| Brief biography of Oswald James Thorpe, Welland funeral home proprietor | Oswald James Thorpe | Text | c. 1950 |
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Subject:Oswald James Thorpe Type:Text Date:c. 1950 |
Description:Brief biography of Oswald James Thorpe, Welland funeral home proprietor.
From the book "History of the Niagara Peninsula" by Albert Ernest Coombs, c. 1950.
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| Brief biography of Port Colborne's first mayor DeWitt Carter, c. 1965 | DeWitt Carter | Text | c. 1965 |
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Subject:DeWitt Carter Type:Text Date:c. 1965 |
Description:A newspaper article and photo of DeWitt Carter, first mayor of Port Colborne. The article is a biographical one of the late DeWitt Carter who was a tugboat owner, operator, and captain around the Welland Canal. It focuses on how he warned the canal was not wide enough for large ships. DeWitt became mayor of Port Colborne when it became a town in 1918. From a 1965 edition of the Welland Tribune. [show more]
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| Brief biography of R.B. Law, with portrait | R.B. Law | Still image | Booklet published 1952 |
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Subject:R.B. Law Type:Still image Date:Booklet published 1952 |
Description:Brief biography of Robert Brown Law, with his portrait, from the booklet "Raymond, Spencer, Law & MacInnes, Founded 1835" published in 1952 by the law firm itself.
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| Brief biography of Reuben H. Appleyard, c. 1904 | Reuben H. Appleyard | Text | 1904/11/03 |
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Subject:Reuben H. Appleyard Type:Text Date:1904/11/03 |
Description:Brief biography of Reuben H. Appleyard, c. 1904.
This was published on the front page of the November 3, 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.
Text reads:
The subject of this sketch was born in the Township of Wainfleet on the Forks Road, Sept. 12th, 1849. When ten years of age he went to Western Ontario and there worked on farms for 12 years. Returning to Welland town, he learned his trade as tinsmith and in 1880 opened business in Humberstone. He has always enjoyed a lucrative trade and now has a well established hardware business. In politics he has always been a true Conservative. Since 1887 he has been treasurer of the Township of Humberstone, and he also served many years on the school board.
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| Brief biography of Rev. Finlay McCuaig, c. 1905 | Rev. Finlay McCuaig | Text | 1905/05/04 |
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Subject:Rev. Finlay McCuaig Type:Text Date:1905/05/04 |
Description:Brief biography of Rev. Finlay McCuaig, c. 1905.
This was published on the front page of the May 4, 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.
Text reads:
At present, and for the past 18 years, pastor of the Presbyterian Churches, of Welland and Crowland, is a Canadian, born near Montreal. He was educated for the Presbyterian Ministry in Toronto University and Knox College. He held charges for long periods at Clinton, Kingston and Welland. He has had tempting calls from California, British Columbia and other places. Mr. McCuaig has occupied at various times, positions on almost all the important boards of the church. He has served successive terms as moderator of the Presbyteries of Huron, Kingston and Hamilton. Six years ago he was unanimously elected moderator of the largest synod in the church, that of Hamilton and London. He was for 16 years a director of the Welland Library and for two years its president. [show more]
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| Brief biography of Rev. Gabriel Johnstone, c. 1905 | Rev. Gabriel Johnstone | Text | 1905/04/27 |
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Subject:Rev. Gabriel Johnstone Type:Text Date:1905/04/27 |
Description:Brief biography of Rev. Gabriel Johnstone, c. 1905.
This was published on the front page of the April 27, 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.
