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1857. In 1859 he went to the Red River settlement, where he remained
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until 1862, hunting and trading with the native population. On his
return he became an active member of the firm, and since that time has
taken a leading part in the management of its affairs. Being at all
times partial to out-door sports, the subject of this sketch became one
of the Edrol four-oared crew, in the days when races were races (of four
miles), and rowed against all comers. The Edrol Crew defeated the best
professional crew on the lakes in those days. This crew became the
foundation stone, as it were, of the Toronto Rowing Club, the stroke oar
of the Edrols being now Lieutenant-Colonel Otter. Mr. Ellis is a member
of the Royal Canadian Yacht Club, the Toronto Yacht Club, the National
Club, and Granite Rink. Being an enthusiastic yachtsman he is always
ready to splice a rope or spin a yarn. He was one of the original
members of the Toronto Field Battery, as well as a member of No. 1
company of rifles, which was organized by Captain Brook, and from which
the Queen’s Own sprang. He also acted as ensign in No. 1 company 10th
Royals in 1864-5. He is a member of the Toronto Board of Trade, and a
life member of the Athenæum Club, Toronto. In politics he is a
Liberal-Conservative, and in religion belongs to the Church of England.
ADDENDA.
The following changes, alterations, and additions have come to our
knowledge since this work has been printed:—
ANGERS, Hon. August Réal, appointed lieutenant-governor of the
province of Quebec, 20th October, 1887. (See sketch of his life,
page 242.)
BAILLAIRGÉ, Louis de Gonzague, Quebec. (See sketch of his life,
page 252.) Add: The church donated by him to Pointe aux
Esquimaux, on the north shore of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, below
Tadoussac, was built towards 1886. The house wherein General
Montgomery died, 1st January, 1776, and which still exists,
belongs to him, and is on the north side of Louis street, in the
vicinity of the City Hall, Quebec. It is built partly of timber
and stone, on a lot 20¾ feet in width by 148½ feet in depth,
between the houses of Judge Tessier and Michael Collins; is one
storey in height with an attic, and is kept in repair from year
to year. The room wherein the general died has not been altered.
The house is let to a person who sells Indian curiosities to
American tourists. Part of the old shingles on the roof were
removed and replaced by sheet iron. These shingles were cut into
small pieces, labelled and sold to the Americans by the guardian
of the City Hall at ten cents each. In the yard still stands an
oven which was built by the original proprietor, M. Botherill,
who was a baker.
BINGAY, Thomas Van Buskirk, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. (See sketch
of his life, page 550.) In the 20th line of the sketch strike
out “at the siege of Saratoga,” and substitute the words, “in
his expedition to New London.”
BURNS, Rev. Robert Ferrier, D.D., Halifax, elected moderator of
the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of Canada, June,
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1. Chapter 1
2. introduction of many other distinguished families in every department of
3. 1647. There were three brothers, Petrus, Balthazer and Nicholas; one
4. 1874. His diaconate he spent in Massachusetts, preaching in several
5. 1873. The doctor has taken an interest in various companies, and is at
6. 1834. His father, Matthew MacFarlane, was born in the parish of Dramore,
7. 1. Moved by Henry Stuart, seconded by Gédéon Ouimet, M.P.P.,
8. 2. Moved by Andrew Robertson, seconded by C. A. Leblanc, That as
9. 3. Moved by the Honourable T. J. J. Loranger, seconded by J. C.
10. 1. Moved by J. H. Filion, seconded by Mr. Boisseau, that Mr.
11. 2. Moved by Mr. Wilfrid Prévost, seconded by J. A. H. Mackay,
12. 3. Moved by J. A. H. Mackay, seconded by J. H. Filion, That the
13. 1853. Judge Berthelot was appointed in 1875, as above mentioned. In
14. 1878. The 18th being nomination day in Manitoba, and the news reaching
15. 1840. On the 4th of January, 1839, Mr. Allison addressed a letter to the
16. 1873. Judge Senkler was educated by his father, and commenced life in
17. 1874. In the same year he was articled to W. A. Ross, then barrister in
18. 1885. Mr. Falconbridge is a pronounced and steadfast Conservative in
19. 1886. Judge Kelly is a Roman Catholic, and was married, first, in
20. 1884. Dr. Reddy held many offices of the highest trust and honour in
21. 1837. He is the third son of Michael Spurr Harris and Sarah Ann Troop.
