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+ MONTREAL
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+ From 1535 to 1914
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+ BIOGRAPHICAL
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+ VOLUME III
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+ THE S. J. CLARKE PUBLISHING COMPANY
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+ MONTREAL VANCOUVER CHICAGO
+
+ 1914
+
+[Illustration: RICHARD B. ANGUS]
+
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+
+BIOGRAPHICAL
+
+
+RICHARD BLADWORTH ANGUS.
+
+“No man in Montreal and very few in Canada have had a fuller,
+riper and more successful career than ‘the man of peace,’ as
+he is known in business circles.” So writes the Toronto Globe
+of Richard Bladworth Angus, and there is little to add that
+would describe the man more accurately. A purposeful man, a
+deep thinker, a man of the highest principles, Mr. Angus is
+representative of the empire builders of Canada. Beginning his
+career in a humble station, he has climbed the ladder of success
+rung by rung until he reached the ranks of men like the late
+Lord Strathcona, and the present Lord Mount Stephen, with whom
+he labored in building the most important railroad lines in the
+Dominion and with whom he stood for all that which has made
+Canada the great empire that it is today. Not only has Mr. Angus
+been prominent as a builder and financier of great rail lines,
+but he has given of his time and means toward the establishment
+of great institutions to care for the sick, to bring education to
+all those who may seek it, to promote and disseminate a thorough
+understanding of art--in short, to promote the intellectual as
+well as the material welfare of that most enterprising of all
+British peoples--the Canadian nation.
+
+Richard B. Angus was born in Bathgate, Scotland, May 28, 1831,
+and educated there. While in his native country he was employed
+by the Manchester & Liverpool Bank for some time and in 1857
+entered the offices of the Bank of Montreal in Canada. To the
+present generation the name of R. B. Angus has been rightly
+considered a synonym for the financial activity instituted by the
+Bank of Montreal, for he has been connected with that institution
+since 1857, having come out from Scotland to accept a position in
+the bank in which at a later date he was to be for many years the
+guiding hand. His keen mind, his adaptability to new conditions,
+his shrewdness and his careful weighing of important questions
+assured him of quick promotion and four years after he became
+connected with the institution he was placed in charge of the
+Chicago agency, in 1861 and in 1863 was agent for the bank in New
+York.
+
+During his sojourn in Chicago Mr. Angus became acquainted with
+the spirit of the great west and what it was hoped might be
+accomplished there. He saw the states of Illinois and Iowa
+budding forth from prairie to splendidly developed communities
+and reasoning by analogy he recognized what the future had in
+store for the Canadian west following the construction of the
+Canadian Pacific Railway. The splendid financial standing of the
+Canadian Pacific Railway Company today is also in a measure due
+to the wisdom of this man, whom no doubt Sir Thomas Shaughnessy
+considers one of his wisest counsellors.
+
+In 1864 Mr. Angus returned to Montreal to become second assistant
+manager of the Bank of Montreal, was later appointed assistant
+manager and became manager in 1868. In 1869, or two years after
+the union of the British North American colonies, Mr. Angus was
+appointed general manager of the Bank of Montreal, a position
+which he held until November 1, 1879. It is said that during
+these ten years his advice was sought many times by the different
+finance ministers of the Dominion not only as regards federal
+loans but also concerning the general financial policy of the
+country. Although a native of Scotland, where free trade exists,
+Mr. Angus looked with favor upon the protectionist program,
+which triumphed in Canada on the 18th of September, 1878. He
+saw therein a means whereby the Dominion could become a great
+manufacturing country, and he has lived long enough to see the
+splendid fruition of that policy.
+
+After his ten years’ tenure of office as general manager of
+the Bank of Montreal Mr. Angus was called to another sphere of
+usefulness. When several prominent men connected with the Bank of
+Montreal bought out the Dutch interests in what was then called
+the St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway, those interested,
+realizing the ability of Mr. Angus as a financier and organizer,
+asked him to leave the bank and become the representative of
+their interests in St. Paul. Accepting the management of the
+railway, his great success during the two years of his residence
+in the American northwest has become a part of the history not
+only of the American but also of the Canadian northwest. Mr.
+Angus was one of the first promoters of the Canadian Pacific
+Railway. He was among the earliest to recognize the stupendous
+success which would attend the project if there was carried out
+an enlightened policy of settlement and industrial expansion.
+A syndicate was formed, with Mr. George Stephen, later Lord
+Mount Stephen, and Mr. Donald A. Smith, later Lord Strathcona,
+as its leading spirits. Mr. Angus was one of the original
+body and he has remained in connection with the incorporated
+company ever since as one of its directors. He advised upon the
+strategic points where the chief entrenchments of the first
+transcontinental road should be laid out and he pointed out the
+spots where the Bank of Montreal could most effectively plant
+its branches. This policy of his had a great deal to do with
+the expansion which has brought the capitalization of the Bank
+of Montreal and the Canadian Pacific Railway up to the present
+colossal figures.
+
+As general manager of the Bank of Montreal Mr. Angus served
+under four presidents, namely, T. B. Anderson, E. H. King, David
+Torrance and George Stephen, now Lord Mount Stephen, and he and
+the latter are the only ones of the number yet living. He also
+sat as director with Lord Strathcona and Sir George A. Drummond,
+succeeding the latter to the presidency of the bank July 22,
+1910. All admit that no one of that galaxy of financiers who have
+year after year sat at the historic round table ever rendered
+greater service to the institution than R. B. Angus.
+
+At an age when most men throw off official cares and
+responsibilities to enjoy the leisure which prosperity has
+brought them Mr. Angus in his octogenarian prime took up as
+cheerfully as would a man of forty the principal position in
+Canada’s foremost financial institution. In November, 1913, on
+account of advancing years and a desire to be relieved of all
+financial burdens of a public character, Mr. Angus resigned the
+presidency of the Bank of Montreal, but remains a member of the
+board and continues to give the institution the benefit of his
+ripe, wide and valuable experience.
+
+That worth hath its reward is evident in Mr. Angus’ career, who
+is rated today as one of the richest men in Montreal. However,
+he seems to consider himself more in the light of a steward of
+his vast property interests, for he freely and liberally has
+given of his means and made handsome contributions to numerous
+institutions. Among these is the Montreal Art Association, of
+which he was formerly president and to which he gave money and
+several valuable paintings. He also supported McGill University
+with a considerable sum and gave to the Alexandra Contagious
+Diseases Hospital of Montreal, of which he is a governor and
+was a founder. He was president of the Royal Victoria Hospital,
+which institution he also has liberally supported, and is a
+vice president of the Royal Victorian Order of Nurses. The
+Charity Organization Society, of which he is a director, has
+also benefited in a material way and by his timely advice. Mr.
+Angus was also a governor of the Montreal General Hospital. An
+honor to his race and one of the foremost representatives among
+Scotchmen in Canada, he served several times as president of the
+St. Andrew’s Society of Montreal. Mr. Angus was governor of the
+Fraser Institute Free Public Library and is an honorary member of
+the Antiquarian and Numismatic Society of Montreal.
+
+Among commercial and financial institutions with which he has
+been or is connected are the Canadian Pacific Railway Company,
+the Laurentide Paper Company, the Dominion Coal Company, the
+Dominion Iron & Steel Company, the Dominion Bridge Company, the
+Royal Trust Company, the Grand Falls Power Company, the Pacific
+Coal Company, the Canadian Salt Company, the Northwest Land
+Company and the London & Lancashire Life Assurance Company.
+
+Mr. Angus has always taken a deep interest in public institutions
+and was one of the chief promoters of the board of control in
+Montreal, which was founded in 1909. He has ever placed his
+services at the disposal of such affairs as have made for a
+greater and better Canada. In 1910 knighthood was offered to him,
+but he declined the honor.
+
+Among the clubs of which Mr. Angus is a member are: the St.
+James, of which he was formerly chairman; the Mount Royal, of
+which he was a founder and of which he has served as president;
+the Montreal Jockey; the Auto and Aero Club; the Forest and
+Stream Club; and the Winter Club. He also is a member of the
+Rideau Club of Ottawa, the Toronto Club, the York Club of Toronto
+and the Manitoba Club of Winnipeg.
+
+On June 13, 1857, Angus was married to Miss Mary Anne Daniels,
+who died March 13, 1913. To them were born three sons and six
+daughters, two of the latter being deceased.
+
+In religious matters Mr. Angus adheres to the stern faith of his
+fathers, being a Presbyterian. It may be said of him that in all
+fields in which he has exerted his activities he has excelled.
+Quiet in demeanor, he is purposeful and unconsciously exerts an
+influence which makes for domination. That this domination is
+always used to good purpose and for the benefit of his country
+and its people stands to his high credit. Sir Sandford Fleming
+paid him high compliment as a banker in the words that he is
+a man who “in every way is a credit to the great institution
+over which he so worthily presides,” and the Montreal Star
+characterizes him as “one of Canada’s prominent and most highly
+respected financiers.” Mr. Angus is a true Scotchman, a truer
+Canadian, but best of all--a man worthy of the name.
+
+
+LEONIDAS VILLENEUVE.
+
+From a comparatively humble position in business circles Leonidas
+Villeneuve advanced until he ranked with the millionaire
+merchants of Montreal and throughout his entire career his record
+was such as any man might be proud to possess, bringing to him
+the respect of colleagues and contemporaries. The record of his
+career, showing the steps in his orderly progression, may serve
+as a source of inspiration and encouragement to others and in
+this biography finds its chief motive and value.
+
+Mr. Villeneuve was born in Terrebonne county, at Ste. Anne des
+Plaines, a son of Joachim Villeneuve, who was a farmer there. His
+boyhood and youth were uneventfully passed, but when twenty years
+of age he determined to try his fortune in the commercial field.
+He was attracted to the lumber business and, believing that he
+would find it congenial and profitable, he established a small
+lumberyard north of Mount Royal Avenue, in the ownership and
+conduct of which he was first associated with the late Senator J.
+O. Villeneuve. Gradually he advanced toward the goal of success,
+his business growing with the development of the district. He
+remained at its head until his death, eventually conducting an
+extensive business under the name of the L. Villeneuve Company.
+This brought him substantial returns and his fortune also arose
+through his wise and judicious investments in real estate. From
+time to time he added to his holdings and, when there was a
+real-estate boom in the district, he had extensive holdings, a
+portion of which he sold, realizing therefrom a handsome fortune.
+
+Mr. Villeneuve was a prominent figure in local circles in
+connection with the growth and progress of his section. When the
+district north of Mount Royal Avenue gradually developed from
+a sparsely settled region into a fast growing town he was one
+of the leading spirits in planning roadways, parks and public
+improvements. To him in great measure it is due that, with its
+wide streets and well built homes, Laurier ward is among the most
+attractive in this city. He was for twenty years associated with
+the municipal life of Ville St. Louis, first serving as alderman
+and afterward for three terms as mayor.
+
+In politics Mr. Villeneuve was a stalwart conservative, but while
+working actively in the party and doing everything in his power
+to promote its growth and secure its success, he could never be
+tempted to try his fortune in either the federal or provincial
+fields, although he was requested on many occasions to carry the
+party banner. He was universally respected for his unswerving
+business honesty and uprightness, and upon these qualities as a
+foundation he builded his success, which placed him among the
+leaders in his particular line in eastern Canada. His sound
+judgment enabled him to correctly value those things which go to
+make up life’s contacts and experiences. His opinions were sound,
+his enterprise unfaltering and his activities were of a character
+that contributed to the public welfare as well as to individual
+success. Mr. Villeneuve was a member of the Roman Catholic
+church, and took a great deal of interest in church affairs.
+
+[Illustration: LEONIDAS VILLENEUVE]
+
+Mr. Villeneuve was married twice. His first wife was Malvina
+Joyal, a sister of Dr. Joyal, of Montreal, and to them was born
+a son, J. Arthur, who was educated in Montreal and traveled
+extensively with his father in Europe. He married Miss Yvonne
+Lariviere, of Montreal, and has a son, Jean Leonidas, born
+July 11, 1913. J. Arthur Villeneuve is vice president of the
+L. Villeneuve Company and of the Eagle Lumber Company and is a
+worthy successor of his father in connection with the lumber
+industry of the country. For his second wife Leonidas Villeneuve
+chose Dame Exilda Bergeron, who also survives. His life of
+intense and intelligently directed activity brought him success
+and, moreover, he always followed constructive methods in his
+business career, so that his path was never strewn with the wreck
+of other men’s fortunes.
+
+
+HENRY R. GRAY.
+
+Tangible evidence of the public spirit of Henry R. Gray is found
+in his service as chairman of the board of health and the radical
+and effective measures which he took in preventing the spread of
+a small-pox epidemic. He did equally efficient work in promoting
+sanitary conditions in Montreal along various lines and at the
+same time he occupied a prominent position as a representative
+of the pharmaceutical profession. He was born December 30, 1838,
+in Boston, Lincolnshire, England, and pursued his education at
+Standard Hill, Nottingham, the head master of the school being
+William Goodacre, the well known author of several standard
+educational works. He was afterward articled for five years to
+William March, chemist and apothecary, at Newark, England, and
+subsequently pursued a course of lectures on chemistry under the
+celebrated Roscoe in Manchester.
+
+Coming to Canada when twenty-one years of age, Mr. Gray
+established his business in Montreal in 1859 and for several
+years devoted his attention to the study of sanitary science
+and particularly to the question of the sanitation of cities.
+He was connected with every movement to improve the sanitary
+condition of Montreal and his labors were of far-reaching
+benefit. He became one of the originators of the Pharmaceutical
+Association of the province, of which he was elected secretary
+and later treasurer and vice president. He was next called to
+the presidency, serving for three consecutive years and also as
+a member of the board of examiners. He became one of the charter
+members of the Montreal College of Pharmacy and for two years was
+its president.
+
+In 1884 he was elected alderman of the St. Lawrence ward and soon
+afterward was unanimously chosen by the city council as chairman
+of the local board of health, serving in that difficult position
+during the whole of the disastrous epidemic of small-pox which
+devastated the city and province in 1885 and 1886. When the
+disease broke out and the death rate amounted to twenty-five per
+day, there was little civic organization to prevent the spread
+of disease or further the promotion of sanitary conditions.
+Vaccination was opposed, but Mr. Gray organized a vigorous
+campaign to stamp out the disease and obtained the passage of
+by-laws insisting on free and compulsory vaccination. He also
+organized a civic hospital and insisted on all the small-pox
+patients being sent to the isolation hospital. Through this and
+other emergency methods he allayed the general fear and stamped
+out the disease. It was in that year that he succeeded in getting
+a by-law through the city council requiring all household refuse
+to be cremated, and shortly afterward crematories were erected
+and a contract for five years’ collection and cremation given out.
+
+After having served a three years’ term as alderman Mr. Gray
+declined reelection. He was appointed by the government a justice
+of the peace and a member of the council of public instruction
+for the province of Quebec and was elected to represent it on
+the corporation of the polytechnic school of this city. He was
+likewise a life governor of the Montreal General Hospital and
+the Notre Dame Hospital. When the public health act passed the
+legislature, shortly after the small-pox epidemic, Mr. Gray, who
+in addition to his aldermanic duties had been a member of the old
+central board of health for the province, was appointed a member
+of the new provincial board of health then created and remained a
+member until his death. In 1885 he was elected membre honoraire
+de la Société d’Hygiène Française of Paris, France. After his
+retirement from the city council he was requested by a number
+of leading citizens of all parties and creeds to accept the
+nomination of mayor, but owing to business reasons he was obliged
+to decline.
+
+Mr. Gray married Miss Catherine Margaret McGale, the youngest
+daughter of the late Dr. Bernard McGale, who was a member of
+the army medical staff. Mr. Gray died February 18, 1908, and
+is survived by his wife, three daughters and a son, Dr. H. R.
+Dunstan Gray. The memory of his well spent life is cherished by
+all who were his contemporaries and his colleagues, and the worth
+of his work is recognized by all who know aught of the history of
+Montreal.
+
+
+JAMES JOHNSTON.
+
+Throughout an active, commercial career James Johnston was
+engaged in importing and dealing in English and foreign dry
+goods, in which connection he built up an enterprise of extensive
+and gratifying proportions, his becoming one of the leading
+commercial houses of Montreal. He was born March 20, 1849, a son
+of James and Mary (Burns) Johnston, both of whom were natives
+of Scotland, who, coming to the new world in early life, were
+married in Montreal. The father, who was born in 1819, passed
+away in this city on the 27th of May, 1882.
+
+Spending his youthful days under the parental roof, James
+Johnston pursued his education in the schools of Montreal and
+Quebec and, entering business circles, he became connected with
+the firm of James Johnston & Company, importers of and dealers in
+dry goods of English and foreign manufacture, of which his father
+was the head. After the death of his father he became head of the
+business, devoting his entire attention to the development of a
+trade which grew to large and gratifying proportions, making his
+one of the leading dry-goods establishments in the city. Since
+his demise the store has been sold and is now conducted under the
+firm style of W. R. Brock Company, Ltd.
+
+Mr. Johnston was married in Montreal, in 1876, to Miss Agnes
+Grant Robertson, a daughter of Andrew Robertson, who was a
+prominent resident of this city. By this marriage there were
+eight children of whom seven are living. The family circle was
+broken by the hand of death when on the 14th of July, 1899,
+James Johnston was called to his final rest. His interests and
+activities, aside from business, are indicated by the fact that
+he held membership in the St. James Club, the Metropolitan
+Club, the Hunt Club, the Forest and Stream Club, and St.
+Paul’s Presbyterian church. He was always actuated by high and
+manly principles and worthy motives, and he left to his family
+the priceless heritage of an untarnished name as well as the
+substantial reward of his business enterprise and sagacity.
+
+
+MICHAEL JAMES WALSH.
+
+Michael James Walsh is prominent along various lines of activity
+in Montreal, where he is widely known as a successful insurance
+broker but has also actively participated in an important way in
+political and governmental affairs and is moreover widely known
+in fraternal circles. Of good Irish stock, he has brought the
+sturdiness of his ancestors to the task at hand and has attained
+a success which entitles him to consideration as one of the
+substantial men of his community and a power for progress and
+improvement in the political field.
+
+A native of Montreal, Michael James Walsh was born on the
+2d of September, 1858, a son of Mark and Catherine (Nolan)
+Walsh, both natives of County Wexford, Ireland. The father was
+prominent as a contractor and everywhere in this city respected
+as a successful business man. Michael J. Walsh received his
+education at St. Ann’s parish, Christian Brothers School, and
+upon discontinuing his lessons became connected with the Grand
+Trunk and Canadian Pacific Railways, remaining for about ten
+years in their employ in their store departments. He then set
+out independently, becoming an insurance broker, and by native
+shrewdness and ability to understand commercial conditions has
+succeeded in building up a business which ranks him among the
+foremost men in his line in Montreal. When his private affairs
+permitted him to devote some of his time to the public weal
+he entered politics with the same zest as he displayed in his
+private business affairs and as a result was elected alderman of
+the St. Ann’s ward on February 1, 1902, continuing in that office
+for four years or until February 1, 1906, and doing valuable work
+in promoting measures which have been of far-reaching benefit
+to the city. On November 25, 1904, he was also elected a member
+of the Quebec provincial legislature and on December 28, 1908,
+reelected to that office, continuing therein until May 15, 1912.
+His legislative career has been one of success and his record has
+been so clear that his constituents may well be proud of their
+representative. He has done much in supporting valuable bills,
+especially those undertaken in the interest of his constituents,
+and has ever been active in committee rooms and on the floor of
+the house in sustaining or promoting constructive legislation.
+His political position is that of a liberal, and he always has
+been a stanch supporter of that grand man of the liberal party,
+Sir Wilfrid Laurier.
+
+On October 9, 1882, at Montreal, in St. Henry parish church, Mr.
+Walsh was married to Mary Jane Barry, a daughter of David Barry,
+mechanical superintendent of the Canada Sugar Refinery, and Mary
+O’Leary, both natives of County Cork, Ireland. Mr. and Mrs. Walsh
+became the parents of two sons. Joseph Christopher Barry Walsh,
+B. A., B. C. L., is a well known notary public. The other son
+born to the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Walsh is David Robert Barry
+Walsh, who graduated from Loyola College and is now successfully
+engaged in the insurance business, being inspector for the Royal
+Exchange Association. Both sons are young men of excellent habits
+and qualifications.
+
+As the years have passed Mr. Walsh has become connected with
+a number of outside interests and is now a director in the
+People’s Mutual Building Society and for many years has been a
+member of the Montreal Board of Trade, doing in that connection
+important work in promoting commercial expansion. Fraternally he
+is very prominent and has held high offices in the Knights of
+Columbus, the Catholic Order of Foresters, the Catholic Mutual
+Benefit Association, the Canadian Order of Foresters, the Royal
+Guardians, the Ancient Order of Hibernians and in St. Patrick’s
+Society. A man of varied and important interests, Mr. Walsh has
+made an honorable record in business as well as in municipal
+and provincial politics and enjoys the full confidence of the
+best classes of population. In him there is strongly developed
+the quality of loyalty, and it is his devotion to a cause which
+has led him into the important relations with which he is now
+connected. He may justly be classed with Montreal’s leading
+citizens, and the position which he has attained is the more
+creditable as it has been brought about entirely by his own
+efforts.
+
+
+JAMES BELL, M. D.
+
+Notable service in the field of abdominal surgery won for Dr.
+James Bell an international reputation. His broad study and
+research made him a scientist of renown and his opinions were
+largely accepted as authority by the profession which recognized
+him not only as an eminent surgeon, but equally capable educator.
+He was born at North Gower, Ontario, in 1852, and after acquiring
+his early education in local schools and by private tuition,
+he entered McGill University and was graduated as Holmes’ gold
+medallist in 1877, a fact indicative of the excellent work which
+he had done in his student days. He was immediately appointed
+house surgeon in the Montreal General Hospital, which position
+he held until 1882, gaining that broad practical experience and
+knowledge which only hospital practice can bring. In 1880 he
+became medical superintendent of the Montreal General Hospital
+and in 1885 was appointed to the position of assistant surgeon,
+followed by appointment as surgeon a year later. He filled
+the position with distinction for eight years and then became
+surgeon of the new Royal Victoria Hospital in 1894, remaining
+in that connection until his demise. As the years passed his
+skill and ability constantly increased and developed and his
+reputation spread abroad until he was acknowledged not only one
+of the eminent surgeons of Canada, but also, by reason of his
+specialty in abdominal work, as one of the most distinguished
+representatives of the profession on the American continent. He
+became just as widely known in connection with surgical work for
+the treatment of gall stones and kidney diseases. In addition
+to his other hospital service he was consulting surgeon of the
+Children’s Hospital. After going to Victoria Hospital he remained
+a consulting surgeon of the Montreal General Hospital and also
+acted in a similar capacity at the Maternity Hospital.
+
+[Illustration: DR. JAMES BELL]
+
+His connection with McGill University was equally brilliant,
+for through many years he was one of its able educators in the
+medical department. In 1888 he was appointed associate professor
+of clinical surgery. In 1890 he was made assistant professor of
+surgery and clinical surgery; in 1895, professor of clinical
+surgery, and in 1907, professor of surgery and clinical surgery.
+He held membership in the American Surgical Association and the
+Canadian Surgical Association, and he served as surgeon major
+in charge of the field hospital corps in the Riel rebellion,
+receiving a medal for his services, while between 1880 and 1888,
+he was surgeon to the Sixth Battalion of Fusiliers. He was
+the author of various valuable papers, including one entitled
+Tubercular Family History, and his contributions to the press
+have ever been eagerly received. He was the author of the chapter
+on Surgical Diseases and Wounds of the Kidneys and Ureters
+in American Practice of Surgery as well as numerous valuable
+treatises on the kidneys. He was a member of the Genito-Urinary
+branch of the American Medical Association in which he
+represented the Canadian Medical Association. As a diagnostician
+he had few equals and he possessed a medical technique that was
+marvelous. One of his strongest traits of character was his utter
+fearlessness. He spoke his own mind and was seldom misunderstood.
+He never catered to cheaply acquired popularity or public opinion
+and always had the courage of his convictions. He spoke what he
+thought to be the truth no matter who it opposed or offended.
+He thoroughly detested sham or deceit and was self-contained,
+quiet and self-reliant in connection with all of his professional
+service.
+
+Dr. Bell was married in June, 1889, to Miss Edith Mary Arnton,
+the eldest daughter of the late John J. Arnton, of Montreal, and
+they had one son, James Stuart Ethelwyn Wallace, who was born
+February 15, 1899, and in accordance with the wish of his father
+is preparing for the medical course at McGill. Dr. Bell was a
+member of a number of the leading clubs, including St. James, the
+Montreal Jockey, the Mount Royal and the University Clubs. He was
+for more than twenty years one of the enthusiastic members of the
+Montreal Hunt Club and for many years followed the hounds. He
+greatly enjoyed outdoor life, much more than so-called society
+and said with Byron,
+
+ “I love not man the less but nature more.”
+
+He was fond of hunting and fishing and it was his custom each
+year to hunt big game in New Brunswick where he was often a guest
+at August Belmont’s private shooting preserve. Dr. Bell was also
+a member of the Chapleau Club in the Laurentians where he went
+for his fishing. His country home, Saraguay, was his residence
+during four months in the year for more than eighteen years. Here
+he maintained a fine breeding establishment of driving and saddle
+horses and was able to gratify the great pleasure his excellent
+stock afforded him, for he was a lover of a good horse.
+
+No man ever more fully, however, recognized the duties and
+obligations of the profession or more conscientiously met them.
+The regard entertained for him by his professional brethren is
+indicated in the fact that Dr. C. E. Church termed him “the
+ablest surgeon in America,” while Dr. T. G. Roddick said, “the
+death of Dr. James Bell is a distinct loss to the medical and
+surgical profession. He was a man of marked ability, with
+conscientious devotion to his work, which earned him the respect
+of his fellows, as well as success amongst his patients. And
+he was not only respected by the profession throughout the
+country, but loved by his friends.” In comment upon his death the
+Montreal Gazette wrote, “One of the men who have done much for
+the advancement of the medical profession in Canada passed away
+yesterday when Dr. James Bell, in the ripe fullness of a useful
+career, was carried off by appendicitis. It was by a curious
+irony of fate that Dr. Bell died most unexpectedly at the Royal
+Victoria Hospital, in whose wards still lay many upon whom he had
+operated, and whose lives he had probably saved by his skill.
+For many years Dr. Bell had been recognized as one of Canada’s
+leading surgeons, in fact one of the greatest surgeons in
+abdominal work on this continent and his services were in great
+demand, not only in Montreal, but wherever the work of a skillful
+scientist whose immediate judgment and power might be efficacious
+to save human life, was needed. Day by day he had been working in
+the operating room of the Royal Victoria Hospital and the sick
+rooms of patients, in circumstances where a single mistake might
+mean loss of life. The strain was much greater than ordinary
+people could have imagined. He was one of those men who devoted
+themselves to their work so well and performed it so efficiently
+that there was no need to fight for prominence. His work was such
+that it inevitably grew. As his ability became known his services
+became more in demand and in a quiet and conscientious way he
+gradually became one of the recognized surgical authorities of
+his time and one of the busiest. Not only in Montreal but in many
+parts of Canada he was called upon wherever there was a stern
+fight against death, and frequently he was called to exercise
+his skill even farther afield in the United States. Those who
+knew him as either surgeon or as friend will remember him as one
+who knew his work and did it well, without thought of public
+recognition.”
+
+Dr. Bell was actively engaged in professional duties almost
+to the closing hours of his life. On the last day he visited
+Victoria Hospital he performed an operation in the forenoon. In
+the evening of the same day he was taken ill and the end came
+a few days later. The board of governors of the Royal Victoria
+Hospital caused to be made a bronze bust of Dr. Bell which was
+placed in the main hall of that hospital. The significance of
+this action is better understood when it is known that but one
+other bust is there shown--that of Queen Victoria.
+
+
+JOSEPH OVIDE GRAVEL.
+
+Joseph Ovide Gravel, for many years manager and executor of the
+John Pratt estate in Montreal and prominently connected with
+other important corporate and business interests of the city, was
+born here in 1839. He acquired his education in the commercial
+schools of the city and in 1854 began a business career which
+brought him constantly increasing prominence and prosperity.
+From that date until 1863 he was connected with the firm of
+Benning & Barsalou and was then made secretary-treasurer of the
+Canadian Rubber Company, taking an active part in the affairs of
+that concern until 1899. He was later a director in the Canadian
+Linseed Oil Mills, a trustee of the Guardian Assurance Company,
+president of the Sincennes-McNaughton line and of the Dominion
+Oil Cloth Company. He became known as a reliable, forceful and
+discriminating business man, one who always carried forward to
+successful completion whatever he undertook, and he made his
+ability and insight the basis of a substantial and well deserved
+success. He married Aurelie La Rocque. His son, C. E. Gravel, is
+now in charge of the Pratt estate and is ably carrying forward
+his father’s work in its management.
+
+
+JOSEPH LOUIS ARCHAMBAULT.
+
+Joseph Louis Archambault, of Montreal, whose reputation as a
+distinguished and able lawyer has made him well known throughout
+the province and who is now filling the position of city
+attorney, was born at Varennes, June 19, 1849, a son of the late
+J. N. A. and Aurelie (Mongeau) Archambault. The father, who was
+“a patriot of 1837,” became president of the provincial board of
+notaries in Quebec and was a distinguished representative of his
+profession. The son supplemented his early education by study
+in the College of St. Hyacinthe and in broad literary training
+laid the foundation upon which he has built the superstructure
+of professional knowledge. He pursued his law studies under the
+direction of the late Sir George Cartier and at the same time
+followed the law course in McGill University, which conferred
+upon him the B. C. L. degree in 1871. The same year he entered
+upon active practice as an advocate and has since remained
+a member of the Montreal bar, although his growing powers
+and capabilities have won him place among the leaders of the
+profession in the province. He was created a king’s counsel
+by the Marquis of Lansdowne in 1887 and became a member of
+the council of the bar in 1889. For some years he filled the
+position of crown prosecutor for the district of Montreal and has
+frequently pleaded before the judicial committee of the privy
+council in England, having charge of important cases from Canada.
+He became city attorney of Montreal in 1898 and in the discharge
+of his official duties has won high honors and encomiums. He has
+always enjoyed a large private practice and in following his
+profession has been associated successively as law partner with
+Sir J. A. Chapleau, Q. C., the Hon. J. A. Mousseau, Q. C. and the
+Hon. W. W. Linch, Q. C. He has written quite extensively on legal
+subjects for the newspaper and magazine press and is the author
+of a number of published volumes, including: Jacques Cartier,
+an Historical Drama (1879); Etude Legale sur l’Université Laval
+à Montreal (1880); Institutions Municipales (1887); Le Barreau
+Canadien au Conseil Privé (1889); Généalogie de la Famille
+Archambault, 1620-1890 (1891); La Bourgeoisie au Canada, Two
+Lectures (1894); The Criminal Forum in Canada (1895); and Etude
+de Moeurs Judiciares (1897). His opinions upon involved legal
+questions are largely accepted as authority by the profession
+and the public. He served as batonnier or president of the
+Montreal bar in 1912 and 1913. In addition to his law practice he
+is one of the directors of the Rolland Paper Company.
+
+Mr. Archambault was married in Montreal in June, 1873, to Miss
+Ernestine, the eldest daughter of the late Senator Rolland,
+of Montreal. In religious faith Mr. and Mrs. Archambault are
+Catholics, and his political belief is that of the conservative
+party. He belongs to the Canadian Club and those who meet him
+socially find him an entertaining, genial and cultured gentleman
+whose ways are those of refinement and whose word no man can
+question. The Montreal Star has said of him: “His career has
+been marked with continuous success and great devotion to the
+legal profession.” His prominence is the logical outcome of well
+developed talents and powers and he is justly accounted today one
+of the leaders of the provincial bar.
+
+
+JOHN CLEMENT NEUFVILLE BADGLEY.
+
+The Badgley family is one of the old and prominent families of
+Montreal, their connection with the city’s history dating back to
+1785.
+
+Four generations of this family have been prominently identified
+with the city’s business and professional interests. John C. N.
+Badgley, active in business circles for many years, remained a
+resident of this city from his birth on December 7, 1856, until
+his death on March 7, 1906.
+
+He was a son of the Hon. William Badgley, D. C. L., one of the
+eminent representatives of the judiciary of the province, and a
+nephew of Dr. Francis Badgley, one of the most prominent members
+of the medical profession of his day and an early member of the
+McGill College faculty. Dr. Badgley died in England where he
+resided the latter years of his life.
+
+Hon. William Badgley, whose entire life was spent in Montreal,
+was born in this city, March 27, 1801, his parents being Francis
+and Elizabeth (Lilly) Badgley. The father, a representative of
+an old Derbyshire family, was born in London and for years was a
+well known Montreal merchant. He was likewise a recognized leader
+in political circles and represented his city in the provincial
+parliament from 1801 until 1805. The father of the Hon. William
+Badgley, Francis Badgley, was one of the early settlers of
+Montreal, arriving in 1785. Francis Badgley became one of the
+prominent fur merchants in Montreal and married Elizabeth Lilly,
+daughter of John Lilly.
+
+William Badgley, after pursuing his more specifically literary
+education with the Rev. Alexander Skakel, studied law in Montreal
+and was admitted to the bar in November, 1823. He entered at
+once upon active and successful practice, was created queen’s
+counsellor in 1847 and received the honorary degree of Doctor
+of Civil Law from McGill University in 1843. For about twenty
+years he practised his profession in Montreal and gained
+distinction as a barrister. He was also the author of a work
+called Remarks on Registrar’s Office which was published in
+1837. In 1840 he was called to public life in his appointment
+as commissioner of bankrupts, in which capacity he served until
+1844, when he was appointed circuit judge. He was also secretary
+of the Constitutional Association which aided in the reunion
+of the Canadas in 1841 and two or three years before that act
+was consummated he was one of the delegates sent to England to
+further the movement. He continued upon the bench as circuit
+judge until 1847 and then resumed the private practice of law.
+Judicial honors, however, were again conferred upon him when
+on the 27th of January, 1855, he was appointed puisne judge of
+the superior court of Lower Canada, so continuing until the
+1st of September, 1862, when he was transferred to the court
+of queen’s bench as temporary assistant judge. Later he was
+appointed puisne judge of that court on the 17th of August, 1866,
+and after presiding over its proceedings for eight years was
+retired on a pension in June, 1874, because of partial deafness.
+Devotedly attached to his profession, systematic and methodical
+in habit, sober and discreet in judgment, calm in temper,
+diligent in research, conscientious in the discharge of every
+duty, courteous and kindly in demeanor and inflexibly just on all
+occasions, these qualities enabled his honor, William Badgley,
+to take first rank among those who have held high judicial
+offices in the province. His reported opinions are monuments to
+his profound legal learning and superior ability. They show a
+thorough mastery of the questions involved, a rare simplicity of
+style and a remarkable terseness and clearness in the statement
+of the principles upon which the opinions rest. His name is
+also interwoven with the history of legislation for he sat for
+Missisquoi in the Canadian assembly from 1844 until 1851, and
+for the city of Montreal from the latter date until the general
+election in 1854. He was a member of the executive council and
+attorney general for Lower Canada from April 23, 1847, to March
+10, 1848. He always gave stanch allegiance to the conservative
+party, feeling that in its principles lay the strongest elements
+of good government. His fraternal connections were with the
+Masons, and he was district and provincial grand master for
+England from December, 1849, until his demise.
+
+With him passed away one of the links which have bound the
+bustling men of middle age today with a generation of which
+the youth of today know but very little, of men more proud and
+precise in their manners than we are, and whose courtesy and
+politeness was a part of their daily life. The loss of their
+influence and example is no small one.
+
+In 1834, in London, England, Judge Badgley was married to Miss
+Elizabeth Taylor, the eldest daughter of Lieutenant Colonel J. W.
+Taylor of the Twentieth Regiment B. N. T. Six children were born
+to this marriage; the wife and mother passed away in 1874.
+
+John C. N. Badgley, youngest son of the Hon. William Badgley,
+pursued his education in Montreal high school and McGill
+University after spending some time as a student at Port
+Hope. When a young man he engaged in the coal business and
+was connected with that department of commercial activity in
+Montreal throughout his entire life. He became one of the active
+business men of this city, his energy and enterprise leading him
+into important, commercial relations and winning for him a high
+standing as a business man and citizen.
+
+He married Miss Mary E. Badgley, a daughter of Francis H. and
+Margaret (Drummond) Badgley of Ottawa.
+
+John C. N. Badgley not only figured prominently in commercial
+circles but was also a well known member of the Board of Trade,
+a past master of St. Paul’s Lodge of Masons and a member of the
+Christ Church cathedral. His death on March 7, 1906, left a
+widow, son and daughter. The latter, Elizabeth Ruth, married
+October 10, 1913, John William Shaw of Montreal, while the
+former, Clement Montagu, was born September 17, 1886, in Montreal
+and is the fourth generation of the Badgley family that have
+been connected with Montreal’s business interests. He finished
+his education in this city and after spending some time in
+travel abroad, concluded to enter upon a business, rather than
+a professional, career. He was in the employ of the Liverpool
+& London & Globe Insurance Company for a time, after which he
+became assistant head clerk for the Atlas Insurance Company.
+With the valuable experience thus gained, Mr. Badgley entered
+the insurance and real-estate business on his own account, and
+at once secured a clientele that gave him a high position among
+the best class of men in this line of business. He subsequently
+became associated with David A. Lewis, as the firm of Lewis
+& Badgley, in real estate and insurance, with offices in the
+Merchants Bank building.
+
+Mr. Badgley is a member of the Montreal Amateur Athletic
+Association, and the Canadian Club.
+
+
+JAMES ROSS.
+
+For almost a half century James Ross was intimately associated
+with the growth and development of Canada and was an active
+factor in establishing, building and promoting many of the
+leading national and municipal railways of the country. It was
+under him that Sir William Mackenzie started his career and
+subsequently he cooperated with him in various enterprises
+throughout the world. He was also a long-time associate of Sir
+Sandford Fleming, Sir William Van Horne, Sir Thomas Shaughnessy
+and Lord Strathcona, more particularly in the ’80s, in the
+building of the Canadian Pacific Railway. He was also actively
+interested in the executive control of the Montreal and Toronto
+street railways from 1892. The extent and importance of his
+business interests and investments made him therefore a most
+prominent factor in the upbuilding and development of the country
+and his name is inseparably interwoven with the history of Canada.
+
+Mr. Ross was a son of the late Captain John Ross, merchant
+and ship owner, and Mary B. (McKedie) Ross, formerly of
+Newcastle-on-Tyne, England. His birth occurred in the year 1848
+at Cromarty, Scotland, and after attending Inverness Academy in
+his native land he continued his studies in England. His initial
+step in the business world brought him into connection with
+railway, harbor and water works in Great Britain. Following his
+arrival in America he was appointed, in 1870, to the position of
+resident engineer of the Ulster & Delaware Railway, of which road
+he afterward became chief engineer. In 1872 he acted as resident
+engineer of the Wisconsin Central Railway and subsequently
+held a similar position with the Lake Ontario Shore road. It
+was not long before his efficiency as an engineer won him wide
+recognition and he was offered the position of chief engineer of
+the Victoria Railway, of which he subsequently became general
+manager. He was one of the most successful railway builders and
+owners in the Dominion, the construction of the Canadian
+Pacific over the Rockies being due to his power of organization
+and engineering ability, and when Sir Donald Smith, later Lord
+Strathcona, drove the last spike of the road, no one of that
+historic group held a higher place in public regard in Canada
+than Mr. Ross.
+
+[Illustration: JAMES ROSS]
+
+His active operations in the field of railway construction
+included the building of the Credit Valley Railway in 1878-79
+and upon its completion he was appointed general manager of the
+road and also filled the position of consulting engineer of the
+Ontario and Quebec Railway. In the spring of 1883 as general
+manager of construction, Mr. Ross began at Swift Current the
+building of the Canadian Pacific Railway over the Rockies,
+the Selkirks and the Gold Range, and early in November, 1885,
+this stretch of six hundred and twenty-three miles ending at
+Craig Ellachie, was completed more than a year ahead of time,
+creating a record for fast railway building on this continent
+and evoking from Sir William Van Horne the statement that such
+a record meant millions to the Canadian Pacific Railway. It was
+during the building of the road over the mountains that Mr. Ross
+might be said to have discovered and subsequently came into
+close touch with William Mackenzie, Donald Mann (both since
+knighted), Herbert S. Holt and several others who later on took a
+front place among the railway magnates and financial leaders of
+Canada. In 1886 Mr. Ross brought about the settlement of location
+of the Canadian Pacific east of Montreal and the legislative
+difficulties attending the entry of the road into the state of
+Maine. Upon completing his arduous and complex task he took the
+contract for the construction of the remaining portion of their
+line not already provided for. The extensions and improvements of
+the Canadian Pacific created difficult tasks of civil engineering
+which were ably performed by Mr. Ross who at the same time
+considered the question of railway construction in South America
+for which he had options. The railways of the southern continent
+were to be built in Argentine and Chile and the options in those
+two republics alone amounted to over twenty million dollars. Mr.
+Ross was also interested in important contracts in Chicago and
+elsewhere.
+
+He established his home permanently in Montreal in 1888 and
+from this point supported his active professional interests,
+contracting and building the Regina and Long Lake Railways some
+two hundred and fifty miles in length. In 1889 he supervised the
+construction of the Calgary & Edmonton Railway, three hundred
+miles in length.
+
+Having proven his capability in the field of steam railway
+construction Mr. Ross, in 1892, largely concentrated his energies
+upon problems of street railway building and in connection with
+Sir William Mackenzie purchased the Toronto Railway from the
+city of Toronto. He afterward rebuilt the tracks and installed
+electric power in the operation of the road. In 1892 he undertook
+the reorganization of the Montreal Street Railway, changing
+it from horse car to electric service. He was at the head of
+the syndicate that purchased the franchise from the old City
+Passenger Railway Company. In the same way he converted the
+street railways of Winnipeg and St. John, New Brunswick, into
+electric lines and in 1896 he joined Sir William Mackenzie in
+the purchase of the tramway systems of Birmingham, England,
+and organized the City of Birmingham Tramways Company for the
+operation of the road under an electric system. In the following
+year he secured a charter and franchise from the government of
+Jamaica to build electric tramways on the island.
+
+The energy and enterprise of Mr. Ross seemed limitless. No matter
+how many and how important were the enterprises with which he was
+actively connected it seemed possible for him to take on others
+and become a factor in their successful control. He was one of
+the promoters of the Lake of the Woods Milling Company in 1887,
+chief promoter of the Columbia River Lumber Company in 1889 and
+of the Canadian Land and Investment Company in 1891. His opinions
+carried weight in the councils of various companies with which he
+was connected as a member of the board of directors, including
+the Bank of Montreal; Calgary and Edmonton Land Company, Limited;
+Canada Life Insurance Company; Canada Sugar Refining Company,
+Limited; Canadian General Electric Company, Limited; Laurentide
+Paper Company, Limited; Royal Trust Company; and Dominion Bridge
+Company and St. John Railway Company, of which two last named he
+was president.
+
+Writing of his business career a local paper said: “One of the
+most interesting periods of Mr. Ross’s life was that of his
+prominent connection with the Dominion Coal and the Dominion
+Iron and Steel Companies, lasting for a period of upwards of ten
+years. At a comparatively early stage of the development of the
+coal and iron industries on the island of Cape Breton, Mr. Ross
+with his customary business astuteness, foresaw the possibilities
+of great development, and decided to invest a considerable amount
+of his capital there. He became the owner of a large block of
+shares in the coal company, and after the promotion of the
+Dominion Iron and Steel Company in 1901 he became a director.
+As it was obvious that the interests of the two concerns would,
+if steel turned out a success, be very much bound up, Mr. Ross
+increased his holdings in coal until, in the same year, the Steel
+Company was launched, his interest became paramount, and he was
+placed in the position of being able to dictate the policy of
+the company. Having retired from active participation in many
+of the interests which made his earlier career such a busy one,
+he determined to give his personal attention to the development
+of his Cape Breton interests and with that object in view he
+accepted the office of vice president of the Dominion Coal
+Company and managing director of the Dominion Iron and Steel
+Company in 1901.
+
+“The succeeding years were destined to be full of business
+anxieties and lively contendings but his keen business ability
+and foresight brought him to the end of his active connection
+with the companies a much richer man than when he went in,
+despite the loss of the fight in the courts over the dispute
+about the terms of the contract for the supply of coal to the
+Steel Company, 1907-08.
+
+“Besides this fight Mr. Ross conducted the affairs of the Coal
+Company through disastrous fires which seriously affected the
+output of the mines, and labor troubles one of which was of
+a protracted and costly nature. Throughout all the various
+negotiations which were almost continuously carried on between
+the two companies for years, Mr. Ross found his paramount
+interest was in the Coal Company although he was financially
+and executively interested in both, so that eventually he
+withdrew from the steel board and gave his whole time to the
+Coal Company, becoming its president, a post he retained until
+December, 1909. In March, 1909, at the annual meeting of the
+Dominion Coal Company, Mr. Ross made an exhaustive statement
+concerning the relations of the two companies following the
+decision of the Privy Council in the preceding month, in which he
+justified the course taken by his company. He explained from the
+coal point of view, how the company had saved the Steel Company
+from bankruptcy at a critical time following the termination of
+the lease of the Coal Company to Steel in 1903 and the subsequent
+dispute which became acute in 1906 and reached the courts
+the following year. The final settlement of the terms of the
+judgment between the two companies and the eventual purchase of
+Mr. Ross’ interest in coal for four million, seven hundred and
+fifty thousand dollars, which took place late in 1909 when he
+retired from the presidency and Coal was amalgamated with Steel,
+concluded the most interesting and strenuous period of his career.
+
+“Although Mr. Ross had strong likes and dislikes he never
+hesitated to proclaim openly ability he saw in the make-up of
+a business opponent. A conversation during the progress of
+the Steel and Coal litigation brought out this characteristic
+to a marked degree. During that memorable conflict Mr. J. H.
+Plummer and Sir William Van Horne were perhaps more prominently
+in the firing line on the Steel side than any one else, while
+Mr. Ross for the Coal Company was the inner and outer defenses
+and commander-in-chief combined. He was asked one day while
+discussing the possibilities of Canadian Pacific Railway stock
+what would take place supposing anything happened to Sir Thomas
+Shaughnessy, whereupon Mr. Ross said: ‘This statement will
+surprise you, but Van Horne would have to go back,’ thus paying
+a high compliment to his chief adversary in the Steel-Coal
+conflict. The manner in which Mr. Ross came to the rescue of
+a very important brokerage firm, the head of which is now
+dead, the day following President Cleveland’s message on the
+Venezuelan situation was another indication, not only of his
+good heart, but general interest in the financial community. The
+market was in a bad way generally when the message to congress
+accentuated to such an extent the unrest and lack of confidence,
+that gilt-edged securities were without buyers, even at ruinous
+prices. The financier in question was desperately in need of
+funds and although his securities were of the best, the then
+general manager of the Bank of Montreal, who has also passed
+away, did not consider himself justified in making the advance.
+When James Ross heard of the affair he came forward and said:
+‘We cannot afford to allow this man to go to the wall, for if he
+goes half of St. François Xavier Street will tumble with him.
+Give him a million, take his securities and charge the amount to
+my account.’ Another public-spirited director assumed half the
+responsibility and a very grave financial smash was averted.
+
+“Mr. Ross was first president of the Mexican Light, Heat and
+Power Company and during his several visits to the Mexican
+capital was brought in contact with the then ruling spirits of
+the republic. He at once formed a very high opinion of the then
+president with whom Mr. Ross had several interesting interviews,
+touching the trade relations of Canada and Mexico, and with
+that never erring foresight he also stated to a friend on his
+return from the Mexican capital that if ever Diaz was forced
+to relinquish the helm of state, trouble would follow in the
+southern republic as it did not appear to the Montreal financier
+that there were enough of trained men around the then president
+to carry on successfully the affairs of that country, and the
+words of the former appear to have been prophetic.
+
+“Although having a commanding interest in many other
+establishments and industries Mr. Ross used to say that the Bank
+of Montreal, the Canadian Pacific Railway and the Dominion Coal
+Company were nearest his heart. He was a director in the first
+named institution since 1899, the largest individual shareholder
+in the great national railway system and up to a few years ago
+the president and the holder of five million dollars stock
+in the last named corporation. Mr. James Ross succeeded the
+late Mr. Hugh McLennan and had been in consequence director of
+the Bank of Montreal for fourteen years. Speaking of the loss
+that institution sustained in the death of Mr. Ross, its vice
+president and general manager, Mr. H. V. Meredith, said: ‘We have
+lost an eminently strong man and a sound adviser,’ while Mr. R.
+B. Angus, the president, spoke of him as a very able director of
+the bank and a warm personal friend.”
+
+About the time that Mr. Ross arrived in Canada the country
+was deeply engrossed in the discussion of free trade versus
+protection, and having seen the neighboring republic grow from
+an agricultural to a manufacturing community, and realizing
+what the same fiscal policy would do for Canada, he at once
+espoused the cause then championed by Sir John Macdonald and
+Sir Charles Tupper, both as regards the fiscal policy of the
+Dominion and their railway program as well. Mr. Ross was a
+moderate protectionist, believing that such a policy was
+mutually beneficial both to the manufacturer and consumer. He
+had seen such states as Illinois, Ohio, Minnesota and other
+agricultural sections of the Union vote for protection and often
+when apprehension was expressed over the probable outcome of a
+moderately protective tariff for the western provinces of Canada,
+Mr. Ross would reply that the establishment of eastern industries
+all over the west would soon convert the farmers of Alberta,
+Manitoba and Saskatchewan to protectionist ideas.
+
+In 1872 Mr. Ross was united in marriage to Miss Annie Kerr, a
+daughter of the late John Kerr of Kingston, New York, and sheriff
+of Ulster county. They had one son, John Kenneth Levison Ross,
+who married Ethel A. Matthews, a daughter of W. D. Matthews of
+Toronto, and they have two children, James Kenneth and Hylda
+Annie. Mrs. James Ross is deeply interested in organizations for
+promoting aesthetic tastes and is active in support of benevolent
+and charitable projects. She is a director of the Society of
+Decorative Art, vice president of the English section of the
+woman’s branch of the Numismatic and Antiquarian Society and is
+president of the Maternity Hospital of Montreal.
+
+Flags at half mast on the Bank of Montreal and the Royal Trust
+Company, on September 20, 1913, gave official announcement to the
+financial and business community that Mr. James Ross, director of
+the institutions, had passed away. It is fitting in a review of
+his life that one take cognizance of his many good deeds. Aside
+from his prominent activity in railway and financial circles,
+he was a man of marked public spirit and benevolence. In 1902
+he gave to Lindsay, Ontario, and the county of Victoria, the
+Ross Memorial Hospital as a memorial to his parents. Two years
+later Alexandra Hospital of Montreal received from him a gift of
+twenty-five thousand dollars and in 1910 he gave an equal amount
+to the Montreal Art Association of which he had long been a
+member and of which he was at that time the president. His total
+benefactions to the Art Association amounted to over a quarter
+of a million. In his will he made the following public bequests:
+to the Royal Victoria Hospital, the General Hospital and the
+Maternity Hospital each fifty thousand dollars; to Alexandra
+Hospital twenty-five thousand dollars; to the Montreal Art
+Association and to McGill University each one hundred thousand
+dollars and to the Ross Memorial Hospital at Lindsay, Ontario,
+twenty-five thousand dollars. He also remembered many of his old
+friends and took special care that his servants and employes
+should be provided for.
+
+Mr. Ross was identified with many public interests and ranked
+with loyal Canadians whose efforts have been effective forces in
+promoting general progress.
+
+He was a governor of McGill University, of the Royal Victoria
+Hospital, of the Alexandra Hospital and of the Protestant
+Hospital for the Insane at Montreal. He was likewise a trustee
+of Bishop’s College at Lennoxville, P. Q., and in 1900 he was
+appointed honorary lieutenant colonel of the Duke of York’s Royal
+Canadian Hussars. He took an active interest in yachting and was
+the owner of the Glencairn, which won the Seawanhaka-Corinthian
+cup for half raters in American waters in 1896. He subsequently
+bought the late Joseph Pulitzer’s large steam yacht, Liberty,
+of one thousand six hundred fifty tons, which he renamed the
+Glencairn, and in which he spent much of his vacation time in the
+Mediterranean. It might be interesting to note here that both the
+small half rater and the large steam yacht were named in memory
+of the large full-rigged ship Glencairn, which was owned and
+commanded by his late father, Captain John Ross, of Cromarty. Mr.
+James Ross was for many years commodore of the Royal St. Lawrence
+Yacht Club, and was honorary commodore for life, and was a member
+of the Royal Yacht Squadron.
+
+Mr. Ross was well known in club circles, holding membership
+in the Mount Royal, St. James, Forest and Stream, Canada,
+Montreal Hunt, Montreal Jockey, Montreal Racquet and Montreal
+Curling Clubs of Montreal; Rideau Club of Ottawa; Manitoba Club
+of Winnipeg; Toronto Royal Canadian Yacht and York Clubs of
+Toronto; Union Club of St. John, New Brunswick; Halifax Club of
+Halifax, Nova Scotia; New York Yacht and Manhattan Clubs of New
+York; Royal C. B. Yacht Club of Sydney, Nova Scotia; and the
+Constitutional Club of London, England.
+
+Following the demise of Mr. Ross the Gazette of September 22,
+1913, said editorially: “The history of James Ross is to some
+extent the history of the financial and creative progress
+of Canada. He has been associated with many of our greatest
+enterprises and always in positions of prominence and leadership.
+In any list of citizens whose financial power must be reckoned
+with in predicting the course of supreme events in this country,
+the name of James Ross would have stood near the top. Many of his
+fellow citizens will think of him, however, as a generous and
+discriminating collector and exhibitor of art. At a time when
+Montreal had not many men who both appreciated and possessed the
+financial ability to purchase splendid specimens of the best art
+which the old world has produced, James Ross entered that field,
+and soon made his private collection one of the things of which
+Montrealers were proud. The public generally have had a chance to
+admire some of his treasures at Loan Exhibitions; and, in this
+fashion, the pleasure and benefit of his collection have been
+widely shared.”
+
+Tributes of respect and regard were paid to Mr. Ross by people
+in every station in life. The high and the low, the rich and the
+poor did him honor. The following letter was received by his son,
+Mr. James K. L. Ross:
+
+“The engineers on the S. and L. were much surprised and deeply
+grieved when we heard that your father had passed away. Our
+deepest sympathy goes out to you in your sad bereavement. We all
+feel that we have lost a good and true friend. No other man we
+have worked for gave our men the feeling of security in their
+position that he did. We always were satisfied that if we did
+what was right no other influence could hurt us or our families.
+When some of us were unfortunate enough to err in judgment and
+our error cost the company quite a lot, in the usual course of
+railways the officials had nothing to do but severely discipline
+us. Your father used his own position not to discipline our men
+but to give them a good man’s advice, which has helped our men
+and also the company which he then presided over. Acts like these
+are never forgotten by railway men and there were many sincere
+expressions of sorrow heard when the news of his death flashed
+over our road. They have also instructed us to convey to your
+sorrowing mother our deepest sympathy in her trying hour.
+
+“On behalf of the S. and L. engineers, we are sincerely yours
+(Signed) D. W. Macdonald, chairman; Parker Holmes, secretary and
+treasurer; Hugh MacPherson, chief engineer.
+
+“Glace Bay, Cape Breton, Canada, September 20, 1913.”
+
+Another well merited tribute being from Principal Peterson of
+McGill University, who said:
+
+“The other day we were greatly gratified to learn that a member
+of the board of governors, the late James Ross, had remembered
+McGill University in his will to the extent of one hundred
+thousand dollars. Mr. Ross was one of our friends. His connection
+with the administration of the university had given him many
+opportunities of appreciating the difficulty of carrying on an
+institution whose needs in the very nature of things, are always
+outrunning its resources; and his kindly thought of us has
+touched a chord in our hearts that vibrates with gratitude and
+appreciation.
+
+“It is a melancholy pleasure to record also our indebtedness
+to Mr. Ross for much help and advice given as a member of the
+governing body of the university, especially in the department
+of mechanical engineering. Besides being a great and experienced
+engineer, he was a patron also of the arts and sciences. He took
+an active interest also in the well-being of our hospitals, and
+as they are in a sense university institutions, his bequests to
+the Royal Victoria and Maternity Hospitals may be cited here as
+additional reasons for gratitude. He was a man of high artistic
+culture, one who ‘loved that beauty should go beautifully.’
+Mere splendor without taste would always have been repellent
+to him. Perhaps his best memorial, apart from the magnificent
+collection of pictures which he got together with such care and
+discrimination, and which was the joy and pride of his wide
+circle of friends, will be the beautiful building on Sherbrooke
+Street to which he has contributed so largely as the permanent
+home of the Art Association. Such men lend valuable aid in the
+way of enabling a community to realize some aspects of its higher
+self.”
+
+
+WALTER R. L. SHANKS.
+
+Among the younger members of the well known and distinguished law
+firm of Brown, Montgomery & McMichael, advocates and barristers,
+is Walter R. L. Shanks. He was born March 20, 1886, at Millers
+Falls, Massachusetts. In 1908 he received from McGill University
+the Bachelor of Arts degree and in 1911 that of Bachelor of
+Civil Law. In July of that year he was admitted to the bar and
+has since been a member of the above firm. Mr. Shanks is a young
+lawyer of promise, and it may be said that his ability--or
+such ability as his opportunities have permitted him to
+demonstrate--entitles him to be included among those young men to
+whom the future holds out rich fields along professional lines.
+Mr. Shanks is socially popular and is a member of the University
+Club of Montreal and the Phi Delta Theta fraternity.
+
+
+GEORGE ALEXANDER BROWN, M. D.
+
+George Alexander Brown, M. D., one of the best known physicians
+of Montreal, his powers developing through the exercise of
+effort, was born in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, on
+the 28th of June, 1866. The Browns are one of the old families
+on that island and representatives of the name in different
+generations have been prominently identified with professional
+interests. The paternal grandfather of Dr. Brown was president
+of the Prince of Wales College, while the maternal grandfather
+was the leader of the government in Charlottetown for twenty-one
+years.
+
+Reared in the place of his nativity, Dr. Brown pursued his early
+education in St. Peters Boys’ School and subsequently continued
+his studies in Kings College University at Windsor, Nova Scotia.
+The classical course which he there pursued constituted the
+foundation upon which he built the superstructure of professional
+learning. Entering McGill University, he won the degrees of M.
+D. and C. M. from that institution where he graduated with the
+class of 1889. During the succeeding year and a half he was
+resident physician of the Montreal General Hospital, thus putting
+his theoretical knowledge to the practical test and gaining
+that broad and valuable experience which only hospital practice
+can give. For more than twenty years Dr. Brown has successfully
+followed his profession in Montreal and in addition to an
+extensive private practice is acting as physician to the Montreal
+Dispensary and is in charge of the tubercular clinic. He has
+been a close and constant student of his profession, interested
+in all that tends to bring to man the key to the complex mystery
+which we call life and his own investigations and research have
+resulted in bringing to light some valuable truths.
+
+In February, 1906, he submitted to the Montreal
+Medico-Chirurgical Society, a new treatment for consumption which
+he has used in his practice with great success. This consists of
+the injection into the human system of a solution principally
+of iodine and in April, 1912, he read before the International
+Tubercular Congress at Rome, Italy, a paper upon this treatment.
+He is a member of the Montreal Medical Society and keeps in close
+touch with the advanced work that is being done by fellow members
+of the profession through the perusal of medical journals and the
+latest contributions to medical literature as well as through his
+connection with medical societies.
+
+Dr. Brown was united in marriage to Mrs. Elizabeth (Conroy)
+Muldoon of Watertown, who by her former marriage had two
+children, William and Ella. Dr. and Mrs. Brown have become the
+parents of two children, Elsie and Basil. They have a wide
+acquaintance socially and are connected with the Unitarian
+Society, while Dr. Brown is also a member of the University Club.
+Year by year has marked his steady progress in his profession,
+and today his position of prominence is accorded him by the
+consensus of opinion on the part of colleagues and contemporaries.
+
+
+SIR EDWARD SEABORNE CLOUSTON.
+
+High on the keystone of Canada’s financial arch was inscribed the
+name of Sir Edward Clouston, of whom a leading journalist wrote:
+“He was one of the mainsprings of Canada’s progress.” Not only
+did he achieve notable results in his own career but was also
+the adviser and counsellor of many who have stood highest in the
+public life and activities of the Dominion, and thus a notable
+figure passed from the stage of earthly activities when he was
+called to his final rest on the 23d of November, 1912. He was
+then still in the prime of life, his birth having occurred at
+Moose Factory on James Bay, May 9, 1849, his parents being James
+Stewart and Margaret Clouston. The father, a native of Stromness,
+Orkney, Scotland, was a chief factor in the Hudson’s Bay service.
+The mother was the eldest daughter of Robert S. Miles, also
+prominently connected with the Hudson’s Bay Company. Sent to
+Montreal to continue his education, the son became a pupil in
+the high school, of which Aspinwall How was then head master.
+Subsequently he spent a year in the service of the Hudson’s Bay
+Company and then returned to Montreal when a youth of sixteen
+to become junior clerk in the Bank of Montreal, entering that
+institution in 1865. This was the initial step in his successful
+career as one of Canada’s foremost financiers. In his twentieth
+year he was appointed accountant at Brockville and two years
+later was transferred to Hamilton in the same capacity. In
+1874 he became assistant accountant at Montreal, was attached
+to the London, England, office and also to the New York office
+in 1875. Five years later he was made manager of the Montreal
+branch and in 1887 was promoted to the position of assistant
+general manager. In 1889 he became acting general manager and
+from 1890 was general manager, being called to that position
+of grave and great responsibility when but forty-one years of
+age. Throughout the years of his connection with the bank he had
+ever in mind, not only the interest of the shareholders, but also
+the welfare of his subordinates, many of whom received from him
+unusual consideration and kindness. Sir Edward Clouston’s tenure
+of office in the Bank of Montreal was longer than that of any of
+his predecessors, the presidency during these years having been
+filled by Sir Donald Smith, afterward Lord Strathcona and Mount
+Royal; Sir George Drummond and Mr. R. B. Angus. In retiring from
+the general managership Sir Edward Clouston retained the vice
+presidency, which he had held since Sir George Drummond became
+president in 1906. In his official capacity as vice president
+he regularly attended the board meetings and never ceased to be
+in close touch with the important affairs and interests of the
+bank. The prominent place which he held in the regard of the
+leading financiers of the country is shown by the fact that he
+was again and again elected to the presidency of the Canadian
+Bankers Association. He was thus in constant touch with the
+financial world and his advice upon matters connected with it
+was frequently sought by the different finance ministers of the
+Dominion, for no man in Canada had a surer grasp of difficult
+financial problems, and his genius in this respect was an
+enormous asset to the great institution with which he was so long
+connected. His discernment was keen and his insight enabled him
+readily to recognize the possibilities and probable outcome of
+any business situation. The Montreal Herald spoke of him as “a
+man of few words, of unerring accuracy in his judgments and of
+a caution in business transactions which, while it protects the
+bank from loss, does not hinder its development.” The Montreal
+Witness said: “Sir Edward Clouston possesses in extraordinary
+degree that sixth sense of the banker--intuition as to character,
+rapid analysis of method, what is in a proposition from the first
+chapter to the last--in short knowing who and what to trust.”
+It was these qualities which made his cooperation sought in
+various directions and brought him prominently before the public
+in various important commercial and financial connections. He
+was vice president of the Royal Trust Company; a director of
+the Guarantee Company of North America, the Canadian Cottons,
+Limited, the Canada Sugar Refining Company, the Ogilvie Flour
+Mills Company, the Kaministikwia Power Company. He was chairman
+of the Canadian board of the Liverpool & London & Globe Insurance
+Company and the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York. His
+cooperation and support extended to various other projects of a
+public or semi-public character, and at all times he manifested a
+deep interest in those projects relating to general progress and
+improvement or the betterment of social, intellectual, political
+and moral conditions. He was vice president of the Parks and Play
+Grounds Association and The Crematorium, Limited, was president
+of the Royal Victoria Hospital and a governor of the Montreal
+General, Montreal Maternity, Alexandra and Western Hospitals,
+the Protestant Hospital for the Insane, the Fraser Institute,
+the Montreal Dispensary, the Victorian Order of Nurses, and
+McGill University. In 1910 he was one of the principal promoters
+of the Typhoid Emergency Hospital and was a member of the
+executive committee of the local branch of St. John’s Ambulance
+Association. He was honorary treasurer of the King Edward VII
+Memorial Fund and of many other commemorative and charitable
+funds. He was a patron of art, and possessed many fine pictures
+himself, while the Montreal Art Association numbered him as one
+of its counselors as well as one of its generous benefactors.
+Sir Edward Clouston was also well known as a sportsman, taking
+an active interest in early life in football and lacrosse, and
+he was also a well known racquet player. He was captain of the
+Canadian team which played the Harvard University Football Club
+in 1875. He was president of the Montreal Racquet Club in 1888
+and was appointed a trustee of the Minto challenge lacrosse cup
+in 1901. Sir Edward was ever willing to encourage the amateurs
+in sports, and in addition to those already mentioned he was
+a devotee of snowshoeing and fancy skating. In later years he
+became an enthusiastic yachtsman, motorist and golfer. He was
+also a clever swimmer himself and did a great deal to advance the
+sport in many ways. He was the donor of a trophy for competition
+among the members of the Royal Life Saving Station, which is
+being competed for annually, and many other such trophies were
+presented through his generosity. When the Rugby Club was
+organized as a branch of the Montreal Athletic Association he
+became an active executive officer. He was one of the trustees of
+the Stanley cup in the early days of its competition and acted as
+an official at many of the championships held under the auspices
+of the Amateur Skating Association of Canada.
+
+[Illustration: SIR EDWARD S. CLOUSTON]
+
+In November, 1878, Sir Edward Clouston married Annie, youngest
+daughter of George Easton, collector of Her Majesty’s customs
+at Brockville, Ontario. Lady Clouston, who survives him, keeps
+up the beautiful and historic estate at St. Annes, known as
+Bois Briant, which was the pride and delight of Sir Edward’s
+later years, and she also maintains the home at No. 362 Peel
+Street in Montreal, known so long as the city residence of the
+general manager of the Bank of Montreal. This was Sir Edward’s
+favorite title. President and vice president appealed to him
+but little; it was as an administrator that he won and held his
+fame. He was mentioned as successor to Lord Strathcona as high
+commissioner for Canada in Great Britain in 1909. The previous
+year he had been created a baronet and in 1911 he was appointed
+a Knight of Grace of the Order of the Hospital of St. John of
+Jerusalem in England. He was one of the best known club men of
+Canada, belonging to Mount Royal Club; St. James Club; Auto and
+Aero Club; Forest and Stream Club; M. A. A. A.; Montreal Hunt
+Club; Montreal Jockey Club; Royal Montreal Golf Club; Royal St.
+Lawrence Yacht Club; St. George Snowshoe Club; Toronto Club and
+York Club, Toronto; Rideau Club, Ottawa; Manhattan Club, New
+York; and Bath Club and River Thames Yacht Club, London, England.
+
+In a review of his life history many points stand out
+prominently. Within a quarter of a century he rose from an humble
+position in the bank to that of general manager and remained
+vice president until his demise. He was the recognized leader of
+finance, whose counsel was sought and valued in connection with
+the greatest undertakings. His business genius and public spirit
+went hand in hand and each constituted factors in the progress
+and upbuilding of Canada and in the development and promotion
+of the country’s interests. His influence was far-reaching and
+effective as a force in national prosperity and greatness.
+
+One who knew Sir Edward best summed up his character in the
+following article, which appeared in the journal of the Canadian
+Bankers Association after his death: “In life Sir Edward
+Clouston was a man of few words and I have felt that silence is
+my most fitting tribute to his memory. He was not an ostentatious
+man; he employed neither press agents nor stage managers. Many of
+his generous actions are known only to the writer of these lines;
+many others are known only to his Maker.”
+
+
+PHILIBERT BAUDOUIN.
+
+Philibert Baudouin, who has been a representative of the notarial
+profession since 1858, although for some years his attention
+was given to finance, was born at Repentigny, Quebec, April 27,
+1836. He is a descendant in the direct line of Jean Baudouin,
+who was here bartering with the Indians as early as 1656,
+fourteen years after Montreal was founded by de Maisonneuve. In
+a fight with the Iroquois in 1660, when he killed one of their
+chieftains, Jean Baudouin was taken and led as a prisoner to the
+enemy’s country, whence he returned eighteen months afterward,
+having in the meantime learned the Iroquois language. A short
+time subsequent to his return he married and soon settled in
+the parish of Pointe-aux-Trembles, where he died peacefully. He
+had lost his eldest son in an ambush laid by the same astute
+foes in 1690. One of his sons, François, took a farm from the
+Seignior on L’Assomption river in 1699, near the present site of
+Charlemagne, and a few years afterward, in 1716, purchased the
+homestead on the north bank of the river St. Lawrence, in the
+parish and Seigniory of Repentigny, where he went to live and
+there spent his remaining days. This homestead remained in the
+family for almost two centuries, passing from father to son for
+four generations. François Baudouin left it to his son Pierre,
+who married three times and left it to his son Raymond. Raymond
+was drowned and his widow made a gift of it to their son Pierre.
+From this last Pierre Baudouin it went to Zoel Baudouin, one of
+his sons, whose daughter and only heir, Mrs. Edmond Robillard, of
+St. Paul l’Hermite, sold it to its present owner, Mr. Dechamp.
+
+Philibert Baudouin is a son of Pierre and Marguerite (Etu)
+Baudouin, the latter, like her husband, belonging to one of the
+old families established in this province in the seventeenth
+century. The mother’s name was then written Estur, which has
+since been wrongly changed to Hetu. The family name Baudouin
+should be so spelled instead of Beaudoin, as so often met with
+at the present time. It is derived from two Saxon words, bald
+and win, and was latinized by the early chroniclers, becoming
+Balduinus, which was later translated into French as Baudouin
+but remained Baldwin in English. The first one who settled in
+Montreal very properly signed his name Jean Baudouin, as may be
+seen on the old records in the clerk’s office, and in France it
+is still written in the same way. Besides being a progressive
+farmer Pierre Baudouin was a church warden and a captain in the
+militia.
+
+Philibert Baudouin was educated at L’Assomption College, in the
+town of L’Assomption, where he pursued a full classical course,
+completed in 1854. He then prepared for the notarial profession,
+to which he was admitted in 1858. In 1860 he settled for
+practice in the town of Iberville and after nearly fifteen years
+devoted to the profession he turned his attention to finance,
+devoting his energies and activities thereto until 1893, when
+he removed to Montreal and resumed the practice of the notarial
+profession. He has now passed the seventy-eighth milestone on
+life’s journey, but is still an active man. From 1862 until 1873
+he was county clerk, clerk of the circuit court for the county
+of Iberville and town clerk of Iberville, his decade of public
+service being characterized by the utmost fidelity to duty. His
+financial activities covered nearly twenty years as bank manager
+in St. Johns, Quebec.
+
+On the 22d of August, 1864, in St. Johns, Mr. Baudouin was
+married to Miss Caroline A. Marchand, a daughter of Louis
+Marchand, deputy protonotary at St. Johns, and of Delphine
+Phineas. Mrs. Baudouin belongs to the old Marchand family
+which settled in St. Johns in the early part of the nineteenth
+century. There were three brothers, François, Gabriel and Louis,
+the second being the father of the Hon. F. G. Marchand, late
+premier of the province of Quebec. Her mother was a daughter of
+Isaac Phineas, for a long time agent at Maskinonge, of Seignior
+Pothier’s estate, and who was an intimate friend of the Hart
+family of Three Rivers. Seven sons and two daughters have been
+born of the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Baudouin, Philibert,
+Annette, Gustave, Rodolphe, Joseph, Jean, Charles, Louise and
+Oscar. The elder daughter became the wife of Dr. J. C. Tasse, of
+Worcester, Massachusetts. Gustave married Augustine Hardy, of
+Quebec. Joseph wedded Julie Caty, of Montreal. Jean married Alice
+Hamilton, of Montreal. Oscar married Hilda Julien, of Montreal.
+Louise is the wife of Alfred Masson, of Valleyfield, a grandson
+of Dr. L. H. Masson, who took a leading part in the troublous
+times of 1837-38.
+
+Mr. Baudouin is a supporter of the old conservative party,
+but has never taken a leading part in the political contests,
+especially so in his advanced years, when he recognizes the fact
+that political leaders too often are using their power for their
+own preferment instead of the public good.
+
+
+JOSEPH ADELARD DESCARRIES, K. C.
+
+In every community there are men of broad charity and intelligent
+public spirit, of high integrity and sincerity of purpose and
+of resourceful business ability who are marked as leaders in
+development. Worthy of being classed with men of this character
+is Joseph Adelard Descarries, one of the eminent members of
+the Montreal bar and a man whose name figures in connection
+with the legislative history of the province as well as in the
+court records. Mr. Descarries is a representative of one of the
+oldest families of the province and one whose members have been
+identified with its growth and development since the earlier
+periods of settlement. He was born at St. Timothee, in the county
+of Beauharnois, Quebec, November 7, 1853, the youngest son of the
+late Pierre and Elizabeth (Gougeau) Descarries.
+
+Having mastered the branches of learning taught in the public
+schools of his native village, Joseph A. Descarries afterward
+attended Montreal College, McGill University and Laval University,
+graduating from the latter in 1879, with the degree of LL. L. He
+studied law under Hon. Sir Alexander Lacoste and was called to
+the bar in 1879, at which time he began practice as an advocate.
+He was created a king’s counsellor by the Earl of Derby in 1893
+and for more than a third of a century he has been continuously
+and successfully engaged in law practice in Montreal, where he
+has been accorded an extensive and distinctively representative
+clientage.
+
+[Illustration: JOSEPH A. DESCARRIES]
+
+His public work, too, has been of an important character and has
+indicated his loyalty to the highest standards of government.
+For nine consecutive years he was mayor of Lachine, giving to
+the city a businesslike and progressive administration. In 1892
+he was elected for Jacques Cartier county to the legislative
+assembly, but resigned in 1896, in which year he unsuccessfully
+contested a seat in the house of commons. Since that time he has
+taken no active part in politics aside from exercising his right
+of franchise and standing stanchly in support of principles and
+measures in which he believes. He is now president of the Lachine
+Conservative Club and is also president of the St. Jean Baptiste
+Society of Lachine.
+
+Mr. Descarries is the largest private owner of real estate
+in Lachine, his holdings including some of the finest
+residential properties surrounding Montreal. Some years ago
+he purchased a tract of land eleven acres in width from the
+Allan family, comprising a most attractive piece of property,
+which he developed and thus added greatly to the upbuilding
+of the district. He is the owner of one hundred and fifty-two
+houses, erecting all of them save one, and in their building
+substantiality has always been a feature. Unlike the usual
+structure built merely to sell, Mr. Descarries has aimed at
+the creation of an estate the ultimate value of which cannot
+help but become immense. As an illustration of the change in
+realty values, caused by improvements and transformation of
+surroundings, it may be cited that Mr. Descarries some years
+ago purchased a tract of land of four hundred acres, on which
+the taxes were at that time approximately eighty dollars,
+while today for less than one-third of this land which he owns
+the taxes are more than three thousand dollars. It would be
+difficult to estimate the value to a community of operations
+of this character. Mr. Descarries has taken an active part in
+the upbuilding of industrial interests, and his influence has
+been an important factor in securing for Lachine a number of
+valuable industries, all of which have materially contributed
+to growth and development for the city, enabling it to take a
+prominent rank among Montreal’s suburban cities. Among his other
+business connections Mr. Descarries is president of the Wealthy
+Mines Company, Limited, and a director of Les Champs d’Or Rigaud
+Vaudreuil.
+
+In 1881 Mr. Descarries was married, at Chateauguay, Quebec, to
+Miss Marie Celina Elmire, a daughter of A. N. Le Pailleur, a
+notary public of Lachine. The marriage ceremony was performed
+by Monseigneur Charles Edward Fabre, archbishop of Montreal.
+Mrs. Descarries is a graduate of Mount St. Marie Convent and
+is a lady of superior intelligence and high qualities of mind.
+Their children are as follows. Joseph A. P., who was graduated
+from McGill University, specializing in chemistry, founded the
+Lachine Gas Company, of which he is now the head. He married Miss
+Oliva Forgues, of Outremont, a graduate of St. Anne’s Convent at
+Lachine. They have two children, Olivette and Marcelle. Theophile
+N., who was graduated from Laval University, is an advocate,
+associated with his father under the firm name of Descarries &
+Descarries. He married Miss Marie Anne Huot, a daughter of Dr. G.
+Huot, of Beauharnois, and they have one child, Anne Marie. Aimee,
+a graduate of St. Anne’s Convent of Lachine, is a young lady of
+unusual artistic taste and skill. Her work as a painter on china
+shows exceptional merit and includes some of the finest specimens
+of this decorative art exhibited by Canadian artists. Adelard, a
+graduate of Mount St. Louis College, is now a student at l’Ecole
+des Hautes Etudes. Marie Rose will graduate from St. Anne’s
+Convent of Lachine in the class of 1914. Auguste, a student at
+St. Mary’s College, is a young man of unusual talent and promise,
+whose ability as an organist is well known.
+
+Mr. Descarries’ pleasure and recreation have always been greatly
+augmented when in the company of his family, whose entertainment,
+like their rearing and education, has never been neglected.
+Estimating highly the value of education, he has extended to his
+children exceptional opportunities for intellectual development
+and they constitute a family that would be a distinct credit
+to any parentage. Both Mr. and Mrs. Descarries have always
+maintained a companionship with their children and have been
+so close to their interests, thoughts, purposes and plans that
+there has been little need for that parental discipline which
+is often a too pronounced feature in households. Confidence and
+mutual understanding have been the basis of the family relation,
+rendering this a most attractive household. The religious
+belief of the family is that of the Roman Catholic church, and
+Mr. Descarries has for several years been president of the
+St. Vincent de Paul Society. He is also a member of the Club
+Lafontaine, the Lachine Snowshoe Club and the Auto and Aero Club
+of Montreal.
+
+No history of Mr. Descarries would be complete without mention
+of the fact that he is a very public-spirited man, liberal and
+generous in his support of any movement for the public good and
+ever ready to lend his assistance to such movements as will
+contribute to the advancement of the city, province and Dominion.
+He has been a very successful business man, not only as regards
+the accumulation of property but as well in the high esteem in
+which he is held. He has all the elements of a man in whom to
+have confidence, dependable in any relation and in any emergency.
+His quietude of deportment, his easy dignity, combined with
+an innate courtesy and politeness, all contribute to a strong
+personality. The splendid use he has made of his time, talents
+and opportunities has equipped him for the important and valuable
+work he has been doing and which has given decided impetus to the
+city’s progress and improvement, upholding as well its legal,
+political and moral status.
+
+
+LOUIS GUYON.
+
+Capability and loyalty are the essential attributes of the man
+who would fill the office of chief inspector of industrial
+establishments and public buildings and properly perform the
+arduous and responsible duties thereby devolving upon him. Such
+a man is found in Louis Guyon, who has closely studied the
+subject of construction and all that relates to accidents which
+may occur in building operations. He is a native of the state
+of New York, having been born at Sandy Hill, Washington county.
+Boyhood, however, found him located in Montreal where he pursued
+his education, taking special courses in preparation for a
+commercial career. Almost throughout his entire life he has been
+in the public service. In April, 1888, he was appointed factory
+inspector and made a most capable official. He studied in every
+available way in order to know what should be required of factory
+owners and operators and just how far their responsibility
+extended in the protection of employes. He traveled widely in
+order to promote his knowledge of that character and he was a
+delegate to the Paris convention on accidents in 1889 and again
+in 1900. His qualifications were so thoroughly recognized that he
+was made chief inspector of industrial establishments and public
+buildings in January, 1901, and has since occupied this position,
+covering a period of thirteen years, his entire course being one
+which commends him to the continued confidence and support of
+the public. As inspector he has studied not only to find where
+fault may lie in the erection of buildings or in the care of
+employes, but has also studied the best methods of safeguarding
+the workers and in 1903 he founded the museum of appliances for
+the prevention of accidents. His reputation for efficiency in his
+special field continued to grow and in 1910 he was made president
+of the International Convention of Inspectors of Factories. No
+one is more deeply interested in this important work or realizes
+more fully the obligations which devolve upon the employer in
+his connection with his employes, and his work has constituted a
+campaign of education whereby the public has come to know what
+are the needs and demands of the hour and how best to meet them.
+
+
+GEORGE HADRILL.
+
+George Hadrill, secretary of the Montreal Board of Trade, is
+one whose opinions concerning business conditions are largely
+accepted as standard, because of his broad experience and his
+thorough study of matters effecting trade relations of the
+country. For more than a quarter of a century he has occupied
+his present position and has been called into conference in many
+trade councils. He was born in London, England, August 2, 1848,
+a son of George and Elizabeth (Bushell) Hadrill. His education
+was acquired in the metropolis, and he spent the earlier years
+of his business life in that city, arriving in Canada in 1874,
+when a young man of twenty-six years. Three years were devoted
+to business pursuits before he joined the staff of the Montreal
+Board of Trade in 1877. His fitness for the position is evidenced
+in the fact that by 1880 he had been promoted to the position
+of assistant secretary. Six years passed and in 1886 he was
+made secretary, so that he has now acted in that capacity for
+twenty-eight years. The occasion of the twenty-fifth anniversary
+of his acceptance of the position was fittingly celebrated, and a
+cabinet of silverware was presented him by the Montreal Board of
+Trade.
+
+His position as secretary brings him into close contact with
+business affairs and trade organizations throughout the world.
+He has been a delegate to several imperial trade congresses, the
+last being held in Sydney, Australia. By invitation he was a
+delegate to Newfoundland to assist in the formation of a board of
+trade there in 1909. He was presented in 1903 with a testimonial
+from British delegates to the imperial trade congress at Montreal
+in acknowledgement of courtesies and services rendered by him.
+In 1905 he was elected an honorary member of the International
+Board of Foreign Trade and was made honorary secretary of the
+King Edward memorial committee of Montreal in 1911. His position
+has brought him into close connection with many important civic
+and municipal projects with which the Board of Trade has been
+intimately associated.
+
+In 1891 Mr. Hadrill married Emmeline Lilian, the daughter of
+J. Albert Copland of Chelmsford, England. Mrs. Hadrill died in
+December, 1902. Mr. Hadrill has been a director of St. George’s
+Society of Montreal and is an Anglican in religious faith.
+The Montreal Herald has written of him that he is “a man of
+great natural abilities as a statistician and accountant.” “He
+possesses unusual qualifications for his office, which calls for
+a display of diplomacy, tact and social qualities as well as for
+purely business ability,” writes another paper, and this opinion
+is corroborated by all who have come in contact with him. While
+thoroughly systematic and methodical in managing the duties of
+his position, he has at the same time that ready resourcefulness
+which enables him to meet an emergency and secure from it the
+best possible results.
+
+
+CHARLES MELVILLE HAYS.
+
+The tales of heroic conduct in times of war will always arouse
+the enthusiasm and call forth the praise of those who hear them,
+but heroism is by no means confined to the men who wear their
+nation’s uniform and march to the sound of the bugle. It has been
+manifest where there were none to witness and none to record the
+story and with nothing but an individual sense of duty for its
+inspiration. The world thrilled with the story of the heroism
+of the men, who, in the silence of the night, gave women and
+children over to the care of the few who manned the lifeboats
+and quietly awaited death on the decks of the steamship Titanic
+when it sank on its maiden trip across the Atlantic, April 15,
+1912. Included in the great toll of human lives exacted by
+this catastrophe, was that of Charles Melville Hays, president
+of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railways and one of the foremost
+railroad magnates of his generation. His was the master mind
+in the development of the Grand Trunk Pacific and his work for
+the Grand Trunk Railway has become a part of the history of the
+Dominion. One of the elements of his success was that he was
+always essentially and strictly a railroad man, never dissipating
+his energies over too broad a field but concentrating his efforts
+along that single line of activity.
+
+A native of Rock Island, Illinois, Mr. Hays was born in 1856, and
+was but a child when his parents removed to St. Louis, Missouri,
+in which city he was reared and received his educational
+training. He was but a boy of seventeen when he started out in
+life on his own account as a clerk in the passenger department of
+the Atlantic & Pacific Railway. From that time on his advancement
+was continuous and rapid, solely the result of his thoroughness,
+efficiency and genuine merit. After a year he was transferred to
+the auditor’s department and later was called to a position in
+the office of the general superintendent, where his aptitude,
+enterprise and initiative were soon recognized. From 1878 until
+1884 he was secretary to the general manager of the Missouri
+Pacific Railroad and in the latter year was offered and
+accepted the position of secretary to the general manager of the
+Wabash & St. Louis Pacific Railway Company.
+
+[Illustration: CHARLES M. HAYS]
+
+In 1886 he was appointed general manager of the road and the
+following year became general manager of the Wabash Western,
+comprising all of the Wabash lines west of the Mississippi and
+also between Chicago and Detroit. In 1889 he was appointed
+general manager of the reorganized and consolidated Wabash
+system and controlled the important and manifold interests of
+the railway for six years or until he resigned to become general
+manager of the Grand Trunk, succeeding L. J. Seargeant. Five
+years later he left the Grand Trunk to take the position of
+president of the Southern Pacific Railway Company but remained
+in that connection for only a year, as the railway passed under
+the control of the Harriman interests, whose policy differed from
+that of Mr. Hays. About that time he received a communication
+from Sir Charles Rivers Wilson, again offering him the position
+of general manager of the Grand Trunk and he returned to the
+latter road late in 1901 as second vice president and general
+manager. His connection therewith was continuous from that
+time until his demise, and on the retirement of Sir Charles
+Rivers Wilson in October, 1909, he was appointed president. In
+the meantime his connection with railway interests constantly
+broadened, making him one of the notable figures in railway
+circles on the American continent. He became president of the
+Central Vermont Railway, the Grand Trunk Western Railway, the
+Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee Railway, the Toledo, Saginaw &
+Muskegon Railway, the Michigan Air Line Railway, the Chicago,
+Detroit and Canada Grand Trunk Junction Railway, the Detroit &
+Toledo Shore Line, the Southern New England Railway Company, the
+Canadian Express Company, the Grand Trunk Railway Insurance &
+Provident Society and of various corporations featuring largely
+as factors in commercial and industrial development. He was
+chosen to the presidency of the St. Clair Tunnel Company, the
+International Bridge Company, the Montreal Warehousing Company,
+the Portland Elevator Company and the New England Elevator
+Company. He also represented the Grand Trunk Western Railway as
+a director of the Chicago & Western Indiana Railway and Belt
+Railway of Chicago.
+
+In 1905 he was made a member of the permanent commission of
+the International Railway Congress and also a director of the
+United States Mortgage & Trust Company. He was a delegate to
+the Imperial Trades Congress in 1903. He became a director of
+the Royal Trust Company and the Merchants Bank of Canada and
+a director of the Canadian Board of the London & Lancashire
+Life Assurance Company. He was also a director of the Montreal
+Horticultural and Fruit Growing Association--a fact which
+indicated much of the breadth of his interests. His executive
+ability was sought as an element in the successful management of
+various benevolent, charitable and philanthropic enterprises.
+He was a governor of the Montreal General Hospital, a governor
+of the Royal Victoria Hospital and a governor of the McGill
+University. In 1907 he was decorated with the Order of the Rising
+Sun (third class) by the emperor of Japan.
+
+He was a man of remarkable personality. Obstacles and
+difficulties seemed but a stimulus for renewed effort on his part
+and he was never happier than when he could grasp an opportunity
+and utilize it to the fullest extent or untangle a knotty problem
+in railway management and control. Mr. Hays was a well known
+figure in club circles, belonging to the Mount Royal, St. James,
+Canada, Forest and Stream, Montreal Jockey, Montreal Hunt, St.
+Maurice Fish and Game Club and the Laurentian Club of Montreal
+and the Rideau Club of Ottawa. Sir Wilfrid Laurier had termed him
+“a valuable acquisition to Canada,” and the Montreal Witness said
+he was “a splendid example of what brains, pluck and industry can
+overcome and accomplish,” while the Montreal Standard styled him
+“a man of quiet dignity, whose sanity and strength are seen and
+felt in all his undertakings.”
+
+Mr. Hays was survived by his widow, who was Miss Clara J. Gregg,
+a daughter of William H. Gregg of St. Louis, Missouri, and
+four daughters, Mrs. George D. Hall, of Boston, Mrs. Thornton
+Davidson, Mrs. A. Harold Grier and Mrs. Hope C. Scott, of
+Montreal.
+
+One of the ships that hastened to the relief of the Titanic
+recovered the body of Mr. Hays, which was brought back to
+Montreal for interment and laid to rest following one of the most
+imposing funerals ever accorded a civilian in this city. Mr. Hays
+worshipped at the American Presbyterian church of Montreal and
+was one of its trustees, but retained his membership in the First
+Presbyterian church of St. Louis, Missouri, and in the memorial
+services held in the former on the 25th of April, 1912, a sermon
+by the Rev. Dr. McKittrick, pastor of the First Presbyterian
+church of St. Louis, following the death of Mr. Hays, was read.
+He said in part: “The colossal catastrophe of the seas which has
+so recently startled and dismayed the civilized world could not
+pass today entirely unnoted in the temples of the living God.
+Among those who went down to their unexpected and, it seems to
+our vision, their untimely death, there was no man who worthily
+had a higher position in the social, industrial and financial
+world than Mr. Charles M. Hays, president of the Grand Trunk
+Railway of Canada. Since commonly the boy is father of the man
+we might almost refer to him as ‘our Mr. Hays’ for he was once
+in our Sunday School, and afterwards a member of our Board of
+Trustees. His is an inspiring example to all our boys and to
+every boy in the land of what may be accomplished by rightful
+purpose, industry, determination, all these by the worthy motives
+which variously constitute character. It took all the elements
+which are found in a manly man to make first so notable a record
+as was his in this city, and then to create for himself the
+distinguished name and for his undertaking the great prosperity
+which concerning both the history of today reveals.”
+
+The following reference to Mr. Hays’ life and work was made at
+the close of public worship in the American Presbyterian church,
+Montreal, on Sabbath, April 28th. Dr. Johnston said: “The subject
+that we have been considering this morning has unavoidably
+suggested to you, as it has to me, many thoughts regarding the
+life, the death and the work of Mr. Charles M. Hays whose loss
+our land mourns today.
+
+“Much has already been said of Mr. Hays as the railway magnate,
+the man of enterprise, the devoted husband and father and the
+loyal friend. Upon these phases of his character I will not
+therefore further dwell, but there remains something to be said
+of that feature of his life which, though less conspicuous to
+the general public, nevertheless lay deep and strong behind
+all these other characteristics, and was indeed the inspiration
+of them. We all in this congregation know the large place which
+Mr. Hays gave to the work and worship of the church, and the
+readiness with which his time and influence were always lent
+to its interests. He loved the House of God. That love, in a
+measure, was doubtless the result of early training in a home of
+whose deep religious character he ever loved to speak in terms of
+affection and appreciation. It was also due in part to his deep
+sense of what he owed in his place of great prominence to the
+community at large, and to a younger generation in particular,
+in the way of example. Most of all, however, it was due to his
+appreciation of the place that worship should have in every
+life, and to his deep sense of the need of every soul for those
+things that the House of God and its services can give. This
+attitude instead of lessening, as in so many lives it does, as
+responsibilities increased, and honours accumulated, deepened in
+Mr. Hays with the passing years.
+
+“The continent-wide enterprises with which his name will always
+be associated were not simply enterprises and interests to him.
+They constituted a work, a ministry, which it was given him
+to administer for man, and through man for God. The tens of
+thousands for whom he had already thrown open the door of their
+exodus from European stagnation and oppression were his Israel,
+whom he, in God’s name, was leading out into liberty and larger
+life. These broad prairies and boundless stretches of Northern
+Saskatchewan and the Peace River district, those hitherto
+impassable Rockies, giving gateway to the flowering farmlands
+that slope toward the silver sands of the Pacific--these were
+his Canaan, which it was his to conquer, not with sword and
+clash of battle, but with genius and enterprise and the power of
+science, so that into the good ‘Land of Promise’ he might bring
+the oppressed peoples of the world, to make a nation strong in
+liberty and in righteousness.
+
+“Did time permit I could tell you much of how Mr. Hays carried on
+his great heart, the toiling multitudes of earth and their needs,
+and of how it was to him a vision glorious that he was permitted
+in some measure to contribute to their uplift and redemption. He,
+too, like Israel’s leader, had looked upon the burdens of the
+people. To us it seems that, like Moses, he has been permitted
+only to view his promised land from afar. On the threshhold of
+completion he has been bidden to lay down his work. A broken
+column? A work incomplete? Yes, if this world is all, and this
+life the only life, but if death is indeed for the life that
+lives in Christ, not extinction but expansion, not frustration
+but promotion, than surely in some other of the many mansions in
+our Father’s one great house, they still serve who have ceased
+from labor here, and work with gladness for the bringing in of
+that day when throughout all the universe of God there shall be
+nothing to hurt nor to destroy, but ‘God shall be all and in
+all.’”
+
+The press throughout the American continent united in tribute to
+Charles Melville Hays and under the caption of Montreal’s Loss
+the Gazette of April 19, 1912, said editorially: “Among the
+many places which will have home reasons for bearing the loss
+(April 15, 1912) of the steamship Titanic in sorrowful memory
+there will be few to rank before Montreal. Of residents who had
+won or were winning honorable places of usefulness in the city’s
+commercial life, no less than four ended their earthly career in
+the dark hours of Monday when the Atlantic waters closed over
+the wreck of what had been one of the world’s noblest vessels.
+First of these, of course, ranks Mr. Charles M. Hays, president
+of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railways and director and adviser in
+many allied and other enterprises. Mr. Hays came to Montreal as
+a stranger, when the condition and fortunes of the Grand Trunk
+Railway were low indeed. The life had apparently gone out of the
+direction and a great property, with greater potentialities, was
+in danger of passing into bankruptcy. He and his associates found
+their task harder also because they were strangers. It was only a
+little while, however, before the city and the country, as well
+as the proprietors of the railway, recognized that in the new
+general manager, which was the title Mr. Hays then had, they had
+a man who for capacity ranked with the highest in his profession.
+With a slight interruption Mr. Hays has had chief executive
+control since 1897 of the Grand Trunk Railway. In that time it
+has been lifted physically to the standard of a high class, well
+equipped road, with few superiors in America. Financially it
+has been so improved as to meet the interest charges on the new
+capital raised for betterments and has been able to pay dividends
+on some of the older issues that once seemed to have lost all
+value as investments. In late years he was a chief moving spirit
+in the projection and construction of the Grand Trunk Pacific
+Railway, which is now approaching completion. His work in these
+connections speaks of his executive ability louder than can words
+written or spoken. It is only to be added that in all relations
+of life, business or social, he was a plain, courteous and kindly
+gentleman, to whom all were ready to pay in full measure the
+respect that he deserved.”
+
+The memorial service read in the American Presbyterian church
+to which previous allusion has been made, was one of the most
+impressive ever held within the borders of Canada and the
+tributes to Mr. Hays on that occasion attested how high was the
+position which he held in the regard of business colleagues,
+of eminent educators, ministers and others. Principal Peterson
+of McGill University said in part: “We have done well to come
+together in this solemn manner, not to meet in a useless parade
+of grief and sorrow, but to pay a sincere tribute to the worth
+of one who has gone to his last reward and to express our
+sympathy to those who suffer the loss of one so dear, and who
+have scarcely yet survived the shock of their sudden bereavement.
+Our men died like heroes--in that last dread extremity they bore
+themselves nobly and well.
+
+“And I doubt not that foremost in fortitude was that
+great-hearted man who today is mourned throughout the world,
+Charles M. Hays, who was then eagerly returning to take his
+controlling part in those great enterprises with which his name
+will always be associated, and no doubt looking forward with joy
+to returning to his accustomed work and surroundings here. The
+vast transportation system over which he so well presided, and to
+which he gave fresh life, has just paid him well earned tribute
+in those moments of organized, concerted, silence stretching
+across this continent--the awed hush of reverent respect and
+tender sympathy from every section of the railway service and
+from every rank and class in the community at large. It was a
+moving incident, but only a slight indication of the esteem in
+which he was held everywhere, and of the loss which the railways
+and the people have sustained.
+
+“Mr. Hays came to Montreal in 1896, shortly after I came here,
+and since then it has been my privilege to know him well, and
+to meet him frequently in university and other affairs. Only a
+short time before Mr. Hays left for Europe I had a walk with him,
+when he talked to me of his plans for the future, and discussed
+university and other educational matters, with the grave and
+serious hope for future advancement which marked his thought.
+Little then did either of us think it possible that so terrible
+a disaster should cut short his vigorous and useful career. He
+was a real leader of men, a true captain of industry, carrying
+a huge burden of work and responsibility on his shoulders, and
+always carrying it as a strong Christian man should. We shall go
+forth from this solemn service to our customary duties, graver
+and sadder men. It may be that we shall not have the melancholy
+duty of following to the grave the remains of this man whose
+work interlinked a vast continent. He has found his grave in the
+ocean, and it may be literally said of him that the whole world
+is his tomb. Certainly his memory will not soon die; for long
+will the memory live of this impressive memorial of his sad fate
+and the sorrow of his stricken family. And when the far-reaching
+plans for which he stood sponsor are realized we shall often go
+back in thought to what this city, this dominion and the empire
+at large owes to the ability, the integrity and dauntless energy
+of Charles Melville Hays.”
+
+One of the glowing and well deserved tributes paid to the memory
+of Charles Melville Hays was spoken by Rev. T. S. McWilliams. D.
+D., of Cleveland, Ohio, who said: “The man whose loss we mourn
+today, and whose memory we would honor was not merely a national,
+he was an international figure. The great enterprise of which
+he was at the head, and, to an unusual degree the guiding and
+animating spirit, was not merely a national, but an international
+railway. It seems fitting therefore that one from the United
+States should have a small part in this memorial service. The
+humble tribute which I bring is not merely that of a former
+pastor--as such I was privileged to say a few words on Sunday
+last. Nor is my tribute that of a personal friend--as such my
+place would not be here in the pulpit, but in position with the
+mourners, amongst those who most deeply and genuinely feel a
+sense of personal loss. Mine is the privilege today of bringing a
+neighboring nation’s tribute, if you will; of assuring you that
+many of the American people share with you the sorrow and sense
+of loss which you feel so keenly. In the United States the late
+Charles M. Hays was born, and there he spent the larger part of
+his life. Of our country he remained a citizen to the last. Yet
+there were few men more genuinely devoted to the interests of
+Canada or more intelligently attached to British institutions
+than he. Few, if any, in Canada saw with clearer vision the great
+possibilities of the future of your country and believed more
+intensely in the great destinies of Canada.
+
+“To speak of Mr. Hays’ preeminent ability as a railway man is
+scarcely necessary. We have only to look around to see the
+monuments to his genius. There are two immense office buildings
+that ornament your city; there is that wonderful steel bridge
+over Niagara’s gorge and the great station at Ottawa. There
+is the rejuvenated and vastly extended Grand Trunk Railway.
+And, perhaps greatest of all, there is the Grand Trunk Pacific
+Railway, destined at no distant date to span this continent,
+making accessible natural resources of incalculable value, and
+bringing into practical part of the national progress vast
+regions at present inaccessible to the agriculturist. These are
+great enterprises which have attracted the admiring attention of
+the world and stimulated rival systems to greater activity, while
+bringing millions in money to your land, and, what means much
+more to you, an unprecedented tide of immigration. It is but just
+to say that such enterprises as these have been no small factor
+in the building up of that great progress and prosperity which
+characterizes Canada at the present time.
+
+“The credit of such achievements is, of course, to be shared
+with Mr. Hays’ earnest colaborers--and he would have been the
+first to give them such credit--but to Mr. Hays is certainly
+due the credit of the initiative. For a man at the early age
+of thirty-eight years to rise from the bottom of the ladder
+to the presidency of such a railway system as the Wabash, and
+later to be selected as president of the Grand Trunk, charged
+with its rehabilitation, and to so conduct its affairs that
+after only five years its securities had enhanced in value by
+eighty-six millions of dollars; to be called to the presidency
+of the Southern Pacific, and then called back again to the Grand
+Trunk to consummate yet vaster plans--these are proofs positive
+and sufficient of his preeminent railway genius. The tribute
+of silence in which we a few minutes ago reverently joined--a
+silence in which we were joined by that great army of employes
+from ocean to ocean--was not the silence of obedience to an
+enforced order. It was the genuine heart-felt tribute of men of
+all ranks to a leader whom they had loved and lost.
+
+“The contagion of his example spread through every part of
+that great system. Himself a hard and rapid worker his own
+example was a sufficient incentive to do away with indolence and
+incompetence. His presence anywhere on the system encouraged and
+thrilled to better work not by fear of the tyrant’s command to
+go, but they thrilled at the leader’s call to come.
+
+“Mr. Hays was first, last and all the time a great railway man.
+But it would be unjust to speak merely of that. He possessed
+other qualities that impressed me even more than that. He was
+throughout his life a man of lofty and unbending principle. I
+personally know that his early ending of his connection with
+a great railway system, sacrificing a position to which was
+attached great honor and an immense salary, and his going out of
+that office, not knowing whither he went, was a wonderful example
+of the triumph of principle over what appeared to be personal
+interests. It stands as a proof of Mr. Hays’ unwillingness to be
+the tool of a designing genius no matter what that might seem to
+offer him in the way of personal remuneration. And in the great
+positions he held it was his constant endeavor to be just to all.
+It was his endeavor by day and his prayer by night to always
+carry an even balance between the employes of his company and
+those who had invested their living in it with even justice to
+both. Knowledge of this permeated the whole system, and brought a
+realization amongst the men that the main endeavor of the leader
+was not to get out of the employes as much as possible and give
+them in return as little as possible, but that they were really
+working with, not for, their president, in the interests of all.
+
+“And he was a public-spirited man in many other spheres. That
+he was a generous friend of education is proven in that he
+was a governor of McGill University; that he was a benefactor
+to suffering humanity is shown by the hospitals of which he
+was a governor. But far more than these public positions were
+innumerable cases in which he proved himself a generous but
+unostentatious friend to the needy. And may I for a moment draw
+aside the sacred veil, and speak of his home life. As a father,
+husband, brother, comrade, to all in his household he was ever
+the genial, pure, high-minded Christian gentleman--the idol of
+his home, as he deserved to be. His religious influence was
+unmistakable and caused him inevitably to work for the right. I
+am confident that his deep religious sense of duty was at the
+bottom of much that we admire in his career--he was utterly
+honest, not because he believed it to be the best business
+policy, but because he had faith in the right; he was filled with
+genial optimism, not from blindness to the facts, but because he
+knew them.
+
+“That such lives should be allowed to be interrupted by such
+disasters as that we now mourn is a problem which cannot be
+satisfactorily answered. It may be said that no man’s place is
+impossible to be filled. But Methodism has never found another
+John Wesley, and the Grand Trunk will look and wait for long
+before it finds another Charles Melville Hays.”
+
+
+DOUGALL CUSHING.
+
+One of the most able, successful and progressive of the younger
+generation of professional men in Montreal is Dougall Cushing,
+connected with important legal interests as a member of the firm
+of Barron & Cushing, notaries. He is a native son of the city,
+born May 3, 1886, his parents being Charles and Lily (Macaulay)
+Cushing. The family is of old American establishment, the
+great-grandfather of the subject of this review, Job Cushing,
+having been born in Massachusetts in 1765. The father was born in
+May, 1848, and he was for a number of years the senior member of
+the firm of Cushing & Barron and known as an able and reliable
+notary. He was in addition a director in the Sun Life Assurance
+Company, on the board of governors of the Young Men’s Christian
+Association and deacon in Calvary Congregational church, a man
+of wide interests, high standards and useful and important
+accomplishments. His death occurred September 30, 1910. He and
+his wife became the parents of seven children, R. Macaulay,
+Dougall of this review, Charles, Arthur, Eric, Geoffrey and Edith.
+
+Dougall Cushing was reared in his parents’ home and acquired
+his preliminary education in the grammar and high schools of
+Montreal. He afterward attended McGill University, from which
+he was graduated B. A. in 1907 and B. C. L. in 1910. In the
+following year he established himself as a notary in his native
+city, associating himself with Robert H. Barron, his father’s
+former partner. The firm of Barron & Cushing is today, as it
+has been for many years past, one of the strongest of its kind
+in the city, for Dougall Cushing has followed closely in his
+father’s footsteps, and has proved himself brilliant, reliable
+and energetic in the conduct of his professional interests.
+
+Mr. Cushing belongs to Phi Kappa Pi, which he joined in McGill
+University and is a member of the Seventeenth Regiment, Duke
+of York’s Royal Canadian Hussars. He is one of the popular and
+enterprising young men of Montreal and has already gained a
+creditable place in a profession in which his superior merit and
+ability will undoubtedly win for him ultimate distinction.
+
+
+HON. SAMUEL GALE.
+
+Hon. Samuel Gale, one of the ablest members of the legal
+profession in his day, and a very prominent citizen of Montreal,
+died in that city on Saturday, April 15, 1865. He was the son
+of a Mr. Gale who, born in Hampshire, England, came to America
+in 1770 as assistant paymaster to the forces. He married there
+a Miss Wells, of Brattleboro, and soon after left the army, and
+took up his residence in the colony of New York. During the
+Revolution he stood firmly by the old flag under which he had
+served, and was for some time imprisoned as a loyalist. After the
+Revolution, he came to reside in Canada, upon an estate granted
+to his wife’s father by the crown, as indemnification for the
+losses brought upon him as a loyalist in the Revolution. He was
+subsequently secretary to Governor Prescott, whom he accompanied
+to England, and there assisted to defend him from the attacks
+made upon his administration. While there he wrote an essay on
+Public Credit, addressed and submitted to Pitt. The following is
+the inscription on his tombstone at Farnham, in Shefford county:
+
+“Here rests Samuel Gale, Esq., formerly acting deputy paymaster
+general of H. Majesty’s forces in the Southern Provinces, now
+the U. S. of America; subsequently Secretary to H. E. the
+Governor-in-chief of H. M. dominions in N. A.; Author of Essays
+on Public Credit, and other works; born at Kimpton Hants,
+England, October 14, 1748; died at Farnham, June 27, 1826.”
+
+Samuel Gale of this review was born at St. Augustine, East
+Florida, in 1783. He was educated at Quebec, while his father was
+secretary, and came to study law at Montreal under Chief Justice
+Sewell, in 1802, having Chief Justice Rolland and Mr. Papineau
+as fellow students. Mr. Gale was admitted to the bar in 1808,
+and ere long secured a large practice. In 1815 he was appointed
+a magistrate in the Indian territories, and accompanied Lord
+Selkirk when he went to the northwest. Later, when Lord Dalhousie
+was attacked for his Canadian administration, Mr. Gale went home
+as bearer of memorials from the English-speaking Lower Canadians
+in the townships and elsewhere, defending his lordship’s conduct.
+In 1829, he became chairman of the quarter sessions, and in
+1834 was raised to the bench to replace Mr. Justice Uniacke,
+who preferred to resign the seat on the bench to which he had
+just been appointed rather than come back to Montreal during the
+cholera, then raging here. Judge Gale retired from the bench in
+1849, forced into retirement by continued ill health and the
+gradual coming on of the infirmities of old age.
+
+[Illustration: HON. SAMUEL GALE]
+
+He had married in 1839 a Miss Hawley, of St. Armand West, by whom
+he had three daughters. Mrs. Gale died in September, 1849. Of the
+daughters the only one now living is Anna R., widow of T. Sterry
+Hunt, of Montreal, who is mentioned elsewhere in this work; while
+of the other two, Agnes Logan married Andrew Stuart of Quebec,
+a son of Chief Justice Stuart and of a very prominent family in
+that city, and the third became the Baroness von Friesen, who
+died December 10, 1875, in Berlin, Germany.
+
+Born of parents who had both suffered for their loyal adherence
+to the British Crown during the American Revolution, and educated
+in their views Mr. Gale was, as long as he busied himself in
+politics, a stanch conservative and defender of British unity and
+British supremacy. He wrote a series of letters to the Montreal
+Herald (in those days the organ of the stoutest conservatism)
+over the signature of “Nerva” which produced a strong impression
+on the public mind at that time; and in espousing the cause of
+Lord Dalhousie and upholding the old constitution (under the
+title constitutionalists taken by the conservatives of that day)
+against the advocates of democracy or responsible government, he
+was but consistently pursuing the course on which he first set
+out. While upon the bench he maintained in an elaborate and very
+able judgment the right of the Crown to establish martial law
+here in 1837, refusing to theorize about what abstract rights man
+had or ought to have, declaring simply and firmly what the law,
+as he read it, established the prerogative of the sovereign to be
+in a colony. Both as a lawyer and judge he won the respect of his
+confreres alike by his ability and learning.
+
+For many years previous to his death he was deeply interested in
+the freedom of the slave. He could not speak with patience of
+any compromise with slavery and waxed indignant in denunciation
+of all who in any way aided, abetted, or even countenanced it.
+When the Anderson case was before the Upper Canada courts he
+was one of the most active among those who aroused agitation
+here. When the Prince of Wales visited this country he got up a
+congratulatory address from the colored people of Canada which,
+however, was not received, as the prince was desired by the Duke
+of Newcastle, not to recognize differences of race and creed
+wherever it could be helped.
+
+Judge Gale was a man of high principle and ever bore an
+unblemished moral character. Once in his early career at the bar
+he was forced by the then prevailing customs of society to fight
+a duel. His antagonist was Sir James Stuart, who had quarreled
+with him in court and Mr. Gale was severely wounded. It was an
+event which, we believe, he profoundly regretted, and gladly saw
+the better day dawn when men ran no risk of forfeiting their
+position as gentlemen by refusing to shoot, or be shot at, in
+order to redress real or fancied insults. He was a scrupulously
+just man, most methodical and punctual in business matters. There
+were in his writings great care, and precision and clearness of
+language. In his letters, too, and even in signing his name, the
+same trait was observable. He often used to condemn the stupid
+custom of men who signed their names with a flourish, yet so
+illegibly that no one could read, but only guess at, the word
+intended. He was not ostentatious of his charities, yet they were
+not lacking. Some years before his demise he made a gift of land
+to Bishop’s College, Lennoxville, and during the last months of
+his life, when age and illness were day by day wearing him out,
+he found relief for his own distress in aiding to relieve that of
+the needy and afflicted.
+
+With him passed away one more of those men, who link the creative
+past, in which were laid the foundations of our civilization,
+with the bustling present and of whom the generation of today
+knows naught; of men more proud and precise in their manners
+than we are; and of such rectitude and sense of honor, that we
+feel deeply the loss of the influence of their example. A loyal
+subject, a learned and upright judge, a kind, true, steadfast
+friend, was lost to the community in Judge Gale.
+
+
+ROLLO CAMPBELL, M. D.
+
+Dr. Rollo Campbell, of whom it was said that no man ever spoke
+ill, was the son of Dr. Francis W. Campbell and was born in
+Montreal on the 6th of June, 1864. His life record covered a
+comparatively brief span. He was educated under private tutors
+and in Bishop’s College, where he pursued his professional
+course, being graduated from that institution at Lennoxville, P.
+Q., with honors in the class of 1886, at which time the M. D.
+degree was conferred upon him. His early professional experience
+came to him as interne in the Western Hospital at Montreal, where
+he remained for a year, gaining the wide knowledge and training
+that only hospital practice can bring. He then went to Europe,
+pursuing his studies in London and in Edinburgh. Upon returning
+to his native land he located in Montreal for practice and it was
+not long before he had established an enviable reputation as a
+conscientious, capable physician of untiring energy, thoroughly
+devoted to his profession and ever ready to do a kindness to
+those in need of his services. He was especially interested in
+surgery and his researches along that line were broad and varied.
+
+From the time of his graduation Dr. Campbell was on the teaching
+staff of Bishop’s College, first as demonstrator of anatomy,
+to which he was appointed in 1897, and later as professor of
+surgery. For many years he was on the consulting staff of the
+Montreal Dispensary and was one of the assistant surgeons of the
+Western Hospital, in which institution he was greatly interested.
+He was likewise an examiner for the New York Life Insurance
+Company.
+
+A feature in his professional connections was his service as
+surgeon for seventeen years of the Fifth Royal Scots of Canada,
+in which regiment he was very popular. At one time he was
+president of Bishop’s Medical College Graduates’ Society and he
+was physician to several fraternal societies. He also belonged to
+the Montreal Medico-Chirurgical Society and along more strictly
+social lines he was connected with the Metropolitan Club, the
+Montreal Military Institute and the Montreal Amateur Athletic
+Association. Of the latter he was a life member and was captain
+of the Bicycle Club of that organization.
+
+Dr. Campbell was married in Montreal in 1892 in St. Paul’s
+Presbyterian church to Miss Marion May Fletcher, a daughter of
+Henry Fletcher, who for thirty years was tide surveyor of the
+port of Montreal, and his wife, whose maiden name was Margaret
+Ann McInnes. Dr. and Mrs. Campbell became parents of two
+children: Gladys Agnes and Edith Margaret. The family circle
+was broken by the hand of death when on the 31st of May, 1904,
+Dr. Campbell passed away. Speaking of him at this time a fellow
+graduate of Bishop’s College said: “He was a fine fellow. I
+think I can safely say that I never heard anyone speak ill of
+him. He was kind and thoughtful and devoted himself to his work.
+In fact, I fear that he worked too hard on account of that
+conscientiousness which would not allow of his neglecting any
+seeming duty. He will be greatly missed, not only by his fellow
+practitioners, but by all who knew him and respected him.”
+
+
+ROBERT KURCZYN LOVELL.
+
+While Robert Kurczyn Lovell entered upon a business already
+established, he has displayed the enterprise and determination
+which are among his salient characteristics in the methods which
+he has followed in conducting his business affairs. Montreal
+numbers him among her native sons, but he comes of Irish and
+German ancestry. He is the eldest son of the late John Lovell,
+who was a prominent publisher of Montreal from 1835 until his
+death in 1893. His mother is Mrs. Sarah Lovell, a daughter of N.
+P. M. Kurczyn, who was a German merchant of Montreal.
+
+In the acquirement of his education Robert K. Lovell passed
+through consecutive grades to the high school. In 1867 he became
+connected with his father in business, becoming a partner in 1880
+and so continuing until the latter’s death in July, 1893. The
+business was conducted under the same style until 1903 when it
+was incorporated. Since 1903 he has been president of the firm of
+John Lovell & Son, Ltd., publishers of Lovell’s Gazetteer of the
+Dominion of Canada and Newfoundland, Lovell’s Montreal Directory,
+Lovell’s Montreal Business Directory and numerous other
+publications. In all of his business affairs he never deviates
+from the highest standards. He is an Anglican in religious faith.
+
+
+WILLIAM OKELL HOLDEN DODDS.
+
+For over twenty years Major William O. H. Dodds has been
+connected with the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York,
+being at present the assistant manager for Quebec and the
+maritime provinces. He was born in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, July
+3, 1867, a son of the late Charles Dodds, a manufacturer of that
+province, who died in June, 1893. The mother of our subject, who
+was before her marriage Miss Agnes Smith, died in December, 1910.
+
+William Dodds received his education in the Yarmouth high school
+and the Yarmouth Academy of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. He completed
+his school education in 1884 and then entered the employ of
+the Bank of Yarmouth, remaining with that institution until
+1887. From 1887 to 1888 he assisted his father in the wholesale
+and retail dry-goods business, but in the latter year came to
+Montreal, entering the wholesale dry-goods trade, with which line
+he continued until 1892. In that year he joined the staff of the
+Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York as cashier and, rising
+through various positions, was made the assistant manager of the
+concern for Quebec and the maritime provinces, which office he
+yet holds. Mr. Dodds has also been one of the promoters of the
+Consumers’ Cotton Company.
+
+On November 29, 1910, Mr. Dodds married Jean Hamilton Holt,
+eldest daughter of Robert W. Tyre, of Montreal. Mrs. Dodds is
+greatly interested in athletics and in 1911 was elected president
+of the Ladies’ Montreal Curling Club.
+
+Major Dodds is also a well known amateur athlete. He was formerly
+president of the Canadian Amateur Athletic Union; is a member
+of the executive committee of the Amateur Skating Association
+of Canada; and was selected as one of the team of the Montreal
+Curling Club to proceed to Scotland in December, 1908, but
+was unable to go. He has long been in the volunteer military
+service, being formerly a captain in the Fifth Regiment, Royal
+Scots. He subsequently commanded the Third Battery, Montreal,
+and then organized the Twenty-first (Westmount) Battery, which
+he commanded from October 26, 1907, to April 9, 1910. He is
+now engaged in the reorganization of the First Regiment,
+Grenadier Guards of Canada. In January, 1906, Major Dodds was
+elected president of the Montreal Military Institute and is now
+councillor of the Boy Scout movement.
+
+Mr. Dodds is a Presbyterian and gives his political support to
+the conservative party. He is a member of the Montreal Club,
+the Montreal Military Institute, the Montreal Curling Club, the
+Montreal Amateur Athletic Association, the Montreal Hunt Club,
+the St. James Club, the Royal Montreal Golf Club and others.
+
+
+ISAIE PREFONTAINE.
+
+Isaie Prefontaine, no less highly esteemed for his business
+capacity and enterprise than for his public-spirited citizenship,
+has contributed along various lines to the welfare and progress
+of the city in which he makes his home. A native of Beloeil, he
+was born in 1861 and in the pursuit of his education attended
+Montreal College, from which he was graduated with honors. From
+the outset of his career he has made his labors count as factors
+in general progress and improvement. He has been a close student
+of conditions and problems of the time and along practical lines
+has worked for betterment.
+
+He has taken a warm interest in the commercial development of
+the city and has been prominently identified with various bodies
+working toward that end. He was president of the Chamber of
+Commerce of Montreal for the year 1908-9 and for six years was
+president of the School of High Commercial Studies. In 1909
+he became president of the Federation of Chambers of Commerce
+for the province of Quebec and was continued in that high and
+important office for three years. He has also been a member of
+the Board of Trade and has been a cordial cooperator in the
+movement for providing facilities for specialized instruction
+and training of those engaged in manufacturing and other
+industrial pursuits.
+
+[Illustration: ISAIE PREFONTAINE]
+
+His wide research and investigation enable him to speak with
+authority upon many questions bearing upon the business condition
+of the city and its possibilities for progress along industrial
+and commercial lines. He is an idealist, whose methods are
+practical, and is a man of action rather than of theory.
+
+In 1883 he married Miss Eliza Pigeon, a daughter of Olivier
+Pigeon, of Vercheres, Quebec. He belongs to both the Club St.
+Denis and the Canadian Club and in the city has a wide and
+favorable acquaintance. The Montreal Herald has termed him “a man
+of capacity and high character.”
+
+
+FRANCIS WAYLAND CAMPBELL, M. D.
+
+Dr. Francis Wayland Campbell, practitioner, educator and editor
+of medical journals, winning distinction along each line, was
+born in Montreal on the 5th of November, 1837, a son of the late
+Rollo Campbell, at one time publisher of the Montreal Daily
+Pilot and a native of Perthshire, Scotland. Dr. Campbell’s more
+specifically literary education was obtained at Dutton Academy
+and the Baptist College, and in preparation for a professional
+career he studied medicine in McGill University, from which he
+was graduated with the M. D. degree in 1860. He at once located
+for practice in his native city, where he continued until his
+death. After the completion of his course at McGill he spent some
+time in study abroad, investigating the methods and watching the
+clinics of eminent physicians and surgeons of London, Dublin,
+Edinburgh and Glasgow. In 1861 he passed with high rank an
+examination before the Royal College of Physicians of London.
+
+In October, 1861, Dr. Campbell married Miss Agnes Stuart Rodger,
+of Greenock, Scotland, and in November returned with his bride
+to Canada, opening an office for practice in Montreal. Success
+came to him almost immediately because his equipment was good and
+because of his recognition of and marked devotion to the duties
+of the profession. He was offered the editorship of the hospital
+report department of the British-American Journal, accepted it
+and continued to serve in that connection until 1864, when the
+publication of the paper ceased. The Canada Medical Journal
+was soon afterward started and Dr. Campbell joined Dr. Fenwick
+in its editorial management, being thus associated from 1864
+until 1872. In the meantime he had joined the medical faculty of
+Bishop’s College, whereupon Dr. Fenwick declined to associate
+with him any longer in the publication of the Canada Medical
+Journal. The result was the discontinuance of that paper. Dr.
+Campbell decided to contest the field with Dr. Fenwick, who began
+issuing the paper independently, the Campbell publication being
+known as the Canada Medical Record, of which he remained editor
+and proprietor until his demise. In 1872 Dr. Campbell joined
+Drs. David, Smallwood, Hingston and Trenholme in organizing the
+medical faculty of Bishop’s College, after which he was appointed
+professor of physiology and was elected by the faculty as their
+registrar. His writings were considered a valuable contribution
+to the literature of the profession and his publications were
+liberally patronized by those holding to the highest professional
+standards.
+
+Dr. Campbell was a member of the volunteer militia from 1854 and
+in 1860 was appointed assistant surgeon of the First Battalion,
+Volunteer Rifles of Canada, now the First Battalion. He served
+with his regiment on the eastern frontier, being at Hemingford
+and at Durham during the Fenian raid in 1866. In the fall of that
+year he was promoted to the rank of surgeon of the regiment and
+again during the brief Fenian raid of 1871 was with his command
+at Pigeon Hill, at St. Armands and St. Johns. After being for a
+great many years surgeon of the Prince of Wales Rifles he was
+appointed, on the formation of the Regular Canadian Militia, to
+the office of surgeon of the Infantry School Corps at St. Johns,
+Province of Quebec, and held the position for nineteen years,
+being then retired at the age limit with the rank of surgeon
+lieutenant colonel. At that time the regiments were known and
+still are as the Royal Regiments Canadian Infantry. In 1894 he
+established the V. R. I. Magazine and became its first editor.
+Lennoxville conferred upon him the honorary degree of D. C. L. in
+1895. Two years later his son, Dr. Rollo Campbell, was appointed
+demonstrator of anatomy in Bishop’s College. Another matter of
+interest and importance in the life record of Dr. Campbell was
+that he held for forty-three years the position of chief medical
+examiner for the New York Life Insurance Company at Montreal and
+his son, Dr. Rollo Campbell, was his assistant. He was honorary
+president of the Military Institute for several years and was
+one of the founders of the Western Hospital of Montreal. He was
+called the father of that institution and two years ago the
+hospital placed a very handsome bronze tablet to his memory in
+the institution. At the time of his death he was dean of the
+medical faculty of Bishop’s College at Montreal. His degrees were
+M. A., M. D. and L. R. C. P. of London. Honor and distinction
+came to him in many ways, and at all times he bore his honors
+with becoming modesty.
+
+Dr. Campbell was a liberal conservative in politics. He belonged
+to the Montreal Military Institute and was a past master of the
+Victoria Lodge of Masons. Of scholarly attainments, finding keen
+pleasure in scientific research and actuated, too, by a broad
+humanitarian spirit, his professional service as practitioner,
+educator and writer was of marked value to the public and
+constituted a notable contribution to the world’s work in the
+field of medical and surgical progress.
+
+
+CLEOPHAS EDWARD LECLERC.
+
+Cleophas Edward Leclerc, who for fifteen years was a member of
+the board of notaries of Quebec, his home being in Montreal,
+his native city, was born September 26, 1844. Almost his entire
+life was passed in Montreal, where he supplemented his early
+education by a classical course in the College of Ste. Therese de
+Blainville in the district of Terrebonne. Having determined to
+become a notary public, he entered upon his professional studies
+under the direction of Mr. F. Des Bastien, registrar of the
+county of Vaudreuil, and was admitted to practice on the 15th of
+October, 1866. For fifteen years he was a member of the Quebec
+board of notaries and for three years was its vice president. He
+stood high in his profession, and the clientage afforded him came
+in recognition of his superior ability.
+
+On the 16th of November, 1875, Mr. Leclerc was married to Miss
+Caroline Eliza Archambault of St. Hyacinthe, and they became
+the parents of six children: Robertine; Rene, who is managing
+director of the Credit-Canada, Limited; Achille; Alice, the wife
+of Arthur Hubour, who is engaged in the drug business at the
+corner of Demontigny and St. Denis Streets; Ovide; and Rita.
+Death came to Mr. Leclerc at his home at No. 655 St. Hubert
+Street on the 23d of November, 1912, when he was sixty-eight
+years of age. He was a man of fine personal appearance, his
+broad forehead indicating strong native intelligence. He was
+of dignified appearance and mien and looked at life from the
+standpoint of one who recognized its obligations and duties as
+well as its privileges and opportunities. He had an extensive
+circle of friends so that his death was deeply regretted by many
+outside his own household.
+
+
+GEORGE CAVERHILL.
+
+Prominent on the roll of leading business men of Montreal stands
+the name of George Caverhill, a merchant who for an extended
+period has been connected with commercial life and figures
+prominently in connection with corporate interests having to
+do with the business enterprise and consequent prosperous
+development of the city. He was born October 18, 1858, at
+Beauharnois, P. Q., and is of Scotch descent. His parents were
+Thomas and Elizabeth Spiers (Buchanan) Caverhill, the latter a
+representative of the Buchanan family of Lenny, while the former
+was a member of the border family of Caverhills, residents of
+Scotland from 1200.
+
+In the attainment of his education George Caverhill attended
+successively the Montreal high school, the Galt Collegiate
+Institute and McGill University. From the outset of his business
+career he has been connected with mercantile interests. In 1877
+he entered the employ of Crathern & Caverhill, of Montreal,
+and, later ambitious to engage in business on his own account,
+utilized the opportunities of becoming a partner in a wholesale
+hardware firm, his partners being his brother, the late Frank
+Caverhill, J. B. Learmont and T. H. Newman. The four organized
+the firm of Caverhill, Learmont & Company, wholesale hardware
+merchants of both Montreal and Winnipeg. This by no means
+indicates the scope of his investments and his activities.
+That he is today one of the most important business men of the
+province is indicated in the fact that he is vice president of
+the Montreal Loan & Mortgage Company, a director of the Dominion
+Iron & Steel Company, Canadian Cottons, Ltd., Montreal Trust
+Company, Montreal Light, Heat & Power Company, and is identified
+with a number of organizations to promote trade and business
+relations. In 1904 he was chosen president of the Montreal Metal
+& Hardware Association, was made first vice president of the
+Montreal Board of Trade in 1906 and its president in 1907.
+
+In 1887 Mr. Caverhill was married to Miss Emily Margaret,
+daughter of John Caverhill. She takes active interest in
+philanthropical and charitable work and is a member of the
+general committee of the Victorian Order of Nurses. Together with
+her husband, she is a life governor of the Protestant Hospital
+for the Insane. Both Mr. and Mrs. Caverhill were presented to the
+late King Edward at Windsor Castle in June, 1905.
+
+In addition to his previously mentioned activities, Mr. Caverhill
+is a governor of the Montreal General Hospital, and is a life
+member of St. Andrew’s Society of Montreal. He has a great love
+of animals and has won fully two hundred and sixty prizes with
+his kennel of skye terriers. Mr. Caverhill’s political allegiance
+is given to the liberal party, and in 1911 he opposed the
+Taft-Fielding reciprocity compact. Prominent in club circles,
+he holds membership with the Mount Royal, St. James, Canada,
+Canadian, Forest and Stream, Lachine Boating and Canoe, Montreal
+Hunt, Montreal Jockey, Montreal Polo, Reform, Royal Montreal
+Golf and Royal St. Lawrence Yacht Clubs, all of Montreal. He is
+a man of liberal culture and broad general information, having
+largely promoted his knowledge through extended travel in the
+East Indies, South America, Japan, Egypt, Greece and Italy. His
+opinions carry weight on all questions in which he has become
+deeply interested, and his interest in any plan or project is
+ever the source of activity in its support.
+
+
+LOUIS JOSEPH ARTHUR SURVEYER.
+
+Louis Joseph Arthur Surveyer, one of the best known business men
+of Montreal, his ability and enterprise finding exemplification
+in his substantial success, was born May 16, 1841, in the town of
+Beauharnois, in the province of Quebec. His father was Dr. Joseph
+Surveyer, a well known physician of Beauharnois and surrounding
+parishes, and his mother bore the maiden name of Eugenie Duclos
+Decelles.
+
+L. J. A. Surveyer was educated at St. Laurent College and entered
+upon his business career as a clerk in a general store in St.
+Johns, P. Q. After eighteen months he came to Montreal and
+entered the retail hardware store of Messrs. Ferrier & Company
+on Notre Dame Street. After nine months’ service in the employ
+of that firm they sold their business and Mr. Surveyer entered
+the employ of Mr. Thomas Davidson in his retail store, continuing
+in that employ for seven years. He was ambitious to engage in
+business on his own account and so wisely used his time and
+talent that he was now able with a capital of six hundred dollars
+to open a store of his own. His venture proved successful from
+the beginning and has been developed and built up to its present
+extensive proportions so that Mr. Surveyer is now ranked with the
+leading business men of the city.
+
+In 1868 Mr. Surveyer married Miss Amelie Pelletier, who died
+thirteen months later. In 1873 he married Miss M. A. Hectorine
+Fabre, a daughter of the late E. R. Fabre, and the youngest
+sister of the late Archbishop Fabre. Of this union there were
+born eight children, seven of whom are living, as follows: Edward
+Fabre, a lawyer in Montreal, of whom there is further mention
+in this work; Eugenie, now Mrs. N. K. Laflamme of Montreal;
+Arthur, of Surveyer & Frigon, consulting engineers; Paul, a
+lawyer in Montreal; Gustave, of Montreal; Marie; and Therese, now
+Mrs. Jules Faurnier of Montreal. Mr. Surveyer is a member of the
+Canadian Club and of the Alliance Nationale. There is found in
+his life history the strong proof of the fact that the road to
+opportunity is open to ambition and energy, and that it leads to
+the goal of success.
+
+[Illustration: LOUIS J. A. SURVEYER]
+
+
+NORVAL DICKSON.
+
+Norval Dickson, practicing as a notary in Montreal in
+partnership with R. B. Hutcheson, and controlling an important,
+representative and growing clientage, was born in Howick, Quebec,
+in 1878 and is a son of Robert Dickson who came to Canada from
+Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1830.
+
+Norval Dickson acquired his preliminary education in Huntingdon
+Academy, Huntingdon, Quebec, and afterwards entered McGill
+University in Montreal, receiving his Bachelor of Arts degree
+in 1901 and his degree in law in 1904. Immediately afterward he
+began practice in Montreal, continuing alone until May, 1910,
+when he formed a partnership with R. B. Hutcheson under the firm
+name of Hutcheson & Dickson. Mr. Dickson has proved an important
+and helpful factor in the success of the firm, for he possesses a
+deep and comprehensive knowledge of the underlying principles of
+his profession and has a well deserved reputation as a reliable
+and competent notary. The firm controls a growing and extensive
+patronage and has a high standing in legal circles of the city.
+
+
+REV. ABRAHAM DE SOLA, LL. D.
+
+Rev. Abraham de Sola, LL. D., who for many years was so familiar
+a figure in literary circles in Montreal and who earned so wide
+and deserved a reputation as an Oriental scholar and theologian,
+was a descendent of an illustrious Spanish-Jewish family. The
+marvelous history of Israel must ever be of peculiar interest to
+mankind, and perhaps no chapter in the post-biblical portion of
+that history possesses more charm than that which relates about
+the Jews of Spain and Portugal, or Sephardim, as they are styled.
+These lived free and untrammeled during those mediæval times when
+their brethren in less favored countries were weighed down by
+the burden of oppression, and with the Saracens they kept alive
+the flame of learning and science in the Iberian peninsula at a
+time when it burnt lowest in the rest of Europe. Power, rank and
+honor were theirs; and when afterwards clouds obscured the sky of
+their prosperity, and the storm of persecution burst pitilessly
+over their heads, their record of heroic martyrdom and thrilling
+adventure is a tale as fascinating as that of many of the most
+imaginative pages of fiction.
+
+Among the many bright names which illumined Spanish-Jewish
+history, that of De Sola stands prominent. The De Solas had
+settled in Andalusia as early as the sixth century, whence
+they had come from Judea by gradual stages through northern
+Africa. They held various offices under the Saracenic caliphs at
+Toledo and Cordova, and afterwards when they removed to Navarre
+they were received with like favor by the Gothic princes. From
+their estate in this province, their surname had its origin.
+A particularly distinguished member of the family was Don
+Bartolomeu de Sola, who, in reward for his services, was ennobled
+and, after being a minister of state, held for a while the
+position of viceroy of Navarre.
+
+During the fourteenth century another De Sola distinguished
+himself fighting under the Infante of Aragon and figured
+conspicuously in the Spanish wars of that period. During the
+succeeding centuries the family continued to hold an illustrious
+place, owing to the large number of eminent scholars, physicians
+and statesmen it produced. Their fortunes, however, changed when
+King Ferdinand, having by the conquest of Granada destroyed
+the last vestige of Moorish power in Spain, decided to drive
+therefrom all who did not conform to the dominant faith; and in
+1492 was promulgated the terrible edict of expulsion, which,
+at one blow, deprived hundreds of thousands of Spain’s most
+intelligent and industrious inhabitants of happy and prosperous
+homes. The De Solas took refuge in Holland, but a branch of the
+family continued to hold business connections with Lisbon, and
+eventually some of them settled in the Portuguese capital, where
+they amassed much wealth. Watched by the Inquisition, they, like
+many other Portuguese Jews, for some time evaded the danger by
+assuming to become Marannos or Nuevos Christianos--as converted
+Jews were styled--while they secretly remained loyal to Judaism.
+In the latter part of the seventeenth century, however, suspicion
+was directed towards them, and David de Sola (who to elude his
+persecutors had assumed the name of Bartolome) was apprehended
+and charged with having relapsed into Judaism. Although placed
+under the most fearful torture nothing seems to have been proved,
+as he was allowed to afterwards go free; but he was physically
+broken down by his terrible sufferings. Escape from the country
+by a suspect was then extremely difficult, but in the next
+generation his son, Aaron de Sola, managed to secure refuge on
+board a British man-of-war and to make good his escape with his
+family to England; not, however, before two of his relatives
+had been imprisoned, tortured and condemned to death at an
+auto-da-fé, by the Inquisition, for secret adherence to Judaism.
+
+It was in 1749 that Aaron de Sola fled with his wife and family
+to England, and now that they were freed from the terrors of
+the Inquisition they openly avowed once more their loyalty to
+the faith of their fathers. From England they took passage for
+Holland, where they rejoined their relatives, and taking up their
+residence in Amsterdam they soon again rose to distinction in the
+various learned professions.
+
+Previously to this--in the year 1690--one of the preceding
+generation, Isaac de Sola, had settled in London and had acquired
+a high reputation in the Hebrew community there as an eloquent
+preacher and author. Several volumes of his works are still
+extant.
+
+Four sons had accompanied Aaron de Sola in his flight from Lisbon
+in 1749, of whom the eldest, David, was the great-grandfather
+of the Dr. Abraham de Sola who forms the chief subject of this
+sketch. The youngest of Aaron de Sola’s, sons, Dr. Benjamin de
+Sola, attained to a foremost place among the practitioners of
+the eighteenth century. He was court physician to William V of
+the Netherlands and was the author of a large number of medical
+works. The other two sons of Aaron de Sola settled in Curacao,
+and one of them was the grandfather of General Juan de Sola, who
+became so distinguished as a commander of cavalry under Bolivar
+and Paez when the South American states revolted from Spain. He
+took part in the decisive battle of Carabobo, and led the charge
+on Puerto Cabello when that city was stormed by Paez, receiving a
+sabre wound during the fight. After the restoration of peace he
+held important public offices during the Paez regime.
+
+The Rev. Abraham de Sola, LL. D., was born in London, England,
+on the 18th of September, 1825. His father, David Aaron de Sola,
+was senior minister of the Portuguese Jews of London, to which
+city he had been called from Amsterdam, and was eminent as a
+Hebrew author, having produced among many other works an elegant
+translation of the Jewish Forms of Prayer; also, in conjunction
+with Dr. Raphael, an edition of Genesis, very valuable to
+biblical students on account of its commentaries and copious
+notes, and the first English translation of Eighteen Treatises of
+the Mishna. His mother was the daughter of Dr. Raphael Meldola,
+chief rabbi of the Spanish-Jewish congregations of Britain. The
+Meldolas had given eminent chief rabbis to Europe for twelve
+generations. Abraham de Sola received careful tuition in all
+the usual branches of a liberal education. He became early
+engrossed in the study of Oriental languages and literature and
+of theology, and continued to devote his attention to those
+subjects until he acquired that profound knowledge of them
+which subsequently won him so prominent a place among scholars.
+Having been offered the position of rabbi of the Spanish and
+Portuguese Jewish Congregation of Montreal he accepted the call
+and arrived in this city in the beginning of 1847, and here,
+for over thirty-five years, he continued to minister to the
+spiritual wants of his people. His able pulpit discourses soon
+attracted attention. Dr. de Sola’s abilities, however, were not
+destined to be confined exclusively to his official duties.
+Before leaving London he had been associated in the editorial
+work of a Hebrew journal, The Voice of Jacob, and soon after his
+arrival in Canada he delivered a course of lectures on Jewish
+history before the Mercantile Literary Association. In 1848 he
+published his “Notes on the Jews of Persia under Mohammed Shah,”
+and also “A History of the Jews of Persia.” Within the same year
+there appeared his important work on “Scripture Zoology.” Soon
+afterwards he published his “Lectures on the Mosaic Cosmogony.”
+This was followed by his “Cosmography of Peritsol,” a work
+displaying such erudition that it gained a wide circulation in
+Europe and was reprinted there in several languages. His next
+work, “A Commentary upon Samuel Hannagid’s Introduction to the
+Talmud,” was a book which deservedly attracted much attention,
+owing to the light which it threw upon an interesting portion of
+rabbinical literature and to its depth of Talmudic knowledge.
+In 1853 he published, conjointly with the Rev. J. J. Lyons, of
+New York, a work on the Jewish Calendar System, chiefly valuable
+on account of its excellent prefatory treatise upon the Jewish
+system of calculating time.
+
+Dr. de Sola’s mastery of Semitic languages and literature early
+attracted the notice of our learned bodies, and, after first
+acting as lecturer, he was, in 1853, appointed professor of
+Hebrew and Oriental literature at McGill University. The high
+abilities which he displayed as occupant of this chair proved the
+wisdom of the appointment, and he continued to hold the position
+during the rest of his life.
+
+For some time Dr. de Sola had been engaged in the preparation of
+one of his most important productions, “The Sanatory Institutions
+of the Hebrews.” The work was published in two parts and was an
+exhaustive exposition of the hygienic laws of the Hebrews, as
+exhibited in both Scriptural and rabbinical writings, critically
+examined in the light of modern scientific knowledge. It was a
+production which evinced how deeply the author had penetrated
+into scientific as well as rabbinical paths of learning. Shortly
+afterwards he published a supplemental work to it, entitled
+“Behemoth Hatemeoth.”
+
+The prominence to which Dr. de Sola had now reached among men of
+letters led McGill University to confer upon him the degree of
+LL. D. in 1858.
+
+In 1860, Dr. Hall, the editor of The British American Journal,
+devoted to physical and medical science, induced Dr. de Sola
+to assist that publication with his pen, and, among other
+contributions, his series of articles “Upon the Employment of
+Anaesthetics in Cases of Labor, in Connection with Jewish Law,”
+call for particular mention.
+
+Dr. de Sola’s wide range of studies had made him very popular
+both as a public lecturer and as a contributor to various
+literary papers. The themes of some of these were afterwards
+much amplified by him and republished in their elaborated and
+completed form. At comparatively short intervals he gave to the
+public his works on “Scripture Botany,” “Sinaitic Inscriptions,”
+“Hebrew Numismatics,” “The Ancient Hebrews as Promoters of the
+Arts and Sciences,” “The Rise and Progress of the Great Hebrew
+Colleges,” and “Philological Studies in Hebrew and the Aramaic
+Languages.” Turning his attention again to Jewish history, he, in
+1869, wrote his interesting “Life of Shabethai Tsevi, the False
+Messiah.” The following year he completed his “History of the
+Jews of Poland,” and in 1871 he published his “History of the
+Jews of France.”
+
+Dr. de Sola closely identified himself with many of our literary
+and scientific associations, notably with the Natural History
+Society, in which he was an active colaborer of Sir William
+Dawson and Sir William Logan. He was for many years president
+of the society and received H. R. H. Prince Arthur (afterwards
+Duke of Connaught) when that prince visited the society in 1870.
+His address upon “The Study of Natural Science,” delivered upon
+that occasion, called forth a letter of approbation from Queen
+Victoria.
+
+During all his intense literary activity Dr. de Sola was taking
+a very prominent part in all matters affecting the Jewish
+people. His mastery of Jewish theology, in all its branches,
+had earned him wide renown among his own race and had gained
+him a high place among the very foremost rabbis of the day.
+Convinced that the fences which orthodoxy placed around the
+citadel of his ancestral faith were the best safeguards against
+disintegrating forces, the upholders of historical Judaism found
+in him an able and powerful champion. Equally noticeable were
+his bold attacks upon the weak points of the skeptical school
+of modern biblical criticism. His intimate knowledge of all
+those branches of learning which bear upon this subject made him
+particularly formidable in this respect. The Jewish press and
+pulpit and the lecture platform were the vehicles by which he
+usually reached the public on these subjects. He had, indeed,
+since his first arrival in Canada been a particularly active
+contributor to Jewish journals, more especially to the Occident
+of Philadelphia, with which he was for years identified, being
+in intimate literary relations with its editor, the gifted Isaac
+Leeser.
+
+Dr. de Sola’s ability in the pulpit led to his frequently being
+invited to lecture in the United States, where he had acquired
+much prominence and popularity. On the 9th of January, 1872,
+he was invited by General Grant’s government to perform the
+ceremony of opening the United States congress with prayer, and
+for the first time was witnessed the unique spectacle of one
+who was not a citizen of the United States nor of the dominant
+belief officiating at the opening ceremonies at the assembling
+of congress at Washington. The broad liberality of this act,
+upon the part of the United States government, was fraught with
+particular significance at that time, owing to the fact that
+diplomatic relations between Britain and the United States
+had then but lately been strained to dangerous tension by the
+“Alabama Claims,” and this high compliment to a British subject
+was the first evidence of the growth of a better feeling between
+the two countries. Sir Edward Thornton, the British ambassador at
+Washington, formally extended to Dr. de Sola the thanks of the
+British government, and Mr. Gladstone--then prime minister, also
+personally communicated his satisfaction.
+
+Upon the death of Isaac Leeser, Dr. de Sola purchased the
+stereotyped plates of his works and issued a new edition of
+that author’s translation of the Bible according to Jewish
+authorities. He also brought out a revised translation of the
+Jewish Forms of Prayer, in six volumes, based upon the editions
+of D. A. de Sola (his father) and of Leeser. He was invited to
+become the successor of Mr. Leeser in his ministerial office but
+declined. He had previously refused several similar offers.
+
+Dr. de Sola’s onerous duties were at this time further increased
+by his being offered the chair of Hebrew at the Montreal
+Presbyterian College, and later on he accepted the appointment of
+lecturer in Spanish literature at McGill University, a literature
+and language with which he was specially familiar and to which he
+was particularly attached.
+
+But such incessant application to work could not but prove
+exhaustive, and his naturally vigorous health broke down under
+the strain. A year’s rest, spent in Europe, proved sufficiently
+beneficial to enable him to return to some of his duties. For a
+while he also resumed his contributions to the Jewish press, and
+among other interesting writings we notice his “Yehuda Alcharizi
+and the Book Tachkemoni.” In 1880 he published his last important
+work, “Saadia Ha-Gaon,” a book giving a very valuable description
+of the writings and life of one of the greatest of Jewish
+philosophers and also containing an interesting account of the
+court of a prince of the captivity.
+
+But failing health was destined now to check forever the labors
+of his active pen, and while in New York, on a visit to his
+sister, he was taken ill and his death occurred on June 5, 1882.
+The remains were brought on to Montreal and there interred. He
+had not yet completed his fifty-seventh year when he passed away.
+
+In his death the Hebrew community sustained a loss whose
+magnitude could scarcely be overestimated. His self-sacrificing
+devotion to the service of his race, his ceaseless labor in
+everything which could elevate and promote both their moral and
+intellectual welfare, his quick readiness to assuage, with kind
+counsel and help, the lot of those in adversity, and the rare
+talents which he had displayed in his multifarious writings, had
+won for him the warmest admiration and attachment of his people
+and had gained him a reputation among them that was world-wide.
+His loss, indeed, was scarcely less regretted by Gentile than
+by Jew, for the prominence which his scholarly attainments had
+acquired for him among Canadian litterateurs, the active role
+which he had for thirty-five years played in our various learned
+bodies, and the distinguished position which he held in our
+leading university, achieved for him an illustrious place among
+Canada’s public men.
+
+Dr. de Sola was married in 1852 to Esther Joseph, the youngest
+daughter of Henry Joseph, of Berthier, one of the earliest Jewish
+settlers in this country. Of his several children, the eldest
+son, the Rev. Meldola de Sola, succeeded him as rabbi of the
+Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue of Montreal, and another son,
+Clarence I. de Sola, is general manager of the Belgian syndicate,
+“Comptoir Belgo-Canadien.”
+
+
+ROBERT MEIGHEN.
+
+The history of Canada’s great industrial and commercial growth
+during the past thirty or forty years is but the history of
+such men as Robert Meighen one of the foremost business men
+of his generation, whose intense and intelligently directed
+activity constituted a potent force in the material development
+and progress of not only the city and province of his adoption
+but various other sections of the Dominion as well. His birth
+occurred at Dungiven, near Londonderry, Ireland, April 18, 1838,
+his parents being Robert and Mary (McLeghan) Meighen, whose
+family numbered five children. The family history shows a long
+line of Irish ancestors.
+
+Robert Meighen was educated at Perth, Ontario, for following the
+father’s death the mother brought her family to the new world,
+settling at Perth, where her sons were educated and established
+themselves in business as retail and wholesale merchants. The
+firm of A. Meighen & Brothers has for many years been one of
+the most extensive mercantile firms doing business in the
+old Bathurst district. Robert Meighen carried on business in
+partnership with his brother at Perth, Ontario, until 1879, when
+he removed to Montreal and entered into business relations with
+his brother-in-law, Sir George Stephen, later Lord Mount Stephen,
+whom he succeeded as president of the New Brunswick Railway,
+which now forms part of the Canadian Pacific Railway system.
+Successful from the outset of his business career, Mr. Meighen
+continually extended his efforts into other fields. He became
+one of the founders of the Lake of the Woods Milling Company,
+establishing and operating mills and elevators at Keewatin and
+Portage la Prairie, which are among the largest and best equipped
+in the world. Shortly after the organization of this company
+Robert Meighen became its president, which position he retained
+till the time of his death, directing its policy and formulating
+the plans upon which the mammoth business was constructed. This
+represented, however, but one phase of his activity. He
+carried his efforts into many fields, none of them failing to
+profit by his cooperation.
+
+[Illustration: ROBERT MEIGHEN]
+
+“The Gazette,” at the time of Mr. Meighen’s death, said in part:
+“Mr. Meighen was a self-made man and was proud to designate
+himself as such. From the day he entered business pursuits at
+Perth, many years ago, down to the time he became a director of
+the Canadian Pacific Railway, an institution he had championed
+from its inception, in commerce, in finance and in imperial
+politics, Robert Meighen was never at home except on the firing
+line. Although the fact is only perhaps known to the newspaper
+fraternity and to some of the leaders of tariff reform in
+England, he advocated closer relations between the mother country
+and the outlying dependencies of the empire even before Mr.
+Chamberlain took the platform in England as the champion of such
+a policy.
+
+“Mr. Meighen was known in eastern Ontario as a clever business
+man, a follower of Sir John A. Macdonald, and as a man who had
+ideas and could fearlessly express them on the stump and at the
+fireside, many years before he came to Montreal. It was ere his
+removal to this city that he had secured, most successfully, the
+right of way for the Ontario & Quebec Railway, now the Montreal
+& Toronto section of the Canadian Pacific, and later on he was
+entrusted with the promotion of a bill which was of the utmost
+importance to that railway. Mr. Meighen was not a member of
+parliament, but he stated his case to the members outside and in
+the lobbies of the house with such forcefulness, such clarity of
+view and in so straightforward a manner that few could withstand
+his cogent arguments. It was a tribute to his power that Sir
+Richard Cartwright’s denunciation of him was quite as vehement as
+the thunderbolts which the chief antagonist of the great railway
+project used to launch against Sir John Macdonald, Sir Charles
+Tupper and the other parliamentary giants of the day.
+
+“Mr. Meighen believed not only in the Canadian Pacific project
+itself, but also in the ultimate value of the great tracts of
+land lying for a thousand miles along to the north of where the
+line was being run away up to the Saskatchewan, and, if he died a
+rich man, it was due to abiding faith in the future of Canada’s
+western domain and in the ultimate development of the Dominion
+as a whole. It was in reply to a jocular observation from Mr.
+Choate, the then American ambassador at the court of St. James,
+who had asked Mr. Meighen when Canada was going to throw in
+her lot with the United States, that the Montreal imperialist
+declared that it was customary for the larger unit to absorb the
+smaller, and no doubt at her pleasure Canada would follow the
+established precedent.
+
+“A good many shrewd Montreal merchants smiled when Mr. Meighen
+came from a small Ontario town to this city as the promoter of
+a great industry, but many months had not passed before they
+discovered that both in commerce and finance a rival worthy of
+their keenest steel had taken his place amongst them and ever
+after, when any important subject was up for discussion on the
+floors of the Board of Trade, the opinions of the man from Perth,
+uttered with characteristic Irish eloquence and wit, invariably
+commanded respect and attention. His fellow members did not
+always agree with him, but they were always ready to admit that
+he was sincere and that he spoke the truth as he felt it.
+
+“Returning from England some years ago, when everything spelt
+unrest in industrial Britain, Mr. Meighen gave an interview to
+The Gazette which has perhaps been quoted more frequently by
+politicians on both continents, as well as by Canadian public men
+of all parties, than any other of his utterances. Mr. Meighen,
+who was always a great reader, declared that England at that
+time could only be compared to Athens when Diogenes, the Greek
+philosopher, went out with his lantern looking, as he said, for a
+man. He said, however, in the course of that interview, that the
+man would be found, and sure enough it was not long before Joseph
+Chamberlain was entering upon his whirlwind campaign in favor of
+imperial preference and the absolute unity of the British empire.
+Mr. Meighen was denounced more than once at the Montreal Board
+of Trade, but a good many of the men who came to scoff remained
+to pray, to use Mr. Meighen’s own graphic language. Three years
+ago, when a resolution was to be introduced before the Montreal
+Board of Trade on the policy of imperial preferential trade, Mr.
+Meighen was particularly anxious that it should be fathered by
+a leader in commerce and finance. He prepared the resolution,
+called upon the late Sir George Drummond, president of the Bank
+of Montreal and universally admitted to be the first authority
+on matters of trade and finance in the Dominion, asking him to
+move it. Sir George Drummond’s answer was characteristic of the
+man. ‘Mr. Meighen,’ he replied, ‘this resolution meets my views
+exactly, but the honor of moving it belongs to you and you alone
+and I will take a second place. You will move the resolution and
+I will be only too happy to second it.’ Mr. Meighen delivered a
+masterly address on that occasion and the resolution was carried.
+
+“His greatest energy was centered in the development of the
+company over which he presided up to the hour of his death, yet
+he stated not very long ago that he was shaping things in such a
+manner as would permit younger men to assume the responsibilities
+of management and that after the million-dollar bond issue had
+been retired he would then feel that he could take a rest.
+
+“The late president of the Lake of the Woods Company was from the
+outset an uncompromising opponent of the Washington reciprocity
+pact and he did not hesitate to state on every offered occasion
+that the ratification of such a treaty would be a severe blow
+aimed at the unity of the empire, and a decided mistake in the
+widest interests.
+
+“He was the confidential friend and associate in various business
+enterprises of both Lord Mount Stephen and Lord Strathcona. These
+eminent men had implicit confidence in Mr. Meighen’s business
+judgment, and as a matter of fact many other men high up in
+imperial statecraft came to him for advice on both Canadian
+and British trade matters. Indeed, some of the best speeches
+delivered on the unionist side during the last two British
+elections drew their information from, and were in part, inspired
+by the ideas of this foremost, perhaps, of Canadian tariff
+reformers.”
+
+The same paper said editorially: “A worthy and widely respected
+citizen was lost to Montreal by the death yesterday morning
+of Mr. Robert Meighen. In business he won marked success. He
+helped in no small way to show the great possibilities of the
+milling trade of Canada and so profited the country as well as
+himself and his associates. He judiciously employed the wealth
+that came to him and greatly increased his store. The largest
+business enterprises sought his counsel on their directorates
+and profited by his connection with them. He was a man of ideas
+in matters outside of commerce, and held and advocated views
+about the country and the empire with vigor and courage and the
+broadest loyalty. In private life his sincerity, earnestness
+and kindliness caused all men to give him their regard. In his
+capacity as merchant, citizen and man he rose to high stature;
+and at a ripe old age closed a worthy career, leaving a memory
+that is a help to what is good and creditable in business life.”
+
+Among his business connections, not already mentioned, Mr.
+Meighen was managing director of the Cornwall Manufacturing
+Company, a director of the Canada Northwest Land Company, the
+Bank of Toronto, the Dominion Transportation Company, the St.
+John Bridge & Railway Company, the Montreal Street Railway
+and the New Brunswick Land Company. His activities likewise
+extended to other fields having to do with many subjects of vital
+interest to city and country. He was a director of the Montreal
+Parks and Playground Association and was president of the New
+Brunswick Fish and Game Club. He was likewise vice president of
+the King Edward Memorial Committee of Montreal, was chairman
+of the Canadian board of the Phoenix Assurance Company and was
+a governor of the Royal Victoria, the Western and Maternity
+Hospitals of Montreal. The Montreal Standard named him as one
+of the twenty-three men at the basis of Canadian finance, and
+it was a recognized fact that few men were more familiar with
+the problems of finance or did more to establish a safe monetary
+system. Mr. Meighen belonged to various prominent social
+organizations, including the St. James Club, the Mount Royal
+Club, the Canada Club and the Montreal Club.
+
+He was a Presbyterian, a member of St. Paul’s church and chairman
+of its board of trustees. All his life Mr. Meighen was a firm
+believer in the copartnership of capital and labor and in the
+coexisting duties, on a fair basis, of one to the other. He
+realized and carried out the idea of their inter-dependency.
+When labor had contributed to the success of capital he never
+allowed it go without recognition and its just reward, with the
+result of absolute confidence on the part of his employes in
+his fairness and regard for their interests, and a willingness
+to give, in turn, their loyal and honest support to capital.
+Above all Mr. Meighen had keen human sympathies. He delighted
+in the energetic young man cutting out his road to success, but
+this did not prevent him from having patience and sympathy with
+those who, perhaps through lack of natural gifts or unfortunate
+circumstances, found life an uphill pull. In astonishing numbers
+both kinds of men seemed to bring their successes and their
+failures to him, and to both, provided they showed honesty of
+purpose, he would give his time, his advice and his help in the
+open-hearted way characteristic of a man who had not a single
+ungenerous impulse in his nature.
+
+At the time of his death when the press throughout Canada was
+giving appreciations of his ability and of his success one of
+his intimate friends remarked, “They have omitted the biggest
+thing about him--his heart”--and so it was. When these two, great
+heart and much ability, go hand in hand and work together, one
+vitalizing, as it were, the conceptions of the other, a potent
+force is felt to be abroad. Well is it for our Canadian business
+world to have had such a force in its midst as the late Robert
+Meighen truly was. He died when still, one might say, at the
+height of his activities and with a heavy burden of work upon
+him, but to work was his pleasure. His loss was deeply deplored
+by all who knew him and he left behind him a record of a man who
+in all things was the soul of honor and an example to those who
+come after--“Follow on.”
+
+Mr. Meighen left a widow, Elsie Stephen, daughter of the late
+William Stephen, formerly of Dufftown, Scotland, and three
+children, Lieutenant Colonel F. S. Meighen, who has succeeded his
+father as president of the Lake of the Woods Milling Company,
+Mrs. R. Wilson Reford and Mrs. R. O. Harley.
+
+
+WILLIAM ERNEST BOLTON.
+
+Twenty years’ connection with the real-estate business has
+brought William Ernest Bolton into prominence and today
+he figures as a controlling factor in some of the leading
+real-estate companies of Montreal. He was born in this city
+April 11, 1873, a son of Richard and Elizabeth (Minchin) Bolton.
+His education was acquired in the schools of his native city,
+and early in his business career he became identified with
+real-estate activity in which connection he has remained for
+many years as a well known and successful real-estate broker. He
+has been identified with many important property transfers and
+with important development of real-estate interests. He is now
+a director of the Montreal Loan & Mortgage Company; president
+of the Birmingham-Montreal Realty Company, Limited; a director
+of the Midland Investment Company, Limited; of the Richelieu
+Realty Company, Limited; of the Renforth Realty Company, Limited,
+and of the Riviera Realty Company, Limited. These are among the
+most important corporations in that branch of business having to
+do with the property interests and consequent development and
+progress of the city.
+
+In Plainfield, New Jersey, in 1905, Mr. Bolton was united in
+marriage to Miss Catherine Hamilton McClure and they have become
+the parents of two sons, Richard and Hamilton. Mr. Bolton votes
+with the conservative party but the honors and emoluments of
+public office have no attraction for him. When business leaves
+him leisure for social enjoyment he spends his time at the
+Montreal Club, the Beaconsfield Golf Club, the Winter Club,
+the Montreal Country Club and the Montreal Amateur Athletic
+Association, in all of which he holds membership.
+
+
+THORNTON DAVIDSON.
+
+Foremost among the younger generation of business men in Montreal
+and one who had attained a high standing in the financial circles
+of the city, was Thornton Davidson, whose untimely death in the
+sinking of the steamship Titanic, April 15, 1912, ended a career
+that had not only been successful, but gave great promise for the
+future.
+
+Thornton Davidson was a native of Montreal, and was born on the
+17th of May, 1880. His father was the Hon. C. Peers Davidson, D.
+C. L., a distinguished jurist, and his mother Alice Mattice,
+second daughter of William Mattice of Cornwall, Ontario. Reared
+in Montreal, Thornton Davidson attended the city schools,
+graduating from high school. Throughout his active business
+career he was connected with financial interests, later becoming
+manager of the Montreal branch of the New York house of Charles
+Head & Company.
+
+[Illustration: THORNTON DAVIDSON]
+
+In 1908 he established the firm of Thornton Davidson & Company
+which soon took a prominent position among the leading brokerage
+and investment security houses in the city. In 1909 Mr. Davidson
+became a member of the Montreal Stock Exchange. His thorough
+capability and great energy were factors in the success of the
+business which he established and of which he remained the head
+until his death. His personal popularity made him a valued member
+of the club life of the city, where he held membership in the St.
+James, Racquet, Montreal Hunt, Montreal Jockey, Montreal Polo,
+Royal St. Lawrence Yacht, Manitou and Canada Clubs, and also in
+Montreal Amateur Athletic Association.
+
+On November 3, 1906, in Montreal, Mr. Davidson was married to
+Miss Orian Hays, daughter of Charles Melville Hays. Returning
+from Europe in company with his wife and the latter’s parents,
+Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Hays, on the ill-fated Titanic, Mr.
+Davidson was among those brave men who on April 15, 1912, gave
+precedence to women and children and went down with the ship.
+Such an act is just what his friends would have expected of
+Thornton Davidson in such an emergency. His associates knew him
+as a capable business man and a most genial companion, but they
+recognized in him also the strength of character which manifests
+itself in the highest type of manhood when a crisis arises.
+
+
+WILLIAM FAWCETT HAMILTON, M. D.
+
+Important professional connections indicate the high standing of
+Dr. William Fawcett Hamilton of Montreal, who, in addition to an
+extensive private practice has done much hospital work. He is a
+son of Gustavus W. and Eleanor (Goodwin) Hamilton, and was born
+in Baie Verte, New Brunswick. His early education was acquired
+in the schools of his native town and in Upper Sackville and
+then, having determined upon the practice of medicine as a life
+work, he entered McGill University of Montreal, from which he
+was graduated with the class of 1891, receiving the degrees of
+M. D. and C. M. He has now successfully practiced his profession
+in this city for more than two decades and has advanced steadily
+to a place of prominence as a representative of the medical
+profession. From 1891 until 1894 he was medical superintendent
+of the Montreal General Hospital and in the latter year became
+assistant physician of the Royal Victoria Hospital, and upon the
+death of Dr. James Stewart, in 1906, he was appointed attending
+physician of that institution. He has proven himself a man of
+ability and public opinion has accorded him rank with the eminent
+physicians of the city. He is now associate professor of clinical
+medicine at McGill University and as an instructor displays
+capability in imparting readily, clearly, concisely and forcibly
+to others the knowledge that he has acquired. In 1909 he was
+elected a member of the Board of Victorian Order of Nurses, and
+he is a member of the Association of American Physicians and vice
+president of the Montreal Medico-Chirurgical Society. Through
+these connections he keeps in close touch with the advanced work
+of the profession and has himself been a leader along the line of
+professional progress.
+
+In June, 1897, Dr. Hamilton married Miss Janet Mills of
+Westmount, P. Q. Aside from his activity in the professional
+field Dr. Hamilton has done important public service as a
+director of the Young Men’s Christian Association and as senator
+of the Montreal Wesleyan Theological College. He is an active and
+helpful member of the Methodist church, and his social nature
+finds expression in his membership in the University Club and the
+Montreal Country Club.
+
+
+HON. MICHEL MATHIEU.
+
+Hon. Michel Mathieu has engraven his name high upon the list
+of Montreal’s eminent jurists, but has now retired from active
+connection with the profession, spending the evening of life
+in the enjoyment of well earned rest. He has passed the
+seventy-fifth milestone, having been born at Sorel, province
+of Quebec, December 20, 1838, a son of the late Joseph and
+Edwidge (Vandal) Mathieu. His education was acquired under
+private tuition and in the College of St. Hyacinthe, followed by
+a professional course in Laval University. He was admitted to
+the notarial profession in 1864 and was called to the Montreal
+bar as an advocate in 1865. His practice of his profession has
+been combined with active public service. In 1866 he was chosen
+sheriff of Richelieu and continued in that position for six
+years. He successfully practiced his profession at Sorel and
+while at the bar was closely associated with journalism bearing
+upon his profession, being the publisher of La Revue Legale,
+together with some annotated reports. In 1880 he was created
+king’s counsel by the Marquis of Lorne. He became widely known as
+an educator, for in 1886 he became a member of the law faculty
+of Laval University, receiving in that year the degree of LL.
+D., and becoming dean of the faculty, which connection he still
+retains.
+
+It is a well known fact that members of the bar more than
+representatives of other professions are prominent in
+public office. The reasons for this are obvious and need no
+amplification here, for the qualities which fit one for success
+in law practice also prepare him for the thorough understanding
+of involved problems affecting the public welfare, and the habit
+of analytical reasoning is as forceful and valuable in one
+connection as in the other. Judge Mathieu sat for Richelieu in
+the house of commons, representing the conservative interests
+from 1872 until 1874. He was then defeated but represented
+the same constituency in the local parliament from 1875 until
+1878. He took his place upon the bench as puisne judge of the
+superior court on the 3d of October, 1881, and for twenty-eight
+years interpreted law in opinions which were notably free from
+partiality and bias. His decisions indicate strong mentality,
+careful analysis and a thorough knowledge of the law. The judge
+on the bench fails more frequently, perhaps, from a deficiency
+in that broad-mindedness which not only comprehends the details
+of a situation quickly and that insures a complete self-control
+under even the most exasperating conditions than from any other
+cause; and the judge who makes a success in the discharge of
+his multitudinous, delicate duties is a man of well rounded
+character, finely balanced mind and of splendid intellectual
+attainments. That Judge Mathieu is regarded as such a jurist is
+a uniformly accepted fact. He figured also in public life as a
+royal commissioner to inquire into certain matters concerning
+the good government of the province in 1892. He presided at
+the celebrated Shortis case for murder in the ’90s; in 1910 he
+lectured on the Canadian constitution and in July of that year
+he was appointed a royal commissioner to revise, consolidate and
+modify the municipal code of Quebec.
+
+Judge Mathieu was married in 1863 to Marie Delina Thirza, a
+daughter of the late Captain St. Louis of Sorel, province of
+Quebec. She died in 1870 and in 1881 Judge Mathieu wedded Marie
+Amelie Antoinette, a daughter of the late Hon. D. M. Armstrong,
+M. L. C. The death of Mrs. Marie A. A. Mathieu occurred in
+April, 1898. Judge Mathieu now resides at The Marlborough in
+Montreal. His religious belief is that of the Roman Catholic
+church. Something of his standing is indicated in the words of
+Dr. J. Reade, who spoke of him as “much esteemed, especially by
+the students and younger members of the bar,” while the Montreal
+Gazette said of him, “He is a judge, painstaking and capable and
+with a grasp of the law and its meaning that few can equal.” His
+influence has been far-reaching and beneficial; it has touched
+the general interests of society along many lines and has been
+a factor in maintaining the legal status upon which rests the
+stability and prosperity of a country, the life and liberty of
+the individual.
+
+
+HON. CHARLES SERAPHIM RODIER.
+
+Along the path of broad usefulness and activity Hon. Charles
+Seraphim Rodier advanced to prominence and success. He was a
+pioneer contractor, lumber merchant and manufacturer of Montreal
+and eventually came to figure prominently in financial circles.
+He was born in this city, October 14, 1818, and his life record
+spans seventy-two years, drawing to its close on the 26th of
+January, 1890. His grandfather was a physician in the French army
+and leaving Paris came to Canada, settling in Montreal in the
+middle of the eighteenth century. His father was Jean Baptiste
+Rodier, who married Miss Montreuil, daughter of a well known
+navigator who commanded vessels sailing from Montreal.
+
+The opportunities accorded Charles Seraphim Rodier in his youth
+were somewhat limited. He pursued his education in a church
+school, but at the age of fourteen years put aside his text-books
+in order that he might earn his own living. He was apprenticed
+to the carpenter’s trade and for his services received a wage of
+one dollar per day. Thus from a humble position in the business
+world he steadily worked his way upward until long prior to
+his death he had reached a place in the millionaire class. He
+applied himself thoroughly to the mastery of his trade and when
+but eighteen years of age began contracting on his own account
+and gained a good patronage. About the year 1846 he began the
+manufacture of threshing machines on St. Peter Street, now St.
+Martin, and for the remainder of his life was to be found almost
+daily at his office at No. 62 St. Martin. The business prospered
+from the beginning and machines that were made there over a half
+century ago are still repaired there. Each step in his business
+career brought him a broader outlook and wider opportunities. He
+was the owner of freight and passenger vessels and was one of
+the founders of the Jacques Cartier Bank, in which he placed one
+hundred and forty-five thousand dollars. He acted as both vice
+president and director of that institution and was connected with
+several joint stock companies, his opinions carrying weight in
+their management, for his advice was always considered sound and
+his judgment discriminating in regard to business affairs.
+
+Aside from his personal interests, he was for over fifty years
+active in public life. In 1838 he was elected alderman for St.
+Antoine ward of Montreal but could not take his seat until
+later when he became of age. For nine years he served in the
+council, being elected three times by acclamation. Politically
+he was a stanch liberal-conservative and three times he refused
+a senatorship, but later, at the urgent request of his family
+and friends, he accepted in 1888, being gazetted senator on the
+17th of December, of that year, for the division of Mille Isles.
+He last attended parliament the week before his death and was
+last at his desk on the 24th of January, 1890. He gave careful
+consideration to the grave questions which came up for settlement
+and stanchly supported any movement which he considered of
+vital worth. His activities also extended to other lines. He
+was president of the St. Jean Baptiste Society; was warden of
+Notre Dame church; and president of St. Vincent de Paul Society.
+He was also lieutenant colonel of the Sixty-fourth Beauharnois
+Battalion at the time of its formation and he was ever a generous
+contributor to religious, educational and charitable institutions.
+
+Senator Rodier was united in marriage in 1848 to Miss Angelique
+Lapierre, a daughter of Andre Lapierre. The death of Mr. Rodier
+occurred January 26, 1890, when he had reached the age of
+seventy-two years, while his wife survived until March 24, 1907.
+They were the parents of four sons and four daughters.
+
+
+ALEXANDER C. HENRY.
+
+In business circles of Montreal the name of Alexander C. Henry
+was well known, for from 1899 until his death, three years later,
+he was purchasing agent for the entire system of the Canadian
+Pacific Railway, the magnitude and importance of his duties
+making his position a most difficult and responsible one. He was
+born at Beamsville, Canada, in 1849, and after mastering the
+branches of learning taught in the public schools he attended
+the Upper Canada College, at Toronto. Subsequently he removed
+to Montreal, and gradually working his way upward in business
+connections became, in 1884, assistant purchasing agent for
+the Canadian Pacific Railway, and in 1899 was made general
+purchasing agent for the entire system. His ability, fidelity,
+indefatigable energy and enterprise brought him to the prominent
+position which he occupied. At the time of his death Sir Thomas
+Shaughnessy, president of the Canadian Pacific Railway, paid high
+tribute to his memory and bore testimony to his honesty, which
+was manifest in his careful accounting for every penny, although
+in his capacity of purchasing agent he expended over one hundred
+and two million dollars.
+
+On the 30th of November, 1882, in Montreal, Mr. Henry was united
+in marriage to Miss Agnes Wilson, of England, and to them were
+born three children, two of whom are living, H. Gordon, being
+a resident of Cleveland, Ohio, and the other, A. Wilson, of
+Montreal. Mr. Henry held membership in St. James the Apostle
+church. He was a public-spirited citizen, active in support of
+any movement which he deemed of vital worth in the upbuilding and
+progress of the community. He belonged to St. James Club, the
+Forest and Stream Club and others, and he had an extensive circle
+of friends who held him in the highest esteem. Mr. Henry passed
+away on February 2, 1902.
+
+
+GEORGE FREDERICK BENSON.
+
+In manufacturing and commercial circles of Montreal the name
+of George Frederick Benson is well known. Important business
+concerns have profited by his cooperation, have felt the stimulus
+of his energy and enterprise and have been quickened by his
+close application and careful control. Many of Montreal’s best
+known and most successful business men are numbered among her
+native sons, to which class Mr. Benson belongs. His father,
+William T. Benson, a native of Kendal, Westmoreland, England,
+was a member of the federal parliament for the constituency of
+South Grenville, Ontario, in which county the village of Cardinal
+(formerly called Edwardsburg) is situated. There the late W. T.
+Benson resided for twenty-seven years, after establishing there
+in 1858 the industry, so well known for many years throughout
+the Dominion of Canada as The Edwardsburg Starch Company and
+now forming the Edwardsburg Works of The Canada Starch Company,
+Ltd. The late W. T. Benson married in England, before coming to
+Canada, Helen Wilson of Acton Grange, Cheshire, England, and
+their only son was George Frederick Benson, the subject of this
+review.
+
+He was educated in England at Uppingham School and Oxford
+University, but returned to Canada, after the sudden death of his
+father in 1885, to take charge of his father’s varied interests.
+After first confining his work to the management of the firm of
+W. T. Benson & Company, importers of foreign wools and chemicals
+at Montreal, he was elected president of The Edwardsburg Starch
+Company in 1894, and since the formation of The Canada Starch
+Company in 1906 he has been its president and managing director.
+He is likewise a director of the West Kootenay Power & Light
+Company, and thus his interests have become extensive and
+important, connecting him with leading manufacturing, commercial
+and industrial interests, not only in the east but also in the
+west.
+
+In October, 1890, Mr. Benson was united in marriage to Miss
+Etheldred Norton, a daughter of the late George Frothingham of
+the well known firm of Frothingham & Workman, and they reside at
+No. 15 Ontario Avenue, Montreal. Mr. Benson gives his political
+allegiance to the conservative party and in religious faith
+is an Anglican. He has been an active member of the Montreal
+Board of Trade, and was treasurer for the year 1913. He has a
+wide acquaintance among leading club men of the city, holding
+membership in a number of the most important clubs of Montreal,
+including the St. James, Mount Royal, Canadian, Canada, Forest
+and Stream, Montreal Hunt, Montreal Racquet, Royal Montreal Golf
+and Royal St. Lawrence Yacht Clubs. He is also a member of the
+Royal Canadian Yacht Club of Toronto and an active member of the
+Thousand Islands Yacht Club in the Thousand Islands district,
+where he has a most attractive summer residence.
+
+
+LOUIS N. DUPUIS.
+
+Louis N. Dupuis is one of Montreal’s well known business men and
+citizens, whose connection with varied and important commercial
+enterprises in that city, has gained for him success and high
+standing as well as an enviable position in business and
+financial circles. He was born at St. Jacques l’Achigan, Montcalm
+county, October 17, 1855, a son of Joseph Dupuis and Euphrasie
+Richard. He attended Archambault’s Catholic Commercial Academy
+now called Plateau school and entered upon his business career as
+junior clerk in the employ of his late brother, J. Naz. Dupuis,
+in 1868. While at this time, Mr. Dupuis was but a lad, yet he
+applied himself closely and learned the business rapidly.
+
+He was one of the founders in 1876 of Dupuis Freres, Limited, one
+of the best known mercantile houses in Montreal, and during the
+first ten years of this firm’s existence he took an important
+part in the management of its affairs and was no small factor in
+its success.
+
+On the 1st of January, 1886, Louis N. Dupuis retired from the
+firm, since which time he has given his attention to various
+commercial enterprises, his sound judgment constituting an active
+and effective force in capable management.
+
+Mr. Dupuis has been for a number of years extensively identified
+with real estate interests in Montreal, and in this connection
+has taken a prominent part in the city’s development. He is
+president of the Eastmount Land Company, also president of La
+Compagnie General d’Immeubles, Limitee, and president of the
+Merchants and Employers Guarantee and Accident Company. In these
+companies as well as in others with which he has been identified,
+his sound business judgment and foresight have been substantial
+contributions to their success.
+
+On the 25th of April, 1881, Mr. Dupuis was married at
+L’Assomption to Miss Marie Melanie Panet Levesque, the second
+daughter of Pierre Thomas Panet Levesque, a land surveyor. Mr.
+Panet Levesque was seigneur of d’Ailleboust and Ramsey, which two
+seigneuries are situated in the county of Joliette, P. Q. Mr.
+and Mrs. Dupuis have ten children, living: Anne Marie; Amelie;
+Pauline and Celine; Pierre Louis, a well known young advocate
+of Montreal who was married on the 15th of January, 1913, to
+Miss Carmel Girouard, daughter of Joseph Girouard, ex-member
+of parliament of St. Benoit, Two Mountains; Rosaire, one of the
+rising young notaries of Montreal, and of whom further mention is
+made elsewhere in this work; François; Camille; Roger; and Jean.
+
+[Illustration: LOUIS N. DUPUIS]
+
+Mr. Dupuis holds to the political faith of the conservative
+party and to the religious faith of the Roman Catholic church.
+He is a Knight of Columbus of Conseil Lafontaine and belongs
+to the Chapleau Fish and Game Club and the Canadian Club.
+Thoroughly progressive in his ideas, he has kept well informed
+both by reading and travel. As long ago as 1874, Mr. Dupuis
+visited Fort Garry, now the city of Winnipeg, when the journey
+required fourteen days from Montreal, and too, when the Red
+River country was considered the “Far West.” He has since then
+visited the Pacific coast no less than five times, as well as
+various sections of the United States. He is equally familiar
+with England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales, as well as continental
+Europe, as it was formerly his custom to make semi-annual trips
+to Europe in connection with his business affairs. He enjoys
+the outdoor life, especially the sports of the forest. His
+public service has been well performed. At the end of 1909 he
+was selected by the citizens committee to form part of the new
+administration of the city as commissioner and was elected by the
+city at large in the election held on the 2d of February, 1910.
+
+
+ROUER JOSEPH ROY, K. C.
+
+Rouer Joseph Roy, jurist, linguist and an interested student
+of literary, scientific and antiquarian subjects, was born in
+Montreal, January 7, 1821, his parents being the late Joseph
+Roy, M. P. P., and Amelia (Lusignan) Roy. The former, of French
+descent, rose to a position of prominence, representing his
+riding in the provincial legislature. His wife was connected with
+the distinguished family of Rouer de Villeray.
+
+Rouer Joseph Roy attended Montreal College, from which he was
+graduated with honors in the presence of Lord Durham. Having
+determined upon the practice of law as his life profession, he
+entered the law office of the Hon. Mr. Sullivan in 1838 and
+after four years of thorough and comprehensive study was called
+to the bar, in 1842. Almost from the beginning his career was
+a successful one and after several years devoted to active law
+practice he was appointed joint city attorney for Montreal in
+1862, filling that position continuously until 1876, when he
+became the sole legal advisor of the city, remaining in that
+office until he resigned in 1898. He afterward filled the
+position of consulting city attorney. In 1864 he was elected
+syndic of the Quebec bar and so continued for four years. In the
+same year he was made queen’s counsel as well as being elected
+president of the committee in charge of the bar library, which
+office he continuously and honorably filled for thirty years. In
+1887 he was unanimously chosen batonnier of the Montreal bar and
+the following year was chosen batonnier general of the province.
+He held high professional rank and on several occasions appeared
+before the judicial committee of the privy council in England.
+
+In January, 1857, Mr. Roy was married to Miss Corinne Beaudry, a
+daughter of the late Hon. J. L. Beaudry, M. L. C., who in 1857
+was mayor of Montreal. Mr. Roy not only enjoyed a high reputation
+as a lawyer but also as a scholar, being widely known as a
+linguist, speaking fluently Greek, Latin, Italian and French as
+well as English. For many years he occupied the presidency of
+the Numismatic and Antiquarian Society. He was one of the last
+survivors of the Sons of Liberty, an organization which played
+a most important part at the time of the rebellion of 1837. His
+religious faith was that of the Roman Catholic church and he
+filled the office of church warden of the parish of Notre Dame.
+His life was characterized by a nobility that lifted him above
+those traits which mar character and when death called him on the
+27th of July, 1905, only words of commendation and respect were
+spoken concerning his life work. He had done things worthy to be
+written and had written things worthy to be read, and he left to
+posterity an unblemished name, linked with many deeds that won
+him prominence and honor.
+
+
+CHARLES MACKAY COTTON.
+
+A man of force, experience and capacity, Charles Mackay Cotton
+has made for himself an enviable position at the bar of Quebec
+and is numbered among the most able and successful advocates of
+Montreal, where he is in active practice as a member of the firm
+of Cotton & Westover. He was born in Durham township, Missisquoi
+county, Quebec, February 22, 1878, and is a representative of a
+well known Canadian family of English extraction, being a son of
+Sheriff Cotton, a grandson of Dr. Cotton and a great-grandson of
+Rev. Charles Caleb Cotton, B. A. (Oxford), who came from England
+in 1799 and was one of the pioneer Anglican clergymen in the
+eastern townships.
+
+Charles Mackay Cotton acquired his preliminary education at
+Cowansville Academy, Feller Institute, Grande Ligne, Quebec,
+and afterward entered McGill University, Montreal, from which
+he was graduated with the degree of B. A. in 1899, winning the
+high honor of the gold medal for general proficiency. From the
+same institution he was afterwards graduated B. C. L. in 1902,
+taking at this time the Macdonald scholarship. In his student
+days he gave every evidence of the ability and power upon which
+his present success is founded for besides the honors above
+mentioned he was class orator in science, arts and law. His
+record in McGill University is very creditable and one of which
+he has every reason to be proud, and its promise has been fully
+justified by his later accomplishments in the professional
+field. Mr. Cotton was called to the bar as advocate in 1902 and
+immediately afterwards went abroad in order to get the advantages
+of foreign travel and to supplement his excellent legal training
+by further study. He attended lectures at the law school of the
+University of Montpelier in 1903, thus completing an exhaustive
+and comprehensive legal education.
+
+Mr. Cotton opened his first office in Sweetsburg, this province,
+practising in partnership with J. C. McCorkill, and proving
+able, farsighted and discriminating in the discharge of his
+professional duties. From Sweetsburg he came to Montreal, and he
+is today one of the representative citizens of this community,
+prominent in his profession and a leading factor in the promotion
+of those projects and measures which have for their object
+municipal growth, advancement and progress. The firm of Cotton
+& Westover is one of the strongest of its kind in the city and
+connected through a wide and representative patronage with a
+great deal of important litigation. Mr. Cotton is recognized as
+an able advocate, possessed of a comprehensive knowledge of the
+law and a practical ability in its application, and his developed
+powers and wide experience are bringing him constantly increasing
+prominence in his chosen field.
+
+Mr. Cotton is a member of the Anglican church and was formerly
+a captain in the Fifteenth Shefford Field Battery. A strong
+liberal, he takes an intelligent interest in public affairs,
+opposing political corruption wherever he finds it and supporting
+by word and action pure and clean politics. Viewed from any
+standpoint his has been a useful and successful career, and the
+future undoubtedly holds for him further honors and continued
+prosperity.
+
+
+WILLIAM ALEXANDER HASTINGS.
+
+William Alexander Hastings, for many years vice president and
+general manager of the Lake of the Woods Milling Company, Ltd.,
+and one of the best known men in his line of business in Canada,
+was born at Petite Cote, March 6, 1852, a son of George and
+Margaret (Ogilvie) Hastings. George Hastings came from Boston,
+Massachusetts, and located at Petite Cote where he was engaged in
+farming.
+
+William A. Hastings pursued his education in the schools of his
+native city and began his business career as a clerk in the
+Exchange Bank. His progress was rapid and he was promoted to
+manager of the Bedford (Quebec) branch, and later manager of the
+Exeter branch. Subsequently he was appointed treasurer of the
+St. Joseph (Missouri) Gas Company, serving until 1882 when he
+became identified with the milling business in which he achieved
+such notable success. In that year, with his brother, George
+V. Hastings, he became associated with the Ogilvie Company at
+Winnipeg, building and opening the flour mills there with great
+success. In 1888 he severed his connection with the above firm
+and became vice president and general manager of the Lake of
+the Woods Milling Company, filling this prominent and important
+position until his death, which occurred on May 23, 1903.
+
+Mr. Hastings had thoroughly acquainted himself with the business
+in its different phases so that he was well qualified to assume
+the control of one of the largest businesses of its kind in the
+Dominion, and to his rare judgment and marked executive ability
+is credited, to no small extent, the high degree of prosperity
+enjoyed by the company whose affairs he so ably directed.
+
+Robert Meighen, president of the Lake of the Woods Milling
+Company, said that he had been associated with Mr. Hastings for
+thirteen years and that any business which passed through his
+hands passed through the hands of God’s noblest work--an honest
+man. Others bore equally strong testimony as to his enterprise
+and his thorough reliability. He never weighed an act in the
+scale of public policy but always measured his deeds by the
+standard of upright principle.
+
+In 1884 Mr. Hastings was united in marriage to Miss Georgina Roy
+Ure, daughter of the late George P. Ure, and they became the
+parents of the following children: Margaret Ogilvie, who died in
+infancy; William Roy, of Montreal; and John Ogilvie, of Montreal.
+
+Mr. Hastings was lacking in none of the qualities which make for
+upright manhood and progressive citizenship, and his cooperation
+with any movement or plan largely insured the successful outcome
+of the same. In 1890 he became a member of the Corn Exchange and
+in 1893 was elected a member of the committee of management, in
+which office he continued until 1898, serving for the last three
+years of that period as treasurer. Throughout his entire life
+Canada numbered him among her best citizens and the record which
+he made reflected credit upon the Dominion, constituting a factor
+in its material development.
+
+
+ROBERT DENNISON MARTIN.
+
+One of the best known men in the grain trade in Canada and one
+whose untimely death cut short a business career that had been
+highly successful and was full of greater possibilities for
+the future was Robert Dennison Martin, who was born at Selby,
+Ontario, October 18, 1854, a son of William and Elizabeth
+(Thompson) Martin. The father was a farmer and the boyhood of
+Robert Dennison Martin was spent in the manner of a farmer’s
+son of that locality and period. His education, acquired at the
+place of his nativity, was somewhat limited. He remained in the
+district in which he was born until after attaining his majority.
+Hearing of the possibilities of the western country, he went
+to Manitoba and near Deloraine he secured a homestead which he
+developed and improved. As he managed to gather together a little
+capital, he turned his attention to merchandising, becoming a
+member of the hardware firm of Faulkner & Martin at Deloraine,
+an association which continued for a number of years after his
+removal to Montreal. It was at Deloraine that he first became
+connected with the grain business in which he was destined to win
+notable success. In the buying of grain he became associated with
+Alfred P. Stuart under the firm name of The R. D. Martin Company,
+a partnership that continued until the death of Mr. Martin.
+
+After a few years residence in Winnipeg Mr. Martin came to
+Montreal in 1899, and with the exception of a year spent in
+Napanee and a year in Kingston, Montreal was his place of
+residence throughout the remainder of his life. The business of
+The R. D. Martin Company enjoyed a steady and prosperous growth
+and to its development Mr. Martin devoted his entire attention
+and rare ability. Since his demise the business has been
+continued under the name of the British Empire Grain Company,
+Limited. Mr. Martin suffered from ill health for several years
+prior to his demise which occurred at his beautiful new home at
+No. 1 Murray Avenue, Westmount, which was completed only a few
+weeks prior to his demise, which occurred on the 28th of June,
+1905.
+
+[Illustration: ROBERT D. MARTIN]
+
+It was on the 18th of May, 1894, at Winnipeg, that Mr. Martin
+was united in marriage to Miss Helen Moncrieff Morton, who was
+born in Perth, Scotland, a daughter of Duncan and Jessie (Watson)
+Morton. The father died when Mrs. Martin was but two years of
+age and her mother survived until a few years ago. Mrs. Martin
+came to Canada in 1892 and resided in Winnipeg previous to her
+marriage, a brother having preceded her to that place. She is
+one of five children born to her parents, four of whom survive,
+as follows: Jessie, the wife of George Banks of Perth, Scotland;
+Duncan, residing in Winnipeg; Helen M., who is Mrs. R. D. Martin;
+and Madeline, the wife of Andrew C. Craig of Winnipeg. To Mr. and
+Mrs. Martin were born five children: Charles Stuart, a student
+in McGill University; and Helen Elizabeth, Edith Laura, Jessie
+Watson and Robert Henry, all at home.
+
+Mr. Martin was quiet and domestic in his tastes and habits. He
+held membership in only one club, the Canada Club, and did not
+enter actively into its affairs. He was very fond of his family
+and found his chief delight in the home circle, being a loving
+and kind husband and father. As a business man he was alert and
+energetic, ready for any emergency and he seemed to pass by no
+opportunity that pointed to honorable success. Contemporaries and
+colleagues had the highest respect for him and more than that,
+he gained the warm friendship and esteem of a large majority of
+his acquaintances. Although a later arrival in Montreal than
+many of his business associates, he gained prominence among them
+and attained an enviable position in the business world. He was
+a member of the Board of Trade and his opinions carried weight
+among its representatives and in other connections which had to
+do with the city’s welfare. He was truly Canadian in spirit and
+interests and his devotion to the public good was one of his
+notable traits of character.
+
+
+J. LOUIS A. GUIMOND.
+
+J. Louis A. Guimond, a notary public practicing in Montreal
+and interested in business enterprises which connect him
+with activity in the real-estate field, was born in the
+town of Beauharnois, in the province of Quebec on the
+14th of February, 1877. His father was Cyrille Guimond, a
+merchant and manufacturer, who married Justine Dubreuil of
+Pointe-aux-Trembles. In the pursuit of his education he attended
+the Seminary of St. Hyacinthe and was graduated in letters with
+the class of 1896, while his scientific course was pursued in
+College St. Laurent, from which he graduated in 1898. He has
+since been an active representative of the notarial profession in
+which connection he has secured a large clientage that makes his
+practice a profitable one. His life has been one of intense and
+intelligently directed activity and aside from his professional
+duties he is acting as a director and is a shareholder in a
+real-estate company. He is likewise secretary-treasurer of two
+municipalities and thus takes a helpful interest in public
+affairs as well as in the conduct of private business interests.
+
+On the 24th of May, 1909, at Iberville, P. Q., Mr. Guimond was
+married to Miss Marie Louise Gayette, a daughter of Calixte
+Gayette. Their children are Paul and Ives Guimond. The religious
+faith of the family is that of the Catholic church and in
+politics Mr. Guimond is a liberal-nationalist. He is energetic,
+accomplished and successful and by the consensus of public
+opinion he is ranked with the representative men of Montreal. He
+comes of an old and respected line of ancestors who settled in
+the province of Quebec in the seventeenth century. Since that
+day they have not only been active and progressive in business,
+but loyal in citizenship. Mr. Guimond’s lines of life have been
+cast in harmony with the record of an honored ancestry and his
+forbears have been no more loyal to city, province and country
+than he.
+
+
+ROBERT H. BARRON.
+
+A man who has founded success in the legal profession upon
+ability, comprehensive knowledge, long experience and untiring
+industry, is Robert H. Barron, since 1895 in active and
+successful practice as a notary in Montreal. He has made
+continued and rapid progress in his chosen field of labor, each
+year bringing him to a point in advance of the previous one, and
+today the firm of Barron & Cushing, of which he is the senior
+member, is one of the most reliable of its kind in the city.
+
+Mr. Barron was graduated B. A. from McGill University in 1892
+and acquired his professional training in the same institution,
+completing the law course in 1895. In October of that year he
+began practice in Montreal, being taken into partnership by
+Mr. Charles Cushing and Mr. Robert A. Dunton; this association
+continued until 1900, and Mr. Barron then continued in
+partnership under the firm name of Cushing & Barron until
+the death of Mr. Cushing in September, 1910. Mr. Barron then
+practiced alone for about one year, when he associated himself
+with Dougall Cushing, his present partner and a son of his former
+partner. Barron & Cushing control a large and constantly growing
+business, and the firm is known to be strong and reliable. Mr.
+Barron is held in high honor in professional circles of Montreal,
+and his prominence stands upon the substantial foundation of
+ability and merit.
+
+
+ARTHUR DELISLE, Q. C.
+
+The legal fraternity of Montreal finds an able representative in
+Arthur Delisle, who not only has achieved favorable reputation
+in a private capacity but has ably represented the district of
+Portneuf in the provincial parliament. Capable, earnest and
+conscientious, he has been connected with important litigation
+before the local courts and his clientele is representative.
+He comes of an old and distinguished family whose ancestors
+came from France in the year 1669, on the 15th of October of
+which year arrived in Quebec Louis de l’Isle, of Dompierre,
+of the bishopric Rouen, accompanied by his young wife, Louise
+des Granges, of St. Brice of Paris, settlement being made at
+Pointe-aux-Trembles, of Quebec.
+
+Arthur Delisle was born at Portneuf and is the son of Jean and
+Anathalie (Frenette) Delisle. In the acquirement of his education
+he attended Laval Normal School Seminary of Quebec and Laval
+University of that city, taking his degree of Master in Law (cum
+laude) on the 23d of December, 1882. After locating for practice
+in Montreal important business came to him and as the years have
+passed he has become known as one of the most able men in his
+profession in the city. He has every faculty of which a lawyer
+may be proud, unusual familiarity with human nature and untiring
+industry making him one of the most forceful members of the bar.
+He was appointed queen’s counsel in 1898.
+
+On April 22, 1890, at Quebec, Mr. Delisle was united in marriage
+to Blanche Hudon, a daughter of Théophile Hudon, a prominent
+merchant of Quebec. They have two children, Marguerite and
+Gaston. While attending the Laval Normal School Mr. Delisle
+received the usual course of military training under the
+supervision of the high officers at the citadel of Quebec,
+receiving such instruction there in the years 1876 and 1877. This
+experience has been of great benefit to him as it infused into
+the young man the lasting benefits of military exactness and
+punctuality. From 1891 until 1896 he represented the district
+of Portneuf in the house of commons, retiring in the latter
+year in order to give his seat to Sir Henry Joly de Lotbinière.
+Public-spirited and progressive, Mr. Delisle takes an active
+interest in the progress his city is making as one of the great
+metropolitan centers of North America and is ever willing and
+ready to support worthy enterprises projected for general
+improvement and growth.
+
+
+DAVID GREENE, M. D.
+
+In the death of Dr. David Greene, Montreal was forced to record
+the loss of a most capable member of the medical profession. He
+added to broad scientific knowledge and thorough training a deep
+human sympathy combined with an almost intuitive understanding of
+his fellowmen. Moreover he recognized to the fullest extent the
+weight of responsibility and obligations resting upon him, and
+his fidelity to duty became one of his strongest characteristics.
+A native of Ballyshannon, in the north of Ireland, he died on
+the 21st of March, 1891, at Montreal, Quebec. He prepared for
+college at the Royal School of Portora, Enniskillen, and was
+graduated from Trinity College at Dublin. He became a licentiate
+of the Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland and from 1858 until
+1864 practiced in the north of Ireland. It was in his native
+town of Ballyshannon that Dr. Greene wedded Miss Ellen Green,
+who with a son and several daughters survive him. But one of the
+children was born on the Emerald isle and with this daughter
+Dr. and Mrs. Greene came to the new world in 1866, making their
+way to Montreal, Canada. For a time Dr. Greene was actively
+engaged in practice in this city and then removed to Granby,
+where he practiced for many years, but afterward returned to
+Montreal. His intellectual powers were marked and his scholastic
+and literary attainments were of a high order. It was a liberal
+education in itself to know him well and profit by his wonderful
+store of knowledge, which he unconsciously imparted to his close
+friends in conversation that was brilliant and fascinating. His
+associates recognized that his comradeship meant expansion and
+elevation. Being endowed with a warm heart and splendid mental
+gifts, he left the impress of his individuality upon those with
+whom he was brought into close and intimate relations. While he
+took high rank in his profession, his attainments were varied and
+brought him fame in other connections. He was a devout member of
+the English church, and his influence was always on the side of
+right, progress, truth and reform.
+
+The surviving children of Dr. and Mrs. Greene are: Alice, Maud,
+Gertrude, Vida, Geraldine, and Whately Stokes. The last named
+pursued his education in the schools of Montreal and in March,
+1898, made his initial step in connection with the banking
+business as an employe in the old Ontario Bank, with which he was
+connected for eight years. Through the past seven years he has
+been with the Royal Bank of Canada, and is now manager of the
+Laurier Avenue branch at the corner of Park Avenue and Laurier
+Avenue West. Mr. Greene married Miss Gertrude Anne Sheppard, only
+daughter of the late Charles Stanley Sheppard, and they have
+one daughter, Lorna Gertrude. Mr. Greene has made for himself a
+creditable place in financial circles as did his father in the
+field of professional service, and the name has long been an
+honored one in Montreal.
+
+
+GEORGES GONTHIER.
+
+In financial circles in Montreal we have to mention Mr. Georges
+Gonthier as one of the most familiar figures. A member of the
+well known firm of St. Cyr, Gonthier & Frigon and a public
+accountant of some standing and repute, he has nevertheless
+found time to promote many measures of great commercial and
+public utility, and to prepare the way for the foundation of one
+of our most important institutions (L’Ecole des Hautes Etudes
+Commerciales).
+
+Mr. Gonthier was born in Montreal in November, 1869. After a
+period of arduous study and preparation he entered upon his
+business activities in 1890, and since that time has advanced
+steadily in his profession winning the good-will and esteem of
+everyone, so that we now see him occupying such positions of
+trust and public confidence as that of treasurer and director
+of the Chamber of Commerce and president of the Institute of
+Accountants and Auditors of the Province of Quebec. In fact, it
+was Mr. Gonthier himself who was chiefly instrumental in bringing
+about the establishment of the last mentioned institute, and he
+played no small part in its subsequent organization, for which
+his wide business experience and knowledge coupled with what we
+might term an unrivalled commercial sagacity, especially fitted
+him.
+
+He was moreover one of the founders with the late Mr. Poindron of
+the Canada-French Trade Development Committee, since merged into
+the Comité France-Amérique under the presidency in Canada of the
+Hon. Raoul Dandurand.
+
+Nor are Mr. Gonthier’s activities limited to the field of
+practical achievement. He has entered the lists as a public
+lecturer on financial and accounting subjects where he has
+won for himself considerable renown. In particular his essay
+on “Bonds as an Investment” has been highly praised and was
+even published in the financial journals at Paris. It is not
+surprising therefore that he has considerable influence in
+Belgium and in France.
+
+[Illustration: GEORGES GONTHIER]
+
+It would be superfluous to add anything further to demonstrate
+the sterling qualities and well deserved reputation of Mr.
+Gonthier. It may, however, be interesting to accountants and
+auditors in general to know that it was mainly through his
+efforts that the law was passed to render compulsory the keeping
+of proper accounts to all who engage in business.
+
+
+HUNTLY WARD DAVIS.
+
+Huntly Ward Davis, member of the firm of Hogle & Davis,
+architects, was born in Montreal, October 22, 1875, a son of M.
+and Lucy (Ward) Davis, the latter a daughter of Hon. J. K. Ward,
+M. L. C. Huntly Ward Davis attended Eliock school at Montreal
+and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, from which he was
+graduated as Bachelor of Science in June, 1898. He prepared for
+and has always followed the profession of architect, working
+in early manhood under A. T. Taylor, who became senior partner
+of the firm of Taylor, Hogle & Davis, but has since withdrawn,
+leaving the firm Hogle & Davis. Mr. Davis is a conservative, and
+his membership relations are with St. James Club and with the
+Church of St. James the Apostle. On the 26th of October, 1910,
+in Montreal, he was married to Evelyn St. Claire Stanley Bagg,
+daughter of the late Robert Stanley and Clara (Smithers) Bagg,
+and they have a daughter, Evelyn Clare Ward Davis.
+
+
+FRANCOIS XAVIER ROY.
+
+This is an age of specialization. It is the unusual rather than
+the usual thing for any man to attempt to gain proficiency in
+the various departments of the law; on the contrary he usually
+concentrates his efforts upon a single branch of jurisprudence,
+with the result that he reaches a position which otherwise he
+could not hope to gain. Following this general course, François
+X. Roy has devoted his attention to commercial law, in which
+connection he has a large and distinctively representative
+clientage. He has been a lifelong resident of the province of
+Quebec, his birth having occurred on the 13th of August, 1863.
+His educational training was received at the College of Nicolet
+and in Laval University. He also spent a year in special study
+at Sherbrooke in 1886, was for a year under the direction of
+the law faculty at Bishop’s College, and then passed the usual
+examinations that secured his admission to the bar.
+
+Choosing Montreal as the seat of his labors, Mr. Roy here began
+practice in association with the late Hon. C. A. Geoffrion,
+and later was with D. R. Murphy, K. C. He had become so well
+established in practice as a successful commercial lawyer that in
+1909 he was created king’s counsel. He has become a recognized
+authority in the department of law in which he has chosen to
+specialize, and as such is called to all parts of the province,
+his opinions being largely received as authority upon points of
+commercial law. He is now attorney for the Williams Manufacturing
+Company, Henon-LeBlanc, Ltd., and several other commercial firms
+of Montreal. He readily grasps the relation of cause and effect,
+and in the preparation of his cases his analytical power is
+strongly manifest. In presenting a cause before the courts he is
+logical, and his deductions follow in orderly sequence.
+
+Mr. Roy is a liberal in politics and in all his political
+interests is actuated by a spirit of progressiveness as affecting
+both provincial and Dominion affairs. He has ever stood for
+improvement, reform and advancement, and for many years has held
+the office of treasurer of the Reform Club. Aside from this he is
+a member of Le Club Canadien, L’Alliance Nationale, L’Alliance
+Française, La Société St. Jean Baptiste and other societies. He
+stands as a high type of the French element in the citizenship
+of Montreal, combining with the admirable and strongly marked
+characteristics of a French ancestry the progressive spirit of
+the modern age, a spirit which falters not in the accomplishment
+of a task until success is achieved.
+
+
+NAPOLEON URGEL LACASSE.
+
+Napoléon Urgel Lacasse, attorney at law practicing in Montreal as
+a member of the well known firm of Bastien, Bergeron, Cousineau,
+Lacasse & Jasmin, was born at St. Vincent de Paul, in the county
+of Laval, P. Q., July 11, 1877. In the early records of the
+French families it is found that there are several variations
+to the family name which appears also as Casse, Cassé and Du
+Tertre. Angelique Lacasse was born in 1715 and died at Beaumont,
+August 22, 1738. Antoine Lacasse, who was born in 1706, married
+Marguerite Sionnaux and died November 27, 1778. The parents of
+Napoléon Urgel Lacasse were Zéphirin and Rose Delima (Fortier)
+Lacasse. Under the parental roof he spent his boyhood days while
+studying in St. Mary’s College and Laval University of Montreal,
+winning his Bachelor of Arts degree on the 15th of June, 1898,
+and that of Bachelor of Laws on the 21st of June, 1901. Following
+his graduation he entered immediately upon the active practice
+of his profession and was alone therein until the 1st of July,
+1912, when he entered into his present partnership relations. He
+is recognized as one of the strong and able members of the bar
+among the younger practitioners, and his experience and study are
+continually promoting his knowledge and ability. Aside from his
+profession he is financially interested in several joint stock
+companies and has extensive real-estate investments.
+
+Mr. Lacasse has been married twice, on the 28th of September,
+1903, to Eugénie Barbeau and on the 31st of March, 1913, to Miss
+Yvonne Barbeau, daughter of the late Godfroy Barbeau, a merchant
+of Ste. Geneviève county, P. Q. The four children of Mr. Lacasse
+are: Jean François Bernard, Jacques Vincent Ferrier, Joséphine
+Hélène Marcelle and Suzanne Andrée Victoire. The religious faith
+of the family is that of the Catholic church. The military
+experience of Mr. Lacasse covers more than three years’ service
+as commanding officer of St. Mary’s College Cadets from 1896
+until 1898 inclusively. He was one of the winners in the cadets
+contest in 1893 for the Duke of Connaught prize, also in 1894 and
+1895.
+
+In politics he is a conservative and has made public battles
+for his principles in elections in the counties of Terrebonne,
+Jacques Cartier, Laval and Yamaska. However, the practice of
+law he considers his real life work, regarding it as abundantly
+worthy of his best efforts, and in his chosen profession he has
+made continuous and gratifying progress.
+
+
+FRANK BULLER, M. D., C. M.
+
+Dr. Frank Buller was one of the most celebrated ophthalmologists
+of the new world, occupying, as practitioner and educator, a
+position in which he had few peers. His scientific research and
+his broad reading gave him a knowledge far superior to that of
+many able members of the profession, and in the wise utilization
+of his time and talents he made valuable contributions to the
+world’s work.
+
+Dr. Buller was born at Campbellford, Ontario, May 4, 1844, a
+son of Charles G. and Frances Elizabeth (Boucher) Buller, of
+Hillside, Campbellford. After attending the high school at
+Peterboro, from which he graduated in due time, he took up the
+study of medicine in Victoria College at Cobourg, completing
+his course with the class of 1869. He then went to Germany,
+where he spent two years in the study of the eye, ear, nose and
+throat, acquainting himself with the advanced methods of eminent
+men in the profession. While at the University of Berlin he
+received close personal instruction from Von Helmholtz and Von
+Graefe, and, during the Franco-German war, served as assistant
+surgeon in a number of military hospitals of northern Germany.
+In 1872 Dr. Buller went to London and studied for some years in
+“Moorfields”--the Royal London Ophthalmic Hospital. He was for
+two years chief house surgeon of this hospital, and he introduced
+to London the “direct” method of ophthalmoscopy. In England he
+became a member of the Royal College of Surgeons. Dr. Buller
+began practice in Montreal in 1876 and rapidly advanced to a
+foremost position in his profession. For seventeen years he was
+the opthalmic and aural surgeon in the Montreal General Hospital
+and resigned to take the same position in the Royal Victoria
+Hospital. He was the first ophthalmologist to be appointed to the
+General Hospital--and so remarkably recent is the development of
+opthalmology in the new world that, prior to that time, every
+physician and surgeon treated his eye cases in his own clinic.
+For many years Dr. Buller was professor of ophthalmology and
+otology in McGill University, being appointed professor when
+the chair was founded in 1883. He was equally able in his large
+private practice and enjoyed an ever widening reputation. Dr.
+Buller received the English degree of M. R. C. S.
+
+Dr. Buller was a powerfully built man, restless and very
+energetic. His students used to say of him, “Buller is a great
+teacher, but he wears us out.” He was forever engaged in arduous
+mental work but also took keen interest in matters outside of
+his profession. He was frank, straightforward and kind--a strong
+generous nature.
+
+Dr. Buller married Elizabeth Belton Langlois, of Quebec, who died
+November 20, 1895. By this marriage there were two children,
+Marguerite and Cecil. In 1898 he married Miss Jean Brien, of New
+York, and they had three children, Francis, Audrey and James, the
+latter dying in 1909.
+
+Dr. Buller was a member of the Church of England. He died October
+11, 1905. He was followed to the grave by the entire medical
+profession of Montreal and numerous physicians from a distance.
+Also many of the city’s poor were present at the obsequies--a
+fact which, had he been able to know it, would have touched that
+great heart which had so keenly felt their sorrows.
+
+A colleague of Dr. Buller writes as follows: “In very delicate
+cases, where he feared to trust patients in the hands of
+untrained attendants, and they were too poor to hire professional
+nurses, he has been known to stay with the patients all night,
+after an operation, and attend to the dressing himself, lest the
+eye, so tender and in such a precarious condition, might suffer
+needless pain or be injured through a slight mistake.”
+
+“Dr. Buller will be especially remembered because of three
+inventions: (1) the Buller eye-shield (composed of a
+watch-crystal and strips of sticking-plaster and oftenest
+employed to protect an unaffected eye when its fellow is
+afflicted with gonorrheal infection). (2) Temporary tying of the
+cacalieuli for the prevention of wound infection in operations
+on the eye-ball. (3) The Buller trial frame. Yet his inventions
+and investigations were very numerous and, for the most part,
+successful in every way. Thus, concerning his investigation into
+‘Methyl Alcohol Blindness,’ conducted jointly with Dr. Casey
+A. Wood, De Schweintz declares the work to be ‘by far the most
+important contribution to the subject and one to which too high
+praise cannot be given.’” Scientists, members of the profession
+and all mankind delighted to honor him because of what he had
+accomplished. High above any desire for pecuniary reward was his
+deep interest in humanity and an earnest purpose to make his life
+a serviceable one to his fellowmen.
+
+
+WILLIAM WATSON OGILVIE.
+
+Foremost among those men whose life’s record seems an inseparable
+part of Canada’s industrial and commercial growth during the
+period of their activities, is that of William Watson Ogilvie,
+whose identification with the milling business covered a period
+of nearly a half century. The position of Mr. Ogilvie in this
+important industry was unquestionably at the head. He did more to
+develop it than any other man before or since his time, and the
+great success he achieved was fully merited.
+
+William W. Ogilvie was born at Cote St. Michel, Montreal,
+February 14, 1835, of Scotch ancestry, and belonged to the
+Banffshire family of that name. He received his education in
+Montreal schools, and in entering on a business career chose that
+which was his by inheritance, the milling business.
+
+His grandfather, Alexander, erected in 1801, a mill at Jacques
+Cartier, near Quebec, where was ground the first flour under
+British rule that was ever exported to Europe. This old mill was
+really the foundation of the immense business that was built up
+by W. W. Ogilvie. In 1860 he entered into partnership with his
+brothers, Alexander and John, grain merchants and proprietors
+of a mill at Lachine Rapids. The growth of the business was
+soon responsible for the building of the Glenora Flour Mills
+on the Lachine canal. The business continued to grow, and the
+Ogilvies erected mills at Goderich and Seaforth, Ontario and
+Winnipeg, Manitoba; and later, the Royal Mills at Montreal. The
+three brothers operated together until 1874, when the elder
+brother retired, and on the death of his brother, John, in
+1888 the entire business management devolved upon William W.
+Ogilvie, whose well developed powers were entirely adequate to
+the demands made upon him in the further control and management
+of this extensive enterprise, of which he became the head. In
+addition to the properties mentioned, Mr. W. W. Ogilvie afterward
+purchased the City Mills, Montreal, and at the time of his death
+had accepted plans for a very large mill at Fort William. Some
+years previous to his demise to facilitate the administration of
+his western business, the Ogilvie Milling Company of Winnipeg was
+formed in which Mr. Ogilvie was the dominant factor. The Ogilvie
+Flour Mills Company, of the present, was organized in 1903 and
+is practically the successor of the Ogilvie Milling Company and
+various other interests in this line, belonging to Mr. Ogilvie’s
+estate.
+
+[Illustration: WILLIAM W. OGILVIE]
+
+Mr. Ogilvie and his brother John were the pioneer wheat buyers in
+Manitoba. He had traveled through Canada’s present wheat fields
+years before they were cultivated and many times afterwards. From
+the first small shipment of five hundred bushels from Manitoba in
+1876, the shipments, in Mr. Ogilvie’s lifetime, to his own mills
+increased until they reached the enormous total of eight million
+bushels of No. 1 hard wheat, all purchased by his own expert
+buyers from the farmers, at his seventy elevators, extending all
+over the wheat section of Ontario and the northwest.
+
+In the manufacture of flour Mr. Ogilvie spent a lifetime and
+spared neither time, labor or expense in bringing his product to
+the very acme of perfection. By steady industry and indomitable
+energy and most of all the superior quality of his products,
+upheld at all cost, the business grew until it not only became
+the largest of its kind in the Dominion, but the most extensive
+flour business in the world controlled by one man.
+
+Mr. Ogilvie was the first to introduce into Canada the patent
+process of grinding by rollers. In 1868, he visited Hungary where
+this system originated, for the purpose of investigating it.
+He saw at once its value and adopted it. He invented improved
+machinery used in the milling business, and was always ready to
+adopt the improvements of others that were practical.
+
+It was said that he had better knowledge of wheat and wheat lands
+than any man in Canada. His business furnished a market for wheat
+growers and proved a stimulating influence in the agricultural
+development of the great wheat-raising section of middle and
+western Canada. His labors were directly responsible for much of
+the growth, progress and prosperity of Manitoba and the provinces
+farther west, and his worth as a business man and citizen was
+acknowledged by all.
+
+Mr. Ogilvie’s identification with commercial interests was large
+and diversified. He was a director of the Bank of Montreal;
+the Montreal Transportation Company; the North British and
+Mercantile Insurance Company; the Old Dominion Board of Trade;
+and the Sailors Institute. He was president of the Corn
+Exchange Association; St. Andrew’s Society; and the Montreal
+Horticultural Society; governor of the Montreal General and
+the Royal Victoria Hospitals; president of the Manufacturers’
+Association, and served as a member of the Harbor Board.
+
+In regard to agricultural and horticultural interests he
+manifested an interest and enthusiasm that were contagious,
+his efforts constituting an example that many others followed.
+He served both on the council and board of arbitration of the
+Montreal Board of Trade and was president of that body in 1893-4.
+In matters of citizenship he was extremely public-spirited and
+what he accomplished represented the fit utilization of his
+innate talents and powers. His political belief is indicated
+in the fact that in 1896 he was president of the Liberal
+Conservative Club of Montreal. He was a forceful speaker in both
+French and English and frequently, in his earlier days, addressed
+public meetings during political campaigns.
+
+As a young man he served as lieutenant and subsequently as a
+captain in the Montreal Cavalry under his brother, being thanked
+in brigade orders by Colonel Pakenham in 1866.
+
+He was one of the prominent members of St. Andrew’s church.
+Mr. Ogilvie always gave with a free hand toward various public
+institutions, and there was no movement of importance to which
+he did not contribute. His benefactions were liberal, varied and
+by no means local. He gave thirteen thousand dollars, towards
+making up a deficit for completion of the Jubilee wing of the
+Winnipeg General Hospital. He was one of the first to subscribe
+to the patriotic fund for the families of those who went with
+the Canadian contingent to the Transvaal war. Mr. Ogilvie was a
+man of great business capacity and to a most remarkable extent
+maintained a personal knowledge of his diversified interests.
+
+His death on January 12, 1900, was very sudden. He had been
+at his office attending to business as usual, after which he
+attended a directors’ meeting of the Bank of Montreal. On his way
+home he was taken ill and passed away soon after reaching there.
+
+Many of the leading mercantile houses and public offices flew
+their flags at half mast through respect for him. The Montreal
+Gazette at time of his death, said on January 13, 1900,
+editorially:
+
+“It is long since any event caused such a painful shock in
+Montreal as did the death yesterday of W. W. Ogilvie. Strong
+in body, clear in mind, actively interested in the details of
+great concerns, he was one of the last whose taking away would
+be thought of. His loss will be felt the more because of its
+suddenness and it is a great loss, to the city’s commercial life.
+Mr. Ogilvie’s business intelligence and energy long ago raised
+him to a place not among Canada’s alone, but among the world’s
+great merchants.
+
+“It was a just pride that he felt in directing the greatest
+milling interest in the world under one man’s control; and the
+pride was more than personal. He early saw what the northwest
+meant to Canada, both commercially and nationally, and it was a
+pleasure to him to feel that as his business spread it was making
+known the resources of the country, in all of whose affairs he
+took the deepest interest.
+
+“The success that he gained in his own business caused
+his counsel to be sought in the direction of other great
+enterprises. He was a director in the country’s greatest
+financial corporation, and in other institutions in which he had
+investments. On the Corn Exchange and on the Board of Trade, his
+was an influential voice, and it was always raised in behalf of
+that which was best and broadest.
+
+“He knew how to give generously to a good cause. He earned
+the respect of all who were brought into contact with him and
+especially that of the hundreds of men who served him in the
+enterprise of which his was the directing brain.
+
+“It was a big place that he won through his heart as well as by
+his head and it will be long ere there will be found another
+capable of filling it.”
+
+Mr. Ogilvie was survived by his widow and four children, three
+sons and a daughter, Albert Edward, William Watson (died 1906),
+Gavin Lang and Alice Helen. Mrs. Ogilvie previous to her marriage
+in 1871, was Helen, a daughter of Joseph Johnston of Paisley,
+Scotland.
+
+
+R. A. BALDWIN HART.
+
+R. A. Baldwin Hart, prominent as a representative of one of the
+old families of Montreal, manager-executor of the Theodore Hart
+estate, and a public-spirited citizen, was born in Montreal,
+December 5, 1852, a son of Theodore Hart. For a long period the
+family had been represented in this city, the name figuring
+prominently in connection with its history. His education was
+acquired in the schools of Montreal and his life was spent in his
+native city.
+
+In 1900 in Montreal Mr. Hart was united in marriage to Miss Mary
+Isabella Owen, who survives him, the death of Mr. Hart having
+occurred on the 11th of September, 1903, when he was yet in
+the prime of life. He was very fond of outdoor sports. He was
+a wide reader and kept abreast with the events of the day and
+the progress of the times. Charitable and kindly in spirit, he
+listened attentively and sympathetically to a tale of sorrow
+or distress and no worthy object failed to receive substantial
+assistance from him. Civic affairs were a matter of interest to
+him and he supported movements which he deemed of benefit to
+Montreal. His was indeed a well rounded character in which the
+varied important interests of life received due consideration and
+he stood as a high type of Canadian manhood and citizenship.
+
+
+ALAN JUDAH HART.
+
+Alan Judah Hart, founder of the Hart Manufacturing Company, of
+Montreal, is a descendant of one of the oldest English speaking
+families of Canada, the ancestry being traced back to one who
+came from New York with General Amherst in 1759. For many
+generations the family was represented at Three Rivers, Canada.
+Lewis A. Hart, father of Alan J. Hart, has for forty years or
+more been a notary in Montreal. He was born at Three Rivers
+and was educated in Montreal, supplementing his preliminary
+studies by advanced courses which won him the degrees of Master
+of Arts and Bachelor of Civil Law. He married Fanny Elizabeth
+Benjamin and they became the parents of four sons and four
+daughters: Claude Benjamin, a commission merchant; Arthur Daniel,
+a manufacturer’s agent; Philip Beyfus, a commercial traveler;
+Alan Judah; Ethel Muriel; Mabel Ruth; Gladys Judith; and Dorothy
+Marguerite.
+
+Alan Judah Hart was born in Montreal, October 4, 1879. He was
+educated in Montreal and for some years was employed by E. A.
+Small & Company, manufacturers of men’s clothing, and later was
+with A. H. Sims & Company, manufacturers of ladies’ clothing,
+acting as superintendent of the house for three years. In 1902
+he established the Hart Manufacturing Company for the purpose of
+manufacturing ladies’ tailor-made suits and cloaks and in the
+conduct of this business he has been very successful. Mr. Hart is
+a director of H. Vineberg & Company, Limited, manufacturers of
+the Progress Brand clothing and has become widely and favorably
+known in commercial circles.
+
+Mr. Hart married Miss Eva Vineberg, a daughter of Harris
+Vineberg, and they have a family of five children: Edward Henry,
+Gordon David, Lawrence Ezra, Alma Ruth and Vera Esther.
+
+Mr. Hart is a life governor of the Montreal General Hospital
+and a director of Mount Sinai Sanitarium at Ste. Agathe. He
+was likewise a member of the executive board of the Canadian
+Manufacturers Association, serving in that capacity in 1912 and
+1913, and he is a member of the Montreal Board of Trade and
+of the Royal Arcanum. His interests and activities are varied
+and important, winning him recognition of his worth in both
+commercial circles and in public life.
+
+
+HON. LOUIS JOSEPH FORGET.
+
+Hon. Louis Joseph Forget, whose name is written large on the
+pages of financial and industrial history of Montreal during the
+past forty years, left the impress of his great constructive
+force and energy upon mammoth projects which are figured as
+some of the Dominion’s leading enterprises. He was born March
+11, 1853, at Terrebonne, P. Q., a district that has produced
+many eminent statesmen, writers, merchants and financiers. He
+was one of the nine sons of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Forget and was
+descended from a family that came to Canada from Normandy in
+1600. Among those nine sons there were two priests, one of whom
+declined episcopal robes, a notary, two lawyers, two contractors,
+one farmer and he who was destined to become a power in the
+financial world, Louis Joseph Forget. His education was acquired
+at Masson College and his entrance into business circles was in
+connection with a dry-goods establishment. He had almost reached
+the determination of trying his fortune in the United States
+when he chanced upon a newspaper that contained an advertisement
+of office help being needed by Thomas Caverhill. Mr. Forget
+applied for the position the next morning and was accepted.
+From the beginning of his work with Mr. Caverhill the young man
+displayed unusual aptness as well as great eagerness to learn.
+He was not an ordinary boy. He took great interest in his work
+and often asked questions about other features of the business
+that did not come within his particular line of duties, but
+a knowledge thereof added to his capability and rendered him
+fit for promotion and opportunity offered later. It is only
+natural that a young man of this character should attract the
+attention of his employer. Mr. Caverhill took great interest
+in him and was instrumental in causing Mr. Forget to enter the
+brokerage business. The financial exploit during Jay Gould’s
+celebrated Black Friday in Wall Street reflected no little credit
+upon Mr. Forget, displaying in notable manner his insight and
+ability, and soon afterward he was nominated for membership
+in the Montreal Stock Exchange by his former employer. It is
+interesting in this connection to note that he was the first
+French-Canadian to be admitted to membership in that body and
+that before he had reached his majority he purchased his seat
+therein at a cost of nine hundred dollars. He began business as
+a stock broker in Montreal in 1873, from which time until his
+death, thirty-eight years later, his prominence and success in
+the investment security business were not over-shadowed by that
+of his contemporaries. He founded the financial house of L. J.
+Forget & Company, one of the foremost in its line in Montreal and
+remained its head during his life time. The Paris branch of L. J.
+Forget & Company at 7 Rue Auber, was the first to be established
+in continental Europe by a Canadian financial house and readily
+secured a clientele that materially broadened the operations of
+the firm.
