| Brief biography of George Turner, c. 1904 | George Turner | Text | 1904/09/15 |
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Subject:George Turner Type:Text Date:1904/09/15 |
Description:Brief biography of George Turner, c. 1904.
This was published on the front page of the September 15, 1904 edition of the Welland Telegraph. It was part of a series focused on prominent citizens of Welland County. The articles ran on the front page and featured a photograph and a brief biography. The series ran between March 1904-June 1905.
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George Turner was born at Thorold on August 30th, 1849. He was educated in the Thorold Public Schools. He has been engaged in the manufacture of carriages and general blacksmithing for thirty years. He served in the Canadian Volunteer Militia from 1865 to 1874. Twenty-one years ago be entered the Town Council of the Town of Thorold, and has since filled acceptably the offices of Councillor, Deputy-reeve, Reeve and Mayor of that town, besides serving on the Public and High School Boards. He is now County Commissioner for the Municipalities of the Town of Welland, Township of Thorold, and Town of Thorold. In politics, he has been a life-long Conservative, having been for a time President of the Conservative Association of the Town of Thorold.
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| Brief biography of George W. Hay, c. 1905 | George W. Hay | Text | 1905/05/18 |
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Subject:George W. Hay Type:Text Date:1905/05/18 |
Description:Brief biography of George W. Hay, c. 1905.
This was published on the front page of the May 18, 1905 edition of the Welland Telegraph. It was part of a series focused on prominent citizens of Welland County. The articles ran on the front page and featured a photograph and a brief biography. The series ran between March 1904-June 1905.
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Was born in the Township of Wainfleet, Welland County, on April 19th, 1860, the son of the late Robert Hay. He moved to Thorold Township, in 1806, where he served two years in the Township Council. In the fall of 1900 he moved to the Town of Thorold where he served two years in the Town Council. He is at present a member of the Public School Board. Mr. Hay has a large meat business in Thorold, is a member of the Methodist church and in politics is a Conservative. [show more]
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| Brief biography of George Welstead, c. 1904 | George Welstead | Text | 1904/12/29 |
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Subject:George Welstead Type:Text Date:1904/12/29 |
Description:Brief biography of George Welstead, c. 1904.
This was published on the front page of the December 29, 1904 edition of the Welland Telegraph. It was part of a series focused on prominent citizens of Welland County. The articles ran on the front page and featured a photograph and a brief biography. The series ran between March 1904-June 1905.
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George Welstead was born in the County of Frontenac on Christmas Day, 1859, being one of twins. His father was an officer in the British army on active service in East India, coming to Canada about 50 years ago. Later he moved to Lincoln county. The subject of this sketch when a young man served on the police force in St. Catharines, but 15 years ago moved to Stamford, where he took up farming. For eight years he served as school trustee and for the past eight years has been a member of Stamford Township council. He is an agitator for good roads. [show more]
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| Brief biography of Gordon P. Somerville, Welland builder | Gordon P. Somerville | Text | c. 1930 |
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Subject:Gordon P. Somerville Type:Text Date:c. 1930 |
Description:Brief biography of Gordon P. Somerville, Welland builder.
From the book "History of the Niagara Peninsula and the New Welland Canal" by Albert Ernest Coombs, c. 1930.
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| Brief biography of Harmann H. Kottmeier, c. 1905 | Harmann H. Kottmeier | Text | 1905/03/02 |
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Subject:Harmann H. Kottmeier Type:Text Date:1905/03/02 |
Description:Brief biography of Harmann H. Kottmeier, c. 1905.
This was published on the front page of the March 2, 1905 edition of the Welland Telegraph. It was part of a series focused on prominent citizens of Welland County. The articles ran on the front page and featured a photograph and a brief biography. The series ran between March 1904-June 1905.
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Of Crowland, was born on the 10th of February, 1839, in Hanover, Germany, and came to Canada 53 years ago, when in his 15th year. He was a son of William Kottmeier, and the family lived first in North Pelham, but 26 years ago H. H. Kottmeier bought the old Leonard Mathews farm and moved to Crowland. He afterwards added to this by buying the Darby farm. He served four years in the Township Council and for nine years was trustee of S.S. No. 6. He is a member of the Lutheran church and in politics is a Conservative. Mr. Kottmeier is a splendid representative of the class of German settlers that have done so much for the industrial advancement of this country. [show more]
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| Brief biography of Harold William Walker, Welland Mayor and roofing proprietor | Harold William Walker | Text | c. 1950 |
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Subject:Harold William Walker Type:Text Date:c. 1950 |
Description:Brief biography of Harold William Walker, Welland Mayor and roofing proprietor.
From the book "History of the Niagara Peninsula" by Albert Ernest Coombs, c. 1950.
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| Brief biography of Henry Cronmiller, c. 1904 | Henry Cronmiller | Text | 1904/05/19 |
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Subject:Henry Cronmiller Type:Text Date:1904/05/19 |
Description:Brief biography of Henry Cronmiller, c. 1904.
