, official catalogue of the Canadian section (London, 1885). Canada at the Universal Exhibition of 1855 (Toronto, 1856). Canada directory, 1853, 1857–58. Canadian album

McKAY, WILLIAM JAMES, Baptist pastor and editor; b. 27 Oct. 1858 in Beamsville, Upper Canada

surviving child of Robert McKechnie (originally from Ireland) and Margaret Waters; m. first 27 Jan. 1859 Isabella Ross of Dundas, Upper Canada, and they had ten children, of whom eight

swiftly in the second half of the 19th century, with more than two-thirds of England’s cheese imports coming from Canada by the end of that period [see Thomas

. Canada’s youngest winner of the highest award for gallantry in the British empire was also one of the few members of an army cooperation squadron to win the Victoria Cross. McLeod must have been a good

training in the Glasgow firm of Playfair, Bryce and Company. He was sent to Upper Canada in 1833 to work for the recently founded affiliate Bryce, Buchanan and Company at York (Toronto). From 1834 until 1837

in Hamilton, Upper Canada, from New York State to attempt to set up a foundry. Unable to secure credit from local capitalists who viewed Hamilton as a commercial rather than an industrial centre, he

, Upper Canada, sixth and youngest son of Robert Ker Addison Nichol, a barrister, and Cynthia Jane Ballard; m. 21 Sept. 1897 Quita Josephine March Moore (d. 1968) in London, Ont., and they

NOYELLES DE FLEURIMONT, NICOLAS-JOSEPH DE, officer in the colonial regular troops in Canada; b. 13 Oct. 1695 in Quimper

to the San Francisco harbour. Onderdonk became prominent in western Canada when he supervised construction of major sections of the transcontinental

OSLER, BRITTON BATH, lawyer; b. 19 June 1839 near Bond Head, Upper Canada, son of the Reverend Featherstone Lake

PERRY, PETER, politician and businessman; b. 14 Nov. 1792 in Ernestown (Bath), Upper Canada, youngest child of Robert Perry

, Lower Canada, son of Pierre Petit-Clair, a farmer, and Cécile Moisan; d. unmarried, probably 15 Aug. 1860, at Pointe au Pot (Pointe à la Peau), Lower Canada

–92. Methodist Missionary Soc. Arch. (London), Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Soc., Corr., Canada, 1837–47 (mfm. at UCA). United Church of Canada

, militiaman, labourer, and farmer; b. c. 1744 in Bondu (Senegal); d. before 27 Sept. 1838 near Fergus, Upper Canada. Whether slaves or

authority as secretary and registrar of Lower Canada was confirmed. As he had left for England on 14 August, Hugh Finlay* assumed the duties

). Harry Quigley, whose father was the founder of the American Watch Case Company of Canada, was raised in Toronto. His parents died prematurely, his mother in 1899 and his father three years later, leaving

REID, ALEXANDER PETER, doctor, professor, and asylum superintendent; b. 22 Oct. 1836 in London, Upper Canada, son of James

January to March 1813, to Amherstburg in Upper Canada in April, and to Detroit and Sandwich (Windsor, Ont.) from May to September. On 5 October Reiffenstein participated in the battle of Moraviantown

his cousin and uncle on an extensive tour of the Canadas to survey the potential of the region. As a result of the voyage, two new Pollok, Gilmour companies were formed. According to the draft of a

to have taken little part in the business side of corporate affairs. He and Borden were two of the most sought-after counsel in Nova Scotia appeals before the Supreme Court of Canada in the years 1890

businessman; b. 29 Jan. 1834 in Varennes, Lower Canada, son of Louis-Adolphe Robitaille, notary and Patriote, and Marie-Justine Monjeau; m. 6 Nov. 1867 Emma Quesnel, granddaughter of

office of king’s storekeeper in Montreal. In 1711, at the time of his first voyage to Canada, the sub-lieutenant Claude-Michel

Canada. Louis Roy Portelance was the son of a farm labourer from Lachine on Montreal Island who had married a young widow from Pointe-Claire. He studied