+
+[Illustration: HON. LOUIS J. FORGET]
+
+Senator Forget was elected president of the Montreal Stock
+Exchange in 1895 to succeed H. S. Macdougall and in May, 1896,
+was reelected. His business and financial connections had been
+constantly broadening and had long since included a prominent
+identification with the foremost financial and industrial
+projects of the time. In 1892 he became president of what was
+then the Montreal City Passenger Railway Company, now the
+Montreal Tramways Company. He remained its directing head until
+1911, in which connection he accomplished what has meant much
+to Montreal. To no one man is the city indebted as largely for
+the upbuilding and development of its transportation system as
+to Senator Forget. Under his regime the motive power was changed
+from horses to electricity and the market value of the company’s
+stock advanced from around one hundred dollars to three hundred
+and thirty-seven dollars and a half per share.
+
+In 1895 Senator Forget became president of the Richelieu &
+Ontario Navigation Company. At that time the affairs of the
+company were far from being on a dividend-paying basis and the
+rehabilitation of its interests was but another illustration of
+Senator Forget’s constructive genius. He resigned his position as
+head of the company in 1905, but in the meantime the stock was
+paying a six per cent dividend and the affairs of the company
+generally were in a better condition than ever before.
+
+One of the great achievements of Senator Forget was in carrying
+through the merger of the Montreal Light, Heat & Power Company
+and in doing so he accomplished what many predicted to be utterly
+impossible, saying that nothing but failure and financial
+disaster could result. This was in 1900 before the days when big
+business interests were merged into mammoth enterprises and the
+amount involved, seventeen million dollars, seemed to stagger
+even the most progressive element in financial circles. Like
+all of his undertakings, Mr. Forget had not entered into this
+without due consideration and he had implicit confidence in its
+success. It is doubtful if any but he could have swung that deal
+and how well he succeeded is best indicated in the value of the
+securities of the company in investment circles.
+
+He was a prominent figure in the notable contest which took
+place between the Dominion Coal Company and the Dominion Iron
+& Steel Company. Originally a director and vice president of
+the coal company he espoused the cause of the steel company in
+its fight over the coal supply and ultimately the matter was
+carried to the privy council and was there decided in favor
+of the steel company. Mr. Forget was elected vice president
+of the steel corporation when eventually the two companies
+were merged and he continued to take an active part in the
+administration of the affairs of the company to the time when
+his health began to fail. Evidence of his wonderful insight and
+sagacity in business matters is shown in the fact that when the
+trouble first arose from which resulted the extended litigation
+between the Dominion Iron & Steel Company and the Dominion Coal
+Company Senator Forget went over the point in contention in his
+characteristic deliberate manner and at once concluded that the
+claim of the steel corporation would be sustained by the courts,
+notwithstanding the contrary opinion of some of the greatest
+legal authorities and business men of the day and time proved
+that his judgment was correct.
+
+He was the first French-Canadian to be elected to the directorate
+of the Canadian Pacific Railway and was a member of its board at
+the time of his death. His greatest enthusiasm was aroused while
+viewing the untold resources of the west during the many times
+he accompanied Sir Thomas Shaughnessy and R. B. Angus on their
+annual tours of inspection. When the life work of Senator Forget
+was ended the Montreal Daily Star said in part: “By the death of
+Senator Forget a man of affairs has been lost to Canada. A man
+of wide vision who saw far into the future and who modeled his
+career accordingly. A glance through the financial district at
+the half-masted flags at once conveys an idea of the number and
+the prominence of the institutions that Senator Forget had been
+interested in. Senator Forget stood out in Canadian finance, but
+more than that, he was a true Canadian citizen and had done his
+share towards the public weal, forgetting not his duty towards
+the state in the midst of tremendous private enterprises. He was
+a man of sympathies. At all times courteous and approachable,
+he could thrust aside great business matters to attend to the
+small wants of individuals, nor was he ever found wanting or
+indifferent when charity offered a plea.
+
+“In finance Senator Forget was a true leader. He was one of the
+first men to loom large in high finance in Canada. He realized
+many possibilities which other men have realized too--but he
+followed that by action. He had the courage to follow his
+convictions and many solid institutions which today enjoy in
+themselves prosperity and largely aid in the advancement of the
+Dominion, owe to him debts which can never be repaid to the
+individual, though they will be to the people of the country. His
+financial ability brought him into prominence in connection with
+several of the largest corporations in the Dominion, prominent
+among which were the Montreal Street, the Richelieu & Ontario
+Navigation Company and the Montreal Light, Heat & Power Company,
+the Dominion Coal Company, and the Dominion Iron & Steel Company.
+
+“Senator Forget was one of the colossal figures about whom have
+surged the tides and currents of Canadian finance. The news of
+his death this morning was as much of a shock as a surprise, both
+to those with whom he had been so long associated in connection
+with the organization and the management of the great financial
+and industrial enterprises of the Dominion and to the thousands
+of others to whom his name had come to be the shibboleth of
+success.
+
+“But if Senator Forget represented one thing more than success
+it was absolute unswerving fidelity to his word. In all the
+heat and confusion of the stock market amidst the treacheries
+which sometimes attend on high financing and the deception and
+duplicity which beset the path of the successful man everywhere,
+there was never a question of his own unfaltering veracity.
+Senator Forget was wisely charitable, an intelligent patron of
+the arts, and a strong supporter of all movements which made for
+the better government of the city and the state. He will long be
+remembered for what he was as well as for what he did.”
+
+Another Montreal paper said of him: “His rise to financial fame
+is written on the business history of Montreal, and the story
+of his success in the financial world is the history of the
+development of the city. Although Senator Forget’s estate will
+count up into the millions, its accumulation was not effected by
+continuous plain sailing.”
+
+Obstacles and difficulties of grave import arose, but his
+financial capacity and strict integrity had won the confidence
+and trust of friends who rallied to his support, and although
+he saw the storm clouds gather, he was able to turn threatened
+disaster into brilliant achievement. His investments were most
+judiciously made and his judgment concerning important financial
+transactions seemed never at fault. Once his mind was made up as
+to the value of a security nothing could shake his confidence,
+and much of his success in life was due to his unerring judgment.
+
+Slow to make a promise or express an opinion, Senator Forget
+never failed to fulfill a promise and when he gave his opinion
+it was the expression of his honest conviction and indicated a
+course which he would follow in a similar position. If he advised
+an investor it meant that he would not hesitate a moment in
+investing his own money in the same security. His unquestioned
+loyalty to his friends covered his entire business career. His
+recommendation of a security to an investor meant that he would
+fully support that security and there were instances in his
+career when even his vast resources were taxed in such support.
+This was true in connection with the Montreal Stock Exchange in
+a security where large sums were invested on his recommendation.
+The implicit confidence that capital had in his judgment enabled
+him to finance and successfully carry out projects that probably
+no other man of his time could have handled. His word was as
+good as his bond. His denial of a rumor killed it immediately
+just as an admission from him settled all doubt. He could see
+through a proposition readily and would decide important and
+extensive matters quickly. His decision was never hasty or ill
+advised but came as the result of the fact that he had mastered
+many grave business affairs and with readiness comprehended every
+phase of a situation that came before him. He was a man of strong
+personality. His was never the command of the tyrant to go but
+ever the call of the leader to come. He was never vacillating in
+his opinions of the best methods to be followed or the manner
+in which a given work was to be done. He was a most considerate
+and appreciative man and was always ready to encourage one who
+was striving upward. He was not a talkative man, that is he
+talked but comparatively little, yet he talked to the point and
+with great earnestness and thinking men listened to him with
+attention. He never laughed aloud, but his smile was one full of
+humor, enjoyment and good nature. Judging his manner by first
+appearance might do him an injustice, for a habit of earnest
+thought had brought a deep furrow in the forehead that might be
+regarded as a frown. An acquaintance, however, always received
+the most polite attention from him and his unfailing courtesy of
+manner showed him to be a perfect gentleman in the highest and
+best sense of the term.
+
+His interest in benevolent and charitable projects was wide
+and his support thereof most generous. He became a director of
+the Notre Dame Hospital and was a governor of both the General
+Hospital and the Western Hospital. He was a governor of the Art
+Association and life governor of the Numismatic & Antiquarian
+Society; also president of the board of governors of Laval
+University. His political career is an interesting one, for he
+was not always a supporter of the liberal-conservative party.
+Although a fellow townsman of Sir Adolphe Chapleau, the Senator
+had been allied with Sir Henri Gustave Joly de Lotbinière in
+that leader’s contest with Chapleau, Angers and the rest of the
+conservative leaders of his time. In federal politics, however,
+Hon. Mr. Forget declined to follow the free trade policy of
+Mackenzie and Cartwright, which had been forced against his
+will upon Rodolphe Laflamme, and from the days of the national
+policy the Senator worked with the present conservative party.
+He was appointed to the upper house during the elections of
+1896 and was the last conservative senator to enter that branch
+of the Canadian parliament. Senator Forget seldom addressed
+the senate, yet his advice in committee was of great value to
+his fellow members and it was here that the close friendship
+sprang up between Senator Forget and the ex-prime minister, Sir
+Mackenzie Bowell. The Senator was a loyal follower of R. L.
+Borden as leader of the conservative party, both in parliament
+and in the country. He realized that it was a very difficult
+matter for any leader to find complete favor in the eyes of all
+the provinces, but he was confident that Mr. Borden gave his
+services to the party and to the country in a patriotic manner
+and consequently deserved the support of a united party in both
+houses. The Montreal Gazette some years ago termed him “an astute
+and enterprising man of affairs.” He was more than that. He was
+a constructionist and builded where others saw no opportunity;
+he was a patriot without narrow partisanship; a Roman Catholic
+and stanch churchman without a particle of race prejudice, in
+evidence of which fact his closest friend in the senate of the
+Dominion was an ex-grand master of the Orange Grand Lodge of
+British North America--Sir Mackenzie Bowell. High honors had been
+accorded him, distinction and notable success had come to him.
+These things made him an eminent citizen, but, more than that,
+attractive social qualities and genuine personal worth had gained
+him the highest regard, confidence, good-will and friendship of
+his contemporaries and colleagues.
+
+While Senator Forget was a member of a number of clubs, he
+manifested keenest interest perhaps in the Mount Royal Club, of
+which he was one of the founders. Among the other clubs to which
+he belonged were the St. James, of which he had been president;
+the Royal St. Lawrence Yacht Club; the Forest and Stream; the
+Montreal Hunt; the Country Club of Ottawa and the Manhattan Club
+of New York.
+
+In May, 1876, Senator Forget married Miss Maria Raymond, a
+daughter of Gustav A. Raymond of Montreal. They were the parents
+of five children: Loulou, now Mrs. W. W. Skinner; Raymond, who
+died at the age of four years; Blanche, now Mrs. Guy Boyer;
+Marguerite; and Pauline. The two younger daughters accompanied
+their parents abroad and the family was sojourning at Nice when
+Senator Forget passed away, April 7, 1911.
+
+
+CHARLES M. BLACK.
+
+Thorough preparatory training and broadening experience well
+qualify Charles M. Black for the important and responsible duties
+that devolve upon him as secretary and treasurer of the insurance
+brokerage firm of R. Howard & Company of Montreal. He has many
+friends in this city, to whom his life record will prove of
+interest. He was born in Winnipeg in 1890, a son of William Allan
+Black and a grandson of Charles R. and Elizabeth (Hall) Black, of
+Montreal. There is a mingled strain of English and Scotch blood
+in his veins. The birth of William A. Black occurred in Montreal,
+November 17, 1862. His education was acquired in the schools of
+his native city, and for some years he was in the service of the
+Grand Trunk and Canadian Pacific Railway Companies. In 1882 he
+went to Manitoba and the following year became connected with
+the Ogilvie Milling Company, one of the foremost enterprises of
+that character in the country. Gradually in that connection he
+worked his way upward and in 1902 was appointed general manager
+of the western division, while in 1910 he was elected one of
+the directors of the company. Still further promotion has come
+to him in his election as vice president and managing director
+of the Ogilvie Flour Mills Company. He is likewise a member of
+the Winnipeg Board of Trade, a councillor of the Winnipeg Grain
+and Produce Exchange and a member of the grain survey and grain
+standard boards. He is likewise a director of the Home Savings &
+Investment Company, Molson’s Bank and Larose Consolidated Mines
+and is managing director of the Kaministiquia Power Company and
+president of the Manitoba Cold Storage Company. He belongs to
+the Winnipeg and Manitoba Clubs. He was married in 1888 to Mary
+Campbell, daughter of Alexander McEwan, of Edinburgh, Scotland.
+
+The illustrious example of his father has fired the ambition
+of Charles M. Black, who was reared in Montreal and Winnipeg.
+Making good use of time, talents and opportunities, he has
+steadily progressed and is today a well known factor in insurance
+brokerage circles of Montreal. The business of the firm of R.
+Howard & Company was established in 1901 and was organized
+under the present firm style on the 1st of February, 1913, when
+Charles M. Black became a member of the firm, of which he has
+since been secretary and treasurer, with Robert Howard as the
+president. He had received thorough initial business training in
+three years’ connection with his father, and he is also secretary
+and treasurer of the Financial Investment Company. A young man
+of determination and energy, he carries forward to successful
+completion whatever he undertakes, and obstacles and difficulties
+in his path serve but as an impetus for renewed effort on his
+part.
+
+
+JOHN PRATT.
+
+High on the list of Montreal’s worthy citizens who have passed
+from this life appears the name of John Pratt, who from 1839
+until 1872 was one of the prosperous merchants of the city. He
+was born at Berthier, en haut, on the 20th of July, 1812, and
+after a well spent life of sixty-four years passed away July 22,
+1876. He was survived for only a few weeks by his brother, Mr. C.
+F. Pratt, with whom he had commenced his business career and with
+whom he was almost continuously associated thereafter.
+
+The father was a merchant at Berthier and in 1833 the sons,
+Charles F. and John, left the paternal home to establish a
+business house in Quebec under the firm name of C. F. Pratt &
+Company. Having succeeded almost beyond his expectations in that
+city, John Pratt opened a branch establishment at Three Rivers
+and, as in Quebec, won almost immediate prosperity in the conduct
+of the enterprise. Soon the brothers found that their sphere of
+action was too limited and in 1839 they extended the scope of
+their interests by founding the well known leather house of John
+Pratt & Company in Montreal.
+
+In 1852 the Quebec house was closed, the brothers concentrating
+their energies upon the conduct of the Montreal business, out
+of which they made colossal fortunes, that of Mr. John Pratt
+amounting to about a million dollars. The tanneries at Roxton
+Falls were started by the Pratts, who for many years stood at
+the head of the leather business. In 1869, however, they put
+aside industrial and commercial interests, but while Charles
+Pratt confined himself to private affairs, his brother, John
+Pratt, whose name introduces this review, unable with his active
+temperament to remain comparatively unemployed, engaged in the
+conduct of several joint stock companies, with which he had
+identified himself. At the time of his death he was president
+of the Richelieu & Ontario Navigation Company, over whose board
+he had presided since 1867. He was president of the Banque du
+Peuple, of the Rubber Company, and others; and was vice president
+of the Citizens Assurance Company, a position which he also
+occupied in connection with other joint stock concerns. He was
+on the board of directors of the Valleyfield Cotton Company, an
+enterprise which he had done much to promote. Indeed, it may
+be said of Mr. Pratt that he was an undoubted authority on all
+business matters, being sagacious, practical, enterprising and
+energetic. He seemed to recognize almost from the beginning the
+possibilities of any undertaking, and he never faltered until his
+purpose was accomplished.
+
+In 1863 Mr. Pratt was placed on the harbor board, but the
+succeeding year the government of Sir John Macdonald removed him
+from office, doing exactly the same by Hon. John Young and Mr.
+Thomas Cramp. In 1874, however, he was placed upon the newly
+constituted board, of which he was an active, practical and
+influential member. His natural modesty impelled him, upon
+several occasions, to decline nomination for parliament, to
+which, there is no doubt, had he so desired, he would have been
+elected. Politically he was a thorough reformer and even by those
+who differed from him, his opinions were looked upon with great
+respect. He was at all times a thorough gentleman, a faithful and
+considerate friend and a real philanthropist.
+
+[Illustration: JOHN PRATT]
+
+On the 3d of March, 1840, Mr. Pratt married Marie Mathilde Roy,
+the widow of Charles Ovide Perrault, who was killed in the
+rebellion of 1837. Mrs. Pratt died July 29, 1897. The children
+born to Mr. and Mrs. Pratt were: Marie Mathilde, who was married
+in 1862 to Desire Girouard; Charles Alfred, a practicing
+physician, who in 1866 married Alphonsine Leclair and resides
+at Longueuil; Eveline Marie Louise, the wife of Joseph Gustave
+Laviolette, of Montreal; Virginia, who was married September
+30, 1878, to George H. Matthews; Aloysia, who was married June
+17, 1878, to Percy Franklin Woodcock, the well known artist;
+Frederick Emile George, who was married May 31, 1883, to Albina
+Thibault, the widow of his younger brother; and Louis Edouard
+Albert, who married Albina Thibault and died August 11, 1880.
+
+On the 27th of July, 1876, the body of Mr. John Pratt was taken
+from the family residence, No. 310 Lagauchetiere Street to the
+church of St. Jacques, St. Denis Street, and thence to the
+family vault in the Roman Catholic cemetery. The attendance
+at the church was immense, comprising all the influential and
+representative citizens, both French and English, of Montreal.
+At the church the burial service was celebrated by Rev. A. L.
+Sentenne, curé of the parish, assisted by Rev. Father Fleck,
+superior of the Jesuits.
+
+Perhaps no better indication of Mr. Pratt’s high standing could
+be given than by quoting a letter received by Mrs. John Pratt,
+reading:
+
+ “Dear Madam:
+
+ “We, the harbor commissioners of Montreal, take the liberty of
+ intruding upon you to express our sympathy and condolence to you
+ and your family in the irretrievable loss sustained by the death
+ of your late husband, our friend and colleague in the harbor
+ trust. Our late friend rendered such efficient service in the
+ management of this important trust and was so fully in sympathy
+ with every movement for the good of his country and this city
+ in which he lived, as to secure the esteem and confidence of
+ every member of the commission. At such a time we are aware that
+ nothing can be said to assuage the natural grief of yourself and
+ family, still we hope, Dear Madam, it will prove consolatory to
+ you and yours, that your husband, our friend, has filled up his
+ season of life with so many good deeds and in so exemplary a
+ manner, and that although he has now gone from among us, he will
+ be remembered by all who knew him. This we trust will be to you
+ and your family a source of comfort and help you to bear with
+ fortitude and resignation your present great affliction.
+
+ “Thomas Cramp,
+ “Hugh McLennan,
+ “Andrew Allan,
+ “Charles H. Gould,
+ “John Young,
+ “Adolphe Roy,
+ “P. Donovan.
+
+ “Harbor commissioners’ office, Montreal, July 28, 1876.”
+
+The board of directors of the Richelieu & Ontario Navigation
+Company, at its meeting on Friday, the 28th of July, 1876, passed
+unanimously the following resolution:
+
+ “Resolved: That this board of directors have received with much
+ regret intelligence of the death of the late president of the
+ company, Mr. John Pratt, whose long and valuable services in its
+ behalf secured for him the gratitude, not only of the directors,
+ but of every shareholder in the company. The directors desire
+ to offer to his family the deep sympathy of every member of the
+ board in the loss they have sustained, and to assure them of the
+ high esteem in which the late Mr. Pratt was universally held.
+
+ “Hugh Allan, president.
+ “J. N. Beaudry, secretary.
+ “Thomas Caverhill.
+ “Andrew Allan.
+ “William McNaughton.
+ “Adolphe Roy.
+ “D. Masson.
+ “M. H. Gault.
+ “Robert Anderson.”
+
+
+THOMAS W. RITCHIE.
+
+One of the most prominent members of the provincial bar was T.
+W. Ritchie, who specialized in the practice of commercial law
+in Montreal and represented many important corporations in his
+professional connection. A native of Hatley, Quebec, he was born
+in 1828. After careful preparation for active law practice he was
+called to the bar in 1852 and opened an office in Sherbrooke.
+In 1860 he removed to Montreal and became a member of the firm
+of Rose, Monk & Ritchie. It was in 1867 that he was appointed
+queen’s counsel. No dreary novitiate awaited him at the outset of
+his professional career. He brought to its starting point several
+rare gifts, strong individuality, marked strength of character
+and high professional ideals, in addition to comprehensive
+knowledge of the principles of law and ability to correctly apply
+these. He continued in active practice as a member of the firm of
+Rose, Monk & Ritchie until Mr. Monk was appointed to the bench.
+The partnership relation under the firm style of Rose & Ritchie
+then continued until Sir John Rose left Canada for England. Mr.
+Ritchie was then joined by J. L. Morris and W. Rose, but the
+latter left soon afterward and later Mr. Morris retired. Mr.
+Ritchie then took in as partner Mr. G. H. Borlase, who remained
+with him until 1879, when he retired. Mr. Ritchie then admitted
+his son W. F. Ritchie to a partnership under the firm style of
+Ritchie & Ritchie. The father was one of the most prominent
+members of the bar of the province, ranking high as an advocate
+in the department of commercial law and sustaining many important
+professional relations. At the time of his death, on the 4th of
+September, 1882, he was solicitor to the Bank of Montreal and the
+Hudson’s Bay Company and was both director and solicitor to the
+Montreal, Portland & Boston Railway. For many years he acted as
+crown prosecutor for the district of Montreal. The court records
+attest his high standing and his ability whereby he engraved his
+name high on the keystone of the legal arch. It is the theory of
+the law that the counsels who practice are to aid the court in
+the administration of justice, and perhaps no representative of
+the Montreal bar has been more careful to conform his practice to
+a high standard of professional ethics than did T. W. Ritchie.
+
+
+ALBERT GEORGE NICHOLLS, M. D.
+
+One of the well known members of the medical profession in
+Montreal, Dr. Albert George Nicholls has made continual progress,
+and in the field of scientific attainment and research is
+recognized as one of the most eminent in the profession in the
+city. His investigations, carried far and wide, have brought
+forth many valuable truths, and his contributions to medical
+literature are largely accepted as standard.
+
+Dr. Nicholls was born at Shotley Bridge, Durham, England, April
+16, 1870, a son of the late Rev. John Nicholls and Mary Elizabeth
+(Harland) Nicholls. The father was the well known pastor of St.
+Mark’s Presbyterian church in Montreal for twenty-two years.
+In England he became identified with the Methodist clergy
+and was given charge of churches at Shotley Bridge, Durham;
+Chester-le-Street, Hetton and Blyth, Northumberland. He was born
+at Willenhall, Staffordshire, England, in 1840, and had reached
+the age of fifty-eight years when he passed away in Montreal on
+the 4th of May, 1898. He had been a resident of Canada for almost
+a quarter of a century, having arrived in this country in 1874.
+It was after he came to the new world that he connected himself
+with the Presbyterian church and for twenty-two years remained
+pastor of St. Mark’s. The names of few are so closely interwoven
+with the history of moral progress in this city. For some years
+he was a member of the Protestant Ministerial Association, was
+editor of the Bible Reporter, and was a frequent contributor to
+the press upon questions relative to the work of the church and
+the extension of Christian influence. At the time of the smallpox
+epidemic in Montreal he served on various committees formed to
+relieve the situation and opened his church for the distribution
+of relief. He was also one of the originators of the Fresh Air
+Fund and while thoroughly versed upon dogmas and the principles
+of theology, his religion was ever of that practical character
+which found expression in good deeds, in ready sympathy, and
+in immediate helpfulness. The survivors of his family are Mrs.
+Nicholls; Dr. Albert George Nicholls, whose name introduces this
+review; and a daughter, Miss Amy Nicholls, B. A.
+
+Education received high rating in the Nicholls home and the son
+was afforded excellent opportunities for acquiring knowledge that
+would fit him for any field of labor to which he might choose to
+devote his efforts. He attended McGill Model School, the Montreal
+high school and afterward entered McGill University, where he
+won the Bachelor of Arts degree and became gold medallist in
+classics in 1890. Three years later his alma mater conferred
+upon him the Master of Arts degree and in preparation for the
+medical profession he pursued a course of study in McGill, which
+won him the M. D. and C. M. degrees in 1894. In 1909 the Doctor
+of Science degree was conferred upon him and in 1908 the honor
+of F. R. S. C. Holding to the highest professional standards and
+wishing to reach the highest possible point of proficiency, Dr.
+Nicholls has gone abroad for study, doing post-graduate work
+at Erlangen, Prague and Vienna. A successful practitioner in
+Montreal, he has devoted much time to original research, more
+especially in the scientific side of medicine. He is perhaps best
+known for his work in connection with typhoid fever, Brights
+disease, tuberculosis and some of the more obscure phases of
+chronic inflammation and his views have been referred to in
+several of the more recent authoritative text-books. He is the
+author of more than forty monographs and other publications on
+medical subjects, and his writings have largely been accepted
+as standard by the profession in this section of the country.
+He was joint author with Professor Adami of The Principles of
+Pathology, a work of recognized value. He is equally well known
+as a lecturer on clinical medicine and assistant professor
+of pathology and bacteriology in McGill University. He is
+out-patient physician to the Montreal General Hospital and
+assistant physician and pathologist to the Western General
+Hospital.
+
+In May, 1907, Dr. Nicholls was married to Miss Lucia Pomeroy, the
+youngest daughter of the late William H. Van Vliet of Lacolle,
+P. Q., and they have three sons, George Van Vliet, John Van
+Vliet and Robert Van Vliet. Dr. Nicholls is a conservative and
+an ardent imperialist. His religious affiliation is with the
+Presbyterian church, and he is a member of the University Club,
+Montreal, and the Authors’ Club, London.
+
+Those life forces which work for betterment, for progress and
+improvement elicit his attention and receive his support, and he
+is today recognized as a man of splendidly developed talents and
+well balanced powers, so that he has become a forceful factor in
+the world’s work.
+
+
+CAPTAIN GEORGE HILLYARD MATTHEWS.
+
+Success in business resulting entirely from capable management,
+keen discrimination and unfaltering enterprise came to Captain
+George Hillyard Matthews, who for many years was president of the
+Sincennes-McNaughton Line. His birth occurred in Montreal on the
+14th of August, 1846, and he passed away at the comparatively
+early age of fifty-seven years, dying on the 19th of January,
+1904. He was a son of George Matthews, of Mount Victoria, Hudson
+and Montreal. The father came to Canada from Essex, England,
+as a young man and in this country married a Miss Hudson, also
+a native of England. They became the parents of six children,
+including Captain Matthews, who received his military education
+at Sandhurst, England, in 1871. The following year he entered the
+army and served for a period of eight years, when he resigned.
+He was an honorary member of the officers’ mess of the Third
+Victoria Rifles and also honorary president of the Army and Navy
+Veterans Association. He never ceased to feel a deep interest in
+military affairs and believed in the maintenance of a high
+standard of service in connection with the army and navy.
+
+[Illustration: CAPTAIN GEORGE H. MATTHEWS]
+
+Captain Matthews’ business affairs also brought him prominently
+before the public. For many years he was president of the
+Sincennes-McNaughton Line and during his term of office the
+major portion of the harbor fleet of tugs was built under his
+supervision. As opportunity offered he made judicious investments
+in real estate and became the owner of a large amount of property
+in Montreal. Following the death of Baron de Longueuil, he took
+charge of his estate, which he wisely managed.
+
+In 1878 Captain Matthews was united in marriage to Miss Virginia
+Pratt, a daughter of John Pratt, one of the early settlers of
+Montreal. He held membership in the St. James Club and he was
+interested in various significant and vital questions of the day,
+especially in fish and game protection. He also took an active
+interest in politics. He was acquainted with all of the different
+phases of public life having to do with the prosperity and
+progress of his city and province, and his aid and cooperation
+could always be counted upon to further movements for the general
+good.
+
+
+DAVID BURKE.
+
+One of the best known insurance and financial men of Montreal
+was the late David Burke, who passed away on December 5, 1913.
+He was born in Charlottetown, P. E. I., in 1850, being the
+youngest son of Edward and Mary (Acorn) Burke, both of whom were
+natives of Prince Edward Island. He received his early education
+in the schools of that province. In early manhood he turned his
+attention to the insurance business, being but sixteen years of
+age when he entered upon the field of labor in which he was to
+attain to importance, making his name one well known in insurance
+circles not only in Canada but also in the United States. In
+1869 he came to Montreal, where he was associated in business
+with his brother, the late Walter Burke, then general manager
+for Canada of the New York Life Insurance Company. On the death
+of the latter in 1879 the company retired from Canada owing to
+differences with the insurance department at Ottawa. In 1883,
+being willing to conform to the regulations set down by this
+department, the company reentered Canada, and Mr. David Burke was
+appointed general manager. In 1897 he retired from his connection
+with this firm to organize an insurance company of his own, the
+Royal Victoria Life Insurance Company, which was absorbed by the
+Sun Life in 1911. He thus bent his energies to administrative
+direction and executive control and his opinions were largely
+accepted as authority upon matters connected with the complex
+problems of insurance and the control of the business. In 1882 he
+was elected an associate of the British Institute of Actuaries,
+being one of its oldest members, and in 1897 was made a fellow of
+the Royal Statistical Society of Great Britain. In 1904 he was
+honored with election to the vice presidency of the Economic and
+Statistical Society of Montreal and in 1906 was chosen president
+of the Canadian Life Insurance Officers Association. For two
+years he held the presidency of the Life Managers Association of
+Canada, a body formed solely of the executive heads of insurance
+companies in Canada, each company being represented in the
+association by only one member. He studied every phase of the
+insurance business with a thoroughness that made his opinions
+standard, and he was the author of a valuable paper published in
+1908 entitled “Insurance as a National Economy.” The Montreal
+Witness spoke of him as one “recognized as a most capable
+insurance administrator,” and his contemporaries and colleagues
+speak of his business ability and resourcefulness in terms of
+high admiration.
+
+Mr. Burke was married in 1875 to Miss Rose Maclear, the youngest
+daughter of the late Thomas Maclear, founder of the Maclear
+Publishing Company of Toronto, and they were parents of four sons
+and two daughters, as follows: Edmund A., the noted vocalist;
+Louis, of New York; Alan, of Boston; Maurice N., of Montreal;
+Mrs. Fred C. Budden, of Montreal; and Miss Marjorie Burke, of
+Montreal.
+
+Mr. Burke was a member of the St. James Club and in religious
+faith an Anglican, while his political belief placed him in the
+position of an imperial protectionist. His views of life were
+those of a broad-minded man who delved deep into the questions
+of vital importance and who proved himself the master of those
+forces which made up his life’s experience.
+
+
+JAMES JOHN EDMUND GUERIN, M. D., LL. D., T. C. D., K. C. S. G.
+
+Dr. James John Edmund Guerin, medical practitioner and educator,
+and an influential figure in the political history of the
+province, having served with distinction as a member of the
+Marchand and Parent cabinets and later as mayor of Montreal,
+was born July 4, 1856, in the city which is still his place
+of residence, a son of the late Thomas Guerin, C. E., chief
+hydraulic engineer of the department of public works, Ottawa,
+and a brother of the Hon. Edmund Guerin, one of the judges of
+the superior court, Montreal. Dr. Guerin made his studies at the
+Montreal College, and later entered McGill University for the
+purpose of pursuing a course in medicine. He was graduated M. D.,
+C. M. in 1878, and has since engaged in active practice in his
+native city where he has also done important hospital work. He is
+the president of the medical board of the Hôtel-Dieu Hospital and
+one of the governors of the Notre Dame Hospital; in educational
+circles he is well known as professor of clinical medicine in
+Laval University. He holds to the highest professional standards
+of ethics and enjoys the warmest regard of fellow practitioners.
+He is a director of the Royal Edward Institute and a governor of
+the Victorian Order of Nurses, and in 1909 he was appointed a
+member of the royal commission to prevent the further spread of
+tuberculosis.
+
+Capable and prominent as is Dr. Guerin in his chosen profession,
+he has also become equally widely known in connection with
+political activity and has done much important work. In 1895
+he was elected president of the St. Patrick’s Society and was
+reelected in 1896 and 1897. In the former year he was a delegate
+to the Irish National Convention at Dublin. In October, 1895,
+he was returned to the legislature for Montreal in the liberal
+interests by a majority of twelve hundred and fifty-four. In
+1897 he was reelected in the general election and was called to
+the Marchand cabinet without portfolio on the 25th of May of
+that year. He was a minister without portfolio in the Marchand
+and Parent administrations from 1897 to 1904, and in 1901 was
+appointed member of the council of public instruction of the
+province of Quebec. His opinions carried weight in provincial
+councils and a discussion of any vital question with him at once
+indicated how widely and thoroughly he was informed concerning
+the points at issue. In February, 1910, as the candidate of the
+citizens’ party, he was elected mayor of Montreal by a majority
+of twelve thousand nine hundred and eighty-three and in his
+administration sought at all times to further the best interests
+of the city. He conducted its civic affairs along economical
+lines and yet never fettered municipal progress by a narrow
+conservatism. He represented the city of Montreal at the funeral
+of King Edward in London in 1910 and at the coronation of King
+George and Queen Mary in 1911. In 1911 he was created a Knight
+Commander of the Order of St. Gregory the Great, and in 1912 he
+received the degree of LL. D. from Trinity College, Dublin.
+
+In 1883 Dr. Guerin was married to Miss Mary Carroll O’Brien,
+daughter of the late Hon. James O’Brien; she died in 1886. Dr.
+Guerin resides at No. 4 Edgehill Avenue. His religious faith
+is that of the Roman Catholic church. Aside from serving as
+president of St. Patrick’s Society he has been president of the
+Shamrock Lacrosse Club and of many other organizations. He is
+a member of the Mount Royal Club, the University Club and the
+Montreal Jockey Club. His activity along various important lines
+indicates his worth and value as a citizen, and his indorsement
+at the polls testifies to the confidence reposed in him by his
+fellow citizens. His ideals of citizenship are high, while in his
+professional career he manifests the keenest appreciation for the
+responsibilities and obligations which devolve upon him.
+
+
+ANDREW STUART EWING.
+
+Andrew Stuart Ewing, for almost half a century one of the best
+known business men of Montreal, was born in 1838 at Lisdillon
+House, Londonderry, Ireland, and was a representative of an old
+family of Irish origin, his parents being Samuel and Margaret
+(Hamilton) Ewing, who crossed the Atlantic to Canada with their
+family when their son, Andrew, was seven years of age. He was
+educated in the public schools of Montreal and in 1860 entered
+into partnership with his brother, Samuel H. Ewing, in the
+ownership and management of the extensive coffee and spice mills
+formerly owned by his father, who founded the business in 1845.
+In 1860 the firm style of Samuel Ewing & Sons was assumed and in
+1892, after the retirement of Samuel H. Ewing, Andrew S. Ewing
+became sole proprietor of the business which was conducted at No.
+55 Cote Street. The enterprise was one of extensive proportions
+and yielded a substantial profit as a result of careful
+management and wise direction.
+
+During the last fifteen years of his life Mr. Ewing was a
+prominent member of the Montreal Board of Trade and was
+interested in its various projects for promoting the material
+progress of the city and advancing affairs of municipal and
+civic interest. In politics he was a conservative and a strong
+supporter of the national policy.
+
+Mr. Ewing died at his home in Montreal, January 8, 1902, and was
+survived by his widow until June, 1913. The surviving children
+are Andrew Stuart and Royal L. H. Ewing and two daughters, Mrs.
+Robert Starke and Miss Adelaide Ewing. The sons are members of
+the firm of Ewing & Ewing, real estate and insurance, which was
+established in September, 1906, by the brothers in connection
+with A. F. Gault, but the last named retired from the firm May
+1, 1912. A. Stuart Ewing is a member of the Art Association
+of Montreal, the Canadian Club, the Montreal Amateur Athletic
+Association, the Royal St. Lawrence Yacht Club, the St. James
+Club, the Manitou Club and the Park Toboganning Club, of which he
+is vice president.
+
+Mr. Royal L. H. Ewing is a member of the Art Association of
+Montreal, the Montreal and Canadian Clubs, the Montreal Amateur
+Athletic Association, the Mount Royal Lawn Tennis Club, the Royal
+St. Lawrence Yacht Club, the St. James Club, the Manitou Club
+and the Park Toboganning Club. The sons are worthy successors
+to their father, not only in business activity but also in that
+business integrity for which the family name has always stood.
+
+
+FRANK RICHARDSON ENGLAND, M. D., C. M.
+
+Dr. Frank Richardson England, an alumnus of Bishop’s College
+of Montreal and now well known as a practical educator as well
+as a successful practitioner, was born August 21, 1862, at
+Cowansville, province of Quebec, and is the eldest son of Francis
+and Jane (Ruiter) England, of Dunham, Quebec. The family comes of
+United Empire Loyalist stock and the parents are now deceased.
+
+While Dr. England acquired his early education at Waterloo, he
+pursued his medical course at Bishop’s College in Montreal, from
+which he was graduated with the class of 1885, the degrees of M.
+D. and C. M. being then conferred upon him, and obtaining the
+Wood and Nelson gold medals. He was professor of diseases of
+children at Bishop’s College in 1887 and professor of surgery
+in the same institution in 1894. In 1905 he was graduated at
+McGill College (ad eund). The profession has honored him with
+official distinction, for in 1906 he was chosen president of
+the Montreal Medico-Chirurgical Society and the following year
+was vice president of the Canadian Medical Association. He is a
+governor and fellow of the American College of Surgeons. He is
+now, 1914, surgeon of the Western Hospital at Montreal and in his
+surgical practice displays comprehensive knowledge of anatomy, of
+the component parts of the human body and of the onslaughts made
+upon it by disease or left to it as a legacy by progenitors. He
+is cool and collected at critical moments and combines strength
+with tenderness, seeking ever the ultimate good of patient and of
+profession.
+
+Dr. England was married twice. In 1887 he wedded Carrie Ann,
+youngest daughter of the late R. L. Galer, of Dunham. Following
+her death Dr. England married Octavia Grace Ritchie, B. A., M.
+D., of Montreal, the youngest daughter of the late Thomas W.
+Ritchie, Q. C. She was born in Montreal and became a student
+in McGill University, winning the degree of Bachelor of Arts,
+together with first class honors in natural science in 1883.
+She was afterward graduated from Bishop’s College, Lennoxville,
+Quebec, with the degree of M. D. and C. M. in 1891. She was
+one of the first class of ladies to graduate from McGill and
+the first woman to receive a medical degree in the province of
+Quebec. Mrs. England took a scholarship at Kingston and later
+pursued a post-graduate course at Vienna, Austria. She has done
+much to arouse public feeling in favor of the medical education
+of women in Quebec and was secretary of the organization called
+the Donalda Students to procure this concession. She is now a
+governor of the Western Hospital and was assistant gynecologist
+there from 1894 until 1896. She has lectured on medical subjects
+before the Women’s Club and the Young Women’s Christian
+Association. She is a member of the Montreal Medico-Chirurgical
+Society and was a delegate to the Quinquennial Congress of the
+National Council of Women at Toronto in 1909. She is president of
+the local council of the National Council of Women. In 1897 she
+became the wife of Dr. Frank Richardson England of Montreal. Both
+continue actively in the practice of the profession, and each has
+a large clientage, indicating the prominence to which they have
+attained.
+
+
+WILLIAM JOHN WHITE.
+
+William John White, whose authorship no less than his practice
+has gained him eminence and success, is regarded as one of the
+foremost representatives of the Montreal bar. Contemporaneous
+writers pronounce upon him high encomiums for his contributions
+to legal as well as to general literature. A native of Peterboro,
+Ontario, he was born January 29, 1861, a son of the late Richard
+White, D. C. L., and Jean (Riddel) White. After completing his
+studies in the Montreal high school he entered McGill University,
+where he pursued a classical and legal course, winning the B.
+A. degree in 1881, the degree of Bachelor of Civil Law in 1882,
+while in 1885 the Master of Arts degree was conferred upon him
+and in 1902 that of Doctor of Civil Law. He completed his legal
+studies at the Sorbonne in Paris and in 1883 entered upon the
+active work of the profession as an advocate. He has since
+successfully practiced and was created king’s counsel in 1899. He
+is now senior partner of the law firm of White & Buchanan and is
+recognized as one of the leaders of the Montreal bar. In 1901 he
+was made batonnier. His law practice has been of an important as
+well as of an extensive character. He was retained as counsel by
+the Mexican government in the boundary dispute between the United
+States and Mexico in 1911. His high standing in his profession
+and his thorough understanding of vital and significant
+governmental problems have brought him into prominence in various
+international affairs. He served as a member of the board of
+investigation appointed by the minister of labor in the United
+Shoe Machinery case, and his opinions have been sought on various
+questions of far-reaching importance. He represented the Montreal
+bar at the annual meeting of the New York State Bar Association
+at Albany in 1902 and at the Illinois State Bar Association in
+1906, and on the latter occasion read a paper on The Law of
+Quebec. He is the author of a treatise on Canadian Company Law
+which was published in 1901.
+
+Aside from his profession Mr. White has been connected with
+several business enterprises and public projects of importance.
+In 1911 he became one of the directors of the Sherwin-Williams
+Company of Canada, and from 1906 to 1908 he served as alderman
+of the city. He is a director and was elected the vice president
+of the new Technical School of Montreal. He was one of the
+founders of the Society of Historical Studies and was chosen to
+the presidency of that organization for 1891-2. He was likewise
+one of the organizers of the Society of Canadian Literature
+and of the Canadian branch of the American Folk Lore Society.
+From 1889 until 1891 he published a monthly magazine known as
+Canadiana and Dr. John Reade termed him “A writer of taste and
+force,” while the Montreal Witness spoke of him as “A thoroughly
+capable man.” Mr. White belongs to a number of the leading clubs,
+including the St. James, University, Outremont Golf and the
+Montreal Jockey Clubs of Montreal; the Rideau Club of Ottawa;
+the Quebec Garrison Club; and the Constitutional Club of London,
+England. It is in his law practice, however, that he has won the
+recognition that has placed him in the present enviable position
+which he occupies. He has ever in his practice been faithful to
+his clients, fair to his adversaries and candid to the court. In
+many cases with which he has been connected he has exhibited the
+possession of every faculty of which a lawyer may be proud--skill
+in presentation of his own evidence, extraordinary ability in
+cross examination, strong grasp of every feature of the case,
+power to secure favorable rulings from the judge, unusual
+familiarity with human nature and untiring industry. These
+qualities have gained him notable success in law practice.
+
+
+ROBERT REFORD.
+
+At the time of his death half a century was drawing to its
+close since the subject of this sketch, the late Robert Reford,
+first established a commercial connection with Montreal. The
+outstanding position which Mr. Reford occupied in the life of the
+city was the natural outcome of qualities which quickly bring
+men to be recognized as a source of strength to whatever spheres
+in which they may move. He was a man of very pronounced ability,
+tenaciousness of purpose, firmness of decision and of forceful
+character but by those who knew him best he will be remembered,
+chiefly for those high standards of honor which were his for the
+straightforwardness and uprightness of all his dealings with his
+fellowmen and for the strong sense of justice which throughout
+his long career he was so often called upon to exercise.
+
+Robert Reford was born at Moylena, which for generations had been
+the family seat near Antrim, Ireland, in 1831 and was a lad of
+fourteen when in 1845 he came with his mother, three brothers
+and one sister to make his home in Canada. The family arrived at
+Quebec the night of the great fire when the lower town was almost
+completely destroyed. After a very brief stay in Montreal they
+settled in Toronto, where Mr. Reford completed his education. He
+was, however, still but a boy when he became engaged in business
+and, though he was indentured to work for his first employer
+for two years at a fixed salary, it is indicative of the great
+natural capacity which he possessed and of his steadiness and
+alertness in business, that at the end of the first year his
+salary was increased fivefold and again at the end of the second
+year that amount was doubled. In three years time, still
+barely on the threshold of manhood, Robert Reford had proved his
+ability to such an extent as to be offered a partnership with
+William Strachan in a wholesale and retail grocery business which
+the latter was about to open. This offer was accepted but the
+firm dissolved after a few years duration and Mr. Reford started
+a business on his own account, which he continued to conduct
+alone for several years, only taking Richard Dunbar as a partner
+when he acquired, by purchase, from William Ross, another large
+wholesale business of the same nature. The two businesses were
+run separately, one as Reford & Dunbar, the other in partnership
+with the late John Dillon, as Reford & Dillon, wholesale grocers
+and merchants. It would indeed have been strange if a man, imbued
+with the spirit of enterprise and courage, as was Mr. Reford to
+a very remarkable degree, had been content to remain without
+some wider scope for his abilities than that offered, even by a
+successful wholesale business. It was not long before he took the
+initial step which was to lead him so far along the path of that
+vast question of transportation.
+
+[Illustration: ROBERT REFORD]
+
+Mr. Reford was one of the pioneer workers in this direction,
+entering the carrying trade, in the early ’60s. He amassed a
+considerable fortune during the forty odd years he was engaged in
+shipping pursuits but never did he lose sight of the fact that
+Canada’s interests as a whole are intimately and indivisibly
+bound up in every phase of the shipping industry, nor did he ever
+fail to consider and work towards the benefit of those wider
+interests of his adopted country.
+
+The operation of vessels on the Great Lakes was the beginning
+of Mr. Reford’s shipping enterprises. In 1860 he equipped the
+schooner “Seagull” and sent her with a general cargo of Canadian
+produce to Port Natal, South Africa, thus being the first man to
+undertake direct shipping connection between Canada and that part
+of the world.
+
+In 1865, associated with his old friend William Ross, the firm
+opened a branch in Montreal. This was the commencement of the
+present Montreal firm. The business was now assuming large
+trading proportions with Great Britain, the United States,
+China, Japan, the West Indies and other foreign countries;
+nevertheless it soon began to confine itself more strictly to
+ocean shipping. The firm became agents and part owners of the
+Thomson and Donaldson lines. When the story of the growth of
+Canada’s shipping comes to be written the name of Robert Reford
+will loom up largely on its pages. Mr. Dillon severed his
+connection with Mr. Reford in the shipping business in 1897 and
+it was then that the present company, the Robert Reford Co.,
+Ltd., was incorporated, with very extensive steamship services of
+six different lines to many of the world’s principal ports and
+with branch offices established in Quebec, Toronto, St. John,
+New Brunswick, and Portland, Maine. Canada owes not a little
+to Mr. Reford for contributing so materially to the opening up
+of new markets for her produce along the east coast of Great
+Britain, and also for the building up of further valuable
+trade connections by giving direct shipping communication
+between Canada and the Mediterranean ports. Every aspect of the
+carrying trade had been studied by him with that thoroughness
+and regard for detail which characterized the man in everything
+he undertook. His opinions and advice on shipping and on
+transportation generally were appreciated as those of an expert,
+and sought after by people from all over the Dominion.
+
+Apart from his shipping enterprises, which remained the main
+issue of his commercial life, the most important of his other
+business activities was his interest in the Mount Royal Milling
+and Manufacturing Company. Mr. Reford founded the company
+in 1882 for the milling of rice, with mills in Montreal and
+Victoria, British Columbia, and acted as its president up to the
+time of his death. He was also president for many years of the
+Charlemagne & Lac Ouareau Lumber Company, president of the York
+Lumber Company, president of the Crown Trust Company and vice
+president of the Labrador Company; and a director of the Bank
+of Toronto, of the Lake of the Woods Milling Company and of the
+Paton Manufacturing Company.
+
+From 1901 to 1905 Mr. Reford was a member of the Montreal Board
+of Harbour Commissioners and in 1903 was a delegate to the fifth
+congress of the Chambers of Commerce of the Empire, but no
+doubt his chief public service was rendered first as a member
+and then as chairman of the Royal Commission on Transportation,
+1904-1905. The work involved in this important commission
+necessitated its members visiting every Canadian port, from the
+Atlantic to the Pacific, with a view to recommending all possible
+desirable improvements for the increase of and facilitating the
+transportation trade appertaining to the Dominion, both ocean
+and inland. The commission sent in an exhaustive report to the
+government in December, 1905, based on very thorough personal
+observations and study, together with the result of carefully
+gathered evidence of those residents in the different sections
+of Canada who were best fitted to judge. It strongly advocated
+the building of the Georgian Bay canal and the formation of
+national ports on the Atlantic and Pacific, the St. Lawrence
+and the Great Lakes. Further, it was urged that there should
+be a fast all-round-the-world British steamship service which
+would bind together more closely all portions of the empire,
+by taking advantage of the shorter ocean route which services
+between Canada and Europe, via Great Britain on the east, and
+Asia and the Orient on the west, could offer, if Halifax and
+Galway were used as the termini for the Atlantic coasts. Mr.
+Reford’s work on this commission was stupendous, but none of it
+was done in the light of the public eye. Few knew of the great
+personal sacrifices which it demanded and which were willingly
+made by this man of then seventy-four years. In fact all his life
+Mr. Reford avoided rather than sought any kind of prominence or
+recognition.
+
+Many of Montreal’s educational and charitable institutions looked
+to him for guidance and help and whether the requests came to
+him for his advice, or for financial support, provided he was
+in sympathy with the object, to either his response was equally
+ready and generous. He was a governor of McGill University and
+was the first to respond to an appeal for aid by donating fifty
+thousand dollars towards a fund for the increase of salaries of
+the professional staff. In 1911 when the campaign for the general
+funds of the university was made, it found in him one of its
+leading spirits and most ardent supporters. Again he gave proof
+of his faith in the higher education of men’s minds as being
+an asset of immeasurable national value and set the inspiring
+example of a one hundred thousand dollars contribution.
+
+Could we mention all the hospitals, homes for the aged poor and
+for little children, and in fact every kind of philanthropic
+institution which knew and enjoyed his generous help, the list
+would indeed be a long one and few such in Montreal omitted from
+it. Some of his largest donations were to the Montreal General
+Hospital of which he was a life governor and to which in recent
+years he gave thirty-five thousand dollars; to the Young Men’s
+Christian Association he gave ten thousand dollars, and a like
+sum to the Diocesan Theological College.
+
+In manner the late Robert Reford was somewhat abrupt but this
+arose purely from that eagerness and energy which every move of
+the body seemed to betray, and not from any unkindly feeling.
+He was an exceptionally clear thinker, his mind worked with
+precision; his plans were made and carried out with unvarying
+promptitude and method which perhaps supply the key to his
+amazing capacity for the accomplishment of work. Self indulgence
+knew no place with him and to the end he adhered to his stern
+habits of life, granting himself but little respite and no
+holidays. From the age of twenty-two when he was made captain of
+No. 4 Company in the Queen’s Own Rifles his interest in civic
+affairs never waned. He fought untiringly for reforms, often with
+a lack of support which would have discouraged most men, but this
+North of Ireland man was not of such stuff. He was of the kind
+which the hand of Providence seems to have scattered far from
+their native shores, over the face of the British Empire to give
+it that salt, without which it could have no savor.
+
+Mr. Reford was twice married; first to Miss Margaret McCord,
+daughter of A. T. McCord, chamberlain and treasurer of the city
+of Toronto, who died within a year after the marriage. In 1866 he
+married Miss Katherine S. Drummond, daughter of Andrew Drummond
+of Stirling, Scotland. Mrs. Reford survives him, as do five of
+his children, they being: Robert Wilson Reford, president of the
+Robert Reford Co., Ltd.; A. D. Reford; L. L. Reford, M. D.; Mrs.
+H. B. MacDougall; and Miss Kate Reford.
+
+Mr. Reford was a member of St. George’s church and a stanch
+believer in the power of the church to be a light unto the
+lives of men. In all things he acted as he believed and so the
+community is bereft of a personality of strength, of courage and
+of truth.
+
+
+MORRIS STANSFELD BLAIKLOCK.
+
+Morris Stansfeld Blaiklock entered the service of the Grand
+Trunk Railway over thirty years ago and since 1907 has held the
+position of engineer of maintenance and survey in connection with
+this road. He is a son of the late Frederick William Blaiklock,
+who died in 1900, and Elizabeth (Whittaker) Blaiklock, who died
+in 1889. The father was public land surveyor and head of the
+Cadastral Bureau of Montreal. The family has long been prominent
+in engineering circles, the grandfather of our subject, Captain
+Blaiklock, having been one of the Royal Engineers. A brother of
+our subject was the late Major W. F. Blaiklock, of the Royal
+Scots. The family is of English origin.
+
+Morris S. Blaiklock was born in the city of Quebec on the 19th of
+July, 1859. He pursued his early education in a private school in
+Quebec and upon the removal of the parents to Montreal in 1870
+attended the high school in this city, rounding out his course
+by receiving private tuition. He then studied architecture for
+three years and in 1879 entered the employ of the Grand Trunk
+Railway as assistant engineer, remaining in that position until
+1889, when he became resident engineer for the St. Clair Tunnel
+Company in connection with the same road, holding this office
+until 1892. In that year he was promoted to the position of
+inspector, continuing as such until 1897, when he became engineer
+of the eastern division of the Grand Trunk Railway. In 1902 he
+was appointed superintendent of the eastern division and in
+1907 engineer of maintenance and survey for the system. He has
+held this latter office ever since. He is one of the foremost
+men in his line, basing his success upon native ability, a vast
+experience and executive force of rare quality.
+
+On November 12, 1889, Mr. Blaiklock married Miss Mary Elizabeth
+Tunstall, eldest daughter of the late Gabriel C. Tunstall, of
+Ste. Anne de Bellevue, province of Quebec. Mr. and Mrs. Blaiklock
+have two children, Jessie B. and Stansfeld. The family residence
+is at No. 405 Mackay Street, Montreal. Mr. Blaiklock is a
+member of the Church of St. James the Apostle (Episcopalian).
+Politically he is an independent conservative.
+
+
+ALEXANDER MICHAUD.
+
+Progressive citizenship in the twentieth century finds a
+prominent exemplar in Alexander Michaud, mayor of the city of
+Maisonneuve, who is an active factor in public affairs and
+business life of the city. His clear insight, his keen sagacity
+and his public spirit have made his influence a potent factor in
+bringing about not only Canada’s commercial progress, but also
+her moral uplift. He might be termed a practical idealist, for,
+while he strives for the betterment of many civic and commercial
+conditions, the methods which he employs take cognizance of
+present day situations and opportunities and present none of
+the impractical views of the dreamer. In a word, he is a man of
+action rather than of theory.
+
+Mr. Michaud is a representative of one of the old French families
+of Quebec, while the maternal line is of an unadulterated Irish
+strain. He was born January 27, 1868, at Back River, Quebec, a
+son of J. B. and Norah (Connolly) Michaud. His education was
+acquired at the Christian Brothers school and in the Plateau
+Academy of Montreal. In 1881 he entered the employ of his father,
+who was a well known miller and flour merchant, remaining with
+him until 1885. During that period Alexander Michaud, while
+acting principally in a clerical capacity, also acquired a good
+general knowledge of the business in its various departments.
+In 1885 he accepted a position with A. L. Hurtubise & Company,
+grain merchants of Montreal, with whom he remained for several
+years in the capacity of bookkeeper and confidential clerk. His
+ability gained him recognition, followed by promotion, and at the
+time he resigned his position in that house he was manager of the
+business.
+
+[Illustration: ALEXANDER MICHAUD]
+
+It was then that Mr. Michaud organized the firm of Michaud
+Brothers & Company, which soon took a foremost position among
+the leading wholesale grain and export firms of Montreal.
+Its existence covered a period of about fifteen years and an
+extensive business was conducted, constituting another forward
+step in the career of Alexander Michaud. However, recognizing the
+fact that the field of real-estate activity and land speculation
+in Montreal afforded great opportunity for profitable investment,
+he withdrew from active connection with the grain trade and
+entered the real-estate business. It is unusual for a man who
+has been so long identified with one line of business to make so
+radical a change, but the subsequent success of Mr. Michaud is
+indicative of his splendid business foresight and capability.
+The success that he has achieved in the real-estate business has
+been substantial, is well deserved and represents methods that
+have lent dignity to the undertaking. There are few, if any, who
+have more intimate or comprehensive knowledge of realty values
+or whose judgment is more to be relied upon and these facts have
+served to bring him an extensive and desirable clientage.
+
+In connection with his public career a Montreal paper has said:
+“Perhaps the field in which Mr. Michaud was best known to the
+citizens of Montreal is political. He was an alderman and was
+president of the finance committee of Maisonneuve from 1905
+to 1909 and was elected mayor by acclamation three times in
+succession. During this time Maisonneuve has made those wonderful
+strides in growth which have been the admiration of the entire
+country and have placed herself on a footing which is attracting
+the attention of the entire world. The part played in this
+great advance in manufacturing and commerce by the city is not
+a little due to the energy and foresight of her mayor, who has
+brought his business acumen and farsighted commercial judgment
+into play in running the civic side of affairs, the same as he
+did as a merchant or miller. Mr. Michaud prefers to talk about
+Maisonneuve rather than about himself, about the opportunities
+there are there for capital, the splendid locations for factories
+and the many other inducements which have made the city one of
+the leaders in commercial advancement during the past five years.
+It is an interesting subject and more Aladdinlike than Africa
+diamond mines or the gold strewn coasts of Alaska.” It may be
+mentioned here that Maisonneuve, though surrounded by the city of
+Montreal, is an entirely separate city, having its own autonomy.
+
+Perhaps the most unique point in Mr. Michaud’s public career
+is its cause. Like many other men who had been similarly
+attracted to that locality, Mr. Michaud took up his residence
+in Maisonneuve but with neither time nor inclination for public
+office. The city at that period had a population of seven
+thousand. Twenty-four liquor licenses had been issued and the
+town, in modern parlance, was “wide open.” It was a great
+rendezvous for hundreds of people from Montreal who would go down
+there on Sundays, the open saloons serving as a great attraction.
+This disregard of the law and the undesirable notoriety it gave
+the town aroused the indignation of the better class of citizens,
+who, however, were powerless, owing to the inactivity of those
+who were in charge of the city government. Mr. Michaud was one
+who set about to bring order out of chaos and while his first
+article in the local papers attracted attention, his second and
+subsequent ones certainly aroused the opposition of the lawless
+element whose arrogance had so long held sway. Personal violence
+was threatened Mr. Michaud and his residence was attacked by
+a mob that broke every window within reach. Missiles of every
+description were hurled inside. This cowardly attack instead of
+intimidating Mr. Michaud, only spurred him on to further action
+and showed that the Irish blood in him could mean fight--not
+fight in the brutal sense of the mob but with that courage that
+comes of honest conviction combined with fearlessness. In the
+face of such bitter opposition Mr. Michaud became a candidate
+for alderman, was elected and wielded such an influence in favor
+of good government and progress that from the time he entered
+politics to the present he has made a most creditable record. No
+citizen of Maisonneuve has worked so incessantly or taken greater
+pride in what has been accomplished. That city today, with forty
+thousand population, contains but nineteen licensed saloons, all
+conducted under strict observance of the law. He is, indeed, a
+resourceful man and in the management of public affairs displays
+the same spirit of careful watchfulness and wise control that
+he does in conducting his private interests. He was named by
+the provincial government a member of the Metropolitan Parks
+commission of Montreal, of which body Sir William Van Horne is
+president.
+
+In 1909 Mr. Michaud was the chief factor in the organization
+of the Dominion Light, Heat & Power Company and during the two
+years of its successful operation, before being absorbed by the
+Montreal Public Service Corporation, he was prominently connected
+with its management. He is a man but little past middle age and
+his whole capital when starting in life was energy and ambition,
+yet he has been highly successful, not only in the way of
+winning prosperity, but also in valuable service to the city and
+province. He gets much out of life in comfort and pleasure and
+has never lived solely to accumulate wealth, but has ever been a
+lover of nature and of outdoor life and it is only severe weather
+that prevents him from enjoying the four and a half mile walk
+daily from his office to his home. In the latter his greatest
+interest centers and he is always happiest when in the company of
+his family. Mr. Michaud was married February 21, 1898, to Miss
+Marie Virolle and to them have been born four children: Margaret,
+Paul, Germaine and Alexander. Mr. Michaud is an indulgent father
+and the comrade of his children. For a number of years he has
+spent the summers with his family at Old Orchard, Maine.
+
+
+JOHN MILNE BROWNING.
+
+In the later years of his life John Milne Browning lived retired
+in Montreal. He was of Scotch birth, a native of Edinburgh,
+born in June, 1826. His father, Matthew Browning, died when
+the son was a young man and the latter, who had been educated
+in the schools of his native country, came to Canada in 1852,
+when twenty-six years of age. He located at Beauharnois, where
+he continued until 1873 and then removed to Montreal, where he
+resided through the succeeding fifteen years. In 1888 he went to
+British Columbia, where he lived for eleven years, but on the
+expiration of that period returned to Montreal, where he spent
+his remaining days in well earned and honorable retirement from
+business. He had been a land commissioner and was also connected
+with the Canadian Pacific Railway Townsite Company. He displayed
+excellent business ability in that connection and handled
+important realty interests.
+
+In 1855 Mr. Browning was united in marriage to Miss Magdeline
+H. Norval, born in 1833, in Beauharnois, Quebec, a daughter of
+R. H. Norval, who came from Edinburgh when twenty-one years of
+age and remained thereafter a resident of Canada until his death
+in 1856. His daughter, Mrs. Browning, has seen Montreal develop
+from a comparatively small place into a wonderful city, being
+ever an interested witness of the changes which have occurred.
+It was on the 20th of December, 1906, that Mr. Browning was
+called from this life and his loss was mourned in the various
+localities where he was well and favorably known. He was a member
+of a number of clubs and won popularity in those organizations.
+His public spirit found tangible expression in many ways and his
+religious faith was evidenced in his membership in the Crescent
+Street Presbyterian church. His life was honorable and upright at
+all times and he left behind him an untarnished name.
+
+
+JAMES POWER CLEGHORN.
+
+Prominent for many years among the merchants of Montreal was
+James Power Cleghorn and equally well was he known through
+his support of charitable and philanthropic projects and his
+cooperation in affairs of public benefit. He was born in
+Montreal, October 31, 1830, and his life record covered the
+intervening years to the 14th of December, 1911, when he passed
+away. He was a son of Robert Cleghorn, who came to Montreal at a
+very early day. The latter married Miss Eliza Power, a native of
+Sorel, province of Quebec, and whose father was connected with
+the commissary department of the army. Their family numbered ten
+children. Robert Cleghorn was a public-spirited citizen and a
+man of domestic tastes, and the influences of a home of culture
+and refinement left their impress upon the life of James Power
+Cleghorn, who with the passing years rose to prominence along the
+different lines in which he exerted his activities.
+
+He was educated at Howden & Taggart’s Academy and entered
+commercial circles as junior clerk in the mercantile house of J.
+G. Mackenzie & Company of Montreal in 1853. In that establishment
+he gradually worked his way upward until admitted to partnership
+in 1864, after which he had largely control of the business,
+which was extensive in proportion and which ranked with the
+oldest mercantile houses of the city. Mr. Cleghorn, however,
+did not confine his efforts entirely to one line. In fact he
+became recognized as a power in other business connections, both
+commercial and financial, and was elected to the directorate of
+the Intercolonial Coal Company, the Sun Life Assurance Company
+of Canada, the Merchants & Manufacturers Association, the Canada
+Accident Company and Molson’s Bank. He served as president of
+the Board of Trade and it was during his incumbency of the
+office that the site for the present building was selected. He
+was also a trustee of the Mount Royal Cemetery Association and
+the president of the Intercolonial Coal Company. His cooperation
+was likewise sought in behalf of those institutions where
+humanitarian principles must combine with executive ability in
+successful management. He was made a governor of the Montreal
+General Hospital, of the Montreal Hospital for the Insane and the
+Montreal Dispensary. An active member in the Church of England,
+he served as a delegate to the synod and cooperated in its work
+along many helpful lines. In politics he was a conservative and
+he stood ever for the welfare of the people.
+
+On the 14th of February, 1865, Mr. Cleghorn was married to Miss
+Anna Spalding, of Port Hope, Ontario, who was born in Peterboro,
+Ontario. Five children were born to them: George S., connected
+with the W. R. Brock Company, Limited; C. Power, a general
+insurance broker, who married Florence Fechheimer, of New York,
+and to whom have been born two children, James Power and Helen
+Power; Emily C.; Helen G., who died at the age of thirteen years;
+and James Herbert, whose death occurred when he was eighteen
+years of age.
+
+The family residence is at No. 256 Bishop Street, and their
+summer home, “Blinkbonny” is situated at Como in the province of
+Quebec. The death of Mr. Cleghorn left a gap in those circles
+where he had moved as a central figure. In business and social
+relations and in his connection with humanitarian interests he
+had established himself in an enviable position by reason of
+personal worth and capability, and his name is inscribed high on
+the list of Montreal’s valued citizens.
+
+
+GEORGE WASHINGTON STEPHENS.
+
+If one would seek a fitting poetical phrase to express the life
+work of the Hon. George Washington Stephens these lines might
+well be chosen:
+
+ “He leaves a patriot’s name to after times
+ Linked with a thousand virtues and no crimes.”
+
+For an extended period he was in public life, and whether
+connected with municipal, professional, or national affairs
+was always the same public-spirited, progressive citizen, ever
+seeking the welfare of the constituency which he represented.
+He was born in Montreal in 1832, the second son of Harrison and
+Sarah (Jackson) Stephens. The father removed from the state of
+Vermont to Montreal in 1828 and for years was a leading merchant
+of the city.
+
+George W. Stephens was educated at high school, afterward
+entering business circles. He became identified with the firm of
+Law Young & Company, but after a time determined to enter upon
+professional activities, and with this end in view took up the
+study of law, following a law course at McGill University, which
+conferred upon him the B. C. L. degree. Called to the bar in
+1863, he at once entered upon active practice and for some time
+was a partner of the late John A. Perkins, an eminent barrister
+of Montreal. Mr. Stephens personally conducted the cause celebre
+of Connolly versus Woolrych, which he brought to a successful
+conclusion. The case was a notable one, awakening widespread
+interest among the legal fraternity and establishing the validity
+of an Indian marriage, celebrated according to the custom of the
+tribe.
+
+After a number of years devoted to successful law practice, Mr.
+Stephens was obliged to abandon the profession in order to assume
+the management of his father’s estate, and proved himself
+equally capable, sagacious, farsighted and enterprising in that
+connection. His ability and his devotion to the general welfare
+led to his selection again and again for public office. In 1868
+he was elected alderman of Montreal and for seventeen consecutive
+years remained a member of the city council, during which period
+he served on several occasions as acting mayor. He did much
+during that period toward shaping the policy of city affairs and
+upholding those interests which are a matter of civic virtue and
+civic pride. In fact he became distinguished for his constant
+opposition to wrong-doing and dishonesty, and his stalwart
+support of a prudent and economical progressive administration.
+From the time that age conferred upon him the right of franchise
+he advocated the principles of the liberal party and upon its
+ticket was elected to the provincial legislature, representing
+Montreal Centre in the Quebec assembly from 1881 until 1886,
+and so earnestly and faithfully guarded the public interests
+as to earn the title “watch dog.” At the general election of
+1892 he was returned for Huntingdon and was reelected at the
+general election in 1897. On the formation of the Marchand
+administration in May of the latter year he was called into the
+cabinet, without portfolio. He was the organizer of the Good
+Government Association of Montreal and in January, 1897, received
+the thanks of that body for his “vigorous efforts and judicious
+action” in the Quebec assembly in reference to certain local
+measures. In 1896 he promoted a measure prohibiting indecent
+play bills and posters being displayed on the public streets. No
+one ever questioned the honesty and virtue of his position and
+his belief. Though others may have differed from him in policy
+they recognized the patriotic spirit which actuated him in all
+his public service, and none was more earnest in opposition to
+misrule in public affairs.
+
+[Illustration: HON. GEORGE W. STEPHENS]
+
+Aside from his active work in the assembly, Mr. Stephens utilized
+many other opportunities for advancing public progress and
+improvement. He was at one time a member of the council of the
+Montreal Board of Trade, was president of the Mercantile Library
+Association and president of the Citizens Gas Company. He was
+also a governor of the Montreal General Hospital and of the
+Protestant Hospital for the Insane. His cooperation could ever
+be counted upon in support of any measure or plan to ameliorate
+the hard conditions of life for the unfortunate and, as a member
+of the Unitarian church, he took an active interest in all good
+works done in the name of charity or religion.
+
+Mr. Stephens married first in 1865, Elizabeth Mary MacIntosh and
+afterward in 1878, Frances Ramsay MacIntosh, daughter of Nicholas
+Carnegie MacIntosh, of Edinburgh, Scotland. For many years
+Mrs. Stephens was president of the Decorative Art Association
+of Montreal and a recognized leader in social circles. She has
+accomplished work of far-reaching importances and benefit in
+connection with the Woman’s Immigrant Society; the Soldiers’
+Wives League, which was organized during the South African war;
+the Maternity Hospital, and the Montreal Cooking School. In
+religious faith she is a Unitarian and in more strictly social
+lines is connected with the Canadian Woman’s Club, the Ladies
+Morning Musical Club and the Royal Montreal Ladies Golf Club.
+The children are two sons and two daughters: Major G. W. and F.
+C. Stephens; and Mrs. J. Wedderburn Wilson and Mrs. A. Hamilton
+Gault.
+
+Mr. Stephens was devoted to his family and ever held friendship
+inviolable. He belonged to both the St. James and Union Clubs and
+his military experience covered service as a cavalry major until
+he was placed on the retired list, his connection being with the
+Montreal Rifle Rangers. One of the leading newspapers styled
+him “a liberal of the old school, fearless and brave.” The same
+qualities characterized him throughout his entire life in every
+relation, and many who were his associates and contemporaries
+felt at his passing, which occurred at his country residence, Lac
+à l’eau Claire, in 1904, that,
+
+ “He was a man. Take him for all in all
+ I shall not look upon his like again.”
+
+
+MAJOR VICTOR EVELYN MITCHELL.
+
+Public opinion accords Major Victor Evelyn Mitchell a position
+of leadership among the members of the Montreal bar, not only
+because of his extensive practice and the ability displayed
+therein, but also because of his contribution to the literature
+of the profession. His military record also gives him right to
+public recognition. A native of London, England, he was born
+October 17, 1865, and is of English lineage, his father having
+been James Mitchell, of London, England. In the attainment
+of his education he attended the City of London school and
+afterward McGill University, where he won his B. C. L. degree and
+valedictorian honors in 1896. The same year he began practice
+as an advocate in Montreal with the late R. D. McGibbon, K. C.
+He had been a resident of Canada for eight years, and thus it
+was that his preparation for the bar was pursued in McGill.
+The ability which he has displayed in practice is indicated by
+the fact that he was created K. C. in 1909. He is now a member
+of the firm of McGibbon, Casgrain, Mitchell & Casgrain and
+devotes himself to corporation and commercial law. He published
+the first English edition of the The Code of Civil Procedure
+and in conjunction with J. L. Perron, K. C., brought out an
+Insolvency Manual. He is not unknown in the educational field,
+having lectured on The Legal Aspects of Trade Unionism and on
+Warranties and Representations re Contract of Life Insurance.
+All this establishes his position as a lawyer well versed in his
+profession and capable in handling intricate and involved legal
+problems. He is also a well known publicist; his letters to the
+Montreal Star on the naval question created great interest and
+showed a thorough knowledge and study of the subject.
+
+Aside from his professional interests Major Mitchell has become
+known in business circles and in connection with projects of a
+public or semi-public character. He is a director of Penman’s,
+Ltd.; the Canadian Consolidated Rubber Company; Ames, Holden,
+McCready, Ltd.; the Canadian Consolidated Felt Company, Ltd.; the
+Charlemagne & Lac Ouareau Lumber Company, Ltd.; and many other
+commercial companies. He is also a director of the Laurentian
+Sanitarium and a governor of the Montreal General Hospital and
+the Western Hospital.
+
+For some years Major Mitchell was connected with the volunteer
+military service, joining the Sixth Fusiliers in 1889, and when
+that regiment amalgamated with the First Prince of Wales Rifles
+in 1898 he became senior major in that corps. In 1900 he was
+placed on the list of retired officers.
+
+Major Mitchell was married in 1911 to Miss Sarah Proulx, and
+they reside at No. 377 Peel Street. Major Mitchell holds
+membership with the Anglican church and is well known in club
+circles, belonging to the St. James, Canada and University Clubs,
+the Royal St. Lawrence Yacht Club, the Montreal Jockey Club,
+Outremont Golf Club, Royal Montreal Golf Club, the Manitou Club
+of Montreal, the Railroad Club and the Alpha Delta Phi Club of
+New York and the United Empire Club of London, England.
+
+
+WALTER HARDMAN ARDLEY.
+
+A well known figure in railroad circles of Montreal is Walter
+Hardman Ardley, who since 1913 has acted as general auditor of
+the Grand Trunk Railway system and Grand Trunk Pacific Railway.
+A native of London, England, he was born April 24, 1858, and is
+a son of James and Elizabeth (Dunton) Ardley, the former of whom
+passed away during the early childhood of his son Walter and the
+latter in 1896.
+
+Mr. Ardley was educated in the City of London College and made
+his advent in the business world as an apprentice in a London
+office. He came to Canada in November, 1882, entering the service
+of the Grand Trunk Railway, in the chief accountant’s office,
+on November 5, 1882. Steadiness of purpose, faithfulness and
+diligence won him advancement. On December 31, 1907, he was made
+chief clerk and general bookkeeper and so continued until August
+31, 1908, when he became auditor of disbursements. He held this
+office until September 30, 1908, when he became assistant general
+auditor, and in 1909 he was made general auditor of the Grand
+Trunk Railway system and Grand Trunk Pacific Railway. Mr. Ardley
+stands high in the estimation of the officers of the road on
+account of the efficient management of his department.
+
+On December 12, 1889, Mr. Ardley married Miss Tamar Jane
+Phillips, a daughter of Henry Phillips, of Upway, England. He is
+independent politically and a member of the Church of England.
+
+
+REV. HERBERT SYMONDS.
+
+A man who has made his zeal and commanding ability the basis
+of an important work not only in the cause of religion but in
+the public service along lines of charity and reform is Rev.
+Herbert Symonds, since 1903 vicar of Christ Church Cathedral,
+Montreal. He is a prominent orator and preacher, an able writer
+and an untiring worker for the promotion of religious and social
+advancement and is regarded as one of the vital forces in the
+spread of movements looking toward Christian unity. He was born
+in Rickinghall-Inferior, Suffolk, England, December 28, 1860,
+and is a son of George and Hannah (Wright) Symonds. He studied
+in Framlingham College in England and in Trinity University,
+Toronto, Ontario, from which he was graduated with the degree of
+B. A. in 1885, receiving the degree of M. A. and the prize for an
+English essay and sermon in 1887. He holds the honorary degree of
+D. D., given him by Queen’s University in 1901, and the honorary
+degree of LL. D., conferred upon him by McGill University in 1910.
+
+Rev. Herbert Symonds came to Canada in 1881 and four years later
+was ordained deacon in the Anglican church. He received orders
+as a priest in 1887 and from that year to 1890 was a fellow and
+lecturer in Trinity University in Toronto. The next two years he
+spent as professor of divinity in the same institution and in
+1892 was made rector of St. Luke’s church in Ashburnham, Ontario.
+He resumed his work as an educator in the year 1901, being made
+headmaster of Trinity College School in Port Hope, Ontario,
+serving in that capacity from 1901 to 1903. In the latter year
+he was transferred to Montreal and made vicar of Christ Church
+Cathedral in this city, and he has since held the position, which
+affords him an excellent scope for his talents and abilities
+and in which his work has carried him forward into important
+relations with Anglican affairs. He was president of the Montreal
+Protestant Ministerial Association in 1905, first president of
+the Canadian Society of Christian Unity and in 1910 a delegate
+to the World’s Missionary Congress, held in Edinburgh, and the
+Anglican Church Congress, held in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
+
+Mr. Symonds married, in March, 1883, Miss Emma Blackall, fourth
+daughter of the late Mossom Boyd, of Bobcaygeon, Ontario, and
+both are well known in social circles of Montreal. Since 1907
+Mr. Symonds has served as Protestant school commissioner and
+he is well known in military circles, having been from 1896 to
+1907 chaplain of the Third Prince of Wales Canadian Dragoons and
+since that time chaplain, with the honorary rank of major, of
+the First Regiment, Prince of Wales Fusiliers. He is a member
+of the Masonic fraternity and is a past grand chaplain of the
+grand lodge of Quebec. A writer of great force and power, he
+has made many contributions to The Week and Expository Times of
+England and other papers and is the author of articles on Trinity
+University and University Federation, published in 1894, on
+Christian Unity, published in 1899, and The Anglican Church and
+the Doctrine of Apostolical Succession, 1907. He is regarded as
+one of the ablest preachers in the Anglican pulpit at the present
+time and has made this talent also a force in the accomplishment
+of a great and lasting work.
+
+
+HENRY HOGAN.
+
+Very few if any men in Montreal were any better known in their
+respective lines of business than was Henry Hogan, in connection
+with the hotel business. He occupied a position among his
+contemporaries that made him a unique personage. The story of his
+life is best told by the history of the hostelry, St. Lawrence
+Hall, that his name had made famous and over which he had charge
+for upwards of a half century. Mr. Hogan was born at La Tortue,
+near Laprairie, on the 12th of April, 1820, and was a son of
+Nicholas Hogan, who served in the British army in the Peninsular
+war and at Waterloo under the Duke of Wellington. He was
+engaged in the woolen manufacturing business in Manchester,
+England, and upon coming to Canada established a mill at La
+Tortue. He met his death from drowning, the result of the giving
+way of the rail on a boat, which precipitated him into the St.
+Lawrence river. He was survived by a widow and several children.
+
+[Illustration: HENRY HOGAN]
+
+Henry Hogan was but a boy when he came to Montreal and his
+early training in a business way began in the line of business
+of which he made such a great success in later life, the hotel
+business. In 1851 he became proprietor of what was then called
+the Hogan Hotel, in which enterprise he was in partnership with
+Messrs. Borden and Compaine, but both men retired early, being
+succeeded in the firm by Frederick Penn, who remained a partner
+with Mr. Hogan until 1869. After that time the latter was alone
+as sole proprietor of St. Lawrence Hall. In 1856 he was one of
+the prominent factors in the grand banquet given by the citizens
+in the Hall to mark the opening of the Grand Trunk Railway, on
+which occasion many distinguished citizens were his guests.
+In 1860 he entertained the members of the suite of the Prince
+of Wales, later His Majesty, King Edward VII. In those days
+Mr. Hogan entertained many people of title and prominence. The
+story of this hotel has its own connection with the history of
+Canada, for under the roof of St. Lawrence Hall there occurred
+many things that led to the present-day development of the
+Dominion. Here Mr. John A. Macdonald, later the great Sir John,
+met his sturdy opponent, Mr. George Brown, and exchanged views
+on the best means of uniting the scattered provinces. From this
+beginning confederation was achieved and Mr. Hogan performed his
+share in these events and at all times faithfully carried out
+the duties of citizenship. St. Lawrence Hall was for many years
+the best known hotel in Canada and one of the best known on the
+continent. Princes of the royal blood, soldiers and statesmen,
+political refugees, artists and poets, stars of the operatic and
+dramatic stage partook of its hospitality and their names recall
+events of bygone days. The opening of Victoria bridge brought
+many notables to the Hall, and during the progress of the Civil
+war in the United States the clank of the sword was heard at St.
+Lawrence Hall, which became the headquarters for the Confederate
+representatives and southern refugees. Jefferson Davis and John
+Wilkes Booth were guests of the Hall, and during the Trent affair
+it was the headquarters of the officers. During the trial of John
+Surratt, the register of the Hall was taken to Washington and has
+never been returned. After the Civil war, General Sherman, of
+the Union army, and also one of the most prominent Confederate
+generals visited Montreal and were entertained by Mr. Hogan, as
+was Henry Ward Beecher and other distinguished Americans. The
+banquets held at St. Lawrence Hall were noted affairs, the place
+being the scene of many brilliant social gatherings.
+
+The ancestral records of the Hogan family included the names of
+many prominent in military circles and Henry Hogan also took
+a deep interest in these affairs, being for years commanding
+officer of the Montreal Field Battery, of which he was lieutenant
+in 1855, afterwards became colonel and assumed command, retiring
+with that rank in 1866. Mr. Hogan had been connected with
+numerous business enterprises aside from his hotel interests.
+He always had implicit confidence in the future of Montreal and
+made investments that proved highly profitable. His business
+ability won him success and prominence in his chosen field and
+his capability, tact and resourcefulness made him an ideal host,
+whether entertaining a little private gathering of friends or a
+large concourse of notable and eminent citizens at a banquet. In
+religious belief he was a Unitarian. His death occurred October
+9, 1902, and he was survived by a widow, two sons, Henry H. and
+Lawrence H., and also two daughters: Anna W., now the widow of
+Major Low, of the British army; and Marion E., who died unmarried.
+
+
+MARTIN MONTGOMERY REYNOLDS.
+
+Martin Montgomery Reynolds enjoyed the reputation of being one of
+the foremost experts in railroad accounting and finance. He had
+thirty years of experience along that line and was connected with
+roads in the United States and Mexico until he came to Canada
+in 1908 as fifth vice president of the Grand Trunk Railway and
+third vice president of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway. At his
+death, which occurred June 17, 1914, he held the position of vice
+president in charge of the financial and accounting departments.
+
+Martin M. Reynolds was born in Syracuse, New York, and educated
+there. His first notable position in the railroad world was that
+of auditor of the Mexican National Railroad, which office he held
+until 1892. He then went to Vermont as general auditor of the
+Central Vermont Railroad, which office he held until 1896. From
+1896 to 1899 he was auditor for the receivers of this road, and
+from 1899 to 1902 auditor for its successor, the Central Vermont
+Railway. From 1902 to 1904 he was comptroller of the National
+Railway of Mexico and in 1904 accepted in addition to this office
+the comptrollership of the Mexican International Railway and the
+Interoceanic Railway of Mexico, continuing in this office until
+1908. In that year he came to Montreal as fifth vice president
+of the Grand Trunk Railway and third vice president of the Grand
+Trunk Pacific Railway, and in 1910 was promoted to the third vice
+presidency of the Grand Trunk. From 1911 Mr. Reynolds was vice
+president in charge of the financial and accounting departments
+of the Grand Trunk and Grand Trunk Pacific and affiliated lines.
+His office was one of the most important in the service. Mr.
+Reynolds was also a director of the Canadian Express Company.
+
+In 1894 Martin M. Reynolds was united in marriage to Miss Flora
+Livingstone and they resided at the Linton apartments, Montreal.
+Although he was in Montreal only a few years he quickly became
+imbued with the Canadian spirit and his aims and interests became
+thoroughly Canadian.
+
+
+CHARLES A. BRIGGS.
+
+Charles A. Briggs was an active business man of Montreal, well
+known and respected. He conducted a retail fur store under his
+name on Notre Dame Street, and careful management and wise
+direction of his interests wrought the substantial success which
+eventually came to him. A native of Montreal, he was born
+October 3, 1839, a son of Russell Briggs, who came to this city
+from Vermont and here spent his remaining days. Charles A. Briggs
+was indebted to the public-school system of Montreal for the
+educational opportunities he enjoyed. In early life he acquainted
+himself with the fur business and eventually became proprietor
+of a retail fur store on Notre Dame Street. He closely applied
+himself to the conduct of the business and his able management
+and reliable methods were strong elements in his growing success.
+
+In 1862 Mr. Briggs was united in marriage to Sarah S., a daughter
+of Mansfield Holland, who in early life came from Maine to
+Montreal and was actively identified with the infant industrial
+development of the city, building the first rolling mill here and
+also a nail and spike factory, making the first railroad spike
+manufactured in Canada. His plant was located on Mill Street
+and there he continued actively and successfully in business
+throughout the remainder of his days, his death occurring in
+1883. He was then seventy-four years of age, his birth having
+occurred in 1809. He was twenty years of age when he arrived in
+Montreal in 1829, becoming a most active factor in its business
+circles, for, with the growth of his enterprise, he employed
+many men. His wife was in her maidenhood Miss Gould and by their
+marriage they became the parents of twelve children. Mr. and Mrs.
+Charles A. Briggs became the parents of seven children: Charles
+Russell; Celia; Florence; Edwin; Dr. George Nixon; Henry, who
+died young; and Ethel.
+
+Mr. Briggs held membership in St. James Cathedral, to the support
+of which he made generous contribution. He stood stanchly in
+support of many of those factors which work for the betterment
+of the individual and for the community and at the same time he
+conducted a successful business indicative of his ability and his
+enterprise.
+
+
+JOHN A. PILLOW.
+
+Standing deservedly high in the respect of all who knew him,
+John A. Pillow was regarded as a progressive business man and
+valuable citizen of Montreal, of which city he was a native. He
+was educated in the public schools and for many years ranked as
+one of Montreal’s oldest and best known manufacturers. In his
+business career he made advancement step by step, gaining thus a
+broader outlook and wider opportunity. He made wise use of the
+advantages that came to him and eventually reached a position of
+prominence in manufacturing circles. It was in the late ‘60s
+that he succeeded to the rolling mill business of T. D. Bigelow
+& Company, which was one of the oldest establishments of the
+city, having been founded for a century. Forming a partnership
+with Randolph Hersey, he continued the business under the firm
+name of Pillow & Hersey. Later this was converted into a stock
+company and Mr. Pillow was elected to the presidency. He stood
+deservedly high in the regard of his contemporaries in commercial
+circles. Business men knew him as one whose word was thoroughly
+reliable, who met every obligation and kept every engagement, and
+the record which he thus made was one which any might envy. He
+was very thorough and competent in all that he did, neglecting no
+details and at the same time developing his interests along the
+broad lines characteristic of business enterprise at the present
+day.
+
+Mr. Pillow was united in marriage to Annie Elizabeth Hillyer, and
+their surviving children are two sons, Laurence B. and Howard
+W. He was a man of domestic tastes, devoted to the welfare of
+his family and finding his greatest happiness in promoting
+their interests. He rejoiced in his prosperity not merely from
+the standpoint of success but because of the opportunity which
+it gave him to provide liberally for his family and to give
+generously to the poor and needy. He attended the American
+Presbyterian church and in his life exemplified his Christian
+faith. He was much interested in the welfare of his native city,
+cooperating in many movements that have promoted its interests
+along various lines. He belonged to the Board of Trade and his
+social nature found expression in his membership in St. James
+Club, the Forest and Stream Club and the Manhattan Club of New
+York. Death called him February 16, 1902. He had remained a
+lifelong resident of his native city and his worth was widely
+recognized by those who had been his associates in business and
+by those who met him in social relations.
+
+
+JAMES ELLIOT.
+
+James Elliot, for more than half a century one of the best known
+bankers of Montreal, was born June 2, 1840, in this city, and was
+the eldest son of the late Andrew and Sarah (Pullan) Elliot. The
+father was a native of Northumberland, England, and following his
+arrival in Montreal in 1832 became a well known contractor of the
+city.
+
+After acquiring a thorough education in the Montreal high school
+James Elliot entered the dry-goods establishment of the late
+Mr. Alexander Molson, and after a time spent in that connection
+entered Molson’s Bank in 1860. In 1870 he became accountant and
+further promotion came to him in recognition of his ability
+in his appointment to the position of manager of the Montreal
+branch in 1879. Step by step he advanced in his connection with
+financial interests until he became recognized as one of the
+foremost bankers of the city. In May, 1900, he was appointed
+general manager, which position he ably filled until his death,
+December 19, 1913. In banking circles he was recognized as a man
+of exceptional ability, prudence and sagacity, and was termed
+both a model man and a model banker. That he occupied a position
+of distinction in business and financial circles was evidenced by
+the large number of business men who paid their last tribute of
+respect to his worth when he passed away.
+
+Mr. Elliot was for many years a councillor of the Canadian
+Bankers Association and was otherwise officially connected with
+interests of importance to the public, being a life governor
+of the Montreal General Hospital, a vice president of the
+Montreal Prisoners Aid Association and an active factor in
+philanthropic work. Mr. Elliot was also an attendant at the
+Melville Presbyterian church. His political support was given to
+the conservative party. Although he was past the allotted age
+of three score years and ten when called from this life, Mr.
+Elliot’s friends were drawn largely from the younger generation.
+He was a quiet, unostentatious gentleman of the old school, whose
+delight outside of his business was his home and garden on Cote
+St. Antoine road. This home was one of the early residences in
+Westmount and when erected more than a quarter of a century ago
+was surrounded by open fields.
+
+[Illustration: JAMES ELLIOT]
+
+Mr. Elliot was unmarried. After providing with great liberality
+for near relatives he bequeathed five thousand dollars to
+the Montreal General Hospital, five thousand dollars to the
+Protestant Hospital for the Insane and a thousand dollars each
+to the Western Hospital, McKay Institute, Grace Dart Home,
+the Protestant House of Industry and Refuge and the Salvation
+Army. His bequest to these many organizations showed his
+broad-mindedness and his deep interest in the welfare and uplift
+of his fellowmen.
+
+
+JOSEPH ARTHUR COUTURE.
+
+Joseph Arthur Couture, a notary public practicing in Montreal
+and in Maisonneuve, was born on the 29th of December, 1881, at
+Sherrington in the county of Napierville, P. Q., his parents
+being Jules and Dométhile (Bourgeois) Couture. He represents two
+of the old French families of the province. His great-grandfather
+and his grandfather, both of whom bore the name of François
+Couture, were farming people, the former following agricultural
+pursuits at Lacadie, while the latter was a farmer at St. Cyprien
+in the county of Napierville. He married Sophie Ward and their
+family included Jules Couture, who married Dométhile Bourgeois.
+Her father, Pierre Bourgeois, was at one time a farmer at St.
+Jean, P. Q., and later at St. Cyprien, where he was residing
+at the time of his death. His wife was a member of the Granger
+family. Jules Couture was born in St. Cyprien, county of
+Napierville, and made farming his life work, but since 1900 has
+lived retired, his home being in the village of Napierville. His
+wife was born in the parish of St. John, P. Q., and died on the
+15th of September, 1907. They had a family of twelve children, of
+whom three daughters and five sons are living.
+
+Joseph Arthur Couture, the youngest of the family, attended the
+parish school to the age of ten years and afterward studied
+with the parish priest of Sherrington for three years. He
+next entered Montreal College, where he pursued a five years’
+classical course and later became a student in the Seminary of
+Philosophy, where after two years, or in 1902, he won his degree
+of Bachelor of Letters. In September of that year he matriculated
+in Laval University where he studied law in preparation for the
+notarial profession, receiving his LL. L. degree in 1905. He was
+received as a notary in July of the same year and in September
+began practice in the village of Napierville, where he continued
+until the 1st of October, 1906. He then removed to the city of
+Maisonneuve, where he continues in practice, and at the same
+time maintains an office in the city of Montreal. He is likewise
+a commissioner of the superior court in and for the district of
+Montreal. He carefully prepared for his chosen calling and his
+knowledge of the law and his understanding of all phases of the
+notarial profession have given him high rank among his associates
+in that field of labor.
+
+Mr. Couture is also interested in some syndicates, purchasing
+lots on the island of Montreal. He is a director of La Société
+du Boulevard Pie IX, Limitée and of Salmon River Gold Fields
+and of the Montreal Consolidated Real Estate and Investments,
+Limited. His connection therewith has resulted in bringing him
+good financial returns, while in his profession he is making
+continuous advancement.
+
+On the 9th of October, 1905, Mr. Couture was married to Miss
+Mathilda Ida Lachapelle, a daughter of Alfred and Mathilde
+(Beauchamp) Lachapelle, the former in his life time a merchant
+of Montreal. Mrs. Couture died at Maisonneuve, at the age of
+twenty-seven years, on the 17th of December, 1913, leaving no
+issue. Mr. Couture is a member of the Roman Catholic church
+and in politics he was formerly a conservative but became a
+nationalist as he did not approve of the naval policies of either
+the liberal or conservative parties. He is still, however, a
+member of the Montreal Liberal-Conservative Club. He was for
+three years recording secretary of Court Gounod No. 3240, I. O.
+F., of which he is now deputy chief.
+
+
+HON. J. O. VILLENEUVE.
+
+The name of Hon. J. O. Villeneuve is inseparably interwoven
+with the history of Montreal and its progress. Modesty at all
+times characterized his bearing and simplicity his habits, yet
+the sterling worth of his character and the high order of his
+ability brought him to a position of leadership in connection
+with municipal and provincial affairs. He labored untiringly for
+the best interests of Montreal while acting as chief executive
+of the city and was equally faithful in his support of matters
+relating to the provincial welfare when serving as senator. A
+native of the county of Terrebonne, he was born at Ste. Anne des
+Plaines, on the 4th of March, 1837, and his life record covered
+the intervening period to the 27th of June, 1901, when he passed
+away at the age of sixty-four years. He was but a young lad at
+the time of the removal of his father, Octave Villeneuve, and
+the family to Montreal, so that he was indebted to the school
+system of this city for his educational opportunities. He started
+in the business world as clerk in a dry-goods store in 1853,
+when a youth of sixteen years, and his traits of loyalty and
+faithfulness were manifest from the beginning, as is evidenced
+by the fact that he remained with one establishment until 1865.
+Ambitious to engage in business on his own account, he carefully
+saved his earnings until his industry and economy had brought him
+sufficient capital to enable him to open a grocery store at Mile
+End. There he conducted business for some time and subsequently
+founded the wholesale grocery house of J. O. Villeneuve &
+Company, which rapidly gained patronage and a high and well
+merited reputation in commercial circles. He was a farsighted
+man and one who on recognizing a public need at once sought
+to meet it. Realizing the lack of communication between the
+extreme northern section of Montreal and the outlying parishes,
+he established an omnibus route in 1860 between Mile End,
+Terrebonne, Sault au Récollet and New Glasgow, which he later
+sold to the Montreal Street Railway when it seemed feasible to
+extend the railway lines into that section.
+
+Mr. Villeneuve was frequently called to public office and it is
+a notable fact in his career that no public trust reposed in
+him was ever betrayed in the slightest degree. For more than
+seventeen years he was mayor of St. Jean Baptiste village and
+again, when the organization of the town took place, he served
+for four years more, carefully guiding the interests of village
+and town so as to bring about needed reforms and improvements.
+Following the annexation to the city in 1885 he represented
+St. Jean Baptiste ward from that date until 1894 in the city
+council and as a member of the finance committee his experience
+in financial matters was found to be of great service to the
+public. Higher official honors awaited him, however, for in 1894
+he was elected Montreal’s mayor and filled that position for two
+years, proving a capable executive and one who most carefully and
+systematically safeguarded the public interests. For eighteen
+years he served as warden of the county of Hochelaga and in 1886
+was elected to represent that county in the Quebec legislature,
+where his record was so commendable that he was reelected in
+1890 and again in 1892. In 1888 he was made a member of the
+harbor commission and served for several years on that body.
+In January, 1896, he succeeded the late Hon. Joseph Tasse as
+senator for the De Salaberry division. All this, however, did
+not cover the many phases of his activity. For many years he was
+a member of the Board of Trade, and he had important business
+connections, serving as director of the Dominion Cotton Company,
+in addition to which he had other large manufacturing, mercantile
+and real-estate interests in the city. He was resident director
+of the Banque Nationale and a member of the harbor board and a
+governor of Laval University. He was also senior partner of the
+firm of L. Villeneuve & Company, wholesale lumber dealers.
+
+In 1861 Mr. Villeneuve married Miss Susan Ann Walker, a daughter
+of Captain James Walker, of Sorel, Quebec, who survives together
+with their four children. Her father was a captain in the
+regiment stationed at Sorel and was a son of Dr. Edward Walker,
+surgeon of that regiment. Jacques Villeneuve, the eldest of the
+four children, residing at St. Jerome, Quebec, is proprietor of a
+stone quarry and brick manufacturing business there. He married
+Miss Lamontague and they had seven children, Jacques, Edgar,
+Charles Eugene, Lia, Adrienne, Marguerite and Jeanne. For his
+second wife Jacques Villeneuve wedded Miss Poitevin, and they
+have a son, Jean. Eugene W., the second member of the family,
+was born in Montreal in 1865 and was associated in business with
+his father until the latter’s death. He brought about the royal
+commission, giving a change of administration and management of
+the city by a board of control. In November, 1910, at a meeting
+held at St. Jean Baptiste market hall, he proposed that the
+centenary of the birth of Sir George Etienne Cartier should be
+appropriately commemorated and that steps should be taken for the
+erection of a monument to his memory. Since then the monumental
+enterprise has assumed not only national but empire scope and
+representatives of every portion of the empire will be present at
+the commemorative celebration September 6, 1914. Mr. Villeneuve
+has served faithfully as president of the executive committee in
+charge of the celebration and the erection of the monument. He
+married Miss Alice Crompton, and their children are James and
+Reginald. Frederic Villeneuve, the third member of the family,
+is a graduate of Laval University and was afterwards advocate
+in Montreal and in Edmonton, Alberta. For several years he was
+editor of Canadian West and for four years, from 1898 until 1902,
+sat for St. Albert in the legislature. In 1909 he was appointed
+librarian of the Montreal Civic Library. He married Miss Howie,
+of St. Johns. Rachel Villeneuve, the youngest of the family,
+married Alphonse Morin, protonotary of St. Johns. Their children
+are Josephine, Louise, Susan, Pierre Villeneuve, Lucie, Madeleine
+and Andre, and they reside at No. 629 Dorchester West.
+
+The death of Hon. J. O. Villeneuve occurred on the 27th of
+June, 1901, at the family residence at 862 St. Denis Street.
+Editorially the Gazette said of him: “Senator Villeneuve is dead
+at the comparatively early age of sixty-four. His career was a
+typical one and included fully thirty years of public service,
+municipal and parliamentary. His straightforward conduct and good
+faith gained him general respect and for almost a generation
+he could count on election to whatever office in the gift of
+the county of Hochelaga or city of Montreal he aspired to. His
+municipal career was crowned by the mayoralty of Montreal and
+his political work by a senatorship. He was a thoroughly well
+meaning man, of modest bearing and simple habits, whose innate
+worth was behind his business and public success. In his death
+Montreal loses a good citizen and parliament a member of safe
+judgment and right purpose.” To thus win the merit and plaudit
+of the press shows that the life of Hon. J. O. Villeneuve was
+one of far-reaching usefulness and of importance in Montreal. He
+neglected no opportunity, slighted no duty nor passed unheedingly
+the chances to benefit city or province by helpful service on his
+part.
+
+
+JOHN DILLON.
+
+John Dillon, for many years one of the best known merchants of
+Montreal, was a member of the firm of Reford & Dillon. He was
+born in Chambly, March 18, 1836, a son of John Dillon, Sr., a
+native of Belfast, Ireland, who emigrated to Canada and for some
+years resided in Toronto and Montreal, his death occurring in the
+latter city in 1875. He was father of two sons, George Graham
+and John Dillon. The former passed his active business life in
+Toronto, where he was connected with the retail dry-goods house
+of George Bowes & Company. He died in Toronto, while his widow,
+Mrs. Catherine Jacques Dillon, passed away in Montreal. They were
+survived by a daughter, Miss Elisabeth J. Dillon, who for many
+years lived with her uncle, John Dillon, who never married.
+
+It was in Toronto that John Dillon formed a partnership with
+Robert Reford under the firm name of Reford & Dillon, wholesale
+grocers, and in 1867 the business was moved to Montreal. This
+association continued for about forty years and the business
+was most successfully and capably conducted according to
+modern progressive methods. A few years prior to his death Mr.
+Dillon retired from the firm, but maintained his interest in
+other industrial and commercial institutions. Up to the time
+of his death he was a director of the Mount Royal Milling and
+Manufacturing Company and was also vice president of the Gould
+Cold Storage Company. His business judgment was sound, his
+discrimination keen and his enterprise unfaltering. He could see
+farther than many a man in business circles, foretelling the
+outcome of any enterprise from the beginning and, moreover, he
+had the power to coordinate and unify forces into a harmonious
+whole.
+
+[Illustration: JOHN DILLON]
+
+Mr. Dillon was much interested throughout his lifetime in
+charitable work and among other institutions with which he was
+actively associated was the Old Brewery Mission. He was an active
+member of the Dominion Square Methodist church, which he joined
+as a charter member upon its organization.
+
+The Montreal Star in announcing his death on the 15th of May,
+1908, said, “In the death of Mr. John Dillon which took place
+this morning very suddenly at his residence, 19 McGregor Street,
+Montreal loses one of its oldest and most respected citizens. Mr.
+Dillon, who had been in good health, was speaking to a relative
+about 11:30 today, when he was overcome by heart failure, his
+death taking place almost immediately. Thus passed onward one who
+always strove to do his duty by his fellowmen.”
+
+
+CARLOS A. HAYES.
+
+Carlos A. Hayes, who for a number of years was connected with
+the Grand Trunk Railway, lastly as freight traffic manager,
+was on July 1, 1913, appointed general traffic manager of the
+Canadian Government Railways, with headquarters at Moncton, New
+Brunswick. Mr. Hayes has long been prominently connected with
+Canadian railway service and has in that way contributed toward
+the opening up of vast natural resources in the Dominion.
+
+He was born in West Springfield, Massachusetts, March 10, 1865,
+and when a boy of seventeen entered the railway service in 1882,
+continuing along that line with various roads in the United
+States until the year 1892, when he was made New England agent
+and, in 1896, manager of the National Despatch-Great Eastern
+Line. He held this position until 1903, when he became connected
+with the Grand Trunk Railway as assistant general freight agent
+in Chicago. Readily grasping railroad problems and possessed of
+the true generalship of a railway executive, he was chosen in
+1908 to succeed J. E. Dalrymple as general freight agent of the
+Grand Trunk, with headquarters at Montreal, and there remained,
+first as general freight agent and later as freight traffic
+manager, until his recent appointment. Mr. Hayes is a well
+known figure in Dominion railway circles and stands high in the
+estimation of business men.
+
+
+JOHN EDWARD MARTIN.
+
+John Edward Martin, K. C., a well known member of the Montreal
+bar, was born in September, 1859, at Shefford, in the province of
+Quebec. He received his early education in the public school at
+Waterloo, P. Q., and at McGill Normal School, and later entered
+McGill University, where he graduated with the Degree of Bachelor
+of Civil Law in 1883, being the medallist of that year.
+
+In July, 1884, he was admitted to the practice of law and
+began the practice of his profession at Sweetsburg, P. Q., in
+partnership with the late Senator Baker. In 1893 he removed
+to Montreal and for over twenty years has been a member of the
+law firm of Foster, Martin, Mann, Mackinnon & Hackett, and his
+constantly expanding powers brought him prominently before the
+public as an able lawyer and led to his being named king’s
+counsel in 1903.
+
+The litigated interests intrusted to his care have on the whole
+been of a most important character, and he has successfully
+practised before all the courts of the province, the supreme
+court of Canada, and has frequently appeared before the judicial
+committee of the privy council in London, England.
+
+Mr. Martin has specialized in corporation and insurance law,
+and his preparation of cases is always thorough and exhaustive,
+and the court records indicate his ability in securing verdicts
+favorable to his clients.
+
+He was a member of the council of the bar of Montreal for several
+years and batonnier of the bar of Montreal and batonnier-general
+of the bar of the province of Quebec during the year 1913-1914.
+In 1913 he was elected an honorary member of the American Bar
+Association.
+
+Mr. Martin has been married twice. His first wife, Nellie,
+daughter of J. Rooney of Sweetsburg, P. Q., died in January,
+1909. In December, 1910, he married Emily Violet, daughter of
+James Patterson of Guelph, Ontario.
+
+In politics Mr. Martin is a conservative, and he is a member of
+the Anglican church. He is a member of the Mount Royal, Forest
+and Stream, Canada and the Laurentian Clubs. He has a wide
+acquaintance among the leading residents of the city, where his
+ability and personal worth have gained for him the high regard of
+those with whom he has come in contact.
+
+
+JAMES ALEXANDER LAWRASON STRATHY.
+
+James Alexander Lawrason Strathy, long a factor in financial
+circles in Montreal, was born in London, Ontario, July 22, 1857,
+where his father, James B. Strathy, was at one time collector
+of customs. The mother, Mrs. Elvira Strathy, was a daughter of
+Dr. Hiram D. Lee and of United Empire Loyalist stock. Liberal
+educational opportunities were accorded the son, who was educated
+in the Moncrieff Preparatory School, in Hellmuth College at
+London, Ontario, and in Upper Canada College. At the age of
+seventeen years he came to Montreal and entered the employ of
+the brokerage firm of Gordon Strathy & Company, later becoming
+a partner in the business. He subsequently was admitted to the
+Montreal Stock Exchange, while six years later he became a member
+of the Board of Trade. In the following years he devoted all his
+time to the Montreal Trust & Deposit Company, of which he was
+one of the organizers. He was appointed general manager of the
+business and remained with the company until his death. He was
+also a member of the executive committee of the Royal Electric
+Company and in business connections gave evidence of his ability
+to handle important interests and solve intricate problems.
+
+Mr. Strathy was a justice of the peace of Montreal and in
+official position made a record equally creditable with that
+which he won in business. He was a member of St. Andrew’s Society
+and vice president of the United Empire Loyalist Association.
+Distinction and honors also came to him along military lines,
+his military record dating from his appointment as second
+lieutenant of the Fifth Royal Scots of Canada, in 1880. He was
+advanced to the rank of captain in 1884, became major in 1891 and
+was made lieutenant colonel, commanding his regiment, in 1893,
+so continuing until his connection with the regiment ceased in
+December, 1897. In 1894 he became vice president of the Canada
+Military Institute at Toronto and the same year was appointed
+to the staff of the governor general of Canada as an extra
+aide-de-camp.
+
+Mr. Strathy was widely known in sporting circles. As a gentleman
+rider he was the winner of the Montreal Hunt Cup Steeplechase
+in 1880, 1881 and 1886 and of the American Grand National Hunt
+Steeplechase at Saratoga in 1882 and of the steeplechase open
+to gentlemen riders. His political allegiance was given to the
+conservative party and the interests and duties of citizenship
+found ample recognition in his life activities.
+
+On the 9th of January, 1885, Lieutenant Colonel Strathy was
+married to Miss Margaret, daughter of Andrew Robertson, of
+Montreal, and they became the parents of six children, of whom
+five are living: Marguerite F., Isabella D., Alison L., R. Lee A.
+and Elvira M. The family circle was broken by the hand of death
+when on the 7th of October, 1901, Lieutenant Colonel Strathy
+passed away. He was a popular member of the St. James Club and
+his position as a business man and in military and sporting
+circles classed him with the representative residents of his city.
+
+
+JOHN RIGNEY BARLOW.
+
+John Rigney Barlow, a civil engineer, who in 1900 was appointed
+to the position of city surveyor of Montreal, has since served
+in that capacity and is one of her best known civic officials. A
+native of Scotland, he was born at Stornoway, Lewis, on the 29th
+of July, 1850, a son of the late Robert Barlow of the Canadian
+Geological Survey. The first five years of his life were spent
+in the land of hills and heather, after which the family came
+to the new world. John R. Barlow was reared in Montreal and
+started in the business world in the employ of the Canadian
+Geological Survey, with which he remained from 1872 until 1875.
+He then entered the service of the corporation of Montreal in
+1876, and did important duty in that connection. He was engaged
+in the construction of water works in the town of St. Henri and
+did other important duties. He became assistant city engineer
+of Montreal in 1880 and was made deputy city surveyor in 1882.
+Further advancement came to him in his appointment to the
+position of city surveyor in 1900, and he is now acting in that
+capacity. He thoroughly understands the scientific principles
+which underlie his work as well as every practical phase of the
+business and now occupies an enviable position among the civil
+engineers of Montreal.
+
+In March, 1877, Mr. Barlow was married to Margaret Coutts, a
+daughter of the late Rev. William Darrach, and they reside at No.
+78 St. Luke Street. Mr. Barlow is a member of the Engineers Club
+and also of the Canadian Society of Civil Engineers, in which
+he was elected to membership in 1887. His fraternal relations
+are with the Masons, and his religious faith is that of the
+Presbyterian church. His professional relations have brought him
+an extensive acquaintance, while his sterling traits of character
+have gained him firm hold upon the affectionate regard of those
+with whom he has been brought in contact.
+
+
+WILLIAM SMITH.
+
+Clearly defined purposes and close application were salient
+features in the career of William Smith, who died in Montreal on
+the 14th of March, 1910, when nearly eighty-four years of age. He
+was born in Lanarkshire, Scotland, September 20, 1826, and came
+to Canada when a young man. He practically spent his remaining
+days in this city. He at first engaged in the dry-goods business,
+which he followed for many years with good success. Eventually he
+became a manufacturing tobacconist and again prosperity attended
+his efforts in the commercial field. He also owned valuable
+real estate, having taken advantage of early opportunities for
+investment along that line. The soundness of his judgment and
+the clearness of his vision were indicated in the rise in his
+property values, making his holdings well worthy of consideration.
+
+[Illustration: WILLIAM SMITH]
+
+Mr. Smith was married in Montreal to Miss Margaret Watson,
+daughter of George and Margaret (Selkirk) Watson of Montreal. He
+continued to make the city his home until his life’s labors were
+ended in death, when he had reached a venerable age. He was a
+man respected by all and such was the regard entertained for his
+opinions, that his advice was frequently sought upon important
+questions. He was an attendant at Erskine church. Mr. Smith is
+survived by his widow, who resides in what has been for years the
+family residence, built by Mr. Smith at No. 56 Simpson Street and
+which home stands on the site of the former home of Sir Alexander
+Mackenzie, discoverer of the Mackenzie river and the first
+European to cross the Rocky mountains.
+
+
+JOSEPH ARTHUR BOURGAULT.
+
+Joseph Arthur Bourgault is one of the most prominent figures in
+real-estate circles in Montreal, his well defined and carefully
+executed plans constituting a potent force in the substantial
+development and improvement of various sections of the city.
+He is yet a young man but has already attained a position that
+many a one of twice his years might well envy. He was born May
+30, 1887, at St. Louis de Bonsecours, Richelieu county, P. Q.,
+his parents being Henri and Caroline (Loriviere) Bourgault, the
+former a native of Ste. Victoire, Richelieu county, and the
+latter of St. Judes in St. Hyacinthe county, P. Q.
+
+Joseph Arthur Bourgault pursued his education in the schools
+at Sorel, P. Q., and was graduated from St. Bernard College on
+the 19th of June, 1905. He started in the business world as a
+bookkeeper and afterward was traveling salesman, but eventually
+turned his attention to the real-estate business, which he
+conducts under the name of J. A. Bourgault & Company with offices
+at No. 97 St. James Street in Montreal. His progress has been
+continuous, and his efforts have been constantly of greater
+public value, as he has developed and improved property which
+hitherto had been an unsightly waste or had little commercial
+value. In 1911 he developed and sold Montmorency Park including
+eleven hundred lots which brought three hundred and seventy-five
+thousand dollars; and in 1912 he sold a part of Niagara Garden
+including thirty-two hundred lots, of which nineteen hundred
+brought four hundred and twenty thousand dollars. He also sold
+a subdivision on the south shore called Woodbine Park including
+over eleven hundred lots. All this extensive property has been
+sold exclusively by Mr. Bourgault. He is a wide-awake, alert,
+enterprising young man thoroughly in touch with the real-estate
+market. He knows what property is for sale, is conversant with
+values and seems never to make a mistake in his investments. He
+was graduated at the National Salesmen Training Association,
+which has its headquarters in Chicago, and he is a member of the
+Headquarters International Realty Company of that city.
+
+On the 25th of November, 1912, in Montreal, Mr. Bourgault was
+married to Miss Berthe Daignault, a daughter of the late J.
+Daignault. They have gained many friends during the period
+of their residence here. Mr. Bourgault has attractive social
+qualities which render him popular socially and add not a little
+to his success in the management and control of an extensive and
+growing real-estate business.
+
+
+DANIEL WILSON.
+
+In Montreal stand many evidences of the ability and skill of
+Daniel Wilson in a number of the larger and more substantial
+buildings of the city, where for a long period he engaged in the
+business of general contracting. He was born in Avoch, Scotland,
+March 2, 1827, and was in the seventy-ninth year of his age when
+he passed away. He had been a resident of Canada since 1853,
+having come to the Dominion to take charge of stone quarries
+at Pointe Claire for the construction of the Victoria bridge.
+After the completion of the bridge he entered upon the work of
+general contracting and erected many of the largest buildings of
+Montreal, including the Royal Insurance building, Molson’s Bank,
+the Merchants Bank, the Mutual Telegraph building, the Erskine
+church, the Windsor Hotel, and others. He retired from business
+about 1886, having met with notable success that brought him a
+gratifying income.
+
+Mr. Wilson was prominent in public affairs. For eight years
+he represented St. Antoine ward in the city council and was
+interested and active in support of various projects which have
+had to do with the welfare and upbuilding of this city. He was
+also Protestant school commissioner for a number of years and
+aside from positions having to do with the public service he
+was connected officially with various charitable and benevolent
+projects. For six years he was on the board of the Outdoor Relief
+and the Protestant Hospital for the Insane, was a life governor
+of the General Hospital and a trustee of Mount Royal Cemetery
+Association. He was also one of the oldest members and for eleven
+years a deacon and twelve years elder of the Crescent Street
+Presbyterian church and when other interests left him leisure
+for sports, he enjoyed curling and became one of the founders of
+the Caledonia Curling Club.
+
+Mr. Wilson was married in Scotland to Miss Margaret Stephen,
+who died in Montreal in 1856, being the mother of two children:
+James, a resident of Montreal; and Margaret, the widow of Henry
+Downs, of St. Paul, Minnesota. In Montreal, in 1858, Mr. Wilson
+married Miss Catherine MacGregor, a daughter of Daniel MacGregor,
+and to this union six children were born: Robert, a contractor
+residing in Vancouver; Lillias Ann, who died in young girlhood;
+Lillias Isabella, the wife of Peter C. Small, of Vancouver;
+Christina, who married James Sutherland and died in Montreal in
+1896; Kate, who is Mrs. William A. Coates, of Montreal; and John
+William, a contractor of Montreal.
+
+On the 14th of February, 1906, Daniel Wilson was called from this
+life, leaving behind him a record of many good deeds undertaken
+for the benefit of his fellowmen and consummated in following the
+highest ideals of manhood and responsibility toward those with
+whom and for whom he lived.
+
+
+ARTHUR ECREMENT, B. A.
+
+Arthur Ecrement, who for many years has figured prominently
+in the public life of the province and is a well known
+representative of the notarial profession, was born at St.
+Gabriel de Brandon, on the 29th of June, 1879. Liberal
+educational opportunities were accorded him and after attending
+Montreal College and Laval University he entered upon public
+life. In fact his activities have always been of a public or
+semi-public character and his labors have been of far-reaching
+and beneficial effect. For five years he was secretary to the
+Hon. R. Dandurand, speaker of the senate, and he was also
+secretary of the liberal organization of the district of
+Montreal. He was first elected to the house of commons in 1908,
+in the liberal interests, and his efforts as a member of that
+body have been pursued with a singleness of purpose in the
+interest of general progress and good government. He brings to
+bear in the discharge of his duties executive ability, keen
+insight into the situation and a loyalty to the public good that
+is above question.
+
+
+REV. FRANK CHARTERS.
+
+One of the most popular and able ministers in the Anglican church
+in eastern Canada is Rev. Frank Charters, who for the past
+seventeen years has done earnest and zealous work as rector of
+St. Simon’s church, Montreal. He is a man of force, experience
+and capacity, high in his ideals, earnest in his purposes and
+straightforward in his methods, and his labors have been potent
+forces in the spread of the doctrines in which he believes and in
+the promotion of the moral development of the community in which
+he resides.
+
+Dr. Charters was born in Montreal, March 16, 1865, and acquired
+his preliminary education at Arnold school and Fettis College. He
+afterward entered McGill University, from which he was graduated
+with the class of 1888. In the same year he completed a course
+in the Montreal Diocesan College, and in 1911 he was given the
+honorary degree of D. C. L. from the University of Bishop’s
+College in Lennoxville. He is a governor of the Montreal Diocesan
+College and a member of the corporation of the University of
+Bishop’s College. He was ordained deacon in the Anglican church
+in 1888 and received full orders in the following year, going
+immediately afterward to Iron Hill and West Brome, Quebec,
+of which he became Incumbent. In 1896 he was transferred to
+Montreal, and here since that time he has done earnest and
+capable work as rector of St. Simon’s parish. This congregation
+was organized in 1892 and the church building erected in the same
+year by Dean Carmichael. Rev. Samuel Massey was first pastor and
+officiated until the spring of 1896, Dr. Charters succeeding
+him. The latter has proved a capable and efficient rector, fully
+conscious of the obligations and responsibilities which devolve
+upon him, and he has accomplished in the course of years a great
+deal of consecrated work among his people, whose love he holds in
+large measure. He is, moreover, a man of good business ability
+and foresight, and the affairs of his parish have been ably
+administered and the funds carefully conserved. Dr. Charters
+has two hundred and seventy-five families under his charge and
+manages a church property valued at fifty thousand dollars. He is
+very popular among people of all denominations in Montreal and
+his unostentatious life, filled with well directed and zealous
+labor and characterized by earnest personal service, has brought
+him the esteem and confidence of all who are associated with him.
+
+
+JOHN T. WILSON.
+
+The life record of John T. Wilson spanned sixty-four years. He
+was born in Greenup, Scotland, February 9, 1841, and died in
+Montreal on the 23d of February, 1905. His parents were John and
+Mary (Thomson) Wilson, the former a sea captain. The youth of
+John T. Wilson was marked by events and experiences such as come
+to the lot of all. He reached a turning point on the journey of
+life, however, when he bade adieu to friends and native country
+and sailed for Canada. Settling in Montreal, in 1866, he became
+one of the city’s foremost business men, his name being engraved
+high on the roll of those who contributed most largely to the
+commercial greatness and consequent prosperity of the city. He
+was for forty years the senior member of the firm of Wilson,
+Paterson & Company, importers and general manufacturers’ agents,
+continuing in active business until his demise. The volume of
+trade developed with the growth of the city and had its inception
+in the progressive methods, initiative spirit and undaunted
+enterprise of the partners.
+
+When business hours were over and the cares of the day were put
+aside, Mr. Wilson greatly enjoyed a game of golf or billiards.
+His interest, too, reached out to many of those projects which
+recognize the needs of the city and the claims of humanity. He
+attended St. Paul’s Presbyterian church. For ten years he was a
+member of the council of the Board of Trade and was ever keenly
+alive to the projects instituted by that society for the benefit
+and upbuilding of the city. He belonged to the Canadian and
+St. James Clubs of Montreal, and the Hunt Club. His business
+activity was evenly balanced with his honorable methods in trade;
+his interest in club life and in manly outdoor sports giving him
+the necessary rest and recreation from that line of work which
+takes strong hold upon the emotions and calls forth the more
+tender sentiment in nature. In a word, his was a well rounded
+character and his place as a representative citizen of Montreal
+none contest.
+
+
+CHARLES BYRD.
+
+Successful in business, Charles Byrd rejoiced in his prosperity
+not so much because of the opportunities which came to him from
+his wealth, but because it enabled him to again and again aid his
+fellowmen. In this he was prompted by no sense of duty but by
+a higher interest in humanity--a genuine regard for his fellow
+travelers upon life’s journey. His hand was ever downreaching
+to aid those who were struggling to raise and he shed around
+him much of the sunshine of life not only through his material
+assistance, but also through the words of encouragement and
+inspiration which he spoke.
+
+Mr. Byrd was born at Lachute, province of Quebec, March 4, 1848,
+and was therefore sixty-three years of age when he passed away at
+Nassau, Bahama Islands, on the 3d of March, 1911. He had been a
+resident of Montreal from early manhood, embarking in the grocery
+business upon his arrival here. This he abandoned to enter the
+Munderloh firm in 1868, at which time its founder, William C.
+Munderloh was in control. After the death of this gentleman
+Mr. Byrd entered into partnership with Henry Munderloh, son of
+William C. Munderloh, in the continuation of the business. In
+1909 the firm was organized as a joint stock company and Mr.
+Byrd had active voice in its control, assisting in formulating
+plans which had to do with its substantial growth and progress.
+It became one of the important enterprises of the kind in the
+city and through his connection therewith Mr. Byrd won notable,
+gratifying and enviable success.
+
+Mr. Byrd was united in marriage in 1873 to Miss Kate Macdonald,
+a daughter of the late Alexander Roy Macdonald of Montreal.
+During the last years of his life Mr. Byrd was in poor health
+and, accompanied by his wife, had spent two winters in the West
+Indies. He went again in February, 1911, in order to escape the
+rigors of the Canadian winter and there passed away on the 3d of
+March.
+
+His memory is enshrined in a halo of good deeds, for he was
+continually active in support of organized charities or in
+individual assistance. He gave liberally to a number of the
+benevolent organizations of Montreal and served on the board
+of management of the Protestant Hospital for the Insane at
+Verdun to which he made a contribution of five thousand dollars.
+He was also one of the board of managers of the Montreal
+General Hospital to which he gave ten thousand dollars; was
+vice president of the Protestant House of Industry and Refuge
+at Longue Pointe, to which he gave ten thousand dollars; was
+vice president of the Moore Home and an officer of the Irish
+Protestant Benevolent Society, to which his contribution was
+five thousand dollars. He gave twenty-five hundred dollars
+to the Western General Hospital; two thousand dollars to the
+Alexandra Hospital; two thousand to the Montreal Protestant
+Orphan Asylum; five hundred dollars to the Boys’ Home; one
+thousand dollars to St. Patrick’s Society, a goodly sum to the
+Erskine church for home movements and a sum of twenty-five
+thousand dollars for foreign movements. He was an elder of the
+old St. Gabriel church on St. Catherine Street and afterward
+joined the Erskine Presbyterian church when it was amalgamated
+with the Chalmers church. A high-minded Christian gentleman,
+the principles of his religion permeated his life in all of
+its different connections and his contribution to the world’s
+progress along moral and religious lines was a valuable one.
+
+[Illustration: CHARLES BYRD]
+
+
+DAVID MORRICE.
+
+The life record of David Morrice might be summed up in the term
+successful achievement. It has, however, been more than the
+success that is calculated in the terms of dollars and cents,
+for his outlook of life has ever been broad, his conceptions of
+its opportunities accurate and his recognition of its duties
+and obligations correct. He has as fully and carefully met the
+last mentioned as he has his chances in a business way. While
+he has passed the eighty-fourth milestone on life’s journey, in
+spirit and interest he seems yet in his prime. To him might be
+applied the words of Victor Hugo: “The snows of age are upon
+his head, but the spring of youth is in his heart.” He was born
+in St. Martin, Perthshire, Scotland, August 11, 1829, and after
+acquiring his early education there, started in business life
+as an employe in dry-goods stores, remaining for some time in
+that connection in Dublin, Liverpool, Manchester and London.
+The growing western country attracted him with its almost
+limitless opportunities, and in 1863 he established himself in
+Montreal where he founded the business that has since become
+one of the most important commercial enterprises of the city.
+Under the name of The D. Morrice Company the business is now
+one of extensive proportions. Manufacturers’ agents and general
+merchants, they have one of the largest and best appointed
+establishments of the city, and Mr. Morrice is also at the head
+of important productive industries and is said to be one of
+the best authorities in cotton matters in the Dominion. He is
+president of Penman’s Limited; of the Canadian Cottons, Ltd.; and
+of the Montreal Investment & Freehold Company. He is likewise
+a director of the Bank of Montreal; of the Dominion Textile
+Company; and of the Mount Royal Cemetery Company. While he has
+now in large measure retired from active management of these
+interests, his opinions still carry weight in business councils,
+and his judgment and discrimination are those of a man of not
+more than three score years and ten. While conducting important
+and extensive commercial and manufacturing interests, he has
+found time to become a factor in the management and control of
+many projects for the benefit of his fellowmen in the alleviation
+of the hardships of life for the unfortunate. He is now vice
+president of the Montreal Tubercular Association; president of
+the Montreal General Hospital; president of the Montreal Sailors’
+Institute; president of the Mackay Institute for the Deaf and
+Dumb; and governor of the Montreal Boys’ Home. He has long been
+an interested member of the Montreal Art Association of which he
+is one of the councillors and he maintains an equal interest in
+Christian education as chairman of the board of managers of the
+Montreal Presbyterian College, in which position he has remained
+for forty-two years. He has ever been a firm believer in the
+early religious training of the young and has labored untiringly
+to advance the interests of moral direction for the youth of the
+land. In 1905 he was chosen vice president of the Quebec Sunday
+School Union and in 1902 was president of the Presbyterian Sunday
+School Association. In 1882 he erected the David Morrice Hall of
+the Montreal Presbyterian College at a cost of ninety thousand
+dollars. His gift to the Montreal General Hospital in 1906 made
+that institution richer by twenty-five thousand dollars and in
+1910 he gave ten thousand dollars to the Montreal Art Association.
+
+On the 14th of June, 1860, Mr. Morrice married Anne S. Anderson
+of Toronto, and of their children, William J. and David J., are
+connected with The D. Morrice Company. The others are Robert B.,
+who is connected with Penman’s Limited; Arthur A., a resident of
+Toronto; James Wilson, a distinguished artist; and a daughter,
+who is now the wife of Allen G. Law, of the firm of Law, Young
+& Company of Montreal. The son, James Wilson Morrice, born in
+Montreal in 1864, attended the city schools and the Toronto
+University and afterward developed his art talent by study in
+Paris. He has not only won high reputation in that city but also
+in London and is considered one of the greatest painters of
+Brittany coast scenes. He has been a frequent exhibitor at the
+Paris Salon and one of his pictures has been purchased by the
+French government and another by the Canadian government for the
+National Art Gallery at Ottawa. He largely paints landscapes, yet
+gives some attention to figures and in all of his work there is
+an even balance maintained between technique, creative faculty
+and poetic feeling.
+
+Mr. David Morrice is now eighty-four years of age, but still
+maintains deep and active interest in the church and in the
+benevolent and civic projects with which he is identified.
+Moreover, he still holds membership in the St. James Club, the
+Montreal Club, the Mount Royal Club, the Montreal Hunt Club and
+the Forest and Stream Club. Someone has said, “there is an old
+age which need not suggest idleness or lack of occupation; on the
+contrary there is an old age which grows stronger and better,
+mentally and morally as the years advance and gives out of the
+rich stores of its wisdom and experience for the benefit of
+others.” Such is the record of David Morrice.
+
+
+J. F. DUBREUIL.
+
+One of the able advocates of Montreal and one who has filled
+with honor various official positions, is J. F. Dubreuil, a
+descendant of a distinguished family which has found mention
+in Abbé Tanguay’s “Dictionnaire Généalogique.” In this book
+L’Abbé Cyprien Tanguay mentions among the earliest ancestors
+of the house of Dubreuil the following. Christopher Dubreuil,
+born in 1696; Jean Du Breuil, born in 1655, a son of Pierre and
+Catherine (Gosselin) Du Breuil, married September 28, 1682, at
+Montreal; wife died December 22, 1685: one child; married August
+6, 1686, Ste. Famille Marguerite Gaultier: seven children. Jean
+Etienne Dubreuil was a notaire royal and a brother of the above
+mentioned Jean. He married twice and had a family of many sons
+and daughters.
+
+J. F. Dubreuil was born at Lachine, province of Quebec, January
+24, 1845, and is a son of Joseph and Hélène (Barré) Dubreuil,
+the former of Pointe-aux-Trembles and the latter, of Montreal.
+The father was for many years a notary public. J. F. Dubreuil
+received his education at the Jesuit College of Montreal,
+famed for its thorough teachers, and completed the course of
+instruction by graduation on February 6, 1866. He subsequently
+engaged as an advocate and as he was able, capable and
+conscientious, soon enjoyed a profitable practice, his services
+being demanded by a representative clientèle. He served from 1873
+to 1882 as deputy clerk of the crown and peace, and from June,
+1883, until June, 1889, as deputy sheriff of Montreal.
+
+On January 26, 1869, at Sorel, Mr. Dubreuil was united in
+marriage to Miss Marie L. C. Beaupré and they have the following
+children: J. F. L., vice president of the Commercial Travelers
+Association; George, who is employed in the registry office at
+Hochelaga; Charles, of Richelieu, Ontario; and Raoul, who is with
+the Canadian Electric Company.
+
+In his political faith Mr. Dubreuil is a conservative, giving his
+support to that organization. For many years he has made Montreal
+his home and has witnessed the change from a comparatively small
+city to that of a world’s metropolis, having participated in
+bringing about the transformation according to the best of his
+ability. He is deeply interested in the growth of the city along
+material, as well as intellectual, lines and as he has always
+lived a life of conscientious righteousness, is highly esteemed
+and respected in the community where he is widely known.
+
+
+JOHN RANKIN.
+
+No worthy enterprise of Montreal sought in vain the assistance
+of John Rankin, and his public spirit found expression in
+tangible effort for the general good. At the same time he
+conducted important business affairs as representative of large
+corporate interests of his native land. He was born in Lanark,
+Scotland, in 1825, and had traveled far on life’s journey when
+death called him February 27, 1908. Coming to Canada in 1854,
+he carried on business first under his own name and afterward
+as senior partner in the firm of Rankin, Beattie & Company.
+He also represented J. & P. Coates, the world renowned thread
+manufacturers of Paisley, for many years, and was instrumental
+in establishing for them a large Canadian business. He was
+likewise financial agent for the house of Arthur & Company, of
+Glasgow, and in the further development of his business interests
+became one of the founders of the Shedden Company and of the
+Guarantee Company of North America. As his worth and business
+talent became recognized his cooperation was sought along many
+lines and when keen business judgment prompted his investment
+in any interest he was almost at once accorded voice in the
+management. He became a promoter of the New York Daily Graphic,
+the Consolidated Bank and of the Montreal & Sorel Railway, now
+a part of the Delaware & Hudson system. As a business man, his
+position was second to none and his record was one which any man
+might be proud to possess. He never made engagements that he did
+not keep, nor incurred obligations that he did not meet, and his
+name became a recognized synonym of integrity and enterprise in
+commercial and industrial circles. At River David, in 1861, Mr.
+Rankin was married to Miss Louisa S. C. Wurtele, a daughter of
+Jonathan Wurtele, in his life time, Seignor of River David. The
+following children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Rankin: James L., a
+contractor of Montreal; Archibald J., who resides in Edmonton,
+Alberta, where he is a clerk in the government offices; John,
+who is a civil engineer, residing at Victoria, British Columbia;
+Norman S., who is connected with the Canadian Pacific Railway
+at Calgary; Allan C., a bacteriologist in the employ of the
+Siam government, at Bangkok; A. G. Ernest, who is a notary of
+Montreal; Louisa M., who is Mrs. John Fair, of Montreal; and
+Isobel S., at home.
+
+None ever questioned Mr. Rankin’s interest in the city and the
+general welfare of its people. He stood for all those things
+which are a feature in civic betterment and his interest in
+moral progress was evidenced in his membership in St. Paul’s
+Presbyterian church, of which he was secretary and treasurer
+when the present edifice was erected. He was also a governor
+of the Montreal General Hospital. His high standing is further
+indicated in the fact that his name was on the membership roll of
+St. James Club. To him were accorded the “blest accompaniments of
+age--honor, riches, troops of friends.”
+
+The summer home of Mrs. Rankin is “Manor House,” Pointe Seche,
+County Kamouraska, Quebec.
+
+
+EMMANUEL PERSILLIER LACHAPELLE, M. D.
+
+While Dr. Emmanuel Persillier Lachapelle has gained prominence
+and won honor in various directions, perhaps the one act which
+will longest stand as an enduring monument to his worth and work
+will be the creation of the board of health of the province of
+Quebec, of which he is now the president. His efforts were a
+potent factor in bringing about the organization of this board,
+the far-reaching effects of which are immeasurable. In this and
+other connections he has entered upon a campaign of education for
+the purpose of bringing to the public a knowledge of sanitary and
+health conditions that will forever prevent widespread contagion
+and check the ravages of disease even in individual cases. A man
+of strong character and wide knowledge of men and things, his
+life work has by no means reached its full fruition. In private
+and hospital practice he has gained eminence and his name is
+associated with one of the strongest and best equipped medical
+schools of the country.
+
+Dr. Lachapelle was born on the 21st of December, 1845, at
+Sault au Récollet, Quebec, his parents being Pierre Persillier
+and Marie Zoe (Toupin) Lachapelle, descendants of some of the
+earliest settlers of New France. His father was born at Cote des
+Neiges, in the county of Hochelaga, in the province of Quebec.
+Making his home at Sault au Récollet he followed farming and was
+proprietor of grain mills. His parents were Pascal Persillier
+and Marie (Ladouceur) Lachapelle, who lived at Cote des Neiges.
+The maternal grandparents of Dr. Lachapelle were Charles P. and
+Angelique (Leduc) Toupin, of Montreal. The ancestors came to
+this country in the early days of the French colony and were
+married at Laprairie, near Montreal, on the south shore of the
+St. Lawrence river.
+
+[Illustration: DR. EMMANUEL P. LACHAPELLE]
+
+After acquiring a classical education in the Montreal College
+Dr. Lachapelle entered upon the study of medicine in the old
+Montreal School of Medicine and Surgery and after a brilliant
+course was admitted to practice in 1869. From the first years
+of his professional life he devoted considerable attention to
+the question of hygienic science. He continued his reading and
+research after leaving college and is still as keen and devoted
+a student as ever. He has long been ranked as a successful
+practitioner of high standing in Montreal, especially prominent
+in the field of hygiene.
+
+In 1872 Dr. Lachapelle was appointed surgeon of the Sixty-fifth
+Regiment, Mount Royal Rifles, and retained the appointment
+until 1886. He was unable to accompany the regiment on active
+service to the northwest in 1885, owing to the demands of his
+professional engagements, but he personally superintended the
+preparation of the medical equipment which the regiment took on
+service and secured the services of an assistant surgeon, who
+went with the regiment.
+
+Dr. Lachapelle took a very active part in the refounding of
+the medical legislation and in 1878 was elected a governor and
+the treasurer of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of the
+Province of Quebec, retaining an official connection with that
+important body almost continuously since, while for nine years he
+has held the position of president. At the time of the memorable
+small-pox epidemic in Montreal in 1885-6, when hundreds of new
+cases of the disease were reported daily, until the death rate
+claimed ten thousand victims, and when the city was practically
+placed in a state of quarantine in respect to the rest of the
+continent, Dr. Lachapelle came to the front as an outspoken
+and fearless advocate of the drastic measures adopted to check
+the disease. The contagion was spreading so rapidly throughout
+the country that it became necessary to take advantage of an
+old statute law and to create a central board of health which
+would apply throughout the province means for prevention and
+cure. Such a course had previously been adopted in Montreal.
+The moment the horror of the great pestilence was at an end Dr.
+Lachapelle proceeded to organize the forces of medical science
+for the conservation of the health of the people. He was chiefly
+instrumental in getting the provincial government to pass a law
+for the creation of a provincial board of health with powers
+coterminus with provincial bounds. Prior to that time there was
+only a local authority operating within restricted bounds. From
+that time forward the body which Dr. Lachapelle may be said to
+have created was to have jurisdiction over the whole province.
+The beneficial results of this measure were soon seen in better
+methods, improved sanitation and, above all, in the general
+vaccination of the people who had been so terribly scourged
+because of the lack of this preventative in 1885. For the most
+important and valuable work which he did in this connection
+Dr. Lachapelle received high encomiums from all sections of
+the American continent and from foreign lands as well, not the
+least flattering being the recognition of the French republic
+in 1898 which conferred upon him the Order of the Legion of
+Honor. With the establishment of the provincial board of health
+he was appointed its president, a position which he has since
+filled with credit to himself and great advantage to the entire
+province.
+
+Moreover the name of Dr. Lachapelle has been intimately
+associated with the effort to improve medical legislation and
+to raise the standard of medical education in Quebec. On the
+establishment of a branch of Laval University in Montreal,
+decided upon in 1878, and the inauguration of the medical faculty
+in temporary class-rooms in the old Chateau du Ramezay, on Notre
+Dame Street, he was one of the most ardent instigators and
+supporters of the movement and contributed in a great measure
+to its success. At the present time he holds the positions of
+dean of the medical faculty at the university and of professor
+of hygiene; from 1876 until 1894 he was proprietor and editor
+of L’Union Médicale. In 1885 he had the honor of presiding as
+president over the convention of the American Public Health
+Association. He had the honor of being elected an associate
+member of the Société Française d’Hygiène of Paris. He has been
+closely and prominently associated with the Notre Dame Hospital
+ever since its establishment and can almost be called its
+founder. The splendid institution which owes its establishment
+partly to the clinical requirements of the then recently founded
+medical faculty of Laval was incorporated in 1880, Dr. Lachapelle
+being a member of the board of governors and holding the position
+of general superintendent until 1906, while to the present time
+he is president of the hospital.
+
+A stanch member of the liberal party, Dr. Lachapelle has often
+been urged to become a candidate in nomination for political
+preferment but although willing to use his influence for the
+benefit of his party he has invariably declined to accept a
+nomination because of a sense of duty toward his professional
+interests and benevolent engagements. In 1902 he was urged by
+many of the most influential citizens of Montreal, both French
+and English, irrespective of party to accept nomination for the
+mayoralty. He did accept provisionally but later withdrew to
+avoid racial complications. When the city government was changed
+about three years ago it was deemed fitting that one so eminent
+as an authority on sanitation and hygiene and one so dignified
+and high-minded as a foremost citizen should be a member of the
+new board which was henceforth to administer the affairs of
+the city. The Doctor has little inclination for publicity but
+yielded to the appeals addressed to him and became controller of
+Montreal. He has made a most admirable official, the value of his
+service being widely recognized. It is his desire to accomplish
+the best possible measures of reform during his term of office,
+and his efforts have already been productive of great good. He
+was elected in 1910 for a term of four years.
+
+Aside from his professional and public activities previously
+mentioned Dr. Lachapelle is also a director of the Credit Foncier
+Franco-Canadien and of other financial institutions and life
+insurance companies. He has been identified with various national
+and benevolent movements and in 1876 had the honor of serving
+as general president of the St. Jean Baptiste Society. He is
+also a member of the British Medical Association, the Canadian
+Medical Association, the American Public Health Association,
+Société Médicale de Montreal, the Medico-Chirurgical Society of
+Montreal, the Royal Edward Institute of Montreal and the Canadian
+Anti-Tuberculosis League. He has been attending physician to
+the Hôtel-Dieu and other institutions, and served as a delegate
+from the Canadian government to the second Pan-American Medical
+Congress held in Mexico in 1896, and to other similar bodies. He
+has been a frequent contributor to medical literature, writing
+largely for the Union Médicale du Canada and other periodicals.
+He is a councillor of the University Club and a member of the
+metropolitan parks commission. In religious faith he is a Roman
+Catholic and in political belief a liberal. He belongs to the
+Mount Royal, University and Montreal Jockey Clubs. By reason of
+notable ability he has attained to a position of prominence and
+power and has been termed “a second Laurier.” Were his ambitions
+along political lines he would undoubtedly attain distinction
+in that field. He prefers, however, the even broader field of
+professional activity wherein his scientific investigation and
+research combined with practical knowledge and skill have gained
+him eminence and made his life work of signal serviceableness to
+mankind.
+
+
+BERNARD MELANCON.
+
+Bernard Melancon, a notary public who has engaged in the practice
+of his profession for more than four years in Montreal, was born
+at St. Jacques l’Achigan on the 20th of August, 1881, a son of
+Moise and Elodie (Gaudet) Melancon, the former a zouave who
+participated in active military duty in 1869-70. The son attended
+College Ste. Marie, a Jesuit school, and Laval University of
+Montreal. He prepared for the notarial profession, becoming a
+notary on the 16th of July, 1909, after which he was associated
+with M. M. Loranger under the firm name of Loranger & Melancon.
+Subsequently he became a member of the firm of Mayrand, Loranger,
+Ecrement & Melancon, but now practices as a member of the firm
+Loranger, Seguin & Melancon, with offices at No. 99 St. James
+Street, Montreal. He is conducting a successful business and
+stands well in the profession, possessing the comprehensive
+knowledge so necessary to success as well as the energy and
+ability which must precede progress in any profession or business
+line.
+
+Mr. Melancon is a nationalist in political faith and allegiance
+and in religious belief is a Roman Catholic. He was married at
+Montreal on the 18th of June, 1912, to Miss Annette Jodian, a
+daughter of L. O. Jodian, who died on the 17th of May, 1913. Mr.
+Melancon is yet a young man, but has already made progress that
+many an older member of the profession might well envy, and his
+past record gives indications of future advancement.
+
+
+GABRIEL HURTUBISE.
+
+The earliest record of the Hurtubise family leads back to one
+Louis Heurtebise (the spelling having been changed later), who
+was born in 1667 and married on May 3, 1688, at Montreal, Jeanne
+Gatteau and died on January 24, 1703. The present generation of
+this old and distinguished French-Canadian family is represented
+by Gabriel Hurtubise, a civil engineer and land surveyor, who
+is independently established in business under the firm name
+of Hurtubise & Hurtubise, his brother Louis being his partner.
+He was born on November 3, 1883, in the city of Montreal, and
+is a son of Edwin and Emélie (Brault) Hurtubise, both of whom
+have passed away. The father was prominent in insurance circles
+in Montreal as a member of the firm of Hurtubise & St. Cyr,
+representatives of the Royal Insurance Company, and died on the
+30th of December, 1913, in Montreal.
+
+Gabriel Hurtubise enjoyed advantageous educational facilities at
+St. Mary’s College, pursuing his more professional studies at the
+Polytechnic School of Laval University, from which he graduated
+on June 14, 1907, as civil engineer, and on June 10, 1909, as
+land surveyor. He has since been prominently engaged in this
+line in Montreal, having had charge of most important contracts.
+He began his career under F. C. Laberge, C. E. and Q. L. S., of
+Montreal. At present he is a member of the firm of Hurtubise &
+Hurtubise, who are doing an extensive and profitable business.
+
+On May 30, 1911, at Montreal, Mr. Hurtubise was united in
+marriage to Miss Yvette Brault, a daughter of H. A. A. Brault,
+a well known notary of this city. In his political views Mr.
+Hurtubise is independent, preferring to entirely follow his
+judgment in support of candidates. His religious faith is that of
+the Catholic church. Fraternally he is a member of La Fontaine
+Council of the Knights of Columbus. Yet a young man, Gabriel
+Hurtubise has already made his mark in the world and has taken
+his place in business circles of Montreal. Ambition has been the
+beacon light of his life and his career again is proof of the
+fact that ambition, coupled with industry and energy, will lead
+to success.
+
+
+GEORGE BROWNING CRAMP, K. C.
+
+George Browning Cramp was for many years a veteran member of
+the Montreal bar and a distinguished representative of the
+profession, his opinions being largely accepted as authority
+on questions of real-estate law, in which department of
+jurisprudence he specialized. He was born in England in 1833,
+a son of Rev. J. M. Cramp, who came to Montreal to accept a
+position at the Baptist College. For years he was at the head of
+Acadia University in Nova Scotia and was one of the prominent
+educators in the maritime provinces.
+
+In the schools of England and of Nova Scotia George B. Cramp
+pursued his education and qualified for the bar as a student in
+the law office of J. J. Day, K. C., an eminent member of the bar.
+Thorough and careful preliminary training resulted in his being
+called to the bar about 1855 and he entered upon active practice
+in connection with his former preceptor. The latter had been
+called to the bar in 1837 and was one of the most distinguished
+lawyers of Montreal at an early day. Following his retirement,
+Mr. Cramp entered upon active professional association with A.
+F. Lunn, K. C., under the style of Lunn & Cramp, a connection
+that was continued until the death of Mr. Lunn in 1894. Four
+years later, or in 1898, Mr. Cramp was joined by J. Armitage
+Ewing, K. C., under the style of Cramp & Ewing, and two years
+later they admitted George S. McFadden, at which time the firm
+name was changed to Cramp, Ewing & McFadden. This relation was
+maintained until the death of the senior partner, who was then
+in his eightieth year. While well versed in the various
+departments of the law, he specialized in the field of real
+estate and became an expert on legal questions relative thereto.
+He was regarded as an expert in the matter of titles. He was
+retained in a consulting capacity by such corporations as McGill
+University, Liverpool & London & Globe Insurance Company, the
+Montreal Loan & Mortgage Company, and the White Star Dominion
+Line. He remained throughout his entire professional career an
+active and discriminating student of law, constantly broadening
+his knowledge by reading and investigation, as well as experience.
+
+[Illustration: GEORGE B. CRAMP]
+
+Mr. Cramp held membership in the Mount Royal Club and the St.
+James Club and was a casual attendant of the Olivet Baptist
+church. For many years Mr. Cramp spent the summer season at
+Saratoga, New York, or at Lachine, while his city residence was
+at No. 62 McTavish Street, where his sister, the last survivor
+of the family, now resides. He passed away February 16, 1913, at
+the age of eighty years, leaving behind him the record of a well
+spent life, in which he had wisely employed his time and talents.
+
+
+THOMAS PRINGLE.
+
+High on the list of mechanical and hydraulic engineers appears
+the name of Thomas Pringle. Scientific study, investigation and
+experience brought him to the enviable position which he long
+occupied, making his word authority upon many problems relating
+to the profession. He was born in Huntingdon, province of Quebec,
+in 1830, and died in Montreal on the 7th day of May, 1911. His
+father, David Pringle, was a farmer of Huntingdon and it was
+there that the son was reared and educated, but in 1850, when a
+young man of twenty years, he engaged in business in Montreal as
+a milling engineer and for many years was prominently connected
+with many water power developments and mill building operations
+throughout Canada. Every phase of the milling business seemed
+familiar to him and each forward step that he made seemed to
+bring him a wider outlook and broader opportunities. He later
+interested himself in the Montgomery Cotton Mills, the Hochelaga
+and St. Ann’s Mills, of the Dominion Cotton Company, and the
+Magog Print Mills, owned by the same corporation. His connection
+with all these different important projects constituted him a
+forceful factor in the industrial development of the country. He
+was thus associated with many of the chief productive industries
+of Canada and beyond this he became one of the foremost
+consulting engineers. It was in the ‘60s that his attention
+was first attracted to the water power possibilities of the
+Lachine Rapids, which were subsequently utilized by the Lachine
+Rapids Hydraulic & Land Company. At that early date, now more
+than half a century ago, he made preliminary plans and wrote a
+report upon the feasibility of the development in the interests
+of Hugh Fraser, founder of the Fraser Institute. Mr. Pringle
+predicted then that the water power would some day be used and
+he lived to see the day when the prediction was fulfilled. In
+1891 he was again asked to report on this power in the interest
+of the Royal Electric Company, and the following year was asked
+to report on the Chambly water power for the same concern. In
+1892 his eldest son was admitted to the business under the firm
+style of T. Pringle & Son, hydraulic engineers, and during the
+succeeding three years close observations were made and much data
+accumulated concerning the water power resources of the country,
+the firm being regarded as authority upon many questions relative
+thereto.
+
+Mr. Pringle retired from the firm in 1898 but the business has
+since been continued by his son under the same name. His services
+were greatly sought, owing to his sound judgment, his scientific
+attainments, his keen insight, and his practical experience.
+He was considered the soul of honor and none ever questioned
+his integrity. He assisted many men to gain a start in life and
+many others were benefited by his powers of perception and keen
+insight. His services were in constant demand as an arbitrator
+when insurance companies were concerned in milling matters. John
+McDougall took delight in giving him credit for the creation
+of the large McDougall fortune and others acknowledged their
+indebtedness to him in a similar way. As a natural mathematician
+he perhaps had no superior in all Canada and he was regarded as
+one of the most distinguished members of the Canadian Society of
+Civil Engineers.
+
+In 1861 Mr. Pringle was united in marriage to Miss Catherine
+Ross, a daughter of Alexander and Isabella (Lang) Ross, of
+Chateauquay Basin. The mother, who came from Scotland in 1832,
+made her home at Chateauquay Basin, until death called her at
+the notable old age of ninety-seven years. Alexander Ross was a
+builder and assisted in the construction of the locks at Lachine
+Canal but his death occurred when he was yet a young man. Mr. and
+Mrs. Pringle had two sons: David Alexander, a mechanical engineer
+of Montreal; and R. E. T. Pringle, of Toronto, an electrical
+engineer.
+
+
+ANDREW JOSEPH DAWES.
+
+One of Montreal’s foremost business men, whose prominent
+identification with the financial and industrial life of this
+city has made him an important factor in business circles, is
+Andrew J. Dawes, president of the National Breweries, Ltd.,
+and also president of Dawes & Company, Ltd. The latter is the
+oldest established industrial institution in the Dominion, and
+was founded more than a century ago by Thomas A. Dawes, the
+grandfather of Andrew J. Dawes, who was the first of the family
+to leave England and settle in Canada.
+
+Thomas A. Dawes was first connected with the brewery at River
+St. Pierre. Ambitious to engage in business on his own account,
+he established the Dawes Brewery in 1811, placed it upon a
+substantial and profitable basis and was later joined in its
+management by his sons, Thomas A. and James P., who were admitted
+to a partnership in the business. When James P. Dawes passed
+away in 1878 his share in the business passed to his two sons,
+James P. Dawes, Jr., and Andrew J. Dawes, who then became
+associated with their uncle, Thomas A. Dawes, in continuing the
+business which developed steadily until it became one of the most
+extensive enterprises of its kind in the Dominion.
+
+Thomas Dawes, Jr., son of Thomas Dawes, the founder of the
+family in Canada, was familiarly and affectionately styled Tom
+throughout Lachine and wherever he was known. He there resided
+for nearly eighty years and it was said that such was the
+regularity of his habits that one could tell the time of day
+by his actions. He always took the same train into town each
+morning and the same walk in the evening and visited the bank at
+the same hour each day. His life was to the utmost methodical
+and systematic, and he was modest in demeanor and of retiring
+disposition. He occupied a beautiful home on the river bank of
+Lachine with his maiden sister. There he passed away on the 14th
+of May, 1908, when he was in the seventy-ninth year of his age,
+his birth having occurred in Lachine on the 19th of September,
+1829.
+
+James P. Dawes, Sr., another son of Thomas Dawes, the founder of
+the family in Canada, married a Miss Leishman, who died in 1856,
+leaving three sons, James P., Andrew J. and Thomas A. James P.
+Dawes, Sr., was prominently identified with the business during
+his active life, and contributed his part towards its progress
+and expansion. He died in 1878. His son, Andrew Joseph Dawes is
+now at the head of the mammoth business, which had its inception
+in the brain of his grandfather and took on material form
+through his efforts, and grew and developed through the labor of
+representatives of the family in intermediate generations to the
+present.
+
+To accumulate a fortune requires one kind of genius; to retain
+a fortune already acquired, to add to its legitimate increment
+and to make such use of it that its possessor may derive
+therefrom the greatest enjoyment and the public the greatest
+benefit, requires another kind of genius. Mr. Dawes belongs
+to that generation of business men called upon to shoulder
+responsibilities differing materially from those that rested upon
+their predecessors. In a broader field of enterprise they find
+themselves obliged to deal with affairs of greater magnitude and
+to solve more difficult and complicated financial and economic
+problems. Such is the position in which Andrew J. Dawes found
+himself and he has proven at all times equal to the occasion and
+the demands made upon him.
+
+Born in Lachine, June 15, 1846, he received his education in
+that town, and also in Montreal. His business career began early
+in connection with the interests of his father and on the death
+of that parent he assumed additional responsibilities in the
+business, which have been continued to the present time. Mr.
+Dawes has been a prominent factor in the development of the
+business. With its gradual growth facilities were increased, new
+buildings were added and the plant has thus expanded until it
+is represented by immense blocks of buildings, covering several
+acres on each side of the main street in Lachine. Aside from his
+extensive interests in the brewery business, Andrew J. Dawes is
+prominently identified with various projects and organizations
+for the development and improvement of the province along
+horticultural and agricultural lines, being especially interested
+in the subject of fruit growing.
+
+He is a director of the Montreal Horticultural and Fruit Growing
+Association; is president of the Council of Agriculture of the
+Province of Canada, and at one time was president of the Lachine
+Horticultural Association. He is a director of the Merchants Bank
+and holds the same official position in regard to the London
+and Lancashire Fire Insurance Company, Ltd. He is well known in
+social and club circles and was president of the Auto Club of
+Canada from 1903 to 1906, while his membership relations extend
+to the Mount Royal, St. James, Forest and Stream, Royal Montreal
+Golf, Royal St. Lawrence Yacht, Montreal Hunt, Auto and Aero,
+Montreal Jockey, Montreal Polo, and St. George Snow Shoe Clubs
+and to the Rideau Club of Ottawa.
+
+Mr. Dawes married Miss Mary O. A. Wilgress, of Lachine, and
+they have two daughters: Rachel M., the wife of F. L. Bond, of
+Montreal; and Frances H., the wife of B. Hazen Porteous, of
+Montreal.
+
+A man of unusual energy whose exceptionally well preserved
+physical condition enables him to display a capacity for business
+more becoming to one twenty years his junior, success has made
+possible for Mr. Dawes the enjoyment of many social pleasures and
+interests. Yet prominent club man, that he is, Mr. Dawes’ first
+interest is the extensive business of which he is the controlling
+head and he is everywhere recognized as a forceful, resourceful
+man, ready to meet any emergency and ever looking beyond the
+exigencies of the moment to the opportunities and possibilities
+of the future.
+
+
+T. STERRY HUNT, LL. D., F. R. S.
+
+It is a trite saying that there is always room at the top, for
+while the lower ranks of life are crowded, comparatively few
+have the ambition and the energy to climb to the heights in
+connection with business or professional interests. Recognizing
+and utilizing his opportunities and wisely employing his time
+and talents, T. Sterry Hunt became recognized as one of the
+eminent Canadian scientists, his ability winning for him the
+unusual honor of being made a fellow of the Royal Society of
+London. He was born in Norwich, Connecticut, September 5, 1826,
+a representative of an old New England family. It was his
+parents’ desire that he should become a representative of the
+medical profession, but a strong inclination toward the study of
+chemistry, mineralogy and geology prevented him from becoming
+a physician. In 1845 he pursued his studies under Professor
+Benjamin Silliman of Yale University and later became his
+assistant. His constantly expanding powers marked him a man above
+the ordinary and distinguished honors came to him as the years
+passed. As early as 1846 the result of his original research
+work was published in an article which he wrote for the American
+Journal of Science. When the Geological Survey of Canada, then
+recently organized by Mr. (later Sir) William E. Logan, required
+the service of a competent chemist and mineralogist, Mr. Logan
+applied to Professor Silliman to supply the man and Mr. Hunt
+was recommended for the position, which he accepted early in
+1847. His connection with the survey continued until 1872, when,
+much against the wish of the government, he resigned. His work
+embraced a large amount of field geology. The most difficult
+problems presented by the geological formation of Canada are
+those of its crystalline rocks. To this study Mr. Hunt addressed
+himself from the beginning and made the first clear exposition
+ever presented of the earlier rocks of the country. He afterward
+gave the names of Laurentian and Huronian to these rocks and in
+his investigations, analyses and scientific research laid the
+foundation of what he regarded as his life work. He also gave
+constant attention to the economic and practical departments
+of the survey and was the first to make known the deposits of
+phosphate of lime in Canada and call attention to its commercial
+value for fertilizing purposes, collecting and sending
+specimens of the same to the foreign exhibits of 1851, 1855 and
+1867. He analyzed soils, investigated the petroleums of Canada
+and their distribution, and his studies of the mineral waters of
+the Dominion were the first and most complete ever made. His work
+in many respects constituted the foundation, basis and stimulus
+of all later investigation.
+
+[Illustration: T. STERRY HUNT]
+
+During his connection with the survey work Mr. Hunt took part
+in the great exhibitions of 1856 and 1867, acting as judge at
+both, while his services in a similar connection were sought at
+the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia in 1876. His fame was
+world-wide as the result of his investigations and researches
+were made known, for he took the lead in much pioneer geological
+work on the North American continent.
+
+From 1856 until 1862 Dr. Hunt was professor of chemistry at Laval
+University in Quebec and was continued as one of its honorary
+professors until his death. His annual course of instruction
+there comprised forty lectures in the French language and for
+some years he was also lecturer at McGill University. In 1872
+he accepted the chair of geology in the Massachusetts Institute
+of Technology in Boston, there remaining until 1878, when he
+resigned in order to concentrate his efforts upon further study
+and professional work. His scientific attainments have gained
+him recognition both on the American and European continents.
+Harvard University created him Master of Arts in 1852 and from
+Laval and McGill Universities he received the degree of Doctor
+of Science. In 1881 he had the unusual honor of receiving the
+degree of Doctor of Laws from Cambridge University of England,
+and in special recognition of his eminence as a geologist he
+was created a fellow of the Royal Society of London in 1859. In
+1874 he was elected to membership in the National Academy of
+Sciences of the United States and in 1882 he was one of those
+called upon by the Marquis of Lorne to aid in the organization
+of the New Royal Society of Canada, becoming that year chief of
+the section of physical and mathematical sciences. In 1884 he was
+elected its president. Thus year after year honors were conferred
+upon him--honors well merited yet worn with becoming modesty.
+He was one of the founders of the American Association for the
+Advancement of Science at Philadelphia and in 1870 was elected
+to its presidency. He was also an early member of the American
+Institute of Mining Engineers and was its president in 1877,
+while in 1880 he became the founder and president of the American
+Chemical Society. Among the decorations conferred upon him was
+that of the Legion of Honor, bestowed by Napoleon III, and the
+cross of St. Mauritius and St. Lazarus from the king of Italy.
+He contributed much to scientific literature and was a well
+known lecturer on scientific subjects. He frequently went abroad
+for study, spending much time in that way in Great Britain,
+Switzerland and Italy. A chemical green ink which he invented in
+1859 was the cause of giving the name of greenbacks to American
+currency. His explorations on the American continent had extended
+from the Gulf of St. Lawrence southward to the Gulf of Mexico and
+westward to the Pacific.
+
+In January, 1878, Dr. Hunt was married to Miss Anna Rebecca Gale,
+the eldest daughter of Justice Samuel Gale of Montreal, who was
+judge of the court of queen’s bench for Lower Canada. His wife
+was Mary M. Hawley, who was born in Montreal and was educated in
+this city and abroad. One of their daughters became the Baroness
+von Friesen, of Dresden. After the death of the father in 1865,
+Mrs. Hunt traveled extensively in Europe in company with her
+two sisters. She is the author of one or two volumes of poems
+of considerable merit, so that her name, like her husband’s, is
+known in literary circles. Dr. Hunt passed away in February,
+1892. His contribution to the world’s work was a valuable one.
+His investigation, research and native intelligence constituted
+the key which unlocked for us many of the portals beyond which
+lay nature’s mysteries. The earth and its construction were
+largely to him an open book and he made it a readable volume for
+others, placing his investigations before mankind in a way that
+has constituted the foundation for further research.
+
+
+LIEUTENANT COLONEL FREDERICK WILLIAM HIBBARD.
+
+Lieutenant Colonel Frederick William Hibbard has been frequently
+before the public as a speaker and writer upon topics of
+public interest. Although never a candidate he was for years
+a participant in both federal and provincial politics and has
+appeared on numerous public occasions both in the province of
+Quebec and in that of Ontario. He is the senior member of the
+firm of Hibbard, Boyer & Gosselin, and a successful member
+of the Montreal bar. Ireland claims him as a native son, his
+birth having occurred in Dublin on the 19th of October, 1865.
+His father was the late Lieutenant Colonel Ashley Hibbard, of
+Montreal, and his mother was Sarah Ann Hibbard, the second
+daughter of the Rev. Ambrose Lane, M. A., perpetual curate of St.
+Thomas, Pendleton, Manchester, England.
+
+After spending some years under private instruction, Lieutenant
+Colonel F. W. Hibbard entered McGill University, where he took
+his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1886. After a couple of years
+spent in teaching he returned to the university for the study of
+law, graduating as B. C. L. in 1891. In addition to the degree
+of B. C. L. received in that year he was also gold medallist.
+In 1892 he received the degree of M. A. He began practice as a
+barrister in 1893 and was created king’s counsel in 1907. His
+advancement at the bar has been continuous and long since he
+left the ranks of the many to stand among the successful few.
+From 1907 until 1910 he was crown prosecutor for the district
+of Montreal, and his clientele of a private character has been
+extensive and important. In literary circles he is known and
+has given papers and addresses upon a number of subjects. In
+1903 he was president of the St. James Literary Society of
+Montreal. His popularity as a lecturer is based both upon the
+entertaining and the instructive nature of his discourses. He
+has addressed various audiences upon the following comprehensive
+subjects:--Canadian Constitutional Government, The Land Defence
+of Canada, The Value of Organized Effort in Municipal Affairs,
+The Prophecy of the West, and Canadians at Home and Abroad. He
+is not merely a theorist, for his ideas have many times taken
+practical, tangible form, and in 1910 his fitness for the
+position led to his appointment to the presidency of the Quebec
+public utilities commission. In military circles his name is
+known, for he holds a first class certificate from the Royal
+School of Artillery, and in 1894 joined the Second Regiment
+Canadian Artillery as a lieutenant. He was advanced to the rank
+of captain in 1895, major in 1897, lieutenant colonel in command
+in 1901 and R. O. in 1906. He was one of the artillery officers
+of the Second Canadian Contingent at Queen Victoria’s Jubilee,
+received the Diamond Jubilee medal from the hand of King Edward,
+and was presented to the late Queen Victoria at Windsor Castle.
+In 1900 he was elected to the presidency of the Montreal Military
+Institute and in 1905 became vice president of the Dominion
+Artillery Association.
+
+Lieutenant Colonel Hibbard was married in November, 1898, to Miss
+Emily Laura Baker, the third daughter of Joseph S. Baker, of
+Dunham, P. Q. He finds recreation in golf and has been president
+of the Outremont Golf Club. He is a member of the St. James and
+University Clubs and the Quebec Garrison Club. A liberal in
+politics, he has been active in support of the principles of his
+party, recognizing the duties and obligations as well as the
+privileges of citizenship. In religious belief is an Anglican,
+having twice served as warden of his church, is a member of
+the synod of Montreal and of the executive committee of the
+diocese. Mr. D. A. Lafortune, his colleague as crown prosecutor,
+has characterized him as “a man of dignity and learning.”
+His lifelong habit of study and investigation, his deep and
+continuous interest in important public questions, and his
+earnest purpose, prompting him to action in behalf of the public
+welfare, have made him a citizen of value in advancing progress
+and working toward that better ordering of things which is always
+the goal of progress.
+
+
+J. ADELARD OUIMET.
+
+Among the better known advocates of Montreal is J. Adélard
+Ouimet, who is a member of the firm of Ouimet & Guertin. He
+is one of the most successful men in his line, and by his
+career carries forward the tradition of the family which to a
+large extent has been connected with the legal fraternity. The
+grandfather, Michel Ouimet, was justice of the peace of St. Rose,
+in the county of Laval, and also took an active part in the
+insurrection of 1837. The father of J. Adélard Ouimet was Landré
+Ouimet, and his wife was in her maidenhood Miss Euphémie Bourqué.
+A brother of our subject, also named Landré Ouimet, was for ten
+years an alderman for St. Jean Baptiste ward and an uncle on the
+paternal side was judge of the court of appeals and president of
+the City and District Savings Bank.
+
+J. Adélard Ouimet was born at Ste. Scholastique, in the county
+of Two Mountains, on the 7th of March, 1868. He pursued his
+classical studies in the Seminary of Ste. Thérèse and at the
+University of Ottawa and his law course at Laval University,
+being admitted to the bar in 1895. He then became a partner of
+the well known legal firm of Ouimet, Emard, Maurault & Ouimet,
+but after the appointment of the Hon. J. A. Ouimet, his uncle,
+to the judgeship of the court of appeals he entered into
+partnership with A. Délisle, Q. C., then a member of parliament
+for Portneuf county, but two years later decided to engage in
+practice independently. In May, 1913, he formed a partnership
+with C. A. Guertin, Q. C., under the firm name of Ouimet &
+Guertin. He possesses every quality of which a lawyer may be
+proud--skill in the presentation of his evidence, marked ability
+in cross-examination, persuasiveness before the jury, a strong
+grasp of every feature of the case, the ability to secure a
+favorable ruling from the judge, unusual familiarity with human
+nature and the springs of human conduct and, last but not least,
+untiring energy. He has often occasion to demonstrate his ability
+and has handled many important cases since his admission to the
+bar, his clientele being of the most representative character. He
+is dignified and impressive, deliberate in manner, his speeches
+always commanding attention. Entirely free from ostentation
+and display, he largely relies upon the simple weight of his
+character and is ever prepared to meet any attack of the opposing
+counsel, as his mind works with a rapidity which often excites
+the wonder and admiration of his colleagues.
+
+On the 3d of September, 1901, Mr. Ouimet was united in marriage
+in Montreal to Miss Dersina Vaillancourt, a daughter of Benjamin
+Vaillancourt, a well known grain merchant of Montreal, and they
+have one son, George Etienne. As is but natural, Mr. Ouimet
+has taken a conspicuous part in the public life of his city
+and province, having participated in all elections since 1890,
+not only in the province of Quebec but also in Ontario. He
+is a conservative in his political affiliations and stanchly
+upholds the principles of his party. He was the founder and
+first president of Le Club Morin, holding the executive office
+during 1893 and 1894. From 1894 to 1896 he was also president of
+Le Club des Jeunes Conservateurs and is an active member of Le
+Club Cartier, of which he served as treasurer from 1910 to 1912.
+He is also a military man. After having been in the Sixty-fifth
+Regiment for ten years, he then joined the Eighty-fifth Regiment,
+becoming captain in 1900. He will be major of that regiment in
+1914. Fraternally he is chief ranger of the Catholic Order of
+Foresters and is a member of the Royal Guardians and of the
+Catholic Foresters Club. His religious faith is that of the Roman
+Catholic church, to the work of which he gives his moral and
+material support. At the Ottawa University he was the founder
+of La Société des Débats Canadien Français in 1889 and served
+as its first president. In 1908 he was also elected president
+of L’Association St. Jean Baptiste of St. Jean Baptiste parish.
+Mr. Ouimet is a successful lawyer in the truest sense of the
+word, a man unusually broad-minded and intelligent, tolerant and
+of wide experience, never mercenary or grasping, believing in
+something greater than mere material wealth, who in the course of
+a distinguished career, spent simply and unostentatiously, has
+been a factor for good along various lines. His public-spirited
+citizenship has been a boon to Montreal, who proudly claims him
+as one of her citizens, and Mr. Ouimet returns the honor which
+the city’s people entertain for him by a loyalty which could not
+be more devoted.
+
+
+CHARLES FRANCIS SMITH.
+
+Charles Francis Smith, for half a century a leading figure in
+the business and social life of Montreal, was born in Aylesford,
+Hampshire, England, in 1841. He had reached the psalmist’s
+allotted span of three score years and ten when death called
+him in Montreal on the 30th of September, 1911. His position
+was one which gained for him not only the respect but also the
+admiration and love of his associates. Important and extensive as
+were his business enterprises, they constituted but one phase
+of an existence that was largely devoted to charitable works and
+civic affairs and he was no less esteemed for his generosity and
+unfailing kindness than he was admired for his business acumen.
+His residence in Canada covered a period of forty-eight years. He
+came to this country as a member of the standing army. The shed
+in which he and his fellow soldiers slept the first night after
+landing at St. Andrews, New Brunswick, is still standing near
+the beautiful summer home which he afterward built for himself
+there. His entrance into commercial circles in Montreal was made
+as proprietor of a shoe store on St. Mary Street. He afterward
+entered into partnership with the late James McCready and upon
+the latter’s death became sole proprietor of the business and
+so remained for almost one-third of a century; yet in order to
+give his employes the opportunity of sharing in the profits of
+the business he formed a limited company nine years prior to
+his demise. In April, 1911, the business was sold to D. Lorne
+McGibbon, although Mr. Smith retained an interest in the new
+company,--the Ames, Holden, McCready, Limited,--of which he
+became a director.
+
+[Illustration: CHARLES F. SMITH]
+
+Public affairs as well as private interests profited by the
+efforts, the sound judgment and keen discrimination of Mr.
+Smith. He was at one time alderman of Montreal; was a member of
+the finance committee and was again and again urged to become a
+candidate for the mayoralty. Native modesty, however, caused him
+to remain in private life even when it was almost a certainty
+that he would be elected to any office to which he might aspire.
+He was the only English member of the French Commercial School
+which was established by the Gouin government, and he belonged to
+the Board of Trade for five or six years, being first a member of
+the council and rising through the offices of treasurer and vice
+president to that of president, being elected by acclamation.
+He was also a vice president of the Dominion Express Company;
+managing director of the Laurentide Pulp Company; a director of
+the Merchants Bank; a director of the Montreal Trust Company; a
+director of the Dominion Textile Company; was at one time the
+president of the Western Hospital, and had been for years one of
+the governors of both the Notre Dame and General Hospitals, and
+vice president of the Royal Alexandra. He was a well known figure
+in the city’s fashionable clubs, belonging to the Mount Royal and
+St. James Clubs, the Royal Montreal Golf Club, the Forest and
+Stream Club and the Royal St. Lawrence Yacht Club. He was also a
+charter member of Canada Council of the Knights of Columbus; a
+prominent parishioner of St. Patrick’s church, as well as warden
+of the same; a director of St. Patrick’s Orphan Asylum, and
+president of the Catholic Sailors’ Club. He was also a well known
+member of St. George’s Society.
+
+His kindness of heart was invariable, he was especially devoted
+to his home and shunned ostentation. At St. Andrews where he
+spent every summer, one of his greatest pleasures consisted in
+the companionship of those friends of his who lived near him,
+of whom Sir Thomas Shaughnessy was among the number. Taking
+a great interest in matters pertaining to education, he was
+one of the founders of the Catholic high school, and a member
+of the administration of Laval University, and though, well
+known in life as a conservative in politics, he was appointed
+by Hon. Lomer Gouin as governor of L’Ecole des Hautes Etudes
+Commerciales. Besides being a practical manufacturer, Mr. Smith
+gave special attention to tariff matters, and his contributions
+to the campaign against unrestricted reciprocity in 1891,
+when Sir Wilfrid Laurier, Mr. Erastus Wiman and their friends
+endeavored to establish free trade between Canada and the United
+States, did more than a little to secure the protectionist
+victory of that year.
+
+For years Mr. Smith did not actively participate in civic
+affairs, but in 1890, when a reform wave was sweeping over the
+commercial metropolis he was asked to come forward as a candidate
+in one of the civic divisions. He hesitated for some time, but
+finally consented to contest the west ward if his warm personal
+friend, the late Mr. Frank Hart, would also seek a seat in the
+city council. At that time the late Colonel Stevenson was a
+landmark in civic politics as well as in military and social
+circles, and so well was the colonel known that there were many
+who considered that with him as an opponent Mr. Smith had hardly
+a fighting chance. It was contended that a Roman Catholic could
+not be elected in such a pronounced Protestant district as the
+west ward, but the success achieved by Mr. Smith in that contest
+proved that the reform candidate’s reputation was too well
+established to leave him a victim of the religious cry. He served
+in the council during 1890 and 1891, on the finance committee,
+and though assured that he could have a second election by
+acclamation, he declined both the aldermanic and mayoralty honors
+that were offered him.
+
+In a quiet and unostentatious manner he was a generous
+contributor to deserving charities, irrespective of nationality
+or creed. He was one of the most prominent English-speaking
+Catholics in Montreal. As a personal friend of Archbishop
+Bruchesi, Mr. Smith was frequently consulted in the church’s
+temporal affairs.
+
+Mr. Smith twice married: His first wife was Miss Mary A. McGlynn
+and his second wife who survives him, was Miss Margaret M.
+McNally, daughter of the late Bernard McNally. Two sons were the
+issue of the first marriage, Clarence F. Smith, vice president
+and general manager of the Ames, Holden, McCready, Limited, and
+Frederick H. Smith, who lived in the West Indies, until his death
+in April, 1912. To the second marriage the following children
+were born: Rose M.; Charles F., who died on August 20, 1911;
+Marguerite M.; Francis C.; May G.; and Geraldine M.
+
+The Montreal Herald said of Mr. Smith: “There was no better
+citizen of Montreal than the late Charles F. Smith. He had
+made his way in the world by dint of rare power of business
+organization. In addition he was a man who made friends and held
+them. He had no taste for public life himself, but he had a deep
+interest in public affairs and in the men who in public life
+supported his views. It was so in the affairs of the Board of
+Trade and resulted in his becoming president of that body. It
+was so in civic affairs and resulted in his being much against
+his inclination, elected to the council. It was so in Dominion
+politics, and if he has passed away before his party friends had
+the opportunity of showing their appreciation, it is certain that
+the fighting ranks of the conservative party had few more prudent
+or more generous counsellors.
+
+“Mr. Smith went to the city council with Mr. Laporte, Mr. Ames
+and the late Mr. Hart at a time when the city had just been
+aroused to the need of wholesale reforms. He played a part of
+much importance, for with two or three other trained business men
+he sat in at the centre of things, on the old finance committee
+and supervised a general cleaning up of the city hall. It was the
+good work of those days that made possible the larger reforms of
+later years.”
+
+The Montreal Gazette said editorially of him: “By the death of
+Mr. Charles F. Smith another able and successful man has been
+taken from Montreal’s commercial life. Mr. Smith through years of
+painstaking energy built up a successful business, from which the
+city benefited as well as himself.
+
+“In the process he won the respect of all with whom he became
+associated. Commercial organizations valued his advice. The
+Board of Trade counted him as a wise counsellor. When the city’s
+affairs were in need of improvement he served in the council
+and with his associates did useful work in its behalf. He could
+have had other public offices had he desired, but his preference
+was for private life. He has passed away at a ripe age, held in
+regard alike for the qualities of his mind and of his heart,
+and leaving a memory that will encourage others to follow his
+footsteps.”
+
+
+GERALD OTHO ROUSSKI ELIOTT.
+
+Since 1908 Gerald O. R. Eliott has occupied the position of
+assistant marine superintendent of the Canadian Pacific Railroad
+Company’s Atlantic steamship lines. He was born March 28, 1874,
+in Dalhousie, India, and is a son of George Augustus and Helen
+(Jardine) Eliott.
+
+Gerald Eliott received his education at Taplow grammar school,
+the Maidenhead high school and then served as a cadet on H. M. S.
+School Ship Conway. Naval life having a particular attraction for
+him, he entered the mercantile marine and served for some time
+in sailing vessels of the White Star line. He was an officer in
+connection with various steamship lines and was doing service on
+boats which carried British troops during the South African war.
+In 1901 he joined the Canadian Pacific steamship lines and served
+as an officer on various ships until he was appointed to his
+present important position of assistant superintendent in 1908.
+
+Mr. Eliott’s naval career includes the following appointments:
+midshipman, R. N. R., 1890; appointed acting lieutenant in H. M.
+S. Jupiter in 1900, having gone through the gunnery and torpedo
+course; received naval reserve decoration for fifteen years’
+service in commissioned rank; retired in 1912 as commander.
+
+In 1908, in Toronto, Ontario, Mr. Eliott married Miss Edith
+Aspden, a daughter of Thomas Aspden, of Lancashire, and later of
+Chicago, Illinois, and Toronto. Mr. Eliott is a member of the
+Church of England and upholds conservative principles at the
+polls. His club is that of the Commercial Travelers of Montreal.
+
+
+AURELIEN BOYER.
+
+Aurelien Boyer, a man of recognized professional ability and
+prominence, who since 1899 has been an associate member of the
+Canadian Society of Civil Engineers, was born in Montreal and
+pursued his education in schools of the city. He was graduated
+with honors as civil engineer and metallurgist from Ecole
+Polytechnique, a department of Laval University, with the class
+of 1896 and at once entered upon the active work of his chosen
+profession. He was in charge of the survey and location of the
+Yukon telegraph line and resigned from the department of public
+works of Canada after his appointment as superintendent of
+government telegraphs and cables for Quebec and the maritime
+provinces. In 1905 he was chemical engineer and local manager of
+the A. D. Gall Petroleum & Chemical Company, having charge of
+their wood distillation plant at Mont Tremblant, Quebec, and in
+1909 became vice president and chief engineer of the Duckworth
+Boyer Engineering & Inspection Company, Ltd., which was later
+consolidated with the Canadian Inspection Company, Ltd., under
+the name of the Canadian Inspection & Testing Laboratories, Ltd.
+Of the latter company he is now vice president and treasurer.
+Scientific knowledge, acquired skill and ability have brought him
+to a place in the front rank of those who are engaged in similar
+enterprises in the province.
+
+In June, 1903, Mr. Boyer married Madame Elmira Corinne Dufresne,
+of Three Rivers, Quebec. He belongs to the Engineers Club
+and the Winchester Club. He is now a member of the board of
+administration of L’Ecole Polytechnique and a director of
+Association des Anciens Elèves de L’Ecole Polytechnique.
+
+
+LIEUTENANT COLONEL JAMES GEORGE ROSS.
+
+Lieutenant Colonel James George Ross, president of the Ross
+Realty Company, Ltd., and favorably known in Montreal as a
+prominent figure in financial circles, was born in this city,
+October 18, 1861, a son of the late Phillip Simpson and Christina
+Chalmers (Dansken) Ross, both of whom were natives of Scotland.
+His early education was acquired in private schools, with
+later attendance at the high school of Montreal and subsequent
+attendance at the Ontario Agricultural College in Guelph, from
+which he was graduated with the class of 1881.
+
+Mr. Ross went to the northwest upon an extended trip with a
+view to settling there, but returned to Montreal and associated
+himself with his father, who was a representative of the
+profession of chartered accountant. Shortly afterward he was
+admitted to partnership with his brother, the business being
+carried on under the firm style of P. S. Ross & Sons, and on
+the death of his father he became the head of the firm. He
+is a chartered accountant and a member of the Association of
+Accountants and is a fellow of the Dominion Association of
+Chartered Accountants. Aside from his business in that connection
+he is president of the Ross Realty Company, Ltd., and as such
+figures prominently in real-estate circles, negotiating and
+managing many important property transfers.
+
+Mr. Ross has always evinced a great interest in military matters.
+In 1879 he joined the Ontario Field Battery, retiring in the year
+1883. In 1884 he held a commission as officer in the Victoria
+Rifles, retiring in 1891 with the rank of captain. In 1898 he
+joined the Fifth Royal Highlanders and in 1899 was gazetted
+captain while in August, 1906, he was promoted to the rank of
+major and in May, 1909, was made lieutenant colonel. In 1907 he
+received the Long Service medal for officers having served for
+twenty years. He is in active connection with the Montreal Board
+of Trade and is a director of the Crown Trust Company. His
+interest and support extend to charitable and benevolent projects
+and he is a life governor of the Montreal Western Hospital.
+Fraternally he is a Scottish Rite Mason, while in club circles he
+is widely and favorably known, his membership being in the St.
+James Club, Canada Club, Beaconsfield Golf Club, Canadian Club,
+Montreal Curling Club, Royal St. Lawrence Yacht Club, Montreal
+Amateur Athletic Association, Westmount Athletic Club and the
+Junior Army and Navy Club of London, England. In his younger days
+he was very active in athletic sports, especially in running, and
+he handled the snowshoe with expert skill. In 1887 it was claimed
+that he was “the best man in Canada who ever strapped on a racing
+shoe.” In the winter of 1888 he accompanied Lieutenant Schwatka
+in the explorer’s trip through the Yellowstone Park and was the
+only man who came out in as good shape as he went in.
+
+[Illustration: LIEUTENANT COLONEL JAMES G. ROSS]
+
+In March, 1891, Mr. Ross married Miss Alice Margaret Monk,
+daughter of the late John Monk, an advocate of Montreal, and they
+have two daughters, Marjorie and Evelyn.
+
+
+THOMAS MUSSEN.
+
+One of the best known merchants of the past generation in
+Montreal, and a man whose well ordered life and high business
+principles commanded the respect of all who knew him, was born in
+1804, in Yorkshire, England, and came to Canada with his parents
+in 1817, the family home being established in the south part of
+the province of Quebec near the Vermont line.
+
+Thomas Mussen early entered business life in Montreal, becoming
+a clerk with the firm of William Smith & Company with whom he
+remained for about ten years. He was careful with his earnings
+and in 1827, he had saved sufficient capital to enable him to
+purchase a small stock of dry goods, opening a store on St. Paul
+Street, near Jacques Cartier Square, then the heart of the retail
+district.
+
+The business prospered from the first and when larger quarters
+were demanded he removed to Notre Dame Street, at the corner of
+St. Gabriel, being the first merchant to locate on Notre Dame
+Street, and afterwards located at the corner of St. Lawrence
+boulevard and Notre Dame Street, where he continued until 1865.
+In that year the store was removed to Craig Street, near St.
+Lawrence boulevard, where he continued until his new building was
+erected at the corner of St. Lambert and Notre Dame. There the
+business was successfully continued by him until his death April
+5, 1892. Each removal had indicated a demand for larger quarters.
+The business was marked by continuous growth and development
+under the strong guiding hand of Mr. Mussen, who came to be
+ranked with the leading merchants of the city. His store was one
+of the leading commercial establishments of the province. After
+the death of Mr. Mussen, the business was carried on by his sons,
+William W. and Henry S., until 1900 when it was discontinued, the
+brothers retiring from active business. William W. Mussen died in
+1904 and Henry S. Mussen passed away in 1912.
+
+Harold Beaufort Mussen, son of William W., and a well known
+insurance and real-estate broker of Montreal, after acquiring his
+education in the schools of his native city, entered the employ
+of the Canada Atlantic Railway, where his developing powers
+and ability won him promotion until he became general agent. He
+continued with them until October, 1904, when after a service of
+twelve years he withdrew to engage in business on his own account.
+
+
+PETER LYALL.
+
+In the death of Peter Lyall Montreal lost a citizen who left
+the impress of his individuality for good upon the community in
+which he lived. He was a man of fine personal appearance, and his
+splendid physique was an indication of the strength of his mental
+and moral nature. For many years he was connected with business
+interests as a prominent contractor, being the head of the Peter
+Lyall & Sons Construction Company, Ltd. While in his seventieth
+year at the time of his death, he had always remained in active
+connection with his business until a few days prior to his demise.
+
+Scotland numbered Mr. Lyall among her native sons, his birth
+having occurred at Castletown, Caithness, Scotland, where he
+gained a practical knowledge of the contracting business before
+crossing the Atlantic in 1870. When he sought a home in the
+new world Montreal was his destination and he made his initial
+step in circles here in the employ of his cousin, the later
+Peter Nicholson. Six years were sufficient to bring him a wide
+acquaintance that he believed justified him in embarking in
+business on his own account. He was joined by his two sons,
+William and Traill O. in 1892, who are still connected with the
+business that was established in Montreal in 1876. The third son,
+Peter D. Lyall, is head of a large contracting firm in Winnipeg.
+From the time that he started out independently Peter Lyall was
+successful and his name figured prominently in connection with
+building operations in Montreal and this part of Canada. He kept
+in close touch with all phases of the business and with all
+progressive steps therein. Many of the business structures of
+Montreal still stand as monuments to his ability, his energy and
+his notable ambition. He carried out the erection of the Quebec
+Bank Building, the Royal Victoria Hospital, Macdonald Engineering
+buildings at McGill, the Sun Life building, the Canada Life,
+the Grand Trunk general offices, the Coristine building, the
+new Board of Trade, the Stock Exchange, the Guardian Life, the
+Dominion Express and Transportation buildings, and hundreds of
+others. Some of the finest residences of the city also stand as
+monuments to his handiwork, notably among which are the homes of
+the late Sir Edward S. Clouston and George L. Cains. From the
+time that he started out in business his rise was continuous. It
+was soon evident that he understood the building business, both
+from a scientific and practical standpoint, that his reliability
+made him worthy of a liberal patronage, and that his energy
+and indomitable spirit made possible the prompt and faithful
+execution of his contracts. Success came to him soon and was well
+merited, so that he gained place among the prosperous residents
+of the city. His ability in management, his power of carefully
+formulating plans and then executing them with determination
+was seen in his cooperation in the organization of a number of
+companies which have constituted leading factors in industrial,
+commercial and financial circles. He was one of the promoters of
+the Lachine Rapids Hydraulic & Land Company, formed in 1896, and
+of the Midway Land Company in the same year. He was one of the
+organizers of the Laprairie Brick Company in 1904.
+
+Mr. Lyall was united in marriage to Miss Christina Oman, who,
+like her husband, was a native of Castletown, Caithness,
+Scotland. They became the parents of three sons, William and
+Traill O., of Montreal, Peter D., of Winnipeg and a daughter,
+now Mrs. D. W. Lockerby, of Montreal. Mr. Lyall possessed a
+social nature that found expression in his membership in the
+Canada, Reform, Canadian, Country and Engineers Clubs. His kindly
+disposition made him a favorite in all circles, and among no
+class of people was he more appreciated than by his own employes.
+He was deeply interested in all that pertained to affairs of
+government and to municipal progress. For many years he was a
+prominent member of the liberal party, earnestly striving to
+promote its success, and in 1904 he unsuccessfully contested the
+St. Antoine district for the Dominion parliament. At one time he
+was president of the Montreal Reform Club and at all times took
+a firm stand in opposition to misrule in public affairs and in
+support of all that he believed would uphold the honored tenets
+of government and promote the best interests of the people in
+general. For two years he was a member of the Montreal city
+council and brought his splendid business acumen to bear on
+civic problems, proving himself one of the strongest men at the
+council table. He was afterward eagerly besought to again become
+a member of the council but declined. He took a deep and helpful
+interest in the Citizens Association, being in hearty sympathy
+with its purpose, and at the time of his demise was one of its
+vice presidents. Above and beyond all this Mr. Lyall was known
+as a man of most generous and benevolent spirit, ever seeking
+to promote the welfare and happiness of his fellowmen. He could
+not listen unmoved to a tale of sorrow or distress, and to the
+extent of his ability he extended a helping hand to the needy. He
+gave not only freely of his money but also a large portion of his
+time to good works. He was president of the Protestant Hospital
+for the Insane at Verdun, and his efforts were a potent force
+in making it one of the excellent institutions of its character
+in the country. The Western Hospital found him equally helpful
+and generous. Thus he made his presence felt beneficially in
+commercial, political and philanthropic circles. To know him was
+to esteem and honor him by reason of what he accomplished and the
+methods he pursued. The most envious could not grudge him his
+success, so honorably was it won and so worthily used.
+
+
+ALFRED B. DUFRESNE.
+
+In insurance circles in Montreal and among business men in
+general the name of Alfred B. Dufresne is well known because of
+his activity in the field to which he directs his efforts. He was
+born April 13, 1874, at Joliette, Canada, a son of J. Alfred and
+Honorine (Delfausse) Dufresne, who now reside in Montreal. He
+was educated in Plateau Academy and at the age of eighteen years
+began work as a clerk in the office of the Alliance Assurance
+Company in Montreal. During the twelve years he served the
+company he won promotion from time to time until he became chief
+clerk, his capability and fidelity thus winning him recognition
+and gaining for him substantial advancement. In 1903 he was
+appointed inspector for the Mount Royal Assurance Company and
+so continued until 1907, when he was appointed chief specific
+rating inspector of the Canadian Fire Underwriters Association.
+In 1908 he was appointed manager of the Montreal-Canada Fire
+Insurance Company, filling the position for two years, or until
+1910, when he took up general agency work, now representing the
+Northwestern National Insurance Company, the Montreal-Canada Fire
+Insurance Company, the Anglo-American Fire Insurance Company, the
+Protection Fire Insurance Company and the Rimouski Fire Insurance
+Company, with offices in the Duluth building.
+
+On the 12th of October, 1909, Mr. Dufresne was married to Miss
+Gabrielle Mathieu, and to them have been born two daughters,
+Jacqueline and Françoise. The family reside at No. 171 Esplanade
+Avenue, and Mr. Dufresne is a member of the St. Denis Club. Much
+of his life has been passed in the city where he now resides,
+and his admirable traits of character, as well as his business
+ability, have gained him firm hold on the regard and good-will of
+all with whom he has been associated.
+
+
+CHARLES ALBERT DUCLOS.
+
+The name of Charles Albert Duclos figures in professional circles
+in Montreal as that of a lawyer whose ability has won for him a
+large clientage. He is a man of scholarly attainments, which,
+added to his knowledge of the law, has gained him prestige among
+the successful advocates of the city. A native of Joliette, P.
+Q., he was born on the 3d of August, 1861, his parents being
+the Rev. R. P. and Sophie A. Jeaureneaud Duclos. The father was
+a French-Canadian, while the mother was born in Switzerland.
+The Rev. R. P. Duclos has devoted his life to the work of
+the ministry as a representative of the Presbyterian church.
+Realizing the value of education as a factor for success in any
+chosen field of labor, the father provided his son with good
+opportunities in that direction and, after attending the Montreal
+high school, Charles A. Duclos entered McGill University, in
+which he pursued the arts course, winning the B. A. degree in
+1881, and then entered upon the study of law, winning the B. C.
+L. degree, with the Elizabeth Torrance gold medal in 1884. His
+high standing in scholarship constituted the basis upon which
+his friends builded their belief in his successful future, and
+the faith which they manifested has found justification in
+his professional career. Following his graduation he at once
+entered upon active practice in Montreal, where he has remained
+continuously since. Aside from his practice he is the vice
+president of the Ross Realty Company, which was organized in
+1906, and in that connection he has displayed sound business
+judgment and enterprise.
+
+In June, 1889, Mr. Duclos was united in marriage to Isabella
+Spence, a daughter of G. M. Holbrook, of Ottawa, and they reside
+at No. 488 Elm Avenue, Westmount. Mr. Duclos’ fellow citizens of
+Westmount called him to the office of mayor, in which he served
+in 1905-6, giving to the city a businesslike and progressive
+administration. He is a conservative in politics, and he stands
+for all that means progress along material, intellectual,
+political and moral lines. His religious faith is that of the
+Presbyterian church. His social connections are with St. James,
+Canada, Royal Montreal Golf, St. George Snowshoe Clubs, of
+Montreal; and the Rideau Club, of Ottawa. Appreciative of the
+social amenities of life and readily recognizing and appreciating
+these qualities in others, he has gained many friends in these
+organizations. However, he regards the practice of law as his
+real life work and bends his energies, in major part, toward
+his professional duties. He was created king’s counsel in 1903,
+and the years of his active practice now cover nearly three
+decades--years in which he has made continuous advancement as the
+result of constantly developing power in the line of his chosen
+profession.
+
+[Illustration: CHARLES A. DUCLOS]
+
+
+REV. CANON JOHN MACPHERSON ALMOND.
+
+Rev. Canon John Macpherson Almond, rector of Trinity church,
+Montreal, is a man whose practical piety has been demonstrated in
+many ways, as a traveling missionary, on the field of battle, in
+the pulpit and in quiet work among his people. His name stands as
+a synonym for sincerity of purpose, upright living and breadth of
+mind, and his accomplishments have already been important enough
+to form a notable part of the history of the Anglican church in
+Canada. Canon Almond was born in Shigawake, Quebec province, July
+27, 1872, and is a son of James and Mary Ann (Macpherson) Almond.
+He studied in the University of Bishop’s College at Lennoxville,
+from which he was graduated B. A. in 1894 and M. A. in 1901. He
+was ordained deacon in the Anglican church in 1896 and priest
+in the following year, being stationed first as a missionary in
+Labrador and becoming afterward traveling missionary for the
+Quebec diocese. In October, 1899, he was commissioned chaplain to
+the Royal Canadian Regiment and accompanied it to South Africa,
+where he was chaplain to the Nineteenth Brigade, composed of
+the Gordons, Cornwalls, Shropshires and Canadians. His conduct
+during the campaign received high praise, more particularly in
+connection with his attendance on the enteric fever patients
+at Bloemfontein, and he was given a medal for courageous and
+untiring work in all conditions of danger both from the enemy and
+from disease and discomfort.
+
+Returning to Canada in December, 1900, Canon Almond was made
+assistant curate at Holy Trinity Cathedral, Quebec, and as
+such remained one year, after which he was appointed rector
+at Grand Mere. In 1904 he was transferred to Montreal, where
+he has since filled the position of rector of Trinity church,
+winning the love, respect and confidence of his parishioners
+and the high regard of all who have an opportunity of knowing
+his honorable and upright life. Canon Almond is a preacher of
+great power and forcefulness and has won a wide reputation as a
+speaker, delivering among others the oration at the decoration
+of the soldiers’ graves in Montreal on Victoria Day, 1905. He
+was elected president of the South African Veterans Association
+of Montreal in 1908 and of the Last Post Association two years
+later. Since March, 1911, he has held the office of chaplain,
+with the honorary rank of captain, in the Sixth Duke of
+Connaught’s Royal Canadian Hussars. In 1912 he was appointed
+chaplain of the Montreal jails. Archdeacon Ker has called him
+“a splendid preacher,” and the Toronto Globe speaks of him as
+“a man of zeal, practical piety and unselfishness, with a knack
+for executive work”--tributes which he has won by most able
+and untiring work in many fields. Canon Almond was married in
+October, 1901, to Nellie Estelle, daughter of H. G. Beemer of
+Quebec.
+
+
+WILLIAM LANGLEY BOND, K. C.
+
+William Langley Bond, one of the well known advocates of
+Montreal, belongs to an old Canadian family, his parents being
+Lieutenant Colonel Frank and Mary (Scott) Bond. Colonel Bond is a
+well known financial agent and stockbroker of Montreal and is the
+eldest son of the late Archbishop Bond, Primate of All Canada,
+and Eliza (Langley) Bond. The father has been connected with
+banking and financial interests for many years and has also been
+prominent in military life.
+
+William L. Bond was born in Montreal, January 20, 1873. He
+attended the high school in Montreal and then entered McGill
+University, from which he received the degree of B. A. in 1894
+and of B. C. L. in 1897. In 1898 he became an advocate and
+shortly thereafter a member of the legal firm of Atwater, Duclos,
+Bond & Meagher, of Montreal. Among the famous cases which he
+argued was the Cantin case, which was tried before Jl. Comte, P.
+C., England. In November, 1911, he was appointed a K. C.
+
+For a number of years Mr. Bond was captain and adjutant of the
+Prince of Wales Fusiliers. He is also honorary treasurer of the
+Province of Quebec Rifle Association. In his religious faith he
+is an Anglican and was elected lay secretary of the Montreal
+Synod in 1907 and also church advocate. In 1910 he was made a
+governor of the Montreal Diocesan Theological College. Mr. Bond
+is prominent in club life, being a member of the committee of
+St. James, and a member of the Reform, the Arts, and the Winter
+Clubs. He is a great friend of outdoor sports and the lines
+along which he seeks recreation are indicated by his membership
+in the Royal Montreal Golf Club, the Montreal Curling Club and
+the Forest and Stream. He also belongs to the Montreal Military
+Institute and is an honorary member of the Polo and Country Club.
+
+
+ROBERT ANDERSON BECKET.
+
+Robert Anderson Becket, did much to promote musical talent,
+directly assisting many young musicians, and thus his loss was
+distinctly felt in musical circles, when death called him on the
+6th of May, 1910. He had passed the seventy-fifth milestone on
+life’s journey, his birth having occurred in Scotland, December
+30, 1834. His father, James Becket, came to Canada with his
+family in 1841 and was connected with the customs department
+at Montreal, where Robert A. pursued his education in private
+schools. He was a young man in his twenty-fourth year, when on
+January 11, 1858, he wedded Anne Wilson, born in Bellemeana,
+Ireland, a daughter of Samuel Wilson.
+
+Robert A. Becket had made his initial step in business as
+bookkeeper for his uncle, J. C. Becket, on St. James Street
+in Montreal, but in the year of his marriage, removed to
+Belleville, Ontario, where he embarked in business on his own
+account conducting a music and stationery store, for about eight
+years, or until 1866, when he returned to this city and became
+manager for the D. Morris Ice Company. Some time passed and he
+became owner of this enterprise, in which connection he built
+up a large and profitable business. He organized a joint stock
+company called the City Ice Company, Limited, and devoted all of
+his time to the conduct of his business, carefully directing its
+interests. He was a progressive man and was especially active
+along musical lines, doing much to help young musicians. He was
+also a prominent figure in quartet and choir work and there was
+perhaps, no one who did more to stimulate among the young, a love
+for music of the higher class, than Mr. Becket.
+
+Unto Mr. and Mrs. Becket were born twelve children, of whom five
+are living: Christina A.; Dr. George C., of East Orange, New
+Jersey; Ralph A., of Montreal; Fred M., of Niagara Falls, New
+York; and Frank W., of New York. The family attend the Erskine
+church, of which Mr. Becket was a prominent member and elder,
+his religious faith constituting the root from which sprang his
+many good deeds, wrought along lines of continuous benefit to his
+fellowmen.
+
+
+HAROLD EARLE WALKER.
+
+Harold Earle Walker, practicing at the bar of Montreal as a
+member of the law firm of Chauvin, Baker & Walker, was born in
+Westmount, Quebec, in 1882. His father, James Robert Walker, a
+native of the city of Quebec, became senior partner of the well
+known firm of J. R. Walker & Company of Montreal and is not
+only well known in business circles but also through his active
+connection with public affairs. At one time he was mayor of
+Westmount and has taken an active part in furthering matters of
+civic virtue and civic pride. He married Agnes Cooper Earle.
+
+After attending the Abingdon school, Mr. Walker became a student
+in McGill University, completing the arts course in 1904 and the
+law course with the class of 1907. His standing is indicated
+by the fact that he won the Elizabeth Torrance gold medal and
+the Macdonald scholarship. Following his graduation with the
+class of 1907, which was indicative of the completion of the
+thorough course of law prescribed by McGill, he was admitted to
+the bar and after a year spent in France returned to Montreal to
+enter upon the active practice of his profession, which he now
+follows as a member of the law firm of Chauvin, Baker & Walker.
+An extensive practice is fast adding to his experience and
+developing the powers with which nature endowed him.
+
+In Montreal, in 1911, Mr. Walker was united in marriage to Miss
+Hazel A. Hart, a daughter of R. A. Baldwin Hart. His religious
+faith is that of the Presbyterian church, and something of the
+nature of his recreation is indicated in the fact that he is a
+member of the Beaconsfield Golf Club. He is a typical young
+professional man of the age, alert, energetic, watchful of
+opportunities. His friends anticipate for him future success, and
+the record he has already made shows that he has taken a far step
+in advance since entering upon the active practice of law.
+
+
+JOSEPH BOWLES LEARMONT.
+
+The history of a country is no longer an account of wars and
+conquests, but is a record of notable business activity, of
+intellectual, aesthetic and moral progress and political
+management and control. While never active in the field of
+politics, Joseph Bowles Learmont was not only highly successful
+where his tastes led, but was as well one of the foremost
+merchants of the city, and well known in the business community
+of Montreal. He cooperated in various interests having broad
+humanitarianism as their basic principle, and he was a
+connoisseur on rare books and engravings. His interests were wide
+and varied and brought him into close connection with many of the
+leading citizens of the Dominion.
+
+Mr. Learmont was a native of Montreal. From the beginning of his
+business career success attended him so that he at length was
+numbered among the city’s most substantial business men. In all
+his career there was no esoteric phase, his advancement having
+been through constructive and progressive methods. Studying the
+demands of the times and the conditions of trade he was no small
+factor in the growth and development of the extensive wholesale
+hardware business of Caverhill, Learmont & Company, of which Mr.
+Learmont was the senior member. This well known house succeeded
+Crathern & Caverhill (which was established in 1854) and occupies
+a foremost position in its line, with a reputation for commercial
+integrity second to none.
+
+Successful business man that he was, commerce constituted but one
+feature in the life of Mr. Learmont. He was of decided literary
+tastes and was frequently heard on literary and historical
+subjects. He was, moreover, the author of a most interesting
+paper on folk lore, in which extended mention is made of the
+folk lore of Canada. Another paper of equal interest from his
+pen is on The Canadian Indian. Mr. Learmont was widely known as
+a collector of rare books and manuscripts, etchings, engravings
+and autograph letters, his knowledge of such being that of a
+connoisseur. His collection of Bibles comprised more than one
+hundred rare volumes. He also wrote on engravings, translations
+of the English versions of the Bible, children’s elementary
+books, etc.
+
+Mr. Learmont’s keen interest in matters historic was probably
+best shown in his purchase of Quebec House, the home of Major
+General James Wolfe, Westerham, Kent, England. The motive which
+inspired him to make the purchase was to secure the property
+for the Canadian people, to be held by them in perpetuity
+“irrespective of race, language or creed.” His desire was that
+the Canadian people maintain it so that it may be open to
+visitors and free to all that are interested in Canada. Mr.
+Learmont always manifested the keenest interest in anything
+associated with Wolfe and had made a collection of engravings of
+the famous general. He also possessed an excellent painting of
+Wolfe’s father, the work of Sir James Thornhill.
+
+[Illustration: JOSEPH B. LEARMONT]
+
+Mr. Learmont was a member of the council of the Montreal Art
+Association and treasurer of the local branch and one of the
+council of the Archaeological Institute of America. He likewise
+became one of the early members of the Antiquarian Society of
+Montreal.
+
+Mr. Learmont was first married to Miss Amelia Jane Holton, a
+daughter of the late Hon. L. H. Holton, M. P., a prominent
+parliamentarian and statesman. Following her death, he married,
+in 1882, Charlotte Smithers, a daughter of the late Charles
+F. Smithers, president of the Bank of Montreal. Mr. and Mrs.
+Learmont were always in full accord concerning religious and
+charitable work. He was connected with the Congregational church
+and a generous supporter of church and benevolent enterprises.
+Mrs. Learmont is particularly well known in efforts to ameliorate
+the conditions of life for the unfortunate. She is interested
+in the movement for providing playgrounds for children; is
+vice president of the Montreal Day Nursery; vice president of
+the local branch of the Needle Work Guild, and president and
+convener of the local branch of the ladies’ committee of the
+Victorian Order of Nurses. She is likewise a director of the
+City Improvement League; was one of the directors of the Royal
+Edward Institute, and is one of the honorary presidents of the
+Young Women’s Christian Association. She was one of a deputation,
+headed by the Countess of Aberdeen, who presented Queen Alexandra
+an address of congratulation from twenty-five hundred women of
+Canada.
+
+Mr. Learmont was a member of the committee of management of the
+Montreal General Hospital; a member of the board and a governor
+of the Montreal branch of the Victorian Order of Nurses, and a
+director of the Charity Organization Society. He belonged to
+the Montreal Board of Trade, of which he was for two years a
+councilor, and in more strictly social lines was a member of
+the St. James, Mount Royal, Montreal and City Clubs. He was
+termed “a man of exquisite taste and deep knowledge on special
+subjects.” He was an advocate of all that is most progressive and
+beneficial, never choosing the second best but seeking out those
+things which are most beneficial to the individual and to the
+community, recognizing every man’s relation and obligation to his
+fellowman.
+
+Mr. Learmont died March 12, 1914.
+
+
+FREDERICK WILLIAM THOMPSON.
+
+Centuries past the history of a country consisted of a record
+of wars and conquests--the contest of man with man; today the
+history is the record of man’s contests with material forces
+and those who are making the history of a country are the men
+who are controlling its important agricultural, commercial and
+professional interests. It is they who are shaping the annals of
+the nation and those who rise to leadership in any given line are
+the men who are preparing the records that in years to come will
+be eagerly read as the history of the past. In this connection
+the name of Frederick William Thompson stands prominently forth,
+for he became one of the foremost figures in connection with the
+milling industry of Canada. He was born in Montreal, January 16,
+1862, and was but in the prime of life when he passed away in
+London, England, May 7, 1912. His parents were the late Andrew
+and Josephine (DeLesperance) Thompson. The son was educated in
+Montreal and in Brooklyn, New York, living for some years in the
+latter city. Subsequently he returned to Montreal and entered
+the service of the Exchange Bank as a clerk, remaining with
+that institution for seven years. It was thus that he gained
+his preliminary business experience which he later turned to
+account in the management of milling operations. In 1882 he
+joined the Ogilvie Mills in Winnipeg, becoming general manager
+of the Ogilvie Milling Company in 1888. Following the death
+of W. W. Ogilvie in 1900 the entire company’s interests were
+consolidated and the business purchased by Mr. Thompson and C. R.
+Hosmer. In 1911 the Ogilvies were made millers to the King. The
+business gradually grew and developed and became a focal point
+in the milling industry of the country, setting the standard for
+activity along that line. Mr. Thompson was active in coordinating
+forces and in developing an enterprise which became second to
+none in all Canada. He had wonderful powers of organization
+and could unite seemingly diverse elements into a unified and
+harmonious whole. He considered no detail as too unimportant to
+claim his attention, while, at the same time, he gave due regard
+to the major points in his business. His executive force and
+management were many times called forth in other connections.
+
+He had voice in the control of many important business and
+financial interests and in affairs of a public and semi-public
+character. He was a director of the Canadian branch of the
+Liverpool & London & Globe Insurance Company, the Montreal
+Transportation Company, the Canadian Appraisal Company, the
+Electric Flour Patents Company, the E. N. Heney Company, the
+Royal Bank of Canada, the Manitoba Assurance Company, and was
+president of the Keystone Transportation Company and of the
+Canada Appraisal Company. He was also the originator of the
+Kaministiqua Power Company and of a large number of other
+enterprises which contributed to the history of the country in
+its commercial and financial development.
+
+As stated, Mr. Thompson was a prominent figure in relation to
+many public and semi-public interests. He was a governor of the
+Winnipeg General Hospital; and a life governor of the Protestant
+Hospital for the Insane, the Western Home and the Boys’ Home.
+In 1908 he lectured on Plain Business Facts. He was president
+of the Winnipeg Industrial Exchange Association and of the
+Winnipeg Board of Trade. He was likewise a vice president of the
+Winnipeg Rowing Club; president and patron of the local branch
+of the Royal Caledonia Curling Club, and honorary president of
+the Winnipeg Hockey Club. He was a director of the Montreal
+Association for the Blind, governor of the Montreal Western
+Hospital, councilor of the Montreal Board of Trade, and in
+Montreal no less than in Winnipeg he was greatly interested in
+all public enterprises and philanthropic undertakings. In 1903 he
+was a delegate to the Fifth Commercial Congress of the Empire.
+
+In the previous year Mr. Thompson received the Prince and
+Princess of Wales, now King George and Queen Mary, at the Ogilvie
+Mill in Winnipeg and subsequently presented the Princess with
+the picture of the largest flour mill in the British Empire. It
+was in the same year that the largest shipment of flour to South
+America from the Dominion of Canada was made.
+
+In 1882 Mr. Thompson was united in marriage to Miss Wilhelmina
+Reid, a daughter of the late William Reid of Bedford, province of
+Quebec, and their children were Marion, Fred, Alice and Helen.
+The first named became the wife of D. C. Rea, of Winnipeg,
+manager of the Royal Bank. Mr. Thompson was prominently known in
+club and social circles, holding membership in the St. James,
+Mount Royal, Canada, Forest and Stream, Royal Montreal Golf,
+Montreal Jockey, and Auto and Aero Clubs; Montreal Amateur
+Athletic Association; the Montreal Curling Club; the Rideau Club
+of Ottawa; the Constitutional of London; Manitoba of Winnipeg;
+and the York Club of Toronto.
+
+Perhaps no better estimate of the life and character of Mr.
+Thompson can be given than by quoting from an editorial which
+appeared in one of the papers at the time of his demise and which
+read:
+
+“Death has within a year robbed the Canadian milling industry of
+its two most prominent leaders. During the years which brought
+Robert Meighen and Frederick William Thompson to the top, the
+flour milling industry underwent an expansion and consolidation
+second only to that of the transportation industry and the
+metal industries. The process was peculiarly favorable to the
+rise of men of strong personal character and large intellectual
+capacity. It is not surprising, therefore, to find the leaders
+of the industry taking a larger part in the public life of the
+country than those of almost any other business. Without ever
+seeking office or public honors, for which indeed the cares of
+his business left him no time, the late Mr. Thompson exercised a
+very wide and effective influence upon the beliefs and policies
+of Canada in business matters. When he spoke it was not as a mere
+expert miller, but as an authority of the widest knowledge; and
+as he never wasted a public utterance by dealing with any matter
+on which he was not perfectly informed, he was listened to with a
+respect which neither his wealth nor his business success alone
+could have commanded. There are men still living who can remember
+when the flour milling of Canada was carried on in hundreds
+of small local mills under separate ownership. The process of
+centralizing the industry has been pretty well completed now;
+such companies as that of which Mr. Thompson was the active head
+are national in their scope and the extent of their properties.
+
+“He has been cut off in the prime of life and it is difficult to
+conjecture what further progress of organization he might have
+participated in, had he lived. Whatever it might be, we can be
+sure that the interests of Canada would have been advantaged, for
+he was a thorough Canadian by birth and by conviction and ever
+regarded the milling industry less as a source of wealth than
+as a factor in Canada’s greatness. In these days the best and
+most practical form of patriotism is frequently to be found in
+business.”
+
+
+WILLIAM H. HOPE.
+
+William H. Hope, for more than thirty years an active business
+man on St. Catherine Street, near Mansfield, was born, March
+9, 1840, in the north of England, and died September 11, 1903,
+so that his life span compassed sixty-three years. He came to
+Montreal as a young man and on July 26, 1878, was married in
+this city to Miss Mary E. Percy. Their family numbered seven
+children: Lena, who is Mrs. Thomas Bradley, now a resident of
+New York city; Eva, the wife of Rev. Hunter Laverie, of Forest,
+Ontario; William G., of Portland, Oregon; Adam V., who died in
+infancy; Sadie, who is the wife of George Wanless, of Outremont;
+Clifford R.; and Elsie.
+
+Mr. Hope was a well known business man, conducting an art store
+at one location for over thirty years. His business integrity was
+above question and he was respected by all who knew him. In his
+political faith he was a conservative, but did not take an active
+part in politics. He was interested, however, in the promotion
+of athletic and outdoor sports for the young. A man of domestic
+taste, he found his greatest happiness at his own fireside, doing
+everything in his power to promote the welfare of his wife and
+children. He held membership in St. Paul’s Presbyterian church
+and his life was actuated by high and honorable principles that
+made him a thorough gentleman, courteous, kindly and considerate
+at all times.
+
+
+JAMES O’CONNOR.
+
+Prominent in the business and financial life of the city, James
+O’Connor was numbered among Montreal’s well known and successful
+business men. He was born at St. Alphonse, province of Quebec,
+and when a young man in his teens, came to Montreal at which
+time his capital was but little more than his energy, pluck and
+determination. From the time of his arrival here his attention
+was largely concentrated upon business affairs and he wisely
+improved his time and opportunities, thus advancing step by step
+until he reached the plane of affluence. For many years he had
+charge of the wholesale pork packing house on Williams Street and
+there laid the foundation for his fortune.
+
+For a number of years before his death, Mr. O’Connor had largely
+confined his business activities to the stock market, where he
+was a prominent figure. While a man of sound judgment and keen
+business sagacity, one of his strongest characteristics was
+his great courage and persistency. During the great financial
+depression of 1907, when security values were slumping in a
+manner that brought financial ruin to many, Mr. O’Connor’s
+fortune suffered a large shrinkage. He had confidence in the
+future, however, and the pluck to hold on, with the result that
+he recouped his losses and added substantially to his fortune,
+which was estimated at over a half million dollars at the time of
+his retirement.
+
+He was one of the largest individual holders of Dominion Steel
+preferred and also an extensive holder of the common stock. He
+was likewise a heavy stockholder in the Dominion Coal Company.
+
+All his life he was a man of business, which through careful
+attention brought him substantial as well as honorable success.
+Mr. O’Connor was a figure that attracted attention and he made
+lasting friendships in business as well as in private life.
+He was known as a man of his word, and always ready to lend a
+helping hand to those less fortunate in life’s battle. Many of
+his acts of kindness and substantial assistance were known only
+to the recipients. His acquaintance was large and included the
+prominent business and public men of his time.
+
+[Illustration: JAMES O’CONNOR]
+
+Mr. O’Connor held membership in St. Anthony’s Catholic church and
+in politics he was a conservative. In his habits and tastes, he
+was most domestic, finding his greatest pleasure in administering
+to the welfare and happiness of his family. The most envious
+could not begrudge him his success, so honorably was it won and
+so worthily used for the benefit and assistance of others. His
+nature was one of extreme generosity and his example is worthy of
+emulation.
+
+His sudden death on April 15, 1909, left a widow, a son and two
+daughters. James O’Connor is a resident of Montreal; Margaret
+resides at home; and Laura Esther is now Mrs. G. F. Hemsley.
+Mrs. O’Connor previous to her marriage which took place in St.
+Patrick’s church, Montreal, was Miss Catherine Curran, a daughter
+of John Curran, a prominent and distinguished citizen of this
+city.
+
+
+HARRIS VINEBERG.
+
+Among the mercantile institutions of Montreal is that of H.
+Vineberg & Company, clothing manufacturers for the trade, the
+inception and building up of which business is entirely due to
+the indefatigable efforts of H. Vineberg. The firm occupies
+what is known as Vineberg’s building, eight stories in height.
+Hundreds of young men have learned their trade and received their
+start in this establishment, and that many of them today occupy
+creditable positions in life is in a measure due to the lofty
+principles which are the policy of the firm. Many have profited
+by Mr. Vineberg’s kindly advice, who took an interest in each
+employe of his large enterprise and who, moreover, often helped
+them to begin their career in the right direction. Mr. Vineberg
+has aided many men who are today prominent in professional life
+in the city and has ever taken a deep interest in charitable and
+church organizations, having particularly given his aid to those
+who came to this country in straitened circumstances in order to
+enjoy the privileges of British freedom, British institutions and
+the prosperity held out to all who but want to grasp it in the
+vast Canadian commonwealth.
+
+Harris Vineberg was born in 1855, on the 25th of December, a
+Jewish feast day called Chanuka, in Zidugira, Russian Poland.
+Zidugira means Jewish bush, and his ancestors owned the vast
+forests in Poland from which this name is derived. It may be
+mentioned in this connection that the cable address used by the
+house of H. Vineberg & Company today is “Zidugira,” perpetuating
+in a manner the memory of that place which gave birth to him and
+whence he sallied forth into the world to build his fortune. It
+seems that this reverent attitude toward his birthplace, toward
+his parents and toward his people has been the guiding star over
+Mr. Vineberg’s career, the star which has led him to the goal.
+His parents were Lazarus and Malca Vineberg, the former of whom
+died in Palestine in 1901 and the latter in 1882.
+
+Their son Harris received a strictly orthodox education from
+private teachers. After having mastered the curriculum he
+assisted his father in the lumber business for the last two years
+which he spent in his native land. However, the young man could
+not content himself with the limitations which hedged him in on
+all sides under Russian rule and, coveting the opportunity of a
+wider sphere of action, he made up his mind to seek that country
+under which the greatest personal liberty, the greatest freedom
+of thought, the greatest tolerance of religious views prevailed.
+With an eye to the practical, he selected that part of the empire
+which seemed to him to hold out the greatest opportunity.
+
+In September, 1872, Mr. Vineberg came to Montreal on the
+steamship Sarmatian. A brother had broken the home ties with
+him and with this brother he worked one year in Glengarry
+county, where he acquired a fair knowledge of English. He then
+made for Montreal in order to profit by the opportunities
+which the fast growing center of population held out and for
+seven months he worked in a humble capacity, earning but two
+dollars a week. On Saturdays and Sundays he instructed two boys
+in the Hebrew language and in this manner earned sufficient
+to pay for his board. Quickly accommodating himself, however,
+to the new conditions of life, Mr. Vineberg never lost sight
+of his purpose and, husbanding his small resources, he strove
+eagerly to establish himself in business. He opened a small
+store at No. 662 Craig Street, near St. Peter, and devoted his
+whole time for one year to that establishment with such good
+success that at the end of that period he had to seek larger
+quarters on McGill Street, where he remained until 1876, when
+removal was made to Lancaster, Ontario. Careful of his profits,
+he was there enabled to establish a general country store of
+considerable size which he conducted for four years,--years
+which brought him added prosperity. Mr. Vineberg has ever held
+a warm place in his heart for the little village of Lancaster,
+to which he largely credits his commercial education. There he
+had already attained such prominence that he was moving in the
+best of circles and was associated with and sought out by the
+foremost men of that county. In 1880 Mr. Vineberg returned to
+Montreal, having definitely decided to engage in the manufacture
+of clothing and, beginning in a small way in a private house,
+he formed a partnership with G. Burnett under the firm style of
+G. Burnett & Company. Although the firm’s policy was such that
+it should have resulted in success, it was forced to close out
+in 1891 and liquidated in that year. Such means as Mr. Vineberg
+had acquired up to that time were swept away by this unfortunate
+venture, and when he started again in 1892, tenaciously holding
+to his purpose, he had to begin practically without capital.
+However, he enjoyed a good reputation and among his personal
+following were many who had utmost confidence in his integrity
+and ability. He secured the assistance of Mr. Westgate of the H.
+B. Knitting Company, and it was this combination which formed
+the beginning of Progress brand clothing, under which name the
+output of H. Vineberg & Company is favorably known to the trade
+in all the Dominion. His thorough understanding of the business,
+his capacity for detail, his executive ability and understanding
+of human nature led him to the position which he now occupies
+at the head of one of the leading establishments of its kind
+in the city. The firm was incorporated in 1908 and in 1912 was
+transformed into a joint stock company, of which Mr. Vineberg
+became the president.
+
+Although Mr. Vineberg’s mercantile interests are large, he has
+found time and opportunity to prove himself one of those men
+to whom the progress of the city and the welfare of its people
+is of foremost importance. Deeply grateful for such success as
+has come to him--and in his modest way not at all ascribing it
+to his personality, his energy, his patience, his judgment and
+industry--Mr. Vineberg welcomes the opportunity of giving to
+charitable institutions and of aiding those who strive to make
+a success of life. He has never forgotten how he once started
+himself--a poor Jewish boy without means and friends--and how he
+had to struggle to obtain a place in society. It is therefore
+but natural that he shows the deepest understanding and the
+greatest sympathy for those who today find themselves in similar
+conditions, even if these are not so trying as those which
+the young emigrant from the Sarmatian met. Mr. Vineberg is a
+director of the Jewish Colonization Institute, engaged in Jewish
+communal work. He was president of the Young Men’s Benevolent
+Hebrew Society from 1888 until 1892, during which time Baron de
+Hirsch sent the first ten thousand dollars with which the Baron
+de Hirsch Institute was founded. Before being president of this
+society, Mr. Vineberg was a director and in that capacity wrote
+to the famous Jewish philanthropist calling his attention to
+the needs of such an institution, and it was he who was largely
+instrumental in founding the institute at St. Elizabeth Street.
+In addition to his duties in connection with the Benevolent
+Hebrew Society for Young Men and the Baron de Hirsch Institute,
+Mr. Vineberg was one of those who were most active in promoting
+its religious school and he was chairman of the committee having
+charge over that department for many years. He is a member of
+the Spanish-Portuguese Synagogue and also of the English and
+German Synagogue on McGill College Avenue, in which latter he
+held the position of secretary for four years. He was one of the
+leading and most energetic spirits in moving the synagogue to
+McGill College Avenue from St. Constant Street, being at that
+time the secretary. He also is a director of the Hebrew Free Loan
+Association and a member of every Jewish charitable institution
+in Montreal. However, that his charity and his interest in those
+who are afflicted is not limited by creed is evident from the
+fact that he is a governor of the Montreal General Hospital.
+
+During his long business career Mr. Vineberg has been the mentor
+of many of the leading merchants and manufacturers of this city
+who began their careers in his employ and who learned their trade
+in his place and there laid the foundations of their fortunes.
+Hundreds of well-to-do families in Montreal have been able to
+establish themselves in comfortable circumstances through their
+connection with the house of Vineberg & Company. There are a
+number of professional men who occupy an honored place in their
+spheres of activities and who are indebted to Mr. Vineberg for
+timely help and advice and there are many who are well known in
+the city today who reached these shores as emigrants with small
+means, and friendless, and who found in him one who was willing
+to assuage such troubles as beset them.
+
+Mr. Vineberg is devoting much of his time to the care of his
+wife, a sufferer, and it is therefore but natural that he does
+not give so much of his time to the active operation of his large
+business interests, the management of the house of H. Vineberg
+& Company being entrusted largely to the husband of his eldest
+daughter. Yet he is still active and his advice is highly valued
+and often sought in commercial circles. He is a member of the
+Board of Trade and in that connection has always stood for
+things which would promote progress and prosperity in Montreal.
+He is a member of the Canadian Manufacturers Association and a
+director of the Canadian Credit Men’s Association. Although he is
+interested in all movements that make for efficient government of
+city, province and Dominion, for the highest type of sanitary
+system, the best health conditions, the beautification of the
+city, he has never actively entered the political arena.
+
+On October 23, 1876, Mr. Vineberg married Miss Lily Goldberg,
+daughter of the late Rev. Hyman Goldberg, who for a number of
+years was assistant minister of the Spanish-Portuguese Synagogue.