This was published on the front page of the May 19, 1904 edition of the Welland Telegraph. It was part of a series focused on prominent citizens of Welland County. The articles ran on the front page and featured a photograph and a brief biography. The series ran between March 1904-June 1905.
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Is the senior member of the firm of Cronmiller & White, brewers, Port Colborne. He was born in Bertie Township in 1829 and spent his boyhood days on a farm. In 1850 he married Miss Caroline Weidman of Humberstone and began life as a farmer in his native township. In 1860 he started a store and hotel in Humberstone, which he continued for thirteen years. Then he engaged in buying grain, and in 1875 started the brewery. The business has grown extensively since then. For several years Mr. Cronmiller served in Port Colborne Council and in the County Council, being warden in 1898. In 1902 he was the Conservative candidate for the Legislature, and though defeated he made an excellent run. He is the head of a large and prosperous family. [show more]
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| Brief biography of Hon. Richard Harcourt, c. 1904 | Richard Harcourt | Text | 1904/03/17 |
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Subject:Richard Harcourt Type:Text Date:1904/03/17 |
Description:Brief biography of Hon. Richard Harcourt, c. 1904.
This was published on the front page of the March 17, 1904 edition of the Welland Telegraph. It was the first in a series focused on prominent citizens of Welland County. The articles ran on the front page and featured a photograph and a brief biography. The series ran between March 1904-June 1905.
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"Richard Harcourt, M.A., M.P.P., was born in Seneca township, count of Haldimand, on March 17, 1849. In 1870 he took his M.A. degree at Toronto University, and in 1871 he was appointed school inspector of Haldimand. Five years later he took up law with a Toronto firm, and in 1878 began his practice in Welland. The same year he was elected as a Liberal to fill a vacancy in Monck, and has held the constituency ever since. In August of 1890, he entered Sir Oliver Mowat's cabinet as Provincial Treasurer, and afterwards took the portfolio of Minister of Education, which he now holds. He is conceded to be one of the ablest public men of the day." [show more]
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| Brief biography of J. Harrison Pew, c. 1904 | J. Harrison Pew | Text | 1904/07/28 |
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Subject:J. Harrison Pew Type:Text Date:1904/07/28 |
Description:Brief biography of J. Harrison Pew, c. 1904.
This was published on the front page of the July 28, 1904 edition of the Welland Telegraph. It was part of a series focused on prominent citizens of Welland County. The articles ran on the front page and featured a photograph and a brief biography. The series ran between March 1904-June 1905.
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The subject of this sketch is the eldest son of the late John Pew, of the Township of Stamford, and is engaged in fruit growing and wine manufacturing, and erected the first wine factory in that immediate section of the country. He owns the farm taken from the Crown by his great grandfather over 100 years ago. He was chief inspector of license in the county under the McCarthy Act until that act was declared ultra vires by the Privy Council. Mr. Pew received his education in a private school, Bellevedere Academy and Stamford High School and graduated at the London Business College, where he also took a course of Commercial Law. Mr. Pew has represented his township and district (Stamford, Willoughby, Chippawa and Niagara Falls Village) in the County Council continuously for one fourth of his whole life, being a longer term than any other representative in this County has been able to retain the confidence of the electors. Mr. Pew was a candidate for the Local Legislature in the year 1898 and apparently inherits his ability to serve his electors satisfactorily from his father who was also a candidate for the Legislative in the first election after Confederation, and was a county councillor in the old united counties of Lincoln and Welland before separation of the counties, and after separation represented Stamford, in Welland County Council at the time of the building of the present Court House and Jail. The subject of this sketch was one of a company of three who developed the gas field in Crowland and to him is largely due the credit for Niagara Falls being able to burn gas today at 20 cents per M., or in fact any other price. [show more]
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| Brief biography of Jabez W. Clarkson, c. 1904 | Jabez W. Clarkson | Text | 1904/12/22 |
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Subject:Jabez W. Clarkson Type:Text Date:1904/12/22 |
Description:Brief biography of Jabez W. Clarkson, c. 1904.
This was published on the front page of the December 22, 1904 edition of the Welland Telegraph. It was part of a series focused on prominent citizens of Welland County. The articles ran on the front page and featured a photograph and a brief biography. The series ran between March 1904-June 1905.
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Was born in Wainfleet Township, Oct. 4th, 1857. He is a son of the late John Clarkson, who came to Canada from England in 1840. The subject of this sketch lived in Wainfleet until 1873, when he moved to Crowland and purchased the William Hill farm, a valuable property in that township. He has also taken an active interest in political affairs, and is well versed on the local and Dominion issues. In 1885 he was collector for Crowland and the following year was assessor, and has held the same office several times since. He served as councillor in 1902-3, and last year as reeve. He will be a candidate for the reeveship again. His father also served in the township council. [show more]
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