had married fur trader William
*].
Strong, like other aspiring students-at-law of his generation, kept term at Osgoode Hall in Toronto in order to participate in the required program of the Law Society of Upper Canada, and to attend court
THOMPSON, GRACE SARAH HALL (Fletcher), businesswoman and social reformer; b
initiative in forming a partnership with George Benson Hall*, a lumber merchant in Beauport, in 1870, while he was still handling the
architects, such as Howard, Henry Bowyer Joseph Lane*, William Thomas*, and
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