+Mr. and Mrs. Vineberg became the parents of three daughters:
+Libbie, who married Isidor Cohen, a member of H. Vineberg &
+Company; Eva, who married A. J. Hart, president and general
+manager of the Hart Manufacturing Company; and Malca, who is the
+wife of A. Z. Cohen, a member of the firm of L. Cohen & Sons.
+
+Mr. and Mrs. Vineberg have twelve grandchildren, and it may
+be mentioned as illustration of his deep affection for his
+family that the pictures of these children adorn the walls of
+his private office. When deeply engaged in business thoughts,
+these children’s faces, no doubt, smile to him encouragement and
+fill him with satisfaction in the knowledge that around him are
+growing up generations of his own blood who appreciate and love
+him for what he is to them and will honor him for what he has
+done to lighten their life’s burdens when they will occupy the
+stage of life’s activities.
+
+
+PHILEMON COUSINEAU, B. A., LL. D., K. C., M. L. A.
+
+As a member of the firm of Bastien, Bergeron, Cousineau, Lacasse
+& Jasmin, Philemon Cousineau, K. C., occupies a foremost position
+among the legal fraternity of Montreal. Moreover, he has gained
+a reputation as a legislator and is considered today one of the
+foremost authorities on constitutional law in the province. He
+has important commercial interests, and his career has had in
+its various aspects a lasting influence upon the growth and
+development of the city. He was born at St. Laurent, Quebec, on
+October 25, 1874, and is a son of Gervais and Angelique (Grou)
+Cousineau.
+
+Philemon Cousineau was educated at Sainte Therese College
+and Laval University, from which he graduated in 1896. Being
+called to the bar, he began the active practice of law in July
+of that year and has ever since continued with increasing
+success. He is professor of constitutional and municipal law at
+Laval University, which institution of learning conferred upon
+him the degree of LL. D., after he had presented a thesis on
+Corporations. He has also been for some time king’s counsel and
+enjoys a profitable and representative practice.
+
+Mr. Cousineau is extensively interested in industrial and
+financial projects which have had to do with the city’s progress,
+among them being the Mount Royal Telephone Company, of which he
+was president, and previous to its absorption by the Canadian
+Light & Power Company he was a director of the Saraguay Light &
+Power Company. He is also president of the St. Lawrence Tobacco
+Company. He was mayor of the town of St. Laurent from 1904 to
+1908 and both as an official and citizen has had no little to do
+with the progress of that flourishing town.
+
+In 1897 Mr. Cousineau was united in marriage to Miss Helmina
+Gendron, and they have four daughters. In politics Mr. Cousineau
+is a conservative and in 1908 was elected to the legislature of
+the province of Quebec from the county of Jacques Cartier and
+reelected in 1912. He is a trusted counselor of the party and has
+done far-reaching work on committees as well as on the floor of
+the house. Public-spirited in the most noble sense of the word,
+he has ever stood for that which is best for the greatest number.
+In 1913 he was delegate of the Canadian government to the general
+meeting of the International Institute Of Agriculture at Rome,
+Italy.
+
+[Illustration: PHILEMON COUSINEAU]
+
+
+EDOUARD NAPOLEON HEBERT.
+
+The house of Hébert has been one of the foremost families of the
+Dominion since the early dawn of Canadian history. One of the
+first Canadian farmers, Louis Hébert, arrived in Quebec with
+his family in 1617. Tradition has it that previously he passed
+some time in Acadia, where he “was the first to utilize the
+salt-water marshes of the Bay of Fundy by building dikes to keep
+out the tides.” He continued to cultivate the soil at Quebec and
+on February 28, 1626, as a reward to him and an encouragement
+to others, the Duc de Ventadour, viceroy of New France, issued
+a patent granting Hébert “in fief noble to him and his assigns
+forever” a seignorial domain on the River St. Charles, near
+Quebec, and confirming to him a concession made by the preceding
+viceroy, the Duc de Montmorency. It was expressly stated in the
+deed that these grants were made in consideration of Hébert’s
+“long and painful labors, perils and expenses, incessantly
+supported in the discovery of the lands of Canada and that he is
+the head of the first family which has settled and dwelt there
+since the year 1600 till now * * * having left his relations
+and friends to go and form this commencement of a colony of
+Christian people in those lands * * * which are deprived of the
+knowledge of God.” Charles Lecroix Hébert, a rich trader and the
+first farmer on the island of Montreal, built a residence in
+1655 on Jean Baptiste Street, which is still standing and which
+is shown in one of the illustrations of this history. Hébert,
+named Larivière, was born in 1633 and was a companion in arms of
+Dollard and present at the massacre of Long Sault in May, 1660.
+
+Edouard Napoléon Hébert was born in Montreal on March 10, 1874,
+and is a son of J. Napoléon Hébert, who was born January 14,
+1850. His father, Louis Hébert, the grandfather of our subject,
+was born in Quebec in 1810 or 1812 and from that city removed to
+Montreal, while his father was the proprietor of the Boulangerie
+du Roi (bakery of the king) at Quebec. This establishment was
+subsequently continued by one of his sons, a brother of the
+grandfather of our subject.
+
+E. Napoléon Hébert, in the acquirement of his education,
+attended Montcalm school of this city and subsequently improved
+his advantages by a commercial course. He entered upon active
+business life in connection with Hudon & Hébert, engaged in the
+grocery business, for whom he made customs entries and acted as
+assistant cashier. He is now treasurer of the “Twelve Companies”
+and largely engaged in the real-estate business, being a young
+man of very great ability, pleasant in manners and of sound
+judgment. In two years the “Twelve Companies” with which he is
+connected have disposed of properties to the value of eleven
+million dollars, which gives an indication of the magnitude of
+their transactions. Mr. Hébert is considered one of the best
+informed men as to realty values here and his advice and judgment
+are often sought by large investors and he has in many ways been
+instrumental in promoting the growth and furthering the welfare
+of his city. He is also interested in a cigar box factory which
+gives employment to eighty men.
+
+On July 7, 1891, at Montreal, Mr. Hébert was united in marriage
+to Miss Cécilia Drolet and they have become the parents of
+twelve children, four sons and eight daughters. The eldest son,
+Charles-Edouard, is married and the other three are Armand,
+Charles and Jean. The daughters are Gabrielle, Herminie,
+Adrienne, Cécile, Marie-Thérèse, Germaine, Gilberte and Paulette.
+
+In his political affiliations Mr. Hébert is a liberal, stanchly
+upholding the principles of his party. He is well known in
+fraternal orders, in most of which he has held important offices,
+being connected with the Independent Order of Foresters and the
+Canadian Order of Foresters. He is a member of the L’Alliance
+Nationale, of the Club Canadien and the Club St. Louis. His
+religious faith is that of the Catholic church and he is
+prominent in the church of the Immaculate Conception, in which
+for twenty-five years he has been organist. A man of great energy
+and vast information as regards his business, Mr. Hébert occupies
+a high place among the business men of Montreal and can ever be
+found in the front ranks of those who have at heart the welfare
+of their city. Although he has never cared to participate in
+official life, he gladly supports worthy public enterprises and
+enjoys the high respect and regard of all who come in contact
+with him in business or social relations.
+
+
+CHARLES SAMUEL JOHN PHILLIPS.
+
+Many of the organized efforts for benefiting the general
+interests of society have felt the stimulus of the cooperation
+and indorsement of Charles Samuel John Phillips, whose position
+in the business world is that of head of the firm of Morton,
+Phillips & Company, stationers and printers. He was born in
+Quebec on the 13th of October, 1844, and is a son of the late
+Thomas Osmond Phillips, of Quebec, and his wife, Agnes Ritchie
+Leslie, a daughter of Dr. S. W. H. Leslie, of the army medical
+department. He was but a youth of thirteen when he accompanied
+his parents to Montreal, where he has made his home continuously
+since 1857, being, therefore, one of the older residents of the
+city in years of continuous connection therewith.
+
+It was in Montreal that Mr. Phillips was married in 1873 to Miss
+Jessie Amelia Thomson, a daughter of the late William A. Thomson,
+and her death occurred in May, 1910.
+
+With the attainment of his majority Charles S. J. Phillips
+entered business life and gradually advanced to the position of
+head of the firm of Morton, Phillips & Company, stationers and
+printers, which business was established in 1869. His activities
+have been exerted with energy, force and effectiveness along
+other lines, some of which have been of a semi-public and others
+of a public character. He was formerly president of the Montreal
+Citizens League and of the Montreal Dispensary and is now a
+director of the Citizens Association. He is likewise a member of
+the Business Men’s League and is a director of the Mount Royal
+Cemetery Company. He belongs to the Natural History Society and
+is deeply interested in the Boys Home, of which he is honorary
+treasurer, and the Boys Farm and Training School at Shawbridge,
+Quebec. He has been a student of the important political,
+economic and sociological questions and has investigated
+conditions which bear directly upon the interests of society at
+large in its relation to citizenship and the opportunities which
+are placed before the individual for his normal development and
+advancement. His religious faith is that of the Baptist church,
+and his political belief that of the conservative party. He is
+well known as a member of the Montreal and Canadian Clubs. While
+the winter months are spent in the city, he has an attractive
+summer home, Mes Délices, at Notre Dame du Portage on the St.
+Lawrence.
+
+
+ALEXANDER GEORGE CAMERON.
+
+Alexander George Cameron is one of the younger representatives
+of the legal profession in Montreal. Since his admission to the
+bar in 1910 he has made continuous progress. He was born in
+Winchester, Ontario, May 11, 1884, a son of Alexander and Louise
+(Reddick) Cameron, the former a native of Inverness, Scotland,
+while the latter is of Canadian birth.
+
+In the public schools of Winchester Alexander G. Cameron laid the
+foundation for his education. He was a student in the Morrisburg
+Collegiate Institute and received his law training in McGill
+University, from which he was graduated B. C. L. with the class
+of 1910. He at once entered upon the practice of law. His name
+is also well known in the business world, being a director of
+several commercial enterprises.
+
+Mr. Cameron is known in military circles, being a captain in
+the Fifth Royal Highlanders of Canada. His political allegiance
+is given to the conservative party, and he is prominent in club
+circles, his membership being in the Royal St. Lawrence Yacht
+Club, the Manitou Club, the Kaniwakee Golf Club, the Beaconsfield
+Golf Club, the University Club, the Montreal Club and the
+Montreal Art Association. He is a Presbyterian in religious
+belief.
+
+
+GILBERT SCOTT.
+
+Gilbert Scott was for many years a resident of Montreal and
+a witness of its development and progress. He came to rank
+prominently among the representatives of commercial and
+financial interests and for an extended period was a member of
+the Dow Brewery Company of this city. He was born at Chagford,
+Devonshire, England, April 16, 1820. In early life he was a clerk
+in a bank in London and came to Montreal in 1845. In the ’60s he
+entered into partnership with William Dow, a well known Montreal
+brewer and continued in active connection with the business until
+his life’s labors were ended on the 9th of June, 1891, when he
+was seventy-one years of age. The other members of the firm at
+various times were John Harris, A. C. Hooper, J. Philip Scott,
+son of Gilbert Scott, Angus Hooper and Major George Hooper.
+Capable management led to the continuous growth and success of
+the business until the year 1912, when the Dow Brewery became a
+part of the National Breweries Company.
+
+Gilbert Scott was connected officially with many large financial
+and commercial institutions and was well posted upon financial
+and commercial matters, but his fund of knowledge went further
+and made him familiar with many other questions and interests
+of the day. He was a director of the Bank of Montreal;
+senior partner of the Dow Brewery Company; president of the
+Intercolonial Mining Company; vice president of the Shedden
+Company; a director of the North British and Mercantile Insurance
+Company, and of the Canada Sugar Refining Company.
+
+Mr. Scott was married to Miss Janet Cooper of London, England,
+who died in 1875. He was survived by one son, James Philip, who
+was a member of the Dow Brewery Company from 1876 until his
+death, in 1898, and four daughters.
+
+Mr. Scott was a member of St. Paul’s Lodge of Masons and was
+always loyal to the teachings and purposes of the craft. He had
+vivid recollections of the important points in the history of
+Montreal, from the time when he located here in 1845, until his
+death. As a man, he possessed many attractive social qualities
+and was beloved by a large circle of friends.
+
+
+JOSEPH RIELLE.
+
+In the long years of an active professional career Joseph Rielle
+has made continuous advancement until he stands today not only
+as a veteran civil engineer and surveyor, but also as one of the
+most capable representatives of his chosen calling in Montreal.
+Each year has found him in advance of the position which he
+occupied the previous year, because of his developing powers and
+growing ability. He was born at Laprairie on the 6th of October,
+1833, and received his initial business training with the firm of
+Ostell & Perrault, architects and land surveyors, whose service
+he entered in 1850 when a youth of seventeen years. He continued
+with that firm for four years and then became assistant to Mr.
+John Page, chief engineer of public works. He next accepted the
+position of assistant engineer to the harbor commission and
+eventually entered upon the general practice of land surveying in
+Montreal and the surrounding district. He has been connected with
+extensive surveys for the Grand Trunk and the Canadian Pacific
+Railways and the harbor commissioners of Montreal and in addition
+to his general practice has made a number of important hydraulic
+surveys. In 1904 he was presented with a testimonial by members
+of the society of land surveyors to mark the fiftieth anniversary
+of his entry into civil engineering and land surveying.
+
+While this has been his chief life activity, Mr. Rielle has
+done important work in other connections. He was formerly
+vice president of the Pontiac Pacific Junction Railway, and
+he has done much work of a public and semi-public character,
+whereby the general interests of the country at large have been
+greatly promoted. He was secretary and manager of the Montreal
+Turnpike Trust for about fifteen years. He was a member of
+the council of Verdun, Montreal, from 1875 until 1900 and was
+intrusted with many important public works. He is a life governor
+of the House of Industry and Refuge, also of the Montreal General
+Hospital, and is president of the Fraser Institute and Free
+Public Library of Montreal. His activities have been of a nature
+that have contributed largely to the general development and
+good, but he has never taken an active part in politics.
+
+[Illustration: JOSEPH RIELLE]
+
+Mr. Rielle married Miss Jeannie T. Goldie of Laprairie, P. Q.,
+who was vice president of the Montreal Industrial Rooms and who
+died in June, 1904. Mr. Rielle has his home at No. 90 Union
+Avenue and is a member of the St. James Club. He has now reached
+the advanced age of more than eighty years, but is still active
+in his profession and in spirit and interest seems yet a man in
+the prime of life.
+
+
+JOHN STUART BUCHAN.
+
+No phase of life affecting the political and local status of the
+province or its educational or moral development fails to elicit
+the attention and interest of John Stuart Buchan and seldom
+fails to receive his hearty cooperation and support. He is ever
+willing to divide his time between his profession and public
+service, recognizing ever the duties as well as the privileges
+of citizenship and the obligations which devolve upon man in
+relation to his fellowmen. He is well known as a practitioner
+at the bar and his reputation as a capable lawyer has been well
+earned. He was born at St. Andrews, P. Q., October 28, 1852,
+the only son of the late William and Katherine (Stuart) Buchan,
+of St. Andrews. The family is descended from the old earls of
+Buchan. After attending public schools of his native city John
+S. Buchan entered McGill University and won his B. C. L. degree
+in 1884. He had determined to make the practice of law his life
+work, and following his graduation he became an advocate, since
+which time he has continued a representative of the Montreal
+bar. Here he has worked his way up to leadership and in 1899 was
+created a king’s counsel. For almost a third of a century he has
+been engaged in practice here, and his ability has long since
+placed him in a position of distinction among the leaders of the
+legal profession in Montreal. At one time he was a member of the
+editorial staff of the Canadian Jurist, and in 1904 he was a
+royal commissioner for the revision of the provincial statutes.
+Thus important governmental problems in connection with his
+profession have elicited his deep interest and called forth his
+abilities.
+
+In 1885 Mr. Buchan was married to Miss Katherine McMartin, the
+second daughter of F. McMartin, of St. Andrews. She died in
+August, 1894, and in 1896 Mr. Buchan wedded Annie, the eldest
+daughter of the late J. H. Henderson, of Montreal.
+
+Mr. Buchan is an attendant of Christ’s Church Cathedral, while
+his political faith is that of the liberal party. Political
+honors and emoluments have had no attraction for him. His
+activities, however, along other lines relating to the welfare
+and progress of city and province have been resultant. He acted
+as solicitor of the Lord’s Day Alliance of the province for a
+time. He was also chosen a life governor of the Montreal Boys
+Home in 1911 and many movements having broad humanitarianism as
+their basis have received his indorsement. He is likewise the
+vice president of the Natural History Society of Montreal. He is
+not unknown in literary circles for under the nom-de-plume of
+Douglas Erskine he has published “A Bit of Atlantis” and “Some
+Notes on Mount Royal,” and various other papers of a scientific
+nature. When questions of public welfare are at stake he is never
+weighed in the balance and found wanting, and his support of any
+project and measure is not the result of a hasty conclusion.
+On the contrary he brings to all vital questions the habits of
+the lawyer, carefully analyzing and weighing the points in a
+situation and then giving his support thereto as the result of a
+firm belief in the worth or righteousness of the case.
+
+
+ARCHIBALD MURRAY CASSILS.
+
+Archibald Murray Cassils, who as a wholesale leather merchant
+gained an enviable business standing, while attractive social
+qualities won him many friends, was but forty-eight years of age
+at the time of his death, which occurred March 6, 1891. He was
+born in July, 1843, in Renton, Dumbartonshire, Scotland, a son
+of John and Margaret (Murray) Cassils. His education was there
+acquired and he remained in his native land until 1856, when he
+came to Montreal where a brother was residing. For a number of
+years he was engaged in merchandising in connection with the
+wholesale leather business, and made for himself an enviable
+place in commercial circles, by reason of his enterprise, his
+progressiveness and his business integrity. Gradually his trade
+grew owing to his capable control of his interests, and success
+in a substantial measure rewarded his labors.
+
+In September, 1873, in Montreal, Mr. Cassils was married to Miss
+Eva A. Shaw, and they became the parents of three children:
+Marcia A., the wife of George P. Butters; William A., who died in
+1906; and Angus Shaw Cassils.
+
+Mr. Cassils was a member of the Masonic order and the American
+Presbyterian church and his religious belief guided him in all
+the relations of life, making him a man of high principle and
+kindly spirit, straightforward in action and thoroughly reliable
+in all things. While more than two decades have passed since he
+was called from this life, he is yet kindly remembered by all who
+knew him owing to his gracious presence and his sterling worth.
+
+
+GEORGE CAMPBELL MACDOUGALL.
+
+George Campbell MacDougall, recognized as one of the ablest
+members of the brokerage profession, had not passed the fiftieth
+milestone on life’s journey when death called him. He was born
+June 6, 1843, in Ringmore, Devonshire, England, a son of Major
+MacDougall, who belonged to the King’s Own Borders, and in 1857
+came to Montreal. His son, George C. MacDougall, was educated
+in the schools of this city, passing through consecutive grades
+to the high school and afterward attending McGill University.
+Throughout his active business career he was identified with
+financial interests. He became a clerk in the Bank of Montreal,
+worked his way upward until his experience, combined with his
+recognized capability led to his assignment to a responsible
+position with the New York city branch of the Bank of Montreal.
+He remained in the American metropolis for a few years and while
+in New York won several prizes for horsemanship at horse shows
+there. He afterward entered the Lounsbury & Tenshaw Brokerage
+Company, acquainted himself with the brokerage business and
+returned to Montreal, where he formed a partnership with his
+brother, Hartland St. Clair MacDougall, continuing in the
+brokerage business until his death. The firm gained an extensive
+clientage that made the business one of large volume.
+
+Mr. MacDougall was married twice. He first wedded Miss C. J.
+Bridges and they had one son, H. B. MacDougall. In 1887, in
+Montreal, Mr. MacDougall was married to Miss Mary L. Macdonald, a
+daughter of Hon. Donald Alexander Macdonald, a well known figure
+in public life, serving as postmaster general in the Mackenzie
+administration at Ottawa from 1873 until 1875, and as lieutenant
+governor of Ontario from 1875 until 1880. He married Catherine,
+daughter of Hon. Alexander Fraser, M. L. C., of Fraserville,
+Ontario. To George C. and Mary L. (Macdonald) MacDougall was born
+a daughter, Beatrice.
+
+Mr. MacDougall was well known as a sportsman, was an expert
+rider and was the owner of some fine horses. He was likewise
+a prominent member of many clubs, including the St. James,
+Montreal, Jockey, Forest and Stream and Hunt Clubs. His death
+occurred March 31, 1892, and although he was then at the
+comparatively early age of forty-nine years, he had achieved
+distinction in his line of business and as a sportsman had gained
+wide friendship among many of the most distinguished citizens of
+the province.
+
+
+JOSEPH CHARLES HECTOR DUSSAULT.
+
+Joseph Charles Hector Dussault, a graduate of Laval University
+and thus carefully trained for the profession to which he has
+devoted his life, has been actively engaged in the practice
+of law in Montreal since 1899. His course has been marked by
+continuous progress until he has gained a creditable position
+among the forceful, capable representatives of the bar. He was
+born at Sherbrooke, Quebec, on the 19th of November, 1876, a son
+of N. T. and Malvina (Deseve) Dussault, the former a merchant of
+Sherbrooke, who was born there more than seventy years ago and is
+still engaged in business in that city. He is well known in the
+eastern townships and is recognized as a man of prominence in his
+community.
+
+Liberal educational opportunities were accorded Joseph C. H.
+Dussault, who pursued commercial and classical courses in the
+Seminary of Sherbrooke. Reviewing the broad field of industrial,
+commercial and professional activity, he determined upon the
+practice of law as a life work and in preparation therefor
+entered Laval University at Montreal. On the completion of the
+regular law course he was graduated and in 1899 received the
+degree of Master of Laws. The same year he was admitted to
+practice at the bar of the province of Quebec and entered alone
+upon the active work of the profession. Advancement at the bar
+is proverbially slow, yet he had as the basis of success broad
+and thorough understanding of the principles of jurisprudence and
+gradually worked his way upward. After three years he formed a
+partnership with J. A. Mercier and in January, 1912, they were
+joined by a third partner, P. L. Dupuis under the firm style
+of Dussault, Mercier & Dupuis. Mr. Dussault has ever been very
+careful in the preparation of his cases. His mind is naturally
+analytical, logical and inductive and, therefore, his reasoning
+is clear, his argument sound and his deductions clear and
+convincing. He is also identified with financial activities as
+one of the organizers and directors of the Merchants & Employers
+Guarantee & Accident Company.
+
+On the 1st of October, 1906, in Montreal, Mr. Dussault was
+married to Miss Alice Dupuis, a daughter of J. O. Dupuis, one
+of the founders of Dupuis Freres of Montreal. Her father is
+also widely known in political as well as commercial circles,
+his opinions carrying weight in party councils. He served as
+alderman of Montreal and has been active in molding public
+thought and opinion. That confidence is reposed in his business
+ability and integrity is indicated in the fact that he was one
+of the liquidators of the defunct Ville Marie Bank. Unto Mr. and
+Mrs. Dussault have been born three children, Jeanne, Marcelle
+and Jacques. The religious faith of the family is that of the
+Roman Catholic church. Mr. Dussault is a conservative and strong
+protectionist. His interest in politics is not a superficial one,
+and he keeps well versed on the questions and issues of the day,
+yet political honors and emoluments have no attraction for him.
+He finds recreation through his connection with St. Andrew’s
+Curling Club, of which he is a charter member. He now has a wide
+acquaintance in his adopted city, where his developing powers
+have brought him professional success, while sterling traits of
+manhood have gained him place among the highly esteemed citizens.
+
+
+ERNEST R. DECARY.
+
+Ernest R. Decary, senior member of Decary, Barlow & Joron,
+one of the foremost firms of notaries in Montreal, occupies a
+distinguished professional position, viewed not only from the
+extent, but as well from the prominence of his clientele. Mr.
+Decary is a native of Montreal and was born on December 9, 1878.
+He received an excellent education, graduating with the degree of
+Bachelor of Arts from St. Mary’s Jesuit College and beginning his
+business career alone, subsequently joined with him Mr. Barlow
+and Mr. Joron, and he has since continued in that relationship.
+This firm specializes in railway and bank work and they have come
+to occupy a position second to none in Montreal professional
+circles.
+
+Mr. Decary personally acts as notary for the Canadian Pacific
+Railway, the Canadian Northern and the Dominion and Traders Banks
+and the Canadian Express Company, as well as for many other
+institutions and corporations.
+
+Although Mr. Decary has never aspired to political office, he
+is deeply interested in the growth and expansion of his city
+and readily gives of his time and means in support of worthy
+enterprises. In politics he is a liberal. He is a member of
+the Montreal, Royal Montreal Golf, University, Royal St. Lawrence
+Yacht, and Lachine Boating and Canoe Clubs, and has views upon
+business and social conditions. Yet a comparatively young man, he
+occupies a position of dignity in the life of the city to which
+his ripe judgment on matters of a commercial or legal nature
+fully entitles him.
+
+[Illustration: ERNEST R. DECARY]
+
+
+BENJAMIN NAPOLEON LADOUCEUR.
+
+One of the well known legal practitioners of Montreal and a
+notary public, Benjamin Napoléon Ladouceur has a clientele both
+representative and important. He is yet a young man, barely
+thirty years of age, but has demonstrated his ability to capably
+handle the most intricate legal problems. He was born on the
+15th of January, 1883, at Ste. Marie de Monnoir, and is a son
+of Mathias and Azilda Ste. Marie Ladouceur, both natives of
+Ste. Marie de Monnoir. The paternal grandfather was Benjamin
+Ladouceur, called Martin, his birthplace being Côté des Neiges.
+His wife was Cèleste Vient, a native of Ste. Marie de Monnoir.
+The grandfather in the maternal line was Jean Baptiste Ste. Marie
+and his wife was Henriette Bédard, also natives of Ste. Marie de
+Monnoir.
+
+Benjamin Napoléon Ladouceur was educated at the College of Ste.
+Marie de Monnoir and took his law degrees at Laval University
+in July, 1910. He has since engaged in practice in Montreal and
+also acts as notary public. No long novitiate awaited him for he
+soon demonstrated his ability along legal lines and now enjoys
+an important and lucrative practice. In his political views he
+is a nationalist, a party which has for its aim the amelioration
+of certain conditions of government which make not for the best
+of the masses. In some ways it may be said that it is similar to
+the progressive movement in the United States and this movement
+has largely for its object a restricting influence upon political
+malpractices. Mr. Ladouceur also interests himself along other
+public and semi-public lines although he has never cared for
+official positions. He is loyal to the city of his adoption and
+ever ready to give his share of time and money in promoting her
+interests.
+
+
+WILLIAM RUTHERFORD.
+
+The steps in the orderly progression of William Rutherford
+whereby he has reached his present advanced position in business
+circles of Montreal are easily discernible and each forward step
+has brought him a broader outlook and wider opportunities. Born
+in Montreal, April 22, 1864, he is a son of William and Elizabeth
+(Jackson) Rutherford, both of whom are of Scotch birth, the
+former coming from Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, and the latter from
+Biggar, Lanarkshire. They were representatives of the excellent
+Scotch type that has done so much for Canada and its substantial
+upbuilding. The father was a member of the first council of
+Cote St. Antoine, which afterward became Westmount. He was an
+enthusiastic curler and greatly enjoyed other outdoor sports.
+His interests, however, were largely concentrated upon the
+development and management of important business interests. He
+founded the lumber firm of William Rutherford & Sons in 1852 and
+was largely instrumental in developing it into one of the most
+extensive lumber enterprises of Canada.
+
+In the acquirement of his education William Rutherford attended
+successively the schools of Cote St. Antoine, the high school
+of Montreal and the private school conducted by Hon. E. H.
+Springrice. He crossed the threshold of the business world
+as a junior clerk with Gillespie, Moffat & Company, general
+merchants, and subsequently became a clerk for the Pillow Hersey
+Manufacturing Company, owners of rolling mills, etc. Subsequently
+he entered the firm of William Rutherford & Sons of Montreal and
+upon the incorporation of the company became its treasurer. The
+business is today conducted under the style of William Rutherford
+& Sons Company, Ltd., dealers in and manufacturers of lumber and
+timber. The business is now one of mammoth proportions and in his
+official capacity William Rutherford of this review is bending
+his energies to administrative direction and executive control.
+Into other fields he has also extended his efforts and his
+business interests are now of considerable volume and importance,
+placing him among the prominent representatives of commercial and
+industrial activity in the province. He is now the president of
+the Dominion Box Company, Ltd., of the Grier Timber Company and
+the Dominion Park Realty Company, Ltd.
+
+On the 16th of May, 1894, in Montreal, Mr. Rutherford married
+Miss Ida Bulmer, a daughter of John Bulmer and a representative
+of a well known Montreal family. Their children are William J.,
+John B., Jean, Andrew S. and Marjorie. Presbyterians in religious
+faith, the family hold membership in St. Andrew’s church of
+Westmount. Mr. Rutherford is a liberal in politics, conversant
+with the leading questions and issues of the day. He has filled
+a number of local offices, having been elected alderman of
+Westmount in 1908, while in 1910 he was chosen mayor of the
+city. In 1913 he was made school commissioner of the city and in
+1912-13 was a member of the executive committee of the Canadian
+Manufacturers Association. He is also a member of the committee
+of St. Andrew’s Society, while along more strictly social lines
+his membership is in the Canada, Engineers, Manitou and North
+Lake Fish and Game Clubs. His success permits him that leisure
+which enables him to enjoy fishing, hunting and other outdoor
+and indoor sports, but he is preeminently a business man and one
+whose successful methods might be studied by all who wish to gain
+prosperity within the legitimate lines of business.
+
+
+CARL ROSENBERG.
+
+Among the mercantile houses of Montreal the British American
+Import Company occupies a place of prominence and importance.
+Under this firm style Carl Rosenberg is connected with Canadian
+trade interests. Mr. Rosenberg was born in Kishenev, Russia,
+on the 15th of July, 1870, a son of Wolf and Bessie (Dachis)
+Rosenberg, both now residents of Montreal. The former has now
+retired from active business life.
+
+Carl Rosenberg was one of those who did not find the
+opportunities which he sought in his native country and, seeking
+the benefits of British freedom, selected the Dominion of Canada
+for his field of operation and came to Montreal twenty-five years
+ago, or in 1889, when a young man of about nineteen years. After
+his arrival he went into partnership with a cousin, who had
+preceded him to the Dominion and who was engaged in the importing
+and dry-goods jobbing business. The name of the firm was
+Shiller & Rosenberg and they continued for two years, when the
+partnership was dissolved and Mr. Rosenberg became the leading
+factor in the establishment of the British American Import
+Company, who opened their place of business on St. Paul Street,
+Montreal. His ability as a merchant, his ready understanding of
+local market conditions and his indefatigable energy led to such
+growth of business that in 1909 the firm was enabled to put up a
+large building of their own at 516 St. Lawrence boulevard, into
+which they moved in 1910. The British American Import Company
+occupies a leading place in its line in Montreal and their
+reputation is of the highest. Its success is largely due to the
+executive ability of Mr. Rosenberg, its founder.
+
+In 1888, when but eighteen years of age, Mr. Rosenberg, while yet
+in Europe, was married to Miss Clara Sperling and to them were
+born the following children: Hannah, who married Dr. Tannenbaum;
+Sarah, now Mrs. Aronson; and Madge, Rose, Sadie, David and Moses.
+
+Mr. Rosenberg is a liberal and, adhering to the faith of his
+fathers, he was during 1910-11 a director of the Baron de Hirsch
+Institute, but his fast expanding business interests forced him
+to relinquish this position. He is a justice of the peace; vice
+president of the Herzl Dispensary; a founder and an ex-president
+of the Jewish Eagle Publishing Company, holding the latter office
+for five years; and a member of Ionic Lodge, No. 54, of the
+Masonic order. He is a shrewd and able business man and his name
+and that of his firm stand for successful accomplishment in the
+trade annals of the city.
+
+
+REV. ALLAN PEARSON SHATFORD.
+
+Rev. Allan Pearson Shatford, known in Montreal and throughout the
+province of Quebec as a forceful and eloquent preacher, holding a
+high position in Masonic circles as grand chaplain of the grand
+lodge of Quebec and known in this city as most earnest, zealous
+and consecrated in his work as rector of the Church of St. James
+the Apostle, was born at St. Margaret’s Bay, Nova Scotia, and is
+a son of the late James E. Shatford, a resident of Indian Harbor.
+
+Rev. Allan P. Shatford acquired his education in King’s College
+in his native province, from which he was graduated B. A. with
+first class honors in English literature in 1895 and M. A. in
+1898. In the former year he was made curate of the Anglican
+church at Bridgewater, Nova Scotia, and served in that capacity
+until 1900, during which time he was ordained deacon in 1896 and
+priest in 1897. He was transferred from Bridgewater to North
+Sydney, Nova Scotia, where he remained as rector until 1906,
+moving in that year to Montreal, where he became assistant
+rector of the parish of St. James the Apostle. He was promoted
+to the position of rector in January, 1912, and still holds
+this position which is an important and responsible one, for
+the parish is one of the oldest and largest in Montreal. It was
+founded in 1864 by Canon Elligood and the first church was built
+by Mrs. Phillips on land donated by her. Canon Elligood continued
+as rector from 1864 to 1911, dying in December of that year
+at the advanced age of eighty-seven. He was succeeded by Rev.
+Allan P. Shatford, the present incumbent, who is ably carrying
+forward his predecessor’s work, giving his time, attention and
+unusual talents to the promotion of the interests of the parish
+and the spread of the doctrines in which he believes. There
+are about four hundred and fifty families in the congregation,
+and the church property is valued at seven hundred and fifty
+thousand dollars. Its administration calls for farsighted and
+capable work and Mr. Shatford has proved equal to the trust
+reposed in him, aiding the trustees in every possible way and
+proving his possession of unusual administrative ability and
+organizing power. The church has had some of the most famous
+ministers in Canada connected with its affairs at different
+times, Bishop Dumlin, of the diocese of Niagara, having been at
+one time assistant, as were also Bishop Duvernet, of Caledonia,
+and Dean Abbott, of Niagara. The affairs of the congregation
+are in a most flourishing and prosperous condition, and the
+people of the parish find in Mr. Shatford a minister well suited
+to their needs, a man sincere and high-minded in his aims, of
+scholarly attainments and well directed ability. His sermons show
+great force and power, and his lectures have gained him wide
+recognition, winning him mention by the Montreal Gazette as “an
+accomplished extempore speaker and a preacher of great power.”
+
+Mr. Shatford is well known in Masonic circles, exemplifying in
+his life the beneficent teachings of that order. He was grand
+chaplain of the grand lodge of Freemasons for Nova Scotia from
+1903 to 1906 and since that time has been grand chaplain of
+the grand lodge of Quebec province. He was a delegate to the
+Pan-Anglican Congress held in London in 1908; a delegate to the
+general synod and to the church congress held in Halifax, Nova
+Scotia, in 1910, speaking there in a forceful and telling way
+upon parochial problems. “Today,” in his opinion, “it is Canada
+for the world, and we think of England as the center of an empire
+which tends to the solidarity of the human race and the universal
+brotherhood of man.”
+
+
+VICTOR MORIN, LL. D.
+
+Victor Morin, prominent in connection with the legal profession
+as a practitioner and as professor of administrative law and
+doctor of laws in Laval University, is now at the head of the
+firm of Morin & Mackay, notaries of Montreal. His name is also
+well known in literary circles and his activities and his
+writings have had a far-reaching and beneficial effect upon
+public interests. Born at St. Hyacinthe, Quebec, on the 15th of
+August, 1865, he is a son of Jean Baptiste Morin and Aurelie
+(Cote) Morin. In the acquirement of his education he attended
+successively Girouard Academy, the St. Hyacinthe College, from
+which he was graduated B. A. in 1884, and Laval University, which
+conferred upon him the LL. B. degree in 1888 and that of LL. D.
+in 1910. He studied law in the office of Papineau, Morin & Mackay
+and was admitted to the practice of the notarial profession in
+1888. For a brief period thereafter he was a resident of Acton
+Vale, Quebec, but in 1890 returned to Montreal and is now senior
+member in the firm of Morin & Mackay. He is also custodian of the
+archives of his late partners, D. E. Papineau, C. F. Papineau,
+Durand and Morin, whose office was established in 1841. Aside
+from his business he has occupied many positions of importance
+and of public trust. While a resident of the town of Acton Vale
+he was secretary-treasurer of the town from 1888 until 1890.
+He has been treasurer of the board of notaries of the province
+of Quebec since 1897 and he has various important business
+connections. He was president of the Imperial Electric Light
+Company from 1899 until 1901, became secretary of the Montreal
+Real-Estate Association in 1904 and is now its president. He is
+likewise president of the Crédit Métropolitain, of the Caisse
+Hypothécaire, of the Montreal Debenture Corporation, of the
+Récollet Land Company, and of the Federal Real-Estate & Trust
+Company; vice president of the Security Life Insurance Company,
+and a director of the Provincial Life and of the Provincial Fire
+Insurance Companies. From 1897 to 1910, he was notary to the
+corporation of the city of Montreal and resigned this position
+in order to run for aldermanic honors. His high standing in his
+chosen profession is indicated by the fact that he has been
+made professor of administrative law in Laval University and is
+regarded as one of the prominent law educators of the country.
+His public-spirited citizenship finds expression in active
+support of many measures and movements for the public good and
+his cooperation can always be counted upon when the welfare
+of city, province or country is at stake. He has taken great
+interest for many years past in social questions, and is vice
+president general of the St. Jean Baptiste Society, the national
+association of French-Canadians. He was a director of Montreal
+Citizens Association from 1908 until 1910 and his position upon
+the temperance question is indicated by the fact that he is now
+the general secretary of the Montreal Anti-Alcoholic League.
+
+[Illustration: VICTOR MORIN]
+
+Prominent in the Independent Order of Foresters, Mr. Morin was
+its supreme vice chief ranger from 1898 to 1902, and has been
+its past supreme chief ranger since 1905; in 1895-6 he edited
+and published a paper in the interests of that fraternity called
+Le Forestier. Since 1890 he has delivered many lectures to
+fraternal societies and no man is better qualified to speak on
+the beneficent basic principles of the organization.
+
+His authorship has made Mr. Morin equally widely known. He was
+actively interested in the literary work of the Cercle Ville
+Marie as its secretary from 1886 until 1888. He is the author of
+Vingt Ans Après, the second edition of which was brought forth
+in 1909. He is silver medalist of the Ligue Nationale de la
+Prévoyance et de la Mutualité, of Paris, France, and honorary
+vice president of the Antiquarian and Numismatic Society of
+Montreal. His active interest in affairs of vital importance
+to the city has been manifest in his capable public service
+as alderman of Montreal, to which position he was elected in
+1910. His political support is given to the liberal party and
+his religious faith is that of the Roman Catholic church. He
+is prominent in club circles, is a member of the St. Denis and
+Reform Clubs, and is secretary of the Maison des Etudiants. His
+library, which is extensive and well selected, furnishes him his
+chief source of recreation and interest.
+
+Mr. Morin was married in 1893 at Biddeford, Maine, to Miss
+Fannie, daughter of the Hon. D. Cote. In 1896 he wedded
+Alphonsine, daughter of Victor Cote, of St. Hyacinthe. They
+reside at No. 703 St. Urbain Street with their eleven children,
+and spend their summer months in their attractive villa on the
+slope of Mount St. Bruno. His life has been so varied in its
+activities and so honorable in its purposes as to leave an
+indelible impress for good upon the community and through his
+professional, business and fraternal connections Mr. Morin has
+come to be recognized as one of the leading residents of Montreal.
+
+
+HUBERT ADOLPHE ELZEAR GRANDBOIS.
+
+Hubert Adolphe Elzéar Grandbois, who since October, 1911, has
+been connected with the notarial profession in Montreal, was born
+in St. Casimir, Port Neuf district, in the province of Quebec,
+on the 15th of January, 1876, a son of Michel Adolphe and Marie
+Aurée (Charest) Grandbois, the former a dealer in wood. The son
+pursued his classical education in the Seminary of Nicolet,
+from which he was graduated in 1895. He afterward entered upon
+the study of law in Laval University at Quebec, which conferred
+upon him the degree of Bachelor of Laws, in June, 1898. On the
+completion of his studies he was admitted to practice as a
+notary in the following September and located at St. Casimir,
+where he remained in active practice from September, 1898, until
+October, 1911. He then came to Montreal, where he has since
+remained and has attained high standing among the representatives
+of the profession owing to broad and accurate knowledge, close
+application and fidelity to the interests of his clients.
+
+Mr. Grandbois was married in the city of his nativity on the 7th
+of January, 1899, to Miss Marie Laetitia Belisle, a daughter of
+Octave Germain and Marguerite (Daly) Belisle. The children of
+this marriage are Marie Marguerite and Marie Laurette Grandbois.
+The religious faith of the family is that of the Catholic church,
+and Mr. Grandbois has membership with the Chevaliers de Colomb.
+
+
+JOHN EDGAR.
+
+The late John Edgar, who for many years was connected with the
+fur industry in Montreal, was born in Woodstock, Ontario, March
+12, 1843. During his boyhood the family removed to Hamilton,
+Ontario, where his school days were passed. He began his business
+career in the provision trade with Folingsby & Williamson in
+Hamilton and later came to Montreal as representative of that
+firm. Soon after his arrival in this city, or in 1866, he entered
+the firm of Greene & Sons Company, wholesale furriers, in
+which connection he worked his way upward, eventually becoming
+a partner in the business. About the year 1895, when Greene
+& Sons Company retired, Mr. Edgar succeeded to the business
+which he continued for some years under the firm name of Edgar,
+Swift & Company. When Mr. Swift retired Mr. Edgar formed a
+partnership with Mr. Charles Coristine under the firm name of
+Edgar, Coristine & Company, which relation was maintained for
+four years, after which Mr. Edgar continued the business alone
+until 1912, when he retired. He was one of the prominent furriers
+of the city, developing and building up a business of extensive
+proportions, and in commercial affairs his judgment was sound,
+his enterprise keen and his diligence unfaltering.
+
+In Montreal Mr. Edgar was united in marriage to Miss Selina
+Kidner and unto them were born five children, three sons and two
+daughters: John Hamilton, who is connected with the Canadian
+Pacific Railway; Frank Clifton, connected with the Royal Bank
+of Canada at Montreal; William Dewar, of the custom house of
+Montreal; Katie Selina; and Lillian Maud. The death of the
+husband and father occurred September 12, 1913, and was the
+occasion of deep regret to many with whom he had been closely
+associated in business and social circles. In politics he
+was a conservative but without aspiration for public office.
+He belonged to the Royal Albert Lodge of Masons and was a
+faithful member of the Church of St. James the Apostle. In those
+connections are indicated the principles which governed his life
+and guided him in all of his relations.
+
+
+CAMILLE TESSIER.
+
+Camille Tessier, a young man possessed of laudable ambition and
+determination, is making continuous progress in the field of
+his chosen profession--that of the practice of law. He was born
+at Berthierville, Quebec, July 26, 1887, a son of Dominique
+and Odile (Des Rosiers) Tessier, the former a merchant at
+Berthierville. He is descended from French ancestors who landed
+here with the pioneers of the country. Like the greater part
+of Canada’s first inhabitants, they were farmers and spent
+their whole lives in cultivating the lands which they had first
+courageously conquered from the wilderness and from the forest on
+the north side of the St. Lawrence river, thus contributing in
+large measure to the actual prosperity of the country.
+
+Camille Tessier was accorded liberal educational opportunities,
+which he improved, thus laying a broad foundation for his
+later success. He pursued a course in the commercial college
+of Berthierville, was a student in the Seminary of Joliette,
+attended St. Mary’s College at Montreal, Laval University at
+Montreal, in which he pursued his classical and professional
+courses, winning the Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws
+degrees. He subsequently attended Eastman’s Business College of
+Poughkeepsie, New York. As advocate, barrister and solicitor
+he is making for himself a creditable position in professional
+ranks. He has been a member of the Montreal bar since the 7th of
+July, 1910, and the thoroughness and care with which he prepares
+his cases and the logic of his deductions have gained him rank
+among those who are winning success in the difficult and arduous
+profession to which he devotes his energies. He makes a specialty
+of commercial law and is a member of the Commercial Law League of
+America. He is working his way to success vigorously but quietly
+and honestly. Mr. Tessier is a member of the Roman Catholic
+church. He was married in Montreal, on the 28th of January,
+1913, to Edmee Paquette, and they have one child, Jean Marcel,
+born in Outremont on the 28th of October, 1913. His courage and
+a laudable ambition of living a life of usefulness to his family
+and to his country have brought Mr. Tessier the high regard of
+associates and all who know aught of his career.
+
+
+CHARLES GIDEON HILL.
+
+The life record of Charles Gideon Hill constitutes an
+illustration of what the new world has to offer to ambitious
+young men. Coming to Canada as an orphan boy, he steadily
+worked his way upward, each forward step bringing him a broader
+outlook and wider opportunities. He became in time a successful
+merchant of Montreal and in later years devoted his time to the
+supervision of his invested interests, which included large
+property holdings and stock in many financial and commercial
+enterprises. He was seventy-six years of age at the time of his
+death, which occurred on the 12th of June, 1893, at the old home
+at No. 247 Bleury Street, where he had lived for more than half a
+century. He was born in England, but lost his father and mother
+when quite young, after which he crossed the Atlantic and for
+a time resided in New York. He afterward came to Montreal and
+gradually he worked his way upward in a business way, realizing
+at the outset of his career, that industry and honesty constitute
+the foundation upon which success is built. In time he was the
+proprietor of a small dry-goods establishment on St. Paul Street
+and conducted it successfully for many years, but about 1870,
+retired from commercial circles in order to supervise his large
+estate which also included the estate of William Galt. From time
+to time he became interested in business enterprises, holding
+stock in many leading financial and commercial concerns. His
+judgment was sound, his sagacity keen and in the control of
+important interests he established his position as one of the
+leading and capable business men of the city.
+
+[Illustration: CHARLES G. HILL]
+
+[Illustration: MRS. CHARLES G. HILL]
+
+On the 19th of August, 1840, Mr. Hill was united in marriage to
+Miss Margaret J. Galt, a daughter of William Galt, who for many
+years was one of the leading citizens of Montreal. He engaged in
+the tanning business near Glasgow, Quebec, and amassed a very
+considerable fortune. Following his death, Mr. Hill retired from
+commercial interests to supervise the Galt estate. To Mr. and
+Mrs. Hill were born eleven children, eight of whom reached adult
+age. These children were: William Galt, deceased; Charles G.,
+who also has passed away; Margaret Ewing, the widow of G. M.
+Patterson, residing in Cleveland, Ohio; Robert Ewing, deceased;
+Adelaide, who married Samuel P. Wigg and resides in Lakefield,
+Ontario; Lewis E., deceased; Helena Augusta, residing in
+Montreal; Jean Elizabeth, now Mrs. E. A. Hilton; Peter Alexander;
+Emma Louise, who married Albert A. Adams and is deceased; and
+Dr. Adolphus James Hill, deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Hill devoted the
+greatest care to rearing their large family and bestowed upon the
+children their tenderest love. Those who grew to adult’s estate
+were an honor to the family name and in full measure repaid the
+care of the parents, whom they ever held in reverent memory. It
+is due to the kind cooperation of Miss Helena A. Hill,--and to
+her the publishers are indebted,--that they are able to
+present herewith the excellent steel etchings portraying her
+parents.
+
+[Illustration: HELENA A. HILL]
+
+Mr. Hill attended services and held a pew in the First Baptist
+church and also in the Church of England, in the Cathedral. His
+membership was in the latter and his wife, who died in 1882,
+was a member of the former. Both were greatly esteemed and an
+extensive circle of friends indicated their worth and the high
+regard in which they were held.
+
+
+WALDO W. SKINNER.
+
+Waldo W. Skinner, practicing at the Montreal bar as a member
+of the firm of Smith, Markey, Skinner, Pugsley & Hyde, was
+born at St. John, New Brunswick, a son of the late Hon. C. M.
+Skinner, K. C. His youthful days were largely devoted to the
+acquirement of an education in the schools of his native city and
+at Upper Canada College, Toronto, and having determined upon the
+practice of law as his life work, he entered McGill University
+in preparation for the bar, and was graduated B. C. L. in 1901.
+In 1913 Mr. Skinner was created a king’s counsel. The year
+following his graduation he entered upon the active work of his
+profession and his course has been marked by continuous progress.
+He is now associated with one of the leading law firms of the
+city, Smith, Markey, Skinner, Pugsley & Hyde, and is actively
+interested in much important litigation, in connection with which
+he is retained as counsel for the defense or prosecution. From
+the outset of his career he has recognized the fact that careful
+preparation is one of the indispensable elements of success, so
+that thorough work precedes his presentation of his cause in the
+courtroom. His reasoning is clear and cogent and his arguments
+strong and forceful.
+
+In June, 1907, was celebrated the marriage of Mr. Skinner and
+Miss Loulou Forget, the eldest daughter of the late Hon. L. J.
+Forget, senator. Mr. Skinner in his social relations is well
+known, being a member of the Mount Royal, St. James and Montreal
+Clubs, while his interest in sports is further indicated in
+his membership in the Montreal Racquet and Royal Montreal Golf
+Cubs. Attractive social qualities render him popular in those
+organizations, in which he has gained many friends.
+
+
+THOMAS ROBB.
+
+Organization is the watchword of the age. Promotion in every
+field of endeavor is brought about through the agency of
+organized effort and cooperation, and thorough study of each
+situation constitutes the basis of effort in this direction. This
+spirit and tendency of the age has led to the formation of many
+companies or societies for the benefit of business interests and
+it is in this connection that Thomas Robb is known, being manager
+and secretary of the Shipping Federation of Canada. A native of
+Scotland, he was born in the city of Glasgow in the year 1863,
+his father being the late Thomas Robb, who for some years was
+superintendent of police in Glasgow. Spending his youthful days
+in that city, the son pursued his education in the public schools
+and in the Glasgow Academy. Mr. Robb came to Canada first in 1883
+and spent one year at farming in the Niagara district. Returning
+to England he became identified with the shipping interests and
+in connection therewith was located at different periods in
+Australia, South Africa and New Zealand. He returned to Canada
+in 1902 and upon the organization of the Shipping Federation of
+Canada, which is incorporated by act of the Dominion parliament,
+he was chosen manager and secretary. He still continues in
+the dual position, his efforts being of marked value to the
+organization in promoting its object and accomplishing its
+purpose as he is actively engaged in all matters relating to
+navigation and shipping. In 1913 Mr. Robb was appointed member
+of the royal commission appointed to inquire into and report
+upon the “Law Respecting Pilotage” and its administration in the
+pilotage district of Montreal and Quebec.
+
+In 1891 Mr. Robb was united in marriage to Miss Elizabeth
+McLaren, a daughter of Andrew McLaren. Their religious faith
+is that of the Presbyterian church and Mr. Robb belongs to St.
+Andrew’s Society. He is a justice of the peace for Montreal and
+district. He is likewise a member of the Engineers Club and of
+the Canadian Club and has gained the warm friendship of many in
+both organizations.
+
+
+HON. JOHN JOSEPH CURRAN.
+
+Hon. John Joseph Curran, barrister, jurist and orator, whose
+life record was an honor to the land of his ancestors and to the
+land of his birth was born in Montreal, February 22, 1842, his
+parents being Charles and Sarah (Kennedy) Curran, both natives of
+Ireland, the former born in County Down and the latter in County
+Wexford. Emigrating to the new world they retained the intense
+love of native land, so characteristic of the Irish race and
+instilled the same deep attachment into their son, who with his
+increasing age and powers gave freely of his time and talents for
+the benefit of Erin’s green isle.
+
+In the pursuit of his education Judge Curran attended a Jesuit
+school and St. Mary’s College at Montreal, where he entered upon
+a classical course. He afterward became a student in St. Joseph’s
+College at Ottawa and in 1891 the University of Ottawa conferred
+upon him the LL. D. degree. In the continuance of his education,
+he entered McGill University as a student in the law department
+and won his D. C. L. degree in 1862. It was in the spring of 1859
+that he began preparation for the bar, reading at times under
+the direction of such distinguished lawyers as Bernard Devlin,
+Hon. T. J. J. Loranger and Andrew Robertson, K. C. While pursuing
+his classical courses he cultivated a taste for literature and
+oratory and in his student days developed the natural gifts that
+in course of time made him one of the foremost Canadian orators.
+It was also in his early manhood that he joined the Irish
+national movement and thus his life was taking shape along those
+lines which were to make him a power in moulding the history of
+province and country.
+
+The year following his graduation from McGill, or in 1863, he was
+called to the bar of Quebec. No dreary novitiate awaited him.
+Almost immediately his talents won him recognition and he gained
+prominence as one of the younger members of the profession, by
+the important part which he took in the conduct of a number of
+notable criminal cases, including the Shehan, Havern, Kehoe and
+Considine murder cases and the Dunbar, Brown, Kearney and T. F.
+O’Brien frauds.
+
+It is said that he had no superior in the conduct of election
+cases. He was successful in the Devlin-Ryan, Tansey-Malone and
+the James McShane-Loprairie contests and all these drew to
+him the attention and favorable comment of the profession. He
+was equally capable in the practice of civil law and was the
+legal representative of some of the largest contractors of the
+continent including men prominent in business in New York, Ottawa
+and Montreal. His legal counsel was sought by men of prominence
+again and again. Probably his last appearance as an advocate was
+when he represented the Dominion government in an arbitration
+with the province, the case being heard in the city of Quebec
+about 1894.
+
+Judge Curran was created a king’s counsel by the Marquis of
+Lorne and was appointed secretary of the commission for the
+codification of the statutes of the first De Boucherville
+government. He was called to judiciary honor when made a puisne
+judge of the superior court, December 5, 1892. He was appointed
+solicitor general in the ministry of Sir John Thomas and
+continued to hold that office after Sir Mackenzie Bowell became
+premier. A contemporary writer said, “on the occasion of his
+appointment his lordship was congratulated by the press without
+distinction of party, both on public and personal grounds in
+acknowledgment of his ‘indefatigable efforts to promote the
+interests of his constituents’ and he was presented in 1890,
+chiefly by citizens in Montreal, with a purse of seven thousand
+dollars.” Judge Curran remained upon the bench for fourteen years
+and proved himself the peer of the ablest jurist who has gained
+the superior court bench. There were those who opposed him in the
+beginning, but all came to acknowledge his capability, his record
+being a credit and honor to the bench. His opinions were models
+of judicial soundness and his record as a jurist was such as any
+man might be proud to possess.
+
+Politically his lordship was a liberal-conservative and he
+rendered valuable service to his party. He was elected by a large
+majority for Montreal Center to the house of commons in 1882,
+1887 and again in 1891, and upon his appointment to the solicitor
+generalship of Canada in 1892 he was reelected by acclamation.
+
+On the organization of a law faculty in connection with the
+University of Ottawa in 1892 Judge Curran was appointed to one
+of the legal chairs and elected vice dean. He was also a member
+of the senate of that university and president of its Alumni
+Association. As an orator he swayed all by his eloquence. He
+gained high rank as a lecturer and was frequently called upon to
+address public gatherings.
+
+In religious faith Judge Curran was a most earnest Catholic and
+was ever watchful of opportunity to assist those of his faith
+in public or in private. While his health permitted he never
+failed to appear annually with his colleagues of the bench and
+bar in the Tete Dieu procession and his piety and devotion in
+the closing years of his life were an encouragement to the old
+and an edifying example for the young. As a Canadian his life
+work was one of conciliation and he strove to promote harmony
+between all creeds and colors. He accepted invitations to address
+gatherings of foreign colonists, and the Jews, Germans and
+Italians knew him well, while among the people of his nationality
+he was not only loved but respected. He yielded to none in the
+breadth of his sympathy and generous desire for the union of all
+denominations in the best and noblest objects. Following his
+elevation to the bench he said “that as a public man it had been
+his constant aim to bring about the union of hearts and minds
+among all creeds and classes,” and “he was satisfied that if we
+desired to have a prosperous country with a happy and contented
+people we could only secure those blessings by all creeds and
+classes uniting together for one common end, ‘the advancement
+and welfare of Canada and the empire.’” In August, 1896, Judge
+Curran was elected a delegate to the Irish Race convention,
+which met in Dublin in September of that year. He had previously
+been president of St. Patrick’s Society of Montreal and prior to
+his elevation to the bench was one of the directors of the True
+Witness Publishing Company. After his trip to the old country in
+1907 the Burns Club honored him with an invitation to a banquet
+and to respond to a toast to the memory of Robert Burns. On
+rising to speak he said, that all had become brothers the world
+over since men of such intense love for Old Scotia had, here in
+our happy Canadian home, called upon a descendant of old Ireland
+to do honor to the name and fame of Scotland’s greatest bard.
+There are few, indeed, who have greater love for the land which
+shelters their race than had Judge Curran. He was perfectly
+familiar with Irish history, was a reader of Irish literature
+and a lover of Irish music, and he was an ardent and unflinching
+advocate of home rule.
+
+In 1865 Judge Curran married Mary Elizabeth, the youngest
+daughter of the late Patrick Brennan of Montreal. His third son,
+Francis Joseph Curran, following his graduation from Manhattan
+University of New York and McGill University of Montreal, was
+called to the bar of his native province.
+
+Something of the position which Judge Curran occupied in public
+regard is indicated in works written of him ere his demise, which
+occurred on October 1, 1909. Morgan in his volume of Canadian
+Men and Women said, “by the Irish community of Montreal he was
+regarded as one who had stood the test of devotion to their
+common fatherland, but it is to Canada that he has given his
+best service and by his fellow-Canadians, without distinction of
+origin or creed, he is held in the highest esteem and honor.”
+A Montreal citizen wrote of him, “he bears a character without
+reproach and is as popular in legal and political circles as
+he is respected.” The Montreal Gazette said editorially, “no
+constituency in Canada has ever had a representative who gave up
+more of his time, his talent and his energy to the promotion of
+its interests than did Mr. Curran during the thirteen years he
+has enjoyed the confidence of his electors. His genial kindly
+nature, his large-heartedness, his conspicuous liberality
+of mind, absolutely free from every trace of bigotry, and
+his splendid oratorical powers caused him to be in constant
+requisition whenever men were gathered together in the promotion
+of worthy objects for the discussion of public affairs or the
+advancement of the material and social welfare of the country.”
+The Montreal Herald concluded an admirable eulogy with the
+following paragraph: “Unselfishness and genuine consideration
+for others, probably explained his personal popularity and his
+political success. He used to say that the man in public life
+erred in dodging office seekers. ‘When I saw one who looked as if
+he wanted to get at me I always went to him first, and gave him
+his chance to speak,’ he once explained. He gave freely of his
+presence where he thought a good cause could be served, or a good
+example be set. He did his duty, as he saw it, without flinching.
+He was a good citizen, and he leaves a name to be held in honor.”
+
+
+PIERRE-CHRYSOLOGUE LACASSE.
+
+Pierre-Chrysologue Lacasse, who follows the profession of notary
+in Montreal, is widely and favorably known in this city. He
+enjoys a representative clientele and his practice is extensive
+as he has gained a wide reputation on account of his extensive
+knowledge, which is based on a thorough education. The Lacasse
+family is an old and distinguished one in Canada, the first
+ancestor to come to this country being Antoine Lacasse, also
+called Casse or Cassé, who came to this country from Douai
+(French Flanders) about 1650, or more correctly, between 1639
+and 1665. This statement is based upon a reference made in an
+appendix to the History of Canada by Abbé Ferland. The paternal
+grandfather, François Lacasse, was born at St. Vincent de Paul
+(Jesus Island) and the forefathers were born in the same parish.
+The maternal grandfather, Joseph Brissette, was a native of St.
+Cuthbert, of the county of Berthier, where his ancestors also
+were born. The father of our subject, Narcisse Lacasse, was born
+on February 5, 1821, of the marriage of François Lacasse with
+Thérèse Bastien and died on December 27, 1892. He was a notary,
+receiving his commission on June 15, 1849. The mother, Mathilde
+Brissette, was born on November 1, 1820, a daughter of Joseph
+Brissette and Marie Lavoie. She died in Montreal on August 29,
+1911, at the advanced age of nearly ninety-one years. The father
+followed his occupation in the parish of Ste. Elizabeth, in the
+county of Joliette, where his wife was born.
+
+Pierre-Chrysologue Lacasse was born on January 7, 1866, at Ste.
+Elizabeth, county of Joliette, in the province of Quebec, and in
+the acquirement of his education attended the model school of
+Ste. Elizabeth, also receiving private tuition. In furtherance
+of his knowledge he then attended Joliette College, now known
+as the Seminary of Joliette, and Laval University at Montreal,
+graduating with the Bachelor of Arts degree from the latter
+institution in 1885. From the same institution he received
+his degree of LL. B. in 1891. However, on June 3, 1890, he
+had already been commissioned a notary and has followed that
+profession ever since. On January 29, 1891, he was admitted to
+the study of law for the profession of advocate. His professional
+reputation is of the very highest character and he has also
+extensively engaged in real estate and in dealing in bank and
+insurance stock. Among important estates which he has handled as
+testamentary executor were those of John Pratt, Thomas Philippe
+Barron, L. C. Gravel and others.
+
+The position conceded him by the profession is evident from
+numerous important official and semi-official positions which
+he has held. He was elected a member of the board of notaries
+for the district of Montreal in 1897, 1900, 1903, 1906, 1909 and
+1912. He was a member and afterwards president of the committee
+of discipline and also of the committee of surveillance of said
+board and a member and afterwards president of the commission
+for the admission to the study of the notarial profession, which
+position he now holds. In his political views he is independent,
+giving his support to measures and candidates as dictated by his
+judgment. His religious faith is that of the Catholic church. Mr.
+Lacasse was connected with military life during a few years as
+lieutenant in Company 4, Eighty-third Battalion of Infantry of
+Joliette.
+
+A man of wide experience and with a wide outlook upon life, he is
+interested along lines of endeavor that touch upon the progress
+of the city and can always be found among those who loyally
+support any movement undertaken for public betterment. He is
+highly respected and esteemed in the city where he is widely
+known and enjoys the confidence and good-will of the foremost
+citizens of Montreal.
+
+
+ARTHUR A. BROWNE, M. D.
+
+The tendency of the age is toward specialization and the
+professional man who achieves distinction usually concentrates
+his efforts not upon the broad field of his profession but upon
+some particular branch thereof, and thus develops a proficiency
+which he could not otherwise hope to attain. Such was the
+record of Dr. Arthur A. Browne, educator and practitioner, who
+gained eminence as an obstetrician. He practiced for more than
+forty years in Montreal, entering upon the active work of the
+profession in early manhood. He was born in Eastern township,
+in 1848, and was descended from Irish parentage, and of a
+family whose name figures prominently in military circles. His
+more specifically literary course was completed by graduation
+from McGill with the Bachelor of Arts degree in 1866. A year
+or two thereafter was devoted to business but feeling that a
+professional career would prove more congenial, he entered upon
+the study of medicine and was graduated M. D., C. M., in 1872.
+He then spent a year abroad, during which time he investigated
+the methods of eminent physicians and surgeons of the old
+world, after which he opened an office in Montreal. The usual
+experiences of the professional man were his. He had to work
+his way upward in face of competition with men who had long
+been in the profession and had well established reputations.
+The conscientious care which he gave to the cases entrusted to
+him at length won him recognition and his practice grew until
+it became one of the largest in the city. As time passed he
+concentrated his efforts more largely upon obstetrical diseases
+until he gained a wide and most enviable reputation in that
+field, his opinions coming to be regarded as authority upon
+many involved and intricate questions relating thereto. In 1883
+he was appointed professor of obstetrics at McGill University,
+succeeding the late Professor Duncan MacCallum, at the same time
+taking charge of the University Maternity Hospital. Three years
+later, however, owing to his growing practice, already extensive,
+and his distaste for the drudgery of teaching, he resigned his
+professorship. Yet, he was always intensely interested in McGill
+and her welfare, and no function held by the medical department
+was thought to be complete if Dr. Browne was absent. He was
+not only thoroughly informed concerning his chosen calling
+but possessed a fine literary mind and his broad reading made
+him one of the best informed men on general literature among
+the practitioners of medicine and surgery in Montreal. He was
+a student of the classics, and all these things had influence
+to make him a noble-minded man, whose life exemplified the high
+principles which constituted the basis of his character. He
+possessed an artistic taste that found expression in his intense
+admiration of the beautiful in both art and nature. Moreover,
+keen sympathy was one of his strongly marked traits and featured
+as one of the elements of his success. He might well be called
+“the beloved physician,” for his cheery presence as well as
+his scientific skill brought comfort and assurance to many
+households. He inspired and encouraged his patients and thus
+assisted them far on the road to recovery.
+
+In Montreal, in 1878, Dr. Browne was married to Miss Jane Labatt,
+of London, Ontario, and their children were: H. Dalzell, of
+Montreal; R. Russell, of Bassano, Alberta; Captain G. Sackville
+Browne, of B Battery, Royal Canadian Horse Artillery, of
+Kingston; and F. Dora.
+
+Dr. Browne held membership with the Masonic fraternity and in
+his life exemplified the beneficent spirit of the craft. He had
+passed the sixty-second milestone on life’s journey when his
+death occurred January 26, 1910. His eminent ability gained him
+honor, his kindliness and consideration won him gratitude and
+friendship; and thus it is that his memory is cherished and
+remains as a blessed benediction to all who knew him.
+
+
+THOMAS MCDOUGALL.
+
+Important corporation and financial interests have felt
+the stimulus of the enterprise, keen business insight and
+intellectual force of Thomas McDougall, who is known in literary
+as well as financial circles. He was born at Three Rivers, P. Q.,
+May 21, 1843, a son of the late John McDougall, a merchant of
+Three Rivers, who sat in the Canadian parliament from 1851 until
+1854 and a brother of the late Hon. Justice McDougall of Aylmer,
+P. Q. For many years Thomas McDougall was in the service of the
+Quebec Bank and was agent of that institution in 1870. Later he
+became manager at Montreal and in 1894 was made assistant general
+manager, from which position he was advanced to that of general
+manager in December of the same year. He continued actively in
+control of the extensive and important financial interests that
+came under his guidance until 1909, when he resigned but remained
+a director of the bank. With him close reasoning has become
+habitual, and he has therefore found ready solution for difficult
+and involved financial problems. He was chairman of the clearing
+house at Montreal and was active in the meeting of bankers,
+convened to revise the banking act in 1890. In 1898-9 he was
+president of the Canadian Bankers Association, which indicates
+his place of prominence and influence in the moneyed circles of
+the country. He is still a member of the advisory board of the
+Scottish Union & National Insurance Company, is vice president
+of the Shawinigan Water & Power Company and a director of the
+Asbestos Corporation of Canada.
+
+In many public connections outside the field of business and
+finance his name has figured prominently and his labors have
+been effectively and helpfully felt. In 1908 he was the general
+treasurer of the Quebec tercentenary committee. He possesses
+literary taste in high degree. He has written on banks, bankers
+and banking, being the author of a well known article entitled,
+T. Pomponius Atticus, a Roman Banker.
+
+Mr. McDougall was married at Three Rivers, P. Q., to Miss Helen
+Baptist, a daughter of the late George Baptist. His religious
+connection is with the Presbyterian church and in club circles
+he is well known as a member of the St. James Club of Montreal
+and the Quebec Garrison Club of Quebec. His social qualities and
+marked ability along many lines as well as his important business
+interests have gained him the prominence which is today his.
+
+
+JEAN BAPTISTE DAVID LEGARE.
+
+Jean Baptiste David Legare, one of the most successful
+real-estate promoters in the city of Montreal, was born in the
+parish of Sillery, near Quebec, June 7, 1865. Fortune did not
+smile on him for many years. His father having died when the son
+was an infant of but three months, he was reared in the home
+of his maternal grandfather, F. Cote, of St. Foy. While there
+he acquired his elementary education and later attended the
+academies at Sillery and Quebec. Manifesting laudable ambition
+from early youth, at the age of eighteen years he began business
+life as a clerk in the general store of Louis Bourget in Quebec.
+Subsequently he was employed in the wholesale dry-goods houses of
+P. Garneau and William McLimont & Sons in Quebec. Later he became
+a representative of large grain and flour mills and also became
+proprietor of a wine and vinegar manufactory in Quebec. Fate was
+against him and he failed for seventy-two thousand dollars. This
+would have utterly discouraged and disheartened many a man of
+less resolute spirit, but an optimistic nature would not allow
+Mr. Legare to acknowledge defeat and still held before him the
+promise of later success. He then engaged in promoting various
+undertakings in Quebec, but still the results were not such as
+were desired.
+
+In 1908 Mr. Legare came to Montreal and continued in the
+promoting business, making a specialty of real estate. This
+proved to be the turning point in the career of Mr. Legare and he
+has since gradually but surely advanced to the goal of success.
+In the past five years he has made over three hundred thousand
+dollars and when the sum he had acquired was sufficient to cancel
+all of his indebtedness he made a special journey to Quebec for
+that purpose. Mr. Legare says that through all of the dark days,
+when the storm clouds gathered about him that threatened disaster
+and defeat, it was his wife’s encouragement and her faith in
+his future that buoyed him up and made possible his ultimate
+prosperity.
+
+The principal companies which Mr. Legare has successfully
+promoted during the past five years are: The Greater Montreal
+Land Investment Company, Limited; and The Chateauguay Garden
+City Company, Limited. He was also the promoter of the town
+of Chateauguay. He is the owner of twenty-seven lakes on the
+seigniory of Mille Isles and the water rights pertaining thereto.
+A strong man physically and mentally, his optimistic temperament
+makes him an ideal promoter. The various business enterprises
+which he has promoted during his career have contributed a great
+deal toward the development of the natural resources of the
+Dominion.
+
+[Illustration: JEAN BAPTISTE D. LEGARE]
+
+Mr. Legare was married in Quebec, in 1891, to Alda Garneau,
+daughter of Charles Garneau, ex-sergeant of arms of the Quebec
+assembly. Upon the maternal side she is descended from the De
+Villers and the De Lachevrotiere families, both being of the
+noblest families of France. Mr. and Mrs. Legare are parents of a
+daughter, Yvonne, who was married in 1913 to Dr. Rene Turcot, and
+they reside in Quebec.
+
+
+JOHN ALEXANDER GORDON, D. D.
+
+One of the greatest individual forces in the promulgation of
+Baptist doctrines in Canada, a man who has worked long and
+earnestly in the promotion and spread of Baptist principles,
+giving of his unusual talents, his great energy and tireless
+labor to the cause, is Rev. John Alexander Gordon, for fourteen
+years pastor of the First Baptist church in Montreal and now
+the incumbent of the chair of pastoral theology at Brandon
+Theological College, active in the work of the foreign missionary
+societies and in the spread of temperance doctrines throughout
+the Dominion.
+
+Dr. Gordon is of Scottish ancestry and was born in Uigg,
+Prince Edward Island. He acquired his early education in the
+public and high schools of his native province and in Acadia
+University, graduating with the degree of B. A., and acquired
+his theological training in the Newton Theological Seminary in
+Newton, Massachusetts. He was ordained to the Baptist ministry
+in 1875 and has since been prominent and active in the work of
+the Baptist church. He received the honorary degree of M. A. from
+Acadia College in 1894 and the honorary degree of D. D. from the
+same institution in 1904. Previous to his ordination he had been
+engaged in the mercantile and commission business at Montague,
+Prince Edward Island, and his first ministerial charge was as
+pastor of the church in that community. He was afterward called
+to Milton church, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, where he remained from
+1880 to 1885, after which he went to St. John, New Brunswick,
+serving as pastor of the Leinster Street Baptist church, and from
+there went to the First Baptist church, Charlottetown, Prince
+Edward Island, remaining there until 1893, when he became pastor
+of the Main Street Baptist church at Charlottetown. In 1899 he
+was called to Montreal as minister of the First Baptist church
+of this city, a position which he held until June, 1913, when he
+accepted the chair of pastoral theology at Brandon Theological
+College. Dr. Gordon has been found most earnest, zealous and
+consecrated in his work and has been carried forward by the force
+of his ability and the extent of his interests into important
+relations with religious work of many kinds, notably that of the
+local branch of the Lord’s Day Alliance, of which he is vice
+president; the Prisoners’ Aid Association, of which he is also
+vice president; the Grand Ligne Missionary Society, of which he
+is president; and the Maritime Baptist Union. No individual has
+done more powerful or effective work than he in the propagation
+of Baptist doctrines or in the promotion of the church’s
+interests for he was in 1906 appointed a member of the committee
+on Church Union and two years later was one of the promoters and
+a member of the committee which organized the Baptist Union. He
+is a governor of Acadia University and is especially interested
+in the work of the Foreign Mission Board of Ontario and Quebec,
+of the British and Foreign Bible Society and the Moral and
+Social Reform Council. He has written a “History of the First
+Baptist Church of Montreal,” published in 1906, and in August,
+1908, entered a vigorous protest against the celebration of high
+mass on the Plains of Abraham as a part of the tercentenary
+celebration.
+
+Dr. Gordon married at Kingsborough, Prince Edward Island,
+Margaret Ford, eldest daughter of the late John Ford, and to
+them were born five sons: John, a resident of Charlottetown,
+Prince Edward Island; Dr. Alvah H., of Montreal; Peter W., of
+Calgary; Herbert F., of Winnipeg; and Walter H., city editor
+of The Gazette of Montreal. Dr. Gordon has been a lifelong
+temperance worker and reformer and has accomplished a great deal
+of excellent work along this line, being uncompromising in his
+attitude toward the liquor evil and battling against it always to
+the extent of his great ability. In Montreal he is known as a man
+whose actions conform closely to his principles and whose energy,
+aggressiveness and untiring activity have been elements in the
+accomplishment of great and lasting work.
+
+
+CHARLES HENRY GOULD.
+
+Charles Henry Gould, librarian of McGill University and president
+of the American Library Association, 1908-09, is son of Joseph
+G. and Abigail (DeWitt) Gould, the latter a daughter of the late
+Jacob DeWitt, M. P., of Montreal. Born in Montreal on the 6th of
+December, 1855, Charles H. Gould pursued his education in the
+city schools through successive grades until he completed the
+high school course, after which he entered McGill University
+and was graduated B. A. with first rank honors in 1877, also
+winning the Chapman medal in classics. Through the succeeding
+scholastic year he devoted some time to post-graduate work in
+physics. With the completion of his education he entered business
+circles, in which he continued for several years. He afterward
+took up the study of library economy and also spent some time in
+travel before entering upon his present connection as librarian
+of McGill University. For twenty years he has filled his present
+position with eminent ability, having entered upon his duties in
+September, 1893. He was made governor’s fellow in 1891. There is
+no Canadian, perhaps, who has made a more thorough study of the
+work and opportunities of the librarian than has Charles Henry
+Gould, and realizing the deficiencies of many who undertake the
+librarian’s task, he founded the McGill School for Librarians
+in 1904. His prominence in his chosen field is indicated in his
+election to the first vice presidency of the American Library
+Association for 1907 and 1908 and his subsequent election to the
+presidency for 1908-9. He has continued his labors at McGill
+although offered the appointment of associate librarian of the
+public library of Brooklyn, New York, in 1908, and that of
+librarian of the Toronto public library. A fellow of the American
+Library Institute, he belongs to the Champlain Society, was
+president of the Bibliographical Society of America 1912-13
+and is a member of other bodies which have for their basis the
+promotion of scientific and literary knowledge. He is also a
+member of the University Club, and the Canada Journal names him
+as a loyal and valuable citizen.
+
+
+DONAT BRODEUR, K. C.
+
+Specializing in the field of civil and commercial law, Donat
+Brodeur has gained recognition as a man capable of handling
+intricate and involved legal problems. He is a native of
+Montreal, born in March, 1863. His preliminary education
+was acquired in St. Mary’s Jesuit College, with the later
+professional course in Laval University, from which he was
+graduated with the degree of B. C. L. with the class of 1887.
+He was called to the bar at the beginning of the succeeding
+year, and since that date he has practiced his profession
+continuously in this city, now covering a period of a quarter
+of a century. Each year has found him in a point in advance
+of that which he occupied the previous year both in knowledge
+and in the nature and importance of his practice. He is a well
+known writer on legal subjects and a frequent contributor to
+legal periodicals. He has also lectured on law topics before the
+Canadian Accountants Association and the Chamber of Commerce. He
+has ever been a student of his profession, constantly broadening
+his knowledge by wide reading and research, and the care and
+precision with which he prepares his cases constitute a strong
+element in his success.
+
+Attractive social qualities are the basis of his personal
+popularity, making him a valued member of different social
+organizations.
+
+
+ROBERT FOWLER.
+
+Robert Fowler, a merchant, was born in Montreal, November 17,
+1851, and died in April, 1903. He was a son of Robert J. Fowler,
+who was born in England in 1818 and was educated there. He was
+brought up in the cathedral, having from the age of ten years
+made his own way, becoming a choir boy in the church. In 1847 he
+crossed the Atlantic going to Sorel, Canada, with Sir Benjamin
+Levine and his staff, to teach the daughters music. In 1849 he
+came to Montreal and was the first instructor of the city to
+hold musicales. For forty years he was professor of music in the
+normal school and at different times was organist in nearly all
+of the churches of the city. He could play any instrument and was
+recognized as the best instructor in music, by far, of his day.
+He was also known to some extent as a composer and, in a word,
+his musical talent was highly developed, while his professional
+labors and influence were an element in promoting and cultivating
+musical tastes and standards in the city. His was an artistic
+nature. He wielded the painter’s brush with skill and he was,
+moreover, a great naturalist. He took deep interest in the city’s
+improvement and in all projects for civic betterment. He held
+membership in Christ Church Cathedral, renting a pew there
+for thirty-five years. His life thus became a potent force in
+the artistic and moral progress of the city. He was married in
+Weymouth, England, to Miss Annie Wadsworth and they became the
+parents of five children, who reached adult age but only one,
+Annie, is now living. The others were William, Susan, Robert and
+John Henry. The death of the father occurred March 14, 1900, and
+the mother passed away in 1911.
+
+Robert Fowler supplemented a public-school course by study in the
+normal school of Montreal and started in the business world as an
+employe in Robertson’s dry-goods store, in which he acquainted
+himself with every phase of the business and gained practical
+experience which made him a successful merchant when he started
+out on his own account.
+
+He carefully saved his earnings until his frugality and economy
+had brought him sufficient capital to become a partner in the
+purchase of a stock of goods and the establishment of a store.
+The firm of Fowler & Leishman was then organized for the conduct
+of a retail dry-goods business and after a few years Mr. Fowler
+was able to purchase his partner’s interest becoming sole
+proprietor. He then devoted his entire time to the business and
+enjoyed a liberal patronage, deriving a fair and gratifying
+profit from his investment.
+
+In Montreal in 1892, occurred the marriage of Robert Fowler and
+Miss Amy Hamilton, a daughter of Robert Hamilton. Their three
+children were Gordon, Wallace and Doris.
+
+Mr. Fowler belonged to the Episcopal church and to its teachings
+was loyal and faithful. He was a member of the Philharmonic Club.
+He manifested the qualities of good citizenship and was devoted
+to the welfare of his family, who, when he passed away in April,
+1903, lost a loving and generous husband and father, while his
+associates mourned the death of a loyal, faithful friend.
+
+
+ALEXANDER COWPER HUTCHISON.
+
+The history of Montreal’s architectural development would be
+incomplete were there failure to make reference to Alexander
+Cowper Hutchison, who, though in his seventy-seventh year, is yet
+active in his profession in which he has long been a recognized
+leader. His position today is that of consulting architect
+and his utterances are accepted as words of wisdom by younger
+representatives of the profession. Mr. Hutchison is one of the
+old-time residents of Montreal. In fact, his entire life has
+here been passed with the exception of a period of three years
+spent in Ottawa, Ontario. He has seen this city develop from less
+than forty thousand to a metropolitan center of over six hundred
+thousand inhabitants.
+
+Mr. Hutchison was born April 2, 1838, on the east side of Queen
+Street between Wellington and William Streets, at Montreal
+and many years later it fell to his lot in the course of his
+business, to tear down the old house in which his birth had
+occurred, this being done to make room for the Ives and Allen
+warehouse which was erected upon that site. He comes of old
+Scotch ancestry. His father was William Hutchison who came from
+Ayrshire, Scotland. He was a builder in Montreal and afterward
+was connected with the public works department. The mother,
+whose maiden name was Helen Campbell Hall, was also a native of
+Ayrshire, Scotland.
+
+[Illustration: ALEXANDER C. HUTCHISON]
+
+Such schools as existed in Montreal during his youthful days
+provided Alexander Cowper Hutchison with his educational
+opportunities. When but a boy of twelve years he began to learn
+the stone-cutter’s trade under the direction of his father and
+during the winter months for two or three years after he had
+commenced work he attended the school conducted by the late C.
+P. Watson. Subsequently he became a student in night school and
+devoted all of his spare time to study, having come to a full
+realization of the value of education. He possessed an inherited
+talent for drawing and to develop his powers in that direction he
+attended drawing classes that were conducted at the Mechanics’
+Institute. He had made rapid progress from the very first as a
+stone-cutter and displayed exceptional ability and skill in that
+direction.
+
+When scarcely out of his teens he was placed in charge of the
+cut stone work on Christ Church Cathedral and some of the finest
+stone work around the altar in that edifice was cut by him before
+he had attained his majority. After the completion of that
+building he was placed in charge of the cut stone work of the
+eastern block of the parliament buildings at Ottawa during their
+erection, his efforts in that connection continuing through the
+year 1862. While engaged in that work he successfully conducted
+classes in drawing which were largely attended. On the completion
+of the government buildings he was called to Montreal to conduct
+classes in connection with the Mechanics’ Institute, giving
+instructions in architectural and geometric drawing. These
+classes were afterward transferred to the Board of Arts and
+Manufacturers and it was while connected therewith that he took
+up the active practice of his profession which he followed for
+many years. The beauty and utility which have always been salient
+features of his designs are evident in many of the principal
+buildings of Montreal.
+
+Among the many structures designed by Mr. Hutchison independently
+or in a partnership relation, and which stand as monuments to
+his skill and ingenuity may be mentioned: Redpath Museum; McGill
+University; Erskine church; Crescent Street Presbyterian church;
+Warren Memorial church at Louisville, Kentucky; St. Andrew’s
+church, at Westmount; Montreal high school and a number of other
+school buildings; Royal Insurance building; London & Liverpool &
+Globe Insurance Company’s building; Canadian Express Company’s
+building; La Presse building; Queen’s Hall block; Henry Birks &
+Sons’ building; Lord Strathcona’s residence; Macdonald College
+buildings at Ste. Anne de Bellevue, Quebec, as well as a large
+number of residences in Montreal and elsewhere together with many
+warehouses, factories etc. One of the most recent expressions
+of his architectural skill is seen in the Chalmers church at
+Ottawa. He has not only practiced his profession as one of its
+active followers, but has also gained renown as an educator in
+his special field. He has lectured on ecclesiastical architecture
+before the Presbyterian College of Montreal and he was one of
+the original members, selected by its founder, the Marquis of
+Lorne, of the Royal Canadian Academy of Art, and remained its
+vice president until 1907, when he resigned. He has likewise
+been honored with the presidency of the Quebec Architects’
+Association, of which he was one of the founders, and thus
+has come to him direct recognition of the honor and respect
+entertained for him by the profession.
+
+In political affairs Mr. Hutchison has taken a prominent part
+but never as a party leader in the commonly accepted sense of
+the term. With him men and measures have ever been considered
+before partisanship, and the public welfare has ever stood
+before personal aggrandizement. For years he was a member of
+the council and was the second mayor of Cote St. Antoine, now
+Westmount. His deep interest in and loyalty to the cause of
+education was demonstrated in his eighteen years of service as a
+school trustee. For a number of years he was a member of No. 5
+Queen’s Company Volunteer Fire Brigade. He was likewise a member
+of the First Company Rifles which was originally an independent
+company and afterwards became the First Company of Prince of
+Wales’ Regiment. He was also an officer in a rifle company in
+Ottawa, while subsequently he became an officer of the Montreal
+Engineers, retiring with the rank of lieutenant. He took part in
+the Fenian raids of 1866 and 1870 and was accorded the Queen’s
+medal.
+
+Mr. Hutchison manifested great interest in church work. He
+was formerly an elder in Erskine church, but afterward became
+connected with St. Andrew’s church at Westmount, which had
+previously been known as Melville church but differences of
+opinion caused a split in the congregation and the portion
+that left took the name with them. St. Andrew’s church was
+then organized and remained on the old site, at the corner of
+Stanton and Cote St. Antoine road. Mr. Hutchison was one of its
+founders and since the organization of this church has taken
+a most prominent part in its affairs. He has been an elder
+for many years, was superintendent of the Sunday school for
+thirty years and since 1886 has continuously served as session
+clerk. He is a member of the board of managers of the Montreal
+Presbyterian College and was a member of the national committee
+of the Presbyterian Laymen’s Missionary movement in 1909. He has
+likewise served as president of the Provincial Sunday School
+Union of Quebec.
+
+No good work done in the name of charity or religion has ever
+sought his aid in vain, and his broad humanitarianism has been
+manifest in his helpful support of many movements to benefit
+the poor and needy or ameliorate the hard conditions of life
+for the unfortunate. He is a life governor of the Montreal
+General Hospital, of the Protestant Hospital for the Insane,
+governor of the Western Hospital, and president of the Protestant
+House of Industry and Refuge. He is an ex-president of the
+Canadian branch of the Royal Caledonian Curling Club and of the
+Montreal Caledonian Curling Club, being now honorary president
+of the latter and an ex-president of the Heather Curling Club
+of Westmount. He was a warm personal friend of the late Hon.
+Alexander Mackenzie and he counts among his close associates
+many of the most distinguished and eminent residents of Montreal
+and the province. The Ottawa Free Press has termed him “one of
+Montreal’s best known and most honored citizens.” He has long
+occupied positions of distinction, not only by reason of what he
+has accomplished along professional lines, but also owing to the
+fact that he has made his life of signal service and benefit to
+his fellowmen in his support of benevolent and religious plans
+and projects. His life has ever been actuated by the highest
+principles of honor and no citizen of Montreal is more worthy of
+high regard.
+
+On the 10th of July, 1862, in Cobourg, Ontario, Mr. Hutchison was
+united in marriage to Miss Margaret Burnet of that place, and
+they celebrated their golden wedding in July, 1912. Mr. and Mrs.
+Hutchison have two sons and one daughter: William B., of the firm
+of Hutchison, Wood & Miller, architects, who is married; Charles
+Alexander, engaged in ornamental iron work, who is married
+and has two children, Margaret and Lorne; and Helen, the wife
+of George W. Wood of that firm. She has three sons: Alexander
+Campbell, George Arthur and Douglas Fletcher.
+
+Mr. Hutchison resides at No. 240 Kensington Avenue and has lived
+in that immediate vicinity for nearly fifty years. During his
+boyhood his parents resided on the north side of St. James Street
+just a short distance west of Bleury Street which was then one of
+the attractive residential sections of the city and Mr. Hutchison
+relates some highly interesting incidents of those early days.
+
+In 1865 when he took up his residence in what is now Westmount,
+that district was supposed to be far out in the country. In
+fact, the nearest residence, other than homes of farmers, was
+on Dorchester West near what is now Greene Street. While Mr.
+Hutchison has passed the seventy-sixth milestone upon life’s
+journey, he is a well preserved man, active in mind and body.
+Regular in his habits, he has never tasted intoxicating liquors
+or used tobacco in any form. His great vitality has enabled him
+to withstand three very serious operations since reaching the
+age of seventy years and his complete recovery has attracted the
+attention of members of the medical profession. He is a splendid
+type of a high-minded gentleman of the old school, whose natural
+politeness and courtesy are in evidence at all times.
+
+
+DAVID W. CAMPBELL.
+
+David W. Campbell, prominently connected with marine
+transportation interests, is now general agent in Canada for the
+Elder-Dempster Company in the South African and Mexican service.
+He was born in Montreal in 1861, a son of the late John and Sarah
+(Evans) Campbell, of this city. His youthful days were spent in
+his parents’ home and his education was completed in the Montreal
+high school. He comes of Scotch ancestry and in his career has
+manifested many of the sterling traits characteristic of the land
+of the heather. His initial step in business was made in the
+service of Thompson, Murray & Company, then managing agents of
+the Beaver line of steamships in Canada. Fidelity, industry and
+capability won him promotion from time to time and after twenty
+years’ continuous connection with the company he was appointed
+to the position of general manager in 1895. While acting in
+that capacity he was the first to establish a direct steamship
+service during the winter months to a Canadian port--that of St.
+John, New Brunswick. It was through his instrumentality that
+the vessels of the Beaver line were sold to the Elder-Dempster
+Company in 1898 and two years later, or in 1900, he became
+Canadian manager for the latter company. His efficiency in the
+field of steamship service management led to his selection, in
+1903, for the position of general superintendent of the Canadian
+Pacific Railway Company’s Atlantic fleet of steamers at Montreal,
+in which position he remained until June, 1905, when he resigned
+in order to take control for Canada of the interests of the
+Elder-Dempster Company in connection with the South African and
+Mexican service. He subsequently became general agent in Canada
+for the same company, and his efforts have greatly furthered
+its interests. He readily recognizes the possibilities of a
+situation, utilizes the opportunities that are presented and
+accomplishes substantial and gratifying results. He is a director
+of several shipping companies and is on the board of the Montreal
+Sailors’ Institute and the Shipping Federation of Canada, all
+of which are more or less directly connected with the line of
+business in which he has so long been engaged. Moreover, he has
+done much to popularize the St. Lawrence route. He is serving on
+the executive committee of the Canadian Shipping Federation, and
+his long experience with maritime interests well qualifies him
+to speak authoritatively upon matters with which the federation
+deals.
+
+Mr. Campbell has for some years been a member of the Montreal
+Board of Trade, in 1910 was elected one of its councillors and in
+1914 a vice president. He is also Cuban consul at Montreal.
+
+In November, 1900, Mr. Campbell married Miss Emily Maud Baird, a
+daughter of the late H. N. Baird of Toronto. They hold membership
+in the Presbyterian church, and Mr. Campbell belongs to the St.
+James Club. He favors free trade with the Empire and has been a
+close student of many political situations and questions having
+to do with the welfare and progress of the Dominion. His opinions
+upon such questions are never lightly valued, for experience has
+developed in him sound judgment and keen discrimination.
+
+
+LOUIS DUFOUR DIT LATOUR.
+
+Louis Dufour dit Latour, member of the real-estate firm of Latour
+& Guindon, with offices in the Versailles building, Montreal,
+was born in this city, June 15, 1867, a son of François Xavier
+Latour dit Dufour of Lavaltrie, P. Q., where he followed farming,
+and of Elizabeth (Prud’homme) Latour of St. Sulpice, P. Q. His
+great-grandfather was Michel Dufour dit Latour, a church builder,
+and his great-grandmother was Charlotte Du Moulin from France.
+
+In the acquirement of his education Louis Dufour dit Latour
+attended the College of Chambly--the Brethren of Christian
+School, pursuing a commercial course. His early experience in
+business lines came to him as office boy with the Thomas Davidson
+Manufacturing Company, tinware and granite ware manufacturers
+of Montreal. He was in the employ of the company for twenty-six
+years, gradually working his way upward as his developing
+powers and ability prepared him for further activities and
+responsibilities. He served successively as custom house clerk,
+cashier, bookkeeper and as manager of the Montreal branch of
+the business, continuing in that position of responsibility for
+twelve years. No higher testimonial of his business integrity,
+enterprise and fidelity could be given than the fact that he
+remained with one company for over a quarter of a century. He
+left them in 1909 to open a real-estate office in connection
+with J. M. Guindon, a hardware merchant of Montreal, under the
+firm style of Latour & Guindon at No. 1202 Mount Royal East
+Street, where they remained from 1909 until 1913. They then
+transferred their business to No. 52 St. James Street, retaining
+the old office, however, as a branch. In May, 1914, the offices
+were removed to the new Versailles building on St. James Street.
+
+[Illustration: L. D. LATOUR]
+
+On the 28th of May, 1888, in Montreal, Mr. Latour was united
+in marriage to Miss Marie Joseph Leblanc, a daughter of
+Alphonse Leblanc and Aveline Amirault of L’Epiphanie, P. Q. Her
+grandfather was a pioneer of L’Epiphanie. Mr. and Mrs. Latour
+have three children: Lydia, the wife of Eugene Brissette, who is
+with La Patrie Publishing Company; René, a hardware merchant of
+Montreal; and Ernest, who holds a responsible position with The
+Mark Fisher Sons & Company, Limited.
+
+The religious faith of the family is that of the Roman Catholic
+church, and the political allegiance of Mr. Latour is given to
+the conservative party. That he is today one of the successful
+real-estate brokers of the city is attributable entirely to his
+own labors and his laudable ambition. Step by step he has worked
+his way upward, the trend of his orderly progression being easily
+discernible.
+
+
+REV. NATHAN GORDON.
+
+A man of deep learning, broad knowledge and scholarly
+attainments, of force, experience and capacity, Rev. Nathan
+Gordon has become known as one of the most able educators in
+Quebec province, and as one of the successful and consecrated
+workers among the Jewish people of Montreal. He was born in
+Odessa, Russia, and took his arts course in the Cincinnati
+University, from which he was graduated, B. A., in 1906. He
+is also a graduate of the Hebrew Union Theological College of
+that city and in 1909 received the degree of M. A. from McGill
+University.
+
+Mr. Gordon came to Montreal in 1906, having been appointed in
+September of that year Rabbi of Temple Emmanu-El, and since that
+time he has accomplished a great deal of earnest and zealous
+work among the people of his congregation, who recognize him as
+a sincere, upright and God-fearing man. The church property is
+valued at one hundred thousand dollars, and the business affairs
+connected with its administration are ably conducted, Mr. Gordon
+assisting his associates by his executive skill and sound and
+practical judgment. Combining religious zeal with the ability
+necessary to make it effective among his people, he has indeed
+been a force for good at Temple Emmanu-El and an able propagator
+as well as a conserver of the doctrines in which he believes.
+
+A scholar, a deep thinker and a broadly educated man, Mr. Gordon
+has long been an ardent student of Oriental languages and
+literature and has paid particular attention to the language
+of his own race, in which he is thoroughly proficient. In 1909
+he was appointed lecturer on rabbinical and mediæval Jewish
+literature and instructor in Semitic languages at McGill
+University and in this position has done a great deal to promote
+a more general interest in these subjects and a more widespread
+knowledge of the customs, language and traditions of the Jews. An
+ardent champion of his race and an upholder of its creed, a foe
+to the injustices and wrongs which have continually oppressed it,
+he has supported the cause of the Hebrew people on every occasion
+and one of the most eloquent and telling appeals on behalf of
+the nationalization of the Plains of Abraham came from him. The
+people of Temple Emmanu-El are fortunate in having at their
+head a man so fearless in conviction, so able in argument, so
+uncompromising in support of his professed beliefs, and the city
+of Montreal is fortunate also, having in Rabbi Gordon an upright,
+public-spirited and loyal citizen.
+
+
+EDOUARD CHOLETTE.
+
+Edouard Cholette, a member of the notarial profession of
+Montreal, is a representative of one of the oldest French
+families of the city, tracing his ancestry back to Sebastian
+Cholette, who was born in 1679 and was married in Montreal on the
+19th of October, 1705, to Miss Anne Hard. They became the parents
+of a large family. Edouard Cholette, born in Montreal on the 3d
+of April, 1880, is a son of L. E. A. and Marie Antoinette (Le
+Sieur) Cholette, and in the acquirement of his education attended
+St. Mary’s College, from which he was graduated in June, 1899.
+He completed a course in Laval University in June, 1903, winning
+the Bachelor of Arts degree for work done in the classical course
+and the Master of Laws degree, indicative of his preparation for
+the profession which he now follows. Since his graduation he has
+practiced in Montreal as a notary public and has been accorded
+liberal support.
+
+In religious faith Mr. Cholette is a Roman Catholic. He is well
+known socially in the city where his entire life has been spent
+and is a valued member of the Canadian and St. Denis Clubs.
+
+
+CARL RIORDON.
+
+As vice president and managing director of the Riordon Pulp
+& Paper Company, Ltd., Carl Riordon occupies an important
+position in the commercial life of the city. He was born June
+3, 1876, at St. Catharines, Ontario, and is a son of Charles
+and Edith (Ellis) Riordon. Carl Riordon was educated at Upper
+Canada College, Bishop Ridley College and Toronto University,
+where he took the degree of B. A. in 1896. He entered business
+fields in the Merritton mill, a property of the Riordon Paper
+Mills in St. Catharines, becoming connected with the sulphite
+department. He did work in the various departments of the concern
+and subsequently took charge of the repairs which were made on
+the Hawkesbury mill, of which he later became superintendent. In
+1902 he returned to the Merritton mill in the capacity of manager
+and in 1906 was made general manager of the Riordon Paper Mills,
+which concern absorbed the business of G. H. Perley & Company in
+1910, the firm adopting the name of the Riordon Paper Company and
+establishing headquarters at Montreal. In 1912 the Riordon Pulp
+& Paper Company took over the business of the former company.
+It is one of the foremost concerns of its kind in the Dominion.
+Mr. Riordon is vice president and managing director and is also
+director of The Mail Printing Company of Toronto and the Niagara
+Falls Suspension Bridge Company.
+
+Mr. Riordon has an interesting military record to his credit,
+being gazetted second lieutenant in the Nineteenth St. Catharines
+Infantry Regiment in 1898. He was made captain in the following
+year and in 1901 became quartermaster with the honorary rank of
+captain. For some time he led B Company of that regiment. He
+retired in 1904.
+
+Carl Riordon married on June 23, 1900, Miss Amy Louise Paterson,
+a daughter of the late Rev. Charles Paterson, of Port Hope,
+Ontario. To this union have been born five children: Charles
+Harold, Edith Amy, John Eric Benson, Mary Kathleen and Peter
+Hamilton.
+
+In his religious faith Mr. Riordon is an Anglican. He is
+prominent in clubdom, being a member of the Mount Royal, the St.
+James, the University and the Hunt Clubs of Montreal; the Toronto
+Club of Toronto; and the British Empire Club of London, England.
+He also is a member of the Alpha Delta Phi Club of New York city.
+His political views incline him toward the conservative party and
+although his commercial interests are so extensive as to prevent
+active participation in governmental affairs, he shows great
+interest in matters of public importance. In the world of paper
+making his name is well known and he is considered one of the
+foremost authorities along that line. At a comparatively early
+age he has attained a position of importance and distinction.
+He is shrewd, able, energetic and technically highly trained
+and his success therefore is but natural, being typical of the
+younger Canadian business men of the most modern and progressive
+tendencies.
+
+
+LAWRENCE LEOPOLD HENDERSON.
+
+Among the successful business men of Montreal is Lawrence Leopold
+Henderson, general manager of the Montreal Transportation
+Company. He was born in Kingston, Ontario, March 5, 1866, a son
+of Peter Robertson and Henrietta Jane (Sweetland) Henderson, the
+former a merchant of Kingston, born in Aberdeen, Scotland, and
+the latter of English ancestry. The father died in 1895 and the
+mother in 1896.
+
+Lawrence L. Henderson received his education in private schools
+and in the collegiate institute at Kingston. In 1884, at the age
+of eighteen, he entered the employ of the Montreal Transportation
+Company as a clerk. Devoting himself assiduously to the work at
+hand, he was promoted from position to position in the various
+departments of the institution until he became in 1896 agent at
+Kingston. In January, 1909, he was made general manager and at
+that time left Kingston for Montreal, having since occupied this
+important position. Mr. Henderson is a director of the National
+Real-Estate and Investment Company of Montreal, the Montreal
+Transportation Company, the Montreal Dry Docks and Ship Repairing
+Company, the Rothesay Realty Company, and president of the
+Dominion Marine Association. He is also a member of the Montreal
+Board of Trade.
+
+While in Kingston Mr. Henderson was a member of the city council
+from 1907 to 1908 and of the school board from 1904 to 1906. He
+also served on the executive of the Dominion Marine Association.
+He was prominent as a member of the Board of Trade of Kingston
+and upon leaving that town was presented with a handsome silver
+salver on behalf of the board and with a silver loving cup by the
+employes of the company.
+
+He is a member of the Canada Club, the Engineers Club, the St.
+George Snowshoe Club, the Canadian Club of Montreal, the Country
+Club of Montreal, the Frontenac Club of Kingston, the Kingston
+Curling Club, and the Heather Club of Westmount.
+
+On April 30, 1890, Mr. Henderson was married to Miss Jennie Lena
+Spencer, a daughter of the late L. B. Spencer, of Kingston. Their
+children are Lawrence Spencer, Mabel Spencer, Ruth Sweetland,
+Kenneth Robertson, Florence Lillian and Jean Lewis.
+
+
+ALBERT PIERRE FRIGON.
+
+Various corporate interests have felt the stimulus of the
+cooperation and enterprising spirit of Albert Pierre Frigon,
+who today stands in a prominent place on the stage of financial
+activity in Montreal, his native city. He was born on the 14th
+of June, 1872, a son of Benjamin and Philomene (Cassan) Frigon,
+the former a general contractor for more than thirty years. Both
+he and his wife are still living. The ancestors of the family
+were all from France and the genealogy can be traced back to the
+fifteenth century.
+
+Albert P. Frigon was educated in the Catholic commissioner’s
+school, Archambault’s, where he was graduated with the class
+of 1888. Crossing the threshold of business life, he became
+bookkeeper for P. P. Mailloux, a hardware merchant on St. Paul
+Street in Montreal, with whom he remained for thirteen years, his
+capability and fidelity being attested by his long connection
+with the house. He resigned in 1901 to become business and
+financial manager for the Seminary of St. Sulpice of Montreal
+and in the intervening years to the present his activities
+have constantly broadened in scope and importance. He is now a
+controlling figure in various corporate interests and has large
+investments in others. At the present writing he is a member of
+the firm of St. Cyr, Gonthier & Frigon, bankers and brokers,
+is vice president of Viauville Lands, Ltd., president of the
+Star Realty Company, president of the Compagnie Immobilière
+d’Outre-Mer, president of the Canadian Siegwart Beam Company
+of Three Rivers, vice president of the New Ontario Oil &
+Gas Company, Ltd., president of the Société de Construction
+Lafontaine, president of the executive board of the General
+Animals Insurance Company, president l’Immobilière du Canada,
+vice president of the France-Canada Company, president of St.
+Francis-Valley Railway Company and president of the St. Francis
+Construction Company. This recital of his connections indicates
+clearly the breadth of his interests and of his capabilities. In
+various companies he is bending his energies to administrative
+direction and executive control and he possesses notable power
+in unifying and coordinating seemingly diverse elements into a
+harmonious and resultant whole. His opinion upon complex and
+involved financial problems is ever accepted with respect and
+consideration by those well qualified to judge thereof. He is
+the vice president of the General Trust Company of Canada,
+president of Comité de Surveillance Caisse Nationale d’Economie
+and is a member of the board of La Chambre de Commerce of
+Montreal.
+
+[Illustration: ALBERT P. FRIGON]
+
+Mr. Frigon’s activities also extend to various public interests
+which have no bearing upon his individual prosperity but arise
+from a deep interest in the general welfare. He votes with
+the liberal party but takes no active part in politics. He is
+a gouverneur à vie de l’Hôpital Notre Dame and he belongs to
+Société St. Jean Baptiste. He is also a Knight of Columbus and
+one of the most sincere, earnest and enthusiastic workers of the
+order, in which he has held a number of offices. His religious
+faith is indicated in the fact that he is a past president of a
+number of Roman Catholic societies. Along more strictly social
+lines he is connected with the St. Denis and Canadian Clubs. Of
+the former he is a life member and has also been a life member
+since 1901 of the Montreal Amateur Athletic Association. He is
+an honorary member of the Sixty-fifth Regiment. His official
+municipal service has been that of mayor of the new village of
+Sault au Récollet, to which office he was called in February,
+1910, and as school commissioner of the same village, to which
+position he was chosen in August, 1913.
+
+On the 18th of April, 1898, in Montreal, Mr. Frigon was married
+to Miss Malvina Perreault, a daughter of Jérémie and Victoria
+(Saint Dizier) Perreault, both of whom are now deceased. Her
+father was for a term of years alderman of the city of Montreal
+and president of l’Association St. Jean Baptiste of Montreal. For
+thirty years he conducted business here as a dry-goods merchant.
+Mr. and Mrs. Frigon are the parents of two children: Jeanne, born
+in Montreal on the 12th of February, 1899; and Germaine, on the
+12th of November, 1900.
+
+Mr. Frigon is a most enthusiastic supporter of his native city,
+in which his entire life has been passed, taking keen interest in
+its progress and having firm belief in the great future. He has
+been an untiring worker for the construction of the Georgian Bay
+canal, acting as president of the special commission appointed
+by the Chamber of Commerce of Montreal to take charge of that
+project. In all of his public as well as his private connections
+he has been a man of action rather than of theory, formulating
+his plans carefully and carrying them forward to successful
+termination.
+
+
+HUGH MACKAY.
+
+On the list of Montreal’s lawyers appears the name of Hugh
+Mackay, who in 1913, was created king’s counsel. His practice
+covers a period of fourteen years, in which he has made
+continuous advancement. He was born in Montreal in 1875, a son
+of the Hon. Robert Mackay. His early educational opportunities
+were supplemented by a course in McGill, where he was graduated
+in 1900, with the B. C. L. degree. He has since practiced as
+an advocate in his native city, and his professional career
+has been one of growing success, a liberal and distinctively
+representative clientage being now accorded him.
+
+Mr. Mackay was married in 1903 in Montreal to Miss Isabel, a
+daughter of J. N. Greenshield, K. C.
+
+Mr. Mackay’s military history covers service as a captain of
+the Royal Highlanders, and he is widely and favorably known in
+military, professional and social circles, having many warm
+friends in this city where his entire life has been passed.
+
+
+ANDRE ODORIE RONDEAU.
+
+Capable, earnest and conscientious, and well versed in the
+knowledge of the law, André Odorie Rondeau enjoys a large
+practice, especially among the French citizenship of Montreal,
+ably representing valuable French interests in the local courts.
+A man of sound judgment and logical reasoning, he readily
+discerns the moving factor in any legal situation and presents
+his views and conclusions so concisely that he seldom fails to
+convince court or jury. He is gifted with all the qualities of
+which a lawyer may be proud and has a deep insight into human
+nature, understanding the springs of human conduct, which
+qualities assist him in his work. As the years have passed he
+has come more and more to the fore in his profession and is now
+recognized as an authority upon many subjects of the law.
+
+Born at St. Marcel, in the county of Richelieu, on the 8th of
+June, 1876, André O. Rondeau is the son of Louis Rondeau, a
+successful agriculturist, who was born in the county of Berthier,
+and Lucie (Ouellette) Rondeau, a daughter of Godefroy Ouellette,
+born in St. Ours, in the county of Richelieu. Both parents are
+highly respected in their locality. The earliest record of the
+Rondeau family goes back to one Pierre Rondeau, a son of Jean,
+who married Catherine Verrier on September 30, 1669, at Ste.
+Famille, and had a large family. Another of these early records
+mentions Jacques Rondeau, born in 1663, who married Françoise
+Beaudry at Trois Rivières on November 6, 1691, and had a family
+of seven children.
+
+André O. Rondeau after acquiring his preliminary education
+attended a commercial college at St. Aimé and the preparatory
+seminary of Ste. Marie de Monnoir, from which he obtained his
+bachelor’s degree. He received his law diploma from Laval
+University of Montreal, after having studied for two years at
+St. Hyacinthe under the supervision of Blanchet & Chicoine,
+well known barristers. Since Mr. Rondeau has joined the legal
+fraternity of Montreal he has made great strides towards
+success, having left the ranks of the many and joined those
+of the successful few. He is skillful in the presentation
+of his evidence, shows marked ability in cross-examination,
+persuasiveness before the jury and has a strong grasp of every
+feature of the case in hand. While his learning never intrudes
+itself when uncalled for and he makes no display thereof, it
+comes into requisition when wanted. He is a man who exemplifies
+in his conduct the lofty ideals of his nation and noble calling
+and he honors his profession by paying it honor and by his
+adherence to the solid virtues and enlightened principles
+underlying the law. It is his ambition to make his native talent
+subserve the demands of the social and business conditions of the
+day and he stands today as a splendid representative of a lawyer
+to whom personal prosperity is secondary in importance to the
+public welfare and less vital than many other elements which go
+to make up human existence.
+
+On June 29, 1908, at Montreal, at the church of St. Jacques, Mr.
+Rondeau was united in marriage to Miss Rose Blanche Trudeau, a
+daughter of Louis Napoléon Trudeau, a well known dentist. The
+religious affiliations of Mr. and Mrs. Rondeau are with the
+Catholic church. In his political views he was during his earlier
+years a liberal but since 1906 has endorsed the nationalist
+movement as he is in sympathy with their ideas. Outside of his
+profession he has had important interests and is the builder
+of the Boulevard Trudeau and Rondeau, in the Prairie River
+district, which leads through lots Nos. 16 and 17. He was one
+of the founders and also one of the first directors of La Cie
+Zootechnique de Labelle, Limitée, at Macaza, P. Q., which has for
+its purpose the raising of fur-bearing animals. Mr. Rondeau is
+highly respected in Montreal as an able lawyer and as a citizen
+of public worth and is especially popular and influential with
+the French, of which race he is an able representative in this
+city.
+
+
+SAMUEL COTTINGHAM STEVENSON.
+
+There was no man to whom the success of Canadian expositions
+and exhibitions was more largely attributable than to Samuel C.
+Stevenson, who as a commissioner, represented his province and
+country in connection with a number of leading affairs of this
+kind on the continent. He was born in Montreal in 1848 and came
+of Scotch ancestry, being a son of James Stevenson, a native of
+Scotland, who after his arrival in Canada was identified with
+shipping interests, owning a number of boats. His wife was, in
+her maidenhood, Miss Elizabeth Cottingham.
+
+Their son, Samuel C. Stevenson, pursued a high-school course and
+in 1872 was granted his Bachelor of Arts degree at McGill. He
+was assistant secretary to the first large provincial exhibition
+and was identified with all the expositions of the province from
+that time until his death. When the first one was held at Mile
+End, he was given entire charge of the industrial department. In
+1876 he was appointed a commissioner of the province of Quebec
+to the great Centennial Exposition held in Philadelphia and in
+1877 when a permanent exposition committee was appointed for the
+province, he was made its secretary for the industrial department
+and held that position until the organization of the Montreal
+Exposition Company in 1889. He was chief organizer and manager
+of all the important expositions that were held in Montreal from
+1886 until his demise and he represented the Canadian interests
+as commissioner for the province of Quebec at the Colonial
+and Industrial Exhibition in London, in 1886. In 1892 he was
+appointed a member and secretary of the provincial commission
+in connection with the World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago
+and was secretary of the council of arts and manufacture of the
+province of Quebec. His long experience enabled him to know
+adequately just what was most attractive for exhibition purposes
+and how to assemble such, and the success of Canada’s exhibits,
+both provincial and at the international expositions in the
+United States, was due in large measure to his efforts. He was a
+corresponding member of the Industrial Education Association of
+New York and a director of the Great Northern Railway of Canada.
+
+Mr. Stevenson’s military experience began in his youth. When a
+boy he belonged to the High School Cadets and afterward joined
+the Victoria Rifles, going to the front with his regiment
+at the time of the Fenian raid of 1866. Later he received a
+commission in the Prince of Wales regiment and was a subaltern
+in the company of that corps which was sent to the relief of the
+force that engaged the Fenians at Eccles Hill. He remained in
+the corps until 1881, when he retired with the rank of major.
+Mr. Stevenson’s interests and activities aside from those
+already indicated were manifest from his membership in the Art
+Association and in the Crescent Street church.
+
+At Saugerties, New York, in 1878 Mr. Stevenson was married to
+Mrs. Gertrude (Caldwell) Bennett, a representative of a southern
+family, that lived in Virginia until the time of the Civil war
+and then removed to New York. Mr. and Mrs. Stevenson had three
+children: James Corliss; Elizabeth Lois, the wife of Herbert
+Yuile; and Gladys Arnold, the wife of J. Hal Pangman.
+
+Such is the record of Samuel C. Stevenson, who passed away
+January 2, 1898. As a public-spirited citizen he was widely
+known. None questioned his fidelity. He responded to every appeal
+when it was needed for the benefit of the general good; to
+build up rather than to destroy was his policy and he attacked
+everything with a contagious enthusiasm.
+
+
+FARQUHAR ROBERTSON.
+
+The nature and variety of his interests and activities at once
+place Farquhar Robertson among those citizens whose lives
+constitute a most useful and serviceable force in bringing about
+modern day conditions, progress and prosperity. While he is well
+known as a business man, he has at the same time been a close
+student of the sociological, economic and political questions of
+the day, and has been actively allied with many movements seeking
+the betterment of conditions for the benefit of the individual
+physically, intellectually and morally. He has also been
+connected with many projects that promote the municipal welfare,
+and thus his life has come to be one of great usefulness in his
+adopted city. A native of Ontario, he was born April 14, 1850,
+at North Branch, Glengarry, a son of Hugh and Flora (McLennan)
+Robertson and a brother of Lieutenant Colonel D. M. Robertson,
+Toronto, Ontario. His education was acquired in his native county
+and since entering upon his business career, he has largely given
+his attention to the coal trade. In business affairs he carries
+forward to successful completion what he undertakes, and his well
+formulated plans are productive of far-reaching and beneficial
+results.
+
+His activities along other lines have been equally broad and
+beneficial. He is identified with many movements which seek
+to meet and improve modern conditions, and to this end he is
+serving as a director of the Parks and Playgrounds Association,
+and is vice president of the Montreal City Improvement League.
+He was one of the promoters of the Montreal Typhoid Emergency
+Hospital, and is one of the managing committee of the Montreal
+General Hospital, a member of the committee of management of
+Royal Edward Institute, and vice president of Victorian Order
+of Nurses. Mr. Robertson is president of the firm of Farquhar
+Robertson, Limited, and director of Merchants Bank of Canada,
+Montreal Transportation Company, Canada Cement Company and the
+Prudential Trust Company. He was president of the Montreal Board
+of Trade in 1909, and it was largely due to his efforts during
+his term of office, that a change in civic administration took
+place, to a board of commissioners.
+
+[Illustration: FARQUHAR ROBERTSON]
+
+Mr. Robertson represented St. Andrew’s ward in the Montreal city
+council for six years and was the council’s representative on the
+Protestant board of school commissioners for the same period.
+
+Mr. Robertson married Miss Flora Craig, daughter of the late
+James Craig, M. P. P., Glengarry. They reside at No. 30 Ontario
+Avenue, Montreal. They are Presbyterians in religion.
+
+While not an office seeker in politics (in which he is a
+conservative), in the usually accepted sense of the term, he is
+deeply interested in all that pertains to the public welfare, and
+the present government thought fit to appoint him as one of the
+present harbor commission.
+
+Mr. Robertson is president of the St. Andrew’s Society of
+Montreal. He is well known in club circles, being a member of St.
+James, Montreal, Montreal Hunt and Outremont Golf Clubs, and life
+member of The Caledonian Society and Montreal Amateur Athletic
+Association. His recreation is devoted to curling and farming.
+
+
+JOHN ALLAN.
+
+John Allan was a splendid example of what industry and
+determination will accomplish for a man. Born in Strathmiglo,
+Scotland, on the 28th of November, 1863, a son of David
+and Christian (Roy) Allan, he became one of the successful
+merchants of Montreal, dealing in clothing, hats, caps and men’s
+furnishings. He was educated in the schools of his native country
+and when eighteen years of age crossed the Atlantic to Canada,
+making his way to Montreal, where he entered the employ of Henry
+Morgan & Company. After some time spent with that house he joined
+his brother, Robert Allan, who was engaged in the bottling of
+ginger ale. Subsequently he embarked in business on his own
+account on Craig Street in a small way, having a limited line of
+clothing, hats, caps and men’s furnishings. He closely applied
+himself to the development of the trade and in that connection
+steadily worked his way upward, his patronage increasing as the
+years went by until he won a substantial measure of success. He
+was truly a self-made man, having been both the architect and
+builder of his own fortunes and his record proved what may be
+accomplished when determination and energy point out the way.
+
+Mr. Allan was married in Cupar, Scotland, in 1894, to Maria
+Isabella Hood, a native of that place and a daughter of Robert
+and Agnes (Moncrief) Hood, and they became parents of five
+children: John Roy, Agnes Isabelle, Robert Bruce, Douglas Hood
+and Malcolm Moncrief. Mr. Allan enjoyed curling as a recreation
+and his more serious interests were represented in membership in
+the Masonic fraternity and in Knox church. He was a member of
+the Young Men’s Christian Association for many years and took
+a deep interest in its affairs. His death occurred January 11,
+1912, and thus was ended a life of activity and usefulness. He
+had made good use of his time and opportunities and had proved
+that prosperity and an honored name may be gained simultaneously.
+
+
+REV. JOSEPH LEONIDAS DESJARDINS.
+
+Rev. Joseph Léonidas Desjardins, secretary general of Laval
+University at Montreal since September 14, 1907, was born at Ste.
+Thérèse, in the county of Terrebonne, on the 27th of November,
+1880, a son of Joseph and Odile (Boileau) Desjardins, the former
+of whom followed agricultural pursuits. The son pursued his early
+studies in the Seminary of Ste. Thérèse and in the Grand Seminary
+of Montreal. His determination to prepare for the priesthood,
+followed by a thorough course of study, led to his ordination
+by Monsignor P. La Rocque on the 3d of July, 1904. His time and
+energies have ever since been devoted to educational service
+save for a period which he devoted to further study. Following
+his ordination he became a professor in the Seminary of Ste.
+Thérèse, where he remained during 1904 and 1905. The following
+year he went abroad for further study in Rome, where he remained
+from 1905 until 1907, winning the degree of Doctor of Theology.
+Following his return to the new world he entered again upon
+active connection with educational interests as secretary general
+of Laval University at Montreal, being appointed to his present
+position on the 14th of September, 1907. In his life work mental
+and moral instruction go hand in hand, and his efforts constitute
+an important element not only in the upbuilding of character
+among individual students but also in the extension of Catholic
+teachings and influence.
+
+
+HIRSCH COHEN.
+
+Hirsch Cohen, most actively identified with the educational and
+moral progress of the Jewish people in Montreal, may point with
+justifiable pride to various schools and synagogues which have
+been established through his instrumentality. A Russian by birth,
+his natal day was in April, 1863, his parents being Hircom and
+Sarah Cohen, both of whom have now passed away, the latter dying
+in 1896 and the former in 1911 at a ripe old age, being over
+ninety years old. Liberal educational advantages constituted the
+foundation for the important and far-reaching life work of Hirsch
+Cohen who was educated in a Hebrew college in Russia. The year
+1890 witnessed his arrival in Montreal, since which time he has
+been active in promoting work among the people of his own faith.
+He has established eight synagogues, including one in Lachine
+and one in the city of Quebec. At that period the people of
+his faith could not stand the regular tithing system and there
+were only a few small synagogues to carry on the work among the
+Hebrew people. Prosperity, however, has come to many and a fair
+degree of success to others and as they have prospered they have
+contributed to the work of intellectual and moral progress with a
+result that there are today a number of large congregations and
+various smaller ones, each an active force in promoting the moral
+development of the Hebrew people. Mr. Cohen has been a leader in
+this work and he is also a director on the school board of the
+Baron de Hirsch Institute. For the past seven years he has been
+acting as chaplain for the Jewish prisoners in the province of
+Quebec. He is chairman of various Hebrew schools in the city and
+has been practically the founder of them all and in the meantime
+has established places of study where adult Hebrews can acquaint
+themselves with various lines of knowledge. He has founded three
+different synagogues in Montreal since his arrival and another
+important branch of his work has been the care which he has
+given to newcomers during the periods of largest immigrations
+to Canada among the Hebrew people. Moreover, he has taken a
+most active and helpful part in bringing about the amalgamation
+of the charitable institutions of the Jewish people into a
+coordinate whole. He has seemed to neglect no line of effort that
+contributes to the welfare of people of his faith. It was through
+his instrumentality that all Jewish slaughter houses were brought
+under the required supervision. He was one of those who took part
+in the organization of the Free Loan Association, and he was one
+who aided in establishing the Jewish Daily Eagle, to the columns
+of which he makes frequent and welcome contributions. He is one
+of the officers in the Zionist movement and one of the officers
+in the Association of Orthodox Rabbis of the United States and
+Canada, in which he is also a member of the executive committee.
+
+Mr. Cohen’s first wife was Miss Sarah First, whom he married in
+1888, and their children were Mrs. Annie Presnau, Mary, Julius,
+Ethel, Goldie and Lazarus. In 1913 he married Leah Nochumofsky.
+It would be difficult to determine how important has been the
+life work of Hirsch Cohen, for there is no standard whereby to
+judge influence, especially when it is exerted along lines of
+intellectual and moral progress. His worth, however, is widely
+recognized, not only by those of his own faith, but also by the
+Gentiles who respect him as a man and honor him for his loyalty
+to his belief and for his great work in behalf of his cause.
+
+
+HARRY BLOOMFIELD.
+
+A prominent representative of the Jewish element in the
+citizenship of Montreal is Harry Bloomfield, a partner in the
+well known wholesale jewelry firm of Bloomfield Brothers. He is
+largely regarded as a representative business man, enterprising,
+progressive, alert and energetic. He was born in Montreal in
+1879, a son of Baruch Bloomfield, a scholar and educator who
+for many years resided in Montreal and enjoyed the respect of
+all who knew him. It was in the schools of this city that Harry
+Bloomfield pursued his education and after entering business
+circles he traveled for the American Clock Company of New York
+for five and a half years, in which he gained much valuable
+experience concerning business methods and procedure. On the
+expiration of that period he entered the employ of the Canadian
+jewelry house of Pinfort & Company, whom he represented upon
+the road as a traveling salesman for another period of five and
+a half years. All during this time he was ambitious to engage in
+business on his own account, and in 1904 he saw the realization
+of his hopes, for in that year he was the organizer of the
+firm of Bloomfield Brothers, wholesale jewelers. Through the
+intervening period the business has steadily grown and developed
+under the careful guidance and management of its proprietors who
+are energetic, progressive young men, realizing and utilizing
+their opportunities. They carry a large and carefully selected
+line of jewelry, and their trade is growing year by year, having
+already reached extensive and profitable proportions.
+
+On the 7th of June, 1905, Mr. Bloomfield was united in marriage
+to Miss Sadie Davies, a daughter of Morton Davies of New York,
+and their children are Bernard, Louis, Dorothy and Florence.
+Mr. Bloomfield has been somewhat active in connection with
+civic affairs. He was made justice of the peace for the city
+and district of Montreal, October 12, 1904, and he was twice a
+candidate in St. Lawrence ward in conservative interests as M. P.
+P.
+
+He is identified with a number of social and fraternal
+organizations, for beside being president of the Independent
+Voters League he is a director of the Baron de Hirsch Institute,
+a director of the Hebrew Sheltering Home, a director of the
+Montefiore Club and president of the D’Israeli Conservative Club.
+At the time of the ritual murder charge against Mendel Beiliss
+six judges were appointed by the Jewish citizens to forward a
+protest to the governor general and Mr. Bloomfield was appointed
+as one of the judges. He is a high type of young Jewish manhood
+in Montreal and is rapidly winning for himself an enviable
+position in business circles.
+
+
+JOHN BRADFORD MCCONNELL, M. D., D. C. L.
+
+Dr. John Bradford McConnell, an able educator in the field of
+medical science and actively engaged in hospital and private
+practice, was born at Chatham, Quebec, August 28, 1851, a son of
+the late Andrew and Martha Jane (Bradford) McConnell, of Lachute,
+Quebec. In the acquirement of his education he became a student
+at Dr. Wanless Academy at Carillon, Quebec, and ultimately
+graduated from McGill University with the degrees of M. D., C.
+M. in 1873. Still not content with the opportunities that had
+already been his for preparation for the medical profession, he
+went abroad and did post-graduate work in Berlin under Professor
+Koch. From the outset his professional career has been marked
+by advancement and constantly expanding powers have enabled him
+to successfully control and check disease when others of less
+thorough training or of minor devotion to the profession would
+have failed. His high standing is indicated in the fact that
+Bishop’s College of Lennoxville selected him for the honor of
+receiving the D. C. L. degree in 1905. He has long been eminent
+in the field of medical education and was vice president of the
+College of Physicians and Surgeons, while for many years he
+was a professor on the medical faculty of Bishop’s College. He
+has successively occupied the chairs of professor of botany,
+professor of materia medica, professor of pathology, professor of
+medicine and of clinical medicine, and was vice dean for a number
+of years and was acting dean in 1905, when the medical faculty
+was amalgamated with McGill University, so that his name is
+inseparably associated with Bishop’s College and the high rank it
+has attained. Dr. McConnell has also been a member of the staff
+of the Western Hospital since its establishment and is medical
+examiner for the Aetna and the Mutual Life Insurance Companies.
+He was for several years editor of the Canada Medical Record.
+He has written extensively on medical subjects and his opinions
+elicit attention, admiration and consideration whenever publicly
+expressed.
+
+[Illustration: DR. JOHN B. McCONNELL]
+
+Aside from the strict path of the profession Dr. McConnell has
+been active and is now a senator of the Wesleyan Theological
+College of Montreal. He also has an interesting military chapter
+in his life record, having from 1875 until 1884 served as
+assistant surgeon of the First Prince of Wales Regiment. In 1875
+he married Miss Theodora Lovell, daughter of the late Robert
+Miller, of Montreal. Dr. McConnell is yet in the prime of life.
+He has not reached the zenith of his powers, which are constantly
+unfolding and developing. He keeps in the vanguard of those to
+whom science is revealing its secrets as the result of careful
+investigation and wide research, and the broader knowledge which
+each year brings is familiar to him.
+
+
+JOHN GEORGE ADAMI.
+
+Dr. John George Adami, scientist, educationist and author whose
+eminent position in his profession was indicated in his election
+to the presidency of the Association of American Physicians in
+1911, was born in Manchester, England, January 12, 1862, a son of
+the late John George Adami of Manchester and Ashton-upon-Mersey,
+Cheshire. The mother of Dr. Adami, who in her maidenhood was
+Sarah Ann Ellis Leech, was a daughter of Thomas Leech of Urmston,
+Lancashire, and a sister of the late Sir Bosdin Leech, one of the
+founders of the Manchester Ship Canal, while another brother was
+Professor Leech, a leading member of the staff of Owen’s College
+and the Manchester Medical School.
+
+Dr. Adami began his more advanced schooling when he entered
+Owen’s College, Manchester, and in 1880 entered Christ’s
+College, Cambridge, becoming a scholar of the same and in
+1882 gaining a first class in the first part of the Natural
+Science Tripos followed in 1884 by a first class in the second
+part of the same tripos. Following upon this he spent eight
+months in physiological research at Breslau, Germany, under the
+distinguished physiologist Heidenhain. In 1885, Dr. Adami was
+awarded the Darwin prize of his college, for original research.
+The Master of Arts degree was conferred upon him in 1887, and
+with the completion of the course of medicine at Manchester in
+this year, he was appointed house physician at the Manchester
+Royal Infirmary, following upon which he was called to Cambridge
+to become demonstrator of pathology under Professor Roy.
+
+In 1890, he was appointed to the John Lucas Walker studentship
+of pathology in the University of Cambridge, and went to Paris
+for bacteriological research in the Institute Pasteur, under
+Professor Metchnikoff. He won his M. D. degree in 1891, and in
+the same year was elected a fellow of Jesus College.
+
+The following year he was called to Montreal, as professor of
+pathology in McGill University, and his continued success in
+research work, in practice and in the educational field, led to
+various degrees and honors being conferred upon him. In 1898,
+McGill conferred upon him the degrees of M. A. and M. B. Ad Eund.
+
+The University of New Brunswick honored him with the LL. D.
+degree in 1900, the University of Toronto conferring the same
+degree in 1911, while in 1912 he received the Sc. D. of Trinity
+College, Dublin. He had previously, in 1905, been elected a
+fellow of the Royal Society. He is also a fellow of the Royal
+Societies of Edinburgh and Canada. In February, 1914, the
+Fothergillian medal of the Medical Society of London was awarded
+to Dr. Adami for his “work on Pathology in its application to
+practical medicine and surgery.” The Fothergillian gold medal was
+first awarded in 1787 and now is given every third year.
+
+It would be tautological in this connection to enter into any
+series of statements showing him to be a man of scholarly
+attainments, for this has been shadowed forth between the
+lines of this review in the work that he has performed as an
+investigator and in the honors which have been conferred upon him.
+
+He is perhaps even better known in the field of authorship than
+in educational circles. The work by which he is most widely known
+is his “Principles of Pathology” in two volumes (the second in
+connection with Professor A. G. Nicholls of McGill).
+
+Dr. Adami has written various papers on pathological subjects
+which have appeared in a number of the leading medical journals
+in England and America and have also been translated into French.
+His smaller text-book upon pathology written along with Dr. John
+McCrae, is being translated into Chinese.
+
+That his activities have not been solely in the path of his
+profession are indicated by not a few addresses he has delivered
+on biographical and literary subjects. He stands prominently with
+those men of broad humanitarian principles and high scientific
+attainment who are doing everything in their power to prevent
+the spread of disease and educate the people to a knowledge of
+preventive methods and sanitary conditions.
+
+He presided at one of the meetings of the International
+Tuberculosis Congress held in Washington in 1908, and was one
+of the promoters of the Royal Edward Tuberculosis Institute in
+1909. He was a member of the Royal Commission, of the province of
+Quebec, re spread of tuberculosis in 1909, and in that same year
+became president of the Canada Association for the Prevention
+of Tuberculosis, being reelected for three years in succession.
+In 1911 he was honored with election to the presidency of the
+Association of American Physicians. He has been president of
+the local Medico-Chirurgical Society and is a joint secretary
+of the Victorian Order of Nurses. In 1899 he was president of
+the Montreal branch of the British Medical Association and was
+president of the pathological section of that organization at
+the meeting in Toronto in 1905. He was a vice president of the
+section of pathology at the International Congress of Medicine,
+London, 1913.
+
+He has been offered many prominent positions in the educational
+field both in England and the United States, but has preferred
+to remain in Montreal, recognizing that he has a broad field of
+labor in this city.
+
+His teaching ranks him as one of the foremost educators of the
+land, and in the class room he enthuses his pupils with much of
+the high idealism which has always characterized his professional
+connections.
+
+Aside from all of these activities and interests, bearing upon
+the practice and science of medicine, Dr. Adami was chosen
+president of the City Improvement League in 1909, and was elected
+vice president of the University Club in the same year. He holds
+membership in the St. James Club, and in the Savile Club of
+London.
+
+Dr. Adami was married in 1894, to Mary Stuart, a daughter of
+James A. Cantlie of Montreal, and a niece of Lord Mount Stephen.
+Their residence, No. 34 Macgregor Avenue, is one of Montreal’s
+attractive homes, while the family are well known in the best
+social circles of the city. The Herald has said of Dr. Adami:
+“Endowed with youth, energy and enthusiasm, his investigations
+have been important and of great benefit to mankind.” His name
+in connection with his professional ability and research work
+is known not only throughout the American continent but in many
+educational centers of Europe, as his authorship has made him
+known to the profession.
+
+
+RODOLPHE MONTY, K. C.
+
+Since admitted to the bar in 1897 Rodolphe Monty has continuously
+and successfully practiced in Montreal, advancing step by
+step to the position which he now occupies as one of the able
+representatives of the legal profession in this city. He is a
+member of the firm of Monty & Duranleau and their clientage
+is of an extensive and important character. Montreal claims
+Mr. Monty as a native son. He was born November 30, 1874, and
+in the acquirement of his education attended Ste. Marie de
+Monnoir College, McGill University and Laval University, his
+classical course winning for him the Bachelor of Arts degree,
+while his professional course gained for him the degree of
+LL. L. In January, 1897, he was called to the bar and at once
+entered upon the active practice of a profession for which he
+had fully prepared. No dreary novitiate awaited him. He came
+almost immediately into prominence and in 1909 was created a
+king’s counsel. He is now senior partner of the firm of Monty
+& Duranleau, one of the strongest at the Montreal bar, and the
+thoroughness and care with which he prepares his cases excites
+the admiration and surprise of his contemporaries, who find him
+prepared not only for attack but for defense as well. For eight
+years he has been a member of the council of the bar of Montreal
+and for five years has been examiner. He has served as delegate
+to the general council of the bar of the province of Quebec for
+three years and as treasurer of the bar of Montreal for two years.
+
+While pursuing his study in the university Mr. Monty was
+president of the law students of Laval in 1895-6 and at the same
+time was one of the most active members of the model parliament
+established among the students. His eloquence and skill as a
+debater secured for him the leadership of the opposition in those
+early days. He also filled the offices of minister of railways
+and canals and speaker of the house. He is now governor general
+of the model parliament. He could undoubtedly win parliamentary
+honors today if he cared to do so, but, while possibly not
+without that laudable ambition which is so useful as an incentive
+in public life, he regards the pursuits of private life as in
+themselves abundantly worthy of his best efforts and concentrates
+his energies upon his professional duties. His devotion to his
+clients’ interests is proverbial and on many occasions he has
+proven himself capable of solving some of the most involved and
+intricate problems of the law. In politics he is a conservative,
+while socially he is connected with the St. Denis Club, the Club
+Canadien and the Délormier Club.
+
+
+THE HON. SIR GEORGE A. DRUMMOND, K. C. M. G., C. V. O.
+
+Sir George A. Drummond, whose strong intellectual force gave him
+mastery over the grave problems which confronted him as a member
+of parliament and enabled him to wisely direct his individual
+interests until success placed him among the most prosperous
+residents of Montreal, was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1829.
+He enjoyed the educational opportunities offered by the high
+school of his native city and then entered the university in the
+Scottish capital. His laudable ambition and keen insight into
+conditions prompted him to seek the advantages offered in the
+new world when but twenty-five years of age, and therefore in
+1854 he embraced the opportunity to come to Canada and assume the
+practical and technical management of a sugar refinery which was
+established in Montreal by John Redpath. In this connection the
+Gazette, at the time of his death, wrote: “The superior education
+he received in the institutions of his native Scotland was a
+powerful help to him when he was called upon to grapple with the
+problems which demanded solution in an undeveloped country like
+the Canada of that day. When he became interested in the Redpath
+sugar refinery in the year 1854 he was perhaps the best educated
+business man in the city, and whether as a member of the Board of
+Trade, a commanding figure in the realm of banking and commerce,
+or in social life, he maintained that scholarly supremacy and
+distinction which was willingly accorded him by his fellow
+citizens more than half a century ago.”
+
+The Redpath sugar refinery proved a profitable enterprise from
+the beginning until tariff changes forced the plant to close
+down in 1874. Before resuming operations in that line in 1879,
+in which year he founded the Canada Sugar Refining Company, of
+which he became president, Sir George spent five years abroad
+in study, travel and recreation. In connection with the Canada
+Sugar Refining Company he developed one of the most important
+productive industries of the country and into other fields
+extended his efforts with equal discernment and success. He
+became a director in the Bank of Montreal in 1882 and in 1887 was
+elected vice president and subsequently president, so continuing
+until his death. He became president of the company owning
+and developing the coal and iron mines at Londonderry, Nova
+Scotia, and was prominently connected with many other commercial
+interests and projects. He was prominent as a stockholder and
+officer in the Mexican Light, Heat & Power Company and was a
+director of the Canadian Pacific Railway Company and the Ogilvie
+Milling Company and vice president of the Royal Trust Company.
+He was also largely interested in the Cumberland Coal &
+Railway Company, and his connection extended to various other
+corporations which have been important factors in the development
+and upbuilding of Canada’s manufacturing interests.
+
+[Illustration: SIR GEORGE A. DRUMMOND]
+
+From the time that he became a resident of Canada Sir George
+Drummond also became a student of the conditions of the country
+as affected by political interests. Perhaps no better account of
+his prominent connection with political affairs can be given than
+by quoting from one of the local papers, which wrote: “Though
+coming from a country wedded to free trade ideas, he discovered
+that new industries could not thrive here in competition with
+the advanced and enterprising industrial activity on the other
+side of the line. Hence his early advocacy of protection,
+designated during the campaign of 1878 as the National Policy.
+Sir George Drummond had formed strong friendships with Sir
+John A. Macdonald, Sir Charles Tupper and the more aggressive
+leaders of the conservative party as represented in the Canadian
+parliament. He was induced, much against his will, to accept
+the party candidature in Montreal West against one of the most
+popular men of the day, Hon. John Young. The contest will be
+remembered by some of the older citizens as one of extreme
+bitterness, although Mr. Drummond’s utterances on the platform
+were marked by ability, force and breadth of view, and those who
+heard him during that campaign of 1872 were not by any means
+surprised when he developed later into an authority on banking
+and finance and a leader in the discussion of matters pertaining
+to trade and commerce. That contest preceded by two years the
+fall of the Macdonald government and the acceptance of office
+by pronounced free traders. As delegation after delegation went
+to Ottawa, and were told by the finance minister that ministers
+were as flies on a wheel in the matter of bringing prosperity
+to the land, Sir George Drummond and his friends, recruited
+from both of the old political parties, started to organize the
+downfall of free trade in Canada. It was, however, when the
+victory had been won at the polls, when Sir Charles Tupper’s
+powerful efforts at the by-elections in Ontario, Quebec and Nova
+Scotia had brought forth their fruit that the hardest work had
+to be done, and here the ability of Sir George came powerfully
+into play. Sir Leonard Tilly was finance minister, Sir Mackenzie
+Bowell was in charge of the customs and Sir John Macdonald was
+powerful in the country and in parliament. He had received a
+mandate to bring the National Policy into force; but this was
+easier to say than to do. The fiscal and customs policy of the
+country had to be changed. It was at this time that the counsel
+and business experience of Sir George Drummond were brought
+into requisition and with a great degree of success. Time
+convinced men of good-will and fair mind that the broad device
+of ‘Canada for the Canadians’ and ‘that which is beneficial to
+the manufacturer will be equally beneficial to the consumer and
+to the country at large,’ were right. Mr. Drummond was not a
+conservative during his active participation in party conflicts
+because of individual gain. He adhered to principle rather than
+to party name. In 1888, Sir John Macdonald being premier, Mr.
+Drummond was called to the senate, and up to the time of his
+death was the ablest representative of the mercantile classes
+in the upper house of the Canadian parliament. As chairman of
+the banking and commerce committee of the senate his word was
+as law. His opinions relating to matters of financial import
+were received without question by minister and member alike, and
+when Senator Drummond had spoken upon a question of this kind
+there was a general consensus of opinion that little remained
+to be said. It was by his mastery of his subject and by his
+prominence in all matters affecting the moneyed interests of the
+Dominion that he won the respect of his fellow legislators at
+the capital. There are many men who are members of the Montreal
+Board of Trade who look back to the days when Sir George Drummond
+was the president of that organization and remember the manner
+in which he filled that office, the highest in the gift of
+the merchants of the commercial metropolis of the Dominion.
+They remember the high character of his addresses and his wise
+contributions to the deliberations of the council. It was
+accepted as a matter of course that he should lead off either
+as the mover or the seconder in any great question that was
+to be presented to the government or to the other colonies or
+for the consideration of the whole empire. It was as director,
+vice president and president of the Bank of Montreal that the
+citizens of the financial center of the Dominion will remember
+Sir George Drummond long. His ability was freely acknowledged
+on both continents. He was at headquarters early and late,
+and his attention to the interests of the bank was as marked
+when the financial atmosphere was serene as when there were
+lowering clouds on the horizon. His attitude at the annual bank
+meetings was the personification of tact and courtesy, and his
+able addresses on such occasions, uttered as they were with a
+practiced finger resting upon the financial and commercial pulse
+of the continent, were read by Wall Street and London as eagerly
+as by the public men and bankers of his own country.”
+
+Sir George Drummond was married twice. In 1857 he wedded
+Helen, daughter of John Redpath, and following her demise he
+was married in 1884 to Mrs. Grace Julia Hamilton, the widow of
+George Hamilton and a daughter of A. Davidson Parker, a Montreal
+pioneer. Two sons of the first marriage, Huntly R. and Arthur L.,
+are living. The former succeeded his father as president of the
+Canada Sugar Refining Company, Ltd., and is ex-president of the
+Montreal Board of Trade; while the latter is actively identified
+with the Canada Sugar Refining Company, Ltd. One son, Guy, of the
+second marriage, is living and is a resident of Montreal.
+
+The death of Sir George Drummond occurred February 2, 1910,
+removing from the stage of Canadian activity one of its most
+prominent and honored figures. He was a member of the St. James
+Club, the Rideau Club of Ottawa, the Reform Club of London,
+England, and the Manhattan Club of New York.
+
+Sir George and Lady Drummond were in entire sympathy in their
+benevolent work. He was the founder of the Home for Incurables
+in Montreal, which was opened in 1894 under the charge of the
+Sisters of St. Margaret, and Lady Drummond bestowed much care and
+thought on the preparation of the interior of the institution.
+She has been connected with many societies and movements in
+Montreal that have to do with the betterment of the people, the
+city or its conditions. She is president of the Montreal Charity
+Organization and is actively connected with the Victorian Order
+of Nurses and with various other bodies. She was also a member
+of the Quebec Tercentennial celebration in 1908. She was the
+first president of the local branch of the National Council of
+Women. She was elected president of the Women’s Canadian Club of
+Montreal for 1907-8, and Lady Aberdeen places her “at the head
+of the Canadian sisterhood for activity in ‘promoting all that
+is true and just and beautiful among women, and for a consuming
+hatred for unrighteousness in every form.’” She presented a
+silver cup for competition by the members of the Royal Montreal
+Ladies’ Golf Club in 1905. Her name is not unknown in literary
+circles and among her writings is an essay entitled “Purity of
+Speech and Accent.” She was the first woman to speak at a public
+banquet in Montreal, being thus honored in 1898. In 1902 Sir
+George and Lady Drummond were presented at court.
+
+On the occasion of the visit of our present King and Queen to
+Canada as Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York Lady Drummond
+drew up and presented an address to Her Royal Highness on behalf
+of the National Council of Women of Canada, while Sir George
+Drummond at the same time presented to His Royal Highness the
+citizens’ commemorative medal. Lady Aberdeen has characterized
+Lady Drummond as “a woman of distinguished presence, with great
+personal charm, gifts of rare eloquence and the power of clothing
+her thoughts in most expressive language.” She is a member of the
+Anglican church, to which Sir George also belonged.
+
+Sir George was much interested in agriculture and the breeding
+of fine stock. Huntlywood, his magnificent country place at
+Beaconsfield, was one of the finest country estates on the
+continent. He took great pride in its well kept condition, his
+private golf links affording an opportunity for indulgence in
+a recreation that he was fond of. He kept only the finest live
+stock that he could procure. His first Southdown sheep were bred
+from stock he secured from King Edward. In live-stock breeding
+Sir George aimed to maintain the same high standard of excellence
+that characterized everything he did. His stock nearly always
+won first prize at the big stock shows in Canada and the United
+States, where he met in competition the most noted breeders of
+his day. Sir George also maintained a beautiful country house,
+Gads Hill, at Cacouna, now the summer home of Lady Drummond. He
+took a most deep and helpful interest in all those things which
+promote the aesthetic and moral nature of the individual and
+which act as broadening and uplifting influences in the lives of
+all. He was the owner of one of the finest galleries of paintings
+on the American continent and was for some time president of the
+Art Association of Montreal. It is said of him that he “derived
+greater pleasure in pinning a badge to the breast of a member of
+the Victorian Order of Nurses and wishing a hearty God-speed to
+that devoted agent of good than in talking in millions around
+the directors’ table of the Bank of Montreal.” He was a knight
+commander of the Order of St. Michael and St. George and his
+character and his ability made his presence an honor in any
+gathering.
+
+High encomiums were passed upon him by various members of the
+senate when he was called from this life on the 2d of February,
+1910. One of the local papers said: “Flags flying at half-mast
+from many of the chief public and commercial buildings of the
+city yesterday testified at once to the extent of the interests
+with which Sir George A. Drummond was in his life connected,
+and to the respect in which he was held for his character, his
+ability and his public services.” The council of the Board
+of Trade, of which he had been president, said he was “long
+regarded as Montreal’s most eminent citizen and one of the oldest
+and most distinguished members of this board.” Senator Lougheed
+said that he “doubted if any other name had been more closely
+linked with the industrial life of Canada during the early part
+of the present generation than that of Sir George Drummond. Not
+only has he been associated with the material development of
+Canada, but he was equally a supporter of the arts and sciences
+and the great sociological questions of this progressive age.
+In 1903 he was the recipient of very distinguished honors at
+the hands of his sovereign on account of the eminent public
+services which he had rendered Canada. His name should long be
+revered in Montreal, where it was identified with the great
+commercial, educational and philanthropic institutions.” Senator
+Dandurand said of Sir George: “He was esteemed in Montreal
+as a liberal-minded man who did his utmost to maintain good
+understanding between the races in that city, always showing an
+earnest desire to promote harmony. He was a benefactor of all
+institutions that needed private help and will be missed by the
+community at large, as he was whole-souled, kind-hearted and one
+who played a most important role in all the affairs of the city.”
+
+
+L. JOSEPH THEOPHILE DECARY.
+
+L. Joseph Theophile Decary, an architect of pronounced ability
+and prominently known as a water color artist, was born at St.
+Jerome, Quebec, September 21, 1882, a son of Jean Baptiste and
+Marie Theolinde (Lauzon) Decary, natives of Lachine and St.
+Jerome respectively. When the north was open for settlement
+in 1876 the father went to St. Jerome to establish business
+as a jeweler and has there since resided. He is of the eighth
+generation in direct descent from Jean Decarys, who came to
+Canada with Maisonneuve in 1642. The name has since been
+variously spelled Decary, Decaire and Descarries.
+
+L. Joseph Theophile Decary, whose name introduces this record,
+pursued a commercial course in St. Jerome, leaving the school
+there in 1900. He afterward spent a year in a pharmaceutical
+establishment and a year as a telegraph operator at St. Jerome
+Junction on the Canadian Pacific and Canadian Northern of Quebec
+Railroads. When nineteen years of age he left home, without
+funds, to go to Boston, hoping there to find the opportunity
+which would enable him to develop his latent talents in drawing.
+From an early age he had displayed considerable ability in that
+direction and believed that his line of life should be determined
+thereby. After reaching Boston he secured a situation in an
+architect’s office which brought him a salary of two dollars per
+week. He learned quickly and won the confidence and assistance
+of Guy Lowell, architect, who sent him to the Massachusetts
+Institute of Technology in Boston in October, 1903. There he
+followed a special course in architecture until 1905, and he now
+holds a degree from the association of architects of the Province
+of Quebec Architects’ Association. Following his return to Canada
+he opened an office in Montreal, where he has since practiced
+his profession, his ability gaining him a large clientage. He
+made the architectural design and plans for the Ecole des Hautes
+Etudes Commerciales of Montreal for Messrs. Gauthier and Daoust.
+His talent has been further developed in the field of fine arts
+as shown in his exhibitions in water colors at the season
+exhibit of the Art Association of Montreal in 1910. He is a
+member of the National Gallery of Ottawa.
+
+[Illustration: L. J. T. DECARY]
+
+On the 23d of April, 1906, at Point St. Charles, Montreal, Mr.
+Decary was united in marriage to Hattie G. Blanchard, a daughter
+of Captain J. B. Blanchard and widow of John Weatherburn. In his
+political views Mr. Decary is a liberal and is without political
+ambition or aspiration. He finds pleasant association with men
+of similar professional talents in the Technology Club of Lower
+Canada and interest and recreation through his membership in the
+St. John Yacht Club, of which he was vice commodore in the year
+1913.
+
+
+ALEXANDER DRUMMOND STEWART, M. D.
+
+Dr. Alexander Drummond Stewart, a successful physician and since
+1903 connected with the department of the interior of the port
+of Montreal, is a native of Toronto, Ontario, and acquired his
+preliminary education in the public schools of that city. He
+studied medicine in McGill University, graduating with the degree
+of M. D. in 1888. Since that time he has been continuously in
+practice.
+
+Dr. Stewart opened his first office in Richmond, Quebec province,
+and he continued there until 1898, building up a large and
+representative clientage and in addition to its conduct serving
+in an able way as medical officer for the Grand Trunk Railway at
+that point. From Richmond he came to Montreal and in this city is
+now a successful practitioner. Besides conducting his extensive
+private practice he is medical officer of the department of the
+interior of the port of Montreal, an office to which he was
+elected in 1903.
+
+Dr. Stewart married Miss Emma Christie of Lachute, Argenteuil
+county, Quebec, and they have become the parents of a daughter,
+Bessie. Dr. Stewart is a member of St. Paul’s Presbyterian
+church. He belongs to the Outremont Golf Club and the University
+Club. Along professional lines he is connected with the Montreal
+Medico-Chirurgical Society, and he keeps in touch with the most
+advanced medical thought, remaining always a close and earnest
+student.
+
+
+JOHN MITCHELL.
+
+John Mitchell, deceased, who was for thirty years a produce
+merchant of Montreal, was born at Dufftown, Scotland, in 1830,
+and his life record covered the intervening years to the 23d of
+November, 1904. His is a history of intense and well directed
+activity along the line in which he engaged. Educated in
+Scotland, he came to Quebec when sixteen years of age, having
+a brother, Robert, in this province. He made his entrance into
+business life as an employe of a Mr. Symes, a merchant; but after
+a short time he left the city of Quebec for Montreal at the
+solicitation of his uncle, Alexander Simpson, who was manager
+of the Bank of Montreal. Mr. Mitchell embarked in business in
+connection with others as a wholesale dealer in molasses, sugar
+and grain in the West Indies, but the business failed and for
+a short time thereafter Mr. Mitchell was a resident of Chicago,
+Illinois. Later he went to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, but soon
+returned to Montreal and here engaged in the produce business in
+which he continued for thirty years, or until his death. He lived
+a quiet life, being modest and unassuming in manner, and his
+uprightness and his honorable qualities won him the admiration
+and respect of all.
+
+Mr. Mitchell was married to Margaret Turner of Keith, Scotland,
+and they became the parents of two children: John Alexander,
+living near Edmonton, Canada; and Alice Margaret, who is a member
+of the editorial staff of the Montreal Weekly Star. In 1871 Mr.
+Mitchell was again married in the cathedral of Montreal to Miss
+Elizabeth Scott, a daughter of Dr. Alexander Scott, who came
+from Keith, Scotland, and practiced in Montreal, but died when
+his daughter, Mrs. Mitchell, was but five years of age. In later
+years Mrs. Scott lived with her daughter until her death. The
+children of Mr. Mitchell’s second marriage were four in number,
+of whom two are living: Walter Scott, a resident of Sorrento,
+Notch Hill, British Columbia; and Charles Stewart, who is with
+the Ogilvie Flour Mills Company of Montreal.
+
+The family attend the First Presbyterian church, of which Mr.
+Mitchell was a devout member. He was also one of the founders of
+the St. James Club and one of the original members of the Thistle
+Curling Club. While quiet and unassuming in manner, the circle
+of his friends was almost coextensive with the circle of his
+acquaintances, a fact indicative of an honorable and well spent
+life.
+
+
+BARUCH BLOOMFIELD.
+
+In the history of Judaism on the American continent the name of
+few deserve equal prominence with that of Baruch Bloomfield,
+scholar, educator and philanthropist, actuated at all times by
+the highest spirit of humanitarianism and moral force. He was
+born in Russia. He had liberal educational advantages for his
+time and throughout his life was a close and discriminating
+student. Crossing the Atlantic to the new world, he settled first
+in New York, where he engaged in teaching for about ten years.
+He was one of the greatest Hebrew and Talmudic scholars of his
+time. About 1870 he removed from New York to Montreal, which city
+remained his place of residence throughout the rest of his life.
+His family is one of the oldest Jewish families in Montreal,
+having been represented here for close to a century. For a
+quarter of a century prior to his demise he was a representative
+in Montreal of the German Jews in Jerusalem and was a prominent
+member of the McGill College Avenue synagogue to which he
+rendered great services at various times. A part of his life work
+was the collection of funds which he forwarded to the Holy Land,
+and to the cause he was himself a most generous contributor.
+
+Mr. Bloomfield was united in marriage to Miss Dora Albert and
+they became the parents of five sons, four of whom still survive,
+Abraham, David, Harry and Samuel, together with the mother. In
+1901 the family were called upon to mourn the loss of a daughter
+and sister, Jessie, whose death was an irreparable blow to the
+household. It was while still grieving over the loss of this
+daughter that Mr. Bloomfield went to New Orleans, called there by
+the sudden illness of his son, Moses, who was traveling through
+the south for a Canadian firm. He was a young man of twenty-five
+years and was looked upon in the community as a model young man
+of sterling character, of the highest honor and integrity, and
+of ideal purity in life. The father hastened to his bedside and
+every possible thing was done to restore him to health, but a few
+days after the father’s arrival Moses Bloomfield passed away.
+This death following so closely upon the death of the daughter
+was more than Mr. Bloomfield could bear. He died almost literally
+of a broken heart, passing away in New Orleans on the 31st of
+December, 1901, aged fifty-six years. The sudden demise of father
+and son has been greatly deplored by the entire Jewish community
+and especially by the Shaar (Hashomayim) congregation to which
+they belonged. A beautiful memorial service was held at the
+McGill College Avenue synagogue. The remains of father and son
+were interred in a cemetery in New Orleans, but at the memorial
+service in Montreal hundreds of their friends gathered to pay
+the last tribute of respect and to thus honor their memory. In
+his address Rabbi Bernard M. Kaplan said: “We have assembled in
+this House of God from all parts of the city to mourn a great
+and grievous loss which we have sustained by the untimely demise
+of two most virtuous, most pious and most respected members of
+the community, a father and son who under the most pathetic
+circumstances found their graves in a strange land. The son,
+while yet in the freshness and bloom of life, expired in the
+embrace of a loving father who had traversed almost a continent
+to gaze once more upon the innocent and serene countenance of
+his child.” Rabbi Kaplan said that some would mourn more deeply
+the loss of the young man--his associates and friends who were
+closely connected with him--while to others the death of the
+father, which had come as a more telling blow, yet by all the
+death of each would be felt, for each was a man largely ideal in
+his home relations and in his relations to his friends and to his
+congregation. Mr. Bloomfield was a most devoted and loving father
+as well as a most kind, considerate and affectionate husband. “He
+not only loved his wife, but true to the teachings of the Talmud,
+of which he was a great student, he honored and respected her.
+His family life was an inspiration to every lover of ideal home
+life. His modest home was a veritable sanctuary whose atmosphere
+was permeated by serene peace, true purity, and sincere piety.
+And, again, every one who appreciates gentleness of manner and
+gentleness of disposition, purity of life and purity of thought,
+faith in God and faith in humanity, devotion to religion and
+devotion to every other duty, sincerity of speech and sincerity
+of action, must lament the loss which the community sustains
+by the death of Baruch Bloomfield, for he embodied all these
+qualities and many more. He loved peace and pursued it. He loved
+Hebrew learning and devoted his life to it. He loved Judaism and
+made great sacrifices for it. He loved charity and gave it. I
+approached him myself several times on matters of charity. Not
+only did he contribute a great deal more that I thought his means
+allowed him, but what is more, he gave his share with all his
+heart and soul--so much so that he reminded me of the proverbial
+romantic Hebrew charity which meant not only the giving of money
+but also the giving, so to speak, of the very heart with it.
+
+“For a period of twenty-five years Baruch Bloomfield, from time
+to time collected and forwarded considerable funds to the Holy
+Land. It was the supreme passion of his life to step some day on
+the Holy Land. His wish like that of Moses has not, however, been
+realized. He died on this side of the Jordan. But, friends, there
+was no need for Baruch Bloomfield to go to Palestine in order to
+be on holy land. I say in all sincerity, that the ground where so
+pure and so pious a man as Baruch Bloomfield stood, studied or
+prayed, was holy. It was sanctified by the holiness of an ideal
+Jewish life. Yea, the very ground wherein his body, the shrine
+of so beautiful a soul is deposited is positively holy. Baruch
+Bloomfield was an ish kaddish, a holy man in the traditional
+sense of the term. A truly holy man sanctifies his surroundings.”
+
+
+SIR THOMAS GEORGE RODDICK, M. D., LL. D., F. R. C. S.
+
+Sir Thomas George Roddick, M. D., LL. D., F. R. C. S., was born
+at Harbour Grace, Newfoundland, July 31, 1846, a son of the late
+John Irving Roddick and Emma Jane Martin. His father was a native
+of Dumfriesshire, Scotland, and was for many years principal
+of the government school at Harbour Grace. After pursuing his
+preliminary education with his father, and, later, in the Truro
+Model and Normal Schools of Nova Scotia, Sir Thomas entered
+McGill University in 1864 in preparation for the practice of
+medicine, which he intended to make his life’s work. He graduated
+M. D., C. M., in 1868, and was the Holmes Gold Medallist and
+final prizeman of his year. Immediately following his graduation
+he was appointed assistant house surgeon and afterwards house
+surgeon of the Montreal General Hospital, which position he held
+for six years. Later, he received an appointment as attending
+surgeon to that institution and in 1874 entered upon private
+practice. From 1872 to 1874 he was lecturer on hygiene in
+McGill University and was demonstrator of anatomy during 1874
+and 1875. In the latter year he was made professor of clinical
+surgery, which position he held for fifteen years, when he became
+professor of surgery, occupying that chair until 1907. He was
+dean of the medical faculty of McGill from 1901 till 1908.
+
+In 1896 Sir Thomas was elected president of the British Medical
+Association, being the first colonial physician ever honored by
+election to that office, which he held from 1896 to 1898. He
+presided at the Montreal meeting and was subsequently elected
+vice president for life of that, the largest and most important
+medical body in the world.
+
+He is president of the Montreal branch of the Victorian Order
+of Nurses; president of the Alexandra Hospital for Contagious
+Diseases; vice president of the Royal Edward Institute;
+consulting surgeon to the Royal Victoria Hospital and Montreal
+General Hospital. He was a member of the royal tuberculosis
+commission recently appointed by the Quebec government; is a
+past president of the Medico-Chirurgical Society of Montreal,
+and of the Canadian Medical Association, of which latter body he
+was recently appointed honorary president. When the Newfoundland
+Society of Montreal was organized a few years ago he was
+appointed honorary president. In 1898 Edinburgh University
+recognized his services to medicine by conferring upon him the
+honorary degree of LL. D.; in 1903 Queen’s University honored him
+in a like manner; in 1899 he was elected an honorary F. R. C. S.,
+London. After resigning the deanship of the medical faculty of
+McGill in 1908, he was appointed a governor of McGill University.
+He was one of the first surgeons on this continent to employ
+Lister’s methods in the treatment of wounds.
+
+[Illustration: SIR THOMAS G. RODDICK]
+
+Sir Thomas’ connection with the militia of Canada dates as
+far back as 1868, when he joined the Grand Trunk Artillery as
+assistant surgeon, and was under orders for the second Fenian
+raid in 1870. He subsequently commanded the University Company
+of the Prince of Wales Rifles and was appointed surgeon to that
+regiment in 1885. During the Northwest rebellion in the same
+year he organized the hospital and ambulance service for the
+expeditionary force and was in charge of the medical service in
+the field, holding the rank of deputy surgeon general of militia,
+was mentioned in despatches and recommended for the C. M. G. For
+his services on this occasion, and for the Fenian raid, he holds
+the service medals, and also the long-service medal. He attained
+the rank of lieutenant colonel in 1900 and is now on the retired
+list of officers.
+
+Sir Thomas is a conservative in politics and represented St.
+Antoine division over two parliaments, sitting in the house of
+commons from 1896 until 1904. His chief reason for entering
+politics was to exploit a scheme which he had long advocated,
+viz., that of Dominion medical registration, for which a
+federal act was necessary. The “Roddick Bill” so-called, passed
+parliament in 1902, was amended and became operative in 1911.
+Thus was established a one-portal system for entrance to the
+practice of medicine throughout the Dominion of Canada. A
+Dominion medical council was at once organized, of which Sir
+Thomas was elected first president.
+
+Sir Thomas was married in 1880 to Miss Marion McKinnon, a
+daughter of the late William McKinnon of Pointe Claire, P. Q. Her
+death occurred in 1890, and he afterwards wedded in September,
+1906, Miss Amy Redpath, daughter of the late J. J. Redpath of
+Montreal. His religious faith is that of the Presbyterian church.
+
+He is a member of the Hunt Club, the University Club and the
+Mount Royal Club. His residence is at 705 Sherbrooke Street, West.
+
+Patriotism, courage and generosity have always characterized
+him, and, notwithstanding the demands ever made upon him in his
+professional life, he has always found time to take an active
+part in all movements having to do with the social and moral
+welfare of his adopted city.
+
+
+FERDINAND GUSTAVE LEDUC.
+
+Among the representative bankers of Montreal is Ferdinand
+Gustave Leduc, manager of the Banque d’Hochelaga, and as such
+enjoys high prestige among his colleagues. He is considered an
+authority upon financial matters, and that this judgment is not
+misplaced is evident from the success with which he manages this
+eight-million-dollar institution. Although he has attained a high
+place among the captains of finance he is modest and unassuming
+in his demeanor, ever ready to receive a caller or listen to
+the most humble of his employes in order to keep in touch with
+the smallest details of his business and all situations and
+conditions that might affect the financial world. Mr. Leduc is a
+native of the province of Quebec, his birth having occurred at
+Beauharnois on the 31st of March, 1871. He is a son of Michel
+Ferdinand and Mathilde (Vachon) Leduc and was educated in his
+native city in 1884, became a student at St. Joseph’s College of
+Burlington, Vermont. The earliest records of the Leduc family in
+Canada refer to one Jean Le Duc, born in 1624, a son of Jean and
+Cécile (La Chaperon) Le Duc. On May 11, 1652, Jean Le Duc, first
+mentioned, married Marie Soulinié at Montreal and died about
+fifty years later, on April 19, 1702. This record is taken from
+the “Dictionnaire Généalogique,” compiled by Abbé Tanguay.
+
+Ferdinand G. Leduc early displayed an interest in the banking
+business and in 1886, after leaving the academy in Vermont,
+entered upon a position with La Banque Jacques Cartier, with
+which institution he remained until 1899, becoming well
+acquainted with all the details as regards investments and
+credits and the multitudinous duties and responsibilities
+connected with the management and direction of a large financial
+establishment. Since 1899 Mr. Leduc has been manager of the
+Banque d’Hochelaga, his extraordinary ability finding recognition
+in this important position. The bank has a capital and reserve of
+about eight million dollars and is one of the strongest financial
+institutions in the Dominion.
+
+On the 14th of January, 1894, Mr. Leduc married Miss Corinne
+Bisson, a daughter of E. H. Bisson, a prominent man along various
+lines and well known as a member of the provincial parliament.
+Mr. and Mrs. Leduc have three children: Louis Philippe, aged
+seventeen; Gabrielle, aged twelve; and Jeanne Aimée, aged ten.
+The family affiliates with the Catholic church.
+
+Mr. Leduc takes a deep interest in the metropolitan development
+of Montreal and is ever ready to extend or place at the disposal
+of the general public his time or means in order to promote
+worthy public enterprises. Although he has not cared to actively
+participate in public life, he has done much to promote the
+growth of the city in his private capacity. Personally he is
+approachable, kindly and dignified--a gentleman of pleasing
+manners and fine appearance, combining with grace of manner
+an American demeanor of democracy which readily makes for him
+friends who are devoted to him on account of the substantial
+qualities of his character.
+
+
+FREDERICK ERNEST THOMPSON, M. D.
+
+Dr. Frederick Ernest Thompson, who since 1890 has been in
+continuous practice of his profession in Montreal, his signal
+ability commanding for him a distinguished place in medical
+circles and a wide and representative patronage, was born in the
+city of Quebec, Quebec province, and acquired his early education
+in the grammar and high schools there. He followed this by a
+course in Morrin College and after completing this entered McGill
+University from which he was graduated M. D. in 1890. He still
+remains a close and earnest student of his profession, keeping in
+touch with its most advanced and modern thought.
+
+Dr. Thompson began practice in Montreal in the fall of 1890,
+and his ability attained instant recognition. Since that time
+constant study and research and steadily widening experience
+have broadened and developed his powers, and he is today one of
+the most successful and prominent physicians and surgeons in the
+city where he makes his home. In the latter line of work he has
+become especially proficient as his position in the department
+of obstetrics and operative surgery on the staff of the
+Women’s Hospital plainly shows. He is a member of the Montreal
+Medico-Chirurgical and the Canadian Medical and British Medical
+Associations, and a fellow in the Edinburgh Obstetrical Society,
+and his ability is widely recognized in professional circles.
+
+
+PROFESSOR CHARLES EBENEZER MOYSE.
+
+Professor Charles Ebenezer Moyse, a member of the faculty of
+McGill University since 1878 and since 1903 dean of the faculty
+of arts and vice principal of McGill, needs no introduction
+to the readers of this volume, for his fame and ability as
+an educationist and writer, both of verse and of prose, have
+made his name a familiar one from coast to coast. He was born
+at Torquay, England, March 9, 1852, a son of the late Charles
+Westaway and Mary Anne (Jenkins) Moyse, the former of Torquay
+and the latter a daughter of John Jenkins, of Exeter. He was
+educated first of all at the Independent College, Taunton, and
+subsequently at University College, London. He obtained the
+Bachelor of Arts degree of the University of London in 1874. He
+was university exhibitioner in English and also headed the honor
+list in animal physiology. His career as an educationist has been
+a successful one from the outset. He was appointed headmaster of
+St. Mary’s College, Peckham, and while filling that position was
+elected in 1878 to the Molson professorship of English literature
+at McGill University, Montreal. In 1903 McGill conferred upon him
+the honorary degree of LL. D. In the same year he was appointed
+dean of the faculty of arts and vice principal. His position
+in the university at once indicates his high standing in the
+profession. He was editor in chief of the McGill University
+Magazine, now the University Magazine, for five years, and has
+for many years been president of the McGill College Cricket Club,
+a fact which indicates that his interest is not merely along
+literary lines.
+
+Professor Moyse has ever been a close and discriminating student
+and has found his greatest pleasure as well as his chief activity
+in roaming through the fields of the world’s literature and
+finding companionship with the men of master minds. The result of
+his labors has, in part, been given to the world in a number of
+published volumes and articles. In 1879 he brought out a volume
+entitled “The Dramatic Art of Shakespeare,” and in 1883 “Poetry
+as a Fine Art.” In 1889, under the pseudonym “Belgrave Titmarsh,”
+he published a volume entitled “Shakespeare’s Skull,” and he
+published in 1910, a volume entitled “Ella Lee; Glimpses of Child
+Life,” consisting of poems reminiscent of his childhood days in
+Devonshire. In 1911 appeared “The Lure of Earth,” a volume of
+poems of a more serious character. He has also written various
+poems and literary articles which have appeared in the leading
+magazines of the day.
+
+In June, 1883, Professor Moyse wedded Janet McDougall, the eldest
+daughter of John Stirling of Montreal. Mrs. Moyse has been deeply
+interested in a movement for providing playgrounds for children
+in Montreal, her efforts in that direction being untiring, and
+she is now a director of the Parks and Playgrounds Association.
+Professor Moyse has been a close student of all the interesting
+problems and significant questions of the day and absorption in
+books has never made him neglectful of the duties and obligations
+of citizenship. His social nature finds expression in his
+membership in the Thistle Curling Club and University Club. He
+has been characterized as “a highly cultured man who has had a
+brilliant career as an educationist.”
+
+
+GEORGE HAGUE.
+
+Respected by all who know him, no man occupies a more creditable
+position in banking circles than does George Hague of Montreal,
+who for many years was prominently identified with the management
+of important financial affairs. He has been equally well known
+by reason of his active support of benevolent and philanthropic
+objects and by his interest in phases of public-spirited
+citizenship. He was born at Rotherham, Yorkshire, England,
+January 13, 1825, a son of Mr. John Hague, and comes from an old
+family of bankers, as some or other of his relatives have for
+generations back been connected with the leading bank in the
+town. Mr. Hague has passed the eighty-ninth milestone on life’s
+journey and his career has been one of usefulness and honor.
+
+His early education was acquired at Morgate Academy, in his
+native town, where his proficiency in mental arithmetic placed
+him at the head of the school when yet a mere boy. His school
+days over, he entered into active connection with financial
+interests as an employe of the Sheffield Banking Company. He
+remained in Great Britain until 1854, when he came to Canada,
+having accepted the position of financial manager of a firm of
+railway contractors. Two years later he became accountant at
+the head office in the newly organized Bank of Toronto. The
+steps in his orderly progression are easily discernible. He
+advanced from one position to another which brought upon him
+larger responsibilities and duties, each, however, finding
+him adequate to the demands made upon him. He was appointed
+manager of the Bank of Toronto at Cobourg, Ontario, and in 1863
+succeeded the late Mr. Angus Cameron as cashier of the bank,
+in which capacity he remained until 1876. It was during this
+period that Mr. Hague’s influence was felt in some of the most
+important legislation affecting banking interests in Canada. The
+government had brought in two measures in succession, for the
+regulation of the currency. To the first, some of the western
+bankers were inclined to agree, but Mr. Hague conceived its
+operation would be prejudicial to the interests of a bank like
+the Bank of Toronto, and the finance minister was prevailed on to
+make it optional instead of compulsory. Only one bank consented
+to embrace its provisions, and, for some years, matters went
+along undisturbed. The second measure was far more dangerous,
+and was wholly compulsory. It was founded on the American
+currency plan, which was then at the zenith of its popularity,
+and had not yet developed any of the unfavorable features which
+afterwards transpired. This Canadian government measure, many
+bankers, particularly from Ontario and Nova Scotia, concluded
+would be utterly unsuitable to the circumstances of Canada,
+and they determined to give it strenuous opposition. Mr. Hague
+was appointed secretary of an informal association for the
+purpose, and the contest was maintained through two or three
+sessions of parliament. There were powerful influences at the
+back of the government in favor of the measure and the contest
+was a very determined one. At length when Sir Francis Hincks
+had been appointed finance minister, a satisfactory compromise
+was proposed, accepted, and its provisions incorporated in the
+Dominion note act, and the Canadian bank act, which both shortly
+followed.
+
+[Illustration: GEORGE HAGUE]
+
+Previous to this every bank was worked under a separate charter,
+but now these various charters were amalgamated under one
+compendious act, the preparation of which occupied the leading
+bankers and lawyers in the house of commons for several months.
+In these discussions Mr. Hague naturally took a leading part,
+along with Mr. E. H. King of the Bank of Montreal. Hon. Mr.
+Lewin, of the Bank of New Brunswick, Hon. Edward Blake of
+Toronto, Mr. Peter Jack who represented the banks of Nova Scotia
+and, of course, the finance minister. This act, together with the
+Dominion note act, has been at the foundation of Canadian banking
+ever since. During the progress of these discussions Mr. Hague
+was offered the general managership of the Bank of Commerce, as
+well as one of the higher positions in the Bank of Montreal. Both
+however were declined.
+
+After the exacting labors entailed by this contest, Mr. Hague
+concluded that the time had arrived when he might fairly carry
+out a project that he had cherished for many years, viz., to
+devote the remainder of his life to religious and philanthropic
+work. In preparation for this he resigned his position in the
+Bank of Toronto and made other arrangements for a change in
+his mode of life. Upon severing his connection with the Bank
+of Toronto, the directors of that institution presented Mr.
+Hague with a service of plate and a handsome sum of money, in
+consideration of his efficient services to the bank as well as
+for his most valuable services to the banking interests of Canada
+generally.
+
+Subsequent events proved that Mr. Hague’s preparations for
+retirement from the banking business were premature.
+
+A cloud had been gathering over the commercial and financial
+position of Canada for some time back, and it was never darker
+or deeper than in the opening months of 1877. The records of
+failures and insolvencies grew to alarming proportions, fully
+four times the usual average, and the losses of the banks told
+on them severely. The general manager of the Merchants Bank of
+Canada having resigned, the directors of that institution offered
+the position to Mr. Hague and pressed upon him to accept it.
+
+It was like taking command of a ship in the midst of a storm,
+but he felt it his duty to undertake the task, but did so with
+a full understanding that he should be at liberty to devote a
+reasonable amount of time to religious and philanthropic work. It
+was several years before the financial cloud passed by, and of
+the strenuous labors of bankers at that time it is needless to
+speak. Suffice to say that Mr. Hague held on to his post with
+careful attention to the matters he had stipulated for, and only
+retired after twenty-five years more of service, at a ripe old
+age, and having in the meantime assisted in the decennial reviews
+of the banking act that transpired from time to time according to
+its provisions. At the time of his resignation as general manager
+in 1902, the directors of the Merchants Bank presented Mr. Hague
+with a valuable piece of solid silver, gold plated, and made a
+handsome provision for the remainder of his life.
+
+Whilst general manager of this bank, Mr. Hague was several
+times requested by the American Bankers’ Association to address
+its annual meeting, and took an active part in preventing the
+adoption of silver as the basis of the finances of the United
+States. He also drew up a paper in which a strenuous protest was
+made against the adoption of silver as part of the basis of the
+currency of the Bank of England. This had been urged by a school
+of financiers known as bi-metallists, but Canada has always stood
+solidly on a gold basis, and so has England remained.
+
+When the Bankers’ Association of Canada was founded, Mr. Hague
+took an active part in company with Mr. Wolferstan Thomas, Mr.
+Duncan Coulson, and other bankers in drawing up its constitution,
+and was chosen its first president. Since his retirement from
+banking circles he has been honorary president, an office to
+which he was reelected at the last annual meeting of that
+association.
+
+In the intervening years, since his retirement to the present
+time, Mr. Hague has given his attention to literary and
+philanthropic work and has become widely known by reason of his
+contributions to the press and his cooperation in many organized
+charitable and benevolent projects, especially the Young Men’s
+Christian Association.
+
+He has written many articles which have appeared in the financial
+papers and also reviews on banking and philanthropic subjects.
+He also published a valuable treatise, entitled Banking and
+Commerce. His published works include, Some Practical Studies in
+the History and Biography of the Old Testament.
+
+Another phase of his activity has brought Mr. Hague not only into
+close connection with many charitable and benevolent movements,
+but also with projects of vital importance to the city and its
+material, intellectual and moral development. He is today a
+governor of McGill University, vice president of the Montreal
+Diocesan College; a governor of the Montreal General Hospital,
+and a director of the House of Industry and other kindred
+organizations. He is vice president of the Canadian Bible Society
+and was at one time president of the Young Men’s Christian
+Association, to which he has been a generous contributor.
+
+Some years ago, after an era of extravagant expenditure of the
+city council during which the debt of the city was doubled in
+five years, an association was formed for maintaining a watchful
+oversight over the finances of the city. This was called the Good
+Government Association, and many of Montreal’s most prominent
+citizens became members of it. Of this association Mr. Hague
+was chosen president, and under its auspices an efficient
+check was placed upon extravagant spending by the Montreal
+Corporation, through an act of the legislature, brought in by
+Mr. George Washington Stephens. Mr. Hague often went to Quebec
+on the business of this association which has now, however, been
+dissolved and superseded.
+
+At a certain period of our parliamentary history, when the late
+Sir John Abbott was premier, a great outcry was made as to
+abuses in connection with the civil service. A Royal commission
+was appointed for examination of which Edmond Barbeau and J.
+M. Courtney, deputy finance minister, were members. Of this
+commission Mr. Hague was appointed chairman. The examination was
+very thorough and extended over several months. Every department
+of the service was overhauled and at its close a series of
+recommendations were made, all of which tended to correct abuses
+and promote efficiency, and, which if adopted, would have
+resulted in a large annual saving to the country. Some of these
+were adopted, but others unfortunately were not, and another
+commission became necessary later on.
+
+Mr. Hague still has financial interests in several corporations,
+being a director of the Guarantee Company of North America, and
+others of a similar character.
+
+Mr. Hague has never been an active politician, but his connection
+is with the liberal-conservative element, his support being
+given to the Chamberlain policy. No movement tending to
+promote civic virtue or civic pride has failed to receive his
+indorsement and support. His interest in public affairs is that
+of a broad-minded, public-spirited citizen, looking beyond the
+exigencies of the moment to the possibilities and opportunities
+of the future. His religious faith is that of the Anglican
+church, in which he has been a most active worker for many years.
+
+Mr. Hague has been married twice. In 1852 he wedded Sarah
+Cousins, a daughter of Mr. Joseph Cousins, a manufacturer of
+Sheffield, England. Her death occurred in 1900 and in March,
+1902, he wedded Mary Frances Mitcheson, a daughter of the late
+McGregor Mitcheson, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He is now past
+the eighty-ninth milestone on life’s journey, but in spirit and
+interest seems yet in his prime. The Canadian American has truly
+styled him, “A high-minded Christian gentleman, public-spirited
+and always at the front in every philanthropic movement ...,
+never knew a fairer man or one more actively unselfish.” All this
+indicates that his life was never self-centered but has reached
+out along lines of constantly broadening usefulness and activity
+for the benefit of the people, seeking rather the welfare and
+benefit of the many than the advancement of self. His life has
+indeed been one of signal usefulness.
+
+
+WILLIAM ROBERTSON.
+
+Insurance interests found a prominent representative in William
+Robertson in Montreal, who was largely a pioneer in the work
+of adapting English companies to the business methods pursued
+on this side of the Atlantic. A Canadian by birth, his native
+town was Lachute, province of Quebec, and his natal year 1847.
+His father, Dr. William Robertson, a graduate of the Edinburgh
+Medical College, settled in Lachute when a young man, there
+establishing himself in practice, but later removed to St.
+Andrews East, where he continued actively in the profession
+until his death, greatly endearing himself to the community by
+the willingness to which he responded to the call of the sick,
+even though it meant a self-sacrificing ride of from sixty to
+seventy-five miles. His patients had the utmost confidence in him
+and his professional efforts were a blessing to the inhabitants
+of that, then scarcely settled district. He married Miss Mary A.
+Tierney, of Ireland, and they had two sons and three daughters,
+the surviving son being Dr. Patrick Robertson of England. An
+uncle of our subject was Colin Robertson, who won fame in the
+northwest.
+
+William Robertson pursued his education in the schools of St.
+Andrews East and from his youth up was an underwriter, having
+begun business when quite young by entering the insurance office
+of Simpson & Bethune of Montreal. Such was the reputation which
+he won for superior business qualifications, for executive power
+and administrative ability, that in 1873, when but twenty-six
+years of age he was elected as representative for Canada of the
+London & Lancashire Life Assurance Company. The duties of this
+office he filled most acceptably for about seventeen years,
+or until his life’s labors were ended in death. He projected
+many changes and improvements in the methods of the English
+offices, transacting business on this side of the Atlantic. He
+made thoroughly Canadian in spirit and activity, the London &
+Lancashire Company in the Dominion, bringing about its popularity
+and success. He carefully organized and systematized the business
+here, with the result that the London & Lancashire Company became
+one of the strongest insurance companies of the country.
+
+In 1871 Mr. Robertson was married to Miss Helen I. Barnston, a
+daughter of George Barnston, who throughout his active life was
+engaged in the Hudson’s Bay service in British Columbia and in
+the northwest country. He came to Canada in 1821 and retired,
+after many years service with the Hudson’s Bay Company, spending
+the remainder of his days in a well earned rest in Montreal. His
+wife was Miss Helen Mathews of England. Mr. and Mrs. Robertson
+became the parents of two children, who are living: Dr. William
+Graeme Robertson of England, who is attached to the White Star
+service; and Helen M. C., at home.
+
+Mr. Robertson was active as a faithful member of St. James
+Episcopal church, in which he served as warden and he also
+belonged to the St. James Club. His keen sagacity enabled him to
+recognize the different spirits of the business circles in the
+old world and in the new, to adapt himself to changed conditions
+and to work along lines of new world progress. Thus he became
+a recognized leader in insurance circles occupying a prominent
+position until 1889 when he went to Denver, Colorado, for his
+health, there passing away on the 26th of February, of that year.
+
+
+CHARLES P. HEBERT.
+
+Charles P. Hébert, the first president of the wholesale grocery
+firm of Hudon, Hébert & Company, Ltd., of Montreal, was born
+in the pretty little village of St. Charles on the Richelieu
+river, and when a young man made his way to the city which was
+ever afterward his home. Here he began business in a small way
+and by energy and industry soon built up his establishment. In
+1883 he became a member of the firm of Hudon, Hébert & Company.
+The business was originally established under the style of E.
+& V. Hudon and subsequently was conducted under the name
+of V. Hudon and later became J. Hudon & Company. In 1906 it
+was incorporated as Hudon, Hébert & Company, Charles P. Hébert
+becoming the first president of that corporation. They are
+wholesale grocers and wine merchants, the premier establishment
+of its kind in the Dominion, importing directly from manufacturers
+in Europe, China, Japan, Asia Minor and the United States.
+They employ one hundred and seventy people in their Montreal
+establishment and have twenty-five salesmen constantly visiting
+all Canada, selling their goods from the Atlantic to the Pacific
+to the amount of five million dollars annually.
+
+[Illustration: CHARLES P. HEBERT]
+
+Mr. Hébert always took a deep interest in Montreal’s charitable
+institutions. He was president of the board of management of the
+Notre Dame Hospital and was also connected with other benevolent
+organizations and projects. He served as a member of the council
+of the Montreal Board of Trade and filled honorable positions in
+that body, including those of vice president and member of the
+board of arbitration. He was one of the directors of the City and
+District Savings Bank and also a director of the Masson estate.
+
+Mr. Hébert died at his home at No. 117 Champ de Mars, Montreal,
+July 17, 1906, and was survived by a widow and six children.
+
+After the death of Mr. Hébert Mr. Joseph Hudon was elected
+president of the corporation and on his death in 1908 Mr. Albert
+Hébert, son of Charles P. Hébert, succeeded to the presidency,
+and following his demise in 1911 Mr. Zéphirin Hébert, also a son
+of Charles P. Hébert, became president of the company.
+
+
+REV. ALEXANDER CHARLESON MANSON, PH. D., D. D.
+
+In Presbyterian circles in North America the name of the Rev.
+Alexander Charleson Manson is well known and since the 19th
+of April, 1912, he has been pastor of the Taylor Presbyterian
+church of Montreal, one of the largest organizations of the
+city. A native of Thurso, Scotland, he pursued his education in
+the schools of Edinburgh and of Winnipeg, Manitoba. Studying
+theology, he won his Doctor of Divinity degree at the University
+of Chicago and he first served as superintendent of missions of
+North Dakota. Later he accepted a pastorate in Duluth, Minnesota,
+and afterward became pastor of the Eleventh Presbyterian church
+in Chicago, Illinois. From that city he went to Detroit,
+Michigan, in response to a call from the Second Avenue
+Presbyterian church and left that city to come to Montreal on the
+19th of April, 1912, where he entered upon his duties as minister
+of the Taylor Presbyterian church, which was organized July 23,
+1876, with Rev. J. J. Casey as its first pastor. He continued in
+that position until March 16, 1882, and was succeeded by the Rev.
+Thomas Bennett, who remained in charge from the 1st of December,
+1885, until December 31, 1897. His successor was the Rev. W. D.
+Reid, who continued in charge until 1912, when Rev. Manson became
+pastor. The present edifice of the Taylor Presbyterian church
+was erected in 1893, at a cost of about sixty thousand dollars.
+There is a membership of nine hundred and thirteen, with a
+Sunday school of four hundred and fifty members, and the Junior
+Christian Endeavor Society is the largest in the city. There is
+a strong Sunday Afternoon Club, a First Company of Montreal Boys
+Brigade and a Ladies Athletic Club as auxiliary organizations
+to the church. In fact, the church work has been thoroughly
+systematized in every department, and splendid results are being
+accomplished. The church is in touch with the broader idea that
+the best Christian service can be accomplished with better
+physical and mental as well as moral development. Much attention
+is paid to the social life, and yet nothing for a moment
+overshadows the foundation work of the organization, which is the
+salvation of souls. Rev. Manson is a fluent, earnest speaker, who
+studies life and its problems and with notable clearness shows
+the relation of modern day conditions to the lessons that have
+come down to us through the ages from the moral teachers of the
+past.
+
+Rev. Manson was married June 24, 1889, to Miss Mary Elizabeth
+Ferguson, of Hamilton, Ontario, and their children are: Berith
+Du Val, of New York city; and Vera Charleson, Allena Conklin,
+and Leslie Worden, all at home. At this point it would be almost
+tautological to enter into any series of statements as showing
+Rev. Manson to be a man of broad intelligence and genuine public
+spirit, for these have been shadowed forth between the lines
+of this review. Strong in his individuality, he never lacks
+the courage of his convictions but there are as dominating
+elements in this individuality a lively human sympathy and an
+abiding charity, which, as taken in connection with the sterling
+integrity and honor of his character, have naturally gained for
+him the respect and confidence of men.
+
+
+REV. THOMAS JOSEPH MACMAHON.
+
+One of the most able Catholic educators in Quebec province, a
+man sincere, straightforward and reliable in the discharge of
+the duties and obligations of life, most earnest and consecrated
+in his work as a priest of the Society of Jesus, is Rev. Thomas
+Joseph MacMahon, rector of Loyola College in Montreal. He has
+been connected with this institution since 1912 and, constantly
+following high ideals and guiding his actions by sound and
+practical judgment, has been an important factor in its later
+development and growth.
+
+Father MacMahon was born at Hamilton, Ontario, December 12, 1874,
+and received his primary education at the Catholic separate
+schools in that city, later attending Hamilton high school and
+St. Mary’s College, Montreal. Entering the Society of Jesus in
+1895, he was sent to St. Louis, Missouri, where he received a
+long Jesuit training in philosophy and theology, after which he
+returned to Montreal, where he was ordained to the priesthood in
+1910. Father MacMahon then went to England for further training
+preparatory to taking the position of prefect of studies at
+Loyola College, a post which he assumed in May, 1912. He proved
+a capable educator and an excellent disciplinarian and in 1913
+was advanced to the position of rector of the college. This
+is a large and growing institution conducted by the Jesuit
+Fathers for English-speaking Catholic boys and has an enviable
+reputation throughout eastern Canada for the thoroughness of its
+training and the comprehensive courses of study offered. The
+high standard of efficiency, traditional in the school, has
+been maintained under Father MacMahon’s able management and the
+institution has made a creditable growth during the period of his
+incumbency. He has made himself thoroughly conversant with the
+affairs of the college and is rapidly pushing forward the work
+on the construction of the new buildings at Notre Dame de Grace,
+Sherbrooke Street, Montreal West, where the institution will be
+moved within the next two years.
+
+Besides being an able educator and a farsighted and reliable
+business man, Father MacMahon is known also as a preacher of
+rare ability and power and has filled most of the pulpits in
+Montreal and the vicinity in a creditable manner. He has made
+his talents, powers and abilities forces in the spread of the
+Catholic religion in this province and has accomplished a great
+deal of beneficial and lasting work among the students of Loyola
+College and the people of the city. He has their love in large
+measure, while his upright and honorable character and his life
+of service has gained him the respect and esteem of people of all
+denominations.
+
+
+ROBERT WARD SHEPHERD.
+
+An age of intense commercial activity calls forth the powers
+of men who can grapple with new conditions and utilize the
+opportunities that come with successive changes. Adequate to the
+demands of the hour, Robert Ward Shepherd occupied a central
+place on the stage of business activity at Montreal for more
+than a half century. The high ideals which he cherished found
+embodiment in practical effort for their adoption. He was
+no dreamer, for his theories were such as could be put into
+successful execution and his business record balanced up with the
+principles of truth and honor. As the president of the Ottawa
+River Navigation Company, he was known to thousands of people in
+Ottawa valley and he also figured in financial circles as vice
+president of the Molson Bank.
+
+Of English birth, Mr. Shepherd came to Montreal immediately
+after his arrival in Canada and soon entered into active
+connection with the Ottawa River Navigation Company, then under
+the presidency of Sir George Simpson. For some years he was
+captain of one of the boats of the line but was called into the
+office to fill a position demanding executive force and keen
+discrimination. He was made manager and from that post rose to
+the position of president, in which connection he continued until
+his demise. Under his guidance the business of the Ottawa River
+Navigation Company continuously developed along substantial
+lines, and progressiveness was as manifest in the care of its
+patrons and the equipment of its vessels as in any other line
+or field of business. Those who met Mr. Shepherd found him
+genial, courteous and obliging, and at the same time he possessed
+the keen sagacity and clear reasoning so indispensable to the
+successful conduct of any enterprise. Becoming interested in
+Molson’s Bank, he was elected vice president and director,
+filling the former position for more than twenty years. In all
+business affairs he was clear-headed, farsighted, and the record
+which he left behind him for integrity and sterling worth is one
+which might be envied by all.
+
+Mr. Shepherd was married to Miss Mary C. de Les Derniers of the
+province of Quebec, and they became the parents of nine children:
+Robert W., who died in 1912; Miss F. A. R.; Dr. Francis J.;
+Sherringham A.; A. Maude M., who is the widow of Haldane Haswell;
+Esther E., who married Dr. W. A. Molson and is now deceased;
+Beatrice H., who married Arthur Henshaw; Mary R., the widow of
+George R. Robertson; and de Les Derniers. The mother passed away
+in 1902, having for seven years survived Mr. Shepherd, whose
+death occurred August 29, 1895, when he was seventy-six years of
+age.
+
+Mr. Shepherd was a member and one of the founders of St. George’s
+church and in his Christian faith was found the root of his
+activities in behalf of his fellowmen and of the principles which
+governed his life. He belonged to the St. James Club and was
+greatly interested in art, acting as vice president of the Art
+Gallery of the city. He was one of the committee of management of
+the Montreal General Hospital; was a member of the committee of
+management of the Mackay Institution, and a generous supporter
+of the Protestant Hospital for the Insane. He gave freely of his
+means to various charitable institutions which seek to ameliorate
+the hard conditions of life for the unfortunate. Duty and honor
+were his watchwords and justice one of his strong characteristics.
+
+
+JUDSON ALBERT DECEW.
+
+Judson Albert DeCew, chemical engineer, whose identification with
+leading chemical societies in this country and the United States
+attests his higher professional standing, was born in Waterford,
+Ontario, on the 14th of December, 1874. He is descended from
+Captain John DeCew, a United Empire Loyalist, who served in
+the War of 1812 and in whose house, at DeCew Falls near St.
+Catharines, Ontario, Lieutenant Fitzgibbon and his soldiers were
+quartered, when Laura Secord gave the warning which enabled them
+to capture the United States forces under Colonel Boerstler.
+Mr. DeCew’s parents are Thomas Howard and Valdora (Beemer)
+DeCew, both of whom are living at Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. He
+was married on August 20, 1913, to Mabel Marshall, daughter of
+John Marshall, educationist, of Weyburn, Saskatchewan. She is a
+graduate in arts of Queen’s University with the class of 1910.
+
+After finishing his early education at Woodstock College, he
+attended the School of Practical Science of Toronto, graduating
+in 1896. After spending four years in practical work he held a
+fellowship in the University of Toronto in 1901 and took the
+degree of Bachelor of Applied Science with the class of 1902.
+In the same year he took a position as chemical engineer with
+the Canada Paper Company, which he held until 1905. In 1906 Mr.
+DeCew came to Montreal and established himself as a consulting
+chemical engineer. In 1913 he organized the Process Engineers
+Company, of which he is the president. He is the leading member
+of the chemical engineering profession in Canada and one of its
+most eminent representatives on the American continent. He is the
+inventor of a number of important chemical processes, and his
+name has become widely known as the author of articles relating
+to the manufacture of paper, which have appeared from time to
+time in technical journals. Mr. DeCew has delivered lectures
+on the manufacture of paper and has been appointed on advisory
+committees for technical researches. He has been a member of
+the American Institute of Chemical Engineers since 1908 and an
+associate member of the Canadian Society of Civil Engineers since
+1906. He is also a member of the American Society of Testing
+Materials, the American Chemical Society, the Society of Chemical
+Industry, and the American Wood Preservers Association. Mr. DeCew
+is a member of the Chemists Club, New York, and the Outremont
+Golf Club and the University Club of Montreal.
+
+[Illustration: JUDSON A. DECEW]
+
+
+FISCHEL SHIP.
+
+A position of leadership is accorded Fischel Ship in Jewish
+circles in Montreal because of his active and prominent
+identification with commercial, educational and benevolent
+projects. He was for many years a very successful business man,
+and as he has prospered he has given generously in support of
+measures tending to the intellectual progress of his people, and
+generous aid to those in need of assistance. He was born January
+6, 1853, in Paranshoff, Poland, a son of Abraham Jacob and Pearl
+(Leah) Ship. The father engaged in the tailoring business in
+Poland, and it was in that country that Fischel Ship pursued his
+education. He was a young man of nineteen years when he crossed
+the Atlantic, making his way to Montreal in 1872. He had received
+business training under his father and had become thoroughly
+acquainted with the tailoring trade. Following his arrival in
+this city he established a merchant tailoring business and as the
+years went on won a liberal patronage, bringing him a gratifying
+competence. At the time that he entered trade circles of Montreal
+there were only five merchants in his line of business in the
+city. Throughout the succeeding period up to the time of his
+retirement he always managed to keep in the front rank among
+the merchant tailors of Montreal, receiving a liberal patronage
+from the best class of citizens, because of excellent style and
+workmanship, which were features of his shop, and his thoroughly
+reliable business methods. He always carried on business on St.
+Lawrence Main Street, but about eleven years ago retired from
+active connection with commercial interests to enjoy a well
+earned and well merited rest.
+
+Mr. Ship, however, continues his activities along other lines
+resulting directly in the benefit of his fellowmen. He is
+chairman of the building committee, governor, trustee, and
+member of the relief and cemetery committees of the Baron De
+Hirsch Institute. He is a life governor of the Montreal General
+Hospital. For a quarter of a century he has been a trustee of
+the McGill College Avenue synagogue, was vice president of the
+synagogue for four years and has always been chairman of the
+building committee. He is most loyal to his religious belief and
+at all times has been generous and helpful toward the unfortunate.
+
+On the 10th of February, 1869, Mr. Ship was united in marriage to
+Miss Flora Blumenthal, a daughter of Phillip Blumenthal, who was
+the first owner of the coaches in Ozerkoff, Poland. Unto Mr. and
+Mrs. Ship have been born three children: Leah, now the wife of C.
+Sisenwain; Ray, now Mrs. S. P. Myers; Abe Phillip, who is engaged
+in the practice of medicine in Montreal and who married Leah
+Sessenwain, of this city. In politics Mr. Ship has always been a
+liberal, nor has he sought office as a reward for party fealty.
+However, for the past sixteen years he has been justice of the
+peace for the island of Montreal and has discharged his duties
+with promptness, fidelity and impartiality. He is a veteran
+of the Odd Fellows Association and also a member of the Royal
+Arcanum. He has never had occasion to regret his determination to
+come to the new world, for here he has found the opportunities
+which he sought and has gradually worked his way upward until he
+has won place among the substantial and highly respected citizens
+of Montreal.
+
+
+RENE HEBERT, M. D.
+
+Dr. René Hébert, successfully engaged in the practice of medicine
+in Montreal, in which city he was born October 2, 1869, is a
+son of Charles P. Hébert, one of the founders of the wholesale
+grocery house of Hudon, Hébert & Company. He was educated at
+Plateau Academy, Montreal College and Laval University, being
+graduated from the last named with the degree of M. D. in 1892.
+During the succeeding year he was an interne at Notre Dame
+Hospital and then went abroad for further study, spending two
+years in study and research work in Paris, specializing in
+diseases of the heart and lungs.
+
+In 1895 Dr. Hébert began active practice in Montreal, opening an
+office on St. Denis Street. He is superintendent of St. Paul’s
+Hospital, physician to Notre Dame Hospital, and a professor in
+the medical and dental departments of Laval University. His
+professional connections are important, and it is recognized
+that he is a thorough and discriminating student and most
+conscientious in the performance of his professional duties.
+
+Dr. Hébert married Miss Alice Auger. Their religious faith is
+that of the Roman Catholic church. Aside from his professional
+interests, Dr. Hébert is a director of the wholesale grocery firm
+of Hudon, Hébert & Company. In strictly professional lines he is
+connected with La Société de Médicine and Officier d’Académie.
+At all times he holds to high standards, and wide reading is
+constantly augmenting his skill and efficiency, manifested in the
+successful manner with which he copes with the intricate problems
+that are continually confronting the physician.
+
+
+CLEMENT ANTOINE GUERTIN.
+
+Of old and distinguished pioneer stock of French extraction
+Clément Antoine Guertin upholds the traditions of family
+prominence as one of the most able legal representatives of the
+Montreal and provincial bar. Although he has been in practice
+for not many years he enjoys a reputation second to none, as he
+has proven his ability in connection with important interests.
+Not only is Mr. Guertin well versed in the letter of the law and
+the principles that affect its administration, not only is he
+a deep thinker and logical reasoner, but he has an insight into
+the conduct of human beings which permits him to clearly define
+cause and effect in human actions, and he therefore readily
+penetrates to the root of such problems as demand legal help for
+solution. He has long been recognized as one of the able general
+practitioners in the city, and his services are in large demand,
+resulting in a gratifying measure of financial returns.
+
+Clément Antoine Guertin was born at St. Antoine, in the county
+of Verchères, province of Quebec, on the 22d of November, 1870,
+a son of Léon Guertin, an agriculturist of St. Antoine, who was
+born in 1817 and passed away in 1876, and Marie Louise Euchariste
+(Geoffrion) Guertin, a native of Varennes. The first of the
+family in Canada was the famous and well known Guertin, called
+Louis Le Sabotier, who was born in 1635, a son of Louis and
+Georgette (LeDuc) Guertin, from Daumeray, near Angers, France.
+He married first at Montreal on January 26, 1659, Elizabeth Le
+Camus, and second, Catherine Roy. Among his children were Louis,
+Pierre, Paul and others. Paul Guertin, alias Chertin, alias
+Diertin, was a son of Louis, born in Montreal on the 2d of May,
+1680. At Contrecoeur, on the 19th of March, 1702, he married
+Madeleine Plouffe and among their children were Pierre, Paul and
+François. The latter married Catherine Dudevoir at St. Antoine
+in 1745 and among their children were Pierre, Joseph, François
+and others. Joseph, born March 6, 1755, married Marie Louise
+Circé, called St. Michel, at St. Antoine in 1777 and among their
+children was Pierre, born October 9, 1781. He married Marguerite
+Duhamel, who bore her husband the following children: Pierre,
+Noël, Léon, Marguerite, Flavien, Alexis, Calixte, Zoé and Louis.
+Léon Guertin, third son of Pierre, was born March 12, 1817. His
+first union was with Théotis Brodeur, who bore him the following
+children: Octavie, Pauline, Léopold, Stanislas and Mélanie.
+His second wife was Marie Louise Euchariste Geoffrion and the
+children of this marriage were Joseph, Louis, Marie Louise and
+Clément Antoine. Léon Guertin, the father of our subject, is the
+sixth in direct descent from Louis Guertin, Le Sabotier. Pierre
+Guertin, the grandfather of our subject, and his sons, Pierre,
+Noël and Léon, took part in the battle of St. Denis, November 22,
+1837. Louis Guertin, a brother of our subject, is father of the
+Holy Cross Congregation, a director of Memramcook University of
+New Brunswick, and took in Rome in philosophy and theology the
+degree of Doctor cum maxima laude, also taking scientific work
+at Harvard. A brother of the mother of our subject, Father L.
+Geoffrion, of the Holy Cross Congregation, was for fifteen years
+director of St. Laurent College, near Montreal.
+
+Clément Antoine Guertin received a thorough and varied education.
+He attended the St. Antoine village school, the St. Denis
+Commercial College and also took courses in commercial English,
+French and classical studies at St. Laurent. He received the
+degree of B. L. in 1893 from the law faculty of Laval University,
+in 1896 became LL. B. and in January, 1897, was made an advocate.
+He has ever since followed his profession successfully in
+Montreal and as his experience has expanded has become one of
+the few successful lawyers whose reputation marks them for
+distinction.
+
+On the 24th of April, 1901, at Montreal, Mr. Guertin was married
+to Miss Marie Anne Josephine Lamontagne, a daughter of G. A.
+Lamontagne, a merchant tailor of Montreal and Malvina (Beauchamp)
+Lamontagne. They had one daughter, Simonne, born April 16, 1902,
+who died July 2d of the same year. The mother passed away on June
+26, 1912.
+
+From September, 1910, to May, 1912, Mr. Guertin was a member
+of the Montreal council of the bar and from May, 1911, to May,
+1912, a member of the provincial council. His club relations
+are with the St. Denis, Délorimier and the Union du Commerce of
+Montreal. His faith is that of the Roman Catholic church. He has
+secured one of the most exclusive and representative practices in
+Montreal, his success being the best evidence of his capability.
+His pleas are always characterized by terse logic and lucid
+presentation, and he always has a decisive conviction as to the
+rights of the question he represents. It is his ambition to
+make his native talents subserve the demands of the social and
+business conditions of the day, and he stands today as a splendid
+representative of a lawyer to whom personal prosperity is but
+secondary in importance and who considers many ideal elements
+more vital in the making up of human existence. His industry and
+energy have found a reward which is based on a distinguished name
+and accomplishments rather than incidental prosperity.
+
+
+WILLIAM SUTHERLAND MAXWELL.
+
+William Sutherland Maxwell, an architect of Montreal, whose
+high professional standing is indicated by the large number
+of fine structures which stand as monuments to his skill and
+ability, brought to bear at the outset of his professional career
+the broad knowledge gained from comprehensive and thorough
+training. Montreal numbers him among her native sons, his birth
+having here occurred on the 14th of November, 1874, his parents
+being E. J. and Johanna (MacBean) Maxwell. In the acquirement
+of his education William Sutherland Maxwell, after attending
+the Montreal high school, went to Boston, Massachusetts, for
+professional training and afterward entered the Ecole des Beaux
+Arts of Paris, France. His training was thus received from men
+eminent in the profession in America and in Europe, and in 1898
+he was admitted to the Quebec Architects Association. Beginning
+the practice of his profession he formed a partnership with his
+brother, Edward Maxwell, and in his chosen life work he has made
+steady advancement, his unfolding powers and increasing ability
+gaining for him distinction and success. In 1909 he was elected
+a member of the Royal Canadian Academy and in 1908 was chosen a
+councillor of the Association of Architects of the province of
+Quebec. He is president of the Province of Quebec Association
+of Architects for 1914. While practicing his profession in
+association with his brother there stand as monuments to their
+skill and ability many fine structures not only in the east but
+also in the west. Among the works executed by them are the Hotel
+Alexandra at Winnipeg, for the Canadian Pacific Railway Company,
+the Canadian Pacific Railway station at Winnipeg, the residence
+of C. R. Hosmer, the Alexandra Hospital for Infectious Diseases,
+the Nurses Home for the Royal Victorian Hospital, the monument
+to Lord Strathcona and South African soldiers of which George
+W. Hill was the sculptor, the monument to the Hon. John Young,
+of which Philip Hébert was the sculptor, the bank buildings for
+the Bank of Montreal, Molson’s Bank, the Royal Bank and the
+buildings of the Montreal General Hospital. They were also the
+architects of the Government House in Regina, Saskatchewan,
+the Calgary Hotel for the Canadian Pacific Railway Company, at
+Calgary, and the Montreal Art Association’s new building in
+Montreal. No more definite indication of Mr. Maxwell’s high
+professional standing can be given than the list of these
+buildings which have become tangible factors in the improvement
+of various cities.
+
+[Illustration: WILLIAM S. MAXWELL]
+
+In May, 1902, occurred the marriage of Mr. Maxwell and Miss Mary
+Ellis Bolles, of New York, who is well known in connection with
+charitable and philanthropic work, being now a councillor of the
+Children’s Aid Society. He is a member of the St. James Club, the
+Arts Club, the Pen and Pencil Club and the Kanawaki Golf Club.
+The family residence is at No. 716 Pine Avenue, Montreal. Mr.
+Maxwell has concentrated his energies upon his profession, and he
+has every reason to be proud of the fact that he has been elected
+to membership in the Ecole des Beaux Arts Society of Paris. He
+was president of the Arts Club of Montreal for 1913 and is so
+serving for 1914.
+
+
+HENRI ROY.
+
+With intense activity well directed, with untiring energy,
+business ability, resourcefulness and controlled ambition, Henri
+Roy has reached a position of importance in the affairs of La
+Société des Artisans Canadiens-Français, of which he has been
+secretary and treasurer since 1892.
+
+His influence has affected the policies and the direction of
+developments of this great fraternal insurance company of
+Montreal, and the years of his connection with it have proven
+mutually useful and beneficial.
+
+Mr. Roy was born September 11, 1864, in St. Alexandre, near
+St. Jean, Quebec, and acquired his education in the public
+schools and in St. Cesaire Commercial College, fitting himself
+in the latter institution for the business career which he had
+determined upon.
+
+When he left his native city he went to Quebec where for some
+years he was connected with a wholesale firm. In 1888 he came to
+Montreal and until 1899 was associated with the wholesale house
+of Hodgson, Sumner & Company.
+
+Upon coming to Montreal in 1888, Mr. Roy began his connection
+with La Société des Canadiens-Français as an accountant,
+employing his evenings in this capacity. Advancement came
+rapidly, for Mr. Roy proved himself a farsighted, resourceful
+and discriminating business man who could be relied upon to
+carry forward to successful completion whatever he undertook.
+In 1892 he was elected secretary and treasurer of the society,
+positions which he has filled with ability and distinction since
+that time. The work has made continued demands upon his tact,
+his versatility, his administrative ability, and these demands
+have been met fully and completely, Mr. Roy being today one of
+the most prominent and widely known officials of the company he
+represents.
+
+In 1888 when he became associated with the society it had
+accumulated funds of ten thousand seven hundred thirty-one
+dollars and ten cents, and a membership of one thousand three
+hundred thirty-two, limited to the island of Montreal; today
+(1914) its accumulated funds are two million three hundred
+thirty-seven thousand three hundred eighty-two dollars and
+seventy-two cents, its membership numbers thirty-nine thousand
+ninety-four and its field of action covers all American territory
+where there are French-Canadians.
+
+May 6, 1896, Mr. Roy married Miss Celina Canty of Bathurst, New
+Brunswick, and to them have come a family of eleven children,
+seven of whom are living, Berthe, Pierre, Olive, Jeanne, Celina,
+Louis and Victoria.
+
+Mr. Roy is well and favorably known in Montreal, where for more
+than a quarter of a century he has made his home. His success
+and the standards by which it has been obtained have gained for
+him the respect of his business associates, and his sterling
+qualities of character the esteem and good-will of many friends.
+
+
+LUDGER GRAVEL.
+
+Ludger Gravel is well known in business circles of Montreal
+as a dealer in carriage maker’s and blacksmith’s supplies, as
+president of Société des Artisans Canadiens-Français and also
+as a successful manufacturer’s agent, connected in this way
+with some of the most important industrial concerns in Canada,
+the United States and Europe. The industry and the spirit of
+enterprise, progress and initiative which have brought him
+success have also been factors in his conduct of his extensive
+interests and place him today among the men of marked ability and
+substantial worth in this community.
+
+Mr. Gravel was born in 1864, at St. Raphael, Ile Bizard, Canada,
+and acquired his education in Montreal, beginning his business
+career immediately after laying aside his books. He was for eight
+months with Thomas Wilson & Company of this city and at the end
+of that time became connected with P. P. Mailloux at 223 St.
+Paul Street, with whom he remained over twenty years, rising
+during that time to a position of weight and responsibility
+and proving himself a farsighted, capable and progressive
+business man. Having shown his worth and his capability, Mr.
+Gravel eventually engaged in business for himself, establishing
+the extensive business which he now conducts. Under his able
+management this has become a large and important enterprise and
+it is still growing, for Mr. Gravel is constantly extending the
+field of his activity and forming new commercial relations. In
+addition to his retail business he is also acting as exclusive
+agent in Montreal for a number of manufacturing firms in Canada,
+the United States and Europe, and his important connections
+along this line are conclusive proof of his prominence and high
+standing in business circles. Among the firms which he represents
+may be mentioned the following: Ontario Asphalt Block Company,
+Ltd., Walkerville, Ontario; The Standard Paint & Varnish Works,
+Ltd., Windsor, Ontario; The Frank Miller Company, New York, New
+York; Windsor Turned Goods Company, Ltd., Windsor, Ontario; The
+Conboy Carriage Company, Ltd., Toronto, Ontario; The Neverslip
+Manufacturing Company, New Brunswick, New Jersey; Sem. Lacaille,
+Nominingue, Quebec; Meilink’s Home Deposit Vaults, Toledo,
+Ohio; Propriétaire de l’Huile Balmoral; James Boyd & Brothers,
+Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and Jacob Maas & Company, New
+Orleans, Louisiana.
+
+Mr. Gravel became connected with Société des Artisans
+Canadiens-Français in 1903 when he was elected a director, and
+his ability and executive skill soon commanded for him a place
+of power in this organization. He was made second vice president
+in 1904 and first vice president in 1906 and in 1910 was elected
+president, a position which he has held since that time. The
+demands which it has made upon his energy, his enterprise
+and his executive ability have been completely met, and the
+fortunes of the society under his hands have been constantly
+prosperous. He has been a member of the Chamber of Commerce since
+its organization and at present is one of its directors. His
+membership in mutual, charitable, antiquarian, social, political
+and sporting clubs is extensive and in a number of them he holds
+official position. However his business never suffers from these
+connections and his time and attention are so distributed that he
+proves a valuable member in all of the organizations.
+
+On May 26, 1891, in Montreal Mr. Gravel was married to Laura Roy,
+the daughter of Alfred Roy. Of the fourteen children born to
+Mr. and Mrs. Gravel, six are now living as follows, Olympe, L.
+Pierre, Germaine, Emelia, Lucette and Simone.
+
+With the extension of his interests Mr. Gravel’s powers have
+continually developed, his insight has deepened, his view
+broadened and with the passing years he has become a man of
+power and prominence, finding in the field of business the best
+scope for his interests and activities. He is a devout member of
+the Roman Catholic church and his upright life which has been
+guided by its principles, has brought him prominence, substantial
+fortune and the respect and esteem of many friends.
+
+
+SEVERIN LETOURNEAU, K. C.
+
+Severin Letourneau, who has advanced beyond the ranks of the many
+and stands among the able and successful few in the practice of
+law and in liberal leadership, is a native of St. Constant, born
+on the 23d of May, 1871. His preliminary education acquired in
+the Jacques Cartier Normal school, was supplemented by a course
+in Laval University, in which he completed his law studies and
+was graduated with the class of 1895. In July following he was
+called to the bar and at once entered upon active practice of his
+profession in which he has made continuous progress. Advancement
+at the bar is proverbially slow and yet, no dreary novitiate
+awaited Mr. Letourneau, who, during the eighteen years of his
+practice has won a high reputation by reason of his broad legal
+knowledge and the skill and ability in which he handles his
+cases, mastering the points in evidence with the precision of
+a military commander who marshals his troops on the field of
+battle. In 1906 he was appointed king’s counsel. He is today
+practicing as a member of the firm of Pelletier, Letourneau &
+Beaulieu, advocates, with a clientage that is extensive and
+important.
+
+Mr. Letourneau is prominently known as one of the leaders of
+the liberal party and as the liberal organizer for the district
+of Montreal has justified his appointment by the series of
+brilliant successes that have been scored for the liberal party
+in and around the city. He has rendered to his party service as a
+tactician and he is now sitting for Hochelaga in the provincial
+legislature, stanchly supporting Sir Lomer Gouin in his policy of
+progressive legislation. Mr. Letourneau is also a member of the
+Montreal Reform Club. He is a man of unfaltering determination,
+carrying forward to successful completion whatever he undertakes,
+whether in the field of law or politics. He stands stanchly for
+the right as he sees it, and his position is never an equivocal
+one.
+
+
+CHARLES HAVILAND ROUTH.
+
+Charles Haviland Routh, insurance broker, occupying a position
+among the foremost representatives of insurance interests in the
+Dominion, has in this direction, followed in the footsteps of his
+father, the late John H. Routh, who was for a quarter century
+agent at Montreal for the Western Assurance Company. Haviland L.
+Routh, grandfather of Charles H. Routh, was also prominent in
+insurance circles, being Canadian manager for the Royal Insurance
+Company. Charles H. Routh was born and educated in this city
+and throughout the period of his identification with business
+interests has been connected with the insurance profession. He
+is lacking in none of the qualities requisite for advancement
+and success in his chosen calling, which has brought him a wide
+business acquaintance. He is, however, perhaps, more widely
+known as a yachtsman, having for some years been commodore of
+the Royal St. Lawrence Yacht Club, of which he became a charter
+member in 1891. Several times has he successfully defended the
+Seawauhaka Cup and there are those who feel they know Mr. Routh
+at his best when he is acting in that capacity, because of his
+resourcefulness and the joy he feels in the sport. The Toronto
+Telegram wrote of him; “He has been pitted against the best
+skippers and the best boats that the United States can produce,
+but has remained the same level-headed sailorman in all his
+contests.” Aside from his connections with the Royal St. Lawrence
+Yacht Club, he belongs to the Montreal Club and the Montreal
+Curling Club. He is enthusiastic in his sports and equally so in
+anything that he undertakes, his energy and interest carrying him
+forward to the point of success whether it be along the line of
+business or of pleasure.
+
+
+JOSEPH LEON ST. JACQUES.
+
+In no profession does advancement depend more surely upon
+individual merit than in the practice of law. Comprehensive
+knowledge of legal principles must constitute the foundation for
+success which can only be won at the cost of earnest, persistent
+effort and study. Recognizing this fact, Joseph Leon St. Jacques
+has closely applied himself to the mastery of the principles
+of jurisprudence and to the preparation of his cases, with a
+result that he now has an extensive and representative clientele.
+He practices in Montreal and has spent his entire life in the
+province of Quebec, his birth having occurred at St. Hermas,
+in the county of Two Mountains, July 13, 1877, his parents being
+Joseph and Cazilde (Lafond) St. Jacques, the former a farmer of
+St. Hermas. The grandfather, F. X. St. Jacques, was born at St.
+Augustin, in the county of Two Mountains and resided for many
+years in Ottawa, but is now deceased. The great-grandfather was
+Captain Eustache Cheval dit St. Jacques of St. Augustin, who in
+1837 remained loyal to the crown and in 1838 was presented a
+sword in token of the recognition of his loyalty by Her Majesty,
+Queen Victoria. The ancestors of the family have the name of
+Cheval as well as St. Jacques.
+
+[Illustration: JOSEPH L. ST. JACQUES]
+
+In the acquirement of his education Joseph Leon St. Jacques
+attended the Jacques Cartier Normal school from which he was
+graduated with the class of 1897, obtaining the academic diploma.
+He later entered Laval University in which he completed his
+course in 1901, winning the degrees of LL. L. and LL. M. The
+same year he was admitted to the bar and entered upon practice.
+In the meantime, however, after leaving the normal school, he
+had devoted some time to teaching. He began practice at Lachute,
+where he had a few criminal cases, including the trial of Robert
+Day, a murder case. After six years of practice in the country
+district he came to Montreal and entered into partnership with
+Mr. Gustave Lamothe, K. C. The firm of Lamothe, St. Jacques &
+Lamothe has an extensive clientele, especially among religious
+interests and municipal corporations. He is also a director of
+some financial enterprises.
+
+On the 19th of May, 1906, at St. Hermas, Mr. St. Jacques was
+married to Miss Albertine Lafond, a daughter of Mathias Lafond,
+a merchant and prominent citizen of his municipality. There
+are four children in the St. Jacques family; Jacques, Jules,
+Gustave and Alberte. The religious faith of the family is
+that of the Catholic church. In politics Mr. St. Jacques is
+a conservative and has taken an active part in the political
+campaigns of Argenteuil and Two Mountains, being a recognized
+leader in conservative ranks. He has ever preferred, however, to
+concentrate his energies and efforts upon his law practice, which
+is now extensive and important, placing him with the leading
+representatives of the Montreal bar.
+
+
+GEORGE HASTINGS.
+
+George Hastings, who was born at Petite Cote, Quebec, in 1817,
+died in July, 1865. His father was Thomas Hastings, who came from
+Lexington, Massachusetts, to Petite Cote, where he bought land
+and settled some time before the birth of Mr. Hastings. In this
+connection it is interesting to mention that Petite Cote is now
+divided into Fairmount and Rosemount and is a part of the city of
+Montreal. The land is now mostly divided into building lots that
+command good prices.
+
+Thomas Hastings, father of George Hastings, had married Cynthia
+Baker, of Burlington, Vermont, and they lived for many years
+in their home at Petite Cote, where their five children, three
+sons and two daughters, were born and brought up. The sons’
+names were: George; Thomas, who is mentioned elsewhere in this
+work; and Horatio, the youngest, who died unmarried in 1899. The
+daughters were Mrs. Clark Fitts and Mrs. Ryan.
+
+George Hastings, of this record, married in 1847 Margaret
+Ogilvie, a sister of A. W., John and W. W. Ogilvie, whose careers
+are mentioned at greater length in another part of this history.
+Mr. and Mrs. George Hastings spent their entire married life in
+their home on a farm at Petite Cote. There their ten children
+received the training of their early lives. Of these children six
+were sons and four were daughters. Thomas, the eldest, married
+Jane Kydd, formerly the widow of William Nesbitt. They reside
+at Rosemount boulevard and have no children. William, the next
+son, with George, the third son, after considerable business
+experience established The Lake of the Woods Milling Company.
+The former married, in 1884, Georgina Ure, of Montreal. He died
+in 1903, leaving his widow and two sons, who live in this city.
+George managed the western branch of the business, from which he
+resigned in October, 1913. He married in 1886, Margaret Anderson,
+of Ayr, Ontario. They live in Winnipeg and have a family of two
+sons and two daughters. Robert, the fourth son, is with The Lake
+of the Woods Milling Company and lives also in the west, making
+his present home in Qu’ Appelle. He is unmarried. Alexander, the
+fifth son, was also connected with The Lake of the Woods Milling
+Company. He died in St. John, New Brunswick, where he had charge
+for several years of the local branch of the company. He married,
+in 1898, Maud Anderson, of Montreal, and his widow is living.
+Their only child died when one month of age. John Clark, the
+youngest son, died unmarried in 1883. Helen Watson and Cynthia
+Baker, the two elder daughters, died in 1912, the latter in
+January and the former in May of that year. The third daughter,
+Frances, married Francis Jordan, of Goderich, Ontario, in 1885.
+Mr. Jordan died in 1907, but his widow, son and daughter are
+living. Maria, the fourth and youngest daughter of the family,
+is living and unmarried. The family have always been connected
+with the American Presbyterian church. The Hastings are well
+known among the old residents of Montreal, for it is almost a
+century since Thomas Hastings settled upon the farm which now is
+a portion of the metropolis.
+
+
+JAMES ALFRED DALE.
+
+In educational circles the name of Professor James Alfred Dale
+is well known. His ability has gained him prominence and his
+position as a leader among the educationists of the country is
+indicated in the fact that he was honored with election to the
+position of treasurer of the Dominion Educational Association.
+Since November, 1907, he has held the Macdonald professorship of
+education in McGill University. A native of Birmingham, England,
+he was born in 1874, the eldest son of J. A. Dale. He attended
+King Edward VI School at Camp Hill, and afterward entered the
+Mason University College, now the University of Birmingham, and
+subsequently became classical exhibitioner in Merton College at
+Oxford, which conferred upon him the Master of Arts degree.
+
+James Alfred Dale has remained continuously in the educational
+field, being lecturer on literature and education in connection
+with the Oxford Extension Delegacy from 1902 until 1908, and
+also to the universities of Liverpool and Manchester. In
+1902-3 he was tutor in the Borough Road Training College, and
+in November, 1907, was called to the Macdonald professorship
+of education in McGill University. The steps in his orderly
+progression are thus easily discernible and he stands today
+among the eminent educationists of the Dominion, his ability
+being acknowledged by colleagues and contemporaries. He has the
+power of imparting clearly, concisely and readily to others the
+knowledge that he has acquired, and on the lecture platform he
+is a most interesting and entertaining as well as instructive
+speaker. He was a delegate to the convention of the Dominion
+Educational Association of Victoria, British Columbia, in
+1909. He has served as treasurer of the association and was
+secretary of the convention held at Ottawa in July, 1913. In
+May, 1911, he was appointed a member of the council of public
+instruction for the province of Quebec, and he has come to be a
+member of most of the committees on Protestant education in the
+province. Soon after coming out, he was elected president of the
+Protestant Teachers Association of the province of Quebec and on
+relinquishing office in 1912 was elected first vice president.
