. 24 May 1835 in Galt (Cambridge), Upper Canada, son of John Young and Janet Bell; m. 11 Feb. 1858 Margaret McNaught in Brantford
training of native clergy who would eventually replace the missionaries. Although Wilson did instruct two young Ojibwa men as catechists, and another, John Jacobs, was ordained in 1869 and placed in charge
architect George Edmund Street of London and for the well-known firm of William Martin and John Henry Chamberlain in Birmingham.
After reading a
to read and write served him well, especially in the operation of the work-yards and commissarial stores he was to set up for his co-workers. His rise through the hierarchy of railway builders was
operations; apparently he could decode telegraphic messages by simply listening to the clicks rather than recording and reading them. While working as a freight checker and messenger on the Michigan Central
Wolfville, where he became “fairly proficient” in Latin and Greek and acquired a reading knowledge of French and a smattering of science. In 1839–40, after teaching for a time in New Brunswick, he studied
. 21 Jan. 1830 in Indiantown (Saint John), son of Barnes Travis and Elizabeth Stevens; m. 24
. 25 March 1833 in Auchtermuchty, Scotland, son of the Reverend John Taylor and Marion Antill Wardlaw; m
. 8 Dec. 1846 in Drakes Cross, England, son of John Studholme and Hannah —; m
of his father in 1865, he lived for a time with his eldest half-brother, John Coucher Steele. The Fenian troubles
January 1864 Spencer purchased the Victoria Library, in the downtown area on Government Street, where his business would be based for the rest of his life. This “Reading Room and Library” charged
. 23 Oct. 1852 in Saint John, daughter of Samuel Skinner, a carriage maker, and Phoebe Sherwood Golding; m
capture Montreal, and The narrative of Gordon Sellar.
The most widely read of Sellar’s works, however, was The tragedy of
time pledging himself to the Liberal-Conservative government of George-Étienne Cartier* and John A
. 1844 John Tubman (d. 1867); m
health and the recalcitrance of his deputy, John George Hodgins, impaired his effectiveness. Among Ross’s
ROBERTSON, JOHN ROSS, journalist, publisher, philanthropist, historian, and sportsman; b
British Columbia: historical readings, ed. W. P. Ward and R. A. J. McDonald (Vancouver, 1981), 369–95. Scholefield and Howay, British Columbia. John Schreiner, The
, John William Ritchie* and Sir William Johnston Ritchie*, both