22. 1882. He is a member of the New Brunswick Medical Society and of the
23. 1880. He still continues his membership in, and is physician to, each of
24. Introduction to the Talmud,” displayed a deep and broad acquaintance
25. 1841. His father, John Alward, a successful agriculturist, was the son
26. 1839. He is son of Thomas Harrison, by his wife Elizabeth Coburn, and
27. 1840. After a three years’ course at the Grand Seminary he was, on the
28. 1732. He was a staunch and persistent friend and advocate of political
29. 1827. In 1831, he was ordained a minister of the Presbyterian church,
30. 1834. His father, John Palmer, grandson of Gideon Palmer, a U. E.
31. 1825. By descent Dr. MacCallum is a pure Celt, being the son of John
32. 1863. The capitular degrees were received in the New Brunswick Royal
33. introduction of the English Medical Registration Act in 1860. He has
34. 1681. Since then the family has multiplied considerably, and is now
35. 1878. In 1882, Mr. Church was elected a member of the Nova Scotia
36. 1844. He is the fourth son of Charles G. Buller, of Campbellford,
37. 1840. His mother, Sarah Ann Williams, was born at Port Dover, Lake Erie
38. 1856. His father, Alexander Robb, the founder of the works he manages,
39. 1874. In 1859 Mr. Ross entered politics as a Liberal, and was returned,
40. 1812. His mother, Elizabeth Coulson, was a native of Stockton, near
41. 1772. His father, John Macdonald, of Allisary, and his mother, Ellen
42. 1851. He studied law in the office of Thomas Kirkpatrick, Q.C., of
43. 1874. Upon his removal to Orillia, he set to work to erect the handsome
44. 1837. His parents, William and Mary Smith, are both alive, and residing
45. 1875. Mrs. Archibald was re-appointed chief preceptress of Mount Allison
46. 1844. In the same year he was offered and declined the office of
47. 1855. His mother, Ann Evans, was a native of Shrewsbury, Shropshire,
48. 1881. He was married again on 29th November to Miss Nealis, daughter of
49. 1876. He has travelled a good deal in Britain and on the continent of
50. 1876. Messrs. Angers and de Boucherville worked harmoniously together,
51. 1873. And Laval again, in 1878, presented him with the degree of LL.D.
52. 1872. The entrance of Mr. Mathieu into political life dates from that
53. 1870. By his first marriage he has three children, one son and two
54. introduction of denominational colleges, and their partial endowment by
55. 1880. His wife, the mother of the subject of this sketch, whom he
56. 1750. His son, Pierre, was lord of the Seigniories of Rivière Ouelle and
57. 1883. He represented the Crown in Quebec with the late Judge Alleyn, at
58. introduction to Professor Pillans, who treated him very kindly and
59. 1873. He took first prizes throughout his course for Latin, Greek,
60. 1858. His brother, John W. Kerr, who was appointed county attorney and
61. 1887. In 1885, Mr. Shakespeare was elected to the presidency of the
62. 1866. In the Limestone City he found employment as a teacher, and for
63. 1846. The family, on the paternal side, came originally from the county
64. 1877. This work has been exhaustively and very favorably reviewed by Dr.
