BARR, ANNIE GARDNER (Gardiner) (Brown), artist and social reformer; b. 29 July 1864 in Norwich, Upper Canada, daughter of
BROWN, PETER, journalist and author; b. 29 June 1784 at Edinburgh, Scotland, the son of James Brown and
Peter* and George* Brown, and the following year he moved to their Globe
NEILSON, SAMUEL, printer; b. 1771 at Balmaghie (Dumfries and Galloway), Scotland, son of William Neilson and Isabel Brown; d
Hincks* in Montreal in 1844 – the same year George Brown* founded the Globe in Toronto. He was a leading contributor to the
Brown* and the Reformers, and he was himself sympathetic to the Reform cause, he was content to spend his time in the company of his family and a small circle of friends. In law, however, he was
in Canada, Jaffray had become active in Reform politics; by 1857 he was a campaign worker in Toronto for George Brown*, an
Brown* and Connell James Baldwin*, to present an address of support to Governor Lord Elgin
. According to the Hamilton Spectator, Blackburn would have been George Brown*’s “warming pan” in parliament
Morin* ministry succeeded Baldwin and La Fontaine in 1851, George Brown’s Globe in Toronto had
Brown of the Globe even pledged support to any government he formed if it was dedicated to the separation of church and state and to representation by population. Sandfield could
, George Brown, now editor of the Toronto Globe. The two Scots were in frequent contact by the late 1840s
BROWNE, FRANCES (Stewart), pioneer; b. in Dublin, Ireland, 24 May 1794, daughter of Francis Browne and Anna Maria Noble; m
customers in nearby Yorkville (Toronto). About 1850 he became an employee at the bakery of Alexander Mathers and Alexander Brown, also situated at the north end on Yonge Street. In 1853 he and George Maver
Browne*, and they had five daughters and six sons; d. 6 Sept. 1847 in Douro Township, Upper Canada.
Thomas Alexander Stewart was born and
, disapproval of the queen’s choice of Ottawa as the seat of government. George Brown formed a new Executive Council and
, Arms made axes, ploughs, and other equipment. This business expanded as the region developed and in 1832 he formed a partnership with Alba Brown. The firm Arms and Brown concentrated on forging ploughs
COMINGO, JOSEPH BROWN, painter; b. 1784 in Lunenburg, N.S., eldest son of Romkes
Brown, the powerful publisher of the Toronto Globe and an opponent of Catholic interests in the province, claimed, over Farrell’s strong denials, that MacNab had been duped into this
Brown*. A Protestant of staunch voluntaryist principles, he contributed articles on politico-religious subjects and was promoted to the post of sub-editor. With Brown’s backing he acquired the