BENSON, MANLY, Methodist minister; b. 27 April 1842 in Newburgh, Upper Canada, son of Mathew (Matthew

starch factory in Canada, even though starch was being used in the manufacture of textiles as well as in households, in food, and for laundry. Benson and Aspden, as partners, established a starch factory

 Paul’s Church, Southampton. He was accepted in 1834 as a missionary for Upper Canada by the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel and went out that spring with Admiral Henry Vansittart and the other

. Black was ordained on 4 March 1823 by an informal presbytery of Kirk ministers which had been established in the Canadas, probably in 1820. It had met periodically and had hoped to obtain

BLACK, JAMES, a founder of the Disciples of Christ in Upper Canada; b. 15 Aug. 1797 in the parish of

Varnham, and they had eight children; m. secondly 1846 Mrs Ann Gardner in Hamilton, Upper Canada; d. 12 March 1857 near Hamilton

. 7 May 1866 at Hamilton, Canada West. James Brennan came to Kitley Township, Upper Canada, as a child. The Brennan home was often visited

BROUSE, WILLIAM HENRY, physician and politician; b. 15 June 1824 in Matilda Township, Dundas County, Upper Canada, second son

Veal; m. 22 Feb. 1829 Sarah Barnard in Troy, N.Y.; d. 2 Nov. 1849 in Kingston, Upper Canada. Adam Hood Burwell spent his childhood

him, he began a day-school in Leicester, while continuing his studies and serving as a lay preacher. By 1827 Caldicott had immigrated to Canada, and

CASGRAIN, CHARLES-EUSÈBE, lawyer, politician, and office holder; b. 28 Dec. 1800 in Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada, son of

Canada, second son of William Chewett* and Isabella Macdonell (McDonald); d. 7 Dec. 1862 at Toronto, Canada West

Gleaner at Chatham, and gathered notes for his best known work, A compendious history of the northern part of the province of New Brunswick and of the district of Gaspé, in Lower Canada

son of William Craigie and May Ness; m. Mary Campbell, and they had nine children; d. 10 Aug. 1863 at Hamilton, Canada West. William

of the Union to form the Amateur Athletic Federation of Canada, which would allow a measure of professional-amateur cooperation along the lines of that found in American baseball and British soccer

Dautray, and Catherine Cairns; m. Emily Rush, at Philadelphia, and they had at least three children; d. 28 Aug. 1861 at Berthier-en-Haut (Berthierville), Canada East

, lawyer, and civil servant; b. 8 June 1811 in Montreal, Lower Canada, eldest son of Samuel David, a prominent Montreal merchant, and Sarah, daughter of Aaron

of Hugh Davis; m. Rosina — and they had several children; d. July 1838 in Malden Township, Upper Canada. In 1819 Hugh Davis, an

cameras to reproduce maps for field use. Deville was instrumental in bringing about Canada’s adherence to the International Astronomical Union and the

Württemberg (Federal Republic of Germany); m. Julia —, and they had one child; d. 29 March 1856 in Berlin (Kitchener), Upper Canada

two daughters; d. 17 Dec. 1853 in Dundas, Upper Canada, and was buried at nearby Crooks’ Hollow (near present-day Greensville). In 1817

, Upper Canada. Blacks were among Upper Canada’s earliest settlers. The total numbers were small and the greatest concentrations were at Detroit and in

latter moved to York (Toronto), Upper Canada, in 1832. After receiving a grammar school education, probably in Toronto, he refused to join his father’s milling and distilling firm and instead moved to

-Sauveur sailed for Canada on the warship Sérieux as secretary to the new governor general of New France, La Jonquière

Lower Canada in 1837, Guillet was authorized on 21 Dec. 1837 to receive the oath of allegiance of the settlers on the Batiscan seigneury; finally on 2 April 1838 he was appointed

Jeffery*. Hale returned to Quebec in June 1799 as deputy paymaster general of the British troops stationed in the Canadas. In 1807 he succeeded