65. 1878. This enumeration does not include various papers published in the
66. 1884. He was chairman of the Western Judicial District Board of
67. 1814. He is a son of William Nyren Silver, of Port Lee, Hampshire, of
68. 1838. He went early into business, and only of late years relaxed his
69. 1886. He is also a member of the Board of Management of the Church
70. 1877. Mr. Kennedy was made a freeman of the city of St. John in 1839,
71. 1841. He is son of Robert Hopper, whose father came from Hamilton,
72. 1883. In 1879 he was appointed agent of the Commercial Union Assurance
73. 1833. He is the fourth son of Hon. Joseph Masson, a member of the
74. 1833. He is the second son of Michael Spurr Harris, who came to Moncton
75. 1882. He is representative in Quebec of the Grand Lodge of California
76. 1846. His father, John McConnell, served under Mr. Howard, of High Park,
77. 1880. He has been for some time a member of the Board of Education of
78. 1887. He leaves four sons. He was for many years the leading member of
79. 1841. About the time of Dr. Strachan’s appointment as councillor, began
80. 1856. In 1858 he was elected to the parliament of Canada, subsequently
81. 1878. His attention to the duties of his office won general approbation.
82. 1665. His grandfather, Stephen Jones, a graduate of Harvard College, was
83. 1865. Second, to Emma, daughter of Edward Albrough, of Halifax.
84. 1836. His parents were Robert McKnight and Eliza Gray. He received a
85. 1887. He was a son of John Torrance, in his lifetime one of the leading
86. 1845. His parents were Thomas E. Oulton and Elizabeth Carter, both
87. 1870. In 1880 he was appointed judge of probate for Hants county; and in
88. 1859. In the latter year he successfully contested the county of
89. 1810. Being poor working people, they were only able to give their son a
90. 1834. Mr. Moffat, the subject of our sketch, is the eldest son of this
91. introduction of responsible government, was reappointed to the Executive
92. 1835. The Synod appointed Dr. John Rae, principal of the Grammar school
93. 1879. He was elected leader of the government by the unanimous vote of
94. 1870. He took an active part in agitating for the construction of the
95. 1885. He is now a director of the Coaticook Cotton Company; of the
96. 1789. He was of Norman and Saxon descent, claiming kindred with Michael
97. 1739. His father and his father’s brothers were gentlemen of
98. 1882. His politics are Conservative, and though younger than the
99. 1865. Haliburton first became known as an author in 1829, when he
100. 1840. He was educated at Fredericton. Mr. Peck is the youngest son of
101. 1878. He sold his life insurance policy, some real estate, and, in fact,
102. 1844. He is of an old English family, his grandfather, whose name he
103. 1814. He was the only son of John Jennings, manufacturer, of that city.
104. 1873. After Confederation this office was merged in that of postmaster
105. 1884. Mr. Bowser is a member of the Masonic fraternity, was Chaplain of
106. 1881. He became a member of the Orange society in 1863, and continued a
107. 1760. Mr. Tourangeau’s great grandfather emigrated from La Touraine,
108. 1878. The manufacturing company, of which he is president, is a large
109. 1832. The case created great interest throughout England, and was
110. 1870. In the year 1881 Mr. Stevenson retired from the force with the
111. 1841. He is a member of a family for many generations resident at
112. 1826. His father was John Emmerson, who at an early age came from
113. 1881. He is also the author of a paper entitled, “Vinland,” an account
114. 1837. He is also a nephew of the late William Walker, advocate, of
115. 1843. His father was the late Major Pope, who was for many years
116. 1796. He was formally thanked by parliament. A succession of honors
117. 1837. The second had been a student in the office of this young lawyer,
118. 1850. His father, Richard Clarke, was a general merchant and flax buyer,
119. 1843. His father, William G. Archibald, was a native of the same county,
120. 1719. John is the fourth child, in a family of five, and was educated in
121. 1869. In 1870 he married Marie Malvina, third daughter of Francis
122. 1843. He received the honorary degree of M.A., in 1855, and of D.C.L.,
123. 1860. On the 23rd May, 1862, he joined the British army as ensign,
124. 1818. Her mother, Mary Magdalen McKay, was born at St. Cuthbert, Quebec,
125. 1829. The family came to Canada in 1834, and settled in the city of
126. 1886. In this a monster chorus of over nine hundred voices, accompanied