+His studious habits have made him a man of scholarly attainments,
+and he is continually seeking out new methods that will render
+his service as an educationist more effective. His ideas have
+received the indorsement of prominent contemporaries in this
+field of labor and have been adopted to the benefit of various
+institutions of learning. He agrees with Kant that “the object
+of education is to train each individual to reach the highest
+perfection possible for him” and that spirit has been manifest
+throughout his professional career. He has endeavored in his
+teaching to develop capacity and to impart knowledge which shall
+prove of practical benefit and value throughout life. He was
+instrumental in founding the University Settlement of Montreal
+in 1910 and has been its president since that time. This was the
+first settlement in the city, and its success is to be measured
+not by itself but by the influence it has exerted in the general
+movement toward social reform. He has taken a prominent part in
+movements for adult education and was one of the first members
+of the committee of the Workers’ Educational Association, which
+has succeeded in grouping together over twenty-five hundred trade
+unions, cooperative societies, etc., and educational bodies in
+England. At the present time every university in the country is
+undertaking working-class education under the auspices of the
+association. At the formation of the City Improvement League he
+was appointed its first honorary secretary but was compelled by
+pressure of work to relinquish the active duties of office. He
+edited the proceedings of the convention of the League in 1910.
+As literary correspondent of the Canadian Club he is editing its
+proceedings for the third year.
+
+In 1904 Professor Dale was married to Miss Margaret Butler, a
+daughter of J. Holden Butler, of Birmingham, and they reside at
+No. 771 University Street, in Montreal. Not only as an instructor
+in the classroom and as an enthusiastic advocate of extending
+educational facilities to all is Professor Dale well known. His
+contributions to the literature of the profession have made his
+name a familiar one not only in this country but throughout the
+American continent and in Great Britain. He is the author of
+many articles which have appeared in various publications and
+which have treated of literary as well as educational subjects,
+and he has published in Germany a volume entitled History of
+English Literature. His name was suggested in various quarters
+when British Columbia was looking for a president for its new
+university. A modern philosopher has said: “Not the good that
+comes to us but the good that comes to the world through us is
+the measure of our success,” and judged by this standard the life
+of Professor Dale is a most successful one.
+
+
+GEORGE HUGH ALEXANDER MONTGOMERY, B. C. L., K. C.
+
+George Hugh Alexander Montgomery is one of the most successful
+members of the Montreal bar, of which he is an ex-councillor.
+He has successfully pleaded cases in all the courts of Canada
+and before the privy council and has for some years occupied
+an enviable place at the bar of this city. He was born at
+Philipsburg, P. Q., February 5, 1874, a son of the Rev. Hugh and
+E. M. (Slack) Montgomery. The family being one appreciative of
+the benefits and value of education, liberal opportunities in
+that direction were afforded him, and after attending Bishop’s
+College School at Lennoxville, P. Q., he entered the University
+of Bishop’s College, where he pursued a classical course and won
+the Bachelor of Arts degree in 1893. Four years later he was
+graduated with the B. C. L. degree from McGill University, having
+thus thoroughly qualified for the active practice of law, which
+he had determined to make his life work. He became an advocate in
+1898 and since that time has successfully followed his profession
+in Montreal, his clientage being one of growing importance and
+volume. Since May, 1905, he has been solicitor for the Montreal
+Light, Heat & Power Company, and has had many other important
+professional connections. In 1909 he was created king’s counsel.
+His work in the courts has shown him to be largely a master of
+the principles of jurisprudence and also possessed of the power
+to present his cause clearly, cogently and logically. His ability
+as an advocate is acknowledged by contemporaries and colleagues.
+
+Mr. Montgomery is the owner of Lakeside Stock Farm at
+Philipsburg, Quebec, the home of some of the finest Ayrshire
+cattle and Clydesdale horses in the Dominion. Modern in its
+improvements, with fine natural advantages, this farm contains
+two hundred and fifty acres of the finest arable soil; for which
+most of the eastern township farms are noted, as well as ample
+additional acreage to meet the requirements of a successful stock
+farm.
+
+Mr. Montgomery has for more than twenty years been extensively
+interested in farming operations, and from time to time has added
+to his holdings, in the eastern townships, which now comprise
+more than seven hundred acres. It was more than ten years ago
+that he started in to breed the best in pure-bred Ayrshire
+cattle, and while finding all the recreation and entertainment
+sought by a gentleman farmer, the project has been conducted on a
+business as well as a scientific basis with gratifying results.
+Stock from Lakeside Stock Farm have successfully contested in the
+show ring with the best herds in Canada. Equally as high class
+are the Clydesdale horses owned and bred at this farm.
+
+In 1913 Mr. Montgomery completed his beautiful country residence
+on Missisquoi Bay near Philipsburg. Modern in its appointments,
+the structure is of field stone up to the ground floor, above
+which it is of Elizabethan style, and from its site overlooking
+Lake Champlain, comprises one of the most attractive homes in
+that section.
+
+[Illustration: GEORGE H. A. MONTGOMERY]
+
+In June, 1909, was celebrated the marriage of Mr. Montgomery and
+Miss Gwendoline Baptist, a daughter of the late John Baptist,
+of Three Rivers, P. Q. Mr. and Mrs. Montgomery have one son. In
+religious faith Mr. and Mrs. Montgomery are Anglicans, while
+socially they are well known in the best circles of the city.
+Mr. Montgomery has membership relations with the Mount Royal,
+University, St. James, Montreal and Montreal Jockey Clubs, as
+well as the Quebec Garrison Club. His profession is constantly
+making greater demands upon his time and energies, yet he finds
+opportunities for other obligations and duties and for the
+pleasures of life, thus maintaining a well balanced character.
+
+
+JOSEPH PHILLIPE BEAUDRY.
+
+An excellent example of the aggressive type of a business man,
+and one well known in real-estate circles of Montreal, is Joseph
+P. Beaudry, manager of the Beaudry Realty Company, No. 402,
+McGill building.
+
+Mr. Beaudry comes from one of the oldest families in the
+Dominion, dating back to 1629, and the numerous branches of it
+probably could be traced back to show relationship, where, in
+many cases at this time, no family connection is supposed to
+exist.
+
+Joseph P. Beaudry was born in Ottawa, Ontario, a son of Joseph
+and Alphonsine (Valiquette) Beaudry. The father, a wood
+manufacturer, was born at Three Rivers, while the mother was a
+native of Quebec.
+
+Reared in his native town, Mr. Beaudry after attending school
+there, completed his educational training by taking a commercial
+course. Taking up the printing business, he began at the
+bottom and was gradually advanced from one capacity to another
+of greater importance, successfully filling the positions of
+foreman, superintendent, manager and traveling representative for
+some of the largest printing houses in Montreal. While he had
+become well known in this line of business and enjoyed a high
+standing among those connected with it, Mr. Beaudry concluded
+that the real-estate business afforded better opportunities, and
+in 1909 he decided to enter it. The wisdom of his judgment in
+this move has been fully shown in the success that has come to
+him. He has formed a number of successful real-estate companies
+and has come to be known as a shrewd judge of realty values.
+
+The Beaudry Realty Company, of which he is manager, is generally
+known to carry the largest list of city lots and property among
+the French real-estate firms in the city. This firm’s extensive
+clientele is not confined to Montreal, but branches out into a
+great many towns throughout the province of Quebec.
+
+Mr. Beaudry is a director of seven different real-estate
+companies, all limited concerns and formed by him. He is a
+member of the Canadian Club, also the Automobile Club, belongs
+as well to the Sixty-fifth Regiment and holds membership in
+the Commercial Travellers Association. In political matters
+his interest is that of a business man, and he votes with the
+conservative party, while in his religious connection he is a
+Roman Catholic.
+
+On May 25, 1897, he was married to Alexina Senecal, a daughter of
+Adolphe and Cordelia (Colletts) Senecal. Mr. Beaudry’s children
+are Alexina, Gabrielle, Guillaume, Jean-Rene and Raoul.
+
+He has earned for himself a reputation as a careful man of
+business, and in his dealing is known for his prompt and
+honorable methods which have brought him success.
+
+
+REV. JOHN E. DONNELLY.
+
+Rev. John E. Donnelly, who since 1891 has been rector of St.
+Anthony’s parish, Montreal, one of the largest Irish Catholic
+congregations in the city, was born in this city, February 22,
+1861, a son of the late Charles and Margaret (McAfee) Donnelly.
+He acquired his education in the local grammar schools and
+later entered Ste. Thérèse College, from which he was graduated
+with the degree of B. A. in the class of 1880. He afterward
+attended the Grand Seminary, where he received his theological
+training, graduating with the class of 1883. He was ordained in
+the following year and after spending three years as private
+secretary to Archbishop Fabre became connected with St. Anthony’s
+church as curate. He was made parish priest in 1891 and he
+has since had spiritual jurisdiction over the twelve thousand
+families which go to make up this large Irish Catholic parish
+in Montreal. St. Anthony’s church was founded in April, 1884,
+and the first rector was Joseph U. Leclerc. The present church
+building was erected in 1889 and the parish house in 1901. The
+church property is ably administered, Father Donnelly proving
+himself a capable, farsighted and energetic business man as well
+as a zealous, sincere and untiring servant of God.
+
+Father Donnelly is an honorary member of the Shamrock Lacrosse
+Club and a great patron of athletics, and is familiarly and
+lovingly known as “Father John” among the people to whom his
+singleness of purpose, his high-mindedness and his constant
+geniality have so greatly endeared him. The Montreal Herald
+calls him “A skilled musician, a good preacher and a man justly
+considered a leader among the Irish Catholic clergy in the city.”
+
+
+WILLIAM STIVEN PATERSON.
+
+The story of the life of William Stiven Paterson is the story
+of honest industry and thrift. It is the record of a strong
+individuality, sure of itself, stable in purpose, quick in
+perception, swift in decision, energetic and persistent in
+action. A native of Dundee, Scotland, born April 16, 1841, Mr.
+Paterson was but one year old when brought to this country by
+his father, James Paterson, who lived in Upper Canada and there
+engaged on the river Humber, in the manufacture of blankets. He
+afterward removed to near Meaford, Ontario, where he engaged in
+farming, and there he died.
+
+The public-school system of Canada afforded William S. Paterson
+his educational opportunities. After leaving home he spent
+one year in the oil fields of Pennsylvania, and then came to
+Montreal and eventually with the late J. T. Wilson formed the
+firm of Wilson, Paterson & Company of which he remained an
+active member until his death. The business developed as the
+years passed, owing to the progressive methods instituted in its
+conduct, and prosperity attended the labors of the partners.
+
+In Montreal, in 1875, occurred the marriage of William S.
+Paterson, and Miss Electa C. Childs, daughter of Charles
+Childs, who came from Massachusetts in 1851 and engaged in the
+retail shoe business in Montreal. He became the pioneer in the
+manufacture of shoe lasts in this city and built up an extensive
+trade, in which he continued until his death in January, 1888.
+Mr. and Mrs. Paterson had a family of five children: Kate
+Elizabeth, who became the wife of R. B. Ross, Jr., secretary of
+the Mount Royal Milling Company, by whom she has three children;
+Dr. Robert C. Paterson, who is married and has two children;
+Charles S., a missionary in Calcutta, India; Arthur L., of
+The Wilson-Paterson Company, and who has two children; and E.
+Russell, secretary of the Boy Scouts.
+
+Mr. Paterson was interested in outdoor sports, especially in
+fishing, and was a member of the Little Cascapedia Fishing Club
+and as a devotee of golf, a member of Westmount Golf Club. He
+belonged to the American Presbyterian church, in which he served
+as a trustee and elder, and his life was actuated by high and
+honorable principles. His record measured up to exalted standards
+of manhood and citizenship and when death called him on the 2d of
+June, 1907, he left behind him not only an excellent competence
+but an honored name. He never allowed personal interests or
+ambition to dwarf his public spirit or his activities, and he
+was prominent as a man whose constantly expanding powers took
+him from humble surroundings to fields of large enterprise and
+continually broadening opportunities.
+
+
+REV. GEORGE DALY, C. SS. R.
+
+Rev. George Daly, who since 1912 has been rector of St. Anne’s
+parish in Montreal, discharging his manifold duties in this
+connection in a way which reflects credit upon his religious
+zeal and his administrative ability alike, is a native son of
+the city, born September 5, 1872, his parents being William and
+Josephine (Morin) Daly. The father was born on the isle of Malta,
+where the grandfather, a native of County Cavan, Ireland, was an
+officer in the British army. William Daly came to Canada with
+the Forty-seventh Regiment Band in 1861 and was afterward in the
+employ of the Grand Trunk Railway Company for one year, resigning
+in order to accept the position of manager of the Point St.
+Charles branch of the City & District Savings Bank, a position
+which he held continuously for thirty-seven years, retiring from
+active life in 1909. He died May 19, 1913, and is survived by his
+wife. They were for many years members of St. Gabriel’s Catholic
+church. The following children were born to their union: William,
+who is a member of the firm of Daly & Morin, manufacturers in
+Montreal; George, of this review; Louisa, the wife of D. J.
+Byrne, of Leonard Brothers, wholesale fish dealers of this city;
+Elizabeth, a nun at Hotel Dieu, Montreal; Aileen, who resides
+with her mother; and Mary, Joseph, Alphonsus and Walter, all of
+whom have passed away.
+
+Rev. George Daly acquired his education in the parochial schools
+of Montreal, which he attended until he was twelve years of age.
+He then entered Montreal College and in 1888 became a student
+at St. Trond, Belgium, where he remained five years. At the
+end of that time he went to Beau Plateau, in Belgium, studying
+seven years there, returning to Quebec at the end of that time
+and becoming a director in the Preparatory College at Ste. Anne
+de Beaupré, a position which he retained for twelve years. In
+1900, previous to his return to Canada, he was ordained to the
+Catholic priesthood in Belgium and on the 2d of August, 1912, was
+made parish priest at St. Anne’s in Montreal. Here he has done
+excellent work during the two years of his incumbency, for he is
+a man of abiding faith, energy and religious zeal and, moreover,
+possesses unusual administrative and executive ability. He is a
+man of scholarly attainments, most earnest and consecrated in his
+work and is ever watchful over the interests of his people, whose
+love he holds in large measure, while he enjoys the respect of
+people of all denominations.
+
+
+EDMOND BROSSARD.
+
+One of the most able and deservedly successful barristers in
+Montreal at the present time is Edmond Brossard, practicing at
+the bar in partnership with Hon. P. E. Le Blanc, K. C., and
+connected through his important clientage with a great deal of
+notable litigation. He is numbered among Montreal’s native sons,
+his birth having occurred in this city on the 19th of December,
+1873. His parents were Telesphore B. and Evelina (Turgeon)
+Brossard, the former for many years Dominion appraiser of His
+Majesty’s customs in this city. The family is of old French
+origin and of long Canadian establishment, having been founded in
+the Dominion by the ancestor who came to Canada with Maisonneuve
+in 1642.
+
+In the acquirement of an education Edmond Brossard attended
+St. Mary’s Jesuit College and was afterward a student in Laval
+University, where even at that time he showed promise of the
+distinction to which he has since attained. He was graduated B.
+A. in 1894, taking the governor general’s medal, and he received
+the degree of LL.L. with first rank honors in 1897. In the
+following year he was called to the bar as advocate and since
+that time has practiced his profession in Montreal. He was made
+a councillor in 1900 and a member of the general council in the
+same year, and his standing is high in legal circles of the city.
+He has formed a partnership with Hon. P. E. Le Blanc, K. C., and
+is in control of a large and important clientage, his success and
+prominence having increased yearly as his ability has become more
+widely known. Mr. Brossard has successfully conducted a number of
+hotly contested legal cases for he possesses clear and incisive
+qualities of mind, a power of close reasoning and clear deduction
+as well as the personality and force necessary to make knowledge
+effective in any line. His ability has carried him into important
+relations with the legal life of the city, his standing in
+professional circles being evidenced by the fact that in 1900
+he was made secretary of the Montreal bar and in 1908 was elected
+president of the Junior Bar Association.
+
+[Illustration: EDMOND BROSSARD]
+
+In October, 1900, Mr. Brossard was united in marriage to Mlle.
+Alice de Lorimer and they are well known in social circles of the
+city. Mr. Brossard is a man of considerable literary attainments,
+possessed of a clear, lucid and forceful style in writing and
+the ability to present his ideas in a concise and able way. He
+is an occasional contributor to the press and to law reviews,
+and his name is a synonym for efficiency and comprehensive
+knowledge in everything relating to the legal profession. He is
+one of Montreal’s prominent, able and successful barristers and
+in a profession where advancement depends almost entirely upon
+individual merit and ability he has risen steadily, holding today
+a place of prominence and possessing in his native talents and
+developed powers the guarantee of still greater attainment in the
+future.
+
+
+AIME GEOFFRION, K. C.
+
+Aime Geoffrion, treasurer of the council of the bar and one of
+those at the head of the French section of the Montreal bar, as
+well as holding one of the civil law professorships at McGill,
+occupies a distinguished professional position. He was born in
+Montreal, November 13, 1872. Fortunate is the man who has back
+of him an ancestry honorable and distinguished, and happy is he
+if his lines of life are cast in harmony therewith. In person,
+in talents and in character Aime Geoffrion is a worthy scion of
+his race. His father was the late Hon. C. A. Geoffrion one of
+the leading members of the bar, minister without portfolio in
+the Laurier government, and his mother was Eulalie G. Dorion,
+the eldest daughter of the late Chief Justice Sir A. A. Dorion.
+In the acquirement of his education Aime Geoffrion attended
+successively St. John’s school, St. Mary’s (Jesuit) College
+and McGill University. Having determined to enter upon the
+practice of law, he prepared for the profession at McGill and was
+graduated B. C. L. in 1893, being also a gold medalist. He began
+practice as an advocate in 1894 and within nine years had won
+such success that he was created a king’s counsel. He occupies
+an enviable position in his profession, and in addition to his
+appearance before Canadian courts he has pleaded on several
+occasions before the judicial committee of the privy council.
+He was one of the counsel retained by the province of Quebec in
+the arbitration between the Dominion and Ontario and Quebec for
+a settlement of outstanding accounts existing at the time of
+the confederation. He was also made the junior Dominion counsel
+in the matter of the Alaskan boundary arbitration in 1903-4.
+When he expresses himself upon questions of vital importance to
+city or province his opinions are listened to with attention
+and interest, for it is recognized that he is a farsighted
+and public-spirited man who has the municipal, provincial and
+Dominion welfare close at heart. He is not only recognized as
+the distinguished lawyer but also as a most able educator along
+professional lines, having since 1905 been professor of civil law
+in McGill University, in which position he succeeded Mr. Justice
+Fortin.
+
+In November, 1896, Mr. Geoffrion was married to Miss Marguerite
+Thibaudeau, the eldest daughter of the late J. R. Thibaudeau,
+senator of Montreal. Mr. Geoffrion gives his political allegiance
+to the liberal party and is stanch and warm in support of the
+principles in which he believes. His religious faith is that of
+the Catholic church. He is a member of several of Montreal’s
+leading clubs, including St. James Club, and the Montreal Reform
+Club, and also of the Rideau Club of Ottawa. Sir Wilfrid Laurier
+spoke of him as “one who well sustained the hereditary glories of
+his house.” The Montreal Star has referred to him as “a man of a
+remarkably clear and vigorous mind who has been highly successful
+before all the courts.” He is widely recognized as a man of
+earnest purpose, seeking ever to benefit by those activities and
+interests which look beyond the exigencies of the moment to the
+possibilities and opportunities of the future, and which seek
+provincial welfare rather than the aggrandizement of self.
+
+
+LAWRENCE MACFARLANE.
+
+Lawrence Macfarlane, member of the well known firm of Lafleur,
+Macdougall, Macfarlane & Pope, barristers and solicitors, was
+born in Montreal on the 12th of November, 1876, a son of the late
+James Ferrier and Cecilia Clare Macfarlane. He was a student in
+the Montreal high school and then entered McGill for his arts
+course, graduating with the degree of B. A. in 1897. He pursued
+his studies in the law department of McGill and obtained the
+degree of B. C. L. in April, 1900. He was called to the bar in
+the same year and was admitted a partner in the law firm headed
+by the late R. D. McGibbon, K. C., with whom he had previously
+studied for three years. As representing English interests Mr.
+Macfarlane is a director of the British Columbia Breweries,
+Limited; the North Saskatchewan Land Company, Limited; the
+Alabama Traction Light and Power Company, Limited; Terminal
+Cities of Canada, Limited; Mexican Northern Power Company,
+Limited; and the Cities Service Company.
+
+Mr. Macfarlane’s political allegiance is given to the
+conservative party. He belongs to St. Paul’s Lodge, Masons,
+English Register, and he also has membership in the more
+important clubs of his native city, including the St. James,
+Canada, Royal Montreal Golf, University and Racquet Clubs.
+
+
+JOSEPH CHARLES WRAY.
+
+For many years the name of Joseph Charles Wray figured in
+connection with the undertaking business in Montreal, but in
+July, 1907, he retired from active management of a business which
+had been established by his grandfather in 1840. Mr. Wray was
+born in Montreal on the 25th of March, 1857, and is descended
+from Irish ancestry, his parents being William and Marion
+(McGregor) Wray, the latter of Scotch lineage. The father came
+to Montreal at an early age with his father. The latter, Joseph
+Wray, established an undertaking business in 1840 and was joined
+by his son, William Wray in its conduct and management. The
+business was originally conducted under the name of Joseph Wray,
+but upon the death of the grandfather, William Wray succeeded to
+the ownership and management of the business, which he afterward
+conducted under his own name. However, his health failed him
+about six months later, and he was obliged to retire from active
+business. He was then succeeded by his son Joseph Charles Wray.
+
+The last named had been a pupil in the public schools of Montreal
+and after putting aside his text-books became connected with the
+confectionery business in the employ of James Griffin. At length
+he entered the undertaking business that had been established by
+his grandfather, and when his father was forced to retire from
+the management Joseph Charles Wray assumed control and conducted
+the business under his own name for thirty years, his patronage
+growing with the development of the city. In July, 1907, however,
+the firm style was changed to Joseph C. Wray & Brother, and
+Mr. Wray of this review retired from active management, being
+succeeded by his youngest brother, Frederick A. Wray, who has
+always been connected with the business. The Wrays were the first
+to establish ambulance work in Canada in connection with the
+hospitals, and they now own the ambulances used in connection
+with the hospitals of the city. They began this in July,
+1883, and the value of the work done by them can be scarcely
+overestimated, the ambulance service largely annihilating time
+and distance in cases of emergency, bringing the patient to
+medical and surgical aid with as little discomfort as possible.
+
+On the 7th of September, 1900, in Trinity church, Mr. Wray was
+united in marriage to Ellen Louise Gibbon, a native of Wales.
+They are members of the Church of England, and Mr. Wray is
+identified with Mizpah Lodge, I. O. O. F., and Elgin Lodge, No.
+7, A. F. & A. M. He votes independently, exercising his right
+of franchise as his judgment dictates. He has long since won
+place among the prosperous men of the city, his position being
+attributable entirely to his close application and honorable
+business methods.
+
+
+OSCAR DESAUTELS.
+
+Of distinguished French-Canadian ancestry, Oscar Desautels
+worthily wears the family name and worthily carries forward the
+family traditions. He is a successful notary of Montreal, in
+which city he has many interests. His Canadian ancestry goes
+back to Pierre Desautels, who was born of the marriage of Thomas
+and Marie (Buisson) Desautels, of Malicerne, in the bishopric of
+Mans, France. Pierre Desautels married Marie Remy and to them was
+born Joseph Desautels at Montreal on the 29th of October, 1666.
+He married Marie Charlotte Chatillon, and they became the parents
+of a son, Michel, who was born at Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montreal,
+October 1, 1701. Michel Desautels married Louise Catherine
+Bergeron, and their son Michel was born at Sorel in 1727. He
+married Marie Charlotte Rondeau, and they became the parents of
+a son, Michel, who was born at St. Ours on the 11th of August,
+1759. To this Michel Desautels was born a son, Michel, at Beloeil
+in 1796. He married Josephte Morin, and their son Elzear was born
+at St. Jean Baptiste, November 25, 1827. He was the father of
+our subject. His wife was Malvina Guertin, and their son Oscar
+was born at St. Jean Baptiste, April 26, 1872.
+
+Oscar Desautels pursued a classical course at the Petit Seminaire
+of Ste. Marie de Monnoir at Marieville and was graduated in June,
+1893, with the Bachelor of Arts degree. From 1893 to 1898 he
+studied law at St. Hyacinthe, in the office of Taché & Desautels,
+notaries. He was admitted to practice on September 10, 1898. On
+November 1st of that year he established himself as a notary at
+Montreal and in the evening kept an office in the town of St.
+Louis. His entrance into the legal profession and his first years
+thereafter were arduous but his ability, energy and honesty led
+him to success. During the first ten years--as is so often the
+case in professional careers--his clientele grew slowly. He was
+notary of the corporation of the town of St. Louis and also of
+the school commission of the various parishes of the town of St.
+Louis and is counsel for various other important institutions.
+He enjoys today a numerous and representative clientage which
+recruits itself largely from the old town of St. Louis, which
+is now the ward Laurier of the metropolis. Mr. Desautels is
+interested in various enterprises, largely along real estate
+lines, among which is La Compagnie Nationale d’Immeubles, of
+which he has always been one of the directors. He has interested
+himself actively in mutual societies and has held official
+positions in nearly all those societies established in the town
+of St. Louis.
+
+At Beloeil, on the 8th of June, 1903, Mr. Desautels was united
+in marriage to Miss Corine Bernard, a daughter of Elophe and
+Mathilde (Lafontaine) Bernard. To them have been born four
+children, Bernard, Robert, Thérèse and Bruno. Mr. Desautels gives
+his political allegiance to the liberal party and is treasurer
+of the Liberal Club of the town of St. Louis. He is an effective
+worker for his party, in which he enjoys great prestige. An
+excellent notary and public-spirited citizen, he is highly
+esteemed and respected by all who know him. As a notary he enjoys
+the highest reputation as to ability and integrity, and more and
+more important interests have come under his direction as the
+years have passed.
+
+
+ZEPHIRIN HEBERT.
+
+Zéphirin Hébert, president of the wholesale grocery firm of
+Hudon, Hébert & Company, Ltd., the leading concern of its kind
+in Canada, was born in Montreal, February 6, 1866, the son of
+Charles P. Hébert, who was the first president of the above
+mentioned firm. In 1883 Zéphirin Hébert became connected with the
+business of which he is now the head. In 1893 he was admitted
+as a partner. In 1906, on the incorporation of the company,
+he became assistant manager and a director. In 1908 he was
+elected to the office of vice president and in 1911 succeeded
+his brother, the late Albert Hébert, as president. For about
+twenty-five years he has been a member of the Montreal Board of
+Trade and since the 1st of February, 1913, he has served on the
+council of that body, and in December, 1913, was elected a member
+of the transportation bureau of that organization.
+
+[Illustration: ZEPHIRIN HEBERT]
+
+Mr. Hébert is president of the Dominion Wholesale Grocers Guild,
+chairman of the prize committee for the province of Quebec,
+president of the Montreal Wholesale Grocers Guild, president of
+the Montreal Wholesale Liquor Association, treasurer and governor
+of Notre Dame Hospital, governor of the Montreal General Hospital
+and governor of Laval University. He is also a member of the
+Canada Club, the Montreal Jockey Club and L’Association St. Jean
+Baptiste.
+
+Mr. Hébert married Miss Blanche Robidoux and their four children
+are, Marielle, Gertrude, Charles P. and Jacques R.
+
+
+REV. WILLIAM O’MEARA.
+
+A man of scholarly attainments, great force of personality and
+broadness of mind, Rev. William O’Meara has made these qualities
+the basis of many years of successful work as rector of St.
+Gabriel’s church in Montreal and in the promotion of the work
+along many lines in which the Catholic church is interested. He
+was born in Sherrington, Quebec province, May 6, 1857, and is one
+of twelve children born to the late Captain William and Judith
+(McManus) O’Meara, the former a native of Waterford, Ireland, who
+came to Canada in 1832.
+
+Rev. William O’Meara acquired his early education in the grammar
+schools of Sherrington, and later entered the College of Ste.
+Thérèse, where he took a classical course, graduating with the
+degree of B. A. in 1880. He then entered Grand Seminary in
+Montreal, where he pursued his theological studies for three
+years and a half, being ordained to the Roman Catholic priesthood
+December 22, 1883. He was first made curate at St. Ann’s church
+in this city and was then transferred to St. Cecelia’s parish in
+Valleyfield, where he remained as assistant from 1884 to 1889.
+In the latter year he came to St. Gabriel’s church, Montreal,
+and in January, 1890, was made rector, a position which he still
+holds. This parish was organized in 1873 as a mission from St.
+Henry’s parish and was made an independent congregation two years
+later. The first church was a wooden structure, presided over
+by Rev. John J. Salmon, and here services were held until 1891,
+Rev. Thomas McCarthy succeeding the first parish priest. The new
+church was started in 1891 by Father O’Meara and was completed
+in 1894, at a cost of one hundred and fifteen thousand dollars.
+It is a beautiful structure, built of limestone, in the Roman
+and Byzantine styles of architecture, having a capacity of one
+thousand people and the dimensions being one hundred and sixty
+by seventy feet. There is a main altar of white wood, a chancel
+rail of oak and stations of the cross which are fine specimens of
+work in terra cotta. Father O’Meara built in 1895 a parish house
+costing eleven thousand five hundred dollars, and the entire
+church property is valued at one hundred and fifty thousand
+dollars. The affairs of the congregation, which numbers eight
+hundred families, are administered in a capable and farsighted
+way, Father O’Meara having proven himself a reliable business
+man as well as an earnest and consecrated worker in the cause
+of religion. He is particularly interested in the schools of
+his parish and has now erected two excellent institutions of
+learning, which are conducted in connection with his church.
+These are a school for boys, built at a cost of thirty-seven
+thousand dollars, and an academy for girls, representing a value
+of fifty-five thousand dollars.
+
+Father O’Meara was formerly a governor of the Catholic high
+school of Montreal and was on July 1, 1905, appointed a Catholic
+school commissioner. He was elected chairman of the commission in
+1910 and since that time has been accounted one of the prominent
+educators of the city as well as one of the greatest individual
+forces in the promotion of Catholic education. He has given a
+great deal of time and attention to this work and in 1907 was
+sent as a delegate to the Dublin International Exposition in
+order to study the national school systems of Ireland, France,
+England and Belgium. He is interested in the work of St.
+Gabriel’s Total Abstinence and Benefit Society, of which he is
+president, and he has recently been appointed honorary canon
+of the archdiocese of Montreal. He has, indeed, accomplished a
+great deal of important and constructive work among the people of
+his parish, and he holds their love in large measure, while he
+enjoys the confidence and respect of people of all denominations.
+He has demonstrated that the business affairs of St. Gabriel’s
+parish are in the hands of a farsighted, capable and energetic
+man, while his religious zeal is evidenced in his constant and
+untiring labor in the promulgation of the doctrines in which he
+believes. He is widely and favorably known in Montreal and has
+earned mention by the Montreal Gazette as “a broad-minded, well
+informed, energetic and popular priest.”
+
+
+LOUIS BEAUDOIN.
+
+In commercial circles of Montreal, Louis Beaudoin is widely known
+as president of Beaudoin Limited, accountants and auditors. Louis
+Beaudoin of this review occupies the executive position in this
+firm, and Gérant L. M. Philéas Beaudoin is secretary-treasurer.
+They maintain offices at 33 Notre Dame Street West and have been
+eminently successful in their line, enjoying an extensive and
+important clientage. Louis Beaudoin was born August 29, 1869, in
+Repentigny, L’Assomption county, Quebec, and is a son of Pierre
+and Melina (Lachapelle dit Jeannotte) Beaudoin, the former a well
+known agriculturist of Repentigny. The paternal grandparents
+of our subject were Pierre and Adelaide (Rochon) Beaudoin, the
+former also a farmer of Repentigny. The great-grandfather, Jean
+Baptiste Beaudoin, also followed that occupation at the same
+place. The maternal grandfather, Pierre Lachapelle, was an
+agriculturist of Mascouche. The Beaudoin family is historically
+known in two variations, that of Baudoin and Bodin. The earliest
+record of a member of this family goes back to Alexis Beaudoin,
+born in 1694, who on November 27, 1720, married at Ste. Croix,
+Angeline Houde and had seven children. Of these his son Louis
+married Louise Barrat, at Montreal, on May 6, 1748, this being
+the first mention of the family in Montreal archives.
+
+Louis Beaudoin acquired his education in the College de
+L’Assomption and began his career in the grocery business,
+also being connected with butchering and merchandising. He
+subsequently became president of Beaudoin Limited and has since
+given his entire attention to the extension of the interests of
+that firm. Recently a line of Assyrian products has been added.
+Natural ability and keen observation of existing conditions make
+him eminent in his profession, and he is today recognized as one
+of the foremost men in his line in Montreal.
+
+On February 4, 1889, Mr. Beaudoin was united in marriage to
+Evelina Legault dit Deslaurier, a daughter of Jean Baptiste
+Legault dit Deslaurier. The father for many years has been
+connected with commercial interests. Mr. and Mrs. Beaudoin have
+the following children: Philéas, Coramance, Armand, Honoré,
+Adrien, Aurélien, Albert, Adolphe, Laurent, Amedée, Eveline and
+Clément Marcel. In his political views Mr. Beaudoin is a liberal,
+stanchly upholding the principles of his party. Although he has
+never cared to participate in public life he has done much toward
+promoting worthy public enterprises. He is a valued citizen of
+Montreal, prominent in commercial circles and effective in his
+private capacity in furthering the interests of the city, where
+he has been so long and so successfully engaged in business.
+
+
+THOMAS J. DAWSON.
+
+“Not the good that comes to us but the good that comes to the
+world through us is the measure of our success.” Judged by this
+standard, Thomas J. Dawson was a most successful man. His life
+measured up to the standard which all men acknowledge good.
+His record was as an open book which all might read and there
+were many who bore testimony to his kindness of heart and his
+generous spirit manifest in active effort for the alleviation of
+hard conditions of life for the unfortunate and for practical
+improvement along the line of civic and moral reform. Mr. Dawson
+was born at Knockmanoul, Ireland, April 29, 1843, and spent his
+early life in Dublin and Belfast. His parents, Rev. Abram and
+Anne (Graham) Dawson, were both natives of the Emerald isle.
+The father was a minister of the Methodist Episcopal church and
+coming from Ireland to the new world engaged in preaching in
+Ontario near Kingston. Thomas J. Dawson came to Canada in 1864
+and spent several years at Sydenham and Guelph, Ontario. In
+1870 he arrived in Montreal, from which date until his death he
+was actively engaged in commercial pursuits. For fifteen years
+prior to his demise he was connected with the custom service and
+during the latter part of that period was the appraiser in the
+postoffice department.
+
+Mr. Dawson was a splendid type of the Irish gentleman,
+possessing native wit and humor and scattering cheer wherever
+he went. His geniality and cordiality ever made him popular in
+social circles and his friends were almost as numerous as his
+acquaintances. His spirit of benevolence was one of his strongly
+developed characteristics and, again and again, found expression
+in tangible effort for the benefit of others. He was deeply
+interested in the Irish Protestant Benevolent Society, was a life
+governor of the Montreal Homeopathic Hospital, was for years
+secretary of the Old Brewery Mission and was an active member
+of the Westmount Methodist church, which numbered him among its
+earnest, helpful workers. Any movement tending to bring about
+civic or moral reform received his indorsement and cooperation.
+In 1866, upon its organization, he became a member of the Young
+Men’s Christian Association, retaining his membership until his
+death, and to the support of which he contributed liberally. He
+gave, too, of his time and efforts for its upbuilding and always
+took a most active interest in young men, realizing how necessary
+are uplifting influences in the plastic age. Life was to him
+purposeful and fraught with opportunity for good, which he did
+not neglect, and when he passed away October 21, 1910, he left
+behind him a memory that is a benediction to all who knew him.
+
+In 1876 Mr. Dawson was married to Miss Louisa Holland, daughter
+of George A. Holland, who came from Ireland as a young man
+and was the active head of the G. A. Holland & Son Company,
+dealers in wall paper, established by him in 1843. He built
+up that business to large proportions and remained in close
+identification therewith until his demise. His wife, who bore
+the maiden name of Marian Hutchins, was a native of Canada. He
+was one of the volunteer firemen of Montreal at an early day and
+he passed away in this city in July, 1882. Mr. and Mrs. Dawson
+had three children: Ralph H. of Montreal; Arthur B. of Calgary;
+and Mabel L., the wife of R. Macaulay Cushing, and they have two
+children, Dorothy M. and Arthur M.
+
+
+LOUIS ALFRED ADHEMAR RIVET.
+
+“A man of ideas; a man with a future; a coming man,” is the
+way the Toronto Globe describes Louis Alfred Adhemar Rivet, of
+Montreal, and all who have come in contact with him during the
+course of his brilliant and successful career as a barrister
+and legislator fully concur in this opinion, adding also that
+he is one of the most able members of his profession in Quebec
+province, a distinguished statesman and one of the greatest
+of the younger generation of French Canadians. He was born in
+Joliette, Quebec, on the 15th of September, 1873, and is a son of
+Charles and Herminie (Michaud) Rivet, of French Canadian origin.
+
+In the acquirement of an education Mr. Rivet attended Joliette
+College and Laval University, from which institution he was
+graduated B. A. in 1892 and LL. B. in 1895, in the same year
+being called to the bar as advocate. He was made king’s
+counsel in 1906 and for a number of years has been practicing
+successfully in Montreal, where he is ranked among brilliant
+and forceful barristers. For a time he was associated with the
+late C. Beausoleil, M. P., but the death of the latter severed
+this connection and subsequently he became associated with other
+firms, the present one being Rivet, Glass & Sullivan. He is
+recognized as a strong and able practitioner, a barrister whose
+knowledge of underlying legal principles is comprehensive and
+exact and whose application of points of law is always correct
+and logical. His keen and incisive mind grasps quickly all
+the details of the most intricate case, seizes upon the most
+telling points and arguments, and his presentations are models
+of conciseness and accuracy. Mr. Rivet has thus won distinction
+in his chosen profession and has secured a representative
+clientage in Montreal connecting him with a great deal of
+notable litigation. He has been interested and active in affairs
+affecting the Montreal bar, his ability being widely recognized
+in professional circles.
+
+[Illustration: L. A. RIVET]
+
+As is often the case, Mr. Rivet’s success in law has carried with
+it prominence in politics and his interest in the growth and
+welfare of the province has carried him forward into important
+political relations. At the bi-election of 1904 he was returned
+to the house of commons and, representing Hochelaga in that body,
+served with ability and distinction until 1911. During this time
+he accomplished a great deal of constructive and important work
+in statesmanship, leaving the impress of his personality and
+standards upon useful, and beneficial legislation, his vote and
+influence being always on the side of right, reform and progress.
+A stanch liberal, Mr. Rivet has always supported the principles
+and policies of that party and has been one of the greatest
+individual forces in its expansion in Montreal, where he founded
+the St. Gabriel Liberal Club, of which he served as president
+in 1898. He has been a director of the Montreal Reform Club. He
+calls himself an imperialist and is one in the sense that the
+greatness of the empire depends to a great extent on the fair
+development of the colonies. He is, however, a stanch advocate
+of Canadian customs and institutions and has done as much as
+any one man in the Dominion to promote their spread and growth.
+Although of French Canadian extraction he speaks English fluently
+and often addressed the house of commons in that language.
+In a lecture on the dual language of Canada delivered before
+the Nomads’ Club in 1909 he advocated Canada as a bi-lingual
+nation and he has done much to promote the fusion of the two
+great nations which dominate the country. He also addressed the
+Canadian Club in Ontario, advocating closer relations between the
+two races, in view of national unity.
+
+Mr. Rivet married in January, 1898, Mlle. Rose Cypihot and both
+are widely and favorably known in social circles of Montreal.
+Their children are: Gaston, born June 23, 1901; Marguerite,
+January 10, 1904; and Gerard, January 24, 1906.
+
+Mr. Rivet has extensive and important club affiliations,
+belonging to the Club St. Denis, the Club Canadien de Montreal
+and the Reform Club, and socially is found to be genial, charming
+and constantly courteous. In his profession he has made continued
+and rapid advancement and his accomplishments in the political
+field have been substantial and far-reaching, so that he is well
+entitled to a high place among the representative and useful
+citizens of the city where he makes his home.
+
+
+JOSEPH ALCIDE CHAUSSE.
+
+Since 1900 Joseph Alcide Chaussé has filled the important
+position of superintendent of buildings and city architect of
+Montreal and in that position has established for himself an
+enjoyable reputation. He is one of the foremost men in the
+profession, not only in the city, but in the Dominion and
+recognition has come to him from numerous national as well as
+foreign societies. Alcide Chaussé was born at St. Sulpice,
+Assumption county, Quebec, Canada, on January 7, 1868, a son of
+Edouard and Rose de Lima (Rivet) Chaussé, both natives of St.
+Sulpice, Quebec. The father, a prominent lumberman there and
+ex-alderman of the city of Montreal, died on March 15, 1909,
+the mother having preceded him in death, passing away on July
+20, 1896. The Chaussé family is of ancient lineage and one
+of the old-established ones in the province of Quebec. Pierre
+Chaussé, le Chaudronnier (the brazier), was born in 1630 and was
+established at St. Anne de la Parade as early as 1681. Pierre
+Chaussé, another of the name, called la Lumière, was born in
+1651, a son of Jean and Catherine (Groleau) Chaussé. He married
+Marie Madeleine Sel au Deselles on April 24, 1681, and they had
+five children. These are among the earliest ancestors of Mr.
+Chaussé recorded in Canadian history.
+
+Alcide Chaussé received his fundamental education at St. Mary’s
+Academy in Montreal. He studied architecture with the late
+Alphonse Raza, of Montreal, from the 3d of March, 1884, to
+the 14th of March, 1887. From the 17th of March of that year
+until July 24, 1889, he was in Chicago, perfecting himself in
+the profession, and was admitted to practice in 1888. On the
+20th of November, 1889, he opened an office for the practice
+of architecture at Montreal and continued with ever increasing
+success until May 21, 1900, when he was appointed to his present
+important position. A wide and comprehensive knowledge fits him
+particularly for this work and Mr. Chaussé has been in a large
+measure responsible for the upbuilding of the city along lines of
+the “plan beautiful.” He also holds the position of commissioner
+of the superior court for the district of Montreal and that of
+justice of the peace for the same district.
+
+Mr. Chaussé is a charter member of the Province of Quebec
+Association of Architects, of which he served as president in
+1906. In 1907 he was the promoter of and since its inception
+is, honorary secretary and a member of the Royal Architectural
+Institute of Canada; is an associate of the Canadian and American
+Societies of Civil Engineers; a member of La Chambre Syndicale
+de la Construction; a member of the Board of Plumbers’ Examiners
+in Montreal; chairman of the committee on fire prevention
+of the American Society of Municipal Improvements; a member
+of the American Public Health Association; a member of the
+council of Le Comité Permanent des Congrès Internationaux des
+Architectes; member of the British Fire Prevention Committee;
+corresponding member of La Société Centrale des Architectes
+Français; the American Institute of Architects; La Société
+Centrale d’Architecture de Belgique; La Société Nationale des
+Architectes de France; Architekten-Verein at Berlin, Germany;
+Sociedad Central de Architectos, Madrid, Spain; and the Society
+of Portuguese Architects. He is a member of the council of
+the Antiquarian and Numismatic Society. Mr. Chaussé has been
+awarded gold, silver and bronze medals by various architectural
+societies for technical papers and lectures. He was a member of
+the International Congress of Architects held at Paris in 1900;
+at Madrid, in 1904; and London, England, in 1906; and of the
+International Fire Prevention Congress, held at London in 1903;
+a delegate to the Sixth Commercial Congress of the Empire, held
+at London, in 1906. In 1907 he conceived the project for the
+Institute of Architects of Canada. He is the author of several
+articles on fire prevention and fire protection; of the “Building
+Inspector’s Handbook,” published in 1902; the “Code of Building
+Laws of the Province of Quebec,” published in 1906; the “Handbook
+of Building Laws of Montreal”; and the “Supplement to the Code
+of Building Laws,” published in 1913, all of them published in
+English and French.
+
+At Ste. Bridgide’s church, Montreal, on Saturday, September
+8, 1894, Mr. Chaussé was united in marriage to Miss Rose de
+Lima Renaud, a daughter of Cyrille Renaud and Rose de Lima
+(Favreau) Renaud, both of Montreal. The father is a well known
+manufacturers’ agent of this city. Mr. and Mrs. Chaussé have
+two sons: Marcel, who was born July 7, 1902, and Fernand, born
+December 29, 1904. Mr. and Mrs. Chaussé are members of the
+Blessed Sacrament Congregation, Church of the Holy Sacrament, on
+Mount Royal Avenue.
+
+The political views of Mr. Chaussé coincide with the principles
+of the conservative party. He is a member of Le Club Canadien of
+Montreal, a member of L’Alliance Nationale, of which he served
+as grand marshal; and a member of the Association of St. Jean
+Baptiste, of which he has been president of Ste. Bridgide’s
+Section. He was also president of the Cêrcle Jeanne D’Arc of
+L’Alliance Nationale. Fraternally he is a member of the Knights
+of Columbus. Mr. Chaussé finds recreation in curling and is a
+member of the St. Lawrence Curling Club of Montreal. His city
+residence is at No. 1433 St. Hubert Street, while the summer home
+of the family is Villa Iris, Sault-au-Recollet.
+
+
+MORTIMER BARNETT DAVIS.
+
+Manufacturing interests of Montreal find a prominent
+representative in Mortimer Barnett Davis, one of the leaders in
+the tobacco trade of the Dominion, being active in the management
+of an enterprise of mammoth proportions. It is true that he
+entered upon a business already established, but in enlarging and
+developing this many a man of less resolute spirit and of more
+limited business sagacity would have failed. Each step he has
+taken in the business world has been one of progress, bringing
+him a broader outlook and wider opportunities.
+
+Mr. Davis was born February 6, 1866, in Montreal, a son of Samuel
+and Minnie (Falk) Davis, the former the founder of the firm of
+Samuel Davis & Sons, manufacturers and importers of cigars at
+Montreal. Mortimer B. Davis completed his education in the high
+school of his native city and early became associated with his
+father in business, receiving thorough training that acquainted
+him with every phase of the trade. He went upon the road as a
+traveling salesman and eventually was advanced to the position
+of manager after the firm had acquired the D. Ritchie Tobacco
+factory. He controlled the business most systematically and,
+finally, when it had been absorbed by the formation of the
+American Tobacco Company of Canada in 1895, he became president
+of the company and so continues. Later he gave to the country
+a great national industry in the Empire Tobacco Company, which
+is a branch of the Imperial Tobacco Company of Canada. He was
+largely instrumental in establishing a permanent market for
+Canada leaf tobacco and promoting trade interests in his line
+between this and other lands. Something of the volume of business
+under his control is indicated in the fact that there are now
+three thousand workmen in his factories. No undertaking in
+connection with the tobacco trade seems too difficult or its
+scope too broad for him to successfully manage and control. Every
+effort which he puts forth seems to count for the utmost and
+obstacles and difficulties in his path seem but an impetus for
+renewed concentration and direction. His opinions carry weight
+in the management of other important financial, commercial and
+agricultural interests.
+
+On the 12th of June, 1898, Mr. Davis was married to Miss
+Henrietta Myers, and they have one son. Mr. Davis belongs to the
+Royal Montreal Golf Club, and also holds membership in the Mount
+Royal, St. James, Montreal Hunt and Montreal Jockey Clubs, the
+Auto Club of Canada and the Forest and Stream Club, associations
+which indicate something of the nature of his interests and
+activities and which have brought about a well rounded character,
+justifying the expression of the Gazette, which termed him “a man
+of strength, vigor, capacity and wisdom.”
+
+
+RENE ALPHONSE JOSEPH PIGEON.
+
+René Alphonse Joseph Pigeon, patent solicitor of Montreal,
+member of the firm of Pigeon, Pigeon & Davis, was born at
+Billingsbridge, near Ottawa, on the 11th of July, 1890. The
+ancestral line can be traced back to Pierre Pigeon, who was
+born in 1636 and was married in Montreal to Jeanne Godart, who
+was born in 1638. Their marriage occurred in 1662, twenty years
+after the foundation of Montreal. Representatives of succeeding
+generations have lived in or near Montreal, some going to
+Laprairie and others to Verchères. The father, Hormisdas Honoré
+Pigeon, was born at Verchères, in Verchères county, P. Q., and
+after having lived for some years in the United States removed to
+Ottawa, where he has now been engaged in business for more than
+thirty years. He married Marie Tremblay who was born at Baie St.
+Paul, Charlevoix county, and was married in 1889. The Tremblays
+were among the earliest settlers of that section.
+
+[Illustration: RENE A. J. PIGEON]
+
+René Alphonse J. Pigeon was a student in the University
+of Ottawa, completing his studies there in 1907. He
+afterward studied mechanics and electricity and entered
+upon his professional career as draftsman in the office of
+Fetherstonhaugh, Dennison & Blackmore, patent solicitors at
+Ottawa. After a year he was promoted to the position of manager
+of their Ottawa office and was in the employ of that firm
+for four years. In 1912 he left them to establish himself in
+business in Montreal as a member of the present firm of Pigeon,
+Pigeon & Davis. Previous experience and thorough collegiate
+and professional training have well qualified him for the
+responsibilities, activities and duties of the profession. He
+is a typical young man of the age, alert, enterprising and
+progressive and is now at the head of a large, growing and
+successful business.
+
+
+REV. JOSEPH N. O. DUPUIS, D. D., D. C. L.
+
+In the life of the Catholic church of Canada Rev. Joseph Nazaire
+Odilon Dupuis occupies a foremost position as inspector and
+visitor of a number of parish schools which are attended by over
+thirty thousand children. He was chosen to this important office
+in 1913 by twenty-seven school commissions in Montreal which
+are formed into an association, and has done fruitful work in
+promoting education in the city.
+
+Rev. Dupuis was born at Montreal on the 16th of December, 1871,
+and is a son of Nazaire Dupuis, founder of the commercial house
+of Dupuis Frères, and of Alphonsine (St. Onge) Dupuis. He pursued
+his classical studies at the College of Montreal and in June,
+1890, entered ecclesiastical orders. He was ordained priest
+by Monseigneur Fabre on August 30, 1896. From 1896 to 1899 he
+studied at the Canadian College of Rome, Italy, returning from
+there with the degree of Doctor of Theology, bestowed by the
+propaganda in 1898, and the degree of Doctor of Canon Law,
+bestowed in 1899 by Apollinaire College. From 1899 to 1900 he
+studied at the Catholic Institute of Paris and at the Sorbonne.
+In the latter year he returned to Canada, becoming vicar of the
+Church of St. Jacques at Montreal, where he remained until 1902,
+when he was attached to the congregation St. Louis de France,
+remaining until 1904. He was appointed almoner of the Convent of
+the Sisters of the Sacred Heart of the Sault au Récollet, where
+he remained for about nine years. At the same time he acted as
+chaplain at the Crèche of the Sisters of Miséricorde. In 1913
+he was chosen by twenty-seven school commissions of Montreal,
+formed into an association, as a visitor and inspector of all
+the schools under the control of these commissions, having under
+his jurisdiction thirty thousand children divided over forty
+different parishes and eighty-two schools. Rev. Dupuis was one of
+the founders of Lafontaine Council of the Knights of Columbus. He
+is life governor of Notre Dame Hospital and is professor at Laval
+University and the author of several lecture papers. He has been
+heard as a preacher in nearly all of the churches of Montreal.
+Rev. Dupuis is a great lover of fine arts and literature and
+spent his last holidays in Italy and Spain, paying especial
+attention to the masterpieces of those countries.
+
+
+HARRY HAYWARD HENSHAW.
+
+Harry Hayward Henshaw, whose name was well known in electrical
+circles died in Montreal, his native city, May 15, 1908. He was
+born in 1865, a son of Joshua Henshaw, who for many years was
+paymaster with the Grand Trunk Railway. His mother bore the
+maiden name of Jane Fayrer and in the family were two sons and a
+daughter: Charles G., now living in Vancouver; Harry Hayward; and
+Lady Williams Taylor.
+
+After pursuing his education in Montreal schools, Harry Hayward
+Henshaw obtained a position with the Grand Trunk Railway
+and afterward spent twenty years with the Royal Electric
+Company, gaining intimate and comprehensive knowledge of the
+various phases of the business, during the two decades of his
+identification therewith. When the Royal Electric Company became
+a part of the amalgamation forming the Montreal Light, Heat
+& Power Company he became secretary and treasurer of the new
+company, remaining thus for many years, on the expiration of
+which period he became manager of the Allis-Chalmers Company,
+manufacturers of electric machinery. He had been with them
+for only a few months when ill health forced him to resign.
+Throughout almost the entire period of his business career he
+was connected with electrical interests and came to be a leading
+figure in electrical circles.
+
+In Montreal in 1895 Mr. Henshaw was married to Florence Thompson
+Christie, a daughter of Peter M. and Margaret (Thompson)
+Christie, the latter being a daughter of Edward Thompson, a
+prominent citizen of Montreal serving as alderman from the Centre
+ward and rendering the city much valuable service. He was mainly
+instrumental in the widening of Notre Dame Street during his term
+of office, and in recognition of his efforts for this work he was
+publicly presented with a handsome silver service on Christmas
+Day, 1859. The paternal grandfather of Mrs. Henshaw, William
+Christie, came to this city at an early day and was active in the
+soap manufacturing business until late in life when he retired.
+He was a prominent church man, being for forty years an elder in
+St. Paul’s church. To Mr. and Mrs. Henshaw was born a daughter,
+Margaret Fayrer. Mr. Henshaw was a member of St. James Club,
+Forest and Stream Club, and the Royal St. Lawrence Yacht Club. He
+belonged to the English Cathedral church and was interested in
+all that pertained to the city’s development and progress, along
+material, social and moral lines. His life measured up to high
+standards of manhood and citizenship and commanded for him the
+respect, confidence and good-will of those who knew him.
+
+
+GEORGE CREAK.
+
+George Creak, senior member of the firm of Creak, Cushing
+& Hodgson, chartered accountants, was born and educated in
+London, England. His parents were George and Maria Creak, of
+Clapham, London. For many years he was secretary and treasurer
+of the Merchants Cotton Company, began practice as a chartered
+accountant in 1895 and is now at the head of the above firm.
+
+Mr. Creak is a member of the Association of Accountants of
+Montreal and is a fellow of the Dominion Association of Chartered
+Accountants. He is a Freeman of the city of London and is a
+member of the Goldsmiths’ Company, as were his father and
+grandfather before him. Mr. Creak belongs to the Anglican church
+and is a member of the Mount Royal Club, the Canada Club, the Art
+Association of Montreal, the Montreal Hunt Club, and the Board of
+Trade.
+
+
+WILLIAM ERNEST FINDLAY.
+
+Since entering business life William Ernest Findlay has devoted
+his attention uninterruptedly to the insurance profession, and
+his success is due to his close application, indefatigable
+energy and thorough understanding of every phase of the business
+in which he has so long been engaged. Montreal claims him as a
+native citizen, his birth having here occurred April 26, 1867,
+his parents being Captain Jonathan D. G. Findlay, R. N. and
+Mary (Forbes) Findlay, both now deceased. The son acquired his
+education in the model and private schools and, as previously
+stated, became connected with the insurance profession upon his
+entrance into business life. He was manager and inspector of
+the Northern Life Insurance Company and in 1906 was advanced
+to the position of general secretary, which he later resigned
+to devote his entire attention to his other interests. In his
+connection with the Northern Life he did much to shape the
+policy of the company and direct its activities, and its success
+is attributable in considerable measure to his efforts, sound
+judgment and ready understanding of the different phases of the
+business. He is now chief agent for Canada of the Niagara Fire
+Insurance Company of New York, and also for the province of
+Quebec for the Springfield Fire and Marine Insurance Company and
+is an authority on fire prevention and underwriting.
+
+On the 8th of February, 1897, Mr. Findlay was married to Laura
+Brockwill Grier, a daughter of William Grier, of Montreal,
+in which city they have since resided. Mr. Findlay has an
+interesting military chapter in his life record, having in 1891
+been appointed second lieutenant of the Sixth Regiment Fusiliers.
+The following year brought him advancement to the rank of captain
+and in 1904 he became a member of the Corps Reserve. He holds a
+first class certificate from the Royal School of Infantry. He is
+a justice of the peace and commissioner of the superior court.
+He is a life member of Royal Victoria Lodge, No. 57, A. F. & A.
+M., and a director of the Montreal Amateur Athletic Association.
+He is honorary secretary-treasurer of the Canadian branch of the
+Royal Caledonian Curling Club and has always been much interested
+in athletic affairs.
+
+
+WALTER NORTON EVANS.
+
+Church activities vied with business interests in claiming the
+attention and energies of Walter Norton Evans, who died on the
+23d of October, 1896. He was born at Wolverhampton, England, in
+1837, and after pursuing his education there, came as a young
+man to Canada. His father, Samuel Norton Evans, also a native of
+England, crossed the Atlantic to the American continent and spent
+the last years of his life in retirement in Guelph, Ontario. In
+business circles Walter N. Evans made for himself a creditable
+place. He became cashier of the firm of Frothingham & Workman,
+and was one of the executives of the Thomas Workman building.
+His identification with the above interests covered a period
+of nearly a third of a century. His name became a synonym for
+reliability as well as energy in business circles. Men came to
+know that they could depend upon him, that what he promised he
+would do and that he would improve his opportunities not only for
+his own benefit but for the welfare of those things in which he
+was concerned.
+
+In 1864 Mr. Evans was married in Montreal to Miss Nora Hunter,
+a daughter of the Rev. Stephenson Hunter, a minister of the
+Unitarian church of England. They became parents of five
+children: Nevil Norton Evans, professor of chemistry in McGill
+University; Mabel Norton, who is Mrs. George. C. Wright, of
+Ottawa; Dr. Percy Norton Evans, professor of chemistry in Purdue
+University, at Lafayette, Indiana; Lillian Norton, the wife of
+Professor Henry Martyn MacKay, head of the civil engineering
+department at McGill University; and Miss Gladys Norton Evans, at
+home.
+
+Mr. Evans was deeply interested in affairs of public moment,
+kept well informed concerning the claims of vital interest and
+gave his indorsement to many measures that are a matter of
+civic virtue and civic pride. For many years he was prominently
+and actively connected with the Unitarian church and for a long
+period served as superintendent of its Sunday school. High were
+the ideals which his life activities embodied and the name which
+he left to posterity is an honored one.
+
+
+HON. LAURENT OLIVIER DAVID.
+
+Hon. Laurent Olivier David, senator and journalist, possesses
+a statesmanlike grasp of affairs that has enabled him to
+handle important public questions in a manner that has largely
+influenced public opinion. Prominent and active, however, as he
+has been in the field of journalism and in politics, literature
+is perhaps his real life work and his writings will endure for
+years to come, especially the important historical volumes of
+which he is the author. A native of Sault au Récollet, Quebec, he
+was born March 24, 1840, a son of Major Stanislas and Elizabeth
+(Tremblay) David. He pursued his education in St. Therese College
+and after thorough preparation for law practice was called to
+the bar in 1864. While yet a law student he entered the field
+of newspaper publication in the founding of Le Colonisateur,
+to which he was a contributor. He would undoubtedly have won
+prominence in the practice of law had he continued in that
+field, but the trend of his mind was rather for the discussion
+of public questions of vital significance and far-reaching
+importance. He was particularly interested in the question of
+the impending confederation which so altered the destiny of the
+Dominion. It was during the period of his early manhood that he
+became associated with Sir Wilfrid Laurier, and the friendship
+then formed between them has since existed. There was little
+indication at that period to show that Laurier, the young lawyer,
+who was forced to practice the most rigid economy, would in
+future years, as prime minister, guide the destinies of his
+country. Long after he had risen to prominence Mr. David became
+his biographer, his history of the eminent liberal leader being
+marked by delicate sympathy, inner knowledge and keen and subtle
+appreciation of character.
+
+Continuing his activity in the journalistic field, Mr. David,
+in 1870, established and became chief editor of an illustrated
+weekly called L’Opinion Publique, which he left because he
+objected to the paper’s supporting the government on the question
+of the Pacific scandal. He made in that circumstance an important
+sacrifice of his personal interest. In this enterprise he was
+associated with Messrs. Mousseau and Desbarats. In 1874, in
+association with the late C. Beausoleil, M. P., he established Le
+Bien Public, which he discontinued when the Mackenzie government
+refused to raise the tariff more than a relatively small per
+cent, which Mr. David thought insufficient in view of the
+financial crisis then prevailing. His newspaper career as well
+as his natural interest brought him into close connection with
+the important political and other significant questions of the
+day, and his discussion thereof through the columns of the press
+did not a little in formulating public policy. His presentation
+of any subject was always clear and cogent. There was a piquant
+and compelling force in his style, and the development of his
+native powers and talents in the field of literature has made
+him one of Canada’s foremost representatives in authorship.
+During the brief interval between two epochs in his newspaper
+publication he acted as translator and assistant clerk of the
+votes and deliberations of the house of commons during the
+Mackenzie regime. This was the initial step of his activity in
+public office. He resigned the position in 1878 and afterward
+successfully practiced his profession in Montreal. In May, 1892,
+Mr. David was called to the office of city clerk of Montreal and
+was one of the revisers who drafted a new charter for the city in
+1898.
+
+[Illustration: HON. LAURENT O. DAVID]
+
+In the meantime he was taking an active part in the discussion of
+many questions relative to the provincial and national welfare.
+Originally a supporter of the conservative party, he withdrew
+therefrom to join L’Union Nationale, an organization of young
+men pledged to oppose the confederacy of the provinces. Later
+he joined the liberal party under Dorion, Holton and Laflamme
+and was in full accord with their policy on all questions save
+that of protection to native industries, which he had always
+favored. For many years he has been an unswerving supporter
+of Sir Wilfrid Laurier, enjoying his personal friendship and
+political confidence in a supreme degree. In 1867 and 1875
+he unsuccessfully contested Hochelaga (local) at the general
+election, and in 1878 contested Hochelaga for the house of
+commons, while in 1891 he contested Montreal East for the house
+of commons. He sat for Montreal East in the legislature from 1886
+until 1890, when he retired because he was not entirely in accord
+with the policy of Mr. Mercier, his local leader. On the 19th of
+June, 1903, he was called to the senate by Lord Minto and has
+since taken an active part in shaping the legislative history
+of the country along the lines of progressive statesmanship.
+He moved the address in reply to the speech from the throne in
+1905, and his speech was highly appreciated by the whole Canadian
+press. He has since moved on the subject of senate reform and on
+the subject of concerted measures for the restriction in Canada
+of indecent and immoral literature, and other subjects of vital
+interest to the general public. He declined appointment to the
+lieutenant governorship of the Northwest and it is said that he
+would have been appointed judge if he had been willing to accept
+the charge. He was also offered a judgeship in Montreal and
+refused.
+
+It would be difficult to determine which has been the most
+important feature in the life record of the Hon. Laurent O.
+David. Much of his time has been devoted to authorship, in which
+field he has had marked influence aside from that which he has
+exerted in journalism. From his pen have come various important
+historical works, the titles and dates of publication being as
+follows: Biographies et Portraits (1876); Le Heros de Chateauguay
+(1883); Les Patriotes de 1837-8 (1884); Mes Contemporains (1894);
+Les Deux Papineau (1896), Le Clergé Canadien (do.), condemned
+at Rome and placed on the Index because of the strong position
+which he took against the intervention of the priest in political
+matters; L’Union de Deux Canadas 1841-67 (1898); Le Drapeau de
+Carillon, a drama (1901); Laurier et son Temps (1905); Histoire
+du Canada depuis la Confédération; and Souvenirs et Biographies
+(1910). He has also lately published biographies of Charles Le
+Moyne and of his illustrious sons, d’Iberville, de Bienville,
+etc. These biographies first appeared in La Presse but will later
+be issued in book form. He has frequently addressed the public
+from the platform on such important subjects as National Unity,
+A Page of Canadian History, etc., and is recognized as one of
+Canada’s most graceful and instructive writers as well as a much
+admired public speaker. The Toronto Club has characterized him as
+“a man of fine literary attainments and high views of national
+life” and the Toronto News wrote of him, “a man of sincere and
+enlightened views, excellent abilities and thoroughly informed
+upon public questions.”
+
+Mr. David was married in 1868 to Mlle. Albina Chenet, who died
+in July, 1887. In 1892 he wedded Mlle. Ludivine Garceau. His
+children numbered one son and nine daughters. Next to his home,
+he holds dear the public interests and is prominently identified
+with the Society for the Protection of Women and Children of
+the province of Quebec. He is deeply and helpfully interested
+in all measures which seek the betterment of the community, and
+endeavors to shape the public welfare according to the highest
+ideals. He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and a
+knight of the Legion of Honor of France, having been appointed
+in 1911. He has deep attachment for the institutions of his
+native land, and it has been said of him that “next to his love
+of Canada is his love for the flag which protects him and his
+race in all that they hold dear and precious.” He often gives
+expression to his admiration for the English constitution and
+does not cease to repeat that it is the most perfect political
+system of government made by man. He has membership in the
+Canadian Club and in the Roman Catholic church. From early
+life he has been deeply interested in the conservation of the
+French language and customs, especially since the opening of
+the Northwest, which event seemed to threaten the extinction
+of the French-Canadians by foreign populations. Accordingly he
+associated himself with St. Jean Baptiste and other national
+societies, and it was as president of St. Jean Baptiste Society
+that he labored to erect the Monument National. Although
+considered a sincere patriot by his countrymen his patriotism
+is not narrow, and he is always ready to admire what is done by
+other people for the advancement and honor of their nationality.
+He often repeats that the existence of different nationalities
+in a country is an element of progress and civilization and that
+Canada cannot but benefit by the work along different lines of
+the representatives of two of the greatest nations of the world;
+that the maintenance of French nationality does not conflict with
+the keeping of British institutions. In his present position
+as city clerk of Montreal he has displayed admirable fitness
+resulting from habits of precision and wide knowledge of the
+civic situation, combined with the courtesy, urbanity and quiet
+dignity which have ever been among his marked characteristics. He
+has enjoyed widespread confidence in this position, discharging
+his duties without regard to partisanship, and the most
+malevolent have never dared to assail the integrity and honor of
+his course. His utterances may stir to public thought and action
+and then, having accomplished their purpose, are in a measure
+forgotten. His position as an author, however, is established
+for all time, and in this connection the Montreal Standard has
+written:
+
+“As a writer he has gained the highest distinction. Like
+Keats, he has an instinct for fine words. As Goldwin Smith is
+in English, so Mr. David, among French-Canadians, is the most
+exquisite writer of his generation. Perhaps the chief charm of
+his prose lies in its exceeding clarity, and clearness is the
+first quality in a French writer. There is no man in Canada today
+who can better propound a synthesis; that also is a luminous
+feature of his style. But for elegance and clearness he has among
+his compatriots achieved a position of unique pre-eminence.”
+
+
+ADRIEN LAFONTAINE.
+
+Since the fall of 1912 Adrien Lafontaine has been engaged in law
+practice in Montreal. His offices are located at No. 13 La Patrie
+building and he makes his home at No. 1136 Galt Street, town of
+St. Paul, Montreal. He was born in the parish of St. Barthélemi,
+in the county of Berthier, on the 30th of November, 1887, a son
+of Edmond and Marie Louise (Denis) Lafontaine, the father a well
+known citizen of Montreal.
+
+Adrien Lafontaine enjoyed a very thorough education. He attended
+the Academy of St. Barthélemi and from the College of Montreal
+obtained the degree of Bachelor of Letters in rhetoric and
+philosophy, studying there during the years 1908 and 1909 with
+the Fathers of St. Sulpice. He then entered Laval University of
+Montreal, where he pursued his legal studies and from which he
+graduated in 1912 as licentiate in law (LL. L.). On the 9th of
+July, 1912, he submitted to examinations before the chamber of
+notaries and was thereupon received as a notary, establishing
+himself as a practicing lawyer on the 30th of October, 1912. His
+excellent legal equipment gives promise of a distinguished career.
+
+Mr. Lafontaine is interested in a loan company and a mining
+company. He has been a notary public since the 12th of
+July, 1912. On March 1, 1913, he joined the Independent
+Order of Foresters and has been elected to the office
+of secretary-treasurer of the Préfontaine Court of that
+organization. Since October 1, 1912, he has been vice president
+of the Parish Circle of the town of St. Paul. Mr. Lafontaine is
+prominent among the professional men of the city and has many
+friends among the younger generation of lawyers. He has already
+succeeded in gaining a great amount of confidence and good-will
+among the general public.
+
+
+JAMES G. DAY.
+
+James G. Day was born in Montreal, December 12, 1834. He had
+therefore passed the seventy-second milestone on life’s journey,
+when called to the home beyond. He was one in a family of nine
+children, whose father, John J. Day, was born in London, but came
+to Montreal and was one of the most active men of his time in the
+city. He was particularly interested in all things pertaining to
+its welfare and progress and his aid in public movements was of a
+beneficial character.
+
+James G. Day was educated in Montreal and took the law course at
+McGill University. He was admitted to the bar in Montreal. He
+engaged in the practice of his profession until 1866, when he was
+compelled to abandon it because of poor health. After spending
+one year in the United States he returned to Montreal and became
+a member of the firm of Hutchins & Company, wholesale tea
+merchants, and there continued for a few years. He then engaged
+in the coal business until his failing health caused him to seek
+a change. He then located at Troy, New York, and there resumed
+the practice of law, so continuing until his death, January 6,
+1907.
+
+It was while a resident of the United States that he was married
+in Bloomington, Illinois, to Miss Ellen E. Lewis, a daughter of
+Dr. William Lewis, who was an English Army surgeon and spent
+twenty years in the West Indies. He was afterward stationed for
+a time at Halifax and subsequently removed to Chicago, where he
+lived prior to establishing a home in Morris, Grundy county,
+Illinois, where his remaining days were passed. He was very
+active in his profession, being recognized as an able and eminent
+medical practitioner.
+
+Mr. and Mrs. Day had three sons: Dr. John L. Day, engaged in
+the practice of his profession in Westmount; Albert J. Day, who
+is with Greenshields & Company; and Maurice Baldwin Day, acting
+manager of the Bourbonniere branch of the Union Bank of Canada,
+at Montreal.
+
+
+HENRY MILES.
+
+Henry Miles in 1895 became one of the founders of the firm of
+Leeming, Miles & Company of Montreal, importers and manufacturers
+of drugs, chemicals and proprietary articles in the drug and
+grocery lines. He has since been an active factor in the
+successful control of the business and to other fields of
+activity has extended his efforts with equally desirable results.
+He was born in Lennoxville, P. Q., May 8, 1854. His father, the
+late Henry Hooper Miles, D. C. L., LL. D., a well known historian
+and for twenty-five years vice principal of Bishop’s College at
+Lennoxville, afterward became secretary of the Protestant section
+of the department of public instruction for the province. He
+married Elizabeth Wilson, daughter of Dr. William Wilson, of
+Sherbrooke, Quebec.
+
+In the Lennoxville grammar school their son Henry Miles pursued
+his preliminary education, which was supplemented by study in
+the high school of Quebec and in the Laval Normal School of the
+same city. His early business experience came to him through
+association with the firm of Lyman, Sons & Company, of which he
+became manager and managing partner, his association with the
+house continuing from 1870 until 1895, when he separated his
+interests and in the latter year organized the firm of Leeming,
+Miles & Company of Montreal for the importation and manufacture
+of drugs, chemicals and proprietary articles in both the drug
+and grocery lines. After continuing for a considerable period as
+managing partner he was elected to the presidency of the company
+on incorporation. He is also engaged in the manufacture of
+medicines as proprietor of a business conducted under the style
+of Dick & Company and he is publisher and editor of the Montreal
+Pharmaceutical Journal. Even this does not compass the extent
+of his business activity, for he is president of the National
+Hydro-Electric Company, Ltd., and managing director of the
+Carillon Construction & Development Company, Ltd.
+
+[Illustration: HENRY MILES]
+
+Moreover, Mr. Miles is actively and helpfully interested in
+organizations for the benefit of trade and business conditions.
+He is a member of the Chambre de Commerce, was treasurer of
+the Montreal Board of Trade in 1897-98, was vice president in
+1899-1900 and in 1901 became president. The present magnificent
+Board of Trade building stands as a monument to his energy. He
+is still an active member of the organization, and since 1901 he
+has been president of the Montreal Business Men’s League, which
+has been instrumental in effecting many municipal and other
+reforms. He is likewise president of the Proprietary Articles
+Trade Association of Canada, secretary-treasurer of the Montreal
+Industrial Exhibition Association and in 1900 was a delegate to
+the International Commercial Congress at Philadelphia. In 1905 he
+was honorary treasurer of the Hon. John Young Monument Committee.
+Aside from all these interests of a semi-public character his
+activities have been salient features in the attainment of
+success for other organizations and for the public good. He
+has filled the office of justice of the peace and is consul in
+Canada for Paraguay. He was one of the founders of the Montreal
+Philharmonic Society and for a time was director of Trinity
+church choir, both of which indicate his deep interest in music.
+He represented the Montreal Board of Trade at the funeral of
+King Edward in London, England, in May, 1910. Fraternally he
+is a Mason and an Odd Fellow, in sympathy with the purposes of
+those organizations. His religious faith is that of the Anglican
+church, and he was for many years warden of Trinity church and
+the Church of St. James the Apostle. He has also been a member
+of the synod. His political belief is that of the liberal party.
+He belongs to the Canada, Montreal and Country Clubs, and those
+who meet him in these different organizations find him a social,
+genial companion. He has been a thorough and discriminating
+student of many questions that pertain to Canada and her welfare,
+carrying his researches far and wide. In 1880 he was the author
+of the Prize Questions in Canadian History, having won the
+first prize, and in 1900 he published an Address on Commercial
+Education, indicating deep insight into and thorough knowledge
+of the question. He made the customs’ tariff a special study for
+years and has written much on that subject.
+
+Mr. Miles was married in 1875 to Miss McGregor, of Montreal.
+Nature endowed him with qualities, which developed through
+persistent energy and laudable ambition, have brought him into
+prominent relations. Inheriting the strong intellectual force
+of worthy ancestry, he has developed his talents and his powers
+not only in the control and enlargement of important business
+interests, but also along lines in which the general public has
+been the beneficiary.
+
+
+REV. DAVID BENSON ROGERS.
+
+Rev. David Benson Rogers, since 1911 rector of St. Luke’s
+Episcopal Church, Montreal, was born in Watford, Ontario, and is
+a son of John B. Rogers of that city. He acquired his preliminary
+education in the public schools there and after graduating from
+the Watford high school entered McGill University from which
+he was graduated with the degree of B. A. and with first class
+honors in mental and moral philosophy, in 1906. Continuing his
+studies he received the degree of M. A. in 1909 and in the same
+year that of Licentiate in Theology from the Montreal Diocesan
+Theological College. He was made deacon in the Episcopal church
+in 1908 and received full orders in 1909 and in the former year
+was appointed assistant in Grace church, Montreal. In this
+position he did sincere and earnest work until 1911 when his
+ability and zeal were recognized in his appointment as rector of
+St. Luke’s church. He possesses true religious zeal, is earnest,
+God-fearing and unostentatious in the discharge of his duties and
+has already accomplished a great deal of consecrated work among
+his people whose love he holds in large measure. He is moreover
+a man of initiative spirit and administrative ability, and under
+his able management the business affairs of the church have been
+carried forward in an orderly and systematic manner.
+
+On the 19th of April, 1911, Mr. Rogers was united in marriage
+to Miss Florence Ethel Hurd, eldest daughter of Henry Hurd of
+Montreal. Mr. Rogers is widely and favorably known in Montreal
+among his own people and among those of all denominations,
+and his influence is felt as a potent force in the moral
+development of the community. The doctrines which he professes
+he consistently practices, and at all times his life has been
+actuated by high and honorable purposes and characterized
+by kindly actions and consideration for others. He realizes
+fully the obligations which devolve upon him and finds it a
+privilege to bring his fellowmen to a knowledge of truth and an
+understanding of those principles of life which bring men into
+more harmonious relations with the divine law.
+
+
+CHARLES H. MAGUIRE.
+
+Charles H. Maguire, who figured prominently in insurance circles
+in Montreal, was born in Quebec in 1858 and died at The Glade,
+Boisbriand, province of Quebec, July 31, 1907. His father was
+Hon. Judge Maguire of the superior court of Quebec, a very able
+and distinguished citizen and jurist, who was born April 15,
+1810, and died July 5, 1880. He married Miss Frances Horan, also
+of Quebec.
+
+Their son, Charles H. Maguire, was educated in the seminary of
+that city and for a few years was connected with the bank there,
+thus receiving his initial business training. About 1897 he came
+to Montreal and engaged in the insurance business as a member of
+the firm of Esinhart & Maguire, which succeeded the late Walter
+Kavanagh as chief agents for the Scottish Union & the National
+Insurance Company of Edinburgh. They also became chief agents for
+the German-American and the Rochester German Insurance Company,
+conducting an insurance business of large proportions, his name
+becoming a synonym for successful achievements in insurance
+circles.
+
+Mr. Maguire was also active in interests of the city and his
+devotion to the public welfare was manifest in many tangible
+ways. He was fond of outdoor sports, especially those of an
+aquatic character. He always adhered to the religious faith in
+which he was reared--that of the Catholic church.
+
+Mr. Maguire was married twice. In Quebec he wedded Miss Mountain,
+who is survived by two children: Eustace J. Maguire, now living
+in Denver, Colorado; and Sister Mary of the Annunciation, of the
+Congregation of Notre Dame. In Montreal, in 1904, Mr. Maguire
+wedded Henrietta Kavanagh, a daughter of Henry Kavanagh, who was
+born in Carlow, Ireland and came to Montreal in 1838.
+
+
+LOUIS J. LORANGER, LL. D., K. C.
+
+Louis J. Loranger, a man distinguished by scholarly attainments
+and a wide knowledge of commercial law, is practicing at the
+Montreal bar as the senior partner in the firm of Loranger,
+Loranger & Prud’homme. Born on the 22d of September, 1870,
+the eldest son of Hon. Louis Quesime and Marie Anne Rosalie
+(Lafranboise) Loranger, of whom more extended mention is made
+elsewhere in this work, in the city which is still his place
+of residence, he has here since remained, and the record of
+his progress is a familiar one to many of his contemporaries,
+who recognize the fact that native talent well developed and
+opportunities carefully improved have brought him to his present
+creditable position as a representative of the legal profession.
+He was a student in St. Mary’s College of Montreal and afterward
+in Laval University, from which he received the degrees of B.
+A. and M. L. A., a special examination later bringing him the
+LL. D. degree. He was called to the bar on the 10th of January,
+1894, and for eighteen years was a partner of Mr. Justice
+Beaudin. Their practice was extensive and of a most important
+character. His present position as legal adviser to La Chambre de
+Commerce and to the Citizens’ Association and the Association of
+Architects indicates his rank among the foremost members of the
+Montreal bar. He is also vice president of the International Law
+Association and a member of the council of the bar. He was made a
+king’s counsel in 1910.
+
+Mr. Loranger is a conservative in politics and is president of La
+Jeunesse Conservative. He belongs to the Conservative Club, Le
+Club Cartier, the Union Catholique and L’Alliance Nationale. The
+name is today an honored one in legal circles not only in Canada
+but throughout America, for he has a wide acquaintance among the
+eminent representatives of the bar south of the border.
+
+
+WALTER KAVANAGH.
+
+Walter Kavanagh was one of the best known representatives of
+insurance interests in Canada. For a quarter of a century he had
+been chief agent for the Scottish Union & National Insurance
+Company, for which he did a large business. He also held the
+chief agency of the German-American company and recently had
+been appointed to the same position with the Rochester German
+Insurance Company.
+
+Mr. Kavanagh was of Irish extraction, of which he gave evidence
+in his brightness, warmth of heart, geniality and lively wit,
+which will long be remembered by those who were his social
+associates. As an insurance agent he was full of energy,
+aggressive, and thoroughly in earnest in promoting the interests
+of the companies he represented. It is but natural that such
+success as attended the efforts of Mr. Kavanagh should have
+created heart burnings in those who had not the ability to reach
+his plane in the insurance world, and that his position should
+have been at times jealously envied it is superfluous to mention,
+for there were many who tried to emulate his success and many who
+sought to rival his popularity. Mr. Kavanagh died November 22,
+1905.
+
+
+FRANCIS WOLFERSTAN THOMAS.
+
+The world has little use for a misanthrope. The worth of the
+individual is largely judged by what he has accomplished in
+behalf of his fellowmen and, as a modern philosopher has put
+it: “Not the good that comes to us but the good that comes to
+the world through us is the measure of our success.” Judged by
+this standard Francis Wolferstan Thomas was a most successful
+man. Along strictly business lines, too, his advancement was
+continuous until he stood among the prominent representatives of
+banking interests in the country, the growth and development of
+The Molson’s Bank of Montreal being attributable in large measure
+to his efforts and sound business judgment. He was born at
+Moorwinstow, Cornwall, England, January 9, 1834, and was educated
+at King Edward VI School in Sherburne, Dorsetshire. It was the
+family wish that he should enter the priesthood of the Anglican
+church; and later he was intended for the army, but before a
+commission was procured he came to Canada, arriving here in
+October, 1851. He came of ancestry honorable and distinguished.
+His paternal grandfather was the Rev. Thomas Thomas, a fellow
+of Oxford and vicar of Tidenham in Gloucestershire. He married
+Elizabeth Wolferstan, of Hartland, Devon, and their family
+included Rev. Francis Wolferstan Thomas, who became rector of
+Parkham, North Devon. He married a lady of the ancient and
+important family of Shearrue, whose seat is at Woodlands,
+Cornwall. They were the parents of Francis Wolferstan Thomas.
+
+The latter came to Canada with the intention of following
+agricultural pursuits, but gave up that plan and turned his
+attention to engineering, securing temporary employment with the
+Grand Trunk Railway Company. Soon afterward, however, he sought
+other employment and his native talents and training gained him
+recognition in appointment to a position in the Bank of Upper
+Canada. A year later James Stevenson, the cashier of the Quebec
+Bank, who was then managing the Bank of Montreal, offered Mr.
+Thomas a position, which he accepted. He was afterward rapidly
+promoted in recognition of his ability and the rapidity with
+which he mastered the various phases of the banking business,
+until in 1865 he was appointed manager of the London branch of
+the bank in western Canada. In 1870 the position of cashier in
+Molson’s Bank was offered him and after carefully considering
+the subject of making a change he at length accepted, and the
+continuous growth and development of the bank from that time
+until his death testified to his ability, resourcefulness
+and initiative. He occupied a commanding position in banking
+circles, his opinions being largely accepted as authority upon
+all vital questions of the financial world of Canada. He was
+also a director of the Canadian Life Assurance Company. His high
+standing among the financiers of the country is indicated in
+the fact that in 1896 he was honored with the presidency of
+the Dominion Bankers Association, and he was also a member of
+the council of the Montreal Board of Trade and chairman of the
+bankers’ branch of the Board of Trade. He was likewise a director
+of the Montreal Cemetery Company.
+
+[Illustration: F. WOLFERSTAN THOMAS]
+
+In 1861 Mr. Thomas was married to Harriet Amelia Goodhue, a
+native of London, Ontario, and third daughter of the late Hon.
+George Jarvis Goodhue, M. L. C., and a representative of one
+of the distinguished families of Salem, Massachusetts. Nine
+children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Thomas, of whom four are
+living. Mrs. Thomas ably seconded her husband in his many
+philanthropic and beneficent efforts. She has served as manager
+of the Ladies’ Benevolent Society for thirty-four years and was
+its treasurer for nineteen years; she was first directress of the
+Mackay Institute for Protestant Deaf Mutes and the Blind; first
+directress of the Church Home; and president of the Montreal
+School of Cookery, founded by the Princess Louise. Both Mr. and
+Mrs. Thomas held membership in the Church of England. Probably
+no other man in the city led such an active and useful life in
+respect to charities and public movements having to do with the
+upbuilding and welfare of Montreal. For years he was a prominent
+member of the Good Government Association. He was also a director
+of the Art Association and was a member of the council of the
+Board of Arts and Manufactures. No good work done in the name of
+charity or religion ever sought his aid in vain. He was a member
+of the committee of managers of the Montreal General Hospital
+and of the St. John’s Ambulance Association, and thus he reached
+out in helpful spirit toward the unfortunate. He was treasurer
+of the Church Home, treasurer of the Protestant Hospital for the
+Insane, treasurer of the Andrews Home, treasurer of the Murray
+Bay Convalescent Home, president of the Mackay Institute for
+Protestant Deaf Mutes and the Blind, and vice president of the
+Canadian Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. In
+1894 he was elected president of the Montreal General Hospital
+and the following year was chosen president of the St. George
+Society. He was for many years an exemplary representative of the
+Masonic fraternity and was district deputy grandmaster of the
+London district. One of his most successful accomplishments was
+the erection of the Montreal General Hospital Jubilee Training
+Home for Nurses in 1897. While eminently successful in business,
+he regarded his banking interests as but one phase of life, and
+it never was allowed to overshadow his duties to his fellowmen.
+It would be more just to say that it was a deep interest in
+mankind rather than a sense of duty that prompted his active
+support of and cooperation in the many movements with which
+he became allied--movements which seek to ameliorate the hard
+conditions of life for the unfortunate, to advance the interests
+of science, to promote civilization and uplift mankind.
+
+Mr. Thomas passed away on May 18, 1900, and the Montreal Star in
+an editorial said: “In mourning the death of Mr. F. Wolferstan
+Thomas, Montreal sorrows for the loss of one of her most
+prominent and useful citizens. A successful banker Mr. Thomas
+was, as the growth of Molson’s Bank under his guidance shows;
+but he was more than that. He was a citizen in the fullest sense
+of that much abused word. At every point he bore the duties
+that attach to citizenship duties, that far too many busy men
+neglect. Then he was a philanthropist, as his long and valuable
+services in connection with the General Hospital, the Mackay
+Institute and the other establishments founded for the succor of
+the sick and suffering abundantly demonstrate. The mere list of
+the associations for the good of his fellowmen with which he was
+actively connected, make up a long paragraph. As his sympathies
+enrolled him among the forces which ease the grind of life for
+the unfortunate, so his stanch integrity and keen judgment
+classed him with those who made for honest government and just
+laws.
+
+“His influence for good--both the good that smiles in charity and
+the good that is stern against aggression--will be missed in the
+community; as his tall straight figure will be missed from the
+streets and from such assemblies of citizens as gather for deeds
+of brotherhood and public benefit.”
+
+
+REV. JOHN C. BROPHY.
+
+Rev. John C. Brophy, pastor of St. Agnes’ Catholic church in
+Montreal, exemplifies in his beneficial, upright and useful life
+the high ideals of the priesthood he represents and has become a
+force in the spread of Catholic doctrines and the promotion of
+Catholic education among the people of the city.
+
+St. Agnes’ parish was organized in 1905 of English-speaking
+people, and the services were held first in a room in St.
+John Baptist church. Later the congregation, which has grown
+continually since the foundation of the parish, gathered in a
+hall in St. John Baptist Market where they listened to the wise
+counsel of the founder and first parish priest, Rev. W. J. Casey.
+He died May 13, 1912, and was succeeded by Rev. John C. Brophy,
+the present incumbent, who has proved a worthy follower in his
+footsteps. Father Brophy has about five hundred Catholic families
+under his charge and has already accomplished excellent work
+among them, holding their love and respect in large measure. He
+has taken a great interest in the cause of Catholic education
+and has carried forward the work along this line, begun by his
+predecessor, by his able superintendence of the Olier School
+for boys, and the Sacred Heart Academy for girls. This latter
+institution is under the direction of the sisters of the Holy
+Names of Jesus and Mary.
+
+Father Brophy’s life has been one of earnest and consecrated
+usefulness, for he constantly exemplifies in his actions the high
+doctrines in which he believes. A man of good business ability,
+he has proved an excellent administrator of the business affairs
+of his parish, and his example of spiritual attainment and
+self-sacrificing labor may well serve as an inspiration to his
+people.
+
+
+THOMAS CAMPBELL BULMER.
+
+The attractive suburb of Westmount is largely the monument to the
+business enterprise and progressive methods of Thomas Campbell
+Bulmer, now deceased, who was almost a lifelong resident of
+Montreal, and for a long period an active factor in its business
+circles. He was born at Three Rivers, Quebec, in 1846, and was
+educated in the public schools there and in Montreal, being
+brought to the latter city when a youth of ten years by his
+father, Thomas Bulmer, who was a native of Yorkshire, England,
+and on coming to Canada settled at Three Rivers, but in 1856
+removed to Montreal, where for many years he was active as a
+contractor and builder. He married Anna Phoebe Fearon, also a
+native of England.
+
+When his school days were over, Thomas Campbell Bulmer served an
+apprenticeship to the book binding trade, became proficient as a
+workman and in 1868 joined Henry Morton and Charles Phillips in
+a partnership under the style of Morton, Phillips & Bulmer. The
+business developed and grew until the firm occupied a prominent
+position among stationers, blank book makers and printers. A
+few years prior to his death Mr. Bulmer withdrew from that
+connection, in which he had realized a handsome profit, to engage
+in the real-estate business at Westmount. He was recognized as
+the father of that beautiful suburb, having been one of the
+first men to foresee the value of that section as a residential
+district. He was actively engaged to the time of his death in its
+improvement, development and upbuilding and made it one of the
+beautiful suburban districts of Montreal.
+
+Mr. Bulmer passed away on April 7, 1902. For many years he had
+been an exemplary representative of the Masonic fraternity and
+had been equally faithful as a member of the Anglican church.
+Sterling motives and high principles guided him in all of his
+relations and made him an upright man, so that he left behind him
+not only the substantial rewards of earnest, persistent labor,
+but also that good name which is to be chosen in preference to
+great riches.
+
+
+NAPOLEON GIROUX.
+
+Napoleon Giroux, a native of Montreal, where he was born August
+12, 1863, is a successful merchant of this city, where he has
+also other property interests. He conducts a book and stationery
+store, which he owns. He is a son of Carolus and Mary (Hayes)
+Giroux, the former a carpenter-contractor.
+
+Napoleon Giroux received his education in the Jesuit College and
+the University of Ottawa. He chose the book-selling line as his
+life vocation and became a clerk in an establishment of that
+character. He later made himself independent and now owns one of
+the most profitable stores in the city of this character.
+
+On the 13th of October, 1884, Mr. Giroux was married in Montreal
+to Miss Rose Anna Galipeau, a daughter of Louis and Vitaline
+(Gariepy) Galipeau, the former a contractor-builder. Mr. and
+Mrs. Giroux have five children: Charlemagne; Albina, who married
+Joseph Casgrain; Eva; Emile, who married Miss Juliette Jalbert;
+and Hubert. Both Mr. and Mrs. Giroux are popular in social
+circles of the city. The former is public-spirited and has always
+taken a deep interest in municipal affairs, public honors having
+come to him in his election to the office of alderman of the city
+of Montreal, in which capacity he has served since 1902. Both he
+and his family are devout communicants of the Catholic church.
+He is president of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul of the
+parish of St. Pierre and also belongs to the Cercle St. Pierre.
+The success which Mr. Giroux has achieved as a bookseller must
+be ascribed to his discriminating taste as a man of letters.
+His excellent education has well prepared him for carefully
+selecting his stock of books, and his gracious and kindly
+demeanor to his patrons is continually adding to the list of his
+satisfied customers. Mr. Giroux has widened his views upon life
+and enhanced his classical education by extensive travels, having
+visited Europe on various occasions.
+
+
+JOSEPH EMILE VANIER.
+
+In the ranks of civil engineers and architects of Montreal Joseph
+Emile Vanier has constantly forced his way to the front until he
+is today widely and favorably known as a specialist in municipal
+engineering and architecture. He was born at Terrebonne, P. Q.,
+January 20, 1858, a son of the late Emilien and Lucie (Soucy)
+Vanier, the former at one time a produce merchant of Montreal.
+In his youth Joseph Emile Vanier became a pupil in the Jacques
+Cartier normal school and attended successively the Commercial
+Academy and the Polytechnic School of Montreal, a department
+of Laval University. He was graduated therefrom with honors
+with the class of 1877, and entered upon the practice of his
+profession in which he has since continued, making a specialty
+of municipal engineering and architecture. He has given special
+attention to public engineering projects in the cities and towns
+surrounding Montreal and has been retained as expert engineer
+by the Dominion and Quebec governments. He is secretary for
+the Architects Association of Quebec, and he designed the New
+Polytechnic School of Montreal in 1904. He was elected president
+of the Montreal Polytechnic School Association in 1910. He is a
+member of the Society of Civil Engineers, a member of the Société
+des Ingénieurs Civils de France and a member of the society of
+Architects of the Province of Quebec.
+
+The Montreal Gazette says that Mr. Vanier has ever been “a credit
+to his province.” He believes in “Canada for the Canadians,”
+and this has been the policy upon which he has worked in behalf
+of public interests. His religious faith is that of the Roman
+Catholic church. He maintains his residence in Montreal in the
+winter seasons and has a summer home, Beauverger, at Ste. Rose,
+P. Q. In club and sporting circles he is also well known. He
+belongs to Club Canadien, Club Lafontaine, the Fish and Game
+Club, the Engineers Club and the Automobile and Aero Club of
+Montreal.
+
+
+PIERRE LOUIS DUPUIS.
+
+Among the recent additions to the Montreal bar is Pierre Louis
+Dupuis, who has already gained a reputation which many an older
+practitioner of law might well envy. He was born in the parish
+of La Longue Pointe on the 3d of September, 1887, a son of
+Louis Napoleon Dupuis, former merchant, one of the founders of
+Dupuis Freres, Limited, and for some time controller of the city
+of Montreal. The mother, who bore the maiden name of Melanie
+Levesque, was a daughter of the late Pierre Thomas Levesque,
+whose ancestors rendered valuable services to the province and
+Dominion in judicial and legislative capacities.
+
+[Illustration: PIERRE L. DUPUIS]
+
+In the acquirement of his education, Pierre Louis Dupuis pursued
+a classical course at L’Assomption Collège, which he attended
+from 1900 until 1908, winning the Bachelor of Arts degree in that
+institution. He took up the study of law in Laval University,
+which he attended from 1908 until his graduation on the 26th of
+June, 1911, with the LL. L. degree. On the 4th of August, 1911,
+he was admitted to the bar.
+
+His commercial course was pursued in Eastman’s Business College
+at Poughkeepsie, New York, during the meantime, and he was
+graduated with honors from the institution on the 30th of
+September, 1910.
+
+Before locating permanently in Montreal, for the practice of his
+profession, Mr. Dupuis took an extended European trip, having
+previously traveled extensively in both Canada and the United
+States. He entered upon the active practice of his profession
+in January, 1912. Most liberal educational opportunities had
+been his and added to his knowledge is laudable ambition and
+unfaltering determination, qualities which are building up for
+him a large and gratifying practice. At the beginning of his
+professional career in January, 1912, he became junior partner
+of the law firm of Dussault, Mercier & Dupuis, recognized as
+one of the strong law firms of the city. In addition Mr. Dupuis
+is connected with many financial interests and his judgment
+in business as well as professional interests is sound and
+discriminating.
+
+In politics Mr. Dupuis is a conservative, well informed on
+significant and vital problems. He belongs to the Catholic
+church, the Knights of Columbus, the Canadian Club and the
+Montreal Amateur Athletic Association--associations which
+indicate the nature of his interests and his recreation and the
+principles which govern his conduct.
+
+On the 15th of January, 1913, Mr. Dupuis was married, at St.
+Benoit, in the county of Two Mountains, to Miss Carmel Girouard,
+a daughter of Joseph Girouard, a notary and ex-deputy of Two
+Mountains, who is a conservative leader of that district. The
+Girouards are of the earliest and most prominent French families
+of the province. Mr. Dupuis has one son, Rene, born October 9,
+1913.
+
+
+ALFRED HAWKSWORTH.
+
+A spirit of business enterprise and laudable ambition advanced
+Alfred Hawksworth to an enviable position among the manufacturers
+of Montreal where the latter years of his life were passed. In
+the course of an active career he learned to discriminate readily
+between the essential and nonessential and utilizing the former
+and discarding the latter he met success in his undertakings. He
+was, at the time of his death at the head of the firm of Alfred
+Hawksworth & Sons, Limited.
+
+He was born on the 9th of October, 1846, at Glossop, Derbyshire,
+England, a son of Samuel Hawksworth, who always remained a
+resident of England. In early manhood Alfred Hawksworth crossed
+the Atlantic to the United States and settled at Lonsdale,
+Rhode Island, where he was employed in connection with the
+cotton mills of that place. Subsequently he removed to Concord,
+Massachusetts, and was made overseer of Daymen & Smith’s cotton
+mill. His expanding powers and growing ability later lead to
+his appointment to the responsible position of manager of the
+largest cotton mill at Manville, Rhode Island, and during his
+residence there he invented a loom for the weaving of velvet
+and plush. At different times he was in charge of cotton mills
+at New Bedford and Newburyport, Massachusetts, and Pawtucket,
+Providence, and Pontiac, Rhode Island, being thus identified with
+some of the largest manufacturing interests of that class in New
+England, while in Pontiac he was for eight years superintendent
+of the cotton mills of B. B. & R. Knight, and by reason of
+his responsible position, was accounted one of the foremost
+business men of that place. He also became an important factor
+in the public life of the community, being greatly interested
+in everything that pertained to the general welfare. He sought
+earnestly and effectively to improve roads, schools and libraries
+and in fact to advance any measure relative to the public good.
+
+On the 19th of March, 1895, Mr. Hawksworth arrived in Montreal,
+becoming manager of the Merchants cotton mills at St. Henri, now
+a part of the plant of the Dominion Textile Company, Limited.
+
+About eight years prior to his death he resigned that position
+and established the mill supply house of Alfred Hawksworth &
+Sons, Limited, which was incorporated in 1905 and is still
+one of the important productive industries of Montreal. The
+business from its inception proved a profitable one and under the
+careful guidance of its founder, developed into one of the large
+enterprises of this character in Canada. Mr. Hawksworth, through
+long experience, was familiar with every phase of the manufacture
+of cotton goods and knew the needs relative thereto, his mill
+supply house being an outgrowth of his experience and knowledge.
+
+While living in Lonsdale, Rhode Island, in June, 1871, Mr.
+Hawksworth was united in marriage to Miss Esther A. Moss, a
+daughter of Edward Moss of that place, and they became the
+parents of a daughter and five sons: Fred, of Montreal; Edward,
+who is connected with the Hawksworth & Sons Company, Limited;
+Harry, who is vice president of that company; Walter L., who is
+secretary-treasurer, and also assistant manager of the supply
+house; and Lester A. The daughter, Miss Alice M. Hawksworth, is
+at home with her mother.
+
+Mr. Hawksworth joined the Masonic fraternity in Concord,
+Massachusetts, in 1870, and in June, 1903, was made a life member
+of the Mount Moriah Lodge, No. 8, F. & A. M., of Limerock, Rhode
+Island. He was also made an honorary member of Mount Moriah
+Club at Limerock and in Masonry he attained the Knights Templar
+degree. He was a communicant in St. Simon’s church in Montreal
+and his entire life was actuated by high and honorable purposes
+and manly principles. He was a great reader, possessing scholarly
+taste and his private library contained three thousand volumes
+with the contents of which he was largely familiar, spending many
+of his pleasant hours in close association with men of master
+minds within the four walls of his library.
+
+Mr. Hawksworth could truly be called a self-made man--a title
+of which he had every reason to be proud. It indicated not only
+his substantial success in business, but also his intellectual
+growth and progress. Along the former line he possessed notable
+ability in coordinating force and unifying elements into a
+harmonious whole. More than his success, the breadth of his mind
+and character commanded respect and endeared him to those with
+whom he came in contact. In his leisure hours he was always to be
+found at his own fireside or in those circles where intelligent
+men were wont to meet in discussion of vital problems, and when
+he passed away on the 16th of February, 1913, a feeling of deep
+regret was manifested by all of his associates, for his genuine
+worth had given him firm hold upon the affections of those with
+whom he was brought in contact.
+
+
+THOMAS BASSETT MACAULAY.
+
+Thomas Bassett Macaulay, actuary and well known in insurance
+circles, not only in Montreal but throughout Canada and the
+United States, has aside from his business affairs led a life of
+intense and well directed activity, being identified with various
+organized movements which have to do with the promotion of moral
+progress or which seek to alleviate hard conditions of life for
+the unfortunate.
+
+Mr. Macaulay is a native of the province of Ontario, having been
+born in Hamilton on the 6th of June, 1860, a son of Robertson and
+Barbara Maria (Reid) Macaulay. After pursuing his early education
+in Hamilton he continued his studies in Montreal and made his
+initial step in the business world in the service of the Sun
+Life Assurance Company of Canada at Montreal in October, 1877.
+He bent every energy to the mastery of the duties intrusted to
+him and the recognition of his ability and faithfulness came to
+him in promotion. In 1880 he was appointed actuary and in 1891
+was made secretary of the company. In 1898 he was elected a
+director and in 1906 became managing director of a corporation
+that is acknowledged to be one of the strongest and most reliable
+insurance companies of the world. By examination he became a
+fellow of the Institute of Actuaries of Great Britain and is
+now supervisor at Montreal in connection with examinations of
+the institute. He is a charter member of the Actuarial Society
+of America and was honored with election to its presidency in
+1899 and in 1901, while he is now a life member of its council.
+He has indeed a wide reputation in his profession and extended
+acquaintance. He is a member of the Royal Statistical Society of
+England, a corresponding member of the Institute des Actuaires
+Françaises de France and in 1895 was again a delegate to the
+International Commerce of Actuaries in Brussels, and again in
+1898 in London and in 1900 in Paris. At the last mentioned he was
+elected vice president to represent both the United States and
+Canada. He was also elected vice president of the International
+Actuaries Association in 1906.
+
+Important and responsible are the duties which have come to
+Mr. Macaulay with his developing powers, and he finds rest
+and recreation therefrom in his interests in farming and
+stock-raising. He has valuable farming property at Hudson
+Heights, Quebec. He also has other business connections, being
+a director of the Illinois Traction Company, of the National
+Trust Company and of the Dominion Glass Company. He is likewise
+actively interested in organizations having to do with the public
+welfare, being a governor of the Montreal General Hospital. He
+is likewise a governor of the Congregational College of Canada
+which is indicative of his church relationship. In 1911 he was
+elected president of the Congregational Union of Canada. The same
+year he was elected president of the Canadian and West Indian
+League. He is a careful student of all the vital problems and
+questions of the age and fearlessly he pronounces his opinions
+yet is never aggressive. He favors the imposition of a moderate
+import duty by the United Kingdom and colonies to be kept
+distinct from local duties and to be applied to imperial defence.
+
+In 1881, Mr. Macaulay was married to Miss Henrietta M. L. Bragg,
+who died in 1910. She was the daughter of the late Oliver Bragg,
+M. D., and a step-daughter of the Rev. J. Lawson Forster, D. D.,
+of London, England. In 1912 he married Miss Margaret Allen, a
+daughter of the late Rev. William Allen of London, England. Many
+have expressed the opinion that he should take a more active part
+in public life for his qualifications are such as would make him
+a powerful factor in the discussion of important questions. He is
+an agreeable speaker, clear, fluent and forceful, and he has the
+ability of instructing while entertaining. It would be difficult
+to mention the line along which his usefulness has been greatest
+for he has accomplished much in various connections, and his
+work has ever been an influencing factor on the side of reform,
+progress, improvement and right.
+
+
+THE BAGG FAMILY.
+
+The Bagg family is one of the oldest English families on the
+island of Montreal and one whose members have been foremost in
+social, financial, religious, political and military circles
+for the past century, or since the arrival of the first
+representative of the name, Stanley Bagg, Esq., who was born in
+County Durham, England, where this branch of the family possessed
+large landed estates. In Canada for the past three-quarters of
+a century such men as Lieutenant Colonel Stanley Clark Bagg,
+scholar, financier and philanthropist, and his son, the late
+Robert Stanley Bagg, a worthy son of an honored sire, have placed
+the name on a high plane.
+
+Stanley Bagg, Esq., the first of this family to settle in
+Montreal, was born in England in 1786 and died at Fairmount,
+the family residence on Sherbrooke Street, October 31, 1853,
+aged sixty-seven years. He left to his son, Stanley Clark Bagg,
+large landed estates in Montreal and County Durham, England.
+Lieutenant Colonel Stanley Clark Bagg, son of Stanley and Mary
+Ann (Clark) Bagg, was born at the manor house in Montreal on
+December 23, 1820. He studied law and afterwards took up the
+notarial profession, which he practiced successfully for a number
+of years but abandoned it in order to give his attention to the
+management of estates which he inherited from his grandfather, as
+well as a freehold property in County Durham, England. He was at
+one time the largest landholder on the island of Montreal, gave
+many streets and squares to the city and made very substantial
+benefactions to the citizens. He was an honorary member of the
+Montreal Field Battery and Artillery and of the Light Infantry,
+and his name figured in connection with public office through
+appointment to the position of one of Her Majesty’s justices
+of the peace in 1859, after which he performed judicial
+duties for a time. In 1865 he was solicited to become mayor of
+Montreal but declined the proffered honor. In politics he was a
+conservative but without political ambition, refusing nomination
+for a seat in parliament. He was, however, a deep student of
+the questions of the times, wrote largely for the press and his
+writings were received warmly in both England and America. He was
+greatly interested in philanthropic projects and in efforts to
+promote intellectual progress. He became one of the founders and
+the first president of the English Workingmen’s Benefit Society,
+was one of the founders of the Antiquarian and Numismatic
+Society, which honored him with its presidency, and a life member
+of the British Association for the Advancement of Science. He
+also belonged to the Cathedral Young Men’s Christian Association,
+the Natural History Society and the Mechanics Institute. His
+activities had their root in principles inculcated by the
+Church of England and he was a devoted member of Christ Church
+Cathedral. He married Miss Catharine Mitcheson, a daughter of
+Robert and Frances (MacGregor) Mitcheson, natives of England and
+Scotland respectively, and died at his residence, “Fairmount,” in
+Montreal, August 8, 1873.
+
+[Illustration: ROBERT STANLEY BAGG]
+
+Robert Stanley Bagg, son of Lieutenant Colonel Stanley Clark and
+Catharine (Mitcheson) Bagg, and the head of the family in the
+third generation in this country, was born at the manor house in
+Montreal in July, 1848, and was educated in the Montreal high
+school and McGill University, from which he graduated, after
+which he proceeded to England to complete his studies. On his
+return to Canada he was called to the bar of Montreal but never
+practiced law extensively, although he formed a partnership with
+Donald Macmaster, now a member of parliament. At his father’s
+death, however, the management of the largest landed estate on
+the island devolved upon him, so that he abandoned the active
+practice of the legal profession.
+
+Much of his time and energy was also given to public life and
+he was considered a powerful platform orator. In 1896 he was
+nominated for the St. Lawrence division seat in the house
+of commons, but resigned for political reasons. His father,
+Lieutenant Colonel Bagg, was a Tory and a personal friend of
+the late Sir John A. Macdonald, and it was natural that the
+son should espouse early in life the conservative cause. He
+was frequently heard on the platform in support of principles
+of the party, being known as a stanch conservative both in
+and out of power, while at one time he was president of the
+Liberal-Conservative Club, giving a great deal of his time to
+the work of organizing as well as to public discussion. He was
+well known among the French Canadian people and spoke their
+language almost as fluently as his mother tongue. Mr. Bagg was
+mentioned several times as the party candidate in the federal
+contests, but the house of commons had no attraction for him.
+He was known personally to all the party leaders from the time
+of Macdonald down to the present day. Like his father, he was a
+most generous supporter of charities and benevolent projects,
+and he was a governor and benefactor of the Montreal General
+Hospital and the Montreal Dispensary. He was likewise a member of
+almost every social and sporting club on the island of Montreal;
+was a splendid horseman and a good soldier, being at one time
+commanding officer in the Fifth Royal Scots, taking part in the
+quelling of the Quebec riots and doing much active military duty.
+
+Mr. Bagg had been ailing for several months, but the call came
+unexpectedly and he died July 22, 1912, at Kennebunk Port,
+Maine, where he was spending the summer, as was his custom. In
+his passing Montreal lost one of its foremost citizens, a most
+prominent representative of one of the old English families, and
+a man of distinction to whom opportunity meant activity, and who
+in all of his business and social relations maintained a position
+that reflected credit and honor upon an honored family name.
+His life was not self-centered but reached out along broadening
+lines for the benefit of his fellowmen and of his city, where the
+family has so long been well known in the best social circles.
+
+Mr. Bagg was married in 1882 to Miss Clara Smithers, a daughter
+of the late Charles F. Smithers, president of the Bank of
+Montreal, and to them were born three children, Evelyn St. Claire
+Stanley, Gwendolen Katherine Stanley and Harold Stanley.
+
+Evelyn St. Claire Stanley Bagg was married on the 26th of
+October, 1910, to Huntly Ward Davis, an architect of Montreal,
+and they have one daughter, Evelyn Clare Ward Davis, who is of
+the fifth generation of the family in Canada.
+
+
+SERAPHIN OUIMET.
+
+Seraphin Ouimet, member of the civil engineering firm of Ouimet
+& Lesage, connected with important municipal and railroad work
+in Montreal and in various other sections of the province and
+Dominion, was born October 8, 1879, in Ste. Rose, in the county
+of Laval, P. Q. The earliest record of the Ouimet family in this
+province is of Jean Ouimet, who was born in 1634 and died on
+the 19th of November, 1687, at Ste. Famille. He married Renee
+Gagnon about 1660 and their son, Louis Ouimet, who was one of
+nine children, was married February 3, 1693, at Ste. Famille to
+Marie Anne Genest, by whom he had thirteen children. Anselme
+Ouimet, father of Seraphin Ouimet, was born at St. François de
+Sales, about 1840 and married Emelie Gauthier, who was born in
+Montreal about 1850. Their son, Seraphin Ouimet, attended school
+in his native town of Ste. Rose and afterward pursued a classical
+course at Ste. Thérèse in the county of Terrebonne, where he
+remained for seven years and was leader of his class, and where
+he gained his B. C. es Lettres. Later he became a student in
+the Polytechnic school at Laval. He passed his examination with
+distinction, graduating June 10, 1904, with the degree of B. C.
+es Sciences. He next engaged with the dominion government as
+superintendent of Marconi stations on the Gulf, having charge of
+five stations. He continued in that position for one season and
+was appointed assistant engineer of the Georgian Bay Ship Canal
+survey. After four months in that position he was promoted to
+first assistant and two months later to chief. He continued for
+eighteen months in that capacity, rendering efficient, capable
+and acceptable service until, desiring to engage in the private
+practice of his profession, he opened an office in Montreal. He
+passed his examination as Quebec land surveyor on June 17, 1908,
+before the board of the Quebec Land Surveyors Association. For
+a year he was associated with James H. Parent, at the close of
+which time he entered into partnership with Royal Lesage and has
+since continued under the firm name of Ouimet & Lesage. Their
+clientage has steadily increased in the interim and their work
+today extends largely over the province, including many contracts
+for municipal engineering and railroad work. They have been
+connected with the building of a branch of the Transcontinental,
+extending from Montreal and have acted as experts for municipal
+civil engineering projects in connection with important work
+for electric and other companies. They employ over twenty men,
+and the business is one of growing importance. Mr. Ouimet is
+recognized as a clever, energetic and successful representative
+of his profession, widely known and highly respected. His
+ability, close study and developing powers have gained him wider
+and wider recognition until he stands today as one of the able
+representatives of the profession in Montreal.
+
+
+DUNCAN CAMPBELL MACCALLUM, M. D., M. R. C. S.
+
+Distinguished honors came to Duncan Campbell MacCallum, M. D.,
+in recognition of his marked ability as a medical practitioner,
+educator and author. He was in the vanguard of those men to whom
+science revealed in considerable measure her secrets, his wide
+research and investigation giving him place with the most eminent
+of the Canadians connected with the medical profession. He was a
+fellow of the Obstetrical Society of London, a foundation fellow
+of the British Gynecological Society and professor emeritus of
+McGill University. He was born at Ile aux Noix, in the province
+of Quebec, on the 12th of November, 1825, and died November 13,
+1904. He came of pure Scotch ancestry, his parents being John
+and Mary (Campbell) MacCallum. His maternal grandfather, Malcolm
+Campbell, of Killin, was a near kinsman, through Lochiel Cameron,
+of the Earl of Breadalbane.
+
+Dr. MacCallum’s early professional training was received in
+McGill University, from which he was graduated M. D. in 1850. He
+then proceeded to Great Britain and studied in London, Edinburgh
+and Dublin, pursuing post-graduate courses in all three cities.
+Upon examination he was admitted to the Royal College of Surgeons
+in England in 1851 and his preliminary training was so thorough
+and comprehensive as to place him beyond the point of mediocrity
+even at the outset of his professional career. Returning to
+Montreal, he entered upon active practice in this city and
+almost immediately became known, as well, as an able educator
+and writer upon medical topics. He was appointed demonstrator of
+anatomy in McGill in 1854 and was connected with the faculty of
+medicine until his death. In 1856 he was appointed to the chair
+of clinical surgery and in November, 1860, was transferred to the
+chair of clinical medicine and medical jurisprudence, occupying
+that position until April, 1868, when he was appointed professor
+of midwifery and the diseases of women and children. He retained
+that professorship until 1883, when he resigned, at which time
+the governors of the university made him professor emeritus, so
+that he retained his precedence in the university, in which he
+had continued as a professor for almost thirty years.
+
+The active work of the profession aside from private practice was
+carried on by Dr. MacCallum as visiting physician to the Montreal
+General Hospital from 1856 until 1877, when, after twenty-one
+years’ service, he resigned and by vote of the governors was
+placed on the consulting staff of the hospital. From 1868 until
+1883 he had charge of the Lying-in Hospital and for fourteen
+years was physician to the Hervey Institute for Children.
+His writings gained him almost a world-wide reputation. He
+contributed articles to the British American Medical and Surgical
+Journals, to the Canada Medical Journal and the Transactions
+of the Obstetrical Society of London, England. In 1854 he was
+associated with Dr. William Wright in establishing and editing
+the Medical Chronicle, which paper remained in existence for six
+years. Dr. MacCallum was vice president for Canada of the section
+of obstetrics in the Ninth International Medical Congress, which
+was held at Washington, D. C., in September, 1887. His eminent
+ability and broad learning made him looked upon as a leader in
+the ranks of the medical profession on the American continent and
+also gained him recognition abroad, so that he was elected to
+fellowship in the Obstetrical Society of London and was chosen to
+become one of the foundation fellows of the British Gynecological
+Society. On the 1st of March, 1855, he was appointed assistant
+surgeon of the Sixth Battalion of Montreal Militia and on the
+15th of February, 1856, was appointed surgeon to the same.
+
+In October, 1867, Dr. MacCallum was united in marriage to Miss
+Marie Josephine Guy, the second daughter of Hon. Hippolyte Guy,
+judge of the superior court of lower Canada and a representative
+of ancestry, honorable and distinguished. The children born
+to Dr. and Mrs. MacCallum were: Marie Josephine, who married
+Professor Thomas A. Starkey of McGill University, of whom there
+is mention in these volumes and by whom she has one son, Hugh
+Starkey; Esther Melina; Marianne, who married Edward Desbarats,
+of Montreal, and has seven children--Edward, Duncan, Josephine,
+Henry, Lucy Anne, Cecile and Henri; Flora Victoria, who married
+de Les Derniers Shepherd, of Montreal; and Duncan Guy, who won
+the degree of M. D. at McGill University in 1907 and is now a
+medical practitioner of Sherbrooke, Quebec.
+
+The life work of Dr. MacCallum was one of signal service and
+benefit to mankind and his name deserves to be enrolled with
+those of the benefactors of the race.
+
+
+JOSEPH ALEXANDRE BONIN.
+
+Joseph Alexandre Bonin, one of the prominent and successful
+barristers of Montreal, where he practices as a member of the
+firm of Taillon, Bonin & Morin, was born in D’Autray, Lanoraie,
+province of Quebec, a son of the late J. B. Bonin. In the
+acquirement of an education he attended Joliette College and was
+called to the bar as advocate in 1874, being made king’s counsel
+in 1893. He has been for many years in the successful practice of
+his profession in Montreal, where the firm of Taillon, Bonin &
+Morin is regarded as one of the strongest in the city, connected
+through an extensive and representative clientele with a great
+deal of notable litigation. Mr. Bonin’s wide experience and
+successful practice have secured for him a large following, and
+his comprehensive knowledge of legal principles has made him very
+successful in the conduct of cases intrusted to his care. His
+mind is incisive, analytical and deductive and his powers have
+been developed through the years, until today he is one of the
+most able and prominent barristers in the city where he makes his
+home.
+
+[Illustration: J. ALEXANDRE BONIN]
+
+Mr. Bonin married a daughter of the late J. L. Leprohon, M.
+D., vice consul for Spain in Montreal, and Mr. and Mrs. Bonin
+are well known in social circles of this city. Mr. Bonin is a
+member of the Roman Catholic church and is a conservative in his
+political beliefs, taking an intelligent and public-spirited
+interest in municipal growth and advancement. He has gained
+prominence and distinction in a profession where advancement
+depends entirely upon superior merit and ability and stands among
+the barristers whose work is important as an element in the legal
+history of this province.
+
+
+GUY FAMILY.
+
+The Guy family is one of the oldest and most prominent in
+Montreal. Pierre Guy, the first of the name to settle in Canada,
+joined the French army under M. de Vaudreuil and rose rapidly
+through intermediate positions to the rank of captain. He
+participated in the engagements which occurred with frequency
+between the French in Quebec and the English in Massachusetts
+and New York and he died at the age of forty-eight years. His
+son, a namesake, Pierre Guy, Jr., was educated in France and also
+joined the French army in Canada, serving under General Montcalm
+in the French and Indian war. He participated in the battles of
+Caillion, Montmorency and the battle on the Plains of Abraham.
+When the power of France in Canada was set at naught, he with
+others left for France, where he remained until 1764. He then
+returned to Canada and accepted a business situation in Montreal,
+becoming a loyal subject of Great Britain. Soon afterward when
+General Montgomery invaded Canada he took up arms for the defence
+of the country which so exasperated the Americans that they
+sacked his stores after the capitulation of the city. In 1776
+he received from the Crown the appointment of judge and in 1782
+became a colonel of militia. He was also active in founding
+the college of St. Raphael and was thus prominently identified
+with the military, commercial and educational interests of the
+province of Quebec. He received from the Crown a large land
+grant in Montreal in that part of the city known as Bourgoyne
+and he it was who gave Nuns Island to the nuns and he also gave
+one-half of Viger Square to the city. At one time he conducted a
+large business as a fur trader between Montreal and France. His
+activities were so important and his ability so pronounced that
+he was a recognized leader in the different fields in which his
+labors and efforts were put forth.
+
+Pierre Guy, Jr., died in the year 1812, leaving several sons and
+daughters. Of these Louis Guy, who by the death of his father
+became the oldest representative of the family, was made a
+councillor by King William in February, 1831, and died in 1840.
+Guy Street in Montreal was so called in his honor.
+
+He had six children: Emily, who married Lieutenant Colonel De
+Salaberry; Caroline, who became the wife of Joseph Baby; Henry,
+who was a colonel in the British army; Hippolyte; Joseph, who was
+a lawyer of Montreal; and Adine, who married Mr. Pemberton of
+Quebec.
+
+Judge Hippolyte Guy, judge of the superior court of Lower
+Canada, and the second son of Louis Guy, married Marianne Esther
+Nelson, a daughter of James Frederick Nelson and his wife Mary
+Ann Adelaide Regnault, the adopted daughter of Chief Justice
+Vallieres of Three Rivers, P. Q. Judge Guy died April 19, 1860.
+Unto him and his wife were born three daughters and a son. Marie
+Louise, the eldest, became the wife of Hon. Chief Justice Austin,
+of Nassau and they had three children: Barry, Gloucester and
+Charlotte, now Lady Napier. Marie Josephine married Dr. Duncan
+Campbell MacCallum, of whom there is made mention on another
+page of this work. Marie Ann became the wife of Alex de Lusignan
+by whom she had two children, Guy de Lusignan and Esther de
+Lusignan. She afterward married Gustave Fabre and by him has
+one daughter, Terese, the wife of Mr. L’Africanne. Pierre, the
+youngest in the family, died at the age of four years.
+
+
+LIEUTENANT COLONEL ALFRED EUGENE DAMASE LABELLE.
+
+Few men occupy a more enviable position in business and military
+circles than Lieutenant Colonel Alfred E. D. Labelle. He has been
+termed “the beau ideal of a soldier,” and his position as one
+of the captains of industry in Montreal none question. Montreal
+claims him as a native son. He was born August 23, 1866, his
+parents being Hospice L. and Leocadie (Masson) Labelle, the
+former a grain inspector of Montreal. The son was a student
+in Bishop’s Academy and in a commercial school of his native
+city, his training in that institution fitting him for the
+responsibilities which came upon him after he entered business
+circles in 1883 in the employ of the late W. W. Ogilvie, the
+miller king. He remained in that connection until the business
+was merged into the Ogilvie Flour Mills Company, Limited, in
+1897, at which time he became sales manager for Montreal, so
+remaining until his retirement from active connection with the
+business in 1910. In that year he became managing director of
+the St. Lawrence Flour Mills Company, of which he was one of
+the principal promoters and as such he stands today as one of
+the leading representatives of the productive industries of the
+province, bending his energies to constructive direction and
+executive control of a business that has already reached mammoth
+proportions.
+
+He has active connection and voice in the management of many
+organizations looking to the betterment of trade and commercial
+relations. He is a member of the Montreal Harbor board, the
+Montreal Board of Trade, was president of the Chambre de
+Commerce, and is vice president of the Montreal Industrial
+Exhibition Association and the Montreal Vehicular Traffic
+Association. He is also connected with movements touching
+the general interests of society outside the strict field of
+business, being councillor of the Red Cross Society and of the
+Boy Scout movement. His military career is perhaps even more
+brilliant than his business record. He has been long connected
+with the volunteer militia service, having joined the Sixty-fifth
+Regiment as a private in 1882. He was advanced through various
+ranks until he became lieutenant colonel, commanding in 1897 and
+in 1902 his name was placed upon the list of retired officers.
+Subsequently he commanded the Seventh Infantry Brigade, was
+appointed a second time to the command of the Sixty-fifth
+Regiment in March, 1907, and is now in command of the Twelfth
+Infantry Brigade. He served in the Northwest rebellion in 1885
+and was one of its medallists. He was on the staff of the
+Victoria Jubilee contingent in London, England, in 1897, when
+he was again accorded a medal. He commanded the troops sent
+to Valleyfield, P. Q., during the trade riots in 1900, and he
+commanded the Canadian Bisley team in 1908. In the previous
+year he received a long service decoration and became actively
+connected with military training in 1896 as president of the
+Montreal Military Institute. He was likewise president of the
+Montreal Amalgamated Rifle Association in 1901-2. The Montreal
+Witness speaks of him as a “splendid officer, popular and
+respected by all.”
+
+Colonel Labelle was married in 1900 to Amelie Sicotte, the second
+daughter of the late Hon. L. W. Sicotte. Colonel Labelle is a
+Roman Catholic in religious faith and a conservative in political
+belief. His club relations are with the leading organizations of
+that character in Montreal, including the St. James Club, Club
+Lafontaine, Club Canadien, the Military Institute and Club St.
+Denis. The analytical trend of his mind readily enables him to
+understand the various factors which enter into the successful
+control of military interests and of business affairs. He has
+ever followed the broad policy of building up rather than of
+destroying and in all of his commercial interests has employed
+constructive measures, never sacrificing interests of others
+to corporation gain. While in military circles he is a strict
+disciplinarian, he has at the same time, those qualities which
+win personal popularity and respect among subordinates and the
+expressions of praise again and again heard from those who have
+served under him show that he is justly entitled to be termed
+“the beau ideal of a soldier.”
+
+
+DUNCAN LIVINGSTONE MACDOUGALL.
+
+Duncan Livingstone MacDougall, a merchant of Montreal for many
+years and an active church man, whose life was one of broad
+usefulness as well as of material success, was born in Kendelton,
+Scotland, in 1848, a son of Archibald L. MacDougall, who in the
+year 1861 established his home in Montreal. He married Agnes
+Livingstone, a cousin of the great explorer and missionary who
+was the first man to penetrate into the heart of Africa. Mr. and
+Mrs. MacDougall became the parents of two sons, Duncan L. and
+John, and a daughter, Mrs. Robert Logie.
+
+Duncan L. MacDougall was a youth of thirteen years when the
+family crossed the Atlantic to Canada. His education was acquired
+in the schools of Scotland and of Montreal and he crossed the
+threshold of business life as bookkeeper for Cochran, Cassills
+& Company, boot and shoe merchants, in whose employ he was
+continually advanced in recognition of his merit and capability
+until eventually he was admitted to partnership, continuing a
+member of the firm to the time of his death. He devoted his
+undivided attention to the interests of the business and became
+an active factor in guiding its affairs. He possessed in large
+measure that quality which for want of a better term has been
+called commercial sense, seeming to recognize almost intuitively
+the points and propositions of business that led toward
+prosperity.
+
+Mr. MacDougall was married in Montreal in 1872 to Miss Margaret
+B. Patterson, a daughter of William Patterson, who came to Canada
+from Edinburgh, Scotland, at an early day and was a veterinary
+surgeon of the city to the time of his death. His wife bore
+the maiden name of Isabella S. Dunnett. Mrs. MacDougall by her
+marriage became the mother of three sons and two daughters,
+Archibald Lorne, Alice Maud, William Percival, Edith Margaret and
+Duncan Livingstone.
+
+Mr. MacDougall was a member of the Metropolitan Club and was
+a very active worker in the American Presbyterian church
+cooperating in various lines of church work and contributing
+generously to its support. His life was actuated by high and
+honorable principles, that found expression in noble deeds and
+helpfulness toward those who needed assistance.
+
+
+ANTHUNE SERGIUS ARCHAMBAULT.
+
+Anthune Sergius Archambault, member of the bar, practicing at
+Montreal as an advocate, specializes in the administration of
+estates, and is one of the few in Montreal’s legal profession
+giving special attention to work in a fiduciary capacity. He was
+born at St. Antoine, Vercheres county, on the 9th of November,
+1874, a son of Alphonse Archambault and Hermenie Gladu, the
+former a farmer by occupation. While spending his youthful days
+under the parental roof A. S. Archambault pursued his education
+at St. Hyacinthe College, from which he was graduated with the
+Bachelor of Arts degree in 1894. He then entered upon the study
+of law, which he pursued in Laval University, in 1898 winning
+the LL. L. degree. He is an advocate of considerable power and
+ability and has made continuous progress in his profession since
+taking up the active duties thereof fifteen years ago. He has
+gained a good clientage and his practice is of an important
+character. He was for some time the legal adviser of the parish
+of Sault au Récollet.
+
+[Illustration: ANTHUNE S. ARCHAMBAULT]
+
+Mr. Archambault has been married twice. He first wedded Rose
+Helene Patenaude at Montreal on the 7th of May, 1901, and her
+death occurred on the fifth anniversary of their marriage. On the
+17th of November, 1909, Mr. Archambault was again married, his
+second union being with Annie Michaud, of Ahuntsic. There are two
+children, Annette and Paul, of the first marriage and also two of
+the second, Jean and Marie.
+
+
+REMI GOHIER, SR.
+
+Remi Gohier, Sr., of Montreal, actively engaged in the
+real-estate business which has proved to him a profitable
+field of labor, was born on the 7th of September, 1841, at St.
+Laurent, Jacques Cartier county, P. Q., a son of Augustin Gohier
+dit Belisle and Marguerite Martin dit Ladouceur. The early
+ancestors of the Gohier family in the province of Quebec
+spelled the name in various ways, including Goyer, etc., but in
+France it was spelled Gohier and one of the name was of great
+prominence during the reign of Napoleon I.
+
+Remi Gohier was a student in the St. Laurent College and with
+his entrance into commercial circles at the age of twenty-two
+he became a dry-goods merchant, and for twenty-seven years
+was engaged in that business at what is now the corner of
+St. Lawrence and DeMontigny Streets. In January, 1891, he
+became connected with the real-estate and insurance brokerage
+business with his two sons, Arthur E. and Alexandre. Having won
+substantial success he has since continued in that business.
+He has negotiated many important realty transfers, bought and
+sold property on his own account and has won a creditable and
+gratifying measure of success. For eight years he was a director
+of the Montreal Turnpike Trust Company, and he has done active
+public service as justice of the peace for about ten years. About
+1906 Mr. Gohier became connected with La Compagnie Des Terrains
+Maisonneuve, Limited, and has since been a director of the same,
+in which he is extensively interested.
+
+On the 25th of November, 1863, in Montreal, in Notre Dame
+Cathedral, Mr. Gohier was united in marriage to Miss Anne
+Jeanne Wright, a daughter of Alexander Hamilton and Marguerite
+(Scally) Wright. Their children are: Remi, who married Alice
+Faille; Emma Isabella, the wife of J. A. Lesieur Desaulniers;
+Arthur Edouard, who married Adelina Tetrault; Corrine, the wife
+of Eugene Tetrault; Alexandre, who married Charlotte Mongenais;
+and Bernice. The family are communicants of the Catholic church,
+and Mr. Gohier is a Knight of Columbus. He has membership with
+the Liberal Club, which indicates his political belief, and he
+is also a member of the Montreal Canadian Club. The family is
+highly respected, warm regard being extended father and sons.
+The business record of Mr. Gohier has gained for him confidence
+and good-will as well as substantial success, and his prosperity
+has been the merited reward of his capability and indefatigable
+enterprise.
+
+
+WALTER HAMILTON EWING.
+
+Walter Hamilton Ewing, who is well known throughout Canada and
+the United States as a champion shot, is the eldest son of the
+late Alexander Miller Ewing and Ida F. (Appleton) Ewing, of
+Montreal, and was born in this city on the 11th of February,
+1878. He is descended from Irish ancestry. He pursued his
+education in the schools of his native city and made his initial
+step in the business world with Hodgson Sumner & Company.
+Subsequently he became connected with the Hart & Adair Coal
+Company and in 1904 organized the Lackawanna Coal Company, Ltd.,
+of which he is president.
+
+On the 30th of April, 1902, Mr. Ewing was united in marriage to
+Miss Ethel Raeburn McIntyre, a daughter of the late Archibald
+McIntyre, of Montreal, and their children are Morris A.,
+Marguerite R., Walter James and David Russell.
+
+While in Montreal Mr. Ewing is known as a successful,
+enterprising and progressive business man, he has a wide
+reputation throughout the continent in connection with his record
+as a marksman. He made the highest amateur score at the first
+annual shooting tournament of Canadian Indians at Montreal in
+May, 1906, winning the Clarendon cup. He won the championship
+of the world in trap shooting in July, 1908, at the Olympic
+games in London, England. He has won the championship of Canada,
+the Grand Canadian Handicap, the Brewers’ & Malsters’ cup and
+the Provincial Individual. He also shot on all team trophies,
+namely: 8-Man Dominion, 10-Man Provincial, 5-Man International,
+5-Man Provincial and 5-Man Lansdowne cup. He is the only man who
+ever held the above cups at the same time. Surely he has every
+reason to be proud of his record in this connection. Mr. Ewing in
+religious faith is a Presbyterian.
+
+
+REV. JAMES BENNETT.
+
+Rev. James Bennett was born in Scotland and when a young man
+came to Montreal, where he continued his education, begun in the
+schools of his native land. He entered McGill University, from
+which he was graduated with the Bachelor of Arts degree, and
+later, having determined to devote his life to the work of the
+ministry, he took up the study of theology in Queen’s College at
+Kingston, Ontario. He immediately entered upon ministerial duties
+as pastor of the Presbyterian church on Cote des Neiges road, but
+soon afterward was called to L’Orignal, Ontario, where he filled
+a charge until his demise on August 17, 1901. His earnest effort,
+his charity and his consecration to the cause was productive of
+much good, his labors resulting in the accession of many to the
+church.
+
+Rev. Bennett was married in Montreal to Miss Agnes Phillips, a
+daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth (Hodge) Phillips, and to them
+was born a son, William Phillips Bennett, now of Toronto.
+
+
+THOMAS PHILLIPS, JR.
+
+Thomas Phillips, well known for many years as a valued resident
+of Montreal, his native city, was at one time proprietor of that
+section known as Woodbury. He was a son of Thomas Phillips,
+Sr., who owned nearly all of what is now Beaver Hall Hill,
+where the family home was maintained for many years. The father
+was likewise the owner of what is now Phillips square, which
+was named in his honor. His landed possessions in fact were
+very extensive and their value increased with the growth and
+development of the city, making his a valuable estate.
+
+His son, Thomas Phillips, pursued his education in the schools of
+Montreal, in Upper Canada College and in Dr. Workman’s private
+school. He purchased a farm on the island of Montreal and later
+became owner of what is now called Woodbury and constitutes an
+attractive portion of the city, having all been laid out in city
+lots. There he lived in comparative retirement. He named his
+place Woodbury after the old home of Thomas Phillips, Sr., who
+came from Woodbury, Devonshire, England, and settled in Montreal.
+
+Thomas Phillips, Jr., married Miss Elizabeth Hodge, also a native
+of this city, and a daughter of James Hodge, likewise a farmer on
+the island of Montreal. They became the parents of four daughters
+and a son: Martha Emily, now deceased; Charlotte E.; Agnes, who
+became the wife of Rev. James Bennett and is now a widow living
+in Montreal; Mrs. Eleanor A. Perham, the widow of L. D. Perham;
+and Thomas Phillips, who at his death left two daughters, now
+residents of Scotland.
+
+Mr. Phillips, whose name introduces this review, was a
+public-spirited man, and ever interested in the general welfare.
+From early manhood he was a member of St. George’s church and
+was its oldest member at the time of his demise. He died January
+4, 1900, a day therefore that marked the passing of a prominent
+representative of one of the oldest families of Montreal and one
+whose name has ever been a synonym for honorable manhood and
+loyal citizenship.
+
+
+JOSEPH VERSAILLES.
+
+Progressive development finds a worthy exponent in Joseph
+Versailles, whose connection with real-estate operations has been
+an element in the material development of his section of the
+province. He was born in Montreal on the 28th of March, 1881, a
+son of Joseph Versailles and Julie Monarque. Mention is made in
+L’Histoire de l’Eglise by Rhorbacher of a companion of Jeanne
+d’Arc of the name of Pierre de Versailles. In early Canadian
+records the family name frequently appears with many variations,
+including that of Martin and Louis Martin of this family who was
+born in 1639 and was massacred by the Iroquois Indians at Long
+Sault on the 21st of May, 1660. The first record found under the
+present family name is that of Guillaume Versailles, who was born
+in 1731 and died on the 27th of November, 1751, at Trois Rivières.
+
+Joseph Versailles of this review was a student in St. Mary’s
+College (Jesuit) on Bleury Street, Montreal, from which he was
+graduated in 1903 with the degree of Bachelor of Arts, having
+completed the classical course. Turning from the educational
+field of business he was for six years proprietor of a hardware
+store and thus laid the foundation for the success which has
+since come to him through his activities in the real-estate
+field. Three years ago he founded the town of Montreal East and
+his real-estate operations there have been a foremost element in
+its development and substantial growth. He has recently erected
+one of the finest office buildings of Montreal on St. James
+Street, its height making it known as one of the skyscrapers.
+Mr. Versailles displays marked energy and determination and in
+his business career brooks no obstacles that can be overcome by
+persistent, energetic and honorable effort. He has thoroughly
+qualified himself to discuss every phase of the real-estate
+business and with remarkable prescience he has recognized the
+possibilities for the city’s growth and the extension of its
+suburban interests. The town of Montreal East which he founded
+was incorporated June 4, 1910, and since that time he has
+continuously served as its mayor, in which connection he has
+largely promoted its interests and development.
+
+On the 20th of September, 1904, Mr. Versailles was united in
+marriage to Miss Marie Prendergast, a daughter of the late M. J.
+A. Prendergast, managing director of La Banque d’Hochelaga for
+twenty-five years. He was with the pontifical zouaves in Italy
+from 1867 until 1870, engaged in the practice of law following
+his return to Canada and then entered upon active connection
+with banking interests. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Versailles
+are Marguerite, Pauline, Joseph and Yvan. The religious faith
+of the family is that of the Roman Catholic church and Mr.
+Versailles was founder and the first president, in 1903 and 1904,
+of L’Association Catholique de la Jeunesse Canadienne-Française.
+In politics he does not maintain a position of aggressive
+partisanship. He believes in Canada first, rather than party,
+and in Canada for the Canadians and acting upon this belief his
+public service has been of benefit to the municipality and the
+general interests of society.
+
+
+LEWIS D. PERHAM.
+
+Lewis D. Perham, who for many years was connected with the
+customhouse of Montreal, was born in Russelltown, Quebec, in
+1854, a son of Freeman Perham, a farmer of Russelltown. In the
+public schools of his native place Lewis D. Perham pursued his
+education and also attended a business college in Montreal. His
+life in one way was quietly and uneventfully passed, most of it
+being devoted to service in the customs department of his adopted
+city. For many years he was thus active in the government service
+and was occupying that position at the time of his demise. His
+long connection with the customs office plainly indicates his
+fidelity, capability and promptness in the discharge of his
+duties.
+
+In 1885, in Montreal, Mr. Perham was united in marriage to Miss
+Eleanor Phillips, a daughter of Thomas Phillips, of whom mention
+is made elsewhere in this volume. Four children were born to
+them, of whom two are living, Lewis P. and Ruth E.
+
+Mr. Perham was a conservative in politics. For a few years
+he held membership with the Orangemen and he belonged to the
+American Presbyterian church. Death called him December 10,
+1907, and those who were his associates in life mourned his
+death, for substantial qualities and commendable characteristics
+had endeared him to all who knew him. His life was upright and
+honorable, for he closely followed ethical and moral standards.
+
+
+PATRICK MCKENNA.
+
+The history of Cote des Neiges would be incomplete and
+unsatisfactory were there failure to make reference to Patrick
+McKenna, who reached the venerable age of ninety-three years--a
+respected citizen, whose life, though quietly and uneventfully
+passed, was ever a useful and upright one. A native of Ireland,
+ambition stirred him to activity with the dawning of young
+manhood, and feeling that better opportunities might be
+secured in the new world, he left County Cavan and made his way
+to Canada where he arrived in 1847. The voyage was made in one
+of the old-time sailing vessels which dropped anchor in the
+river and there the immigrants, according to the law of the
+land, passed into quarantine. Mr. McKenna, anxious to get to
+work, chafed under this restraint but when he and his fellow
+travelers were liberated he hastened to make his way into the
+city where he immediately sought employment. He scorned no labor
+that would give him an honest living and so showed that he was
+possessed of the spirit of undaunted industry and determination.
+In May, 1850, he came to Cote des Neiges, which at that time was
+a village somewhat remote from Montreal but now included within
+the corporation limits of the city. He accepted the position of
+gardener with the late Mr. Donald Ross, but after a year had
+passed, became a tenant of that part of the property that borders
+the present Westmount Avenue, although it was years afterward
+before that thoroughfare was laid out. In 1866 he purchased
+from the Greenshields estate a tract of fifty acres to which
+he removed in about 1870 and upon it began the erection of a
+greenhouse and with the growth of the business in subsequent
+years additional hothouse space was added. The original firm
+name, P. McKenna & Son, remains unchanged to the present day.
+
+[Illustration: MR. AND MRS. PATRICK McKENNA On the Sixtieth
+Anniversary of their Marriage]
+
+On the 1st of October, 1849, Mr. McKenna had married Miss
+Mary Kearney, who in the previous year had left her home at
+Fanningstown, County Limerick, Ireland, and sailed for the new
+world. In the succeeding May Mr. McKenna brought his young
+wife to the home which they occupied for twenty years and on
+the expiration of that period they took up their abode in the
+residence where they lived until death called them. Mr. McKenna
+at first gave his attention to market gardening, conducting a
+successful business for eighteen years, but gradually withdrew
+from that branch of business to give his entire attention to the
+florist business, making the raising of fruit and vegetables
+merely a side issue.
+
+The McKenna greenhouses became well known and the business
+prospered from the beginning, bringing Mr. McKenna a substantial
+financial return which enabled him eventually to retire from
+active business life.
+
+Mr. and Mrs. McKenna became the parents of thirteen children but
+six of the number died in infancy, and Elizabeth died a member
+of the Nuns of Jesus and Mary, under the name of Sister St.
+Pancratius. Patrick died in 1880 and Mary in 1872. Four children
+survive the parents: James, a sketch of whom follows; Miss Sarah
+McKenna; Frances N., the wife of F. Allan Beauchamp; and Sister
+McKenna, who for seven years was bursar of a nunnery at Lawrence,
+Massachusetts, and for the past fifteen years has been bursar of
+the noted Grey Nunnery of Montreal.
+
+Mr. and Mrs. McKenna lived to celebrate their diamond wedding
+on the sixtieth anniversary of their marriage. The occasion was
+made a memorable one to all who participated therein. Both Mr.
+and Mrs. McKenna were enjoying good health, although both were
+octogenarians, and the celebration was participated in by Mrs.
+McKenna’s sister, Miss Sarah Kearney, who witnessed the original
+marriage sixty years before. On the occasion of the diamond
+wedding the ceremony was marked by the celebration of pontifical
+mass by His Lordship Bishop Racicot, assisted by others. From
+1851 Mr. McKenna was a continuous holder of a pew in St.
+Patrick’s church.
+
+His long residence at Cote des Neiges enabled him to tell much
+concerning the history of that section and to relate many
+interesting incidents connected with its development and growth.
+He had occupied the position of councillor in the village before
+its incorporation into a town and about 1889 was succeeded by his
+son. He was a justice of the peace for the district of Montreal
+for twenty-five years until his death. He possessed a retiring
+disposition but nevertheless manifested keen interest in all
+that pertained to the city’s welfare and never failed to perform
+a public duty that devolved upon him. He was ever loyal to the
+land of his adoption and maintained a deep love for the land of
+his birth. As a boy he received a temperance medal from Father
+Matthew, the Irish apostle of temperance, which is now treasured
+by his son.
+
+For over two years after the celebration of the diamond wedding
+the parents continued to travel life’s journey and then death
+called the husband and father, who passed away March 14, 1912,
+at the age of ninety-three years. The wife and mother survived
+for only a few months, her death occurring on the 12th of July,
+following, at which time she had reached the age of eighty-two
+years. They were perhaps the most venerable couple in Cote
+des Neiges and among the oldest witnesses of the growth and
+development of the tiny village into a city which eventually was
+absorbed in the metropolis.
+
+
+JAMES MCKENNA.
+
+James McKenna, who is his father’s successor in public office
+and business, was born at the family home in Cote des Neiges,
+November 11, 1851, his parents being Patrick and Mary (Kearney)
+McKenna, whose sketch precedes this. When the father retired
+from the position of councillor of Cote des Neiges in 1889,
+James McKenna succeeded to the position which he continuously
+and acceptably filled for nineteen years, while from 1908 until
+1910 he was alderman of Montreal. He was appointed justice of the
+peace for the district of Montreal to fill the vacancy caused by
+the death of his father. He married Margaret Quinn and to them
+were born eight children: Rose; Evaline, the wife of Antoine
+Marchand by whom she has a son, Charles; Maud, who was known as
+Sister St. Margaret of Notre Dame and has passed away; Charles
+P., who died at the age of eighteen years; Frank J., who married
+Evaline McCarthy; Leo James, who married Gertrude Eagan and has a
+son, Leo Martin; Harry W.; and E. Phillip.
+
+
+ROBERT THOMAS HOPPER.
+
+Ability to recognize opportunities that others passed heedlessly
+by, combined with an ambition that brought about their immediate,
+practical and resultant utilization, brought Robert Thomas Hopper
+to a position in the foremost ranks of Montreal’s manufacturers
+and business men. He had the distinction of being the first man
+to ship asbestos abroad and later became a prominent figure in
+the mining industry in the province, while at the time of his
+death he was president of the Dominion Marble Company.
+
+Mr. Hopper was born in Quebec, February 25, 1858, and was
+educated there in the public school and in Thom’s Academy. His
+father, Thomas Hopper, was senior partner of the firm of Hopper
+Brothers, a prominent firm of cattle dealers in the province.
+Thomas Hopper married Miss Agnes Davidson and their children
+were six in number. Robert Thomas Hopper came to Montreal in
+1876, when he was eighteen years of age and secured a position
+as bookkeeper with the firm of James Linton, continuing in that
+connection for a year. He then organized the firm of Irwin Hopper
+& Company, which existed until 1889, when the business was taken
+over by R. T. Hopper & Company. This firm engaged in the mineral
+business, specializing in crude and fibrized asbestos, being
+among the pioneers in that industry in Canada. Mr. Hopper was
+regarded as father of the asbestos business in this country.
+He was the first Canadian to ship asbestos abroad and has the
+distinction of being the first man in the business to take up the
+installation of crushing machinery which has since revolutionized
+the asbestos business.
+
+About 1891, Mr. Hopper established the first Portland Cement
+plant in Canada, known as the English Portland Cement Company
+of Canada. Difficulties confronted him, for it fell to his
+lot to educate the people to the use of cement. He entered
+upon a campaign which ultimately resulted in success, for his
+persistency and energy overcame the obstacles placed in his
+way. Moreover, time tests the merit of all things and the worth
+of Portland cement is demonstrated in its successful use.
+Later Mr. Hopper consolidated his interests with the Rathburns
+of Deseronto, Ontario, organizing the Beaver Portland Cement
+Company, and with the development of the business and the
+formation of new associations the Canadian Portland Cement
+Company came into existence. Their plants were located at
+Marlbank and Deseronto, Ontario, and with the passing of the
+years the business developed until it assumed large proportions.
+Eventually, Mr. Hopper sold his interests after having materially
+assisted in building up a large and successful business. In 1906
+he organized the Dominion Marble Company, of which he continued
+as president until his death on the 13th of November, 1912. This
+business was established on a small scale but was developed
+along modern, progressive lines until the company is now one of
+the largest in Canada, engaged in the marble business, owning
+extensive quarries located at South Stukely, Quebec, and Mr.
+Hopper was also a director in the Sherbrooke Railway & Power
+Company and remained a director of the Canadian Cement Company
+after he withdrew from active connection with the management of
+the business. He was a prominent member of the council of the
+Canadian Mining Institute and thus kept in close touch with the
+mining projects of the country.
+
+In 1882, in Montreal, Mr. Hopper was united in marriage to Miss
+Mary Agnes Mathews, a daughter of Richard Mathews, of this city,
+and two daughters and a son were born to them.
+
+Mr. Hopper was a member of the Board of Trade and was a
+public-spirited citizen, interested in all that pertained to
+civic betterment and improvement. He was a member of the Montreal
+Amateur Athletic Association, the Montreal Club, the Chapleau
+Club, the Royal St. Lawrence Yacht Club and the Beaconsfield
+Golf Club. He attended Douglas Methodist church and was deeply
+interested in many local charities. He sought ever the welfare
+and development of the community in which he lived along lines of
+material, intellectual, moral and public progress and his labors
+were attended with far-reaching results and benefits.
+
+
+JOSEPH FRANCOIS VICTOR MARTINEAU, K. C.
+
+Standing among the foremost men of the legal profession in
+Montreal, Joseph François Victor Martineau enjoys an important
+and representative practice. Moreover, he holds the position of
+general secretary of the bar of the province of Quebec, to which
+he was admitted over twenty years ago. Mr. Martineau was born at
+Montreal on the 28th of August, 1867, and is a son of the late
+François Martineau and Emérentienne (Bouthillier) Martineau.
+The father was a well known hardware merchant in this city and
+represented for six years, from 1885 to 1891, St. Mary’s ward,
+now Papineau, in the city council. In 1892 he was elected as a
+conservative member of the legislative assembly of Quebec for
+division No. 1 of Montreal (St. Mary’s division) and continued as
+a member of parliament until the next general election, in 1897.
+
+[Illustration: J. F. V. MARTINEAU]
+
+Victor Martineau received his classical education at Ottawa
+College in Ottawa, St. Mary’s (Jesuit) College of Montreal, and
+for three years attended the law department of Laval University,
+from which he obtained the degree of LL. B. He was admitted to
+the bar of the province of Quebec in July, 1892, and ever since
+he has practiced in Montreal, having attained a high position
+among his colleagues. He is sound in his logic, terse in argument
+and forceful in presenting his pleas and, as he is a deep
+student, is familiar with precedent and all the technicalities of
+the law. Upon this structure is built his reputation for success.
+On the 5th of October, 1910, Mr. Martineau was appointed king’s
+counsel by the lieutenant governor and at the nomination of
+Hon. M. Arthur Globensky as judge of the superior court of the
+province of Quebec he was appointed general secretary of the bar
+of the province in August, 1910.
+
+On the 6th of June, 1893, Mr. Martineau was married to Miss
+Emmeline Jodoin, a daughter of Isaië A. Jodoin, a well known
+advocate of the bar of Montreal. To this union were born two
+daughters. Mr. Martineau is a conservative in political matters
+and takes the interest of an active and earnest citizen and
+voter in public matters although he has never aspired to office.
+He can be ever found among those who make for public progress
+and readily places his means and ability at the disposal of
+undertakings that have this end in view.
+
+
+JOHN JENNINGS CREELMAN.
+
+The life work of John Jennings Creelman has brought him into
+close connection with the general interests of society as
+affected by legislative procedure, by activity at the bar and by
+educational interests. In the year 1913 he was appointed lecturer
+upon railway economics in McGill University and sustains that
+relation to the present time. Born in Toronto on the 14th of
+February, 1881, he is a son of Adam R. and Margaret Cumming
+(Jennings) Creelman. The former was a son of James Creelman,
+whose father came from Ireland in childhood and settled in New
+Brunswick in 1790. Adam R. Creelman, preparing for the bar, was
+created king’s counsel, gained distinction as a member of the
+legal profession and in 1900 was made general counsel of the
+Canadian Pacific Railway Company. He married Margaret Cumming,
+daughter of Rev. John Jennings, D. D., the first Presbyterian
+clergyman from Scotland to settle in Toronto, which city was then
+known as Little York.
+
+Born and reared in Toronto, John J. Creelman attended the public
+schools and Upper Canada College where, upon his graduation
+in 1900, he won the governor general’s medal. His classical
+course was pursued in the University of Toronto, from which he
+graduated with the Bachelor of Arts degree in 1904. His legal
+training was received in McGill University, where he was created
+B. C. L. in 1907. The same year he pursued a special course in
+the University of Grenoble, after which he entered upon the
+active work of his profession as advocate and solicitor. Not
+only did he secure an extensive and important clientele but he
+also became an active factor in political circles through his
+appointment in 1908 as parliamentary secretary to the chairman of
+the committee upon banking and commerce in the Canadian senate.
+He is a member of the law firm of Casgrain, Mitchell, McDougall
+& Creelman. His invested interests also indicate extensive and
+important connection with commercial and industrial activities.
+He is now a director of the Canadian British Insulated Company,
+Limited; the Chamberlain & Hookham Meter Company, Limited;
+the Lancashire Dynamo & Motor Company of Canada, Limited; the
+Canadian Union Electric Company, Limited; and Fraser & Chalmers
+of Canada, Limited. He is likewise vice president of E. M. Sellon
+& Company, Limited. His varied activities have made him a close
+and interested student of the signs of the times, with a ready
+and accurate understanding of cause and effect in many of the
+great vital and significant problems before the country. His
+researches and logical deductions in the field of transportation
+have made him an authority upon the subject of railway economics
+and by reason thereof he was appointed lecturer on that subject
+for McGill in 1913. In this connection he has become a member of
+the Canadian Institute and of the National Tax Association.
+
+The spirit of progress which has actuated his entire life has
+been equally strongly manifest in his military connections. In
+1895 he was a member of the Upper Canada College Rifle Company;
+in 1899 a trooper in the Governor General’s Bodyguard of Toronto,
+of which he became a lieutenant in the following year. In 1905
+he was transferred to the Third “Montreal” Field Battery and
+in 1909 was commissioned major in command thereof. In 1912 he
+became lieutenant colonel in command of the Sixth Brigade,
+Canadian Field Artillery, and in 1911 he represented Canada on
+the coronation contingent at the coronation of King George V.
+From 1911 until 1914 he has been a member of the executive of the
+Canadian Artillery Association. In 1913 he passed the militia
+staff course. He is upon the council of the Montreal Reform Club
+and is a liberal in his political views.
+
+At Galveston, Texas, on the 24th of June, 1908, Mr. Creelman
+was united in marriage to Miss Katharine M. Weekes, a daughter
+of Nicholas Weekes, a confederate veteran of the Civil war, and
+at one time a railroad president and banker of Galveston. Mrs.
+Creelman is a graduate of the Bishop Strachan School of Toronto
+and by her marriage has become the mother of a son, John Ashmore
+Creelman, representative of the family in the fifth generation
+in Canada. Mr. and Mrs. Creelman hold membership in St. Paul’s
+Presbyterian church of Montreal, and he is a prominent club man,
+belonging to the University, Engineers, Royal Montreal Golf,
+Thistle Curling and Canadian Clubs of Montreal; the University
+and Military Clubs of Toronto; and the Junior Army and Navy Club
+of London, England. In addition to a residence in Montreal he has
+a country home at Mont Tremblant, where the summer seasons are
+spent.
+
+
+THOMAS PHILLIPS.
+
+Thomas Phillips, remembered as one of the builders of the Rideau
+canal and as the holder of extensive property interests in
+Montreal, was born in Woodbury, Devonshire, England. He became a
+resident of Montreal about 1808 and for a time was engaged in the
+brewing business. The years chronicled the growth of his business
+both in extent and importance and he had attained a position of
+prominence that recommended him for onerous responsibilities when
+the Rideau canal project was under way. He became one of the
+builders of the canal and in that and in other connections was a
+very active man. Early and judicious investments in real estate
+made him the owner of much valuable property, including a tract
+of land extending from the foot of the mountain to Lagauchetiere
+West, including what is now Beaver Hall Hill and Phillips square,
+the latter named in honor of the family. Their home, a palatial
+residence, was situated on Beaver Hall Hill.
+
+Mr. Phillips married Miss Martha Anderson, a native of New
+England, and they became the parents of nine children: George,
+Eleanor, Thomas, Alfred, Martha, Mrs. Julia Ashworth, William,
+Esther and Mrs. Elizabeth Capel. Of these, only Miss Esther
+Phillips is now living. The father died in 1842, while the
+mother, long surviving him, passed away in 1881. They were
+members of the English Cathedral church and Mr. Phillips
+was a most public-spirited man who recognized the needs and
+opportunities of his city and sought to compass the former and
+utilize the latter. He was numbered among those of the early half
+of the nineteenth century who laid the foundation upon which has
+been built the present prosperity and greatness of the city.
+
+
+GEORGE ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL, K. C.
+
+George Archibald Campbell, head of the legal firm of Campbell,
+McMaster & Papineau, of Montreal, was born in this city,
+September 26, 1875, a son of the Rev. Robert Campbell, D. D., an
+ex-moderator of the general assembly of the Presbyterian church
+in Canada and for more than fifty years one of the foremost
+divines of that denomination. His mother was the late Margaret
+(Macdonnell) Campbell. Both parents were of Scotch descent and
+were members of families prominent in the clerical and legal
+professions.
+
+George Archibald Campbell supplemented his course of study in
+the Montreal high school by a course in McGill University,
+where he was graduated with first rank honors in 1896, upon the
+completion of the arts’ course. In preparation for the bar he
+then entered the law department and won his B. C. L. degree in
+1901. He received the Macdonald traveling scholarship in law and
+he supplemented his instruction received at McGill by attending
+lectures at the Universities of Paris, Grenoble and Montpelier,
+France. He received his practical legal education largely under
+the direction of Donald Macmaster, K. C., M. P., and was called
+to the bar in July, 1901. Subsequently he became a member of the
+firm of Macmaster, Hickson & Campbell and entered upon the active
+practice of his profession, in which he has now continued for
+thirteen years, his record being marked by an orderly progression
+that has brought him to an enviable position as a representative
+of the Montreal bar. He is now practicing as the senior partner
+in the legal firm of Campbell, McMaster & Papineau. In May, 1912,
+he was created a king’s counsel by Lieutenant Governor Langelier.
+
+On the 20th of January, 1909, Mr. Campbell was married in
+Montreal to Miss Amy G. Dawson, elder daughter of William V.
+Dawson, head of the importing and manufacturing company of W. V.
+Dawson, Limited, of Montreal. Their religious faith is evidenced
+by their membership in the Presbyterian church. Mr. Campbell’s
+political views accord with the principles of the conservative
+party, and he is a member of the Liberal-Conservative Club.
+Something of the nature of his interests and recreation outside
+the strict path of his profession or in the field of citizenship
+is shown through his membership in the Montreal, University,
+Beaconsfield Golf, Hermitage Country and Canadian Clubs. He is
+also a member of the Montreal Art Association. He finds enjoyment
+in golf and in motorboating and also takes delight in amateur
+farming, all of which constitute an even balance to his intense
+professional activity.
+
+
+WALTER JAMES PRENDERGAST, M. D.
+
+Dr. Walter James Prendergast, a successful practicing physician,
+well read and holding ever to high professional standards, was
+born in August, 1857, at Cote des Neiges, before it became a part
+of Montreal. His father, Walter Prendergast, leaving his native
+Ireland, came to Canada in early life and for a number of years
+conducted a hotel at Cote des Neiges, but retired many years
+prior to his death. His wife, who bore the maiden name of Joanna
+Griffith, was a representative of an old family of Sherbrooke,
+Quebec.
+
+Dr. Walter J. Prendergast pursued his education at St. Mary’s,
+from which he received the degree of B. A., and afterward spent
+three years as a student in McGill University, but finished
+his professional course at Bishop’s College, from which he was
+graduated with the M. D. degree in 1880. He remained throughout
+his later career a close student of his profession and thus
+his knowledge constantly broadened. Immediately following his
+graduation he began practice in Cote des Neiges and after ten
+years spent there removed to the city of Montreal, remaining
+in practice on St. Denis Street until his death. His widow and
+children returned to the old family home on Cote des Neiges road,
+where they now reside. Dr. Prendergast was a general practitioner
+and was much interested in his profession. In fact, anything
+which tended to bring to man the key to the complex mystery which
+we call life was of interest to him and he ever read broadly
+upon subjects having to do with the safeguarding and restoration
+of health. In his professional capacity he did great good and
+was very charitable, for he would respond again and again to
+the call of the needy even when he knew there was no chance of
+remuneration for his services.
+
+In Montreal, in 1892, Dr. Prendergast was united in marriage to
+Miss Mary E. Scanlan, a daughter of Michael and Alice (Duggan)
+Scanlan. The latter, born in Montreal, was a daughter of Patrick
+Duggan, for many years a contractor of this city. For a half
+century Mr. Scanlan was connected with the growth of the import
+and export trade of this country. When seventeen years of age, or
+in 1857, he entered the service of David Torrance & Company and
+in 1872, when the Dominion line was established, he became wharf
+superintendent, which position he held until his death. During
+that period he was tireless in the faithful performance of his
+duty and in carrying out the wishes and furthering the interests
+of the corporation which he represented. Whether in Montreal, in
+Portland, Maine, or in Boston, Massachusetts, or wherever his
+duties called him he was the same genial, courteous gentleman,
+ever watchful of the interests under his care. He died October
+20, 1907, at the age of sixty-seven years.
+
+Dr. and Mrs. Prendergast became the parents of four children who
+survive, namely: Aileen, Walter Francis, Harold and Kathleen. Dr.
+Prendergast was a man of domestic habits, devoted to the welfare
+of his family. He was public-spirited and was interested in all
+those things which work for good and progress. In politics he was
+a liberal. He was a communicant of St. Agnes Catholic church, and
+belonged to the Knights of Columbus.
+
+Dr. Prendergast passed away January 21, 1910. Those who knew
+him--and he had an extensive acquaintance--entertained for
+him warm regard and many there are who have reason to bless
+his memory because of timely aid which he rendered them. His
+practice extended among the poor as well as the rich because of
+his benevolent nature and it is probable that he derived greater
+satisfaction from his ministrations to the former than to the
+latter, for his kindly spirit prompted him to reach out in
+helpfulness at all times.
+
+
+EDOUARD BIRON.
+
+Edouard Biron, a prominent representative of the notarial
+profession, having been appointed secretary of the board of
+notaries for the district of Montreal on the 10th of July, 1912,
+was born on the 20th of August, 1877, in the city which is still
+his place of residence, his father being Samuel Biron, who was a
+wholesale grocer, conducting business at the corner of McGill and
+Notre Dame Streets up to the time of his death in December, 1883.
+The mother was Dame Philomene Olivier.
+
+[Illustration: EDOUARD BIRON]
+
+Edouard Biron was a student in St. Mary’s College in Montreal
+until graduated with the Bachelor of Arts degree in June, 1897.
+He next entered Laval University, where he won the LL. D.
+degree in June, 1900. He became a notary in July of the same
+year, practicing alone until February, 1903, when he formed
+a partnership with J. A. Savignac under the name of Biron &
+Savignac, an association which was maintained for more than ten
+years, or until September, 1913. On the 1st of that month the
+present firm of Biron, Savignac, Coderre & Poirier was formed. In
+addition to the business of that firm Mr. Biron, as previously
+stated, is acting as secretary of the board of notaries for the
+district of Montreal, through appointment received in July, 1912.
+He stands as a prominent representative of his profession and one
+whose ability in this line is unquestioned. As he has prospered
+he has made investment in property and is holder of some valuable
+Montreal real estate.
+
+On the 1st of September, 1902, Mr. Biron was married to Miss
+Blanche Fleury, a daughter of the late A. Fleury, who was a
+merchant of Montreal. Mr. and Mrs. Biron are the parents of
+four children: Germaine, ten years of age; Roger, eight years;
+Marcel, six years; and Suzanne, a little maiden of five summers.
+The religious faith of the family is that of the Roman Catholic
+church. Mr. Biron is general secretary of L’Association St. Jean
+Baptiste de Montreal and he belongs to the St. Denis and Canadian
+Clubs and the Club Canadien of Montreal.
+
+
+EDMUND PHILLIPS HANNAFORD.
+
+Edmund Phillips Hannaford engraved his name high on the roll of
+the promoters of railway interests in Canada. To no other single
+agency is progress so largely indebted as to railway building and
+thus it is that E. P. Hannaford deserves to be numbered among the
+public benefactors of his country. Throughout his entire life he
+was connected with railway projects and the superb engineering
+department of the Grand Trunk system is largely a monument to his
+skill, ability and sagacity. A native of Devonshire, England, Mr.
+Hannaford was born at Stoke Gabriel, on the 12th of December,
+1834, and he was a youth of but seventeen years when he entered
+the railway service as draftsman and assistant under Sir I. K.
+Brunel. Through the succeeding four years he was a member of
+the engineering corps of the South Devon Railway and in 1856
+he became identified with the development of railway projects
+in Canada. Following his arrival in the new world he became
+connected with the Grand Trunk Railway and acted as assistant
+engineer of the company from 1857 until 1866. In the latter
+year he was appointed chief engineer of the western division
+and further promotion awaited him in his appointment in 1869 to
+the position of chief engineer of the company. He remained in
+that connection for twenty-seven years, resigning from active
+work in 1896. He was in charge of the engineering department
+during the period of the greatest development of the railway
+and managed the construction of all new lines and stations of
+the company. His particular talent made him very successful in
+drawing up the plans of yards or overcoming any difficulty in the
+way of construction. No better proof of his work can be given
+than the fact that it is now generally admitted that the Grand
+Trunk has one of the best lines of any railway in Canada. The
+general offices at Point St. Charles were also erected under his
+direction.
+
+In addition to his work in connection with the Grand Trunk
+Railway Mr. Hannaford in 1879 was named chief engineer of the
+Montreal & Champlain Junction Railway. Ten years before he had
+been chief engineer of the International bridge and in 1883 he
+became chief engineer of the Jacques Cartier Union and United
+States and Canada Railways.
+
+It was in 1859, in Belleville, Ontario, that Mr. Hannaford was
+united in marriage to Miss Mary W. Roy, a daughter of Robert
+Maitland Roy, of Scotland, who became a resident of Belleville
+in 1837. He served in the war of the rebellion in defense of his
+country’s interests and long held public office, serving for
+a quarter of a century as town clerk. Mr. and Mrs. Hannaford
+became the parents of seven children, of whom four survived the
+father: Elizabeth, who was Mrs. Harry B. Eastty, of Mount Vernon,
+New York, and died August 3, 1913; R. Maitland, assistant chief
+engineer of the Montreal Street Railway Company; Edmund P., who
+is located at Corpus Christi, Texas; and Miss Mary R. Hannaford,
+at home.
+
+Mr. Hannaford belonged to the Church of St. James the Apostle
+and his social nature found expression in his membership in the
+St. James Club. He was a public-spirited man, deeply interested
+in all that pertained to the welfare and upbuilding of Canada,
+yet his tastes inclined him to domesticity and in the home
+circle he was a most devoted husband and father. He was a man
+of fine personal appearance and impressive manner, yet withal
+was most genial and affable, and, wherever he went and formed
+acquaintanceship, it constituted the beginning of warm and
+enduring friendships.
+
+Mr. Hannaford died August 18, 1902.
+
+
+ROBERT CARLYLE JAMIESON.
+
+Robert Carlyle Jamieson, who stood as a man among men, ready to
+meet any obligation of life with the confidence and courage that
+come of conscious personal ability, right conception of things
+and an habitual regard for what is best in the exercise of human
+activities, was born in Glengarry, Ontario, in 1836. He was a
+cousin of Thomas Carlyle, philosopher and historian, and a son of
+William Jamieson, a gentleman farmer, who married Jean Brodie,
+also a native of Scotland, and on coming to Canada settled in
+Glengarry.
+
+Their son Robert Carlyle Jamieson pursued his education in the
+place of his nativity to the age of sixteen years, when he left
+home and taught school at Hawkesbury. In 1856 he came to Montreal
+and thereafter to the time of his death, which occurred almost a
+half century later, he was a resident of this city. He built up
+a large and profitable business through his industry, thrift and
+unfaltering honesty. It was in 1858 that he began the manufacture
+of varnish on St. Thomas Street, there establishing a plant that
+is yet conducted by the firm. In 1882 he purchased the plant of
+the Baylis Manufacturing Company, manufacturers of paints and
+colors, and later bought the plant of P. D. Dodds & Company at
+St. Patrick and Island Streets, where the main office is now
+located. Thus the business has steadily grown and developed,
+Mr. Jamieson remaining the active head of the firm to the time
+of his demise. Year by year the trade has increased until it
+today extends all over Canada and a branch office is maintained
+in Vancouver, British Columbia. Mr. Jamieson devoted his entire
+life to the upbuilding and control of this industry, which is
+still conducted by his sons under the style of the R. C. Jamieson
+Company, Ltd. It became one of the chief productive industries of
+the city and constituted and still remains a source of gratifying
+revenue to the stockholders.
+
+In 1863, in Montreal, Mr. Jamieson was married to Miss Harriet
+Josephine McGowan, who was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, a daughter
+of John H. McGowan, who on leaving his native place, Aberdeen,
+Scotland, settled at Cincinnati, Ohio, but during the early ’60s
+removed to Montreal. Mr. and Mrs. Jamieson had a family of seven
+children, all of whom survive: Harriet A., now Mrs. W. de M.
+Marler; Helen L., the wife of A. W. Cochrane; Dr. William Hoves;
+Walter Lockhart; Robert Harry; Frederick Carlyle; and Ernest
+Temple. The death of the husband and father occurred February 17,
+1905.
+
+Mr. Jamieson was a man who occupied an honorable and enviable
+position in the regard of his fellows. His life work was
+permeated by noble and upright principles and he was untiring
+in his efforts to do good. He was one of the original governors
+of the House of Industry and Reform and for twenty years he was
+treasurer of the Congregational College. He served as deacon
+in Emanuel church and was one of the first trustees when the
+house of worship was erected in 1875. At one time he served on
+the council of the Board of Trade and he was one of the first
+members of both the Montreal Amateur Athletic Association and the
+Montreal Curling Club. He was solicited to accept many important
+offices, both city and provincial, but refused, preferring to
+concentrate his energies upon his business interests and duties
+and his activities in behalf of his fellow men along the lines of
+reform, intellectual progress and moral development.
+
+
+JOHN KEITH MACDONALD.
+
+Although a native of Scotland, born in Kintyre, John Keith
+Macdonald spent almost his entire active life in Montreal, where
+he arrived when a youth of sixteen years. He believed that better
+business opportunities awaited him on this side of the Atlantic
+and he made his initial step as an apprentice at the machinist’s
+trade under his uncle, John Boyd. Applying himself closely to the
+tasks assigned him, his knowledge and skill developed day by day
+until he became an expert workman in that line. Laudable ambition
+prompted the development of his latent powers and awakened
+in him the desire to engage in business on his own account,
+so that eventually he organized the firm of J. K. Macdonald,
+general machinists and contractors for iron work. Mr. Macdonald
+continually added to his knowledge through experience, reading
+and investigation along his chosen line and he continued in the
+business until his death, becoming one of the well known and
+leading representatives of industrial activity in Montreal.
+
+In Montreal, in 1867, Mr. Macdonald was united in marriage to
+Miss Margaret Mackay, a daughter of Norman Mackay, of Glengarry,
+where he was born and spent his life. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Macdonald
+were born six children, five of whom are living, Mrs. Janette
+Macfarlane, Norman, Duncan, George and Margaret. The family
+circle was broken by the hand of death when Mr. Macdonald passed
+away at the age of sixty-three years. He was a Presbyterian in
+religious faith and his life was passed in consistent harmony
+with his professions, making him a man whom to know was to
+respect and honor.
+
+
+COLONEL EDWARD ASHWORTH WHITEHEAD.
+
+Colonel Edward Ashworth Whitehead, for many years one of the best
+known insurance agents and brokers of Montreal, his native city,
+was born April 16, 1845, and was here educated. He was the head
+of E. A. Whitehead & Company, insurance agents and brokers, for
+many years and thus became widely known in financial circles.
+In this connection he helped to build up the great insurance
+business conducted under the name of The E. A. Whitehead Company,
+Limited.
+
+He had perhaps an even wider acquaintance through his military
+connections, for his military career was long, distinguished and
+honorable. He was one of the oldest officers in the volunteer
+military service in the Dominion and as original member of the
+Victoria Rifles he rose from the ranks to the command of the
+regiment and was placed on the list of reserve officers in 1876.
+He was on active duty during the Fenian raids from 1866 until
+1870, was present at Eccles Hill and for his service received
+a general service medal with two clasps, while his active duty
+at the time of the Northwest rebellion in 1885 also won him a
+medal. He was chief transport officer under Colonel Middleton and
+held a long service decoration and he was a member of the Royal
+Commission on Canadian War Claims in 1885-6.
+
+Colonel Whitehead was a veteran amateur athlete, was one of the
+founders of the Montreal Amateur Athletic Association and its
+first honorary president. In 1908 he was a member of the Canadian
+Olympic Games Committee and he was also a director of the Society
+for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. In Club circles he was
+long popular and prominent, holding membership in the Mount Royal
+Club; the St. James Club, of which he served as chairman; the
+Royal Montreal Golf Club; Forest and Stream Club; Montreal Hunt
+Club; Montreal Jockey Club; Montreal Curling Club; Montreal Polo
+Club; St. George Snow Shoe Club; the Isleway Club; the Military
+Institute; and the Royal St. Lawrence Yacht Club.
+
+The end came to Colonel Whitehead September 7, 1912. He seemed
+almost to the last in the prime of life, his fine figure being
+erect and soldierly, and the years rested lightly upon him. His
+eye could still sweep down the long lines of the regiment, his
+step was elastic and he was enjoying life in all the mental
+riches that follow a career of activity and usefulness. The
+Victoria Rifles felt great pride in his brilliant record and in
+that regiment he was an outstanding figure, a symbol of duty
+well done, while his memory will ever be to them an inspiration
+for loyalty in the King’s service. In January, 1912, he was
+the leading figure at the dinner given by the regiment to
+celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of its organization. He had
+been one of the first to spring to the colors when the corps was
+organized and had carried those colors in many fields. Even as
+in his youth, ready to fight for his flag, Colonel Whitehead was
+as willing to go to its defense in later years, when it might
+have been supposed that the fire of youth had died down. Years
+rolled onward, changes came and brought with them the boy scout
+movement. This appealed strongly to his military spirit and he
+entered heartily into the work of supporting and furthering the
+cause. Money was needed; he supplied it. He also raised the money
+for the trip to Europe a few years ago. He had always loved boys,
+the military had always been dear to him and in the boy scout
+movement these two were combined.
+
+[Illustration: Col. Whitehead]
+
+Colonel Whitehead was a man to whom a worthy appeal was never
+made in vain. His heart took in a great circle of friends and his
+purse was open to all calls of charity.
+
+In the field of sport he was well to the front. In early manhood
+he was an excellent lacrosse player and old timers remember the
+games in which he participated against the Shamrocks for the
+Claxton flags in the early ’60s. He was also a splendid sprinter,
+making a notable record in the hundred-yard dash. This love of
+sport he retained to the last and he was a life member of the
+Montreal Amateur Athletic Association, of which he at one time
+served as president.
+
+Trouble did not pass him by, but through all he was the same
+kindly, upright gentleman, maintaining a high sense of duty and
+honor. In 1899 death robbed him of his wife, Mrs. Elizabeth
+Whitehead, daughter of William Newcomb, whom he had married in
+1868; and his son, E. A. Whitehead, Jr., died in 1908.
+
+Edward Ashworth Whitehead, Jr., son of Colonel Edward Ashworth
+Whitehead, was born in Montreal in 1869 and acquired his
+education in England and in Kingston, Ontario, where he was
+graduated with honors at the Royal Military College. He was
+connected with The E. A. Whitehead Company, Limited, and for many
+years was a special agent for Montreal of the Phoenix Assurance
+Company, Limited, of London and was as popular in business as he
+was in social circles.
+
+Mr. Whitehead, Jr., married Miss May Sicotte, a daughter of
+Victor Benjamin Sicotte, district magistrate at St. Hyacinthe and
+a granddaughter of Hon. Louis Sicotte, premier of Canada. Three
+children were born to them: Edward Ashworth, who is the third of
+the name to continue the business of The E. A. Whitehead Company,
+Limited; George Victor, a student at Bishop’s College School; and
+Margaret Whitehead.
+
+
+ROBERT LINTON.
+
+Robert Linton became well known in the business circles of
+Montreal in connection with the manufacture of woolen goods. He
+was regarded as a resourceful business man whose enterprise,
+progress and laudable ambition were constantly manifest in
+the success which he won. A native of Ireland, he was born in
+Newtown-Limavady in 1834, a son of Samuel and Martha Linton, who
+brought their family to the new world during the boyhood of their
+son, Robert. Settling in Montreal, their remaining days were
+passed in this city but both have long since departed this life.
+
+Robert Linton acquired his education in the schools of Montreal
+and received his business training with the firm of William
+Stephen & Company. Of that firm Lord Mount Stephen was a partner
+and eventually took over the business upon the death of the
+senior member of the firm. Continuing in active connection with
+the business Robert Linton grew in usefulness and capability, as
+he thoroughly acquainted himself with the duties that devolved
+upon him. After the death of William Stephen the business was
+conducted by George Stephen & Company for some time and Mr.
+Linton was admitted to partnership in 1857. Upon the retirement
+of George Stephen, later Lord Mount Stephen, the business of the
+firm of George Stephen & Company was combined with that of Andrew
+Robertson under the firm style of Robertson, Linton & Company,
+this connection continuing until 1898, when the business was
+closed out.
+
+Mr. Linton was married twice. At Three Rivers, Quebec, he
+wedded Miss Margaret McDougall, and they became the parents of
+six children, as follows: Robert M., deceased; Margaret M.,
+who is Mrs. Denaston Breakey, of Breakeyville, Quebec; Ernest,
+a resident of Ottawa; Agnes H, who is Mrs. F. N. Southam, of
+Montreal; Percy L., deceased; and Alice L., who married Herbert
+Carter, of Montreal. The second marriage of Robert Linton was
+also celebrated at Three Rivers, Miss Margaret Paterson, daughter
+of John Paterson, becoming his wife on the 20th of October, 1886.
+
+Mr. Linton was ever actively interested in those projects and
+measures bearing upon the progress, upbuilding and development
+of the city as well as upon his business affairs. He was widely
+recognized as an honorable and upright man, in whose life there
+were no esoteric phases. He was a member of the Montreal Board of
+Trade, a life governor of the Montreal General Hospital, and a
+justice of the peace for a few years before his death. He passed
+away in November, 1899, after having gained for himself a most
+creditable position in business circles and in the regard of his
+fellowmen.
+
+
+ARTHUR O’CONNELL KAVANAGH.
+
+A history of the insurance business in Montreal would be
+incomplete without mention of Arthur O. Kavanagh, who for many
+years figured prominently in connection therewith. He was one of
+the city’s native sons, born April 12, 1860, and in its schools
+pursued his education, while in the school of experience he also
+learned many valuable and practical lessons, thus constantly
+adding to his knowledge and ability. The family name indicates
+his Irish lineage and he manifested the sterling characteristics
+of the race. He was engaged in business with his brother, Walter
+Kavanagh, and they became prominent figures in insurance circles,
+representing the Scottish Union & National Insurance Company,
+the German-American Insurance Company and the Rochester German
+Insurance Company, of which they were chief agents. Arthur
+Kavanagh familiarized himself with every phase of the business
+and had gained a most creditable position as an alert progressive
+man and one ready to meet any emergency in business, when death
+called him on the 14th of September, 1896, when he was yet in the
+prime of life.
+
+He had been married in Montreal less than five years before,
+having on the 7th of October, 1891, wedded Alice Mullin, a native
+of this city and a daughter of Patrick Mullin, of whom mention is
+made elsewhere in this publication. They became the parents of
+three sons: Harold Henry; Arthur Patrick, who died at the age of
+six years; and Walter John. Deep regret was felt at the passing
+of Mr. Kavanagh, because of his comparatively early age and
+because he had gained a firm hold upon the affectionate regard of
+his business associates and his many friends.
+
+
+PATRICK MULLIN.
+
+Patrick Mullin had traveled life’s journey for more than four
+score years when he was called from this life on the 14th of
+August, 1913. He was a native of Tyrone, Ireland, and for
+more than six decades was a resident of Montreal, arriving in
+this city in 1850. He was associated with various business
+enterprises. With his brother, James E. Mullin, he became
+associated with another brother, John Mullin, who had, in 1845,
+established a wholesale grocery business, which they conducted
+on College Street, now St. Paul Street. There they built up
+a very extensive and successful enterprise, their patronage
+constantly growing, as their trade interests extended over a
+wide territory. In the early years of the business there were
+practically no railroads in this section of the continent, while
+means of water transportation were but slightly developed. They
+hauled much of their stock with teams and, notwithstanding the
+difficulties involved, they were enterprising enough to compete
+for business as far west as Toronto. Their merchandise was taken
+from Montreal to that city by team, the journey requiring two
+weeks. John Mullin died in 1853, after which the business was
+conducted by James E. and Patrick Mullin, under the firm name
+of J. E. Mullin & Company. Both brothers had great faith in the
+ultimate growth and prosperity of the city and because of this
+they made large investments in real estate, gradually acquiring
+the ownership of the block upon which they conducted their
+business, extending from the rear of the Grand Trunk offices to
+the Haymarket. Patrick Mullin also invested in other real estate
+until his holdings were extensive and important. The large block
+which the brothers acquired on St. Paul and William Streets later
+became the location of the present plant of the Canada Cold
+Storage Company and Mr. Mullin became a pioneer in that line of
+business in the city. He was a man of indefatigable energy and
+strong purpose and as the years passed on he carried forward to
+successful completion whatever he undertook.
+
+Mr. Mullin was united in marriage, in Montreal, to Alice O’Neil,
+a native of County Tyrone, Ireland. She died on November 29,
+1903, the mother of seven children, as follows: Mary A., the
+wife of Joseph A. Cloran, of Boston, Massachusetts; Margaret J.;
+Alice, the widow of Arthur O. Kavanagh; John F., who died in
+March, 1904, aged twenty-nine years; Patrick; Elizabeth M., who
+is Mrs. Harry J. Trihey; and Emma M., wife of William J. Hart.
+
+A long and useful life was Mr. Mullin’s. He was a man of quiet
+habits, but greatly enjoyed a good game of forty-five. In manner
+he was always courteous, kindly, and considerate to others.
+In religious faith he was a Catholic and devoted much time to
+increasing the usefulness of St. Bridget’s Home and of St.
+Patrick’s Asylum, being a trustee of the latter institution. He
+gave liberally to the church and did everything in his power to
+promote its influence.
+
+
+ROSAIRE DUPUIS.
+
+Rosaire Dupuis, one of the rising young notaries of Montreal, is
+a son of Louis Napoleon Dupuis and Melanie Panet Levesque. The
+father is ex-controller of Montreal and one of the founders of
+the well known mercantile house of Dupuis Freres, Limited. The
+mother of Rosaire Dupuis is a daughter of the late Pierre Thomas
+Levesque and comes from a family that has for generations been
+prominent in the judicial and legislative history of the province
+and Dominion. Mr. Dupuis was born in the parish of La Longue
+Pointe on the 17th of October, 1888. He made his classical course
+at L’Assomption College, from which he was graduated in 1908 with
+the degree of Bachelor of Science. He then took up the study
+of law in Laval University in 1908 and won his LL. L. degree
+upon graduation with the class of June, 1911. During the summer
+seasons of 1909 and 1910 he attended the famous Eastman Business
+College at Poughkeepsie, New York, where he was graduated with
+honors on the 30th of August, 1910. During the succeeding year
+he traveled abroad, visiting the Holy Land and many European
+countries.
+
+[Illustration: ROSAIRE DUPUIS]
+
+In January, 1912, Mr. Dupuis began practice and has met with
+gratifying success in following his profession, in which he
+is well versed. He is a conservative in politics and a Roman
+Catholic in religious belief. He holds membership with the
+Canadian Club, the Montreal Amateur Athletic Association and
+the Knights of Columbus, and for the past two years has been
+secretary of the Anti-Alcoholic League. During the years 1909
+and 1910 at Laval he was secretary of the Laval Students-at-Law.
+He is a young man of promise as well as a credit to one of
+Montreal’s best families.
+
+
+DONALD ALEXANDER SMITH.
+
+Donald Alexander Smith, Lord Strathcona and Mount Royal, whose
+career has been so wonderful as to appear almost magical, was
+born on August 6, 1820, in the ancient town of Forres, in
+Morayshire, Scotland. His father, Alexander Smith, was a small
+tradesman of Archieston and was born in the parish of Knocando.
+He married Barbara Stuart, of Leanchoil, Abernethy, a capable,
+thrifty woman, ambitious for her children. It was her desire that
+her son Donald should prepare for the bar, but, though he did not
+see fit to follow this wish, the mother heart never lost faith
+in her son and it was said that after he came to Canada as a fur
+trader she was frequently heard to remark: “They’ll all be
+proud of my Donald yet.” It was said that in boyhood he was shy,
+yet amiable, and displayed sturdy resolution and even hardihood
+if circumstances called those qualities forth. After leaving
+school he took up the study of law, his reading being directed
+by Robert Watson, solicitor, for two or three years. At length,
+however, he determined to enter the service of the Hudson’s Bay
+Company, influenced somewhat by a previous suggestion made by
+John Stuart, his uncle, who was then visiting Scotland. In 1838
+he sailed for the new world and after a voyage of between forty
+and fifty days upon an eight hundred ton vessel, one of the
+largest on the seas at that time, he landed on Canadian shores.
+The rebellion of Mackenzie and Papineau had just been suppressed.
+Donald A. Smith at once entered the service of the Hudson’s Bay
+Company, but in a minor position. He met various hardships, but
+he proved his fidelity to the company as well as his capability
+in performing every service intrusted to him. He was first sent
+to the Labrador coast, where he spent thirteen years in a cold,
+bleak, barren, desolate region, with no companionship save a few
+employes, but during that period he learned the business methods
+of the company, how to manage Indians and how to secure the best
+returns. It has been said that power grows through the exercise
+of effort and year by year Donald Smith became more powerful.
+The hardships which he was forced to endure developed him. There
+is probably no other country in the world where there exists
+a longer or more dangerous postal route for men and dogs--two
+thousand miles of land travel from Quebec to Ungava in the depth
+of an Arctic winter, continuing from December until June--yet
+Lord Strathcona covered that route not once but many times.
+
+His apprenticeship was, indeed, a difficult one, but he was
+undeterred by all obstacles he encountered and privations which
+he endured. At length, however, his eyesight became impaired,
+making it necessary that he go to Montreal for treatment. He
+covered the journey from Labrador by dog sled and on his arrival
+in Montreal he was greeted by Sir George Simpson, governor of
+the company, with the remark: “Well, young man, why are you not
+at your post?” “My eyes, sir,” came the reply, and he pointed
+to his blue goggles; “they got so very bad I have come to see a
+doctor.” But the governor thundered: “And who gave you permission
+to leave your post?” It would have taken a full year to obtain
+official consent, but when Mr. Smith was forced to reply, “No
+one,” the governor answered: “If it is a question between your
+eyes and your service in the Hudson’s Bay Company you will take
+my advice and return this instant to your post,” and Mr. Smith
+started almost immediately upon that return journey of nearly
+a thousand miles. The weather became so bad that both of his
+Indians succumbed to the cold and he arrived at the post more
+dead than alive. He once remarked: “A man who has been frozen
+and roasted by turns every year must be the tougher for it if he
+survived it at all.” Donald A. Smith did survive and advanced
+steadily. He learned the dialect of a number of Indian tribes
+and he so managed business affairs that his services were ever
+a matter of profit to the company. His advancement was slow at
+first, but his worth was eventually recognized and promotion
+came quicker. His duties were many and onerous because of his
+remoteness from civilization. He was called upon to minister to
+the sick and half a century later, when speaking to the students
+of the Middlesex Hospital in London he described the antiseptic
+which he used in Labrador in the ’40s, saying: “It was a
+primitive and somewhat rude form of treatment that was practiced
+in those days before Lord Lister introduced his discovery. For
+the treatment of wounds, ulcerated sores, etc., a pulp was made
+by boiling the inner bark of the juniper tree. The liquor which
+resulted was used for washing and treating the wounds and the
+bark, beaten into a plastic mass, was applied after the thorough
+cleaning of the wound, forming a soft cushion, lending itself to
+every inequality of the sore. Scrupulous cleanliness was observed
+and fresh material used for every application.”
+
+When in Labrador, at the age of twenty-nine years, Donald A.
+Smith married Isabella Sophia Hardisty, with whom he traveled
+life’s journey for sixty-five years, separated in her death,
+which occurred in London in 1913. In the meantime he was
+advancing from one post to another in the service of the Hudson’s
+Bay Company, becoming trader and then chief trader, while his
+splendid administrative ability won him further promotion to
+factor and to chief factor. In 1851 he was transferred to the
+Northwest provinces and became most active in their later
+development. He eventually reached the position of supreme head
+of the company, becoming the last resident governor of the
+corporation that had its beginning under the Merry Monarch. The
+year 1868 witnessed his arrival in Montreal, as chief executive
+for the Hudson’s Bay Company. He is described at that time as
+“a man of middle stature, rather slight in build, and looked
+not at all the typical northerner, except when one studied his
+countenance.” “The snow tan of the north had made him dark as
+an Indian. He wore a full beard, black and wiry. Black brows
+met above his eyes, enhancing the stern, uncompromising aspect
+of his face. He looked what he was--a commander of men and of
+forces, a man made strong by a life of struggle and conquest in
+the wilderness.” He had not yet become a wealthy man, although
+he had saved his money and had invested it in land at various
+points in the northwest--land that many would have regarded as
+valueless. With wonderful prescience he discerned something of
+what the future had in store for that great country and with the
+growth of its population and the onrushing tide of civilization
+his holdings increased in value, making him one of Canada’s more
+prosperous citizens.
+
+While Donald A. Smith had reached the pinnacle of service
+in connection with the Hudson’s Bay Company when he came to
+Montreal, he was destined to gain equal eminence in other
+directions. In the interests of the Canadian Confederation it was
+seen that the title to the territory of the Hudson’s Bay Company
+in Rupert’s Land must pass to the crown and a purchase was
+arranged whereby the company received a million dollars and large
+reserves of land, although the transfer was not made without
+great difficulty and danger, culminating in what has been known
+as the Red River rebellion, or the first Riel rebellion.
+
+Discontented people of that region had been trying to produce
+an agitation that would separate their settlement from that of
+the Hudson’s Bay Company. The rapid growth of population in
+Assiniboia was imperilling the company’s hold and its rule,
+hitherto wise and practical, was denounced as arbitrary. A
+contemporary biographer has written:
+
+“Better representation was demanded and, by dint of much uproar
+and noise, considerable sympathy was obtained from outside. To
+understand fully the character of this Red River settlement it
+must be explained that the population was considerably mixed.
+In all there were about twelve thousand souls. There were
+Europeans, Canadians, Americans and French half-breeds. With a
+mixed population like this it was difficult to deal and when,
+on November 9, 1869, the deed was signed in London, whereby the
+company surrendered its interests in the northwest to the crown,
+with reservations for the company, rebellion broke out. The
+leader was the famous Louis Riel, a Metis, described as ‘a short,
+stout man, with a large head, a square cut, massive forehead
+overhung by a mass of long and thickly clustering hair and marked
+with well cut eyebrows--altogether a remarkable looking face.’
+
+“The Hon. William McDougall had been appointed lieutenant
+governor of Rupert’s Land and the Northwest territories in
+September, 1869, but when he went, by way of the United States,
+to possess himself of his power he was turned back on the borders
+of his domain by Louis Riel and his followers, the Metis of the
+plains, who absolutely refused to recognize his authority on the
+ground that they had not been consulted in the new arrangement.
+Mr. McDougall found himself unable to cope with the situation and
+was compelled to remain at a farm house several miles south of
+the boundary line for six weeks.
+
+“Meanwhile the armed resistance to authority had attained serious
+proportions. Riel seized Fort Garry, made the editor of the local
+paper prisoner and was issuing proclamations to the inhabitants.
+So matters went on until sixty of Riel’s enemies were confined in
+Fort Garry and the insurgents’ flag hoisted.
+
+“Meanwhile in his office in Montreal Donald A. Smith was slowly
+but surely studying the position. Understanding the character
+of both McDougall and Riel, he saw how hopeless the situation
+was. Understanding them better than they understood themselves,
+he realized that what was needed was a man who knew the inner
+mind of the company well and could clear its character of the
+imputations cast upon it. He was the man--he felt it and although
+the journey involved grave personal risk he resolved to go. The
+government promptly accepted his services and he was appointed
+special commissioner to proceed at once to Fort Garry.
+
+“With characteristic courage he went unarmed and almost alone.
+No sooner had he arrived at Fort Garry than he was treated as
+a prisoner of ‘President’ Riel. That, however, did not check
+his determination. He had made up his mind to avoid bloodshed
+and yet to enforce the decision of the government. To quote
+his own words: ‘The part I had to act was that of a mediator.
+Not only would one rash or unguarded word have increased the
+difficulty but even the pointing of a finger might, on more than
+one occasion, have been sufficient to put the whole country in a
+flame.’ But the unguarded word was never spoken, the finger was
+never pointed in a wrong direction and the rebellion ended in
+a bloodless expedition. Yet before Sir Garnet Wolseley marched
+to the Red river many a heated discussion was held and probably
+never before in history has a regularly ordained meeting been
+held in British territory under such conditions. If the moral
+atmosphere was warmly excited, the physical atmosphere was
+depressed enough to chill the fiercest rebels.
+
+“The first meeting was a memorable one. In the open air, with
+the thermometer twenty degrees below zero, a cruel, biting wind
+penetrating through the warmest clothing, there they stood, men
+of all nationalities and ages. On the small, raised platform
+were the four most concerned in the rebellion--Riel, O’Donoghue,
+De Salaberry (a man beloved by thousands) and Donald A. Smith.
+At first the meeting was wholly with Riel, who cleverly got
+himself appointed French interpreter. But when things were at
+their worst and men of the opposite sides glared at each other
+with hate in their eyes, Mr. Smith rose to speak. His facts, his
+practical wisdom and, above all, his reasonableness had their
+effect upon the swaying multitude. If he did not gain much that
+day, at any rate he averted bloodshed.
+
+“In the open air, with the thermometer twenty degrees below zero,
+in the teeth of a biting blast, this meeting was conducted with a
+respect for decorum and ancient parliamentary methods worthy of
+Westminster itself.
+
+“The next day things went better. The proposition that
+representatives should be chosen from both sides was accepted,
+and when Riel agreed to disband the men at Fort Garry all classes
+felt that the worst was over. However, matters were not so easily
+arranged. Riel broke his word and the murder of a young man named
+Scott complicated the situation. Nevertheless, the excitement
+slowly cooled and there is little doubt that but for the tactful
+courage of Mr. Smith a spark would have been put to the flame of
+rebellion.
+
+“‘I am as certain as I can be of anything,’ said Dr. O’Donnell,
+one of the old timers of Winnipeg, who was at Fort Garry in 1869,
+‘that Donald A. Smith saved the northwest of Canada. On December
+10, 1869, he was appointed a special commissioner to explain to
+the people of the Red River settlement the principles on which
+the government of Canada intended to govern the country and to
+take such steps as he might consider necessary to bring about a
+peaceable transfer from the Hudson’s Bay Company to the Dominion.
+At that time everything was in confusion; Mr. McDougall had been
+refused admission, Riel was king, an American element was trying
+to bring about the annexation of the settlement to the United
+States and last but not least the Indians were disaffected. When
+he reached Fort Garry Mr. Smith was virtually made a prisoner,
+Riel would not allow him to go outside the fort and kept an eye
+on his correspondence. In January, 1870, a mass meeting was held
+at Fort Garry and Mr. Smith was allowed to state his case and
+tell what he wanted the people to do. Riel was present, together
+with O’Donoghue and other insurrectionaries. It was a critical
+moment, I assure you; in fact, when Mr. Smith got up to read his
+commission from Sir John Young most of those present expected to
+see him arrested or shot on the spot. As it was he had a stormy
+time, but managed to impress many of the hot-headed with the
+belief that the interests of the settlement would be properly
+safeguarded by Canada. Riel was afraid of Mr. Smith’s influence
+and at once hurried on preparations for having himself made
+president of a provisional government. Then came the wholesale
+arrests culminating in the murder of Thomas Scott. Mr. Smith
+risked his life in an attempt to save Scott. Notwithstanding
+Riel’s antipathy to him, he went boldly to Riel and pleaded for
+Scott, even going so far as to warn Riel that if Scott was shot
+his blood would be upon his head. Riel was intoxicated with power
+and more than half disposed to shoot others on the loyal side,
+but Mr. Smith told him to his teeth that such a crime would not
+go unpunished.
+
+“‘In the discussions that took place over the Bill of Rights to
+be sent to Ottawa, the chief part was borne by Mr. Smith. His
+coolness and sagacity undoubtedly prevented the collapse of the
+negotiations. “This man Smith,” said O’Donoghue at one stage,
+“knows too much for us, he is too able for us. We must get rid
+of him or the northwest cannot be made either an independent
+republic or part of the United States. He is a Hudson’s Bay
+Company officer and as such a friend of the half-breeds, and
+will be able to persuade them that union with Canada is to their
+interest.” It was a wonder all along that Mr. Smith was not
+shot. He was warned often enough that his life was in danger,
+but seemed quite willing to risk it in behalf of the cause he
+represented. A good many English-speaking settlers, while loyal
+enough, did not at first care to belong to Canada; they thought
+Rupert’s Land would be better off as a crown colony than as
+a Canadian province and Mr. Smith had to convince them that
+they were mistaken. In reality, therefore, he was between two
+fires--the Riel or disaffected party and the loyalists who did
+not favor the idea of confederation--whilst, as I have said,
+there was an American element working for annexation.
+
+“‘At a later period when Governor Archibald came in (September
+2, 1870), Mr. Smith rendered services to Canada of the highest
+moment. The Governor did not receive a very cordial reception,
+but Mr. Smith, who accompanied him, set about the work of
+conciliating the French, the old time English-speaking settlers
+and the new or Canadian settlers, who constituted three distinct
+factions. Mr. Archibald frequently told me that but for Mr. Smith
+the little community would have been torn to pieces by intestine
+strife. He was the one man who brought the northwest into Canada,
+who, indeed, saved it to the British empire, and we think he
+should get credit, even at this late day, for so great a work.’
+
+“Many are the anecdotes concerning Mr. Smith’s dangerous mission
+to Fort Garry during the first Riel rebellion and of the
+commencement of his political career in the far west.”
+
+With Sir Garnet Wolseley were Captain Buller, afterward General
+Sir Redvers, and Lieutenant Butler, afterward General Sir
+William. The tyranny of Riel had become irksome to the people,
+who received the newcomers joyously, and at the approach of the
+“red coats” Riel, with his co-conspirators, fled, taking up his
+position on the shores of St. Boniface. All was now quiet in
+the settlement, the purchase price of one million, five hundred
+thousand dollars had been paid and the territory transferred to
+Canada.
+
+Donald A. Smith was by this time recognized as the most powerful
+man in the west. The governor general thanked him for his
+services and in 1870, after the organization of the province of
+Manitoba, he was returned to the legislature for Winnipeg and St.
+John. He was also called to the Northwest territorial council and
+was returned for Selkirk to the house of commons. He supported
+the conservative government then under direction of Sir John A.
+Macdonald and the party soon found that in him there was another
+man fit for leadership. It was found that the builders of the
+railway from ocean to ocean had trafficked with contractors and
+taken money for election purposes. This became known as the
+Pacific Scandal and the intense feeling manifest throughout the
+country centered in the house of commons. The house divided upon
+a motion of the Hon. Alexander Mackenzie, the leader of the
+liberal opposition to Sir John Macdonald. Feeling was intense.
+At one o’clock in the morning of November 5, 1873, Mr. Smith
+arose and uttered what became an oracular speech, for the people
+he represented were vitally interested in the building of the
+railway so necessary to the development of their country. It is
+said the house became deadly calm; no one knew whether he would
+adhere to his party’s policies or otherwise. He said: “For the
+honor of the country no government should exist that has a shadow
+of suspicion resting upon it, and for that reason I cannot give
+it my support.” These were his closing words, greeted by frantic
+cheers by the opposition, and the government was doomed. Feeling
+ran high and was most intense and bitter, but in later years the
+two leaders, the great statesman and the great financier, built
+together the Canadian Pacific Railway. Both were master builders
+and the executive capacity of the financier was necessary to the
+constructive genius of the statesman. It was in no idle spirit of
+laudation that Sir Charles Tupper stated that “had it not been
+for Mr. Smith’s indomitable pluck, energy and determination the
+road would never have been constructed.”
+
+Mr. Smith thoroughly understood the fact that colonization could
+not be carried forward in the west without the building of the
+railroad. Another has written concerning this:
+
+“It must have been with profound reluctance that he voted for
+the overthrow of the Macdonald government. He knew that the
+fall of that administration would set back the construction of
+the Pacific Railway and of the necessity of that great work to
+the unity and stability of the confederation he was thoroughly
+convinced. He was not well satisfied with the slower and less
+heroic policy of Mackenzie, although it is said he believed the
+road should be built by the government and ‘not by any company,
+however honorable or competent.’ He said in 1876, ‘Nothing short
+of a guarantee from the government of interest on the whole
+amount of the bonds could induce capitalists to embark on the
+enterprise.’ He, therefore, well understood the magnitude of the
+contract into which the syndicate entered in 1880 and the peril
+to his fortune and reputation involved in the assumption of that
+gigantic undertaking.
+
+“There is no doubt that the syndicate received great subventions,
+but Mr. Smith and his courageous associates undertook to build
+a railway through thousands of miles of unknown and uninhabited
+country, along the sterile shores of Lake Superior and across the
+Rocky mountains. They had to go out in advance of settlement.
+They had to lead the march of civilization across leagues of
+unsettled prairie. They had to seek a silent port on the Pacific.
+It was a more daring idea than the Cape to Cairo Railway, which
+united two great centers of world activity. The Canadian Pacific
+was a plunge through nothing to nothing. It was a stupendous
+guess at the future. As we look back we recognize that few human
+achievements rank higher than the construction of the Canadian
+Pacific Railway across this enormous stretch of territory, its
+operation during the first ten years of its history and the
+maintenance of its credit in face of persistent attack, slow
+growth of population and unpromising national outlook. The
+whisper goes that when the great enterprise hung on the verge
+of collapse, Mr. Smith pledged his private fortune to the last
+dollar in support of its credit, as he held his associates to the
+scrupulous performance of every detail of their contract with the
+country.”
+
+One of the initial steps of the work was the purchase of the
+bankrupt St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway, which,
+extending over Minnesota and Dakota had a branch line to Pembina,
+Manitoba. Built by Dutch capitalists, it became bankrupt in 1873,
+yet Messrs. Smith and Hill recognized that with the return of
+prosperity this would become a profitable undertaking. These two,
+together with George Stephen, later Lord Mount Stephen, and N. W.
+Kittson purchased the road.
+
+Sir John Macdonald returned to power in 1878, but he could not
+secure the cooperation of London financiers in the building of
+the railroad. When it was seen that it was impossible to carry
+the project through as a government railroad, in 1880 the four
+men who had made the old Minnesota railroad a paying investment,
+undertook the other task. A syndicate was formed, known as the
+Canadian Pacific Railway Company, ultimately capitalized at
+seventy-five million dollars, with twenty-five million dollars of
+land grant bonds, and this company built the railroad from the
+Atlantic to the Pacific. The task accomplished was a gigantic
+one. The movement had the support of the conservative government,
+but was bitterly assailed by the opposition, both in the house
+and through the press. Again and again the word went out through
+the papers and through party utterances that the railroad could
+never be made a paying investment. It was almost impossible to
+get investors to buy stock. At times the treasury seemed utterly
+exhausted. It is said that one day Donald A. Smith came late to
+a directors’ meeting. He looked into the faces of his colleagues
+and said: “Nobody has any money; let’s adjourn until tomorrow.”
+The following day he smilingly entered the room. “Has anybody
+raised any money?” he asked. Everyone replied: “Not a cent.” “I
+have raised another million,” announced Mr. Smith, “and that
+will last us until somebody gets more money.” Never for a moment
+did he lose faith in the ultimate triumph of the venture. He
+inspired others with much of his own contagious enthusiasm. Again
+and again when his associates seemed utterly discouraged he
+inspired them with hope and when he was in Great Britain and the
+directors wrote him a long letter indicating their utter despair
+he cabled back one word “Craigellachie,” recalling at once the
+old Highland clan cry “Stand Fast, Craigellachie,” and once more
+inspired by their chieftain the men did stand fast and on the 7th
+of November, 1885, at Craigellachie, British Columbia, Donald A.
+Smith, then a white haired man, drove a golden spike into the
+cedar tie upon which the rails met from east to west. The weight
+of the Herculean task which he had accomplished between 1880 and
+1885 had changed the strong, black bearded, sturdy man to a white
+haired veteran. Before night came on the Marquis of Lansdowne,
+governor general of Canada, had received a telegram from Queen
+Victoria congratulating the Canadian people on an event “of
+greatest importance to the whole British empire.” Speaking of the
+Canadian Pacific Railway Sir Charles Tupper said:
+
+“The Canadian Pacific Railway would have no existence today,
+notwithstanding all the government did to support that
+undertaking, had it not been for the indomitable pluck and energy
+and determination, both financially and in every other respect,
+of Sir Donald Smith.” Mr. James J. Hill, president of the Great
+Northern Railway of the United States, also said that “the one
+person to whose efforts and to whose confidence in the growth of
+our country, our success in early railway development is due is
+Sir Donald A. Smith.”
+
+The splendid work done by Mr. Smith won him imperial honors. He
+was created a knight commander of the Most Distinguished Order
+of St. Michael and St. George by Queen Victoria in 1886 and a
+decade later received a knight grand cross in the same order,
+being privately invested by Her Majesty at Windsor Castle. At
+the time of the Diamond Jubilee in 1897 Queen Victoria bestowed
+a further mark of royal favor upon Mr. Smith by elevating him to
+the peerage of the united kingdom as Baron Strathcona and Mount
+Royal of Glencoe, in the county of Argyll, and of Montreal, in
+the province of Quebec and Dominion of Canada. In 1908 he was
+appointed a knight of the grand cross of the Royal Victorian
+Order and was also elected a fellow of the Royal Society,
+while in 1910 he became a knight of grace of the Order of the
+Hospitallers of St. John of Jerusalem.
+
+In the meantime he had become identified with so many financial
+interests that it would be impossible to enumerate them. He also
+remained active in politics, unyielding as ever in all matters
+where subserviency was demanded by party exigencies. It has been
+said:
+
+“He was not a legislator; he was not a statesman; he never wanted
+office; and he seldom spoke. He was forced into the house by his
+commanding personality and he sat there representing the silent
+power of the empire builder. But it is not to be supposed that
+he was not a working member. Probably few men did more valuable
+parliamentary work, while he remained a member of the house.”
+
+In 1874 Mr. Smith resigned his seat in the Manitoba legislature,
+but remained a representative of the province at Ottawa, sitting
+for Selkirk until 1880. In 1887, at the general election, he was
+returned to the house of commons as member for Montreal West,
+now St. Antoine division, by a majority of fourteen hundred and
+fifty, and was reelected in 1891 by a majority of thirty-seven
+hundred and six, remaining the representative for Montreal
+West until 1896. In 1892 he was an active participant in the
+commercial congress held in London and in March, 1896, he served
+as a delegate to the Manitoba government to aid in deciding the
+Manitoba school question, his colleagues being Messrs. Dickey
+and Desjardins. In April of the same year he was sworn of the
+queen’s privy council of Canada, and he was commissioner to the
+Pacific cable conference held in London in 1896, in which year he
+once more attended the commercial congress. During the existence
+of the Imperial Federation League he was vice president of that
+organization for Quebec. In April, 1896, ere the conservative
+administration went out of power, he was appointed Canadian high
+commissioner in Great Britain, succeeding Sir Charles Tupper,
+who had filled the office since its creation in 1884. The high
+commissionership combines all the functions of an ambassador and
+financial agent but has no diplomatic standing. The appointment
+as high commissioner is a political one, but when Sir Wilfrid
+Laurier came into power Lord Strathcona still retained the
+position as if there had been no change in government. When the
+conservatives returned to power in 1911 he remained in London,
+with the approval of all Canada. When the expenses of the high
+commissioner’s office in London were being discussed in the
+Dominion house of commons the late Sir Richard Cartwright said:
+
+“I believe that Canada has in very important respects been
+extremely well served by Lord Strathcona since he has represented
+us in Great Britain. It is a matter of no small moment to Canada
+that our representative should be well and favorably known on the
+London Stock Exchange as a man of the highest honor and probity,
+and a man whose word is universally admitted to be his bond.
+I need not tell the house that the emoluments are absolutely
+naught to Lord Strathcona. I need not tell the house that in all
+probability, in the exercise of hospitality which he has indulged
+in during a single London season, he will vastly exceed all that
+is nominally assigned to him as the representative of Canada. I
+think every member of the house who has occasion to visit London
+will testify that, whether or not the office in other respects
+comes up to all that he desires, Lord Strathcona, at any rate, is
+worthy of upholding in every possible way the honor and dignity
+of Canada. I may further add that Lord Strathcona is a man whose
+advice is eagerly sought and has very great weight, indeed, with
+the British government and with Englishmen, Scotsmen and Irishmen
+of every rank and station. As regards his influence in what I
+may call the diplomatic circle and the ministerial circle and on
+the Stock Exchange, Canada would find it pretty hard, indeed, to
+replace Lord Strathcona.”
+
+Lord Strathcona’s name stands high on the roll of those who have
+figured most prominently in financial circles in the Dominion. He
+was one of the large shareholders of the Bank of Montreal, became
+its vice president in 1882 and president in 1887. It was only
+after many years’ residence in London that he resigned in 1905,
+whereupon he was immediately elected honorary president for life.
+He studied banking from every possible standpoint and in all of
+its relations to other business interests. His first address to
+the shareholders after he became president was a notable one. He
+spoke of the bountiful harvests in Canada and in the American
+northwest and recognized the fact that shipping interests must
+bring the grain to Montreal and that the bank would benefit
+thereby. Few men would have considered the question in so wide
+a scope. Year after year during his presidency Lord Strathcona
+continued to call attention to the wealth of the nation as
+provided by the agricultural districts of the northwest and time
+has proven the wisdom of his judgment in this regard.
+
+Not only was Lord Strathcona a railroad builder, a distinguished
+financier and a political leader, but he was also one of Canada’s
+most generous philanthropists. He never for a moment forgot
+his own struggles and his hand was ever out-reaching to assist
+another. His munificence was princely, yet his giving was most
+unostentatious in its character and no one will ever know the
+extent of his private charities. Some of his gifts, however, he
+could not conceal. In association with Lord Mount Stephen he gave
+one million for the erection of a great hospital in Montreal
+to commemorate the queen’s jubilee. Later, when the building
+had been erected on the mountain side, they gave equally in the
+sum of eight hundred thousand to endow the institution and the
+Royal Victoria is today one of the best equipped hospitals on
+the continent. Modern science has been exhausted to furnish it
+adequately and the large endowment makes it possible to keep pace
+with the newest discoveries and inventions. McGill University has
+again and again been the beneficiary of Lord Strathcona until
+the sum total of his gifts reaches two million dollars, and in
+addition he has presented to the university the land on which
+to erect the new medical building and the site and building of
+the Royal Victoria College. He also gave the income of a million
+dollars as an endowment to the Royal Victoria College and the
+chair of zoology. The former was founded for the higher education
+of women and is one of the most popular and useful of his
+bequests to McGill. Lord Strathcona was early chosen a governor
+of McGill and was elected chancellor of the university in 1889.
+The gifts to the university for the faculty of medicine included
+the Leanchoil endowment, in memory of his mother, fifty thousand
+dollars; for endowment of the chair of pathology, fifty thousand
+dollars; for endowment of the department of hygiene, fifty
+thousand dollars. The faculty of applied science benefited by the
+endowment of its pension fund, fifty thousand dollars, while the
+faculty of arts also benefited by a like amount for the same
+object. Of the five hundred thousand dollar gift, given in 1909,
+it was stipulated that fifty thousand should go for augmenting
+the salaries of the professional staff. To the Trafalgar
+Institute, affiliated with McGill University, he gave thirty
+thousand dollars. Together with Lord Mount Stephen he endowed a
+Canadian scholarship in the Royal College of Music, London, and
+subsequently endowed a second scholarship on his own account.
+Lord Strathcona took an active interest in the cooperative scheme
+put in operation in 1912 by the Montreal Theological Colleges
+affiliated with McGill and in the summer of 1913 contributed one
+hundred thousand dollars to a half million dollar fund raised
+by the friends of the four institutions concerned--Anglican,
+Presbyterian, Methodist and Congregational--to place the joint
+work upon a permanent basis. As honorary chairman of the
+Western committee of the Young Men’s Christian Association Lord
+Strathcona gave one hundred and fifty thousand dollars to funds
+for the Young Men’s Christian Association buildings in Manitoba,
+Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia.
+
+Lord Strathcona’s patriotism and generosity found expression in
+the equipment of the famous Strathcona Horse, a military force
+of five hundred and forty men completely equipped and sent to
+the front at a critical period of the war. He paid the expenses
+of equipment, pay and transport until the regiment reached Cape
+Town. The service of the regiment was, indeed, a credit to
+its founder and has become a part of the military history of
+Canada. Another of Lord Strathcona’s beneficent gifts was the
+contribution of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars to create
+an annual fund of ten thousand dollars for the encouragement
+of physical and military training in the public schools of the
+Dominion. In writing upon this subject Lord Strathcona said:
+
+“While I attach the highest importance to the advantages of
+physical training and elementary drill for all children of
+both sexes, I am particularly anxious that the especial value
+of military drill, including rifle shooting for boys capable
+of using rifles, should be constantly borne in mind. My object
+is not only to help to improve the physical and intellectual
+capabilities of the children by inculcating habits of alertness,
+orderliness and prompt obedience but also to bring up the boys
+to patriotism and to a realization that the first duty of a free
+citizen is to be prepared to defend his country. The Dominion at
+the present time and for many years to come can hardly hope to be
+able to give so long a period of training to her military forces
+as by itself would suffice to make them efficient soldiers, but
+if all boys had acquired a fair acquaintance while at school with
+simple military drill and rifle shooting the degree of efficiency
+which could be reached in the otherwise short period which can be
+devoted to the military training of the Dominion forces would in
+my opinion be enormously enhanced.”
+
+Among other evidences of his generosity was a gift of one hundred
+thousand dollars in June, 1913, through the minister of militia,
+for the purchase of a site on Lorne Crescent for a drill hall for
+the exclusive use of McGill students.
+
+Lord Strathcona has been equally generous in his assistance of
+Scottish institutions. He gave to Marischal College, Aberdeen,
+one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars and to Aberdeen
+University fifty thousand dollars. He became chancellor of the
+university in 1903 and held the office throughout his remaining
+days, while from the students came the honor of election as lord
+rector of that university. He founded the Leanchoil Cottage
+Hospital in his native town of Forres and gave generously to
+other charitable and educational institutions of his native land.
+In 1902 he gave a million dollars to the fund for King Edward’s
+Hospital and about the same time gave fifty-two thousand, five
+hundred dollars to Queen Alexandra’s fund for the unemployed.
+
+Lord Strathcona was honored with the friendship of Queen
+Victoria, King Edward and Queen Alexandra and of King George and
+Queen Mary and for many years His Royal Highness the Duke of
+Connaught regarded him as a close friend. He was the host of King
+George and Queen Mary when as Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and
+York they visited Montreal in September, 1911. By invitation he
+was present at the coronation of King Edward and Queen Alexandra
+in 1902 and at the funeral of the former in 1910 he was one of
+Canada’s representatives. Again in his official capacity he was
+present at the coronation of King George and Queen Mary in 1911.
+
+Many academic honors were conferred upon Lord Strathcona. He
+received the LL. D. degree from Cambridge in 1887; LL. D., Yale,
+1892; LL. D., Aberdeen, 1899; LL. D., Laval, 1902; LL. D.,
+Toronto, 1903; LL. D., Queen’s, Kingston, 1905; LL. D., Ottawa,
+1906; LL. D., St. Andrew’s, 1911; and D. C. L., Durham, 1912.
+He was presented with the freedom of the city of Aberdeen in
+1902; of Edinburgh in 1903; of Bristol in 1908; and of Bath in
+1911. Lord Strathcona’s portrait by Arless was exhibited at the
+Royal Academy in London in 1890. Another portrait by Jongers
+was presented to McGill University by the governors of that
+institution in 1901. Still another portrait was presented to
+the Canada Club of London in 1902. Lord Strathcona was honorary
+president of the Mount Royal Club and also of the Canadian Club
+of Montreal. In 1898 he was appointed honorary lieutenant colonel
+of the Victoria Rifles, Montreal, a tribute to the interest he
+had taken in the military movement in Canada. In 1902 he became
+honorary colonel of the Eighth Volunteer Battalion of the King’s
+Liverpool Regiment. In 1909 he was honored by being made honorary
+colonel of the Fifteenth Light Horse and in 1910 he was made
+the honorary colonel of the Seventy-ninth Highlanders. At the
+house of the Royal Society of Arts, Adelphi, London, on November
+15, 1912, Lord Sanderson, on behalf of the Duke of Connaught,
+president of the society, presented the society’s Albert medal
+to Lord Strathcona “for his services in improving the railway
+communications, developing the resources and promoting the
+commerce and industry of Canada and other parts of the British
+empire.” Lord Sanderson read a message from the Duke of Connaught
+in which His Royal Highness said: “In my present office of
+governor general of Canada I have had special opportunities of
+fully realizing the great services Lord Strathcona has rendered
+to the Dominion and to the industrial and commercial progress of
+the British empire. As an old friend of many years’ standing I
+rejoiced that, as president of the Society of Arts, I had been
+able to add another mark of appreciation of his long and valuable
+career of usefulness.”
+
+Lord Strathcona was a familiar figure at the Athenaeum Club in
+Pall Mall, the center of British culture and exclusiveness. In
+one of its handsome dining rooms he delighted to gather together
+distinguished men of Great Britain to meet visiting Canadians
+of high rank and greatly was the honor appreciated. Sir Wilfrid
+Laurier and Mr. Borden have both enjoyed the High Commissioner’s
+hospitality in this luxurious form and realized afresh what a
+genius for entertaining was his.
+
+A contemporary biographer has written:
+
+“On November 12, 1913, Lord Strathcona suffered bereavement
+by the death of Lady Strathcona, who died in her eighty-ninth
+year, at their London home, Grosvenor Square, most unexpectedly.
+Pneumonia was the cause of death. Lord Strathcona bore the blow
+with much fortitude and made continuous acknowledgement of
+many hundreds of messages of sympathy which came to him from
+all quarters and classes, from the king and the royal family
+downwards.
+
+“Isabella Sophia, Lady Strathcona, was the daughter of the late
+Mr. Richard Hardisty, long a resident of Montreal and also for
+many years one of the trusted agents of the Hudson’s Bay Company
+in Labrador. She became the wife of Lord Strathcona when he was
+twenty-nine years of age. The early married life of Lord and
+Lady Strathcona was spent in the bleak winds of Labrador. It was
+a terrible country in those days. Winter comes early and stays
+late--and such a winter! A few short hours of frozen day, then
+night--a long uncanny night. Sometimes the snow falls through
+weeks on weeks and no man dares to move beyond the circle of
+the little settlement. Wolves in those days would sweep the
+icy paths, truculent, hungry, seeking their sustenance. At
+night about the little camp their hordes would sweep howling in
+mournful unison. By day, men went their ways but cautiously,
+watching the hard grey sky above and the hard white snow below.
+
+“Lady Strathcona accompanied her husband everywhere in his long
+years of service of the Hudson’s Bay Company. They saw Lake
+Winnipeg before the city was. They traveled the dreadful wastes
+where the great Mackenzie river tumbles across the Arctic circle.
+Dreary Keewatin they learned from end to end, tramping in and out
+from the posts on Hudson’s bay. They threaded the forests on the
+Ontario hinterland and on foot or by dog sled paced the thousands
+of miles of prairie that lie between Lake Winnipeg and the Rocky
+mountains.
+
+“Lord and Lady Strathcona spent over sixty years of happy married
+life together. Lady Strathcona maintained her interest in
+Canada to the very end and took the keenest interest in public
+affairs. She followed events in Canada closely and was especially
+interested in everything pertaining to McGill University. All
+who were the recipients of her hospitality in London, either as
+the wife of Canada’s high commissioner or as private guests were
+charmed with the kindness displayed to them by Lady Strathcona.
+Lady Strathcona was presented, with Lord Strathcona, to Queen
+Victoria in Windsor Castle in July, 1886, and to King Edward and
+Queen Alexandra at Buckingham Palace in March, 1903, and April,
+1904. She was present, with Lord Strathcona, in Westminster Abbey
+at the coronation of King Edward and Queen Alexandra. With Lord
+Strathcona she was also present at the coronation of King George
+and Queen Mary, in June, 1911.
+
+“Although a woman of a retiring and altogether unostentatious
+nature Lady Strathcona throughout her life splendidly seconded
+her husband in his innumerable acts and schemes for the benefit
+of the people of Canada and of mankind at large. With her
+daughter, the Hon. Mrs. Howard, Lady Strathcona gave one hundred
+thousand dollars to McGill University for the erection of a new
+wing to the medical building. To Queen Alexandra’s fund for the
+relief of the unemployed of Great Britain she gave fifty-two
+thousand, five hundred dollars and from time to time she also
+gave largely in many directions. Throughout she exercised a large
+and gracious hospitality. At Knebworth House and at Glencoe in
+Scotland she was beloved by the people for her many acts of
+kindness and generosity.