Text reads:
The esteemed rector of Holy Trinity Church, Welland, was born at Edenton, North Carolina, in 1843. He was educated at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where he graduated in 1861. He served under Gen. Stonewall Jackson in the American Civil War, and out of 150 who volunteered with him only eighteen survived. He was through seventeen of the bloodiest battles of Virginia. After the war he studied law for two years and then devoted himself to the ministry. He was ordained at Oswego, New York, in 1870. Seven years later he came to Canada and studied at Trinity University taking a post graduate course and securing the degrees of M. A. and Bachelor of Divinity. His first Canadian appointment was at Jarvis. He accepted the rectorship of Holy Trinity church in 1889, today holding the love, respect and admiration of its members. 1891 he went to England in the service of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel and gave lectures in the leading cities of England. He was invited by the society to make a similar tour of Italy and was subsequently pressed to give another series of lectures in England, but both these offers he was forced to refuse owing to the demands of his work at home. He was made a Doctor of Divinity by the University of North Carolina and was notified by the secretary of the Episcopal Convention of that state that his name had been officially proposed as co-adjutor bishop. Despite his long absence he came within one vote of being elected to the position. Johnstone is chaplain of the 44th Regiment and holds a deserved popularity with the officers and men. During the formation of the Canadian contingents for the South African campaign he volunteered three times to enlist in any capacity in which he could serve the flag and relative to this he has a number of interesting letters from Colonel Otter, Sir Frederick Borden and Lord Lansdowne. [show more]
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| Brief biography of Richard Greenwood, c. 1904 | Richard Greenwood | Text | 1904/11/17 |
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Subject:Richard Greenwood Type:Text Date:1904/11/17 |
Description:Brief biography of Richard Greenwood, c. 1904.
This was published on the front page of the November 17, 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.
Text reads:
Richard Greenwood, was born in Port Colborne in March, 1851, and has always lived there. Since coming to manhood he has been in the butchering business with his brother. He has also had shipping interests since 1874, and at the present time Messrs. Greenwood own two boats plying on the lakes. For ten years he was also interested in natural gas, but sold out the company to Messrs Reeb. In municipal life he served as reeve in 1897-8, and for twenty years has been a member of the public school board, the past three years as chairman. In politics he is a Conservative, and is now Vice-President of the County Conservative Association. He belongs to four lodges: A. F. & A. M., A. O. U. W., C. O. C. F. and W. O. W. The Port Colborne lodge of the latter order is known as Camp Greenwood. [show more]
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| Brief biography of Robert Cooper, c. 1904 | Robert Cooper | Text | 1904/08/11 |
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Subject:Robert Cooper Type:Text Date:1904/08/11 |
Description:Brief biography of Robert Cooper, c. 1904.
This was published on the front page of the August 11, 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.
Text reads:
Robert Cooper was born in the township of Wainfleet in September, 1852. He is a son of David Cooper, who at that time owned a grist mill and farm near Marshville. In 1860 David Cooper moved to Welland and purchased the Aqueduct Mills, which he ran until 1878, when the government took the land upon which they stood to build the aqueduct. Robert was in the mill with his father until that time. For the next six years he was absent from the county, spending a year in California on his wedding trip. Returning to Welland he started a flour and feed business, which he carried on intermittently until two years ago, when he built the Riverside mills, one of the most prosperous industries in the county. Mr. Cooper served four years in the town council and in 1891 was elected deputy-reeve. The same year he was appointed County Clerk, which position he holds at the present time. He has been a successful business man and an excellent official. [show more]
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| Brief biography of Roland Desharnais, Welland building contractor and cement block manufacturer | Roland Desharnais | Text | c. 1950 |
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Subject:Roland Desharnais Type:Text Date:c. 1950 |
Description:Brief biography of Roland Desharnais, Welland building contractor and cement block manufacturer.
From the book "History of the Niagara Peninsula" by Albert Ernest Coombs, c. 1950.
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| Brief biography of S.H.S. Hughes, with portrait | S.H.S. Hughes | Still image | Booklet published 1952 |
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Subject:S.H.S. Hughes Type:Still image Date:Booklet published 1952 |
Description:Brief biography of Samuel Harvey Shirecliffe Hughes, with his portrait, from the booklet "Raymond, Spencer, Law & MacInnes, Founded 1835" published in 1952 by the law firm itself.
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