mouth of the Grand River (Mich.). The family was devoutly Roman Catholic and on 1 Aug. 1786 Magdelaine was baptized at Michilimackinac (Mackinac Island) by a visiting priest. When she was about
work directly with the Six Nations, Martin’s influence waned and his place as an interpreter was taken over by his son-in-law, John “Smoke” Johnson. Martin had reportedly been involved with other Six
general store before being appointed an official assignee in insolvency cases in Toronto in the early 1870s. In 1873 his sister-in-law married Arthur Wellington
rented the mill from the Allsopps from 7 May 1833 to 1 July 1841, operating under the name of Miller, McDonald and Logan. However, paper was made by hand there and the partners were soon looking
1872, amendments to the “violence, threats and molestation” provisions of the criminal law in 1875 and 1876, and the Breaches of Contract Act of 1877. The last three acts were especially important
NAYLOR, JOHN, real-estate agent and social activist; b. 1 June 1847 in India, son of John Naylor, a British
Niagara frontier did not appear and O’Neill took his place. Early on 1 June he led a force, which according to his own account numbered 600 men, across the Niagara River and occupied the village
now southern Saskatchewan. The terms of the treaty called for a cession of all Indian rights to the land in that area and a promise by the Indians to obey Canadian laws. In return, the Indians were
-in-law into the firm as partners.
Pryor’s shrewdest business decision had come in 1825, when he invested £5,000 to become one of the eight founding
, an office he held until 1876. During his term, he was a member of numerous committees (public works, health, by-laws, court of revision, water supply) and supported, in particular, the construction of
1868, combined with subscriptions from Toronto citizens, ensured the viability of this hospital. Rosebrugh had been joined in the infirmary in 1867 by his brother-in-law Richard Andrews Reeve. They
is thought that he studied theology with the rector of Christ Church in Montreal, John Bethune*, who became his brother-in-law when
1880 marked the end of his problems with the law. It also coincided with his flight from the upper streets and the liquor trade to a semi-rural location on Cunard Street, where he spent the remaining
the post on 16 Sept. 1796 and remained in charge until 1810.
In 1810 Andrew Wedderburn, brother-in-law of Lord Selkirk
students in law and medicine. The exchange system would play a large part in the development of collections. Vattemare received the entire support of the press, with the Quebec Gazette stressing the
clergymen willing to move to British North America, Viets applied for a post in Nova Scotia. On 1 Dec. 1785 he was assigned to Digby, and in May of the following year he set out to inspect his new
carefully researched, the play is one of the works that made Laura Secord a household name. It includes a “Memoir of Mrs. Secord” which gives her background and that of her husband. Act 1 presents
father-in-law, completed in 1909. Watts’s domestic architecture is distinguished by decorative interior stucco and carved woodwork, as well as by the emphasis placed on front-hall plans with prominent
, she moved to share a house with her sister Catherine Olivia and brother-in-law John James Stewart. Stewart
any exchange of letters after 1861. From July 1861 to May 1862 Dorion busied himself with his law office and the Montreal bar, of which he had been bâtonnier since 1 May 1861