+
+“Lady Strathcona accompanied Lord Strathcona on his flying
+visit to Canada in the autumn of 1913, when His Lordship came
+to Montreal to take part in the ceremonies connected with the
+congress of the American Bar Association. Lady Strathcona at that
+time appeared to be in the best of health and spirits. They were
+present together at the recent reception given by the Duke and
+Duchess of Connaught at St. James Palace just before Their Royal
+Highnesses left London to return to Canada.
+
+“Lady Strathcona’s funeral took place to Highgate cemetery on
+November 18, after a simple service in the Church of St. Mark.
+Lord Strathcona was a pathetic figure as he followed the coffin
+to the church, leaning on the arm of his daughter, the Hon. Mrs.
+Howard. Among the numerous floral tributes was a handsome wreath
+with a tender inscription from Queen Mother Alexandra. It bore
+the words, ‘To dear Lady Strathcona--a sorrowing tribute to the
+memory of a beloved wife and companion for sixty-five years--From
+Alexandra.’”
+
+It was but little more than two months after the death of Lady
+Strathcona that Lord Strathcona passed away, his death occurring
+January 21, 1914. His was a strikingly splendid figure even at
+the age of ninety-three. He had learned well the lessons of life.
+Nobility of character and high purpose had won for him imperial
+honors and had made him one of the world’s empire builders.
+
+
+ROBERT JAMES INGLIS.
+
+At the time of his death, which occurred on the 25th of June,
+1903, Robert James Inglis was at the head of the most extensive
+merchant tailoring establishment and the best known business
+of its kind in Montreal, which was developed entirely through
+his efforts and capability. He was recognized as a self-made
+man and his example should serve as a source of encouragement
+and inspiration to others. He was born in Hamilton, Ontario, in
+1856 and in 1875, when but nineteen years of age, he opened a
+tailoring establishment on St. Joseph, now Notre Dame Street.
+Although his start in life was comparatively unimportant, he soon
+demonstrated his capability and proved that he was worthy of
+confidence and support. Year by year his patronage grew and after
+nine years at his original location he removed to Beaver Hall
+Hill while later he was for five years on St. Catherine Street
+West. Less than one month prior to his demise he opened his
+establishment in a business block which he had erected, having
+well appointed and attractive quarters in which he carried a
+large and carefully selected line of goods. In style, excellence
+of design and workmanship the output of his establishment could
+not be surpassed, and progressive methods and honorable dealing
+led to the establishment of a business of large and gratifying
+proportions.
+
+Mr. Inglis was survived by his widow and four sons: Douglas S.,
+Robert J., W. Stewart, and Lockhart C. The first two are in
+charge of the business of R. J. Inglis, Ltd., of Montreal, and
+W. Stewart is in charge of the branch of the firm in Winnipeg,
+established after the death of his father. Mr. Inglis had reached
+a position where the comforts and luxuries of life were at his
+command but death called him when he was only forty-seven years
+of age. He was a prominent member of Victoria Lodge, No. 57, A.
+F. & A. M., but he was never a club man, preferring the enjoyment
+of the pleasures of his home. He possessed a strong character,
+marked individuality and pleasing personality and was loved by
+all who knew him. His acquaintance was a wide one, for his entire
+business life had been spent in Montreal and he had gained for
+himself a creditable position in business and social circles.
+
+
+CHARLES BLAIR GORDON.
+
+Manufacturing and financial interests in Montreal find a worthy
+representative in Charles Blair Gordon, practical, progressive
+and determined. His familiarity with the line of business in
+which he is engaged, his recognition of opportunities and his
+laudable ambition have gained him distinction and success, and
+material progress has been largely promoted through his efforts.
+Perhaps there is no other man in Canadian business life whose
+career so aptly illustrates the reward of conscientious business
+energy. Montreal has reason to be proud of the fact that he is
+one of her native sons. He was born here in 1867, his parents
+being John and Jane Gordon. After passing through consecutive
+grades to the high school and mastering the branches of learning
+therein taught, he took up the more difficult lessons to be
+learned in the school of experience, entering business circles
+in the employ of McIntyre, Sons & Company. In that connection he
+gained his first knowledge of business methods and measures, and
+the experience which he thus acquired led him to believe that he
+might profitably pursue a business career independently. He left
+that firm, therefore, to become the organizer of the Standard
+Shirt Company, of which he became the manager, and which he
+conducted very successfully. At the organization of the Dominion
+Textile Company, Mr. Gordon became at first managing director and
+vice president. He was elected to the presidency of the company
+in 1909 and has since remained at its head, bending his energies
+to administrative direction and executive control. The business,
+which is one of the worlds’ largest cotton manufacturing
+concerns, has developed steadily under his guidance, for he keeps
+in close touch with trade conditions and studies every question
+bearing upon manufacturing in his line. He was also at one time
+vice president of the Montmorency Cotton Mills Company and of the
+Colonial Bleaching & Printing Company. He was likewise a director
+of the Merchants Cotton Company and is still financially and
+officially connected with the Montreal Cotton Company. He is a
+director of the Bank of Montreal, president of Penman’s, Ltd.,
+president of Hill Crest Collieries, Ltd., vice president of the
+well known financial bond and investment house of C. Meredith,
+Ltd., and a director of the Ogilvie Flour Mills Company, Ltd. He
+is likewise a director of the Ritz-Carlton Company, owners of
+the magnificent new hotel, the Royal Trust Company, the Dominion
+Bridge Company, and numerous other corporations in the Dominion
+of Canada. His judgment is sought as a valuable factor in the
+management of all the different business organizations with which
+he is connected. McGill University has requisitioned his services
+and made him one of its governors. To further the interests
+of trade he has become a member of the Canadian Manufacturers
+Association and was elected vice president of the Quebec branch
+in 1911.
+
+In 1897 Mr. Gordon was united in marriage to Miss Annie Brooks,
+of Seaforth, Ontario, and they reside at Terra Nova on St. Luc
+road, Ville Notre Dame des Neiges, Montreal. His social interests
+largely center in his membership in the Mount Royal, Canada,
+Montreal Hunt, Montreal Racquet, Montreal Jockey and Royal St.
+Lawrence Yacht Clubs. Mr. Gordon is a typical man of the age.
+He has gone beyond many who perhaps started out ahead of him
+in the race of life, this being due to his close application,
+unfaltering energy, and an earnest and persistent desire to
+accomplish at any one point in his career the utmost possibility
+for success at that point. He belongs to that class of valued and
+representative citizens who in advancing individual interests
+have also largely promoted the public good.
+
+
+LESLIE HALE BOYD.
+
+Leslie Hale Boyd is not only a student of the law but also of
+the vital public questions which are engaging wide attention,
+and is, as well, widely known in connection with many athletic
+and similar organizations. Montreal numbers him among her native
+sons, his birth having here occurred July 31, 1873, his parents
+being Andrew and Georgina L. (Hale) Boyd. Passing through
+consecutive grades in the public schools, he entered the Montreal
+high school and eventually pursued the arts and law courses in
+McGill University, which in 1894 conferred upon him the B. A.
+degree and in 1897 that of B. C. L. In 1898 he began practice as
+an advocate, and while advancement at the bar is proverbially
+slow no dreary novitiate awaited him. Almost from the beginning
+of his professional career he was accorded a liberal clientage
+and is now one of the prominent practitioners of the Montreal
+bar. In 1908 he was created king’s counsellor. As he has won
+success in his profession, he has made investments in real estate
+and is now the owner of considerable valuable property in the
+city.
+
+In 1898 Mr. Boyd was married to Miss Emma Constance, a daughter
+of the late William Farrell, of Montreal, but her death occurred
+in August, 1909. Mr. Boyd makes his home at No. 1036 Dorchester
+Street West. He is a Presbyterian in religious faith and is
+identified with various social organizations and with different
+societies having to do with the material development and welfare
+of the city. He belongs to the Montreal Amateur Athletic
+Association, which has honored him with the presidency, and in
+1908 he was vice president of the Amateur Athletic Federation
+of Canada. He likewise belongs to the Canada Club and the
+Engineers Club, the Caledonia and St. Lawrence Curling Clubs, the
+Canadian Club and the Rangers, Fish and Game Club, and he figures
+prominently in the various athletic and similar organizations to
+which he belongs. His interest in affairs of general importance
+is indicated in the fact that he is a governor of the Montreal
+Homeopathic Hospital and a member of the Protestant board of
+school trustees at St. Henri, P. Q. The conservative party
+numbers him among its active workers and representatives, and in
+1910 he was elected alderman of St. George’s ward of Montreal
+as a reform candidate, and in 1912 and 1914 was reelected by
+acclamation. In May, 1912, he ran in the St. Lawrence division
+as the conservative candidate for the provincial legislature but
+was defeated. The talents with which nature endowed him he has
+wisely used, not only for the benefit of himself but for the
+improvement of municipal and moral conditions and physical and
+mental development.
+
+
+COLIN MCARTHUR.
+
+It is a natural thing that when the sons of Great Britain desire
+to emigrate they turn toward one of the colonial possessions of
+the great British empire, and thus it is that a large percentage
+of Canada’s citizens have come from Scotland. Among the number
+was Colin McArthur, who was born in Glasgow in 1835, a son
+of James McArthur, a mason contractor of that city. He was
+educated in St. Enoch’s school of Glasgow and for sixteen years
+was associated with the firm of Wylie & Lockhead, wall paper
+manufacturers, acting as manager of their interests most of the
+time. While in their employ he frequently visited Canada and
+the United States in the interests of the house, and eventually
+taking up his permanent abode in Canada, embarked in business in
+Toronto. In 1879, however, he came to Montreal and entered into
+business with J. C. Watson in the manufacture of wall paper under
+the firm name of Watson & McArthur. This relation was maintained
+uninterruptedly until 1884, when Mr. McArthur withdrew from the
+firm and established the present business, that of Colin McArthur
+& Company, wall paper manufacturers. In the early days skilled
+labor had to be brought from the States, but in time men of this
+country were trained for the work and with the introduction of
+improved machinery the business developed rapidly. The trade grew
+enormously and Mr. McArthur was not only one of the pioneers in
+his line but controlled one of the most extensive and successful
+enterprises of that character. He thoroughly understood every
+phase of the business and, watchful of details pointing to
+success, his capable control was manifest in the excellent
+results which rewarded him.
+
+Mr. McArthur was first married to Margaret Jamieson, of Largs,
+Scotland, and had two children. David married Rose Wilkinson and
+died in 1902, leaving a widow and three children, Colin, David
+and Margaret. Margaret, the daughter, is now living in Montreal.
+Mr. McArthur married in England, in 1869, Miss Annie Williamson,
+who survives him and resides in Montreal.
+
+Mr. McArthur was an active factor in public interests as well as
+in business circles. He joined the Board of Trade in 1888, and
+he was much interested in public institutions and in plans for
+the general welfare. He was a life member of the General Hospital
+and was a member of the Caledonia and St. Andrew’s Societies.
+He also was a life member of the Protestant Insane Hospital and
+took an active interest in the founding of that institution.
+A Presbyterian in religious faith, his many good deeds had
+their inception in his Christian belief. He did much for charity
+and in fact was continually assisting others, yet all in a most
+unostentatious manner. He never spoke of his benevolent acts and
+shrank from all publicity of that character, yet there are many
+who have reason to bless his memory for aid rendered in an hour
+of need.
+
+[Illustration: COLIN McARTHUR]
+
+
+GEORGE EDWARD DESBARATS.
+
+The late George Edward Desbarats was head of the well known
+printing firm of Desbarats & Company of Montreal, which, for
+many years has set the standard for all that is progressive in
+this field of business activity. He was a representative of a
+family that through many generations has been closely connected
+with the printing business, successive generations being in the
+vanguard of those who have been most active in bringing about
+the advancement and improvement in connection with the art
+preservative of arts. The History of Printing and Bookbinding in
+the State of Bearne gives account of Pierre Desbarats, bookseller
+from 1638, who established in 1651 the first printing office to
+have more than a transient existence in the state of Bearne;
+while Jean Desbarats, 1656 to 1687, was named printer to the
+Royal College of Bearne in 1662, printer to the Jesuit College
+at Pau in 1663 and printer to the King and the Royal College in
+1680. Jean Desbarats, 1687 to 1714, was appointed King’s printer
+and printer to the Royal College in 1687. Isaac Desbarats, 1714
+to 1737, was printer to the States of the Province of Bearne
+and on the 24th of December, 1719, was officially appointed to
+succeed Jean Desbarats as King’s printer. Parliamentary decree
+of April 27, 1730, admitted him to the ranks of the nobility as
+“Isaac Desbarats, King’s Printer, Seigneur de Labarthe Buisson.”
+Isaac Charles Desbarats, 1737-1787, was made printer to the King
+and to the States of the Kingdom of Navarre, September 20, 1737.
+He succeeded to the rank of Seigneur de Labarthe Buisson and was
+“Avocat au Parlement.” The printing establishment was inherited
+by Jeanne Desbarats but the government would not allow a woman to
+carry on the printing business and it had to be sold. The above
+indicates the close connection of the family with the printing
+business in France from 1638 to 1787. The family name has figured
+with equal prominence in Canada. Pierre Edouard Desbarats was
+named King’s printer January 27, 1800, and so continued until
+his death in 1828. His son, Georges Pascal Desbarats, father of
+George E. Desbarats of this review, succeeded his father and in
+1844 was named Queen’s printer.
+
+The family had been founded in Canada by Joseph Desbarats, who
+came to this country in 1756 and in 1761 married Marie Louise
+Crête at Beauport. He died in 1810. Their son, Pierre Edouard
+Desbarats, was married in September, 1798, to Josephte Voyer
+and at the time of his death, in 1828, was not only printer of
+His Majesty’s laws, but was also assistant clerk of the house,
+lieutenant colonel and justice of the peace. His son, Georges
+Pascal Desbarats, married Henriette Dionne, daughter of Hon.
+Amable Dionne. She died in 1839, while G. P. Desbarats passed
+away in 1864. He had succeeded his father in business and in 1844
+was named Queen’s printer, in which connection he removed with
+the Government to Kingston, Toronto and Quebec as the government
+was successively established in those cities. He was also
+lieutenant colonel of militia.
+
+George Edward Desbarats was born at Quebec, April 5, 1838, and in
+the attainment of his education attended Holy Cross College at
+Worcester, Massachusetts, from 1846 to 1851; St. Mary’s College
+at Montreal from 1852 until 1855 and Laval University at Quebec
+from 1855 until 1857. He won the degrees of Bachelor of Arts
+and Bachelor of Laws and thoroughly qualified for the bar. He
+studied with the Hon. Jean Thomas Taschereau in 1857 and with
+the law firm of Bethune & Dunkin in Montreal. He was received at
+the bar of Lower Canada in 1859 and was offered a partnership in
+the firm of Laflamme & Laflamme but declined in order to enter
+his father’s printing office, in which connection he remained in
+Quebec until 1865, when he went to Ottawa which had been made the
+new seat of government. In Quebec he published several volumes
+of original French-Canadian literature, among which were: Le
+Foyer Canadien in three volumes, eleven hundred and thirty-six
+pages; La Littérature Canadienne, in two volumes, seven hundred
+and eighty pages; Essais Poétiques, Lemay, in one volume, three
+hundred and twenty pages; Les Anciens Canadiens, P. A. de Gaspe,
+in one volume, four hundred and twelve pages; Mémoires de M. de
+Gaspe in one volume, five hundred and sixty pages; Canadians of
+Old (English) in one volume, three hundred and thirty pages; Mère
+Marie de l’Incarnation, L’Abbé H. R. Casgrain, in one volume,
+four hundred and sixty pages; Vies des Saints, Abbé Casgrain,
+in one volume, seven hundred and fifty pages; Lives of the
+Saints (English) in one volume, seven hundred and fifty pages;
+Chansons Populaires du Canada, Ernest Gagnon, in one volume,
+three hundred and seventy-five pages; Contes Populaires, Paul
+Stevens, in one volume, two hundred and sixty-five pages; Traité
+d’Art & d’Histoire Militaire, L. T. Sugor, in one volume, four
+hundred and seventy-two pages; Instructions Chrétiennes pour les
+Jeunes Gens, in one volume, three hundred and twenty pages; and
+Le Protestantisme, Etc., Abbé Guillaume, five hundred and fifty
+pages.
+
+On removing to Ottawa in 1865 Mr. Desbarats occupied a building
+erected for this purpose which was begun during his father’s
+lifetime and belonged to the estate. Malcolm Cameron, who had
+been Queen’s printer with the father of George Edward Desbarats
+after the death of Stewart Derbishire, held the patent alone from
+1864 to 1869 and was G. E. Desbarats’ partner in the printing
+business. The building erected there in Ottawa was one of the
+largest business blocks of the city at that time. It was in this
+building that the Hon. Thomas D’Arcy McGee lodged in company with
+Sir Hector Langevin and others on the occasion of his atrocious
+assassination and it was upon the place where the murder occurred
+that Mr. Desbarats caused to be erected a memorial tablet. This,
+it has been supposed gave offence to a certain lawless element in
+the population, resulting in the destruction of the noble pile
+of buildings by the incendiary’s torch. After the destruction of
+the building by fire on the 21st of January, 1869, it was not
+rebuilt. The Cartier-Macdonald government was then in power and
+gave out the Gazette, laws, etc., to public competition. G. E.
+Desbarats was appointed Queen’s printer and charged with making
+the schedules, getting the tenders and adjudging the contracts.
+He held the office for about a year and then resigned to remove
+to Montreal, where he had large interests in a lithographic
+and photo-engraving business which he had established there in
+connection with the Leggo Brothers. The fire of January 21,
+1869, destroyed the complete first edition of Les Oeuvres de
+Champlain, which G. E. Desbarats was publishing at that time,
+the compiler and annotator being L’Abbé Laverdiere, librarian
+of Laval University. Not only was the manuscript destroyed but
+also the electrotype plates and illustrations. The only copy
+saved was that in proof sheets in Mr. Laverdiere’s hands. Mr.
+Desbarats determined to republish the work at once. The second
+edition was printed direct from the type, being limited to one
+thousand copies. The six volumes, which are quarto, contain some
+sixteen hundred and fifty pages and are copiously illustrated
+with facsimiles of the original charts, maps and cuts produced
+by the Leggotype process. This great work was published by G. E.
+Desbarats in 1870 and is considered the finest book issued so far
+from the Canadian Press. He was also the publisher, in Ottawa, of
+H. J. Morgan’s Bibliotheca Canadensis.
+
+At the fire in Ottawa G. E. Desbarats’ net loss was over one
+hundred thousand dollars. The estate also lost heavily on the
+building, which was only partly insured. At a meeting of citizens
+an address of sympathy was voted to Mr. Desbarats and afterwards
+presented to him, handsomely engrossed, bearing the city seal,
+signed by the mayor and others and framed.
+
+In 1869 G. E. Desbarats built a printing office on St. Antoine
+Street, Montreal, and there founded The Canadian Illustrated
+News, the first number of which was issued on October 30, of that
+year, with Alexander Robertson as the first editor and E. Jump as
+chief artist. The illustrations were at first photo-electrotypes
+produced by the Leggotype process. In 1870 Mr. Desbarats founded
+a French companion paper to the Canadian Illustrated News called
+L’Opinion Publique, a twelve-page paper, the illustrations in
+which were for the most part the same as those in the English
+weekly. The editors were J. A. Mousseau and L. O. David.
+Among the contributors to its pages were P. J. O. Chauveau,
+L. H. Frechette, Joseph Marmette, J. A. Poisson, Benjamin
+Sulte, W. Gelinas, Joseph Tassé and many other distinguished
+French-Canadian writers. By arrangement with Ferdinand Gagnon,
+L’Opinion Publique absorbed L’Etendard National of Worcester,
+Massachusetts.
+
+In May, 1871, Mr. Desbarats became proprietor of a weekly
+literary paper named The Hearthstone. The editorial work of
+The Hearthstone was performed by J. A. Phillips. Mr. Desbarats
+owned and conducted The Dominion Telegraph Institute which had
+been started by Churchill, continuing this for two years, during
+which time were sent out many capable telegraph operators now at
+the head of their profession. In 1872 he organized the Graphic
+Company to publish a daily illustrated paper in the city of
+New York. This was the first illustrated daily ever published
+and it came to end in about a year, being too far ahead of its
+time and lacking the necessary capital. Still the field of his
+activity and usefulness constantly broadened, and at all times
+he was in the lead among those who have wrought for advancement
+and progress in connection with the printing and publishing
+business. In March, 1873, he founded The Canadian Patent Office
+Record and Mechanics Magazine, a quarto monthly of thirty-two
+pages devoted to engineering, manufacturing, mining and other
+industrial pursuits. With each number was issued the official
+patent office record, the whole amply illustrated, the two parts
+together forming a book of from sixty to eighty pages monthly,
+the subscription price to which was only a dollar and a half a
+year.
+
+In 1873 it was thought advisable to form a stock company to carry
+on the Canadian publications and the general Montreal engraving
+and printing business. The Desbarats Lithographic & Publishing
+Company was therefore organized by G. E. Desbarats, W. P. Hussey,
+Luke Moore, William Angus, Jonathan Hodgson, Alexander Buntin and
+Daniel MacLellan as provincial directors; G. E. Desbarats and
+W. P. Hussey as managers. In April, 1874, Mr. Desbarats entered
+into negotiations with G. B. Burland with a view to amalgamating
+the two concerns and formed The Burland-Desbarats Lithographing
+Company, from which he retired in 1876. He then opened a small
+office in the old postoffice building and in 1878 moved to
+larger premises and laid the foundation of the present Desbarats
+Printing Company, one of the most important establishments of
+this character in the Dominion. In 1879 G. E. Desbarats joined
+with Notman & Sandham in organizing The Artotype Printing Company
+and went himself to New York to learn the artotype work.
+
+In 1884 W. C. Smillie, founder and first president of The
+British American Bank Note Company entered into negotiations
+with G. E. Desbarats & Company to revive the Canada Bank Note
+Company which absorbed G. E. Desbarats & Company’s business
+and in which G. E. Desbarats and H. Drechsel were appointed
+managers. In 1887 Mr. Desbarats admitted his son, William,
+to a partnership and together they published the Dominion
+Illustrated, a weekly illustrated paper which also had to be
+discontinued for lack of capital. Half-tone engraving was then
+in its infancy and Mr. Desbarats was the first to introduce
+it into Canada. The process was largely used in the Dominion
+Illustrated and a photo-engraving plant was installed to meet
+the paper’s requirements. While all days were not equally bright
+in his career and indeed in his business experience he saw the
+gathering of clouds that threatened disastrous storms, yet his
+rich inheritance of energy, determination and initiative enabled
+him to turn defeat into victory and promised failures into
+brilliant successes. His strict integrity, business conservatism
+and judgment were always so universally recognized that he
+enjoyed public confidence to an enviable degree and naturally
+this brought him a lucrative patronage. In early manhood he
+showed conspicuously the traits of character that made his life
+brilliantly successful and his mental and physical activity,
+combined with thorough training, brought him to an eminent
+position as a representative of the printing and publishing
+business in Canada.
+
+The business career of Mr. Desbarats with its steps of
+successive advancement has been given but what of the man and
+his personality? All who remember him speak of him as of the
+highest type of gentlemen, his kindly nature and courteous
+manner winning for him many warm friends. Even now, twenty years
+after his demise, his old employes mention him with the greatest
+respect and love. It has been said that there is no better way
+to judge an individual than by his treatment of those in his
+employ. Judged by this standard, no man has been more worthy
+of regard. While in Ottawa his employes presented him a silver
+goblet and tray as a mark of esteem. The employes of the Canadian
+Illustrated News presented him with two bronze statues and a
+necklace for Madame Desbarats and the employes of the Canada Bank
+Note Company presented him a water pitcher when he severed his
+connection with that company.
+
+Aside from his extensive printing and engraving business Mr.
+Desbarats was deeply interested in all that pertained to the
+city’s welfare, and those things which are a matter of civic
+virtue and civic pride received his indorsement and cooperation.
+He took great interest in the Montreal Philharmonic Society of
+which he was one of the directors. He was captain in the Civil
+Service Rifle Regiment, of a company composed entirely of men
+in his employ. During the smallpox epidemic in Montreal in 1885
+he was chairman of the citizens’ relief committee and took a
+leading part in the establishing of a temporary hospital at the
+exhibition grounds. His political allegiance was given to the
+conservative party but he took no active part in politics. In
+religious faith he was a Roman Catholic and in 1867 was president
+of the Société St. Jean Baptiste in Ottawa.
+
+On the 30th of April, 1860, G. E. Desbarats was married to Miss
+Lucianne Bossé, eldest daughter of Joseph N. Bossé, advocate
+who was afterward senator and subsequently judge. Mr. and Mrs.
+Desbarats were married in Quebec and they became the parents of
+five sons and two daughters. George J., born January 27, 1861,
+and now deputy minister in the naval service, married Miss L.
+Scott, a daughter of Sir Richard Scott. William A., born February
+14, 1862, is president of the Desbarats Printing Company,
+Limited. Edward S. C., born April 24, 1863, is president of the
+Desbarats Advertising Agency and married Miss M. A. MacCallum,
+daughter of Dr. D. C. MacCallum. Lucianne, born August 10, 1864,
+married Lord de Blaquière. Cecile is superior of the Convent
+of the Sacred Heart at New Orleans, Louisiana. Alexander died
+in childhood; and C. H. Hullett married Miss J. Henkels of
+Philadelphia. He is the secretary and treasurer of the Desbarats
+Printing Company. He and his brother, William, succeeded to
+the business upon their father’s death and it has since been
+organized into a joint stock company.
+
+Such in brief is the life history of one who had much to do with
+shaping the development of the printing and engraving business
+in Canada. His was largely the initiative spirit that brought
+about improvement and advancement in methods of printing and
+of illustration. He ever maintained the highest standards, was
+quick to adopt any new methods which his judgment sanctioned
+as of value, and he largely set the standards that others
+have followed. His life continued one of increasing activity,
+usefulness and of public benefit to the time of his death which
+occurred in 1892.
+
+
+ARTHUR WILLIAM PATRICK BUCHANAN.
+
+In the practice of law devotion to the interests of his clients,
+careful preparation of his cases and comprehensive knowledge
+of the principles of jurisprudence are salient features which
+have gained Arthur William Patrick Buchanan a place among the
+well known representatives of the Montreal bar. He was born at
+Montreal in 1870, the son of Alexander Brock and Elizabeth Ann
+(Best) Buchanan and grandson of the late Alexander Buchanan,
+Q. C., a distinguished lawyer and in his day the leader of
+the Montreal bar, who married Mary Ann, the daughter of James
+Buchanan, H. B. M. consul at New York from 1816 to 1843. After
+attending the Montreal high school our subject entered McGill
+University and later pursued his law course in Laval University,
+where he took the degree of LL. B. in 1893. He was admitted to
+the bar of the province of Quebec in 1894 and the same year
+began practice as an advocate. He was created a king’s counsel in
+1908 and practices in partnership with W. J. White, K. C. Their
+clientele is extensive and of a representative character, and Mr.
+Buchanan has proved himself a capable and careful lawyer. He is
+interested in genealogy and has written a history of his family,
+The Buchanan Book (1911).
+
+In 1897 Mr. Buchanan married Berthe Louise, elder daughter of
+William Quirin, of Boston and resides at No. 731 Pine Avenue
+West. Mr. Buchanan is a life member of the Buchanan Society, a
+governor of the Montreal General Hospital and a member of the
+St. James Club, the Canada Club, the Montreal Hunt and the Royal
+Montreal Golf Club.
+
+
+ANDREW ROBERTSON.
+
+In many public positions Andrew Robertson gained wide
+acquaintance and the efficiency of his service in public behalf
+marked him as one of Montreal’s most valued and prominent men. In
+commercial circles he was well known as the founder and senior
+member of the firms of Andrew Robertson & Company and Robertson,
+Stephen & Company, wholesale dry-goods merchants, and later he
+became a factor in insurance and financial enterprises. This
+however represented but one phase of his life, as he became
+connected with many public projects having to do with the general
+development and improvement of the city, or with its charitable
+and benevolent activities. Abraham Lincoln said, “There is
+something better than making a living--making a life,” and it
+was that spirit which actuated Andrew Robertson at all times.
+He recognized his obligations to his fellowmen and again and
+again he played the part of the Good Samaritan, not from any
+unavoidable sense of duty but from a deep love for his fellows.
+
+Mr. Robertson was of Scotch birth, the place of his nativity
+being Paisley, and the year, 1827. When he arrived at school age
+he entered the Paisley grammar school, where he gained a working
+knowledge of the common branches of learning. All through his
+life he was a student,--a student of books, of men, of affairs
+and the signs of the times, and he became a thoroughly well read
+man, whose judgment was regarded as sound and his sagacity keen.
+After leaving school he learned the weavers trade and in 1840 was
+sent to Glasgow and entered upon a four year’s apprenticeship in
+a drapery and clothing establishment. Subsequently he became an
+employe of a manufacturing firm and displayed such ability and
+resourcefulness in this connection that he was soon afterward
+admitted into a partnership, and as most of the work of the
+firm devolved upon him, his health gave way and his physician
+recommended that he go either to Australia or Canada.
+
+Mr. Robertson’s choice fell upon the latter country and in 1853
+he sailed for the new world, accompanied by his wife and two
+sons. He at once joined the wholesale dry-goods firm of Brown
+& Swan and, on retiring therefrom two years later, founded the
+firm of Andrew Robertson & Company which in 1867 was merged with
+the older established business of William Stephen & Company and
+continued under the style of Robertson, Stephen & Company. With
+the firm and its successors he was continuously connected
+until 1885, when he retired. Early in the 60’s he built the
+Auburn Woolen Mill at Peterboro, Ontario, for the manufacture
+of Canadian tweeds, and successfully directed it from Montreal
+until 1867, when he sold it as part of the purchase price of
+the Stephen business. His methods were ever progressive, and
+his close application and indefatigable energy constituted the
+foundation upon which he builded his prosperity.
+
+[Illustration: ANDREW ROBERTSON]
+
+While building up a commercial enterprise of large and profitable
+proportions, Mr. Robertson always found time to devote to public
+duties and the promotion of the general welfare. Joining the
+St. Andrew’s Society in 1857 he served as treasurer in 1862
+and 1863, second vice president in 1864 and 1865, first vice
+president in 1868 and president during 1869 and 1870. In 1876 he
+was president of the Dominion Board of Trade and in that and the
+following year was also president of the Montreal Board of Trade.
+He had the honor of being chosen the first president of the
+Dominion Commercial Travelers’ Association, and thus he figured
+prominently among the men who were most active in commercial
+pursuits. He himself extended his efforts as a business man with
+the passing years and became president of the Royal Canadian
+Insurance Company in 1876, in which position he continued until
+his death, while from its formation in 1880 until his demise he
+was president of the Bell Telephone Company of Canada.
+
+His public service was of a varied character and embraced
+connection with charitable and benevolent objects, with public
+works and with movements having to do with general progress and
+improvement. In 1872 Mr. Robertson became one of the governors of
+the Montreal General Hospital and later was elected and served
+successively as treasurer, vice president and president. In 1879
+he was elected chairman of the board of harbor commissioners for
+Montreal and remained in that position until his death. His name
+figured also in connection with military activities, beginning
+in 1861, when, during the Trent excitement he was gazetted first
+lieutenant and quartermaster of the Montreal Light Infantry. Many
+tangible evidences of his devotion to the public welfare may
+be cited. He familiarized himself with all the details of the
+management of the General Hospital and was greatly interested
+in the proposal to enlarge it, so that in 1886 upon a trip to
+England he consulted some of the best architects of that country
+concerning the subject and brought back with him plans for the
+proposed extension. The deepening of the ship channel between
+Montreal and Quebec was a project which awakened his strong
+and hearty enthusiasm, and he frequently said that when he saw
+the completion of the plan he would retire from the active
+duties of chairman of the board, well satisfied. He was of a
+nervous temperament, possessed marked energy and was a tireless
+worker, and before his health became impaired he was actively
+and helpfully interested in the movement for the improvement of
+the harbor and the prevention of damages by flood. During the
+great flood of 1885 he was making a tour through the submerged
+district in a canoe, propelled by one of the oldest river men.
+His companion of that occasion testified to the deep interest
+he took in the poor people of the district. He left the harbor
+commissioners’ office with forty or fifty dollars in his pocket
+and when he returned he had not enough cash to pay the boatman,
+having given all to the flood sufferers. This is but one incident
+of his generous spirit, which was constantly manifested. He
+was of a most charitable disposition but he gave in a quiet,
+unassuming manner, following the mandate not to let the left
+hand know what the right hand doeth. Again and again his gifts
+of charity were known only to the recipients.
+
+On the 19th of April, 1850, in Scotland, Mr. Robertson was
+married to Miss Agnes Bow, a daughter of the late Alexander Bow,
+of Glasgow, and they became parents of ten children, four sons
+and six daughters, of whom the sons and four daughters are still
+living, six being residents of Montreal, while one daughter and
+one son reside on the Pacific coast.
+
+At the time of his death, which occurred March 29, 1890,
+Mr. Robertson was chairman of the harbor commission and his
+associates in that work, as also those in other relations of
+life, entertained for him the highest regard. In politics he was
+conservative and in church connection a Presbyterian. In his
+Christian faith was found the root of a well spent, honorable
+life, reaching out along many lines for the benefit of his
+fellowmen. The world is better for his having lived and his
+memory remains as a blessed benediction to those who knew him.
+Mrs. Robertson survived her husband for nine years, passing
+away suddenly in her beautiful home, Elmbank, Dorchester Street
+West, on the 6th of July, 1899, mourned by a large circle of old
+friends.
+
+
+REV. JOSEPH GUILLAUME LAURENT FORBES.
+
+Rev. Joseph Guillaume Laurent Forbes, bishop of Joliette, was
+formerly the spiritual director of the thirty-nine hundred
+families which make up the great French-Canadian parish of St.
+Jean Baptiste in Montreal, a position of responsibility as
+well as one of power and importance among the Catholic people
+of the city. This responsibility rested upon the shoulders of
+a conscientious, capable and God-fearing man and the power
+was used wisely and humbly, so that Father Forbes has become
+an important force in the conservation and propagation of the
+doctrines which he teaches and professes. He is a native of the
+province of Quebec, born in Isle Perrot, near Montreal, August
+10, 1865, a son of John and Octavie (Léger) Forbes, both natives
+of Vaudreuil. The Forbes family was founded in Canada in 1757 and
+representatives of the Léger family came to Quebec with the first
+French colonists in 1608. Both parents are still living, the
+father having retired from active life.
+
+Rev. Guillaume Forbes acquired his early education in the
+kindergarten at the Nazareth Asylum in charge of the Grey Nuns in
+Montreal and was afterward a student at the Catholic Commercial
+Academy of this city. He was graduated from Montreal College with
+the class of 1882 and from the Seminary of Philosophy in 1884.
+He finished the course in the College of Theology in 1887 and
+was ordained to the Roman Catholic priesthood March 17, 1888.
+Immediately afterward he was sent as curate to Caughnawaga, where
+he did excellent work among the Iroquois Indians. He held his
+original position until 1892 and was then given the direction of
+the Caughnawaga mission, serving until 1903. In that year he was
+appointed parish priest of the Church of St. Anne de Bellevue, in
+the province of Quebec, and he there remained until 1911, when
+he was appointed rector of St. Jean Baptiste church in Montreal.
+The parish of St. Jean de Baptiste in Montreal is one of the
+largest and most important French-Canadian congregations in the
+city, and its rector holds a very responsible position and one
+which makes him a great individual force in Catholic circles. The
+original church building was burned June 27, 1911, and is now
+being replaced at a cost of three hundred thousand dollars, the
+entire property being valued at five hundred thousand dollars.
+Father Forbes had four assistants, Rev. Joseph A. Lefevre, Rev.
+Charles A. de Lamirande, Rev. Auguste Paré and Rev. Hector
+Quesnel, and had spiritual jurisdiction over thirty-nine hundred
+families and nineteen thousand souls, all French-Canadians. He
+became very popular and widely beloved among the people of this
+congregation, who saw his simplicity of character, his greatness
+of heart, his earnestness and sincerity, and who recognized
+his administrative and business ability. On the 6th of August,
+1913, Rev. Forbes was chosen by the Holy See to succeed the Rt.
+Rev. Alfred Archambeault as bishop of Joliette. He received the
+episcopal consecration in the cathedral of Joliette from the
+hands of His Grace, Monseigneur Bruchesi, archbishop of Montreal,
+on the 9th of October, 1913. A brother of Bishop Forbes, the Rev.
+Father John Forbes, of the White Fathers, after a stay of sixteen
+years in the mission fields of Africa, is since the year 1900
+residing in Quebec, superior of the branch house of the Society
+of the White Fathers in Canada.
+
+Bishop Forbes is profoundly learned in Indian dialects and is
+in addition an author of some note, his works being all of a
+religious character. Besides his original volumes he has edited
+and republished a Life of Catherine Tekakwitha and an Iroquois
+almanac for the years between 1899 and 1903.
+
+
+ARTHUR EDOUARD JOSEPH BISSONNET.
+
+The name of Bissonnet has long been a distinguished one in this
+locality, the first member of the family having been one Pierre,
+a son of Jacques, who was born in 1626, and on the 3d of May,
+1660, married Mathurène Des Bordes and who, as the records show,
+had seven children. A brother of Pierre, Jacques, was married in
+1670 and sixteen children are credited to him. Arthur Edouard
+Joseph Bissonnet worthily upholds the honor of the family name,
+having gained a reputation along legal lines in Montreal, where
+he has successfully practiced since 1897. He was born at St.
+Hyacinthe, Quebec, and is a son of Napoléon and Domithilde
+(Scott) Bissonnet. The father was a well known manufacturer
+of that city, where he passed away in 1887, the mother having
+predeceased him in 1882. The paternal grandparents were Jérome
+and Josephte (Courtemanche) Bissonnet, who died in 1870 and 1872,
+respectively.
+
+Arthur E. J. Bissonnet received an excellent education. His
+preliminary courses were taken at the College of the Sacred Heart
+at Arthabaskaville, which was followed by a classical course at
+St. Hyacinthe that earned him the title of M. L. A. In 1894 he
+studied law at Laval University and in 1895 and 1896 at McGill
+University which he left in 1897 with the degree of B. C. L.,
+being admitted to the bar of the province of Quebec in the same
+year. His advent in Montreal soon followed and here he has ever
+since been engaged in the practice of his profession. No long
+novitiate awaited him for he soon demonstrated his ability to
+successfully cope with the most intricate law problems and gained
+a reputation which connected him with much important litigation.
+He has represented some of the foremost firms and individuals as
+well as other interests, having attained a name for preparing his
+cases thoroughly and presenting them in an able manner. He has
+all the attributes of a successful lawyer, clearly sets forth his
+cause and by the weight of his character and his insight into
+human nature has won a high standing in his profession. In 1909
+Mr. Bissonnet was appointed king’s counsel and as such handled
+important government cases which especially connected him with
+provincial law revenue on duties on successions. His prominence
+in fraternal circles has led to his election as legal adviser of
+the Council of St. Henry (for 1913), a branch of the Knights of
+Columbus at Montreal. Mr. Bissonnet is now at the head of the
+legal firm, Bissonnet & Cordeau, occupying suite 606, in the
+Royal Trust building.
+
+On the 14th of February, 1905, occurred the marriage of Mr.
+Bissonnet to M. A. Ernestine Roy, a daughter of Amedée Roy and
+Hemma (Rocher) Roy. The family has been long established in the
+county of Bagot, in the province of Quebec, and her father was a
+prominent merchant in his locality. Mr. and Mrs. Bissonnet have
+the following children, Jean, Léon, Marie Laure, Louise Marie and
+Paul.
+
+His political convictions lead Mr. Bissonnet to support the
+liberal party, and he is a member of the Montreal Reform Club and
+other political institutions. Although not an active politician,
+he takes a deep and helpful interest in the issues of the day
+that affect the Canadian people as a nation and his province as
+part of the Dominion and stands ever ready to support progressive
+measures making for advancement, either material or intellectual.
+His faith is that of the Catholic church. A distinguished and
+influential lawyer, he is highly respected in the profession and
+is esteemed by the general public as a public-spirited citizen
+who loyally acknowledges and fulfills his duties to his city and
+his country.
+
+
+DUNCAN A. MCCASKILL.
+
+Duncan A. McCaskill was a factor in Montreal’s commercial
+development and progress, inasmuch as he was the founder and head
+of the house of D. A. McCaskill Company, later McCaskill, Dougall
+& Company, manufacturers of railway and carriage varnishes and
+japans. The extent and importance of his business made him well
+known in commercial circles, while his career demonstrated the
+possibilities for successful achievement on the part of any
+individual who must perforce start in life as he did, without
+any capital to aid him. He was born in Victoria county, Cape
+Breton, in 1845 and was a son of Murdo McCaskill, a justice of
+two counties of Cape Breton. His education was acquired in his
+native county, where the first thirty years of his life were
+passed. The year 1875 witnessed his arrival in Montreal, where he
+connected himself with one of the large business houses of the
+city. During the succeeding five years he steadily progressed and
+there awakened in him the ambition to enter commercial circles
+on his own account. He took his initial step in the direction
+in which his later labors brought him to the prominent position
+which he occupied as the head of the house of what is now
+McCaskill, Dougall & Company, manufacturers of railway and
+carriage varnishes. He was ever a most industrious man, close
+application and energy constituting the basis of his success. In
+1902 he retired and spent his remaining days in those ways which
+afforded him recreation and enjoyment, traveling extensively in
+company with Mrs. McCaskill through the United States and Europe.
+
+[Illustration: DUNCAN A. McCASKILL]
+
+Mrs. McCaskill was in her maidenhood Miss Abbott, a member of
+the Abbott family of Andover, Massachusetts, and one of the
+old New England families. They were separated by death on the
+12th of July, 1907, when Mr. McCaskill passed away at Lausanne,
+Switzerland.
+
+While an active factor in the business world, Mr. McCaskill also
+took a great interest in political matters and for several years
+was president of the Sir John A. Macdonald Club. In 1900, at the
+solicitation of a large body of electors of his native county,
+he became a candidate for political honors. The conservative
+party lost in that connection and Mr. McCaskill was defeated at
+the polls, although a large vote was accorded him and his course
+gained him the general esteem of the people. By preference he
+concentrated his efforts upon his business interests and private
+affairs and worked his way upward until he stood among the
+successful merchants and manufacturers of the city with a record
+that commended him to the confidence and admiration of colleagues
+and contemporaries.
+
+
+SAMUEL HAMILTON EWING.
+
+With intense activity intelligently directed and with ability
+to plan and perform that amounts almost to genius, Samuel
+Hamilton Ewing has become one of the prominent manufacturers and
+capitalists of Montreal. He today has financial investments in
+many of the most important corporate interests of the province,
+and his opinion concerning complex business matters is eagerly
+sought and constitutes a valuable element in the attainment of a
+wise conclusion.
+
+From his boyhood Samuel Hamilton Ewing has been a resident
+of Canada. He was born May 10, 1834, at Lisdillon House,
+Londonderry, Ireland, and is a representative of an old family of
+Irish origin, his parents being Samuel and Margaret (Hamilton)
+Ewing, who with their family crossed the Atlantic to Canada
+during the boyhood of their son Samuel H. Entering the public
+schools of Montreal, he pursued his education and afterward
+joined his brother, Andrew S. Ewing, in the ownership and
+management of the extensive coffee and spice mills formerly
+owned by his father. The business, established in 1860, was
+conducted under the firm style of Samuel Ewing & Sons, Samuel
+Hamilton Ewing remaining an active factor in the management and
+direction of the business until his retirement from the firm in
+1892. In the meantime the efforts of the partners had resulted
+in the establishment of an enterprise of extensive proportions.
+Gradually he extended his efforts to other fields, becoming
+financially and ofttimes actively interested in corporations
+which are now recognized as among the foremost in the commercial
+and industrial circles of the province. He is president of
+the Montreal Cotton Company, president of the Canada Accident
+Assurance Company, president of the Levis County Railway and the
+Cornwall Street Railway, and is vice president of the Molson’s
+Bank and the Sun Life Assurance Company, while he is a director
+of the Atlantic Sugar Refinery, the Standard Clay Products,
+Limited, the Crown Trust Company, and the Illinois Traction
+Company. One of the local papers said of him: “It is doubtful if
+there is a more active man of his age in the city of Montreal.”
+What he undertakes he accomplishes, and he utilizes opportunities
+that many others have passed heedlessly by. Moreover, he has the
+ability to unify seemingly dissimilar elements, coordinating them
+into a harmonious whole.
+
+Mr. Ewing has been married twice. He first wedded Miss Caroline
+Wilson Cheese, of London, England, who died in 1872, and later
+he wedded Margaret Anna Knight, who passed away in March, 1908.
+She was a daughter of George Knight, of Glasgow, Scotland. Mr.
+Ewing’s attractive home, Seaforth, is situated at No. 100 Cote
+des Neiges road. He is well known in club circles, holding
+membership in the Mount Royal, Canada, St. James and Canadian
+Clubs. He is a life governor of the Art Association of Montreal.
+His political belief is that of the conservative party but the
+honors and emoluments of office have little attraction for him.
+He has preferred always to devote his leisure to such activities
+as seek the public welfare along charitable or humanitarian
+lines. He is a governor of the Montreal General Hospital and
+served for several years prior to 1906 as its treasurer. He is
+likewise a governor of the Protestant Hospital for the Insane,
+and in 1906 was the delegate to the Sixth Congress Chambers of
+Commerce of the Empire. Forceful and resourceful, his is a record
+of a strenuous life, stable in purpose, quick in perception,
+swift in decision, energetic and persistent in action.
+
+
+ALBERT HEBERT.
+
+Albert Hébert, deceased, who for many years was one of the
+best known business men of Montreal, was born in this city,
+February 28, 1864. He was educated in the Jesuit College and
+the Archambault Commercial School, from which he was graduated.
+At the age of seventeen years he entered the firm of Dufresne &
+Mongenais and a year later became a member of the firm of Hudon,
+Hébert & Company, wholesale grocers. Later, when his father,
+C. P. Hébert, retired from the firm, Albert Hébert became the
+general manager of the business and so continued throughout his
+remaining days, directing the policy and stimulating the progress
+of the business, which became one of the important commercial
+concerns of the province. A man of resourceful ability, he
+was a director of the Montreal City and District Savings Bank
+and succeeded his father as treasurer of Notre Dame Hospital.
+He was a prominent member of the Board of Trade, serving as a
+councillor in 1904 and 1905, a governor of Laval University and
+a governor of the Antiquarian and Numismatic Society. Mr. Hébert
+was married in Montreal to Miss Loulou Barbeau, a daughter of the
+late E. G. Barbeau, who was the first manager of the Montreal
+City and District Savings Bank. Mr. and Mrs. Hébert had one
+daughter, Joséphine, now the wife of Mr. LsRaoul de Lorimer, of
+Montreal. While traveling in Europe Mr. Hébert died at Lucerne,
+Switzerland, June 21, 1911, although when he left Montreal for
+this trip he was in the best of health. He was but forty-seven
+years of age at the time of his demise, yet he stood very high
+in the opinion of the leading business men of the wholesale
+district of Montreal and was also appreciated and esteemed in
+financial circles. When Notre Dame Hospital was threatened with
+a financial crisis in 1909 it was Mr. Hébert, the treasurer of
+the institution, who opened the subscription and by his energetic
+campaign raised the two hundred thousand dollars which saved the
+day. One who knew him well and was, therefore, qualified to speak
+of his sterling traits of character wrote to the Montreal Star:
+
+[Illustration: ALBERT HEBERT]
+
+“There were many sympathizing and sad hearts in Canada after it
+was known that Albert Hébert, Esq., of your city died in the
+prime of life, far away from home in Switzerland. In the death
+of Mr. Hébert Montreal has lost the prince of the many princely
+merchants. He was known far and near not only by reputation
+but personally and wherever he was known he was respected and
+beloved. I have had business dealings with the late Mr. Hébert
+for over a quarter of a century and during that long period I
+have had many opportunities of forming an opinion of his worth
+as a man and of his splendid abilities as a business man. At the
+annual business meeting of the Wholesale Grocers Guild, of which
+he was a prominent and respected member and at which meetings
+I have often had an opportunity of attending, it was always a
+pleasure to hear him speak in his faultless English, with a
+slightly French accent. His opinions and advice had a spirit of
+fairness and good sense that invariably carried conviction with
+them. No better argument in favor of a joint English and French
+training could be had than to hear him address a meeting in
+English. The late Mr. Hébert will be missed in Montreal. He will
+be sadly missed by the many English speaking friends in the west
+when they visit Montreal. It is men of his type that are needed
+to build up Canada as a nation.”
+
+
+J. GEORGES PICHE, M. D.
+
+Among the successful physicians of Montreal is Dr. J. Georges
+Piché, who has been in practice since 1900. He was born in St.
+Gabriel de Brandon, Berthier, province of Quebec, September
+4, 1872, and descends from one of the oldest families of that
+section.
+
+His father, Camille Piché, was a notary of St. Gabriel for forty
+years, occupying the position at the time of his death. He was
+regarded as one of the best known and most highly respected
+citizens of the locality. He married Sophie Desparrois dit
+Champagne, a native of St. Sulpice, province of Quebec.
+
+Dr. Piché acquired his early education at St. Gabriel and later
+attended the normal school at Montreal, leaving there in 1887.
+He then went to the United States and for several years was
+a bookkeeper in the employ of a wholesale grocery house at
+Providence, Rhode Island. In 1896 he returned to Montreal and,
+having determined upon a professional career, began the study of
+medicine at Laval University, where he was graduated in 1900 with
+the degree of M. D.
+
+Dr. Piché immediately began the practice of his profession in
+Montreal on DeMontigny Street, where he continued with gratifying
+success until 1914, when he removed his offices to No. 287
+St. Denis Street. He is now accorded a liberal practice and
+his ability is constantly increasing as the result of broad
+experience and wide reading and research. He is now physician to
+the Merchants & Employers Guarantee & Accident Company, and he is
+a member of La Société Médicale de Montreal.
+
+In 1894 Dr. Piché was married in St. Gabriel de Brandon, province
+of Quebec, to Albertine Bellemore, a daughter of John Bellemore,
+of that place, and they have four children: Julien, Georges,
+Albert, Ernest and Rachel.
+
+
+JOHN S. ARCHIBALD.
+
+John S. Archibald, an architect holding to the highest
+professional standards and one of Montreal’s native citizens,
+is a son of the late David A. Archibald, formerly of Inverness,
+Scotland. Reared and educated in Scotland. Mr. Archibald prepared
+for the profession which he has made his life work and which he
+has successfully followed in Montreal. He is a member of the
+firm of Saxe & Archibald and as such has been connected with the
+execution of some important professional contracts. A number
+of the fine structures of the city stand as monuments to his
+skill and ability. Moreover his position is indicated by the
+fact that in 1905 he was honored with election to the presidency
+of the Architects Association of the province of Quebec and at
+the congress of architects held in July, 1906, he moved the
+resolution favoring statutory qualifications of architects. He
+has never believed in deviating from the highest standards of the
+profession.
+
+In December, 1900, Mr. Archibald was united in marriage to
+Miss Edith Thurston, the third daughter of J. D. Thurston,
+of Montreal. In politics Mr. Archibald is a liberal and is
+interested in all projects that are opposed to misrule in civic
+affairs and which seek to promote the interests of the many
+rather than of the few. He is now a councillor of the Montreal
+Reform Club, and he belongs also to the Engineers Club. He has
+carefully cultivated the powers and talents with which nature
+endowed him and thus has gained more than local recognition as a
+capable architect, well versed in the science of his profession.
+
+
+ESIOFF LEON PATENAUDE.
+
+Among the younger members of the bar of Montreal is Esioff Léon
+Patenaude, a member of the well known firm of Leonard, Patenaude,
+Filion & Monette, who maintain offices at No. 26 St. James
+Street. Not only has Mr. Patenaude attained a prominent position
+along strictly legal lines but he has been prominent politically,
+having for several terms been elected a member of the provincial
+legislative assembly of Quebec and serving at present in that
+capacity. He is a member of one of the old French-Canadian
+families.
+
+Esioff L. Patenaude was born at St. Isidore on February 12, 1875,
+and is a son of Hilaire and Angèle (Trudeau) Patenaude. Early
+showing a preference for a legal career, he laid the foundations
+of his classical education in Montreal College, from which he
+graduated with the degree of B. A., and subsequently studied law
+at Laval University, receiving the degree of LL. L. He has since
+taken up his practice in Montreal and, having been able soon to
+demonstrate his knowledge and ability, has built up a reputation
+as one of the foremost advocates of the city. He is a member
+of the firm of Leonard, Patenaude, Filion & Monette, who are
+connected with much of the foremost litigation before the courts,
+their patronage being distinctive and important.
+
+On the 8th of May, 1900, Mr. Patenaude married Miss Georgiana
+Deniger and they have two children, Rose Angèle and Alphonse. In
+religious faith the family are Roman Catholics. The political
+allegiance of Mr. Patenaude is given to the conservative party
+and, as he has become widely known in his profession, it was
+but natural that he should be chosen to the Quebec legislative
+assembly, to which he was elected at the general election of
+1908. He was returned to his seat in 1912, his reelection being
+the confirmation of his record. He has always exerted himself to
+the best of his ability in the interests of his constituents and
+has done valuable work in committee rooms as well as on the floor
+of the provincial house of parliament. Prominent among the French
+colony, Mr. Patenaude is highly respected by all who know him for
+what he has attained and for those characteristics which have
+made possible his success. He is ever willing to gladly bear his
+share in promoting the public welfare and the advancement of the
+city and is a forceful factor in Montreal not only along legal
+and political lines but in building up material progress and
+promoting measures which elevate moral and intellectual standards.
+
+
+JOSEPH GUSTAVE AVARD.
+
+Joseph Gustave Avard, one of the best known men in real-estate
+circles in Montreal, has been instrumental in promoting some
+of the largest projects in this city during the past ten
+years, notwithstanding the fact that his life record does not
+cover one-half the span of time of many other real-estate
+dealers of the city. He was born January 29, 1881, at Shirley,
+Massachusetts, a son of Louis and Philomene (Sasseville) Avard,
+both of whom are natives of St. Hyacinthe county, Quebec. For
+some years the father was a saddler at Shirley, Massachusetts,
+but since 1883 has resided at St. Hyacinthe.
+
+The son was educated in the schools of St. Hyacinthe, the
+Brothers of the Sacred Heart Academy and in the St. Hyacinthe
+Practical Business School. For a year he was a clerk in St.
+Hyacinthe Bank and through the ensuing four years was with the
+Eastern Townships Bank at St. Hyacinthe and Waterloo, Quebec.
+
+In 1903 Mr. Avard came to Montreal as an accountant for the firm
+of McPherson & Company, wholesale dealers in cheese and butter.
+In 1905 he opened a real-estate office at 47 St. Vincent Street
+under the firm name of Avard & Dagenais. This firm continued in
+business successfully for five years at that location. On the
+expiration of that period the partnership was dissolved and Mr.
+Avard opened an office in the Royal Trust building, where he
+remained for two years, removing thence to the Transportation
+building at No. 120 St. James Street in 1912. In that year
+the business was incorporated under the name of J. G. Avard &
+Company, Ltd. He promoted the Viauville Lands, Ltd., one of the
+largest deals carried through in the past decade. The firm owns
+the Tetreauville Annex and are agents for Hudonville Lands, Ltd.
+Mr. Avard is also a director of the Dominion Quarry, Ltd., of
+the Metropolis Apartment Company, Ltd., Montreal Playhouses,
+Ltd., and of the Practical Business School of St. Hyacinthe. His
+offices in the Transportation building are models of good taste
+and the casual visitor has only to glance around to see that Mr.
+Avard is a lover of the fine arts.
+
+On the 2d of October, 1904, Mr. Avard was married, in Montreal,
+to Rachel Eva Simard, a daughter of the late Adelard Simard, a
+well known lawyer of Waterloo, Quebec. To Mr. and Mrs. Avard have
+come three children: Elise; Gaston, who died at the age of eleven
+months; and Jean.
+
+Active in the social life of the city, Mr. Avard is a member of
+the Canadian Club, the National Sporting Club, the Reform Club,
+St. Denis Club and is the vice president of the Laurentide Summer
+Home Company, Ltd. Politically he is a liberal, and his religious
+faith is indicated in his membership in St. Leon’s Roman Catholic
+church at Westmount, where he resides.
+
+
+ALBERT H. CAMPBELL.
+
+Albert H. Campbell, an active factor in business circles in
+Montreal as a member of the firm of A. C. Leslie & Company,
+iron, steel and metal merchants on St. Paul Street, remained in
+connection with that business until his death, which occurred
+August 27, 1907. He was a native of Ontario, born May 13, 1866,
+and a son of Dr. Donald P. Campbell, who was also born in the
+province of Ontario, where his father had settled upon coming
+to Canada from Scotland. Dr. Campbell was a graduate of McGill
+University and after preparing for the medical profession
+practiced in Vankleek Hill, Ontario, until his death which
+occurred in 1870. He was married in Montreal, in 1863, to Miss
+Alice Bell, a daughter of James Bell, who came to this city in
+1832 from Scotland and was prominent as a contractor and builder
+here until his death in 1860. Following the death of her husband,
+Mrs. Campbell returned with her family to Montreal, where she has
+since resided.
+
+Albert H. Campbell was thus reared in this city and completed his
+education in the Montreal high school, in 1883. He first engaged
+with Frothingham & Workman after leaving school, spending a few
+years with that firm before he embarked in business on his own
+account as junior partner in the firm of A. C. Leslie & Company,
+iron, steel and metal merchants on St. Paul Street. He then
+concentrated his energy upon the development of that business
+and was a very active representative of commercial interests in
+Montreal until his life’s labors were ended in death. He studied
+every phase of the business with which he was connected, readily
+recognized and utilized advantages and by methods that neither
+seek nor require disguise, won the confidence and respect of
+contemporaries and colleagues.
+
+Mr. Campbell was married in Ottawa to Miss Elizabeth Henderson
+of Ottawa, whose father, John Henderson, is city clerk there.
+Mr. Campbell belonged to the Canadian Club and his social
+nature gained him many warm friends. He was a public-spirited
+man and gave generous and helpful support to projects for
+the general good. He belonged to the Board of Trade and was in
+hearty sympathy with its plans for Montreal’s improvement. He was
+also a member of the American Presbyterian church and his life
+exemplified his belief.
+
+[Illustration: ALBERT H. CAMPBELL]
+
+
+JOSEPH ISRAEL DESROCHES, M. D.
+
+Capable, earnest and conscientious, Dr. Joseph Israël Desroches
+has for many years exercised his profession in Montreal, where he
+is widely known to the general public and enjoys high prestige
+among his colleagues, especially in regard to hygiene and
+children’s hygiene, upon which subjects he is an expert. His
+standing is quite evident from his connection with some of the
+foremost societies in the medical line in the world and it is
+therefore not surprising that his practice should be extensive
+and representative as well as lucrative to him. Dr. Desroches was
+born in October, 1850, at St. Esprit and is a son of André and
+Héloïse (Mercier) Desroches, the former in his day a well known
+agriculturist of St. Esprit. The Desroches family is descended
+from one Jean Deroches, who was born in 1614 and in 1641 left
+Ste. Lucie, near Autun, France, for Villemarie. He made the
+journey with one Monsieur de Maisonneuve. In 1647 he married
+Françoise Godet and this marriage was the first contract of that
+kind to be registered at Villemarie. Jean Deroches had a family
+of eight children, of whom his son Pierre married Marie Beaudry
+on November 24, 1698, at Pointe-aux-Trembles. It was he who added
+the s to the original name of Deroches. Jean Deroches died at
+Quebec on August 23, 1664. This record of the early ancestors
+of Dr. Desroches is to be found in Abbé Tanguay’s Dictionnaire
+Généalogique, in volume I, page 184.
+
+Dr. Desroches pursued his classical studies at the Seminary of
+Joliette and received his medical education at the School of
+Medicine and Surgery of Montreal. There he received his degree
+of M. D. in 1877. He has ever since engaged in his profession
+at Montreal and, deeply studious of mind, has ever continued
+in perfecting his wide knowledge and keeping up-to-date with
+the latest discoveries made in the world’s medical science. The
+humane element in his nature is strongly developed and much of
+his success must be ascribed to the confidence which he inspires
+in his patients and which is recognized today as being one of the
+larger factors in effecting a cure. Careful in diagnosis, he is
+decisive in his actions after reaching a conclusion and there are
+hundreds who can testify to his ability and are grateful to him
+for having given them back health and happiness.
+
+It is but natural that a man of Dr. Desroches’ ability should
+turn to the scientific side of his profession, not finding his
+sole satisfaction in mere attendance upon and ministrations to
+the sick. In 1884 he was chosen by the Hygienic Society of the
+Province of Quebec as manager of the Journal of Popular Hygiene
+and had charge of this valuable medium of influence until 1895,
+contributing many articles toward the enlightenment of the
+general public. In 1887 Dr. Desroches was nominated an honorary
+member of the Société Française of Paris and in the same year,
+on the occasion of the exposition of children’s hygiene, held
+in Paris, he received from the Hygienic Society for Children,
+of that city, a diploma and a gold medal and was chosen a
+corresponding member of the society. In 1889 he was made a
+corresponding member of the Society of Physical, Natural and
+Climatological Sciences of Algiers. From 1892 to 1895 and from
+1898 until 1901 Dr. Desroches had charge of the medical bureau of
+the province of Quebec and from 1894 until 1900 was a member of
+the Provincial Council on Hygiene, of Quebec.
+
+On February 9, 1881, Dr. Desroches was united in marriage to
+Miss Albertine Groulx, a daughter of Louis Thomas and Cornélie
+(Doyou) Groulx, the former a well known barrister and notary
+public of Joliette. Dr. and Mrs. Desroches have the following
+children, Jeanne, Gilberte, Henri, Juliette and Lucille. In
+various connections the Doctor has made valuable contributions to
+hygienic science and the subject of medicine and several of the
+works of which he is the author enjoy a wide circulation and are
+considered standard by the profession. He is a public-spirited
+man, progressive not only in his profession but in regard to all
+subjects that affect his home city and is ever ready to give his
+warm support to worthy public enterprises. His deep knowledge
+assures him of a position of distinction, while his kindly spirit
+has gained him a place in the hearts of his fellowmen.
+
+
+HON. HONORE MERCIER.
+
+Hon. Honore Mercier, minister of colonization, mines and
+fisheries, lawyer and legislator, recognized as one of the
+liberal leaders of Montreal and also acknowledged one of the
+capable representatives of the bar, was born at St. Hyacinthe,
+P. Q., in 1875, his parents being the late Hon. H. M. (Count)
+Mercier and Virginie (St. Denis) Mercier, the former prime
+minister of Quebec and one of the eminent lawyers of the
+province, of whom mention will be found elsewhere in this work.
+
+The preparatory education of Honore Mercier was received at
+St. Mary’s (Jesuit) College, following which he was privately
+tutored in preparation for his work at Laval University, that
+institution conferring upon him the LL. B. degree in 1899. He was
+made an advocate in 1900, since which time he has successfully
+practiced his profession, being now senior member of the law firm
+of Mercier & Beique, with offices in the Quebec Bank building.
+Mr. Mercier’s knowledge of the principles of jurisprudence
+is comprehensive and exact, and his ability, devotion to his
+clients’ interests and the thoroughness with which he prepares
+his cases have given him high standing as a representative of the
+legal profession in the province.
+
+Mr. Mercier has been a prominent figure in municipal and
+provincial affairs, standing firmly in support of the principles
+and measures which he deems of vital worth. He was elected to
+the city council of Montreal in February, 1906, and in 1907, was
+appointed a member of L’Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales, of
+which he is secretary and treasurer, and in the work of which
+institution, Mr. Mercier has proven a most capable official.
+
+He was chosen in the liberal interest to represent Chateauguay
+in the provincial parliament, where he has sat almost
+uninterruptedly since 1907. On April 29, 1914, he was appointed
+minister of colonization, mines and fisheries in the Gouin
+cabinet. He gives earnest and thoughtful consideration to the
+questions of the day and is farsighted in his outlook over the
+political field with all that it implies in its relation to the
+welfare, progress and prosperity of the province and dominion.
+
+Mr. Mercier was married, in April, 1903, to Miss Jeanne
+Frechette, a daughter of the late Dr. L. H. Frechette, C. M. G.
+Their religious faith is that of the Roman Catholic church. They
+occupy an attractive home at No. 408 St. Denis Street, and its
+hospitality is greatly enjoyed by their many friends. They also
+have a summer residence at Bellevue. Mr. Mercier is not a club
+man in the usually accepted sense of the term, yet he belongs to
+the Club Canadien and has social qualities that make and retain
+friends.
+
+
+ALFRED FOREST.
+
+Natural ability and profound learning have placed Alfred Forest
+among the well known young barristers of Montreal, where he
+enjoys an extensive practice as a member of the firm of Le Blanc,
+Brossard & Forest, who have offices at No. 35 St. James Street.
+Well versed in the letter of the law, he is capable, earnest
+and conscientious in the discharge of his duties and has been
+entrusted with much important litigation since beginning his
+career.
+
+The Forest family were among those French emigrants who settled
+in Acadia--now Nova Scotia--and the earliest record to be found
+of them in Montreal is that of Madeline Forest, who was born in
+1709 at d’Annapolis, Acadia. On the maternal side Alfred Forest
+is descended from the Mousseau family, who are named among the
+early settlers in the province of Quebec, the first mentioned
+being Jacques Mousseau, who was married on January 25, 1694, at
+Boucherville, to Marie-Ann Daunet, or Daunais.
+
+Alfred Forest was born on the 8th of June, 1881, in the parish
+of St. Patrick of Rawdon, in the county of Montcalm. His parents
+were Urgel Forest, gentleman, and Eliza (Mousseau) Forest, a
+niece of the late Hon. Alfred Mousseau, in 1882 prime minister
+of the province of Quebec and later minister of public service
+in the cabinet of Sir John A. Macdonald in 1884. In 1886, when
+he died, he was judge of the superior court of Montreal and was
+always a leading conservative.
+
+In the acquirement of his education Alfred Forest attended
+the Seminary of Joliette and then followed the philosophical
+course at the Seminary of the St. Sulpice Fathers in Montreal,
+graduating in 1905 with the degree of B. A. This was followed by
+a law course at Laval University, where on December 21, 1907, he
+obtained his degree of LL. L. with distinction and was admitted
+to the bar on the 15th of January, 1908. In 1906 he was secretary
+of the law students at Laval University and in 1907 was their
+president. During his law course he received practical training
+in the office of the Hon. Judge Paul Martineau and with the Hon.
+P. E. Le Blanc, ex-speaker and ex-leader in the legislative
+assembly, with whom he is now connected under the firm style
+of Le Blanc, Brossard & Forest. After settling down to his
+practice no long novitiate awaited him for he soon demonstrated
+his ability to cope with the most intricate legal problems. His
+reasoning is sound, his logic forceful and, being a student of
+humanity as well as book lore, he easily perceives the vital
+point in the most difficult legal tangles. As the years have
+passed he has made himself felt in the legal fraternity. Moreover
+he is now connected with some of the largest interests of the
+city, this connection having led him to become a director of the
+Modern Gas Light, Heat & Power Company, in which organization he
+served in that capacity in 1912 and 1913.
+
+On April 30, 1913, in Montreal, Mr. Forest was united in marriage
+to Miss Hélène Jondreville, only daughter of Charles Jondreville,
+formerly of Paris, France. Her parents came directly from that
+city to Montreal in 1880. Of a distinguished family, Mrs.
+Forest is a cultured young lady of rare attainments and many
+accomplishments and will no doubt take a prominent part in the
+social life of the city.
+
+Mr. Forest has always been a profound student and is an expert
+on political economy. He is a member of the conservative party
+and was offered the candidature in the federal election of 1911
+by the electors of the county of Montcalm but declined, as his
+private interests practically forebade him to divert his time. He
+is an adherent of the Catholic church and holds membership in the
+Canadian Club, L’Alliance Française and the Conservative Club.
+Mr. Forest is loyal to the interests of Montreal, of which he is
+considerate and which he always tries to promote, proving thereby
+his value as a citizen. He is esteemed and respected not only
+among the legal fraternity but among the general public, who have
+recognized his worth as man, citizen and lawyer.
+
+
+WILLIAM PATERSON.
+
+Personally popular, William Paterson left behind him a large
+circle of friends at his death on the 23d of October, 1902.
+For twenty years he had been engaged in the tailoring business
+in Montreal, where he enjoyed a wide acquaintance. He was born
+December 2, 1858, in Montreal, a son of James Paterson, a native
+of Scotland, who passed his youthful days in that country. He
+there married Miss Ellen Swanson and afterward left the land of
+hills and heather for the new world. To him and his wife were
+born seven children.
+
+The father was a tailor by trade and it was under his direction
+and guidance that William Paterson learned the business. He
+pursued a public-school education and then entered his father’s
+shop, devoting many decades to that pursuit. He was in business
+on Notre Dame Street for two decades, having one of the well
+equipped establishments of the city and gaining a liberal
+patronage, which grew with the passing years and made his one of
+the prosperous tailoring establishments of the city.
+
+On the 18th of August, 1881, Mr. Paterson was united in marriage,
+on Prince Edward Island, to Miss Arabella Le B. Graves, of Nova
+Scotia, and they became the parents of four children: Leslie J.;
+William Henry; Alice G., who is Mrs. James J. Aird; and Grace W.
+
+Mr. Paterson voted with the conservative party but never took an
+active interest in politics to the extent of seeking office as
+a reward for party fealty. He was very prominent in fraternal
+circles, serving as worshipful master of Elgin Lodge, A. F. &
+A. M., and in 1898 he was elected district deputy grand master
+of the Montreal district. He was past grand in the Independent
+Order of Odd Fellows. He was also a life member of the Montreal
+Amateur Athletic Association, and was one of the members of Knox
+Presbyterian church, serving for several years on the board of
+managers. His varied interests and activities of life maintained
+an even balance and made him a forceful and influential factor in
+support of the business, social and municipal affairs with which
+he was connected.
+
+[Illustration: WILLIAM PATERSON]
+
+
+D. AUG. FONTAINE.
+
+D. Aug. Fontaine is a well known lawyer and notary of Montreal,
+being located at No. 244 St. Catherine Street East. Born in
+the town of Marieville, Rouville county, February 2, 1872, he
+comes of distinguished French-Canadian ancestry. The Rev. Damase
+Limoges is an uncle and Morrainé Alphonsine Lemieux, his cousin.
+The Rev. Damase Limoges was curate of the Catholic parish of
+St. Jean Baptiste, in the county of Rouville, and our subject
+was baptized in the Catholic church in that parish on the 4th
+of February, 1872. His father was Felix Fontaine, a notary at
+Marieville, and his mother Claire (Limoges) Fontaine. The former
+was born at St. Charles sûr Richelieu or at St. Hyacinthe about
+November 24, 1832. He studied in the Seminary of St. Hyacinthe
+and served a legal clerkship at Marieville with the notary
+Laberge. He afterwards established himself in that city as a
+notary and there practiced for the rest of his life, being
+recognized as a brilliant lawyer and gaining great success. He
+was a member of the Chamber of Notaries for about twenty-five
+years and when he died was vice president of this institution.
+The mother was born at Terrebonne, about August 2, 1840, a
+daughter of Pierre Limoges, a blacksmith, and Dame (Viger)
+Limoges. The paternal grandfather of our subject was Felix
+Fontaine, a teacher at St. Hyacinthe. The maternal grandfather,
+Pierre Limoges, and Charlotte Luce (Viger) Limoges, his wife,
+were the parents of twenty-three children, three daughters of
+whom embraced holy orders, one of them having joined the Ladies
+of the Sacred Heart at Montreal. One of their sons, Joseph
+Magloire Limoges, is a curate at Sorel; another, Damase Limoges,
+a curate at Beloeil and Farnham. A daughter, Claire Limoges, is
+the mother of our subject.
+
+Louis Fontaine received his education in the elementary school
+at the Hospice of Ste. Croix at Marieville. He completed his
+commercial and classical studies at the Seminary of Ste. Marie
+de Monnoir at Marieville, having terminated his course in 1893.
+He studied law at Laval University of Montreal from 1893 to 1897
+and served a clerkship with Maître J. A. Dorval, of Montreal. He
+received his notaryship at Quebec (with distinction) September
+14, 1897. Mr. Fontaine then formed a partnership with his former
+preceptor, Maître Dorval, under the firm name of Dorval &
+Fontaine. Following, he associated himself with his classmate,
+Oscar Desautels, continuing the partnership of Fontaine &
+Desautels until 1899. At the end of that time he succeeded his
+father, Felix Fontaine, as notary in Marieville. Taking up his
+father’s practice, he there followed his profession for about ten
+years and has been actively engaged in legal work in Montreal
+since 1910. He was secretary-treasurer of the school commission
+of Marieville and also was manager of the Marieville branch of a
+private bank, known as “La Caisse d’Economie de Drummondville.”
+He also was for some time collector of customs at Marieville. In
+politics he was a strict liberal until 1909 and although he yet
+gives his allegiance to that party, is a nationalist at the same
+time.
+
+On the 29th of July, 1896, Mr. Fontaine was married in the town
+of Marieville, which is now annexed to Montreal and known as
+the town of Ste. Cunegonde, to Miss Marie Eugenie Anna Vezina,
+daughter of Alexandre and Emma (Chagnon) Vezina. The father is
+engaged in the saddlery business. Mr. and Mrs. Fontaine have
+three children: Marie Eugenie Claire Ubaldine, fourteen years of
+age; Marie Marguerite Jeanne, twelve years of age; and Joseph
+Alexandre Felix Auguste, aged eleven.
+
+Mr. Fontaine is a member of the Roman Catholic and Apostolic
+church. He is a musical composer of no mean ability and has
+produced a pleasing repertoire of Canadian songs. He is the
+author of the Canadian national song, which was written to the
+words of Abbé A. Fournet, P. S. S. He was a prize winner in the
+competition between Canadian poets in 1908 and the newspaper
+La Presse paid him one hundred dollars, le prix de concours.
+He is adviser to the singers of Notre Dame parish church of
+Montreal. Mr. Fontaine deeply interests himself in all matters
+pertaining to public affairs and is interested in the cause of
+education and in arts and letters. He is a lawyer of ability, a
+patriotic citizen and a man who stands for the higher things in
+life and who finds great pleasure and satisfaction in following
+his aesthetic tastes and in implanting his art ideas in others.
+His talent along musical lines has been ably put to use in
+elevating the musical standards of the city and in bringing more
+closely before the public the idea of creating a home musical art
+particularly and peculiarly Canadian.
+
+
+ARTHUR SURVEYER.
+
+In the field of engineering the name of Arthur Surveyer is widely
+known. Liberal training and broad experience have brought him
+to a prominent position and won for him the liberal patronage
+that is accorded him as senior partner in the firm of Surveyer &
+Frigon, consulting engineers of Montreal.
+
+Mr. Surveyer was born in this city on the 17th of December,
+1878, son of L. J. A. and M. A. Hectorine (Fabre) Surveyer, of
+whom more extended mention will be found elsewhere in this book,
+and supplemented his course of study in St. Mary’s College by
+a course in L’Ecole Polytechnique in which he won the degrees
+of Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Applied Science and was
+graduated as a civil engineer. He also pursued a special
+post-graduate course at L’Ecole d’Industrie et des Mines du
+Hainout, Mons, Belgium. His liberal training and broad experience
+have made him one of the most efficient representatives of the
+profession. From 1904 until May, 1911, he was in the service
+of the Canadian department of public works and was engaged on
+the survey, plans and estimates for the Georgian Bay Ship Canal
+project and the survey of the Richelieu river for a twelve-foot
+canal. He was supervising engineer during the construction of
+the Port Arthur Dry Dock and reported on several hydro-electric
+projects on the St. Lawrence river. In May, 1911, he left the
+public service, in which he was connected with many important
+works, to enter upon private practice, but has been retained as
+consulting engineer by the public works department in a number
+of important matters such as the preparation of Canada’s case
+against the Chicago drainage canal and the report on the plans
+submitted to the government by the Montreal Tunnel Company and by
+the Montreal Central Terminal Company. Mr. Surveyer is a member
+of the St. Lawrence River commission, is engineer for various
+municipalities and is a member of a number of professional
+societies and associations, including the Canadian Society of
+Civil Engineers, the International Federation of Consulting
+Engineers and the Hydrotechnic Society of France. Thoroughness
+has characterized all that he has undertaken. That quality was
+manifest in his preparation for his profession. He was a most
+discriminating and earnest student and in his practice he has
+lost sight of no detail of his work and at the same time has
+given due prominence to its most important problems and features.
+His entire professional career has been characterized by
+continuous advancement.
+
+
+J. F. OLIVAR ASSELIN.
+
+J. F. Olivar Asselin was born at St. Hilarion, in Charlevoix
+county, P. Q., November 8, 1874, a son of Rieule and Cedulie
+(Tremblay) Asselin, the latter of whom is still living. He
+emigrated to the United States with his parents in 1892, and in
+Fall River, Massachusetts, J. F. Olivar Asselin was for two years
+employed in the cotton mills.
+
+Taking up journalism, he was at first connected with small French
+weekly publications. He afterward became editor of La Tribune,
+a Woonsocket, Rhode Island, daily, in which capacity he enjoyed
+the friendship and confidence of the Hon. Mr. A. J. Pothier,
+then lieutenant governor, and now governor of Rhode Island.
+While practicing his profession in Woonsocket, Mr. Asselin was
+principal of an evening public school in that city in 1897 and
+1898.
+
+He was the first man to enlist in the First Rhode Island
+Volunteers, at the breaking out of the Spanish-American War.
+
+Returning to Canada in 1900, he was successively connected
+with the Montreal Herald, La Patrie, Le Journal, La
+Presse, La Nationaliste and Le Devoir, with a two years
+intermission--1901-1903--during which he was private secretary
+to the Hon., now Sir Lomer Gouin, then minister of colonization
+and public works of the province of Quebec. In 1902 he organized
+the Nationalist league, being for several years president of the
+Montreal branch. This indicates his deep interest in political
+problems and to disseminate the principles in which he believed,
+he founded La Nationaliste as the organ of the party, and for a
+time was editor of that publication.
+
+He has written much upon various subjects, his publications
+including a series of political brochures with the title,
+Feuilles de Combat. He is also the author of “A Quebec View
+of Canadian Nationalism, an Essay by a Dyed-in-the-Wool
+French-Canadian,” which was published in 1910.
+
+He has been in business for four years as manager of the Credit
+Metropolitain, one of the well known real-estate and financial
+firms of Montreal.
+
+In 1912, he was appointed by the federal government, a special
+commissioner to French and Belgium, to study the question of
+emigration from those countries to Canada. Mr. Asselin has made
+a special study of municipal questions, and is well known as a
+member of the National Municipal league, as well as a contributor
+to the Municipal Journal. Mr. Asselin stood twice as a candidate
+for parliamentary honors, without success, a result which, in one
+case at least, was said to be due to his caustic spirit. In 1913
+he was elected general president of the great St. Jean Baptiste
+Society, the national society of the French.
+
+In 1903 Mr. Asselin wedded Mlle. Alice Le Bouthillier of Montreal.
+
+
+JOSEPH ASSELIN, M. D., C. M.
+
+A specialist in the treatment of children’s diseases and
+prominently known in connection with both hospital and private
+practice, Dr. Joseph Asselin is one of the best known physicians
+of Montreal. He was born in Joliette, Quebec, August 10, 1858, a
+son of Eusebe and Elmire (Cornellier) Asselin. The father was a
+merchant and proprietor of an important seigneury.
+
+[Illustration: JOSEPH ASSELIN]
+
+Dr. Asselin acquired his classical education in Joliette
+College, and in further preparation for the profession which he
+had determined to make his life work, he studied for two and
+a half years in hospitals for children, in Paris, under the
+direction of such eminent men as Parrot, Bouchert, Simon and
+Descroizilles. Since entering upon active practice in Montreal
+his advancement has not only been continuous but rapid, winning
+speedy recognition for his ability. He has served as a director
+of the town dispensary of the Sisters of Providence, Montreal, an
+institution in which many thousands of children have been treated
+each year. He has also been physician of the Orphelinat St.
+Alexis at the corner of Mignonne and St. Denis Streets, Montreal.
+
+On the 10th of October, 1883, Dr. Asselin was married to Miss
+Albina Laurier, daughter of Dr. Louis Laurier, and their family
+numbers five children. Dr. Asselin is a conservative in politics
+and in religious faith a Roman Catholic. He holds membership with
+the Independent Order of Foresters, but his chief interest is
+that of his profession. He gives untiringly of his service for
+the benefit of mankind and is highly esteemed not only by his
+colleagues but by the community generally.
+
+
+LOUIS THEOPHILE MARECHAL.
+
+In a profession where advancement depends entirely upon
+individual merit, talent and ability Louis Theophile Marechal has
+attained distinguished rank. Firmly entrenched in the principles
+of jurisprudence, he adds to his forensic knowledge and ability
+the rare gift of eloquence, which has been an effective force
+in winning for him a high position in his profession. He
+represents one of the old and distinguished French families
+in the Montreal district. His birth occurred at St. Henri, near
+Montreal, on the 13th of March, 1864, and in the pursuit of his
+education he spent some time as a student in Montreal College
+and in St. Mary’s (Jesuit) College. He afterward entered Laval
+University, where he pursued his law course until graduated with
+the class of 1889. The same year he was called to the bar and has
+since practiced as an advocate of Montreal. He was made a king’s
+counsel in 1903 and was appointed a councillor of the Montreal
+bar for the year 1908-9. His advancement in his profession has
+been continuous. He accurately applies law principles, being
+seldom, if ever, at fault in the citation of a fact or legal
+precedent. He speaks French and English with equal fluency and
+has been gifted with oratorical power that enables him to sway
+his hearers with the force of his eloquence. Moreover, his
+statements are convincing, and his legal utterances are always
+based upon a thorough understanding of the legal principles
+involved.
+
+Mr. Marechal was united in marriage to Marie, the only daughter
+of Hon. C. B. de Boucherville, but lost his wife in death
+in 1902. His recognition of the duties and obligations of
+citizenship is manifest in many tangible ways. In politics he
+is a conservative of the pronounced type. He unsuccessfully
+contested St. Mary’s (Montreal) for the house of commons in the
+general election of 1904 and was again a candidate for the same
+seat in 1908. It is a recognized fact that he is a leader in
+party ranks and has done much to mold public thought and action.
+His religious faith is that of the Roman Catholic church. The
+spirit of progress dominates him in all things, especially in his
+professional and public relations, and his position of leadership
+is one to which his ability, public spirit and eloquence have
+brought him.
+
+
+L. GEORGES BADEAUX, M. D.
+
+Specializing in the treatment of diseases of the eye, ear, nose
+and throat, Dr. Badeaux has won a merited place in his particular
+branch of the medical profession. A native of Three Rivers,
+Quebec, he is descended from a very old and prominent family, the
+ancestry being traced back to 1630, when Jacques Badeaux, who
+was one of the first notaries in Canada, settled at Beauport.
+In the direct line from Jacques Badeaux to the subject of this
+review, there were four notaries. The great-great-grandfather,
+Jean Baptiste Badeaux, who resided at Three Rivers, was also an
+author and journalist and among his literary productions was
+a journal relating to the American Invasion in 1775. His son,
+Joseph Badeaux, also a notary, was a member of the legislature
+from Three Rivers at Quebec during the Revolution of 1837.
+
+Dr. Georges Badeaux, his son, and grandfather of Dr. L. Georges
+Badeaux, was a widely known physician of Three Rivers, where he
+engaged in practice for fifty-five years, or until the time of
+his death. He was the father of two sons and several daughters.
+One of his sons, Joseph Badeaux, was a physician at Three Rivers,
+but is now deceased. His only son is Dr. Joseph M. Badeaux, now
+engaged in the practice of medicine as successor to his father
+and grandfather.
+
+Louis Badeaux, father of Dr. Badeaux, of this review, has always
+resided at Three Rivers, where for more than a quarter of a
+century he was engaged in the wholesale dry-goods business. He is
+now living retired.
+
+Dr. L. Georges Badeaux was born March 21, 1886, in Three Rivers
+and acquired his classical education in St. Joseph’s College in
+his native place. In 1906 he began the study of medicine at Laval
+University, Quebec, and after spending two years there he entered
+Laval University at Montreal, from which he was graduated with
+the degree of M. D. in 1910.
+
+He then began to make special study of the eye, ear, nose and
+throat at the Hotel Dieu, being assistant there in the treatment
+of the diseases of those organs. For the past three years Dr.
+Badeaux has been an assistant in practice to Dr. Albert Lassalle,
+the noted eye and ear specialist. For two years Dr. Badeaux was
+a professor in the demonstration of anatomy at Laval and he is a
+member of La Société Médicale de Montreal.
+
+On the 28th of April, 1913, Dr. Badeaux was married in Montreal
+to Anita Fellay, a daughter of Ernest Fellay, of this city, and
+they have one child, Louis Jacques.
+
+
+JAMES CHALMERS CAMERON, M. D.
+
+Dr. James Chalmers Cameron, medical practitioner and educator of
+Montreal, was for thirty-eight years actively connected with the
+profession in this city, enjoying not only the respect of all
+with whom he came in contact but also the love and affectionate
+regard of those to whom he ministered in his professional
+capacity by reason of his ready sympathy and thorough
+understanding as well as his medical and surgical skill. Kindness
+and helpfulness might be termed the keynote of his character and
+those qualities constantly found expression in all the relations
+of his life. Ontario was proud to number him among her native
+sons, for as he developed his latent powers and energies he
+gained a wide reputation. He was born at Aultsville, Ontario,
+January 18, 1852, being the eldest son of Rev. James Y. Cameron,
+of the Presbyterian church, who after receiving his education in
+Edinburgh, under Dr. Thomas Chalmers, was actively connected with
+the ministry in Canada for a number of years, but later withdrew
+from that field to devote his energies to teaching. He conducted
+a private academy in Lundy’s Lane for several years and was
+later in turn principal of the Drummondville (Ont.) high school,
+the Williamstown (Ont.) high school and for a couple of years
+lecturer in classics and mathematics at the Presbyterian College,
+Montreal. Rev. J. Y. Cameron married Charlotte Ann Ault in 1851.
+Both husband and wife were descended from United Empire Loyalist
+families, who had sacrificed their homes in the American colonies
+to remain true to the British flag and settled in Glengarry.
+
+Dr. Cameron began studying in the old Upper Canada College,
+Toronto, and by reason of his aptitude and close application
+became head boy of the school in 1870. He next entered McGill,
+where in four years he became first prize man in medicine,
+graduating in 1874. The succeeding three years were spent
+in connection with the General Hospital in Montreal, but in
+1877 he severed his connection with that institution and in
+April of the same year sailed for Dublin, Ireland. He pursued
+post-graduate courses in medicine and surgery in Berlin, Paris
+and Vienna and thus he added greatly to his knowledge through
+acquaintance with the methods of practice of the most eminent
+physicians and surgeons of the old world. The chair of obstetrics
+at Bishop’s College was offered to Dr. Cameron when he returned
+from his first post-graduate course at the Rotunda and was at
+once accepted. He remained there until the chair at McGill was
+offered him, thus giving him wider opportunities. He became
+professor of obstetrics and infants’ diseases at his alma mater,
+holding that chair for twenty-six years and contributing in large
+measure to the success of the medical department. He believed
+always in raising the standards of medical education because of
+his clear recognition of the responsibilities devolving upon the
+practitioner and his labors and teachings were an inspiration to
+all who came under his instruction. While professor at McGill
+Dr. Cameron became associated with the old University Lying-in
+Hospital, which later became the Montreal Maternity Hospital, and
+Dr. Cameron’s work in behalf of that institution resulted largely
+in bringing it to its present standard of modern excellence. It
+was not only as practitioner and educator that Dr. Cameron became
+widely known but also as a contributor to various text-books on
+medicine, this gaining him a wide reputation. His treatises were
+written in English, French and German. He was well known in the
+United States and was elected an honorary fellow of the American
+Gynecological Society, besides being a member of many other
+leading societies connected with the medical profession. He was
+a member of the British Medical Association and the Edinburgh
+Obstetrical Society. For many years he was chief medical examiner
+for the Equitable Life Assurance Society in Montreal. He gained
+eminence as a lecturer on subjects of literary interest, his
+addresses on Robert Louis Stevenson and Robert Burns being
+especially well received.
+
+Dr. Cameron was married in 1880 to Miss Elizabeth Jane Dakers,
+daughter of James Dakers, who was for thirty-five years secretary
+and manager of the Montreal Telegraph Company. Mrs. Cameron
+survives with one son, Dakers Cameron, of Montreal. Dr. Cameron
+is also survived by his mother and two brothers, Dr. John W.
+Cameron, of Buffalo, New York, and Wellington Ault Cameron,
+barrister, of Toronto.
+
+The remarkable energy of Dr. Cameron found expression along
+other lines. He was for a time assistant surgeon of the Sixth
+Fusiliers. His name was on the membership role of the St. James
+and University Clubs and in 1874 he was initiated into Royal
+Albert Lodge, A. F. & A. M. Subsequently he became the principal
+mover in establishing the University Lodge, A. F. & A. M., which
+has rapidly grown in influence and includes many university
+graduates and students of McGill. He was the first worshipful
+master of this lodge and also an officer of the grand lodge of
+Quebec. In Masonry he attained the thirty-second degree. As
+specially appointed medical examiner for the German army, Dr.
+Cameron held a position unique in Canadian history, an honor
+which he valued very highly. He was also a member of the Teutonia
+Club. Dr. Cameron died suddenly on March 16, 1912. The funeral
+services were conducted according to Masonic rites, the religious
+ceremony taking place at St. Paul’s Presbyterian church, of which
+he was a member. One of the local papers said: “His every patient
+became his friend and his death is a loss to thousands.” The news
+of his demise, indeed, carried a sense of personal bereavement
+into many homes where his eminent skill and kindly ministrations
+had made him loved and honored. In all of his professional
+relations he approached the ideal because of his comprehensive
+knowledge and still more because of his deep human interest and
+sympathy. He regarded it as a sacred privilege and obligation to
+discharge the duties of his profession and his life embodied the
+thought of the philosopher who has said: “Not the good that comes
+to us but the good that comes to the world through us is the
+measure of our success.”
+
+
+JOSEPH VENNE.
+
+On the list of architects who have had to do with the building
+of Montreal appears the name of Joseph Venne, senior member of
+the well known firm of Venne & Labelle, and those who are to
+any extent familiar with the building operations that have been
+carried on here in the last third of a century know that he has
+figured prominently as one whose work combines the indispensable
+qualities of utility, comfort, convenience and adornment. He was
+born in Montreal, June 14, 1859, was educated in the Christian
+Brothers school of this city and, being a diligent student,
+creditably passed his examinations.
+
+[Illustration: JOSEPH VENNE]
+
+After putting aside his text-books he entered the office of
+Perrault & Mesnard, architects, and for many years was their
+head clerk. The high regard entertained for him by his employers
+is indicated in the advancement that came to him from time to
+time and his eventual admission to the firm under the style
+of Perrault, Mesnard & Venne, which partnership continued for
+several years when it was dissolved. Since 1912 he has been
+associated with Louis Labelle.
+
+In 1882 Mr. Venne was united in marriage to Miss P. Boucher, a
+daughter of S. Boucher, Esq., of Montreal. A Roman Catholic in
+religious faith, he belongs to the St. Jean Baptiste Society
+and has been president of the Sacred Heart section. In politics
+he is a liberal. Along professional lines his connection is
+with the provincial Association of Architects, and through his
+identification with that organization he keeps in touch with the
+advanced work and progressive ideas of representative men of the
+profession and also contributes from his experience and wisdom to
+its discussions and conferences.
+
+
+NIEL H. ASSELIN.
+
+The name of Niel H. Asselin has become a familiar one in
+commercial circles in Montreal, where he occupies the important
+and responsible position of general agent of the Singer Sewing
+Machine Company for eastern Canada. He was born in 1845 at
+St. Michel, Bellechase county, in the province of Quebec, and
+supplemented his preliminary education by study in the St. Michel
+Commercial College. He reached what may be termed his métier by
+a somewhat circuitous course. He started with the Grand Trunk
+Railway in the position of operator and stationmaster at Hadlow
+in 1863 and left that position to accept one in the office
+of the prothonotary for the Quebec district, in which capacity
+he served for six years. He then resigned to travel in the boot
+and shoe trade, and in 1874 came into active connection with the
+sewing machine business as representative of the Howe Sewing
+Machine Company. When this went into liquidation he made his way
+to the United States and joined the sales force of the Wheeler &
+Wilson & Domestic Sewing Machine Company.
+
+Upon returning to Canada in 1884, Mr. Asselin entered the employ
+of the White Sewing Machine Company as its representative in
+Quebec, the maritime provinces and Newfoundland. In 1891 he
+joined the Singer Sewing Machine Company at Quebec as its manager
+for half of the province and a part of New Brunswick. In 1903 he
+was advanced to the position of superintendent and in 1905 became
+general agent for all eastern Canada, comprising Quebec, New
+Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia and Newfoundland,
+with headquarters in the Board of Trade building in Montreal.
+Here with an office staff of fifteen under his control and
+twenty-eight regular shops, thirty-two contract shops and four
+hundred outside employes under his jurisdiction, he may well be
+said to hold the blue ribbon position in sewing machine circles
+in Canada.
+
+Mr. Asselin has a fluent command of both English and French
+and is a cultured, genial gentleman, whose popularity arises
+from attractive social qualities as well as pronounced business
+ability.
+
+
+ROBERT T. MULLIN.
+
+Robert T. Mullin, one of the able and successful advocates in
+Montreal, is a representative of a well known Canadian family
+whose members settled in the Dominion about 1810. He was born
+in 1870 at Bryson, province of Quebec, and after completing his
+preliminary education, entered McGill University at Montreal. He
+was graduated from the law department in 1896, with first rank
+honors, and he was also a gold medallist in Roman law in his
+graduating year. While at McGill, Mr. Mullin was a member of the
+Literary and Debating Society and was also editor in chief of the
+“McGill Fortnightly.” He was called to the bar in 1900, beginning
+the practice of his profession in this city in partnership with
+Colonel J. P. Cooke, who later became registrar, the firm name
+being Cooke & Mullin. This connection was productive of mutually
+beneficial results and was maintained until 1910 when it was
+dissolved. Mr. Mullin later was a member of the firm of De
+Boucherville, Mullin & Mathieu, but since 1912 he has been alone
+in practice. Mr. Mullin is at all times a strong and forceful
+practitioner, well versed in underlying legal principles and
+possessed of the insight, keenness of perception and powers of
+deduction necessary to make his knowledge effective. He controls
+a large and important clientage and is very successful in its
+conduct, standing today in the front ranks of reliable and
+competent advocates in Montreal.
+
+At the inception of the Cobalt mining activities, Mr. Mullin
+became interested in various mining properties, and he has had
+considerable success along this line of industry and has played a
+conspicuous part in the development of various mining properties.
+His operations have been so successful that his judgment has been
+profitably followed by others in the mining world.
+
+Mr. Mullin is connected with the Masonic fraternity and with the
+Benevolent Protective Order of Elks and is active in the affairs
+of the local branches of both organizations. Mr. Mullin has done
+valiant service in the ranks of the liberal party. He has always
+been an enthusiastic supporter of Sir Wilfrid Laurier and ready
+to respond to his party’s call at any time. In the city where
+practically his entire active life has been passed his signal
+ability has gained him the respect of his professional brethren,
+while his constant courtesy and sterling qualities of character
+command everywhere high honor and regard.
+
+
+J. A. ST. JULIEN, K. C.
+
+J. A. St. Julien, K. C., was a member of the prominent and well
+known law firm of St. Julien & Theberge, having offices at No. 60
+Notre Dame Street East. During the years of his connection with
+the Montreal bar he attained an enviable place in the practice of
+his profession.
+
+Mr. St. Julien was a native son of Montreal, born in 1855.
+Liberal educational opportunities qualified him for important
+professional service. His early studies were supplemented by a
+course in the Montreal College, Laval University and in McGill
+University and from the last named institution he was graduated
+with the degree of B. C. L. He entered upon the active practice
+of his chosen profession in 1882 and was continuously before
+the courts from that time until his death. His ability was
+pronounced for he was ever a careful and discriminating student
+of the principles of law and was accurate in the application
+thereof. His devotion to his clients’ interests was proverbial,
+yet he never forgot that he owed a still higher allegiance to
+the majesty of the law, and neither the zeal of an advocate nor
+the pleasure of success permitted him to disregard this. His
+political allegiance was given to the liberal party, but he was
+never an aspirant for office, preferring to concentrate his
+energies upon his professional interests and perform his public
+service as a private citizen. His death occurred May 4, 1914, and
+was deeply regretted by all who knew him. In his demise Montreal
+lost one of her foremost representatives of the legal profession
+and a citizen who was always loyal to his city.
+
+
+HON. CHARLES LAURENDEAU.
+
+Hon. Charles Laurendeau, chief city attorney, the head of the
+city’s legal department, is one of the able members of the legal
+profession in Montreal. The Hon. Mr. Laurendeau belongs to one of
+the oldest families in the province of Quebec. He was born at St.
+Barthelemy, in 1865, and was educated at L’Assomption College and
+Laval University. In the latter institution he pursued the study
+of law and was graduated with the LL. B. degree in 1892.
+
+In the same year he began practice as an advocate, and rapidly
+won a foremost position among his colleagues until his ability
+and power to successfully cope with the intricate and involved
+problems of jurisprudence became widely known.
+
+He was at one time associated in practice with Justice Fortin,
+subsequently becoming the head of the law firm of Laurendeau,
+Pelletier & Pelletier. He was created king’s counsel in 1906, and
+on July 6, 1910, was honored with the appointment of puisne judge
+of the superior court of the province of Quebec.
+
+Advancement at the bar is proverbially slow and yet he has
+progressed step by step, putting his knowledge to the practical
+test in his application of legal principles to the points at
+issue, in which connection he is seldom at fault.
+
+Judge Laurendeau resigned his position on the bench, to accept
+the far more arduous one of city attorney, to which he was
+appointed October 26, 1913.
+
+Judge Laurendeau is married to Miss Georgina Beaudet, the
+eldest daughter of G. J. Beaudet, of Coteau-du-Lac, P. Q. Judge
+and Mrs. Laurendeau hold membership in the Catholic church.
+The hospitality of their attractive home is enjoyed by many
+friends, and Judge Laurendeau is well known and honored among his
+professional colleagues by reason of his strict conformity to the
+highest ethics of the law.
+
+
+WILL. H. WHYTE.
+
+Will. H. Whyte, prominent and successful in the insurance
+profession and an eminent representative of Masonry in Canada,
+was born in Montreal, March 15, 1850, the eldest son of the late
+James Whyte of “The Greenlaw,” Paisley, Scotland, and Annie Gray
+(Shanks) Whyte, whose girlhood home was at Berwick on Tweed.
+
+Will. H. Whyte became a student at the Montreal Collegiate school
+and entered business circles in connection with the wholesale
+dry-goods house of Ogilvy & Company. The steps in his orderly
+progression are easily discernible and his course has been marked
+by a continuous advance along lines of constantly broadening
+activity and usefulness. For six years he was business manager
+of the Montreal Herald when the Hon. Peter Mitchell was the
+principal owner and president. Since 1897 his attention has been
+given to the insurance business, and his constantly expanding
+powers have brought him into prominent relations with the
+profession. He is now secretary-treasurer and underwriter of the
+Royal Marine Insurance Company of Montreal.
+
+His business connections alone would entitle him to distinction,
+yet he has, perhaps, an even wider acquaintance through his
+Masonic associations. Indeed, few Canadian Masons are better
+known throughout the Masonic world. He was initiated in Prince
+Consort Lodge, No. 52, and was installed worshipful master in
+December, 1876. He was elected to a number of important offices
+in the grand lodge and became grand secretary of the grand lodge
+of Quebec in January, 1902. He has passed through the various
+branches of Royal Arch Masonry and was grand first principal
+Z. of the grand chapter of Quebec, holding the office for the
+years 1888-9. He has held the office of grand scribe E. from
+1893. He received the Cryptic degrees and has been illustrious
+grand master of the grand council of the maritime provinces.
+He was knighted as a Knight Templar in 1882 and was supreme
+grand master in 1895 and 1896 of the sovereign great priory of
+Canada and has been grand chancellor since 1897. He was the
+second Knight Templar to be elected an honorary member of the
+grand encampment, K. T., of the United States at the triennial
+conclave in Chicago in 1910. He is a member of the Ancient Arabic
+Order of the Mystic Shrine and of the Royal Order of Scotland.
+The many important offices he has held, as well as his reviews
+and historical sketches have brought him very prominently before
+the Masonic craft for many years.
+
+In former years Mr. Whyte was an active athlete and supporter
+of amateur athletics. He was one of the founders and is the
+historian of the Montreal Amateur Athletic Association. He has
+also served as one of its directors. He was likewise president
+of the Montreal Lacrosse Club in 1885-6; was vice president and
+secretary for six years of the Montreal Snowshoe Club; is one
+of the oldest members of the Dominion Commercial Travelers’
+Association; is a life member of the Caledonian Society; a member
+of St. Andrew’s Society; and of the Board of Trade of Montreal.
+
+On the 3d of January, 1882, Mr. Whyte married Almeda Garratt, a
+daughter of the late Captain Robert Nelson Garratt of Kingston,
+Ontario, a representative of one of the families longest
+connected with the history of the city of Kingston. They are
+members of the American Presbyterian church, and they delight
+in dispensing the hospitality of their home at No. 4290 Western
+Avenue, Westmount.
+
+
+JAMES PATON.
+
+James Paton, a well known citizen of Montreal, died November 17,
+1905. He was born in this city in 1853, a son of Laird Paton, a
+distinguished citizen of Montreal, who was at the head of the
+firm of Laird Paton & Sons, contractors.
+
+It was to that business that James Paton turned his attention,
+when his school days were over, joining his father and acquainting
+himself with every phase of the business in which he was destined
+to win substantial success. The firm of Laird Paton & Sons
+took high rank among the contractors of the city and erected
+many of Montreal’s best buildings. James Paton was capable of
+watching and directing the slightest detail as well as the most
+important features of his business and could turn with equal
+energy and enthusiasm to sporting events. In a word, he had the
+power of concentrating his entire energy upon the interest of
+the moment and it was this that gained him prominence along each
+line. Whenever the name of James Paton was seen in connection
+with any sport, it was a guarantee that it was clean and honest
+and he rendered great service to the city in the promotion of
+amateur sports. He belonged to the Montreal Amateur Athletic
+Association and was one of the moving spirits in the development
+of that organization and in the efforts which eventually
+lead to the securing of the present handsome quarters of the
+organization on Peel Street. He was also instrumental in securing
+the establishment of its swimming-pool and he belonged to the
+Montreal and Caledonian Curling Clubs, was always ready to take
+an active part in the water carnivals, and was a favorite of
+the membership in the different organizations with which he was
+identified. He found pleasure and manifested marked proficiency
+in ice-boating and tobogganing. He loved sailing and seemed a
+born sailor, displaying great ability in managing his craft and
+taking part in many sailing contests of note.
+
+[Illustration: JAMES PATON]
+
+Mr. Paton married Miss Annie M. Thompson of Ottawa and they had
+four children. He was but fifty-two years of age at the time
+of his death. He possessed in a large measure the quality of
+camaraderie and his friends were legion so that his death was
+deeply regretted outside the immediate family circle.
+
+
+RICHEMONT LE MOYNE DE MARTIGNY.
+
+Richemont Le Moyne de Martigny, for many years engaged in the
+real-estate business in Montreal, was born at Varennes, Quebec,
+September 25, 1852, and is descended from a distinguished French
+family that was founded in Canada in 1654. Of the three brothers
+who first crossed the Atlantic to the new world Charles became
+governor of Montreal, Jacques established himself at Varennes and
+was a farmer and active participant in the early Indian wars,
+while Pierre proceeded westward to what is now Detroit.
+
+Prime de Martigny, father of Richemont Le Moyne de Martigny, was
+a farmer at Varennes, well known in both military and official
+connections, serving as colonel of the militia and mayor of
+Varennes. He married Charlotte Perreault, of Quebec, and their
+sons were: Prime, a physician of Omaha, Nebraska; Richemont
+Le Moyne; and Alexander, chief engineer of the Ottawa River
+Navigation Company.
+
+The second son was educated at L’Assomption College and studied
+law with La Coste & Globesky, of Montreal. In 1881 he was
+admitted to the bar and practiced his profession until 1885, when
+he devoted himself to the real-estate business, in which he has
+since been successfully engaged. It is generally conceded that
+he is one of the best informed men on real estate in the entire
+province. He is an expert valuator of property, and his knowledge
+of the real-estate market embraces every important piece of
+property that is offered for sale. A spirit of enterprise
+characterizes all of his business dealings and, guiding his
+activities, has brought him to a position of distinction and
+success.
+
+In 1880 Mr. de Martigny was married, in L’Assomption, to Marie
+Louise Levesque, and they have one daughter, Jacqueline. Mr. de
+Martigny is a conservative in politics and in religious faith is
+a Roman Catholic. He has ever been fond of outdoor life, is an
+enthusiastic fisherman and spends much of his leisure in engaging
+in that sport.
+
+
+HON. NAPOLEON CHARBONNEAU, K. C.
+
+Hon. Napoleon Charbonneau, K. C., and a puisne judge of the
+superior court of the province of Quebec since 1903, was
+admitted to the bar in 1879 and in the intervening period has
+made continuous progress in his profession until he is today one
+of the leaders of the provincial bar. He was born at Cote des
+Neiges, Quebec, on the 12th of February, 1853, his parents being
+Augustin and Julienne (Dufort) Charbonneau. In the acquirement
+of his education he attended Montreal College and after thorough
+preparation for the bar was admitted to practice in 1879 and
+entered upon the active work of the profession in Montreal. At
+one time he was a partner of the late Senator Trudel and of
+the Hon. L. O. Taillon. He has successfully pleaded before the
+judicial committee of the privy council, and on the 11th of
+March, 1903, he was made a puisne judge, remaining continuously
+upon the bench to the present time. The Montreal Standard speaks
+of him as “a judge of uncommon perspicacity, thoroughly sound in
+his law and swift in his perception of relevant facts and issues;
+there are not two opinions as to his ability.”
+
+Judge Charbonneau’s public activity aside from his service on the
+bench has been partially in connection with political affairs.
+He unsuccessfully contested Jacques Cartier for the house of
+commons in the liberal interest at the general election in 1887
+and in 1895 was elected at the by-election. He was appointed a
+royal commissioner for the province to inquire into the charges
+against the Hon. A. Turgeon in 1907. His attention, however, has
+largely been confined to his professional duties, and he has
+gained eminence in a calling where advancement depends entirely
+upon individual merit. Endowed by nature with strong intellectual
+power, he has so directed his reading and his activities as to
+have won place among the eminent judges of the province.
+
+The present wife of Judge Charbonneau was Mlle. Lemieux. His
+religious belief is that of the Roman Catholic church. He
+maintains his residence in Montreal at No. 36 Simpson Street.
+His summer outing affords him opportunity for cruising, and he
+and his family are enthusiastic over this form of recreation.
+His launch, the Mouette, is much enjoyed. His circle of friends
+is select rather than large, and he is often found in those
+gatherings where intelligent men are met in the discussion of
+vital and significant themes and problems.
+
+
+GEORGES ALPHONSE MONETTE.
+
+Foremost in his profession in Montreal is Georges Alphonse
+Monette, architect, whose skill finds tangible expression in
+some of the most beautiful and substantial structures of the
+city. A native of Montreal, he is a son of Georges and Domithilde
+(Beauchamp) Monette. The father, now deceased, was a contractor.
+The mother is still a resident of this city.
+
+G. A. Monette acquired his early education in the Christian
+Brothers school and began the study of architecture in the
+office of A. F. Dunlop, a well known architect, with whom he
+remained for five years. He received a diploma from the Associate
+Architects of the Province of Quebec in 1892 and soon afterward
+went to Boston, Massachusetts, where he studied in the offices of
+a number of the leading architects of that city. He then returned
+to Montreal and entered the office of Perrault & Mesnard,
+architects, subsequently engaging in business for himself about
+a score of years ago. While he has a large general practice, he
+specializes in public buildings work and substantial evidence
+of his ability may be seen in the La Patrie building, the large
+block of H. P. Labelle & Company, Ltd., the dental department
+building of Laval University, the St. Leo Catholic church of
+Westmount and a number of school and convent buildings. That he
+ranks notably high in his profession is indicated by the fact
+that he has been admitted to membership in various important
+organizations, including the Province of Quebec Association of
+Architects and the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada, while
+of the Architectural League of New York he is an associate member.
+
+Mr. Monette was married in Montreal to Maria Versailles, a
+daughter of Nazaire Versailles of Montreal, and they have the
+following children: Antonio, Cecile, Gertrude, Marcal, Adrienne,
+Eugene and Hector. Mr. Monette is a member of the Club St.
+Denis and has attractive social qualities, which have won
+him popularity and prominence in a friendship circle that is
+extensive. His interests, however, have been concentrated upon
+his profession with the result that his position is now one of
+recognized leadership.
+
+
+MAXIME DAOUST.
+
+There is probably no other line of business that is a factor in a
+city’s growth and development equal to the real-estate business,
+when conducted by men who are reliable and who aim to develop
+only properties of merit and value. Included among such men
+is Maxime Daoust, president and founder of the Daoust Realty,
+Limited.
+
+Mr. Daoust was born in St. Clet, P. Q., November 10, 1873, son of
+Leon and Olive Daoust. When he was six years of age his parents
+removed to Labelle county and there Mr. Daoust received his
+education. In 1893 he went to the United States and was employed
+in various places in New England until February, 1898, when he
+enlisted as a volunteer in the United States marines for service
+in the Spanish-American war, which then seemed imminent.
+
+He was among the first troops landed on Cuban soil at Guantanamo,
+June 10, 1898, participating in the fight at that place. He
+remained in Cuba until August, when he was detailed as one of the
+guard to accompany the Spanish prisoners, survivors of Cervera’s
+fleet, to Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
+
+Mr. Daoust remained in the United States service until the
+expiration of his enlistment, after which he returned to Canada
+in 1900 and for some time was employed at the trade of brass
+molder in Montreal. He then entered the fire and life insurance
+field as an agent, at which he achieved success so that in
+1904 he had accumulated capital sufficient to engage in the
+real-estate business in a small way. He formed a partnership with
+the late Joseph Charrau under firm name of Charrau & Daoust,
+and the first subdivision handled by them was Frontenac Park,
+owned by the estate of Henry Hogan, the land being then an open
+field. This tract comprised twenty-five hundred lots, and today
+this property is populated by over five hundred families and its
+location is now the geographical center of Montreal. The firm
+quickly won a reputation for straight and honorable dealings
+so that when their subsequent subdivisions, Estate Viau and
+Christian Brothers, were placed on the market, it was not the
+merits of the properties alone that made them in demand.
+
+Mr. Daoust later purchased the interest of Mr. Charrau and in
+1908 the Daoust Realty, Limited, was formed with a capital of
+one hundred thousand dollars, Mr. Daoust becoming president and
+manager. Up to that time he had financed his own properties,
+but he realized that to carry out his huge land schemes he
+would require more capital, hence his company. Since then the
+Daoust Realty, Limited, has done some of the largest real-estate
+business in the city. In June, 1913, the capital of the company
+was increased to two hundred and fifty thousand dollars.
+
+They are sole agents for Mount Lasalle Park, Mount Lasalle Annex
+Park and Champlain Park in Rosemount ward; Bernard Terrace,
+Bernard Plateau and Alliance Park in Longue-Pointe ward; St.
+Helen’s Park and Coteau Rouge Park, near town of Montreal
+South; St. Lambert Heights, near town of St. Lambert; Chambly
+Basin Park, Chambly, P. Q.; and Montreal East Extension,
+Pointe-aux-Trembles, these properties representing a carrying
+value of over three million dollars. Mr. Daoust is vice president
+of the Mackay Realty, Limited, a member of the Board of Trade and
+the Chambre de Commerce.
+
+In politics he is a liberal and in religion a Roman Catholic.
+He is fond of athletic sports and is president of the National
+Sporting Club, Limited. Mr. Daoust was one of the first men in
+Canada to become interested in aviation and has spent thousands
+for furthering that science. He has built four machines, the
+designing and building being done in this district. The first
+two were failures, but notwithstanding the large expense he
+persevered until his courage and enthusiasm were rewarded by his
+machines making successful flights.
+
+On June 20, 1905, Mr. Daoust was married to Amelia Clement,
+daughter of Samuel Clement of Pointe Claire, Quebec, and they
+have two children, Farnand and Jule-Berthe.
+
+Mr. Daoust is a self-made man in the fullest sense of that term.
+He possesses many admirable qualities and a character of sterling
+worth. He is devoted to his home and family, is faithful in
+friendship and loyal to every interest to which he gives his
+support. He possesses marked business enterprise with ability to
+recognize opportunities that others pass heedlessly by and early
+grasped the eternal truth that industry wins, making industry
+the beacon light of his life, and has thereby entered into most
+important business relations. He has accomplished important and
+far-reaching results and has contributed in no small degree to
+the expansion and material growth of the community.
+
+
+FRANCOIS GEORGE CREPEAU.
+
+François George Crépeau, a representative of the notarial
+profession in active practice in Montreal since 1890, was born
+at St. Henri de Mascouche, Quebec, on the 25th of May, 1865, a
+son of Charles and Mathilde (Magnan) Crépeau. The ancestry of
+the family can be traced back to Paul Crépeau of Laverdure. The
+next in the line of descendants was T. Maurice Crépeau, major of
+militia, who married Marie Andet of St. Jean, isle of Orleans.
+Their son, Charles Crépeau, wedded Agnes Chartrand and their son,
+Charles Crépeau was married in 1765 to Françoise Gravel near
+Quebec. They were the parents of Joseph Crépeau, grandfather
+of François George Crépeau. He married Madeleine Allard, and
+they were parents of Charles Crépeau, father of our subject. The
+family were largely agriculturists and the old homestead which
+has been occupied by the family for over one hundred and fifty
+years, is now owned by Octave Crépeau, a brother of François
+George Crépeau. The father’s family numbered fifteen children,
+four of whom passed away, while six sons and five daughters are
+yet living and all are well and strong.
+
+[Illustration: FRANCOIS G. CREPEAU]
+
+After the ordinary school training François George Crépeau
+attended an academy and followed his academical course by study
+in l’Assomption College. He won his degree at the College of
+Montreal and Laval University, being graduated LL. B. in 1890.
+Having studied law and prepared for the notarial profession, he
+entered upon active practice, in which he has since continued,
+his ability bringing him to his present position as a prominent
+representative of his chosen calling. His practice is very
+extensive and in addition he has other business investments,
+being a director of the Funeral Expense Society and of La Cie
+Mutuelle d’Immeubles, Ltee.
+
+On the 25th of May, 1891, Mr. Crépeau was married to Miss Marie
+Louise Lecours, a daughter of Théophile and Marie (Prefontaine)
+Lecours, representatives of one of the old French families of
+the province. The children of this marriage are: George Henry,
+a photographer, who married Juliette Robillard; Joseph Roumald;
+M. Jeanne; M. Juliette; M. Emérentienne; and J. C. Bernard. The
+religious faith of the family is that of the Roman Catholic
+church. Mr. Crépeau holds membership with the Canadian Order
+of Foresters, and the Independent Order of Foresters. He also
+belongs to the Société Des Artisans, to the Knights of Columbus,
+to l’Union St. Pierre and l’Alliance Nationale.
+
+
+ARSENE S. BROSSEAU, D. D. S.
+
+Comprehensive knowledge of the science of dentistry, skill in its
+mechanical phases and close adherence at all times to the highest
+standards of the profession has made Dr. Arsene S. Brosseau one
+of the leading and best known dentists of Montreal. Moreover, he
+is one of the oldest, if not the oldest, in length of practice in
+the city. He was born January 22, 1861, in L’Acadie, P. Q., a son
+of Jacques and Catherine (Demerce) Brosseau. The parents were for
+many years highly esteemed residents of Montreal, but both are
+now deceased.
+
+Dr. Brosseau acquired his early education in the Christian
+Brothers school in Montreal and then took up the study of
+dentistry at Laval University, being graduated in 1883. He began
+practice in the office of Dr. John C. Nichols, with whom he
+remained for five years, and later he spent three years in the
+office of Dr. Edmund Mathieu. Later he began practice on his
+own account and has since continued alone. He has continuously
+promoted his knowledge through broad reading and investigation,
+keeping in touch with the advanced thought of the profession. His
+practice comes to him from the best class of Montreal citizens
+and is very extensive. Splendidly equipped is his office, showing
+all the latest appliances known to modern dentistry, and back
+of all his success is the sound judgment which enables him to
+understand the specific needs of each case and to apply the
+necessary corrective. Reputation has placed him in a foremost
+position in the ranks of the dental fraternity in this city.
+
+Dr. Brosseau was married in Montreal, in 1883, to Miss Fannie
+Robert, a daughter of Julien Robert, and they had two children:
+Lotta, who died in early life; and Leo. In club circles Dr.
+Brosseau is known as a popular member of the Club St. Denis and
+Club Canadien. He belongs to the Roman Catholic church and is
+a liberal in politics. In matters of moment to the individual
+and to the community he maintains the same spirit of progress
+which characterizes him in his professional activity, yet he has
+always made his profession his chief interest and has obtained
+a splendid practice. He has ever attended strictly to the
+duties incumbent upon him in that connection, being possessed
+of excellent business qualifications and a most attractive
+personality, which has been a large asset in his success. His is
+a splendid type of manhood and citizenship, and his record is a
+credit to the profession.
+
+
+JOSEPH AUGUSTIN ODILON LA BADIE.
+
+Joseph Augustin Odilon La Badie, one of the best known notaries
+of Montreal, was born May 12, 1852, at the family home on St.
+James Street, between Roy Street and David Lane. His grandfather,
+Joseph Augustin La Badie, also a native of Montreal, studied with
+Jean Marie Cadieux, a notary, and for many years had his office
+and also his home in the building which stood at the corner of
+St. Lambert Hill and St. James Street, now the corner of St.
+Laurence boulevard and St. James Street. He was devoted to his
+profession, spending the hours from 9 a. m. to 6 p. m. in his
+office. He was asked to become mayor of Montreal but declined
+the honor. He served as colonel of a volunteer regiment and was
+a warden of Notre Dame Cathedral. He married Louise Grenier,
+who was also of an old Montreal family, and to them were born
+eighteen children. Joseph A. La Badie passed away in 1885, at the
+advanced age of eighty years.
+
+Joseph Evariste Odilon La Badie, father of J. A. O. La Badie
+of this review, was born in the old home at the corner of
+St. Lambert Hill and St. James Street. He attended Montreal
+College and in his father’s office prepared for the practice of
+the notarial profession. In the home in which he was born he
+continued to practice with his father until 1864, when the old
+building was razed and a new one erected on the same site. In the
+latter he continued to practice his profession until his death,
+which occurred in August, 1908, when he was eighty years of age.
+He was chief warden of Notre Dame Cathedral and was a prominent
+and influential citizen. He married Sophie Jeannotte, a native of
+Montreal, and they lived to celebrate their golden wedding. Mrs.
+La Badie passed away April 13, 1906. They had a family of seven
+children: Joseph Augustin Odilon; Adolphe, a notary of Montreal;
+Felix, a practicing physician of Montreal; Joseph Esdras, a real
+estate dealer of New York city; Flora, who died in childhood;
+Sophie, the deceased wife of Louis Belanger, a lawyer; and
+Alphonse, a broker, who died in Montreal in 1908.
+
+Joseph Augustin Odilon La Badie pursued his education in the
+normal school and in the Jesuit College, from which he was
+graduated. In 1874 he won the degree of B. C. L. from McGill
+University and on the 8th of May, of that year, he was made a
+notary at Laval University in Quebec. He then began practice with
+his father and grandfather and has ever maintained high standing
+in his profession.
+
+Mr. La Badie has been an extensive traveler. As a young man he
+engaged in ranching in Colorado and during his sojourn in the
+west learned much of that section of the United States. He has
+also made many trips abroad. He is a great lover of nature and a
+student of botany. The library which he has collected contains
+more than six thousand volumes, many of which are rare editions.
+This is an indication of his cultured taste and wide interest in
+literary matters. His summer home for the past twenty-one years
+has been at Upper St. Lambert, where he has two fine farms and
+makes a specialty of cheese making. Mr. La Badie is very fond of
+hunting, a recreation in which he indulges every year.
+
+Though over three score years of age, Mr. La Badie is of
+magnificent physique, his muscles as hard as iron, and he has
+the appearance of a man twenty years his junior. In his office
+is a long table, four feet wide, over which he can jump without
+touching it with his hands and he can lift a weight of one
+hundred and eighty-seven pounds with one hand. His interests have
+largely covered those things which are essential and valuable
+elements in life. He has been a student of many questions
+of public moment and has filled some offices, being now a
+commissioner of the superior court and a justice of the peace.
+For one hundred and ten years the La Badies of four generations
+have been notaries at the present location. The great-grandfather
+of Joseph A. O. La Badie died at the home where Joseph E. O. La
+Badie was born. The family is, indeed, one of the oldest and most
+prominent in Montreal.
+
+Mr. La Badie is not a club man. His interest centers in his home
+and his family, which he prefers to club life. On the 7th of
+October, 1877, he married Aurelia de Lompré, of an old Montreal
+family, and to them have been born seventeen children: Raoul, a
+civic employe; Odilon, who is in his father’s office; Paul, a
+notary; Florida, deceased; Jeanne; Germaine; Marie Antoinette;
+Camile; Alice; Leo; Amanda; Adolphe; Alice; Emile; Pauline;
+Gabriel; and Cecile.
+
+
+ARTHUR GIBEAULT, B. A., LL. L.
+
+Arthur Gibeault, a Laval man, active in the practice of law since
+January, 1902, has been retained as counsel for the defense or
+prosecution in many notable cases heard in the Montreal courts.
+He was born on the 26th of February, 1880, a son of Arthur
+Alphonse and Elizabeth Emma (Morrissette) Gibeault. The father
+was for seven years provincial chief ranger of the Catholic Order
+of Foresters. The son was a student in Montreal College for eight
+years, from September, 1890, until July, 1898. In September of
+the latter year he entered Laval University, where he remained
+until December 21, 1901, winning the Bachelor of Arts and LL. L.
+degrees. He was admitted as a lawyer and barrister to the bar of
+Quebec on the 17th of January, 1902, and has since been actively
+connected with the profession, in which he has made steady
+advancement, already having won a place of equal rank with many
+an older representative of the bar. He was attorney and counsel
+for the school commissioners of Hochelaga for many years and as
+counsel tried many immigration cases. He was especially prominent
+in the case of Gaetanetta Imparato, who was deported to Italy and
+subsequently returned to Canada pursuant to an appeal made by
+Mr. Gibeault in her favor. He represented Sarah Kositzky in her
+appeal before the department of immigration of the United States
+and obtained a commission of three medical men to examine her.
+The decision of the first board was afterward reversed by this
+commission. Mr. Gibeault’s name appears in connection with other
+important cases which have attracted widespread interest not only
+in Canada but also in the United States.
+
+Mr. Gibeault is a conservative and was prime minister of the
+mock parliament of Laval in 1899 and head of the conservative
+ministry, while the leader of the opposition was J. W. Pilon, a
+well known lawyer of Montreal. That Mr. Gibeault possesses marked
+histrionic as well as legal talent is indicated in the fact that
+during the year 1904-5 the Greek drama of Antigone by Sophocles
+was played in Greek, on which occasion he took the role of Ismene
+and the role of Antigone was taken by D. Lalonde, now Father
+Lalonde, P. S. S., one of the directors of Montreal College,
+while the role of Creon was played by J. F. St. Cyr, now district
+magistrate of St. Johns, Iberville. The production of the play in
+Greek created a tremendous sensation at the time because it was
+an achievement unheard of before.
+
+On the 26th of June, 1905, Mr. Gibeault was married to Marie
+Jeanne Phaneuf, daughter of L. A. Phaneuf, notary public of
+Rigaud, and Marie Joseph Adam. Mrs. Gibeault is a niece of the
+Rt. Rev. Canon F. L. T. Adam, of Montreal, and Father J. Adam,
+S. J. Mr. and Mrs. Gibeault have three children, Yves, Marc and
+Madeleine. The religious faith of the family is that of the
+Catholic church and Mr. Gibeault is a leading member of the
+Independent Order of Foresters. Possessed of natural oratorical
+ability, his power in that direction, supplementing the
+analytical trend of his mind and added to his broad knowledge of
+the law, has gained him distinction as one of the younger members
+of the Montreal bar.
+
+
+DIOSCORE ALFRED BENOIT, M. D.
+
+Dioscore Alfred Benoit, M. D., prominent in the field of medical
+practice, making a specialty of obstetrics and gynecology, was
+born in Montreal on the 26th of July, 1880, a son of Lucien and
+Albina (Bourdon) Benoit, the former a native of Contrecoeur
+and the latter of Lavaltrie, Quebec. The paternal grandfather,
+Isaac Benoit, was born in Geneva, Switzerland, a member of an
+old French family of rank established in Switzerland at the time
+that Louis XIV issued the revocation of the edict of Nantes.
+Some years after his arrival in Canada Isaac Benoit embraced the
+Catholic religion.
+
+Dr. Benoit pursued a commercial course in a Catholic school and
+his classical course in St. Mary’s (Jesuit) College. Having
+determined upon the practice of medicine as his life work
+he entered Laval University wherein he completed the medical
+course with the class of 1906. During the succeeding year he was
+interne in Notre Dame Hospital and then went abroad to continue
+his medical studies in Paris, where he remained for two years,
+making a specialty of obstetrics and gynecology. Upon his return
+he was made demonstrator of anatomy in Laval University which
+position he occupied for a year. He next became adjoint professor
+in obstetrics and medicine to Laval University and adjoint
+professor to the Catholic Maternity Hospital. He is a member of
+the Medical Society of Montreal and the profession as well as the
+public recognize the high position which he has attained in the
+field in which he specializes. His reading and investigations
+have been deep and broad, and his opinions are largely accepted
+as authority upon points in question concerning the obstetrical
+practice. In politics Dr. Benoit is a conservative according to
+the views of Macdonald and Cartier with tendencies toward the
+nationalist. His religious faith is that of the Roman Catholic
+church. His entire life has been passed in Montreal, save for the
+period spent in study abroad. He there came under the instruction
+of some of the most eminent physicians and surgeons of Paris,
+returning well equipped for the arduous and responsible duties
+of a profession in which he has made continuous advancement. Dr.
+Benoit’s office is at 945a, St. Denis Street.
+
+[Illustration: DR. DIOSCORE A. BENOIT]
+
+
+J. LOUIS MICHAUD.
+
+J. Louis Michaud, district engineer of public works of Canada
+for the district of Montreal, was born November 27, 1851, at
+Rimouski, province of Quebec. He is descended from an old family
+of St. Denis, county of Kamouraska. His father was Tobie Michaud,
+a contractor and builder, and his mother was Felicitée Fournier.
+
+J. Louis Michaud was educated at the Classical Seminary at
+Rimouski and studied engineering with Charles Baillarge, an
+eminent engineer of Quebec, for two years, and then for two
+years was connected with the engineering department of the
+Intercolonial Railway. On the 19th of April, 1878, he was
+admitted to practice as a licensed land surveyor at Quebec and
+the recognition of his skill and ability came to him in April,
+1882, when he was made Dominion land surveyor at Ottawa. In 1883
+he came to Montreal to reside, but his work for the Dominion in
+surveying the Canadian northwest continued until 1889. From that
+year until 1896 he was engaged in private practice in Montreal
+and an extensive clientage was accorded him. He is recognized as
+one of the best versed men in the science of his profession as
+well as in all the practical phases of the business. In 1896 he
+was appointed district engineer of public works for the district
+of Montreal and has since conscientiously and capably discharged
+the duties of that position.
+
+In 1880 Mr. Michaud was married, at Matane, Rimouski county,
+Quebec, to Henriette Bradley, who died in 1910. They had eleven
+children, three of whom died in childhood. Two of the number,
+Albert, aged seventeen years, and René, aged fifteen, met death
+by drowning at Ste. Anne de Bellevue. The surviving six are:
+Alexander, who is with the Canadian Light & Power Company;
+Edouard, a missionary priest in central Africa; Juliette; Adolph;
+Grazielle; and Gabrielle. In a review of the life work of J.
+Louis Michaud it is self-evident that his advancement has come
+through the development of his powers resulting from broad study
+and active practice in the profession. He holds to the highest
+standards, and his progression has been continuous. He is a
+member of the Canadian Society of Civil Engineers and is a member
+of the Corporation of Land Surveyors in Quebec.
+
+
+J. AUGUSTINE MANN.
+
+J. Augustine Mann, one of the best known members of the Montreal
+bar, was born May 24, 1876, in the city where he still maintains
+his home, his parents being Eric and Agnes McWhirter (Bailey)
+Mann. For thirty-eight years Eric Mann was an engineer and
+architect of Montreal and in 1901 retired from business and
+returned to his native city of Edinburgh, Scotland, to live. Mr.
+and Mrs. Mann had two children: J. Augustine; and Mrs. Quincy
+Tucker, now a resident of Boston, Massachusetts.
+
+The former was educated in Montreal, completing a course in
+McGill University with the class of 1901, at which time the B.
+C. L. degree was conferred upon him. While in McGill he was also
+a student in the office of Foster, Martin & Girouard. Upon his
+admission to the bar in 1901 this firm became Foster, Martin,
+Girouard & Mann and is now Foster, Martin, Mann, MacKinnon
+& Hackett. Mr. Mann was created a king’s counsel in 1911.
+His practice has been extensive, and his high reputation has
+been well won. Aside from his practice, he is now in business
+connections as a Canadian director of the N. K. Fairbanks Company.
+
+Mr. Mann is a member of the Montreal Art Association, the
+Montreal Amateur Athletic Association, the Montreal Club,
+the Montreal Jockey Club, the Montreal Curling Club and the
+Beaconsfield Golf Club. These associations indicate much of the
+nature of his interests and indicate him to be a broad-minded,
+cultured gentleman and also one of social nature.
+
+Mr. Mann was married in Montreal to Miss Evelyn Gertrude Mann,
+and they are parents of two children: Dorothy and Audrey. The
+family residence is at No. 822 University Street and their summer
+home, Dornal Hall, is at Beaurepaire, Quebec.
+
+
+JOSEPH WILFRID MICHAUD.
+
+Joseph Wilfrid Michaud, senior member of the firm of Michaud &
+Des Rosiers, public accountants at 55 St. Francis Xavier Street
+in Montreal, is a native of the province of Quebec, his birth
+having occurred at St. Barthelemi on the 2d of August, 1872, his
+parents being Olivier and Stephenie (Paquin) Michaud. He was
+educated in the schools of his native town and in St. Viateur
+Academy. He began his business career as an accountant for the
+Western Loan & Trust Company, Ltd., and later became associated
+with Mr. A. W. Wilks as a member of a firm of public accountants
+under the style of Wilks & Michaud. For a number of years this
+firm occupied a prominent place in professional circles in
+Montreal. In 1911, following the dissolution of the partnership,
+Mr. Michaud joined Mr. Des Rosiers in forming the firm of Michaud
+& Des Rosiers. Their clientage is now extensive, and the volume
+of their business is justified by the capability of the members
+of the firm. Mr. Michaud is a director of the National Loan &
+Trust Company, Ltd., and also of the Sapho Manufacturing Company
+and thus along several lines has become closely associated with
+the business interests of the city.
+
+In 1897 occurred the marriage of Mr. Michaud and Miss Rose
+Lafreniere, a daughter of Joseph Lafreniere. They have four
+children, Yvonne, Gerard, Paul and Lionel. The religious faith of
+the family is that of the Roman Catholic church, and Mr. Michaud
+holds membership in Club St. Denis. Identified with the interests
+of Montreal throughout the entire period of his business career,
+he has become well known, and enterprise and laudable ambition
+have brought him to his present enviable position.
+
+
+JOSEPH ULRIC EMARD, K. C.
+
+One of the distinguished members of the legal profession in
+Montreal, whose years of active practice extend through more than
+one third of a century, is Joseph Ulric Emard. Well versed in
+the science of his profession, a deep thinker, logical reasoner,
+he has long since occupied a foremost place among the strong and
+forceful Montreal bar.
+
+Mr. Emard comes from one of the old and prominent families of
+the province of Quebec. His father, Medard Emard, was one of the
+best known and successful educators of his day, while his mother,
+previous to her marriage, was Mathilde Beaudin. His brother,
+Monseigneur J. M. Emard, now bishop of Valleyfield, was for
+years prominent in church work in Montreal and was attached to
+Archbishop Fabre’s personal staff at the Palace.
+
+Joseph Ulric Emard was born March 27, 1855, at St. Constant,
+Laprairie county, Quebec. Reared in a home where education was
+valued at its true worth, he attended St. Hubert grammar school,
+then conducted by his father, and was afterward a student in a
+private school conducted by Abbé Villeneuve.
+
+His entrance into business life was first as a clerk, but after
+a short time he entered Laval University, where he pursued his
+law course and was graduated LL. B. in 1881. He was called to
+the bar that same year, and at once entered upon active practice
+as an advocate, which he has followed ever since, with brilliant
+success. Mr. Emard has been connected with a number of important
+cases, among them being the famous Lachine Bridge case, which he
+won after a notable legal battle, making it the cause celebre of
+the day. He was appointed king’s counsel in 1903.
+
+For some years Mr. Emard was associated in practice with Hon. J.
+Ald Ouimet, who is, at present, counsel in the firm of Emard &
+Emard, composed of Joseph U. Emard and son, Charles.
+
+Mr. Emard’s interests, aside from the law, are diversified
+and extensive. Through the splendid use of his talents, as
+well as his sound business judgment and foresight, he has been
+very successful, not only as to the accumulation of worldly
+possessions, but also in the way of important and valuable work
+done which has given a decided impetus to the city’s progress
+and improvement. He was the founder of the town of Boulevard St.
+Paul, now Emard ward, and capably served as its mayor. After
+annexation he twice represented this ward on the city council as
+alderman.
+
+Mr. Emard has a prominent connection with business affairs;
+his interests include mining, real-estate, industrial and
+financial companies, in a number of which he is a member of the
+directorate. His connection with corporations has brought him an
+intimate knowledge concerning corporation law. To some extent
+he has specialized in that field of practice, and his knowledge
+thereof is comprehensive and exact.
+
+He is a member of the St. James Club, the Canadian Club and Club
+St. Denis. Of the last named he was president for a number of
+years. In 1903 he had been the chief promoter of Club Jacques
+Cartier. In 1884 he had been president of St. Jean Baptiste
+Society of the St. Vincent de Paul section. Mr. Emard’s political
+allegiance is given to the conservative party.
+
+He was married to Miss Exilda Stuart of Montreal, and they belong
+to the Catholic church.
+
+A man of fine personal appearance and keen intellectuality,
+his mind has been well trained, enabling him to readily meet
+any emergency with the consciousness that comes from a right
+perception of things and a strong regard for what is best in the
+exercise of human activities.
+
+
+EMILIEN GADBOIS-VAN DAN DAIGUE.
+
+Based upon an excellent professional education, Emilien
+Gadbois-Van dan Daigue has already made his mark in the legal
+profession in Montreal, where he practices as a member of the
+firm of La Mothe, Gadbois & Nantel. The first member of the Van
+dan Daigue family came to Canada in 1671 from Brussels, Belgium.
+Pierre Van dan Daigue Gadbois, of the Gadbois family, was born
+in 1574 and died on October 20, 1667, at Montreal. Joseph Van
+dan Daigue was born in 1653 at Meunisier and at Quebec, on April
+18, 1678, married Louise Chalifour. He died on the 11th of June,
+1725, at Charlesbourg. The records of the family continue to
+the fourth generation up to 1750 in Abbé Tanguay’s Dictionnaire
+Généalogique.
+
+Emilien Gadbois-Van dan Daigue was born October 30, 1884, a son
+of Emile Gadbois, a well known horticulturist of Longemont,
+Rouville county, province of Quebec. His mother before her
+marriage was Priscillia Bernard, a sister of Monseigneur A. X.
+Bernard, bishop of St. Hyacinthe. Emilien Gadbois was educated
+at Montreal College, on Sherbrooke Street, and Laval University.
+On the 1st of July, 1907, he received the degree of B. A. with
+distinction and in the same year won the first prize in
+French literature in Laval University. In 1910 he was made by
+that institution LL. M. and on July 8th, of the same year he
+received his commission as a lawyer and has since practiced with
+ever increasing success in Montreal, having formed a partnership
+with L. E. Bernard, K. C., with whom he was associated until
+May, 1914, when he became a member of the firm of La Mothe,
+Gadbois & Nantel with offices in the Quebec Bank building. He
+has all the faculties of which a lawyer may be proud, skill
+in the presentation of his evidence, marked ability in cross
+examination, perseverance before the jury, and a strong grasp of
+every feature of the case. It is therefore but natural that he
+readily received recognition and is today connected with much
+important litigation in the local courts.
+
+[Illustration: EMILIEN GADBOIS-VAN DAN DAIGUE]
+
+In his political views Mr. Gadbois is a conservative, stanchly
+upholding the principles of his party, although he has not yet
+become connected with public life. As a member of the Canadian
+Club he can be found in the ranks of those men who have at heart
+the development and progress of the Dominion, and he is ever
+loyal to his city. His faith is that of the Catholic church. On
+the threshold of a successful career, he has ever moved in the
+right direction toward fame, and a distinguished future may be
+prophesied for him, a future which will bring new luster to the
+old family name which he bears.
+
+
+JOSEPH H. RAINVILLE, M. P.
+
+Joseph H. Rainville, a member of parliament and deeply interested
+in questions concerning the government, province and Dominion,
+is today recognized as one of the younger leaders of the
+conservative party. He chose as a profession the practice of law,
+and it is a notable fact that members of the bar are more apt
+to become prominent figures in political circles than any other
+class of men. The reason for this is obvious, as the training
+which qualifies them for the onerous and difficult work of the
+courts also prepares them to solve the intricate and complex
+problems of local or general government.
+
+Quebec numbers Mr. Rainville among her native sons, his birth
+having occurred at Ste. Angele, Rouville county, on the 8th of
+March, 1875. In the attainment of his education he attended
+successively Monnoir College, Marieville, and Laval University,
+where he won the degree of Bachelor of Laws. He entered upon
+the active practice of his profession with L. E. Beauregard of
+Montreal in 1901. No dreary novitiate awaited him. His capability
+won almost immediate recognition. He is an effective speaker,
+earnest in his appeals before the court, zealous in support of
+his cause, and at all times loyal to the interests of his clients.
+
+Since age conferred upon him the right of franchise Joseph H.
+Rainville has been a stalwart conservative, and in 1908 he
+unsuccessfully contested Vercheres county at the provincial
+election, being defeated by a majority of ninety-eight. When
+the tide of popular favor turned against the liberal government
+of the Dominion in September, 1911, he became a member for
+Chambly-Vercheres, so that he is now occupying a seat in the
+house. He frankly and fearlessly expresses his opinion, but also
+possesses the tact of the successful politician who seeks to
+conciliate rather than antagonize.
+
+Mr. Rainville married Miss Gendreau, daughter of Dr. J. G. A.
+Gendreau of Montreal. Mr. Rainville is a lieutenant in the
+Eighty-fifth Regiment and is a member of the Montreal Gun
+Club. His friends speak of him as always a courteous, polished
+gentleman, both forceful and resourceful when occasion demands.
+
+
+EDOUARD FABRE SURVEYER.
+
+Edouard Fabre Surveyer, who throughout his professional career
+has been a representative of the Montreal bar and equally well
+known as an educator and author in the field of his profession,
+was born in this city in 1875. His father, L. J. A. Surveyer, is
+a Montreal merchant and a past vice president of the Chamber of
+Commerce. He married Hectorine Fabre, a daughter of the late E.
+R. Fabre and a sister of the late Archbishop Fabre, the late Hon.
+Hector Fabre, C. M. G., and of the late Lady Cartier.
+
+E. Fabre Surveyer was a student in St. Mary’s (Jesuit) College,
+where he made an excellent record, winning the Angers bronze
+medal for letters in 1890, the Mercier gold medal for rhetoric in
+1891 and the alumni gold medal for philosophy in 1893. He took
+up his law course in Laval University and was graduated LL. L.
+with first class honors in 1896. The same year he won his B. C.
+L. degree with first class honors from McGill University, but not
+content with the preparation that he had already made for active
+practice at the bar, he went abroad and completed his law course
+in Paris and took part in the first International Congress of
+Lawyers at Brussels in 1897. He was a delegate to the Universal
+Congress of Lawyers and Jurists at St. Louis, Missouri, in 1904
+and is correspondent for several Canadian, American, French and
+Belgian law reviews.
+
+It was in 1897 that Mr. Surveyer entered upon active practice in
+Montreal in connection with McGibbon, Casgrain, Ryan & Mitchell.
+He has not only obtained success in practice but has also gained
+recognition for his ability in other professional connections. He
+has been the editor of the Quebec Practice Reports since their
+establishment in 1897 and since 1905 has been a lecturer in
+practice and pleading in McGill University. He was made a king’s
+counsel by the government of Quebec in 1909. On withdrawal from
+the firm of McGibbon, Casgrain, Mitchell & Surveyer in 1909 he
+entered into a partnership with H. A. Lovett, K. C., a connection
+that was continued until the following year. Since September,
+1913, Mr. Surveyer has been the senior member of the firm of
+Surveyer, Ogden & Mariotti. Mr. Surveyer also has an office in
+New York city in connection with the firm of Daly, Hoyt & Mason,
+attorneys at law. He has published a pamphlet, The Bench and Bar
+of Montreal, and there are few who are more familiar with the
+history of the courts of this city than Mr. Surveyer. In 1903 he
+was president of the Junior Bar Association of Montreal, while in
+1914 he became the secretary of the newly formed Canadian Bar
+Association. A fluent speaker, forceful and earnest, Mr. Surveyer
+has as ready a command of English as he has of French.
+
+Aside from his professional duties and interests Mr. Surveyer
+is connected with various business enterprises which feature
+in the material development and prosperity of the city. He is
+vice president of the Union Land Corporation, Ltd., and the
+Lachine Land Company, Ltd.; is a director of the Capital Trust
+Corporation (Ottawa), of the Franco-Canadian Land & Development
+Company, Ltd., and of the Rothesay Realty Company, Ltd. In all
+business affairs his judgment is sound and his discrimination
+keen, and he falters not until his purpose has been accomplished
+and success has rewarded his efforts.
+
+In October, 1906, Mr. Surveyer was married to Miss Elodie
+Barnard, a daughter of the late Edmund Barnard, K. C., of
+Montreal. In religious faith Mr. Surveyer is a Catholic and in
+political belief a conservative. He is regarded as one of the
+prominent members of the party among its younger representatives,
+and of him the Windsor Record (liberal) said: “He has a splendid
+platform presence, speaks English fluently, and has the
+appearance of an all round campaigner.” Mr. Surveyer’s social
+connections are with the University Club, Club Lafontaine and
+Canadian Club of Montreal; the Albany Club, of Toronto; and the
+Colonial Club, of London, England. He has been president of the
+Canadian Club, as well as vice president of the Federation of
+Canadian Clubs and is a member of the executive board of the
+University Club and a director and honorary solicitor of the
+Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
+
+Among Mr. Surveyer’s other connections, he is vice president of
+L’Alliance Française and a member of the board of the Federation
+de L’Alliance Française aux Etats Unis et au Canada.
+
+He is a member of the executive committee of the
+Liberal-Conservative Association, and thus in a number of the
+organizations with which he is allied he has been honored with
+office. He regards the practice of law, however, as his real life
+work, and he has at times been heard by the judicial committee
+of the privy council of England. He has been throughout life
+a student, and since his admission to the bar has remained a
+close and discriminating student of law principles, thoroughly
+qualifying himself for the conduct of all legal business
+intrusted to his care.
+
+
+WILLIAM FORREST ANGUS.
+
+As vice president and general manager of the Canadian Steel
+Foundries, Ltd., William Forrest Angus represents one of the
+foremost industries of the Dominion. He was born in Montreal,
+October 28, 1873, a son of Richard Bladworth Angus, the eminent
+financier and railway promoter.
+
+William F. Angus was educated privately in preparation for his
+university course and entered for that purpose McGill, from which
+he graduated as B. A. Sc. in 1895, completing his university work
+with a post-graduate course in 1896. He then entered the employ
+of the Dominion Bridge Company and subsequently was with the
+Laurie Engine Company, which is now defunct. His next position
+was with the Canada Switch and Spring Company, which was merged
+into the Montreal Steel Works. He remained with this concern,
+rapidly rising to more and more important positions until he was
+made manager and managing director. When this company was bought
+out by the Canadian Steel Foundries, Ltd., about two years ago
+he was elected vice president and managing director of this vast
+enterprise.
+
+In November, 1904, Mr. Angus was united in marriage to Miss Grace
+N., eldest daughter of Sergeant P. Stearns of Montreal. They
+reside at No. 364 Peel Street. In his religious faith Mr. Angus
+is a Presbyterian. He is prominent in club life, being a member
+of the St. James Club, the Mount Royal, the Canada, the Forest
+and Stream, the Montreal Hunt, the University, the Montreal
+Curling, the Montreal Racquet and the St. Lawrence Yacht Clubs.
+His name is also on the roster of the Canadian Society of Civil
+Engineers.
+
+Highly trained in his profession, careful in judgment, shrewd,
+energetic and a man of rare executive force, Mr. Angus ably
+administers the affairs of a vast industrial enterprise, and
+his career bids fair to rival that of his distinguished father.
+He is deeply interested in all that pertains to progress and
+trade expansion and can always be found among those men who are
+the most forceful exponents of advanced measures inaugurated to
+exploit the vast resources of the Dominion. He bends his genius
+to create new markets and increase trade facilities and gives
+of the best of his ability so that the Dominion of Canada may
+march in the van of the great industrial nations of the world.
+Realizing that the natural resources lie but dormant, awaiting
+the magic wand of man, he has linked himself with such men as
+will guide the Dominion to the industrial position in the world
+which is its due.
+
+
+THOMAS GAUTHIER.
+
+The specific and distinctive office of biography is not to
+give voice to a man’s modest estimate of himself and his
+accomplishments but rather to leave the perpetual record
+establishing his character by the consensus of opinion on the
+part of his fellowmen, and any history of Montreal introducing
+biographies of her citizens whose activities and influence have
+been for the city’s growth and betterment, would be incomplete
+without reference to Thomas Gauthier.
+
+His life has been so varied in activity, so honorable in its
+purposes, so far-reaching and beneficial in its effects that it
+has become an integral part of the history of the city and also
+left an impress upon the annals of the province. His business
+interests are extensive and important, but by no means cover the
+scope of his activities, as he has been identified with various
+movements and projects having to do with the public welfare along
+material, political, social and moral lines.
+
+Mr. Gauthier was born in Montreal in 1844 and attended the
+Lachine Commercial School, but is largely a self-educated as well
+as a self-made man. He has ever been a reader and thinker and in
+the school of experience has learned many valuable lessons. At
+times he has acquired with labor and difficulty the knowledge
+which he has been so anxious should be given others, his efforts
+in behalf of education being well known. He began his active
+business career in Montreal in 1869, and for many years he
+conducted the Place Chaboillez establishment with conspicuous
+success. During this time, having become widely and favorably
+known, he was elected president of the old Society of Mutual
+Assistance--the Union St. Joseph.
+
+[Illustration: THOMAS GAUTHIER]
+
+In 1881 the Association of Retail Grocers, of which he was one
+of the founders, appointed him president and through his active
+exertions the Chamber of Commerce of Montreal was established.
+Along these and various other lines he has promoted the business
+activity of Montreal, pushing forward the wheels of progress in
+such a way that the entire city has benefited thereby.
+
+His public service in connection with municipal affairs has
+been equally notable and commendable. He was one of Montreal’s
+aldermen from 1890 to 1893, and his labors were effective
+and beneficial as a member of the committees of police and
+hygiene. He was largely instrumental in establishing the mutual
+benefit fund among the members of the police force and also in
+establishing the first public bath in Hochelaga ward. All this,
+however, does not cover the scope of his activities, for in
+various other fields of usefulness his labors proved resultant.
+In the year 1883-4 he was general treasurer of the St. Jean
+Baptiste Society and was treasurer of the Montreal Exposition
+Company, in 1891, the only year in which it showed a surplus. He
+was a member of the finance committee of the National Association
+for a number of years, being also one of the promoters of the
+building of the Monument National, and in 1909 he was elected
+vice president and in 1911 became president, serving until April,
+1913.
+
+One of the most important of Mr. Gauthier’s public services
+has been in behalf of education. It was largely through the
+missionary work done by him and the assistance he received from
+the Chamber of Commerce, the Board of Trade and the Builders’
+Exchange that the government was induced to take up the
+establishment of technical schools in Montreal and Quebec. In
+this connection Mr. Gauthier has done a noble and patriotic work,
+the value of which cannot be estimated. He has been president of
+the Council of Arts and Manufactures continuously since 1897, and
+more than three thousand scholars are now participating in these
+classes.
+
+He has ever believed in that special training which will enable
+the individual to develop his native talents and thus qualify
+for the business life to which he is best adapted. Mr. Gauthier
+was associated with Dr. Adami in the general presidency of the
+Child’s Welfare movement.
+
+In the various movements and projects with which Mr. Gauthier has
+been associated, whether financial, educational, philanthropic
+or commercial, he has shown the same intelligent and careful
+interest as in his own private business affairs.
+
+In connection with the affairs of La Caisse Nationale d’Economie,
+of which he was one of the founders in 1899, he has taken a very
+active and prominent part. Ever since its organization he has
+been chairman of the finance committee, also chairman of the
+committee of administration, and has been no small factor in the
+splendid success of this association.
+
+He is an extensive holder of stock in the Montreal Light, Heat
+& Power Company, as well as in the Lake of the Woods Milling
+Company, and is president of the Amherst Park Land Company.
+
+Mr. Gauthier is an exceptionally well preserved gentleman for one
+of his years, and among his extensive acquaintance he is spoken
+of in terms of admiration and respect.
+
+He has continuously been a student of the signs of the times, of
+existing conditions and keeps abreast with the best thinking men
+of the age in his knowledge of political, economical and social
+questions affecting the welfare and progress of the race.
+
+
+WILLIAM DOUW LIGHTHALL.
+
+The position of William Douw Lighthall has for many years been
+one of leadership. He has exerted wide and beneficial influence
+on public thought and action and as lawyer, author and the
+promoter of various prominent societies his name has become
+known throughout the length and breadth of the land. He has been
+termed “a living example of good citizenship ... a man of high
+culture, refined tastes and exceptional literary ability.” His
+efforts along all the lines in which his activities have been
+put forth have been productive of far-reaching and beneficial
+results. He was born at Hamilton, Ontario, December 27, 1857,
+a son of William Francis Lighthall, who is the doyen of the
+Montreal notarial profession, and is descended from the Schuyler,
+Van Renssalaer and Van Cortlandt families, three of the most
+prominent Knickerbocker families of New York. The mother, Mrs.
+Margaret Lighthall, was the eldest daughter of Captain Henry
+Wright, of Chateauguay, who was a son of Major James Wright
+(McIntyre), the commander of the British settlers of the district
+in the War of 1812.
+
+After being dux of the high school of Montreal William D.
+Lighthall pursued a classical course in McGill University, from
+which he was graduated with the Bachelor of Arts degree and the
+Shakespeare gold medal in English literature in 1879. He then
+entered upon the study of law at McGill, which conferred upon
+him the B. C. L. degree in 1881, and he took the honorary degree
+of M. A. in 1885. With the completion of his law course he was
+called to the bar and began practice as an advocate. Nature
+endowed him with keen mentality, and the thoroughness with which
+he prepared his cases and the earnestness with which he presented
+his causes before the courts won him success and advancement.
+He was created king’s counsel in 1906. For a long period he has
+been accounted one of the distinguished representatives of the
+Montreal bar, practicing as senior member of the law firm of
+Lighthall & Harwood.
+
+What he has accomplished as a member of the legal profession
+would alone entitle W. D. Lighthall to mention among the
+representative men of Montreal, yet he has gained equal
+prominence as an author, as a promoter of various societies, as
+an antiquarian greatly interested in historical and antiquarian
+research, and as a public-spirited citizen who takes cognizance
+of the needs of the hour and employs practical methods in working
+for high ideals for the benefit of city, province and Dominion.
+He was the founder of the Society of Canadian Literature, the
+Canadian National League, the Westmount Liberal Club, the
+Montreal Tourist Association, and originated and, in connection
+with De Lery Macdonald, established the Chateau de Ramezay
+Historical Museum. He was also the founder of the Union of
+Canadian Municipalities. He was one of those largely instrumental
+in securing the erection of the Maisonneuve monument at
+Montreal and was the discoverer of the Indian burying ground at
+Westmount. He is interested in all that pertains to the history
+of the country from prehistoric times down to the present, and
+his researches and investigations have been carried far and
+wide, bringing to light many interesting points bearing upon the
+travel history of the North American Indians as well as upon the
+period of the early colonists and the development of Canada. He
+is a member of the Scotch Society of Literature and Art; a vice
+president of the National Municipal League of America; a fellow
+of the Royal Society of Canada and a fellow of the Royal Society
+of Literature; an honorary member of the Women’s Historical
+Society of Canada and of the Chateauguay Literary and Historical
+Society; life corresponding member of the Quebec Literary and
+Historical Society; president of the Numismatic and Antiquarian
+Society; a governor of the Congregational College of Canada and
+of the Joint Board of Theological Colleges of McGill University;
+and has been a representative fellow of the University. In 1910
+he was appointed a member of the Metropolitan Parks Commission.
+
+In all these years, retiring to the quiet of his study, he has
+devoted hours to writing, and his authorship has gained him
+equal renown with his efforts in other directions. His first
+published volume, Thoughts, Moods and Ideals (verse), came from
+the press in 1887 and was followed in 1888 by The Young Seigneur.
+Then came The Battle of Chateauguay, in 1889; Montreal After
+250 Years, in 1892; The False Chevalier, in 1898; a Prehistoric
+Hochelaga Burying-ground, in 1898; A Link in Iroquois History,
+in 1899; The Glorious Enterprise, in 1901; Hiawatha the Great,
+in 1901; and Westmount: a Municipal Illustration, in 1902.
+This last book followed his three years of service as mayor of
+Westmount, so that he was qualified to discuss the subjects of
+which the volume treated. The same year he brought forth a volume
+entitled To the Boers: A Friend’s Appeal from Canada. In 1904
+he published Canada, a Modern Nation, and Thomas Pownall: His
+Part in the Conquest of Canada. In 1908 he added to the list
+of his publications A Romance of Prehistoric Montreal and The
+Master of Life; and in 1910, The Governance of Empire and Sights
+and Shrines of Montreal. He also published Songs of the Great
+Dominion (Windsor series) in 1889, and Canadian Poems and Lays
+(Canterbury Poets series) in 1891.
+
+There are few men in possession in so eminent a degree of the
+habits, tastes and ability of the scholar and at the same time in
+so large a measure the practical qualities which find expression
+in successful professional service and in public-spirited
+citizenship. Mr. Lighthall has studied as closely the signs of
+the times and the questions of the hour as he has the history
+of the past. His deep interest in the cause of education was
+manifest in his service as chairman of the board of school
+commissioners of Westmount, to which office he was appointed in
+1909. He is an imperialist in principle and at the same time a
+strong believer in the necessity and advantage of organizing the
+intellectual and higher interests of Canadian nationality and
+retaining state ownership and control of forests, railways, land
+tenure, coal mines and other public resources.
+
+In October, 1890, Mr. Lighthall was married to Miss Cybel
+Charlotte Wilkes, a daughter of John Wilkes and a granddaughter
+of the late Rev. Dr. Henry Wilkes. Mrs. Lighthall is vice
+president of the local branch of the Zenana Bible and Medical
+Mission, and is also a vice president of the Canadian Handicrafts
+Guild. Something of the nature of his recreation is indicated
+in the fact that Mr. Lighthall belongs to Lac Tremblant Fishing
+Club, of which he was elected president in 1909, and in the
+same year he was admitted an Iroquois Indian chief with the
+name of Ticonderoga in recognition of services to that race. He
+furthermore belongs to the University, Canada, Reform, Montreal,
+Country and Canadian Clubs of Montreal and the Royal Societies
+Club of London, England. His winter residence, Chateauclair, is
+at No. 14 Murray Avenue, Westmount, while his summer home, Camp
+Beartracks, is at Lac Tremblant. In the review of his history it
+seems that his constantly expanding powers are opening to him
+a still broader field of usefulness and establishing him more
+firmly in the position of prominence which he today occupies.
+
+
+JOSEPH DROUIN.
+
+Joseph Drouin, a member of the Montreal bar, was born at Two
+Mountains, in the province of Quebec, on the 15th of November,
+1875, a son of Firmin and Mathilde (Lafrance) Drouin, sturdy
+French Canadian farmers. He is of the eighth generation in
+descent from Robert Drouin, of Pin au Perche, France, who became
+the founder of the family in the new world, establishing himself
+at Quebec in 1635. The principal branch of the family remains in
+Quebec and Orleans, but in 1751 one branch detached itself from
+the main Quebec stem and was transplanted to Montreal, where
+representatives of the name have since been found in the city and
+surrounding districts.
+
+[Illustration: JOSEPH DROUIN]
+
+Joseph Drouin pursued a classical course in the seminary of Ste.
+Thérèse and won his B. C. L. degree upon graduation from McGill
+University in April, 1904. He engaged in the practice of law,
+winning a liberal clientage that connected him with the important
+work of the courts. Of late Mr. Drouin has devoted his attention
+to the management of his own private interests.
+
+Mr. Drouin is a Roman Catholic in religious faith. He was married
+in Montreal on the 22d of November, 1904, to Marie Orpha Leduc,
+a daughter of Augustin and Philomène (Lefebvre) Leduc, who were
+farming people at St. Benoit, Deux Montagnes, province of Quebec.
+Unto Mr. and Mrs. Drouin have been born five children: Cécile,
+Thérèse, René, Marguerite and Gabriel.
+
+
+HON. HONORE MERCIER.
+
+Among contemporary Canadian statesmen a foremost place must
+be assigned to the late Hon. Honore Mercier, premier of the
+province of Quebec. He was not only distinguished by reason of
+his position at the head of the government of one of the foremost
+provinces of the Canadian federation but attained distinction
+along various other lines having to do with the progress and
+upbuilding of the country and the upholding of its political,
+legal and moral status. A native of the province of Quebec, he
+was born at Iberville, October 15, 1840. He came of a family
+of unpretentious farmers, or habitants, as they are styled in
+Lower Canada, the ancestors originally from Old France, although
+several generations have been represented in the county of
+Montmagny below the city of Quebec. His father had to provide for
+the needs of a large household, but he was a man of energy and
+foresight and counted no personal sacrifice too great if he could
+thereby equip his children for the later responsibilities and
+duties that fall to the lot of every individual. The maiden name
+of the mother was Marie Catherine Laflamme.
+
+When fourteen years of age Honore Mercier became a student in the
+Jesuit College in Montreal, where he completed his education,
+making an excellent record. Some time afterward he determined
+upon the practice of law as his life work and became a student in
+the office of Laflamboise & Papineau, who directed his reading
+until he was admitted to practice in 1865. While a law student
+he turned his attention to journalism and in 1862 became editor
+in chief of the Courier de St. Hyacinthe, winning distinction
+because of his able political editorials, his support being given
+to the Macdonald-Sicotte liberal administration.
+
+Following his admission to the bar Mr. Mercier retired from the
+profession of journalism to concentrate his energies upon his
+law practice. His thorough training, his natural powers and his
+ambition soon brought him a prominent position at the bar and
+from that time forward his advancement was continuous as a factor
+in those affairs and events which have shaped the history of
+province and Dominion.
+
+In 1871 he appeared in the political arena at Bagot as a
+supporter of M. Langelier, the liberal candidate. The following
+year, upon the earnest solicitation of his friends, he became a
+candidate for Rouville in the house of commons and was elected.
+Following the downfall of the conservative government in 1873,
+he yielded his seat to Mr. Cheval in 1874, to avoid dividing
+the vote of the liberal party in the case of the redoubtable
+conservative candidate, Mr. Gigault. Following his retirement to
+private life he entered upon a partnership with Mr. Bourgeois of
+St. Hyacinthe. He was made the candidate of the liberal party
+in 1878, standing for St. Hyacinthe, but lost the election
+by six votes. The following year a majority of three hundred
+and seven votes elected him to the legislative assembly to
+represent St. Hyacinthe and he became solicitor-general of the
+Joly administration, filling out the unexpired term of Hon. P.
+Bachand, deceased. Mr. Mercier continued in the office until the
+administration went out in the same year.
+
+In 1881, following his removal from St. Hyacinthe to Montreal,
+Mr. Mercier became a law partner of Messrs. Beausoleil &
+Martineau and was again called into the field of political
+activity when in December, 1881, at the general provincial
+election he was chosen by acclamation for his old constituency,
+St. Hyacinthe. In the beginning of the session of 1883 Hon. Mr.
+Joly resigned the direction of the provincial liberal party and
+Mr. Mercier was unanimously chosen his successor, on motion of
+Mr. Joly, as the leader of the opposition. Here his dominant
+qualities found fitting scope, his ability and qualities of
+leadership placing him within a brief period among the foremost
+French-Canadian statesmen. Within the short space of three
+years he demonstrated what could be accomplished by an able and
+intrepid leader with the support of a small but disciplined and
+trusty band of parliamentary followers to retrieve the fallen
+fortunes of his party and to defend and lead to victory a
+popular cause the moment circumstances placed it in his hands.
+
+As the accepted leader of the new national party formed by a
+combination of liberals and conservative bolters, Mr. Mercier not
+only directed the whole movement but personally traversed the
+province of Quebec almost from end to end, addressing as many as
+one hundred and sixty meetings and leaving the impress of his
+influence as a factor in the promotion of his cause. The election
+of October, 1886, resulted in a victory for the nationals. After
+the struggle, which ensued in the final overthrow of the Ross
+administration, Mr. Mercier was called upon by the lieutenant
+governor to form a new cabinet and in less than twenty-four
+hours, as a result of his quick decisions and promptness in
+action, he had made choice of his colleagues, announcing the
+result to the legislature and the country, both receiving it with
+marked satisfaction.
+
+The close of the first session found him more popular and more
+firmly established in the good graces of the people than ever, a
+position that was augmented later by the marvelous success of his
+administration as evidenced in the settlement of the long pending
+dispute with Ontario respecting the division of the common school
+fund and the unusually advantageous negotiation of the new
+provincial loan of three and a half millions. His adversaries
+attributed these and other valuable results to good luck, but a
+real student of politics knows that good management and thorough
+understanding of the situation lay back of them. Mr. Mercier
+remained in power until December, 1891, when he was dismissed by
+Lieutenant Governor Angers as a result of an investigation held
+by a royal commission on what then became known as the Baie des
+Chaleurs Scandal.
+
+On March 8, 1892, at the general elections, though Mr. Mercier
+was returned for Bonaventure, which he had represented since
+the general elections of 1890, his party was annihilated and he
+ceased to be a factor in provincial politics.
+
+Following his retirement to private life he joined his
+son-in-law, Sir Lomer Gouin, and Mr. R. Lemieux in a law
+partnership, but he rarely appeared in court. However, he
+won the highest professional honors. He was actually the
+attorney-general as well as the premier of Quebec. He was twice
+batonnier of the bar of the Montreal district, and the respect
+entertained for him by his legal colleagues was so great that
+they unanimously elevated him to the still more distinguished
+eminence of batonnier-general of the bar of the province. Of him
+it has been written: “Heralded to the world as the apostle of
+an advanced radicalism which in reality had no representative
+in this country, he not only preached but practiced a different
+gospel and in office proved himself unusually moderate and
+conciliatory as well as a man of broad and generous views, free
+from sectionalism and exceedingly anxious to do justice to all
+races, classes and creeds, yet fully determined to work out the
+regeneration of his native province on the great lines of reform
+which he ever regarded as essential to that desirable end.”
+
+Mr. Mercier held to the religious faith of the
+French-Canadians--that of the Roman Catholic church and his loyal
+adherence thereto increased with the passing years. There was a
+time, however, when, on account of his political liberalism and
+alliances, his orthodoxy was more than once seriously questioned
+by his political foes to his personal and party detriment.
+This, however, passed by and the Papal authority conceded that
+a man may be a liberal in politics and yet a good Catholic,
+while the clergy of Lower Canada came to know that he was not
+only a devoted churchman in theory and practice, but also that
+the interests of Catholicism were as safe in his hands as in
+those of its self-constituted champions who proclaimed their
+zeal for the faith from the housetops. There was in him nothing
+of narrow-minded bigotry and perhaps no prominent statesman
+or political leader of his day has shown himself so free from
+religious or sectional bias in the conduct of affairs relating
+to the entire community. A French-Canadian in heart and soul and
+a thorough son of the soil, still, “strict and impartial justice
+to all classes, races and creeds and undue favor to none,” seems
+to have been the motto upon which Honore Mercier always acted.
+In 1893 he undertook a campaign in favor of the independence of
+Canada and advocated this both here and in the United States, but
+with no tangible results. Though received enthusiastically in the
+eastern states, he met with a rebuff in Chicago, and abandoned
+the campaign to resume his practice in Montreal.
+
+Two notable features in his life history were the torchlight
+procession in his honor in Montreal following his return from
+Europe, and the reception he tendered the ex-Papal zouaves at his
+country seat at Ste. Anne de la Perade, when he distributed the
+medals awarded them by the pope. On that occasion Mr. Mercier
+appeared in the gorgeous uniform of commander of the Order of St.
+Gregory the Great--the first time it had been seen in Canada.
+The wide recognition given his ability is attested by a partial
+list of the honors conferred upon him. Not only did he receive
+the grand cross of the Order of St. Gregory the Great from the
+pope but His Holiness also raised him to the rank of count. He
+was in addition to these honors officer of the Legion of Honor;
+commander of the Order of Leopold I, King of the Belgians; and
+chevalier of the Order of St. Sepulcher. He was made queen’s
+counsel and received the degree of Doctor of Laws from Laval
+University, the University of Fordham, New York, and the
+University of Georgetown.
+
+A man of his ability and eminence could not fail to have enemies,
+but he had also hosts of friends. He possessed that quality
+which, for want of a better term, has been called magnetism. He
+was most generous and ever had a helping hand out-reaching to
+those who needed assistance. His residence both in Montreal and
+in Quebec was always filled with his admirers. It has been said
+repeatedly that his so-called friends were largely responsible
+for any errors that he may have committed. He was particularly
+helpful to young men, many of whom have reason to remember him
+with gratitude. It was his delight to assist a struggling youth
+in his law studies or in other ways.
+
+Mr. Mercier was twice married. On the 29th of May, 1866, he
+wedded Leopoldine Boivin of St. Hyacinthe, who died leaving a
+daughter who subsequently married Sir Lomer Gouin and who is
+now deceased. On the 9th of May, 1871, Honore Mercier married
+Virginie St. Denis, also of St. Hyacinthe, and they had two
+sons and one daughter to reach adult age, Honore, Paul-Emile
+and Héva. The elder son is a member of the Gouin cabinet and a
+sketch of his life appears elsewhere in this work. The younger
+son is a civil and consulting engineer and is mentioned elsewhere
+in this history. Héva married Dr. Homère Fauteux and resides in
+Beauceville.
+
+The death of Hon. Honore Mercier occurred October 30, 1894, on
+which occasion the Montreal Daily Star said editorially: “The
+career of the late Hon. Honore Mercier is one that will long live
+on the lips of those who delight in political reminiscences
+of this historic province. He played a conspicuous role in the
+political drama; and, while he was on the stage, pretty well
+absorbed the attention of the multitude. That he was a man of
+rare ability in many ways, his swift attainment of the highest
+positions in Quebec amply attests.
+
+“It is too late in the day for those who contributed to his
+overthrow in ’92 to make mawkish pretension of blindness to his
+faults, but it may truly be said that he gained striking success
+in spite of his faults, and, further, that it was his own hand
+that turned the current of destiny against him. Like all strong
+characters, he made many warm personal friends, and there will be
+more sincere mourning at his bier than falls to the lot of most
+mortals.”
+
+Senator L. O. David, an intimate and lifelong friend of Mr.
+Mercier, in making a parallel between the three most popular men
+of our time, Laurier, Chapleau and Mercier, has written of the
+latter: “Mercier is the heaviest of the three, the strongest
+built and the most muscular; he is tall, with black eyes and
+hair and a heavy mustache--a veritable type of musketeer--the
+personification of strength and energy. He walks heavily with
+the assurance of a man who believes that the earth belongs
+to him. Mercier is the most solid, the most vigorous and the
+most penetrating. Penetrating is, indeed, the word which best
+describes his eloquence. See his movements; they resemble those
+of the axeman who strikes the tree at the root and at each blow
+removes a chip. Mercier is a parliamentary orator, a lawyer, a
+tribune. He is the strongest, cleverest, and most indefatigable
+speaker whom I have heard in the house or on the hustings. While
+I write these words I learn that he is dead. Is it possible that
+so much of life and intellect are gone forever? What a loss!
+How little we mortals are! Alas; had he struggled to preserve
+his health as he fought to regain it, he would not have died so
+young. Yes, so young, because he was built to live thirty or
+forty years more. Death has seldom met a more valiant fighter; it
+has vanquished him, but he died almost standing, as he often said
+he would.
+
+“Before the grave, which opens to receive his mortal remains,
+criticism will disarm, no doubt, to render homage to the splendor
+and power of his intelligence, his political genius, to the
+energy of his character and the sincerity of his patriotism.
+Through all the vicissitudes of a stormy life, in spite of his
+faults and weaknesses, he preserved until the last moment all the
+fervor of the religious and patriotic sentiments of his youth.
+Of all the political men I have known, he is the one who, in all
+things and under all circumstances, was most given to consider
+questions from a national standpoint. He was frankly, sincerely,
+profoundly patriotic and without fanaticism. Few men have had
+more devoted friends, enthusiastic admirers, and secured more
+brilliant triumphs and undergone such crushing defeats. He was
+stronger in defeat than in victory. Much will be forgiven him
+because he suffered much.”
+
+
+HON. HENRI C. BERRYER-SAINT-PIERRE.
+
+The subject of this short biographical sketch was born at Ste.
+Madeleine de Rigaud, during a short stay of his parents in that
+parish, on the 13th day of September 1842, but was brought up at
+Isle Bizard, on the Lake of Two Mountains, near Montreal. His
+father, a farmer, was Joseph Berryer-Saint-Pierre of Isle
+Bizard, and his mother, Demitilde Denis dit Saint-Denis, who had
+been born at Pointe Claire. Young Henri received his classical
+and literary education at the old Montreal College on Collège
+Street near McGill Street. On leaving college he was sent up to
+Kingston, Ontario, where he began his law course, the object
+in sending him up there being to give him an opportunity of
+improving his knowledge of the English language. Having passed
+the required examinations for his admission to the study of the
+law, he availed himself of the permission which had been granted
+him to go and visit Niagara falls and the city of Buffalo. The
+great battle of Gettysburg had just been fought and won by the
+northern army, and on his arrival at Buffalo, he found the people
+delirious with the news of the recent victory. Our young student,
+who had inherited from his ancestors a marked taste for the
+military career (a career by the way for which there were but few
+openings for a young French Canadian in those days, in Canada),
+was altogether carried away by the enthusiastic demonstrations
+which he then witnessed and made up his mind to give up the
+doleful study of Blackstone to enter the American army. A short
+time later, the runaway student was a member of Company F in the
+Seventy-sixth New York Volunteers. At the battle of Mine Run
+which was fought on the 27th November, 1863, he was wounded and
+reported as dead at the regiment. The same report having been
+reproduced in the Montreal papers, the usual service for the dead
+was celebrated for him at the Montreal College and at Isle Bizard
+where his widowed mother was living. He was picked up from the
+field however by the southern cavalry and sent to the military
+prison of Belle Island in the city of Richmond from which he
+was later on transferred to Andersonville in Georgia. After the
+capture of Atlanta, he was removed with the other prisoners first
+to Savannah, and then to Florence and finally to Charleston’s
+race ground in South Carolina, where he regained his liberty in
+the spring of 1865 on the city being evacuated by the southern
+troops. On his return to Montreal after the war, he resumed his
+legal studies first in the office of Sir George Etienne Cartier,
+for whom he, for a time, acted as private secretary, and later
+on in that of the Hon. J. J. C. Abbott who some years afterward
+became premier of Canada.
+
+[Illustration: H. C. BERRYER-SAINT-PIERRE]
+
+He was admitted to the bar in June, 1870. His career at the
+Montreal bar was a most successful and brilliant one, and he soon
+became one of the leading lawyers in the province of Quebec,
+being particularly noted for his success as a criminal lawyer.
+His record as such was never surpassed at least in his province
+and but seldom equalled anywhere. It is said that he pleaded
+not less than thirty-three cases of murder, securing complete
+acquittals in most of them. Not one of those he defended was ever
+found guilty of murder in the first degree and sentenced to be
+hanged, except Shortis who had killed two men at Valleyfield and
+wounded dangerously a third one. In this last case, the plea of
+impulsive insanity was urged for the first time in the province
+of Quebec as a ground of defense and proved successful in the end
+in spite of the verdict of the jury. Shortis is today detained
+in the penitentiary of Kingston as “a dangerous lunatic.” Judge
+Saint-Pierre frequently associated in the defence of persons
+accused of serious crimes with Donald MacMaster, K. C., now a
+member of the English parliament, who was his intimate friend.
+
+In 1889, he was created a queen’s counsel by the Earl of
+Aberdeen. Judge Saint-Pierre never showed any great inclination
+for politics but confined his labor and efforts more particularly
+to secure the highest position in his profession as a lawyer.
+Being a liberal, he consented however to be the nominee of the
+liberal party in the county of Jacques-Cartier, for the local
+seat in 1878 against the old member, but was defeated by a small
+majority.
+
+He was married in 1874 to Marie Albina Lesieur, daughter of
+Adolphe Lesieur, a merchant of Terrebonne. She died on the 19th
+December, 1908, leaving five children, three boys and two girls
+who are all married and settled. In 1902 on the occasion of his
+being raised to the bench, he was made an officer of the order of
+the Crown of Italy upon a petition presented to the King of Italy
+by the Italian colony at Montreal supported by the Italian consul.
+
+Judge Saint-Pierre has been the organizer of the Canadian
+Veterans as a body and has been their honorary president ever
+since their organization some fourteen years ago.
+
+His eminent ability as a legist led eventually to his appointment
+to the bench. He was first named for the district of Beauharnois
+on the retirement of Hon. Mr. Justice Belanger in June, 1902,
+and was transferred to Montreal in March, 1909, so that he is
+now presiding over the district of Montreal. His decisions are
+strictly fair and impartial and render him the peer of the ablest
+men who have presided over Montreal’s courts.
+
+The Judge is a Roman Catholic of the broad liberal school. He is
+known to be a great admirer of British institutions though much
+attached to the French civil law which he holds to be superior to
+the common law of England.
+
+The press has united in passing high encomiums upon him. The
+Montreal Herald styled him “a man of great vigor.” The Montreal
+Star spoke of him as broad-minded and public-spirited. The
+Toronto Star said “Judge Berryer-Saint-Pierre is gifted with fine
+powers of eloquence and is broad-minded and tolerant.” Perhaps
+his lofty patriotism is best indicated in his own utterance: “Be
+English, be Scotch, be French, be Irish, if you will,” he often
+said in his public utterance, “but above and before all, let us
+all be Canadians.” Judge Saint-Pierre’s residence is at 2330 Park
+Avenue, Montreal.
+
+
+DONALD FORBES ANGUS.
+
+Successfully operating in mercantile circles, Donald Forbes
+Angus has also extended his efforts along those lines whereby
+are promoted aesthetic culture and humanitarian interests, thus
+rendering his life a serviceable factor in the world’s work. A
+son of Richard Bladworth Angus, he was educated in England and
+Germany and in February, 1894, was united in marriage to Miss
+Mary Ethel Henshaw, the daughter of the late F. W. Henshaw.
+
+In his business connections Mr. Angus has so directed his
+efforts that substantial results have accrued, and he is today
+a prominent figure in commercial circles as director of the
+Intercolonial Coal Company and of the Paton Manufacturing
+Company, both of which are important forces in the business
+progress of the city. He is also director of the Bank of
+Montreal; director of the Standard Life Assurance Company; and
+vice president of the Guardian Accident & Guarantee Company.
+In these connections Mr. Angus bends his efforts to executive
+administration and control, and his ability to correctly judge
+between the essential and the nonessential, utilizing the one
+and discarding the other, and his power to coordinate seemingly
+diverse elements into a harmonious whole have been strong
+features in his growing success.
+
+Mr. Angus is a popular member of several of the leading clubs
+of Montreal, including St. James, Mount Royal and the Montreal
+Jockey Clubs--associations which indicate much of the nature of
+his interests and the source of his recreation. He is also a life
+member of the Art Association and is a friend and patron of art.
+He is likewise a governor and a member of the executive committee
+of the Fraser Institute of Montreal.
+
+
+HENRY HOLGATE.
+
+Not only is Henry Holgate one of the foremost civil engineers
+of Montreal, but he is also an author of no mean talents on
+professional and other subjects. He is now engaged in private
+practice after a long and strenuous career with various large
+organizations and of late has designed and built several large
+hydraulic power plants for transmission of electric power. He
+is a member of several arbitration committees, a past vice
+president of the Canadian Society of Civil Engineers, a member of
+the American Society of Civil Engineers and a councillor of the
+American Institute of Consulting Engineers.
+
+Mr. Holgate is of English ancestry and was born at Milton,
+Ontario, September 14, 1863, the seventh son of John and Jane
+(Browne) Holgate, the former of whom was in charge of the
+division court at Milton. Judge Holgate passed away in 1896 and
+his wife in 1902.
+
+Henry Holgate was educated in the Toronto public schools and
+after having completed his studies served an apprenticeship
+with the Northern Railway of Canada, which lasted for five
+years. He continued with them for three years and became their
+chief engineer in 1884, so continuing until 1893, when he took
+charge of the Central Bridge Company’s works at Peterboro,
+Ontario. During this time, in 1887, he became a member of the
+Canadian Society of Civil Engineers, contributing a paper to
+its transactions for which he was awarded the Gzowski medal. He
+remained with the Central Bridge Company for about a year and
+then joined the Royal Electrical Company in Montreal as engineer
+in charge of the steel plants and general construction. The years
+1896, 1897 and 1898 were spent that way, and he then became
+engineer of the Montreal Park & Island Company, constructing and
+managing all their lines. He then went as manager and engineer
+to Kingston, Jamaica, and constructed all of the works of the
+Western Electric Company there, returning to Canada in 1900.
+He established himself in a private engineering practice in
+that year and in 1902 formed a partnership with Mr. Ross, under
+the firm name of Ross & Holgate, consulting engineers. This
+partnership was dissolved in 1911.
+
+Mr. Holgate has on various occasions been retained by the federal
+and provincial governments for special engineering inquiries
+and reports. He was so retained in regard to the reorganization
+of the Trent Valley Canal works and was appointed chairman of
+the royal commission to report on the collapse of the Quebec
+bridge in September, 1907. He is widely recognized as one of the
+able men along his line and has had charge in late years of the
+building of several large hydraulic power plants.
+
+Occasionally Mr. Holgate contributes interesting articles to
+technical works. He is the author of an exhaustive paper on
+Northeast Canada, which was published in 1908, and he has
+lectured extensively, one of his subjects being “Some Facts
+Regarding the Upper St. Lawrence.”
+
+Mr. Holgate is independent in his political views and
+nonsectarian in his religious belief. He is a patriotic Canadian
+and has always at heart the interests of the Dominion. He
+believes in a Canada for Canadians and for any others who
+will become good citizens, recognizing the value of desirable
+immigration.
+
+On September 19, 1888, Mr. Holgate was married to Miss Bessie
+Bell Headley, a daughter of Edward Headley, of Milford, Delaware.
+They have two sons, Henry Watson and Edwin Headley. The family
+residence is at No. 44 Rosemount Avenue, Westmount. He is a
+member of the Engineers Club of Montreal.
+
+
+LEGLEUS ANTOINE GAGNIER, M. D.
+
+Dr. Légléus Antoine Gagnier is widely and favorably known to the
+public as a general medical practitioner and more specifically
+in connection with the special work which he does in treating
+nervous diseases by electrical methods. He is a man who has
+never ceased to be a student and still frequently makes trips
+to Europe in order to attend the clinics conducted by the
+most eminent specialists in the profession. There is no new
+phase brought out in the world of medicine with which he is
+not thoroughly acquainted and which he does not thoroughly
+understand, and his complete knowledge has naturally resulted
+in a large and lucrative practice. Freeing himself from many
+of the old medical prejudices he applies modern thought in his
+treatments and more closely follows his own logical conclusions
+than book prescriptions. He believes that in numerous cases
+massage treatments, X-Rays, light baths and general hydrotherapy
+will achieve more beneficial and lasting results than the older
+treatment of giving medicaments internally. His well equipped
+offices, modernly appointed and filled with all the appliances
+necessary to follow out his methods, are located at No. 256 St.
+Denis Street, Montreal, and there ever can be found a long line
+of patients, rich and poor, old and young, waiting to be admitted
+for treatment.
+
+Although the family of Gagnier is not among the very earliest
+Canadian settlers, it is an old one. There were variations in the
+name of Gagnier and extensive records show the name as Gagné and
+Gagnesse in Abbé Tanguay’s Dictionnaire Généalogique.
+
+Légléus Antoine Gagnier was born at Ste. Martine, in the county
+of Chateauguay, on October 4, 1871, a son of François and
+Sophie (Perras) Gagnier, both deceased. The doctor received his
+classical education at Ste. Thérèse and St. Hyacinthe Seminaries
+and graduated in medicine from Laval University in 1895. He
+pursued special studies in Paris and has ever since continued
+to attend clinics in that and other European cities. Capable,
+earnest and conscientious, he has not only a reputation for
+ability but enjoys the utmost confidence of his patients, to
+whom he is more than a doctor, as they see in him their best and
+truest friend. He is physician for a number of French and English
+mutual associations and president of the Medical Board of Union
+St. Pierre of Montreal.
+
+[Illustration: DR. LEGLEUS A. GAGNIER]
+
+On September 28, 1897, Dr. Gagnier was united in marriage to Miss
+Delia Collerette, a daughter of O. Collerette, and they have the
+following children, Yvonne, Légléus Adolphe, Gaston, Gabrielle,
+Marie Régine, Germaine and Paul Emile.
+
+The religious faith of Dr. Gagnier is that of the Roman Catholic
+church. For many years he was a conservative in politics but of
+late has allied himself with the nationalist movement, a party
+which in scope of progressiveness stands foremost of the three
+political organizations of the Dominion and has for its intention
+the improvement of general conditions not only political and
+governmental but also sociological. In the material growth of
+Montreal Dr. Gagnier is interested as a director of the Greater
+Montreal Land Investment Company, Limited. He has an interesting
+military record to his credit and has been in command of the
+Sixty-fourth Regiment of Chateauguay and Beauharnois for three
+or four years and since January 23, 1901, he has been on the
+officers reserve as lieutenant colonel. His deep love for mankind
+finds expression in his public-spirited actions, and he is never
+called upon in vain to give his support to any enterprise which
+will benefit the people of his city or country. Careful of his
+own interests, he is more minutely careful of those of others
+and influenced at all times by the thought of the broader effect
+which his work has upon his community, exemplifying in his
+conduct the lofty ideals of his nation and of a noble calling. He
+honors his profession by paying it honor and by his adherence to
+the solid virtues and enlightened principles underlying it.
+
+
+GEORGE STEPHEN CANTLIE.
+
+A native of Montreal, George Stephen Cantlie was born May 2,
+1867, a son of James Alexander and Eleanor Simpson (Stephen)
+Cantlie. The father is a prominent merchant of Montreal and a son
+of the late Francis Cantlie, a native of Mortlach, Banffshire,
+Scotland, who married Mary Stuart. James Alexander Cantlie was
+born June 5, 1836, and married in May, 1866, the second daughter
+of the late William Stephen, of Montreal. J. A. Cantlie came to
+Canada in 1863. He was for years head of the well known wholesale
+dry-goods house of J. A. Cantlie & Company, which was founded
+in 1868. He is connected with a number of important commercial
+enterprises and is one of the foremost men in business circles in
+Montreal.
+
+George S. Cantlie received private tuition and attended the
+Montreal high school and McGill University in the acquirement
+of an education. In 1885 he entered the service of the Canadian
+Pacific Railway as clerk in the audit department. He became
+consecutively clerk in the comptroller’s office, chief clerk to
+the assistant general manager, to the assistant president and
+to the vice president. He was then made general baggage agent,
+general stationary agent and superintendent of car service.
+Since November, 1908, Mr. Cantlie has been at the head of the car
+service as general superintendent.
+
+Colonel Cantlie has for a number of years been connected with
+the volunteer service. He has been lieutenant colonel in command
+of the Fifth Regiment, Royal Highlanders of Canada, since May
+11, 1905. He commanded this regiment at the Quebec Tercentenary
+celebration in 1908 and at the Lake Champlain celebration at
+Plattsburg, New York, in 1909, when he received high commendation
+from President Taft on the splendid appearance of his men. In
+1908 he was awarded the long service decoration.
+
+In November, 1896, Mr. Cantlie was married to Miss Beatrice
+Campbell, a daughter of the late W. D. Campbell, queen’s notary,
+of Quebec. Mr. and Mrs. Cantlie make their home at No. 502
+Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal. He is a member of the Mount
+Royal, St. James, Montreal Hunt, Forest and Stream, Back River
+Polo, Auto and Montreal Jockey Clubs. He also is enrolled in the
+York Club of Toronto and is a member of the Montreal Amateur
+Athletic Association.
+
+
+CHARLES LYMAN.
+
+One of the best known men in his line of business in Canada was
+the late Charles Lyman, wholesale druggist, who died November
+17, 1909, after a successful business career of nearly two
+score years, all of which was spent in his native city. He was
+born in Montreal, April 3, 1849, a son of Benjamin Lyman and
+Delia A. Wells. These parents, both natives of the state of
+Vermont, whose ancestry in the United States dated back almost
+to the landing of the Mayflower, might account for the strong
+interest in the affairs of that country which was one of the
+pronounced characteristics of Mr. Lyman. He was educated in the
+Montreal high school, the Hopkins grammar school of New Haven,
+Connecticut, and Yale University, from which he graduated in the
+class of 1871.
+
+In his senior year at college he was elected a member of the
+Scroll and Key Society, then as now one of the most coveted
+distinctions outside of the purely academic sphere. He always
+retained a very absorbing interest in the affairs of Yale,
+returning almost annually to his class reunions.
+
+After leaving college he entered his father’s business, Lyman,
+Clare & Company, in which he shortly became a partner. This
+business in 1879 was styled Lyman, Sons & Company, under which
+name it was known until 1908, becoming incorporated then as
+Lymans, Limited.
+
+In 1887 Mr. Lyman together with James W. Knox and F. Gold
+Lyman established the business of Lyman, Knox & Company, which
+continued under this style until in 1906 it became part of the
+National Drug & Chemical Company, Limited, of which corporation
+Charles Lyman was secretary from its inception until he retired
+from business in 1908. Mr. Lyman was of a studious disposition,
+and his chief interest was perhaps centered in his family life.
+He was known for his broad culture and was a close follower of
+the public affairs of both the United States and Canada. Together
+with the late Goldwin Smith he was a firm believer in the
+eventual unity of political interest of these countries.
+
+Mr. Lyman was married October 1, 1874, at Stelton, New Jersey,
+to Kate Dean, daughter of the late Henry Dean of New York, who
+survives him, together with their three children: C. Philip Lyman
+and Frank D. Lyman, both of Montreal; and Ruth Delia, the wife of
+William G. MacNaughton of Port Edwards, Wisconsin.
+
+Mr. Lyman was a member of The University Club, of which he
+was one of the founders and The Montreal Amateur Athletic
+Association. He was a member of the American Presbyterian
+church, the corner stone of the present edifice having been laid
+by his father, Benjamin Lyman. The higher, better elements of
+life always made strong appeal to him, and the principles which
+governed his conduct make his example as a man and citizen one
+well worthy of emulation.
+
+
+FREDERIC ORR-LEWIS.
+
+Frederic Orr-Lewis was born at Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. He is
+the second son of the late William Thomas Lewis and Mary (Graham)
+Lewis, and a grandson of the late William Lewis, sheriff of
+Glamorganshire, Wales. The father was a shipowner in Canadian
+Inland Lakes. William Thomas Lewis came to Canada from Swansea,
+Wales, in 1852, locating at Hamilton. He became a prominent
+figure on the inland lakes between Chicago and Kingston and was
+a large shipowner. He retired from active business in 1890 and
+moved to Montreal, where he departed this life in 1908. For more
+than two decades he had survived his wife, who passed away in
+1886.
+
+Frederic Orr-Lewis was educated in Kingston, Ontario, and on
+leaving school went with J. Muckleston & Company, wholesale
+hardware merchants of the same city. He resigned from that
+position to establish his own business in Kingston in 1888 and
+removed the establishment to Montreal in 1889, associated with
+his brothers James Graham Lewis and Thomas Graham Lewis. The firm
+was then Lewis Brothers, which was later formed into the limited
+liability company of Lewis Brothers, Limited, of which he is
+still the president. From the beginning their trade has extended
+to such an extent that they now occupy the entire eight-story
+building which covers Nos. 20 to 42 inclusive on Bleury Street,
+Montreal, with sales offices in Ottawa, Toronto and other western
+cities. They have been recognized as one of the leading hardware
+establishments of the Dominion.
+
+Frederic Orr-Lewis is also a director of the Merchants’ Bank of
+Canada and director of the Montreal Cotton Company and president
+of Canadian Vickers, Limited, which is associated with the
+English firm of Vickers, Sons & Maxim. In 1903 he was elected
+to the presidency of the Dominion Wholesale Hardware Merchants’
+Association.
+
+On the 18th of June, 1896, at Christ church, Montreal, was
+celebrated the marriage of F. Orr-Lewis and Maude Mary Helen
+Booth, daughter of William Booth of London, Ontario. They now
+have three children, a son and two daughters, John Duncan, Helen
+Merryday and Mary-Graham. The religious faith of the family is
+that of the Presbyterian church, Mr. and Mrs. Orr-Lewis holding
+membership therein.
+
+He is widely and popularly known in club circles, holding
+membership in the leading organizations of that character in
+Montreal, including the St. James, Canada, Forest and Stream,
+Montreal Hunt, Montreal Jockey, Mount Royal, Montreal Royal Golf
+and Royal St. Lawrence Yacht Clubs. He is likewise a member
+of the Rideau Club of Ottawa, Ontario; and the Canada, the
+Wellington and Junior Carlton Clubs of London, England.
+
+
+EUGENE-REAL ANGERS.
+
+Eugène-Réal Angers, a well known barrister and solicitor in
+Montreal, was born in that city, October 1, 1883, a son of Réal
+and Joséphine (Trudel) Angers, and a grandson of François-Réal
+Angers, K. C., one of the leaders of the Quebec bar. The father,
+Réal Angers, was born in Quebec and for many years was a member
+of the wholesale hardware firm of Frothingham & Workman in
+Montreal. He died December 22, 1901, and his widow passed away
+in 1908. They were the parents of two sons and a daughter:
+Eugène-R.; Charles, who is with Frothingham & Workman, Limited,
+of Montreal; and Joséphine, the wife of Robert La Roque de
+Roquebrune, of Beloeil, Quebec.
+
+Eugène-Réal Angers was educated in Montreal, winning the Bachelor
+of Arts degree upon the completion of a classical course in St.
+Mary’s College. He was graduated from Laval University with the
+degree of LL. L. in June, 1907. In July of that year he was
+admitted to the bar at Quebec and soon after formed a partnership
+for the practice of law in Montreal with Ernest Guimont under the
+firm name of Guimont & Angers. A year later the senior partner
+removed to St. Hyacinthe and Mr. Angers entered into other
+partnership relations, leading to the adoption of the firm style
+of Brosseau, Brosseau, Tansey & Angers. In September, 1913, he
+joined with Howard Salter Ross, K. C., in forming the law firm
+of Ross & Angers. They now have offices in the Transportation
+building, where they care for the interests of a growing
+clientele. Broad reading and study have constantly augmented Mr.
+Angers’ ability to handle complex and intricate problems of law,
+and he is becoming recognized as one of the ablest of the younger
+representatives of the Montreal bar.
+
+[Illustration: EUGENE-REAL ANGERS]
+
+On the 15th of September, 1909, Mr. Angers was married to
+Germaine Tousignant and they have one son, Pierre.
+
+
+REV. THOMAS F. HEFFERNAN.
+
+Rev. Thomas F. Heffernan is now in the sixth year of his able
+service as pastor of St. Thomas Aquinas’ church in Montreal, a
+parish which he has built up through his energy, zeal and well
+directed enterprise into one of the most popular and well managed
+in the city. He was born December 22, 1869, on Colborne
+Street, in St. Anne’s parish, Montreal, a son of the late Thomas
+and Ellen (Murray) Heffernan. In his infancy the parents moved
+to the east end of the city, where the father purchased several
+properties, some of these on Craig, Lagauchetiere and Dorion
+Streets.
+
+As a child Father Heffernan attended St. Bridget’s school,
+taught by the Christian Brothers, and when he was twelve years
+of age he entered St. Mary’s College. After one year and a half
+he enrolled in St. Lawrence College, conducted by the Fathers
+of the Holy Cross. Here success attended his efforts and in due
+time he became professor. He afterward took a four years’ course
+in the Grand Seminary and was ordained to the Roman Catholic
+priesthood December 22, 1894, when he was twenty-five years of
+age. His first appointment was with the Rev. William O’Meara,
+pastor of St. Gabriel’s, with whom he remained for three years.
+At the end of that time, at the request of His Grace Archbishop
+Bruchesi he was appointed in September, 1898, professor extreme
+at Montreal College and did excellent work in this field for
+two years. Resigning at the end of that time, he was appointed
+assistant to Rev. J. E. Donnelly, pastor of St. Anthony’s, and he
+retained this connection for eight years, severing it in order to
+accept the appointment to the newly-founded parish of St. Thomas
+Aquinas. This was established for the English-speaking people
+of the west end who were living within the district bounded on
+the east by Atwater Avenue, on the west by the middle of Cote
+St. Paul Road, on the south by the canal and on the north by the
+Canadian Pacific Railroad track. There were about three hundred
+families; about one hundred residing between Atwater and Rose
+de Lima Streets, who belonged to St. Anthony’s parish; and two
+hundred attached to St. Henry’s. For a number of years previous
+there had been dissatisfaction among the St. Henry’s portion
+inasmuch as it was difficult for the Rev. Canon Decary to meet
+their needs satisfactorily. Accordingly a new parish was formed
+and placed in charge of Father Heffernan, who has since made St.
+Thomas Aquinas one of the most important Catholic congregations
+in the diocese. He has accomplished during the period of his
+incumbency a great deal of remarkable work. He had no money and
+he required fifteen thousand dollars to pay for the ground. He
+secured thirty thousand dollars from the Travelers Insurance
+Company and fifteen thousand dollars from Molson’s Bank and
+erected a thirty-five thousand dollar building now used as a
+church. The structure is two stories in height and so constructed
+that an additional two stories may be added if necessary. Father
+Heffernan also erected an attractive residence and has now a
+property valued at one hundred and fifty thousand dollars and a
+debt of only thirty thousand dollars. During the year of 1914 he
+is to build a new church of Florentine style of architecture,
+on Convent Street. When asked to explain how this work was
+accomplished Father Heffernan said: “God has visited his people
+and this people received him. My people work from conviction,
+illumined by the light of faith. I have no sick, no infirm, no
+needy. Health, wealth and blessings are ours. But you must leave
+here. Never, until they sing my Mass of Requiem. I attribute the
+whole success to the prayers of the children and to the good work
+of my Reverend assistant, Father Polan.”
+
+Father Heffernan gives all of his time and attention to the
+affairs of his parish, working zealously and conscientiously in
+the promotion of the spiritual and material interests of his
+congregation. He has indeed accomplished a wonderful work at St.
+Thomas Aquinas and has the love of his people in large measure
+as well as the high regard and warm confidence of people of all
+denominations.
+
+
+THOMAS BUSBY.
+
+Thomas Busby, an old time Montreal merchant and in his day well
+known in connection with the retail hardware trade, was born in
+Montreal, a grandson of Thomas Busby, who was the founder of the
+family in Canada.
+
+This first Thomas Busby came from Ireland and had charge of
+landscape gardening for the Baroness of Longueuil. He became a
+man of considerable property for those days. His daughter married
+Dr. Digby of Brantford, Ontario, and their daughter became the
+wife of Dr. Henwood of Brantford. Thomas Busby had a son Thomas,
+who married Mary Lacasse, and they were the parents of Thomas
+Busby of this review.
+
+Thomas Busby, the third, was educated in the schools of Montreal
+and when a young man began to learn the hardware business in this
+city. He later lived for a few years in what was then called
+Upper Canada but in 1857 returned to Montreal and established
+himself in the hardware business, which he successfully conducted
+until his death, which occurred April 20, 1862.
+
+Mr. Busby was married in Montreal in June, 1853, to Miss E. C.
+Greene, a daughter of Thomas J. Greene, who came to this city
+in early life from Saratoga, New York. He was a furrier and was
+for years at the head of the firm of Thomas Greene & Son, while
+later the sons continued the business under the style of Greene
+& Sons. Mr. and Mrs. Busby became the parents of four children,
+but the only one now living is Fred Busby, a resident of Denver,
+Colorado. Mrs. Busby still makes her home in Montreal, where she
+has now resided for more than six decades, witnessing therefore
+much of the development and modern progress of the city, and she
+is one of the highly esteemed of Montreal’s older residents.
+
+
+GEORGES MAYRAND.
+
+Through individual effort and ability Georges Mayrand has
+attained to a position of prominence as a representative of the
+notarial profession in Montreal, being now senior partner in the
+firm of Mayrand, Loranger, Ecrement & Melancon. A native of Port
+Neuf county, he was born at Grondines, on the 21st of August,
+1876, and was educated under Jesuit instruction, attending St.
+Mary’s College of Montreal and afterward Laval University, in
+which he pursued the study of law, winning his B. L. degree on
+the completion of his law course in 1900. Having determined
+to concentrate his energies upon practice as a notary public,
+he opened an office in Montreal in September following his
+graduation and has created and developed an important business
+at No. 99 St. James Street. He has been joined by others as his
+clientage has grown until he is now head of the firm of Mayrand,
+Loranger, Ecrement & Melancon. He has also taken an active and
+helpful part in promoting the growth and progress of the city and
+is associated with several land companies, including the Greater
+Montreal Land Company, the Summerlea Realty Company and the Sault
+au Recollet Island Company. He has become thoroughly conversant
+with property values, readily recognizes a possible rise or
+diminution in realty prices and accordingly makes his investments
+so that he has secured good returns from his property holdings.
+
+Mr. Mayrand’s public service has also included prompt and
+faithful discharge of the duties of alderman, he being elected
+to that position from the Delorimier ward and his efficiency was
+rewarded by reelection in April, 1914. He has likewise filled
+the office of school commissioner and coming prominently before
+the public in these positions has made an excellent record,
+creditable to himself and satisfactory to his supporters. In
+politics he is a liberal and in addition to the local offices he
+has filled he is representing Dorion county in the provincial
+legislature. He is now vice president and secretary of the
+Club Delorimier, is a member of the National Amateur Athletic
+Association and takes an exceedingly active interest in outdoor
+sports. He is a typical man of the times, alert and energetic
+in action, progressive in purpose and thoroughly alive to the
+opportunities which are presented for business advancement and
+public improvement.
+
+
+REV. GERALD FRANCIS JOSEPH MCSHANE.
+
+The Roman Catholic church numbers among its most distinguished
+representatives in Canada Rev. Gerald Francis Joseph McShane,
+pastor of St. Patrick’s church in Montreal and one of the best
+known lecturers and preachers in this province. He has been
+identified with religious activity in this city since 1900 and
+has since that time accomplished a great deal of constructive
+work here, his lectures, his eloquent preaching, his organizing
+and administrative activities constituting forces in the later
+development in Montreal of the doctrines in which he believes.
+
+He was born in this city, December 5, 1872, and is a son of
+Michael and Margaret (Loftus) McShane, of Irish origin. In the
+acquirement of an education he attended Belmont school, the
+Archbishop’s Academy and Montreal College and later the Grand
+Seminary in that city, supplementing this by a four years’ course
+of study in Paris and Rome, receiving in the latter city degrees
+in philosophy and divinity. In 1896 he joined the Sulpician Order
+of this city and the same year left to complete his studies
+at St. Sulpice in Paris. In 1897 he was ordained priest, and
+three years later, in 1900, returned to Canada as curate of St.
+Patrick’s church, Montreal. For three years he did able work
+in that capacity and was then transferred to Notre Dame church
+in this city, where his sermons delivered in both French and
+English attracted much attention, they first bringing him into
+prominence as an orator. He has since that time become one of the
+most eloquent and widely known speakers in the city and is in
+great demand for lectures, sermons or orations of any kind. Since
+December, 1907, he has been pastor of St. Patrick’s church in
+Montreal and his address at his inaugural was regarded as more
+than an ordinary piece of tact and eloquence. Since that time
+he has carried forward a great deal of earnest and consecrated
+work in the management of his parish, which, being an important
+one, requires at its head a man of wide attainments, broad
+knowledge and discriminating business ability--qualities which
+Father McShane possesses in an unusual degree. He has been one
+of the greatest individual forces in the development of Catholic
+institutions in Montreal, having founded the Columbian Club, a
+social organization for Catholic students of McGill University.
+He is also a director and trustee of St. Patrick’s Orphanage. His
+congregation is one of the largest and most important in Montreal
+and its prestige is continually increasing as Father McShane’s
+ability as a pastor, a business man, an organizer and an orator
+becomes more widely recognized.
+
+One of the city’s most brilliant, sincere and earnest Christian
+gentlemen, he occupies an enviable place in the regard of
+his parishioners and, indeed, of all who know him. The late
+Judge Curran, speaking of him, called him “a man of scholarly
+attainments, of fine tastes, of patriotic impulses and of
+considerable gifts as a speaker,” and this opinion is almost
+uniformly held throughout Montreal, where Father McShane has
+always made his home.
+
+
+THIBAUDEAU RINFRET, K. C.
+
+Thibaudeau Rinfret, a prominent and successful advocate of
+Montreal, brought to the outset of his career certain rare gifts,
+a strong individuality, laudable ambition and the indefatigable
+energy without which success and honors are seldom won by
+representatives of the bar. His advancement has been continuous
+and his energies have been largely concentrated upon his
+professional duties.
+
+He was born in Montreal June 22, 1879, a son of F. O. R. and
+Alvina R. (Pominville) Rinfret, the former an advocate of
+Montreal, while the latter was a daughter of the late F. P.
+Pominville, Q. C., and a law partner of the late Sir G. E.
+Cartier, baronet. Having attended St. Mary’s (Jesuit) College,
+from which he was graduated on completion of the arts course with
+the B. A. degree in 1897, Mr. Rinfret afterward entered McGill
+University and won his B. C. L. degree in 1900. He was created
+king’s counsel in 1912, a fact indicative of the success which he
+has achieved in his law practice. He entered upon the active work
+of the profession in 1901 and successfully followed law practice
+at St. Jerome in partnership with Hon. Jean Prevost until 1910.
+Upon the appointment of Charles Archer, K. C., to the bench he
+joined the firm headed by J. L. Perron, K. C. The firm is now
+Perron, Taschereau, Rinfret, Genest, Billette & Plimsoll, and
+Mr. Rinfret has been connected with it since 1910. He carefully
+prepares his cases and is seldom at fault in the application
+of a legal principle, while his analytical ability enables him
+to readily understand the relation of cause and effect. Since
+1902 he has been attorney for County Terrebonne for the inland
+revenue department, and he contested Terrebonne in the liberal
+interests at the federal general election of 1908 against the
+Hon. W. B. Nantel, now minister of inland revenue. Though his
+party was in the minority, he failed to secure the seat by only
+seventy-nine votes. Mr. Rinfret has rendered valuable service to
+the liberal party of whose principles he is a strong supporter.
+
+[Illustration: THIBAUDEAU RINFRET]
+
+The zeal with which he has devoted his energies to his
+profession, the careful regard evinced for the interests of his
+clients and an unrelaxing attention to all the details of his
+cases, have won him an enviable and well merited reputation.
+His acquaintance is wide, and he has a host of friends whose
+high regard he has gained through his professional ability,
+his deference to the opinions of others, his genial manner and
+unfailing courtesy.
+
+Mr. Rinfret was married to Miss Georgine Rolland, a daughter
+of J. B. Rolland, of Montreal, where they make their home. Mr.
+Rinfret holds membership in the Catholic church.
+
+
+CLARENCE I. DE SOLA.
+
+The great industrial undertakings which have led to the
+substantial development and upbuilding of Canada have found a
+prominent representative in Clarence I. de Sola, today regarded
+as one of the foremost men engaged in public works and in
+shipbuilding in Canada. Moreover, he is prominent in the consular
+service and is a recognized leader in various movements for the
+improvement of the economic condition of the Hebrew people, some
+of his work in that direction being of world-wide significance.
+Montreal numbers him among her worthy and honored native sons,
+his birth having occurred here on the 15th of August, 1858. He is
+a member of an ancient and illustrious Jewish family that long
+resided in Spain, where it produced many distinguished men. He
+is the third son of the late Rev. Abraham de Sola, LL. D., who
+was one of the most eminent and scholarly exponents of orthodox
+Judaism in America and an author of international repute.
+
+Liberal educational opportunities were accorded the subject of
+this sketch, and his life has been one of steadily expanding and
+increasing usefulness. Step by step he has advanced in business
+connections, and in 1887 he was made managing director of the
+Comptoir Belgo-Canadien, a syndicate of the leading Belgian
+manufacturers of steel and other structural material and builders
+of bridges, railroads and canal locks. The syndicate includes the
+famous Cockerill Works, of Seraing, employing eighteen thousand
+hands. His duties and responsibilities in this direction are most
+important. He secured and executed contracts in the building of
+the Soulanges and Trent canals, in re-laying large portions of
+the track of the Inter-Colonial Railway and the Prince Edward
+Island Railway, and in the construction of many of our largest
+public bridges. He was associated with the engineers Lafontaine
+and Lemoine in the construction of the Brock Street tunnel. It
+was largely due to his efforts that hydraulic lift locks were
+first used in American or Canadian canals.
+
+It was in recognition of the ability he had shown in developing
+commercial relations between Belgium and Canada that Mr. de Sola
+was appointed, in 1904, vice consul for Belgium at Montreal, and
+his work in helping to negotiate the arrangement between the
+Belgian and Canadian governments, whereby the benefits of the
+intermediate Canadian customs tariff was secured for Belgian
+manufacturers, was rewarded by his advancement, in 1911 to the
+full rank of consul.
+
+Extensive as have been Mr. de Sola’s efforts in connection with
+Belgian trade, he has also employed his energies in other fields,
+for he is the managing director of the Canadian office of Swan,
+Hunter and Wigham Richardson, Ltd., the great shipbuilders
+of Wallsend-on-Tyne, and he has undertaken and executed many
+contracts for the building of a large number of ships for traffic
+on the Canadian Great Lakes, the River St. Lawrence and the
+Atlantic oceans, amounting in all to quite a large fleet. The
+Canadian government has also had several ships built for its
+service by contracts awarded to Mr. de Sola, including some very
+fine vessels for hydrographic survey work, that have made their
+way through the ice-bound waters of Hudson’s Bay in dangerous
+seasons. The first ship ever seen in American waters, or that
+ever crossed the Atlantic ocean propelled by oil combustion
+engines, was built by Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson for Mr.
+de Sola as consignee. It was the ship Toiler, and it was run by
+Mr. de Sola on the St. Lawrence and lake route until sold by
+him to James Playfair. An improvement on the Toiler, the ship
+Calgary, was built during the following year and these were the
+first Diesel oil combustion engined vessels to run in Canadian
+waters.
+
+Clarence de Sola is a director of the Reid-Donald Steamship
+Company, of which he is the Canadian manager, and he is also a
+director of the Farrar Transportation Company.
+
+Mr. de Sola has become widely known as a leading factor in the
+world-embracing Zionist Movement, for the settlement in Palestine
+of the persecuted Jews emigrating from Russia and other eastern
+European countries and for the restoration of the Holy Land as
+the national home of the Hebrew race. He was for a long period on
+the Actions Committee, which is the supreme governing council of
+the Zionist Movement, and for many years has been president of
+the Federation of Zionist Societies of Canada. This federation
+is a huge organization having branch societies in about sixty
+different cities and towns throughout the Dominion, and is the
+most representative Jewish body in Canada. It was through his
+initiative and foresight that the Zionists of Canada, at their
+eleventh convention, established a special fund for purchasing
+land in Palestine on which to settle Jewish colonists and two
+Jewish colonies in the Holy Land owe their existence entirely to
+this measure. The Canadian Century has aptly styled him “the head
+and shoulders of the Zionist Movement in Canada.” He has also
+figured prominently in the Zionist International Congresses.
+
+Mr. de Sola is a recognized authority on Jewish history, more
+especially the early records of the Jews of this country, to
+which he has given years of research. A number of his articles
+on this subject have appeared in print. He is an honorary
+corresponding member of the American-Jewish Historical Society
+and member of the Anglo-Jewish Historical Society. When Funk
+& Wagnalls published the Jewish Encyclopedia Mr. de Sola was
+selected to be one of the writers of the articles on Jewish
+history and his contributions are to be found in most of the
+twelve volumes. One of his most salient characteristics is his
+loyalty to any cause which he espouses. Men have learned to know
+that what he promises he will do, that what he undertakes he will
+execute, and to all his work he brings the correct principles
+of business; accomplishing with dispatch, with accuracy and
+decision that which he sets out to do. He does not confine his
+efforts to institutions for the benefit of those of his own
+race. In fact his work has always been broad and nonsectarian in
+character and any call for humanity’s sake has met with ready
+response from him. He is a governor of the Montreal General
+Hospital and an officer of numerous philanthropic societies. He
+is the presiding warden (Parnas) of the Corporation of Spanish
+and Portuguese Jews of Montreal, the handsome design of whose
+synagogue building is due to the architectural taste of Mr. de
+Sola, a taste which also made itself felt in the striking beauty
+and individuality of his own home.
+
+In 1901 Mr. de Sola was married to Miss Belle Maud Goldsmith,
+daughter of Leopold Goldsmith, a prominent citizen of Cleveland,
+Ohio. She completed a collegiate course with the Bachelor of
+Arts degree, and is an active officer of various organizations,
+including among nonsectarian ones the Victorian Order of Nurses,
+the Royal Edward Institute, the Needlework Guild and many others.
+Among Jewish societies she is founder of the Daughters of Zion in
+Canada and of the Women’s League for Cultural Work in Palestine.
+She also was one of those who organized the Friendly League of
+Jewish Women, of which she was the first president. She has
+written several absorbingly interesting literary articles, among
+them being “The Higher Education of Women,” “The Origin of the
+French Salon,” and “The Jew--Imaginary and Real.”
+
+Mr. and Mrs. Clarence de Sola’s home, on Pine Avenue, is one
+of the most beautiful in Montreal. It is a splendid example of
+Saracenic architecture, such as is seen in southern Spain. In
+both its general outlines and in its rich ornamental details
+it is an exquisite specimen of the highest form of Andalusian
+art. It is a home that is additionally attractive by reason of a
+gracious and cordial hospitality.
+
+
+EDOUARD GOHIER.
+
+There is probably no other line of business that is equal as a
+factor in a city’s growth and development to the real-estate
+business when conducted by men who are reliable and who aim to
+develop only properties of merit and value. Included among such
+men in Montreal is Edouard Gohier, senior member of Edouard
+Gohier & Company. Mr. Gohier has been connected with a number of
+the largest high-class suburban property deals that have taken
+place around Montreal in recent years. His long experience in
+that line of business, as well as his straightforward business
+methods, has secured for him a high position in real-estate and
+financial circles.
+
+Mr. Gohier comes from one of the oldest families in the
+province of Quebec and was born April 29, 1861, at St. Martin,
+Laval county, his parents being Benjamin and Celina (Crevier)
+Gohier. Mr. Gohier’s early life was spent on a farm, but when
+about twenty-two years old he entered business circles in
+connection with the dry-goods trade at St. Laurent and was thus
+engaged about seven years. He then turned his attention to
+the real-estate business in that town and Cartierville, later
+opening an office in Montreal. For sixteen years he served as
+mayor of St. Laurent and has always taken a deep interest in
+public affairs in that town. Among the larger deals negotiated
+by Edouard Gohier & Company of late years have been La Cie des
+Boulevards de l’Ile de Montreal and the sale to the Canadian
+Northern Land Company of the land for the Model City, a suburb
+of Montreal, transactions that have been profitable to the
+principals and valuable acquisitions to the city. Mr. Gohier is
+managing director of the Northmount Land Company as well as one
+of the original promoters of the company. His connection with
+public interests has been of value in various lines and always
+marked by the same careful consideration given his own business
+affairs. He is a director of Notre Dame Hospital and of Le
+Devoir, while in March, 1914, he was appointed by the federal
+government as a member of the Georgian Bay Canal Commission. In
+political matters he is a supporter of the conservative party,
+while his religious faith is that of the Roman Catholic church.
+
+Mr. Gohier married at St. Laurent Phomela Gosselin, a daughter of
+Narcise Gosselin, and to them have been born thirteen children,
+eight of whom are living. Horace, a graduate of St. Lawrence
+College, later attended Notre Dame University of South Bend,
+Indiana. Aside from his connection with the firm of Edouard
+Gohier & Company he is a member of the firm of Gohier & Bigras,
+who handle city properties, Laval on the Lake and the properties
+of the Montreal Extension Land Company. He is likewise a director
+of the Montreal Turnpike Trust. Politically he is a conservative
+and is an alderman of the town of St. Laurent. His wife bore
+the maiden name of Rosa Jasmin. The other children of Edouard
+and Phomela (Gosselin) Gohier are as follows: Joseph, a farmer
+of St. Laurent, who married Alice Valois; Ernest, a graduate of
+McGill University, who married Berthe Mont Briant of Montreal
+and who is a civil engineer and a partner of F. C. Laberge of
+Montreal; Edouard, a graduate of St. Lawrence College, who has
+taken post-graduate work in Notre Dame University at South Bend,
+Indiana, and is now a lumber merchant of St. Laurent; Amanda, who
+married J. Bruno Nantel; Yvonne; Lorette; and Leo.
+
+Mr. Gohier has always resided in St. Laurent, while his summer
+home is in Cartierville. Among his individual holdings of real
+estate in St. Laurent is a valuable stock farm of five hundred
+acres. He is a successful business man whose career has been
+marked by honorable methods and whose progressive ideas in
+educational and civic matters have long since caused him to be
+numbered among the valued and respected citizens of his town.
+
+
+JOSEPH EMERY-CODERRE.
+
+Joseph Emery-Coderre, a well known notary of Montreal, was born
+April 14, 1880, at Ste. Anne de Stukely, in Shefford county,
+Quebec, and is descended from an old family of St. Antoine on the
+Richelieu river. He is a grandnephew of Dr. J. Emery-Coderre, who
+was a professor at Victoria and Laval Universities in Montreal.
+
+J. Emery-Coderre, father of him whose name introduces this
+review, removed to Indian Orchard, Massachusetts, 1882 and to
+Woonsocket, Rhode Island, in 1886 and there the son was educated
+in the parochial school, while from 1892 until 1897 he attended
+the Brothers of Mary school at Waterloo, Quebec, and from
+September, 1897, to January, 1898, the Seminary of St. Hyacinthe.
+In April, 1898, he returned to Woonsocket, Rhode Island, and
+for two years was employed in the Globe Cotton Mills, old Braid
+Shop, and by the American Wringer Company. In 1900 he left the
+mills to continue his education at the Séminaire of St. Marie de
+Monnoir at Marieville, Quebec, remaining there for six years. In
+1906 he won his Bachelor of Arts degree from Laval University
+and during the ensuing two years he clerked in the office of
+Boisseau & Bazinet, notaries at St. Hyacinthe, Quebec. During the
+succeeding two years he studied at Laval University and clerked
+in the office of Biron & Savignac, notaries. Thus alternating
+business activity with the acquirement of an education, he
+at length reached a position that enabled him to pass the
+examination before the board of notaries on the 10th of July,
+1910. Immediately afterward he became a member of the firm of
+Biron & Savignac, notaries, with offices at 99 St. James Street,
+Montreal, the said firm having now another member and being known
+as Biron, Savignac, Coderre & Poirier.
+
+[Illustration: JOSEPH EMERY-CODERRE]
+
+J. Emery-Coderre is secretary and treasurer of the corporation
+of Montreal East and is a member of the Montreal East Land
+Company. At the same time the firm with which he is connected is
+accorded an extensive clientage, and thus his professional and
+business interests are important. He has made wise use of time,
+talents and opportunities, and his ability has advanced him to an
+enviable position.
+
+On the 12th of October, 1910, J. Emery-Coderre was married at
+St. Hyacinthe to Bertha Tetrault, a daughter of François Xavier
+Tetrault, and they have become parents of two children, François
+Xavier and Maurice. J. Emery-Coderre is a member of the Club
+Champetre Canadien. A young man, he has won popularity in both
+professional and social circles, and he now has a wide and
+favorable acquaintance in Montreal.
+
+
+HON. COLONEL SIR RODOLPHE FORGET, M. P.
+
+“One of the most powerful men in financial circles in Canada; he
+can make and unmake and has seldom been beaten in a financial
+battle.” Thus wrote the Canadian Courier concerning one of the
+foremost French-Canadian citizens of Montreal--Colonel Joseph
+David Rodolphe Forget, better known as Sir Rodolphe Forget,
+banker, broker and legislator. He was born at Terrebonne,
+Province of Quebec, December 10, 1861, and while spending his
+youthful days in the home of his parents, David and Angele
+(Limoges) Forget, he attended Masson College. In early manhood he
+established a home of his own through his marriage in October,
+1885, to Mlle. Alexandra Tourville. Subsequent to her death he
+was married, in April, 1894, to Miss Blanche, youngest daughter
+of the late A. R. McDonold, a stock broker of Quebec. Lady Forget
+is prominent in charitable and benevolent circles, being a
+director of the Montreal Day Nursery and the Notre Dame Hospital,
+while in 1909 she was elected vice president of the Women’s
+Canadian Club.