. 1792 at St Johns (Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu), Lower Canada, son of Thomas Ryan and Catherine Dwyer; m. first 11 Jan. 1813 Elizabeth Towner in Montreal, and they had five children, four of

; Clarence Dunlop Mackinnon], she belonged to the United Church of Canada

, Eng.; d. 22 Dec. 1873 in Montreal, Que. Charles Smallwood arrived in Canada in 1833, with an md

; b. 13 March 1819 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada, son of François-Marie Soulard and Théotiste Voisine; d. there unmarried 27 June 1852

separated for a time in 1901–2 when he evangelized throughout Canada and the United States and she remained behind to care for their children, Helen Jalvera and Harold Spencer. For her, the home would

Spilsbury and Maria Taylor; m. 20 Dec. 1815 Fanny Bayly in Deptford (London), England, and they had six sons and three daughters; d. 6 Oct. 1830 near Colborne, Upper Canada

Assembly of Lower Canada on 28 July 1800. During his first term he split his votes between the English party and the Canadian party, but during his second he basically supported only the latter

immigrated to Stamford (Niagara Falls), Upper Canada. The following year he settled at Niagara (Niagara-on-the-Lake) and built a large practice which included the garrison, the district jail, and the poor

popular Leisure Hour (London). She married Robert Curzon of Norfolk in 1858 and in 1862 immigrated with him to Toronto. In Canada she contributed to many periodicals, including the Canadian

established in the United States, Canada, and the British Isles. With easy access to transportation routes and large labour forces, Hamilton and Guelph became the major manufacturing centres in Upper Canada

, Montrose, and Barber. Weldon would build Provincial into one of Canada’s largest producers of book, writing, and coated papers and would carve out a niche for it within the industry

partnership with Thomas Phillips and the merchants Oliver Wait and Stanley Bagg, White undertook the excavation of the Lachine Canal, one of the most important public works of the time in Lower Canada

Atiatoharongwen*, Ohnaweio (Good Stream), William Gray, and others as a deputy of the Seven Nations of Canada in their negotiations with the state of New York over land claims in the area of the Saint-Régis

through his father’s influence, he was appointed surveyor general of Upper Canada, succeeding David William Smith

[Lom d’Arce]. To evangelize the Indians and to keep the French within the bounds of Christianity, however, the clergy in Canada was not

?); d. 6 Oct. 1829 in Niagara (Niagara-on-the-Lake), Upper Canada. Robert Addison attended Trinity College, Cambridge, where he received his

Bidwell and Jemima Devotion; m. 21 Feb. 1793 Mary Gray (d. 1808), and they had a son and a daughter; d. 27 July 1833 in Kingston, Upper Canada

 Toronto. James Campbell, a physician of Scottish origin, moved to the Canadas with his family in 1823. They lived initially in Montreal, relocated in

developed a small family business into one of the largest pasta companies in Canada, Catelli, which has persisted for over 150 years. Described in 1912 as “the most prominent member of the Italian colony in

. Cyrille-Hector-Octave Côté’s Acadian ancestors emigrated to Canada in 1756, shortly after the deportation. Stripped of financial resources and in dire poverty, they settled at Quebec and had to engage in

private secretary to Sir Francis Nathaniel Burton*, lieutenant governor of Lower Canada. In 1823 Daly went with Burton to Canada

confederation with Canada. On 4 Feb. 1870 Louis introduced a motion at the Charlottetown Debating Club that the terms of union lately proposed [see Robert Poore

DUNN, TIMOTHY HIBBARD, businessman; b. 22 or 23 May 1816 in Maskinongé (Sainte-Ursule), Lower Canada, son of Charles Dunn

Villebernin (Indre), came to Canada in 1671; d. in France after 1712. Franquelin came to Canada to trade, and says that he was quite

, physician, surgeon, author, businessman, politician, and hospital administrator; b. 8 Sept. 1847 in Peterborough, Upper Canada, son of Abraham Groves and Margaret Gibson; m. first 22 Oct. 1874 Jennie Gibbon

Bethune* and widow of Walter Butler Wilkinson; he had no children; d. 19 Dec. 1846 in Kingston, Upper Canada. John Kirby came to North