Brief biography of Emanuel Winter Brookfield, c. 1905

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Title

Brief biography of Emanuel Winter Brookfield, c. 1905

Subject

Emanuel Winter Brookfield

Description

Brief biography of Emanuel Winter Brookfield, c. 1905.

This was published on the front page of the May 11, 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:

Was born in Crowland Township on October 3rd, 1827. His main business has been farming, but other matters have engaged his attention. In early life he underwent Normal School Training and for a time was engaged in teaching. Later on he was Township Clerk for a number of years. He was mainly instrumental in establishing a Post Office at Brookfield Station, of which he was Postmaster for a time. He has acted as executor and trustee for some important estates, and was collector of customs at Fort Erie for about eleven years. He is a Conservative in politics and was the standard bearer of his party in the Dominion elections of 1874, his opponent being the late William A. Thomson, by whom he was defeated. He was subsequently offered the nomination for the Ontario Legislature which he declined.

Creator

Welland Telegraph

Source

Welland Public Library Microfilm Collection

Publisher

Welland Telegraph

Date

1905/05/11

Rights

Public domain

Format

Microfilm

Language

English

Type

Text

Identifier

Microfilm cabinet - 071.1338 WEL Tel #8

Coverage

Welland County

Files

1905 05 11.jpg

Citation

Welland Telegraph, “Brief biography of Emanuel Winter Brookfield, c. 1905,” Welland Public Library Local History, accessed May 15, 2025, https://omeka.wellandlibrary.ca/items/show/11367.