+
+Sir Rodolphe Forget’s active connection with financial affairs
+began in 1890, when he joined the Montreal Stock Exchange,
+of which he was chosen chairman in 1908, continuing in that
+position until 1911, when he resigned. He was for a time
+connected with the business of L. J. Forget & Company, the
+senior partner being the late Hon. L. J. Forget. In 1909 a
+branch house was established in Paris and as banker and broker
+Sir Rodolphe Forget has attained prominence equal to that which
+has come to him in connection with public affairs. Many of the
+extensive and important corporation interests of Canada have
+been quickened and stimulated through his cooperation, while
+his sound judgment has constituted a controlling force in their
+management. He is president of the Quebec and Saguenay Railway,
+the Quebec Railway Light, Heat & Power Company; vice president
+of the Montreal Light, Heat & Power Company; and director of the
+Toronto Railway Company, the Quebec Gas Company, the Sterling
+Coal Company, Limited, the Canadian General Electric Company, and
+the St. Lawrence Flour Mills Company. He was formerly president
+of the Richelieu & Ontario Navigation Company, the Eastern Canada
+Steel & Iron Works, Limited, the Royal Electric Company, and
+the Mount Royal Assurance Company; and vice president of the
+Canadian Securities Corporation and La Société d’Administration
+Générale; and director of the Duluth Street Railway Company,
+the Montreal-London Securities Corporation, the Black Lake
+Consolidated Asbestos Company, the Union Brewery Company,
+the Murray-Bay Lumber & Pulp Company, the City Central Real
+Estate Company, the Montreal Smelting & Reduction Company, the
+Prudential Trust Company, the Wayagamack Pulp & Paper Company,
+the Crown Life Insurance Company, the Canada Marconi Wireless
+Telegraph Company, the Payne Consolidated Mining Company, La
+Banque Provinciale and Le Journal. In 1911 he founded La Banque
+Internationale du Canada. He was rated as a millionaire by the
+Montreal Star in 1907, which in itself is a testimonial of his
+power as a financier. In 1911 he headed the navigation merger. He
+has also been connected with the Canada Car Foundry Company, the
+Industrial Development Company, the Butte Central Copper Company,
+and the Montmorency Cotton Mills Company. All these indicate
+something of the wonderful scope of his business interests and
+activity and yet by no means give a complete record of his
+interest and his efforts, which have been equally strong forces
+in the control, development and upbuilding of organizations
+having to do with the public welfare. In 1911 he made a gift
+of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars to the Notre Dame
+Hospital, of which he is a director. He is also president of
+the Province of Quebec Rifle Association, and he was appointed
+honorary lieutenant colonel of the Sixty-fifth Carabiniers,
+“Mount Royal” of Montreal in 1907, and was promoted to honorary
+colonel in March, 1914. He is a director of the Canadian National
+Bureau of Breeding and is a life governor of the Antiquarian
+and Numismatic Society. He was vice president of Credit Foncier
+Franco-Canadien. He has been a member of the executive committee
+of the Canadian Handicrafts Guild of Montreal, holding the office
+in 1908.
+
+In politics an independent-conservative, Sir Rodolphe Forget
+has sat for Charlevoix in the house of commons since 1904. In
+1911 he was elected for Charlevoix and Montmorency--said to be
+the first occasion in the history of the Dominion in which a
+member in opposition was elected for two constituencies. He was
+offered a portfolio when Premier Borden formed his cabinet, but
+declined. He believes in a direct contribution from Canada for
+the imperial navy and opposed the Taft-Fielding reciprocity
+pact. His religious faith is that of the Roman Catholic church.
+In club circles he is well known as a member of the Mount Royal,
+the St. James, Club Lafontaine, Club Canadien, Club St. Denis,
+Canada, Montreal, Montreal Jockey, Montreal Hunt, Canadian,
+Forest and Stream, Montreal Curling, Montreal Military Institute,
+Royal Montreal Golf, Royal St. Lawrence Yacht Clubs, of Montreal,
+and the Garrison Club of Quebec, in many of which he has held
+official positions. He has been termed “the young Napoleon of St.
+François Xavier Street.” He has manifested Napoleonic powers in
+other connections and his strength, power and resource have given
+him the position of honor and distinction which he now occupies.
+His residence is at No. 71 Ontario Avenue, and his summer home is
+“Gil Mont,” St. Irenee les Bains, Quebec.
+
+
+FITZ-JAMES E. BROWNE.
+
+One of the best known citizens of Montreal whose reputation in
+business is international is Fitz-James E. Browne, president of
+the famous and highly successful firm known as “The House of
+Browne, Limited,” real-estate experts, auctioneers, architects
+and fire insurance agents. He was born in Montreal on the 22d of
+September, 1871, a son of the late John James and Agnes Dunlop
+(Hay) Browne, and comes of Irish and Scotch ancestry. He acquired
+his early education at the McTavish school and afterward attended
+Lincoln College at Sorel, province of Quebec.
+
+After leaving school Mr. Browne became associated in the
+architectural profession with his father and soon after the
+death of the latter, in 1893, Fitz-James E. Browne engaged in
+the real-estate business, continuing the firm name of John
+James Browne until 1894, when the present title of “The House
+of Browne, Limited” was assumed, and no real-estate firm in the
+Dominion is as widely known. Mr. Browne’s advertising measures
+are both progressive and aggressive as well as unique. He has
+been a pioneer in methods that others attempt to imitate. As
+a real-estate auctioneer it is doubtful if he has an equal.
+He has officiated at the biggest sales on record in Canada
+and holds the proud honor of having sold the highest priced
+property per foot in Montreal. He possesses a comprehensive and
+accurate knowledge of values as well as a thorough and practical
+understanding of all the intricacies of the real-estate business
+in the city, and his upright business methods have won him the
+esteem and confidence of all. His knowledge of architecture from
+both the scientific and practical standpoint is broad, and as a
+real-estate expert he stands in the front rank. He is frequently
+called upon to address meetings of real-estate dealers and
+deliver lectures upon real-estate selling in both Canada and the
+United States.
+
+Mr. Browne was married in August, 1896, to Miss Sarsie Geraldine
+Nagle of Montreal. Her tragic death, resulting from injuries
+sustained in being struck by a tram car, occurred on November 15,
+1913. She is survived by two sons: John James Ethelbert and Henry
+Shewbridge Bashford.
+
+Like the majority of progressive business men of the day, Mr.
+Browne keeps well informed on leading questions and issues, but
+does not seek nor desire the honors and emoluments of office,
+preferring to concentrate his attention upon his business
+affairs. In his younger days he devoted much time to amateur
+sport, in which he still retains deep interest. As a member
+of the Montreal Amateur Athletic Association he was foremost
+in opposition to the introduction of professionalism into the
+organization. He was a prime factor in the organization of the
+St. Patrick’s Amateur Athletic Association and has since been its
+leading spirit. Mr. Browne is a very public-spirited man and any
+movement for the advancement of the city, province or Dominion
+finds in him a most hearty supporter.
+
+
+PAUL BRISSET DES NOS.
+
+Prominent in real-estate circles of Montreal is Paul Brisset
+des Nos, whose activities in that field have had an important
+bearing upon the growth of the city. He has successfully handled
+important deals and has been connected with some of the largest
+transactions consummated in real estate. At present he is manager
+of the L’Alliance Immobilière, Incorporated, which he established
+in 1912 and which is capitalized at one hundred thousand dollars.
+He is among the successful Parisians who have selected Montreal
+as their field of labor, and yet he often visits the land of his
+birth. Having had all the advantages of an excellent education,
+he understands mankind and judges conditions correctly, and these
+features are largely the corner stone of his success. He was born
+in Paris, November 17, 1873, and comes of a distinguished family,
+his father being André Brisset des Nos, for many years manager
+for La Foncière, Paris, and his mother Clémentine Hébert de la
+Rousselière.
+
+Paul Brisset des Nos enjoyed the advantages of a classical
+course, attending the College of the Jesuits in his native city,
+located at the rue de Madrid, and also the school of the same
+order at the rue Bleury at Montreal. He made his first step into
+the business world as partner of his father, who was engaged in
+the wholesale wine and liquor business at 23 Gosford Street,
+Montreal, the business being conducted under the name of André
+Brisset & Fils. He was connected with this firm for six years but
+in 1906 he opened a real-estate office. For about seven years he
+was located at Pointe-aux-Trembles but subsequently gave much
+of his time to two tracts of land which he had acquired in the
+district of the Rivière des Prairies, which he subdivided into
+eighteen hundred lots, all of which have been disposed of today.
+Among other enterprises he was concerned in the building of
+four butter factories near Montreal. In 1912 he established and
+incorporated the L’Alliance Immobilière, with a capital of one
+hundred thousand dollars, and has since been manager thereof. He
+is a number of the Montreal Real Estate Exchange.
+
+On the 11th of February, 1901, at Montreal, Mr. Brisset des Nos
+was united in marriage to Miss Yvonne Lareau, a daughter of the
+late Edmond Lareau, deputy of Rouville. Mr. and Mrs. Brisset des
+Nos have the following children: Paul, ten years of age; Aliette,
+aged eight; Yves six; and Madeleine, three.
+
+It is conceded on all sides that realty activities largely
+contribute to the growth of a community and in that way Mr.
+Brisset des Nos has participated in the development and
+commercial expansion of Montreal. He is public-spirited and takes
+a deep interest in any forward movement promoted in the cause
+of the general welfare. Although he has been connected with
+real-estate transactions for a comparatively short time, he has
+made his influence felt in that field to such an extent that his
+opinions and advice are often sought by investors. L’Alliance
+Immobilière, founded upon a solid basis, may well look toward a
+prosperous future under the able management of Mr. Brisset des
+Nos, whose wide experience and sound judgment are among the most
+important assets of the corporation.
+
+[Illustration: PAUL BRISSET DES NOS]
+
+
+HON. SIR LOMER GOUIN.
+
+Hon. Sir Lomer Gouin, a distinguished representative of the
+Montreal bar and a statesman whose grasp of affairs has made him
+largely master of situations affecting government interests, was
+born at Grondines, P. Q., March 19, 1861, a son of Dr. J. N.
+and Victorie Seraphine (Fugere) Gouin. The family has long been
+established in this province. Sir Lomer Gouin in the attainment
+of his education attended successfully Sorel College, Levis
+College and the Laval University. He won his LL. B. degree in
+1884 and in 1902 the honorary degree of LL. D. was conferred upon
+him while McGill also created him an LL. D. in 1911. He pursued
+his law studies under the direction of the late Sir John Abbot
+and the late Hon. R. Laflamme, two of the most eminent members
+of the bar of Montreal. Passing the required examinations, Sir
+Lomer Gouin was admitted to practice as an advocate in 1884, and
+his advancement in his profession has brought him to a position
+of leadership at the provincial bar. He was at one time a law
+partner of Judge Pagnuelo and afterward of the late Hon. H.
+Mercier. His knowledge of the law is comprehensive and exact and
+in the application of its principles he has proven himself one of
+the ablest representatives of the bar in Montreal. He was elected
+batonnier-general of the provincial bar in 1910, was appointed
+an officer of de l’Institut Public of France in 1902 and also
+of the Legion of Honor in 1907. Aside from his profession, he
+is known in financial circles as a director of the Royal Trust
+Company, of the Montreal City and District Savings Bank and of
+the Mount Royal Assurance Company. The Venerable Archdeacon Kerr
+characterized him as “a straightforward business man,” and in all
+his career he has never deviated from high standards of manhood
+and citizenship.
+
+In 1908 he was knighted by King George at the Quebec Tercentenary
+celebration. His public service has been of an important
+character and is of wide scope, and in 1898 he was appointed
+a member of the council of public instruction, P. Q., and in
+1910 was elected president of the North American Fish and Game
+Protective Association. He has likewise been president of the
+Canadian Camp. In 1900 he was chosen an alderman of Montreal
+and exercises his official prerogatives in support of various
+measures for the general good. Mr. Gouin is a liberal in
+politics and for some years has been active in the party. He
+unsuccessfully contested Richelieu for the House of Commons at
+the general election in 1891, and he sat for Montreal, St. James
+division, in the local house in 1897-1908. Since then he has
+sat for Port Neuf. He is regarded as an administrator of breadth
+of view, great knowledge and ability and unimpeachable probity.
+From 1900 until 1904 Sir Lomer Gouin was commissioner of public
+works under the Parent administration, and since March 23, 1905,
+has been premier and attorney-general for the province of Quebec.
+An eminent statesmen has characterized him as “the greatest
+prime minister the province has ever known.” His comprehensive
+knowledge of the law and his ready grasp of affairs, combined
+with his unfaltering loyalty to the best interests of government,
+classes him with the most prominent Canadian statesmen. In 1906
+he was chairman of the Ottawa Inter-Provincial Conference and
+was a delegate thereto in 1910. He has edited a special edition
+of the Quebec Municipal Code, and he seems familiar with all
+the various phases of the important municipal, provincial and
+national problems which are now engaging public attention.
+
+Sir Lomer Gouin was married in May, 1888, to Miss Eliza Mercier,
+a daughter of the late Hon. Honore Mercier, prime minister
+of Quebec. Lady Gouin passed away in September, 1904, and in
+September, 1911, he wedded Alice, daughter of the late Auguste
+Amos of Montreal. Sir Lomer Gouin was present by invitation at
+the coronation of King George and Queen Mary in Westminster Abbey
+in June, 1911. He is well known in club circles as a member of
+the Garrison Club of Quebec; the Club St. Denis, the Montreal
+Reform Club, and the Mount Royal Club of Montreal. His religious
+affiliation is with the Roman Catholic church.
+
+
+ISAAC GOUVERNEUR OGDEN.
+
+The enterprise which has brought the western world to a par
+with the old world in all that touches business activity and
+progress finds exemplification in the life record of Isaac
+Gouverneur Ogden, now vice president of the Canadian Pacific
+Railway Company. It would be a partial view, however, if one
+were to consider his life record only from the standpoint of
+business advancement, as his labors have been directed with equal
+efficiency along lines which touch the general interests of
+society or have their root in a broad humanitarian spirit.
+
+Born across the border, Mr. Ogden is a native of New York, the
+date of his birth being October 10, 1844. His parents were
+Isaac Gouverneur and Elizabeth Katherine (Williamson) Ogden,
+representatives of old and distinguished families of the Empire
+state. His education was acquired in local public schools, while
+his early business training came to him in a mercantile house
+in his native state where he secured employment in 1860. He
+early recognized the eternal principle that industry wins, and
+industry became the beacon light of his life. He turned from
+merchandising to banking, entering the house of Fisk & Hatch
+with which he remained until March, 1871, when he made his
+initial step in railway service as paymaster and accountant for
+the Chicago & Pacific Railway Company. The duties of the dual
+position were promptly and capably discharged until 1876, when he
+was made auditor, serving in that capacity for five years under a
+receiver.
+
+In 1881 he became auditor for the western division of the
+Canadian Pacific Railway Company, was advanced to the position of
+auditor for the Canadian Pacific in 1883 and so remained until
+1887. For fourteen years thereafter he was comptroller for the
+Canadian Pacific and since December, 1901 has been vice president
+of the most important railway that crosses the Dominion. Long
+experience has made him familiar with various phases of railway
+operation and management, and thus he came well equipped to
+his present position, ready for administrative direction and
+executive control.
+
+In early manhood Mr. Ogden wedded Miss Julia M. Baker and they
+reside at No. 457 Mackay Street. Home and business interests,
+however, by no means comprise the extent of his activities which
+reach out into the fields of religious and philanthropic work and
+also prominently into club life. He is an Anglican, is president
+of the Montreal College of Homeopathic Physicians and Surgeons;
+and is a life governor of the Montreal Homeopathic Hospital. In
+1901 he was elected president of the Association of American
+Railway Accounting Officers and in 1905 was a delegate to the
+International Railway Congress. He brings to bear upon public
+questions the same keen discrimination and sound judgment that
+have characterized his activities in railway circles. His social
+nature finds expression in his membership in the St. James, Mount
+Royal, Forest and Stream, Royal St. Lawrence Yacht and Montreal
+Hunt Clubs of Montreal; the Lotus and Transportation Clubs of New
+York, and the Manitoba Club of Winnipeg.
+
+
+CHARLES HAZLITT CAHAN.
+
+It cannot be denied that members of the bar have been more
+prominent actors in public affairs than any other class of the
+community. This is but the natural result of causes which are
+manifest and require no explanation. The ability and training
+which qualify one to practice law also qualify him in many
+respects for duties which lie outside the strict path of his
+profession and which touch the general interests of society.
+Holding marked precedence among the members of the bar and
+recognized also as an influential factor in political circles,
+Charles Hazlitt Cahan is a well known and honored resident of
+Montreal. He comes of a family of Irish origin and was born at
+Hebron, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, October 31, 1861, his parents
+being the late Charles and Theresa Cahan, of Yarmouth. He
+supplemented his early educational training by study at Yarmouth
+Seminary and in Dalhousie University, winning his Bachelor of
+Arts degree in 1886 and Bachelor of Laws degree in 1890. He began
+practice as a barrister of Nova Scotia in 1893 and was created
+king’s counsellor there in 1907. In the same year he entered
+upon the practice of law in the province of Quebec and was made
+king’s counsellor in this province in 1909. While a resident of
+Halifax he was a member of the law firm of Harris, Henry & Cahan
+but since 1909 has been in practice in Montreal. He has always
+specialized in corporation law, in which department he has had
+wide and varied experience in North and South America and in
+Europe.
+
+There was an interval between the completion of his course and
+his active connection with the bar in which he devoted his time
+and energies to journalistic interests, being connected with the
+Halifax Evening Mail and Herald, resigning, however, to devote
+his attention to law and politics in 1894, and he has made for
+himself a prominent name and position in the latter as well as
+in the former connection. He contested Shelburne, Nova Scotia,
+in the conservative interest and following the election sat in
+the Nova Scotia legislature from 1890 until 1894, during which
+period he was the recognized leader of the opposition. In 1896 he
+unsuccessfully contested Shelburne and Queen’s for the house of
+commons, and also Cumberland at the general election in 1900. He
+declined a nomination for the St. Lawrence division of Montreal
+at the general election of 1911, and he also refused political
+honors when he decided not to accept the portfolio offered him
+in the Dominion cabinet in 1896. Public activity has ever been
+with him a matter of public duty, as he has ever placed the
+general good before partisanship or self-aggrandizement. He was
+for several years honorary secretary of the Halifax branch of
+the Imperial Federation League and honorary secretary of the
+Liberal-Conservative Association in Nova Scotia. With all the
+duties that have been imposed upon him in his political and
+professional connections, he has found time and opportunity
+to cooperate in the management of various successful business
+corporations and interests. He is now the president of the
+Western Canada Power Company and of the Corporation Agencies,
+Ltd., and a director of several other important financial and
+industrial companies. He has closely studied vital public
+problems, and he took a decided stand against the Taft-Fielding
+reciprocity compact, against which he delivered various addresses
+during the political campaign of 1911. He has been termed a
+courageous, ready and powerful speaker. He presents his arguments
+with clearness and force, and their logic is convincing.
+
+On March 1, 1887, Mr. Cahan was united in marriage to Mrs. Mary
+J. Hetherington of Halifax, Nova Scotia, and they now reside at
+No. 740 University Street, Montreal, with a summer residence at
+“Belmont,” Halifax, Nova Scotia. Mr. Cahan’s club relationship
+is with the Mount Royal and Montreal Clubs, Montreal; the
+Halifax Club, Halifax; and the Jockey Club of Mexico. He filled
+the presidency of the Dalhousie University Alumni Association
+in 1893-4. One of the elements of his success is found in his
+ability to entirely concentrate his thought and efforts upon the
+question or work in hand and then turn with equal enthusiasm and
+capability to his next duty or undertaking. The trend of his mind
+is analytical, logical and inductive, and as a corporation lawyer
+he stands among the foremost representatives of the profession in
+Montreal.
+
+
+LEANDRE BELANGER.
+
+Leandre Bélanger, for forty years or more one of the most
+prominent notaries of the province of Quebec, was born March 29,
+1848, at St. François de Sales, Laval county. His father, Leandre
+Bélanger, was a carriage maker by trade and married Marie Nadon.
+His grandfather, François Bélanger, was a farmer of Laval county.
+
+In his native village Leandre Bélanger, Jr., spent his boyhood
+and was educated at Terrebonne College. For five years he studied
+law in the office of Melasippe Prevost in Terrebonne and on
+the 11th of June, 1871, was commissioned a licensed notary in
+Quebec. For a year thereafter he engaged in practice at St.
+François de Sales, but, seeking a more extensive field, he
+located in Montreal on the 1st of May, 1872, and in this city
+soon built up a large and lucrative practice. Until 1909 he was
+alone in practice, but in that year formed a partnership with his
+son Adrien under the name of Bélanger & Bélanger, with offices at
+No. 30 St. James Street. For twenty-five years Mr. Bélanger has
+been a member of the board of notaries of the province of Quebec
+and for three years served as president of that board. For eight
+years he was president of the Montreal Association of Notaries
+and his contemporaries in the profession accord him a high
+position in their ranks. He has been a member of the Antiquarian
+and Numismatic Society for many years, and he is also a member of
+the Chambre de Commerce.
+
+[Illustration: LEANDRE BELANGER]
+
+Mr. Bélanger is a member of the Catholic church and of L’Union
+Catholique and has served as a director and vice president of the
+latter. In politics he has ever remained independent. In 1870
+he was married at St. François de Sales, to Claire Viger, and
+they became parents of two children: Joseph, a resident of St.
+Hyacinthe; and Maria, the wife of Dr. Archambault, of Fall River,
+Massachusetts. In 1879 Mr. Bélanger was married, in Montreal,
+to Miss Laura Viau and they have seven children: Leandre, an
+electrician in Montreal; Adrien, who is in partnership with his
+father; Armand; Laura; Evelina; Antoinette; and Alice. The family
+home is on St. Catherine road in Outremont.
+
+
+HON. LOUIS ONESIME LORANGER.
+
+Hon. Louis Onesime Loranger, whose name is prominently associated
+with the history of Montreal’s judiciary, retired from the bench
+in May, 1910, but has never ceased to feel a deep interest in
+his profession or in the great and vital problems which are most
+closely connected with the welfare and progress of the country.
+
+He was born at Yamachiche in the province of Quebec on the
+7th of April, 1837, a son of the late Joseph and Marie Louise
+(Dugal) Loranger. In the acquirement of his education he attended
+Montreal College and St. Mary’s College, the latter a Jesuit
+school of Montreal, and in preparation for the bar, having
+determined to make the practice of law his life work, he began
+a thorough course of reading and on the 3d of May, 1858, was
+admitted to practice at Montreal. He then joined his brothers,
+Hon. T. J. I. Loranger, late judge of the superior court and
+the late J. M. Loranger, K. C. They acquired an extensive
+practice and, in fact, were accorded a large share of the most
+important law work in the city during the greater part of the
+later half of the nineteenth century. Mr. Louis O. Loranger was
+created a king’s counsel by the Marquis of Lorne in 1881 and
+the honorary degree of LL. D. was conferred upon him by Laval
+University in 1901. He continued in the active profession of law
+until appointed judge of the superior court for the district of
+Montreal in 1882, and remained upon the bench for twenty-seven
+years, or until May, 1910, when he entered into the enjoyment of
+a full pension.
+
+Judge Loranger’s public service aside from his connection with
+the judiciary has been extensive and of an important character.
+He was alderman of Montreal from 1868 until 1879, covering
+a period of eleven years, and he sat for Laval in the local
+legislature for a period of seven years, or from 1875 until 1882.
+He was attorney general in the Chapleau administration from 1879
+until 1882. It was upon his retirement from that position that he
+was made puisne judge, continuing upon the bench for twenty-seven
+years thereafter. His public service also covers incumbency in
+the office of president of the St. Jean Baptiste Society in
+1895-6. In 1906 he was elected governor of Laval University and
+the same year was made president of Notre Dame Hospital.
+
+Judge Loranger was twice married. In 1867 he married Marie Anne
+Rosalie Lafranboise, a daughter of the late Hon. Mr. Justice
+Lafranboise. To them were born seven children: Louise, the
+deceased wife of Henry Masson; Louis J., a prominent advocate of
+Montreal, whose sketch appears elsewhere in this volume; Adele,
+now Mrs. H. Prefontaine; Caroline, now Mrs. Hubert Desjardins;
+Joseph, a well known advocate of Montreal; Maurice, a well known
+attorney of this city; and Rosalie, now Mrs. Emile Chaput, of
+Montreal. The mother of these children died in May, 1883, and
+Judge Loranger was again married in May, 1888, his second wife
+being Mrs. Antonette (Valois) Verin, a daughter of the late S.
+Valois.
+
+Hon. L. O. Loranger is a communicant of the Roman Catholic
+church. He belongs to Club Lafontaine and is an advocate to
+conservative principles. He enjoys high reputation as a lawyer
+and as a debater and still takes an exceedingly active interest
+in political affairs. He has long since passed the Psalmist’s
+span of three score years and ten, having now reached the age of
+seventy-seven, but in spirit and interest seems yet in his prime.
+Old age need not necessarily suggest inactivity; on the contrary,
+there is an old age which grows stronger and better mentally and
+morally as the years go by and gives out of the rich store of
+its experience for the benefit of others. Such is the record of
+Hon. Louis Onesime Loranger, whose opinions carry weight in many
+councils and are always worthy of an interested hearing.
+
+
+EDOUARD O. CHAMPAGNE.
+
+Edouard O. Champagne, superintendent of the department of boiler
+inspection for the city of Montreal, has been connected with
+that department of the city government for thirty-five years,
+during which time he has established a reputation for capability
+and efficiency in his line that is probably unsurpassed on the
+continent. Thoroughly progressive and up-to-date, he has kept
+fully abreast of the advancement made in all lines of manufacture
+and usage affecting his department.
+
+Mr. Champagne comes from one of the old and prominent families
+of the province, a family whose members for nearly two hundred
+and fifty years have been identified with provincial history and
+have been regarded as of the highest type of French-Canadian
+citizenship. Edouard O. Champagne was born at Sorel, Quebec,
+in 1848. His education was acquired at the Christian Brothers
+College, where he excelled in mechanical drawing and civil
+engineering and also at the John Allan Model and Classical school
+of Sorel. He served his apprenticeship as a machinist in the St.
+Lawrence engine works, after which he was for fourteen years
+employed on steamboats on the Ottawa and St. Lawrence rivers and
+Lakes Champlain, Erie and Ontario in his professional capacity.
+
+[Illustration: EDOUARD O. CHAMPAGNE]
+
+His splendid record as an engineer of various boats induced the
+harbor commissioners of Montreal to engage him to run the St.
+Peter, their best boat, which was never outdistanced during
+the four years in which he was in charge. In 1872 he obtained
+a first class certificate from the federal government as a
+mechanical engineer, being the first French-Canadian to whom
+was accorded that distinction. In 1879 he was appointed boiler
+inspector for the city of Montreal by a council, the majority of
+whose members were English-speaking. His experience has enabled
+him to solve many of the difficult and intricate problems that
+arise in connection with the operation of engines, pumps, steam
+plants, elevators and water and gas plants. In a word, he has
+expert scientific knowledge and practical mechanical ability and
+is splendidly qualified for the onerous and important duties
+which devolve upon him in this connection. As an example of his
+capability, as well as the value of his services to the city,
+mention might be made of the heating apparatus of the public
+baths. In July, 1913, when the question of heating water for the
+public baths was being considered by the city officials, various
+types of expensive and complicated apparatus were shown and
+inspected. The expense of installation, as well as that of fuel
+and maintenance, represented a large sum if any of those systems
+had been adopted. Mr. Champagne had given the matter some thought
+and, with a system of entirely his own planning, offered to
+install an efficient and economical apparatus for that purpose.
+How well he succeeded may be inferred from the fact that at an
+expense of ten dollars he secured the same result, in less than
+one-half the time, that a system costing ten thousand dollars
+would have accomplished. Three such equipments were supplied by
+him, representing a first cost saving of thirty thousand dollars
+to the city. Being in the city’s employ, he waived all claims
+to remuneration as an inventor. The city’s requirements in the
+future will call for a number of such installations, each one of
+which will mean a saving of an additional ten thousand dollars.
+
+At their annual meeting in 1880 the various members of the
+Association of Boiler Inspectors of the United States and Canada
+were invited to submit designs from which the organization’s
+official seal was to be selected. Mr. Champagne, through illness
+in his family, was unable to attend this meeting. However, he
+submitted the design he had planned, and it was adopted. This has
+ever since been in use as the official seal of the association.
+The first impression made from the seal, together with a small
+photogravure of the original drawing, were sent to Mr. Champagne
+by the officials. The design of the seal is unique and highly
+appropriate, containing accurate drawings of sixteen dangerous
+types of boilers which form its circular border. Mr. Champagne
+has frequently been called upon as an expert in determining
+causes of boiler explosions, and in matters generally pertaining
+to his line of business there are few, if any, better posted men
+in the Dominion.
+
+Mr. Champagne is also a noted marksman and one of the best
+snapshots in the Dominion. He came into permanent possession
+of several challenge cups as evidence of his skill. Few men
+would probably display more modesty over achievements of equal
+importance and significance than he has done.
+
+In 1895 he came into public notice through his heroism at the
+Longue Pointe Asylum fire, when he and Chief Benoit saved the
+lives of over ninety inmates. It is characteristic of him that he
+never considers himself in the presence of imminent danger, and
+his faithfulness and fidelity in public service have won him the
+confidence and high regard of all who know aught of his career.
+As a citizen he represents the best of the French-Canadian type,
+has reared an excellent family and, with them, is highly esteemed
+and respected.
+
+
+HON. FRANCOIS XAVIER CHOQUET.
+
+Hon. François Xavier Choquet, judge of the juvenile court,
+Montreal, since January 2, 1912, is uniformly recognized as an
+eminent legist and jurist, as well as an able member of the
+judiciary. He occupied for many years a position of distinction
+at the Montreal bar, where his name figured in connection with
+the court records of some of the most prominent cases heard in
+the province.
+
+Judge Choquet was born on the 8th of January, 1851, at Varennes,
+in the province of Quebec. His father, Jean Baptiste Choquet, was
+a farmer at Varennes and descended from one of the oldest French
+families in the province, while the mother of Judge Choquet,
+Adeline Provost, a daughter of Amable Provost, also belonged to
+an old and honorable family.
+
+The Choquet family has been identified with the history of the
+province since 1665, the founders, who originally belonged to
+Picardie, France, settling in Canada in that year.
+
+Judge Choquet added to the fundamental principles of education
+the knowledge acquired in attendance at L’Assomption College, the
+Montreal Seminary and McGill University, being graduated from the
+last named in 1874 with the B. C. L. degree, having determined
+to make the practice of law his life work. In the meantime he
+had studied law under Sir La Jette and Senator Beique, in the
+firm of Jette & Beique, and after being called to the bar on the
+10th of January, 1875, he began the practice of his profession
+in Montreal as a partner of his former law preceptors, being
+admitted to the firm of Jette & Beique, where he remained about
+four years. Subsequently he practiced alone for six years, during
+which time he acquired a clientele that was not surpassed by any
+of his contemporaries. He afterwards became partner in the firm
+of Mercier, Beausoleil & Choquet, so continuing from 1884 until
+1892, when the senior partner, the late Hon. Honore Mercier,
+withdrew, and the firm style of Beausoleil & Choquet was adopted.
+Judge Choquet was created a king’s counsellor by the Earl of
+Aberdeen on March 7, 1893.
+
+Many important duties have devolved upon him, either in the
+direct or indirect path of his profession. He was a royal
+commissioner to revise the charter of Montreal in September,
+1897, and was appointed judge of the session of the peace, police
+magistrate, and license commissioner of Montreal on the 27th of
+December, 1898. He was also appointed an extradition commissioner
+under the extradition act, July 20, 1901. In more strictly
+professional lines his service as a member of the council
+of the Montreal bar continued from 1894 until 1897, and he was
+appointed a delegate to the general council of the bar of the
+province of Quebec.
+
+[Illustration: HON. FRANCOIS X. CHOQUET]
+
+He has been a continuous student of his profession, constantly
+broadening his knowledge by reading, study, research and
+investigation until today his opinions are largely accepted as
+authority concerning any vital legal problems.
+
+In the course of his professional career, Judge Choquet
+successfully handled many important railway and municipal cases.
+He made a special study of the law relating to transportation
+matters and also the laws governing municipal affairs, while on
+the law of elections, the Montreal Herald has referred to him as
+“the highest authority of the province.”
+
+In June, 1884, Judge Choquet was married to Miss Marie
+Caroline Barry, a daughter of John E. Barry, of Saguenay and
+Trois Pistoles. Both Judge and Mrs. Choquet are prominently
+connected with the Montreal Children’s Aid Society, of which
+he was president for some time, while Mrs. Choquet has been
+vice president. He is also president of the Cooperative Funeral
+Expense Society. Their religious faith is that of the Roman
+Catholic church, and Mrs. Choquet was granted an audience by the
+pope in 1906. Judge Choquet is vice president of the Shawinigan
+Fishing Club, holds membership also with the Engineers and
+Winchester Clubs, and has been president of the latter for ten
+years. He resides at No. 814 Dorchester Street, West, Montreal,
+through the winter seasons and has a summer home at Rigaud, P. Q.
+
+
+HON. LOUIS TELLIER.
+
+On the list of representatives of the judiciary of Montreal
+appears the name of Hon. Louis Tellier, puisne judge of the
+superior court of the province of Quebec. A native of Berthier,
+Quebec, he was born on the 25th of December, 1844, a son of
+Zephirin Tellier of Ste. Melanie d’Aillebout and Luce Ferland,
+the latter a daughter of V. Prisque Ferland. After attending
+Joliette College Louis Tellier was called to the bar in 1866,
+and thus for almost half a century he has been a representative
+of the legal profession in the province. For a number of years
+he held the office of deputy prothonotary of the superior court,
+also deputy clerk of the circuit court and deputy clerk of the
+peace and of the crown for the district of St. Hyacinthe. He had
+studied law under the late Mr. Baby, who became a justice of the
+court of queen’s bench in the province of Quebec, and afterward
+under Mr. Chagnon, who became a judge of the superior court for
+the province of Quebec in the district of Iberville, and had come
+to the bar well equipped for the honors and responsible duties
+of the profession. His ability was early manifest in the manner
+in which he prepared and conducted his cases, and in 1873 he was
+appointed crown prosecutor for the district of St. Hyacinthe. He
+also became a recognized leader in political as well as in legal
+circles, and in 1878 he was elected to the house of commons for
+the St. Hyacinthe riding at the general election and sat for
+that district until 1882. He was appointed queen’s counsel in
+1882 by the Marquis of Lorne. He resumed the practice of law and
+was raised to the bench as puisne judge of the superior court
+of the province of Quebec by the Marquis of Lansdowne on the
+12th of November, 1887. He was appointed for the district of
+St. Hyacinthe, succeeding Justice Sicotte, but in 1903 he was
+removed to the district of Montreal, where he now presides. His
+decisions on the bench are models of judicial soundness, showing
+a comprehensive grasp of the law with ability to accurately apply
+its principles.
+
+On the 26th of May, 1868, Judge Tellier married Hermine, daughter
+of the late Dr. A. Malhiot. She died in 1878, and on the 18th
+of July, 1882, Judge Tellier married Elzire Hamel, daughter of
+Joseph A. Hamel, collector of customs in St. Hyacinthe division.
+Her death occurred October 6, 1906. On the 26th of January,
+1914, the Judge married Mrs. Jules Richard whose maiden name was
+Regina Royer and who was the widow of Jules Richard, advocate,
+practicing his profession at Sherbrooke in the district of St.
+Francis. Judge Tellier has three sons and five daughters.
+
+He is an administrator of Laval University and is a member of the
+Catholic church. His mind is naturally analytical, logical and
+inductive, and his clear reasoning finds expression in judicial
+opinions from which colleagues and contemporaries seldom take
+exception.
+
+
+HENRY JOHNSTONE ELLIOTT.
+
+Henry Johnstone Elliott, senior member of the law firm of Elliott
+& David, has been a lifelong resident of Montreal, and is a son
+of the late Hugh Elliott. He received his early education in
+the schools of his native city and pursued his preparation for
+the bar at McGill University, from which he was graduated B.
+C. L. in 1898. The same year he began practice as an advocate,
+and ten years’ successful work as a representative of the legal
+profession won him position among the king’s counselors, being
+created such in 1908. He understands thoroughly the necessity for
+careful preparation before presenting his cause in the courts,
+and in the trial of cases it is seen that his knowledge of the
+law is exact and comprehensive, while in the application of legal
+principles he is seldom if ever at fault.
+
+Mr. Elliott finds enjoyment in golf, and interest and recreation
+in various outdoor sports, exercises and athletics. He belongs
+to the Beaconsfield Golf Club, Outremont Golf Club, Montreal
+Athletic Association, the Engineers Club and the Temple Club, all
+of Montreal. His religious belief is that of the Anglican church
+and he has been a delegate to the synod.
+
+
+REV. MALCOLM A. CAMPBELL.
+
+Rev. Malcolm A. Campbell, pastor of the First Presbyterian
+church of Montreal and known in that city as a man of superior
+attainments and of active religious zeal, was born in Bruce
+county, Ontario, October 10, 1875. He acquired his education in
+high school at Port Elain, in his native province, and later
+attended the Collegiate Institute at Owen Sound. He supplemented
+this by a course in McGill University and in the Presbyterian
+College at Montreal, from which he was graduated in April,
+1909. He was ordained in the following October and in January,
+1910, became minister of the First Presbyterian church of this
+city, a position which he still retains. This is one of the
+most important parishes in Montreal, being a combination of
+St. Gabriel’s and Chalmers Presbyterian churches, the former
+the first Protestant church in Canada. Rev. Campbell brings to
+the duties of his responsible position well directed energy,
+unflagging zeal and a firm belief in the importance of the work
+in which he is engaged, and the results of his labors are seen in
+the excellent condition of the parish and its constant growth.
+
+On the 26th of October, 1910, Rev. Campbell was united in
+marriage to Miss Louise Crippen, of Trout River, New York. He is
+a member of the Masonic order, being grand chaplain of the Grand
+Lodge of Quebec province, and he is widely and favorably known in
+Montreal, where he is recognized as a man sincere in his aims and
+purposes and one whose honorable and upright life is always in
+strict conformity with the doctrines which he professes.
+
+
+ARTHUR JOSEPH RICHER, M. D.
+
+In preparation for the onerous and difficult duties and
+responsibilities of the profession Dr. Arthur Joseph Richer has
+studied under eminent physicians and surgeons of the old world
+and the new, and his labors have manifestly been of marked value
+to his fellowmen, especially in the conduct of the Brehmer Rest,
+a sanitarium promoting a preventive treatment for tuberculosis.
+
+He was born at Upton, P. Q., November 16, 1868, and is a son
+of Damase and Celina (Larvie) Richer, of Antonvale, P. Q. His
+education was acquired at Sabrevois Mission College and in
+Bishop’s College at Lennoxville, P. Q., where he was accorded
+the degrees of M. D. and C. M. in 1892. Since that time he has
+taken post-graduate work in New York and for a year and a half he
+was connected with the Pasteur Institute of Paris. He was also
+assistant under Dr. Roux in his private laboratory, and under his
+guidance and that of Pasteur, Metchkinoff and others, Dr. Richer
+performed many successful experiments. Later he was assistant at
+L’Ecole de Pharmacie Superieure at Paris for a short time and
+was appointed house surgeon at the faculty surgical clinic at
+Krakow, Austria, in 1895. He next went to Breslau for a winter’s
+study before returning to Canada. At different times he was a
+student at Dresden, Leipzig, Halle, Berlin and Hamburg and was
+an assistant in the laboratory of physiology of the faculty of
+medicine of Paris.
+
+Dr. Richer returned to Canada in 1897 and located for practice
+in Montreal. He has since carried on an active crusade against
+tuberculosis in this country. The scheme of a recuperative home
+such as Brehmer Rest at Ste. Agathe des Monts was suggested by
+Dr. Richer. He has been a lifelong worker in fighting the dread
+disease and in the early spring of 1905 Brehmer Rest was opened
+as the result of his untiring efforts. In his first annual report
+concerning the institution he said: “When we select for treatment
+convalescents from pneumonia, pleurisy, and typhoid fever, as
+well as those affected with anaemia, chlorosis and debility,
+we do so with a definite object in view. Nine-tenths of those
+affected as above will inevitably become victims of tuberculosis.
+
+“If they can be treated and trained before they become a
+prey to the dread scourge, the saving is evident from every
+viewpoint. In the pre-tuberculosis stage a patient can be
+restored to health in eight or ten weeks; when tuberculosis has
+developed it becomes a matter of as many months. At the last
+International Congress, held in Paris, October, 1905, one of the
+delegates present expressed his opinion in very strong terms
+regarding the treatment of the conditions of disease known as
+‘pre-tuberculosis;’ they comprise the group above mentioned. In
+this respect Brehmer Rest stands out as supplying an actual need,
+and enjoys the unique distinction of being the first institution
+in the world devoted to that special class of work. Brehmer
+Rest has undoubtedly anticipated the movement of the future,
+particularly when considered in the light of the statements
+recently made by Von Behring in connection with his method of
+vaccination against tuberculosis. The new product (Tulase), which
+this distinguished scientist offers to the world, is a substance
+extracted from the cultivated germ of the disease (tuberculosis),
+so modified as to impart resisting power to the human organism
+without impairing health. It is markedly curative in the first
+stage of the disease, thus its action is twofold, protective and
+curative.”
+
+Dr. Richer’s efforts along this line have gained him not only
+national but international fame and distinction. His name is
+known on the other side of the Atlantic as well as on this, and
+he has joined hands with the men of earnest purpose who are using
+the highest scientific skill and knowledge to blot out the dread
+disease. His labors have been effective in hundreds of cases and
+thus his life work has been a valuable contribution to mankind,
+placing him with the benefactors of the race.
+
+
+JOSEPH TREMBLAY.
+
+Joseph Tremblay, chief of the Montreal fire brigade, was born at
+St. Isidore, a little village a few miles from Montreal, where
+his parents were the proverbially poor but honest French-Canadian
+small farmers. His education was the usual course of reading,
+writing and arithmetic gleaned from the village priest. At the
+age of twelve years he left school and the farm, thinking to
+find more congenial and profitable occupation in the city. He
+made his way to Montreal with all his earthly possessions tied
+in a bundle, after the manner of Dick Whittington of old. At
+that period he knew no English, but he had little difficulty in
+finding a position as errand boy with one Beauvais, a merchant
+tailor of Chaboillez Square. Being an errand boy had small
+attractions in those days and it did not suit Joe Tremblay to
+remain one for long. He, therefore, gathered up his bundle, put
+his money in his sock and departed for the United States. For a
+while he lingered on that side the border, learning many lessons
+in the school of experience which have since been of much use
+to him. Following his return to Montreal he sought to establish
+himself in the tailoring business, which he had followed during
+his sojourn in the United States. He located at Ste. Cunegonde,
+then a separate municipality south of Westmount and north of
+Point St. Charles. There he hung out two neat brass signs, one
+of which read Joseph Tremblay, Tailleur, and the other Joseph
+Tremblay, Tailor, thus soliciting business from both the English
+and French population. While he was then ready for business, it
+appeared that business was not ready for him. F. Beecher Edwards,
+in an article in a Montreal paper, said:
+
+[Illustration: JOSEPH TREMBLAY]
+
+“Fate, wishing to do some good to poor old Montreal for a change,
+glimpsed one Joseph Tremblay working busily in his little
+tailoring and men’s furnishing shop on the southwestern borders
+of the city. Whereupon, things went very badly for the said
+Joseph Tremblay in his little tailoring and men’s furnishing
+business. People to whom he owed money camped on his doorstep
+and people who owed him money left for parts unknown in the dead
+of night, so Joseph Tremblay put up the shutters on his little
+tailoring and men’s furnishing shop on the southwestern borders
+of the city and went into the Ste. Cunegone fire department.
+Consequently the Montreal fire department is today a thing to be
+proud of in a city which has little enough reason to be proud of
+the vast majority of its civic enterprises.
+
+“Fate, it will be observed, may be a trifle circumlocutious in
+her methods, but she gets there in the end. So we may thank fate
+that made Joseph Tremblay an unsuccessful tailor and haberdasher,
+for the fact that during the tragic Christmas week--1913--when
+through somebody’s outrageous blundering the greater portion
+of this great Canadian metropolis went inadvertently dry; when
+the fire menace, ever present, hovered more threateningly
+over thousands of human lives and millions of dollars worth
+of property, because of the fact that our strongest barrier
+of defense was broken down with the collapse of a few feet of
+unstable concrete somewhere out beyond Point St. Charles, we
+may thank fate for the fact that we had at the head of the
+Montreal fire department, deprived from no fault of its own of
+its heaviest ammunition, a man of the quality, the resource and
+the ability of Joseph Tremblay, the bad tailor who became one of
+the greatest, if not the greatest of fire chiefs on the North
+American continent.
+
+“At the time that Joseph Tremblay became a member of the fire
+department he was much as he is now, with the exception of recent
+inclination to embonpoint, a well set up, good looking man of
+above the average build and as strong as two ordinary men. He had
+a brain, too, but they did not find that out until he had been
+in the Ste. Cunegonde force at least a week, when it began to be
+hinted that there was more to this young man than to the average.
+Six months after Joe Tremblay joined the Ste. Cunegonde fire
+brigade the chief of the brigade retired from office; whereupon,
+to the amazement of one and all, the Ste. Cunegonde council made
+the new recruit, the man who had been an unsuccessful tailor,
+chief. This may safely be put forward as the world’s record for
+rapid promotion.
+
+“In the course of time Ste. Cunegonde was annexed to Montreal
+and Chief Tremblay became Sub-Chief Tremblay, in charge of the
+western division. This was in 1906. In 1907 he was made a deputy
+chief to Chief Benoit and when one year later the veteran retired
+in his turn Deputy Chief Tremblay became head of the Montreal
+fire brigade.
+
+“Chief Tremblay is an omnivorous reader of all literature
+appertaining to fires and fire fighting and he is not above
+learning from other cities and makes at his own expense at least
+one trip a year to the principal cities in the States to see what
+helpful piece of information he can pick up.
+
+“One of his first official acts was to institute an inspection
+system which was largely instrumental in reducing the rates
+of fire insurance here. In 1905, 1906 and 1907 the fire loss
+was around nine dollars per annum per capita. In 1913 it was
+something like two dollars and thirty-four cents per capita. He
+was responsible for the introduction of automobile fire apparatus
+here; he started the firemen’s drill school at Chaboillez Square,
+and he had the fire headquarters transferred from the City Hall
+to its present location on Craig Street. The chief is well known
+by sight to Montrealers. His inspiring figure has bulked large
+on the horizon of many a panic stricken householder at hundreds
+of fires during the last few years. He is a big, handsome man,
+and his very size begets confidence. He works his men hard and
+he works himself just as hard, for he believes that the citizens
+should get full value for their money. He has one or two hobbies,
+all of them connected with fire fighting, a high pressure system
+for the down town district, a fire tug for the harbor and the
+placing of the firemen’s benevolent fund on a sound footing.
+Chief Joseph Tremblay is a man’s size man and if there was any
+doubt on the subject lingering in anyone’s mind it was banished
+by the splendidly efficient manner in which he handled the
+appalling situation during the water famine of December, 1913.”
+
+
+PAUL E. MERCIER.
+
+Paul E. Mercier, one of the best known civil engineers in
+Montreal and a member of the firm of Baulne & Mercier, has won
+a position of high standing in his profession. He was born at
+St. Hyacinthe, Quebec, March 15, 1877. His father was the late
+Hon. Honore Mercier, premier of Quebec, of whom a more extended
+mention appears elsewhere in this work, while his mother previous
+to her marriage was Virginie St. Denis.
+
+When four years of age Mr. Mercier was brought to Montreal and in
+the schools of the city pursued his early education. He afterward
+attended St. Mary’s College and was graduated with honor from
+Ecole Polytechnique with the Bachelor of Science degree in 1899.
+During his holiday periods he was employed by the Canadian
+Pacific Railway Company and following the completion of his
+college course he went to the Yukon, where he spent a year as
+assistant engineer of the Dominion public works and two years as
+district engineer in the Yukon.
+
+Following his return Mr. Mercier was for two years district
+engineer of Dominion public works for the district of Quebec
+and from 1904 until 1907 was engineer in charge of work of the
+National Transcontinental Railway. In the latter year he returned
+to Montreal and opened an office as consulting engineer, while in
+1910 he formed a partnership with S. A. Baulne, with offices in
+the Shaughnessy Building. Reading between the lines one may see
+that his progress has been continuous and that he has advanced
+step by step until he now occupies a commanding position in
+engineering circles. His ability has increased through experience
+and continuous study and investigation. He keeps abreast with
+the leaders of the profession in all that pertains to his
+chosen life work and his ability has won him wide recognition
+and well earned reputation. In 1911 he was appointed professor
+of railway engineering at Ecole Polytechnique and in 1913 was
+appointed on the board of examiners for the Canadian Society of
+Civil Engineers. On May 16, 1914, he was appointed deputy chief
+engineer of public works of Montreal. He has important membership
+relations along professional lines. He has been secretary of the
+Association des Anciens Elèves de L’Ecole Polytechnique since
+its organization and he has been professor of transportation
+and communication at l’Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales de
+Montreal. He is a member of the American Railway Engineering
+Association, the Quebec Land Surveyors’ Corporation, the Society
+of Civil Engineers of France and the Association International
+Congress of Navigation. Mr. Mercier is also well known in
+military connections. He is captain of the Corps of Guides of the
+Canadian Volunteer Militia and organized and commands as major
+the Canadian Officers Training Corps of Laval University.
+
+On the 29th of June, 1901, Mr. Mercier was married, at
+Whitehorse, Yukon, to Miss Marie Louise Tache, of Ottawa,
+Ontario, and their children are Simone, Jeanne, Yvonne and Heva.
+
+
+JAMES MORGAN.
+
+James Morgan, an influential citizen of Montreal, is perhaps
+best known as president of Henry Morgan & Company, Limited.
+His activities, however, have extended to other lines, all of
+which have proved beneficial to Montreal in its material, civic
+or moral upbuilding. In the utilization of opportunities that
+others have passed heedlessly by, he has achieved distinction
+and honorable success, and yet the acquirement of wealth has
+been but one phase of his existence, never excluding his active
+participation in and support of other vital interests which go
+to make up community and national life. He was born in Glasgow,
+Scotland, a son of the late James Morgan, a native of Saline,
+Fifeshire, who was associated with his brother, Henry Morgan,
+in the conduct of the business now carried on by Henry Morgan &
+Company, Limited.
+
+In early life James Morgan became a resident of Montreal and
+attended the Montreal high school. He then became connected with
+the business founded by his uncle and father, and gradually
+worked his way upward in that connection. Mr. Morgan, moreover,
+is president of the Colonial Real Estate Company and has been
+prominently connected with various other business enterprises
+of far-reaching importance. He aided in promoting the British
+Columbia Bank Note Company in 1904 and in organizing and
+developing the Montreal Cement Company in 1905. He was likewise
+vice president of the Accident & Guarantee Company of Canada,
+and in all these associations his judgment is sound, while his
+ability to coordinate and unify seemingly diverse elements has
+been one of the strong features in his growing success. While he
+has reached the millionaire class, his business methods have ever
+been such as will bear the closest investigation and scrutiny, in
+that there is no esoteric phase in his entire career and what he
+has accomplished, both for himself and the community at large,
+represents the fit utilization of the innate powers and talents
+which are his.
+
+Mr. Morgan was united in marriage to Miss Anna Lyman, a daughter
+of Frederick Lyman, of Connecticut. They are influential members
+of the Church of the Messiah (Unitarian) of Montreal, in which
+Mr. Morgan is serving as trustee. His interests and activities
+extend to many beneficent projects and to those which spread
+culture and stimulate intellectual activities. He is a director
+of the Montreal Horticultural and Fruit Growing Association
+and one of the principal promoters of the Montreal Citizens
+Association, of which he is now a director and treasurer. He was
+likewise one of the promoters of the Montreal Board of Control,
+but declined election thereto. He is one of the governors of the
+Montreal General Hospital and is interested in various projects
+seeking to meet public needs along broad humanitarian lines. He
+is a councillor of the National Historical Society, belongs to
+the St. Andrews Society, to the Montreal Art Association and to
+the Antiquarian and Numismatic Society. He is also a member of
+the Canada and the Reform Clubs. His life has been one of intense
+and well directed activity, fruitful of good results for the
+general public as well as for himself.
+
+
+ANSELME SERAPHIN DEGUIRE.
+
+Anselme Séraphin Deguire enjoys high distinction as a lawyer and
+has also given much evidence of his public spirit in his position
+as alderman of the city of Montreal. He comes of an old Canadian
+French family, the earliest ancestor recorded in Abbé Tanguay’s
+Dictionnaire being François De Guire, who was born in 1641 and
+who died at Montreal. In 1669 he married Mlle. Rose Colin, born
+in 1641, and they became the parents of nine children.
+
+Anselme S. Deguire was born at Côte des Neiges on the 25th of
+November, 1874, a son of Séraphin Deguire and Alphonsine Pilon of
+Ste. Anne de Bellevue. The father was a gardener by profession.
+Mr. Deguire of this review studied at Montreal College, from
+which he was graduated in 1895 with the degree of B. A., and
+afterwards took a law course at Laval University. He was admitted
+to practice in 1901. Immediately afterwards he interested himself
+in municipal affairs and his aptitude along financial lines made
+him valuable in a number of important positions which he held in
+the administration of the village of Côte des Neiges. Under his
+leadership the proceedings to erect the village into a town were
+successfully completed.
+
+As a lawyer Mr. Deguire soon secured a select clientele, no long
+novitiate awaiting him in his practice. He is one of a coterie
+of lawyers, or more correctly, he continues the traditions of
+a coterie of lawyers who had their origin in Côte des Neiges
+and several of whom were well known and very prominent. Such
+were the late Judge Madore and Judges Charbonneau and Demers.
+Mr. Deguire is universally esteemed by his fellow citizens and
+since the annexation of Côte des Neiges to the city of Montreal,
+of which annexation he was an ardent advocate, he has been its
+representative in the Montreal city hall. He was elected first
+for the Côte des Neiges ward in 1910 and reelected by acclamation
+in 1912.
+
+[Illustration: ANSELME S. DEGUIRE]
+
+At the Church of St. Louis de France, on the 18th of November,
+1902, Mr. Deguire married Mlle. Aloysia Chopin, a daughter of
+the late Dr. J. Nestor Chopin of Sault au Récollet. Mr. and Mrs.
+Deguire have one son, René, born January 1, 1904. Mr. Deguire
+is not only a successful advocate and lawyer, but a patriotic
+citizen and a splendid example of a loyal French-Canadian.
+Fraternally he is affiliated with the Royal Arcanum.
+
+
+JOHN J. ARNTON.
+
+When death claimed John J. Arnton on the 13th of November,
+1894, he was the oldest real-estate man in Montreal in years of
+continuous connection with the business in this city. Montreal
+numbers him among her native sons, his birth having occurred in
+1832. He began his business career with the firm of John Leeming
+& Company and later practically succeeded to the business and
+good will of the firm. He watched the notable development in real
+estate methods and, keeping abreast of the progress of the times,
+met substantial success. He was in business at the time of the
+real-estate boom of the ‘70s and he gained a patronage as large
+as he could handle. Realizing fair profit from his real estate
+negotiations, he was at length able to retire with a comfortable
+competence. The integrity of his business methods was one of the
+features of his growing success, and his progressiveness was also
+an element in his advancement.
+
+Mr. Arnton entered the city council but retired before completing
+his term. For some years he was a director of the Canadian Bank
+of Commerce and his name was an honorable one on commercial
+papers. He was at one time president of the Irish Protestant
+Benevolent Society and was a man of generous spirit, giving
+freely of his means to the poor and needy and extending a helping
+hand to the unfortunate. He was survived by six children, when
+on the 13th of November, 1894, he passed away at the age of
+sixty-two years, leaving behind the memory of a well spent life,
+fraught with many good deeds.
+
+
+HOWARD WINTHROP PILLOW.
+
+Howard Winthrop Pillow is the Montreal manager for the British
+American Bank Note Company and is vice president and one of
+the directors of that corporation. His position as one of the
+younger business men of the city is enviable. He was born in
+Montreal, May 9, 1883, and is a son of John Alexander and
+Annie Elizabeth (Hillyer) Pillow. He attended Bishop’s College
+School at Lennoxville and for two years was a student in McGill
+University. With liberal education to serve as the foundation,
+he has gradually worked his way upward, the exercise of effort
+developing his latent powers and talents. He is now bending his
+efforts to administrative direction and executive control as the
+manager at Montreal for the British American Bank Note Company,
+a position to which he has attained by individual merit. He is
+the vice president and one of the directors of the company and
+as such occupies a prominent and enviable position in business
+circles.
+
+On the 1st of October, 1906, in Boston, Massachusetts, Mr.
+Pillow was married to Miss Lucile E. Fairbank, a daughter of Mr.
+and Mrs. L. G. Fairbank, and they now have one child, Lucile
+Marguerite.
+
+Mr. Pillow is a well known club man and much of the nature of
+his interests and recreation, aside from business, is indicated
+in the fact that he belongs to the St. James, Montreal and
+Beaconsfield Golf Clubs, the Automobile Club of Canada, the
+Montreal Amateur Athletic Association, the Montreal Jockey Club,
+the Royal St. Lawrence Yacht Club and the Heather Curling Club.
+
+
+XAVIER ARTHUR ROBICHON, M. D.
+
+High on the list of Montreal’s best known surgeons appears the
+name of Dr. Xavier Arthur Robichon, who is a descendant of
+one of the old French families of the province of Quebec. His
+great-grandfather, the first of the family to come to Canada, was
+in early life a captain of French vessels. After arriving in this
+country he established an iron foundry near Three Rivers, in the
+province of Quebec. The Doctor’s grandfather also followed the
+business of an iron founder at that place and Nicolas Treffle
+Robichon, the father, was a successful merchant at Three Rivers.
+He married Trenche Montague, who since his death has resided in
+Montreal. Their children are: Nicolas Raoul, a civil engineer
+of Montreal; Xavier Arthur; George Henri, an advocate of Three
+Rivers; and Mastai, who died at the age of seven years.
+
+Dr. X. A. Robichon was educated in a preparatory school in Three
+Rivers, and at the Christian Brothers Ste. Ursule school at the
+same place, followed by a five-years’ classical course at St.
+Joseph College at Three Rivers, his classical studies being
+completed in St. Mary’s College in Montreal, where he spent
+four years and where he was graduated with the Bachelor of Arts
+degree, receiving the medal of the governor general and the prize
+of excellency.
+
+Upon the broad foundation of literary learning Dr. Robichon
+erected the superstructure of professional knowledge. Immediately
+after the completion of his course at St. Mary’s he began the
+study of medicine at Laval University, graduating summa cum
+laude in 1906, with the degree of M. D. The following year he
+spent as interne in Notre Dame Hospital of Montreal, gaining
+the broad practical experience which only hospital practice can
+bring. During the succeeding two years he specialized in the
+study of surgery in Paris, France, and in the summer of 1909 he
+entered upon active practice in Montreal as a general surgeon,
+since which time he has devoted his attention exclusively to
+professional duties of growing volume and importance. Throughout
+this entire period he has also been assistant demonstrator
+of anatomy at Laval University. He is a member of La Société
+Médicale de Montreal, and he has his office at No. 335 St. Denis
+Street.
+
+On the 18th of September, 1907, Dr. Robichon was married by
+the archbishop of Montreal, Monseigneur Paul Bruchesi, to Miss
+Flora Salvail, daughter of Dr. Salvail, of Helena, Montana, and
+they are parents of five daughters, Claire, Jeanne, Alice,
+Lucienne and Estelle. Family and professional interests divide
+Dr. Robichon’s time. Upon his home and his practice his interest
+centers, and laudable ambition in the latter connection has
+brought him to a high position, experience, wide reading and
+research constantly developing his skill until he is now one of
+the foremost surgeons of the city.
+
+[Illustration: X. ARTHUR ROBICHON]
+
+
+DUNCAN MCDONALD.
+
+The name of Duncan McDonald has long figured prominently in
+connection with transportation interests. He has displayed
+a spirit of enterprise and initiative in all that he has
+undertaken, has operated along broad lines and has carefully
+planned and executed important projects. He is now devoting his
+attention to the supervision of various interests with which he
+is identified following his retirement from the management of the
+Montreal Street Railway Company. His investments largely have to
+do with transportation interests. He is president of the Montreal
+Tunnel Company, which has reached a very active stage in its
+development, and it is Mr. McDonald’s purpose to give special
+attention to the rapid inauguration and execution of the work.
+He is also largely concerned in several real-estate companies
+that are dealing with central Montreal property, as well as large
+subdivisions in outlying municipalities. He is the president of
+the Pre-payment Car Sales Company with offices in the Hudson
+Terminal building at No. 50 Church Street, New York, this being
+the operating company for all the various “Pay-as-you-enter,”
+“Pay-within” and other styles of pre-payment cars that are
+being so rapidly adopted by the cities on this continent. He is
+also connected with the International F-A-Y-E Tramcar Company,
+Limited, Broad Street Place, London, E. C.
+
+Mr. McDonald’s operations in real estate have been of a mammoth
+character. He was the original promoter of Dominion Park, which
+in its development and sale has netted a splendid income for
+the investors, and he is at present vice president of that
+enterprise. He is also a director of several industrial and
+transportation companies. He belongs to the Institute of Civil
+Engineers of France and to the Institute of Electrical Engineers
+of Great Britain, connections which indicate the recognition of
+his high standing and notable ability in the fields into which he
+has directed his efforts.
+
+
+JOSEPH PHILIPPE LAMARCHE.
+
+Joseph Philippe Lamarche, a well known notary of Montreal, was
+born in St. Henri de Mascouche, L’Assomption county, Quebec,
+January 29, 1866. His grandfather, Louis Lamarche, was a farmer
+of L’Assomption county. His father, Joseph Olivier Lamarche, now
+eighty-one years of age, was for many years a notary at St. Henri
+de Mascouche, where he yet resides. He married Helene Mount,
+a sister of Dr. Mount, of Montreal, and her death occurred in
+April, 1874. To them were born three children: Joseph Philippe;
+George, a resident farmer of St. Henri de Mascouche; and
+Joseph S., a notary of Montreal. The father has been a lifelong
+conservative in politics and for many years was secretary and
+treasurer of the municipality of St. Henri de Mascouche. In
+fact, he has been a prominent figure in political, official
+and business circles there and is today one of the honored and
+venerable citizens.
+
+Joseph Philippe Lamarche was educated in the parochial schools of
+his native town and in L’Assomption College, which he attended
+for six years, his course there being supplemented by two years’
+study in the Ottawa University. During the succeeding three years
+he was a student in the office of Coultee & Lamarche, notaries of
+Montreal. In 1890 he won the degree of Baccalaureatus in Legibus.
+In 1890 he began the practice of his profession in St. Henri
+de Mascouche, where he continued until 1903, when he removed
+to Montreal, where he has since successfully practiced. He is
+thoroughly versed in the principles of the profession and his
+ability is attested by his liberal clientage.
+
+Mr. Lamarche was married in St. Henri de Mascouche to Marie Rose
+Lambert, and to them have come four children, Helene, Lambert,
+Philippe and Rita. In politics Mr. Lamarche is a conservative and
+at the present writing he is filling the office of commissioner
+to the superior court for the district of Montreal, his
+creditable record commending him to the further support and
+confidence of the public.
+
+
+SIR JOSEPH HICKSON.
+
+Sir Joseph Hickson, who in 1890 received the honor of knighthood
+at the hand of Her Majesty in recognition of ability displayed
+in the management of important and extensive railway interests,
+is classed with those to whom Canada owes much of her greatness
+and her prosperity. He was born at Otterburn, Northumberland,
+England, in 1830, and acquired his education there. Throughout
+his entire business career he was connected with railway
+interests, first entering the service of the North Eastern
+Railway of England and thus gaining his elementary knowledge
+of railway management and operation. He left that corporation
+to accept a position with the Maryport & Carlisle Railway, in
+which capacity he served with credit until 1851, when he went to
+Manchester and entered the service of the Manchester, Sheffield &
+Lincolnshire Railway. Promotion rapidly followed in recognition
+of his capability, indefatigable energy and perseverance, so that
+after ten years he became assistant to the general manager, in
+which position his labors engaged the attention of Sir Edward
+Watkin, chairman of the Grand Trunk Railway in Canada, who
+proffered him the position of chief accountant of the Grand Trunk
+in December, 1861.
+
+He left England for the new world in the following January and
+made his way to Montreal, where he continued to reside until
+called to his final rest. Here his ability and power soon gained
+further recognition and he was made secretary and treasurer of
+the company, in which capacity he continued until the resignation
+of C. J. Brydges, managing director of the Grand Trunk, in 1874,
+when Sir Joseph Hickson succeeded as general manager of the road
+and system. The policy which he inaugurated was soon felt as a
+dominant power in active management and cooperation. One of
+his first acts was to sell to the federal government the line
+between Point Levis and Riviere du Loup and with the proceeds
+of this transaction he changed the old gauge of the road to the
+standard gauge of American lines and thus effected connection
+with Sarnia and Chicago. The wisdom of this move was soon
+manifest as it opened up a new field of enterprise to the company
+and marked the beginning of that policy of affiliation and
+connection which resulted to the benefit of both countries before
+Sir Joseph Hickson ceased to be an active factor in the control
+of an immense system embracing five thousand miles of track
+in the United States and Canada. Sir Joseph served as general
+manager until 1890, when he retired from his arduous position
+after receiving, early in that year, knighthood from Her Majesty,
+the late Queen Victoria, in recognition of the ability which
+he had displayed in the management of the Grand Trunk Railway
+System and of the valuable service he had rendered in developing
+Canada and her resources. Under his management the road had been
+rapidly and substantially improved and extended, connections with
+other lines being formed which have proven of great value in
+later years. Perhaps the most valuable work which he undertook
+and accomplished was the establishment of the direct line to
+Chicago wholly under control of the Grand Trunk system. By this
+master stroke was secured the best paying portion for carrying
+freight and at the same time gave to Canadian steamship companies
+a large amount of the freight which they carried across the
+Atlantic. It was while Sir Joseph Hickson occupied the position
+of general manager that the length of the road in its main and
+collateral lines was extended from one thousand three hundred
+and eighty-three to three thousand four hundred and eighty-seven
+miles. In railway management he studied each vital question from
+every possible standpoint and with almost judicial accuracy
+passed judgment upon the important matters at issue. He was
+largely instrumental in carrying forward the great engineering
+undertaking known as the St. Clair tunnel, which was completed
+in 1890 at a cost of three million dollars. His work elicited
+attention from one end of the country to the other, and he became
+one of the foremost representatives of railway interests on the
+American continent.
+
+[Illustration: SIR JOSEPH HICKSON]
+
+On the 17th of June, 1869, Sir Joseph Hickson wedded Catherine,
+the eldest daughter of the late Andrew Dow of Montreal. Mrs.
+Hickson is a native of this city and was educated here. She
+has been prominently identified with the Montreal League for
+the Prevention of Tuberculosis and was one of the promoters of
+the Royal Edward Institute in 1909 and an active supporter of
+various other similar bodies. She is also the vice president
+of the Montreal branch of the Needlework Guild of Canada and
+has been termed by one of the city papers “a queenly hostess.”
+Sir Joseph and Lady Hickson had two sons and a daughter. The
+eldest, Joseph William Andrew Hickson, was educated at McGill
+University, winning the B. A. degree on completing the course
+in mental and moral philosophy in 1893, while in 1896 his alma
+mater conferred upon him the Master of Arts degree. He won the
+Ph. D. degree in 1900 at the universities of Berlin, Freiburg and
+Halle. He was lecturer and tutor in the philosophical department
+of McGill University from 1900 until 1905, assistant professor of
+psychology and lecturer on philosophy at McGill from 1905 until
+1909 and has since been assistant professor of metaphysics and
+logic. He is a contributor to the University and other magazines
+and reviews, is a councillor to the Economic and Statistical
+Society, is a member of the University Club and a member of the
+board of management of the House of Industry and Refuge. He
+is an enthusiastic mountain climber and a well known clubman,
+belonging to the Mount Royal, University and Political Economy
+Clubs of Montreal and the Alpine Club of Banff. The second son,
+James Claud Hickson, graduated B. A. from McGill in 1895 and,
+receiving the B. C. L. degree in 1898, is now engaged in active
+practice as a member of the law firm of Hickson & Campbell. He
+was created K. C. in 1909 and is a life governor of the Montreal
+General Hospital. He is well known as a clubman, his membership
+being in Mount Royal Club, Canada Club, Montreal Hunt Club, Royal
+Montreal Golf Club, Montreal Curling Club, Lafontaine Club,
+Montreal Jockey Club, Montreal Racquet Club, Royal St. Lawrence
+Yacht Club, University Club, and Constitutional Club of London,
+England. The daughter, Miss Mary Elizabeth Hickson, is well known
+as an author, having early contributed tales and sketches to the
+magazines. She is also the author of two charming stories of
+French-Canadian life, “Madame Janvier’s Church” and “The Call of
+God.”
+
+Sir Joseph Hickson served as justice of the peace for Montreal
+and was interested in several banking, commercial and industrial
+enterprises which he represented on the directorate. He was
+appointed by the Dominion government as president of the royal
+commission on the prohibition of the liquor traffic. He stood for
+all those interests which are effective forces in the progress
+and upbuilding of city, province and country, and the position
+which he filled was one of influence and honor.
+
+
+HERBERT BROWN AMES.
+
+Herbert Brown Ames, a deep student of the science of government
+and avowed in his opposition to misrule in public affairs, has,
+through his practical efforts, the result of keen insight into
+situations, been instrumental in bringing about various needed
+reforms and improvements. His public addresses, too, have aided
+largely in shaping public opinion on the side of right and order,
+and thus his value as a citizen can hardly be overestimated.
+
+He was born in Montreal, June 27, 1863, his parents being the
+late Evan Fisher and Caroline Matilda (Brown) Ames, both of whom
+were born in the United States. After mastering the elementary
+branches of learning Herbert B. Ames became a student in Amherst
+College, of Massachusetts, from which he was graduated in 1885
+with the Bachelor of Arts degree. He afterward studied the French
+language and literature in France, and made his initial step
+in business circles as a representative of the wholesale firm
+of Ames-Holden, Ltd., of Montreal, with which he was actively
+connected until December, 1893. He is still a representative
+of that corporation and one of its directors and is likewise a
+director of the Dominion Guarantee Company, the Great West Life
+Insurance Company, the Royal Victoria Life Insurance Company,
+and a number of other prominent business concerns. As a merchant
+he has established a reputation that places him in a prominent
+position among the leading and representative business men of
+the city. His efforts in that direction would alone entitle
+him to distinctive mention in the history of Montreal, and yet
+this is but one phase of his activity. He is perhaps even more
+widely known because of his connection with efforts put forth in
+opposition to misrule in municipal affairs. He was particularly
+active in that direction during his service as alderman from 1898
+until 1906, during which time he promoted and advocated many
+reform measures and projects, always working along conservative
+lines. He was chairman of the municipal board of health from 1900
+until 1904, and again his service was of notable value to the
+city. He had previously filled the position of secretary of the
+Good Government Association and was president of the Volunteer
+Election League, which bodies effected many reforms in civic
+administration. His name is widely known, and in fact he has been
+heard in many centers as a lecturer on Canadian political history
+and on problems of municipal government. He has been a frequent
+contributor to the press, and among his notable articles are: The
+Machine in Honest Hands, published in 1894; The City Below the
+Hill, A Sociological Study, published in 1897; The City Problem;
+What is it?, in 1901; and The Housing of the Working Classes, in
+1907. These show wide research and deep insight into existing
+conditions and point out various practical methods of improvement.
+
+Mr. Ames was appointed a member and protestant secretary of
+the council of public instruction for the province of Quebec
+in 1895. The following year he was elected to the presidency
+of the Young Men’s Christian Association of Montreal, and the
+extent and importance of his work is further indicated in the
+fact that he is a governor of the Montreal Dispensary and of the
+Society for the Protection of Women and Children. He delivered
+an address in London, England, before the chamber of commerce on
+trade interchange in 1904, and was presented with a silver bowl
+by the same body in acknowledgment of his personal services in
+connection with the visit of that organization to Canada in 1904.
+In 1909 he went as a delegate to the Imperial Commercial Congress
+at Sidney, New South Wales, and as a member of that body moved
+for the appointment of an advisory imperial council to consider
+questions of imperial interest, especially those tending to
+promote trade between the various parts of the empire.
+
+Since the general election of 1904 he has sat for the St.
+Antoine division of Montreal in the house of commons in the
+conservative interests, and in March, 1909, succeeded in securing
+the appointment of a committee for the revision of the assets
+of the Dominion. He is a very active worker in support of
+conservative measures and movements, and his life work indicates
+his recognition of the fact that education along broad lines and
+political activity are the sources of a country’s power and the
+foundation upon which is builded its business. He was appointed
+one of the representatives of the house of commons at the
+coronation of King George in London in 1911.
+
+In May, 1900, Mr. Ames was united in marriage to Miss Louise
+Marion Kennedy, a daughter of John Kennedy, C. E. They occupy
+an attractive home at No. 26 Ontario Avenue, Montreal. Their
+religious faith is that of the Presbyterian church, and Mr. Ames
+holds membership in a number of the leading clubs of the city,
+including Lafontaine, University, Montreal, Royal St. Lawrence
+Yacht and St. James Clubs. He is a man of indefatigable energy
+and unquestionably a force to be reckoned with in the public life
+of Canada. Even those opposed to him politically recognize that
+he is a man to be trusted, that what he promises he will do. His
+position is never an equivocal one and in his entire career there
+is no esoteric phase.
+
+
+ERNEST NICHOLSON BROWN.
+
+Ernest Nicholson Brown was born in Lower Newcastle, New
+Brunswick, on the 12th of July, 1867. His father, Robert Brown,
+went from Dumfries, Scotland, to Pictou, Nova Scotia, in 1823,
+and settled as a young man in Miramichi, New Brunswick, in 1835.
+He married Ann Noble, of United Empire Loyalist descent. Her
+grandfather fought on the British side at the battle of Bunker
+Hill. James Nicholson, an uncle of Robert Brown fought at the
+battle of Trafalgar and the medal awarded him for his services on
+that occasion is now in possession of Mr. Brown.
+
+After attending the high school at Chatham, New Brunswick, Ernest
+N. Brown entered Dalhousie University at Halifax, from which he
+was graduated in 1889 with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. He
+followed that course with post-graduate study at Clark University
+in Worcester, Massachusetts, after which he was engaged for some
+years in teaching. In 1902 he won the degree of Bachelor of Civil
+Law upon the completion of the regular course in law in McGill
+University. He was admitted to the bar in the province of Quebec
+in 1902 and for two years was in practice in the office of Duncan
+McCormick, K. C., while subsequently he became a member of the
+firm of Patterson & Brown, and in 1908 he became a member of the
+firm of Brown & Staveley.
+
+Mr. Brown is a liberal in politics, and his religious faith is
+that of the Presbyterian church. In 1904, Mr. Brown married Miss
+Elizabeth Malcolm Fraser, a daughter of the late John Fraser
+of Lachine Rapids, author of “Canadian Pen and Ink Sketches”,
+“Historic Canadian Ground” and various articles dealing with
+points of interest in Canadian history, especially those
+connected with the scenes of his boyhood in and about Lachine.
+
+
+CHARLES BERNIER.
+
+The name of Charles Bernier is a synonym for efficiency in
+architecture in Montreal. A native of the province of Quebec, he
+was born at St. Jean Port Joli, on the 17th of December, 1866.
+His father, Francis Bernier, was a contractor and builder at St.
+Jean Port Joli and there died. The mother bore the maiden name of
+Virginie Deschene.
+
+Charles Bernier was educated in the schools of his native town
+and in the Christian Brothers school at L’Islet. When fifteen
+years of age he went to Quebec, where he entered the office of
+David Ouellet, a well known architect, with whom he remained
+as a student for three and a half years. Through the ensuing
+year and a half he was in the office of Ferdinand Peachy, a
+noted architect of Quebec, and then, splendidly qualified for
+the profession, he entered upon active practice, which he
+successfully followed alone in Quebec until June 24, 1903, when
+he came to Montreal. Here in connection with Charles Brodeur he
+formed the partnership of Bernier & Brodeur, which connection
+was maintained for seven years, and during that period their
+offices were removed to 70 St. James Street. Through the three
+succeeding years Albert Menard was associated with Mr. Bernier in
+the firm of Bernier & Menard, and since Mr. Menard’s death Mr.
+Bernier has continued alone. He is accorded a large clientage,
+for his ability places him among those foremost in the ranks of
+the profession. On all sides may be seen splendid evidences of
+his handiwork as exemplified in some of the most beautiful and
+substantial structures of Montreal.
+
+[Illustration: CHARLES BERNIER]
+
+Mr. Bernier was married in this city to Alma Dionne, daughter
+of Octave Dionne, of Quebec, and they are parents of three
+daughters, Adrienne, Alice and Anna. The religious belief of
+the family is that of the Roman Catholic church. Mr. Bernier
+belongs to Lafontaine Club and to the Royal Arcanum. He is a man
+of refined, cultured tastes, quiet in manner and a deep student
+of subjects relating to the profession, in which his standing is
+among the highest.
+
+
+HON. AMEDEE GEOFFRION.
+
+Hon. Amedee Geoffrion, one of the recorders of Montreal, was born
+at Varennes, in the province of Quebec, February 6, 1867, and was
+educated at L’Assomption and Laval University. Liberal training
+qualified him for the profession which he determined to make his
+life work and in 1889 he was called to the bar. He began the
+practice of law at the age of twenty-one and from the beginning
+made continuous progress. He was made King’s Counsel in 1905.
+
+His activity, too, has been largely manifested along other
+lines. Not a little of the progress made on the south side of
+the river in recent years is due to his efforts and public
+spirit. A consistent supporter of the progressive policy of the
+government of Sir Lomer Gouin he has, since elected for Vercheres
+in 1908, been identified with many noteworthy public projects
+that have assisted materially in the development and improvement
+of the rural districts. The movement for the improvement of
+existing highways in the county of Vercheres has found in him
+a warm supporter. He has served the municipality of Longueuil
+with efficiency and manifest approbation, first in the capacity
+of recorder and afterward in that of mayor, holding the latter
+position since 1908. He stands for all that works for civic
+betterment and improvement and is a close student of the vital
+problems affecting the welfare of city, province and nation.
+During the years of his mayoralty he has been the head of a
+highly progressive administration. It has been during this period
+that the electric railway has been brought to the town and that
+electricity has been installed for lighting purposes, while
+cement sidewalks have been laid and the work of improvement has
+been otherwise carried on along most progressive and beneficial
+lines.
+
+In September, 1912, Mr. Geoffrion was appointed by Quebec to the
+position of recorder of the city of Montreal and is now filling
+that office with the same capability and fidelity that he has
+displayed in other positions. None question his public spirit
+nor his knowledge of the law, and he stands today with those
+whose success has been builded upon the foundation of ability and
+laudable ambition.
+
+
+LYON COHEN.
+
+Lyon Cohen, merchant and contractor, of Montreal, Quebec, is a
+member of L. Cohen & Son, coal merchants, and of W. R. Cuthbert
+& Company, brass founders, and is proprietor of the Freedman
+Company, wholesale clothiers, the Hibbard Company, Ltd., railway
+contractors, and General Improvement & Contracting Company, Ltd.,
+dredging contractors.
+
+This has been termed the age of commercialism and it is the
+old world’s belief that new world residents are engrossed in
+money-making to the exclusion of almost everything else. There
+are many examples, however, to the contrary, and the life record
+of Lyon Cohen is one which proves that while successfully
+conducting business affairs, time may also be found for active
+cooperation in movements that tend to promote intellectual and
+moral progress, or which relieve distress among the unfortunate
+ones of the world, for he has done much philanthropic and
+charitable work, while at the same time he has wisely and capably
+managed important mercantile interests. He was born in Poland,
+Russia, May 11, 1868, a son of Lazarus Cohen. In early childhood
+he was brought to Canada and attended the McGill Model School and
+also the Catholic Commercial Academy of Montreal. He became a
+member of the firm of L. Cohen & Son in 1891, and from the time
+when he put aside his text-books and entered business circles his
+progress has been continuous.
+
+Mr. Cohen has attained a prominence in Montreal social and
+business circles that necessitates a mention of him in any
+publication undertaking to represent the leading citizens of
+the city. He has been prominently identified with almost every
+movement looking to the betterment of Jewish conditions in this
+country, and his labors have been effective forces in promoting
+the welfare of those of his faith. He was one of the founders
+of The Jewish Times of Montreal, and he was president for three
+years, 1904-5-6, of Shaar Hashomayim congregation, the largest
+and most prominent Jewish congregation in Canada. Interested
+in the welfare of his people wherever they are found, he is
+treasurer of the Canadian committee of The Jewish Colonization
+Association of Paris, and was secretary of the Jewish rights
+committee. He is a life governor of The Montreal General
+Hospital and of The Western Hospital, and was elected president
+of The Baron de Hirsch Institute of Montreal in 1908. He did
+such splendid work in that connection, that he was four times
+reelected, serving until the end of 1912. Upon his voluntary
+retirement he was presented with an illuminated address and
+handsome silver service. He is prominently identified with a
+number of movements; is member of juvenile court committee;
+member of executive of Child’s Welfare Association, and was
+chairman of publicity of Child’s Welfare Exhibition, 1912;
+member of executive of Montreal improvement committee; honorary
+chairman of North End Synagogue; honorary president of Young
+Men’s Hebrew Association; and chairman of Committee to Federate
+Jewish Charities.
+
+Mr. Cohen is a member of The Montefiore Club, of which he is a
+past president; he is also an ex-president of The Montreal Reform
+Club, being a liberal in politics. A love of progress actuates
+him in all he does. He could not be content to move forward at
+the pace which many men assume. He must all the time be up and
+doing, for he is a man of action rather than theory, and at all
+times the end accomplished indicates the wisdom of the methods he
+has followed.
+
+Mr. Cohen was married in February, 1891, to Miss Rachel Friedman,
+a daughter of the late Noah Friedman. They have four children,
+Nathan Bernard, Horace Rives, Lawrence Z. and Sylvia L. Mrs.
+Cohen is also interested in charitable work and is the founder
+and president of The Jewish Endeavor Sewing Society. The family
+residence is at 25 Rosemount Avenue, Westmount, Quebec.
+
+
+ZIGMOND FINEBERG.
+
+Under the name of Zigmond Fineberg & Sons is conducted a growing
+real-estate and brokerage business. Mr. Fineberg was born in
+March, 1863, in Poland, Russia, his parents being Moses Nathan
+and Agnes Fineberg, the former a merchant. Among his ancestors
+were rabbis, physicians and lawyers and capable business men. He
+pursued his education in Suvalk, Russia, and became a government
+roads contractor of that country.
+
+Attracted by the opportunities of the new world, and prompted
+by laudable ambition to try his fortune on this side of the
+Atlantic, Mr. Fineberg came to Canada, settling in Montreal,
+where he embarked in business as a clothing merchant in 1887.
+About seventeen years were devoted to that undertaking, years
+which brought him a substantial measure of success and led to
+his activities along still broader lines. It was in 1904 that
+he turned his attention to real estate, becoming a real-estate
+broker and finance agent, business being now conducted under the
+firm style of Z. Fineberg & Sons at No. 62 St. James Street. He
+is thoroughly informed concerning property values, knows the
+real estate that is upon the market and has himself been a large
+investor, not only in real estate, but in railway shares, so that
+his stocks and property holdings make him one of the prosperous
+citizens of Montreal. Moreover, in 1910, he founded the Montreal
+Free Loan Association, of which he is the president. He belongs
+to the Montreal Board of Trade and is connected with many
+institutions of a public nature, being formerly a director of the
+Baron de Hirsch Institute, a life governor of the Baron de Hirsch
+Institute, a life governor of the Montreal General Hospital, of
+the Hertzl Dispensary and of Mount Sinai Sanitarium. He likewise
+belongs to the Montreal Citizens’ Association. He is an ex-member
+and vice president of the Spanish and Portuguese synagogue, and
+he now holds membership in the McGill College Avenue Synagogue.
+
+In his native city of Prenn in 1885, Mr. Fineberg was married
+to Miss Jennie Kirschberg, a daughter of the late Abraham
+Kirschberg. The children of this marriage are: Joseph, Nathan
+Samuel, Aaron Harry, Moe Newton, Agnes and Max. The second son
+has won the degrees of Master of Arts and Bachelor of Common Laws
+and is now engaged in the practice of the legal profession.
+
+Mr. Fineberg has held the offices of justice of the peace and
+commissioner of the superior courts since 1903. He belongs
+to the Masonic fraternity, the Odd Fellows society and the
+Canadian Order of Foresters, and exemplifies in his life the
+beneficent spirit underlying those organizations, recognizing the
+brotherhood of mankind and the obligations of mutual helpfulness
+and kindliness.
+
+
+MATTHEW A. SAMMETT.
+
+Matthew A. Sammett, one of the most competent electrical
+engineers in Canada, was born at Baku, Russia, on the 2d of
+November, 1872. He was educated in a technical school in his
+native land and in 1893, when a young man of twenty-one years,
+came to the new world. He continued his education by attendance
+at night schools for a time and afterward entered the University
+of California, where he pursued a four years’ course, which he
+completed by graduation with the Bachelor of Science degree in
+1899. He immediately put his theoretical training to practical
+test and joined the staff of the General Electrical Company of
+Schenectady, New York, in which connection he obtained thorough
+familiarity with modern electrical machinery and general
+engineering practice. The ability which he displayed in that
+connection won him promotion to the engineering department and
+in that position he made a close study of the design of some of
+the alternating current machinery now in universal use. Each step
+in his career has been a forward one, and each change in his
+business connections has marked an advance. In 1902 he joined the
+engineering staff of the Lachine Rapids Hydraulic & Land Company
+and after its amalgamation with the Montreal Light, Heat & Power
+Company was given charge of the testing department of the new
+organization, his work embracing the testing of the various kinds
+of electrical apparatus used in the transformation, control and
+measurement of electrical energy. He also designed a complete
+line of highly efficient transformers for lighting and power
+service.
+
+During 1905 and 1906 Mr. Sammett conducted a popular course
+in applied electricity at the Montreal Young Men’s Christian
+Association.
+
+In 1908 Mr. Sammett opened an office as consulting engineer
+in Montreal and in this connection has gained a large and
+distinctively representative clientage, including the Amalgamated
+Asbestos Corporation, Ltd.; The Asbestos & Asbestic Company,
+Ltd.; The St. Francis Hydraulic Company, Ltd.; The Brompton Pulp
+& Paper Company; The Maritime Coal, Railway & Power Company,
+Ltd.; The Dominion Marble Company, Ltd.; The Smart-Woods Company,
+Ltd. He has also been retained in connection with municipal
+electrical undertakings. The practice of his profession now makes
+heavy demands upon his time and energies, and in addition
+he is well known as a contributor to the technical press of
+the United States and Canada. He has also prepared and read
+many scientific papers before engineering bodies and is known
+personally or by reputation to the entire electrical profession
+on the American continent. He has formed many warm friendships
+by keeping in close touch with the progress of his profession as
+a member of the Canadian Electrical Association, the Canadian
+Society of Civil Engineers and the American Institute of
+Electrical Engineers.
+
+[Illustration: MATTHEW A. SAMMETT]
+
+Mr. Sammett married Miss Eleanor Horwitz, and their children
+are four in number, Frank Edward, Hazel, Helene and Pearl. Mr.
+Sammett is a member of the Canadian Club and possesses a genial
+cordial nature that has made him popular, but he prefers to
+concentrate his energies upon his business affairs, in which he
+has attained notable success. He is a self-made man. Commendable
+ambition pointed out to him the way to success. He followed the
+path indicated and is today occupying an advanced position as an
+electrical engineer.
+
+
+HENRY MORGAN & COMPANY, LIMITED.
+
+For nearly three-quarters of a century the name of Henry Morgan
+has been inseparably interwoven with the mercantile progress
+and advancement of Montreal and in more recent years, with the
+branching out of the house he founded, it has taken a foremost
+position, in its various lines, among the big mercantile and
+industrial institutions of the Dominion.
+
+The Henry Morgan & Company, Limited, of today, is the outgrowth
+of a business established early in the year 1843, on Notre Dame
+Street, a few doors east of McGill Street, by Henry Morgan and
+David Smith, under the firm name of Smith & Morgan. From a small
+dry-goods house carrying only a limited number of lines it has
+developed into a great and powerful departmental store and
+what might be justly termed one of the mercantile successes of
+Montreal, whose capabilities are almost as varied as the city’s
+needs.
+
+Henry Morgan, the founder of this house, was born in Fifeshire,
+Scotland, in 1819, and when a young man in his early twenties,
+came to Montreal, where he entered into the dry-goods business,
+as previously stated.
+
+The original location of Smith & Morgan’s store was soon found
+inadequate, and in 1854 the business was removed to McGill
+Street, just south of St. Joseph, now Notre Dame, in a building
+occupied by Latineer. In 1860 an addition was made extending to
+Notre Dame Street and when the old American Presbyterian church,
+corner of Victoria Square and St. James Street, was removed, the
+business was transferred to that location in more commodious
+quarters.
+
+In 1852, Mr. Smith retired from the business, and that same year
+the firm of Henry Morgan & Company was established, Mr. James
+Morgan of Glasgow, Scotland, a brother, becoming a member at that
+time. The latter, a native of Saline, Fifeshire, Scotland, had
+entered the dry-goods business early in life and for a number of
+years was a member of the firm of Muirhead & Morgan, of Glasgow.
+The personnel of the firm practically remained unchanged until
+1876, when James and Colin D. Morgan, nephews of Henry Morgan and
+the former a son of James Morgan, became members, and upon whom
+most of the burden of the business has fallen.
+
+In 1891, this firm completed on St. Catherine Street, opposite
+Phillips Square, one of the finest business blocks in America, to
+which its mercantile business was transferred. This move became
+necessary in order to meet the requirements of a constantly
+growing business, and a shift in the retail section to that part
+of the city.
+
+Mr. Henry Morgan, the founder of the business, died December
+12, 1893, at which time the Gazette said in part: “No Montreal
+merchant and not many Canadian merchants could claim to be
+better known than Mr. Henry Morgan, who passed to his rest
+yesterday, after a busy, successful and well spent life of almost
+seventy-five years. His character was marked by many of those
+traits which have made men of Scottish birth so prominent a
+factor in the upbuilding of Montreal’s commercial prosperity. Mr.
+Morgan was of a somewhat retiring disposition. His store and his
+farm home at Maisonneuve divided his time, and though he enjoyed
+a very large share of public respect, he never sought to enter
+public life. He was unmarried. His death was due to influenza,
+the cause of so many deaths of prominent men lately, acting on a
+constitution weakened somewhat by previous illness. The funeral
+takes place today from St. Andrew’s church, of which he was an
+esteemed elder.”
+
+The death of Mr. James Morgan had preceded that of his brother
+but a few months, and occurred on March 28, 1893, at which time
+the Gazette said in part: “By the death of Mr. James Morgan,
+Sr., Montreal has lost one of its oldest citizens and one who
+for well nigh half a century was an intelligent sharer in its
+commercial and industrial progress. The deceased gentleman was
+in his eighty-sixth year. Mr. James Morgan was a man of strong
+intellect, diligently cultivated, an assiduous but judicious
+reader until his eyesight became impaired, and his opinion on
+questions to which he had given thought was ever listened to with
+attention. With few persons was it more profitable to converse,
+especially on the higher themes of religion, philosophy and
+science. His views were broad and so was his charity. Although
+as a business man he had little spare time for writing, Mr.
+Morgan could wield an able pen and has written not only prose
+but poetry. He was long an esteemed member of the Church of the
+Messiah. But though a man of strong convictions, as he was a
+thorough Scotchman, neither in creed nor in nationality was he of
+the narrow type.”
+
+The business of Henry Morgan & Company from its very inception,
+has never been at a standstill, success following the firm’s
+every move. In 1906 it was incorporated as a limited liability
+company under the present title of Henry Morgan & Company,
+Limited, with Mr. James Morgan, as president. The development and
+expansion of this firm’s interests have come to include several
+large factories which it owns and operates, among these being
+the foremost high class wood-working plant in the Dominion,
+which places the company in a position to build homes as well
+as to decorate and furnish them even to the smallest detail. In
+this respect the firm has become widely known throughout Canada,
+and its successful undertakings include decorative schemes and
+interior furnishings of some of the finest homes in practically
+every province in the Dominion.
+
+Its business policy has always been one of absolute integrity and
+business honesty, and this has exerted a strong influence upon
+the life of a great city. The public who come in daily contact
+with the various branches of this great organization readily feel
+that spirit of industry and enterprise that has made possible
+the accomplishing of great things and the building of a great
+business dedicated to the best interests of the public whom it
+serves.
+
+
+HON. JAMES MCSHANE.
+
+In the political history of Montreal during the past half
+century no name has been more familiar to the people than that
+of the Hon. James McShane, who in all of his public connections
+displayed a masterful grasp of every problem presented for
+solution combined with thorough understanding of human nature and
+the springs of human conduct. A firm belief in the principles
+which he advocated combined with the qualities of leadership
+enabled him to become a directing force in public affairs.
+
+Mr. McShane was born in Montreal, November 7, 1833, a son of
+James and Ellen (Quinn) McShane, who came from county Armagh,
+Ireland, and settled in Montreal in the summer of 1833. The
+mother died during the cholera epidemic of 1834.
+
+After pursuing his early education under Daniel Mahoney, a well
+known Irish schoolmaster of that period, and spending some years
+as a student in the Sulpician College, James McShane, at the age
+of eighteen years, joined his father who had become an extensive
+cattle exporter. The son eventually succeeded to the business and
+it is a matter of history that he was the first to export cattle
+to Europe, his first shipment of three hundred head being made
+October 5, 1874, on the steamship George, to Liverpool. For four
+years he also had the contract to supply the British troops when
+they were stationed here.
+
+While engaged in this business Mr. McShane, with the natural
+love of the Celt for such matters, found time to devote to
+political problems and activities, both municipal and federal.
+In 1863 he was a justice of the peace and for twenty-one years
+he represented St. Ann’s ward as an alderman. During those years
+he became known as “the people’s Jimmie,” for he knew every man,
+woman and child in the ward, calling them by their Christian
+names and ever manifesting deep and sincere solicitude for their
+welfare. He possessed a wonderful gift of memory enabling him to
+readily recall names and faces and incidents connected with the
+individual to whom he was speaking. All this made him personally
+popular and was an effective element in his leadership.
+
+At various periods Mr. McShane represented Montreal West and
+Center in the legislature, continuing to sit from 1878 until
+1892. In the formation of the Mercier cabinet he accepted the
+important portfolio of minister of public works in which he
+continued in 1887-8. When the late Mr. Justice Curran was raised
+to the bench in 1875 Mr. McShane contested St. Ann’s division
+in the liberal interests against Sir William Hingston whom he
+defeated. In 1891 and 1892 Mr. McShane was mayor of Montreal,
+and his administration of municipal affairs was characterized by
+many needed reforms and improvements. In 1887 he was a member
+of the Quebec Interprovincial Conference, and he was at one time
+president of St. Patrick’s Society. He served as an officer in
+the volunteer militia in the first administrative battalion in
+the Fenian raids of 1866 and was granted a medal for his service.
+He is now eighty years of age, but is splendidly preserved
+physically and mentally, in both regards being the superior
+of many men of sixty years. He possesses all the virtues and
+specific activities of the sons of Erin. In 1910 when he was far
+past the span of life allotted by the psalmist, he fell victim
+to an acute attack of pneumonia, but by sheer force of will
+passed through a crisis after he was given up by his old family
+physician and friend, Mr. McShane remarking that “he felt quite
+fit and that this business of making him stay in bed was only a
+joke.”
+
+Mr. McShane has been married twice. In 1863 he wedded Elizabeth
+Jane Darrah, who died June 25, 1867. In 1870 he married Miss
+Josephine Kathleen Meron of Plattsburg, New York, who died
+January 1, 1910. Unto them were born six children, three of whom
+survive the mother: Mrs. Richard Barry of Montreal; Mrs. Henry M.
+Tracy of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, who has two children; and
+Mrs. Kathleen H. Buckley of New York city, who has five children.
+
+
+HON. JEAN BAPTISTE ARCHAMBAULT.
+
+Hon. Jean Baptiste Archambault, judge of the circuit court of
+Montreal, took to his judicial duties an excellent record as a
+lawyer whose ability and success had won for him a foremost place
+among the strong and forceful representatives of the Montreal
+bar. A deep thinker, logical reasoner and well versed in the
+science of his profession, he was eminently well fitted for the
+judgeship to which he was appointed November 29, 1913.
+
+He was born at St. Antoine, Vercheres county, P. Q., on the 21st
+of March, 1871, and comes from one of the old and prominent
+families of the province, one that has given to the legal
+profession more members than any other one family.
+
+In the attainment of his education, Judge Archambault attended
+St. Hyacinthe Seminary and Laval University, winning the degrees
+of B. L. and B. C. L. in 1895. From the outset the science of
+his profession, as well as its practical phases, proved a strong
+attraction for him. He entered upon active practice in 1895 and
+soon demonstrated his ability to successfully cope with intricate
+and involved legal problems.
+
+His preparation of cases was always thorough and his presentation
+of a cause marked by perspicuity. His standing among his
+professional brethren is indicated by the fact that in 1905 he
+was chosen by the council of the bar of the province of Quebec to
+assist in editing the judicial reports of the superior court and
+the court of king’s bench.
+
+Vital political problems have always greatly interested him, and
+he has been active and zealous in support of principles in which
+he believes. He was a recognized leader of the conservative party
+in his native county and was a candidate for the legislature
+in 1904. He has ever been a close student of the signs of
+the times and the questions of the day, and although still a
+conservative in principle he holds to more independent views
+than formerly, his comprehensive study leading him to see many
+questions in a different light. He has been spoken of as “a man
+who has thought out problems for himself and is an authority on
+economics, political and social.” He was one of the first to
+advocate proportional representation in Canada, has delivered
+many lectures upon the subject and has written many articles
+which have done much to foster and promote the idea.
+
+[Illustration: HON. JEAN B. ARCHAMBAULT]
+
+His wide general information is one of the strong elements of his
+power and ability as a lawyer and jurist. His broad knowledge,
+which enables him to understand life in its various phases, and
+his masterful grasp of every problem presented for solution, are
+qualities which, combined with a familiarity of the law and with
+precedent, equip him for his work on the bench.
+
+Judge Archambault withal is possessed of a genial nature, is
+kindly in spirit and unfailingly courteous. He belongs to a
+number of the leading social clubs and in their membership is
+most popular.
+
+
+SIR HUGH ALLAN.
+
+Sir Hugh Allan, one of the foremost men in the early development
+of Canada’s foreign commerce and the practical founder of the
+Allan line of steamships, was a man whose initiative spirit
+enabled him to recognize, appreciate and understand situations
+incomprehensible to men of less sagacity and insight. The success
+of his undertakings made him one of the foremost figures in the
+history of Canada’s commercial greatness. He stood as a leading
+representative of navigation interests and was almost equally
+well known in banking and industrial circles. Indeed many
+business interests profited by his cooperation and ability and
+his memory is still honored by those who cherish the history of
+their country and recognize its real upbuilders.
+
+The identification of the Allan family with the shipping
+interests of the St. Lawrence dated back to about 1825, when
+Captain Alexander Allan sailed up the river in the brig Favorite
+from Glasgow. There were no wharves then. The vessel was assisted
+up the St. Mary’s current by oxen. The cargo was discharged on
+the beach, over long planks.
+
+Sir Hugh Allan was the second son of Captain Alexander, and was
+born September 29, 1810, in Saltcoats, County Ayr, Scotland. Sir
+Hugh Allan was in his sixteenth year, when on the 12th of April,
+1826, he sailed from Greenock for Montreal on the brig Favorite,
+commanded by his father, and on which his eldest brother was
+second officer. They arrived in Montreal on the 21st of May.
+Hugh Allan entered the employ of William Kerr & Company, and
+afterward travelled for some time in the United States. He then
+visited Scotland and a year later returned to Montreal, where he
+secured a position with J. Millar & Company, shipbuilders and
+shippers. So excellent was his service in that connection that
+after four years he was admitted to partnership and following the
+death of Mr. Millar in 1838 the business was conducted by the
+firm of Edmonstone & Allan, ship agents, shipbuilders, importers
+and general merchants. In 1846, Andrew Allan, a younger brother
+of Hugh’s, was taken into the firm. It owned a fleet of fast
+sailing vessels of about 350 tons register, full-rigged ships
+which, with ice-blocks round their bows, pushed their way through
+the ice, so that sometimes they would arrive in port on the 15th
+of April. In 1853 Hugh Allan, who was a man of great tenacity
+of purpose, and at the same time of remarkable foresight, saw
+that the time had come for the building of iron ships for the
+St. Lawrence trade. Besides, there was the consideration that
+they would run to Portland in the winter time, and connect with
+Montreal by rail. He enlisted the support of several wealthy
+men, including William Dow and Robert Anderson, of Montreal, and
+formed the Montreal Ocean Steamship Company. The Canadian and
+Indian were the first two boats built by the company. The boats
+cost about two hundred and fifty thousand dollars each and had a
+speed of eleven knots. They were wonders at the time and made a
+great impression, as the people had not been accustomed to see
+iron ships.
+
+It happened that about this time the Crimean war broke out, and
+the government was at its wits’ end to provide transports. The
+Allans went into the business and while the war lasted made large
+profits.
+
+The first ocean steamship, the Genova, reached Quebec in 1853
+and proceeded to Montreal, where there was great rejoicing. She
+was an iron boat of eight hundred tons and was succeeded by the
+Cleopatra and the Sarah Sands. Newer and larger vessels were
+built in the succeeding year and what was deemed experimental
+at the start became fixed features of the new navigation, which
+was dangerous, owing to so many sunken reefs in the St. Lawrence
+and the poor lighting of the river. The Canadian government
+made a contract with Hugh Allan for carrying the mails, paying
+an annual subsidy of one hundred and twenty thousand dollars.
+The Anglo-Saxon, a new boat, ran from Quebec to Liverpool in
+nine days on one occasion. This was thought to be wonderful, as
+the people had been accustomed to a voyage of forty days on the
+old sailing vessels. At that time the grain carrying charge was
+thirty cents per bushel.
+
+The requirements of the service in 1858 demanded more
+accommodation, and the Allan brothers determined on a weekly
+service. Larger and faster boats were introduced. The government
+paid subsidies to the new service totaling four hundred and
+sixteen thousand dollars per annum. Year by year the Allans
+launched new boats, always bigger and faster, though speed was
+never the chief consideration with the company. In 1861 they had
+a fleet of over twenty vessels, but a sinister fortune befell
+the company in the first ten years of its existence. Eight ships
+were lost in as many years. The Indian, the Hungarian, a second
+Canadian, the North Briton, the Anglo-Saxon, the Norwegian, the
+Bohemian, all became total wrecks. The river was badly lighted,
+the tides did not run true, the pilots were incompetent and the
+compass deviated owing to some strange local attraction due,
+it was said, to mineral deposits in the gulf. Anyway, disaster
+followed disaster, and, as was said at the time, any other
+man than Mr. Allan would have given up in despair. But that
+gentleman had something of the firmness of his native granite in
+his composition and he never wavered. Difficulties in time were
+overcome, the Allans began to prosper and from this on their
+boats were singularly free from accidents.
+
+To show, however, how little even the most perspicacious can see
+in advance of their time, it may be stated that at the banquet
+which the citizens tendered Hugh Allan in 1850, he said that
+ships of one thousand seven hundred tons were the most suitable
+for the Montreal trade. He lived to see his boats grow to five
+thousand five hundred tons. The line prospered; the number of
+boats was constantly increased to meet the need; the Northwest
+was opened up; and the Allan boats brought in many thousands of
+immigrants. The building of the Parisian in 1881 was supposed to
+be about the last word in shipbuilding. She was far in advance
+of anything to be seen on the route. Today she is, by comparison
+with the leviathans of the route, almost as antique as the old
+Favorite was when steamships came in.
+
+As prosperity came to him in one direction, Sir Hugh Allan
+extended his efforts into other fields. He not only kept abreast
+with the times but was ever in the vanguard of progress. He
+became president of the Montreal Telegraph Company, of the
+Canadian Navigation Company, the Merchants Bank of Canada, and
+the Lake Memphremagog Navigation Company. He was also interested
+in mining as president of the Mulgrave Gold Mining Company
+and his activities extended to the presidency of the Montreal
+Warehousing Company, the Vermont & Canada Marble Company, and
+many other business enterprises of importance. Indeed, no citizen
+of Canada has deserved popular recognition in larger measure
+than Sir Hugh, and Queen Victoria acknowledged the value of his
+service to his country by knighting him with her own hand in 1871.
+
+In 1877 he decided to associate his name with the Canadian
+Pacific Railway enterprise. He, in fact, formed the first
+syndicate to build it. The fall of the Macdonald government
+defeated his plan.
+
+On the 13th of September, 1844, Sir Hugh was married to Miss
+Matilda Smith, the second daughter of John Smith, one of the
+leading merchants of Montreal. They became parents of nine
+daughters and four sons. Sir Hugh died in Edinburgh while on a
+visit to Scotland on the 9th of December, 1882, having passed
+the seventy-second milestone on life’s journey. His remains were
+brought to Montreal in one of his own vessels, and laid to rest
+in Mount Royal cemetery. Well merited encomiums were passed upon
+him and high honors awaited him during his active life. He was
+one who pushed forward the wheels of progress. Looking into the
+future he saw something of the greatness in store for Canada
+and became a factor in the fulfillment of the progress which he
+believed possible for a country having the natural advantages
+here offered. He builded perhaps even better than he knew, for
+his work continues today, remaining an important element in
+Canada’s enterprise, activity and greatness.
+
+
+FREDERICK CLEVELAND MORGAN.
+
+Frederick Cleveland Morgan, merchant, is one of Montreal’s
+native sons, his father being James Morgan. Liberal educational
+opportunitiess were afforded him and after pursuing his education
+at Cambridge, where he won the Bachelor of Arts degree, he
+continued his studies in McGill University, which conferred
+upon him the degree of Master of Arts. Throughout his business
+career he has been identified with commercial interests and is
+now a member of the firm of Henry Morgan & Company, Limited,
+proprietors of the Colonial House Department Store, which is one
+of the largest and best establishments of its character in the
+city.
+
+In March, 1906, Mr. Morgan was married to Miss Elizabeth Marcia
+Shaw, the eldest daughter of C. Thaxter Shaw, of Montreal. They
+occupy an attractive home at No. 308 Peel Street. Mr. Morgan is a
+member of the University Club, Racquet Club, Forest and Stream,
+the Mount Royal Lawn Tennis, Arts Club, Art Association and
+Antiquarian and Numismatic Society. Mr. Morgan’s interest lies
+more in art and literature than in business affairs. He was the
+first secretary of the Arts Club, Limited, formed in 1913 for the
+purpose of encouraging art and literature.
+
+
+HON. SIMEON BEAUDIN, K. C.
+
+Hon. Simeon Beaudin, puisne judge of the superior court of the
+province of Quebec, took to his judicial duties an excellent
+record as a lawyer whose ability had won for him a foremost
+position among the strong and forceful members of the Montreal
+bar, where he had been a successful practitioner for more than
+one-third of a century.
+
+He was born at St. Isidore, P. Q., September 12, 1855, and comes
+from one of the oldest families in the province.
+
+He supplemented his early educational privileges by a course
+of study in Montreal College and in 1878 was called to the
+bar. He immediately entered upon active practice, forming a
+partnership with Messrs. Loranger & Loranger, in whose office he
+had previously studied. One of the partners was raised to the
+bench and on the death of the other Mr. Beaudin succeeded to the
+business of the firm. His partnership relations extended until he
+became the senior member of the well known law firm of Beaudin,
+Loranger, St. Germain & Guerin. His practice was of an extensive
+and important character. He argued the St. Blase parish and other
+cases before the judicial committee of the privy council of
+England, and was acknowledged as a leader of the French-Canadian
+bar. For many years he was a member of the bar council. In 1889
+he was created Q. C. by the Earl of Derby. He was batonnier
+of the Montreal bar in 1902 and later batonnier-general. His
+close conformity to the highest standards of his profession and
+his devotion to his clients’ interests gave to him a standing
+that was an honor to his profession. He was elected an honorary
+member of La Chambre de Commerce of Montreal in 1902 and in 1904
+he became one of the incorporators of the La Presse Publishing
+Company. He was also one of the promoters of Lafontaine Club and
+he likewise belongs to Club Canadien and Pointe Claire Golf Club.
+
+Judge Beaudin has always given his political allegiance
+to the conservative party. He unsuccessfully contested
+Laprairie-Napierville for the house of commons at the general
+election in 1908.
+
+For some years previous to his assuming judicial duties in 1912,
+he had been frequently referred to by the press and profession
+as a most competent man for the bench, and of him the Montreal
+Witness said: “He ranks high in his profession, his thorough
+legal sense, knowledge of the law and extensive experience
+qualifying him for early judicial preferment.”
+
+[Illustration: HON. SIMEON BEAUDIN]
+
+In 1883 Mr. Beaudin was united in marriage to Miss Mary Norris,
+a daughter of John Norris, of Montreal, and they reside at No.
+44 Bishop Street. In religious faith Mr. Beaudin is a Roman
+Catholic. In all matters of citizenship pertaining to the
+material, intellectual, political and moral progress of the
+community he is deeply interested, but after all he regards the
+law as his real life work.
+
+
+SIR WILLIAM HALES HINGSTON, KT., M. D.
+
+Sir William Hales Hingston, Kt., M. D., whose professional
+activities constituted valuable contributions to the world’s
+work, his ability winning him wide recognition and high honors
+from various scientific bodies, was born at Hinchinbrooke,
+province of Quebec, June 29, 1829, a son of the late Lieutenant
+Colonel S. J. Hingston, of His Majesty’s One Hundredth Regiment.
+He was a representative of a distinguished Irish family, closely
+related to the Cotters of Cork, the Latouches of Dublin and
+the Hales. He supplemented his early education, acquired in a
+local academy, by study in St. Sulpice, now Montreal College,
+and having determined upon the practice of medicine as a life
+work, he prepared for his chosen calling by a course in McGill
+University, which he completed with the class of 1851. He
+further carried on his investigation, study and research abroad,
+obtaining a diploma in the Royal College of Surgery at Edinburgh
+in 1852, and subsequently obtaining diplomas in France, Prussia,
+Austria and Bavaria. He was the first Canadian to whom was
+accorded the honor of membership in the Imperial Leopold Academy
+at Vienna.
+
+Dr. Hingston entered upon the active work of his profession in
+Montreal and continued an eminent member of the profession to the
+time of his death, winning notable renown in surgery. His ability
+along that line constantly developed. He possessed the steady
+hand and the cool nerve of the surgeon and his professional
+skill gained him rank with the most prominent representatives
+of the profession on the American continent. For many years he
+was surgeon in the Hotel Dieu Hospital, where he gave clinical
+instructions in surgery. He was also governor of the College of
+Physicians and Surgeons and at one time was its president. He
+was honored with election as a first secretary of the Canadian
+Medical Association, and later was called to its presidency.
+
+He was the organizer of the first board of health in the
+Dominion, and his efforts in behalf of sanitary interests were
+far reaching and beneficial. Not only did he display marked skill
+in surgery, but also eminent ability as an educator, and upon
+the organization of Bishop’s College Medical School was chosen
+professor of surgery and clinical surgery, and became dean of
+the faculty, but at length was forced to sever his connections
+with that institution, owing to the many other demands made upon
+his time and services. He never refused to respond to a call for
+professional aid if he could possibly meet it, and it would be
+difficult to name a physician and surgeon of Canada whose labors
+have reached out beneficially to a larger number of people.
+When, during an epidemic of smallpox, a local board of health
+was organized, Dr. Hingston was made its chairman, and he also
+became chairman of the provincial board of health, when in 1885
+the province was again being visited by that calamity. He was an
+energetic advocate of vaccination.
+
+It was but natural that a man of his ability and position should
+have written much upon professional topics. He was a valuable
+contributor to the medical literature of his day, one of his
+most important publications being his “Climate of Canada and
+its Relation to Life and Health,” published in 1885. Competent
+authority pronounced this “the fullest work, which has appeared
+on the subject and apart from its economic and ethnological
+value, is, from its pleasing style, delightful to read.”
+Scientific bodies conferred high honors upon Dr. Hingston and in
+addition, he was elected an honorary member of different state
+boards of medicine and by many state medical societies in the
+United States. When the British Association for the Advancement
+of Science visited Canada some years ago, he was chosen vice
+president and not long afterward was elected an honorary member
+of the British Medical Association.
+
+His professional activity would alone entitle him to wide
+distinction, yet he was active in other fields and in connection
+with the public affairs of the country.
+
+He became president of the Montreal City & District Savings Bank,
+and also vice president of the City Passenger Railway Company. In
+1875 Montreal elected him its mayor, and he served one term, when
+he declined renomination. For coolness and judgment, which he
+displayed during the Guibord affair in Montreal, he received the
+thanks of the Earl of Dufferin, then governor general of Canada.
+Bishop’s College University at Lennoxville conferred upon him the
+honorary degree of D. C. L., while Victoria University of Toronto
+gave him the honorary degree of LL. D. He was made vice president
+of the Montreal branch of the St. John’s Ambulance Association
+and in 1875 was appointed a commander of the Roman Order of St.
+Gregory. Twenty years later, or on the 24th of May, 1895, he was
+knighted by Her Majesty, the late Queen Victoria, and he was
+called to the senate of Canada by the Earl of Aberdeen, January
+2, 1896. His political allegiance was given to the conservative
+party, and his study of vital questions and issues of the day
+brought about the familiarity of Canadian politics, which enabled
+him to discuss such subjects with those to whom such study was a
+life work.
+
+In 1875 Dr. Hingston was married to Miss Margaret Josephine
+Macdonald, a daughter of the late Hon. D. A. Macdonald, at one
+time lieutenant governor of Ontario. Her mother was Katherine,
+the second daughter of the late Hon. Colonel Alexander Fraser of
+Frasersfield, Ontario. Lady Hingston was educated in Montreal
+and has been very prominent in charitable and benevolent work.
+She is a member of the Ladies Committee L’Institute des Ecoles
+Menageres, vice president of the Needlework Guild, honorary
+president of the Loyola Literary Club; prominently identified
+with the local League for the Prevention of Tuberculosis;
+formerly president of the Woman’s Park Protective Association;
+etc., and was elected president of the Catholic Girls’ Club of
+Montreal (an association largely founded by her), in 1911.
+
+Sir William Hingston was a member of the Roman Catholic church
+to which Lady Hingston also belongs. He passed away on February
+19, 1907, but there lives in the minds of those who knew him and
+of the professional world at large, the memory of distinguished
+service for the benefit of his fellowmen, in the path of his
+chosen profession. A keen intellect, splendidly developed, was
+brought to bear upon complex medical and surgical problems
+and the result of deep thought, wise research and careful
+investigation, made his contribution to the world’s work of the
+utmost benefit.
+
+
+HON. JAMES KEWLEY WARD.
+
+Out of the struggle with comparatively small opportunities
+Hon. James Kewley Ward came finally into a field of broad and
+active influence and usefulness. Not seeking honor but simply
+endeavoring to do his duty, honors were yet multiplied and
+prosperity followed his undertakings. His father settled on the
+Isle of Man and it was there that the son, James Kewley Ward, was
+born on the 9th of September, 1819. He was reared and educated
+at the place of his nativity but the opportunities of America
+attracted him in early manhood, and he crossed the Atlantic
+to New York, remaining for a decade in that city. His initial
+experience in the new world was one of continuous advancement,
+for the wise use he made of his time and opportunities brought
+about the development and increase of his powers. He left New
+York for Canada in 1853, and settling in Montreal engaged in the
+lumber business, which he found a profitable field of labor,
+owing to his keen discernment and his wise management of his
+affairs. He also became deeply interested in the Canadian cotton
+manufacturing industry and in time came to rank with the leading
+representatives of manufacturing and commercial interests in his
+province.
+
+Important and extensive as were his business affairs, Mr. Ward
+never allowed these to preclude an active and helpful interest in
+the municipal life or provincial welfare. For eighteen years he
+was a valued member of the town council of Cote St. Antoine, and
+for nine years he was mayor, giving to the city a businesslike
+and progressive administration that brought about needed reforms
+and improvements. In 1882 and again in 1887 he was defeated in
+the dominion general election, after which he was appointed to
+the legislative council in 1888 and in 1903 was made a member of
+the council of public instruction. He reached the remarkable old
+age of ninety-one years, yet remained an active factor in the
+work of the legislative council, being seen daily at his desk in
+the legislature, taking a keen interest in many public questions
+which were submitted for consideration. He was a liberal and his
+position upon any vital issue was never an equivocal one. He
+stood stalwartly in defence of what he believed to be right and
+for the best interests of the province at large. He was a man of
+broad vision, whose public service was characterized by no petty
+personal prejudices. Duty was his watchword in public office, and
+he seemed to view a vital question from every possible standpoint.
+
+Hon. Mr. Ward was connected with various public institutions,
+having to do with the welfare and benefit of the unfortunate
+or tending to alleviate hard conditions of life for the needy.
+He was a governor of the Montreal General Hospital and of the
+House of Industry and Refuge, was president of the Protestant
+Hospital for the Insane and president of St. George’s Society
+and other organizations. He passed away October 2, 1910, having
+kept his faculties unimpaired to the last. To build up rather
+than to destroy had ever been his broad policy, and through life
+he had attacked every important work which he undertook with a
+contagious enthusiasm.
+
+
+JOSEPH MEDARD GUINDON.
+
+Joseph Medard Guindon, engaged in the real estate business in
+Montreal since December, 1908, was born at St. Ignace du Coteau
+du Lac in the county of Soulanges, on the 23d of March, 1866, a
+son of Jules and Marguerite (Wilson) Guindon the father born at
+St. Eustache and the mother at Coteau du Lac. The ancestry of
+the Guindon family can be traced back to Pierre Guindon, who was
+born in 1648 and died September 27, 1733. He married Catherine
+Rouchallet dit Bergerac, who died August 22, 1710. To his
+marriage were born three children. The eldest son, Jean Baptiste
+Guindon, was born September 15, 1707, and married, February 14,
+1729, Madeleine Labette. Pierre Guindon, the second son, was born
+in 1708, and died October 7, 1709. Paul Guindon, the youngest
+son, was born August 21, 1710, and married November 16, 1733,
+Marie Josette Aube dit Aubert, to which marriage were born two
+sons: Paul, August 20, 1735; and François, March 23, 1737. Paul
+Guindon married Marie Amable de Maisonneuve in 1770 and had one
+son, Amable, born in 1772. Amable Guindon married in 1809 and
+had a son, Magloire, born October 15, 1811. Magloire Guindon
+was married in 1835 to Josette Guindon, his cousin. He took up
+arms at the revolt of St. Eustache in 1837, was arrested and
+imprisoned for a period of seven months after the confiscation
+of the greater part of his goods. To his marriage were born
+six children of whom Jules, born in 1840, married Marguerite
+Wilson, May 20, 1865, at Coteau du Lac. To them were born eleven
+children, the most of whom died at an early age.
+
+Joseph Medard Guindon was a student in l’Ecole du Plateau in
+Montreal, where he completed the commercial course in 1882. He
+then turned his attention to the hardware trade and in 1897
+became a hardware merchant in Valleyfield, where he conducted
+business for nine years. In 1907 he established a hardware
+store in Montreal, of which he was proprietor for two years. In
+December, 1908, he opened a real estate office with L. D. Latour
+under the firm name of Latour & Guindon, in which business he has
+since been engaged with a large capital. He has personally made
+investments in improved property and vacant land and his holdings
+are now very extensive. As real estate agent and expert he has
+a large clientage and his business is growing year by year. He
+is thoroughly informed concerning realty values and the energy
+and enterprise which he displays in carrying on his work have
+constituted the salient forces in the attainment of his success.
+
+Mr. Guindon has been twice married. On the 30th of June, 1886, he
+wedded Rosalinda Bourdon, a daughter of Narcisse and Marie Anne
+(Bisaillon) Bourdon, and to this marriage was born one son, Paul
+Herve, whose birth occurred at Valleyfield, April 2, 1898. On
+October 7, 1902, Mr. Guindon was again married, his second union
+being with Marie Rose Anne Sevigny, a daughter of Philias and
+Madeleine (Cantin) Sevigny. The children of this marriage are:
+Marguerite, Marcelle, Suzanne, Juliette, Mario, Robert, Jacques
+and Jean Rodrigue.
+
+[Illustration: J. M. GUINDON]
+
+While living in Valleyfield Mr. Guindon served as city alderman
+from 1898 till 1904. He manifests a deep interest in municipal
+affairs and all lines of public progress, but has never been
+ambitious to hold office, preferring to concentrate his energies
+upon his business interests, which are now extensive and
+important.
+
+
+WILLIAM PATTERSON, K. C.
+
+William Patterson was born in Ormstown, Quebec, and is a son of
+the late Samuel Patterson. He was educated at the public school
+of Ormstown; Huntingdon Academy at Huntingdon, Quebec; McGill
+University of Montreal, which institution conferred upon him the
+degree of B. A. with first rank honours in classics, in 1886,
+M. A., in 1889, and B. C. L., in 1895; and at Laval University,
+which granted him the LL. B. degree in 1900.
+
+Mr. Patterson was principal of the Royal Arthur school at
+Montreal from 1888 to 1898, during which time he organized and
+directed a movement in favor of a school history of Canada,
+written from a Dominion instead of a provincial point of view,
+the object being, while the history of our country is told from
+its earliest periods, to direct, as far as possible, the mind of
+the reader from the various currents of provincial history into
+the broader channel of the Dominion and to make the boys and
+girls of Canada feel as they grow up into the responsibilities
+of citizenship that under confederation we have a united country
+and a united people. He addressed in support of the movement the
+Provincial Association of Protestant Teachers of the Province
+of Quebec at their annual convention in McGill Normal school,
+Montreal, in October, 1889, and also addressed the Teachers
+of the Province of Nova Scotia at their annual convention, in
+Halifax, in December, 1890. He also read before the Royal Society
+of Canada at Montreal in June, 1891, a paper entitled A Proposal
+for a Dominion Text-Book of Canadian History. He was appointed
+secretary of the Dominion history committee, with the Hon. George
+W. Ross, later Sir George W. Ross, as chairman, by the Dominion
+Educational Association at its first meeting, which was held
+in Montreal in July, 1892. The result of these efforts was the
+organization of the Dominion history prize competition, open to
+authors of recognized ability, and the publication in June, 1897,
+of The History of the Dominion of Canada, by W. H. P. Clement,
+B. A., LL. B., which had been awarded the first prize, and of A
+Canadian History for Boys and Girls, by Miss Emily P. Weaver,
+which had been awarded the second prize--both works written from
+the viewpoint indicated above.
+
+Mr. Patterson organized at Ormstown, Quebec, in 1888, the
+Chateauguay Literary and Historical Society and was its
+corresponding secretary from that time until 1895, when, under
+the auspices of the society and in the presence of over seven
+thousand people, many of whom had come from a distance, a
+monument erected on the Chateauguay battlefield by the Dominion
+government, the outcome of a long agitation, was unveiled in
+memory of Colonel de Salaberry’s brilliant victory of 1813 over
+the American invading army.
+
+Mr. Patterson was called to the Quebec bar in July, 1901, and has
+since successfully practiced his profession at Montreal, where
+he is the attorney of the Dominion Alliance and of other bodies.
+He is the author of the Handbook of Commercial Law, published in
+1904. In 1910 he was appointed joint crown prosecutor for the
+district of Beauharnois and in April, 1912, was created a king’s
+counsellor.
+
+Mr. Patterson married Miss Naomi Florence Smith, a daughter
+of Robert Smith, of Westmount, Quebec, in July, 1909. He is a
+liberal in politics and has taken an active part on the hustings
+in all federal and provincial elections at Montreal and in
+its vicinity since 1900. His church membership is held in the
+Presbyterian denomination, and he is a member of the Canadian and
+Reform Clubs of Montreal. His residence is at 2290 Mance Street,
+Montreal.
+
+
+WILLIAM HENRY ATHERTON.
+
+William Henry Atherton was born on November 15, 1867, in Salford,
+a suburb of Manchester, in Lancashire, England, of Joseph
+Atherton, sanitary engineer, and Sarah (Nicholls) Atherton. His
+grandfather, William Atherton, was of a line of merchants and
+was the last volunteer fire chief in Salford where in Peel Park
+Museum his famous fire dog “Lion” held an honoured place. His
+maternal grandfather’s family of Nicholls had farms in Yorkshire
+and previously in North Wales.
+
+William Henry Atherton spent his early boyhood at the old
+cathedral city of Norwich in Norfolk, and in 1879, at the age of
+twelve, started his classical studies at Stonyhurst College, in
+Lancashire, graduating from the class of Rhetoric in 1886 and
+matriculating the same year in the first class in the University
+of London. After several years’ further classical studies he
+entered the course of scholastic philosophy at St. Mary’s
+College, Stonyhurst, and at the end of the third year, in 1895,
+presented his theses in Universa Philosophia, which he passed
+with distinction “aptus ad docendum,” the degree being equivalent
+to the Doctorate of Philosophy, which was, after a further
+thesis on “Beatitudo Finalis” accepted as _ad eundum gradum_ at
+the University of Ottawa in 1908. From 1898 to 1902 he pursued
+a four years’ course of scholastic divinity at St. Beuno’s
+College, St. Asaph, North Wales. When not engaged in the above
+courses he taught for nearly ten years as a professor of classics
+and elocution at Stonyhurst College, Lancashire, and Beaumont
+College, Old Windsor, Berkshire, two of the principal “public
+schools” of England. At both of these colleges he had charge of
+the dramatic performances, which are a recognized and important
+feature in their educational system. There he produced many
+of the best examples of the classical drama as well as of the
+best modern plays. He also had charge of the preparation of the
+annual or term “academies” or “speech days” and thus his students
+presented parts of Latin, Greek, English and French classical
+pieces.
+
+On coming to Canada in 1907 William Atherton taught classics
+for a year at St. Albert, Alberta, at the Bishop’s Seminary,
+assisting Mgr. Légal in the preparation of a history of the
+Catholic church in North Alberta. In 1908 he taught classics
+at Loyola College, Montreal. Since then he has filled other
+educational posts in the city as lecturer in psychology and
+ethics at the College for the Higher Education of Women,
+established in connection with Laval University; professor of the
+English course in the new “Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales”
+erected by the Gouin government in 1910, and from 1911 he has
+also been an examiner in Arts for the entrance examinations
+conducted by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of the
+province of Quebec. During his career in Montreal Dr. Atherton
+has identified himself with most phases of the sociological
+problems of the city. In 1908 he was invited to assume the
+managership of the Catholic Sailors’ Club, a position he still
+holds. In 1909, when the City Improvement League was established,
+he was selected to become the executive secretary. He is a member
+of the Civic Secretaries’ Association in connection with the
+National Municipal League of America, a member of the National
+Housing Association, the International City Planning Conference
+and the American Civic League. At the Toronto convention of the
+International City Planning Congress held in June, 1914, he was
+appointed by the Canadian delegates to represent them before
+the Commission of Conservation of the Dominion government to
+urge the creation of a special Municipal Improvement Bureau
+in connection with that Commission, to co-operate with and to
+organize the various movements for city planning, housing and
+civic improvements in the Dominion. He has taken an active part
+in most of the recent Civic Improvement and Good Government
+movements in Montreal, being one of the pioneers in affecting the
+appointment of the Metropolitan Parks Commission for Montreal,
+and a consistent advocate of better housing conditions for the
+working classes. He was the organizing secretary of the notable
+Child Welfare Exhibition held in Montreal in the Drill Hall on
+Craig Street in October, 1912. In 1914 he was a member of the
+executive committee of the “clean-up week” movement, a great
+public health movement which was taken up by the whole city, in
+which he acted as chairman of the Co-operation Committee.
+
+[Illustration: WILLIAM H. ATHERTON, PH. D.]
+
+Dr. Atherton has been the author of many contributions and
+criticisms to literary, philosophical and civic journals. His
+first work, published anonymously under the auspices of the
+Catholic Truth Society of England, was the Life of Father
+Damien, the Leper Priest, which appeared in England in 1889,
+attracting attention as the first authentic life then published.
+Dr. Atherton has identified himself with the literary life of
+Montreal. He was one of the founders of the Montreal branch of
+the Dickens’ Fellowship of which he has been vice president for
+three years and president for the years 1912-1913-1914. He is the
+author of the two volumes of the history of Montreal under the
+French Régime and under the English Rule now being published.
+
+
+HON. RAYMOND PREFONTAINE.
+
+Joseph Raymond Fournier Préfontaine was a member of an old
+French family which was established in 1680 in New France. Mr.
+Préfontaine was born at Longueuil on the 16th of September, 1850.
+He began his education under private tutors and completed his
+classical studies at St. Mary’s College under the direction of
+the Jesuit Fathers. He obtained his Bachelor’s degree at McGill
+University and was admitted to the bar in 1873. While taking up
+his private practice he began at the same time occupying himself
+with public affairs with success.
+
+There are few men who, step by step, possessed more than he the
+rare gift of being always the man of his time and who at all
+times retained the favor of his friends. He made his debut in
+municipal politics as alderman for Hochelaga, and in 1879 became
+the mayor of that municipality, which honorary post he held until
+1884. At this period the progress of Montreal was slow, it being
+the custom to retard rather than hasten her development. The
+town and city officers at that time were struggling along with
+inadequate acts and regulations. They were like the undeterred
+scientists of old who obstinately tried to solve the problem
+of squaring the circle although without the slightest vestige
+of success. New blood was needed and Hochelaga supplied the
+first infusion in the person of Mr. Préfontaine. When Hochelaga
+was annexed to Montreal Mr. Préfontaine became alderman of the
+Montreal council and president of the public works commission.
+The task which confronted him was not a small one. On the one
+hand he had to fight against a routine held sacred, and on the
+other hand against a majority which was absolutely neglecting the
+eastern part of Montreal.
+
+In 1898 Mr. Préfontaine was mayor of Montreal and began to
+carry out his program of action. Nothing was neglected for the
+advancement of the city, and he employed to the utmost his legal
+acumen and ability in restoring Montreal to her rights. From
+that time he displayed a deep and abiding devotion to Montreal
+East which owes so much to him, his labors in this connection
+being the crowning achievement of his efforts. It was he who gave
+to the city the Viger railroad station, and this was in itself
+but a small matter when compared with the shipbuilding yards,
+the mammoth warehouses and thousands of habitations that he by
+his persistency won for the French region of the metropolis. He
+thought of everything; the street railway service, the electric
+lighting system, the street paving, all these bore the stamp of
+his personality. He was sometimes unjustly accused of lending
+himself to questionable deals but always emerged from these
+ordeals without a stain upon his character or a shadow of doubt
+remaining as to the entire justification of his actions.
+
+He was the Haussman of the city. It was generally known that
+he was the friend of the working men and would defend their
+interests as his own. It was but natural therefore that the
+workingmen of Hochelaga were his best friends and his stanchest
+partisans. They were his standard bearers throughout the entire
+town and were the first who made possible his election to the
+magistracy of the city. Mr. Préfontaine lifted Montreal out of
+the old routine and after he was elected mayor all worked hand
+and glove with him in order to crown his work, and it is not
+short of the truth to say that a complete reorganization of the
+municipal autonomy took place.
+
+Hon. Mr. Préfontaine at the time of his death had been in
+politics for thirty years. In 1875 he was elected member of
+parliament from Chambly to the legislature of Quebec and
+continued to represent that county from 1886 to 1896 in the
+Dominion parliament. In his early days he served as president
+of the Young Men’s Liberal Association and later as president
+of the Club National. He was always the man of the hour. His
+remarkable popularity, the wide prestige which he enjoyed in the
+liberal party and the financial world, his intimate knowledge
+of political and administrative affairs, all betokened him the
+foremost man in the province of Quebec and more particularly in
+the district of Montreal. He was actively interested in all the
+movements of his party; few were the counties which he did not
+visit during the campaigns, and he took part in all the important
+debates. From his debut he was always in the public eye. Men
+like him are always the first in all ranks of life. One sees him
+ceaselessly battling when vital interests are at stake. At the
+general elections of 1900 he was elected by a large majority
+for Maisonneuve and Terrebonne. At the time of his death he was
+representing Maisonneuve, which had elected him by a majority of
+twenty-five hundred votes. When the Hon. Mr. Tarte resigned from
+the Laurier cabinet Mr. Préfontaine was prevailed upon to accept
+the portfolio of marine and fisheries. It is to him that Canada
+owes the fine organization of this department and the excellent
+results obtained.
+
+Let us recall what he wrote regarding this subject on the 21st
+of October in Le Soleil: “We receive every day confirmation of
+the happy news that the harvest of this year will surpass all
+hopes. In fact, everything indicates that it will be phenomenal.
+The Grain Merchants Association values for only the west the
+production of wheat at ninety-one and a half millions bushels;
+that of oats at sixty-seven millions of bushels; that of flax at
+half a million. On the other side the reports from Quebec and
+Ontario are excellent. There is no doubt that our exportations
+of agricultural products will this year largely exceed those of
+1903, our maximum year, which amounted to one hundred and fifteen
+million dollars. These figures are so outstanding that they speak
+for themselves. They mean that the facilities of transportation
+will have to be considerable to ship all of this,--that is that
+the St. Lawrence route will be largely put in requisition to
+export our grain and in return, for the importation of articles
+sent in exchange. But they signify also that large sums of money
+will come into the treasury and that the St. Lawrence route will
+well merit its share. The St. Lawrence begins at the head of
+Lake Superior and goes as far as Belle Isle, I may say nearly to
+Newfoundland.
+
+“One of my predecessors asked from Sir Wilfrid Laurier
+twenty-five million dollars for the single purpose of deepening
+the channel from Montreal to the Gulf. It is far from being
+completed. Since the channel was started we have not yet expended
+one-fifth of this amount and yet we can look backward with
+confidence and contemplate with pride the work accomplished. It
+is needless to give here the figures. Suffice it to say this is
+not a financial treatise but a statement to the people, telling
+them frankly that in less than five years we have created
+from nothing at Sorel, the national workshops of maritime
+construction, the most perfect, the best equipped, the best
+managed in existence in Canada and which would do credit to any
+other country. We have constructed the dredges and the apparatus
+necessary for digging and maintaining the channel at a desirable
+depth. The channel will be thirty feet in depth throughout
+almost its entire course. We have reasonably widened the curves
+wherever they were met. We have constructed signals and placed
+buoys to extend as far as the gulf and join with the channel.
+We have installed submarine bells and we are experimenting with
+a new electrical system for the direction of the vessels in the
+channel. We have made the channel between Montreal and Sorel as
+light at night as it is by day. We are now replacing floating
+fires with stationary fires. We have commenced and will continue
+with powerful vessels specially constructed to this end to make
+possible winter navigation and this trial, mark my words, will
+culminate in good results. That is as a matter of fact quite a
+goodly sum of finished work since Sir Wilfrid Laurier has come
+into power and, without boasting too much, since he has entrusted
+to your humble servant the portfolio of marine, so much decried
+by our good friends, the conservatives.
+
+“Now, as far as professional progress is concerned, we can
+still cite without fear of criticism improvement of the law in
+regard to pilots who are now under control of my department, new
+conditions regarding more severe regulations, etc.; the revision
+of the law for the examination of captains and mates; the
+re-drafting of the law regarding the inspection of steamships;
+the creation of a competent tribunal of nautical inquiries; the
+establishment of navigation schools, and the organization of a
+scientific system of oceanographic and hydrographic observations.
+Here, in brief, between two viewpoints, we can, I believe,
+address our friends in order to show them in a new and authentic
+light the liberal work which has been done on the service of our
+grand maritime route. But you say in Quebec that with all this
+there still will be accidents on the river. This I cannot deny
+and no one regrets it more keenly than I. There will be accidents
+everywhere and these will happen in spite of all the precautions
+taken and at the moment when they are least expected. It is for
+this very reason that we call them accidents. Accidents happen
+on the canals, they will happen in mid-ocean and they might even
+happen in the port of Quebec if Providence so ordains, which I
+sincerely pray, not.”
+
+At the outbreak of the Boer war Mr. Préfontaine gauged public
+feeling in Canada correctly and favored the contribution of men
+to the cause of the Empire and also favored the establishment
+of a Canadian navy. While maintaining offices in the city hall
+he displayed remarkable faculty for winning friends. It was
+said of him that no matter how bitterly opponents assailed him
+he never bore resentment. As years went by this trait actually
+made admirers out of those who had formerly been enemies. He
+was always ready to do a friendly act and was naturally of an
+optimistic temperament, being scarcely ever known to show a sign
+of dejection or low spirits. A belief in the possibilities of an
+undertaking always served as a stimulus to his intense activity,
+usually accompanied by the desired results.
+
+In June, 1876, Mr. Préfontaine married Miss Hermantine Rolland,
+and unto them were born three sons: Rolland, a civil engineer
+in Montreal; Fernand, of the firm of Préfontaine & Drouin,
+architects of Montreal; and Adrien, now deceased.
+
+Mr. Préfontaine died in Paris, France, December 25, 1905. At
+that time Mr. Lawrence A. Wilson said of his dead friend: “As
+the last candle lights were flickering out their little flames
+upon the gilded Christmas trees that had made so many young and
+old hearts happy, a cruel message, wrapped in thunder, reached
+us. A man had died: Yes! a big, big man in the fullest sense
+of the word. A generous friend he was always to the needful,
+irrespective of color, creed or nationality and one whom I have
+never known, during twenty years, to have harbored over night an
+ill feeling against his greatest political foe. When I asked him
+recently during a friendly conversation why he worked so hard to
+the detriment of his personal interests and particularly of his
+health, he replied, ‘My greatest pleasure is to be able to do
+something for my friends.’ He was a kind husband to his devoted
+but now sorrowing wife, a good father to his three bright boys, a
+solid friend to all those he trusted and a faithful, unflinching
+follower of his chief, Sir Wilfrid Laurier. That man was Raymond
+Préfontaine.”
+
+The Montreal Daily Star editorially said of him: “Canadian
+public life has produced few men who would be more sincerely
+mourned by an army of personal friends than will the late Raymond
+Préfontaine. He was a man who was always bigger than his party,
+bigger than his numerous victories and broader in his sympathies
+than many a man who made more display of public spirit. A
+genuine liking for the big, generous man pervaded all classes
+of the community and was no small share of his strength in any
+political contest. His death comes at an exceedingly bad time
+for the country, just when he had taken up the problem of the
+St. Lawrence channel in real earnest and was bent upon giving us
+a clean bill of health. He has hardly been long enough in the
+federal field for the nation to learn to know him as he has long
+been known in this district. As a public man he has come in for
+not a little criticism. He was a candidate who stood fire well
+and was seldom irritated into replying with unwise petulance.
+Perhaps at times he displayed too great a faith in the financial
+recuperative powers of this city but after all is said and done,
+that was a generous fault. At this moment our people will only
+remember the attractive personality, the stanch British subject,
+the warm-hearted political leader who lies dead in the French
+capital.”
+
+La Presse, whose editor, Mr. Dansereau, was a close personal
+friend of the late Hon. Raymond Préfontaine, after referring to
+the news of his death, continues: “We do not seek to hide our
+deep emotion, for he was counted among our oldest friends, and
+we were the last Canadians to grasp his hand before he embarked
+at New York on the steamer which took him across. Had he any
+presentiment? He was serious and pensive, nothing about him of
+the ordinary joy which is connected with the perspective of a
+short journey was shown in his manner. The distinguished deceased
+had eminent qualities, for he was a man of action and energy.
+He had done more in two years for the development and aiding of
+navigation than all his predecessors in the department since
+confederation. At least he has the merit of tracing a program
+that must not be laid aside. Life is ephemeral; fame matters
+little to him at this moment. But his family will have the
+consolation of a heritage more precious than fortune, that of his
+talent, his prestige, of his political and administrative worth.”
+
+
+PROFESSOR THOMAS ALBERT STARKEY.
+
+Professor Thomas Albert Starkey, a well known educator, lecturer
+and physician of Montreal, was born in Hertford, England, a son
+of Thomas Starkey. His early education was obtained in his native
+town and in 1894 he was graduated from London University with
+the degree of M. D. Subsequently he pursued a course in the
+University Collegiate Hospital in London and was house surgeon at
+the Brompton Hospital. Subsequently he was sent to India to carry
+on researches and promote the cure and prevention of the plague
+and cholera. He worked in the Imperial Research Laboratory in
+Bombay from 1899 until 1901 and afterward was given charge, under
+the sanitary commission, of the entire hygienic condition of two
+large districts, his labors there being of inestimable value in
+improving existing conditions.
+
+On his return to England Dr. Starkey pursued public health work
+in the laboratory of University College at London and was also
+bacteriologist of the London county council. He came to the new
+world in 1902, being appointed in November of that year professor
+of hygiene at McGill University of Montreal. In 1906 he was
+elected a fellow of the Royal Sanitary Institute of England and
+is now secretary and examiner of the local branch of the same
+body. In 1910 he was elected the first president of the Canada
+Public Health Association in which connection his efforts have
+been far-reaching and beneficial. Not only has he done important
+practice and research work, but has also written upon questions
+relating to the public health. He has lectured on the Ancient
+and Modern Methods of Water Supply--A Comparison, and on kindred
+subjects, all of which have to do with the public health and the
+prevention of disease.
+
+In September, 1904, Dr. Starkey was united in marriage to Miss
+Josephine MacCullum, a daughter of the late Dr. Duncan Campbell
+MacCullum, and they have one son, Hugh. It would be difficult to
+measure the usefulness of the life work of Dr. Starkey, but the
+scientific world acknowledges its indebtedness to his efforts
+and his labors, far-reaching and effective, have been beneficial
+forces for humanity in various sections of the world.
+
+
+CHARLES CHAPUT.
+
+It would be difficult to find a more active business man in
+Montreal and one whose labors are more gratifyingly resultant
+than Charles Chaput, who stands as one of the most successful
+merchants of the metropolis, ranks among its most substantial
+citizens and to quote the Montreal Gazette is “a man of
+unimpeachable integrity.” He was born in Montreal, November 14,
+1841, a son of the late Leander Chaput, who came to Montreal from
+L’Assomption in 1832 and in 1842 founded what is now the well
+known wholesale grocery house of L. Chaput, Fils & Cie, Limitee.
+He lived to the age of eighty-four years, passing away in 1901.
+His wife was Helene St. Denis, a daughter of J. B. St. Denis of
+Montreal.
+
+Charles Chaput acquired his education in the best French and
+English schools in Montreal of the time. In 1857 at the age of
+sixteen years he joined his father’s firm as a junior clerk, at
+which time the firm was L. Chaput & Cie, and on his being made a
+partner in 1862 the style was changed to L. Chaput, Fils & Cie.
+In 1875 upon the retirement of his father Charles Chaput became
+the head of the firm, where he has since remained, although there
+have been many changes since in its personnel. In 1884 L. E.
+Geoffrion was admitted a partner and for years was actively
+interested in the conduct and management of the business. In
+1896 E. St. Denis retired after having been a partner for
+forty years and in the same year Ferd Prudhomme was taken into
+partnership. In 1899 Armand Chaput and in 1909 Emile Chaput, sons
+of Charles Chaput, were admitted as members of the firm, which
+was incorporated on February 1, 1912, under name of L. Chaput,
+Fils & Cie, Limitee, Charles Chaput becoming president, Armand
+Chaput vice president and manager and Ferd Prudhomme secretary
+and treasurer. The house of L. Chaput, Fils & Cie, Limitee, has
+attained a widespread, honorable and unassailable reputation in
+business circles by reason of the straightforward and commendable
+principles employed in the conduct of its large interests.
+
+[Illustration: CHARLES CHAPUT]
+
+For many years Mr. Chaput has maintained an extremely active
+business interest not only in the large firm of which he is now
+the head but also as a director in many other firms, in banks
+and in financial institutions. As a member of the council of
+the Board of Trade he has played a very important part in the
+work of that organization. A governor of Notre Dame Hospital, he
+has been largely instrumental in strengthening the finances of
+that splendid institution. He was for several years a director
+of La Banque d’Hochelaga and also of the Canada Life Insurance
+Company. He has been a councillor of the Chambre de Commerce
+and president of the Wholesale Grocers Guild. He is a director
+of the International Mercantile Agency, also vice president of
+the Montreal Business Men’s League and president of the Montreal
+Citizens Association and has ever taken an active interest in
+business matters and all things tending to promote the welfare of
+the city and the uplifting of humanity.
+
+His charitable instincts and activities are broad and varied.
+Aside from the institutions above mentioned with which he is
+connected he is also a governor of the Montreal General Hospital
+and a member of the Montreal Dispensary. He cooperates earnestly
+and effectively in many movements which have for their object the
+alleviation of hard conditions of life for the unfortunate. In
+religious faith he is a Roman Catholic.
+
+Mr. Chaput has never entered the political field, yet he has
+always maintained a deep and sincere interest in the political
+affairs of the country. Furthermore, he has played a very
+prominent part in municipal affairs and while not himself
+directly interested or a seeker of place he has been one of the
+leading figures in the organization of the Citizens’ Association
+and a sturdy exponent of municipal government through the medium
+of the Board of Control. He is progressive in all things, being
+ever ready to give his support to any movement that will tend to
+the improvement of conditions in Montreal.
+
+Mr. Chaput married Rose Anne Smith, who died in September, 1883;
+he then married Clara Chevalier, who died in July, 1893; his
+third wife was L. Patoine in her maidenhood. He has a family of
+three sons and two daughters, all born to the first marriage.
+The eldest son, Rev. Father Charles Chaput, is a Jesuit priest
+and a professor of philosophy. The second son, Armand Chaput,
+is vice president of L. Chaput, Fils & Cie, Limitee. He married
+Juliette Auger, a daughter of J. C. Auger, formerly registrar of
+Montreal. The third son, Emile Chaput, is a director in the firm
+and married Rosalie Loranger, daughter of the Hon. Mr. Justice
+Loranger of Montreal. Rose Anna, the elder daughter, is the
+widow of Mr. Gabriel Marchand, M. P., son of the late Hon. F. G.
+Marchand, who was premier of the province of Quebec. Antoinette,
+the younger daughter, is the wife of Mr. E. Desaulniers, notary,
+of St. Lambert, P. Q.
+
+Mr. Chaput holds membership in L’Association St. Jean Baptiste
+and in the Antiquarian and Numismatic Society--associations which
+show something of the nature of his interests and his delight in
+research work.
+
+
+AIME CHASSE.
+
+Aime Chasse, advocate, was born at St. Elphége, Yamaska County,
+Province of Quebec, October 9, 1886, of the marriage of Zoel
+Chasse, a cultivateur, and Julie (Proulx) Chasse. He studied the
+classics at the Seminaire de Nicolet, graduating with the degree
+of Bachelor of Arts in 1908. He studied law at Laval University
+in Montreal and at the same time in the office of Coderre &
+Coderre, in Montreal, and was admitted to the bar in July, 1912.
+Since the 1st of June, 1914, he has been a member of the law firm
+of Archambault & Chasse. Mr. Chasse has been president of the
+Association de la Jeunesse Conservatrice de Montreal since April
+15, 1914. He has lived in Montreal since September, 1908. On
+January 7, 1911, he married Alphonsine Boisvert, of St. Elphége.
+
+
+HON. LIEUTENANT COLONEL SIR HUGH MONTAGU ALLAN.
+
+Clubman, sportsman and business man of marked enterprise--in
+these few words are summed up the life record of Sir Hugh
+Montagu Allan, whose interests have been many and whose
+activities far-reaching. To accumulate a fortune requires one
+kind of genius, to retain a fortune already acquired, to add
+to its legitimate increment and to make such use of it that
+its possessor may derive therefrom the greatest enjoyment and
+the public the greatest benefit, requires quite another kind
+of genius. Sir Hugh Montagu Allan belongs to that younger
+generation of business men of Montreal called upon to shoulder
+responsibilities differing materially from those resting upon
+their predecessors. In a broader field of enterprise they find
+themselves obliged to deal with affairs of greater magnitude and
+to solve more difficult and complicated financial and economic
+problems.
+
+Such was the position in which Sir Hugh Montagu Allan found
+himself following the demise of his father, Sir Hugh Allan, an
+eminent figure in shipping and financial circles of Canada. The
+mother, Matilda Caroline (Smith) Allan, was the second daughter
+of the late John Smith, a prominent merchant of Montreal and it
+was in this city that Sir Hugh Montagu Allan was born October
+13, 1860. His education acquired in Bishop’s College School at
+Lennoxville, was supplemented by study in Paris, France. He was
+a young man of but twenty-two years at the time of his father’s
+death and under the terms of his father’s will entered the
+firm of H. & A. Allan, steamship agents. It was in the latter
+connection that they established the Allan Line of steamships,
+then and now the most important factor in passenger service and
+freight carrying trade between Great Britain and Canada. More
+and more he has come into prominence, as he has given proof of
+his power to carefully, systematically, wisely and successfully
+promote the important interests of mammoth corporate concerns. He
+is today president of the Merchants Bank of Canada, the Acadia
+Coal Company, the Railway Securities Company, and vice president
+of the Canada Paper Company and the Canadian Vickers, Limited.
+His name is on the directorate of the Montreal Light, Heat &
+Power Company, the Ogilvie Flour Mills Company, the Canadian
+Transfer Company, the Labrador Company, the Dominion Iron &
+Steel Company, the Dominion Steel Corporation, the Mutual Life
+Association Company of Canada, the Canadian Cottons, Limited,
+the Royal Trust Company, the Montreal Investment Trust and the
+Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company of Montreal.
+
+In December, 1878, he assumed the name of Hugh Montagu instead
+of Hugh Andrew Allan, by which he was previously known. Long
+connected with the Montreal Board of Trade, he served as a
+counselor for several years and as its treasurer in 1891 and
+1892. Further interests of a public character which have profited
+by his cooperation include the Montreal Horticultural and Fruit
+Growing Association, of which he is a director and St. Andrew’s
+Society, of which he is president. His prominence as a sportsman
+is indicated in the fact that he is an ex-master of the Montreal
+Hunt. His horses have won the Queen’s plate, the Montreal hunt
+cup, members’ plate and hunters’ handicap steeplechase cup. Sir
+Hugh Montagu Allan is now president of the Montreal Jockey Club,
+vice president of the Canadian Racing Association and director
+of the International Horse Show Association. He was formerly
+vice president of the Montreal Racket Club and a director of the
+Montreal Skating Association and the Amateur Skating Association
+of Canada. His activities have touched many benevolent and
+charitable projects. He has been a director of the Sailors’
+Institute, the Charity Organization Society, the Society for
+Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, and is vice president of the
+Montreal General Hospital. He gave five thousand dollars to the
+Charles Alexander Memorial Fund and the Allan Cup as a perpetual
+trophy for competition between amateur hockey clubs in 1910. He
+is one of the founders of the Mount Royal Club and the Winter
+Club at Montreal.
+
+In October, 1893, Sir Hugh Montagu Allan wedded Marguerite Ethel
+Mackenzie, a daughter of the late Hector Mackenzie of Montreal.
+She was elected a member of the Central Council Victoria League
+at London, England, in 1909, and is honorary president of the
+Daughters of the Empire in Montreal. Sir Hugh and Lady Allan at
+their Montreal home, Ravenscrag, entertained H. R. H. Prince
+Arthur of Connaught in 1906, and H. I. H. Prince Fushimi of Japan
+in 1907. Sir Hugh was presented to the late King Edward in March,
+1910, and Lady Allan was presented in July, 1906. He was knighted
+June 24, 1904, became C. V. O. in 1907, and Order of the Rising
+Sun of Japan (third class) in 1907. He was appointed honorable
+lieutenant colonel of the First Battalion, Fifth Regiment,
+Royal Highlanders, in 1911. His religious faith is that of the
+Presbyterian church. In addition to Ravenscrag in Montreal, Sir
+Hugh has a summer home, Montrose, at Cacouna, and another estate,
+Allancroft, in Beaconsfield, province of Quebec. That he is an
+eminent and well known figure in club circles is indicated by the
+fact that he belongs to the St. James Club, Mount Royal Club,
+Canada Club, Auto and Aero Club, Montreal Hunt, Montreal Jockey
+Club, Winter Club, Royal Montreal Golf Club, Royal St. Lawrence
+Yacht Club, Canadian Club, Forest and Stream Club, Lachine
+Boating and Canoeing Club, Montreal Curling Club, Back River Polo
+Club, Montreal Racket Club, Montreal Thistle Curling Club, all
+of Montreal; Toronto Club, York Club of Toronto; Rideau Club,
+of Ottawa; Racquet and Tennis Club and Knickerbocker Club, of
+New York; and Junior Carlton Club, Canada Club, and Royal Thames
+Yacht Club, of London, England.
+
+The subjective and objective forces of life are in him well
+balanced, making him cognizant of his own capabilities and
+powers, while at the same time he thoroughly understands his
+opportunities and his obligations. To make his native talents
+subserve the demands which conditions of society impose at the
+present time is the purpose of his life, and by reason of the
+mature judgment which characterizes his efforts at all times,
+he stands today with those whose activity in various lines does
+not exclude active participation in and support of other vital
+interests which go to make up human existence.
+
+
+LOUIS EDOUARD FORTIER, M. D.
+
+Dr. Louis Edouard Fortier, one of the most prominent of the
+French physicians of Montreal, was born in the city of Quebec,
+February 11, 1865, a son of Edouard and Celina (Marcotte)
+Fortier. The paternal grandfather, Louis Fortier, was a farmer
+and was the founder of the village of Fortierville, while his son
+Edouard was a merchant in the city of Quebec.
+
+The family removed to Montreal during the Doctor’s boyhood and
+both parents passed away in this city. Two brothers of Dr.
+Fortier are still living: one, Dr. Joseph Emile, is one of the
+busiest medical practitioners of Montreal; the other, Joseph
+Auguste, a well known writer, after having traveled all around
+the world settled in India about fifteen years ago, and is
+principal and superintendent of the Agha Engineering School, in
+Fyzabad, Oudh.
+
+Dr. Fortier was educated in the Jesuit College of Montreal, after
+which he studied medicine in Victoria University, being graduated
+therefrom with the degree of M. D. in the class of 1889. He was
+at once appointed demonstrator of anatomy at Victoria University
+and physician to the Hospital Hôtel-Dieu. These positions he
+filled in addition to attending to his private practice, which
+has been extensive from the beginning, and he has been regular
+physician to the Hôtel-Dieu since 1889. After some years devoted
+to active practice, he further continued the study of his
+profession in Paris and London, coming in touch with the work
+of eminent physicians and surgeons in both cities. He ranks
+high in hospital work and is widely recognized as a learned and
+able member of the profession, who is constantly promoting his
+knowledge through reading, research and investigation. He is
+also classed with the able educators and at the present time is
+professor of pharmacology and therapeutics in Laval University.
+
+A scholar and a good writer, Dr. Fortier has been during
+many years editor of La Gazette Médicale de Montréal, the
+official organ of the Victoria University Medical School
+in Montreal before the affiliation of this school with Laval
+University. Since that time, besides many valuable contributions
+to medical reviews, Dr. Fortier published a few years ago a
+Handbook of Medicine for Nurses, and last year a Manual of
+Pharmacology,--according to the British Pharmacopœia, this
+last book being especially for the use of students and young
+practitioners.
+
+[Illustration: DR. LOUIS E. FORTIER]
+
+Dr. Fortier is an active social worker and is particularly
+interested in the work of medical dispensaries. He is now medical
+director of the Institut Bruchési, founded for the treatment of
+tubercular patients; medical superintendent of the Sacred Heart
+Hospital for the Indians, at Caughnawaga; and chief director
+of the dispensaries of l’Assistance Maternelle, instituted to
+provide attendance to the sick women of the poorer classes.
+
+Dr. Fortier married Miss Emma Mathieu of Lachenaie and to them
+have been born two sons, Louis Edouard and Jacques Emile. Madame
+Fortier belongs to one of the oldest French-Canadian families
+of this country and is favorably known in social as well as
+charitable circles of this city.
+
+
+LIEUTENANT COLONEL JOSEPH P. COOKE.
+
+On the list of those whom death has recently called appears
+the name of Lieutenant Colonel Joseph P. Cooke, whose career
+in political and military life was a notable one. Liberal
+educational opportunities and thorough training qualified him
+for the bar, and he was recognized as an able and learned member
+of the profession. His abilities recommended him for political
+leadership and he was called to important public offices. Quebec
+numbered him among her native sons, his birth having occurred in
+Drummondville in 1858. His father was Valentine Cooke and his
+grandfather, an officer in the army, received a land grant from
+the British government in recognition of his services.
+
+Lieutenant Colonel Cooke attended St. Francis College in
+Richmond, there pursuing his more specifically literary
+education, while in McGill University he prepared for the bar
+and was graduated B. C. L. in 1880. The following year he was
+called to the bar of Montreal and entered upon active practice
+in partnership with Charles Brookes, K. C. Subsequently he began
+practice independently and was widely recognized as a strong and
+able lawyer, whose legal counsel was sound and whose powers of
+discrimination and analyzation enabled him to readily master all
+the details of his cases and win success in their conduct. In
+1893 he was created king’s counsel.
+
+While in the practice of law Colonel Cooke passed far beyond the
+point of mediocrity and won place with the capable members of
+the Montreal bar. He was also active as a political leader and
+participated in many of the contests of his day. Originally his
+support was given the conservative party and as its candidate he
+won the seat for Drummond county in 1892, remaining a member of
+the provincial house throughout the session. He was ever fearless
+in support of his honest convictions, however, and when he was
+led to change his opinions by reason of his study of political
+conditions and situations he did not hesitate to become a liberal
+and in 1897 contested the seat for St. Lawrence division, but
+was defeated by A. W. Atwater, K. C. Soon after the election
+he was named crown prosecutor and acted in that capacity with
+Rudolph Lemieux, K. C. He was succeeded in the position by Edmund
+Guerin, K. C., now the Hon. Justice Guerin. In 1907 Colonel
+Cooke was named registrar for Montreal West and continued in
+that position until his demise. While in the legislature he
+was instrumental in securing the passage of a bill prohibiting
+the sale or use of tobacco or opium to or by minors. He never
+hesitated to advocate the principles which he deemed beneficial
+measures in good government or factors in the welfare and
+progress of city and province.
+
+Colonel Cooke’s connection with military affairs began when he
+joined the volunteer militia service, in which he was advanced
+through positions of minor rank until he assumed command of the
+First Regiment, Prince of Wales Fusiliers. After five years, or
+in 1903, he retired and was placed on the R. O. with his rank.
+He commanded the Bisley team in 1898. In 1902 Colonel Cooke was
+presented to the present king and queen at St. James’ palace. He
+was also presented to King Edward and by invitation was present
+in Westminster Abbey at the coronation of the late King Edward
+and Queen Alexandra in 1902.
+
+In 1880 Colonel Cooke married Miss Helen Grace Burnett, a
+niece of the late Archbishop Bond, and they became the parents
+of a daughter and two sons. Violet Burnett; Herbert G., who
+was educated in the city schools and McGill University and is
+connected with the office of registrar of Montreal West; A.
+Douglas, educated in the city schools and McGill University, is
+now connected with the engineering department of the Canadian
+Pacific Railway. He married Nita K. Wallace. The death of Colonel
+Cooke occurred on the 28th of July, 1913, when he was but
+fifty-five years of age. His record is one of usefulness in the
+public service, of devotion to the interests of his clients and
+of fidelity to the ties of home and friendship.
+
+
+EDMUND HOLYOKE HEWARD.
+
+A few years prior to his death Edmund Holyoke Heward of Montreal
+retired from active business. He had been prominently connected
+with banking interests, and his colleagues remember him as a
+man of progressive spirit and marked capacity for handling the
+multiplicity of details as well as the principal features that
+arise in connection with the banking business. The family name
+figures in the military history of the country. His grandfather,
+Stephen Heward, was in command of a force of men at the capture
+of Fort Detroit. The father, Augustus Heward, was associated
+with Lieutenant Colonel Osborne Smith in founding the Victoria
+Volunteer Rifles, now the Third Victoria Rifles, of which
+Lieutenant Colonel Smith became the first commander, while Mr.
+Heward became the first major, but subsequently succeeded to the
+command.
+
+Edmund H. Heward was born in the family residence at Cote des
+Neiges, in 1841. He was educated under Dr. Howe at the Montreal
+high school and entered into the wholesale hardware business
+of Mulholland & Baker when in his teens. His initial business
+experience came through several years’ connection with that
+house, at the end of which time he entered the service of the
+Merchants Bank of Canada, with which he was associated for
+more than thirty years. Gradual advancement brought him to
+an eminent position in banking circles. He possessed unusual
+ability in co-ordinating forces and unifying elements into a
+harmonious whole. For some time he was manager of the St. Johns
+(Quebec) branch of the bank, but afterward returned to Montreal
+and established the Notre Dame Street branch and later the St.
+Catherine West branch of the same bank. As the years passed on
+every feature of the banking business became familiar to him, and
+his thorough understanding thereof was manifest in his executive
+direction and capable control. He retired a few years prior
+to his death, possessed of a handsome competence that was the
+legitimate and logical reward of his effort and capability.
+
+Mr. Heward married Miss Alice Ward, a daughter of the late Hon.
+J. K. Ward of Montreal, and unto them were born six children. Mr.
+Heward joined his father’s old regiment, the Victoria Rifles,
+with which he went to the front in the last Fenian raid and was
+present at the affair at Pigeon Hill. He was a handsome man of
+fine physique and unfailing courtesy--a gentleman of the old
+school. His death on May 17, 1910, occasioned deep regret in both
+the business and social circles of Montreal.
+
+
+ROBERT BRUCE TAYLOR, D. D.
+
+Rev. Robert Bruce Taylor, author and minister of the gospel and
+since 1911 pastor of St. Paul’s Presbyterian church in Montreal,
+was born in Cardross, Scotland, October 22, 1869. He acquired
+his education in Glasgow University, from which he was graduated
+M. A. with the class of 1890, and he afterward was a student in
+the Free Church College. After completing this course he entered
+Gottingen University and later studied Arabic at Beirut and
+Damascus. He was a student in three German theological schools
+and prepared most thoroughly for his chosen life work. After
+his ordination he was placed in charge of the Loudoun Free
+Church in Ayrshire and was transferred from there to Ferryhill,
+Aberdeen. His third charge was at St. John’s Wood, London,
+England, whence in 1911 he came to Montreal, assuming his present
+duties as pastor of St. Paul’s Presbyterian church. This is one
+of the oldest Presbyterian congregations in the city, having
+been organized in 1832 by Edward Black, D. D. The church was
+located on St. Helen’s Street until 1867, in January of which
+year the erection of the present edifice was begun. The church
+was dedicated September 27, 1868, and cost $100,000. The first
+pastor, Dr. Edward Black, died in May, 1845, and was succeeded
+by Robert McGill, who passed away in 1856. Dr. Snodgrass then
+had charge of the congregation until 1864 and his successor
+was Dr. Jenkins, who remained in charge from 1865 to 1881. Dr.
+Barkley did able and capable work from 1883 until 1910, being
+succeeded by Rev. Robert Bruce Taylor, the present incumbent. The
+congregation has numbered among its members such distinguished
+men as Lord Strathcona and Lord Mount Stephen and it numbers
+now eight hundred souls. Its affairs are in a flourishing and
+prosperous condition for Dr. Taylor administers them ably and
+in a way which shows him a man of excellent executive and
+organizing power as well as a zealous and untiring religious
+worker. He has organized a club of girls working in stores in the
+city and has also a Men’s Club, both of which organizations have
+been fruitful of much good.
+
+Dr. Taylor married a daughter of Professor McKendrick, LL. D.,
+of Glasgow, Scotland, and both are well known in social circles
+in Montreal. Dr. Taylor is a writer of considerable reputation
+and besides being the author of a book on Economics, written for
+the Student Christian Movement, has contributed largely to serial
+publications on religious and historical topics, accomplishing
+such able and farsighted work in the interests of his religion
+that he has been called “the crown jewel of a Presbyterian
+minister.”
+
+
+CHARLES AUGUSTE DE LOTBINIERE HARWOOD, K. C.
+
+Charles Auguste de Lotbinière Harwood, a lawyer of the Montreal
+bar, who prepared for practice at McGill and is now a member
+of the well known firm of Lighthall & Harwood, was born at
+Vaudreuil, P. Q., August 2, 1869, his parents being Robert
+William and Charlotte (McGillis) Harwood. The father was member
+of parliament for Vaudreuil in the house of commons from 1872
+until 1878. The mother was a daughter of John McGillis, laird
+of Williamstown, Glengarry, Ontario. The Harwoods are closely
+connected with the de Lotbinière family and are seigneurs of
+Vaudreuil.
+
+Liberal educational opportunities equipped Charles A. Harwood
+for the duties of a professional career. He was educated at St.
+Laurent College and Laval University. His professional training
+was received at McGill University, from which he was graduated
+B. C. L. in 1893. He became an advocate in 1895 and is now
+actively engaged in the practice of his profession in Montreal as
+a member of the law firm of Lighthall & Harwood. His ability is
+evidenced in the success which has attended his efforts in the
+trial of important cases, which he has ever prepared with great
+thoroughness and care. In October, 1911, he was made a king’s
+counsel, his ability thus winning recognition.
+
+In politics Mr. Harwood is a liberal-conservative, and his
+activity in behalf of the principles in which he believes has
+been an effective force in the attainment of success. He served
+as secretary of the Conservative Association in the county of
+Vaudreuil and became a recognized leader of his party. He has
+been intimately connected with the municipal reform movements
+of Montreal and served first as a director, then as recording
+secretary and is now serving as vice president of the Montreal
+Citizens’ Association.
+
+In September, 1898, occurred the marriage of Mr. Harwood and
+Miss Marie Adelaide Masson, a daughter of the late Hon. L. R.
+Masson, lieutenant governor of Quebec. They reside at No. 162
+Hutchison Street, Montreal, and have a summer home, Les Chenaux,
+at Vaudreuil. Mr. Harwood belongs to the Liberal-Conservative
+Club of Montreal and is a past president of the Cartier Club of
+Montreal. He also has membership in the Historical Landmarks
+Association, and after having been for many years honorary
+recording secretary is now a vice president of the Numismatic
+and Antiquarian Society of Montreal. He has delved deep into the
+historic past and is the author of various valuable historical
+papers, including one entitled The Fort Garry Convention. His
+religious belief is that of the Roman Catholic church. A man of
+broad intelligence and high ideals, his life record has counted
+for much in the field of professional and scientific progress.
+
+[Illustration: C. A. DE LOTBINIERE HARWOOD]
+
+
+MAJOR DAVID SEATH.
+
+Major David Seath occupies an important position in the public
+service of the Dominion as secretary and treasurer of the harbor
+commission of Montreal. He is a son of the late Robert Seath, a
+wholesale clothing merchant of Montreal, and Margaret (Stephen)
+Seath. Born in Montreal on May 9, 1847, he subsequently attended
+the high school in this city and the parish school at Ste. Rose,
+province of Quebec. In 1864 he entered the employ of his father
+and subsequently became connected with the firm of Tyre, Perkins
+& Lajoie, accountants and assignees, of which he subsequently
+became a member under the firm style of Lajoie, Seath & Perrault,
+which was formed in 1877. The firm also was for a time known
+under the style of Thibaudeau & Seath, and of this firm our
+subject was a partner until 1895. From that year until 1898 he
+was president and manager of the Perrault Printing Company.
+At that time he was also a member of the board of license
+commissioners of Montreal. In 1898 he was appointed secretary and
+treasurer of the harbor commissioners board of Montreal, which
+office he has ever since held. His public record is one to be
+highly commended.
+
+Mr. Seath is a justice of the peace and has to his credit a long
+military career in the volunteer service, his years of active
+duty comprising those between 1864 and 1905. He joined the
+Victoria Rifles as a private in 1864 and took part in the Fenian
+raid in 1866 and 1870, receiving in the latter year the medal and
+two clasps. During that time, in 1867, he was gazetted lieutenant
+in the Sixth Regiment, Hochelaga Light Infantry. He attained the
+rank of captain in the Sixth Fusiliers and in 1905 rejoined this
+regiment, known as the “Prince of Wales’,” as paymaster with the
+honorary rank of major, retiring in the same year. Besides his
+Fenian raids medals and clasps, he holds the colonial auxiliary
+forces officers’ long service decoration. He was instrumental
+in having the services of the volunteers for the Fenian raids
+recognized by the government. Besides acting as justice of the
+peace he is also commissioner for receiving affidavits from
+outside the province of Ontario to be used in Ontario and is
+commissioner of the superior court of the province of Quebec.
+
+Major Seath was married in September, 1904, to Miss Emma A. Fish,
+of Westmount, on which occasion he was presented with a valuable
+service of plate by the Montreal harbor commissioners. In
+religious faith he is an Anglican and his political convictions
+incline him towards the liberal party. Mr. Seath stands high
+in Freemasonry, having attained the thirty-second degree. He
+has been grand registrar of the grand lodge of Quebec and grand
+scribe, grand treasurer and grand first principal of the grand
+chapter of Quebec. He is a Knight Templar and an officer of
+the A. & A. Scotish Rite. The family residence is at 95 Mackay
+Street, Montreal. Hon. Robert Mackay, the distinguished statesman
+and man of affairs, says of him: “An officer of long and faithful
+service who was and is always at his post”; and this statement
+expresses his faithfulness to duty perhaps better than anything
+that could be said in addition.
+
+
+ALBERT E. DE LORIMIER, K. C.
+
+Albert E. de Lorimier is a successful and distinguished lawyer
+of Montreal. He belongs to an old French family, one member of
+which, Count de Chamilly, was marshal of France, and another,
+Count d’Estoges de Lorimier, was executed with Louis XVI for his
+loyalty and devotedness to his king.
+
+His direct ancestor in Canada, Guillaume de Lorimier, sieur des
+Bordes en Gatinais, came to Montreal in the seventeenth century
+with Governor Marquis de Denonville. His great-grandfather,
+Claude Guillaume de Lorimier, knight of the Royal and Military
+Order of St. Louis of France, distinguished himself at Fort
+George and at the siege of Corlar. His grandfather, Major
+Guillaume de Lorimier, author of “My Services During the War of
+the American Invasion,” served with his brother Chamilly under
+General Sir Guy Carleton, Lord Dorchester, on Lake Champlain
+in 1775. One of his uncles, Captain William de Lorimier of the
+Fencibles, was killed at Chrysler’s Farm in 1813.
+
+A. E. de Lorimier was born at Sault St. Louis, in the province
+of Quebec, and is the son of Georges Antoine de Lorimier and
+Mrs. Marie L. McComber. He acquired his early education at the
+Huntingdon Academy, Huntingdon, completed his classics at St.
+Mary’s College, Montreal, and was admitted to the practice of
+law in July, 1885, after having graduated LL. B. from Laval
+University. He speaks the French and English languages fluently
+and equally well.
+
+In October, 1886, he married Miss Mina de Lorimier, daughter of
+Mr. Justice Charles Chamilly de Lorimier of Montreal, and both
+are well known in social circles of this city.
+
+Mr. de Lorimier first formed partnership with the Hon. F.
+X. Trudel, late Senator; N. Charbonneau, now Mr. Justice
+Charbonneau, and Gustave Lamothe, K. C., and later with Charles
+Chamilly de Lorimier, now Mr. Justice de Lorimier, and finally
+with D. Girouard, late justice of the supreme court of Canada.
+In 1896 he took the Hon. Sir Auguste R. Angers in his firm known
+as Angers, de Lorimier & Godin. He was created king’s counsel
+in 1903 and was on several occasions elected member of the
+council of the bar. He declined the honor to represent his native
+county in the Dominion parliament and to stand as an alderman
+in the Centre ward of Montreal, preferring to devote all his
+time and knowledge to his clientage. He was in his earlier days
+twice president of L’Union Catholique of Montreal and is a life
+governor of Notre Dame Hospital and of L’Ecole Sociale Populaire.
+He enjoys the reputation of being one of the prominent and most
+respected barristers in Montreal. The future, undoubtedly, holds
+for him still greater distinction and honor in his chosen field.
+
+[Illustration: ALBERT E. DE LORIMIER]
+
+
+HON. JOHN YOUNG.
+
+For twenty-five years Hon. John Young was one of the harbor
+commissioners of Montreal and no one did more for the development
+and protection of the shipping industry at this point. Indeed his
+whole life was largely devoted to the public service and there
+are few men who have the insight and the prescience to recognize
+possibilities and opportunities for the general good as he did
+and the perseverance and determination to use such opportunities
+for the benefit of the many. His country will ever remember him
+with gratitude and his friends with deep affection, for aside
+from his public career there were in him traits of character
+that endeared him closely to those with whom he came in contact
+through other relations. He bound his friends to him with hoops
+of steel when their adoption had been tried, and at all times he
+held friendship as something sacred and inviolable.
+
+Born in Ayr, Scotland, March 11, 1811, Hon. John Young attended
+the parish school, and his aptitude in his studies was manifest
+in the fact that when but fourteen years of age he obtained the
+appointment of master of the parish school at Coylton, near Ayr,
+where he taught for eighteen months. He early developed the
+habits of industry and cheerful perseverance which characterized
+his after life and in 1826, when a youth of fifteen, he completed
+his arrangements to become a resident of Canada, attracted by
+favorable reports concerning the great opportunities of the new
+world. His initial business experience here came to him as a
+clerk in the employ of John Torrance and the development of his
+powers and capacity is shown in the fact that in 1835, when but
+twenty-four years of age, he became a partner of David Torrance
+in the firm of Torrance & Young, which for five years continued
+in business at Quebec.
+
+From early manhood he was a student of the signs of the times and
+business never claimed his undivided attention. He carefully and
+systematically managed his interests, but he also found time to
+perform the duties of citizenship wisely and well and he became
+a leader of public thought and action. At an early day he urged
+upon Lord Gosford the forming of volunteer corps but the governor
+general felt there was little reason to comply with this request.
+It was not long, however, before events proved the soundness of
+his advice and when the rebellion came Mr. Young volunteered
+for service in a regiment of light infantry which was raised in
+twenty-four hours and in which he became a captain.
+
+When his aid was no longer needed Mr. Young returned to Montreal
+and became a partner of Harrison Stephens in the firm of
+Stephens, Young & Company which occupied a prominent position
+in business circles of Montreal for many years. His personal
+interests took him largely over the west and in his travels and
+his study of business conditions he saw how valuable was the St.
+Lawrence system as a factor in the commercial history of the
+American continent, furnishing the course of the natural routes
+to the seaboard. It seemed that he never lost sight of any point
+bearing upon the subject which came so close to his heart--the
+development of the shipping industries of Montreal--and
+eventually he became recognized as the greatest canal authority
+in America.
+
+Another important public enterprise with which he was associated
+at about that period was the organization and establishment of
+the Mercantile Library Association. Public feeling was not in
+sympathy with such a movement at that time and only four people
+were present when the system was formed. Writing of this period,
+a contemporary biographer has said: “The change in public feeling
+as to educational advantages then and now is well instanced by
+the fact that, besides Mr. Young, only four persons were present
+at the meeting when this society was commenced. In 1844 party
+spirit ran high and serious trouble was expected at the general
+election. Secret societies were in existence, and political
+associations formed everywhere for the purpose, as was avowed, of
+gaining by force what could not be secured otherwise. At such a
+time the post of returning officer was difficult and dangerous,
+and though the selection of a man to fill it might be esteemed
+a high compliment to his personal character, it involved also a
+personal risk which required the utmost coolness, determination,
+tact and courage in the recipient. Lord Metcalfe’s advisers
+selected John Young as the man for the emergency. The result
+soon showed that their confidence had been well placed. Mr.
+Young seems to have realized to the utmost the necessities and
+perils of the office. Fearlessly, openly and with the utmost
+judgment, he laid his plans so well and used the powers of his
+position to such effect that, contrary to all expectation, the
+election passed off without any breach of the peace. He seized
+arms and other illegal weapons wherever they could be found,
+and without regard to threats. When the secret societies became
+openly defiant he called out the troops, who were ably managed
+by him, and overawed the disorderly and turbulent so effectually
+that no rioting took place. Mr. Young’s services were so highly
+appreciated by Lord Metcalfe that they were mentioned in the
+despatches sent to the Colonial office and were the subject
+of special acknowledgment by the secretary of state for the
+colonies. They were also warmly testified to by Sir James Hope,
+who was then commander in chief at Montreal.”
+
+Another important phase in Canadian life that called forth the
+attention and the cooperation of Mr. Young was the principle of
+free trade. He was one of its most stalwart champions, and upon
+the organization of the Free Trade Association in this city he
+became its president. He was a frequent contributor of articles
+upon the subject to the Economist and to other papers and also
+wrote pamphlets which had an important effect upon public thought
+and action. He believed that the adoption of free trade measures
+would constitute the most effective force in making Canada a
+great commercial and business center. At times in his life his
+ideas were ridiculed as those of a dreamer, but the years proved
+the soundness of his vision and men came to rely upon his opinion.
+
+His connection with the harbor work and the improvement of the
+channel between Montreal and Quebec began in 1846 and later
+occupied much of his time and attention. He was active, too, with
+those who were foremost in furthering the railroad built, and
+he was one of the organizers of the Montreal & Portland Railway
+Company and also active in promoting the line from Montreal to
+Toronto, as president of the company having that in charge. The
+work was of a most difficult nature, for the promoters had to
+solve at least in part the great engineering problems of railroad
+building and not merely finance the project. It was Mr. Young
+who proposed the building of a bridge across the St. Lawrence.
+Again well known business men scoffed at the plan but the
+Victoria bridge stands as a monument to his public spirit and his
+enterprise, and has converted Montreal from a fifth rate harbor
+into a first class port at a distance from the seaboard without
+a parallel in the world. Mr. Young’s keen appreciation of the
+capabilities of engineering as a profession and his confidence in
+the application of education and trained reason to the overcoming
+of all natural and mechanical difficulties which always was
+noticeable in his intercourse with the professional men with
+whom his life brought him into contact, was beyond doubt one of
+the most effective means of securing consideration for this work
+and of urging on the genius of Stephenson to an achievement then
+supposed to be impossible. Men believed Mr. Young to be visionary
+when he attempted the task of sounding the river that he might
+point out the exact situation where the bridge should be built
+and which it actually occupies. It was at about the same period
+that he devised a plan for the Caughnawaga canal whereby to
+connect the St. Lawrence river and Lake Champlain and thus secure
+another outlet to the sea. His efforts were a notable force in
+making Montreal a grain shipping center and when the St. Lawrence
+canals were opened in 1849 he sent the first cargo of merchandise
+from Montreal to Chicago and brought back the first cargo of
+American grain. The rapid growth of shipping at this point and
+certain trouble that arose concerning the unloading of vessels
+impressed upon Mr. Young the need of a harbor police and he
+presented the matter so forcefully to the government that a water
+police force was created.
+
+In 1851 Mr. Young by popular suffrage was made the representative
+of his district in parliament and in October of that year became
+chief commissioner of public works and a member of the board
+of railway commissioners in the Hincks-Tache administration.
+He advocated the building of a railroad from Halifax to Quebec
+and Montreal and thence westward. His plans were not adopted at
+that time and only came to fruition in 1877. In the same year he
+strongly urged the establishment of a fortnightly mail service
+between Montreal and Liverpool in the summer and between Portland
+and Liverpool in the winter. In 1854 he was again made the
+Montreal representative in parliament, where he entered earnestly
+upon the work of chairman of the committee on public accounts.
+In 1857 he declined to again stand for parliament, but it was
+impossible for one of his nature to retire from public life so
+conscientious was he regarding the duties of citizenship. In 1860
+he retired from business with a handsome fortune and the same
+year was chosen chairman of the committee of arrangements for the
+most gigantic and successful series of entertainments ever held
+in Montreal up to that time on the occasion of the visit of His
+Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, afterward King Edward. About
+that time Mr. Young went to Scotland for the further education of
+his family, returning in 1862. In 1863 he was the nominee of the
+liberal party for Montreal West, but was defeated. In that year,
+however, he was made a commissioner to Washington to consider the
+reciprocity treaty.
+
+All of these activities, although important, were less so than
+his life work in making Montreal a seaport and improving the
+navigation of the St. Lawrence. No other single project has so
+greatly benefited the city and this section of the country. The
+name of the Hon. John Young will always be connected with its
+successful accomplishment and he is entitled to the grateful
+remembrance of the citizens of Montreal for all time. He had
+the opportunity of furthering his projects and plans of this
+kind through his membership on the harbor board. As the result
+of his efforts Montreal ceased to be a mere landing place for
+boatmen and became a great shipping port. He had the greatest
+faith in the possibilities of the growth of Montreal and with
+it the progress of the Dominion and urged that this would be
+brought about through the development of the St. Lawrence, which
+he claimed to be the natural outlet for the western part of the
+United States as well as for the products of western Canada.
+As the result of his untiring labors in 1843 the government
+determined to deepen Lake St. Peter but very little was done
+until 1851. In 1854 Mr. Young entered upon active measures to
+promote the work and by persistent efforts the channel was
+deepened to sixteen feet in 1857 and still further the work
+was continued until the channel depth became twenty-two feet.
+Statistics could be cited showing how year by year the shipping
+was increased after the work of river and harbor improvements
+was begun. No other man did as much as Mr. Young in urging
+these great improvements of the water communications connecting
+Montreal with the sea. In all of his public service he looked
+beyond the exigencies of the moment to the possibilities and
+opportunities of the future, beyond the needs of his city
+and immediate district to the questions affecting the entire
+Dominion. In 1875 he served as chairman of the Baie Verte canal
+commission and returned a most exhaustive and valuable report. He
+was also the promoter of dock extension and secured the services
+of the most eminent engineers of Europe and America to carry
+forward the work.
+
+Mr. Young’s prominence as a business man and public-spirited
+citizen is further indicated in the fact that he was many times
+elected president of the Montreal Board of Trade and was the
+first president of the Dominion Board of Trade. After he had long
+retired from parliament the members induced him to once more
+stand for election, and he was returned by a most flattering
+majority. In 1873 he would not consent to again become a
+candidate and on the reorganization of the harbor board he was
+reelected its chairman. His entire service on the board covered
+a quarter of a century and during fourteen years of that time he
+was chairman. His last public service was as commissioner for
+Canada to the exposition in Sydney, Australia, whereby trade
+relations between Canada and Australia were largely promoted as
+the result of the reports which he made concerning the latter
+country.
+
+Time gives the perspective which places each individual in
+his proper relation to his age. It is a well known fact that
+investigation will but serve to heighten the fame of John Young,
+for history has proven how valuable were his efforts, how far
+reaching his activities, how clear his insight and how sound
+his judgment. Today his name is inscribed high on the roll of
+Montreal’s honored dead, while his memory is enshrined in the
+hearts of many who knew him.
+
+
+JOHN GORDON.
+
+John Gordon, founder of the wholesale dry-goods commission
+house of John Gordon & Son, of Montreal, was born in Aberdeen,
+Scotland, December 12, 1833. He was a young man of twenty years
+when in 1853 he came to Montreal to enter the employ of the
+old and well known firm of William Stephen & Company. He was
+afterward a member of the firm of James Roy & Company and from
+December, 1891, until his death, which occurred on the 12th of
+October, 1895, he was at the head of the wholesale house of John
+Gordon & Son. His advancement was continuous, and the steps in
+his orderly progression are easily discernible. His career was
+one of constantly broadening activity, and his developing powers
+contributed to the importance and extent of his achievements.
+Few men have gained higher esteem and respect, and he left to
+his family the rich heritage of an untarnished name, won through
+business integrity and kindly courtesy, constituting an example
+that others might profitably emulate.
+
+[Illustration: JAMES R. GORDON]
+
+[Illustration: JOHN GORDON]
+
+Mr. Gordon was a member of the Board of Trade and was interested
+in municipal affairs to the extent of giving hearty cooperation
+to various plans and projects for the public good. His life was
+actuated in its purposes by his Christian faith, which found
+expression in his membership in the Erskine Presbyterian church.
+
+Mr. Gordon married Miss Jane Roy, a daughter of James Roy, and
+they became parents of three sons, Charles B., James R. and
+William G. R. The second named, who was his father’s partner in
+the firm of John Gordon & Son and is now head of the business,
+was born in Montreal, January 7, 1870, and pursued his education
+in this city. Making his initial step in the business world, he
+was for four years with the house of George D. Ross & Company,
+manufacturers’ agents, and in 1891 he joined his father in
+organizing the firm and instituting the business of John Gordon
+& Son. The establishment remains today as one of the foremost
+wholesale dry-goods commission houses of Montreal, with trade
+connections that lead to all provinces of the Dominion.
+
+James R. Gordon was married to Miss Catherine McIntyre, and they
+have three children, J. Archibald, J. Kenneth and Bruce McIntyre.
+Mr. Gordon’s deep interest in the material development of the
+city is indicated in his membership in the Board of Trade and the
+Chambre de Commerce. He is also a member of St. James and other
+clubs.
+
+
+DAVID ROSS MCCORD.
+
+The unusual gifts of ready wit and great culture of David Ross
+McCord have made him a man of influence not only in the legal
+profession but in connection with various important public events
+and questions. Montreal numbers him among her native sons, his
+birth having occurred in this city March 18, 1844. The ancestry
+of the family in Canada is traced back to John McCord, who came
+from Antrim, Ireland, during the early settlement of the province
+of Quebec. The father of David R. McCord was the late Lieutenant
+Colonel Hon. John Samuel McCord, who became a judge of the
+superior court of Lower Canada and was recognized as one of the
+distinguished jurists of his day. He married Anne, a daughter of
+David Ross, an advocate of Montreal.
+
+In the acquirement of his education David R. McCord attended
+successively the Montreal high school, McGill University, which
+conferred upon him the Bachelor of Arts degree in 1862 and the
+degrees of Master of Arts and Bachelor of Civil Law in 1867; and
+Bishop’s Collegiate University of Lennoxville, which conferred
+upon him the Bachelor of Arts degree in 1864. In 1868 he was
+called to the bar and entered at once upon active practice. In
+1895 he was created king’s counselor by the Earl of Aberdeen.
+From the outset of his professional career his advancement has
+been continuous and long since he has reached a foremost position
+among the advocates of Montreal. He finds ready and correct
+solution for intricate and involved legal problems and possesses
+rare analytical and inductive powers.
+
+The question of public policy as set forth by the political
+parties of the day are of deep interest to him and at one time he
+was secretary of the Liberal-Conservative Association. For many
+years he served as one of the aldermen of Montreal and exercised
+his official prerogatives in support of various measures and
+movements for the benefit and improvement of the city. In 1901
+he advocated the appointment of a Canadian as governor general
+of the Dominion. Aside from his interest in his profession and
+the public questions of the day he has been a close student of
+natural history and has formed at his residence the nucleus of
+a natural museum. His religious faith is that of the Anglican
+church. Today his opinions are accepted as authority upon all
+matters relating to the annals of the country and of him the
+Montreal Herald said: “He probably has a more intimate knowledge
+of early Canadian history than any other man living.” His
+studious habits have brought him familiarity with a wide range
+of subjects, and his scholarly attainments have gained him place
+among the respected and honored residents of Montreal.
+
+
+
+
+INDEX
+
+
+ Adami, J. G., 301
+
+ Allan, Sir Hugh, 635
+
+ Allan, Sir H. M., 660
+
+ Allan, John, 295
+
+ Almond, J. M., 215
+
+ Ames, H. B., 618
+
+ Angers, E.-R., 562
+
+ Angus, D. F., 554
+
+ Angus, R. B., 5
+
+ Angus, W. F., 537
+
+ Archambault, A. S., 418
+
+ Archambault, J. B., 632
+
+ Archambault, J. L., 19
+
+ Archibald, J. S., 488
+
+ Ardley, W. H., 151
+
+ Arnton, J. J., 609
+
+ Asselin, Joseph, 502
+
+ Asselin, J. F. O., 501
+
+ Asselin, N. H., 508
+
+ Atherton, W. H., 648
+
+ Avard, J. G., 489
+
+
+ Badeaux, L. G., 505
+
+ Badgley, J. C. N., 20
+
+ Bagg Family, 406
+
+ Barlow, J. R., 169
+
+ Barron, R. H., 98
+
+ Baudouin, Philibert, 37
+
+ Beaudin, Simeon, 638
+
+ Beaudoin, Louis, 368
+
+ Beaudry, J. P., 355
+
+ Becket, R. A., 216
+
+ Bélanger, Leandre, 586
+
+ Bell, James, 14
+
+ Bennett, James, 422
+
+ Benoit, D. A., 526
+
+ Benson, G. F., 87
+
+ Bernier, Charles, 620
+
+ Berryer-Saint-Pierre, H. C., 550
+
+ Biron, Edouard, 436
+
+ Bissonnet, A. E. J., 479
+
+ Black, C. M., 119
+
+ Blaiklock, M. S., 139
+
+ Bloomfield, Baruch, 314
+
+ Bloomfield, Harry, 297
+
+ Bolton, W. E., 80
+
+ Bond, W. L., 216
+
+ Bonin, J. A., 412
+
+ Bourgault, J. A., 170
+
+ Boyd, L. H., 465
+
+ Boyer, Aurelien, 205
+
+ Briggs, C. A., 156
+
+ Brisset des Nos, Paul, 580
+
+ Brodeur, Donat, 273
+
+ Brophy, J. C., 398
+
+ Brossard, Edmond, 358
+
+ Brosseau, A. S., 523
+
+ Brown, E. N., 620
+
+ Brown, G. A., 31
+
+ Browne, A. A., 266
+
+ Browne, Fitz-James E., 579
+
+ Browning, J. M., 144
+
+ Buchan, J. S., 239
+
+ Buchanan, A. W. P., 473
+
+ Buller, Frank, 105
+
+ Bulmer, T. C., 398
+
+ Burke, David, 129
+
+ Busby, Thomas, 566
+
+ Byrd, Charles, 176
+
+
+ Cahan, C. H., 585
+
+ Cameron, A. G., 235
+
+ Cameron, J. C., 506
+
+ Campbell, A. H., 490
+
+ Campbell, D. W., 279
+
+ Campbell, F. W., 63
+
+ Campbell, G. A., 434
+
+ Campbell, M. A., 598
+
+ Campbell, Rollo, 58
+
+ Cantile, G. S., 559
+
+ Cassils, A. M., 240
+
+ Caverhill, George, 65
+
+ Champagne, E. O., 590
+
+ Chaput, Charles, 656
+
+ Charbonneau, Napoleon, 517
+
+ Charters, Frank, 174
+
+ Chaussé, J. A., 373
+
+ Chasse, Aime, 660
+
+ Cholette, Edouard, 284
+
+ Choquet, F. X., 594
+
+ Cleghorn, J. P., 145
+
+ Clouston, Sir E. S., 32
+
+ Cohen, Hirsch, 296
+
+ Cohen, Lyon, 624
+
+ Cooke, J. P., 665
+
+ Cotton, C. M., 92
+
+ Cousineau, Philemon, 230
+
+ Couture, J. A., 161
+
+ Cramp, G. B., 188
+
+ Creak, George, 380
+
+ Creelman, J. J., 430
+
+ Crépeau, F. G., 520
+
+ Curran, J. J., 260
+
+ Cushing, Dougall, 53
+
+
+ Dale, J. A., 350
+
+ Daly, George, 357
+
+ Daoust, Maxime, 519
+
+ David, L. O., 382
+
+ Davidson, Thornton, 80
+
+ Davis, H. W., 103
+
+ Davis, M. B., 375
+
+ Dawes, A. J., 192
+
+ Dawson, T. J., 369
+
+ Day, J. G., 387
+
+ Decary, E. R., 242
+
+ Decary, L. J. T., 310
+
+ DeCew, J. A., 334
+
+ Deguire, A. S., 606
+
+ Delisle, Arthur, 98
+
+ de Lorimier, A. E., 672
+
+ de Martigny, R. L., 517
+
+ Desautels, Oscar, 363
+
+ Desbarats, G. E., 469
+
+ Descarries, J. A., 38
+
+ Desjardins, J. L., 296
+
+ de Sola, Abraham, 69
+
+ de Sola, C. I., 571
+
+ Desroches, J. I., 493
+
+ Dickson, Norval, 69
+
+ Dillon, John, 164
+
+ Dodds, W. O. H., 59
+
+ Donnelly, J. E., 356
+
+ Drouin, Joseph, 544
+
+ Drummond, Sir G. A., 304
+
+ Dubreuil, J. F., 180
+
+ Duclos, C. A., 212
+
+ Dufresne, A. B., 211
+
+ Dupuis, J. N. O., 376
+
+ Dupuis, L. N., 88
+
+ Dupuis, P. L., 400
+
+ Dupuis, Rosaire, 448
+
+ Dussault, J. C. H., 241
+
+
+ Ecrement, Arthur, 174
+
+ Edgar, John, 252
+
+ Eliott, G. O. R., 205
+
+ Elliot, James, 158
+
+ Elliott, H. J., 598
+
+ Emard, J. U., 531
+
+ Emery-Coderre, Joseph, 574
+
+ England, F. R., 132
+
+ Evans, W. N., 381
+
+ Ewing, A. S., 131
+
+ Ewing, S. H., 483
+
+ Ewing, W. H., 421
+
+
+ Findlay, W. E., 380
+
+ Fineberg, Zigmond, 625
+
+ Fontaine, D. A., 499
+
+ Forbes, J. G. L., 478
+
+ Forest, Alfred, 495
+
+ Forget, L. J., 112
+
+ Forget, Sir Rodolphe, 577
+
+ Fortier, L. E., 662
+
+ Fowler, Robert, 273
+
+ Frigon, A. P., 286
+
+
+ Gadbois-Van dan Daigue, Emilien, 532
+
+ Gagnier, L. A., 556
+
+ Gale, Samuel, 54
+
+ Gauthier, Thomas, 538
+
+ Geoffrion, Aime, 361
+
+ Geoffrion, Amedee, 623
+
+ Gibeault, Arthur, 525
+
+ Giroux, Napoleon, 399
+
+ Gohier, Edouard, 573
+
+ Gohier, Remi, Sr., 418
+
+ Gonthier, Georges, 100
+
+ Gordon, C. B., 464
+
+ Gordon, John, 678
+
+ Gordon, J. A., 271
+
+ Gordon, Nathan, 283
+
+ Gouin, Sir Lomer, 583
+
+ Gould, C. H., 272
+
+ Grandbois, H. A. E., 252
+
+ Gravel, J. O., 18
+
+ Gravel, Ludger, 344
+
+ Gray, H. R., 11
+
+ Greene, David, 99
+
+ Guerin, J. J. E., 130
+
+ Guertin, C. A., 338
+
+ Guimond, J. L. A., 97
+
+ Guindon, J. M., 644
+
+ Guy Family, 415
+
+ Guyon, Louis, 42
+
+
+ Hadrill, George, 43
+
+ Hague, George, 322
+
+ Hamilton, W. F., 83
+
+ Hannaford, E. P., 439
+
+ Hart, A. J., 111
+
+ Hart, R. A. B., 111
+
+ Harwood, C. A. de L., 668
+
+ Hastings, George, 349
+
+ Hastings, W. A., 93
+
+ Hawksworth, Alfred, 403
+
+ Hayes, C. A., 167
+
+ Hays, C. M., 44
+
+ Hébert, Albert, 484
+
+ Hébert, C. P., 328
+
+ Hébert, E. N., 233
+
+ Hébert, René, 338
+
+ Hébert, Zéphirin, 364
+
+ Heffernan, T. F., 562
+
+ Henderson, L. L., 285
+
+ Henry, A. C., 86
+
+ Henshaw, H. H., 379
+
+ Heward, E. H., 666
+
+ Hibbard, F. W., 198
+
+ Hickson, Sir Joseph, 614
+
+ Hill, C. G., 254
+
+ Hingston, Sir W. H., 641
+
+ Hogan, Henry, 152
+
+ Holgate, Henry, 555
+
+ Hope, W. H., 223
+
+ Hopper, R. T., 428
+
+ Hunt, T. S., 194
+
+ Hurtubise, Gabriel, 187
+
+ Hutchison, A. C., 274
+
+
+ Inglis, R. J., 463
+
+
+ Jamieson, R. C., 440
+
+ Johnston, James, 12
+
+
+ Kavanagh, A. O., 446
+
+ Kavanagh, Walter, 393
+
+
+ La Badie, J. A. O., 524
+
+ Labelle, A. E. D., 416
+
+ Lacasse, N. U., 104
+
+ Lacasse, P.-C., 265
+
+ Lachapelle, E. P., 182
+
+ Ladouceur, B. N., 245
+
+ Lafontaine, Adrien, 387
+
+ Lamarche, J. P., 613
+
+ Latour, L. D., 280
+
+ Laurendeau, Charles, 512
+
+ Learmont, J. B., 218
+
+ Leclerc, C. E., 64
+
+ Leduc, F. G., 319
+
+ Legare, J. B. D., 268
+
+ Letourneau, Severin, 345
+
+ Lighthall, W. D., 542
+
+ Linton, Robert, 445
+
+ Loranger, L. J., 393
+
+ Loranger, L. O., 589
+
+ Lovell, R. K., 59
+
+ Lyall, Peter, 210
+
+ Lyman, Charles, 560
+
+
+ McArthur, Colin, 466
+
+ McCaskill, D. A., 480
+
+ McConnell, J. B., 298
+
+ McCord, D. R., 681
+
+ McDonald, Duncan, 613
+
+ McDougall, Thomas, 267
+
+ McKenna, James, 428
+
+ McKenna, Patrick, 424
+
+ McShane, G. F. J., 567
+
+ McShane, James, 631
+
+ Macaulay, T. B., 405
+
+ MacCallum, D. C., 411
+
+ Macdonald, J. K., 441
+
+ MacDougall, D. L., 417
+
+ MacDougall, G. C., 240
+
+ Macfarlane, Lawrence, 362
+
+ Mackay, Hugh, 289
+
+ MacMahon, T. J., 332
+
+ Maguire, C. H., 392
+
+ Mann, J. A., 530
+
+ Manson, A. C., 331
+
+ Marechal, L. T., 502
+
+ Martin, J. E., 167
+
+ Martin, R. D., 94
+
+ Martineau, J. F. V., 430
+
+ Mathieu, Michel, 84
+
+ Matthews, G. H., 126
+
+ Maxwell, W. S., 340
+
+ Mayrand, Georges, 566
+
+ Meighen, Robert, 74
+
+ Melancon, Bernard, 187
+
+ Mercier, Honore, Jr., 494
+
+ Mercier, Honore, 544
+
+ Mercier, P. E., 604
+
+ Michaud, Alexander, 140
+
+ Michaud, J. L., 529
+
+ Michaud, J. W., 530
+
+ Miles, Henry, 388
+
+ Mitchell, John, 313
+
+ Mitchell, V. E., 150
+
+ Monette, G. A., 518
+
+ Morgan, F. C., 637
+
+ Morgan, Henry & Co., Ltd., 629
+
+ Morgan, James, 605
+
+ Montgomery, G. H. A., 352
+
+ Monty, Rodolphe, 303
+
+ Morin, Victor, 248
+
+ Morrice, David, 179
+
+ Moyse, C. E., 321
+
+ Mullin, Patrick, 447
+
+ Mullin, R. T., 511
+
+ Mussen, Thomas, 209
+
+
+ Nicholls, A. G., 125
+
+
+ O’Connor, James, 224
+
+ Ogden, I. G., 584
+
+ Ogilvie, W. W., 106
+
+ O’Meara, William, 367
+
+ Orr-Lewis, Frederic, 561
+
+ Ouimet, J. A., 199
+
+ Ouimet, Seraphin, 410
+
+
+ Patenaude, E. L., 488
+
+ Paterson, William, 496
+
+ Paterson, W. S., 356
+
+ Paton, James, 514
+
+ Patterson, William, 647
+
+ Perham, L. D., 424
+
+ Phillips, C. S. J., 234
+
+ Phillips, Thomas, 434
+
+ Phillips, Thomas, Jr., 422
+
+ Piché, J. G., 487
+
+ Pigeon, R. A. J., 376
+
+ Pillow, H. W., 609
+
+ Pillow, J. A., 157
+
+ Pratt, John, 120
+
+ Prefontaine, Isaie, 60
+
+ Préfontaine, Raymond, 651
+
+ Prendergast, W. J., 435
+
+ Pringle, Thomas, 191
+
+
+ Rainville, J. H., 535
+
+ Rankin, John, 181
+
+ Reford, Robert, 134
+
+ Reynolds, M. M., 156
+
+ Richer, A. J., 599
+
+ Rielle, Joseph, 236
+
+ Rinfret, Thibaudeau, 568
+
+ Riordon, Carl, 284
+
+ Ritchie, T. W., 124
+
+ Rivet, L. A. A., 370
+
+ Robb, Thomas, 259
+
+ Robertson, Andrew, 474
+
+ Robertson, Farquhar, 292
+
+ Robertson, William, 327
+
+ Robichon, X. A., 610
+
+ Roddick, Sir T. G., 316
+
+ Rodier, C. S., 85
+
+ Rogers, D. B., 391
+
+ Rondeau, A. O., 290
+
+ Rosenberg, Carl, 246
+
+ Ross, James, 22
+
+ Ross, J. G., 206
+
+ Routh, C. H., 346
+
+ Roy, F. X., 103
+
+ Roy, Henri, 343
+
+ Roy, R. J., 91
+
+ Rutherford, William, 245
+
+
+ St. Jacques, J. L., 346
+
+ St. Julien, J. A., 512
+
+ Sammett, M. A., 626
+
+ Scott, Gilbert, 235
+
+ Seath, David, 671
+
+ Shanks, W. R. L., 31
+
+ Shatford, A. P., 247
+
+ Shepherd, R. W., 333
+
+ Ship, Fischel, 337
+
+ Skinner, W. W., 259
+
+ Smith, C. F., 200
+
+ Smith, D. A., Lord Strathcona, 448
+
+ Smith, William, 170
+
+ Starkey, T. A., 655
+
+ Stephens, G. W., 146
+
+ Stevenson, S. C., 291
+
+ Stewart, A. D., 313
+
+ Strathy, J. A. L., 168
+
+ Surveyer, Arthur, 500
+
+ Surveyer, E. F., 536
+
+ Surveyer, L. J. A., 66
+
+ Symonds, Herbert, 151
+
+
+ Taylor, R. B., 667
+
+ Tellier, Louis, 597
+
+ Tessier, Camille, 253
+
+ Thomas, F. W., 394
+
+ Thompson, F. E., 320
+
+ Thompson, F. W., 221
+
+ Tremblay, Joseph, 600
+
+
+ Vanier, J. E., 400
+
+ Venne, Joseph, 508
+
+ Versailles, Joseph, 423
+
+ Villeneuve, J. O., 162
+
+ Villeneuve, Leonidas, 8
+
+ Vineberg, Harris, 227
+
+
+ Walker, H. E., 217
+
+ Walsh, M. J., 13
+
+ Ward, J. K., 643
+
+ White, W. J., 133
+
+ Whitehead, E. A., 442
+
+ Whyte, W. H., 513
+
+ Wilson, Daniel, 173
+
+ Wilson, J. T., 175
+
+ Wray, J. C., 362
+
+
+ Young, John, 675
+
+
+
+
+Transcriber’s Notes:
+
+
+Each illustration page was followed by a blank page, both of
+which were numbered. These are the sources of the apparently
+missing pages. No pages are actually missing. Some illustrations
+have been moved a page or two forward or backward to co-locate
+them with the appropriate biography, or to remove them from the
+middle of a paragraph.
+
+Commas and periods missed by either the printer or the scanning
+process were added. Commas and periods interchanged by the
+printer were corrected.
+
+Several proper names, printed inconsistently, were made
+consistent:
+
+ Francois, Francoise, Francais and Francais were normalized to
+ François, Françoise, Français and Française
+
+ Pointe aux Trembles was normalized to Pointe-aux-Trembles.
+
+ Lotbinere and Lotbiniére were normalized to Lotbinière.
+
+Accents on other proper names were are unchanged from the
+original.
+
+Smallpox and small-pox were inconsistently hyphenated in multiple
+places and so were left as printed.
+
+Accents and other diacritical marks do not appear over or under
+capital letters, and were not added.
+
+Some words which appear incorrect today have been acceptable
+spellings in the past. These words (e.g. employe, malster,
+Hainout, Scotish, threshhold, etc.) were left as printed. Words
+which are rendered with more typically French spelling, such as
+“interne” reflect the significant French influence on the English
+of the time and place and are therefore not corrected to standard
+English spellings. Similarly, accents on French words used in
+English text are very frequently omitted, and they have not been
+added except as noted below.
+
+Capitalization of the words “street”,“place”,“lane” and “avenue”,
+when part of proper names was inconsistent, and corrected. Other
+proper names lacking capitalization were corrected.
+
+The following proper names are probably incorrect, but as that is
+not certain, they are unchanged:
+
+ On page 280, Latour dit Dufour is probably Dufour dit Latour
+
+ On page 394, Moorwinstow is probably Morwenstow
+
+ On page 484, LsRaoul de Lorimer is probably Louis-Raoul de Lorimer
+
+ On page 598, Port Elain is probably Port Elgin
+
+ On pages 531-532, Hon. J. Ald Ouimet is probably Hon. J. Alderic
+ Ouimet.
+
+There are several places where words appear to be missing.
+They were added only when the missing word was certain and are
+included in the following list of corrected printer’s errors.
+
+ “mediaeval” was changed to “mediæval” on page 69 to match other
+ instances in the volume (during those mediæval times)
+
+ “over-estimated” changed to “overestimated” on page 73 to match
+ other instances in the volume (could scarcely be overestimated)
+
+ “broadmindedness” changed to “broad-mindedness” on page 84 (from
+ a deficiency in that broad-mindedness)
+
+ “whch” changed to “which” on page 91 (from which he was graduated)
+
+ “Portoria” changed to “Portora” on page 99 (the Royal School of
+ Portora)
+
+ “Canado” changed to “Canada” on page 100 (Canada-French Trade
+ Development Committee)
+
+ “Societe” changed to “Société” on page 104 (La Société St. Jean
+ Baptiste)
+
+ “opthalmologists” changed to “ophthalmologists” and
+ “opthalmoscopy” changed to “ophthalmoscopy” on page 105 ( one of
+ the most celebrated ophthalmologists; method of ophthalmoscopy;
+ He was the first ophthalmologist)
+
+ “enthusiam” changed to “enthusiasm” on page 116 (His greatest
+ enthusiasm was aroused)
+
+ “became” changed to “become” on page 130 (he has also become
+ equally widely known)
+
+ “reelcted” changed to “reelected” on page 130 (and was reelected
+ in 1896 and 1897)
+
+ “eun” changed to “eund” on page 132 (ad eund)
+
+ “Quarreau” changed to “Ouareau” on page 150 ( the Charlemagne &
+ Lac Ouareau Lumber Company)
+
+ “researth” changed to “research” on page 194 (his original
+ research work was published)
+
+ “far” changed to “for” on page 230 (who for a number of years)
+
+ “wholsale” changed to “wholesale” on page 240 (a wholesale
+ leather merchant)
+
+ “Batallion” changed to “Battalion” on page 266 (Eighty-third
+ Battalion of Infantry)
+
+ “McCallum” changed to “MacCallum” on page 266 (Professor Duncan
+ MacCallum)
+
+ “Assocation” changed to “Association” on page 272 (American
+ Library Association)
+
+ “Christ’s” changed to “Christ” on page 273 (Christ Church
+ Cathedral)
+
+ “vangaurd” changed to “vanguard” on page 301 (He keeps in the
+ vanguard)
+
+ “Baptist” changed to “Baptiste” on page 310 (son of Jean Baptiste
+ and Marie Theolinde)
+
+ “boom” changed to “bloom” on page 315 (freshness and bloom of
+ life)
+
+ “discernable” changed to “discernible” on page 324 (are easily discernible)
+
+ “physicain” changed to “physician” on page 338 (superintendent of
+ St. Paul’s Hospital, physician to)
+
+ “Hebert” changed to “Hébert” on page 340 (of which Philip Hébert
+ was the sculptor)
+
+ “Beauprè” changed to “Beaupré” on page 358 (the Preparatory
+ College at Ste. Anne de Beaupré)
+
+ “Therese” changed to “Thérèse” on page 367 (the College of Ste.
+ Thérèse)
+
+ “come” changed to “came” on page 367 (In the latter year he came
+ to St. Gabriel’s)
+
+ “Featherstonehough” changed to “Fetherstonhaugh” on page 376
+ (Fetherstonhaugh, Dennison & Blackmore)
+
+ “Clerge” changed to “Clergé” on page 385 (Le Clergé Canadien)
+
+ “Boisbrand” changed to “Boisbriand” on page 392 (The Glade,
+ Boisbriand, province of Quebec)
+
+ “it” changed to “at” on page 418 (pursued his education at St.
+ Hyacinthe College)
+
+ duplicate word “of” removed from page 428 (on the 12th of July)
+
+ “stateman” changed to “statesman” on page 458 (he was not a
+ statesman)
+
+ “shorts” changed to “short” on page 462 (A few short hours of
+ frozen day)
+
+ missing word “in” added on page 466 (and died in 1902)
+
+ “Avocatau” changed to “avocat au” on page 469 (Avocat au
+ Parlement)
+
+ “colonal” changed to “colonel” on page 470 (lieutenant colonel of
+ militia)
+
+ “sucessful” changed to “successful” on page 472 (made his life
+ brilliantly successful)
+
+ “professionl” changed to “professional” on page 512 (concentrate
+ his energies upon his professional interests)
+
+ “Abbe” changed to “Abbé” on page 531 (a private school conducted
+ by Abbé Villeneuve)
+
+ “to day” changed to “today” on page 553 (Shortis is today
+ detained)
+
+ “non-essential” changed to “nonessential” on page 555 to match
+ other instances in the volume (essential and the nonessential)
+
+ “non-sectarian” changed to “nonsectarian” on page 556 to match
+ other instances in the volume (nonsectarian in his religious belief)
+
+ “Brown’s” changed to “Browne’s” on page 579 (Mr. Browne’s
+ advertising measures)
+
+ “ninteenth” changed to “nineteenth” on page 589 (the later half
+ of the nineteenth century)
+
+ “Eteves” changed to “Elèves” on page 605 (Association des Anciens
+ Elèves de L’Ecole Polytechnique)
+
+ “cloest” changed to “closest” on page 605 (will bear the closest
+ investigation and scrutiny)
+
+ “farreaching” changed to “far-reaching” on page 605 (of
+ far-reaching importance)
+
+ “gardner” changed to “gardener” on page 606 (The father was a
+ gardener by profession.)
+
+ “beneficient” changed to “beneficent” on page 606 (extend to many
+ beneficent projects)
+
+ extra character “a” removed from page 614 (He left that
+ corporation to accept)
+
+ “Lafontain” changed to “Lafontaine” on page 618 (Lafontaine Club)
+
+ “repesentative” changed to “representative” on page 618 (a
+ representative of that corporation)
+
+ “beneficient” changed to “beneficent” on page 626 (the beneficent
+ spirit)
+
+ “tome” changed to “come” on page 630 (have come to include)
+
+ “eqully” changed to “equally” on page 635 (was almost equally
+ well known)
+
+ “opportunties” changed to “opportunities” on page 637 (Liberal
+ educational opportunties)
+
+ “sumitted” changed to “submitted” on page 643 (questions which
+ were submitted for consideration)
+
+ “Ecolé” changed to “Ecole” on page 651 (Ecole des Hautes Etudes
+ Commerciales)
+
+ “Monteral” changed to “Montreal” on page 652 (progress of
+ Montreal was slow)
+
+ “Subsequetly” changed to “Subsequently” on page 655 (Subsequently
+ he pursued)
+
+ “succcess” changed to “success” on page 665 (and win success)
+
+ “distingnuished” changed to “distinguished” on page 667 (such
+ distinguished men as Lord Strathcona)
+
+ “he” changed to “the” on page 677 (where the bridge should be
+ built)
+
+ “Champlin” changed to “Champlain” on page 677 (Lake Champlain)
+
+Angus, R. B. added to the Index.
+
+
+
+
+
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+<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_1" id="Page_1">[1]</a></p>
+
+<h1>MONTREAL</h1>
+
+<p class="center">From 1535 to 1914</p>
+
+<hr class="r10" />
+
+<p class="center xlarge">BIOGRAPHICAL</p>
+
+<hr class="r10" />
+
+<p class="center bold">VOLUME III</p>
+
+<hr class="r10" />
+
+<p class="center">THE S. J. CLARKE PUBLISHING COMPANY</p>
+
+<p class="center small">MONTREAL VANCOUVER CHICAGO</p>
+
+<p class="center small">1914
+</p>
+
+<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_4" id="Page_4">[4]</a></p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 347px;">
+<img src="images/image004.jpg" width="347" height="500" alt="RICHARD B. ANGUS" />
+<p class="caption">RICHARD B. ANGUS</p>
+</div>
+
+<hr class="chap" />
+
+<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_5" id="Page_5">[5]</a></p>
+
+
+
+
+<h2>BIOGRAPHICAL</h2>
+
+<hr class="chap" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_A21" id="Idx_A21"></a>RICHARD BLADWORTH ANGUS.</h3>
+
+<p>“No man in Montreal and very few in Canada have had a fuller,
+riper and more successful career than ‘the man of peace,’ as
+he is known in business circles.” So writes the Toronto Globe
+of Richard Bladworth Angus, and there is little to add that
+would describe the man more accurately. A purposeful man, a
+deep thinker, a man of the highest principles, Mr. Angus is
+representative of the empire builders of Canada. Beginning his
+career in a humble station, he has climbed the ladder of success
+rung by rung until he reached the ranks of men like the late
+Lord Strathcona, and the present Lord Mount Stephen, with whom
+he labored in building the most important railroad lines in the
+Dominion and with whom he stood for all that which has made
+Canada the great empire that it is today. Not only has Mr. Angus
+been prominent as a builder and financier of great rail lines,
+but he has given of his time and means toward the establishment
+of great institutions to care for the sick, to bring education to
+all those who may seek it, to promote and disseminate a thorough
+understanding of art—in short, to promote the intellectual as
+well as the material welfare of that most enterprising of all
+British peoples—the Canadian nation.</p>
+
+<p>Richard B. Angus was born in Bathgate, Scotland, May 28, 1831,
+and educated there. While in his native country he was employed
+by the Manchester & Liverpool Bank for some time and in 1857
+entered the offices of the Bank of Montreal in Canada. To the
+present generation the name of R. B. Angus has been rightly
+considered a synonym for the financial activity instituted by the
+Bank of Montreal, for he has been connected with that institution
+since 1857, having come out from Scotland to accept a position in
+the bank in which at a later date he was to be for many years the
+guiding hand. His keen mind, his adaptability to new conditions,
+his shrewdness and his careful weighing of important questions
+assured him of quick promotion and four years after he became
+connected with the institution he was placed in charge of the
+Chicago agency, in 1861 and in 1863 was agent for the bank in New
+York.</p>
+
+<p>During his sojourn in Chicago Mr. Angus became acquainted with
+the spirit of the great west and what it was hoped might be
+accomplished there. He saw the states of Illinois and Iowa
+budding forth from prairie to splendidly developed communities
+and reasoning by analogy he recognized what the future had in
+store for the Canadian west following the construction of the
+Canadian Pacific Railway.<a class="pagenum" name="Page_6" id="Page_6">[6]</a> The splendid financial standing of the
+Canadian Pacific Railway Company today is also in a measure due
+to the wisdom of this man, whom no doubt Sir Thomas Shaughnessy
+considers one of his wisest counsellors.</p>
+
+<p>In 1864 Mr. Angus returned to Montreal to become second assistant
+manager of the Bank of Montreal, was later appointed assistant
+manager and became manager in 1868. In 1869, or two years after
+the union of the British North American colonies, Mr. Angus was
+appointed general manager of the Bank of Montreal, a position
+which he held until November 1, 1879. It is said that during
+these ten years his advice was sought many times by the different
+finance ministers of the Dominion not only as regards federal
+loans but also concerning the general financial policy of the
+country. Although a native of Scotland, where free trade exists,
+Mr. Angus looked with favor upon the protectionist program,
+which triumphed in Canada on the 18th of September, 1878. He
+saw therein a means whereby the Dominion could become a great
+manufacturing country, and he has lived long enough to see the
+splendid fruition of that policy.</p>
+
+<p>After his ten years’ tenure of office as general manager of
+the Bank of Montreal Mr. Angus was called to another sphere of
+usefulness. When several prominent men connected with the Bank of
+Montreal bought out the Dutch interests in what was then called
+the St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway, those interested,
+realizing the ability of Mr. Angus as a financier and organizer,
+asked him to leave the bank and become the representative of
+their interests in St. Paul. Accepting the management of the
+railway, his great success during the two years of his residence
+in the American northwest has become a part of the history not
+only of the American but also of the Canadian northwest. Mr.
+Angus was one of the first promoters of the Canadian Pacific
+Railway. He was among the earliest to recognize the stupendous
+success which would attend the project if there was carried out
+an enlightened policy of settlement and industrial expansion.
+A syndicate was formed, with Mr. George Stephen, later Lord
+Mount Stephen, and Mr. Donald A. Smith, later Lord Strathcona,
+as its leading spirits. Mr. Angus was one of the original
+body and he has remained in connection with the incorporated
+company ever since as one of its directors. He advised upon the
+strategic points where the chief entrenchments of the first
+transcontinental road should be laid out and he pointed out the
+spots where the Bank of Montreal could most effectively plant
+its branches. This policy of his had a great deal to do with
+the expansion which has brought the capitalization of the Bank
+of Montreal and the Canadian Pacific Railway up to the present
+colossal figures.</p>
+
+<p>As general manager of the Bank of Montreal Mr. Angus served
+under four presidents, namely, T. B. Anderson, E. H. King, David
+Torrance and George Stephen, now Lord Mount Stephen, and he and
+the latter are the only ones of the number yet living. He also
+sat as director with Lord Strathcona and Sir George A. Drummond,
+succeeding the latter to the presidency of the bank July 22,
+1910. All admit that no one of that galaxy of financiers who have
+year after year sat at the historic round table ever rendered
+greater service to the institution than R. B. Angus.</p>
+
+<p>At an age when most men throw off official cares and
+responsibilities to enjoy the leisure which prosperity has
+brought them Mr. Angus in his octogenarian prime took up as
+cheerfully as would a man of forty the principal position in
+Canada’s foremost financial institution. In November, 1913, on
+account of advancing<a class="pagenum" name="Page_7" id="Page_7">[7]</a> years and a desire to be relieved of all
+financial burdens of a public character, Mr. Angus resigned the
+presidency of the Bank of Montreal, but remains a member of the
+board and continues to give the institution the benefit of his
+ripe, wide and valuable experience.</p>
+
+<p>That worth hath its reward is evident in Mr. Angus’ career, who
+is rated today as one of the richest men in Montreal. However,
+he seems to consider himself more in the light of a steward of
+his vast property interests, for he freely and liberally has
+given of his means and made handsome contributions to numerous
+institutions. Among these is the Montreal Art Association, of
+which he was formerly president and to which he gave money and
+several valuable paintings. He also supported McGill University
+with a considerable sum and gave to the Alexandra Contagious
+Diseases Hospital of Montreal, of which he is a governor and
+was a founder. He was president of the Royal Victoria Hospital,
+which institution he also has liberally supported, and is a
+vice president of the Royal Victorian Order of Nurses. The
+Charity Organization Society, of which he is a director, has
+also benefited in a material way and by his timely advice. Mr.
+Angus was also a governor of the Montreal General Hospital. An
+honor to his race and one of the foremost representatives among
+Scotchmen in Canada, he served several times as president of the
+St. Andrew’s Society of Montreal. Mr. Angus was governor of the
+Fraser Institute Free Public Library and is an honorary member of
+the Antiquarian and Numismatic Society of Montreal.</p>
+
+<p>Among commercial and financial institutions with which he has
+been or is connected are the Canadian Pacific Railway Company,
+the Laurentide Paper Company, the Dominion Coal Company, the
+Dominion Iron & Steel Company, the Dominion Bridge Company, the
+Royal Trust Company, the Grand Falls Power Company, the Pacific
+Coal Company, the Canadian Salt Company, the Northwest Land
+Company and the London & Lancashire Life Assurance Company.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Angus has always taken a deep interest in public institutions
+and was one of the chief promoters of the board of control in
+Montreal, which was founded in 1909. He has ever placed his
+services at the disposal of such affairs as have made for a
+greater and better Canada. In 1910 knighthood was offered to him,
+but he declined the honor.</p>
+
+<p>Among the clubs of which Mr. Angus is a member are: the St.
+James, of which he was formerly chairman; the Mount Royal, of
+which he was a founder and of which he has served as president;
+the Montreal Jockey; the Auto and Aero Club; the Forest and
+Stream Club; and the Winter Club. He also is a member of the
+Rideau Club of Ottawa, the Toronto Club, the York Club of Toronto
+and the Manitoba Club of Winnipeg.</p>
+
+<p>On June 13, 1857, Angus was married to Miss Mary Anne Daniels,
+who died March 13, 1913. To them were born three sons and six
+daughters, two of the latter being deceased.</p>
+
+<p>In religious matters Mr. Angus adheres to the stern faith of his
+fathers, being a Presbyterian. It may be said of him that in all
+fields in which he has exerted his activities he has excelled.