127. 1884. Immediately thereafter steps were taken, by the same trustees, to
128. 1866. He held the office of master of Poyntz lodge, at Hantsport, from
129. 1842. His father was Alexander Shields, a farmer from Fifeshire,
130. 1880. He then entered the law office of his brother, Ernest Pacaud, well
131. 1819. His parents were James Kelly and Margaret Crosby, both natives of
132. 1766. The Lovitts have always been identified with the best interests of
133. 1857. Mr. Cartier was the only Lower Canadian minister who belonged to
134. introduction into New Brunswick, and for the past twenty years has been
135. 1862. In 1866 he married Helen E., daughter of Thomas Barlow, a member
136. 1862. The honorary degree of D.D. was conferred upon him by Victoria
137. 1888. Dr. Courtney is tall, erect, and well formed. He has greyish blue
138. 1841. His ancestors came from France, and settled in the county of
139. 1869. Towards the close of the year 1869 he went to Switzerland, where,
140. 1820. His parents had come from Scotland several years before, and, if
141. 1885. In September, 1883, he went to Europe, and in the course of his
142. 1884. He was the son of J. B. Proulx and Magdalen Hébert. His great
143. 1872. His mother, Rosalind E. Bernard, was born in Montreal, educated at
144. 1838. The subject of this sketch was educated at St. Mary’s College,
145. 1873. Promoted brevet lieutenant-colonel in June, 1874, and appointed to
146. 1840. His ancestors emigrated from France, and were among the early
147. 1877. He has occupied a distinguished position at the bar; was elected
148. 1843. On his return he began the practice of his profession, and soon
149. 1886. At the close of 1887 he was appointed by the Imperial government
150. 1868. Being too young for ordination, he remained in the school,
151. 1872. In 1872 he received the degree of hon. M.A. from Trinity College,
152. 1878. He is a Roman Catholic in religion. He was married on the 12th
153. 1702. The bishop’s nephew, James Molony, of Kiltanon, the first
154. 1815. He is a son of John Haythorne, a wool merchant of Bristol, and who
155. 1873. The following autumn Mr. Haythorne was summoned to the Senate, and
156. 1875. Immediately upon entering into business, he obtained a large
157. 1877. The point was raised by J. Norman Ritchie, now one of the judges
158. introduction of responsible government into Canada for any length of
159. 1841. This gentleman took an active part in the troubles of 1837-’38,
160. 1854. Mr. Unsworth left four sons, one of whom, Joseph, is
161. 1875. He was also surgeon of police from 1863 to 1875. Besides these
162. 1873. He brought with him a stock of ready-made clothing, and shortly
163. 1822. His father was Robert Boak, of Shields, in the county of Durham,
164. 1809. He received his education at the Seminary of St. Hyacinthe, where,
165. 1826. From 1826 to 1830 he was director of St. James Grand Seminary at
166. 1866. In September of that year he retired with the rank of captain, and
167. 1823. In Nova Scotia, since confederation, the legal affairs of the
168. 1860. His career as a school trustee will not soon be forgotten, as it
169. 1600. His mother, Anne Whiteway, is descended from a Devonshire family
170. 1856. In 1857 he removed to Toronto, Ontario, being employed by Paterson
171. 1859. His parents were Theophile Chênevert and Mathilde Filteau. His
172. 1871. He spent the years 1872 and 1873 at Edinburgh, Scotland, and
173. 1829. His parents were Neil Sinclair and Mary McDougall, first of
174. 1832. He received part of his education in that town and also pursued
175. 1854. In 1856-7 he was provincial secretary, and became premier of the
176. 1878. He was inspector of the post offices of the Dominion of Canada in
177. 1846. He went through the elementary schools of his parish, then was
178. 1873. He then commenced business by opening a general store, which he
179. 2816. The result was similar throughout the province. Mr. Payzant took
180. 1850. He is a descendant of one of the oldest and most honorable
181. 1876. He was for some time a valued and progressive member of the city
182. 1775. The following verses, contributed by “E. L. M.,” a
183. 1878. Since then he has successfully practised his profession in
184. 1856. Complete withdrawal from mercantile cares for a year having
185. 1882. He has been prominently connected with various other societies and
186. 1857. In 1859 he went to the Red River settlement, where he remained
187. 1887. (See sketch of his life on page 40.)
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