, Lower Canada, son of Joseph Hamelle, a farmer, and Marguerite Fournier; d. 6 June 1905 in Montreal. After studies at

HART, THEODORE, businessman; b. 7 May 1816 in Montreal, Lower Canada, son of Benjamin

father, James Hedley came to Upper Canada with his grandmother and elder brother William. They settled in Amherstburg, where James attended common school and was later employed in his brother’s store. He

Nugent; d. unmarried 30 Dec. 1843 in Drummondville, Lower Canada, where he was buried on 1 Jan. 1844. Frederick George Heriot was a

. Sir Charles accepted the governorship of Canada in January 1843 and early in March Higginson was appointed his civil and private secretary. After their arduous winter journey overland from Boston

McLean*, and they had three children; d. 1 March 1866 in Toronto, Canada West. James Scott Howard left Ireland in 1819. He settled

to buy Maxwell’s business in 1835. Their firm, Jacques and Hay, was to set the pace for furniture manufacturing in the Canadas for the following half century

KAUFMAN, JACOB, carpenter and manufacturer; b. 15 July 1847 in North Easthope Township, Upper Canada, son

Boucherville. In 1834 he decided to launch out into politics. He was chosen as member for Chambly County in the House of Assembly of Lower Canada, a position

; b. 6 Nov. 1836 in Kamouraska, Lower Canada, son of Joseph Lavoie, a farmer, and Céleste Clermont; d. 26 Oct. 1908 in Montreal

England in the early 1870s, the Rosenthals immigrated to Canada in 1874, settling in Montreal, where Aaron established Rosenthal, Benjamin and Company, wholesale jewellers. They moved in 1878 to Ottawa

State to the Cornwall, Upper Canada, area in 1813. Six years later he homesteaded his own farm in Chinguacousy Township, on land which is now part of Brampton. In 1832 he put his farm out to rent and

. Archibald Macallum was about six years old when his family came to Upper Canada and settled in the township of East Hawkesbury. He received little formal education before entering, in 1847, the Normal School

Macfarlane came to Kingston, Upper Canada, from Scotland shortly after the War of 1812, apparently as an assisted settler. In November 1824 he purchased the Kingston Chronicle, a leading tory paper

married on 4 April 1831, moved to Southwold, Suffolk, and then decided to immigrate to Canada in 1832 with the expectation of establishing a comfortable and secure future for themselves and their

MOORE, DENNIS, manufacturer, capitalist, and philanthropist; b. 20 Aug. 1817 at Grimsby, Upper Canada; m

Canada, to become assistant superintendent of the New Connexion mission. From 1848 to 1851 McClure served at the Temperance Street Church in Toronto, but

Canada. John McDonald’s family immigrated in 1786 to the area which later became Glengarry County (Ont.). By 1791 he was a clerk at Lachine, Lower Canada

, Scotland, eldest son of William McKenzie; m. Janet Fraser, and they had no surviving children; d. 21 April 1855 in Williamstown, Upper Canada

, HUGH, businessman; b. 1825 in Lancaster, Upper Canada, son of John McLennan; m. Isabella Stewart, and they had two daughters and five sons; d. 21 Nov. 1899 in Montreal

two daughters; d. 13 April 1836 in Wilmot Township, Upper Canada. The Nafzigers were members of the Amish Mennonite faith, which had its

(ba 1840), and was made a fellow of Queen’s College, Oxford, in 1843. He was ordained deacon in 1844 and priest in 1845. In 1845 Nicolls returned to Canada to become the first principal of

[Ramsay*], as solicitor general of Lower Canada. During the 1820s, when government candidates were virtually swept from the assembly, Ogden remained, representing, as one historian has claimed, “the

PERRAULT (Perrot, Perreault), PAUL, adjutant-general of militia in Canada; baptized at Deschambault (Que.) on 4 April 1725