+Quiet in demeanor, he is purposeful and unconsciously exerts an
+influence which makes for domination. That this domination is
+always used to good purpose and for the benefit of his country
+and its people stands to his high credit. Sir Sandford Fleming
+paid him high compliment as a banker in the words that he is
+a man who<a class="pagenum" name="Page_8" id="Page_8">[8]</a> “in every way is a credit to the great institution
+over which he so worthily presides,” and the Montreal Star
+characterizes him as “one of Canada’s prominent and most highly
+respected financiers.” Mr. Angus is a true Scotchman, a truer
+Canadian, but best of all—a man worthy of the name.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_V5" id="Idx_V5"></a>LEONIDAS VILLENEUVE.</h3>
+
+<p>From a comparatively humble position in business circles Leonidas
+Villeneuve advanced until he ranked with the millionaire
+merchants of Montreal and throughout his entire career his record
+was such as any man might be proud to possess, bringing to him
+the respect of colleagues and contemporaries. The record of his
+career, showing the steps in his orderly progression, may serve
+as a source of inspiration and encouragement to others and in
+this biography finds its chief motive and value.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Villeneuve was born in Terrebonne county, at Ste. Anne des
+Plaines, a son of Joachim Villeneuve, who was a farmer there. His
+boyhood and youth were uneventfully passed, but when twenty years
+of age he determined to try his fortune in the commercial field.
+He was attracted to the lumber business and, believing that he
+would find it congenial and profitable, he established a small
+lumberyard north of Mount Royal Avenue, in the ownership and
+conduct of which he was first associated with the late Senator J.
+O. Villeneuve. Gradually he advanced toward the goal of success,
+his business growing with the development of the district. He
+remained at its head until his death, eventually conducting an
+extensive business under the name of the L. Villeneuve Company.
+This brought him substantial returns and his fortune also arose
+through his wise and judicious investments in real estate. From
+time to time he added to his holdings and, when there was a
+real-estate boom in the district, he had extensive holdings, a
+portion of which he sold, realizing therefrom a handsome fortune.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Villeneuve was a prominent figure in local circles in
+connection with the growth and progress of his section. When the
+district north of Mount Royal Avenue gradually developed from
+a sparsely settled region into a fast growing town he was one
+of the leading spirits in planning roadways, parks and public
+improvements. To him in great measure it is due that, with its
+wide streets and well built homes, Laurier ward is among the most
+attractive in this city. He was for twenty years associated with
+the municipal life of Ville St. Louis, first serving as alderman
+and afterward for three terms as mayor.</p>
+
+<p>In politics Mr. Villeneuve was a stalwart conservative, but while
+working actively in the party and doing everything in his power
+to promote its growth and secure its success, he could never be
+tempted to try his fortune in either the federal or provincial
+fields, although he was requested on many occasions to carry the
+party banner. He was universally respected for his unswerving
+business honesty and uprightness, and upon these qualities as a
+foundation he builded his success, which placed him among the
+leaders in his particular line in eastern Canada. His sound
+judgment enabled him to correctly value those things which go to
+make up life’s contacts and experiences. His opinions were sound,
+his enterprise unfaltering and his activities were of a character
+that contributed to the public welfare as well as to individual
+success. Mr. Villeneuve was a<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_11" id="Page_11">[11]</a></span> member of the Roman Catholic
+church, and took a great deal of interest in church affairs.</p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 347px;">
+<img src="images/image009.jpg" width="347" height="500" alt="LEONIDAS VILLENEUVE" />
+<p class="caption">LEONIDAS VILLENEUVE</p>
+</div>
+
+<p>Mr. Villeneuve was married twice. His first wife was Malvina
+Joyal, a sister of Dr. Joyal, of Montreal, and to them was born
+a son, J. Arthur, who was educated in Montreal and traveled
+extensively with his father in Europe. He married Miss Yvonne
+Lariviere, of Montreal, and has a son, Jean Leonidas, born
+July 11, 1913. J. Arthur Villeneuve is vice president of the
+L. Villeneuve Company and of the Eagle Lumber Company and is a
+worthy successor of his father in connection with the lumber
+industry of the country. For his second wife Leonidas Villeneuve
+chose Dame Exilda Bergeron, who also survives. His life of
+intense and intelligently directed activity brought him success
+and, moreover, he always followed constructive methods in his
+business career, so that his path was never strewn with the wreck
+of other men’s fortunes.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_G21" id="Idx_G21"></a>HENRY R. GRAY.</h3>
+
+<p>Tangible evidence of the public spirit of Henry R. Gray is found
+in his service as chairman of the board of health and the radical
+and effective measures which he took in preventing the spread of
+a small-pox epidemic. He did equally efficient work in promoting
+sanitary conditions in Montreal along various lines and at the
+same time he occupied a prominent position as a representative
+of the pharmaceutical profession. He was born December 30, 1838,
+in Boston, Lincolnshire, England, and pursued his education at
+Standard Hill, Nottingham, the head master of the school being
+William Goodacre, the well known author of several standard
+educational works. He was afterward articled for five years to
+William March, chemist and apothecary, at Newark, England, and
+subsequently pursued a course of lectures on chemistry under the
+celebrated Roscoe in Manchester.</p>
+
+<p>Coming to Canada when twenty-one years of age, Mr. Gray
+established his business in Montreal in 1859 and for several
+years devoted his attention to the study of sanitary science
+and particularly to the question of the sanitation of cities.
+He was connected with every movement to improve the sanitary
+condition of Montreal and his labors were of far-reaching
+benefit. He became one of the originators of the Pharmaceutical
+Association of the province, of which he was elected secretary
+and later treasurer and vice president. He was next called to
+the presidency, serving for three consecutive years and also as
+a member of the board of examiners. He became one of the charter
+members of the Montreal College of Pharmacy and for two years was
+its president.</p>
+
+<p>In 1884 he was elected alderman of the St. Lawrence ward and soon
+afterward was unanimously chosen by the city council as chairman
+of the local board of health, serving in that difficult position
+during the whole of the disastrous epidemic of small-pox which
+devastated the city and province in 1885 and 1886. When the
+disease broke out and the death rate amounted to twenty-five per
+day, there was little civic organization to prevent the spread
+of disease or further the promotion of sanitary conditions.
+Vaccination was opposed, but Mr. Gray organized a vigorous
+campaign to stamp out the disease and obtained the passage<a class="pagenum" name="Page_12" id="Page_12">[12]</a> of
+by-laws insisting on free and compulsory vaccination. He also
+organized a civic hospital and insisted on all the small-pox
+patients being sent to the isolation hospital. Through this and
+other emergency methods he allayed the general fear and stamped
+out the disease. It was in that year that he succeeded in getting
+a by-law through the city council requiring all household refuse
+to be cremated, and shortly afterward crematories were erected
+and a contract for five years’ collection and cremation given out.</p>
+
+<p>After having served a three years’ term as alderman Mr. Gray
+declined reelection. He was appointed by the government a justice
+of the peace and a member of the council of public instruction
+for the province of Quebec and was elected to represent it on
+the corporation of the polytechnic school of this city. He was
+likewise a life governor of the Montreal General Hospital and
+the Notre Dame Hospital. When the public health act passed the
+legislature, shortly after the small-pox epidemic, Mr. Gray, who
+in addition to his aldermanic duties had been a member of the old
+central board of health for the province, was appointed a member
+of the new provincial board of health then created and remained a
+member until his death. In 1885 he was elected membre honoraire
+de la Société d’Hygiène Française of Paris, France. After his
+retirement from the city council he was requested by a number
+of leading citizens of all parties and creeds to accept the
+nomination of mayor, but owing to business reasons he was obliged
+to decline.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Gray married Miss Catherine Margaret McGale, the youngest
+daughter of the late Dr. Bernard McGale, who was a member of
+the army medical staff. Mr. Gray died February 18, 1908, and
+is survived by his wife, three daughters and a son, Dr. H. R.
+Dunstan Gray. The memory of his well spent life is cherished by
+all who were his contemporaries and his colleagues, and the worth
+of his work is recognized by all who know aught of the history of
+Montreal.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_J2" id="Idx_J2"></a>JAMES JOHNSTON.</h3>
+
+<p>Throughout an active, commercial career James Johnston was
+engaged in importing and dealing in English and foreign dry
+goods, in which connection he built up an enterprise of extensive
+and gratifying proportions, his becoming one of the leading
+commercial houses of Montreal. He was born March 20, 1849, a son
+of James and Mary (Burns) Johnston, both of whom were natives
+of Scotland, who, coming to the new world in early life, were
+married in Montreal. The father, who was born in 1819, passed
+away in this city on the 27th of May, 1882.</p>
+
+<p>Spending his youthful days under the parental roof, James
+Johnston pursued his education in the schools of Montreal and
+Quebec and, entering business circles, he became connected with
+the firm of James Johnston & Company, importers of and dealers in
+dry goods of English and foreign manufacture, of which his father
+was the head. After the death of his father he became head of the
+business, devoting his entire attention to the development of a
+trade which grew to large and gratifying proportions, making his
+one of the leading dry-goods<a class="pagenum" name="Page_13" id="Page_13">[13]</a> establishments in the city. Since
+his demise the store has been sold and is now conducted under the
+firm style of W. R. Brock Company, Ltd.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Johnston was married in Montreal, in 1876, to Miss Agnes
+Grant Robertson, a daughter of Andrew Robertson, who was a
+prominent resident of this city. By this marriage there were
+eight children of whom seven are living. The family circle was
+broken by the hand of death when on the 14th of July, 1899,
+James Johnston was called to his final rest. His interests and
+activities, aside from business, are indicated by the fact that
+he held membership in the St. James Club, the Metropolitan
+Club, the Hunt Club, the Forest and Stream Club, and St.
+Paul’s Presbyterian church. He was always actuated by high and
+manly principles and worthy motives, and he left to his family
+the priceless heritage of an untarnished name as well as the
+substantial reward of his business enterprise and sagacity.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_W2" id="Idx_W2"></a>MICHAEL JAMES WALSH.</h3>
+
+<p>Michael James Walsh is prominent along various lines of activity
+in Montreal, where he is widely known as a successful insurance
+broker but has also actively participated in an important way in
+political and governmental affairs and is moreover widely known
+in fraternal circles. Of good Irish stock, he has brought the
+sturdiness of his ancestors to the task at hand and has attained
+a success which entitles him to consideration as one of the
+substantial men of his community and a power for progress and
+improvement in the political field.</p>
+
+<p>A native of Montreal, Michael James Walsh was born on the
+2d of September, 1858, a son of Mark and Catherine (Nolan)
+Walsh, both natives of County Wexford, Ireland. The father was
+prominent as a contractor and everywhere in this city respected
+as a successful business man. Michael J. Walsh received his
+education at St. Ann’s parish, Christian Brothers School, and
+upon discontinuing his lessons became connected with the Grand
+Trunk and Canadian Pacific Railways, remaining for about ten
+years in their employ in their store departments. He then set
+out independently, becoming an insurance broker, and by native
+shrewdness and ability to understand commercial conditions has
+succeeded in building up a business which ranks him among the
+foremost men in his line in Montreal. When his private affairs
+permitted him to devote some of his time to the public weal
+he entered politics with the same zest as he displayed in his
+private business affairs and as a result was elected alderman of
+the St. Ann’s ward on February 1, 1902, continuing in that office
+for four years or until February 1, 1906, and doing valuable work
+in promoting measures which have been of far-reaching benefit
+to the city. On November 25, 1904, he was also elected a member
+of the Quebec provincial legislature and on December 28, 1908,
+reelected to that office, continuing therein until May 15, 1912.
+His legislative career has been one of success and his record has
+been so clear that his constituents may well be proud of their
+representative. He has done much in supporting valuable bills,
+especially those undertaken in the interest of his constituents,
+and has ever been active in committee rooms and on the floor of
+the house in sustaining or promoting constructive legislation.
+His political position is that of a liberal, and<a class="pagenum" name="Page_14" id="Page_14">[14]</a> he always has
+been a stanch supporter of that grand man of the liberal party,
+Sir Wilfrid Laurier.</p>
+
+<p>On October 9, 1882, at Montreal, in St. Henry parish church, Mr.
+Walsh was married to Mary Jane Barry, a daughter of David Barry,
+mechanical superintendent of the Canada Sugar Refinery, and Mary
+O’Leary, both natives of County Cork, Ireland. Mr. and Mrs. Walsh
+became the parents of two sons. Joseph Christopher Barry Walsh,
+B. A., B. C. L., is a well known notary public. The other son
+born to the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Walsh is David Robert Barry
+Walsh, who graduated from Loyola College and is now successfully
+engaged in the insurance business, being inspector for the Royal
+Exchange Association. Both sons are young men of excellent habits
+and qualifications.</p>
+
+<p>As the years have passed Mr. Walsh has become connected with
+a number of outside interests and is now a director in the
+People’s Mutual Building Society and for many years has been a
+member of the Montreal Board of Trade, doing in that connection
+important work in promoting commercial expansion. Fraternally he
+is very prominent and has held high offices in the Knights of
+Columbus, the Catholic Order of Foresters, the Catholic Mutual
+Benefit Association, the Canadian Order of Foresters, the Royal
+Guardians, the Ancient Order of Hibernians and in St. Patrick’s
+Society. A man of varied and important interests, Mr. Walsh has
+made an honorable record in business as well as in municipal
+and provincial politics and enjoys the full confidence of the
+best classes of population. In him there is strongly developed
+the quality of loyalty, and it is his devotion to a cause which
+has led him into the important relations with which he is now
+connected. He may justly be classed with Montreal’s leading
+citizens, and the position which he has attained is the more
+creditable as it has been brought about entirely by his own
+efforts.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_B12" id="Idx_B12"></a>JAMES BELL, M. D.</h3>
+
+<p>Notable service in the field of abdominal surgery won for Dr.
+James Bell an international reputation. His broad study and
+research made him a scientist of renown and his opinions were
+largely accepted as authority by the profession which recognized
+him not only as an eminent surgeon, but equally capable educator.
+He was born at North Gower, Ontario, in 1852, and after acquiring
+his early education in local schools and by private tuition,
+he entered McGill University and was graduated as Holmes’ gold
+medallist in 1877, a fact indicative of the excellent work which
+he had done in his student days. He was immediately appointed
+house surgeon in the Montreal General Hospital, which position
+he held until 1882, gaining that broad practical experience and
+knowledge which only hospital practice can bring. In 1880 he
+became medical superintendent of the Montreal General Hospital
+and in 1885 was appointed to the position of assistant surgeon,
+followed by appointment as surgeon a year later. He filled
+the position with distinction for eight years and then became
+surgeon of the new Royal Victoria Hospital in 1894, remaining
+in that connection until his demise. As the years passed his
+skill and ability constantly increased and developed and<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_17" id="Page_17">[17]</a></span> his
+reputation spread abroad until he was acknowledged not only one
+of the eminent surgeons of Canada, but also, by reason of his
+specialty in abdominal work, as one of the most distinguished
+representatives of the profession on the American continent. He
+became just as widely known in connection with surgical work for
+the treatment of gall stones and kidney diseases. In addition
+to his other hospital service he was consulting surgeon of the
+Children’s Hospital. After going to Victoria Hospital he remained
+a consulting surgeon of the Montreal General Hospital and also
+acted in a similar capacity at the Maternity Hospital.</p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 355px;">
+<img src="images/image015.jpg" width="355" height="500" alt="DR. JAMES BELL" />
+<p class="caption">DR. JAMES BELL</p>
+</div>
+
+<p>His connection with McGill University was equally brilliant,
+for through many years he was one of its able educators in the
+medical department. In 1888 he was appointed associate professor
+of clinical surgery. In 1890 he was made assistant professor of
+surgery and clinical surgery; in 1895, professor of clinical
+surgery, and in 1907, professor of surgery and clinical surgery.
+He held membership in the American Surgical Association and the
+Canadian Surgical Association, and he served as surgeon major
+in charge of the field hospital corps in the Riel rebellion,
+receiving a medal for his services, while between 1880 and 1888,
+he was surgeon to the Sixth Battalion of Fusiliers. He was
+the author of various valuable papers, including one entitled
+Tubercular Family History, and his contributions to the press
+have ever been eagerly received. He was the author of the chapter
+on Surgical Diseases and Wounds of the Kidneys and Ureters
+in American Practice of Surgery as well as numerous valuable
+treatises on the kidneys. He was a member of the Genito-Urinary
+branch of the American Medical Association in which he
+represented the Canadian Medical Association. As a diagnostician
+he had few equals and he possessed a medical technique that was
+marvelous. One of his strongest traits of character was his utter
+fearlessness. He spoke his own mind and was seldom misunderstood.
+He never catered to cheaply acquired popularity or public opinion
+and always had the courage of his convictions. He spoke what he
+thought to be the truth no matter who it opposed or offended.
+He thoroughly detested sham or deceit and was self-contained,
+quiet and self-reliant in connection with all of his professional
+service.</p>
+
+<p>Dr. Bell was married in June, 1889, to Miss Edith Mary Arnton,
+the eldest daughter of the late John J. Arnton, of Montreal, and
+they had one son, James Stuart Ethelwyn Wallace, who was born
+February 15, 1899, and in accordance with the wish of his father
+is preparing for the medical course at McGill. Dr. Bell was a
+member of a number of the leading clubs, including St. James, the
+Montreal Jockey, the Mount Royal and the University Clubs. He was
+for more than twenty years one of the enthusiastic members of the
+Montreal Hunt Club and for many years followed the hounds. He
+greatly enjoyed outdoor life, much more than so-called society
+and said with Byron,</p>
+
+<div class="blockquot">
+
+<p>“I love not man the less but nature more.”</p></div>
+
+<p>He was fond of hunting and fishing and it was his custom each
+year to hunt big game in New Brunswick where he was often a guest
+at August Belmont’s private shooting preserve. Dr. Bell was also
+a member of the Chapleau Club in the Laurentians where he went
+for his fishing. His country home, Saraguay, was his residence
+during four months in the year for more than eighteen years. Here
+he maintained a fine breeding establishment of driving and saddle
+horses and was able to gratify the great pleasure his excellent
+stock afforded him, for he was a lover of a good horse.</p>
+
+<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_18" id="Page_18">[18]</a></p>
+
+<p>No man ever more fully, however, recognized the duties and
+obligations of the profession or more conscientiously met them.
+The regard entertained for him by his professional brethren is
+indicated in the fact that Dr. C. E. Church termed him “the
+ablest surgeon in America,” while Dr. T. G. Roddick said, “the
+death of Dr. James Bell is a distinct loss to the medical and
+surgical profession. He was a man of marked ability, with
+conscientious devotion to his work, which earned him the respect
+of his fellows, as well as success amongst his patients. And
+he was not only respected by the profession throughout the
+country, but loved by his friends.” In comment upon his death the
+Montreal Gazette wrote, “One of the men who have done much for
+the advancement of the medical profession in Canada passed away
+yesterday when Dr. James Bell, in the ripe fullness of a useful
+career, was carried off by appendicitis. It was by a curious
+irony of fate that Dr. Bell died most unexpectedly at the Royal
+Victoria Hospital, in whose wards still lay many upon whom he had
+operated, and whose lives he had probably saved by his skill.
+For many years Dr. Bell had been recognized as one of Canada’s
+leading surgeons, in fact one of the greatest surgeons in
+abdominal work on this continent and his services were in great
+demand, not only in Montreal, but wherever the work of a skillful
+scientist whose immediate judgment and power might be efficacious
+to save human life, was needed. Day by day he had been working in
+the operating room of the Royal Victoria Hospital and the sick
+rooms of patients, in circumstances where a single mistake might
+mean loss of life. The strain was much greater than ordinary
+people could have imagined. He was one of those men who devoted
+themselves to their work so well and performed it so efficiently
+that there was no need to fight for prominence. His work was such
+that it inevitably grew. As his ability became known his services
+became more in demand and in a quiet and conscientious way he
+gradually became one of the recognized surgical authorities of
+his time and one of the busiest. Not only in Montreal but in many
+parts of Canada he was called upon wherever there was a stern
+fight against death, and frequently he was called to exercise
+his skill even farther afield in the United States. Those who
+knew him as either surgeon or as friend will remember him as one
+who knew his work and did it well, without thought of public
+recognition.”</p>
+
+<p>Dr. Bell was actively engaged in professional duties almost
+to the closing hours of his life. On the last day he visited
+Victoria Hospital he performed an operation in the forenoon. In
+the evening of the same day he was taken ill and the end came
+a few days later. The board of governors of the Royal Victoria
+Hospital caused to be made a bronze bust of Dr. Bell which was
+placed in the main hall of that hospital. The significance of
+this action is better understood when it is known that but one
+other bust is there shown—that of Queen Victoria.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_G19" id="Idx_G19"></a>JOSEPH OVIDE GRAVEL.</h3>
+
+<p>Joseph Ovide Gravel, for many years manager and executor of the
+John Pratt estate in Montreal and prominently connected with
+other important corporate and business interests of the city, was
+born here in 1839. He acquired his education in the commercial
+schools of the city and in 1854 began a business<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_19" id="Page_19">[19]</a></span> career which
+brought him constantly increasing prominence and prosperity.
+From that date until 1863 he was connected with the firm of
+Benning & Barsalou and was then made secretary-treasurer of the
+Canadian Rubber Company, taking an active part in the affairs of
+that concern until 1899. He was later a director in the Canadian
+Linseed Oil Mills, a trustee of the Guardian Assurance Company,
+president of the Sincennes-McNaughton line and of the Dominion
+Oil Cloth Company. He became known as a reliable, forceful and
+discriminating business man, one who always carried forward to
+successful completion whatever he undertook, and he made his
+ability and insight the basis of a substantial and well deserved
+success. He married Aurelie La Rocque. His son, C. E. Gravel, is
+now in charge of the Pratt estate and is ably carrying forward
+his father’s work in its management.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_A12" id="Idx_A12"></a>JOSEPH LOUIS ARCHAMBAULT.</h3>
+
+<p>Joseph Louis Archambault, of Montreal, whose reputation as a
+distinguished and able lawyer has made him well known throughout
+the province and who is now filling the position of city
+attorney, was born at Varennes, June 19, 1849, a son of the late
+J. N. A. and Aurelie (Mongeau) Archambault. The father, who was
+“a patriot of 1837,” became president of the provincial board of
+notaries in Quebec and was a distinguished representative of his
+profession. The son supplemented his early education by study
+in the College of St. Hyacinthe and in broad literary training
+laid the foundation upon which he has built the superstructure
+of professional knowledge. He pursued his law studies under the
+direction of the late Sir George Cartier and at the same time
+followed the law course in McGill University, which conferred
+upon him the B. C. L. degree in 1871. The same year he entered
+upon active practice as an advocate and has since remained
+a member of the Montreal bar, although his growing powers
+and capabilities have won him place among the leaders of the
+profession in the province. He was created a king’s counsel
+by the Marquis of Lansdowne in 1887 and became a member of
+the council of the bar in 1889. For some years he filled the
+position of crown prosecutor for the district of Montreal and has
+frequently pleaded before the judicial committee of the privy
+council in England, having charge of important cases from Canada.
+He became city attorney of Montreal in 1898 and in the discharge
+of his official duties has won high honors and encomiums. He has
+always enjoyed a large private practice and in following his
+profession has been associated successively as law partner with
+Sir J. A. Chapleau, Q. C., the Hon. J. A. Mousseau, Q. C. and the
+Hon. W. W. Linch, Q. C. He has written quite extensively on legal
+subjects for the newspaper and magazine press and is the author
+of a number of published volumes, including: Jacques Cartier,
+an Historical Drama (1879); Etude Legale sur l’Université Laval
+à Montreal (1880); Institutions Municipales (1887); Le Barreau
+Canadien au Conseil Privé (1889); Généalogie de la Famille
+Archambault, 1620-1890 (1891); La Bourgeoisie au Canada, Two
+Lectures (1894); The Criminal Forum in Canada (1895); and Etude
+de Moeurs Judiciares (1897). His opinions upon involved legal
+questions are largely accepted as authority by the profession
+and<a class="pagenum" name="Page_20" id="Page_20">[20]</a> the public. He served as batonnier or president of the
+Montreal bar in 1912 and 1913. In addition to his law practice he
+is one of the directors of the Rolland Paper Company.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Archambault was married in Montreal in June, 1873, to Miss
+Ernestine, the eldest daughter of the late Senator Rolland,
+of Montreal. In religious faith Mr. and Mrs. Archambault are
+Catholics, and his political belief is that of the conservative
+party. He belongs to the Canadian Club and those who meet him
+socially find him an entertaining, genial and cultured gentleman
+whose ways are those of refinement and whose word no man can
+question. The Montreal Star has said of him: “His career has
+been marked with continuous success and great devotion to the
+legal profession.” His prominence is the logical outcome of well
+developed talents and powers and he is justly accounted today one
+of the leaders of the provincial bar.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_B2" id="Idx_B2"></a>JOHN CLEMENT NEUFVILLE BADGLEY.</h3>
+
+<p>The Badgley family is one of the old and prominent families of
+Montreal, their connection with the city’s history dating back to
+1785.</p>
+
+<p>Four generations of this family have been prominently identified
+with the city’s business and professional interests. John C. N.
+Badgley, active in business circles for many years, remained a
+resident of this city from his birth on December 7, 1856, until
+his death on March 7, 1906.</p>
+
+<p>He was a son of the Hon. William Badgley, D. C. L., one of the
+eminent representatives of the judiciary of the province, and a
+nephew of Dr. Francis Badgley, one of the most prominent members
+of the medical profession of his day and an early member of the
+McGill College faculty. Dr. Badgley died in England where he
+resided the latter years of his life.</p>
+
+<p>Hon. William Badgley, whose entire life was spent in Montreal,
+was born in this city, March 27, 1801, his parents being Francis
+and Elizabeth (Lilly) Badgley. The father, a representative of
+an old Derbyshire family, was born in London and for years was a
+well known Montreal merchant. He was likewise a recognized leader
+in political circles and represented his city in the provincial
+parliament from 1801 until 1805. The father of the Hon. William
+Badgley, Francis Badgley, was one of the early settlers of
+Montreal, arriving in 1785. Francis Badgley became one of the
+prominent fur merchants in Montreal and married Elizabeth Lilly,
+daughter of John Lilly.</p>
+
+<p>William Badgley, after pursuing his more specifically literary
+education with the Rev. Alexander Skakel, studied law in Montreal
+and was admitted to the bar in November, 1823. He entered at
+once upon active and successful practice, was created queen’s
+counsellor in 1847 and received the honorary degree of Doctor
+of Civil Law from McGill University in 1843. For about twenty
+years he practised his profession in Montreal and gained
+distinction as a barrister. He was also the author of a work
+called Remarks on Registrar’s Office which was published in
+1837. In 1840 he was called to public life in his appointment
+as commissioner of bankrupts, in which capacity he served until
+1844, when he was appointed circuit judge. He was also secretary
+of the Constitutional Association<a class="pagenum" name="Page_21" id="Page_21">[21]</a> which aided in the reunion
+of the Canadas in 1841 and two or three years before that act
+was consummated he was one of the delegates sent to England to
+further the movement. He continued upon the bench as circuit
+judge until 1847 and then resumed the private practice of law.
+Judicial honors, however, were again conferred upon him when
+on the 27th of January, 1855, he was appointed puisne judge of
+the superior court of Lower Canada, so continuing until the
+1st of September, 1862, when he was transferred to the court
+of queen’s bench as temporary assistant judge. Later he was
+appointed puisne judge of that court on the 17th of August, 1866,
+and after presiding over its proceedings for eight years was
+retired on a pension in June, 1874, because of partial deafness.
+Devotedly attached to his profession, systematic and methodical
+in habit, sober and discreet in judgment, calm in temper,
+diligent in research, conscientious in the discharge of every
+duty, courteous and kindly in demeanor and inflexibly just on all
+occasions, these qualities enabled his honor, William Badgley,
+to take first rank among those who have held high judicial
+offices in the province. His reported opinions are monuments to
+his profound legal learning and superior ability. They show a
+thorough mastery of the questions involved, a rare simplicity of
+style and a remarkable terseness and clearness in the statement
+of the principles upon which the opinions rest. His name is
+also interwoven with the history of legislation for he sat for
+Missisquoi in the Canadian assembly from 1844 until 1851, and
+for the city of Montreal from the latter date until the general
+election in 1854. He was a member of the executive council and
+attorney general for Lower Canada from April 23, 1847, to March
+10, 1848. He always gave stanch allegiance to the conservative
+party, feeling that in its principles lay the strongest elements
+of good government. His fraternal connections were with the
+Masons, and he was district and provincial grand master for
+England from December, 1849, until his demise.</p>
+
+<p>With him passed away one of the links which have bound the
+bustling men of middle age today with a generation of which
+the youth of today know but very little, of men more proud and
+precise in their manners than we are, and whose courtesy and
+politeness was a part of their daily life. The loss of their
+influence and example is no small one.</p>
+
+<p>In 1834, in London, England, Judge Badgley was married to Miss
+Elizabeth Taylor, the eldest daughter of Lieutenant Colonel J. W.
+Taylor of the Twentieth Regiment B. N. T. Six children were born
+to this marriage; the wife and mother passed away in 1874.</p>
+
+<p>John C. N. Badgley, youngest son of the Hon. William Badgley,
+pursued his education in Montreal high school and McGill
+University after spending some time as a student at Port
+Hope. When a young man he engaged in the coal business and
+was connected with that department of commercial activity in
+Montreal throughout his entire life. He became one of the active
+business men of this city, his energy and enterprise leading him
+into important, commercial relations and winning for him a high
+standing as a business man and citizen.</p>
+
+<p>He married Miss Mary E. Badgley, a daughter of Francis H. and
+Margaret (Drummond) Badgley of Ottawa.</p>
+
+<p>John C. N. Badgley not only figured prominently in commercial
+circles but was also a well known member of the Board of Trade,
+a past master of St. Paul’s Lodge of Masons and a member of the
+Christ Church cathedral. His death<a class="pagenum" name="Page_22" id="Page_22">[22]</a> on March 7, 1906, left a
+widow, son and daughter. The latter, Elizabeth Ruth, married
+October 10, 1913, John William Shaw of Montreal, while the
+former, Clement Montagu, was born September 17, 1886, in Montreal
+and is the fourth generation of the Badgley family that have
+been connected with Montreal’s business interests. He finished
+his education in this city and after spending some time in
+travel abroad, concluded to enter upon a business, rather than
+a professional, career. He was in the employ of the Liverpool
+& London & Globe Insurance Company for a time, after which he
+became assistant head clerk for the Atlas Insurance Company.
+With the valuable experience thus gained, Mr. Badgley entered
+the insurance and real-estate business on his own account, and
+at once secured a clientele that gave him a high position among
+the best class of men in this line of business. He subsequently
+became associated with David A. Lewis, as the firm of Lewis
+& Badgley, in real estate and insurance, with offices in the
+Merchants Bank building.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Badgley is a member of the Montreal Amateur Athletic
+Association, and the Canadian Club.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_R21" id="Idx_R21"></a>JAMES ROSS.</h3>
+
+<p>For almost a half century James Ross was intimately associated
+with the growth and development of Canada and was an active
+factor in establishing, building and promoting many of the
+leading national and municipal railways of the country. It was
+under him that Sir William Mackenzie started his career and
+subsequently he cooperated with him in various enterprises
+throughout the world. He was also a long-time associate of Sir
+Sandford Fleming, Sir William Van Horne, Sir Thomas Shaughnessy
+and Lord Strathcona, more particularly in the ’80s, in the
+building of the Canadian Pacific Railway. He was also actively
+interested in the executive control of the Montreal and Toronto
+street railways from 1892. The extent and importance of his
+business interests and investments made him therefore a most
+prominent factor in the upbuilding and development of the country
+and his name is inseparably interwoven with the history of Canada.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Ross was a son of the late Captain John Ross, merchant
+and ship owner, and Mary B. (McKedie) Ross, formerly of
+Newcastle-on-Tyne, England. His birth occurred in the year 1848
+at Cromarty, Scotland, and after attending Inverness Academy in
+his native land he continued his studies in England. His initial
+step in the business world brought him into connection with
+railway, harbor and water works in Great Britain. Following his
+arrival in America he was appointed, in 1870, to the position of
+resident engineer of the Ulster & Delaware Railway, of which road
+he afterward became chief engineer. In 1872 he acted as resident
+engineer of the Wisconsin Central Railway and subsequently
+held a similar position with the Lake Ontario Shore road. It
+was not long before his efficiency as an engineer won him wide
+recognition and he was offered the position of chief engineer of
+the Victoria Railway, of which he subsequently became general
+manager. He was one of the most successful railway builders and
+owners in the Dominion,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_25" id="Page_25">[25]</a></span> the construction of the Canadian
+Pacific over the Rockies being due to his power of organization
+and engineering ability, and when Sir Donald Smith, later Lord
+Strathcona, drove the last spike of the road, no one of that
+historic group held a higher place in public regard in Canada
+than Mr. Ross.</p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 353px;">
+<img src="images/image023.jpg" width="353" height="500" alt="JAMES ROSS" />
+<p class="caption">JAMES ROSS</p>
+</div>
+
+<p>His active operations in the field of railway construction
+included the building of the Credit Valley Railway in 1878-79
+and upon its completion he was appointed general manager of the
+road and also filled the position of consulting engineer of the
+Ontario and Quebec Railway. In the spring of 1883 as general
+manager of construction, Mr. Ross began at Swift Current the
+building of the Canadian Pacific Railway over the Rockies,
+the Selkirks and the Gold Range, and early in November, 1885,
+this stretch of six hundred and twenty-three miles ending at
+Craig Ellachie, was completed more than a year ahead of time,
+creating a record for fast railway building on this continent
+and evoking from Sir William Van Horne the statement that such
+a record meant millions to the Canadian Pacific Railway. It was
+during the building of the road over the mountains that Mr. Ross
+might be said to have discovered and subsequently came into
+close touch with William Mackenzie, Donald Mann (both since
+knighted), Herbert S. Holt and several others who later on took a
+front place among the railway magnates and financial leaders of
+Canada. In 1886 Mr. Ross brought about the settlement of location
+of the Canadian Pacific east of Montreal and the legislative
+difficulties attending the entry of the road into the state of
+Maine. Upon completing his arduous and complex task he took the
+contract for the construction of the remaining portion of their
+line not already provided for. The extensions and improvements of
+the Canadian Pacific created difficult tasks of civil engineering
+which were ably performed by Mr. Ross who at the same time
+considered the question of railway construction in South America
+for which he had options. The railways of the southern continent
+were to be built in Argentine and Chile and the options in those
+two republics alone amounted to over twenty million dollars. Mr.
+Ross was also interested in important contracts in Chicago and
+elsewhere.</p>
+
+<p>He established his home permanently in Montreal in 1888 and
+from this point supported his active professional interests,
+contracting and building the Regina and Long Lake Railways some
+two hundred and fifty miles in length. In 1889 he supervised the
+construction of the Calgary & Edmonton Railway, three hundred
+miles in length.</p>
+
+<p>Having proven his capability in the field of steam railway
+construction Mr. Ross, in 1892, largely concentrated his energies
+upon problems of street railway building and in connection with
+Sir William Mackenzie purchased the Toronto Railway from the
+city of Toronto. He afterward rebuilt the tracks and installed
+electric power in the operation of the road. In 1892 he undertook
+the reorganization of the Montreal Street Railway, changing
+it from horse car to electric service. He was at the head of
+the syndicate that purchased the franchise from the old City
+Passenger Railway Company. In the same way he converted the
+street railways of Winnipeg and St. John, New Brunswick, into
+electric lines and in 1896 he joined Sir William Mackenzie in
+the purchase of the tramway systems of Birmingham, England,
+and organized the City of Birmingham Tramways Company for the
+operation<a class="pagenum" name="Page_26" id="Page_26">[26]</a> of the road under an electric system. In the following
+year he secured a charter and franchise from the government of
+Jamaica to build electric tramways on the island.</p>
+
+<p>The energy and enterprise of Mr. Ross seemed limitless. No matter
+how many and how important were the enterprises with which he was
+actively connected it seemed possible for him to take on others
+and become a factor in their successful control. He was one of
+the promoters of the Lake of the Woods Milling Company in 1887,
+chief promoter of the Columbia River Lumber Company in 1889 and
+of the Canadian Land and Investment Company in 1891. His opinions
+carried weight in the councils of various companies with which he
+was connected as a member of the board of directors, including
+the Bank of Montreal; Calgary and Edmonton Land Company, Limited;
+Canada Life Insurance Company; Canada Sugar Refining Company,
+Limited; Canadian General Electric Company, Limited; Laurentide
+Paper Company, Limited; Royal Trust Company; and Dominion Bridge
+Company and St. John Railway Company, of which two last named he
+was president.</p>
+
+<p>Writing of his business career a local paper said: “One of the
+most interesting periods of Mr. Ross’s life was that of his
+prominent connection with the Dominion Coal and the Dominion
+Iron and Steel Companies, lasting for a period of upwards of ten
+years. At a comparatively early stage of the development of the
+coal and iron industries on the island of Cape Breton, Mr. Ross
+with his customary business astuteness, foresaw the possibilities
+of great development, and decided to invest a considerable amount
+of his capital there. He became the owner of a large block of
+shares in the coal company, and after the promotion of the
+Dominion Iron and Steel Company in 1901 he became a director.
+As it was obvious that the interests of the two concerns would,
+if steel turned out a success, be very much bound up, Mr. Ross
+increased his holdings in coal until, in the same year, the Steel
+Company was launched, his interest became paramount, and he was
+placed in the position of being able to dictate the policy of
+the company. Having retired from active participation in many
+of the interests which made his earlier career such a busy one,
+he determined to give his personal attention to the development
+of his Cape Breton interests and with that object in view he
+accepted the office of vice president of the Dominion Coal
+Company and managing director of the Dominion Iron and Steel
+Company in 1901.</p>
+
+<p>“The succeeding years were destined to be full of business
+anxieties and lively contendings but his keen business ability
+and foresight brought him to the end of his active connection
+with the companies a much richer man than when he went in,
+despite the loss of the fight in the courts over the dispute
+about the terms of the contract for the supply of coal to the
+Steel Company, 1907-08.</p>
+
+<p>“Besides this fight Mr. Ross conducted the affairs of the Coal
+Company through disastrous fires which seriously affected the
+output of the mines, and labor troubles one of which was of
+a protracted and costly nature. Throughout all the various
+negotiations which were almost continuously carried on between
+the two companies for years, Mr. Ross found his paramount
+interest was in the Coal Company although he was financially
+and executively interested in both, so that eventually he
+withdrew from the steel<a class="pagenum" name="Page_27" id="Page_27">[27]</a> board and gave his whole time to the
+Coal Company, becoming its president, a post he retained until
+December, 1909. In March, 1909, at the annual meeting of the
+Dominion Coal Company, Mr. Ross made an exhaustive statement
+concerning the relations of the two companies following the
+decision of the Privy Council in the preceding month, in which he
+justified the course taken by his company. He explained from the
+coal point of view, how the company had saved the Steel Company
+from bankruptcy at a critical time following the termination of
+the lease of the Coal Company to Steel in 1903 and the subsequent
+dispute which became acute in 1906 and reached the courts
+the following year. The final settlement of the terms of the
+judgment between the two companies and the eventual purchase of
+Mr. Ross’ interest in coal for four million, seven hundred and
+fifty thousand dollars, which took place late in 1909 when he
+retired from the presidency and Coal was amalgamated with Steel,
+concluded the most interesting and strenuous period of his career.</p>
+
+<p>“Although Mr. Ross had strong likes and dislikes he never
+hesitated to proclaim openly ability he saw in the make-up of
+a business opponent. A conversation during the progress of
+the Steel and Coal litigation brought out this characteristic
+to a marked degree. During that memorable conflict Mr. J. H.
+Plummer and Sir William Van Horne were perhaps more prominently
+in the firing line on the Steel side than any one else, while
+Mr. Ross for the Coal Company was the inner and outer defenses
+and commander-in-chief combined. He was asked one day while
+discussing the possibilities of Canadian Pacific Railway stock
+what would take place supposing anything happened to Sir Thomas
+Shaughnessy, whereupon Mr. Ross said: ‘This statement will
+surprise you, but Van Horne would have to go back,’ thus paying
+a high compliment to his chief adversary in the Steel-Coal
+conflict. The manner in which Mr. Ross came to the rescue of
+a very important brokerage firm, the head of which is now
+dead, the day following President Cleveland’s message on the
+Venezuelan situation was another indication, not only of his
+good heart, but general interest in the financial community. The
+market was in a bad way generally when the message to congress
+accentuated to such an extent the unrest and lack of confidence,
+that gilt-edged securities were without buyers, even at ruinous
+prices. The financier in question was desperately in need of
+funds and although his securities were of the best, the then
+general manager of the Bank of Montreal, who has also passed
+away, did not consider himself justified in making the advance.
+When James Ross heard of the affair he came forward and said:
+‘We cannot afford to allow this man to go to the wall, for if he
+goes half of St. François Xavier Street will tumble with him.
+Give him a million, take his securities and charge the amount to
+my account.’ Another public-spirited director assumed half the
+responsibility and a very grave financial smash was averted.</p>
+
+<p>“Mr. Ross was first president of the Mexican Light, Heat and
+Power Company and during his several visits to the Mexican
+capital was brought in contact with the then ruling spirits of
+the republic. He at once formed a very high opinion of the then
+president with whom Mr. Ross had several interesting interviews,
+touching the trade relations of Canada and Mexico, and with
+that never erring foresight he also stated to a friend on his
+return from the Mexican capital that if ever Diaz was forced
+to relinquish the helm<a class="pagenum" name="Page_28" id="Page_28">[28]</a> of state, trouble would follow in the
+southern republic as it did not appear to the Montreal financier
+that there were enough of trained men around the then president
+to carry on successfully the affairs of that country, and the
+words of the former appear to have been prophetic.</p>
+
+<p>“Although having a commanding interest in many other
+establishments and industries Mr. Ross used to say that the Bank
+of Montreal, the Canadian Pacific Railway and the Dominion Coal
+Company were nearest his heart. He was a director in the first
+named institution since 1899, the largest individual shareholder
+in the great national railway system and up to a few years ago
+the president and the holder of five million dollars stock
+in the last named corporation. Mr. James Ross succeeded the
+late Mr. Hugh McLennan and had been in consequence director of
+the Bank of Montreal for fourteen years. Speaking of the loss
+that institution sustained in the death of Mr. Ross, its vice
+president and general manager, Mr. H. V. Meredith, said: ‘We have
+lost an eminently strong man and a sound adviser,’ while Mr. R.
+B. Angus, the president, spoke of him as a very able director of
+the bank and a warm personal friend.”</p>
+
+<p>About the time that Mr. Ross arrived in Canada the country
+was deeply engrossed in the discussion of free trade versus
+protection, and having seen the neighboring republic grow from
+an agricultural to a manufacturing community, and realizing
+what the same fiscal policy would do for Canada, he at once
+espoused the cause then championed by Sir John Macdonald and
+Sir Charles Tupper, both as regards the fiscal policy of the
+Dominion and their railway program as well. Mr. Ross was a
+moderate protectionist, believing that such a policy was
+mutually beneficial both to the manufacturer and consumer. He
+had seen such states as Illinois, Ohio, Minnesota and other
+agricultural sections of the Union vote for protection and often
+when apprehension was expressed over the probable outcome of a
+moderately protective tariff for the western provinces of Canada,
+Mr. Ross would reply that the establishment of eastern industries
+all over the west would soon convert the farmers of Alberta,
+Manitoba and Saskatchewan to protectionist ideas.</p>
+
+<p>In 1872 Mr. Ross was united in marriage to Miss Annie Kerr, a
+daughter of the late John Kerr of Kingston, New York, and sheriff
+of Ulster county. They had one son, John Kenneth Levison Ross,
+who married Ethel A. Matthews, a daughter of W. D. Matthews of
+Toronto, and they have two children, James Kenneth and Hylda
+Annie. Mrs. James Ross is deeply interested in organizations for
+promoting aesthetic tastes and is active in support of benevolent
+and charitable projects. She is a director of the Society of
+Decorative Art, vice president of the English section of the
+woman’s branch of the Numismatic and Antiquarian Society and is
+president of the Maternity Hospital of Montreal.</p>
+
+<p>Flags at half mast on the Bank of Montreal and the Royal Trust
+Company, on September 20, 1913, gave official announcement to the
+financial and business community that Mr. James Ross, director of
+the institutions, had passed away. It is fitting in a review of
+his life that one take cognizance of his many good deeds. Aside
+from his prominent activity in railway and financial circles,
+he was a man of marked public spirit and benevolence. In 1902
+he gave to Lindsay, Ontario, and the county of Victoria, the
+Ross<a class="pagenum" name="Page_29" id="Page_29">[29]</a> Memorial Hospital as a memorial to his parents. Two years
+later Alexandra Hospital of Montreal received from him a gift of
+twenty-five thousand dollars and in 1910 he gave an equal amount
+to the Montreal Art Association of which he had long been a
+member and of which he was at that time the president. His total
+benefactions to the Art Association amounted to over a quarter
+of a million. In his will he made the following public bequests:
+to the Royal Victoria Hospital, the General Hospital and the
+Maternity Hospital each fifty thousand dollars; to Alexandra
+Hospital twenty-five thousand dollars; to the Montreal Art
+Association and to McGill University each one hundred thousand
+dollars and to the Ross Memorial Hospital at Lindsay, Ontario,
+twenty-five thousand dollars. He also remembered many of his old
+friends and took special care that his servants and employes
+should be provided for.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Ross was identified with many public interests and ranked
+with loyal Canadians whose efforts have been effective forces in
+promoting general progress.</p>
+
+<p>He was a governor of McGill University, of the Royal Victoria
+Hospital, of the Alexandra Hospital and of the Protestant
+Hospital for the Insane at Montreal. He was likewise a trustee
+of Bishop’s College at Lennoxville, P. Q., and in 1900 he was
+appointed honorary lieutenant colonel of the Duke of York’s Royal
+Canadian Hussars. He took an active interest in yachting and was
+the owner of the Glencairn, which won the Seawanhaka-Corinthian
+cup for half raters in American waters in 1896. He subsequently
+bought the late Joseph Pulitzer’s large steam yacht, Liberty,
+of one thousand six hundred fifty tons, which he renamed the
+Glencairn, and in which he spent much of his vacation time in the
+Mediterranean. It might be interesting to note here that both the
+small half rater and the large steam yacht were named in memory
+of the large full-rigged ship Glencairn, which was owned and
+commanded by his late father, Captain John Ross, of Cromarty. Mr.
+James Ross was for many years commodore of the Royal St. Lawrence
+Yacht Club, and was honorary commodore for life, and was a member
+of the Royal Yacht Squadron.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Ross was well known in club circles, holding membership
+in the Mount Royal, St. James, Forest and Stream, Canada,
+Montreal Hunt, Montreal Jockey, Montreal Racquet and Montreal
+Curling Clubs of Montreal; Rideau Club of Ottawa; Manitoba Club
+of Winnipeg; Toronto Royal Canadian Yacht and York Clubs of
+Toronto; Union Club of St. John, New Brunswick; Halifax Club of
+Halifax, Nova Scotia; New York Yacht and Manhattan Clubs of New
+York; Royal C. B. Yacht Club of Sydney, Nova Scotia; and the
+Constitutional Club of London, England.</p>
+
+<p>Following the demise of Mr. Ross the Gazette of September 22,
+1913, said editorially:<a class="pagenum" name="Page_30" id="Page_30">[30]</a> “The history of James Ross is to some
+extent the history of the financial and creative progress
+of Canada. He has been associated with many of our greatest
+enterprises and always in positions of prominence and leadership.
+In any list of citizens whose financial power must be reckoned
+with in predicting the course of supreme events in this country,
+the name of James Ross would have stood near the top. Many of his
+fellow citizens will think of him, however, as a generous and
+discriminating collector and exhibitor of art. At a time when
+Montreal had not many men who both appreciated and possessed the
+financial ability to purchase splendid specimens of the best art
+which the old world has produced, James Ross entered that field,
+and soon made his private collection one of the things of which
+Montrealers were proud. The public generally have had a chance to
+admire some of his treasures at Loan Exhibitions; and, in this
+fashion, the pleasure and benefit of his collection have been
+widely shared.”</p>
+
+<p>Tributes of respect and regard were paid to Mr. Ross by people
+in every station in life. The high and the low, the rich and the
+poor did him honor. The following letter was received by his son,
+Mr. James K. L. Ross:</p>
+
+<p>“The engineers on the S. and L. were much surprised and deeply
+grieved when we heard that your father had passed away. Our
+deepest sympathy goes out to you in your sad bereavement. We all
+feel that we have lost a good and true friend. No other man we
+have worked for gave our men the feeling of security in their
+position that he did. We always were satisfied that if we did
+what was right no other influence could hurt us or our families.
+When some of us were unfortunate enough to err in judgment and
+our error cost the company quite a lot, in the usual course of
+railways the officials had nothing to do but severely discipline
+us. Your father used his own position not to discipline our men
+but to give them a good man’s advice, which has helped our men
+and also the company which he then presided over. Acts like these
+are never forgotten by railway men and there were many sincere
+expressions of sorrow heard when the news of his death flashed
+over our road. They have also instructed us to convey to your
+sorrowing mother our deepest sympathy in her trying hour.</p>
+
+<p>“On behalf of the S. and L. engineers, we are sincerely yours
+(Signed) D. W. Macdonald, chairman; Parker Holmes, secretary and
+treasurer; Hugh MacPherson, chief engineer.</p>
+
+<p>“Glace Bay, Cape Breton, Canada, September 20, 1913.”</p>
+
+<p>Another well merited tribute being from Principal Peterson of
+McGill University, who said:</p>
+
+<p>“The other day we were greatly gratified to learn that a member
+of the board of governors, the late James Ross, had remembered
+McGill University in his will to the extent of one hundred
+thousand dollars. Mr. Ross was one of our friends. His connection
+with the administration of the university had given him many
+opportunities of appreciating the difficulty of carrying on an
+institution whose needs in the very nature of things, are always
+outrunning its resources; and his kindly thought of us has
+touched a chord in our hearts that vibrates with gratitude and
+appreciation.</p>
+<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_31" id="Page_31">[31]</a></p>
+<p>“It is a melancholy pleasure to record also our indebtedness
+to Mr. Ross for much help and advice given as a member of the
+governing body of the university, especially in the department
+of mechanical engineering. Besides being a great and experienced
+engineer, he was a patron also of the arts and sciences. He took
+an active interest also in the well-being of our hospitals, and
+as they are in a sense university institutions, his bequests to
+the Royal Victoria and Maternity Hospitals may be cited here as
+additional reasons for gratitude. He was a man of high artistic
+culture, one who ‘loved that beauty should go beautifully.’
+Mere splendor without taste would always have been repellent
+to him. Perhaps his best memorial, apart from the magnificent
+collection of pictures which he got together with such care and
+discrimination, and which was the joy and pride of his wide
+circle of friends, will be the beautiful building on Sherbrooke
+Street to which he has contributed so largely as the permanent
+home of the Art Association. Such men lend valuable aid in the
+way of enabling a community to realize some aspects of its higher
+self.”</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_S6" id="Idx_S6"></a>WALTER R. L. SHANKS.</h3>
+
+<p>Among the younger members of the well known and distinguished law
+firm of Brown, Montgomery & McMichael, advocates and barristers,
+is Walter R. L. Shanks. He was born March 20, 1886, at Millers
+Falls, Massachusetts. In 1908 he received from McGill University
+the Bachelor of Arts degree and in 1911 that of Bachelor of
+Civil Law. In July of that year he was admitted to the bar and
+has since been a member of the above firm. Mr. Shanks is a young
+lawyer of promise, and it may be said that his ability—or
+such ability as his opportunities have permitted him to
+demonstrate—entitles him to be included among those young men to
+whom the future holds out rich fields along professional lines.
+Mr. Shanks is socially popular and is a member of the University
+Club of Montreal and the Phi Delta Theta fraternity.</p>
+
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_B37" id="Idx_B37"></a>GEORGE ALEXANDER BROWN, M. D.</h3>
+
+<p>George Alexander Brown, M. D., one of the best known physicians
+of Montreal, his powers developing through the exercise of
+effort, was born in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, on
+the 28th of June, 1866. The Browns are one of the old families
+on that island and representatives of the name in different
+generations have been prominently identified with professional
+interests. The paternal grandfather of Dr. Brown was president
+of the Prince of Wales College, while the maternal grandfather
+was the leader of the government in Charlottetown for twenty-one
+years.</p>
+
+<p>Reared in the place of his nativity, Dr. Brown pursued his early
+education in St. Peters Boys’ School and subsequently continued
+his studies in Kings College University at Windsor, Nova Scotia.
+The classical course which he there pursued constituted the
+foundation upon which he built the superstructure of professional
+learning. Entering McGill University, he won the degrees of M.
+D. and C. M. from that institution where he graduated with the
+class of 1889. During the succeeding year and a half he was
+resident physician of the Montreal General Hospital, thus putting
+his theoretical knowledge to the practical test and gaining
+that broad and valuable experience which only hospital practice
+can give. For more than twenty years Dr. Brown has successfully
+followed his profession in Montreal and in addition to an
+extensive private practice is acting as physician to the Montreal
+Dispensary and is in charge of the tubercular clinic. He has<a class="pagenum" name="Page_32" id="Page_32">[32]</a>
+been a close and constant student of his profession, interested
+in all that tends to bring to man the key to the complex mystery
+which we call life and his own investigations and research have
+resulted in bringing to light some valuable truths.</p>
+
+<p>In February, 1906, he submitted to the Montreal
+Medico-Chirurgical Society, a new treatment for consumption which
+he has used in his practice with great success. This consists of
+the injection into the human system of a solution principally
+of iodine and in April, 1912, he read before the International
+Tubercular Congress at Rome, Italy, a paper upon this treatment.
+He is a member of the Montreal Medical Society and keeps in close
+touch with the advanced work that is being done by fellow members
+of the profession through the perusal of medical journals and the
+latest contributions to medical literature as well as through his
+connection with medical societies.</p>
+
+<p>Dr. Brown was united in marriage to Mrs. Elizabeth (Conroy)
+Muldoon of Watertown, who by her former marriage had two
+children, William and Ella. Dr. and Mrs. Brown have become the
+parents of two children, Elsie and Basil. They have a wide
+acquaintance socially and are connected with the Unitarian
+Society, while Dr. Brown is also a member of the University Club.
+Year by year has marked his steady progress in his profession,
+and today his position of prominence is accorded him by the
+consensus of opinion on the part of colleagues and contemporaries.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_C22" id="Idx_C22"></a>SIR EDWARD SEABORNE CLOUSTON.</h3>
+
+<p>High on the keystone of Canada’s financial arch was inscribed the
+name of Sir Edward Clouston, of whom a leading journalist wrote:
+“He was one of the mainsprings of Canada’s progress.” Not only
+did he achieve notable results in his own career but was also
+the adviser and counsellor of many who have stood highest in the
+public life and activities of the Dominion, and thus a notable
+figure passed from the stage of earthly activities when he was
+called to his final rest on the 23d of November, 1912. He was
+then still in the prime of life, his birth having occurred at
+Moose Factory on James Bay, May 9, 1849, his parents being James
+Stewart and Margaret Clouston. The father, a native of Stromness,
+Orkney, Scotland, was a chief factor in the Hudson’s Bay service.
+The mother was the eldest daughter of Robert S. Miles, also
+prominently connected with the Hudson’s Bay Company. Sent to
+Montreal to continue his education, the son became a pupil in
+the high school, of which Aspinwall How was then head master.
+Subsequently he spent a year in the service of the Hudson’s Bay
+Company and then returned to Montreal when a youth of sixteen
+to become junior clerk in the Bank of Montreal, entering that
+institution in 1865. This was the initial step in his successful
+career as one of Canada’s foremost financiers. In his twentieth
+year he was appointed accountant at Brockville and two years
+later was transferred to Hamilton in the same capacity. In
+1874 he became assistant accountant at Montreal, was attached
+to the London, England, office and also to the New York office
+in 1875. Five years later he was made manager of the Montreal
+branch and in 1887 was promoted to the position of assistant
+general manager. In 1889 he became acting general manager and
+from 1890 was general manager, being<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_35" id="Page_35">[35]</a></span> called to that position
+of grave and great responsibility when but forty-one years of
+age. Throughout the years of his connection with the bank he had
+ever in mind, not only the interest of the shareholders, but also
+the welfare of his subordinates, many of whom received from him
+unusual consideration and kindness. Sir Edward Clouston’s tenure
+of office in the Bank of Montreal was longer than that of any of
+his predecessors, the presidency during these years having been
+filled by Sir Donald Smith, afterward Lord Strathcona and Mount
+Royal; Sir George Drummond and Mr. R. B. Angus. In retiring from
+the general managership Sir Edward Clouston retained the vice
+presidency, which he had held since Sir George Drummond became
+president in 1906. In his official capacity as vice president
+he regularly attended the board meetings and never ceased to be
+in close touch with the important affairs and interests of the
+bank. The prominent place which he held in the regard of the
+leading financiers of the country is shown by the fact that he
+was again and again elected to the presidency of the Canadian
+Bankers Association. He was thus in constant touch with the
+financial world and his advice upon matters connected with it
+was frequently sought by the different finance ministers of the
+Dominion, for no man in Canada had a surer grasp of difficult
+financial problems, and his genius in this respect was an
+enormous asset to the great institution with which he was so long
+connected. His discernment was keen and his insight enabled him
+readily to recognize the possibilities and probable outcome of
+any business situation. The Montreal Herald spoke of him as “a
+man of few words, of unerring accuracy in his judgments and of
+a caution in business transactions which, while it protects the
+bank from loss, does not hinder its development.” The Montreal
+Witness said: “Sir Edward Clouston possesses in extraordinary
+degree that sixth sense of the banker—intuition as to character,
+rapid analysis of method, what is in a proposition from the first
+chapter to the last—in short knowing who and what to trust.”
+It was these qualities which made his cooperation sought in
+various directions and brought him prominently before the public
+in various important commercial and financial connections. He
+was vice president of the Royal Trust Company; a director of
+the Guarantee Company of North America, the Canadian Cottons,
+Limited, the Canada Sugar Refining Company, the Ogilvie Flour
+Mills Company, the Kaministikwia Power Company. He was chairman
+of the Canadian board of the Liverpool & London & Globe Insurance
+Company and the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York. His
+cooperation and support extended to various other projects of a
+public or semi-public character, and at all times he manifested a
+deep interest in those projects relating to general progress and
+improvement or the betterment of social, intellectual, political
+and moral conditions. He was vice president of the Parks and Play
+Grounds Association and The Crematorium, Limited, was president
+of the Royal Victoria Hospital and a governor of the Montreal
+General, Montreal Maternity, Alexandra and Western Hospitals,
+the Protestant Hospital for the Insane, the Fraser Institute,
+the Montreal Dispensary, the Victorian Order of Nurses, and
+McGill University. In 1910 he was one of the principal promoters
+of the Typhoid Emergency Hospital and was a member of the
+executive committee of the local branch of St. John’s Ambulance
+Association. He was honorary treasurer of the King Edward VII
+Memorial Fund and of many other commemorative and charitable
+funds. He was a patron of art, and possessed many fine pictures
+himself, while the Montreal Art Association numbered him<a class="pagenum" name="Page_36" id="Page_36">[36]</a> as one
+of its counselors as well as one of its generous benefactors.
+Sir Edward Clouston was also well known as a sportsman, taking
+an active interest in early life in football and lacrosse, and
+he was also a well known racquet player. He was captain of the
+Canadian team which played the Harvard University Football Club
+in 1875. He was president of the Montreal Racquet Club in 1888
+and was appointed a trustee of the Minto challenge lacrosse cup
+in 1901. Sir Edward was ever willing to encourage the amateurs
+in sports, and in addition to those already mentioned he was
+a devotee of snowshoeing and fancy skating. In later years he
+became an enthusiastic yachtsman, motorist and golfer. He was
+also a clever swimmer himself and did a great deal to advance the
+sport in many ways. He was the donor of a trophy for competition
+among the members of the Royal Life Saving Station, which is
+being competed for annually, and many other such trophies were
+presented through his generosity. When the Rugby Club was
+organized as a branch of the Montreal Athletic Association he
+became an active executive officer. He was one of the trustees of
+the Stanley cup in the early days of its competition and acted as
+an official at many of the championships held under the auspices
+of the Amateur Skating Association of Canada.</p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 355px;">
+<img src="images/image033.jpg" width="355" height="500" alt="SIR EDWARD S. CLOUSTON" />
+<p class="caption">SIR EDWARD S. CLOUSTON</p>
+</div>
+
+<p>In November, 1878, Sir Edward Clouston married Annie, youngest
+daughter of George Easton, collector of Her Majesty’s customs
+at Brockville, Ontario. Lady Clouston, who survives him, keeps
+up the beautiful and historic estate at St. Annes, known as
+Bois Briant, which was the pride and delight of Sir Edward’s
+later years, and she also maintains the home at No. 362 Peel
+Street in Montreal, known so long as the city residence of the
+general manager of the Bank of Montreal. This was Sir Edward’s
+favorite title. President and vice president appealed to him
+but little; it was as an administrator that he won and held his
+fame. He was mentioned as successor to Lord Strathcona as high
+commissioner for Canada in Great Britain in 1909. The previous
+year he had been created a baronet and in 1911 he was appointed
+a Knight of Grace of the Order of the Hospital of St. John of
+Jerusalem in England. He was one of the best known club men of
+Canada, belonging to Mount Royal Club; St. James Club; Auto and
+Aero Club; Forest and Stream Club; M. A. A. A.; Montreal Hunt
+Club; Montreal Jockey Club; Royal Montreal Golf Club; Royal St.
+Lawrence Yacht Club; St. George Snowshoe Club; Toronto Club and
+York Club, Toronto; Rideau Club, Ottawa; Manhattan Club, New
+York; and Bath Club and River Thames Yacht Club, London, England.</p>
+
+<p>In a review of his life history many points stand out
+prominently. Within a quarter of a century he rose from an humble
+position in the bank to that of general manager and remained
+vice president until his demise. He was the recognized leader of
+finance, whose counsel was sought and valued in connection with
+the greatest undertakings. His business genius and public spirit
+went hand in hand and each constituted factors in the progress
+and upbuilding of Canada and in the development and promotion
+of the country’s interests. His influence was far-reaching and
+effective as a force in national prosperity and greatness.</p>
+
+<p>One who knew Sir Edward best summed up his character in the
+following article, which appeared in the journal of the Canadian
+Bankers Association after his death:<a class="pagenum" name="Page_37" id="Page_37">[37]</a> “In life Sir Edward Clouston
+was a man of few words and I have felt that silence is my most
+fitting tribute to his memory. He was not an ostentatious man;
+he employed neither press agents nor stage managers. Many of his
+generous actions are known only to the writer of these lines;
+many others are known only to his Maker.”</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_B6" id="Idx_B6"></a>PHILIBERT BAUDOUIN.</h3>
+
+<p>Philibert Baudouin, who has been a representative of the notarial
+profession since 1858, although for some years his attention
+was given to finance, was born at Repentigny, Quebec, April 27,
+1836. He is a descendant in the direct line of Jean Baudouin,
+who was here bartering with the Indians as early as 1656,
+fourteen years after Montreal was founded by de Maisonneuve. In
+a fight with the Iroquois in 1660, when he killed one of their
+chieftains, Jean Baudouin was taken and led as a prisoner to the
+enemy’s country, whence he returned eighteen months afterward,
+having in the meantime learned the Iroquois language. A short
+time subsequent to his return he married and soon settled in
+the parish of Pointe-aux-Trembles, where he died peacefully. He
+had lost his eldest son in an ambush laid by the same astute
+foes in 1690. One of his sons, François, took a farm from the
+Seignior on L’Assomption river in 1699, near the present site of
+Charlemagne, and a few years afterward, in 1716, purchased the
+homestead on the north bank of the river St. Lawrence, in the
+parish and Seigniory of Repentigny, where he went to live and
+there spent his remaining days. This homestead remained in the
+family for almost two centuries, passing from father to son for
+four generations. François Baudouin left it to his son Pierre,
+who married three times and left it to his son Raymond. Raymond
+was drowned and his widow made a gift of it to their son Pierre.
+From this last Pierre Baudouin it went to Zoel Baudouin, one of
+his sons, whose daughter and only heir, Mrs. Edmond Robillard, of
+St. Paul l’Hermite, sold it to its present owner, Mr. Dechamp.</p>
+
+<p>Philibert Baudouin is a son of Pierre and Marguerite (Etu)
+Baudouin, the latter, like her husband, belonging to one of the
+old families established in this province in the seventeenth
+century. The mother’s name was then written Estur, which has
+since been wrongly changed to Hetu. The family name Baudouin
+should be so spelled instead of Beaudoin, as so often met with
+at the present time. It is derived from two Saxon words, bald
+and win, and was latinized by the early chroniclers, becoming
+Balduinus, which was later translated into French as Baudouin
+but remained Baldwin in English. The first one who settled in
+Montreal very properly signed his name Jean Baudouin, as may be
+seen on the old records in the clerk’s office, and in France it
+is still written in the same way. Besides being a progressive
+farmer Pierre Baudouin was a church warden and a captain in the
+militia.</p>
+
+<p>Philibert Baudouin was educated at L’Assomption College, in the
+town of L’Assomption, where he pursued a full classical course,
+completed in 1854. He then prepared for the notarial profession,
+to which he was admitted in 1858. In 1860 he settled for
+practice in the town of Iberville and after nearly fifteen years
+devoted to the profession he turned his attention to finance,
+devoting his energies and activities thereto until 1893, when
+he removed to Montreal and resumed the practice of the notarial
+profession. He has now passed the seventy-eighth<a class="pagenum" name="Page_38" id="Page_38">[38]</a> milestone on
+life’s journey, but is still an active man. From 1862 until 1873
+he was county clerk, clerk of the circuit court for the county
+of Iberville and town clerk of Iberville, his decade of public
+service being characterized by the utmost fidelity to duty. His
+financial activities covered nearly twenty years as bank manager
+in St. Johns, Quebec.</p>
+
+<p>On the 22d of August, 1864, in St. Johns, Mr. Baudouin was
+married to Miss Caroline A. Marchand, a daughter of Louis
+Marchand, deputy protonotary at St. Johns, and of Delphine
+Phineas. Mrs. Baudouin belongs to the old Marchand family
+which settled in St. Johns in the early part of the nineteenth
+century. There were three brothers, François, Gabriel and Louis,
+the second being the father of the Hon. F. G. Marchand, late
+premier of the province of Quebec. Her mother was a daughter of
+Isaac Phineas, for a long time agent at Maskinonge, of Seignior
+Pothier’s estate, and who was an intimate friend of the Hart
+family of Three Rivers. Seven sons and two daughters have been
+born of the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Baudouin, Philibert,
+Annette, Gustave, Rodolphe, Joseph, Jean, Charles, Louise and
+Oscar. The elder daughter became the wife of Dr. J. C. Tasse, of
+Worcester, Massachusetts. Gustave married Augustine Hardy, of
+Quebec. Joseph wedded Julie Caty, of Montreal. Jean married Alice
+Hamilton, of Montreal. Oscar married Hilda Julien, of Montreal.
+Louise is the wife of Alfred Masson, of Valleyfield, a grandson
+of Dr. L. H. Masson, who took a leading part in the troublous
+times of 1837-38.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Baudouin is a supporter of the old conservative party,
+but has never taken a leading part in the political contests,
+especially so in his advanced years, when he recognizes the fact
+that political leaders too often are using their power for their
+own preferment instead of the public good.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_D20" id="Idx_D20"></a>JOSEPH ADELARD DESCARRIES, K. C.</h3>
+
+<p>In every community there are men of broad charity and intelligent
+public spirit, of high integrity and sincerity of purpose and
+of resourceful business ability who are marked as leaders in
+development. Worthy of being classed with men of this character
+is Joseph Adelard Descarries, one of the eminent members of
+the Montreal bar and a man whose name figures in connection
+with the legislative history of the province as well as in the
+court records. Mr. Descarries is a representative of one of the
+oldest families of the province and one whose members have been
+identified with its growth and development since the earlier
+periods of settlement. He was born at St. Timothee, in the county
+of Beauharnois, Quebec, November 7, 1853, the youngest son of the
+late Pierre and Elizabeth (Gougeau) Descarries.</p>
+
+<p>Having mastered the branches of learning taught in the public
+schools of his native village, Joseph A. Descarries afterward
+attended Montreal College, McGill University and Laval
+University, graduating from the latter in 1879, with the degree
+of LL. L. He studied law under Hon. Sir Alexander Lacoste and
+was called to the bar in 1879, at which time he began practice
+as an advocate. He was created a king’s counsellor by the Earl
+of Derby in 1893 and for more than a third of a century he has
+been continuously and successfully engaged in law<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_41" id="Page_41">[41]</a></span> practice
+in Montreal, where he has been accorded an extensive and
+distinctively representative clientage.</p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 345px;">
+<img src="images/image039.jpg" width="345" height="500" alt="JOSEPH A. DESCARRIES" />
+<p class="caption">JOSEPH A. DESCARRIES</p>
+</div>
+
+<p>His public work, too, has been of an important character and has
+indicated his loyalty to the highest standards of government.
+For nine consecutive years he was mayor of Lachine, giving to
+the city a businesslike and progressive administration. In 1892
+he was elected for Jacques Cartier county to the legislative
+assembly, but resigned in 1896, in which year he unsuccessfully
+contested a seat in the house of commons. Since that time he has
+taken no active part in politics aside from exercising his right
+of franchise and standing stanchly in support of principles and
+measures in which he believes. He is now president of the Lachine
+Conservative Club and is also president of the St. Jean Baptiste
+Society of Lachine.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Descarries is the largest private owner of real estate
+in Lachine, his holdings including some of the finest
+residential properties surrounding Montreal. Some years ago
+he purchased a tract of land eleven acres in width from the
+Allan family, comprising a most attractive piece of property,
+which he developed and thus added greatly to the upbuilding
+of the district. He is the owner of one hundred and fifty-two
+houses, erecting all of them save one, and in their building
+substantiality has always been a feature. Unlike the usual
+structure built merely to sell, Mr. Descarries has aimed at
+the creation of an estate the ultimate value of which cannot
+help but become immense. As an illustration of the change in
+realty values, caused by improvements and transformation of
+surroundings, it may be cited that Mr. Descarries some years
+ago purchased a tract of land of four hundred acres, on which
+the taxes were at that time approximately eighty dollars,
+while today for less than one-third of this land which he owns
+the taxes are more than three thousand dollars. It would be
+difficult to estimate the value to a community of operations
+of this character. Mr. Descarries has taken an active part in
+the upbuilding of industrial interests, and his influence has
+been an important factor in securing for Lachine a number of
+valuable industries, all of which have materially contributed
+to growth and development for the city, enabling it to take a
+prominent rank among Montreal’s suburban cities. Among his other
+business connections Mr. Descarries is president of the Wealthy
+Mines Company, Limited, and a director of Les Champs d’Or Rigaud
+Vaudreuil.</p>
+
+<p>In 1881 Mr. Descarries was married, at Chateauguay, Quebec, to
+Miss Marie Celina Elmire, a daughter of A. N. Le Pailleur, a
+notary public of Lachine. The marriage ceremony was performed
+by Monseigneur Charles Edward Fabre, archbishop of Montreal.
+Mrs. Descarries is a graduate of Mount St. Marie Convent and
+is a lady of superior intelligence and high qualities of mind.
+Their children are as follows. Joseph A. P., who was graduated
+from McGill University, specializing in chemistry, founded the
+Lachine Gas Company, of which he is now the head. He married Miss
+Oliva Forgues, of Outremont, a graduate of St. Anne’s Convent at
+Lachine. They have two children, Olivette and Marcelle. Theophile
+N., who was graduated from Laval University, is an advocate,
+associated with his father under the firm name of Descarries &
+Descarries. He married Miss Marie Anne Huot, a daughter of Dr. G.
+Huot, of Beauharnois, and they have one child, Anne Marie. Aimee,
+a graduate of St. Anne’s Convent of Lachine, is a young lady of
+unusual artistic taste and skill. Her<a class="pagenum" name="Page_42" id="Page_42">[42]</a> work as a painter on china
+shows exceptional merit and includes some of the finest specimens
+of this decorative art exhibited by Canadian artists. Adelard, a
+graduate of Mount St. Louis College, is now a student at l’Ecole
+des Hautes Etudes. Marie Rose will graduate from St. Anne’s
+Convent of Lachine in the class of 1914. Auguste, a student at
+St. Mary’s College, is a young man of unusual talent and promise,
+whose ability as an organist is well known.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Descarries’ pleasure and recreation have always been greatly
+augmented when in the company of his family, whose entertainment,
+like their rearing and education, has never been neglected.
+Estimating highly the value of education, he has extended to his
+children exceptional opportunities for intellectual development
+and they constitute a family that would be a distinct credit
+to any parentage. Both Mr. and Mrs. Descarries have always
+maintained a companionship with their children and have been
+so close to their interests, thoughts, purposes and plans that
+there has been little need for that parental discipline which
+is often a too pronounced feature in households. Confidence and
+mutual understanding have been the basis of the family relation,
+rendering this a most attractive household. The religious
+belief of the family is that of the Roman Catholic church, and
+Mr. Descarries has for several years been president of the
+St. Vincent de Paul Society. He is also a member of the Club
+Lafontaine, the Lachine Snowshoe Club and the Auto and Aero Club
+of Montreal.</p>
+
+<p>No history of Mr. Descarries would be complete without mention
+of the fact that he is a very public-spirited man, liberal and
+generous in his support of any movement for the public good and
+ever ready to lend his assistance to such movements as will
+contribute to the advancement of the city, province and Dominion.
+He has been a very successful business man, not only as regards
+the accumulation of property but as well in the high esteem in
+which he is held. He has all the elements of a man in whom to
+have confidence, dependable in any relation and in any emergency.
+His quietude of deportment, his easy dignity, combined with
+an innate courtesy and politeness, all contribute to a strong
+personality. The splendid use he has made of his time, talents
+and opportunities has equipped him for the important and valuable
+work he has been doing and which has given decided impetus to the
+city’s progress and improvement, upholding as well its legal,
+political and moral status.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_G28" id="Idx_G28"></a>LOUIS GUYON.</h3>
+
+<p>Capability and loyalty are the essential attributes of the man
+who would fill the office of chief inspector of industrial
+establishments and public buildings and properly perform the
+arduous and responsible duties thereby devolving upon him. Such
+a man is found in Louis Guyon, who has closely studied the
+subject of construction and all that relates to accidents which
+may occur in building operations. He is a native of the state
+of New York, having been born at Sandy Hill, Washington county.
+Boyhood, however, found him located in Montreal where he pursued
+his education, taking special courses in preparation for a
+commercial career. Almost throughout his entire life he has been
+in the public service. In April, 1888, he was appointed factory
+inspector and made a most<a class="pagenum" name="Page_43" id="Page_43">[43]</a> capable official. He studied in every
+available way in order to know what should be required of factory
+owners and operators and just how far their responsibility
+extended in the protection of employes. He traveled widely in
+order to promote his knowledge of that character and he was a
+delegate to the Paris convention on accidents in 1889 and again
+in 1900. His qualifications were so thoroughly recognized that he
+was made chief inspector of industrial establishments and public
+buildings in January, 1901, and has since occupied this position,
+covering a period of thirteen years, his entire course being one
+which commends him to the continued confidence and support of
+the public. As inspector he has studied not only to find where
+fault may lie in the erection of buildings or in the care of
+employes, but has also studied the best methods of safeguarding
+the workers and in 1903 he founded the museum of appliances for
+the prevention of accidents. His reputation for efficiency in his
+special field continued to grow and in 1910 he was made president
+of the International Convention of Inspectors of Factories. No
+one is more deeply interested in this important work or realizes
+more fully the obligations which devolve upon the employer in
+his connection with his employes, and his work has constituted a
+campaign of education whereby the public has come to know what
+are the needs and demands of the hour and how best to meet them.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_H1" id="Idx_H1"></a>GEORGE HADRILL.</h3>
+
+<p>George Hadrill, secretary of the Montreal Board of Trade, is
+one whose opinions concerning business conditions are largely
+accepted as standard, because of his broad experience and his
+thorough study of matters effecting trade relations of the
+country. For more than a quarter of a century he has occupied
+his present position and has been called into conference in many
+trade councils. He was born in London, England, August 2, 1848,
+a son of George and Elizabeth (Bushell) Hadrill. His education
+was acquired in the metropolis, and he spent the earlier years
+of his business life in that city, arriving in Canada in 1874,
+when a young man of twenty-six years. Three years were devoted
+to business pursuits before he joined the staff of the Montreal
+Board of Trade in 1877. His fitness for the position is evidenced
+in the fact that by 1880 he had been promoted to the position
+of assistant secretary. Six years passed and in 1886 he was
+made secretary, so that he has now acted in that capacity for
+twenty-eight years. The occasion of the twenty-fifth anniversary
+of his acceptance of the position was fittingly celebrated, and a
+cabinet of silverware was presented him by the Montreal Board of
+Trade.</p>
+
+<p>His position as secretary brings him into close contact with
+business affairs and trade organizations throughout the world.
+He has been a delegate to several imperial trade congresses, the
+last being held in Sydney, Australia. By invitation he was a
+delegate to Newfoundland to assist in the formation of a board of
+trade there in 1909. He was presented in 1903 with a testimonial
+from British delegates to the imperial trade congress at Montreal
+in acknowledgement of courtesies and services rendered by him.
+In 1905 he was elected an honorary member of the International
+Board of Foreign Trade and was made honorary secretary<a class="pagenum" name="Page_44" id="Page_44">[44]</a> of the
+King Edward memorial committee of Montreal in 1911. His position
+has brought him into close connection with many important civic
+and municipal projects with which the Board of Trade has been
+intimately associated.</p>
+
+<p>In 1891 Mr. Hadrill married Emmeline Lilian, the daughter of
+J. Albert Copland of Chelmsford, England. Mrs. Hadrill died in
+December, 1902. Mr. Hadrill has been a director of St. George’s
+Society of Montreal and is an Anglican in religious faith.
+The Montreal Herald has written of him that he is “a man of
+great natural abilities as a statistician and accountant.” “He
+possesses unusual qualifications for his office, which calls for
+a display of diplomacy, tact and social qualities as well as for
+purely business ability,” writes another paper, and this opinion
+is corroborated by all who have come in contact with him. While
+thoroughly systematic and methodical in managing the duties of
+his position, he has at the same time that ready resourcefulness
+which enables him to meet an emergency and secure from it the
+best possible results.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_H12" id="Idx_H12"></a>CHARLES MELVILLE HAYS.</h3>
+
+<p>The tales of heroic conduct in times of war will always arouse
+the enthusiasm and call forth the praise of those who hear them,
+but heroism is by no means confined to the men who wear their
+nation’s uniform and march to the sound of the bugle. It has been
+manifest where there were none to witness and none to record the
+story and with nothing but an individual sense of duty for its
+inspiration. The world thrilled with the story of the heroism
+of the men, who, in the silence of the night, gave women and
+children over to the care of the few who manned the lifeboats
+and quietly awaited death on the decks of the steamship Titanic
+when it sank on its maiden trip across the Atlantic, April 15,
+1912. Included in the great toll of human lives exacted by
+this catastrophe, was that of Charles Melville Hays, president
+of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railways and one of the foremost
+railroad magnates of his generation. His was the master mind
+in the development of the Grand Trunk Pacific and his work for
+the Grand Trunk Railway has become a part of the history of the
+Dominion. One of the elements of his success was that he was
+always essentially and strictly a railroad man, never dissipating
+his energies over too broad a field but concentrating his efforts
+along that single line of activity.</p>
+
+<p>A native of Rock Island, Illinois, Mr. Hays was born in 1856, and
+was but a child when his parents removed to St. Louis, Missouri,
+in which city he was reared and received his educational
+training. He was but a boy of seventeen when he started out in
+life on his own account as a clerk in the passenger department of
+the Atlantic & Pacific Railway. From that time on his advancement
+was continuous and rapid, solely the result of his thoroughness,
+efficiency and genuine merit. After a year he was transferred to
+the auditor’s department and later was called to a position in
+the office of the general superintendent, where his aptitude,
+enterprise and initiative were soon recognized. From 1878 until
+1884 he was secretary to the general manager of the Missouri
+Pacific Railroad and in the latter year was offered<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_47" id="Page_47">[47]</a></span> and
+accepted the position of secretary to the general manager of the
+Wabash & St. Louis Pacific Railway Company.</p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 350px;">
+<img src="images/image045.jpg" width="350" height="500" alt="CHARLES M. HAYS" />
+<p class="caption">CHARLES M. HAYS</p>
+</div>
+
+<p>In 1886 he was appointed general manager of the road and the
+following year became general manager of the Wabash Western,
+comprising all of the Wabash lines west of the Mississippi and
+also between Chicago and Detroit. In 1889 he was appointed
+general manager of the reorganized and consolidated Wabash
+system and controlled the important and manifold interests of
+the railway for six years or until he resigned to become general
+manager of the Grand Trunk, succeeding L. J. Seargeant. Five
+years later he left the Grand Trunk to take the position of
+president of the Southern Pacific Railway Company but remained
+in that connection for only a year, as the railway passed under
+the control of the Harriman interests, whose policy differed from
+that of Mr. Hays. About that time he received a communication
+from Sir Charles Rivers Wilson, again offering him the position
+of general manager of the Grand Trunk and he returned to the
+latter road late in 1901 as second vice president and general
+manager. His connection therewith was continuous from that
+time until his demise, and on the retirement of Sir Charles
+Rivers Wilson in October, 1909, he was appointed president. In
+the meantime his connection with railway interests constantly
+broadened, making him one of the notable figures in railway
+circles on the American continent. He became president of the
+Central Vermont Railway, the Grand Trunk Western Railway, the
+Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee Railway, the Toledo, Saginaw &
+Muskegon Railway, the Michigan Air Line Railway, the Chicago,
+Detroit and Canada Grand Trunk Junction Railway, the Detroit &
+Toledo Shore Line, the Southern New England Railway Company, the
+Canadian Express Company, the Grand Trunk Railway Insurance &
+Provident Society and of various corporations featuring largely
+as factors in commercial and industrial development. He was
+chosen to the presidency of the St. Clair Tunnel Company, the
+International Bridge Company, the Montreal Warehousing Company,
+the Portland Elevator Company and the New England Elevator
+Company. He also represented the Grand Trunk Western Railway as
+a director of the Chicago & Western Indiana Railway and Belt
+Railway of Chicago.</p>
+
+<p>In 1905 he was made a member of the permanent commission of
+the International Railway Congress and also a director of the
+United States Mortgage & Trust Company. He was a delegate to
+the Imperial Trades Congress in 1903. He became a director of
+the Royal Trust Company and the Merchants Bank of Canada and
+a director of the Canadian Board of the London & Lancashire
+Life Assurance Company. He was also a director of the Montreal
+Horticultural and Fruit Growing Association—a fact which
+indicated much of the breadth of his interests. His executive
+ability was sought as an element in the successful management of
+various benevolent, charitable and philanthropic enterprises.
+He was a governor of the Montreal General Hospital, a governor
+of the Royal Victoria Hospital and a governor of the McGill
+University. In 1907 he was decorated with the Order of the Rising
+Sun (third class) by the emperor of Japan.</p>
+
+<p>He was a man of remarkable personality. Obstacles and
+difficulties seemed but a stimulus for renewed effort on his part
+and he was never<a class="pagenum" name="Page_48" id="Page_48">[48]</a> happier than when he could grasp an opportunity
+and utilize it to the fullest extent or untangle a knotty problem
+in railway management and control. Mr. Hays was a well known
+figure in club circles, belonging to the Mount Royal, St. James,
+Canada, Forest and Stream, Montreal Jockey, Montreal Hunt, St.
+Maurice Fish and Game Club and the Laurentian Club of Montreal
+and the Rideau Club of Ottawa. Sir Wilfrid Laurier had termed him
+“a valuable acquisition to Canada,” and the Montreal Witness said
+he was “a splendid example of what brains, pluck and industry can
+overcome and accomplish,” while the Montreal Standard styled him
+“a man of quiet dignity, whose sanity and strength are seen and
+felt in all his undertakings.”</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Hays was survived by his widow, who was Miss Clara J. Gregg,
+a daughter of William H. Gregg of St. Louis, Missouri, and
+four daughters, Mrs. George D. Hall, of Boston, Mrs. Thornton
+Davidson, Mrs. A. Harold Grier and Mrs. Hope C. Scott, of
+Montreal.</p>
+
+<p>One of the ships that hastened to the relief of the Titanic
+recovered the body of Mr. Hays, which was brought back to
+Montreal for interment and laid to rest following one of the most
+imposing funerals ever accorded a civilian in this city. Mr. Hays
+worshipped at the American Presbyterian church of Montreal and
+was one of its trustees, but retained his membership in the First
+Presbyterian church of St. Louis, Missouri, and in the memorial
+services held in the former on the 25th of April, 1912, a sermon
+by the Rev. Dr. McKittrick, pastor of the First Presbyterian
+church of St. Louis, following the death of Mr. Hays, was read.
+He said in part: “The colossal catastrophe of the seas which has
+so recently startled and dismayed the civilized world could not
+pass today entirely unnoted in the temples of the living God.
+Among those who went down to their unexpected and, it seems to
+our vision, their untimely death, there was no man who worthily
+had a higher position in the social, industrial and financial
+world than Mr. Charles M. Hays, president of the Grand Trunk
+Railway of Canada. Since commonly the boy is father of the man
+we might almost refer to him as ‘our Mr. Hays’ for he was once
+in our Sunday School, and afterwards a member of our Board of
+Trustees. His is an inspiring example to all our boys and to
+every boy in the land of what may be accomplished by rightful
+purpose, industry, determination, all these by the worthy motives
+which variously constitute character. It took all the elements
+which are found in a manly man to make first so notable a record
+as was his in this city, and then to create for himself the
+distinguished name and for his undertaking the great prosperity
+which concerning both the history of today reveals.”</p>
+
+<p>The following reference to Mr. Hays’ life and work was made at
+the close of public worship in the American Presbyterian church,
+Montreal, on Sabbath, April 28th. Dr. Johnston said: “The subject
+that we have been considering this morning has unavoidably
+suggested to you, as it has to me, many thoughts regarding the
+life, the death and the work of Mr. Charles M. Hays whose loss
+our land mourns today.</p>
+
+<p>“Much has already been said of Mr. Hays as the railway magnate,
+the man of enterprise, the devoted husband and father and the
+loyal friend. Upon these phases of his character I will not
+therefore further dwell, but there remains something to be said
+of that feature of his life which, though less conspicuous to
+the general public, nevertheless lay deep and strong<a class="pagenum" name="Page_49" id="Page_49">[49]</a> behind
+all these other characteristics, and was indeed the inspiration
+of them. We all in this congregation know the large place which
+Mr. Hays gave to the work and worship of the church, and the
+readiness with which his time and influence were always lent
+to its interests. He loved the House of God. That love, in a
+measure, was doubtless the result of early training in a home of
+whose deep religious character he ever loved to speak in terms of
+affection and appreciation. It was also due in part to his deep
+sense of what he owed in his place of great prominence to the
+community at large, and to a younger generation in particular,
+in the way of example. Most of all, however, it was due to his
+appreciation of the place that worship should have in every
+life, and to his deep sense of the need of every soul for those
+things that the House of God and its services can give. This
+attitude instead of lessening, as in so many lives it does, as
+responsibilities increased, and honours accumulated, deepened in
+Mr. Hays with the passing years.</p>
+
+<p>“The continent-wide enterprises with which his name will always
+be associated were not simply enterprises and interests to him.
+They constituted a work, a ministry, which it was given him
+to administer for man, and through man for God. The tens of
+thousands for whom he had already thrown open the door of their
+exodus from European stagnation and oppression were his Israel,
+whom he, in God’s name, was leading out into liberty and larger
+life. These broad prairies and boundless stretches of Northern
+Saskatchewan and the Peace River district, those hitherto
+impassable Rockies, giving gateway to the flowering farmlands
+that slope toward the silver sands of the Pacific—these were
+his Canaan, which it was his to conquer, not with sword and
+clash of battle, but with genius and enterprise and the power of
+science, so that into the good ‘Land of Promise’ he might bring
+the oppressed peoples of the world, to make a nation strong in
+liberty and in righteousness.</p>
+
+<p>“Did time permit I could tell you much of how Mr. Hays carried on
+his great heart, the toiling multitudes of earth and their needs,
+and of how it was to him a vision glorious that he was permitted
+in some measure to contribute to their uplift and redemption. He,
+too, like Israel’s leader, had looked upon the burdens of the
+people. To us it seems that, like Moses, he has been permitted
+only to view his promised land from afar. On the threshhold of
+completion he has been bidden to lay down his work. A broken
+column? A work incomplete? Yes, if this world is all, and this
+life the only life, but if death is indeed for the life that
+lives in Christ, not extinction but expansion, not frustration
+but promotion, than surely in some other of the many mansions in
+our Father’s one great house, they still serve who have ceased
+from labor here, and work with gladness for the bringing in of
+that day when throughout all the universe of God there shall be
+nothing to hurt nor to destroy, but ‘God shall be all and in
+all.’”</p>
+
+<p>The press throughout the American continent united in tribute
+to Charles Melville Hays and under the caption of Montreal’s
+Loss the Gazette of April 19, 1912, said editorially:<a class="pagenum" name="Page_50" id="Page_50">[50]</a> “Among the
+many places which will have home reasons for bearing the loss
+(April 15, 1912) of the steamship Titanic in sorrowful memory
+there will be few to rank before Montreal. Of residents who had
+won or were winning honorable places of usefulness in the city’s
+commercial life, no less than four ended their earthly career in
+the dark hours of Monday when the Atlantic waters closed over
+the wreck of what had been one of the world’s noblest vessels.
+First of these, of course, ranks Mr. Charles M. Hays, president
+of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railways and director and adviser in
+many allied and other enterprises. Mr. Hays came to Montreal as
+a stranger, when the condition and fortunes of the Grand Trunk
+Railway were low indeed. The life had apparently gone out of the
+direction and a great property, with greater potentialities, was
+in danger of passing into bankruptcy. He and his associates found
+their task harder also because they were strangers. It was only a
+little while, however, before the city and the country, as well
+as the proprietors of the railway, recognized that in the new
+general manager, which was the title Mr. Hays then had, they had
+a man who for capacity ranked with the highest in his profession.
+With a slight interruption Mr. Hays has had chief executive
+control since 1897 of the Grand Trunk Railway. In that time it
+has been lifted physically to the standard of a high class, well
+equipped road, with few superiors in America. Financially it
+has been so improved as to meet the interest charges on the new
+capital raised for betterments and has been able to pay dividends
+on some of the older issues that once seemed to have lost all
+value as investments. In late years he was a chief moving spirit
+in the projection and construction of the Grand Trunk Pacific
+Railway, which is now approaching completion. His work in these
+connections speaks of his executive ability louder than can words
+written or spoken. It is only to be added that in all relations
+of life, business or social, he was a plain, courteous and kindly
+gentleman, to whom all were ready to pay in full measure the
+respect that he deserved.”</p>
+
+<p>The memorial service read in the American Presbyterian church
+to which previous allusion has been made, was one of the most
+impressive ever held within the borders of Canada and the
+tributes to Mr. Hays on that occasion attested how high was the
+position which he held in the regard of business colleagues,
+of eminent educators, ministers and others. Principal Peterson
+of McGill University said in part: “We have done well to come
+together in this solemn manner, not to meet in a useless parade
+of grief and sorrow, but to pay a sincere tribute to the worth
+of one who has gone to his last reward and to express our
+sympathy to those who suffer the loss of one so dear, and who
+have scarcely yet survived the shock of their sudden bereavement.
+Our men died like heroes—in that last dread extremity they bore
+themselves nobly and well.</p>
+
+<p>“And I doubt not that foremost in fortitude was that
+great-hearted man who today is mourned throughout the world,
+Charles M. Hays, who was then eagerly returning to take his
+controlling part in those great enterprises with which his name
+will always be associated, and no doubt looking forward with joy
+to returning to his accustomed work and surroundings here. The
+vast transportation system over which he so well presided, and to
+which he gave fresh life, has just paid him well earned tribute
+in those moments of organized, concerted, silence stretching
+across this continent—the awed hush of reverent respect and
+tender sympathy from every section of the railway service and
+from every rank and class in the community at large. It was a
+moving incident, but only a slight indication of the esteem in
+which he was<a class="pagenum" name="Page_51" id="Page_51">[51]</a> held everywhere, and of the loss which the railways
+and the people have sustained.</p>
+
+<p>“Mr. Hays came to Montreal in 1896, shortly after I came here,
+and since then it has been my privilege to know him well, and
+to meet him frequently in university and other affairs. Only a
+short time before Mr. Hays left for Europe I had a walk with him,
+when he talked to me of his plans for the future, and discussed
+university and other educational matters, with the grave and
+serious hope for future advancement which marked his thought.
+Little then did either of us think it possible that so terrible
+a disaster should cut short his vigorous and useful career. He
+was a real leader of men, a true captain of industry, carrying
+a huge burden of work and responsibility on his shoulders, and
+always carrying it as a strong Christian man should. We shall go
+forth from this solemn service to our customary duties, graver
+and sadder men. It may be that we shall not have the melancholy
+duty of following to the grave the remains of this man whose
+work interlinked a vast continent. He has found his grave in the
+ocean, and it may be literally said of him that the whole world
+is his tomb. Certainly his memory will not soon die; for long
+will the memory live of this impressive memorial of his sad fate
+and the sorrow of his stricken family. And when the far-reaching
+plans for which he stood sponsor are realized we shall often go
+back in thought to what this city, this dominion and the empire
+at large owes to the ability, the integrity and dauntless energy
+of Charles Melville Hays.”</p>
+
+<p>One of the glowing and well deserved tributes paid to the memory
+of Charles Melville Hays was spoken by Rev. T. S. McWilliams. D.
+D., of Cleveland, Ohio, who said: “The man whose loss we mourn
+today, and whose memory we would honor was not merely a national,
+he was an international figure. The great enterprise of which
+he was at the head, and, to an unusual degree the guiding and
+animating spirit, was not merely a national, but an international
+railway. It seems fitting therefore that one from the United
+States should have a small part in this memorial service. The
+humble tribute which I bring is not merely that of a former
+pastor—as such I was privileged to say a few words on Sunday
+last. Nor is my tribute that of a personal friend—as such my
+place would not be here in the pulpit, but in position with the
+mourners, amongst those who most deeply and genuinely feel a
+sense of personal loss. Mine is the privilege today of bringing a
+neighboring nation’s tribute, if you will; of assuring you that
+many of the American people share with you the sorrow and sense
+of loss which you feel so keenly. In the United States the late
+Charles M. Hays was born, and there he spent the larger part of
+his life. Of our country he remained a citizen to the last. Yet
+there were few men more genuinely devoted to the interests of
+Canada or more intelligently attached to British institutions
+than he. Few, if any, in Canada saw with clearer vision the great
+possibilities of the future of your country and believed more
+intensely in the great destinies of Canada.</p>
+
+<p>“To speak of Mr. Hays’ preeminent ability as a railway man is
+scarcely necessary. We have only to look around to see the
+monuments to his genius. There are two immense office buildings
+that ornament your city; there is that wonderful steel bridge
+over Niagara’s gorge and the great station at Ottawa. There
+is the rejuvenated and vastly extended Grand Trunk Railway.<a class="pagenum" name="Page_52" id="Page_52">[52]</a>
+And, perhaps greatest of all, there is the Grand Trunk Pacific
+Railway, destined at no distant date to span this continent,
+making accessible natural resources of incalculable value, and
+bringing into practical part of the national progress vast
+regions at present inaccessible to the agriculturist. These are
+great enterprises which have attracted the admiring attention of
+the world and stimulated rival systems to greater activity, while
+bringing millions in money to your land, and, what means much
+more to you, an unprecedented tide of immigration. It is but just
+to say that such enterprises as these have been no small factor
+in the building up of that great progress and prosperity which
+characterizes Canada at the present time.</p>
+
+<p>“The credit of such achievements is, of course, to be shared
+with Mr. Hays’ earnest colaborers—and he would have been the
+first to give them such credit—but to Mr. Hays is certainly
+due the credit of the initiative. For a man at the early age
+of thirty-eight years to rise from the bottom of the ladder
+to the presidency of such a railway system as the Wabash, and
+later to be selected as president of the Grand Trunk, charged
+with its rehabilitation, and to so conduct its affairs that
+after only five years its securities had enhanced in value by
+eighty-six millions of dollars; to be called to the presidency
+of the Southern Pacific, and then called back again to the Grand
+Trunk to consummate yet vaster plans—these are proofs positive
+and sufficient of his preeminent railway genius. The tribute
+of silence in which we a few minutes ago reverently joined—a
+silence in which we were joined by that great army of employes
+from ocean to ocean—was not the silence of obedience to an
+enforced order. It was the genuine heart-felt tribute of men of
+all ranks to a leader whom they had loved and lost.</p>
+
+<p>“The contagion of his example spread through every part of
+that great system. Himself a hard and rapid worker his own
+example was a sufficient incentive to do away with indolence and
+incompetence. His presence anywhere on the system encouraged and
+thrilled to better work not by fear of the tyrant’s command to
+go, but they thrilled at the leader’s call to come.</p>
+
+<p>“Mr. Hays was first, last and all the time a great railway man.
+But it would be unjust to speak merely of that. He possessed
+other qualities that impressed me even more than that. He was
+throughout his life a man of lofty and unbending principle. I
+personally know that his early ending of his connection with
+a great railway system, sacrificing a position to which was
+attached great honor and an immense salary, and his going out of
+that office, not knowing whither he went, was a wonderful example
+of the triumph of principle over what appeared to be personal
+interests. It stands as a proof of Mr. Hays’ unwillingness to be
+the tool of a designing genius no matter what that might seem to
+offer him in the way of personal remuneration. And in the great
+positions he held it was his constant endeavor to be just to all.
+It was his endeavor by day and his prayer by night to always
+carry an even balance between the employes of his company and
+those who had invested their living in it with even justice to
+both. Knowledge of this permeated the whole system, and brought a
+realization amongst the men that the main endeavor of the leader
+was not to get out of the employes as much as possible and give
+them in return as<a class="pagenum" name="Page_53" id="Page_53">[53]</a> little as possible, but that they were really
+working with, not for, their president, in the interests of all.</p>
+
+<p>“And he was a public-spirited man in many other spheres. That
+he was a generous friend of education is proven in that he
+was a governor of McGill University; that he was a benefactor
+to suffering humanity is shown by the hospitals of which he
+was a governor. But far more than these public positions were
+innumerable cases in which he proved himself a generous but
+unostentatious friend to the needy. And may I for a moment draw
+aside the sacred veil, and speak of his home life. As a father,
+husband, brother, comrade, to all in his household he was ever
+the genial, pure, high-minded Christian gentleman—the idol of
+his home, as he deserved to be. His religious influence was
+unmistakable and caused him inevitably to work for the right. I
+am confident that his deep religious sense of duty was at the
+bottom of much that we admire in his career—he was utterly
+honest, not because he believed it to be the best business
+policy, but because he had faith in the right; he was filled with
+genial optimism, not from blindness to the facts, but because he
+knew them.</p>
+
+<p>“That such lives should be allowed to be interrupted by such
+disasters as that we now mourn is a problem which cannot be
+satisfactorily answered. It may be said that no man’s place is
+impossible to be filled. But Methodism has never found another
+John Wesley, and the Grand Trunk will look and wait for long
+before it finds another Charles Melville Hays.”</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_C34" id="Idx_C34"></a>DOUGALL CUSHING.</h3>
+
+<p>One of the most able, successful and progressive of the younger
+generation of professional men in Montreal is Dougall Cushing,
+connected with important legal interests as a member of the firm
+of Barron & Cushing, notaries. He is a native son of the city,
+born May 3, 1886, his parents being Charles and Lily (Macaulay)
+Cushing. The family is of old American establishment, the
+great-grandfather of the subject of this review, Job Cushing,
+having been born in Massachusetts in 1765. The father was born in
+May, 1848, and he was for a number of years the senior member of
+the firm of Cushing & Barron and known as an able and reliable
+notary. He was in addition a director in the Sun Life Assurance
+Company, on the board of governors of the Young Men’s Christian
+Association and deacon in Calvary Congregational church, a man
+of wide interests, high standards and useful and important
+accomplishments. His death occurred September 30, 1910. He and
+his wife became the parents of seven children, R. Macaulay,
+Dougall of this review, Charles, Arthur, Eric, Geoffrey and Edith.</p>
+
+<p>Dougall Cushing was reared in his parents’ home and acquired
+his preliminary education in the grammar and high schools of
+Montreal. He afterward attended McGill University, from which
+he was graduated B. A. in 1907 and B. C. L. in 1910. In the
+following year he established himself as a notary in his native
+city, associating himself with Robert H. Barron, his father’s
+former partner. The firm of Barron & Cushing is today, as it
+has been for many years past, one of the strongest of its kind
+in the city, for Dougall Cushing has followed closely in<a class="pagenum" name="Page_54" id="Page_54">[54]</a> his
+father’s footsteps, and has proved himself brilliant, reliable
+and energetic in the conduct of his professional interests.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Cushing belongs to Phi Kappa Pi, which he joined in McGill
+University and is a member of the Seventeenth Regiment, Duke
+of York’s Royal Canadian Hussars. He is one of the popular and
+enterprising young men of Montreal and has already gained a
+creditable place in a profession in which his superior merit and
+ability will undoubtedly win for him ultimate distinction.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_G3" id="Idx_G3"></a>HON. SAMUEL GALE.</h3>
+
+<p>Hon. Samuel Gale, one of the ablest members of the legal
+profession in his day, and a very prominent citizen of Montreal,
+died in that city on Saturday, April 15, 1865. He was the son
+of a Mr. Gale who, born in Hampshire, England, came to America
+in 1770 as assistant paymaster to the forces. He married there
+a Miss Wells, of Brattleboro, and soon after left the army, and
+took up his residence in the colony of New York. During the
+Revolution he stood firmly by the old flag under which he had
+served, and was for some time imprisoned as a loyalist. After the
+Revolution, he came to reside in Canada, upon an estate granted
+to his wife’s father by the crown, as indemnification for the
+losses brought upon him as a loyalist in the Revolution. He was
+subsequently secretary to Governor Prescott, whom he accompanied
+to England, and there assisted to defend him from the attacks
+made upon his administration. While there he wrote an essay on
+Public Credit, addressed and submitted to Pitt. The following is
+the inscription on his tombstone at Farnham, in Shefford county:</p>
+
+<p>“Here rests Samuel Gale, Esq., formerly acting deputy paymaster
+general of H. Majesty’s forces in the Southern Provinces, now
+the U. S. of America; subsequently Secretary to H. E. the
+Governor-in-chief of H. M. dominions in N. A.; Author of Essays
+on Public Credit, and other works; born at Kimpton Hants,
+England, October 14, 1748; died at Farnham, June 27, 1826.”</p>
+
+<p>Samuel Gale of this review was born at St. Augustine, East
+Florida, in 1783. He was educated at Quebec, while his father was
+secretary, and came to study law at Montreal under Chief Justice
+Sewell, in 1802, having Chief Justice Rolland and Mr. Papineau
+as fellow students. Mr. Gale was admitted to the bar in 1808,
+and ere long secured a large practice. In 1815 he was appointed
+a magistrate in the Indian territories, and accompanied Lord
+Selkirk when he went to the northwest. Later, when Lord Dalhousie
+was attacked for his Canadian administration, Mr. Gale went home
+as bearer of memorials from the English-speaking Lower Canadians
+in the townships and elsewhere, defending his lordship’s conduct.
+In 1829, he became chairman of the quarter sessions, and in
+1834 was raised to the bench to replace Mr. Justice Uniacke,
+who preferred to resign the seat on the bench to which he had
+just been appointed rather than come back to Montreal during the
+cholera, then raging here. Judge Gale retired from the bench in
+1849, forced into retirement by continued ill health and the
+gradual coming on of the infirmities of old age.</p>
+
+<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_57" id="Page_57">[57]</a></span></p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 352px;">
+<img src="images/image055.jpg" width="352" height="500" alt="HON. SAMUEL GALE" />
+<p class="caption">HON. SAMUEL GALE</p>
+</div>
+
+<p>He had married in 1839 a Miss Hawley, of St. Armand West, by whom
+he had three daughters. Mrs. Gale died in September, 1849. Of the
+daughters the only one now living is Anna R., widow of T. Sterry
+Hunt, of Montreal, who is mentioned elsewhere in this work; while
+of the other two, Agnes Logan married Andrew Stuart of Quebec,
+a son of Chief Justice Stuart and of a very prominent family in
+that city, and the third became the Baroness von Friesen, who
+died December 10, 1875, in Berlin, Germany.</p>
+
+<p>Born of parents who had both suffered for their loyal adherence
+to the British Crown during the American Revolution, and educated
+in their views Mr. Gale was, as long as he busied himself in
+politics, a stanch conservative and defender of British unity and
+British supremacy. He wrote a series of letters to the Montreal
+Herald (in those days the organ of the stoutest conservatism)
+over the signature of “Nerva” which produced a strong impression
+on the public mind at that time; and in espousing the cause of
+Lord Dalhousie and upholding the old constitution (under the
+title constitutionalists taken by the conservatives of that day)
+against the advocates of democracy or responsible government, he
+was but consistently pursuing the course on which he first set
+out. While upon the bench he maintained in an elaborate and very
+able judgment the right of the Crown to establish martial law
+here in 1837, refusing to theorize about what abstract rights man
+had or ought to have, declaring simply and firmly what the law,
+as he read it, established the prerogative of the sovereign to be
+in a colony. Both as a lawyer and judge he won the respect of his
+confreres alike by his ability and learning.</p>
+
+<p>For many years previous to his death he was deeply interested in
+the freedom of the slave. He could not speak with patience of
+any compromise with slavery and waxed indignant in denunciation
+of all who in any way aided, abetted, or even countenanced it.
+When the Anderson case was before the Upper Canada courts he
+was one of the most active among those who aroused agitation
+here. When the Prince of Wales visited this country he got up a
+congratulatory address from the colored people of Canada which,
+however, was not received, as the prince was desired by the Duke
+of Newcastle, not to recognize differences of race and creed
+wherever it could be helped.</p>
+
+<p>Judge Gale was a man of high principle and ever bore an
+unblemished moral character. Once in his early career at the bar
+he was forced by the then prevailing customs of society to fight
+a duel. His antagonist was Sir James Stuart, who had quarreled
+with him in court and Mr. Gale was severely wounded. It was an
+event which, we believe, he profoundly regretted, and gladly saw
+the better day dawn when men ran no risk of forfeiting their
+position as gentlemen by refusing to shoot, or be shot at, in
+order to redress real or fancied insults. He was a scrupulously
+just man, most methodical and punctual in business matters. There
+were in his writings great care, and precision and clearness of
+language. In his letters, too, and even in signing his name, the
+same trait was observable. He often used to condemn the stupid
+custom of men who signed their names with a flourish, yet so
+illegibly that no one could read, but only guess at, the word
+intended. He was not ostentatious of his charities, yet they were
+not lacking. Some years before his demise he made a gift of land
+to Bishop’s College, Lennoxville, and during the last months of
+his life, when age and illness were day by day wearing him<a class="pagenum" name="Page_58" id="Page_58">[58]</a> out,
+he found relief for his own distress in aiding to relieve that of
+the needy and afflicted.</p>
+
+<p>With him passed away one more of those men, who link the creative
+past, in which were laid the foundations of our civilization,
+with the bustling present and of whom the generation of today
+knows naught; of men more proud and precise in their manners
+than we are; and of such rectitude and sense of honor, that we
+feel deeply the loss of the influence of their example. A loyal
+subject, a learned and upright judge, a kind, true, steadfast
+friend, was lost to the community in Judge Gale.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_C9" id="Idx_C9"></a>ROLLO CAMPBELL, M. D.</h3>
+
+<p>Dr. Rollo Campbell, of whom it was said that no man ever spoke
+ill, was the son of Dr. Francis W. Campbell and was born in
+Montreal on the 6th of June, 1864. His life record covered a
+comparatively brief span. He was educated under private tutors
+and in Bishop’s College, where he pursued his professional
+course, being graduated from that institution at Lennoxville, P.
+Q., with honors in the class of 1886, at which time the M. D.
+degree was conferred upon him. His early professional experience
+came to him as interne in the Western Hospital at Montreal, where
+he remained for a year, gaining the wide knowledge and training
+that only hospital practice can bring. He then went to Europe,
+pursuing his studies in London and in Edinburgh. Upon returning
+to his native land he located in Montreal for practice and it was
+not long before he had established an enviable reputation as a
+conscientious, capable physician of untiring energy, thoroughly
+devoted to his profession and ever ready to do a kindness to
+those in need of his services. He was especially interested in
+surgery and his researches along that line were broad and varied.</p>
+
+<p>From the time of his graduation Dr. Campbell was on the teaching
+staff of Bishop’s College, first as demonstrator of anatomy,
+to which he was appointed in 1897, and later as professor of
+surgery. For many years he was on the consulting staff of the
+Montreal Dispensary and was one of the assistant surgeons of the
+Western Hospital, in which institution he was greatly interested.
+He was likewise an examiner for the New York Life Insurance
+Company.</p>
+
+<p>A feature in his professional connections was his service as
+surgeon for seventeen years of the Fifth Royal Scots of Canada,
+in which regiment he was very popular. At one time he was
+president of Bishop’s Medical College Graduates’ Society and he
+was physician to several fraternal societies. He also belonged to
+the Montreal Medico-Chirurgical Society and along more strictly
+social lines he was connected with the Metropolitan Club, the
+Montreal Military Institute and the Montreal Amateur Athletic
+Association. Of the latter he was a life member and was captain
+of the Bicycle Club of that organization.</p>
+
+<p>Dr. Campbell was married in Montreal in 1892 in St. Paul’s
+Presbyterian church to Miss Marion May Fletcher, a daughter of
+Henry Fletcher, who for thirty years was tide surveyor of the
+port of Montreal, and his wife, whose maiden name was Margaret
+Ann McInnes. Dr. and Mrs. Campbell became parents of two
+children: Gladys Agnes and Edith Margaret. The family circle<a class="pagenum" name="Page_59" id="Page_59">[59]</a>
+was broken by the hand of death when on the 31st of May, 1904,
+Dr. Campbell passed away. Speaking of him at this time a fellow
+graduate of Bishop’s College said: “He was a fine fellow. I
+think I can safely say that I never heard anyone speak ill of
+him. He was kind and thoughtful and devoted himself to his work.
+In fact, I fear that he worked too hard on account of that
+conscientiousness which would not allow of his neglecting any
+seeming duty. He will be greatly missed, not only by his fellow
+practitioners, but by all who knew him and respected him.”</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_L20" id="Idx_L20"></a>ROBERT KURCZYN LOVELL.</h3>
+
+<p>While Robert Kurczyn Lovell entered upon a business already
+established, he has displayed the enterprise and determination
+which are among his salient characteristics in the methods which
+he has followed in conducting his business affairs. Montreal
+numbers him among her native sons, but he comes of Irish and
+German ancestry. He is the eldest son of the late John Lovell,
+who was a prominent publisher of Montreal from 1835 until his
+death in 1893. His mother is Mrs. Sarah Lovell, a daughter of N.
+P. M. Kurczyn, who was a German merchant of Montreal.</p>
+
+<p>In the acquirement of his education Robert K. Lovell passed
+through consecutive grades to the high school. In 1867 he became
+connected with his father in business, becoming a partner in 1880
+and so continuing until the latter’s death in July, 1893. The
+business was conducted under the same style until 1903 when it
+was incorporated. Since 1903 he has been president of the firm of
+John Lovell & Son, Ltd., publishers of Lovell’s Gazetteer of the
+Dominion of Canada and Newfoundland, Lovell’s Montreal Directory,
+Lovell’s Montreal Business Directory and numerous other
+publications. In all of his business affairs he never deviates
+from the highest standards. He is an Anglican in religious faith.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_D27" id="Idx_D27"></a>WILLIAM OKELL HOLDEN DODDS.</h3>
+
+<p>For over twenty years Major William O. H. Dodds has been
+connected with the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York,
+being at present the assistant manager for Quebec and the
+maritime provinces. He was born in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, July
+3, 1867, a son of the late Charles Dodds, a manufacturer of that
+province, who died in June, 1893. The mother of our subject, who
+was before her marriage Miss Agnes Smith, died in December, 1910.</p>
+
+<p>William Dodds received his education in the Yarmouth high school
+and the Yarmouth Academy of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. He completed
+his school education in 1884 and then entered the employ of
+the Bank of Yarmouth, remaining with that institution until
+1887. From 1887 to 1888 he assisted his father in the wholesale
+and retail dry-goods business, but in the latter year came to
+Montreal, entering the wholesale dry-goods trade, with which line
+he continued until<a class="pagenum" name="Page_60" id="Page_60">[60]</a> 1892. In that year he joined the staff of the
+Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York as cashier and, rising
+through various positions, was made the assistant manager of the
+concern for Quebec and the maritime provinces, which office he
+yet holds. Mr. Dodds has also been one of the promoters of the
+Consumers’ Cotton Company.</p>
+
+<p>On November 29, 1910, Mr. Dodds married Jean Hamilton Holt,
+eldest daughter of Robert W. Tyre, of Montreal. Mrs. Dodds is
+greatly interested in athletics and in 1911 was elected president
+of the Ladies’ Montreal Curling Club.</p>
+
+<p>Major Dodds is also a well known amateur athlete. He was formerly
+president of the Canadian Amateur Athletic Union; is a member
+of the executive committee of the Amateur Skating Association
+of Canada; and was selected as one of the team of the Montreal
+Curling Club to proceed to Scotland in December, 1908, but
+was unable to go. He has long been in the volunteer military
+service, being formerly a captain in the Fifth Regiment, Royal
+Scots. He subsequently commanded the Third Battery, Montreal,
+and then organized the Twenty-first (Westmount) Battery, which
+he commanded from October 26, 1907, to April 9, 1910. He is
+now engaged in the reorganization of the First Regiment,
+Grenadier Guards of Canada. In January, 1906, Major Dodds was
+elected president of the Montreal Military Institute and is now
+councillor of the Boy Scout movement.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Dodds is a Presbyterian and gives his political support to
+the conservative party. He is a member of the Montreal Club,
+the Montreal Military Institute, the Montreal Curling Club, the
+Montreal Amateur Athletic Association, the Montreal Hunt Club,
+the St. James Club, the Royal Montreal Golf Club and others.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_P15" id="Idx_P15"></a>ISAIE PREFONTAINE.</h3>
+
+<p>Isaie Prefontaine, no less highly esteemed for his business
+capacity and enterprise than for his public-spirited citizenship,
+has contributed along various lines to the welfare and progress
+of the city in which he makes his home. A native of Beloeil, he
+was born in 1861 and in the pursuit of his education attended
+Montreal College, from which he was graduated with honors. From
+the outset of his career he has made his labors count as factors
+in general progress and improvement. He has been a close student
+of conditions and problems of the time and along practical lines
+has worked for betterment.</p>
+
+<p>He has taken a warm interest in the commercial development of
+the city and has been prominently identified with various bodies
+working toward that end. He was president of the Chamber of
+Commerce of Montreal for the year 1908-9 and for six years was
+president of the School of High Commercial Studies. In 1909
+he became president of the Federation of Chambers of Commerce
+for the province of Quebec and was continued in that high and
+important office for three years. He has also been a member of
+the Board of Trade and has been a cordial cooperator in the
+movement for providing<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_63" id="Page_63">[63]</a></span> facilities for specialized instruction
+and training of those engaged in manufacturing and other
+industrial pursuits.</p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 351px;">
+<img src="images/image061.jpg" width="351" height="500" alt="ISAIE PREFONTAINE" />
+<p class="caption">ISAIE PREFONTAINE</p>
+</div>
+
+<p>His wide research and investigation enable him to speak with
+authority upon many questions bearing upon the business condition
+of the city and its possibilities for progress along industrial
+and commercial lines. He is an idealist, whose methods are
+practical, and is a man of action rather than of theory.</p>
+
+<p>In 1883 he married Miss Eliza Pigeon, a daughter of Olivier
+Pigeon, of Vercheres, Quebec. He belongs to both the Club St.
+Denis and the Canadian Club and in the city has a wide and
+favorable acquaintance. The Montreal Herald has termed him “a man
+of capacity and high character.”</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_C6" id="Idx_C6"></a>FRANCIS WAYLAND CAMPBELL, M. D.</h3>
+
+<p>Dr. Francis Wayland Campbell, practitioner, educator and editor
+of medical journals, winning distinction along each line, was
+born in Montreal on the 5th of November, 1837, a son of the late
+Rollo Campbell, at one time publisher of the Montreal Daily
+Pilot and a native of Perthshire, Scotland. Dr. Campbell’s more
+specifically literary education was obtained at Dutton Academy
+and the Baptist College, and in preparation for a professional
+career he studied medicine in McGill University, from which he
+was graduated with the M. D. degree in 1860. He at once located
+for practice in his native city, where he continued until his
+death. After the completion of his course at McGill he spent some
+time in study abroad, investigating the methods and watching the
+clinics of eminent physicians and surgeons of London, Dublin,
+Edinburgh and Glasgow. In 1861 he passed with high rank an
+examination before the Royal College of Physicians of London.</p>
+
+<p>In October, 1861, Dr. Campbell married Miss Agnes Stuart Rodger,
+of Greenock, Scotland, and in November returned with his bride
+to Canada, opening an office for practice in Montreal. Success
+came to him almost immediately because his equipment was good and
+because of his recognition of and marked devotion to the duties
+of the profession. He was offered the editorship of the hospital
+report department of the British-American Journal, accepted it
+and continued to serve in that connection until 1864, when the
+publication of the paper ceased. The Canada Medical Journal
+was soon afterward started and Dr. Campbell joined Dr. Fenwick
+in its editorial management, being thus associated from 1864
+until 1872. In the meantime he had joined the medical faculty of
+Bishop’s College, whereupon Dr. Fenwick declined to associate
+with him any longer in the publication of the Canada Medical
+Journal. The result was the discontinuance of that paper. Dr.
+Campbell decided to contest the field with Dr. Fenwick, who began
+issuing the paper independently, the Campbell publication being
+known as the Canada Medical Record, of which he remained editor
+and proprietor until his demise. In 1872 Dr. Campbell joined
+Drs. David, Smallwood, Hingston and Trenholme in organizing the
+medical faculty of Bishop’s College, after which he was appointed
+professor of physiology and was elected by the faculty as their
+registrar. His writings were considered a valuable contribution<a class="pagenum" name="Page_64" id="Page_64">[64]</a>
+to the literature of the profession and his publications were
+liberally patronized by those holding to the highest professional
+standards.</p>
+
+<p>Dr. Campbell was a member of the volunteer militia from 1854 and
+in 1860 was appointed assistant surgeon of the First Battalion,
+Volunteer Rifles of Canada, now the First Battalion. He served
+with his regiment on the eastern frontier, being at Hemingford
+and at Durham during the Fenian raid in 1866. In the fall of that
+year he was promoted to the rank of surgeon of the regiment and
+again during the brief Fenian raid of 1871 was with his command
+at Pigeon Hill, at St. Armands and St. Johns. After being for a
+great many years surgeon of the Prince of Wales Rifles he was
+appointed, on the formation of the Regular Canadian Militia, to
+the office of surgeon of the Infantry School Corps at St. Johns,
+Province of Quebec, and held the position for nineteen years,
+being then retired at the age limit with the rank of surgeon
+lieutenant colonel. At that time the regiments were known and
+still are as the Royal Regiments Canadian Infantry. In 1894 he
+established the V. R. I. Magazine and became its first editor.
+Lennoxville conferred upon him the honorary degree of D. C. L. in
+1895. Two years later his son, Dr. Rollo Campbell, was appointed
+demonstrator of anatomy in Bishop’s College. Another matter of
+interest and importance in the life record of Dr. Campbell was
+that he held for forty-three years the position of chief medical
+examiner for the New York Life Insurance Company at Montreal and
+his son, Dr. Rollo Campbell, was his assistant. He was honorary
+president of the Military Institute for several years and was
+one of the founders of the Western Hospital of Montreal. He was
+called the father of that institution and two years ago the
+hospital placed a very handsome bronze tablet to his memory in
+the institution. At the time of his death he was dean of the
+medical faculty of Bishop’s College at Montreal. His degrees were
+M. A., M. D. and L. R. C. P. of London. Honor and distinction
+came to him in many ways, and at all times he bore his honors
+with becoming modesty.</p>
+
+<p>Dr. Campbell was a liberal conservative in politics. He belonged
+to the Montreal Military Institute and was a past master of the
+Victoria Lodge of Masons. Of scholarly attainments, finding keen
+pleasure in scientific research and actuated, too, by a broad
+humanitarian spirit, his professional service as practitioner,
+educator and writer was of marked value to the public and
+constituted a notable contribution to the world’s work in the
+field of medical and surgical progress.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_L12" id="Idx_L12"></a>CLEOPHAS EDWARD LECLERC.</h3>
+
+<p>Cleophas Edward Leclerc, who for fifteen years was a member of
+the board of notaries of Quebec, his home being in Montreal,
+his native city, was born September 26, 1844. Almost his entire
+life was passed in Montreal, where he supplemented his early
+education by a classical course in the College of Ste. Therese de
+Blainville in the district of Terrebonne. Having determined to
+become a notary public, he entered upon his professional studies
+under the direction of Mr. F. Des Bastien, registrar of the
+county of Vaudreuil, and was admitted to practice on the 15th of
+October, 1866. For fifteen years he was a<a class="pagenum" name="Page_65" id="Page_65">[65]</a> member of the Quebec
+board of notaries and for three years was its vice president. He
+stood high in his profession, and the clientage afforded him came
+in recognition of his superior ability.</p>
+
+<p>On the 16th of November, 1875, Mr. Leclerc was married to Miss
+Caroline Eliza Archambault of St. Hyacinthe, and they became
+the parents of six children: Robertine; Rene, who is managing
+director of the Credit-Canada, Limited; Achille; Alice, the wife
+of Arthur Hubour, who is engaged in the drug business at the
+corner of Demontigny and St. Denis Streets; Ovide; and Rita.
+Death came to Mr. Leclerc at his home at No. 655 St. Hubert
+Street on the 23d of November, 1912, when he was sixty-eight
+years of age. He was a man of fine personal appearance, his
+broad forehead indicating strong native intelligence. He was
+of dignified appearance and mien and looked at life from the
+standpoint of one who recognized its obligations and duties as
+well as its privileges and opportunities. He had an extensive
+circle of friends so that his death was deeply regretted by many
+outside his own household.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_C12" id="Idx_C12"></a>GEORGE CAVERHILL.</h3>
+
+<p>Prominent on the roll of leading business men of Montreal stands
+the name of George Caverhill, a merchant who for an extended
+period has been connected with commercial life and figures
+prominently in connection with corporate interests having to
+do with the business enterprise and consequent prosperous
+development of the city. He was born October 18, 1858, at
+Beauharnois, P. Q., and is of Scotch descent. His parents were
+Thomas and Elizabeth Spiers (Buchanan) Caverhill, the latter a
+representative of the Buchanan family of Lenny, while the former
+was a member of the border family of Caverhills, residents of
+Scotland from 1200.</p>
+
+<p>In the attainment of his education George Caverhill attended
+successively the Montreal high school, the Galt Collegiate
+Institute and McGill University. From the outset of his business
+career he has been connected with mercantile interests. In 1877
+he entered the employ of Crathern & Caverhill, of Montreal,
+and, later ambitious to engage in business on his own account,
+utilized the opportunities of becoming a partner in a wholesale
+hardware firm, his partners being his brother, the late Frank
+Caverhill, J. B. Learmont and T. H. Newman. The four organized
+the firm of Caverhill, Learmont & Company, wholesale hardware
+merchants of both Montreal and Winnipeg. This by no means
+indicates the scope of his investments and his activities.
+That he is today one of the most important business men of the
+province is indicated in the fact that he is vice president of
+the Montreal Loan & Mortgage Company, a director of the Dominion
+Iron & Steel Company, Canadian Cottons, Ltd., Montreal Trust
+Company, Montreal Light, Heat & Power Company, and is identified
+with a number of organizations to promote trade and business
+relations. In 1904 he was chosen president of the Montreal Metal
+& Hardware Association, was made first vice president of the
+Montreal Board of Trade in 1906 and its president in 1907.</p>
+
+<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_66" id="Page_66">[66]</a></p>
+
+<p>In 1887 Mr. Caverhill was married to Miss Emily Margaret,
+daughter of John Caverhill. She takes active interest in
+philanthropical and charitable work and is a member of the
+general committee of the Victorian Order of Nurses. Together with
+her husband, she is a life governor of the Protestant Hospital
+for the Insane. Both Mr. and Mrs. Caverhill were presented to the
+late King Edward at Windsor Castle in June, 1905.</p>
+
+<p>In addition to his previously mentioned activities, Mr. Caverhill
+is a governor of the Montreal General Hospital, and is a life
+member of St. Andrew’s Society of Montreal. He has a great love
+of animals and has won fully two hundred and sixty prizes with
+his kennel of skye terriers. Mr. Caverhill’s political allegiance
+is given to the liberal party, and in 1911 he opposed the
+Taft-Fielding reciprocity compact. Prominent in club circles,
+he holds membership with the Mount Royal, St. James, Canada,
+Canadian, Forest and Stream, Lachine Boating and Canoe, Montreal
+Hunt, Montreal Jockey, Montreal Polo, Reform, Royal Montreal
+Golf and Royal St. Lawrence Yacht Clubs, all of Montreal. He is
+a man of liberal culture and broad general information, having
+largely promoted his knowledge through extended travel in the
+East Indies, South America, Japan, Egypt, Greece and Italy. His
+opinions carry weight on all questions in which he has become
+deeply interested, and his interest in any plan or project is
+ever the source of activity in its support.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_S21" id="Idx_S21"></a>LOUIS JOSEPH ARTHUR SURVEYER.</h3>
+
+<p>Louis Joseph Arthur Surveyer, one of the best known business men
+of Montreal, his ability and enterprise finding exemplification
+in his substantial success, was born May 16, 1841, in the town of
+Beauharnois, in the province of Quebec. His father was Dr. Joseph
+Surveyer, a well known physician of Beauharnois and surrounding
+parishes, and his mother bore the maiden name of Eugenie Duclos
+Decelles.</p>
+
+<p>L. J. A. Surveyer was educated at St. Laurent College and entered
+upon his business career as a clerk in a general store in St.
+Johns, P. Q. After eighteen months he came to Montreal and
+entered the retail hardware store of Messrs. Ferrier & Company
+on Notre Dame Street. After nine months’ service in the employ
+of that firm they sold their business and Mr. Surveyer entered
+the employ of Mr. Thomas Davidson in his retail store, continuing
+in that employ for seven years. He was ambitious to engage in
+business on his own account and so wisely used his time and
+talent that he was now able with a capital of six hundred dollars
+to open a store of his own. His venture proved successful from
+the beginning and has been developed and built up to its present
+extensive proportions so that Mr. Surveyer is now ranked with the
+leading business men of the city.</p>
+
+<p>In 1868 Mr. Surveyer married Miss Amelie Pelletier, who died
+thirteen months later. In 1873 he married Miss M. A. Hectorine
+Fabre, a daughter of the late E. R. Fabre, and the youngest
+sister of the late Archbishop Fabre. Of this union there were
+born eight children, seven of whom are living, as follows: Edward
+Fabre, a lawyer in Montreal, of whom there is further<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_69" id="Page_69">[69]</a></span> mention
+in this work; Eugenie, now Mrs. N. K. Laflamme of Montreal;
+Arthur, of Surveyer & Frigon, consulting engineers; Paul, a
+lawyer in Montreal; Gustave, of Montreal; Marie; and Therese, now
+Mrs. Jules Faurnier of Montreal. Mr. Surveyer is a member of the
+Canadian Club and of the Alliance Nationale. There is found in
+his life history the strong proof of the fact that the road to
+opportunity is open to ambition and energy, and that it leads to
+the goal of success.</p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 350px;">
+<img src="images/image067.jpg" width="350" height="500" alt="LOUIS J. A. SURVEYER" />
+<p class="caption">LOUIS J. A. SURVEYER</p>
+</div>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_D25" id="Idx_D25"></a>NORVAL DICKSON.</h3>
+
+<p>Norval Dickson, practicing as a notary in Montreal in
+partnership with R. B. Hutcheson, and controlling an important,
+representative and growing clientage, was born in Howick, Quebec,
+in 1878 and is a son of Robert Dickson who came to Canada from
+Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1830.</p>
+
+<p>Norval Dickson acquired his preliminary education in Huntingdon
+Academy, Huntingdon, Quebec, and afterwards entered McGill
+University in Montreal, receiving his Bachelor of Arts degree
+in 1901 and his degree in law in 1904. Immediately afterward he
+began practice in Montreal, continuing alone until May, 1910,
+when he formed a partnership with R. B. Hutcheson under the firm
+name of Hutcheson & Dickson. Mr. Dickson has proved an important
+and helpful factor in the success of the firm, for he possesses a
+deep and comprehensive knowledge of the underlying principles of
+his profession and has a well deserved reputation as a reliable
+and competent notary. The firm controls a growing and extensive
+patronage and has a high standing in legal circles of the city.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_D22" id="Idx_D22"></a>REV. ABRAHAM DE SOLA, LL. D.</h3>
+
+<p>Rev. Abraham de Sola, LL. D., who for many years was so familiar
+a figure in literary circles in Montreal and who earned so wide
+and deserved a reputation as an Oriental scholar and theologian,
+was a descendent of an illustrious Spanish-Jewish family. The
+marvelous history of Israel must ever be of peculiar interest to
+mankind, and perhaps no chapter in the post-biblical portion of
+that history possesses more charm than that which relates about
+the Jews of Spain and Portugal, or Sephardim, as they are styled.
+These lived free and untrammeled <a name="Err_6" id="Err_6"></a>during those mediæval times when
+their brethren in less favored countries were weighed down by
+the burden of oppression, and with the Saracens they kept alive
+the flame of learning and science in the Iberian peninsula at a
+time when it burnt lowest in the rest of Europe. Power, rank and
+honor were theirs; and when afterwards clouds obscured the sky of
+their prosperity, and the storm of persecution burst pitilessly
+over their heads, their record of heroic martyrdom and thrilling
+adventure is a tale as fascinating as that of many of the most
+imaginative pages of fiction.</p>
+
+<p>Among the many bright names which illumined Spanish-Jewish
+history, that of De Sola stands prominent. The De Solas had
+settled in Andalusia as early<a class="pagenum" name="Page_70" id="Page_70">[70]</a> as the sixth century, whence
+they had come from Judea by gradual stages through northern
+Africa. They held various offices under the Saracenic caliphs at
+Toledo and Cordova, and afterwards when they removed to Navarre
+they were received with like favor by the Gothic princes. From
+their estate in this province, their surname had its origin.
+A particularly distinguished member of the family was Don
+Bartolomeu de Sola, who, in reward for his services, was ennobled
+and, after being a minister of state, held for a while the
+position of viceroy of Navarre.</p>
+
+<p>During the fourteenth century another De Sola distinguished
+himself fighting under the Infante of Aragon and figured
+conspicuously in the Spanish wars of that period. During the
+succeeding centuries the family continued to hold an illustrious
+place, owing to the large number of eminent scholars, physicians
+and statesmen it produced. Their fortunes, however, changed when
+King Ferdinand, having by the conquest of Granada destroyed
+the last vestige of Moorish power in Spain, decided to drive
+therefrom all who did not conform to the dominant faith; and in
+1492 was promulgated the terrible edict of expulsion, which,
+at one blow, deprived hundreds of thousands of Spain’s most
+intelligent and industrious inhabitants of happy and prosperous
+homes. The De Solas took refuge in Holland, but a branch of the
+family continued to hold business connections with Lisbon, and
+eventually some of them settled in the Portuguese capital, where
+they amassed much wealth. Watched by the Inquisition, they, like
+many other Portuguese Jews, for some time evaded the danger by
+assuming to become Marannos or Nuevos Christianos—as converted
+Jews were styled—while they secretly remained loyal to Judaism.
+In the latter part of the seventeenth century, however, suspicion
+was directed towards them, and David de Sola (who to elude his
+persecutors had assumed the name of Bartolome) was apprehended
+and charged with having relapsed into Judaism. Although placed
+under the most fearful torture nothing seems to have been proved,
+as he was allowed to afterwards go free; but he was physically
+broken down by his terrible sufferings. Escape from the country
+by a suspect was then extremely difficult, but in the next
+generation his son, Aaron de Sola, managed to secure refuge on
+board a British man-of-war and to make good his escape with his
+family to England; not, however, before two of his relatives
+had been imprisoned, tortured and condemned to death at an
+auto-da-fé, by the Inquisition, for secret adherence to Judaism.</p>
+
+<p>It was in 1749 that Aaron de Sola fled with his wife and family
+to England, and now that they were freed from the terrors of
+the Inquisition they openly avowed once more their loyalty to
+the faith of their fathers. From England they took passage for
+Holland, where they rejoined their relatives, and taking up their
+residence in Amsterdam they soon again rose to distinction in the
+various learned professions.</p>
+
+<p>Previously to this—in the year 1690—one of the preceding
+generation, Isaac de Sola, had settled in London and had acquired
+a high reputation in the Hebrew community there as an eloquent
+preacher and author. Several volumes of his works are still
+extant.</p>
+
+<p>Four sons had accompanied Aaron de Sola in his flight from Lisbon
+in 1749, of whom the eldest, David, was the great-grandfather
+of the Dr. Abraham de Sola who forms the chief subject of this
+sketch. The youngest of Aaron de Sola’s, sons, Dr. Benjamin de
+Sola, attained to a foremost place among the practitioners of
+the eighteenth century. He was court physician to William V of
+the Netherlands<a class="pagenum" name="Page_71" id="Page_71">[71]</a> and was the author of a large number of medical
+works. The other two sons of Aaron de Sola settled in Curacao,
+and one of them was the grandfather of General Juan de Sola, who
+became so distinguished as a commander of cavalry under Bolivar
+and Paez when the South American states revolted from Spain. He
+took part in the decisive battle of Carabobo, and led the charge
+on Puerto Cabello when that city was stormed by Paez, receiving a
+sabre wound during the fight. After the restoration of peace he
+held important public offices during the Paez regime.</p>
+
+<p>The Rev. Abraham de Sola, LL. D., was born in London, England,
+on the 18th of September, 1825. His father, David Aaron de Sola,
+was senior minister of the Portuguese Jews of London, to which
+city he had been called from Amsterdam, and was eminent as a
+Hebrew author, having produced among many other works an elegant
+translation of the Jewish Forms of Prayer; also, in conjunction
+with Dr. Raphael, an edition of Genesis, very valuable to
+biblical students on account of its commentaries and copious
+notes, and the first English translation of Eighteen Treatises of
+the Mishna. His mother was the daughter of Dr. Raphael Meldola,
+chief rabbi of the Spanish-Jewish congregations of Britain. The
+Meldolas had given eminent chief rabbis to Europe for twelve
+generations. Abraham de Sola received careful tuition in all
+the usual branches of a liberal education. He became early
+engrossed in the study of Oriental languages and literature and
+of theology, and continued to devote his attention to those
+subjects until he acquired that profound knowledge of them
+which subsequently won him so prominent a place among scholars.
+Having been offered the position of rabbi of the Spanish and
+Portuguese Jewish Congregation of Montreal he accepted the call
+and arrived in this city in the beginning of 1847, and here,
+for over thirty-five years, he continued to minister to the
+spiritual wants of his people. His able pulpit discourses soon
+attracted attention. Dr. de Sola’s abilities, however, were not
+destined to be confined exclusively to his official duties.
+Before leaving London he had been associated in the editorial
+work of a Hebrew journal, The Voice of Jacob, and soon after his
+arrival in Canada he delivered a course of lectures on Jewish
+history before the Mercantile Literary Association. In 1848 he
+published his “Notes on the Jews of Persia under Mohammed Shah,”
+and also “A History of the Jews of Persia.” Within the same year
+there appeared his important work on “Scripture Zoology.” Soon
+afterwards he published his “Lectures on the Mosaic Cosmogony.”
+This was followed by his “Cosmography of Peritsol,” a work
+displaying such erudition that it gained a wide circulation in
+Europe and was reprinted there in several languages. His next
+work, “A Commentary upon Samuel Hannagid’s Introduction to the
+Talmud,” was a book which deservedly attracted much attention,
+owing to the light which it threw upon an interesting portion of
+rabbinical literature and to its depth of Talmudic knowledge.
+In 1853 he published, conjointly with the Rev. J. J. Lyons, of
+New York, a work on the Jewish Calendar System, chiefly valuable
+on account of its excellent prefatory treatise upon the Jewish
+system of calculating time.</p>
+
+<p>Dr. de Sola’s mastery of Semitic languages and literature early
+attracted the notice of our learned bodies, and, after first
+acting as lecturer, he was, in 1853, appointed professor of
+Hebrew and Oriental literature at McGill University. The<a class="pagenum" name="Page_72" id="Page_72">[72]</a> high
+abilities which he displayed as occupant of this chair proved the
+wisdom of the appointment, and he continued to hold the position
+during the rest of his life.</p>
+
+<p>For some time Dr. de Sola had been engaged in the preparation of
+one of his most important productions, “The Sanatory Institutions
+of the Hebrews.” The work was published in two parts and was an
+exhaustive exposition of the hygienic laws of the Hebrews, as
+exhibited in both Scriptural and rabbinical writings, critically
+examined in the light of modern scientific knowledge. It was a
+production which evinced how deeply the author had penetrated
+into scientific as well as rabbinical paths of learning. Shortly
+afterwards he published a supplemental work to it, entitled
+“Behemoth Hatemeoth.”</p>
+
+<p>The prominence to which Dr. de Sola had now reached among men of
+letters led McGill University to confer upon him the degree of
+LL. D. in 1858.</p>
+
+<p>In 1860, Dr. Hall, the editor of The British American Journal,
+devoted to physical and medical science, induced Dr. de Sola
+to assist that publication with his pen, and, among other
+contributions, his series of articles “Upon the Employment of
+Anaesthetics in Cases of Labor, in Connection with Jewish Law,”
+call for particular mention.</p>
+
+<p>Dr. de Sola’s wide range of studies had made him very popular
+both as a public lecturer and as a contributor to various
+literary papers. The themes of some of these were afterwards
+much amplified by him and republished in their elaborated and
+completed form. At comparatively short intervals he gave to the
+public his works on “Scripture Botany,” “Sinaitic Inscriptions,”
+“Hebrew Numismatics,” “The Ancient Hebrews as Promoters of the
+Arts and Sciences,” “The Rise and Progress of the Great Hebrew
+Colleges,” and “Philological Studies in Hebrew and the Aramaic
+Languages.” Turning his attention again to Jewish history, he, in
+1869, wrote his interesting “Life of Shabethai Tsevi, the False
+Messiah.” The following year he completed his “History of the
+Jews of Poland,” and in 1871 he published his “History of the
+Jews of France.”</p>
+
+<p>Dr. de Sola closely identified himself with many of our literary
+and scientific associations, notably with the Natural History
+Society, in which he was an active colaborer of Sir William
+Dawson and Sir William Logan. He was for many years president
+of the society and received H. R. H. Prince Arthur (afterwards
+Duke of Connaught) when that prince visited the society in 1870.
+His address upon “The Study of Natural Science,” delivered upon
+that occasion, called forth a letter of approbation from Queen
+Victoria.</p>
+
+<p>During all his intense literary activity Dr. de Sola was taking
+a very prominent part in all matters affecting the Jewish
+people. His mastery of Jewish theology, in all its branches,
+had earned him wide renown among his own race and had gained
+him a high place among the very foremost rabbis of the day.
+Convinced that the fences which orthodoxy placed around the
+citadel of his ancestral faith were the best safeguards against
+disintegrating forces, the upholders of historical Judaism found
+in him an able and powerful champion. Equally noticeable were
+his bold attacks upon the weak points of the skeptical school
+of modern biblical criticism. His intimate knowledge of all
+those branches of learning which bear upon this subject made him
+particularly formidable in this respect. The Jewish press and
+pulpit and the lecture platform were the vehicles by which he
+usually reached the public on these subjects. He had, indeed,
+since his first arrival in Canada been a particularly active
+contributor to Jewish journals,<a class="pagenum" name="Page_73" id="Page_73">[73]</a> more especially to the Occident
+of Philadelphia, with which he was for years identified, being
+in intimate literary relations with its editor, the gifted Isaac
+Leeser.</p>
+
+<p>Dr. de Sola’s ability in the pulpit led to his frequently being
+invited to lecture in the United States, where he had acquired
+much prominence and popularity. On the 9th of January, 1872,
+he was invited by General Grant’s government to perform the
+ceremony of opening the United States congress with prayer, and
+for the first time was witnessed the unique spectacle of one
+who was not a citizen of the United States nor of the dominant
+belief officiating at the opening ceremonies at the assembling
+of congress at Washington. The broad liberality of this act,
+upon the part of the United States government, was fraught with
+particular significance at that time, owing to the fact that
+diplomatic relations between Britain and the United States
+had then but lately been strained to dangerous tension by the
+“Alabama Claims,” and this high compliment to a British subject
+was the first evidence of the growth of a better feeling between
+the two countries. Sir Edward Thornton, the British ambassador at
+Washington, formally extended to Dr. de Sola the thanks of the
+British government, and Mr. Gladstone—then prime minister, also
+personally communicated his satisfaction.</p>
+
+<p>Upon the death of Isaac Leeser, Dr. de Sola purchased the
+stereotyped plates of his works and issued a new edition of
+that author’s translation of the Bible according to Jewish
+authorities. He also brought out a revised translation of the
+Jewish Forms of Prayer, in six volumes, based upon the editions
+of D. A. de Sola (his father) and of Leeser. He was invited to
+become the successor of Mr. Leeser in his ministerial office but
+declined. He had previously refused several similar offers.</p>
+
+<p>Dr. de Sola’s onerous duties were at this time further increased
+by his being offered the chair of Hebrew at the Montreal
+Presbyterian College, and later on he accepted the appointment of
+lecturer in Spanish literature at McGill University, a literature
+and language with which he was specially familiar and to which he
+was particularly attached.</p>
+
+<p>But such incessant application to work could not but prove
+exhaustive, and his naturally vigorous health broke down under
+the strain. A year’s rest, spent in Europe, proved sufficiently
+beneficial to enable him to return to some of his duties. For a
+while he also resumed his contributions to the Jewish press, and
+among other interesting writings we notice his “Yehuda Alcharizi
+and the Book Tachkemoni.” In 1880 he published his last important
+work, “Saadia Ha-Gaon,” a book giving a very valuable description
+of the writings and life of one of the greatest of Jewish
+philosophers and also containing an interesting account of the
+court of a prince of the captivity.</p>
+
+<p>But failing health was destined now to check forever the labors
+of his active pen, and while in New York, on a visit to his
+sister, he was taken ill and his death occurred on June 5, 1882.
+The remains were brought on to Montreal and there interred. He
+had not yet completed his fifty-seventh year when he passed away.</p>
+
+<p>In his death the Hebrew community sustained a loss whose
+magnitude <a name="Err_7" id="Err_7"></a>could scarcely be overestimated. His self-sacrificing
+devotion to the service of his race, his ceaseless labor in
+everything which could elevate and promote both their moral and
+intellectual welfare, his quick readiness to assuage, with kind<a class="pagenum" name="Page_74" id="Page_74">[74]</a>
+counsel and help, the lot of those in adversity, and the rare
+talents which he had displayed in his multifarious writings, had
+won for him the warmest admiration and attachment of his people
+and had gained him a reputation among them that was world-wide.
+His loss, indeed, was scarcely less regretted by Gentile than
+by Jew, for the prominence which his scholarly attainments had
+acquired for him among Canadian litterateurs, the active role
+which he had for thirty-five years played in our various learned
+bodies, and the distinguished position which he held in our
+leading university, achieved for him an illustrious place among
+Canada’s public men.</p>
+
+<p>Dr. de Sola was married in 1852 to Esther Joseph, the youngest
+daughter of Henry Joseph, of Berthier, one of the earliest Jewish
+settlers in this country. Of his several children, the eldest
+son, the Rev. Meldola de Sola, succeeded him as rabbi of the
+Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue of Montreal, and another son,
+Clarence I. de Sola, is general manager of the Belgian syndicate,
+“Comptoir Belgo-Canadien.”</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_M30" id="Idx_M30"></a>ROBERT MEIGHEN.</h3>
+
+<p>The history of Canada’s great industrial and commercial growth
+during the past thirty or forty years is but the history of
+such men as Robert Meighen one of the foremost business men
+of his generation, whose intense and intelligently directed
+activity constituted a potent force in the material development
+and progress of not only the city and province of his adoption
+but various other sections of the Dominion as well. His birth
+occurred at Dungiven, near Londonderry, Ireland, April 18, 1838,
+his parents being Robert and Mary (McLeghan) Meighen, whose
+family numbered five children. The family history shows a long
+line of Irish ancestors.</p>
+
+<p>Robert Meighen was educated at Perth, Ontario, for following the
+father’s death the mother brought her family to the new world,
+settling at Perth, where her sons were educated and established
+themselves in business as retail and wholesale merchants. The
+firm of A. Meighen & Brothers has for many years been one of
+the most extensive mercantile firms doing business in the
+old Bathurst district. Robert Meighen carried on business in
+partnership with his brother at Perth, Ontario, until 1879, when
+he removed to Montreal and entered into business relations with
+his brother-in-law, Sir George Stephen, later Lord Mount Stephen,
+whom he succeeded as president of the New Brunswick Railway,
+which now forms part of the Canadian Pacific Railway system.
+Successful from the outset of his business career, Mr. Meighen
+continually extended his efforts into other fields. He became
+one of the founders of the Lake of the Woods Milling Company,
+establishing and operating mills and elevators at Keewatin and
+Portage la Prairie, which are among the largest and best equipped
+in the world. Shortly after the organization of this company
+Robert Meighen became its president, which position he retained
+till the time of his death, directing its policy and formulating
+the plans upon which the mammoth business was constructed. This
+represented, however, but one phase<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_77" id="Page_77">[77]</a></span> of his activity. He
+carried his efforts into many fields, none of them failing to
+profit by his cooperation.</p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 349px;">
+<img src="images/image075.jpg" width="349" height="500" alt="ROBERT MEIGHEN" />
+<p class="caption">ROBERT MEIGHEN</p>
+</div>
+
+<p>“The Gazette,” at the time of Mr. Meighen’s death, said in part:
+“Mr. Meighen was a self-made man and was proud to designate
+himself as such. From the day he entered business pursuits at
+Perth, many years ago, down to the time he became a director of
+the Canadian Pacific Railway, an institution he had championed
+from its inception, in commerce, in finance and in imperial
+politics, Robert Meighen was never at home except on the firing
+line. Although the fact is only perhaps known to the newspaper
+fraternity and to some of the leaders of tariff reform in
+England, he advocated closer relations between the mother country
+and the outlying dependencies of the empire even before Mr.
+Chamberlain took the platform in England as the champion of such
+a policy.</p>
+
+<p>“Mr. Meighen was known in eastern Ontario as a clever business
+man, a follower of Sir John A. Macdonald, and as a man who had
+ideas and could fearlessly express them on the stump and at the
+fireside, many years before he came to Montreal. It was ere his
+removal to this city that he had secured, most successfully, the
+right of way for the Ontario & Quebec Railway, now the Montreal
+& Toronto section of the Canadian Pacific, and later on he was
+entrusted with the promotion of a bill which was of the utmost
+importance to that railway. Mr. Meighen was not a member of
+parliament, but he stated his case to the members outside and in
+the lobbies of the house with such forcefulness, such clarity of
+view and in so straightforward a manner that few could withstand
+his cogent arguments. It was a tribute to his power that Sir
+Richard Cartwright’s denunciation of him was quite as vehement as
+the thunderbolts which the chief antagonist of the great railway
+project used to launch against Sir John Macdonald, Sir Charles
+Tupper and the other parliamentary giants of the day.</p>
+
+<p>“Mr. Meighen believed not only in the Canadian Pacific project
+itself, but also in the ultimate value of the great tracts of
+land lying for a thousand miles along to the north of where the
+line was being run away up to the Saskatchewan, and, if he died a
+rich man, it was due to abiding faith in the future of Canada’s
+western domain and in the ultimate development of the Dominion
+as a whole. It was in reply to a jocular observation from Mr.
+Choate, the then American ambassador at the court of St. James,
+who had asked Mr. Meighen when Canada was going to throw in
+her lot with the United States, that the Montreal imperialist
+declared that it was customary for the larger unit to absorb the
+smaller, and no doubt at her pleasure Canada would follow the
+established precedent.</p>
+
+<p>“A good many shrewd Montreal merchants smiled when Mr. Meighen
+came from a small Ontario town to this city as the promoter of
+a great industry, but many months had not passed before they
+discovered that both in commerce and finance a rival worthy of
+their keenest steel had taken his place amongst them and ever
+after, when any important subject was up for discussion on the
+floors of the Board of Trade, the opinions of the man from Perth,
+uttered with characteristic Irish eloquence and wit, invariably
+commanded respect and attention. His fellow members did not
+always agree with him, but they were always ready to admit that
+he was sincere and that he spoke the truth as he felt it.</p>
+
+<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_78" id="Page_78">[78]</a></p>
+
+<p>“Returning from England some years ago, when everything spelt
+unrest in industrial Britain, Mr. Meighen gave an interview to
+The Gazette which has perhaps been quoted more frequently by
+politicians on both continents, as well as by Canadian public men
+of all parties, than any other of his utterances. Mr. Meighen,
+who was always a great reader, declared that England at that
+time could only be compared to Athens when Diogenes, the Greek
+philosopher, went out with his lantern looking, as he said, for a
+man. He said, however, in the course of that interview, that the
+man would be found, and sure enough it was not long before Joseph
+Chamberlain was entering upon his whirlwind campaign in favor of
+imperial preference and the absolute unity of the British empire.
+Mr. Meighen was denounced more than once at the Montreal Board
+of Trade, but a good many of the men who came to scoff remained
+to pray, to use Mr. Meighen’s own graphic language. Three years
+ago, when a resolution was to be introduced before the Montreal
+Board of Trade on the policy of imperial preferential trade, Mr.
+Meighen was particularly anxious that it should be fathered by
+a leader in commerce and finance. He prepared the resolution,
+called upon the late Sir George Drummond, president of the Bank
+of Montreal and universally admitted to be the first authority
+on matters of trade and finance in the Dominion, asking him to
+move it. Sir George Drummond’s answer was characteristic of the
+man. ‘Mr. Meighen,’ he replied, ‘this resolution meets my views
+exactly, but the honor of moving it belongs to you and you alone
+and I will take a second place. You will move the resolution and
+I will be only too happy to second it.’ Mr. Meighen delivered a
+masterly address on that occasion and the resolution was carried.</p>
+
+<p>“His greatest energy was centered in the development of the
+company over which he presided up to the hour of his death, yet
+he stated not very long ago that he was shaping things in such a
+manner as would permit younger men to assume the responsibilities
+of management and that after the million-dollar bond issue had
+been retired he would then feel that he could take a rest.</p>
+
+<p>“The late president of the Lake of the Woods Company was from the
+outset an uncompromising opponent of the Washington reciprocity
+pact and he did not hesitate to state on every offered occasion
+that the ratification of such a treaty would be a severe blow
+aimed at the unity of the empire, and a decided mistake in the
+widest interests.</p>
+
+<p>“He was the confidential friend and associate in various business
+enterprises of both Lord Mount Stephen and Lord Strathcona. These
+eminent men had implicit confidence in Mr. Meighen’s business
+judgment, and as a matter of fact many other men high up in
+imperial statecraft came to him for advice on both Canadian
+and British trade matters. Indeed, some of the best speeches
+delivered on the unionist side during the last two British
+elections drew their information from, and were in part, inspired
+by the ideas of this foremost, perhaps, of Canadian tariff
+reformers.”</p>
+
+<p>The same paper said editorially:<a class="pagenum" name="Page_79" id="Page_79">[79]</a> “A worthy and widely respected
+citizen was lost to Montreal by the death yesterday morning
+of Mr. Robert Meighen. In business he won marked success. He
+helped in no small way to show the great possibilities of the
+milling trade of Canada and so profited the country as well as
+himself and his associates. He judiciously employed the wealth
+that came to him and greatly increased his store. The largest
+business enterprises sought his counsel on their directorates
+and profited by his connection with them. He was a man of ideas
+in matters outside of commerce, and held and advocated views
+about the country and the empire with vigor and courage and the
+broadest loyalty. In private life his sincerity, earnestness
+and kindliness caused all men to give him their regard. In his
+capacity as merchant, citizen and man he rose to high stature;
+and at a ripe old age closed a worthy career, leaving a memory
+that is a help to what is good and creditable in business life.”</p>
+
+<p>Among his business connections, not already mentioned, Mr.
+Meighen was managing director of the Cornwall Manufacturing
+Company, a director of the Canada Northwest Land Company, the
+Bank of Toronto, the Dominion Transportation Company, the St.
+John Bridge & Railway Company, the Montreal Street Railway
+and the New Brunswick Land Company. His activities likewise
+extended to other fields having to do with many subjects of vital
+interest to city and country. He was a director of the Montreal
+Parks and Playground Association and was president of the New
+Brunswick Fish and Game Club. He was likewise vice president of
+the King Edward Memorial Committee of Montreal, was chairman
+of the Canadian board of the Phoenix Assurance Company and was
+a governor of the Royal Victoria, the Western and Maternity
+Hospitals of Montreal. The Montreal Standard named him as one
+of the twenty-three men at the basis of Canadian finance, and
+it was a recognized fact that few men were more familiar with
+the problems of finance or did more to establish a safe monetary
+system. Mr. Meighen belonged to various prominent social
+organizations, including the St. James Club, the Mount Royal
+Club, the Canada Club and the Montreal Club.</p>
+
+<p>He was a Presbyterian, a member of St. Paul’s church and chairman
+of its board of trustees. All his life Mr. Meighen was a firm
+believer in the copartnership of capital and labor and in the
+coexisting duties, on a fair basis, of one to the other. He
+realized and carried out the idea of their inter-dependency.
+When labor had contributed to the success of capital he never
+allowed it go without recognition and its just reward, with the
+result of absolute confidence on the part of his employes in
+his fairness and regard for their interests, and a willingness
+to give, in turn, their loyal and honest support to capital.
+Above all Mr. Meighen had keen human sympathies. He delighted
+in the energetic young man cutting out his road to success, but
+this did not prevent him from having patience and sympathy with
+those who, perhaps through lack of natural gifts or unfortunate
+circumstances, found life an uphill pull. In astonishing numbers
+both kinds of men seemed to bring their successes and their
+failures to him, and to both, provided they showed honesty of
+purpose, he would give his time, his advice and his help in the
+open-hearted way characteristic of a man who had not a single
+ungenerous impulse in his nature.</p>
+
+<p>At the time of his death when the press throughout Canada was
+giving appreciations of his ability and of his success one of
+his intimate friends remarked, “They have omitted the biggest
+thing about him—his heart”—and so it was. When these two, great
+heart and much ability, go hand in hand and work together, one
+vitalizing, as it were, the conceptions of the other, a potent
+force is felt to be abroad. Well is it for our Canadian business
+world to have had such a force in its midst as the late Robert
+Meighen truly was. He died when still, one might say, at the
+height of his activities and with a<a class="pagenum" name="Page_80" id="Page_80">[80]</a> heavy burden of work upon
+him, but to work was his pleasure. His loss was deeply deplored
+by all who knew him and he left behind him a record of a man who
+in all things was the soul of honor and an example to those who
+come after—“Follow on.”</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Meighen left a widow, Elsie Stephen, daughter of the late
+William Stephen, formerly of Dufftown, Scotland, and three
+children, Lieutenant Colonel F. S. Meighen, who has succeeded his
+father as president of the Lake of the Woods Milling Company,
+Mrs. R. Wilson Reford and Mrs. R. O. Harley.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_B24" id="Idx_B24"></a>WILLIAM ERNEST BOLTON.</h3>
+
+<p>Twenty years’ connection with the real-estate business has
+brought William Ernest Bolton into prominence and today
+he figures as a controlling factor in some of the leading
+real-estate companies of Montreal. He was born in this city
+April 11, 1873, a son of Richard and Elizabeth (Minchin) Bolton.
+His education was acquired in the schools of his native city,
+and early in his business career he became identified with
+real-estate activity in which connection he has remained for
+many years as a well known and successful real-estate broker. He
+has been identified with many important property transfers and
+with important development of real-estate interests. He is now
+a director of the Montreal Loan & Mortgage Company; president
+of the Birmingham-Montreal Realty Company, Limited; a director
+of the Midland Investment Company, Limited; of the Richelieu
+Realty Company, Limited; of the Renforth Realty Company, Limited,
+and of the Riviera Realty Company, Limited. These are among the
+most important corporations in that branch of business having to
+do with the property interests and consequent development and
+progress of the city.</p>
+
+<p>In Plainfield, New Jersey, in 1905, Mr. Bolton was united in
+marriage to Miss Catherine Hamilton McClure and they have become
+the parents of two sons, Richard and Hamilton. Mr. Bolton votes
+with the conservative party but the honors and emoluments of
+public office have no attraction for him. When business leaves
+him leisure for social enjoyment he spends his time at the
+Montreal Club, the Beaconsfield Golf Club, the Winter Club,
+the Montreal Country Club and the Montreal Amateur Athletic
+Association, in all of which he holds membership.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_D5" id="Idx_D5"></a>THORNTON DAVIDSON.</h3>
+
+<p>Foremost among the younger generation of business men in Montreal
+and one who had attained a high standing in the financial circles
+of the city, was Thornton Davidson, whose untimely death in the
+sinking of the steamship Titanic, April 15, 1912, ended a career
+that had not only been successful, but gave great promise for the
+future.</p>
+
+<p>Thornton Davidson was a native of Montreal, and was born on the
+17th of May, 1880. His father was the Hon. C. Peers Davidson, D.
+C. L., a distinguished<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_83" id="Page_83">[83]</a></span> jurist, and his mother Alice Mattice,
+second daughter of William Mattice of Cornwall, Ontario. Reared
+in Montreal, Thornton Davidson attended the city schools,
+graduating from high school. Throughout his active business
+career he was connected with financial interests, later becoming
+manager of the Montreal branch of the New York house of Charles
+Head & Company.</p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 349px;">
+<img src="images/image081.jpg" width="349" height="500" alt="THORNTON DAVIDSON" />
+<p class="caption">THORNTON DAVIDSON</p>
+</div>
+
+<p>In 1908 he established the firm of Thornton Davidson & Company
+which soon took a prominent position among the leading brokerage
+and investment security houses in the city. In 1909 Mr. Davidson
+became a member of the Montreal Stock Exchange. His thorough
+capability and great energy were factors in the success of the
+business which he established and of which he remained the head
+until his death. His personal popularity made him a valued member
+of the club life of the city, where he held membership in the St.
+James, Racquet, Montreal Hunt, Montreal Jockey, Montreal Polo,
+Royal St. Lawrence Yacht, Manitou and Canada Clubs, and also in
+Montreal Amateur Athletic Association.</p>
+
+<p>On November 3, 1906, in Montreal, Mr. Davidson was married to
+Miss Orian Hays, daughter of Charles Melville Hays. Returning
+from Europe in company with his wife and the latter’s parents,
+Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Hays, on the ill-fated Titanic, Mr.
+Davidson was among those brave men who on April 15, 1912, gave
+precedence to women and children and went down with the ship.
+Such an act is just what his friends would have expected of
+Thornton Davidson in such an emergency. His associates knew him
+as a capable business man and a most genial companion, but they
+recognized in him also the strength of character which manifests
+itself in the highest type of manhood when a crisis arises.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_H3" id="Idx_H3"></a>WILLIAM FAWCETT HAMILTON, M. D.</h3>
+
+<p>Important professional connections indicate the high standing of
+Dr. William Fawcett Hamilton of Montreal, who, in addition to an
+extensive private practice has done much hospital work. He is a
+son of Gustavus W. and Eleanor (Goodwin) Hamilton, and was born
+in Baie Verte, New Brunswick. His early education was acquired
+in the schools of his native town and in Upper Sackville and
+then, having determined upon the practice of medicine as a life
+work, he entered McGill University of Montreal, from which he
+was graduated with the class of 1891, receiving the degrees of
+M. D. and C. M. He has now successfully practiced his profession
+in this city for more than two decades and has advanced steadily
+to a place of prominence as a representative of the medical
+profession. From 1891 until 1894 he was medical superintendent
+of the Montreal General Hospital and in the latter year became
+assistant physician of the Royal Victoria Hospital, and upon the
+death of Dr. James Stewart, in 1906, he was appointed attending
+physician of that institution. He has proven himself a man of
+ability and public opinion has accorded him rank with the eminent
+physicians of the city. He is now associate professor of clinical
+medicine at McGill University and as an instructor displays
+capability in imparting readily, clearly, concisely and forcibly
+to others the knowledge that he has acquired. In<a class="pagenum" name="Page_84" id="Page_84">[84]</a> 1909 he was
+elected a member of the Board of Victorian Order of Nurses, and
+he is a member of the Association of American Physicians and vice
+president of the Montreal Medico-Chirurgical Society. Through
+these connections he keeps in close touch with the advanced work
+of the profession and has himself been a leader along the line of
+professional progress.</p>
+
+<p>In June, 1897, Dr. Hamilton married Miss Janet Mills of
+Westmount, P. Q. Aside from his activity in the professional
+field Dr. Hamilton has done important public service as a
+director of the Young Men’s Christian Association and as senator
+of the Montreal Wesleyan Theological College. He is an active and
+helpful member of the Methodist church, and his social nature
+finds expression in his membership in the University Club and the
+Montreal Country Club.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_M26" id="Idx_M26"></a>HON. MICHEL MATHIEU.</h3>
+
+<p>Hon. Michel Mathieu has engraven his name high upon the list
+of Montreal’s eminent jurists, but has now retired from active
+connection with the profession, spending the evening of life
+in the enjoyment of well earned rest. He has passed the
+seventy-fifth milestone, having been born at Sorel, province
+of Quebec, December 20, 1838, a son of the late Joseph and
+Edwidge (Vandal) Mathieu. His education was acquired under
+private tuition and in the College of St. Hyacinthe, followed by
+a professional course in Laval University. He was admitted to
+the notarial profession in 1864 and was called to the Montreal
+bar as an advocate in 1865. His practice of his profession has
+been combined with active public service. In 1866 he was chosen
+sheriff of Richelieu and continued in that position for six
+years. He successfully practiced his profession at Sorel and
+while at the bar was closely associated with journalism bearing
+upon his profession, being the publisher of La Revue Legale,
+together with some annotated reports. In 1880 he was created
+king’s counsel by the Marquis of Lorne. He became widely known as
+an educator, for in 1886 he became a member of the law faculty
+of Laval University, receiving in that year the degree of LL.
+D., and becoming dean of the faculty, which connection he still
+retains.</p>
+
+<p>It is a well known fact that members of the bar more than
+representatives of other professions are prominent in
+public office. The reasons for this are obvious and need no
+amplification here, for the qualities which fit one for success
+in law practice also prepare him for the thorough understanding
+of involved problems affecting the public welfare, and the habit
+of analytical reasoning is as forceful and valuable in one
+connection as in the other. Judge Mathieu sat for Richelieu in
+the house of commons, representing the conservative interests
+from 1872 until 1874. He was then defeated but represented
+the same constituency in the local parliament from 1875 until
+1878. He took his place upon the bench as puisne judge of the
+superior court on the 3d of October, 1881, and for twenty-eight
+years interpreted law in opinions which were notably free from
+partiality and bias. His decisions indicate strong mentality,
+careful analysis and a thorough knowledge of the law. The judge
+on the bench fails more frequently, perhaps, <a name="Err_8" id="Err_8"></a>from a deficiency
+in that broad-mindedness which not only<a class="pagenum" name="Page_85" id="Page_85">[85]</a> comprehends the details
+of a situation quickly and that insures a complete self-control
+under even the most exasperating conditions than from any other
+cause; and the judge who makes a success in the discharge of
+his multitudinous, delicate duties is a man of well rounded
+character, finely balanced mind and of splendid intellectual
+attainments. That Judge Mathieu is regarded as such a jurist is
+a uniformly accepted fact. He figured also in public life as a
+royal commissioner to inquire into certain matters concerning
+the good government of the province in 1892. He presided at
+the celebrated Shortis case for murder in the ’90s; in 1910 he
+lectured on the Canadian constitution and in July of that year
+he was appointed a royal commissioner to revise, consolidate and
+modify the municipal code of Quebec.</p>
+
+<p>Judge Mathieu was married in 1863 to Marie Delina Thirza, a
+daughter of the late Captain St. Louis of Sorel, province of
+Quebec. She died in 1870 and in 1881 Judge Mathieu wedded Marie
+Amelie Antoinette, a daughter of the late Hon. D. M. Armstrong,
+M. L. C. The death of Mrs. Marie A. A. Mathieu occurred in
+April, 1898. Judge Mathieu now resides at The Marlborough in
+Montreal. His religious belief is that of the Roman Catholic
+church. Something of his standing is indicated in the words of
+Dr. J. Reade, who spoke of him as “much esteemed, especially by
+the students and younger members of the bar,” while the Montreal
+Gazette said of him, “He is a judge, painstaking and capable and
+with a grasp of the law and its meaning that few can equal.” His
+influence has been far-reaching and beneficial; it has touched
+the general interests of society along many lines and has been
+a factor in maintaining the legal status upon which rests the
+stability and prosperity of a country, the life and liberty of
+the individual.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_R17" id="Idx_R17"></a>HON. CHARLES SERAPHIM RODIER.</h3>
+
+<p>Along the path of broad usefulness and activity Hon. Charles
+Seraphim Rodier advanced to prominence and success. He was a
+pioneer contractor, lumber merchant and manufacturer of Montreal
+and eventually came to figure prominently in financial circles.
+He was born in this city, October 14, 1818, and his life record
+spans seventy-two years, drawing to its close on the 26th of
+January, 1890. His grandfather was a physician in the French army
+and leaving Paris came to Canada, settling in Montreal in the
+middle of the eighteenth century. His father was Jean Baptiste
+Rodier, who married Miss Montreuil, daughter of a well known
+navigator who commanded vessels sailing from Montreal.</p>
+
+<p>The opportunities accorded Charles Seraphim Rodier in his youth
+were somewhat limited. He pursued his education in a church
+school, but at the age of fourteen years put aside his text-books
+in order that he might earn his own living. He was apprenticed
+to the carpenter’s trade and for his services received a wage of
+one dollar per day. Thus from a humble position in the business
+world he steadily worked his way upward until long prior to
+his death he had reached a place in the millionaire class. He
+applied himself thoroughly to the mastery of his trade and when
+but eighteen years of age began contracting<a class="pagenum" name="Page_86" id="Page_86">[86]</a> on his own account
+and gained a good patronage. About the year 1846 he began the
+manufacture of threshing machines on St. Peter Street, now St.
+Martin, and for the remainder of his life was to be found almost
+daily at his office at No. 62 St. Martin. The business prospered
+from the beginning and machines that were made there over a half
+century ago are still repaired there. Each step in his business
+career brought him a broader outlook and wider opportunities. He
+was the owner of freight and passenger vessels and was one of
+the founders of the Jacques Cartier Bank, in which he placed one
+hundred and forty-five thousand dollars. He acted as both vice
+president and director of that institution and was connected with
+several joint stock companies, his opinions carrying weight in
+their management, for his advice was always considered sound and
+his judgment discriminating in regard to business affairs.</p>
+
+<p>Aside from his personal interests, he was for over fifty years
+active in public life. In 1838 he was elected alderman for St.
+Antoine ward of Montreal but could not take his seat until
+later when he became of age. For nine years he served in the
+council, being elected three times by acclamation. Politically
+he was a stanch liberal-conservative and three times he refused
+a senatorship, but later, at the urgent request of his family
+and friends, he accepted in 1888, being gazetted senator on the
+17th of December, of that year, for the division of Mille Isles.
+He last attended parliament the week before his death and was
+last at his desk on the 24th of January, 1890. He gave careful
+consideration to the grave questions which came up for settlement
+and stanchly supported any movement which he considered of
+vital worth. His activities also extended to other lines. He
+was president of the St. Jean Baptiste Society; was warden of
+Notre Dame church; and president of St. Vincent de Paul Society.
+He was also lieutenant colonel of the Sixty-fourth Beauharnois
+Battalion at the time of its formation and he was ever a generous
+contributor to religious, educational and charitable institutions.</p>
+
+<p>Senator Rodier was united in marriage in 1848 to Miss Angelique
+Lapierre, a daughter of Andre Lapierre. The death of Mr. Rodier
+occurred January 26, 1890, when he had reached the age of
+seventy-two years, while his wife survived until March 24, 1907.
+They were the parents of four sons and four daughters.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_H20" id="Idx_H20"></a>ALEXANDER C. HENRY.</h3>
+
+<p>In business circles of Montreal the name of Alexander C. Henry
+was well known, for from 1899 until his death, three years later,
+he was purchasing agent for the entire system of the Canadian
+Pacific Railway, the magnitude and importance of his duties
+making his position a most difficult and responsible one. He was
+born at Beamsville, Canada, in 1849, and after mastering the
+branches of learning taught in the public schools he attended
+the Upper Canada College, at Toronto. Subsequently he removed
+to Montreal, and gradually working his way upward in business
+connections became, in 1884, assistant purchasing agent for
+the Canadian Pacific Railway, and in 1899 was made general
+purchasing agent for the entire system. His ability, fidelity,
+indefatigable energy and enterprise<a class="pagenum" name="Page_87" id="Page_87">[87]</a> brought him to the prominent
+position which he occupied. At the time of his death Sir Thomas
+Shaughnessy, president of the Canadian Pacific Railway, paid high
+tribute to his memory and bore testimony to his honesty, which
+was manifest in his careful accounting for every penny, although
+in his capacity of purchasing agent he expended over one hundred
+and two million dollars.</p>
+
+<p>On the 30th of November, 1882, in Montreal, Mr. Henry was united
+in marriage to Miss Agnes Wilson, of England, and to them were
+born three children, two of whom are living, H. Gordon, being
+a resident of Cleveland, Ohio, and the other, A. Wilson, of
+Montreal. Mr. Henry held membership in St. James the Apostle
+church. He was a public-spirited citizen, active in support of
+any movement which he deemed of vital worth in the upbuilding and
+progress of the community. He belonged to St. James Club, the
+Forest and Stream Club and others, and he had an extensive circle
+of friends who held him in the highest esteem. Mr. Henry passed
+away on February 2, 1902.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_B15" id="Idx_B15"></a>GEORGE FREDERICK BENSON.</h3>
+
+<p>In manufacturing and commercial circles of Montreal the name
+of George Frederick Benson is well known. Important business
+concerns have profited by his cooperation, have felt the stimulus
+of his energy and enterprise and have been quickened by his
+close application and careful control. Many of Montreal’s best
+known and most successful business men are numbered among her
+native sons, to which class Mr. Benson belongs. His father,
+William T. Benson, a native of Kendal, Westmoreland, England,
+was a member of the federal parliament for the constituency of
+South Grenville, Ontario, in which county the village of Cardinal
+(formerly called Edwardsburg) is situated. There the late W. T.
+Benson resided for twenty-seven years, after establishing there
+in 1858 the industry, so well known for many years throughout
+the Dominion of Canada as The Edwardsburg Starch Company and
+now forming the Edwardsburg Works of The Canada Starch Company,
+Ltd. The late W. T. Benson married in England, before coming to
+Canada, Helen Wilson of Acton Grange, Cheshire, England, and
+their only son was George Frederick Benson, the subject of this
+review.</p>
+
+<p>He was educated in England at Uppingham School and Oxford
+University, but returned to Canada, after the sudden death of his
+father in 1885, to take charge of his father’s varied interests.
+After first confining his work to the management of the firm of
+W. T. Benson & Company, importers of foreign wools and chemicals
+at Montreal, he was elected president of The Edwardsburg Starch
+Company in 1894, and since the formation of The Canada Starch
+Company in 1906 he has been its president and managing director.
+He is likewise a director of the West Kootenay Power & Light
+Company, and thus his interests have become extensive and
+important, connecting him with leading manufacturing, commercial
+and industrial interests, not only in the east but also in the
+west.</p>
+
+<p>In October, 1890, Mr. Benson was united in marriage to Miss
+Etheldred Norton, a daughter of the late George Frothingham of
+the well known firm of<a class="pagenum" name="Page_88" id="Page_88">[88]</a> Frothingham & Workman, and they reside at
+No. 15 Ontario Avenue, Montreal. Mr. Benson gives his political
+allegiance to the conservative party and in religious faith
+is an Anglican. He has been an active member of the Montreal
+Board of Trade, and was treasurer for the year 1913. He has a
+wide acquaintance among leading club men of the city, holding
+membership in a number of the most important clubs of Montreal,
+including the St. James, Mount Royal, Canadian, Canada, Forest
+and Stream, Montreal Hunt, Montreal Racquet, Royal Montreal Golf
+and Royal St. Lawrence Yacht Clubs. He is also a member of the
+Royal Canadian Yacht Club of Toronto and an active member of the
+Thousand Islands Yacht Club in the Thousand Islands district,
+where he has a most attractive summer residence.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_D35" id="Idx_D35"></a>LOUIS N. DUPUIS.</h3>
+
+<p>Louis N. Dupuis is one of Montreal’s well known business men and
+citizens, whose connection with varied and important commercial
+enterprises in that city, has gained for him success and high
+standing as well as an enviable position in business and
+financial circles. He was born at St. Jacques l’Achigan, Montcalm
+county, October 17, 1855, a son of Joseph Dupuis and Euphrasie
+Richard. He attended Archambault’s Catholic Commercial Academy
+now called Plateau school and entered upon his business career as
+junior clerk in the employ of his late brother, J. Naz. Dupuis,
+in 1868. While at this time, Mr. Dupuis was but a lad, yet he
+applied himself closely and learned the business rapidly.</p>
+
+<p>He was one of the founders in 1876 of Dupuis Freres, Limited, one
+of the best known mercantile houses in Montreal, and during the
+first ten years of this firm’s existence he took an important
+part in the management of its affairs and was no small factor in
+its success.</p>
+
+<p>On the 1st of January, 1886, Louis N. Dupuis retired from the
+firm, since which time he has given his attention to various
+commercial enterprises, his sound judgment constituting an active
+and effective force in capable management.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Dupuis has been for a number of years extensively identified
+with real estate interests in Montreal, and in this connection
+has taken a prominent part in the city’s development. He is
+president of the Eastmount Land Company, also president of La
+Compagnie General d’Immeubles, Limitee, and president of the
+Merchants and Employers Guarantee and Accident Company. In these
+companies as well as in others with which he has been identified,
+his sound business judgment and foresight have been substantial
+contributions to their success.</p>
+
+<p>On the 25th of April, 1881, Mr. Dupuis was married at
+L’Assomption to Miss Marie Melanie Panet Levesque, the second
+daughter of Pierre Thomas Panet Levesque, a land surveyor. Mr.
+Panet Levesque was seigneur of d’Ailleboust and Ramsey, which two
+seigneuries are situated in the county of Joliette, P. Q. Mr.
+and Mrs. Dupuis have ten children, living: Anne Marie; Amelie;
+Pauline and Celine; Pierre Louis, a well known young advocate
+of Montreal who was married on the 15th of January, 1913, to
+Miss Carmel Girouard,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_91" id="Page_91">[91]</a></span> daughter of Joseph Girouard, ex-member
+of parliament of St. Benoit, Two Mountains; Rosaire, one of the
+rising young notaries of Montreal, and of whom further mention is
+made elsewhere in this work; François; Camille; Roger; and Jean.</p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 347px;">
+<img src="images/image089.jpg" width="347" height="500" alt="LOUIS N. DUPUIS" />
+<p class="caption">LOUIS N. DUPUIS</p>
+</div>
+
+<p>Mr. Dupuis holds to the political faith of the conservative
+party and to the religious faith of the Roman Catholic church.
+He is a Knight of Columbus of Conseil Lafontaine and belongs
+to the Chapleau Fish and Game Club and the Canadian Club.
+Thoroughly progressive in his ideas, he has kept well informed
+both by reading and travel. As long ago as 1874, Mr. Dupuis
+visited Fort Garry, now the city of Winnipeg, when the journey
+required fourteen days from Montreal, and too, when the Red
+River country was considered the “Far West.” He has since then
+visited the Pacific coast no less than five times, as well as
+various sections of the United States. He is equally familiar
+with England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales, as well as continental
+Europe, as it was formerly his custom to make semi-annual trips
+to Europe in connection with his business affairs. He enjoys
+the outdoor life, especially the sports of the forest. His
+public service has been well performed. At the end of 1909 he
+was selected by the citizens committee to form part of the new
+administration of the city as commissioner and was elected by the
+city at large in the election held on the 2d of February, 1910.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_R26" id="Idx_R26"></a>ROUER JOSEPH ROY, K. C.</h3>
+
+<p>Rouer Joseph Roy, jurist, linguist and an interested student
+of literary, scientific and antiquarian subjects, was born in
+Montreal, January 7, 1821, his parents being the late Joseph
+Roy, M. P. P., and Amelia (Lusignan) Roy. The former, of French
+descent, rose to a position of prominence, representing his
+riding in the provincial legislature. His wife was connected with
+the distinguished family of Rouer de Villeray.</p>
+
+<p>Rouer Joseph Roy attended Montreal College, <a name="Err_9" id="Err_9"></a>from which he was
+graduated with honors in the presence of Lord Durham. Having
+determined upon the practice of law as his life profession, he
+entered the law office of the Hon. Mr. Sullivan in 1838 and
+after four years of thorough and comprehensive study was called
+to the bar, in 1842. Almost from the beginning his career was
+a successful one and after several years devoted to active law
+practice he was appointed joint city attorney for Montreal in
+1862, filling that position continuously until 1876, when he
+became the sole legal advisor of the city, remaining in that
+office until he resigned in 1898. He afterward filled the
+position of consulting city attorney. In 1864 he was elected
+syndic of the Quebec bar and so continued for four years. In the
+same year he was made queen’s counsel as well as being elected
+president of the committee in charge of the bar library, which
+office he continuously and honorably filled for thirty years. In
+1887 he was unanimously chosen batonnier of the Montreal bar and
+the following year was chosen batonnier general of the province.
+He held high professional rank and on several occasions appeared
+before the judicial committee of the privy council in England.</p>
+
+<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_92" id="Page_92">[92]</a></p>
+
+<p>In January, 1857, Mr. Roy was married to Miss Corinne Beaudry, a
+daughter of the late Hon. J. L. Beaudry, M. L. C., who in 1857
+was mayor of Montreal. Mr. Roy not only enjoyed a high reputation
+as a lawyer but also as a scholar, being widely known as a
+linguist, speaking fluently Greek, Latin, Italian and French as
+well as English. For many years he occupied the presidency of
+the Numismatic and Antiquarian Society. He was one of the last
+survivors of the Sons of Liberty, an organization which played
+a most important part at the time of the rebellion of 1837. His
+religious faith was that of the Roman Catholic church and he
+filled the office of church warden of the parish of Notre Dame.
+His life was characterized by a nobility that lifted him above
+those traits which mar character and when death called him on the
+27th of July, 1905, only words of commendation and respect were
+spoken concerning his life work. He had done things worthy to be
+written and had written things worthy to be read, and he left to
+posterity an unblemished name, linked with many deeds that won
+him prominence and honor.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_C26" id="Idx_C26"></a>CHARLES MACKAY COTTON.</h3>
+
+<p>A man of force, experience and capacity, Charles Mackay Cotton
+has made for himself an enviable position at the bar of Quebec
+and is numbered among the most able and successful advocates of
+Montreal, where he is in active practice as a member of the firm
+of Cotton & Westover. He was born in Durham township, Missisquoi
+county, Quebec, February 22, 1878, and is a representative of a
+well known Canadian family of English extraction, being a son of
+Sheriff Cotton, a grandson of Dr. Cotton and a great-grandson of
+Rev. Charles Caleb Cotton, B. A. (Oxford), who came from England
+in 1799 and was one of the pioneer Anglican clergymen in the
+eastern townships.</p>
+
+<p>Charles Mackay Cotton acquired his preliminary education at
+Cowansville Academy, Feller Institute, Grande Ligne, Quebec,
+and afterward entered McGill University, Montreal, from which
+he was graduated with the degree of B. A. in 1899, winning the
+high honor of the gold medal for general proficiency. From the
+same institution he was afterwards graduated B. C. L. in 1902,
+taking at this time the Macdonald scholarship. In his student
+days he gave every evidence of the ability and power upon which
+his present success is founded for besides the honors above
+mentioned he was class orator in science, arts and law. His
+record in McGill University is very creditable and one of which
+he has every reason to be proud, and its promise has been fully
+justified by his later accomplishments in the professional
+field. Mr. Cotton was called to the bar as advocate in 1902 and
+immediately afterwards went abroad in order to get the advantages
+of foreign travel and to supplement his excellent legal training
+by further study. He attended lectures at the law school of the
+University of Montpelier in 1903, thus completing an exhaustive
+and comprehensive legal education.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Cotton opened his first office in Sweetsburg, this province,
+practising in partnership with J. C. McCorkill, and proving
+able, farsighted and discriminating in the discharge of his
+professional duties. From Sweetsburg he came to Montreal, and he
+is today one of the representative citizens of this community,<a class="pagenum" name="Page_93" id="Page_93">[93]</a>
+prominent in his profession and a leading factor in the promotion
+of those projects and measures which have for their object
+municipal growth, advancement and progress. The firm of Cotton
+& Westover is one of the strongest of its kind in the city and
+connected through a wide and representative patronage with a
+great deal of important litigation. Mr. Cotton is recognized as
+an able advocate, possessed of a comprehensive knowledge of the
+law and a practical ability in its application, and his developed
+powers and wide experience are bringing him constantly increasing
+prominence in his chosen field.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Cotton is a member of the Anglican church and was formerly
+a captain in the Fifteenth Shefford Field Battery. A strong
+liberal, he takes an intelligent interest in public affairs,
+opposing political corruption wherever he finds it and supporting
+by word and action pure and clean politics. Viewed from any
+standpoint his has been a useful and successful career, and the
+future undoubtedly holds for him further honors and continued
+prosperity.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_H9" id="Idx_H9"></a>WILLIAM ALEXANDER HASTINGS.</h3>
+
+<p>William Alexander Hastings, for many years vice president and
+general manager of the Lake of the Woods Milling Company, Ltd.,
+and one of the best known men in his line of business in Canada,
+was born at Petite Cote, March 6, 1852, a son of George and
+Margaret (Ogilvie) Hastings. George Hastings came from Boston,
+Massachusetts, and located at Petite Cote where he was engaged in
+farming.</p>
+
+<p>William A. Hastings pursued his education in the schools of his
+native city and began his business career as a clerk in the
+Exchange Bank. His progress was rapid and he was promoted to
+manager of the Bedford (Quebec) branch, and later manager of the
+Exeter branch. Subsequently he was appointed treasurer of the
+St. Joseph (Missouri) Gas Company, serving until 1882 when he
+became identified with the milling business in which he achieved
+such notable success. In that year, with his brother, George
+V. Hastings, he became associated with the Ogilvie Company at
+Winnipeg, building and opening the flour mills there with great
+success. In 1888 he severed his connection with the above firm
+and became vice president and general manager of the Lake of
+the Woods Milling Company, filling this prominent and important
+position until his death, which occurred on May 23, 1903.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Hastings had thoroughly acquainted himself with the business
+in its different phases so that he was well qualified to assume
+the control of one of the largest businesses of its kind in the
+Dominion, and to his rare judgment and marked executive ability
+is credited, to no small extent, the high degree of prosperity
+enjoyed by the company whose affairs he so ably directed.</p>
+
+<p>Robert Meighen, president of the Lake of the Woods Milling
+Company, said that he had been associated with Mr. Hastings for
+thirteen years and that any business which passed through his
+hands passed through the hands of God’s noblest work—an honest
+man. Others bore equally strong testimony as to his enterprise
+and his thorough reliability. He never weighed an act in the
+scale<a class="pagenum" name="Page_94" id="Page_94">[94]</a> of public policy but always measured his deeds by the
+standard of upright principle.</p>
+
+<p>In 1884 Mr. Hastings was united in marriage to Miss Georgina Roy
+Ure, daughter of the late George P. Ure, and they became the
+parents of the following children: Margaret Ogilvie, who died in
+infancy; William Roy, of Montreal; and John Ogilvie, of Montreal.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Hastings was lacking in none of the qualities which make for
+upright manhood and progressive citizenship, and his cooperation
+with any movement or plan largely insured the successful outcome
+of the same. In 1890 he became a member of the Corn Exchange and
+in 1893 was elected a member of the committee of management, in
+which office he continued until 1898, serving for the last three
+years of that period as treasurer. Throughout his entire life
+Canada numbered him among her best citizens and the record which
+he made reflected credit upon the Dominion, constituting a factor
+in its material development.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_M24" id="Idx_M24"></a>ROBERT DENNISON MARTIN.</h3>
+
+<p>One of the best known men in the grain trade in Canada and one
+whose untimely death cut short a business career that had been
+highly successful and was full of greater possibilities for
+the future was Robert Dennison Martin, who was born at Selby,
+Ontario, October 18, 1854, a son of William and Elizabeth
+(Thompson) Martin. The father was a farmer and the boyhood of
+Robert Dennison Martin was spent in the manner of a farmer’s
+son of that locality and period. His education, acquired at the
+place of his nativity, was somewhat limited. He remained in the
+district in which he was born until after attaining his majority.
+Hearing of the possibilities of the western country, he went
+to Manitoba and near Deloraine he secured a homestead which he
+developed and improved. As he managed to gather together a little
+capital, he turned his attention to merchandising, becoming a
+member of the hardware firm of Faulkner & Martin at Deloraine,
+an association which continued for a number of years after his
+removal to Montreal. It was at Deloraine that he first became
+connected with the grain business in which he was destined to win
+notable success. In the buying of grain he became associated with
+Alfred P. Stuart under the firm name of The R. D. Martin Company,
+a partnership that continued until the death of Mr. Martin.</p>
+
+<p>After a few years residence in Winnipeg Mr. Martin came to
+Montreal in 1899, and with the exception of a year spent in
+Napanee and a year in Kingston, Montreal was his place of
+residence throughout the remainder of his life. The business of
+The R. D. Martin Company enjoyed a steady and prosperous growth
+and to its development Mr. Martin devoted his entire attention
+and rare ability. Since his demise the business has been
+continued under the name of the British Empire Grain Company,
+Limited. Mr. Martin suffered from ill health for several years
+prior to his demise which occurred at his beautiful new home at
+No. 1 Murray Avenue, Westmount, which was completed only a few
+weeks prior to his demise, which occurred on the 28th of June,
+1905.</p>
+
+<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_95" id="Page_95">[95]</a></p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 350px;">
+<img src="images/image095.jpg" width="350" height="500" alt="ROBERT D. MARTIN" />
+<p class="caption">ROBERT D. MARTIN</p>
+</div>
+
+<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_97" id="Page_97">[97]</a></span></p>
+
+<p>It was on the 18th of May, 1894, at Winnipeg, that Mr. Martin
+was united in marriage to Miss Helen Moncrieff Morton, who was
+born in Perth, Scotland, a daughter of Duncan and Jessie (Watson)
+Morton. The father died when Mrs. Martin was but two years of
+age and her mother survived until a few years ago. Mrs. Martin
+came to Canada in 1892 and resided in Winnipeg previous to her
+marriage, a brother having preceded her to that place. She is
+one of five children born to her parents, four of whom survive,
+as follows: Jessie, the wife of George Banks of Perth, Scotland;
+Duncan, residing in Winnipeg; Helen M., who is Mrs. R. D. Martin;
+and Madeline, the wife of Andrew C. Craig of Winnipeg. To Mr. and
+Mrs. Martin were born five children: Charles Stuart, a student
+in McGill University; and Helen Elizabeth, Edith Laura, Jessie
+Watson and Robert Henry, all at home.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Martin was quiet and domestic in his tastes and habits. He
+held membership in only one club, the Canada Club, and did not
+enter actively into its affairs. He was very fond of his family
+and found his chief delight in the home circle, being a loving
+and kind husband and father. As a business man he was alert and
+energetic, ready for any emergency and he seemed to pass by no
+opportunity that pointed to honorable success. Contemporaries and
+colleagues had the highest respect for him and more than that,
+he gained the warm friendship and esteem of a large majority of
+his acquaintances. Although a later arrival in Montreal than
+many of his business associates, he gained prominence among them
+and attained an enviable position in the business world. He was
+a member of the Board of Trade and his opinions carried weight
+among its representatives and in other connections which had to
+do with the city’s welfare. He was truly Canadian in spirit and
+interests and his devotion to the public good was one of his
+notable traits of character.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_G25" id="Idx_G25"></a>J. LOUIS A. GUIMOND.</h3>
+
+<p>J. Louis A. Guimond, a notary public practicing in Montreal
+and interested in business enterprises which connect him
+with activity in the real-estate field, was born in the
+town of Beauharnois, in the province of Quebec on the
+14th of February, 1877. His father was Cyrille Guimond, a
+merchant and manufacturer, who married Justine Dubreuil of
+Pointe-aux-Trembles. In the pursuit of his education he attended
+the Seminary of St. Hyacinthe and was graduated in letters with
+the class of 1896, while his scientific course was pursued in
+College St. Laurent, from which he graduated in 1898. He has
+since been an active representative of the notarial profession in
+which connection he has secured a large clientage that makes his
+practice a profitable one. His life has been one of intense and
+intelligently directed activity and aside from his professional
+duties he is acting as a director and is a shareholder in a
+real-estate company. He is likewise secretary-treasurer of two
+municipalities and thus takes a helpful interest in public
+affairs as well as in the conduct of private business interests.</p>
+
+<p>On the 24th of May, 1909, at Iberville, P. Q., Mr. Guimond was
+married to Miss Marie Louise Gayette, a daughter of Calixte
+Gayette. Their children are Paul and Ives Guimond. The religious
+faith of the family is that of the Catholic<a class="pagenum" name="Page_98" id="Page_98">[98]</a> church and in
+politics Mr. Guimond is a liberal-nationalist. He is energetic,
+accomplished and successful and by the consensus of public
+opinion he is ranked with the representative men of Montreal. He
+comes of an old and respected line of ancestors who settled in
+the province of Quebec in the seventeenth century. Since that
+day they have not only been active and progressive in business,
+but loyal in citizenship. Mr. Guimond’s lines of life have been
+cast in harmony with the record of an honored ancestry and his
+forbears have been no more loyal to city, province and country
+than he.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_B5" id="Idx_B5"></a>ROBERT H. BARRON.</h3>
+
+<p>A man who has founded success in the legal profession upon
+ability, comprehensive knowledge, long experience and untiring
+industry, is Robert H. Barron, since 1895 in active and
+successful practice as a notary in Montreal. He has made
+continued and rapid progress in his chosen field of labor, each
+year bringing him to a point in advance of the previous one, and
+today the firm of Barron & Cushing, of which he is the senior
+member, is one of the most reliable of its kind in the city.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Barron was graduated B. A. from McGill University in 1892
+and acquired his professional training in the same institution,
+completing the law course in 1895. In October of that year he
+began practice in Montreal, being taken into partnership by
+Mr. Charles Cushing and Mr. Robert A. Dunton; this association
+continued until 1900, and Mr. Barron then continued in
+partnership under the firm name of Cushing & Barron until
+the death of Mr. Cushing in September, 1910. Mr. Barron then
+practiced alone for about one year, when he associated himself
+with Dougall Cushing, his present partner and a son of his former
+partner. Barron & Cushing control a large and constantly growing
+business, and the firm is known to be strong and reliable. Mr.
+Barron is held in high honor in professional circles of Montreal,
+and his prominence stands upon the substantial foundation of
+ability and merit.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_D15" id="Idx_D15"></a>ARTHUR DELISLE, Q. C.</h3>
+
+<p>The legal fraternity of Montreal finds an able representative in
+Arthur Delisle, who not only has achieved favorable reputation
+in a private capacity but has ably represented the district of
+Portneuf in the provincial parliament. Capable, earnest and
+conscientious, he has been connected with important litigation
+before the local courts and his clientele is representative.
+He comes of an old and distinguished family whose ancestors
+came from France in the year 1669, on the 15th of October of
+which year arrived in Quebec Louis de l’Isle, of Dompierre,
+of the bishopric Rouen, accompanied by his young wife, Louise
+des Granges, of St. Brice of Paris, settlement being made at
+Pointe-aux-Trembles, of Quebec.</p>
+
+<p>Arthur Delisle was born at Portneuf and is the son of Jean and
+Anathalie (Frenette) Delisle. In the acquirement of his education
+he attended Laval<a class="pagenum" name="Page_99" id="Page_99">[99]</a> Normal School Seminary of Quebec and Laval
+University of that city, taking his degree of Master in Law (cum
+laude) on the 23d of December, 1882. After locating for practice
+in Montreal important business came to him and as the years have
+passed he has become known as one of the most able men in his
+profession in the city. He has every faculty of which a lawyer
+may be proud, unusual familiarity with human nature and untiring
+industry making him one of the most forceful members of the bar.
+He was appointed queen’s counsel in 1898.</p>
+
+<p>On April 22, 1890, at Quebec, Mr. Delisle was united in marriage
+to Blanche Hudon, a daughter of Théophile Hudon, a prominent
+merchant of Quebec. They have two children, Marguerite and
+Gaston. While attending the Laval Normal School Mr. Delisle
+received the usual course of military training under the
+supervision of the high officers at the citadel of Quebec,
+receiving such instruction there in the years 1876 and 1877. This
+experience has been of great benefit to him as it infused into
+the young man the lasting benefits of military exactness and
+punctuality. From 1891 until 1896 he represented the district
+of Portneuf in the house of commons, retiring in the latter
+year in order to give his seat to Sir Henry Joly de Lotbinière.
+Public-spirited and progressive, Mr. Delisle takes an active
+interest in the progress his city is making as one of the great
+metropolitan centers of North America and is ever willing and
+ready to support worthy enterprises projected for general
+improvement and growth.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_G22" id="Idx_G22"></a>DAVID GREENE, M. D.</h3>
+
+<p>In the death of Dr. David Greene, Montreal was forced to record
+the loss of a most capable member of the medical profession. He
+added to broad scientific knowledge and thorough training a deep
+human sympathy combined with an almost intuitive understanding of
+his fellowmen. Moreover he recognized to the fullest extent the
+weight of responsibility and obligations resting upon him, and
+his fidelity to duty became one of his strongest characteristics.
+A native of Ballyshannon, in the north of Ireland, he died on
+the 21st of March, 1891, at Montreal, Quebec. He prepared for
+college at <a name="Err_10" id="Err_10"></a>the Royal School of Portora, Enniskillen, and was
+graduated from Trinity College at Dublin. He became a licentiate
+of the Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland and from 1858 until
+1864 practiced in the north of Ireland. It was in his native
+town of Ballyshannon that Dr. Greene wedded Miss Ellen Green,
+who with a son and several daughters survive him. But one of the
+children was born on the Emerald isle and with this daughter
+Dr. and Mrs. Greene came to the new world in 1866, making their
+way to Montreal, Canada. For a time Dr. Greene was actively
+engaged in practice in this city and then removed to Granby,
+where he practiced for many years, but afterward returned to
+Montreal. His intellectual powers were marked and his scholastic
+and literary attainments were of a high order. It was a liberal
+education in itself to know him well and profit by his wonderful
+store of knowledge, which he unconsciously imparted to his close
+friends in conversation that was brilliant and fascinating. His
+associates recognized that his comradeship meant expansion and
+elevation. Being endowed with a warm heart and splendid mental
+gifts, he left the impress of his individuality upon those with
+whom he was brought into<a class="pagenum" name="Page_100" id="Page_100">[100]</a> close and intimate relations. While he
+took high rank in his profession, his attainments were varied and
+brought him fame in other connections. He was a devout member of
+the English church, and his influence was always on the side of
+right, progress, truth and reform.</p>
+
+<p>The surviving children of Dr. and Mrs. Greene are: Alice, Maud,
+Gertrude, Vida, Geraldine, and Whately Stokes. The last named
+pursued his education in the schools of Montreal and in March,
+1898, made his initial step in connection with the banking
+business as an employe in the old Ontario Bank, with which he was
+connected for eight years. Through the past seven years he has
+been with the Royal Bank of Canada, and is now manager of the
+Laurier Avenue branch at the corner of Park Avenue and Laurier
+Avenue West. Mr. Greene married Miss Gertrude Anne Sheppard, only
+daughter of the late Charles Stanley Sheppard, and they have
+one daughter, Lorna Gertrude. Mr. Greene has made for himself a
+creditable place in financial circles as did his father in the
+field of professional service, and the name has long been an
+honored one in Montreal.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_G11" id="Idx_G11"></a>GEORGES GONTHIER.</h3>
+
+<p>In financial circles in Montreal we have to mention Mr. Georges
+Gonthier as one of the most familiar figures. A member of the
+well known firm of St. Cyr, Gonthier & Frigon and a public
+accountant of some standing and repute, he has nevertheless
+found time to promote many measures of great commercial and
+public utility, and to prepare the way for the foundation of one
+of our most important institutions (L’Ecole des Hautes Etudes
+Commerciales).</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Gonthier was born in Montreal in November, 1869. After a
+period of arduous study and preparation he entered upon his
+business activities in 1890, and since that time has advanced
+steadily in his profession winning the good-will and esteem of
+everyone, so that we now see him occupying such positions of
+trust and public confidence as that of treasurer and director
+of the Chamber of Commerce and president of the Institute of
+Accountants and Auditors of the Province of Quebec. In fact, it
+was Mr. Gonthier himself who was chiefly instrumental in bringing
+about the establishment of the last mentioned institute, and he
+played no small part in its subsequent organization, for which
+his wide business experience and knowledge coupled with what we
+might term an unrivalled commercial sagacity, especially fitted
+him.</p>
+
+<p>He was moreover one of the founders with the late Mr. Poindron of
+the <a name="Err_11" id="Err_11"></a>Canada-French Trade Development Committee, since merged into
+the Comité France-Amérique under the presidency in Canada of the
+Hon. Raoul Dandurand.</p>
+
+<p>Nor are Mr. Gonthier’s activities limited to the field of
+practical achievement. He has entered the lists as a public
+lecturer on financial and accounting subjects where he has
+won for himself considerable renown. In particular his essay
+on “Bonds as an Investment” has been highly praised and was
+even published in the financial journals at Paris. It is not
+surprising therefore that he has considerable influence in
+Belgium and in France.</p>
+
+<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_101" id="Page_101">[101]</a></p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 348px;">
+<img src="images/image101.jpg" width="348" height="500" alt="GEORGES GONTHIER" />
+<p class="caption">GEORGES GONTHIER</p>
+</div>
+
+<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_103" id="Page_103">[103]</a></span></p>
+
+<p>It would be superfluous to add anything further to demonstrate
+the sterling qualities and well deserved reputation of Mr.
+Gonthier. It may, however, be interesting to accountants and
+auditors in general to know that it was mainly through his
+efforts that the law was passed to render compulsory the keeping
+of proper accounts to all who engage in business.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_D6" id="Idx_D6"></a>HUNTLY WARD DAVIS.</h3>
+
+<p>Huntly Ward Davis, member of the firm of Hogle & Davis,
+architects, was born in Montreal, October 22, 1875, a son of M.
+and Lucy (Ward) Davis, the latter a daughter of Hon. J. K. Ward,
+M. L. C. Huntly Ward Davis attended Eliock school at Montreal
+and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, from which he was
+graduated as Bachelor of Science in June, 1898. He prepared for
+and has always followed the profession of architect, working
+in early manhood under A. T. Taylor, who became senior partner
+of the firm of Taylor, Hogle & Davis, but has since withdrawn,
+leaving the firm Hogle & Davis. Mr. Davis is a conservative, and
+his membership relations are with St. James Club and with the
+Church of St. James the Apostle. On the 26th of October, 1910,
+in Montreal, he was married to Evelyn St. Claire Stanley Bagg,
+daughter of the late Robert Stanley and Clara (Smithers) Bagg,
+and they have a daughter, Evelyn Clare Ward Davis.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_R24" id="Idx_R24"></a>FRANCOIS XAVIER ROY.</h3>
+
+<p>This is an age of specialization. It is the unusual rather than
+the usual thing for any man to attempt to gain proficiency in
+the various departments of the law; on the contrary he usually
+concentrates his efforts upon a single branch of jurisprudence,
+with the result that he reaches a position which otherwise he
+could not hope to gain. Following this general course, François
+X. Roy has devoted his attention to commercial law, in which
+connection he has a large and distinctively representative
+clientage. He has been a lifelong resident of the province of
+Quebec, his birth having occurred on the 13th of August, 1863.
+His educational training was received at the College of Nicolet
+and in Laval University. He also spent a year in special study
+at Sherbrooke in 1886, was for a year under the direction of
+the law faculty at Bishop’s College, and then passed the usual
+examinations that secured his admission to the bar.</p>
+
+<p>Choosing Montreal as the seat of his labors, Mr. Roy here began
+practice in association with the late Hon. C. A. Geoffrion,
+and later was with D. R. Murphy, K. C. He had become so well
+established in practice as a successful commercial lawyer that in
+1909 he was created king’s counsel. He has become a recognized
+authority in the department of law in which he has chosen to
+specialize, and as such is called to all parts of the province,
+his opinions being largely received as authority upon points of
+commercial law. He is now attorney for the Williams Manufacturing
+Company, Henon-LeBlanc, Ltd., and several<a class="pagenum" name="Page_104" id="Page_104">[104]</a> other commercial firms
+of Montreal. He readily grasps the relation of cause and effect,
+and in the preparation of his cases his analytical power is
+strongly manifest. In presenting a cause before the courts he is
+logical, and his deductions follow in orderly sequence.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Roy is a liberal in politics and in all his political
+interests is actuated by a spirit of progressiveness as affecting
+both provincial and Dominion affairs. He has ever stood for
+improvement, reform and advancement, and for many years has held
+the office of treasurer of the Reform Club. Aside from this he is
+a member of Le Club Canadien, L’Alliance Nationale, L’Alliance
+Française, <a name="Err_12" id="Err_12"></a>La Société St. Jean Baptiste and other societies. He
+stands as a high type of the French element in the citizenship
+of Montreal, combining with the admirable and strongly marked
+characteristics of a French ancestry the progressive spirit of
+the modern age, a spirit which falters not in the accomplishment
+of a task until success is achieved.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_L3" id="Idx_L3"></a>NAPOLEON URGEL LACASSE.</h3>
+
+<p>Napoléon Urgel Lacasse, attorney at law practicing in Montreal as
+a member of the well known firm of Bastien, Bergeron, Cousineau,
+Lacasse & Jasmin, was born at St. Vincent de Paul, in the county
+of Laval, P. Q., July 11, 1877. In the early records of the
+French families it is found that there are several variations
+to the family name which appears also as Casse, Cassé and Du
+Tertre. Angelique Lacasse was born in 1715 and died at Beaumont,
+August 22, 1738. Antoine Lacasse, who was born in 1706, married
+Marguerite Sionnaux and died November 27, 1778. The parents of
+Napoléon Urgel Lacasse were Zéphirin and Rose Delima (Fortier)
+Lacasse. Under the parental roof he spent his boyhood days while
+studying in St. Mary’s College and Laval University of Montreal,
+winning his Bachelor of Arts degree on the 15th of June, 1898,
+and that of Bachelor of Laws on the 21st of June, 1901. Following
+his graduation he entered immediately upon the active practice
+of his profession and was alone therein until the 1st of July,
+1912, when he entered into his present partnership relations. He
+is recognized as one of the strong and able members of the bar
+among the younger practitioners, and his experience and study are
+continually promoting his knowledge and ability. Aside from his
+profession he is financially interested in several joint stock
+companies and has extensive real-estate investments.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Lacasse has been married twice, on the 28th of September,
+1903, to Eugénie Barbeau and on the 31st of March, 1913, to Miss
+Yvonne Barbeau, daughter of the late Godfroy Barbeau, a merchant
+of Ste. Geneviève county, P. Q. The four children of Mr. Lacasse
+are: Jean François Bernard, Jacques Vincent Ferrier, Joséphine
+Hélène Marcelle and Suzanne Andrée Victoire. The religious faith
+of the family is that of the Catholic church. The military
+experience of Mr. Lacasse covers more than three years’ service
+as commanding officer of St. Mary’s College Cadets from 1896
+until 1898 inclusively. He was one of the winners in the cadets
+contest in 1893 for the Duke of Connaught prize, also in 1894 and
+1895.</p>
+
+<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_105" id="Page_105">[105]</a></p>
+
+<p>In politics he is a conservative and has made public battles
+for his principles in elections in the counties of Terrebonne,
+Jacques Cartier, Laval and Yamaska. However, the practice of
+law he considers his real life work, regarding it as abundantly
+worthy of his best efforts, and in his chosen profession he has
+made continuous and gratifying progress.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_B43" id="Idx_B43"></a>FRANK BULLER, M. D., C. M.</h3>
+
+<p>Dr. Frank Buller was <a name="Err_13" id="Err_13"></a>one of the most celebrated ophthalmologists
+of the new world, occupying, as practitioner and educator, a
+position in which he had few peers. His scientific research and
+his broad reading gave him a knowledge far superior to that of
+many able members of the profession, and in the wise utilization
+of his time and talents he made valuable contributions to the
+world’s work.</p>
+
+<p>Dr. Buller was born at Campbellford, Ontario, May 4, 1844, a
+son of Charles G. and Frances Elizabeth (Boucher) Buller, of
+Hillside, Campbellford. After attending the high school at
+Peterboro, from which he graduated in due time, he took up the
+study of medicine in Victoria College at Cobourg, completing
+his course with the class of 1869. He then went to Germany,
+where he spent two years in the study of the eye, ear, nose and
+throat, acquainting himself with the advanced methods of eminent
+men in the profession. While at the University of Berlin he
+received close personal instruction from Von Helmholtz and Von
+Graefe, and, during the Franco-German war, served as assistant
+surgeon in a number of military hospitals of northern Germany.
+In 1872 Dr. Buller went to London and studied for some years in
+“Moorfields”—the Royal London Ophthalmic Hospital. He was for
+two years chief house surgeon of this hospital, and he introduced
+to London the “direct” <a name="Err_14" id="Err_14"></a>method of ophthalmoscopy. In England he
+became a member of the Royal College of Surgeons. Dr. Buller
+began practice in Montreal in 1876 and rapidly advanced to a
+foremost position in his profession. For seventeen years he was
+the opthalmic and aural surgeon in the Montreal General Hospital
+and resigned to take the same position in the Royal Victoria
+Hospital. <a name="Err_15" id="Err_15"></a>He was the first ophthalmologist to be appointed to the
+General Hospital—and so remarkably recent is the development of
+opthalmology in the new world that, prior to that time, every
+physician and surgeon treated his eye cases in his own clinic.
+For many years Dr. Buller was professor of ophthalmology and
+otology in McGill University, being appointed professor when
+the chair was founded in 1883. He was equally able in his large
+private practice and enjoyed an ever widening reputation. Dr.
+Buller received the English degree of M. R. C. S.</p>
+
+<p>Dr. Buller was a powerfully built man, restless and very
+energetic. His students used to say of him, “Buller is a great
+teacher, but he wears us out.” He was forever engaged in arduous
+mental work but also took keen interest in matters outside of
+his profession. He was frank, straightforward and kind—a strong
+generous nature.</p>
+
+<p>Dr. Buller married Elizabeth Belton Langlois, of Quebec, who died
+November 20, 1895. By this marriage there were two children,
+Marguerite and Cecil.<a class="pagenum" name="Page_106" id="Page_106">[106]</a> In 1898 he married Miss Jean Brien, of New
+York, and they had three children, Francis, Audrey and James, the
+latter dying in 1909.</p>
+
+<p>Dr. Buller was a member of the Church of England. He died October
+11, 1905. He was followed to the grave by the entire medical
+profession of Montreal and numerous physicians from a distance.
+Also many of the city’s poor were present at the obsequies—a
+fact which, had he been able to know it, would have touched that
+great heart which had so keenly felt their sorrows.</p>
+
+<p>A colleague of Dr. Buller writes as follows: “In very delicate
+cases, where he feared to trust patients in the hands of
+untrained attendants, and they were too poor to hire professional
+nurses, he has been known to stay with the patients all night,
+after an operation, and attend to the dressing himself, lest the
+eye, so tender and in such a precarious condition, might suffer
+needless pain or be injured through a slight mistake.”</p>
+
+<p>“Dr. Buller will be especially remembered because of three
+inventions: (1) the Buller eye-shield (composed of a
+watch-crystal and strips of sticking-plaster and oftenest
+employed to protect an unaffected eye when its fellow is
+afflicted with gonorrheal infection). (2) Temporary tying of the
+cacalieuli for the prevention of wound infection in operations
+on the eye-ball. (3) The Buller trial frame. Yet his inventions
+and investigations were very numerous and, for the most part,
+successful in every way. Thus, concerning his investigation into
+‘Methyl Alcohol Blindness,’ conducted jointly with Dr. Casey
+A. Wood, De Schweintz declares the work to be ‘by far the most
+important contribution to the subject and one to which too high
+praise cannot be given.’” Scientists, members of the profession
+and all mankind delighted to honor him because of what he had
+accomplished. High above any desire for pecuniary reward was his
+deep interest in humanity and an earnest purpose to make his life
+a serviceable one to his fellowmen.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_O3" id="Idx_O3"></a>WILLIAM WATSON OGILVIE.</h3>
+
+<p>Foremost among those men whose life’s record seems an inseparable
+part of Canada’s industrial and commercial growth during the
+period of their activities, is that of William Watson Ogilvie,
+whose identification with the milling business covered a period
+of nearly a half century. The position of Mr. Ogilvie in this
+important industry was unquestionably at the head. He did more to
+develop it than any other man before or since his time, and the
+great success he achieved was fully merited.</p>
+
+<p>William W. Ogilvie was born at Cote St. Michel, Montreal,
+February 14, 1835, of Scotch ancestry, and belonged to the
+Banffshire family of that name. He received his education in
+Montreal schools, and in entering on a business career chose that
+which was his by inheritance, the milling business.</p>
+
+<p>His grandfather, Alexander, erected in 1801, a mill at Jacques
+Cartier, near Quebec, where was ground the first flour under
+British rule that was ever exported to Europe. This old mill was
+really the foundation of the immense business that was built up
+by W. W. Ogilvie. In 1860 he entered into partnership with his
+brothers, Alexander and John, grain merchants and proprietors<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_109" id="Page_109">[109]</a></span>
+of a mill at Lachine Rapids. The growth of the business was
+soon responsible for the building of the Glenora Flour Mills
+on the Lachine canal. The business continued to grow, and the
+Ogilvies erected mills at Goderich and Seaforth, Ontario and
+Winnipeg, Manitoba; and later, the Royal Mills at Montreal. The
+three brothers operated together until 1874, when the elder
+brother retired, and on the death of his brother, John, in
+1888 the entire business management devolved upon William W.
+Ogilvie, whose well developed powers were entirely adequate to
+the demands made upon him in the further control and management
+of this extensive enterprise, of which he became the head. In
+addition to the properties mentioned, Mr. W. W. Ogilvie afterward
+purchased the City Mills, Montreal, and at the time of his death
+had accepted plans for a very large mill at Fort William. Some
+years previous to his demise to facilitate the administration of
+his western business, the Ogilvie Milling Company of Winnipeg was
+formed in which Mr. Ogilvie was the dominant factor. The Ogilvie
+Flour Mills Company, of the present, was organized in 1903 and
+is practically the successor of the Ogilvie Milling Company and
+various other interests in this line, belonging to Mr. Ogilvie’s
+estate.</p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 351px;">
+<img src="images/image107.jpg" width="351" height="500" alt="WILLIAM W. OGILVIE" />
+<p class="caption">WILLIAM W. OGILVIE</p>
+</div>
+
+<p>Mr. Ogilvie and his brother John were the pioneer wheat buyers in
+Manitoba. He had traveled through Canada’s present wheat fields
+years before they were cultivated and many times afterwards. From
+the first small shipment of five hundred bushels from Manitoba in
+1876, the shipments, in Mr. Ogilvie’s lifetime, to his own mills
+increased until they reached the enormous total of eight million
+bushels of No. 1 hard wheat, all purchased by his own expert
+buyers from the farmers, at his seventy elevators, extending all
+over the wheat section of Ontario and the northwest.</p>
+
+<p>In the manufacture of flour Mr. Ogilvie spent a lifetime and
+spared neither time, labor or expense in bringing his product to
+the very acme of perfection. By steady industry and indomitable
+energy and most of all the superior quality of his products,
+upheld at all cost, the business grew until it not only became
+the largest of its kind in the Dominion, but the most extensive
+flour business in the world controlled by one man.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Ogilvie was the first to introduce into Canada the patent
+process of grinding by rollers. In 1868, he visited Hungary where
+this system originated, for the purpose of investigating it.
+He saw at once its value and adopted it. He invented improved
+machinery used in the milling business, and was always ready to
+adopt the improvements of others that were practical.</p>
+
+<p>It was said that he had better knowledge of wheat and wheat lands
+than any man in Canada. His business furnished a market for wheat
+growers and proved a stimulating influence in the agricultural
+development of the great wheat-raising section of middle and
+western Canada. His labors were directly responsible for much of
+the growth, progress and prosperity of Manitoba and the provinces
+farther west, and his worth as a business man and citizen was
+acknowledged by all.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Ogilvie’s identification with commercial interests was large
+and diversified. He was a director of the Bank of Montreal;
+the Montreal Transportation Company; the North British and
+Mercantile Insurance Company; the Old Dominion Board of Trade;
+and the Sailors Institute. He was president of the Corn
+Exchange Association; St. Andrew’s Society; and the Montreal
+Horticultural<a class="pagenum" name="Page_110" id="Page_110">[110]</a> Society; governor of the Montreal General and
+the Royal Victoria Hospitals; president of the Manufacturers’
+Association, and served as a member of the Harbor Board.</p>
+
+<p>In regard to agricultural and horticultural interests he
+manifested an interest and enthusiasm that were contagious,
+his efforts constituting an example that many others followed.
+He served both on the council and board of arbitration of the
+Montreal Board of Trade and was president of that body in 1893-4.
+In matters of citizenship he was extremely public-spirited and
+what he accomplished represented the fit utilization of his
+innate talents and powers. His political belief is indicated
+in the fact that in 1896 he was president of the Liberal
+Conservative Club of Montreal. He was a forceful speaker in both
+French and English and frequently, in his earlier days, addressed
+public meetings during political campaigns.</p>
+
+<p>As a young man he served as lieutenant and subsequently as a
+captain in the Montreal Cavalry under his brother, being thanked
+in brigade orders by Colonel Pakenham in 1866.</p>
+
+<p>He was one of the prominent members of St. Andrew’s church.
+Mr. Ogilvie always gave with a free hand toward various public
+institutions, and there was no movement of importance to which
+he did not contribute. His benefactions were liberal, varied and
+by no means local. He gave thirteen thousand dollars, towards
+making up a deficit for completion of the Jubilee wing of the
+Winnipeg General Hospital. He was one of the first to subscribe
+to the patriotic fund for the families of those who went with
+the Canadian contingent to the Transvaal war. Mr. Ogilvie was a
+man of great business capacity and to a most remarkable extent
+maintained a personal knowledge of his diversified interests.</p>
+
+<p>His death on January 12, 1900, was very sudden. He had been
+at his office attending to business as usual, after which he
+attended a directors’ meeting of the Bank of Montreal. On his way
+home he was taken ill and passed away soon after reaching there.</p>
+
+<p>Many of the leading mercantile houses and public offices flew
+their flags at half mast through respect for him. The Montreal
+Gazette at time of his death, said on January 13, 1900,
+editorially:</p>
+
+<p>“It is long since any event caused such a painful shock in
+Montreal as did the death yesterday of W. W. Ogilvie. Strong
+in body, clear in mind, actively interested in the details of
+great concerns, he was one of the last whose taking away would
+be thought of. His loss will be felt the more because of its
+suddenness and it is a great loss, to the city’s commercial life.
+Mr. Ogilvie’s business intelligence and energy long ago raised
+him to a place not among Canada’s alone, but among the world’s
+great merchants.</p>
+
+<p>“It was a just pride that he felt in directing the greatest
+milling interest in the world under one man’s control; and the
+pride was more than personal. He early saw what the northwest
+meant to Canada, both commercially and nationally, and it was a
+pleasure to him to feel that as his business spread it was making
+known the resources of the country, in all of whose affairs he
+took the deepest interest.</p>
+
+<p>“The success that he gained in his own business caused
+his counsel to be sought in the direction of other great
+enterprises. He was a director in the<a class="pagenum" name="Page_111" id="Page_111">[111]</a> country’s greatest
+financial corporation, and in other institutions in which he had
+investments. On the Corn Exchange and on the Board of Trade, his
+was an influential voice, and it was always raised in behalf of
+that which was best and broadest.</p>
+
+<p>“He knew how to give generously to a good cause. He earned
+the respect of all who were brought into contact with him and
+especially that of the hundreds of men who served him in the
+enterprise of which his was the directing brain.</p>
+
+<p>“It was a big place that he won through his heart as well as by
+his head and it will be long ere there will be found another
+capable of filling it.”</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Ogilvie was survived by his widow and four children, three
+sons and a daughter, Albert Edward, William Watson (died 1906),
+Gavin Lang and Alice Helen. Mrs. Ogilvie previous to her marriage
+in 1871, was Helen, a daughter of Joseph Johnston of Paisley,
+Scotland.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_H6" id="Idx_H6"></a>R. A. BALDWIN HART.</h3>
+
+<p>R. A. Baldwin Hart, prominent as a representative of one of the
+old families of Montreal, manager-executor of the Theodore Hart
+estate, and a public-spirited citizen, was born in Montreal,
+December 5, 1852, a son of Theodore Hart. For a long period the
+family had been represented in this city, the name figuring
+prominently in connection with its history. His education was
+acquired in the schools of Montreal and his life was spent in his
+native city.</p>
+
+<p>In 1900 in Montreal Mr. Hart was united in marriage to Miss Mary
+Isabella Owen, who survives him, the death of Mr. Hart having
+occurred on the 11th of September, 1903, when he was yet in
+the prime of life. He was very fond of outdoor sports. He was
+a wide reader and kept abreast with the events of the day and
+the progress of the times. Charitable and kindly in spirit, he
+listened attentively and sympathetically to a tale of sorrow
+or distress and no worthy object failed to receive substantial
+assistance from him. Civic affairs were a matter of interest to
+him and he supported movements which he deemed of benefit to
+Montreal. His was indeed a well rounded character in which the
+varied important interests of life received due consideration and
+he stood as a high type of Canadian manhood and citizenship.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_H5" id="Idx_H5"></a>ALAN JUDAH HART.</h3>
+
+<p>Alan Judah Hart, founder of the Hart Manufacturing Company, of
+Montreal, is a descendant of one of the oldest English speaking
+families of Canada, the ancestry being traced back to one who
+came from New York with General Amherst in 1759. For many
+generations the family was represented at Three Rivers, Canada.
+Lewis A. Hart, father of Alan J. Hart, has for forty years or
+more been a notary in Montreal. He was born at Three Rivers
+and was educated in Montreal, supplementing his preliminary
+studies by advanced courses<a class="pagenum" name="Page_112" id="Page_112">[112]</a> which won him the degrees of Master
+of Arts and Bachelor of Civil Law. He married Fanny Elizabeth
+Benjamin and they became the parents of four sons and four
+daughters: Claude Benjamin, a commission merchant; Arthur Daniel,
+a manufacturer’s agent; Philip Beyfus, a commercial traveler;
+Alan Judah; Ethel Muriel; Mabel Ruth; Gladys Judith; and Dorothy
+Marguerite.</p>
+
+<p>Alan Judah Hart was born in Montreal, October 4, 1879. He was
+educated in Montreal and for some years was employed by E. A.
+Small & Company, manufacturers of men’s clothing, and later was
+with A. H. Sims & Company, manufacturers of ladies’ clothing,
+acting as superintendent of the house for three years. In 1902
+he established the Hart Manufacturing Company for the purpose of
+manufacturing ladies’ tailor-made suits and cloaks and in the
+conduct of this business he has been very successful. Mr. Hart is
+a director of H. Vineberg & Company, Limited, manufacturers of
+the Progress Brand clothing and has become widely and favorably
+known in commercial circles.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Hart married Miss Eva Vineberg, a daughter of Harris
+Vineberg, and they have a family of five children: Edward Henry,
+Gordon David, Lawrence Ezra, Alma Ruth and Vera Esther.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Hart is a life governor of the Montreal General Hospital
+and a director of Mount Sinai Sanitarium at Ste. Agathe. He
+was likewise a member of the executive board of the Canadian
+Manufacturers Association, serving in that capacity in 1912 and
+1913, and he is a member of the Montreal Board of Trade and
+of the Royal Arcanum. His interests and activities are varied
+and important, winning him recognition of his worth in both
+commercial circles and in public life.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_F6" id="Idx_F6"></a>HON. LOUIS JOSEPH FORGET.</h3>
+
+<p>Hon. Louis Joseph Forget, whose name is written large on the
+pages of financial and industrial history of Montreal during the
+past forty years, left the impress of his great constructive
+force and energy upon mammoth projects which are figured as
+some of the Dominion’s leading enterprises. He was born March
+11, 1853, at Terrebonne, P. Q., a district that has produced
+many eminent statesmen, writers, merchants and financiers. He
+was one of the nine sons of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Forget and was
+descended from a family that came to Canada from Normandy in
+1600. Among those nine sons there were two priests, one of whom
+declined episcopal robes, a notary, two lawyers, two contractors,
+one farmer and he who was destined to become a power in the
+financial world, Louis Joseph Forget. His education was acquired
+at Masson College and his entrance into business circles was in
+connection with a dry-goods establishment. He had almost reached
+the determination of trying his fortune in the United States
+when he chanced upon a newspaper that contained an advertisement
+of office help being needed by Thomas Caverhill. Mr. Forget
+applied for the position the next morning and was accepted.
+From the beginning of his work with Mr. Caverhill the young man
+displayed unusual aptness as well as great eagerness to learn.
+He was not an ordinary boy. He took great interest in his work
+and often asked questions about other features of the business
+that did not<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_115" id="Page_115">[115]</a></span> come within his particular line of duties, but
+a knowledge thereof added to his capability and rendered him
+fit for promotion and opportunity offered later. It is only
+natural that a young man of this character should attract the
+attention of his employer. Mr. Caverhill took great interest
+in him and was instrumental in causing Mr. Forget to enter the
+brokerage business. The financial exploit during Jay Gould’s
+celebrated Black Friday in Wall Street reflected no little credit
+upon Mr. Forget, displaying in notable manner his insight and
+ability, and soon afterward he was nominated for membership
+in the Montreal Stock Exchange by his former employer. It is
+interesting in this connection to note that he was the first
+French-Canadian to be admitted to membership in that body and
+that before he had reached his majority he purchased his seat
+therein at a cost of nine hundred dollars. He began business as
+a stock broker in Montreal in 1873, from which time until his
+death, thirty-eight years later, his prominence and success in
+the investment security business were not over-shadowed by that
+of his contemporaries. He founded the financial house of L. J.
+Forget & Company, one of the foremost in its line in Montreal and
+remained its head during his life time. The Paris branch of L. J.
+Forget & Company at 7 Rue Auber, was the first to be established
+in continental Europe by a Canadian financial house and readily
+secured a clientele that materially broadened the operations of
+the firm.</p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 348px;">
+<img src="images/image113.jpg" width="348" height="500" alt="HON. LOUIS J. FORGET" />
+<p class="caption">HON. LOUIS J. FORGET</p>
+</div>
+
+<p>Senator Forget was elected president of the Montreal Stock
+Exchange in 1895 to succeed H. S. Macdougall and in May, 1896,
+was reelected. His business and financial connections had been
+constantly broadening and had long since included a prominent
+identification with the foremost financial and industrial
+projects of the time. In 1892 he became president of what was
+then the Montreal City Passenger Railway Company, now the
+Montreal Tramways Company. He remained its directing head until
+1911, in which connection he accomplished what has meant much
+to Montreal. To no one man is the city indebted as largely for
+the upbuilding and development of its transportation system as
+to Senator Forget. Under his regime the motive power was changed
+from horses to electricity and the market value of the company’s
+stock advanced from around one hundred dollars to three hundred
+and thirty-seven dollars and a half per share.</p>
+
+<p>In 1895 Senator Forget became president of the Richelieu &
+Ontario Navigation Company. At that time the affairs of the
+company were far from being on a dividend-paying basis and the
+rehabilitation of its interests was but another illustration of
+Senator Forget’s constructive genius. He resigned his position as
+head of the company in 1905, but in the meantime the stock was
+paying a six per cent dividend and the affairs of the company
+generally were in a better condition than ever before.</p>
+
+<p>One of the great achievements of Senator Forget was in carrying
+through the merger of the Montreal Light, Heat & Power Company
+and in doing so he accomplished what many predicted to be utterly
+impossible, saying that nothing but failure and financial
+disaster could result. This was in 1900 before the days when big
+business interests were merged into mammoth enterprises and the
+amount involved, seventeen million dollars, seemed to stagger
+even the most progressive element in financial circles. Like
+all of his undertakings, Mr. Forget had not entered into this
+without due consideration and he had implicit confidence<a class="pagenum" name="Page_116" id="Page_116">[116]</a> in its
+success. It is doubtful if any but he could have swung that deal
+and how well he succeeded is best indicated in the value of the
+securities of the company in investment circles.</p>
+
+<p>He was a prominent figure in the notable contest which took
+place between the Dominion Coal Company and the Dominion Iron
+& Steel Company. Originally a director and vice president of
+the coal company he espoused the cause of the steel company in
+its fight over the coal supply and ultimately the matter was
+carried to the privy council and was there decided in favor
+of the steel company. Mr. Forget was elected vice president
+of the steel corporation when eventually the two companies
+were merged and he continued to take an active part in the
+administration of the affairs of the company to the time when
+his health began to fail. Evidence of his wonderful insight and
+sagacity in business matters is shown in the fact that when the
+trouble first arose from which resulted the extended litigation
+between the Dominion Iron & Steel Company and the Dominion Coal
+Company Senator Forget went over the point in contention in his
+characteristic deliberate manner and at once concluded that the
+claim of the steel corporation would be sustained by the courts,
+notwithstanding the contrary opinion of some of the greatest
+legal authorities and business men of the day and time proved
+that his judgment was correct.</p>
+
+<p>He was the first French-Canadian to be elected to the directorate
+of the Canadian Pacific Railway and was a member of its board at
+the time of his death. <a name="Err_16" id="Err_16"></a>His greatest enthusiasm was aroused while
+viewing the untold resources of the west during the many times
+he accompanied Sir Thomas Shaughnessy and R. B. Angus on their
+annual tours of inspection. When the life work of Senator Forget
+was ended the Montreal Daily Star said in part: “By the death of
+Senator Forget a man of affairs has been lost to Canada. A man
+of wide vision who saw far into the future and who modeled his
+career accordingly. A glance through the financial district at
+the half-masted flags at once conveys an idea of the number and
+the prominence of the institutions that Senator Forget had been
+interested in. Senator Forget stood out in Canadian finance, but
+more than that, he was a true Canadian citizen and had done his
+share towards the public weal, forgetting not his duty towards
+the state in the midst of tremendous private enterprises. He was
+a man of sympathies. At all times courteous and approachable,
+he could thrust aside great business matters to attend to the
+small wants of individuals, nor was he ever found wanting or
+indifferent when charity offered a plea.</p>
+
+<p>“In finance Senator Forget was a true leader. He was one of the
+first men to loom large in high finance in Canada. He realized
+many possibilities which other men have realized too—but he
+followed that by action. He had the courage to follow his
+convictions and many solid institutions which today enjoy in
+themselves prosperity and largely aid in the advancement of the
+Dominion, owe to him debts which can never be repaid to the
+individual, though they will be to the people of the country. His
+financial ability brought him into prominence in connection with
+several of the largest corporations in the Dominion, prominent
+among which were the Montreal Street, the Richelieu & Ontario
+Navigation Company and the Montreal Light, Heat & Power Company,
+the Dominion Coal Company, and the Dominion Iron & Steel Company.</p>
+
+<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_117" id="Page_117">[117]</a></p>
+
+<p>“Senator Forget was one of the colossal figures about whom have
+surged the tides and currents of Canadian finance. The news of
+his death this morning was as much of a shock as a surprise, both
+to those with whom he had been so long associated in connection
+with the organization and the management of the great financial
+and industrial enterprises of the Dominion and to the thousands
+of others to whom his name had come to be the shibboleth of
+success.</p>
+
+<p>“But if Senator Forget represented one thing more than success
+it was absolute unswerving fidelity to his word. In all the
+heat and confusion of the stock market amidst the treacheries
+which sometimes attend on high financing and the deception and
+duplicity which beset the path of the successful man everywhere,
+there was never a question of his own unfaltering veracity.
+Senator Forget was wisely charitable, an intelligent patron of
+the arts, and a strong supporter of all movements which made for
+the better government of the city and the state. He will long be
+remembered for what he was as well as for what he did.”</p>
+
+<p>Another Montreal paper said of him: “His rise to financial fame
+is written on the business history of Montreal, and the story
+of his success in the financial world is the history of the
+development of the city. Although Senator Forget’s estate will
+count up into the millions, its accumulation was not effected by
+continuous plain sailing.”</p>
+
+<p>Obstacles and difficulties of grave import arose, but his
+financial capacity and strict integrity had won the confidence
+and trust of friends who rallied to his support, and although
+he saw the storm clouds gather, he was able to turn threatened
+disaster into brilliant achievement. His investments were most
+judiciously made and his judgment concerning important financial
+transactions seemed never at fault. Once his mind was made up as
+to the value of a security nothing could shake his confidence,
+and much of his success in life was due to his unerring judgment.</p>
+
+<p>Slow to make a promise or express an opinion, Senator Forget
+never failed to fulfill a promise and when he gave his opinion
+it was the expression of his honest conviction and indicated a
+course which he would follow in a similar position. If he advised
+an investor it meant that he would not hesitate a moment in
+investing his own money in the same security. His unquestioned
+loyalty to his friends covered his entire business career. His
+recommendation of a security to an investor meant that he would
+fully support that security and there were instances in his
+career when even his vast resources were taxed in such support.
+This was true in connection with the Montreal Stock Exchange in
+a security where large sums were invested on his recommendation.
+The implicit confidence that capital had in his judgment enabled
+him to finance and successfully carry out projects that probably
+no other man of his time could have handled. His word was as
+good as his bond. His denial of a rumor killed it immediately
+just as an admission from him settled all doubt. He could see
+through a proposition readily and would decide important and
+extensive matters quickly. His decision was never hasty or ill
+advised but came as the result of the fact that he had mastered
+many grave business affairs and with readiness comprehended every
+phase of a situation that came before him. He was a man of strong
+personality. His was never the command of the<a class="pagenum" name="Page_118" id="Page_118">[118]</a> tyrant to go but
+ever the call of the leader to come. He was never vacillating in
+his opinions of the best methods to be followed or the manner
+in which a given work was to be done. He was a most considerate
+and appreciative man and was always ready to encourage one who
+was striving upward. He was not a talkative man, that is he
+talked but comparatively little, yet he talked to the point and
+with great earnestness and thinking men listened to him with
+attention. He never laughed aloud, but his smile was one full of
+humor, enjoyment and good nature. Judging his manner by first
+appearance might do him an injustice, for a habit of earnest
+thought had brought a deep furrow in the forehead that might be
+regarded as a frown. An acquaintance, however, always received
+the most polite attention from him and his unfailing courtesy of
+manner showed him to be a perfect gentleman in the highest and
+best sense of the term.</p>
+
+<p>His interest in benevolent and charitable projects was wide
+and his support thereof most generous. He became a director of
+the Notre Dame Hospital and was a governor of both the General
+Hospital and the Western Hospital. He was a governor of the Art
+Association and life governor of the Numismatic & Antiquarian
+Society; also president of the board of governors of Laval
+University. His political career is an interesting one, for he
+was not always a supporter of the liberal-conservative party.
+Although a fellow townsman of Sir Adolphe Chapleau, the Senator
+had been allied with Sir Henri Gustave Joly de Lotbinière in
+that leader’s contest with Chapleau, Angers and the rest of the
+conservative leaders of his time. In federal politics, however,
+Hon. Mr. Forget declined to follow the free trade policy of
+Mackenzie and Cartwright, which had been forced against his
+will upon Rodolphe Laflamme, and from the days of the national
+policy the Senator worked with the present conservative party.
+He was appointed to the upper house during the elections of
+1896 and was the last conservative senator to enter that branch
+of the Canadian parliament. Senator Forget seldom addressed
+the senate, yet his advice in committee was of great value to
+his fellow members and it was here that the close friendship
+sprang up between Senator Forget and the ex-prime minister, Sir
+Mackenzie Bowell. The Senator was a loyal follower of R. L.
+Borden as leader of the conservative party, both in parliament
+and in the country. He realized that it was a very difficult
+matter for any leader to find complete favor in the eyes of all
+the provinces, but he was confident that Mr. Borden gave his
+services to the party and to the country in a patriotic manner
+and consequently deserved the support of a united party in both
+houses. The Montreal Gazette some years ago termed him “an astute
+and enterprising man of affairs.” He was more than that. He was
+a constructionist and builded where others saw no opportunity;
+he was a patriot without narrow partisanship; a Roman Catholic
+and stanch churchman without a particle of race prejudice, in
+evidence of which fact his closest friend in the senate of the
+Dominion was an ex-grand master of the Orange Grand Lodge of
+British North America—Sir Mackenzie Bowell. High honors had been
+accorded him, distinction and notable success had come to him.
+These things made him an eminent citizen, but, more than that,
+attractive social qualities and genuine personal worth had gained
+him the highest regard, confidence, good-will and friendship of
+his contemporaries and colleagues.</p>
+
+<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_119" id="Page_119">[119]</a></p>
+
+<p>While Senator Forget was a member of a number of clubs, he
+manifested keenest interest perhaps in the Mount Royal Club, of
+which he was one of the founders. Among the other clubs to which
+he belonged were the St. James, of which he had been president;
+the Royal St. Lawrence Yacht Club; the Forest and Stream; the
+Montreal Hunt; the Country Club of Ottawa and the Manhattan Club
+of New York.</p>
+
+<p>In May, 1876, Senator Forget married Miss Maria Raymond, a
+daughter of Gustav A. Raymond of Montreal. They were the parents
+of five children: Loulou, now Mrs. W. W. Skinner; Raymond, who
+died at the age of four years; Blanche, now Mrs. Guy Boyer;
+Marguerite; and Pauline. The two younger daughters accompanied
+their parents abroad and the family was sojourning at Nice when
+Senator Forget passed away, April 7, 1911.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_B20" id="Idx_B20"></a>CHARLES M. BLACK.</h3>
+
+<p>Thorough preparatory training and broadening experience well
+qualify Charles M. Black for the important and responsible duties
+that devolve upon him as secretary and treasurer of the insurance
+brokerage firm of R. Howard & Company of Montreal. He has many
+friends in this city, to whom his life record will prove of
+interest. He was born in Winnipeg in 1890, a son of William Allan
+Black and a grandson of Charles R. and Elizabeth (Hall) Black, of
+Montreal. There is a mingled strain of English and Scotch blood
+in his veins. The birth of William A. Black occurred in Montreal,
+November 17, 1862. His education was acquired in the schools of
+his native city, and for some years he was in the service of the
+Grand Trunk and Canadian Pacific Railway Companies. In 1882 he
+went to Manitoba and the following year became connected with
+the Ogilvie Milling Company, one of the foremost enterprises of
+that character in the country. Gradually in that connection he
+worked his way upward and in 1902 was appointed general manager
+of the western division, while in 1910 he was elected one of
+the directors of the company. Still further promotion has come
+to him in his election as vice president and managing director
+of the Ogilvie Flour Mills Company. He is likewise a member of
+the Winnipeg Board of Trade, a councillor of the Winnipeg Grain
+and Produce Exchange and a member of the grain survey and grain
+standard boards. He is likewise a director of the Home Savings &
+Investment Company, Molson’s Bank and Larose Consolidated Mines
+and is managing director of the Kaministiquia Power Company and
+president of the Manitoba Cold Storage Company. He belongs to
+the Winnipeg and Manitoba Clubs. He was married in 1888 to Mary
+Campbell, daughter of Alexander McEwan, of Edinburgh, Scotland.</p>
+
+<p>The illustrious example of his father has fired the ambition
+of Charles M. Black, who was reared in Montreal and Winnipeg.
+Making good use of time, talents and opportunities, he has
+steadily progressed and is today a well known factor in insurance
+brokerage circles of Montreal. The business of the firm of R.
+Howard & Company was established in 1901 and was organized
+under the present firm style on the 1st of February, 1913, when
+Charles M. Black became a member of the firm, of which he has
+since been secretary and treasurer, with<a class="pagenum" name="Page_120" id="Page_120">[120]</a> Robert Howard as the
+president. He had received thorough initial business training in
+three years’ connection with his father, and he is also secretary
+and treasurer of the Financial Investment Company. A young man
+of determination and energy, he carries forward to successful
+completion whatever he undertakes, and obstacles and difficulties
+in his path serve but as an impetus for renewed effort on his
+part.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_P14" id="Idx_P14"></a>JOHN PRATT.</h3>
+
+<p>High on the list of Montreal’s worthy citizens who have passed
+from this life appears the name of John Pratt, who from 1839
+until 1872 was one of the prosperous merchants of the city. He
+was born at Berthier, en haut, on the 20th of July, 1812, and
+after a well spent life of sixty-four years passed away July 22,
+1876. He was survived for only a few weeks by his brother, Mr. C.
+F. Pratt, with whom he had commenced his business career and with
+whom he was almost continuously associated thereafter.</p>
+
+<p>The father was a merchant at Berthier and in 1833 the sons,
+Charles F. and John, left the paternal home to establish a
+business house in Quebec under the firm name of C. F. Pratt &
+Company. Having succeeded almost beyond his expectations in that
+city, John Pratt opened a branch establishment at Three Rivers
+and, as in Quebec, won almost immediate prosperity in the conduct
+of the enterprise. Soon the brothers found that their sphere of
+action was too limited and in 1839 they extended the scope of
+their interests by founding the well known leather house of John
+Pratt & Company in Montreal.</p>
+
+<p>In 1852 the Quebec house was closed, the brothers concentrating
+their energies upon the conduct of the Montreal business, out
+of which they made colossal fortunes, that of Mr. John Pratt
+amounting to about a million dollars. The tanneries at Roxton
+Falls were started by the Pratts, who for many years stood at
+the head of the leather business. In 1869, however, they put
+aside industrial and commercial interests, but while Charles
+Pratt confined himself to private affairs, his brother, John
+Pratt, whose name introduces this review, unable with his active
+temperament to remain comparatively unemployed, engaged in the
+conduct of several joint stock companies, with which he had
+identified himself. At the time of his death he was president
+of the Richelieu & Ontario Navigation Company, over whose board
+he had presided since 1867. He was president of the Banque du
+Peuple, of the Rubber Company, and others; and was vice president
+of the Citizens Assurance Company, a position which he also
+occupied in connection with other joint stock concerns. He was
+on the board of directors of the Valleyfield Cotton Company, an
+enterprise which he had done much to promote. Indeed, it may
+be said of Mr. Pratt that he was an undoubted authority on all
+business matters, being sagacious, practical, enterprising and
+energetic. He seemed to recognize almost from the beginning the
+possibilities of any undertaking, and he never faltered until his
+purpose was accomplished.</p>
+
+<p>In 1863 Mr. Pratt was placed on the harbor board, but the
+succeeding year the government of Sir John Macdonald removed him
+from office, doing exactly the same by Hon. John Young and Mr.
+Thomas Cramp. In 1874, however, he was placed upon the newly
+constituted board, of which he was an active, practical<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_123" id="Page_123">[123]</a></span> and
+influential member. His natural modesty impelled him, upon
+several occasions, to decline nomination for parliament, to
+which, there is no doubt, had he so desired, he would have been
+elected. Politically he was a thorough reformer and even by those
+who differed from him, his opinions were looked upon with great
+respect. He was at all times a thorough gentleman, a faithful and
+considerate friend and a real philanthropist.</p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 350px;">
+<img src="images/image121.jpg" width="350" height="500" alt="JOHN PRATT" />
+<p class="caption">JOHN PRATT</p>
+</div>
+
+<p>On the 3d of March, 1840, Mr. Pratt married Marie Mathilde Roy,
+the widow of Charles Ovide Perrault, who was killed in the
+rebellion of 1837. Mrs. Pratt died July 29, 1897. The children
+born to Mr. and Mrs. Pratt were: Marie Mathilde, who was married
+in 1862 to Desire Girouard; Charles Alfred, a practicing
+physician, who in 1866 married Alphonsine Leclair and resides
+at Longueuil; Eveline Marie Louise, the wife of Joseph Gustave
+Laviolette, of Montreal; Virginia, who was married September
+30, 1878, to George H. Matthews; Aloysia, who was married June
+17, 1878, to Percy Franklin Woodcock, the well known artist;
+Frederick Emile George, who was married May 31, 1883, to Albina
+Thibault, the widow of his younger brother; and Louis Edouard
+Albert, who married Albina Thibault and died August 11, 1880.</p>
+
+<p>On the 27th of July, 1876, the body of Mr. John Pratt was taken
+from the family residence, No. 310 Lagauchetiere Street to the
+church of St. Jacques, St. Denis Street, and thence to the
+family vault in the Roman Catholic cemetery. The attendance
+at the church was immense, comprising all the influential and
+representative citizens, both French and English, of Montreal.
+At the church the burial service was celebrated by Rev. A. L.
+Sentenne, curé of the parish, assisted by Rev. Father Fleck,
+superior of the Jesuits.</p>
+
+<p>Perhaps no better indication of Mr. Pratt’s high standing could
+be given than by quoting a letter received by Mrs. John Pratt,
+reading:</p>
+
+<div class="blockquot">
+
+<p>
+
+“Dear Madam:<br />
+</p>
+
+<p>“We, the harbor commissioners of Montreal, take the liberty of
+intruding upon you to express our sympathy and condolence to you
+and your family in the irretrievable loss sustained by the death
+of your late husband, our friend and colleague in the harbor
+trust. Our late friend rendered such efficient service in the
+management of this important trust and was so fully in sympathy
+with every movement for the good of his country and this city
+in which he lived, as to secure the esteem and confidence of
+every member of the commission. At such a time we are aware that
+nothing can be said to assuage the natural grief of yourself and
+family, still we hope, Dear Madam, it will prove consolatory to
+you and yours, that your husband, our friend, has filled up his
+season of life with so many good deeds and in so exemplary a
+manner, and that although he has now gone from among us, he will
+be remembered by all who knew him. This we trust will be to you
+and your family a source of comfort and help you to bear with
+fortitude and resignation your present great affliction.</p>
+
+<p style="float: right; margin-right: 10%">
+“Thomas Cramp,<br />
+“Hugh McLennan,<br />
+“Andrew Allan,<br />
+“Charles H. Gould,<br />
+“John Young,<br />
+“Adolphe Roy,<br />
+“P. Donovan.<br />
+</p>
+
+<p style="clear: both"><a class="pagenum" name="Page_124" id="Page_124">[124]</a></p>
+
+<p>“Harbor commissioners’ office, Montreal, July 28, 1876.”</p></div>
+
+<p>The board of directors of the Richelieu & Ontario Navigation
+Company, at its meeting on Friday, the 28th of July, 1876, passed
+unanimously the following resolution:</p>
+
+<div class="blockquot">
+
+<p>“Resolved: That this board of directors have received with much
+regret intelligence of the death of the late president of the
+company, Mr. John Pratt, whose long and valuable services in its
+behalf secured for him the gratitude, not only of the directors,
+but of every shareholder in the company. The directors desire
+to offer to his family the deep sympathy of every member of the
+board in the loss they have sustained, and to assure them of the
+high esteem in which the late Mr. Pratt was universally held.</p>
+
+<p style="float: right; margin-right: 10%">
+“Hugh Allan, president.<br />
+“J. N. Beaudry, secretary.<br />
+“Thomas Caverhill.<br />
+“Andrew Allan.<br />
+“William McNaughton.<br />
+“Adolphe Roy.<br />
+“D. Masson.<br />
+“M. H. Gault.<br />
+“Robert Anderson.”<br />
+</p>
+
+<p style="clear: both;"></p>
+
+</div>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_R9" id="Idx_R9"></a>THOMAS W. RITCHIE.</h3>
+
+<p>One of the most prominent members of the provincial bar was T.
+W. Ritchie, who specialized in the practice of commercial law
+in Montreal and represented many important corporations in his
+professional connection. A native of Hatley, Quebec, he was born
+in 1828. After careful preparation for active law practice he was
+called to the bar in 1852 and opened an office in Sherbrooke.
+In 1860 he removed to Montreal and became a member of the firm
+of Rose, Monk & Ritchie. It was in 1867 that he was appointed
+queen’s counsel. No dreary novitiate awaited him at the outset of
+his professional career. He brought to its starting point several
+rare gifts, strong individuality, marked strength of character
+and high professional ideals, in addition to comprehensive
+knowledge of the principles of law and ability to correctly apply
+these. He continued in active practice as a member of the firm of
+Rose, Monk & Ritchie until Mr. Monk was appointed to the bench.
+The partnership relation under the firm style of Rose & Ritchie
+then continued until Sir John Rose left Canada for England. Mr.
+Ritchie was then joined by J. L. Morris and W. Rose, but the
+latter left soon afterward and later Mr. Morris retired. Mr.
+Ritchie then took in as partner Mr. G. H. Borlase, who remained
+with him until 1879, when he retired. Mr. Ritchie then admitted
+his son W. F. Ritchie to a partnership under the firm style of
+Ritchie & Ritchie. The father was one of the most prominent
+members of the bar of the province, ranking high as an advocate
+in the department of commercial law and sustaining many important
+professional relations. At the time of his death, on the 4th of
+September, 1882, he was solicitor to the Bank of Montreal and the
+Hudson’s Bay Company and was both<a class="pagenum" name="Page_125" id="Page_125">[125]</a> director and solicitor to the
+Montreal, Portland & Boston Railway. For many years he acted as
+crown prosecutor for the district of Montreal. The court records
+attest his high standing and his ability whereby he engraved his
+name high on the keystone of the legal arch. It is the theory of
+the law that the counsels who practice are to aid the court in
+the administration of justice, and perhaps no representative of
+the Montreal bar has been more careful to conform his practice to
+a high standard of professional ethics than did T. W. Ritchie.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_N1" id="Idx_N1"></a>ALBERT GEORGE NICHOLLS, M. D.</h3>
+
+<p>One of the well known members of the medical profession in
+Montreal, Dr. Albert George Nicholls has made continual progress,
+and in the field of scientific attainment and research is
+recognized as one of the most eminent in the profession in the
+city. His investigations, carried far and wide, have brought
+forth many valuable truths, and his contributions to medical
+literature are largely accepted as standard.</p>
+
+<p>Dr. Nicholls was born at Shotley Bridge, Durham, England, April
+16, 1870, a son of the late Rev. John Nicholls and Mary Elizabeth
+(Harland) Nicholls. The father was the well known pastor of St.
+Mark’s Presbyterian church in Montreal for twenty-two years.
+In England he became identified with the Methodist clergy
+and was given charge of churches at Shotley Bridge, Durham;
+Chester-le-Street, Hetton and Blyth, Northumberland. He was born
+at Willenhall, Staffordshire, England, in 1840, and had reached
+the age of fifty-eight years when he passed away in Montreal on
+the 4th of May, 1898. He had been a resident of Canada for almost
+a quarter of a century, having arrived in this country in 1874.
+It was after he came to the new world that he connected himself
+with the Presbyterian church and for twenty-two years remained
+pastor of St. Mark’s. The names of few are so closely interwoven
+with the history of moral progress in this city. For some years
+he was a member of the Protestant Ministerial Association, was
+editor of the Bible Reporter, and was a frequent contributor to
+the press upon questions relative to the work of the church and
+the extension of Christian influence. At the time of the smallpox
+epidemic in Montreal he served on various committees formed to
+relieve the situation and opened his church for the distribution
+of relief. He was also one of the originators of the Fresh Air
+Fund and while thoroughly versed upon dogmas and the principles
+of theology, his religion was ever of that practical character
+which found expression in good deeds, in ready sympathy, and
+in immediate helpfulness. The survivors of his family are Mrs.
+Nicholls; Dr. Albert George Nicholls, whose name introduces this
+review; and a daughter, Miss Amy Nicholls, B. A.</p>
+
+<p>Education received high rating in the Nicholls home and the son
+was afforded excellent opportunities for acquiring knowledge that
+would fit him for any field of labor to which he might choose to
+devote his efforts. He attended McGill Model School, the Montreal
+high school and afterward entered McGill University, where he
+won the Bachelor of Arts degree and became gold medallist in
+classics in 1890. Three years later his alma mater conferred
+upon him the Master<a class="pagenum" name="Page_126" id="Page_126">[126]</a> of Arts degree and in preparation for the
+medical profession he pursued a course of study in McGill, which
+won him the M. D. and C. M. degrees in 1894. In 1909 the Doctor
+of Science degree was conferred upon him and in 1908 the honor
+of F. R. S. C. Holding to the highest professional standards and
+wishing to reach the highest possible point of proficiency, Dr.
+Nicholls has gone abroad for study, doing post-graduate work
+at Erlangen, Prague and Vienna. A successful practitioner in
+Montreal, he has devoted much time to original research, more
+especially in the scientific side of medicine. He is perhaps best
+known for his work in connection with typhoid fever, Brights
+disease, tuberculosis and some of the more obscure phases of
+chronic inflammation and his views have been referred to in
+several of the more recent authoritative text-books. He is the
+author of more than forty monographs and other publications on
+medical subjects, and his writings have largely been accepted
+as standard by the profession in this section of the country.
+He was joint author with Professor Adami of The Principles of
+Pathology, a work of recognized value. He is equally well known
+as a lecturer on clinical medicine and assistant professor
+of pathology and bacteriology in McGill University. He is
+out-patient physician to the Montreal General Hospital and
+assistant physician and pathologist to the Western General
+Hospital.</p>
+
+<p>In May, 1907, Dr. Nicholls was married to Miss Lucia Pomeroy, the
+youngest daughter of the late William H. Van Vliet of Lacolle,
+P. Q., and they have three sons, George Van Vliet, John Van
+Vliet and Robert Van Vliet. Dr. Nicholls is a conservative and
+an ardent imperialist. His religious affiliation is with the
+Presbyterian church, and he is a member of the University Club,
+Montreal, and the Authors’ Club, London.</p>
+
+<p>Those life forces which work for betterment, for progress and
+improvement elicit his attention and receive his support, and he
+is today recognized as a man of splendidly developed talents and
+well balanced powers, so that he has become a forceful factor in
+the world’s work.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_M27" id="Idx_M27"></a>CAPTAIN GEORGE HILLYARD MATTHEWS.</h3>
+
+<p>Success in business resulting entirely from capable management,
+keen discrimination and unfaltering enterprise came to Captain
+George Hillyard Matthews, who for many years was president of the
+Sincennes-McNaughton Line. His birth occurred in Montreal on the
+14th of August, 1846, and he passed away at the comparatively
+early age of fifty-seven years, dying on the 19th of January,
+1904. He was a son of George Matthews, of Mount Victoria, Hudson
+and Montreal. The father came to Canada from Essex, England,
+as a young man and in this country married a Miss Hudson, also
+a native of England. They became the parents of six children,
+including Captain Matthews, who received his military education
+at Sandhurst, England, in 1871. The following year he entered the
+army and served for a period of eight years, when he resigned.
+He was an honorary member of the officers’ mess of the Third
+Victoria Rifles and also honorary president of the Army and Navy
+Veterans Association. He never ceased to feel a deep interest in
+military affairs and<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_129" id="Page_129">[129]</a></span> believed in the maintenance of a high
+standard of service in connection with the army and navy.</p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 355px;">
+<img src="images/image127.jpg" width="355" height="500" alt="CAPTAIN GEORGE H. MATTHEWS" />
+<p class="caption">CAPTAIN GEORGE H. MATTHEWS</p>
+</div>
+
+<p>Captain Matthews’ business affairs also brought him prominently
+before the public. For many years he was president of the
+Sincennes-McNaughton Line and during his term of office the
+major portion of the harbor fleet of tugs was built under his
+supervision. As opportunity offered he made judicious investments
+in real estate and became the owner of a large amount of property
+in Montreal. Following the death of Baron de Longueuil, he took
+charge of his estate, which he wisely managed.</p>
+
+<p>In 1878 Captain Matthews was united in marriage to Miss Virginia
+Pratt, a daughter of John Pratt, one of the early settlers of
+Montreal. He held membership in the St. James Club and he was
+interested in various significant and vital questions of the day,
+especially in fish and game protection. He also took an active
+interest in politics. He was acquainted with all of the different
+phases of public life having to do with the prosperity and
+progress of his city and province, and his aid and cooperation
+could always be counted upon to further movements for the general
+good.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_B45" id="Idx_B45"></a>DAVID BURKE.</h3>
+
+<p>One of the best known insurance and financial men of Montreal
+was the late David Burke, who passed away on December 5, 1913.
+He was born in Charlottetown, P. E. I., in 1850, being the
+youngest son of Edward and Mary (Acorn) Burke, both of whom were
+natives of Prince Edward Island. He received his early education
+in the schools of that province. In early manhood he turned his
+attention to the insurance business, being but sixteen years of
+age when he entered upon the field of labor in which he was to
+attain to importance, making his name one well known in insurance
+circles not only in Canada but also in the United States. In
+1869 he came to Montreal, where he was associated in business
+with his brother, the late Walter Burke, then general manager
+for Canada of the New York Life Insurance Company. On the death
+of the latter in 1879 the company retired from Canada owing to
+differences with the insurance department at Ottawa. In 1883,
+being willing to conform to the regulations set down by this
+department, the company reentered Canada, and Mr. David Burke was
+appointed general manager. In 1897 he retired from his connection
+with this firm to organize an insurance company of his own, the
+Royal Victoria Life Insurance Company, which was absorbed by the
+Sun Life in 1911. He thus bent his energies to administrative
+direction and executive control and his opinions were largely
+accepted as authority upon matters connected with the complex
+problems of insurance and the control of the business. In 1882 he
+was elected an associate of the British Institute of Actuaries,
+being one of its oldest members, and in 1897 was made a fellow of
+the Royal Statistical Society of Great Britain. In 1904 he was
+honored with election to the vice presidency of the Economic and
+Statistical Society of Montreal and in 1906 was chosen president
+of the Canadian Life Insurance Officers Association. For two
+years he held the presidency of the Life Managers Association of
+Canada, a body formed solely of the executive<a class="pagenum" name="Page_130" id="Page_130">[130]</a> heads of insurance
+companies in Canada, each company being represented in the
+association by only one member. He studied every phase of the
+insurance business with a thoroughness that made his opinions
+standard, and he was the author of a valuable paper published in
+1908 entitled “Insurance as a National Economy.” The Montreal
+Witness spoke of him as one “recognized as a most capable
+insurance administrator,” and his contemporaries and colleagues
+speak of his business ability and resourcefulness in terms of
+high admiration.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Burke was married in 1875 to Miss Rose Maclear, the youngest
+daughter of the late Thomas Maclear, founder of the Maclear
+Publishing Company of Toronto, and they were parents of four sons
+and two daughters, as follows: Edmund A., the noted vocalist;
+Louis, of New York; Alan, of Boston; Maurice N., of Montreal;
+Mrs. Fred C. Budden, of Montreal; and Miss Marjorie Burke, of
+Montreal.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Burke was a member of the St. James Club and in religious
+faith an Anglican, while his political belief placed him in the
+position of an imperial protectionist. His views of life were
+those of a broad-minded man who delved deep into the questions
+of vital importance and who proved himself the master of those
+forces which made up his life’s experience.</p>
+
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_G23" id="Idx_G23"></a>JAMES JOHN EDMUND GUERIN, M. D., LL. D., T. C. D., K. C. S. G.</h3>
+
+<p>Dr. James John Edmund Guerin, medical practitioner and educator,
+and an influential figure in the political history of the
+province, having served with distinction as a member of the
+Marchand and Parent cabinets and later as mayor of Montreal,
+was born July 4, 1856, in the city which is still his place
+of residence, a son of the late Thomas Guerin, C. E., chief
+hydraulic engineer of the department of public works, Ottawa,
+and a brother of the Hon. Edmund Guerin, one of the judges of
+the superior court, Montreal. Dr. Guerin made his studies at the
+Montreal College, and later entered McGill University for the
+purpose of pursuing a course in medicine. He was graduated M. D.,
+C. M. in 1878, and has since engaged in active practice in his
+native city where he has also done important hospital work. He is
+the president of the medical board of the Hôtel-Dieu Hospital and
+one of the governors of the Notre Dame Hospital; in educational
+circles he is well known as professor of clinical medicine in
+Laval University. He holds to the highest professional standards
+of ethics and enjoys the warmest regard of fellow practitioners.
+He is a director of the Royal Edward Institute and a governor of
+the Victorian Order of Nurses, and in 1909 he was appointed a
+member of the royal commission to prevent the further spread of
+tuberculosis.</p>
+
+<p>Capable and prominent as is Dr. Guerin in his chosen profession,
+<a name="Err_17" id="Err_17"></a>he has also become equally widely known in connection with
+political activity and has done much important work. In 1895
+he was elected president of the St. Patrick’s Society <a name="Err_18" id="Err_18"></a>and was
+reelected in 1896 and 1897. In the former year he was a delegate
+to the Irish National Convention at Dublin. In October, 1895,
+he was returned to the legislature for Montreal in the liberal
+interests by a majority of twelve hundred and fifty-four. In
+1897 he was reelected in the general election and was called to
+the Marchand cabinet without portfolio on the 25th of May of
+that year. He<a class="pagenum" name="Page_131" id="Page_131">[131]</a> was a minister without portfolio in the Marchand
+and Parent administrations from 1897 to 1904, and in 1901 was
+appointed member of the council of public instruction of the
+province of Quebec. His opinions carried weight in provincial
+councils and a discussion of any vital question with him at once
+indicated how widely and thoroughly he was informed concerning
+the points at issue. In February, 1910, as the candidate of the
+citizens’ party, he was elected mayor of Montreal by a majority
+of twelve thousand nine hundred and eighty-three and in his
+administration sought at all times to further the best interests
+of the city. He conducted its civic affairs along economical
+lines and yet never fettered municipal progress by a narrow
+conservatism. He represented the city of Montreal at the funeral
+of King Edward in London in 1910 and at the coronation of King
+George and Queen Mary in 1911. In 1911 he was created a Knight
+Commander of the Order of St. Gregory the Great, and in 1912 he
+received the degree of LL. D. from Trinity College, Dublin.</p>
+
+<p>In 1883 Dr. Guerin was married to Miss Mary Carroll O’Brien,
+daughter of the late Hon. James O’Brien; she died in 1886. Dr.
+Guerin resides at No. 4 Edgehill Avenue. His religious faith
+is that of the Roman Catholic church. Aside from serving as
+president of St. Patrick’s Society he has been president of the
+Shamrock Lacrosse Club and of many other organizations. He is
+a member of the Mount Royal Club, the University Club and the
+Montreal Jockey Club. His activity along various important lines
+indicates his worth and value as a citizen, and his indorsement
+at the polls testifies to the confidence reposed in him by his
+fellow citizens. His ideals of citizenship are high, while in his
+professional career he manifests the keenest appreciation for the
+responsibilities and obligations which devolve upon him.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_E10" id="Idx_E10"></a>ANDREW STUART EWING.</h3>
+
+<p>Andrew Stuart Ewing, for almost half a century one of the best
+known business men of Montreal, was born in 1838 at Lisdillon
+House, Londonderry, Ireland, and was a representative of an old
+family of Irish origin, his parents being Samuel and Margaret
+(Hamilton) Ewing, who crossed the Atlantic to Canada with their
+family when their son, Andrew, was seven years of age. He was
+educated in the public schools of Montreal and in 1860 entered
+into partnership with his brother, Samuel H. Ewing, in the
+ownership and management of the extensive coffee and spice mills
+formerly owned by his father, who founded the business in 1845.
+In 1860 the firm style of Samuel Ewing & Sons was assumed and in
+1892, after the retirement of Samuel H. Ewing, Andrew S. Ewing
+became sole proprietor of the business which was conducted at No.
+55 Cote Street. The enterprise was one of extensive proportions
+and yielded a substantial profit as a result of careful
+management and wise direction.</p>
+
+<p>During the last fifteen years of his life Mr. Ewing was a
+prominent member of the Montreal Board of Trade and was
+interested in its various projects for promoting the material
+progress of the city and advancing affairs of municipal and
+civic interest. In politics he was a conservative and a strong
+supporter of the national policy.</p>
+
+<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_132" id="Page_132">[132]</a></p>
+
+<p>Mr. Ewing died at his home in Montreal, January 8, 1902, and was
+survived by his widow until June, 1913. The surviving children
+are Andrew Stuart and Royal L. H. Ewing and two daughters, Mrs.
+Robert Starke and Miss Adelaide Ewing. The sons are members of
+the firm of Ewing & Ewing, real estate and insurance, which was
+established in September, 1906, by the brothers in connection
+with A. F. Gault, but the last named retired from the firm May
+1, 1912. A. Stuart Ewing is a member of the Art Association
+of Montreal, the Canadian Club, the Montreal Amateur Athletic
+Association, the Royal St. Lawrence Yacht Club, the St. James
+Club, the Manitou Club and the Park Toboganning Club, of which he
+is vice president.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Royal L. H. Ewing is a member of the Art Association of
+Montreal, the Montreal and Canadian Clubs, the Montreal Amateur
+Athletic Association, the Mount Royal Lawn Tennis Club, the Royal
+St. Lawrence Yacht Club, the St. James Club, the Manitou Club
+and the Park Toboganning Club. The sons are worthy successors
+to their father, not only in business activity but also in that
+business integrity for which the family name has always stood.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_E8" id="Idx_E8"></a>FRANK RICHARDSON ENGLAND, M. D., C. M.</h3>
+
+<p>Dr. Frank Richardson England, an alumnus of Bishop’s College
+of Montreal and now well known as a practical educator as well
+as a successful practitioner, was born August 21, 1862, at
+Cowansville, province of Quebec, and is the eldest son of Francis
+and Jane (Ruiter) England, of Dunham, Quebec. The family comes of
+United Empire Loyalist stock and the parents are now deceased.</p>
+
+<p>While Dr. England acquired his early education at Waterloo, he
+pursued his medical course at Bishop’s College in Montreal, from
+which he was graduated with the class of 1885, the degrees of M.
+D. and C. M. being then conferred upon him, and obtaining the
+Wood and Nelson gold medals. He was professor of diseases of
+children at Bishop’s College in 1887 and professor of surgery
+in the same institution in 1894. In 1905 he was graduated at
+McGill College (<a name="Err_19" id="Err_19"></a>ad eund). The profession has honored him with
+official distinction, for in 1906 he was chosen president of
+the Montreal Medico-Chirurgical Society and the following year
+was vice president of the Canadian Medical Association. He is a
+governor and fellow of the American College of Surgeons. He is
+now, 1914, surgeon of the Western Hospital at Montreal and in his
+surgical practice displays comprehensive knowledge of anatomy, of
+the component parts of the human body and of the onslaughts made
+upon it by disease or left to it as a legacy by progenitors. He
+is cool and collected at critical moments and combines strength
+with tenderness, seeking ever the ultimate good of patient and of
+profession.</p>
+
+<p>Dr. England was married twice. In 1887 he wedded Carrie Ann,
+youngest daughter of the late R. L. Galer, of Dunham. Following
+her death Dr. England married Octavia Grace Ritchie, B. A., M.
+D., of Montreal, the youngest daughter of the late Thomas W.
+Ritchie, Q. C. She was born in Montreal and became a student
+in McGill University, winning the degree of Bachelor of Arts,
+together with first class honors in natural science in 1883.
+She was afterward graduated from Bishop’s College, Lennoxville,
+Quebec, with the degree of M. D. and C. M.<a class="pagenum" name="Page_133" id="Page_133">[133]</a> in 1891. She was
+one of the first class of ladies to graduate from McGill and
+the first woman to receive a medical degree in the province of
+Quebec. Mrs. England took a scholarship at Kingston and later
+pursued a post-graduate course at Vienna, Austria. She has done
+much to arouse public feeling in favor of the medical education
+of women in Quebec and was secretary of the organization called
+the Donalda Students to procure this concession. She is now a
+governor of the Western Hospital and was assistant gynecologist
+there from 1894 until 1896. She has lectured on medical subjects
+before the Women’s Club and the Young Women’s Christian
+Association. She is a member of the Montreal Medico-Chirurgical
+Society and was a delegate to the Quinquennial Congress of the
+National Council of Women at Toronto in 1909. She is president of
+the local council of the National Council of Women. In 1897 she
+became the wife of Dr. Frank Richardson England of Montreal. Both
+continue actively in the practice of the profession, and each has
+a large clientage, indicating the prominence to which they have
+attained.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_W4" id="Idx_W4"></a>WILLIAM JOHN WHITE.</h3>
+
+<p>William John White, whose authorship no less than his practice
+has gained him eminence and success, is regarded as one of the
+foremost representatives of the Montreal bar. Contemporaneous
+writers pronounce upon him high encomiums for his contributions
+to legal as well as to general literature. A native of Peterboro,
+Ontario, he was born January 29, 1861, a son of the late Richard
+White, D. C. L., and Jean (Riddel) White. After completing his
+studies in the Montreal high school he entered McGill University,
+where he pursued a classical and legal course, winning the B.
+A. degree in 1881, the degree of Bachelor of Civil Law in 1882,
+while in 1885 the Master of Arts degree was conferred upon him
+and in 1902 that of Doctor of Civil Law. He completed his legal
+studies at the Sorbonne in Paris and in 1883 entered upon the
+active work of the profession as an advocate. He has since
+successfully practiced and was created king’s counsel in 1899. He
+is now senior partner of the law firm of White & Buchanan and is
+recognized as one of the leaders of the Montreal bar. In 1901 he
+was made batonnier. His law practice has been of an important as
+well as of an extensive character. He was retained as counsel by
+the Mexican government in the boundary dispute between the United
+States and Mexico in 1911. His high standing in his profession
+and his thorough understanding of vital and significant
+governmental problems have brought him into prominence in various
+international affairs. He served as a member of the board of
+investigation appointed by the minister of labor in the United
+Shoe Machinery case, and his opinions have been sought on various
+questions of far-reaching importance. He represented the Montreal
+bar at the annual meeting of the New York State Bar Association
+at Albany in 1902 and at the Illinois State Bar Association in
+1906, and on the latter occasion read a paper on The Law of
+Quebec. He is the author of a treatise on Canadian Company Law
+which was published in 1901.</p>
+
+<p>Aside from his profession Mr. White has been connected with
+several business enterprises and public projects of importance.
+In 1911 he became one of the<a class="pagenum" name="Page_134" id="Page_134">[134]</a> directors of the Sherwin-Williams
+Company of Canada, and from 1906 to 1908 he served as alderman
+of the city. He is a director and was elected the vice president
+of the new Technical School of Montreal. He was one of the
+founders of the Society of Historical Studies and was chosen to
+the presidency of that organization for 1891-2. He was likewise
+one of the organizers of the Society of Canadian Literature
+and of the Canadian branch of the American Folk Lore Society.
+From 1889 until 1891 he published a monthly magazine known as
+Canadiana and Dr. John Reade termed him “A writer of taste and
+force,” while the Montreal Witness spoke of him as “A thoroughly
+capable man.” Mr. White belongs to a number of the leading clubs,
+including the St. James, University, Outremont Golf and the
+Montreal Jockey Clubs of Montreal; the Rideau Club of Ottawa;
+the Quebec Garrison Club; and the Constitutional Club of London,
+England. It is in his law practice, however, that he has won the
+recognition that has placed him in the present enviable position
+which he occupies. He has ever in his practice been faithful to
+his clients, fair to his adversaries and candid to the court. In
+many cases with which he has been connected he has exhibited the
+possession of every faculty of which a lawyer may be proud—skill
+in presentation of his own evidence, extraordinary ability in
+cross examination, strong grasp of every feature of the case,
+power to secure favorable rulings from the judge, unusual
+familiarity with human nature and untiring industry. These
+qualities have gained him notable success in law practice.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_R3" id="Idx_R3"></a>ROBERT REFORD.</h3>
+
+<p>At the time of his death half a century was drawing to its
+close since the subject of this sketch, the late Robert Reford,
+first established a commercial connection with Montreal. The
+outstanding position which Mr. Reford occupied in the life of the
+city was the natural outcome of qualities which quickly bring
+men to be recognized as a source of strength to whatever spheres
+in which they may move. He was a man of very pronounced ability,
+tenaciousness of purpose, firmness of decision and of forceful
+character but by those who knew him best he will be remembered,
+chiefly for those high standards of honor which were his for the
+straightforwardness and uprightness of all his dealings with his
+fellowmen and for the strong sense of justice which throughout
+his long career he was so often called upon to exercise.</p>
+
+<p>Robert Reford was born at Moylena, which for generations had been
+the family seat near Antrim, Ireland, in 1831 and was a lad of
+fourteen when in 1845 he came with his mother, three brothers
+and one sister to make his home in Canada. The family arrived at
+Quebec the night of the great fire when the lower town was almost
+completely destroyed. After a very brief stay in Montreal they
+settled in Toronto, where Mr. Reford completed his education. He
+was, however, still but a boy when he became engaged in business
+and, though he was indentured to work for his first employer
+for two years at a fixed salary, it is indicative of the great
+natural capacity which he possessed and of his steadiness and
+alertness in business, that at the end of the first year his
+salary was increased fivefold and again at the end of the second
+year that amount<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_137" id="Page_137">[137]</a></span> was doubled. In three years time, still
+barely on the threshold of manhood, Robert Reford had proved his
+ability to such an extent as to be offered a partnership with
+William Strachan in a wholesale and retail grocery business which
+the latter was about to open. This offer was accepted but the
+firm dissolved after a few years duration and Mr. Reford started
+a business on his own account, which he continued to conduct
+alone for several years, only taking Richard Dunbar as a partner
+when he acquired, by purchase, from William Ross, another large
+wholesale business of the same nature. The two businesses were
+run separately, one as Reford & Dunbar, the other in partnership
+with the late John Dillon, as Reford & Dillon, wholesale grocers
+and merchants. It would indeed have been strange if a man, imbued
+with the spirit of enterprise and courage, as was Mr. Reford to
+a very remarkable degree, had been content to remain without
+some wider scope for his abilities than that offered, even by a
+successful wholesale business. It was not long before he took the
+initial step which was to lead him so far along the path of that
+vast question of transportation.</p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 352px;">
+<img src="images/image135.jpg" width="352" height="500" alt="ROBERT REFORD" />
+<p class="caption">ROBERT REFORD</p>
+</div>
+
+<p>Mr. Reford was one of the pioneer workers in this direction,
+entering the carrying trade, in the early ’60s. He amassed a
+considerable fortune during the forty odd years he was engaged in
+shipping pursuits but never did he lose sight of the fact that
+Canada’s interests as a whole are intimately and indivisibly
+bound up in every phase of the shipping industry, nor did he ever
+fail to consider and work towards the benefit of those wider
+interests of his adopted country.</p>
+
+<p>The operation of vessels on the Great Lakes was the beginning
+of Mr. Reford’s shipping enterprises. In 1860 he equipped the
+schooner “Seagull” and sent her with a general cargo of Canadian
+produce to Port Natal, South Africa, thus being the first man to
+undertake direct shipping connection between Canada and that part
+of the world.</p>
+
+<p>In 1865, associated with his old friend William Ross, the firm
+opened a branch in Montreal. This was the commencement of the
+present Montreal firm. The business was now assuming large
+trading proportions with Great Britain, the United States,
+China, Japan, the West Indies and other foreign countries;
+nevertheless it soon began to confine itself more strictly to
+ocean shipping. The firm became agents and part owners of the
+Thomson and Donaldson lines. When the story of the growth of
+Canada’s shipping comes to be written the name of Robert Reford
+will loom up largely on its pages. Mr. Dillon severed his
+connection with Mr. Reford in the shipping business in 1897 and
+it was then that the present company, the Robert Reford Co.,
+Ltd., was incorporated, with very extensive steamship services of
+six different lines to many of the world’s principal ports and
+with branch offices established in Quebec, Toronto, St. John,
+New Brunswick, and Portland, Maine. Canada owes not a little
+to Mr. Reford for contributing so materially to the opening up
+of new markets for her produce along the east coast of Great
+Britain, and also for the building up of further valuable
+trade connections by giving direct shipping communication
+between Canada and the Mediterranean ports. Every aspect of the
+carrying trade had been studied by him with that thoroughness
+and regard for detail which characterized the man in everything
+he undertook. His opinions and advice on shipping and on
+transportation generally were appreciated<a class="pagenum" name="Page_138" id="Page_138">[138]</a> as those of an expert,
+and sought after by people from all over the Dominion.</p>
+
+<p>Apart from his shipping enterprises, which remained the main
+issue of his commercial life, the most important of his other
+business activities was his interest in the Mount Royal Milling
+and Manufacturing Company. Mr. Reford founded the company
+in 1882 for the milling of rice, with mills in Montreal and
+Victoria, British Columbia, and acted as its president up to the
+time of his death. He was also president for many years of the
+Charlemagne & Lac Ouareau Lumber Company, president of the York
+Lumber Company, president of the Crown Trust Company and vice
+president of the Labrador Company; and a director of the Bank
+of Toronto, of the Lake of the Woods Milling Company and of the
+Paton Manufacturing Company.</p>
+
+<p>From 1901 to 1905 Mr. Reford was a member of the Montreal Board
+of Harbour Commissioners and in 1903 was a delegate to the fifth
+congress of the Chambers of Commerce of the Empire, but no
+doubt his chief public service was rendered first as a member
+and then as chairman of the Royal Commission on Transportation,
+1904-1905. The work involved in this important commission
+necessitated its members visiting every Canadian port, from the
+Atlantic to the Pacific, with a view to recommending all possible
+desirable improvements for the increase of and facilitating the
+transportation trade appertaining to the Dominion, both ocean
+and inland. The commission sent in an exhaustive report to the
+government in December, 1905, based on very thorough personal
+observations and study, together with the result of carefully
+gathered evidence of those residents in the different sections
+of Canada who were best fitted to judge. It strongly advocated
+the building of the Georgian Bay canal and the formation of
+national ports on the Atlantic and Pacific, the St. Lawrence
+and the Great Lakes. Further, it was urged that there should
+be a fast all-round-the-world British steamship service which
+would bind together more closely all portions of the empire,
+by taking advantage of the shorter ocean route which services
+between Canada and Europe, via Great Britain on the east, and
+Asia and the Orient on the west, could offer, if Halifax and
+Galway were used as the termini for the Atlantic coasts. Mr.
+Reford’s work on this commission was stupendous, but none of it
+was done in the light of the public eye. Few knew of the great
+personal sacrifices which it demanded and which were willingly
+made by this man of then seventy-four years. In fact all his life
+Mr. Reford avoided rather than sought any kind of prominence or
+recognition.</p>
+
+<p>Many of Montreal’s educational and charitable institutions looked
+to him for guidance and help and whether the requests came to
+him for his advice, or for financial support, provided he was
+in sympathy with the object, to either his response was equally
+ready and generous. He was a governor of McGill University and
+was the first to respond to an appeal for aid by donating fifty
+thousand dollars towards a fund for the increase of salaries of
+the professional staff. In 1911 when the campaign for the general
+funds of the university was made, it found in him one of its
+leading spirits and most ardent supporters. Again he gave proof
+of his faith in the higher education of men’s minds as being
+an asset of immeasurable national value and set the inspiring
+example of a one hundred thousand dollars contribution.</p>
+
+<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_139" id="Page_139">[139]</a></p>
+
+<p>Could we mention all the hospitals, homes for the aged poor and
+for little children, and in fact every kind of philanthropic
+institution which knew and enjoyed his generous help, the list
+would indeed be a long one and few such in Montreal omitted from
+it. Some of his largest donations were to the Montreal General
+Hospital of which he was a life governor and to which in recent
+years he gave thirty-five thousand dollars; to the Young Men’s
+Christian Association he gave ten thousand dollars, and a like
+sum to the Diocesan Theological College.</p>
+
+<p>In manner the late Robert Reford was somewhat abrupt but this
+arose purely from that eagerness and energy which every move of
+the body seemed to betray, and not from any unkindly feeling.
+He was an exceptionally clear thinker, his mind worked with
+precision; his plans were made and carried out with unvarying
+promptitude and method which perhaps supply the key to his
+amazing capacity for the accomplishment of work. Self indulgence
+knew no place with him and to the end he adhered to his stern
+habits of life, granting himself but little respite and no
+holidays. From the age of twenty-two when he was made captain of
+No. 4 Company in the Queen’s Own Rifles his interest in civic
+affairs never waned. He fought untiringly for reforms, often with
+a lack of support which would have discouraged most men, but this
+North of Ireland man was not of such stuff. He was of the kind
+which the hand of Providence seems to have scattered far from
+their native shores, over the face of the British Empire to give
+it that salt, without which it could have no savor.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Reford was twice married; first to Miss Margaret McCord,
+daughter of A. T. McCord, chamberlain and treasurer of the city
+of Toronto, who died within a year after the marriage. In 1866 he
+married Miss Katherine S. Drummond, daughter of Andrew Drummond
+of Stirling, Scotland. Mrs. Reford survives him, as do five of
+his children, they being: Robert Wilson Reford, president of the
+Robert Reford Co., Ltd.; A. D. Reford; L. L. Reford, M. D.; Mrs.
+H. B. MacDougall; and Miss Kate Reford.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Reford was a member of St. George’s church and a stanch
+believer in the power of the church to be a light unto the
+lives of men. In all things he acted as he believed and so the
+community is bereft of a personality of strength, of courage and
+of truth.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_B21" id="Idx_B21"></a>MORRIS STANSFELD BLAIKLOCK.</h3>
+
+<p>Morris Stansfeld Blaiklock entered the service of the Grand
+Trunk Railway over thirty years ago and since 1907 has held the
+position of engineer of maintenance and survey in connection with
+this road. He is a son of the late Frederick William Blaiklock,
+who died in 1900, and Elizabeth (Whittaker) Blaiklock, who died
+in 1889. The father was public land surveyor and head of the
+Cadastral Bureau of Montreal. The family has long been prominent
+in engineering circles, the grandfather of our subject, Captain
+Blaiklock, having been one of the Royal Engineers. A brother of
+our subject was the late Major W. F. Blaiklock, of the Royal
+Scots. The family is of English origin.</p>
+
+<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_140" id="Page_140">[140]</a></p>
+
+<p>Morris S. Blaiklock was born in the city of Quebec on the 19th of
+July, 1859. He pursued his early education in a private school in
+Quebec and upon the removal of the parents to Montreal in 1870
+attended the high school in this city, rounding out his course
+by receiving private tuition. He then studied architecture for
+three years and in 1879 entered the employ of the Grand Trunk
+Railway as assistant engineer, remaining in that position until
+1889, when he became resident engineer for the St. Clair Tunnel
+Company in connection with the same road, holding this office
+until 1892. In that year he was promoted to the position of
+inspector, continuing as such until 1897, when he became engineer
+of the eastern division of the Grand Trunk Railway. In 1902 he
+was appointed superintendent of the eastern division and in
+1907 engineer of maintenance and survey for the system. He has
+held this latter office ever since. He is one of the foremost
+men in his line, basing his success upon native ability, a vast
+experience and executive force of rare quality.</p>
+
+<p>On November 12, 1889, Mr. Blaiklock married Miss Mary Elizabeth
+Tunstall, eldest daughter of the late Gabriel C. Tunstall, of
+Ste. Anne de Bellevue, province of Quebec. Mr. and Mrs. Blaiklock
+have two children, Jessie B. and Stansfeld. The family residence
+is at No. 405 Mackay Street, Montreal. Mr. Blaiklock is a
+member of the Church of St. James the Apostle (Episcopalian).
+Politically he is an independent conservative.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_M35" id="Idx_M35"></a>ALEXANDER MICHAUD.</h3>
+
+<p>Progressive citizenship in the twentieth century finds a
+prominent exemplar in Alexander Michaud, mayor of the city of
+Maisonneuve, who is an active factor in public affairs and
+business life of the city. His clear insight, his keen sagacity
+and his public spirit have made his influence a potent factor in
+bringing about not only Canada’s commercial progress, but also
+her moral uplift. He might be termed a practical idealist, for,
+while he strives for the betterment of many civic and commercial
+conditions, the methods which he employs take cognizance of
+present day situations and opportunities and present none of
+the impractical views of the dreamer. In a word, he is a man of
+action rather than of theory.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Michaud is a representative of one of the old French families
+of Quebec, while the maternal line is of an unadulterated Irish
+strain. He was born January 27, 1868, at Back River, Quebec, a
+son of J. B. and Norah (Connolly) Michaud. His education was
+acquired at the Christian Brothers school and in the Plateau
+Academy of Montreal. In 1881 he entered the employ of his father,
+who was a well known miller and flour merchant, remaining with
+him until 1885. During that period Alexander Michaud, while
+acting principally in a clerical capacity, also acquired a good
+general knowledge of the business in its various departments.
+In 1885 he accepted a position with A. L. Hurtubise & Company,
+grain merchants of Montreal, with whom he remained for several
+years in the capacity of bookkeeper and confidential clerk. His
+ability gained him recognition, followed by promotion, and at the
+time he resigned his position in that house he was manager of the
+business.</p>
+
+<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_141" id="Page_141">[141]</a></p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 348px;">
+<img src="images/image141.jpg" width="348" height="500" alt="ALEXANDER MICHAUD" />
+<p class="caption">ALEXANDER MICHAUD</p>
+</div>
+
+<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_143" id="Page_143">[143]</a></span></p>
+
+<p>It was then that Mr. Michaud organized the firm of Michaud
+Brothers & Company, which soon took a foremost position among
+the leading wholesale grain and export firms of Montreal.
+Its existence covered a period of about fifteen years and an
+extensive business was conducted, constituting another forward
+step in the career of Alexander Michaud. However, recognizing the
+fact that the field of real-estate activity and land speculation
+in Montreal afforded great opportunity for profitable investment,
+he withdrew from active connection with the grain trade and
+entered the real-estate business. It is unusual for a man who
+has been so long identified with one line of business to make so
+radical a change, but the subsequent success of Mr. Michaud is
+indicative of his splendid business foresight and capability.
+The success that he has achieved in the real-estate business has
+been substantial, is well deserved and represents methods that
+have lent dignity to the undertaking. There are few, if any, who
+have more intimate or comprehensive knowledge of realty values
+or whose judgment is more to be relied upon and these facts have
+served to bring him an extensive and desirable clientage.</p>
+
+<p>In connection with his public career a Montreal paper has said:
+“Perhaps the field in which Mr. Michaud was best known to the
+citizens of Montreal is political. He was an alderman and was
+president of the finance committee of Maisonneuve from 1905
+to 1909 and was elected mayor by acclamation three times in
+succession. During this time Maisonneuve has made those wonderful
+strides in growth which have been the admiration of the entire
+country and have placed herself on a footing which is attracting
+the attention of the entire world. The part played in this
+great advance in manufacturing and commerce by the city is not
+a little due to the energy and foresight of her mayor, who has
+brought his business acumen and farsighted commercial judgment
+into play in running the civic side of affairs, the same as he
+did as a merchant or miller. Mr. Michaud prefers to talk about
+Maisonneuve rather than about himself, about the opportunities
+there are there for capital, the splendid locations for factories
+and the many other inducements which have made the city one of
+the leaders in commercial advancement during the past five years.
+It is an interesting subject and more Aladdinlike than Africa
+diamond mines or the gold strewn coasts of Alaska.” It may be
+mentioned here that Maisonneuve, though surrounded by the city of
+Montreal, is an entirely separate city, having its own autonomy.</p>
+
+<p>Perhaps the most unique point in Mr. Michaud’s public career
+is its cause. Like many other men who had been similarly
+attracted to that locality, Mr. Michaud took up his residence
+in Maisonneuve but with neither time nor inclination for public
+office. The city at that period had a population of seven
+thousand. Twenty-four liquor licenses had been issued and the
+town, in modern parlance, was “wide open.” It was a great
+rendezvous for hundreds of people from Montreal who would go down
+there on Sundays, the open saloons serving as a great attraction.
+This disregard of the law and the undesirable notoriety it gave
+the town aroused the indignation of the better class of citizens,
+who, however, were powerless, owing to the inactivity of those
+who were in charge of the city government. Mr. Michaud was one
+who set about to bring order out of chaos and while his first
+article in the local papers attracted attention, his second and
+subsequent ones certainly aroused the opposition of the lawless<a class="pagenum" name="Page_144" id="Page_144">[144]</a>
+element whose arrogance had so long held sway. Personal violence
+was threatened Mr. Michaud and his residence was attacked by
+a mob that broke every window within reach. Missiles of every
+description were hurled inside. This cowardly attack instead of
+intimidating Mr. Michaud, only spurred him on to further action
+and showed that the Irish blood in him could mean fight—not
+fight in the brutal sense of the mob but with that courage that
+comes of honest conviction combined with fearlessness. In the
+face of such bitter opposition Mr. Michaud became a candidate
+for alderman, was elected and wielded such an influence in favor
+of good government and progress that from the time he entered
+politics to the present he has made a most creditable record. No
+citizen of Maisonneuve has worked so incessantly or taken greater
+pride in what has been accomplished. That city today, with forty
+thousand population, contains but nineteen licensed saloons, all
+conducted under strict observance of the law. He is, indeed, a
+resourceful man and in the management of public affairs displays
+the same spirit of careful watchfulness and wise control that
+he does in conducting his private interests. He was named by
+the provincial government a member of the Metropolitan Parks
+commission of Montreal, of which body Sir William Van Horne is
+president.</p>
+
+<p>In 1909 Mr. Michaud was the chief factor in the organization
+of the Dominion Light, Heat & Power Company and during the two
+years of its successful operation, before being absorbed by the
+Montreal Public Service Corporation, he was prominently connected
+with its management. He is a man but little past middle age and
+his whole capital when starting in life was energy and ambition,
+yet he has been highly successful, not only in the way of
+winning prosperity, but also in valuable service to the city and
+province. He gets much out of life in comfort and pleasure and
+has never lived solely to accumulate wealth, but has ever been a
+lover of nature and of outdoor life and it is only severe weather
+that prevents him from enjoying the four and a half mile walk
+daily from his office to his home. In the latter his greatest
+interest centers and he is always happiest when in the company of
+his family. Mr. Michaud was married February 21, 1898, to Miss
+Marie Virolle and to them have been born four children: Margaret,
+Paul, Germaine and Alexander. Mr. Michaud is an indulgent father
+and the comrade of his children. For a number of years he has
+spent the summers with his family at Old Orchard, Maine.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_B40" id="Idx_B40"></a>JOHN MILNE BROWNING.</h3>
+
+<p>In the later years of his life John Milne Browning lived retired
+in Montreal. He was of Scotch birth, a native of Edinburgh,
+born in June, 1826. His father, Matthew Browning, died when
+the son was a young man and the latter, who had been educated
+in the schools of his native country, came to Canada in 1852,
+when twenty-six years of age. He located at Beauharnois, where
+he continued until 1873 and then removed to Montreal, where he
+resided through the succeeding fifteen years. In 1888 he went to
+British Columbia, where he lived for eleven years, but on the
+expiration of that period returned to Montreal, where he spent
+his remaining days in well earned and honorable retirement from
+business. He<a class="pagenum" name="Page_145" id="Page_145">[145]</a> had been a land commissioner and was also connected
+with the Canadian Pacific Railway Townsite Company. He displayed
+excellent business ability in that connection and handled
+important realty interests.</p>
+
+<p>In 1855 Mr. Browning was united in marriage to Miss Magdeline
+H. Norval, born in 1833, in Beauharnois, Quebec, a daughter of
+R. H. Norval, who came from Edinburgh when twenty-one years of
+age and remained thereafter a resident of Canada until his death
+in 1856. His daughter, Mrs. Browning, has seen Montreal develop
+from a comparatively small place into a wonderful city, being
+ever an interested witness of the changes which have occurred.
+It was on the 20th of December, 1906, that Mr. Browning was
+called from this life and his loss was mourned in the various
+localities where he was well and favorably known. He was a member
+of a number of clubs and won popularity in those organizations.
+His public spirit found tangible expression in many ways and his
+religious faith was evidenced in his membership in the Crescent
+Street Presbyterian church. His life was honorable and upright at
+all times and he left behind him an untarnished name.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_C21" id="Idx_C21"></a>JAMES POWER CLEGHORN.</h3>
+
+<p>Prominent for many years among the merchants of Montreal was
+James Power Cleghorn and equally well was he known through
+his support of charitable and philanthropic projects and his
+cooperation in affairs of public benefit. He was born in
+Montreal, October 31, 1830, and his life record covered the
+intervening years to the 14th of December, 1911, when he passed
+away. He was a son of Robert Cleghorn, who came to Montreal at a
+very early day. The latter married Miss Eliza Power, a native of
+Sorel, province of Quebec, and whose father was connected with
+the commissary department of the army. Their family numbered ten
+children. Robert Cleghorn was a public-spirited citizen and a
+man of domestic tastes, and the influences of a home of culture
+and refinement left their impress upon the life of James Power
+Cleghorn, who with the passing years rose to prominence along the
+different lines in which he exerted his activities.</p>
+
+<p>He was educated at Howden & Taggart’s Academy and entered
+commercial circles as junior clerk in the mercantile house of J.
+G. Mackenzie & Company of Montreal in 1853. In that establishment
+he gradually worked his way upward until admitted to partnership
+in 1864, after which he had largely control of the business,
+which was extensive in proportion and which ranked with the
+oldest mercantile houses of the city. Mr. Cleghorn, however,
+did not confine his efforts entirely to one line. In fact he
+became recognized as a power in other business connections, both
+commercial and financial, and was elected to the directorate of
+the Intercolonial Coal Company, the Sun Life Assurance Company
+of Canada, the Merchants & Manufacturers Association, the Canada
+Accident Company and Molson’s Bank. He served as president of
+the Board of Trade and it was during his incumbency of the
+office that the site for the present building was selected. He
+was also a trustee of the Mount Royal Cemetery Association and
+the president of the Intercolonial Coal Company. His cooperation
+was likewise sought in behalf of those institutions where
+humanitarian principles must combine<a class="pagenum" name="Page_146" id="Page_146">[146]</a> with executive ability in
+successful management. He was made a governor of the Montreal
+General Hospital, of the Montreal Hospital for the Insane and the
+Montreal Dispensary. An active member in the Church of England,
+he served as a delegate to the synod and cooperated in its work
+along many helpful lines. In politics he was a conservative and
+he stood ever for the welfare of the people.</p>
+
+<p>On the 14th of February, 1865, Mr. Cleghorn was married to Miss
+Anna Spalding, of Port Hope, Ontario, who was born in Peterboro,
+Ontario. Five children were born to them: George S., connected
+with the W. R. Brock Company, Limited; C. Power, a general
+insurance broker, who married Florence Fechheimer, of New York,
+and to whom have been born two children, James Power and Helen
+Power; Emily C.; Helen G., who died at the age of thirteen years;
+and James Herbert, whose death occurred when he was eighteen
+years of age.</p>
+
+<p>The family residence is at No. 256 Bishop Street, and their
+summer home, “Blinkbonny” is situated at Como in the province of
+Quebec. The death of Mr. Cleghorn left a gap in those circles
+where he had moved as a central figure. In business and social
+relations and in his connection with humanitarian interests he
+had established himself in an enviable position by reason of
+personal worth and capability, and his name is inscribed high on
+the list of Montreal’s valued citizens.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_S15" id="Idx_S15"></a>GEORGE WASHINGTON STEPHENS.</h3>
+
+<p>If one would seek a fitting poetical phrase to express the life
+work of the Hon. George Washington Stephens these lines might
+well be chosen:</p>
+
+<div class="poem"><div class="stanza">
+<span class="i0">“He leaves a patriot’s name to after times<br /></span>
+<span class="i0">Linked with a thousand virtues and no crimes.”<br /></span>
+</div></div>
+
+<p>For an extended period he was in public life, and whether
+connected with municipal, professional, or national affairs
+was always the same public-spirited, progressive citizen, ever
+seeking the welfare of the constituency which he represented.
+He was born in Montreal in 1832, the second son of Harrison and
+Sarah (Jackson) Stephens. The father removed from the state of
+Vermont to Montreal in 1828 and for years was a leading merchant
+of the city.</p>
+
+<p>George W. Stephens was educated at high school, afterward
+entering business circles. He became identified with the firm of
+Law Young & Company, but after a time determined to enter upon
+professional activities, and with this end in view took up the
+study of law, following a law course at McGill University, which
+conferred upon him the B. C. L. degree. Called to the bar in
+1863, he at once entered upon active practice and for some time
+was a partner of the late John A. Perkins, an eminent barrister
+of Montreal. Mr. Stephens personally conducted the cause celebre
+of Connolly versus Woolrych, which he brought to a successful
+conclusion. The case was a notable one, awakening widespread
+interest among the legal fraternity and establishing the validity
+of an Indian marriage, celebrated according to the custom of the
+tribe.</p>
+
+<p>After a number of years devoted to successful law practice, Mr.
+Stephens was obliged to abandon the profession in order to assume
+the management<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_149" id="Page_149">[149]</a></span> of his father’s estate, and proved himself
+equally capable, sagacious, farsighted and enterprising in that
+connection. His ability and his devotion to the general welfare
+led to his selection again and again for public office. In 1868
+he was elected alderman of Montreal and for seventeen consecutive
+years remained a member of the city council, during which period
+he served on several occasions as acting mayor. He did much
+during that period toward shaping the policy of city affairs and
+upholding those interests which are a matter of civic virtue and
+civic pride. In fact he became distinguished for his constant
+opposition to wrong-doing and dishonesty, and his stalwart
+support of a prudent and economical progressive administration.
+From the time that age conferred upon him the right of franchise
+he advocated the principles of the liberal party and upon its
+ticket was elected to the provincial legislature, representing
+Montreal Centre in the Quebec assembly from 1881 until 1886,
+and so earnestly and faithfully guarded the public interests
+as to earn the title “watch dog.” At the general election of
+1892 he was returned for Huntingdon and was reelected at the
+general election in 1897. On the formation of the Marchand
+administration in May of the latter year he was called into the
+cabinet, without portfolio. He was the organizer of the Good
+Government Association of Montreal and in January, 1897, received
+the thanks of that body for his “vigorous efforts and judicious
+action” in the Quebec assembly in reference to certain local
+measures. In 1896 he promoted a measure prohibiting indecent
+play bills and posters being displayed on the public streets. No
+one ever questioned the honesty and virtue of his position and
+his belief. Though others may have differed from him in policy
+they recognized the patriotic spirit which actuated him in all
+his public service, and none was more earnest in opposition to
+misrule in public affairs.</p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 348px;">
+<img src="images/image147.jpg" width="348" height="500" alt="HON. GEORGE W. STEPHENS" />
+<p class="caption">HON. GEORGE W. STEPHENS</p>
+</div>
+
+<p>Aside from his active work in the assembly, Mr. Stephens utilized
+many other opportunities for advancing public progress and
+improvement. He was at one time a member of the council of the
+Montreal Board of Trade, was president of the Mercantile Library
+Association and president of the Citizens Gas Company. He was
+also a governor of the Montreal General Hospital and of the
+Protestant Hospital for the Insane. His cooperation could ever
+be counted upon in support of any measure or plan to ameliorate
+the hard conditions of life for the unfortunate and, as a member
+of the Unitarian church, he took an active interest in all good
+works done in the name of charity or religion.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Stephens married first in 1865, Elizabeth Mary MacIntosh and
+afterward in 1878, Frances Ramsay MacIntosh, daughter of Nicholas
+Carnegie MacIntosh, of Edinburgh, Scotland. For many years
+Mrs. Stephens was president of the Decorative Art Association
+of Montreal and a recognized leader in social circles. She has
+accomplished work of far-reaching importances and benefit in
+connection with the Woman’s Immigrant Society; the Soldiers’
+Wives League, which was organized during the South African war;
+the Maternity Hospital, and the Montreal Cooking School. In
+religious faith she is a Unitarian and in more strictly social
+lines is connected with the Canadian Woman’s Club, the Ladies
+Morning Musical Club and the Royal Montreal Ladies Golf Club.
+The children are two sons and two daughters: Major G. W. and F.
+C. Stephens; and Mrs. J. Wedderburn Wilson and Mrs. A. Hamilton
+Gault.</p>
+
+<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_150" id="Page_150">[150]</a></p>
+
+<p>Mr. Stephens was devoted to his family and ever held friendship
+inviolable. He belonged to both the St. James and Union Clubs and
+his military experience covered service as a cavalry major until
+he was placed on the retired list, his connection being with the
+Montreal Rifle Rangers. One of the leading newspapers styled
+him “a liberal of the old school, fearless and brave.” The same
+qualities characterized him throughout his entire life in every
+relation, and many who were his associates and contemporaries
+felt at his passing, which occurred at his country residence, Lac
+à l’eau Claire, in 1904, that,</p>
+
+<div class="poem"><div class="stanza">
+<span class="i0">“He was a man. Take him for all in all<br /></span>
+<span class="i0">I shall not look upon his like again.”<br /></span>
+</div></div>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_M40" id="Idx_M40"></a>MAJOR VICTOR EVELYN MITCHELL.</h3>
+
+<p>Public opinion accords Major Victor Evelyn Mitchell a position
+of leadership among the members of the Montreal bar, not only
+because of his extensive practice and the ability displayed
+therein, but also because of his contribution to the literature
+of the profession. His military record also gives him right to
+public recognition. A native of London, England, he was born
+October 17, 1865, and is of English lineage, his father having
+been James Mitchell, of London, England. In the attainment
+of his education he attended the City of London school and
+afterward McGill University, where he won his B. C. L. degree and
+valedictorian honors in 1896. The same year he began practice
+as an advocate in Montreal with the late R. D. McGibbon, K. C.
+He had been a resident of Canada for eight years, and thus it
+was that his preparation for the bar was pursued in McGill.
+The ability which he has displayed in practice is indicated by
+the fact that he was created K. C. in 1909. He is now a member
+of the firm of McGibbon, Casgrain, Mitchell & Casgrain and
+devotes himself to corporation and commercial law. He published
+the first English edition of the The Code of Civil Procedure
+and in conjunction with J. L. Perron, K. C., brought out an
+Insolvency Manual. He is not unknown in the educational field,
+having lectured on The Legal Aspects of Trade Unionism and on
+Warranties and Representations re Contract of Life Insurance.
+All this establishes his position as a lawyer well versed in his
+profession and capable in handling intricate and involved legal
+problems. He is also a well known publicist; his letters to the
+Montreal Star on the naval question created great interest and
+showed a thorough knowledge and study of the subject.</p>
+
+<p>Aside from his professional interests Major Mitchell has become
+known in business circles and in connection with projects of a
+public or semi-public character. He is a director of Penman’s,
+Ltd.; the Canadian Consolidated Rubber Company; Ames, Holden,
+McCready, Ltd.; the Canadian Consolidated Felt Company, Ltd.; <a name="Err_20" id="Err_20"></a>the
+Charlemagne & Lac Ouareau Lumber Company, Ltd.; and many other
+commercial companies. He is also a director of the Laurentian
+Sanitarium and a governor of the Montreal General Hospital and
+the Western Hospital.</p>
+
+<p>For some years Major Mitchell was connected with the volunteer
+military service, joining the Sixth Fusiliers in 1889, and when
+that regiment amalgamated<a class="pagenum" name="Page_151" id="Page_151">[151]</a> with the First Prince of Wales Rifles
+in 1898 he became senior major in that corps. In 1900 he was
+placed on the list of retired officers.</p>
+
+<p>Major Mitchell was married in 1911 to Miss Sarah Proulx, and
+they reside at No. 377 Peel Street. Major Mitchell holds
+membership with the Anglican church and is well known in club
+circles, belonging to the St. James, Canada and University Clubs,
+the Royal St. Lawrence Yacht Club, the Montreal Jockey Club,
+Outremont Golf Club, Royal Montreal Golf Club, the Manitou Club
+of Montreal, the Railroad Club and the Alpha Delta Phi Club of
+New York and the United Empire Club of London, England.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_A14" id="Idx_A14"></a>WALTER HARDMAN ARDLEY.</h3>
+
+<p>A well known figure in railroad circles of Montreal is Walter
+Hardman Ardley, who since 1913 has acted as general auditor of
+the Grand Trunk Railway system and Grand Trunk Pacific Railway.
+A native of London, England, he was born April 24, 1858, and is
+a son of James and Elizabeth (Dunton) Ardley, the former of whom
+passed away during the early childhood of his son Walter and the
+latter in 1896.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Ardley was educated in the City of London College and made
+his advent in the business world as an apprentice in a London
+office. He came to Canada in November, 1882, entering the service
+of the Grand Trunk Railway, in the chief accountant’s office,
+on November 5, 1882. Steadiness of purpose, faithfulness and
+diligence won him advancement. On December 31, 1907, he was made
+chief clerk and general bookkeeper and so continued until August
+31, 1908, when he became auditor of disbursements. He held this
+office until September 30, 1908, when he became assistant general
+auditor, and in 1909 he was made general auditor of the Grand
+Trunk Railway system and Grand Trunk Pacific Railway. Mr. Ardley
+stands high in the estimation of the officers of the road on
+account of the efficient management of his department.</p>
+
+<p>On December 12, 1889, Mr. Ardley married Miss Tamar Jane
+Phillips, a daughter of Henry Phillips, of Upway, England. He is
+independent politically and a member of the Church of England.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_S22" id="Idx_S22"></a>REV. HERBERT SYMONDS.</h3>
+
+<p>A man who has made his zeal and commanding ability the basis
+of an important work not only in the cause of religion but in
+the public service along lines of charity and reform is Rev.
+Herbert Symonds, since 1903 vicar of Christ Church Cathedral,
+Montreal. He is a prominent orator and preacher, an able writer
+and an untiring worker for the promotion of religious and social
+advancement and is regarded as one of the vital forces in the
+spread of movements looking toward Christian unity. He was born
+in Rickinghall-Inferior, Suffolk, England, December 28, 1860,
+and is a son of George and Hannah (Wright) Symonds. He studied
+in Framlingham College in England and in Trinity University,<a class="pagenum" name="Page_152" id="Page_152">[152]</a>
+Toronto, Ontario, from which he was graduated with the degree of
+B. A. in 1885, receiving the degree of M. A. and the prize for an
+English essay and sermon in 1887. He holds the honorary degree of
+D. D., given him by Queen’s University in 1901, and the honorary
+degree of LL. D., conferred upon him by McGill University in 1910.</p>
+
+<p>Rev. Herbert Symonds came to Canada in 1881 and four years later
+was ordained deacon in the Anglican church. He received orders
+as a priest in 1887 and from that year to 1890 was a fellow and
+lecturer in Trinity University in Toronto. The next two years he
+spent as professor of divinity in the same institution and in
+1892 was made rector of St. Luke’s church in Ashburnham, Ontario.
+He resumed his work as an educator in the year 1901, being made
+headmaster of Trinity College School in Port Hope, Ontario,
+serving in that capacity from 1901 to 1903. In the latter year
+he was transferred to Montreal and made vicar of Christ Church
+Cathedral in this city, and he has since held the position, which
+affords him an excellent scope for his talents and abilities
+and in which his work has carried him forward into important
+relations with Anglican affairs. He was president of the Montreal
+Protestant Ministerial Association in 1905, first president of
+the Canadian Society of Christian Unity and in 1910 a delegate
+to the World’s Missionary Congress, held in Edinburgh, and the
+Anglican Church Congress, held in Halifax, Nova Scotia.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Symonds married, in March, 1883, Miss Emma Blackall, fourth
+daughter of the late Mossom Boyd, of Bobcaygeon, Ontario, and
+both are well known in social circles of Montreal. Since 1907
+Mr. Symonds has served as Protestant school commissioner and
+he is well known in military circles, having been from 1896 to
+1907 chaplain of the Third Prince of Wales Canadian Dragoons and
+since that time chaplain, with the honorary rank of major, of
+the First Regiment, Prince of Wales Fusiliers. He is a member
+of the Masonic fraternity and is a past grand chaplain of the
+grand lodge of Quebec. A writer of great force and power, he
+has made many contributions to The Week and Expository Times of
+England and other papers and is the author of articles on Trinity
+University and University Federation, published in 1894, on
+Christian Unity, published in 1899, and The Anglican Church and
+the Doctrine of Apostolical Succession, 1907. He is regarded as
+one of the ablest preachers in the Anglican pulpit at the present
+time and has made this talent also a force in the accomplishment
+of a great and lasting work.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_H27" id="Idx_H27"></a>HENRY HOGAN.</h3>
+
+<p>Very few if any men in Montreal were any better known in their
+respective lines of business than was Henry Hogan, in connection
+with the hotel business. He occupied a position among his
+contemporaries that made him a unique personage. The story of his
+life is best told by the history of the hostelry, St. Lawrence
+Hall, that his name had made famous and over which he had charge
+for upwards of a half century. Mr. Hogan was born at La Tortue,
+near Laprairie, on the 12th of April, 1820, and was a son of
+Nicholas Hogan, who served in the British army in the Peninsular
+war and at Waterloo under the<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_155" id="Page_155">[155]</a></span> Duke of Wellington. He was
+engaged in the woolen manufacturing business in Manchester,
+England, and upon coming to Canada established a mill at La
+Tortue. He met his death from drowning, the result of the giving
+way of the rail on a boat, which precipitated him into the St.
+Lawrence river. He was survived by a widow and several children.</p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 354px;">
+<img src="images/image153.jpg" width="354" height="500" alt="HENRY HOGAN" />
+<p class="caption">HENRY HOGAN</p>
+</div>
+
+<p>Henry Hogan was but a boy when he came to Montreal and his
+early training in a business way began in the line of business
+of which he made such a great success in later life, the hotel
+business. In 1851 he became proprietor of what was then called
+the Hogan Hotel, in which enterprise he was in partnership with
+Messrs. Borden and Compaine, but both men retired early, being
+succeeded in the firm by Frederick Penn, who remained a partner
+with Mr. Hogan until 1869. After that time the latter was alone
+as sole proprietor of St. Lawrence Hall. In 1856 he was one of
+the prominent factors in the grand banquet given by the citizens
+in the Hall to mark the opening of the Grand Trunk Railway, on
+which occasion many distinguished citizens were his guests.
+In 1860 he entertained the members of the suite of the Prince
+of Wales, later His Majesty, King Edward VII. In those days
+Mr. Hogan entertained many people of title and prominence. The
+story of this hotel has its own connection with the history of
+Canada, for under the roof of St. Lawrence Hall there occurred
+many things that led to the present-day development of the
+Dominion. Here Mr. John A. Macdonald, later the great Sir John,
+met his sturdy opponent, Mr. George Brown, and exchanged views
+on the best means of uniting the scattered provinces. From this
+beginning confederation was achieved and Mr. Hogan performed his
+share in these events and at all times faithfully carried out
+the duties of citizenship. St. Lawrence Hall was for many years
+the best known hotel in Canada and one of the best known on the
+continent. Princes of the royal blood, soldiers and statesmen,
+political refugees, artists and poets, stars of the operatic and
+dramatic stage partook of its hospitality and their names recall
+events of bygone days. The opening of Victoria bridge brought
+many notables to the Hall, and during the progress of the Civil
+war in the United States the clank of the sword was heard at St.
+Lawrence Hall, which became the headquarters for the Confederate
+representatives and southern refugees. Jefferson Davis and John
+Wilkes Booth were guests of the Hall, and during the Trent affair
+it was the headquarters of the officers. During the trial of John
+Surratt, the register of the Hall was taken to Washington and has
+never been returned. After the Civil war, General Sherman, of
+the Union army, and also one of the most prominent Confederate
+generals visited Montreal and were entertained by Mr. Hogan, as
+was Henry Ward Beecher and other distinguished Americans. The
+banquets held at St. Lawrence Hall were noted affairs, the place
+being the scene of many brilliant social gatherings.</p>
+
+<p>The ancestral records of the Hogan family included the names of
+many prominent in military circles and Henry Hogan also took
+a deep interest in these affairs, being for years commanding
+officer of the Montreal Field Battery, of which he was lieutenant
+in 1855, afterwards became colonel and assumed command, retiring
+with that rank in 1866. Mr. Hogan had been connected with
+numerous business enterprises aside from his hotel interests.
+He always had implicit confidence in the future of Montreal and
+made investments that proved<a class="pagenum" name="Page_156" id="Page_156">[156]</a> highly profitable. His business
+ability won him success and prominence in his chosen field and
+his capability, tact and resourcefulness made him an ideal host,
+whether entertaining a little private gathering of friends or a
+large concourse of notable and eminent citizens at a banquet. In
+religious belief he was a Unitarian. His death occurred October
+9, 1902, and he was survived by a widow, two sons, Henry H. and
+Lawrence H., and also two daughters: Anna W., now the widow of
+Major Low, of the British army; and Marion E., who died unmarried.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_R4" id="Idx_R4"></a>MARTIN MONTGOMERY REYNOLDS.</h3>
+
+<p>Martin Montgomery Reynolds enjoyed the reputation of being one of
+the foremost experts in railroad accounting and finance. He had
+thirty years of experience along that line and was connected with
+roads in the United States and Mexico until he came to Canada
+in 1908 as fifth vice president of the Grand Trunk Railway and
+third vice president of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway. At his
+death, which occurred June 17, 1914, he held the position of vice
+president in charge of the financial and accounting departments.</p>
+
+<p>Martin M. Reynolds was born in Syracuse, New York, and educated
+there. His first notable position in the railroad world was that
+of auditor of the Mexican National Railroad, which office he held
+until 1892. He then went to Vermont as general auditor of the
+Central Vermont Railroad, which office he held until 1896. From
+1896 to 1899 he was auditor for the receivers of this road, and
+from 1899 to 1902 auditor for its successor, the Central Vermont
+Railway. From 1902 to 1904 he was comptroller of the National
+Railway of Mexico and in 1904 accepted in addition to this office
+the comptrollership of the Mexican International Railway and the
+Interoceanic Railway of Mexico, continuing in this office until
+1908. In that year he came to Montreal as fifth vice president
+of the Grand Trunk Railway and third vice president of the Grand
+Trunk Pacific Railway, and in 1910 was promoted to the third vice
+presidency of the Grand Trunk. From 1911 Mr. Reynolds was vice
+president in charge of the financial and accounting departments
+of the Grand Trunk and Grand Trunk Pacific and affiliated lines.
+His office was one of the most important in the service. Mr.
+Reynolds was also a director of the Canadian Express Company.</p>
+
+<p>In 1894 Martin M. Reynolds was united in marriage to Miss Flora
+Livingstone and they resided at the Linton apartments, Montreal.
+Although he was in Montreal only a few years he quickly became
+imbued with the Canadian spirit and his aims and interests became
+thoroughly Canadian.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_B30" id="Idx_B30"></a>CHARLES A. BRIGGS.</h3>
+
+<p>Charles A. Briggs was an active business man of Montreal, well
+known and respected. He conducted a retail fur store under his
+name on Notre Dame Street, and careful management and wise
+direction of his interests wrought the substantial success which
+eventually came to him. A native of Montreal, he was<a class="pagenum" name="Page_157" id="Page_157">[157]</a> born
+October 3, 1839, a son of Russell Briggs, who came to this city
+from Vermont and here spent his remaining days. Charles A. Briggs
+was indebted to the public-school system of Montreal for the
+educational opportunities he enjoyed. In early life he acquainted
+himself with the fur business and eventually became proprietor
+of a retail fur store on Notre Dame Street. He closely applied
+himself to the conduct of the business and his able management
+and reliable methods were strong elements in his growing success.</p>
+
+<p>In 1862 Mr. Briggs was united in marriage to Sarah S., a daughter
+of Mansfield Holland, who in early life came from Maine to
+Montreal and was actively identified with the infant industrial
+development of the city, building the first rolling mill here and
+also a nail and spike factory, making the first railroad spike
+manufactured in Canada. His plant was located on Mill Street
+and there he continued actively and successfully in business
+throughout the remainder of his days, his death occurring in
+1883. He was then seventy-four years of age, his birth having
+occurred in 1809. He was twenty years of age when he arrived in
+Montreal in 1829, becoming a most active factor in its business
+circles, for, with the growth of his enterprise, he employed
+many men. His wife was in her maidenhood Miss Gould and by their
+marriage they became the parents of twelve children. Mr. and Mrs.
+Charles A. Briggs became the parents of seven children: Charles
+Russell; Celia; Florence; Edwin; Dr. George Nixon; Henry, who
+died young; and Ethel.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Briggs held membership in St. James Cathedral, to the support
+of which he made generous contribution. He stood stanchly in
+support of many of those factors which work for the betterment
+of the individual and for the community and at the same time he
+conducted a successful business indicative of his ability and his
+enterprise.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_P13" id="Idx_P13"></a>JOHN A. PILLOW.</h3>
+
+<p>Standing deservedly high in the respect of all who knew him,
+John A. Pillow was regarded as a progressive business man and
+valuable citizen of Montreal, of which city he was a native. He
+was educated in the public schools and for many years ranked as
+one of Montreal’s oldest and best known manufacturers. In his
+business career he made advancement step by step, gaining thus a
+broader outlook and wider opportunity. He made wise use of the
+advantages that came to him and eventually reached a position
+of prominence in manufacturing circles. It was in the late<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_161" id="Page_161">[161]</a></span> ‘60s
+that he succeeded to the rolling mill business of T. D. Bigelow &
+Company, which was one of the oldest establishments of the city,
+having been founded for a century. Forming a partnership with
+Randolph Hersey, he continued the business under the firm name of
+Pillow & Hersey. Later this was converted into a stock company
+and Mr. Pillow was elected to the presidency. He stood deservedly
+high in the regard of his contemporaries in commercial circles.
+Business men knew him as one whose word was thoroughly reliable,
+who met every obligation and kept every engagement, and the
+record which he thus made was one which any might envy. He was
+very thorough and competent in all that he did, neglecting no
+details and at the same time developing his interests along the
+broad lines characteristic of business enterprise at the present
+day.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Pillow was united in marriage to Annie Elizabeth Hillyer, and
+their surviving children are two sons, Laurence B. and Howard
+W. He was a man of domestic tastes, devoted to the welfare of
+his family and finding his greatest happiness in promoting
+their interests. He rejoiced in his prosperity not merely from
+the standpoint of success but because of the opportunity which
+it gave him to provide liberally for his family and to give
+generously to the poor and needy. He attended the American
+Presbyterian church and in his life exemplified his Christian
+faith. He was much interested in the welfare of his native city,
+cooperating in many movements that have promoted its interests
+along various lines. He belonged to the Board of Trade and his
+social nature found expression in his membership in St. James
+Club, the Forest and Stream Club and the Manhattan Club of New
+York. Death called him February 16, 1902. He had remained a
+lifelong resident of his native city and his worth was widely
+recognized by those who had been his associates in business and
+by those who met him in social relations.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_E4" id="Idx_E4"></a>JAMES ELLIOT.</h3>
+
+<p>James Elliot, for more than half a century one of the best known
+bankers of Montreal, was born June 2, 1840, in this city, and was
+the eldest son of the late Andrew and Sarah (Pullan) Elliot. The
+father was a native of Northumberland, England, and following his
+arrival in Montreal in 1832 became a well known contractor of the
+city.</p>
+
+<p>After acquiring a thorough education in the Montreal high school
+James Elliot entered the dry-goods establishment of the late
+Mr. Alexander Molson, and after a time spent in that connection
+entered Molson’s Bank in 1860. In 1870 he became accountant and
+further promotion came to him in recognition of his ability
+in his appointment to the position of manager of the Montreal
+branch in 1879. Step by step he advanced in his connection with
+financial interests until he became recognized as one of the
+foremost bankers of the city. In May, 1900, he was appointed
+general manager, which position he ably filled until his death,
+December 19, 1913. In banking circles he was recognized as a man
+of exceptional ability, prudence and sagacity, and was termed
+both a model man and a model banker. That he occupied a position
+of distinction in business and financial circles was evidenced by
+the large number of business men who paid their last tribute of
+respect to his worth when he passed away.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Elliot was for many years a councillor of the Canadian
+Bankers Association and was otherwise officially connected with
+interests of importance to the public, being a life governor
+of the Montreal General Hospital, a vice president of the
+Montreal Prisoners Aid Association and an active factor in
+philanthropic work. Mr. Elliot was also an attendant at the
+Melville Presbyterian church. His political support was given to
+the conservative party. Although he was past the allotted age
+of three score years and ten when called from this life, Mr.
+Elliot’s friends were drawn largely from the younger generation.
+He was a quiet, unostentatious gentleman of the old school,
+whose delight outside of his business was his home and garden on
+Cote St. Antoine road. This home was one of the early residences
+in Westmount and when erected more than a quarter of a century
+ago was surrounded by open fields.</p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 348px;">
+<img src="images/image159.jpg" width="348" height="500" alt="JAMES ELLIOT" />
+<p class="caption">JAMES ELLIOT</p>
+</div>
+
+<p>Mr. Elliot was unmarried. After providing with great liberality
+for near relatives he bequeathed five thousand dollars to
+the Montreal General Hospital, five thousand dollars to the
+Protestant Hospital for the Insane and a thousand dollars each
+to the Western Hospital, McKay Institute, Grace Dart Home,
+the Protestant House of Industry and Refuge and the Salvation
+Army. His bequest to these many organizations showed his
+broad-mindedness and his deep interest in the welfare and uplift
+of his fellowmen.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_C28" id="Idx_C28"></a>JOSEPH ARTHUR COUTURE.</h3>
+
+<p>Joseph Arthur Couture, a notary public practicing in Montreal
+and in Maisonneuve, was born on the 29th of December, 1881, at
+Sherrington in the county of Napierville, P. Q., his parents
+being Jules and Dométhile (Bourgeois) Couture. He represents two
+of the old French families of the province. His great-grandfather
+and his grandfather, both of whom bore the name of François
+Couture, were farming people, the former following agricultural
+pursuits at Lacadie, while the latter was a farmer at St. Cyprien
+in the county of Napierville. He married Sophie Ward and their
+family included Jules Couture, who married Dométhile Bourgeois.
+Her father, Pierre Bourgeois, was at one time a farmer at St.
+Jean, P. Q., and later at St. Cyprien, where he was residing
+at the time of his death. His wife was a member of the Granger
+family. Jules Couture was born in St. Cyprien, county of
+Napierville, and made farming his life work, but since 1900 has
+lived retired, his home being in the village of Napierville. His
+wife was born in the parish of St. John, P. Q., and died on the
+15th of September, 1907. They had a family of twelve children, of
+whom three daughters and five sons are living.</p>
+
+<p>Joseph Arthur Couture, the youngest of the family, attended the
+parish school to the age of ten years and afterward studied
+with the parish priest of Sherrington for three years. He
+next entered Montreal College, where he pursued a five years’
+classical course and later became a student in the Seminary of
+Philosophy, where after two years, or in 1902, he won his degree
+of Bachelor of Letters. In September of that year he matriculated
+in Laval University where he studied law in preparation for the
+notarial profession, receiving his LL. L. degree in 1905. He was
+received as a notary in July of the same year and in September
+began practice in the village of Napierville, where he continued
+until the 1st of October, 1906. He then removed to the city of
+Maisonneuve, where he continues in practice, and at the same
+time maintains an office in the city of Montreal. He is likewise
+a commissioner of the superior court in and for the district of
+Montreal. He carefully prepared for his chosen calling and his
+knowledge of the law and his understanding of all phases of the
+notarial profession have given him high rank among his associates
+in that field of labor.</p>
+
+<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_162" id="Page_162">[162]</a></p>
+
+<p>Mr. Couture is also interested in some syndicates, purchasing
+lots on the island of Montreal. He is a director of La Société
+du Boulevard Pie IX, Limitée and of Salmon River Gold Fields
+and of the Montreal Consolidated Real Estate and Investments,
+Limited. His connection therewith has resulted in bringing him
+good financial returns, while in his profession he is making
+continuous advancement.</p>
+
+<p>On the 9th of October, 1905, Mr. Couture was married to Miss
+Mathilda Ida Lachapelle, a daughter of Alfred and Mathilde
+(Beauchamp) Lachapelle, the former in his life time a merchant
+of Montreal. Mrs. Couture died at Maisonneuve, at the age of
+twenty-seven years, on the 17th of December, 1913, leaving no
+issue. Mr. Couture is a member of the Roman Catholic church
+and in politics he was formerly a conservative but became a
+nationalist as he did not approve of the naval policies of either
+the liberal or conservative parties. He is still, however, a
+member of the Montreal Liberal-Conservative Club. He was for
+three years recording secretary of Court Gounod No. 3240, I. O.
+F., of which he is now deputy chief.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_V4" id="Idx_V4"></a>HON. J. O. VILLENEUVE.</h3>
+
+<p>The name of Hon. J. O. Villeneuve is inseparably interwoven
+with the history of Montreal and its progress. Modesty at all
+times characterized his bearing and simplicity his habits, yet
+the sterling worth of his character and the high order of his
+ability brought him to a position of leadership in connection
+with municipal and provincial affairs. He labored untiringly for
+the best interests of Montreal while acting as chief executive
+of the city and was equally faithful in his support of matters
+relating to the provincial welfare when serving as senator. A
+native of the county of Terrebonne, he was born at Ste. Anne des
+Plaines, on the 4th of March, 1837, and his life record covered
+the intervening period to the 27th of June, 1901, when he passed
+away at the age of sixty-four years. He was but a young lad at
+the time of the removal of his father, Octave Villeneuve, and
+the family to Montreal, so that he was indebted to the school
+system of this city for his educational opportunities. He started
+in the business world as clerk in a dry-goods store in 1853,
+when a youth of sixteen years, and his traits of loyalty and
+faithfulness were manifest from the beginning, as is evidenced
+by the fact that he remained with one establishment until 1865.
+Ambitious to engage in business on his own account, he carefully
+saved his earnings until his industry and economy had brought him
+sufficient capital to enable him to open a grocery store at Mile
+End. There he conducted business for some time and subsequently
+founded the wholesale grocery house of J. O. Villeneuve &
+Company, which rapidly gained patronage and a high and well
+merited reputation in commercial circles. He was a farsighted
+man and one who on recognizing a public need at once sought
+to meet it. Realizing the lack of communication between the
+extreme northern section of Montreal and the outlying parishes,
+he established an omnibus route in 1860 between Mile End,
+Terrebonne, Sault au Récollet and New Glasgow, which he later
+sold to the Montreal Street Railway when it seemed feasible to
+extend the railway lines into that section.</p>
+
+<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_163" id="Page_163">[163]</a></p>
+
+<p>Mr. Villeneuve was frequently called to public office and it is
+a notable fact in his career that no public trust reposed in
+him was ever betrayed in the slightest degree. For more than
+seventeen years he was mayor of St. Jean Baptiste village and
+again, when the organization of the town took place, he served
+for four years more, carefully guiding the interests of village
+and town so as to bring about needed reforms and improvements.
+Following the annexation to the city in 1885 he represented
+St. Jean Baptiste ward from that date until 1894 in the city
+council and as a member of the finance committee his experience
+in financial matters was found to be of great service to the
+public. Higher official honors awaited him, however, for in 1894
+he was elected Montreal’s mayor and filled that position for two
+years, proving a capable executive and one who most carefully and
+systematically safeguarded the public interests. For eighteen
+years he served as warden of the county of Hochelaga and in 1886
+was elected to represent that county in the Quebec legislature,
+where his record was so commendable that he was reelected in
+1890 and again in 1892. In 1888 he was made a member of the
+harbor commission and served for several years on that body.
+In January, 1896, he succeeded the late Hon. Joseph Tasse as
+senator for the De Salaberry division. All this, however, did
+not cover the many phases of his activity. For many years he was
+a member of the Board of Trade, and he had important business
+connections, serving as director of the Dominion Cotton Company,
+in addition to which he had other large manufacturing, mercantile
+and real-estate interests in the city. He was resident director
+of the Banque Nationale and a member of the harbor board and a
+governor of Laval University. He was also senior partner of the
+firm of L. Villeneuve & Company, wholesale lumber dealers.</p>
+
+<p>In 1861 Mr. Villeneuve married Miss Susan Ann Walker, a daughter
+of Captain James Walker, of Sorel, Quebec, who survives together
+with their four children. Her father was a captain in the
+regiment stationed at Sorel and was a son of Dr. Edward Walker,
+surgeon of that regiment. Jacques Villeneuve, the eldest of the
+four children, residing at St. Jerome, Quebec, is proprietor of a
+stone quarry and brick manufacturing business there. He married
+Miss Lamontague and they had seven children, Jacques, Edgar,
+Charles Eugene, Lia, Adrienne, Marguerite and Jeanne. For his
+second wife Jacques Villeneuve wedded Miss Poitevin, and they
+have a son, Jean. Eugene W., the second member of the family,
+was born in Montreal in 1865 and was associated in business with
+his father until the latter’s death. He brought about the royal
+commission, giving a change of administration and management of
+the city by a board of control. In November, 1910, at a meeting
+held at St. Jean Baptiste market hall, he proposed that the
+centenary of the birth of Sir George Etienne Cartier should be
+appropriately commemorated and that steps should be taken for the
+erection of a monument to his memory. Since then the monumental
+enterprise has assumed not only national but empire scope and
+representatives of every portion of the empire will be present at
+the commemorative celebration September 6, 1914. Mr. Villeneuve
+has served faithfully as president of the executive committee in
+charge of the celebration and the erection of the monument. He
+married Miss Alice Crompton, and their children are James and
+Reginald. Frederic Villeneuve, the third member of the family,
+is a graduate of Laval University and was afterwards advocate
+in Montreal and in Edmonton, Alberta. For several years he was<a class="pagenum" name="Page_164" id="Page_164">[164]</a>
+editor of Canadian West and for four years, from 1898 until 1902,
+sat for St. Albert in the legislature. In 1909 he was appointed
+librarian of the Montreal Civic Library. He married Miss Howie,
+of St. Johns. Rachel Villeneuve, the youngest of the family,
+married Alphonse Morin, protonotary of St. Johns. Their children
+are Josephine, Louise, Susan, Pierre Villeneuve, Lucie, Madeleine
+and Andre, and they reside at No. 629 Dorchester West.</p>
+
+<p>The death of Hon. J. O. Villeneuve occurred on the 27th of
+June, 1901, at the family residence at 862 St. Denis Street.
+Editorially the Gazette said of him: “Senator Villeneuve is dead
+at the comparatively early age of sixty-four. His career was a
+typical one and included fully thirty years of public service,
+municipal and parliamentary. His straightforward conduct and good
+faith gained him general respect and for almost a generation
+he could count on election to whatever office in the gift of
+the county of Hochelaga or city of Montreal he aspired to. His
+municipal career was crowned by the mayoralty of Montreal and
+his political work by a senatorship. He was a thoroughly well
+meaning man, of modest bearing and simple habits, whose innate
+worth was behind his business and public success. In his death
+Montreal loses a good citizen and parliament a member of safe
+judgment and right purpose.” To thus win the merit and plaudit
+of the press shows that the life of Hon. J. O. Villeneuve was
+one of far-reaching usefulness and of importance in Montreal. He
+neglected no opportunity, slighted no duty nor passed unheedingly
+the chances to benefit city or province by helpful service on his
+part.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_D26" id="Idx_D26"></a>JOHN DILLON.</h3>
+
+<p>John Dillon, for many years one of the best known merchants of
+Montreal, was a member of the firm of Reford & Dillon. He was
+born in Chambly, March 18, 1836, a son of John Dillon, Sr., a
+native of Belfast, Ireland, who emigrated to Canada and for some
+years resided in Toronto and Montreal, his death occurring in the
+latter city in 1875. He was father of two sons, George Graham
+and John Dillon. The former passed his active business life in
+Toronto, where he was connected with the retail dry-goods house
+of George Bowes & Company. He died in Toronto, while his widow,
+Mrs. Catherine Jacques Dillon, passed away in Montreal. They were
+survived by a daughter, Miss Elisabeth J. Dillon, who for many
+years lived with her uncle, John Dillon, who never married.</p>
+
+<p>It was in Toronto that John Dillon formed a partnership with
+Robert Reford under the firm name of Reford & Dillon, wholesale
+grocers, and in 1867 the business was moved to Montreal. This
+association continued for about forty years and the business
+was most successfully and capably conducted according to
+modern progressive methods. A few years prior to his death Mr.
+Dillon retired from the firm, but maintained his interest in
+other industrial and commercial institutions. Up to the time
+of his death he was a director of the Mount Royal Milling and
+Manufacturing Company and was also vice president of the Gould
+Cold Storage Company. His business judgment was sound, his
+discrimination keen and his enterprise unfaltering. He could see
+farther than many a man in business circles, foretelling the
+outcome of any enterprise<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_167" id="Page_167">[167]</a></span> from the beginning and, moreover, he
+had the power to coordinate and unify forces into a harmonious
+whole.</p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 352px;">
+<img src="images/image165.jpg" width="352" height="500" alt="JOHN DILLON" />
+<p class="caption">JOHN DILLON</p>
+</div>
+
+<p>Mr. Dillon was much interested throughout his lifetime in
+charitable work and among other institutions with which he was
+actively associated was the Old Brewery Mission. He was an active
+member of the Dominion Square Methodist church, which he joined
+as a charter member upon its organization.</p>
+
+<p>The Montreal Star in announcing his death on the 15th of May,
+1908, said, “In the death of Mr. John Dillon which took place
+this morning very suddenly at his residence, 19 McGregor Street,
+Montreal loses one of its oldest and most respected citizens. Mr.
+Dillon, who had been in good health, was speaking to a relative
+about 11:30 today, when he was overcome by heart failure, his
+death taking place almost immediately. Thus passed onward one who
+always strove to do his duty by his fellowmen.”</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_H11" id="Idx_H11"></a>CARLOS A. HAYES.</h3>
+
+<p>Carlos A. Hayes, who for a number of years was connected with
+the Grand Trunk Railway, lastly as freight traffic manager,
+was on July 1, 1913, appointed general traffic manager of the
+Canadian Government Railways, with headquarters at Moncton, New
+Brunswick. Mr. Hayes has long been prominently connected with
+Canadian railway service and has in that way contributed toward
+the opening up of vast natural resources in the Dominion.</p>
+
+<p>He was born in West Springfield, Massachusetts, March 10, 1865,
+and when a boy of seventeen entered the railway service in 1882,
+continuing along that line with various roads in the United
+States until the year 1892, when he was made New England agent
+and, in 1896, manager of the National Despatch-Great Eastern
+Line. He held this position until 1903, when he became connected
+with the Grand Trunk Railway as assistant general freight agent
+in Chicago. Readily grasping railroad problems and possessed of
+the true generalship of a railway executive, he was chosen in
+1908 to succeed J. E. Dalrymple as general freight agent of the
+Grand Trunk, with headquarters at Montreal, and there remained,
+first as general freight agent and later as freight traffic
+manager, until his recent appointment. Mr. Hayes is a well
+known figure in Dominion railway circles and stands high in the
+estimation of business men.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_M23" id="Idx_M23"></a>JOHN EDWARD MARTIN.</h3>
+
+<p>John Edward Martin, K. C., a well known member of the Montreal
+bar, was born in September, 1859, at Shefford, in the province of
+Quebec. He received his early education in the public school at
+Waterloo, P. Q., and at McGill Normal School, and later entered
+McGill University, where he graduated with the Degree of Bachelor
+of Civil Law in 1883, being the medallist of that year.</p>
+
+<p>In July, 1884, he was admitted to the practice of law and
+began the practice of his profession at Sweetsburg, P. Q., in
+partnership with the late Senator<a class="pagenum" name="Page_168" id="Page_168">[168]</a> Baker. In 1893 he removed
+to Montreal and for over twenty years has been a member of the
+law firm of Foster, Martin, Mann, Mackinnon & Hackett, and his
+constantly expanding powers brought him prominently before the
+public as an able lawyer and led to his being named king’s
+counsel in 1903.</p>
+
+<p>The litigated interests intrusted to his care have on the whole
+been of a most important character, and he has successfully
+practised before all the courts of the province, the supreme
+court of Canada, and has frequently appeared before the judicial
+committee of the privy council in London, England.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Martin has specialized in corporation and insurance law,
+and his preparation of cases is always thorough and exhaustive,
+and the court records indicate his ability in securing verdicts
+favorable to his clients.</p>
+
+<p>He was a member of the council of the bar of Montreal for several
+years and batonnier of the bar of Montreal and batonnier-general
+of the bar of the province of Quebec during the year 1913-1914.
+In 1913 he was elected an honorary member of the American Bar
+Association.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Martin has been married twice. His first wife, Nellie,
+daughter of J. Rooney of Sweetsburg, P. Q., died in January,
+1909. In December, 1910, he married Emily Violet, daughter of
+James Patterson of Guelph, Ontario.</p>
+
+<p>In politics Mr. Martin is a conservative, and he is a member of
+the Anglican church. He is a member of the Mount Royal, Forest
+and Stream, Canada and the Laurentian Clubs. He has a wide
+acquaintance among the leading residents of the city, where his
+ability and personal worth have gained for him the high regard of
+those with whom he has come in contact.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_S18" id="Idx_S18"></a>JAMES ALEXANDER LAWRASON STRATHY.</h3>
+
+<p>James Alexander Lawrason Strathy, long a factor in financial
+circles in Montreal, was born in London, Ontario, July 22, 1857,
+where his father, James B. Strathy, was at one time collector
+of customs. The mother, Mrs. Elvira Strathy, was a daughter of
+Dr. Hiram D. Lee and of United Empire Loyalist stock. Liberal
+educational opportunities were accorded the son, who was educated
+in the Moncrieff Preparatory School, in Hellmuth College at
+London, Ontario, and in Upper Canada College. At the age of
+seventeen years he came to Montreal and entered the employ of
+the brokerage firm of Gordon Strathy & Company, later becoming
+a partner in the business. He subsequently was admitted to the
+Montreal Stock Exchange, while six years later he became a member
+of the Board of Trade. In the following years he devoted all his
+time to the Montreal Trust & Deposit Company, of which he was
+one of the organizers. He was appointed general manager of the
+business and remained with the company until his death. He was
+also a member of the executive committee of the Royal Electric
+Company and in business connections gave evidence of his ability
+to handle important interests and solve intricate problems.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Strathy was a justice of the peace of Montreal and in
+official position made a record equally creditable with that
+which he won in business. He was a member of St. Andrew’s Society
+and vice president of the United Empire Loyalist Association.
+Distinction and honors also came to him along military lines,
+his<a class="pagenum" name="Page_169" id="Page_169">[169]</a> military record dating from his appointment as second
+lieutenant of the Fifth Royal Scots of Canada, in 1880. He was
+advanced to the rank of captain in 1884, became major in 1891 and
+was made lieutenant colonel, commanding his regiment, in 1893,
+so continuing until his connection with the regiment ceased in
+December, 1897. In 1894 he became vice president of the Canada
+Military Institute at Toronto and the same year was appointed
+to the staff of the governor general of Canada as an extra
+aide-de-camp.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Strathy was widely known in sporting circles. As a gentleman
+rider he was the winner of the Montreal Hunt Cup Steeplechase
+in 1880, 1881 and 1886 and of the American Grand National Hunt
+Steeplechase at Saratoga in 1882 and of the steeplechase open
+to gentlemen riders. His political allegiance was given to the
+conservative party and the interests and duties of citizenship
+found ample recognition in his life activities.</p>
+
+<p>On the 9th of January, 1885, Lieutenant Colonel Strathy was
+married to Miss Margaret, daughter of Andrew Robertson, of
+Montreal, and they became the parents of six children, of whom
+five are living: Marguerite F., Isabella D., Alison L., R. Lee A.
+and Elvira M. The family circle was broken by the hand of death
+when on the 7th of October, 1901, Lieutenant Colonel Strathy
+passed away. He was a popular member of the St. James Club and
+his position as a business man and in military and sporting
+circles classed him with the representative residents of his city.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_B4" id="Idx_B4"></a>JOHN RIGNEY BARLOW.</h3>
+
+<p>John Rigney Barlow, a civil engineer, who in 1900 was appointed
+to the position of city surveyor of Montreal, has since served
+in that capacity and is one of her best known civic officials. A
+native of Scotland, he was born at Stornoway, Lewis, on the 29th
+of July, 1850, a son of the late Robert Barlow of the Canadian
+Geological Survey. The first five years of his life were spent
+in the land of hills and heather, after which the family came
+to the new world. John R. Barlow was reared in Montreal and
+started in the business world in the employ of the Canadian
+Geological Survey, with which he remained from 1872 until 1875.
+He then entered the service of the corporation of Montreal in
+1876, and did important duty in that connection. He was engaged
+in the construction of water works in the town of St. Henri and
+did other important duties. He became assistant city engineer
+of Montreal in 1880 and was made deputy city surveyor in 1882.
+Further advancement came to him in his appointment to the
+position of city surveyor in 1900, and he is now acting in that
+capacity. He thoroughly understands the scientific principles
+which underlie his work as well as every practical phase of the
+business and now occupies an enviable position among the civil
+engineers of Montreal.</p>
+
+<p>In March, 1877, Mr. Barlow was married to Margaret Coutts, a
+daughter of the late Rev. William Darrach, and they reside at No.
+78 St. Luke Street. Mr. Barlow is a member of the Engineers Club
+and also of the Canadian Society of Civil Engineers, in which
+he was elected to membership in 1887. His fraternal relations
+are with the Masons, and his religious faith is that of the
+Presbyterian<a class="pagenum" name="Page_170" id="Page_170">[170]</a> church. His professional relations have brought him
+an extensive acquaintance, while his sterling traits of character
+have gained him firm hold upon the affectionate regard of those
+with whom he has been brought in contact.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_S13" id="Idx_S13"></a>WILLIAM SMITH.</h3>
+
+<p>Clearly defined purposes and close application were salient
+features in the career of William Smith, who died in Montreal on
+the 14th of March, 1910, when nearly eighty-four years of age. He
+was born in Lanarkshire, Scotland, September 20, 1826, and came
+to Canada when a young man. He practically spent his remaining
+days in this city. He at first engaged in the dry-goods business,
+which he followed for many years with good success. Eventually he
+became a manufacturing tobacconist and again prosperity attended
+his efforts in the commercial field. He also owned valuable
+real estate, having taken advantage of early opportunities for
+investment along that line. The soundness of his judgment and
+the clearness of his vision were indicated in the rise in his
+property values, making his holdings well worthy of consideration.</p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 348px;">
+<img src="images/image171.jpg" width="348" height="500" alt="WILLIAM SMITH" />
+<p class="caption">WILLIAM SMITH</p>
+</div>
+
+<p>Mr. Smith was married in Montreal to Miss Margaret Watson,
+daughter of George and Margaret (Selkirk) Watson of Montreal. He
+continued to make the city his home until his life’s labors were
+ended in death, when he had reached a venerable age. He was a
+man respected by all and such was the regard entertained for his
+opinions, that his advice was frequently sought upon important
+questions. He was an attendant at Erskine church. Mr. Smith is
+survived by his widow, who resides in what has been for years the
+family residence, built by Mr. Smith at No. 56 Simpson Street and
+which home stands on the site of the former home of Sir Alexander
+Mackenzie, discoverer of the Mackenzie river and the first
+European to cross the Rocky mountains.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_B27" id="Idx_B27"></a>JOSEPH ARTHUR BOURGAULT.</h3>
+
+<p>Joseph Arthur Bourgault is one of the most prominent figures in
+real-estate circles in Montreal, his well defined and carefully
+executed plans constituting a potent force in the substantial
+development and improvement of various sections of the city.
+He is yet a young man but has already attained a position that
+many a one of twice his years might well envy. He was born May
+30, 1887, at St. Louis de Bonsecours, Richelieu county, P. Q.,
+his parents being Henri and Caroline (Loriviere) Bourgault, the
+former a native of Ste. Victoire, Richelieu county, and the
+latter of St. Judes in St. Hyacinthe county, P. Q.</p>
+
+<p>Joseph Arthur Bourgault pursued his education in the schools
+at Sorel, P. Q., and was graduated from St. Bernard College on
+the 19th of June, 1905. He started in the business world as a
+bookkeeper and afterward was traveling salesman, but eventually
+turned his attention to the real-estate business, which he
+conducts under the name of J. A. Bourgault & Company with offices
+at No. 97 St. James Street in Montreal. His progress has been
+continuous, and his efforts<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_173" id="Page_173">[173]</a></span> have been constantly of greater
+public value, as he has developed and improved property which
+hitherto had been an unsightly waste or had little commercial
+value. In 1911 he developed and sold Montmorency Park including
+eleven hundred lots which brought three hundred and seventy-five
+thousand dollars; and in 1912 he sold a part of Niagara Garden
+including thirty-two hundred lots, of which nineteen hundred
+brought four hundred and twenty thousand dollars. He also sold
+a subdivision on the south shore called Woodbine Park including
+over eleven hundred lots. All this extensive property has been
+sold exclusively by Mr. Bourgault. He is a wide-awake, alert,
+enterprising young man thoroughly in touch with the real-estate
+market. He knows what property is for sale, is conversant with
+values and seems never to make a mistake in his investments. He
+was graduated at the National Salesmen Training Association,
+which has its headquarters in Chicago, and he is a member of the
+Headquarters International Realty Company of that city.</p>
+
+<p>On the 25th of November, 1912, in Montreal, Mr. Bourgault was
+married to Miss Berthe Daignault, a daughter of the late J.
+Daignault. They have gained many friends during the period
+of their residence here. Mr. Bourgault has attractive social
+qualities which render him popular socially and add not a little
+to his success in the management and control of an extensive and
+growing real-estate business.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_W7" id="Idx_W7"></a>DANIEL WILSON.</h3>
+
+<p>In Montreal stand many evidences of the ability and skill of
+Daniel Wilson in a number of the larger and more substantial
+buildings of the city, where for a long period he engaged in the
+business of general contracting. He was born in Avoch, Scotland,
+March 2, 1827, and was in the seventy-ninth year of his age when
+he passed away. He had been a resident of Canada since 1853,
+having come to the Dominion to take charge of stone quarries
+at Pointe Claire for the construction of the Victoria bridge.
+After the completion of the bridge he entered upon the work of
+general contracting and erected many of the largest buildings of
+Montreal, including the Royal Insurance building, Molson’s Bank,
+the Merchants Bank, the Mutual Telegraph building, the Erskine
+church, the Windsor Hotel, and others. He retired from business
+about 1886, having met with notable success that brought him a
+gratifying income.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Wilson was prominent in public affairs. For eight years
+he represented St. Antoine ward in the city council and was
+interested and active in support of various projects which have
+had to do with the welfare and upbuilding of this city. He was
+also Protestant school commissioner for a number of years and
+aside from positions having to do with the public service he
+was connected officially with various charitable and benevolent
+projects. For six years he was on the board of the Outdoor Relief
+and the Protestant Hospital for the Insane, was a life governor
+of the General Hospital and a trustee of Mount Royal Cemetery
+Association. He was also one of the oldest members and for eleven
+years a deacon and twelve years elder of the Crescent Street
+Presbyterian church and<a class="pagenum" name="Page_174" id="Page_174">[174]</a> when other interests left him leisure
+for sports, he enjoyed curling and became one of the founders of
+the Caledonia Curling Club.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Wilson was married in Scotland to Miss Margaret Stephen,
+who died in Montreal in 1856, being the mother of two children:
+James, a resident of Montreal; and Margaret, the widow of Henry
+Downs, of St. Paul, Minnesota. In Montreal, in 1858, Mr. Wilson
+married Miss Catherine MacGregor, a daughter of Daniel MacGregor,
+and to this union six children were born: Robert, a contractor
+residing in Vancouver; Lillias Ann, who died in young girlhood;
+Lillias Isabella, the wife of Peter C. Small, of Vancouver;
+Christina, who married James Sutherland and died in Montreal in
+1896; Kate, who is Mrs. William A. Coates, of Montreal; and John
+William, a contractor of Montreal.</p>
+
+<p>On the 14th of February, 1906, Daniel Wilson was called from this
+life, leaving behind him a record of many good deeds undertaken
+for the benefit of his fellowmen and consummated in following the
+highest ideals of manhood and responsibility toward those with
+whom and for whom he lived.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_E1" id="Idx_E1"></a>ARTHUR ECREMENT, B. A.</h3>
+
+<p>Arthur Ecrement, who for many years has figured prominently
+in the public life of the province and is a well known
+representative of the notarial profession, was born at St.
+Gabriel de Brandon, on the 29th of June, 1879. Liberal
+educational opportunities were accorded him and after attending
+Montreal College and Laval University he entered upon public
+life. In fact his activities have always been of a public or
+semi-public character and his labors have been of far-reaching
+and beneficial effect. For five years he was secretary to the
+Hon. R. Dandurand, speaker of the senate, and he was also
+secretary of the liberal organization of the district of
+Montreal. He was first elected to the house of commons in 1908,
+in the liberal interests, and his efforts as a member of that
+body have been pursued with a singleness of purpose in the
+interest of general progress and good government. He brings to
+bear in the discharge of his duties executive ability, keen
+insight into the situation and a loyalty to the public good that
+is above question.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_C16" id="Idx_C16"></a>REV. FRANK CHARTERS.</h3>
+
+<p>One of the most popular and able ministers in the Anglican church
+in eastern Canada is Rev. Frank Charters, who for the past
+seventeen years has done earnest and zealous work as rector of
+St. Simon’s church, Montreal. He is a man of force, experience
+and capacity, high in his ideals, earnest in his purposes and
+straightforward in his methods, and his labors have been potent
+forces in the spread of the doctrines in which he believes and in
+the promotion of the moral development of the community in which
+he resides.</p>
+
+<p>Dr. Charters was born in Montreal, March 16, 1865, and acquired
+his preliminary education at Arnold school and Fettis College. He
+afterward entered McGill University, from which he was graduated
+with the class of 1888. In the<a class="pagenum" name="Page_175" id="Page_175">[175]</a> same year he completed a course
+in the Montreal Diocesan College, and in 1911 he was given the
+honorary degree of D. C. L. from the University of Bishop’s
+College in Lennoxville. He is a governor of the Montreal Diocesan
+College and a member of the corporation of the University of
+Bishop’s College. He was ordained deacon in the Anglican church
+in 1888 and received full orders in the following year, going
+immediately afterward to Iron Hill and West Brome, Quebec,
+of which he became Incumbent. In 1896 he was transferred to
+Montreal, and here since that time he has done earnest and
+capable work as rector of St. Simon’s parish. This congregation
+was organized in 1892 and the church building erected in the same
+year by Dean Carmichael. Rev. Samuel Massey was first pastor and
+officiated until the spring of 1896, Dr. Charters succeeding
+him. The latter has proved a capable and efficient rector, fully
+conscious of the obligations and responsibilities which devolve
+upon him, and he has accomplished in the course of years a great
+deal of consecrated work among his people, whose love he holds in
+large measure. He is, moreover, a man of good business ability
+and foresight, and the affairs of his parish have been ably
+administered and the funds carefully conserved. Dr. Charters
+has two hundred and seventy-five families under his charge and
+manages a church property valued at fifty thousand dollars. He is
+very popular among people of all denominations in Montreal and
+his unostentatious life, filled with well directed and zealous
+labor and characterized by earnest personal service, has brought
+him the esteem and confidence of all who are associated with him.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_W8" id="Idx_W8"></a>JOHN T. WILSON.</h3>
+
+<p>The life record of John T. Wilson spanned sixty-four years. He
+was born in Greenup, Scotland, February 9, 1841, and died in
+Montreal on the 23d of February, 1905. His parents were John and
+Mary (Thomson) Wilson, the former a sea captain. The youth of
+John T. Wilson was marked by events and experiences such as come
+to the lot of all. He reached a turning point on the journey of
+life, however, when he bade adieu to friends and native country
+and sailed for Canada. Settling in Montreal, in 1866, he became
+one of the city’s foremost business men, his name being engraved
+high on the roll of those who contributed most largely to the
+commercial greatness and consequent prosperity of the city. He
+was for forty years the senior member of the firm of Wilson,
+Paterson & Company, importers and general manufacturers’ agents,
+continuing in active business until his demise. The volume of
+trade developed with the growth of the city and had its inception
+in the progressive methods, initiative spirit and undaunted
+enterprise of the partners.</p>
+
+<p>When business hours were over and the cares of the day were put
+aside, Mr. Wilson greatly enjoyed a game of golf or billiards.
+His interest, too, reached out to many of those projects which
+recognize the needs of the city and the claims of humanity. He
+attended St. Paul’s Presbyterian church. For ten years he was a
+member of the council of the Board of Trade and was ever keenly
+alive to the projects instituted by that society for the benefit
+and upbuilding of the city. He belonged to the Canadian and
+St. James Clubs of Montreal, and<a class="pagenum" name="Page_176" id="Page_176">[176]</a> the Hunt Club. His business
+activity was evenly balanced with his honorable methods in trade;
+his interest in club life and in manly outdoor sports giving him
+the necessary rest and recreation from that line of work which
+takes strong hold upon the emotions and calls forth the more
+tender sentiment in nature. In a word, his was a well rounded
+character and his place as a representative citizen of Montreal
+none contest.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_B47" id="Idx_B47"></a>CHARLES BYRD.</h3>
+
+<p>Successful in business, Charles Byrd rejoiced in his prosperity
+not so much because of the opportunities which came to him from
+his wealth, but because it enabled him to again and again aid his
+fellowmen. In this he was prompted by no sense of duty but by
+a higher interest in humanity—a genuine regard for his fellow
+travelers upon life’s journey. His hand was ever downreaching
+to aid those who were struggling to raise and he shed around
+him much of the sunshine of life not only through his material
+assistance, but also through the words of encouragement and
+inspiration which he spoke.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Byrd was born at Lachute, province of Quebec, March 4, 1848,
+and was therefore sixty-three years of age when he passed away at
+Nassau, Bahama Islands, on the 3d of March, 1911. He had been a
+resident of Montreal from early manhood, embarking in the grocery
+business upon his arrival here. This he abandoned to enter the
+Munderloh firm in 1868, at which time its founder, William C.
+Munderloh was in control. After the death of this gentleman
+Mr. Byrd entered into partnership with Henry Munderloh, son of
+William C. Munderloh, in the continuation of the business. In
+1909 the firm was organized as a joint stock company and Mr.
+Byrd had active voice in its control, assisting in formulating
+plans which had to do with its substantial growth and progress.
+It became one of the important enterprises of the kind in the
+city and through his connection therewith Mr. Byrd won notable,
+gratifying and enviable success.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Byrd was united in marriage in 1873 to Miss Kate Macdonald,
+a daughter of the late Alexander Roy Macdonald of Montreal.
+During the last years of his life Mr. Byrd was in poor health
+and, accompanied by his wife, had spent two winters in the West
+Indies. He went again in February, 1911, in order to escape the
+rigors of the Canadian winter and there passed away on the 3d of
+March.</p>
+
+<p>His memory is enshrined in a halo of good deeds, for he was
+continually active in support of organized charities or in
+individual assistance. He gave liberally to a number of the
+benevolent organizations of Montreal and served on the board
+of management of the Protestant Hospital for the Insane at
+Verdun to which he made a contribution of five thousand dollars.
+He was also one of the board of managers of the Montreal
+General Hospital to which he gave ten thousand dollars; was
+vice president of the Protestant House of Industry and Refuge
+at Longue Pointe, to which he gave ten thousand dollars; was
+vice president of the Moore Home and an officer of the Irish
+Protestant Benevolent Society, to which his contribution was
+five thousand dollars. He gave twenty-five hundred dollars
+to the Western General Hospital; two thousand dollars to the
+Alexandra<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_179" id="Page_179">[179]</a></span> Hospital; two thousand to the Montreal Protestant
+Orphan Asylum; five hundred dollars to the Boys’ Home; one
+thousand dollars to St. Patrick’s Society, a goodly sum to the
+Erskine church for home movements and a sum of twenty-five
+thousand dollars for foreign movements. He was an elder of the
+old St. Gabriel church on St. Catherine Street and afterward
+joined the Erskine Presbyterian church when it was amalgamated
+with the Chalmers church. A high-minded Christian gentleman,
+the principles of his religion permeated his life in all of
+its different connections and his contribution to the world’s
+progress along moral and religious lines was a valuable one.</p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 350px;">
+<img src="images/image177.jpg" width="350" height="500" alt="CHARLES BYRD" />
+<p class="caption">CHARLES BYRD</p>
+</div>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_M48" id="Idx_M48"></a>DAVID MORRICE.</h3>
+
+<p>The life record of David Morrice might be summed up in the term
+successful achievement. It has, however, been more than the
+success that is calculated in the terms of dollars and cents,
+for his outlook of life has ever been broad, his conceptions of
+its opportunities accurate and his recognition of its duties
+and obligations correct. He has as fully and carefully met the
+last mentioned as he has his chances in a business way. While
+he has passed the eighty-fourth milestone on life’s journey, in
+spirit and interest he seems yet in his prime. To him might be
+applied the words of Victor Hugo: “The snows of age are upon
+his head, but the spring of youth is in his heart.” He was born
+in St. Martin, Perthshire, Scotland, August 11, 1829, and after
+acquiring his early education there, started in business life
+as an employe in dry-goods stores, remaining for some time in
+that connection in Dublin, Liverpool, Manchester and London.
+The growing western country attracted him with its almost
+limitless opportunities, and in 1863 he established himself in
+Montreal where he founded the business that has since become
+one of the most important commercial enterprises of the city.
+Under the name of The D. Morrice Company the business is now
+one of extensive proportions. Manufacturers’ agents and general
+merchants, they have one of the largest and best appointed
+establishments of the city, and Mr. Morrice is also at the head
+of important productive industries and is said to be one of
+the best authorities in cotton matters in the Dominion. He is
+president of Penman’s Limited; of the Canadian Cottons, Ltd.; and
+of the Montreal Investment & Freehold Company. He is likewise
+a director of the Bank of Montreal; of the Dominion Textile
+Company; and of the Mount Royal Cemetery Company. While he has
+now in large measure retired from active management of these
+interests, his opinions still carry weight in business councils,
+and his judgment and discrimination are those of a man of not
+more than three score years and ten. While conducting important
+and extensive commercial and manufacturing interests, he has
+found time to become a factor in the management and control of
+many projects for the benefit of his fellowmen in the alleviation
+of the hardships of life for the unfortunate. He is now vice
+president of the Montreal Tubercular Association; president of
+the Montreal General Hospital; president of the Montreal Sailors’
+Institute; president of the Mackay Institute for the Deaf and
+Dumb; and governor of the Montreal Boys’ Home. He has long been
+an interested member of the Montreal Art Association of which he
+is one of the councillors and he maintains<a class="pagenum" name="Page_180" id="Page_180">[180]</a> an equal interest in
+Christian education as chairman of the board of managers of the
+Montreal Presbyterian College, in which position he has remained
+for forty-two years. He has ever been a firm believer in the
+early religious training of the young and has labored untiringly
+to advance the interests of moral direction for the youth of the
+land. In 1905 he was chosen vice president of the Quebec Sunday
+School Union and in 1902 was president of the Presbyterian Sunday
+School Association. In 1882 he erected the David Morrice Hall of
+the Montreal Presbyterian College at a cost of ninety thousand
+dollars. His gift to the Montreal General Hospital in 1906 made
+that institution richer by twenty-five thousand dollars and in
+1910 he gave ten thousand dollars to the Montreal Art Association.</p>
+
+<p>On the 14th of June, 1860, Mr. Morrice married Anne S. Anderson
+of Toronto, and of their children, William J. and David J., are
+connected with The D. Morrice Company. The others are Robert B.,
+who is connected with Penman’s Limited; Arthur A., a resident of
+Toronto; James Wilson, a distinguished artist; and a daughter,
+who is now the wife of Allen G. Law, of the firm of Law, Young
+& Company of Montreal. The son, James Wilson Morrice, born in
+Montreal in 1864, attended the city schools and the Toronto
+University and afterward developed his art talent by study in
+Paris. He has not only won high reputation in that city but also
+in London and is considered one of the greatest painters of
+Brittany coast scenes. He has been a frequent exhibitor at the
+Paris Salon and one of his pictures has been purchased by the
+French government and another by the Canadian government for the
+National Art Gallery at Ottawa. He largely paints landscapes, yet
+gives some attention to figures and in all of his work there is
+an even balance maintained between technique, creative faculty
+and poetic feeling.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. David Morrice is now eighty-four years of age, but still
+maintains deep and active interest in the church and in the
+benevolent and civic projects with which he is identified.
+Moreover, he still holds membership in the St. James Club, the
+Montreal Club, the Mount Royal Club, the Montreal Hunt Club and
+the Forest and Stream Club. Someone has said, “there is an old
+age which need not suggest idleness or lack of occupation; on the
+contrary there is an old age which grows stronger and better,
+mentally and morally as the years advance and gives out of the
+rich stores of its wisdom and experience for the benefit of
+others.” Such is the record of David Morrice.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_D31" id="Idx_D31"></a>J. F. DUBREUIL.</h3>
+
+<p>One of the able advocates of Montreal and one who has filled
+with honor various official positions, is J. F. Dubreuil, a
+descendant of a distinguished family which has found mention
+in Abbé Tanguay’s “Dictionnaire Généalogique.” In this book
+L’Abbé Cyprien Tanguay mentions among the earliest ancestors
+of the house of Dubreuil the following. Christopher Dubreuil,
+born in 1696; Jean Du Breuil, born in 1655, a son of Pierre and
+Catherine (Gosselin) Du Breuil, married September 28, 1682, at
+Montreal; wife died December 22, 1685: one child; married August
+6, 1686, Ste. Famille Marguerite Gaultier: seven children. Jean<a class="pagenum" name="Page_181" id="Page_181">[181]</a>
+Etienne Dubreuil was a notaire royal and a brother of the above
+mentioned Jean. He married twice and had a family of many sons
+and daughters.</p>
+
+<p>J. F. Dubreuil was born at Lachine, province of Quebec, January
+24, 1845, and is a son of Joseph and Hélène (Barré) Dubreuil,
+the former of Pointe-aux-Trembles and the latter, of Montreal.
+The father was for many years a notary public. J. F. Dubreuil
+received his education at the Jesuit College of Montreal,
+famed for its thorough teachers, and completed the course of
+instruction by graduation on February 6, 1866. He subsequently
+engaged as an advocate and as he was able, capable and
+conscientious, soon enjoyed a profitable practice, his services
+being demanded by a representative clientèle. He served from 1873
+to 1882 as deputy clerk of the crown and peace, and from June,
+1883, until June, 1889, as deputy sheriff of Montreal.</p>
+
+<p>On January 26, 1869, at Sorel, Mr. Dubreuil was united in
+marriage to Miss Marie L. C. Beaupré and they have the following
+children: J. F. L., vice president of the Commercial Travelers
+Association; George, who is employed in the registry office at
+Hochelaga; Charles, of Richelieu, Ontario; and Raoul, who is with
+the Canadian Electric Company.</p>
+
+<p>In his political faith Mr. Dubreuil is a conservative, giving his
+support to that organization. For many years he has made Montreal
+his home and has witnessed the change from a comparatively small
+city to that of a world’s metropolis, having participated in
+bringing about the transformation according to the best of his
+ability. He is deeply interested in the growth of the city along
+material, as well as intellectual, lines and as he has always
+lived a life of conscientious righteousness, is highly esteemed
+and respected in the community where he is widely known.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_R2" id="Idx_R2"></a>JOHN RANKIN.</h3>
+
+<p>No worthy enterprise of Montreal sought in vain the assistance
+of John Rankin, and his public spirit found expression in
+tangible effort for the general good. At the same time he
+conducted important business affairs as representative of large
+corporate interests of his native land. He was born in Lanark,
+Scotland, in 1825, and had traveled far on life’s journey when
+death called him February 27, 1908. Coming to Canada in 1854,
+he carried on business first under his own name and afterward
+as senior partner in the firm of Rankin, Beattie & Company.
+He also represented J. & P. Coates, the world renowned thread
+manufacturers of Paisley, for many years, and was instrumental
+in establishing for them a large Canadian business. He was
+likewise financial agent for the house of Arthur & Company, of
+Glasgow, and in the further development of his business interests
+became one of the founders of the Shedden Company and of the
+Guarantee Company of North America. As his worth and business
+talent became recognized his cooperation was sought along many
+lines and when keen business judgment prompted his investment
+in any interest he was almost at once accorded voice in the
+management. He became a promoter of the New York Daily Graphic,
+the Consolidated Bank and of the Montreal & Sorel Railway, now
+a part of the Delaware & Hudson system. As a business man, his
+position was second to none and his record was one which any man
+might be proud to possess. He never made<a class="pagenum" name="Page_182" id="Page_182">[182]</a> engagements that he did
+not keep, nor incurred obligations that he did not meet, and his
+name became a recognized synonym of integrity and enterprise in
+commercial and industrial circles. At River David, in 1861, Mr.
+Rankin was married to Miss Louisa S. C. Wurtele, a daughter of
+Jonathan Wurtele, in his life time, Seignor of River David. The
+following children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Rankin: James L., a
+contractor of Montreal; Archibald J., who resides in Edmonton,
+Alberta, where he is a clerk in the government offices; John,
+who is a civil engineer, residing at Victoria, British Columbia;
+Norman S., who is connected with the Canadian Pacific Railway
+at Calgary; Allan C., a bacteriologist in the employ of the
+Siam government, at Bangkok; A. G. Ernest, who is a notary of
+Montreal; Louisa M., who is Mrs. John Fair, of Montreal; and
+Isobel S., at home.</p>
+
+<p>None ever questioned Mr. Rankin’s interest in the city and the
+general welfare of its people. He stood for all those things
+which are a feature in civic betterment and his interest in
+moral progress was evidenced in his membership in St. Paul’s
+Presbyterian church, of which he was secretary and treasurer
+when the present edifice was erected. He was also a governor
+of the Montreal General Hospital. His high standing is further
+indicated in the fact that his name was on the membership roll of
+St. James Club. To him were accorded the “blest accompaniments of
+age—honor, riches, troops of friends.”</p>
+
+<p>The summer home of Mrs. Rankin is “Manor House,” Pointe Seche,
+County Kamouraska, Quebec.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_L5" id="Idx_L5"></a>EMMANUEL PERSILLIER LACHAPELLE, M. D.</h3>
+
+<p>While Dr. Emmanuel Persillier Lachapelle has gained prominence
+and won honor in various directions, perhaps the one act which
+will longest stand as an enduring monument to his worth and work
+will be the creation of the board of health of the province of
+Quebec, of which he is now the president. His efforts were a
+potent factor in bringing about the organization of this board,
+the far-reaching effects of which are immeasurable. In this and
+other connections he has entered upon a campaign of education for
+the purpose of bringing to the public a knowledge of sanitary and
+health conditions that will forever prevent widespread contagion
+and check the ravages of disease even in individual cases. A man
+of strong character and wide knowledge of men and things, his
+life work has by no means reached its full fruition. In private
+and hospital practice he has gained eminence and his name is
+associated with one of the strongest and best equipped medical
+schools of the country.</p>
+
+<p>Dr. Lachapelle was born on the 21st of December, 1845, at
+Sault au Récollet, Quebec, his parents being Pierre Persillier
+and Marie Zoe (Toupin) Lachapelle, descendants of some of the
+earliest settlers of New France. His father was born at Cote des
+Neiges, in the county of Hochelaga, in the province of Quebec.
+Making his home at Sault au Récollet he followed farming and was
+proprietor of grain mills. His parents were Pascal Persillier
+and Marie (Ladouceur) Lachapelle, who lived at Cote des Neiges.
+The maternal grandparents of Dr. Lachapelle were Charles P. and
+Angelique (Leduc) Toupin, of Montreal. The ancestors came to
+this country in the early days of the French<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_185" id="Page_185">[185]</a></span> colony and were
+married at Laprairie, near Montreal, on the south shore of the
+St. Lawrence river.</p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 348px;">
+<img src="images/image183.jpg" width="348" height="500" alt="DR. EMMANUEL P. LACHAPELLE" />
+<p class="caption">DR. EMMANUEL P. LACHAPELLE</p>
+</div>
+
+<p>After acquiring a classical education in the Montreal College
+Dr. Lachapelle entered upon the study of medicine in the old
+Montreal School of Medicine and Surgery and after a brilliant
+course was admitted to practice in 1869. From the first years
+of his professional life he devoted considerable attention to
+the question of hygienic science. He continued his reading and
+research after leaving college and is still as keen and devoted
+a student as ever. He has long been ranked as a successful
+practitioner of high standing in Montreal, especially prominent
+in the field of hygiene.</p>
+
+<p>In 1872 Dr. Lachapelle was appointed surgeon of the Sixty-fifth
+Regiment, Mount Royal Rifles, and retained the appointment
+until 1886. He was unable to accompany the regiment on active
+service to the northwest in 1885, owing to the demands of his
+professional engagements, but he personally superintended the
+preparation of the medical equipment which the regiment took on
+service and secured the services of an assistant surgeon, who
+went with the regiment.</p>
+
+<p>Dr. Lachapelle took a very active part in the refounding of
+the medical legislation and in 1878 was elected a governor and
+the treasurer of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of the
+Province of Quebec, retaining an official connection with that
+important body almost continuously since, while for nine years he
+has held the position of president. At the time of the memorable
+small-pox epidemic in Montreal in 1885-6, when hundreds of new
+cases of the disease were reported daily, until the death rate
+claimed ten thousand victims, and when the city was practically
+placed in a state of quarantine in respect to the rest of the
+continent, Dr. Lachapelle came to the front as an outspoken
+and fearless advocate of the drastic measures adopted to check
+the disease. The contagion was spreading so rapidly throughout
+the country that it became necessary to take advantage of an
+old statute law and to create a central board of health which
+would apply throughout the province means for prevention and
+cure. Such a course had previously been adopted in Montreal.
+The moment the horror of the great pestilence was at an end Dr.
+Lachapelle proceeded to organize the forces of medical science
+for the conservation of the health of the people. He was chiefly
+instrumental in getting the provincial government to pass a law
+for the creation of a provincial board of health with powers
+coterminus with provincial bounds. Prior to that time there was
+only a local authority operating within restricted bounds. From
+that time forward the body which Dr. Lachapelle may be said to
+have created was to have jurisdiction over the whole province.
+The beneficial results of this measure were soon seen in better
+methods, improved sanitation and, above all, in the general
+vaccination of the people who had been so terribly scourged
+because of the lack of this preventative in 1885. For the most
+important and valuable work which he did in this connection
+Dr. Lachapelle received high encomiums from all sections of
+the American continent and from foreign lands as well, not the
+least flattering being the recognition of the French republic
+in 1898 which conferred upon him the Order of the Legion of
+Honor. With the establishment of the provincial board of health
+he was appointed its president, a position which he has since
+filled with credit to himself and great advantage to the entire
+province.</p>
+
+<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_186" id="Page_186">[186]</a></p>
+
+<p>Moreover the name of Dr. Lachapelle has been intimately
+associated with the effort to improve medical legislation and
+to raise the standard of medical education in Quebec. On the
+establishment of a branch of Laval University in Montreal,
+decided upon in 1878, and the inauguration of the medical faculty
+in temporary class-rooms in the old Chateau du Ramezay, on Notre
+Dame Street, he was one of the most ardent instigators and
+supporters of the movement and contributed in a great measure
+to its success. At the present time he holds the positions of
+dean of the medical faculty at the university and of professor
+of hygiene; from 1876 until 1894 he was proprietor and editor
+of L’Union Médicale. In 1885 he had the honor of presiding as
+president over the convention of the American Public Health
+Association. He had the honor of being elected an associate
+member of the Société Française d’Hygiène of Paris. He has been
+closely and prominently associated with the Notre Dame Hospital
+ever since its establishment and can almost be called its
+founder. The splendid institution which owes its establishment
+partly to the clinical requirements of the then recently founded
+medical faculty of Laval was incorporated in 1880, Dr. Lachapelle
+being a member of the board of governors and holding the position
+of general superintendent until 1906, while to the present time
+he is president of the hospital.</p>
+
+<p>A stanch member of the liberal party, Dr. Lachapelle has often
+been urged to become a candidate in nomination for political
+preferment but although willing to use his influence for the
+benefit of his party he has invariably declined to accept a
+nomination because of a sense of duty toward his professional
+interests and benevolent engagements. In 1902 he was urged by
+many of the most influential citizens of Montreal, both French
+and English, irrespective of party to accept nomination for the
+mayoralty. He did accept provisionally but later withdrew to
+avoid racial complications. When the city government was changed
+about three years ago it was deemed fitting that one so eminent
+as an authority on sanitation and hygiene and one so dignified
+and high-minded as a foremost citizen should be a member of the
+new board which was henceforth to administer the affairs of
+the city. The Doctor has little inclination for publicity but
+yielded to the appeals addressed to him and became controller of
+Montreal. He has made a most admirable official, the value of his
+service being widely recognized. It is his desire to accomplish
+the best possible measures of reform during his term of office,
+and his efforts have already been productive of great good. He
+was elected in 1910 for a term of four years.</p>
+
+<p>Aside from his professional and public activities previously
+mentioned Dr. Lachapelle is also a director of the Credit Foncier
+Franco-Canadien and of other financial institutions and life
+insurance companies. He has been identified with various national
+and benevolent movements and in 1876 had the honor of serving
+as general president of the St. Jean Baptiste Society. He is
+also a member of the British Medical Association, the Canadian
+Medical Association, the American Public Health Association,
+Société Médicale de Montreal, the Medico-Chirurgical Society of
+Montreal, the Royal Edward Institute of Montreal and the Canadian
+Anti-Tuberculosis League. He has been attending physician to
+the Hôtel-Dieu and other institutions, and served as a delegate
+from the Canadian government to the second Pan-American Medical
+Congress held in Mexico in 1896, and to other similar bodies. He
+has been a frequent contributor to medical literature,<a class="pagenum" name="Page_187" id="Page_187">[187]</a> writing
+largely for the Union Médicale du Canada and other periodicals.
+He is a councillor of the University Club and a member of the
+metropolitan parks commission. In religious faith he is a Roman
+Catholic and in political belief a liberal. He belongs to the
+Mount Royal, University and Montreal Jockey Clubs. By reason of
+notable ability he has attained to a position of prominence and
+power and has been termed “a second Laurier.” Were his ambitions
+along political lines he would undoubtedly attain distinction
+in that field. He prefers, however, the even broader field of
+professional activity wherein his scientific investigation and
+research combined with practical knowledge and skill have gained
+him eminence and made his life work of signal serviceableness to
+mankind.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_M31" id="Idx_M31"></a>BERNARD MELANCON.</h3>
+
+<p>Bernard Melancon, a notary public who has engaged in the practice
+of his profession for more than four years in Montreal, was born
+at St. Jacques l’Achigan on the 20th of August, 1881, a son of
+Moise and Elodie (Gaudet) Melancon, the former a zouave who
+participated in active military duty in 1869-70. The son attended
+College Ste. Marie, a Jesuit school, and Laval University of
+Montreal. He prepared for the notarial profession, becoming a
+notary on the 16th of July, 1909, after which he was associated
+with M. M. Loranger under the firm name of Loranger & Melancon.
+Subsequently he became a member of the firm of Mayrand, Loranger,
+Ecrement & Melancon, but now practices as a member of the firm
+Loranger, Seguin & Melancon, with offices at No. 99 St. James
+Street, Montreal. He is conducting a successful business and
+stands well in the profession, possessing the comprehensive
+knowledge so necessary to success as well as the energy and
+ability which must precede progress in any profession or business
+line.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Melancon is a nationalist in political faith and allegiance
+and in religious belief is a Roman Catholic. He was married at
+Montreal on the 18th of June, 1912, to Miss Annette Jodian, a
+daughter of L. O. Jodian, who died on the 17th of May, 1913. Mr.
+Melancon is yet a young man, but has already made progress that
+many an older member of the profession might well envy, and his
+past record gives indications of future advancement.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_H32" id="Idx_H32"></a>GABRIEL HURTUBISE.</h3>
+
+<p>The earliest record of the Hurtubise family leads back to one
+Louis Heurtebise (the spelling having been changed later), who
+was born in 1667 and married on May 3, 1688, at Montreal, Jeanne
+Gatteau and died on January 24, 1703. The present generation of
+this old and distinguished French-Canadian family is represented
+by Gabriel Hurtubise, a civil engineer and land surveyor, who
+is independently established in business under the firm name
+of Hurtubise & Hurtubise, his brother Louis being his partner.
+He was born on November 3,<a class="pagenum" name="Page_188" id="Page_188">[188]</a> 1883, in the city of Montreal, and
+is a son of Edwin and Emélie (Brault) Hurtubise, both of whom
+have passed away. The father was prominent in insurance circles
+in Montreal as a member of the firm of Hurtubise & St. Cyr,
+representatives of the Royal Insurance Company, and died on the
+30th of December, 1913, in Montreal.</p>
+
+<p>Gabriel Hurtubise enjoyed advantageous educational facilities at
+St. Mary’s College, pursuing his more professional studies at the
+Polytechnic School of Laval University, from which he graduated
+on June 14, 1907, as civil engineer, and on June 10, 1909, as
+land surveyor. He has since been prominently engaged in this
+line in Montreal, having had charge of most important contracts.
+He began his career under F. C. Laberge, C. E. and Q. L. S., of
+Montreal. At present he is a member of the firm of Hurtubise &
+Hurtubise, who are doing an extensive and profitable business.</p>
+
+<p>On May 30, 1911, at Montreal, Mr. Hurtubise was united in
+marriage to Miss Yvette Brault, a daughter of H. A. A. Brault,
+a well known notary of this city. In his political views Mr.
+Hurtubise is independent, preferring to entirely follow his
+judgment in support of candidates. His religious faith is that of
+the Catholic church. Fraternally he is a member of La Fontaine
+Council of the Knights of Columbus. Yet a young man, Gabriel
+Hurtubise has already made his mark in the world and has taken
+his place in business circles of Montreal. Ambition has been the
+beacon light of his life and his career again is proof of the
+fact that ambition, coupled with industry and energy, will lead
+to success.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_C29" id="Idx_C29"></a>GEORGE BROWNING CRAMP, K. C.</h3>
+
+<p>George Browning Cramp was for many years a veteran member of
+the Montreal bar and a distinguished representative of the
+profession, his opinions being largely accepted as authority
+on questions of real-estate law, in which department of
+jurisprudence he specialized. He was born in England in 1833,
+a son of Rev. J. M. Cramp, who came to Montreal to accept a
+position at the Baptist College. For years he was at the head of
+Acadia University in Nova Scotia and was one of the prominent
+educators in the maritime provinces.</p>
+
+<p>In the schools of England and of Nova Scotia George B. Cramp
+pursued his education and qualified for the bar as a student in
+the law office of J. J. Day, K. C., an eminent member of the bar.
+Thorough and careful preliminary training resulted in his being
+called to the bar about 1855 and he entered upon active practice
+in connection with his former preceptor. The latter had been
+called to the bar in 1837 and was one of the most distinguished
+lawyers of Montreal at an early day. Following his retirement,
+Mr. Cramp entered upon active professional association with A.
+F. Lunn, K. C., under the style of Lunn & Cramp, a connection
+that was continued until the death of Mr. Lunn in 1894. Four
+years later, or in 1898, Mr. Cramp was joined by J. Armitage
+Ewing, K. C., under the style of Cramp & Ewing, and two years
+later they admitted George S. McFadden, at which time the firm
+name was changed to Cramp, Ewing & McFadden. This relation was
+maintained until the death of the senior partner, who was then
+in his eightieth year. While well versed in the<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_191" id="Page_191">[191]</a></span> various
+departments of the law, he specialized in the field of real
+estate and became an expert on legal questions relative thereto.
+He was regarded as an expert in the matter of titles. He was
+retained in a consulting capacity by such corporations as McGill
+University, Liverpool & London & Globe Insurance Company, the
+Montreal Loan & Mortgage Company, and the White Star Dominion
+Line. He remained throughout his entire professional career an
+active and discriminating student of law, constantly broadening
+his knowledge by reading and investigation, as well as experience.</p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 350px;">
+<img src="images/image189.jpg" width="350" height="500" alt="GEORGE B. CRAMP" />
+<p class="caption">GEORGE B. CRAMP</p>
+</div>
+
+<p>Mr. Cramp held membership in the Mount Royal Club and the St.
+James Club and was a casual attendant of the Olivet Baptist
+church. For many years Mr. Cramp spent the summer season at
+Saratoga, New York, or at Lachine, while his city residence was
+at No. 62 McTavish Street, where his sister, the last survivor
+of the family, now resides. He passed away February 16, 1913, at
+the age of eighty years, leaving behind him the record of a well
+spent life, in which he had wisely employed his time and talents.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_P18" id="Idx_P18"></a>THOMAS PRINGLE.</h3>
+
+<p>High on the list of mechanical and hydraulic engineers appears
+the name of Thomas Pringle. Scientific study, investigation and
+experience brought him to the enviable position which he long
+occupied, making his word authority upon many problems relating
+to the profession. He was born in Huntingdon, province of Quebec,
+in 1830, and died in Montreal on the 7th day of May, 1911. His
+father, David Pringle, was a farmer of Huntingdon and it was
+there that the son was reared and educated, but in 1850, when a
+young man of twenty years, he engaged in business in Montreal as
+a milling engineer and for many years was prominently connected
+with many water power developments and mill building operations
+throughout Canada. Every phase of the milling business seemed
+familiar to him and each forward step that he made seemed to
+bring him a wider outlook and broader opportunities. He later
+interested himself in the Montgomery Cotton Mills, the Hochelaga
+and St. Ann’s Mills, of the Dominion Cotton Company, and the
+Magog Print Mills, owned by the same corporation. His connection
+with all these different important projects constituted him a
+forceful factor in the industrial development of the country. He
+was thus associated with many of the chief productive industries
+of Canada and beyond this he became one of the foremost
+consulting engineers. It was in the<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_194" id="Page_194">[194]</a></span> ‘60s that his attention
+was first attracted to the water power possibilities of the
+Lachine Rapids, which were subsequently utilized by the Lachine
+Rapids Hydraulic & Land Company. At that early date, now more
+than half a century ago, he made preliminary plans and wrote a
+report upon the feasibility of the development in the interests
+of Hugh Fraser, founder of the Fraser Institute. Mr. Pringle
+predicted then that the water power would some day be used and
+he lived to see the day when the prediction was fulfilled. In
+1891 he was again asked to report on this power in the interest
+of the Royal Electric Company, and the following year was asked
+to report on the Chambly water power for the same concern. In
+1892 his eldest son was admitted to the business under the firm
+style of T. Pringle & Son, hydraulic engineers, and during the
+succeeding three years close observations were made and much data
+accumulated concerning the water power resources of the country,
+the firm being regarded as authority upon many questions relative
+thereto.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Pringle retired from the firm in 1898 but the business has
+since been continued by his son under the same name. His services
+were greatly sought, owing to his sound judgment, his scientific
+attainments, his keen insight, and his practical experience.
+He was considered the soul of honor and none ever questioned
+his integrity. He assisted many men to gain a start in life and
+many others were benefited by his powers of perception and keen
+insight. His services were in constant demand as an arbitrator
+when insurance companies were concerned in milling matters. John
+McDougall took delight in giving him credit for the creation
+of the large McDougall fortune and others acknowledged their
+indebtedness to him in a similar way. As a natural mathematician
+he perhaps had no superior in all Canada and he was regarded as
+one of the most distinguished members of the Canadian Society of
+Civil Engineers.</p>
+
+<p>In 1861 Mr. Pringle was united in marriage to Miss Catherine
+Ross, a daughter of Alexander and Isabella (Lang) Ross, of
+Chateauquay Basin. The mother, who came from Scotland in 1832,
+made her home at Chateauquay Basin, until death called her at
+the notable old age of ninety-seven years. Alexander Ross was a
+builder and assisted in the construction of the locks at Lachine
+Canal but his death occurred when he was yet a young man. Mr. and
+Mrs. Pringle had two sons: David Alexander, a mechanical engineer
+of Montreal; and R. E. T. Pringle, of Toronto, an electrical
+engineer.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_D8" id="Idx_D8"></a>ANDREW JOSEPH DAWES.</h3>
+
+<p>One of Montreal’s foremost business men, whose prominent
+identification with the financial and industrial life of this
+city has made him an important factor in business circles, is
+Andrew J. Dawes, president of the National Breweries, Ltd.,
+and also president of Dawes & Company, Ltd. The latter is the
+oldest established industrial institution in the Dominion, and
+was founded more than a century ago by Thomas A. Dawes, the
+grandfather of Andrew J. Dawes, who was the first of the family
+to leave England and settle in Canada.</p>
+
+<p>Thomas A. Dawes was first connected with the brewery at River
+St. Pierre. Ambitious to engage in business on his own account,
+he established the Dawes Brewery in 1811, placed it upon a
+substantial and profitable basis and was later joined in its
+management by his sons, Thomas A. and James P., who were admitted
+to a partnership in the business. When James P. Dawes passed
+away in 1878 his share in the business passed to his two sons,
+James P. Dawes, Jr., and Andrew J. Dawes, who then became
+associated with their uncle, Thomas A. Dawes, in continuing the
+business which developed steadily until it became one of the most
+extensive enterprises of its kind in the Dominion.</p>
+
+<p>Thomas Dawes, Jr., son of Thomas Dawes, the founder of the
+family in Canada, was familiarly and affectionately styled Tom
+throughout Lachine and wherever he was known. He there resided
+for nearly eighty years and it was said that such was the
+regularity of his habits that one could tell the time of day
+by his actions. He always took the same train into town each
+morning and the same walk in the evening and visited the bank at
+the same hour each day. His life was to the utmost methodical
+and systematic, and he was modest in demeanor and of retiring
+disposition. He occupied a beautiful home on the river bank of
+Lachine with his maiden sister. There he passed away on the 14th
+of May, 1908, when he was in the seventy-ninth year of his age,
+his birth having occurred in Lachine on the 19th of September,
+1829.</p>
+
+<p>James P. Dawes, Sr., another son of Thomas Dawes, the founder of
+the family in Canada, married a Miss Leishman, who died in 1856,
+leaving three sons, James P., Andrew J. and Thomas A. James P.
+Dawes, Sr., was prominently identified with the business during
+his active life, and contributed his part towards its progress
+and expansion. He died in 1878. His son, Andrew Joseph Dawes is
+now at the head of the mammoth business, which had its inception
+in the brain of his grandfather and took on material form
+through his efforts, and grew and developed through the labor of
+representatives of the family in intermediate generations to the
+present.</p>
+
+<p>To accumulate a fortune requires one kind of genius; to retain
+a fortune already acquired, to add to its legitimate increment
+and to make such use of it that its possessor may derive
+therefrom the greatest enjoyment and the public the greatest
+benefit, requires another kind of genius. Mr. Dawes belongs
+to that generation of business men called upon to shoulder
+responsibilities differing materially from those that rested upon
+their predecessors. In a broader field of enterprise they find
+themselves obliged to deal with affairs of greater magnitude and
+to solve more difficult and complicated financial and economic
+problems. Such is the position in which Andrew J. Dawes found
+himself and he has proven at all times equal to the occasion and
+the demands made upon him.</p>
+
+<p>Born in Lachine, June 15, 1846, he received his education in
+that town, and also in Montreal. His business career began early
+in connection with the interests of his father and on the death
+of that parent he assumed additional responsibilities in the
+business, which have been continued to the present time. Mr.
+Dawes has been a prominent factor in the development of the
+business. With its gradual growth facilities were increased, new
+buildings were added and the plant has thus expanded until it
+is represented by immense blocks of buildings, covering several
+acres on each side of the main street in Lachine. Aside from his
+extensive interests in the brewery business, Andrew J. Dawes is
+prominently identified with various projects and organizations
+for the development and improvement of the province along
+horticultural and agricultural lines, being especially interested
+in the subject of fruit growing.</p>
+
+<p>He is a director of the Montreal Horticultural and Fruit Growing
+Association; is president of the Council of Agriculture of the
+Province of Canada, and at one time was president of the Lachine
+Horticultural Association. He is a director of the Merchants Bank
+and holds the same official position in regard to the London
+and Lancashire Fire Insurance Company, Ltd. He is well known in
+social and club circles and was president of the Auto Club of
+Canada from 1903 to 1906, while his membership relations extend
+to the Mount Royal, St. James, Forest and Stream, Royal Montreal
+Golf, Royal St. Lawrence Yacht, Montreal Hunt, Auto and Aero,
+Montreal Jockey, Montreal Polo, and St. George Snow Shoe Clubs
+and to the Rideau Club of Ottawa.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Dawes married Miss Mary O. A. Wilgress, of Lachine, and
+they have two daughters: Rachel M., the wife of F. L. Bond, of
+Montreal; and Frances H., the wife of B. Hazen Porteous, of
+Montreal.</p>
+
+<p>A man of unusual energy whose exceptionally well preserved
+physical condition enables him to display a capacity for business
+more becoming to one twenty years his junior, success has made
+possible for Mr. Dawes the enjoyment of many social pleasures and
+interests. Yet prominent club man, that he is, Mr. Dawes’ first
+interest is the extensive business of which he is the controlling
+head and he is everywhere recognized as a forceful, resourceful
+man, ready to meet any emergency and ever looking beyond the
+exigencies of the moment to the opportunities and possibilities
+of the future.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_H31" id="Idx_H31"></a>T. STERRY HUNT, LL. D., F. R. S.</h3>
+
+<p>It is a trite saying that there is always room at the top, for
+while the lower ranks of life are crowded, comparatively few
+have the ambition and the energy to climb to the heights in
+connection with business or professional interests. Recognizing
+and utilizing his opportunities and wisely employing his time
+and talents, T. Sterry Hunt became recognized as one of the
+eminent Canadian scientists, his ability winning for him the
+unusual honor of being made a fellow of the Royal Society of
+London. He was born in Norwich, Connecticut, September 5, 1826,
+a representative of an old New England family. It was his
+parents’ desire that he should become a representative of the
+medical profession, but a strong inclination toward the study of
+chemistry, mineralogy and geology prevented him from becoming
+a physician. In 1845 he pursued his studies under Professor
+Benjamin Silliman of Yale University and later became his
+assistant. His constantly expanding powers marked him a man above
+the ordinary and distinguished honors came to him as the years
+passed. As early as 1846 the result of <a name="Err_21" id="Err_21"></a>his original research
+work was published in an article which he wrote for the American
+Journal of Science. When the Geological Survey of Canada, then
+recently organized by Mr. (later Sir) William E. Logan, required
+the service of a competent chemist and mineralogist, Mr. Logan
+applied to Professor Silliman to supply the man and Mr. Hunt
+was recommended for the position, which he accepted early in
+1847. His connection with the survey continued until 1872, when,
+much against the wish of the government, he resigned. His work
+embraced a large amount of field geology. The most difficult
+problems presented by the geological formation of Canada are
+those of its crystalline rocks. To this study Mr. Hunt addressed
+himself from the beginning and made the first clear exposition
+ever presented of the earlier rocks of the country. He afterward
+gave the names of Laurentian and Huronian to these rocks and in
+his investigations, analyses and scientific research laid the
+foundation of what he regarded as his life work. He also gave
+constant attention to the economic and practical departments
+of the survey and was the first to make known the deposits of
+phosphate of lime in Canada and call attention to its commercial
+value for fertilizing purposes,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_197" id="Page_197">[197]</a></span> collecting and sending
+specimens of the same to the foreign exhibits of 1851, 1855 and
+1867. He analyzed soils, investigated the petroleums of Canada
+and their distribution, and his studies of the mineral waters of
+the Dominion were the first and most complete ever made. His work
+in many respects constituted the foundation, basis and stimulus
+of all later investigation.</p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 346px;">
+<img src="images/image195.jpg" width="346" height="500" alt="T. STERRY HUNT" />
+<p class="caption">T. STERRY HUNT</p>
+</div>
+
+<p>During his connection with the survey work Mr. Hunt took part
+in the great exhibitions of 1856 and 1867, acting as judge at
+both, while his services in a similar connection were sought at
+the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia in 1876. His fame was
+world-wide as the result of his investigations and researches
+were made known, for he took the lead in much pioneer geological
+work on the North American continent.</p>
+
+<p>From 1856 until 1862 Dr. Hunt was professor of chemistry at Laval
+University in Quebec and was continued as one of its honorary
+professors until his death. His annual course of instruction
+there comprised forty lectures in the French language and for
+some years he was also lecturer at McGill University. In 1872
+he accepted the chair of geology in the Massachusetts Institute
+of Technology in Boston, there remaining until 1878, when he
+resigned in order to concentrate his efforts upon further study
+and professional work. His scientific attainments have gained
+him recognition both on the American and European continents.
+Harvard University created him Master of Arts in 1852 and from
+Laval and McGill Universities he received the degree of Doctor
+of Science. In 1881 he had the unusual honor of receiving the
+degree of Doctor of Laws from Cambridge University of England,
+and in special recognition of his eminence as a geologist he
+was created a fellow of the Royal Society of London in 1859. In
+1874 he was elected to membership in the National Academy of
+Sciences of the United States and in 1882 he was one of those
+called upon by the Marquis of Lorne to aid in the organization
+of the New Royal Society of Canada, becoming that year chief of
+the section of physical and mathematical sciences. In 1884 he was
+elected its president. Thus year after year honors were conferred
+upon him—honors well merited yet worn with becoming modesty.
+He was one of the founders of the American Association for the
+Advancement of Science at Philadelphia and in 1870 was elected
+to its presidency. He was also an early member of the American
+Institute of Mining Engineers and was its president in 1877,
+while in 1880 he became the founder and president of the American
+Chemical Society. Among the decorations conferred upon him was
+that of the Legion of Honor, bestowed by Napoleon III, and the
+cross of St. Mauritius and St. Lazarus from the king of Italy.
+He contributed much to scientific literature and was a well
+known lecturer on scientific subjects. He frequently went abroad
+for study, spending much time in that way in Great Britain,
+Switzerland and Italy. A chemical green ink which he invented in
+1859 was the cause of giving the name of greenbacks to American
+currency. His explorations on the American continent had extended
+from the Gulf of St. Lawrence southward to the Gulf of Mexico and
+westward to the Pacific.</p>
+
+<p>In January, 1878, Dr. Hunt was married to Miss Anna Rebecca Gale,
+the eldest daughter of Justice Samuel Gale of Montreal, who was
+judge of the court of queen’s bench for Lower Canada. His wife
+was Mary M. Hawley, who was born in Montreal and was educated in
+this city and abroad. One of their daughters became the Baroness
+von Friesen, of Dresden. After the death of the<a class="pagenum" name="Page_198" id="Page_198">[198]</a> father in 1865,
+Mrs. Hunt traveled extensively in Europe in company with her
+two sisters. She is the author of one or two volumes of poems
+of considerable merit, so that her name, like her husband’s, is
+known in literary circles. Dr. Hunt passed away in February,
+1892. His contribution to the world’s work was a valuable one.
+His investigation, research and native intelligence constituted
+the key which unlocked for us many of the portals beyond which
+lay nature’s mysteries. The earth and its construction were
+largely to him an open book and he made it a readable volume for
+others, placing his investigations before mankind in a way that
+has constituted the foundation for further research.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_H23" id="Idx_H23"></a>LIEUTENANT COLONEL FREDERICK WILLIAM HIBBARD.</h3>
+
+<p>Lieutenant Colonel Frederick William Hibbard has been frequently
+before the public as a speaker and writer upon topics of
+public interest. Although never a candidate he was for years
+a participant in both federal and provincial politics and has
+appeared on numerous public occasions both in the province of
+Quebec and in that of Ontario. He is the senior member of the
+firm of Hibbard, Boyer & Gosselin, and a successful member
+of the Montreal bar. Ireland claims him as a native son, his
+birth having occurred in Dublin on the 19th of October, 1865.
+His father was the late Lieutenant Colonel Ashley Hibbard, of
+Montreal, and his mother was Sarah Ann Hibbard, the second
+daughter of the Rev. Ambrose Lane, M. A., perpetual curate of St.
+Thomas, Pendleton, Manchester, England.</p>
+
+<p>After spending some years under private instruction, Lieutenant
+Colonel F. W. Hibbard entered McGill University, where he took
+his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1886. After a couple of years
+spent in teaching he returned to the university for the study of
+law, graduating as B. C. L. in 1891. In addition to the degree
+of B. C. L. received in that year he was also gold medallist.
+In 1892 he received the degree of M. A. He began practice as a
+barrister in 1893 and was created king’s counsel in 1907. His
+advancement at the bar has been continuous and long since he
+left the ranks of the many to stand among the successful few.
+From 1907 until 1910 he was crown prosecutor for the district
+of Montreal, and his clientele of a private character has been
+extensive and important. In literary circles he is known and
+has given papers and addresses upon a number of subjects. In
+1903 he was president of the St. James Literary Society of
+Montreal. His popularity as a lecturer is based both upon the
+entertaining and the instructive nature of his discourses. He
+has addressed various audiences upon the following comprehensive
+subjects:—Canadian Constitutional Government, The Land Defence
+of Canada, The Value of Organized Effort in Municipal Affairs,
+The Prophecy of the West, and Canadians at Home and Abroad. He
+is not merely a theorist, for his ideas have many times taken
+practical, tangible form, and in 1910 his fitness for the
+position led to his appointment to the presidency of the Quebec
+public utilities commission. In military circles his name is
+known, for he holds a first class certificate from the Royal
+School of Artillery, and in 1894 joined the Second Regiment
+Canadian Artillery as a lieutenant. He was advanced to the rank
+of captain in 1895, major in 1897, lieutenant colonel in command
+in 1901 and R. O. in 1906. He was one of the artillery officers
+of<a class="pagenum" name="Page_199" id="Page_199">[199]</a> the Second Canadian Contingent at Queen Victoria’s Jubilee,
+received the Diamond Jubilee medal from the hand of King Edward,
+and was presented to the late Queen Victoria at Windsor Castle.
+In 1900 he was elected to the presidency of the Montreal Military
+Institute and in 1905 became vice president of the Dominion
+Artillery Association.</p>
+
+<p>Lieutenant Colonel Hibbard was married in November, 1898, to Miss
+Emily Laura Baker, the third daughter of Joseph S. Baker, of
+Dunham, P. Q. He finds recreation in golf and has been president
+of the Outremont Golf Club. He is a member of the St. James and
+University Clubs and the Quebec Garrison Club. A liberal in
+politics, he has been active in support of the principles of his
+party, recognizing the duties and obligations as well as the
+privileges of citizenship. In religious belief is an Anglican,
+having twice served as warden of his church, is a member of
+the synod of Montreal and of the executive committee of the
+diocese. Mr. D. A. Lafortune, his colleague as crown prosecutor,
+has characterized him as “a man of dignity and learning.”
+His lifelong habit of study and investigation, his deep and
+continuous interest in important public questions, and his
+earnest purpose, prompting him to action in behalf of the public
+welfare, have made him a citizen of value in advancing progress
+and working toward that better ordering of things which is always
+the goal of progress.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_O6" id="Idx_O6"></a>J. ADELARD OUIMET.</h3>
+
+<p>Among the better known advocates of Montreal is J. Adélard
+Ouimet, who is a member of the firm of Ouimet & Guertin. He
+is one of the most successful men in his line, and by his
+career carries forward the tradition of the family which to a
+large extent has been connected with the legal fraternity. The
+grandfather, Michel Ouimet, was justice of the peace of St. Rose,
+in the county of Laval, and also took an active part in the
+insurrection of 1837. The father of J. Adélard Ouimet was Landré
+Ouimet, and his wife was in her maidenhood Miss Euphémie Bourqué.
+A brother of our subject, also named Landré Ouimet, was for ten
+years an alderman for St. Jean Baptiste ward and an uncle on the
+paternal side was judge of the court of appeals and president of
+the City and District Savings Bank.</p>
+
+<p>J. Adélard Ouimet was born at Ste. Scholastique, in the county
+of Two Mountains, on the 7th of March, 1868. He pursued his
+classical studies in the Seminary of Ste. Thérèse and at the
+University of Ottawa and his law course at Laval University,
+being admitted to the bar in 1895. He then became a partner of
+the well known legal firm of Ouimet, Emard, Maurault & Ouimet,
+but after the appointment of the Hon. J. A. Ouimet, his uncle,
+to the judgeship of the court of appeals he entered into
+partnership with A. Délisle, Q. C., then a member of parliament
+for Portneuf county, but two years later decided to engage in
+practice independently. In May, 1913, he formed a partnership
+with C. A. Guertin, Q. C., under the firm name of Ouimet &
+Guertin. He possesses every quality of which a lawyer may be
+proud—skill in the presentation of his evidence, marked ability
+in cross-examination, persuasiveness before the jury, a strong
+grasp of every feature of the case, the ability to secure a
+favorable ruling<a class="pagenum" name="Page_200" id="Page_200">[200]</a> from the judge, unusual familiarity with human
+nature and the springs of human conduct and, last but not least,
+untiring energy. He has often occasion to demonstrate his ability
+and has handled many important cases since his admission to the
+bar, his clientele being of the most representative character. He
+is dignified and impressive, deliberate in manner, his speeches
+always commanding attention. Entirely free from ostentation
+and display, he largely relies upon the simple weight of his
+character and is ever prepared to meet any attack of the opposing
+counsel, as his mind works with a rapidity which often excites
+the wonder and admiration of his colleagues.</p>
+
+<p>On the 3d of September, 1901, Mr. Ouimet was united in marriage
+in Montreal to Miss Dersina Vaillancourt, a daughter of Benjamin
+Vaillancourt, a well known grain merchant of Montreal, and they
+have one son, George Etienne. As is but natural, Mr. Ouimet
+has taken a conspicuous part in the public life of his city
+and province, having participated in all elections since 1890,
+not only in the province of Quebec but also in Ontario. He
+is a conservative in his political affiliations and stanchly
+upholds the principles of his party. He was the founder and
+first president of Le Club Morin, holding the executive office
+during 1893 and 1894. From 1894 to 1896 he was also president of
+Le Club des Jeunes Conservateurs and is an active member of Le
+Club Cartier, of which he served as treasurer from 1910 to 1912.
+He is also a military man. After having been in the Sixty-fifth
+Regiment for ten years, he then joined the Eighty-fifth Regiment,
+becoming captain in 1900. He will be major of that regiment in
+1914. Fraternally he is chief ranger of the Catholic Order of
+Foresters and is a member of the Royal Guardians and of the
+Catholic Foresters Club. His religious faith is that of the Roman
+Catholic church, to the work of which he gives his moral and
+material support. At the Ottawa University he was the founder
+of La Société des Débats Canadien Français in 1889 and served
+as its first president. In 1908 he was also elected president
+of L’Association St. Jean Baptiste of St. Jean Baptiste parish.
+Mr. Ouimet is a successful lawyer in the truest sense of the
+word, a man unusually broad-minded and intelligent, tolerant and
+of wide experience, never mercenary or grasping, believing in
+something greater than mere material wealth, who in the course of
+a distinguished career, spent simply and unostentatiously, has
+been a factor for good along various lines. His public-spirited
+citizenship has been a boon to Montreal, who proudly claims him
+as one of her citizens, and Mr. Ouimet returns the honor which
+the city’s people entertain for him by a loyalty which could not
+be more devoted.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_S11" id="Idx_S11"></a>CHARLES FRANCIS SMITH.</h3>
+
+<p>Charles Francis Smith, for half a century a leading figure in
+the business and social life of Montreal, was born in Aylesford,
+Hampshire, England, in 1841. He had reached the psalmist’s
+allotted span of three score years and ten when death called
+him in Montreal on the 30th of September, 1911. His position
+was one which gained for him not only the respect but also the
+admiration and love of his associates. Important and extensive as
+were his business enterprises, they constituted<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_203" id="Page_203">[203]</a></span> but one phase
+of an existence that was largely devoted to charitable works and
+civic affairs and he was no less esteemed for his generosity and
+unfailing kindness than he was admired for his business acumen.
+His residence in Canada covered a period of forty-eight years. He
+came to this country as a member of the standing army. The shed
+in which he and his fellow soldiers slept the first night after
+landing at St. Andrews, New Brunswick, is still standing near
+the beautiful summer home which he afterward built for himself
+there. His entrance into commercial circles in Montreal was made
+as proprietor of a shoe store on St. Mary Street. He afterward
+entered into partnership with the late James McCready and upon
+the latter’s death became sole proprietor of the business and
+so remained for almost one-third of a century; yet in order to
+give his employes the opportunity of sharing in the profits of
+the business he formed a limited company nine years prior to
+his demise. In April, 1911, the business was sold to D. Lorne
+McGibbon, although Mr. Smith retained an interest in the new
+company,—the Ames, Holden, McCready, Limited,—of which he
+became a director.</p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 346px;">
+<img src="images/image201.jpg" width="346" height="500" alt="CHARLES F. SMITH" />
+<p class="caption">CHARLES F. SMITH</p>
+</div>
+
+<p>Public affairs as well as private interests profited by the
+efforts, the sound judgment and keen discrimination of Mr.
+Smith. He was at one time alderman of Montreal; was a member of
+the finance committee and was again and again urged to become a
+candidate for the mayoralty. Native modesty, however, caused him
+to remain in private life even when it was almost a certainty
+that he would be elected to any office to which he might aspire.
+He was the only English member of the French Commercial School
+which was established by the Gouin government, and he belonged to
+the Board of Trade for five or six years, being first a member of
+the council and rising through the offices of treasurer and vice
+president to that of president, being elected by acclamation.
+He was also a vice president of the Dominion Express Company;
+managing director of the Laurentide Pulp Company; a director of
+the Merchants Bank; a director of the Montreal Trust Company; a
+director of the Dominion Textile Company; was at one time the
+president of the Western Hospital, and had been for years one of
+the governors of both the Notre Dame and General Hospitals, and
+vice president of the Royal Alexandra. He was a well known figure
+in the city’s fashionable clubs, belonging to the Mount Royal and
+St. James Clubs, the Royal Montreal Golf Club, the Forest and
+Stream Club and the Royal St. Lawrence Yacht Club. He was also a
+charter member of Canada Council of the Knights of Columbus; a
+prominent parishioner of St. Patrick’s church, as well as warden
+of the same; a director of St. Patrick’s Orphan Asylum, and
+president of the Catholic Sailors’ Club. He was also a well known
+member of St. George’s Society.</p>
+
+<p>His kindness of heart was invariable, he was especially devoted
+to his home and shunned ostentation. At St. Andrews where he
+spent every summer, one of his greatest pleasures consisted in
+the companionship of those friends of his who lived near him,
+of whom Sir Thomas Shaughnessy was among the number. Taking
+a great interest in matters pertaining to education, he was
+one of the founders of the Catholic high school, and a member
+of the administration of Laval University, and though, well
+known in life as a conservative in politics, he was appointed
+by Hon. Lomer Gouin as governor of L’Ecole des Hautes Etudes
+Commerciales. Besides being a practical manufacturer, Mr. Smith
+gave special attention to tariff matters, and his contributions
+to the campaign against unrestricted<a class="pagenum" name="Page_204" id="Page_204">[204]</a> reciprocity in 1891,
+when Sir Wilfrid Laurier, Mr. Erastus Wiman and their friends
+endeavored to establish free trade between Canada and the United
+States, did more than a little to secure the protectionist
+victory of that year.</p>
+
+<p>For years Mr. Smith did not actively participate in civic
+affairs, but in 1890, when a reform wave was sweeping over the
+commercial metropolis he was asked to come forward as a candidate
+in one of the civic divisions. He hesitated for some time, but
+finally consented to contest the west ward if his warm personal
+friend, the late Mr. Frank Hart, would also seek a seat in the
+city council. At that time the late Colonel Stevenson was a
+landmark in civic politics as well as in military and social
+circles, and so well was the colonel known that there were many
+who considered that with him as an opponent Mr. Smith had hardly
+a fighting chance. It was contended that a Roman Catholic could
+not be elected in such a pronounced Protestant district as the
+west ward, but the success achieved by Mr. Smith in that contest
+proved that the reform candidate’s reputation was too well
+established to leave him a victim of the religious cry. He served
+in the council during 1890 and 1891, on the finance committee,
+and though assured that he could have a second election by
+acclamation, he declined both the aldermanic and mayoralty honors
+that were offered him.</p>
+
+<p>In a quiet and unostentatious manner he was a generous
+contributor to deserving charities, irrespective of nationality
+or creed. He was one of the most prominent English-speaking
+Catholics in Montreal. As a personal friend of Archbishop
+Bruchesi, Mr. Smith was frequently consulted in the church’s
+temporal affairs.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Smith twice married: His first wife was Miss Mary A. McGlynn
+and his second wife who survives him, was Miss Margaret M.
+McNally, daughter of the late Bernard McNally. Two sons were the
+issue of the first marriage, Clarence F. Smith, vice president
+and general manager of the Ames, Holden, McCready, Limited, and
+Frederick H. Smith, who lived in the West Indies, until his death
+in April, 1912. To the second marriage the following children
+were born: Rose M.; Charles F., who died on August 20, 1911;
+Marguerite M.; Francis C.; May G.; and Geraldine M.</p>
+
+<p>The Montreal Herald said of Mr. Smith: “There was no better
+citizen of Montreal than the late Charles F. Smith. He had
+made his way in the world by dint of rare power of business
+organization. In addition he was a man who made friends and held
+them. He had no taste for public life himself, but he had a deep
+interest in public affairs and in the men who in public life
+supported his views. It was so in the affairs of the Board of
+Trade and resulted in his becoming president of that body. It
+was so in civic affairs and resulted in his being much against
+his inclination, elected to the council. It was so in Dominion
+politics, and if he has passed away before his party friends had
+the opportunity of showing their appreciation, it is certain that
+the fighting ranks of the conservative party had few more prudent
+or more generous counsellors.</p>
+<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_205" id="Page_205">[205]</a></p>
+<p>“Mr. Smith went to the city council with Mr. Laporte, Mr. Ames
+and the late Mr. Hart at a time when the city had just been
+aroused to the need of wholesale reforms. He played a part of
+much importance, for with two or three other trained business men
+he sat in at the centre of things, on the old finance committee
+and supervised a general cleaning up of the city hall. It was the
+good work of those days that made possible the larger reforms of
+later years.”</p>
+
+<p>The Montreal Gazette said editorially of him: “By the death of
+Mr. Charles F. Smith another able and successful man has been
+taken from Montreal’s commercial life. Mr. Smith through years of
+painstaking energy built up a successful business, from which the
+city benefited as well as himself.</p>
+
+<p>“In the process he won the respect of all with whom he became
+associated. Commercial organizations valued his advice. The
+Board of Trade counted him as a wise counsellor. When the city’s
+affairs were in need of improvement he served in the council
+and with his associates did useful work in its behalf. He could
+have had other public offices had he desired, but his preference
+was for private life. He has passed away at a ripe age, held in
+regard alike for the qualities of his mind and of his heart,
+and leaving a memory that will encourage others to follow his
+footsteps.”</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_E3" id="Idx_E3"></a>GERALD OTHO ROUSSKI ELIOTT.</h3>
+
+<p>Since 1908 Gerald O. R. Eliott has occupied the position of
+assistant marine superintendent of the Canadian Pacific Railroad
+Company’s Atlantic steamship lines. He was born March 28, 1874,
+in Dalhousie, India, and is a son of George Augustus and Helen
+(Jardine) Eliott.</p>
+
+<p>Gerald Eliott received his education at Taplow grammar school,
+the Maidenhead high school and then served as a cadet on H. M. S.
+School Ship Conway. Naval life having a particular attraction for
+him, he entered the mercantile marine and served for some time
+in sailing vessels of the White Star line. He was an officer in
+connection with various steamship lines and was doing service on
+boats which carried British troops during the South African war.
+In 1901 he joined the Canadian Pacific steamship lines and served
+as an officer on various ships until he was appointed to his
+present important position of assistant superintendent in 1908.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Eliott’s naval career includes the following appointments:
+midshipman, R. N. R., 1890; appointed acting lieutenant in H. M.
+S. Jupiter in 1900, having gone through the gunnery and torpedo
+course; received naval reserve decoration for fifteen years’
+service in commissioned rank; retired in 1912 as commander.</p>
+
+<p>In 1908, in Toronto, Ontario, Mr. Eliott married Miss Edith
+Aspden, a daughter of Thomas Aspden, of Lancashire, and later of
+Chicago, Illinois, and Toronto. Mr. Eliott is a member of the
+Church of England and upholds conservative principles at the
+polls. His club is that of the Commercial Travelers of Montreal.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_B29" id="Idx_B29"></a>AURELIEN BOYER.</h3>
+
+<p>Aurelien Boyer, a man of recognized professional ability and
+prominence, who since 1899 has been an associate member of the
+Canadian Society of Civil Engineers, was born in Montreal and
+pursued his education in schools of the city. He was graduated
+with honors as civil engineer and metallurgist from Ecole
+Polytechnique, a department of Laval University, with the class
+of 1896<a class="pagenum" name="Page_206" id="Page_206">[206]</a> and at once entered upon the active work of his chosen
+profession. He was in charge of the survey and location of the
+Yukon telegraph line and resigned from the department of public
+works of Canada after his appointment as superintendent of
+government telegraphs and cables for Quebec and the maritime
+provinces. In 1905 he was chemical engineer and local manager of
+the A. D. Gall Petroleum & Chemical Company, having charge of
+their wood distillation plant at Mont Tremblant, Quebec, and in
+1909 became vice president and chief engineer of the Duckworth
+Boyer Engineering & Inspection Company, Ltd., which was later
+consolidated with the Canadian Inspection Company, Ltd., under
+the name of the Canadian Inspection & Testing Laboratories, Ltd.
+Of the latter company he is now vice president and treasurer.
+Scientific knowledge, acquired skill and ability have brought him
+to a place in the front rank of those who are engaged in similar
+enterprises in the province.</p>
+
+<p>In June, 1903, Mr. Boyer married Madame Elmira Corinne Dufresne,
+of Three Rivers, Quebec. He belongs to the Engineers Club
+and the Winchester Club. He is now a member of the board of
+administration of L’Ecole Polytechnique and a director of
+Association des Anciens Elèves de L’Ecole Polytechnique.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_R22" id="Idx_R22"></a>LIEUTENANT COLONEL JAMES GEORGE ROSS.</h3>
+
+<p>Lieutenant Colonel James George Ross, president of the Ross
+Realty Company, Ltd., and favorably known in Montreal as a
+prominent figure in financial circles, was born in this city,
+October 18, 1861, a son of the late Phillip Simpson and Christina
+Chalmers (Dansken) Ross, both of whom were natives of Scotland.
+His early education was acquired in private schools, with
+later attendance at the high school of Montreal and subsequent
+attendance at the Ontario Agricultural College in Guelph, from
+which he was graduated with the class of 1881.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Ross went to the northwest upon an extended trip with a
+view to settling there, but returned to Montreal and associated
+himself with his father, who was a representative of the
+profession of chartered accountant. Shortly afterward he was
+admitted to partnership with his brother, the business being
+carried on under the firm style of P. S. Ross & Sons, and on
+the death of his father he became the head of the firm. He
+is a chartered accountant and a member of the Association of
+Accountants and is a fellow of the Dominion Association of
+Chartered Accountants. Aside from his business in that connection
+he is president of the Ross Realty Company, Ltd., and as such
+figures prominently in real-estate circles, negotiating and
+managing many important property transfers.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Ross has always evinced a great interest in military matters.
+In 1879 he joined the Ontario Field Battery, retiring in the year
+1883. In 1884 he held a commission as officer in the Victoria
+Rifles, retiring in 1891 with the rank of captain. In 1898 he
+joined the Fifth Royal Highlanders and in 1899 was gazetted
+captain while in August, 1906, he was promoted to the rank of
+major and in May, 1909, was made lieutenant colonel. In 1907 he
+received the Long Service medal for officers having served for
+twenty years. He is in active connection with the Montreal Board
+of Trade and is a director of the Crown Trust<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_209" id="Page_209">[209]</a></span> Company. His
+interest and support extend to charitable and benevolent projects
+and he is a life governor of the Montreal Western Hospital.
+Fraternally he is a Scottish Rite Mason, while in club circles he
+is widely and favorably known, his membership being in the St.
+James Club, Canada Club, Beaconsfield Golf Club, Canadian Club,
+Montreal Curling Club, Royal St. Lawrence Yacht Club, Montreal
+Amateur Athletic Association, Westmount Athletic Club and the
+Junior Army and Navy Club of London, England. In his younger days
+he was very active in athletic sports, especially in running, and
+he handled the snowshoe with expert skill. In 1887 it was claimed
+that he was “the best man in Canada who ever strapped on a racing
+shoe.” In the winter of 1888 he accompanied Lieutenant Schwatka
+in the explorer’s trip through the Yellowstone Park and was the
+only man who came out in as good shape as he went in.</p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 350px;">
+<img src="images/image207.jpg" width="350" height="500" alt="LIEUTENANT COLONEL JAMES G. ROSS" />
+<p class="caption">LIEUTENANT COLONEL JAMES G. ROSS</p>
+</div>
+
+<p>In March, 1891, Mr. Ross married Miss Alice Margaret Monk,
+daughter of the late John Monk, an advocate of Montreal, and they
+have two daughters, Marjorie and Evelyn.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_M52" id="Idx_M52"></a>THOMAS MUSSEN.</h3>
+
+<p>One of the best known merchants of the past generation in
+Montreal, and a man whose well ordered life and high business
+principles commanded the respect of all who knew him, was born in
+1804, in Yorkshire, England, and came to Canada with his parents
+in 1817, the family home being established in the south part of
+the province of Quebec near the Vermont line.</p>
+
+<p>Thomas Mussen early entered business life in Montreal, becoming
+a clerk with the firm of William Smith & Company with whom he
+remained for about ten years. He was careful with his earnings
+and in 1827, he had saved sufficient capital to enable him to
+purchase a small stock of dry goods, opening a store on St. Paul
+Street, near Jacques Cartier Square, then the heart of the retail
+district.</p>
+
+<p>The business prospered from the first and when larger quarters
+were demanded he removed to Notre Dame Street, at the corner of
+St. Gabriel, being the first merchant to locate on Notre Dame
+Street, and afterwards located at the corner of St. Lawrence
+boulevard and Notre Dame Street, where he continued until 1865.
+In that year the store was removed to Craig Street, near St.
+Lawrence boulevard, where he continued until his new building was
+erected at the corner of St. Lambert and Notre Dame. There the
+business was successfully continued by him until his death April
+5, 1892. Each removal had indicated a demand for larger quarters.
+The business was marked by continuous growth and development
+under the strong guiding hand of Mr. Mussen, who came to be
+ranked with the leading merchants of the city. His store was one
+of the leading commercial establishments of the province. After
+the death of Mr. Mussen, the business was carried on by his sons,
+William W. and Henry S., until 1900 when it was discontinued, the
+brothers retiring from active business. William W. Mussen died in
+1904 and Henry S. Mussen passed away in 1912.</p>
+
+<p>Harold Beaufort Mussen, son of William W., and a well known
+insurance and real-estate broker of Montreal, after acquiring his
+education in the schools of his native city, entered the employ
+of the Canada Atlantic Railway, where his<a class="pagenum" name="Page_210" id="Page_210">[210]</a> developing powers
+and ability won him promotion until he became general agent. He
+continued with them until October, 1904, when after a service of
+twelve years he withdrew to engage in business on his own account.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_L21" id="Idx_L21"></a>PETER LYALL.</h3>
+
+<p>In the death of Peter Lyall Montreal lost a citizen who left
+the impress of his individuality for good upon the community in
+which he lived. He was a man of fine personal appearance, and his
+splendid physique was an indication of the strength of his mental
+and moral nature. For many years he was connected with business
+interests as a prominent contractor, being the head of the Peter
+Lyall & Sons Construction Company, Ltd. While in his seventieth
+year at the time of his death, he had always remained in active
+connection with his business until a few days prior to his demise.</p>
+
+<p>Scotland numbered Mr. Lyall among her native sons, his birth
+having occurred at Castletown, Caithness, Scotland, where he
+gained a practical knowledge of the contracting business before
+crossing the Atlantic in 1870. When he sought a home in the
+new world Montreal was his destination and he made his initial
+step in circles here in the employ of his cousin, the later
+Peter Nicholson. Six years were sufficient to bring him a wide
+acquaintance that he believed justified him in embarking in
+business on his own account. He was joined by his two sons,
+William and Traill O. in 1892, who are still connected with the
+business that was established in Montreal in 1876. The third son,
+Peter D. Lyall, is head of a large contracting firm in Winnipeg.
+From the time that he started out independently Peter Lyall was
+successful and his name figured prominently in connection with
+building operations in Montreal and this part of Canada. He kept
+in close touch with all phases of the business and with all
+progressive steps therein. Many of the business structures of
+Montreal still stand as monuments to his ability, his energy and
+his notable ambition. He carried out the erection of the Quebec
+Bank Building, the Royal Victoria Hospital, Macdonald Engineering
+buildings at McGill, the Sun Life building, the Canada Life,
+the Grand Trunk general offices, the Coristine building, the
+new Board of Trade, the Stock Exchange, the Guardian Life, the
+Dominion Express and Transportation buildings, and hundreds of
+others. Some of the finest residences of the city also stand as
+monuments to his handiwork, notably among which are the homes of
+the late Sir Edward S. Clouston and George L. Cains. From the
+time that he started out in business his rise was continuous. It
+was soon evident that he understood the building business, both
+from a scientific and practical standpoint, that his reliability
+made him worthy of a liberal patronage, and that his energy
+and indomitable spirit made possible the prompt and faithful
+execution of his contracts. Success came to him soon and was well
+merited, so that he gained place among the prosperous residents
+of the city. His ability in management, his power of carefully
+formulating plans and then executing them with determination
+was seen in his cooperation in the organization of a number of
+companies which have constituted leading factors in industrial,
+commercial and financial circles. He was one of the promoters of
+the Lachine Rapids Hydraulic & Land Company,<a class="pagenum" name="Page_211" id="Page_211">[211]</a> formed in 1896, and
+of the Midway Land Company in the same year. He was one of the
+organizers of the Laprairie Brick Company in 1904.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Lyall was united in marriage to Miss Christina Oman, who,
+like her husband, was a native of Castletown, Caithness,
+Scotland. They became the parents of three sons, William and
+Traill O., of Montreal, Peter D., of Winnipeg and a daughter,
+now Mrs. D. W. Lockerby, of Montreal. Mr. Lyall possessed a
+social nature that found expression in his membership in the
+Canada, Reform, Canadian, Country and Engineers Clubs. His kindly
+disposition made him a favorite in all circles, and among no
+class of people was he more appreciated than by his own employes.
+He was deeply interested in all that pertained to affairs of
+government and to municipal progress. For many years he was a
+prominent member of the liberal party, earnestly striving to
+promote its success, and in 1904 he unsuccessfully contested the
+St. Antoine district for the Dominion parliament. At one time he
+was president of the Montreal Reform Club and at all times took
+a firm stand in opposition to misrule in public affairs and in
+support of all that he believed would uphold the honored tenets
+of government and promote the best interests of the people in
+general. For two years he was a member of the Montreal city
+council and brought his splendid business acumen to bear on
+civic problems, proving himself one of the strongest men at the
+council table. He was afterward eagerly besought to again become
+a member of the council but declined. He took a deep and helpful
+interest in the Citizens Association, being in hearty sympathy
+with its purpose, and at the time of his demise was one of its
+vice presidents. Above and beyond all this Mr. Lyall was known
+as a man of most generous and benevolent spirit, ever seeking
+to promote the welfare and happiness of his fellowmen. He could
+not listen unmoved to a tale of sorrow or distress, and to the
+extent of his ability he extended a helping hand to the needy. He
+gave not only freely of his money but also a large portion of his
+time to good works. He was president of the Protestant Hospital
+for the Insane at Verdun, and his efforts were a potent force
+in making it one of the excellent institutions of its character
+in the country. The Western Hospital found him equally helpful
+and generous. Thus he made his presence felt beneficially in
+commercial, political and philanthropic circles. To know him was
+to esteem and honor him by reason of what he accomplished and the
+methods he pursued. The most envious could not grudge him his
+success, so honorably was it won and so worthily used.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_D33" id="Idx_D33"></a>ALFRED B. DUFRESNE.</h3>
+
+<p>In insurance circles in Montreal and among business men in
+general the name of Alfred B. Dufresne is well known because of
+his activity in the field to which he directs his efforts. He was
+born April 13, 1874, at Joliette, Canada, a son of J. Alfred and
+Honorine (Delfausse) Dufresne, who now reside in Montreal. He
+was educated in Plateau Academy and at the age of eighteen years
+began work as a clerk in the office of the Alliance Assurance
+Company in Montreal. During the twelve years he served the
+company he won promotion from time to time until he became chief
+clerk, his capability and fidelity thus winning<a class="pagenum" name="Page_212" id="Page_212">[212]</a> him recognition
+and gaining for him substantial advancement. In 1903 he was
+appointed inspector for the Mount Royal Assurance Company and
+so continued until 1907, when he was appointed chief specific
+rating inspector of the Canadian Fire Underwriters Association.
+In 1908 he was appointed manager of the Montreal-Canada Fire
+Insurance Company, filling the position for two years, or until
+1910, when he took up general agency work, now representing the
+Northwestern National Insurance Company, the Montreal-Canada Fire
+Insurance Company, the Anglo-American Fire Insurance Company, the
+Protection Fire Insurance Company and the Rimouski Fire Insurance
+Company, with offices in the Duluth building.</p>
+
+<p>On the 12th of October, 1909, Mr. Dufresne was married to Miss
+Gabrielle Mathieu, and to them have been born two daughters,
+Jacqueline and Françoise. The family reside at No. 171 Esplanade
+Avenue, and Mr. Dufresne is a member of the St. Denis Club. Much
+of his life has been passed in the city where he now resides,
+and his admirable traits of character, as well as his business
+ability, have gained him firm hold on the regard and good-will of
+all with whom he has been associated.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_D32" id="Idx_D32"></a>CHARLES ALBERT DUCLOS.</h3>
+
+<p>The name of Charles Albert Duclos figures in professional circles
+in Montreal as that of a lawyer whose ability has won for him a
+large clientage. He is a man of scholarly attainments, which,
+added to his knowledge of the law, has gained him prestige among
+the successful advocates of the city. A native of Joliette, P.
+Q., he was born on the 3d of August, 1861, his parents being
+the Rev. R. P. and Sophie A. Jeaureneaud Duclos. The father was
+a French-Canadian, while the mother was born in Switzerland.
+The Rev. R. P. Duclos has devoted his life to the work of
+the ministry as a representative of the Presbyterian church.
+Realizing the value of education as a factor for success in any
+chosen field of labor, the father provided his son with good
+opportunities in that direction and, after attending the Montreal
+high school, Charles A. Duclos entered McGill University, in
+which he pursued the arts course, winning the B. A. degree in
+1881, and then entered upon the study of law, winning the B. C.
+L. degree, with the Elizabeth Torrance gold medal in 1884. His
+high standing in scholarship constituted the basis upon which
+his friends builded their belief in his successful future, and
+the faith which they manifested has found justification in
+his professional career. Following his graduation he at once
+entered upon active practice in Montreal, where he has remained
+continuously since. Aside from his practice he is the vice
+president of the Ross Realty Company, which was organized in
+1906, and in that connection he has displayed sound business
+judgment and enterprise.</p>
+
+<p>In June, 1889, Mr. Duclos was united in marriage to Isabella
+Spence, a daughter of G. M. Holbrook, of Ottawa, and they reside
+at No. 488 Elm Avenue, Westmount. Mr. Duclos’ fellow citizens of
+Westmount called him to the office of mayor, in which he served
+in 1905-6, giving to the city a businesslike and progressive
+administration. He is a conservative in politics, and he stands
+for<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_215" id="Page_215">[215]</a></span> all that means progress along material, intellectual,
+political and moral lines. His religious faith is that of the
+Presbyterian church. His social connections are with St. James,
+Canada, Royal Montreal Golf, St. George Snowshoe Clubs, of
+Montreal; and the Rideau Club, of Ottawa. Appreciative of the
+social amenities of life and readily recognizing and appreciating
+these qualities in others, he has gained many friends in these
+organizations. However, he regards the practice of law as his
+real life work and bends his energies, in major part, toward
+his professional duties. He was created king’s counsel in 1903,
+and the years of his active practice now cover nearly three
+decades—years in which he has made continuous advancement as the
+result of constantly developing power in the line of his chosen
+profession.</p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 346px;">
+<img src="images/image213.jpg" width="346" height="500" alt="CHARLES A. DUCLOS" />
+<p class="caption">CHARLES A. DUCLOS</p>
+</div>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_A5" id="Idx_A5"></a>REV. CANON JOHN MACPHERSON ALMOND.</h3>
+
+<p>Rev. Canon John Macpherson Almond, rector of Trinity church,
+Montreal, is a man whose practical piety has been demonstrated in
+many ways, as a traveling missionary, on the field of battle, in
+the pulpit and in quiet work among his people. His name stands as
+a synonym for sincerity of purpose, upright living and breadth of
+mind, and his accomplishments have already been important enough
+to form a notable part of the history of the Anglican church in
+Canada. Canon Almond was born in Shigawake, Quebec province, July
+27, 1872, and is a son of James and Mary Ann (Macpherson) Almond.
+He studied in the University of Bishop’s College at Lennoxville,
+from which he was graduated B. A. in 1894 and M. A. in 1901. He
+was ordained deacon in the Anglican church in 1896 and priest
+in the following year, being stationed first as a missionary in
+Labrador and becoming afterward traveling missionary for the
+Quebec diocese. In October, 1899, he was commissioned chaplain to
+the Royal Canadian Regiment and accompanied it to South Africa,
+where he was chaplain to the Nineteenth Brigade, composed of
+the Gordons, Cornwalls, Shropshires and Canadians. His conduct
+during the campaign received high praise, more particularly in
+connection with his attendance on the enteric fever patients
+at Bloemfontein, and he was given a medal for courageous and
+untiring work in all conditions of danger both from the enemy and
+from disease and discomfort.</p>
+
+<p>Returning to Canada in December, 1900, Canon Almond was made
+assistant curate at Holy Trinity Cathedral, Quebec, and as
+such remained one year, after which he was appointed rector
+at Grand Mere. In 1904 he was transferred to Montreal, where
+he has since filled the position of rector of Trinity church,
+winning the love, respect and confidence of his parishioners
+and the high regard of all who have an opportunity of knowing
+his honorable and upright life. Canon Almond is a preacher of
+great power and forcefulness and has won a wide reputation as a
+speaker, delivering among others the oration at the decoration
+of the soldiers’ graves in Montreal on Victoria Day, 1905. He
+was elected president of the South African Veterans Association
+of Montreal in 1908 and of the Last Post Association two years
+later. Since March, 1911, he has held the office of chaplain,
+with the honorary rank of captain, in the Sixth Duke of
+Connaught’s Royal Canadian Hussars. In 1912 he was appointed
+chaplain of the Montreal<a class="pagenum" name="Page_216" id="Page_216">[216]</a> jails. Archdeacon Ker has called him
+“a splendid preacher,” and the Toronto Globe speaks of him as
+“a man of zeal, practical piety and unselfishness, with a knack
+for executive work”—tributes which he has won by most able
+and untiring work in many fields. Canon Almond was married in
+October, 1901, to Nellie Estelle, daughter of H. G. Beemer of
+Quebec.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_B25" id="Idx_B25"></a>WILLIAM LANGLEY BOND, K. C.</h3>
+
+<p>William Langley Bond, one of the well known advocates of
+Montreal, belongs to an old Canadian family, his parents being
+Lieutenant Colonel Frank and Mary (Scott) Bond. Colonel Bond is a
+well known financial agent and stockbroker of Montreal and is the
+eldest son of the late Archbishop Bond, Primate of All Canada,
+and Eliza (Langley) Bond. The father has been connected with
+banking and financial interests for many years and has also been
+prominent in military life.</p>
+
+<p>William L. Bond was born in Montreal, January 20, 1873. He
+attended the high school in Montreal and then entered McGill
+University, from which he received the degree of B. A. in 1894
+and of B. C. L. in 1897. In 1898 he became an advocate and
+shortly thereafter a member of the legal firm of Atwater, Duclos,
+Bond & Meagher, of Montreal. Among the famous cases which he
+argued was the Cantin case, which was tried before Jl. Comte, P.
+C., England. In November, 1911, he was appointed a K. C.</p>
+
+<p>For a number of years Mr. Bond was captain and adjutant of the
+Prince of Wales Fusiliers. He is also honorary treasurer of the
+Province of Quebec Rifle Association. In his religious faith he
+is an Anglican and was elected lay secretary of the Montreal
+Synod in 1907 and also church advocate. In 1910 he was made a
+governor of the Montreal Diocesan Theological College. Mr. Bond
+is prominent in club life, being a member of the committee of
+St. James, and a member of the Reform, the Arts, and the Winter
+Clubs. He is a great friend of outdoor sports and the lines
+along which he seeks recreation are indicated by his membership
+in the Royal Montreal Golf Club, the Montreal Curling Club and
+the Forest and Stream. He also belongs to the Montreal Military
+Institute and is an honorary member of the Polo and Country Club.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_B10" id="Idx_B10"></a>ROBERT ANDERSON BECKET.</h3>
+
+<p>Robert Anderson Becket, did much to promote musical talent,
+directly assisting many young musicians, and thus his loss was
+distinctly felt in musical circles, when death called him on the
+6th of May, 1910. He had passed the seventy-fifth milestone on
+life’s journey, his birth having occurred in Scotland, December
+30, 1834. His father, James Becket, came to Canada with his
+family in 1841 and was connected with the customs department
+at Montreal, where Robert A. pursued his education in private
+schools. He was a young man in his twenty-fourth<a class="pagenum" name="Page_217" id="Page_217">[217]</a> year, when on
+January 11, 1858, he wedded Anne Wilson, born in Bellemeana,
+Ireland, a daughter of Samuel Wilson.</p>
+
+<p>Robert A. Becket had made his initial step in business as
+bookkeeper for his uncle, J. C. Becket, on St. James Street
+in Montreal, but in the year of his marriage, removed to
+Belleville, Ontario, where he embarked in business on his own
+account conducting a music and stationery store, for about eight
+years, or until 1866, when he returned to this city and became
+manager for the D. Morris Ice Company. Some time passed and he
+became owner of this enterprise, in which connection he built
+up a large and profitable business. He organized a joint stock
+company called the City Ice Company, Limited, and devoted all of
+his time to the conduct of his business, carefully directing its
+interests. He was a progressive man and was especially active
+along musical lines, doing much to help young musicians. He was
+also a prominent figure in quartet and choir work and there was
+perhaps, no one who did more to stimulate among the young, a love
+for music of the higher class, than Mr. Becket.</p>
+
+<p>Unto Mr. and Mrs. Becket were born twelve children, of whom five
+are living: Christina A.; Dr. George C., of East Orange, New
+Jersey; Ralph A., of Montreal; Fred M., of Niagara Falls, New
+York; and Frank W., of New York. The family attend the Erskine
+church, of which Mr. Becket was a prominent member and elder,
+his religious faith constituting the root from which sprang his
+many good deeds, wrought along lines of continuous benefit to his
+fellowmen.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_W1" id="Idx_W1"></a>HAROLD EARLE WALKER.</h3>
+
+<p>Harold Earle Walker, practicing at the bar of Montreal as a
+member of the law firm of Chauvin, Baker & Walker, was born in
+Westmount, Quebec, in 1882. His father, James Robert Walker, a
+native of the city of Quebec, became senior partner of the well
+known firm of J. R. Walker & Company of Montreal and is not
+only well known in business circles but also through his active
+connection with public affairs. At one time he was mayor of
+Westmount and has taken an active part in furthering matters of
+civic virtue and civic pride. He married Agnes Cooper Earle.</p>
+
+<p>After attending the Abingdon school, Mr. Walker became a student
+in McGill University, completing the arts course in 1904 and the
+law course with the class of 1907. His standing is indicated
+by the fact that he won the Elizabeth Torrance gold medal and
+the Macdonald scholarship. Following his graduation with the
+class of 1907, which was indicative of the completion of the
+thorough course of law prescribed by McGill, he was admitted to
+the bar and after a year spent in France returned to Montreal to
+enter upon the active practice of his profession, which he now
+follows as a member of the law firm of Chauvin, Baker & Walker.
+An extensive practice is fast adding to his experience and
+developing the powers with which nature endowed him.</p>
+
+<p>In Montreal, in 1911, Mr. Walker was united in marriage to Miss
+Hazel A. Hart, a daughter of R. A. Baldwin Hart. His religious
+faith is that of the Presbyterian church, and something of the
+nature of his recreation is indicated in the fact that he is a
+member of the Beaconsfield Golf Club. He is a typical young<a class="pagenum" name="Page_218" id="Page_218">[218]</a>
+professional man of the age, alert, energetic, watchful of
+opportunities. His friends anticipate for him future success, and
+the record he has already made shows that he has taken a far step
+in advance since entering upon the active practice of law.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_L11" id="Idx_L11"></a>JOSEPH BOWLES LEARMONT.</h3>
+
+<p>The history of a country is no longer an account of wars and
+conquests, but is a record of notable business activity, of
+intellectual, aesthetic and moral progress and political
+management and control. While never active in the field of
+politics, Joseph Bowles Learmont was not only highly successful
+where his tastes led, but was as well one of the foremost
+merchants of the city, and well known in the business community
+of Montreal. He cooperated in various interests having broad
+humanitarianism as their basic principle, and he was a
+connoisseur on rare books and engravings. His interests were wide
+and varied and brought him into close connection with many of the
+leading citizens of the Dominion.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Learmont was a native of Montreal. From the beginning of his
+business career success attended him so that he at length was
+numbered among the city’s most substantial business men. In all
+his career there was no esoteric phase, his advancement having
+been through constructive and progressive methods. Studying the
+demands of the times and the conditions of trade he was no small
+factor in the growth and development of the extensive wholesale
+hardware business of Caverhill, Learmont & Company, of which Mr.
+Learmont was the senior member. This well known house succeeded
+Crathern & Caverhill (which was established in 1854) and occupies
+a foremost position in its line, with a reputation for commercial
+integrity second to none.</p>
+
+<p>Successful business man that he was, commerce constituted but one
+feature in the life of Mr. Learmont. He was of decided literary
+tastes and was frequently heard on literary and historical
+subjects. He was, moreover, the author of a most interesting
+paper on folk lore, in which extended mention is made of the
+folk lore of Canada. Another paper of equal interest from his
+pen is on The Canadian Indian. Mr. Learmont was widely known as
+a collector of rare books and manuscripts, etchings, engravings
+and autograph letters, his knowledge of such being that of a
+connoisseur. His collection of Bibles comprised more than one
+hundred rare volumes. He also wrote on engravings, translations
+of the English versions of the Bible, children’s elementary
+books, etc.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Learmont’s keen interest in matters historic was probably
+best shown in his purchase of Quebec House, the home of Major
+General James Wolfe, Westerham, Kent, England. The motive which
+inspired him to make the purchase was to secure the property
+for the Canadian people, to be held by them in perpetuity
+“irrespective of race, language or creed.” His desire was that
+the Canadian people maintain it so that it may be open to
+visitors and free to all that are interested in Canada. Mr.
+Learmont always manifested the keenest interest in anything
+associated with Wolfe and had made a collection of engravings of
+the famous general. He also possessed an excellent painting of
+Wolfe’s father, the work of Sir James Thornhill.</p>
+
+<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_219" id="Page_219">[219]</a></p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 351px;">
+<img src="images/image219.jpg" width="351" height="500" alt="JOSEPH B. LEARMONT" />
+<p class="caption">JOSEPH B. LEARMONT</p>
+</div>
+
+<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_221" id="Page_221">[221]</a></span></p>
+
+<p>Mr. Learmont was a member of the council of the Montreal Art
+Association and treasurer of the local branch and one of the
+council of the Archaeological Institute of America. He likewise
+became one of the early members of the Antiquarian Society of
+Montreal.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Learmont was first married to Miss Amelia Jane Holton, a
+daughter of the late Hon. L. H. Holton, M. P., a prominent
+parliamentarian and statesman. Following her death, he married,
+in 1882, Charlotte Smithers, a daughter of the late Charles
+F. Smithers, president of the Bank of Montreal. Mr. and Mrs.
+Learmont were always in full accord concerning religious and
+charitable work. He was connected with the Congregational church
+and a generous supporter of church and benevolent enterprises.
+Mrs. Learmont is particularly well known in efforts to ameliorate
+the conditions of life for the unfortunate. She is interested
+in the movement for providing playgrounds for children; is
+vice president of the Montreal Day Nursery; vice president of
+the local branch of the Needle Work Guild, and president and
+convener of the local branch of the ladies’ committee of the
+Victorian Order of Nurses. She is likewise a director of the
+City Improvement League; was one of the directors of the Royal
+Edward Institute, and is one of the honorary presidents of the
+Young Women’s Christian Association. She was one of a deputation,
+headed by the Countess of Aberdeen, who presented Queen Alexandra
+an address of congratulation from twenty-five hundred women of
+Canada.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Learmont was a member of the committee of management of the
+Montreal General Hospital; a member of the board and a governor
+of the Montreal branch of the Victorian Order of Nurses, and a
+director of the Charity Organization Society. He belonged to
+the Montreal Board of Trade, of which he was for two years a
+councilor, and in more strictly social lines was a member of
+the St. James, Mount Royal, Montreal and City Clubs. He was
+termed “a man of exquisite taste and deep knowledge on special
+subjects.” He was an advocate of all that is most progressive and
+beneficial, never choosing the second best but seeking out those
+things which are most beneficial to the individual and to the
+community, recognizing every man’s relation and obligation to his
+fellowman.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Learmont died March 12, 1914.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_T6" id="Idx_T6"></a>FREDERICK WILLIAM THOMPSON.</h3>
+
+<p>Centuries past the history of a country consisted of a record
+of wars and conquests—the contest of man with man; today the
+history is the record of man’s contests with material forces
+and those who are making the history of a country are the men
+who are controlling its important agricultural, commercial and
+professional interests. It is they who are shaping the annals of
+the nation and those who rise to leadership in any given line are
+the men who are preparing the records that in years to come will
+be eagerly read as the history of the past. In this connection
+the name of Frederick William Thompson stands prominently forth,
+for he became one of the foremost figures in connection with the
+milling industry of Canada. He was born in Montreal, January 16,
+1862,<a class="pagenum" name="Page_222" id="Page_222">[222]</a> and was but in the prime of life when he passed away in
+London, England, May 7, 1912. His parents were the late Andrew
+and Josephine (DeLesperance) Thompson. The son was educated in
+Montreal and in Brooklyn, New York, living for some years in the
+latter city. Subsequently he returned to Montreal and entered
+the service of the Exchange Bank as a clerk, remaining with
+that institution for seven years. It was thus that he gained
+his preliminary business experience which he later turned to
+account in the management of milling operations. In 1882 he
+joined the Ogilvie Mills in Winnipeg, becoming general manager
+of the Ogilvie Milling Company in 1888. Following the death
+of W. W. Ogilvie in 1900 the entire company’s interests were
+consolidated and the business purchased by Mr. Thompson and C. R.
+Hosmer. In 1911 the Ogilvies were made millers to the King. The
+business gradually grew and developed and became a focal point
+in the milling industry of the country, setting the standard for
+activity along that line. Mr. Thompson was active in coordinating
+forces and in developing an enterprise which became second to
+none in all Canada. He had wonderful powers of organization
+and could unite seemingly diverse elements into a unified and
+harmonious whole. He considered no detail as too unimportant to
+claim his attention, while, at the same time, he gave due regard
+to the major points in his business. His executive force and
+management were many times called forth in other connections.</p>
+
+<p>He had voice in the control of many important business and
+financial interests and in affairs of a public and semi-public
+character. He was a director of the Canadian branch of the
+Liverpool & London & Globe Insurance Company, the Montreal
+Transportation Company, the Canadian Appraisal Company, the
+Electric Flour Patents Company, the E. N. Heney Company, the
+Royal Bank of Canada, the Manitoba Assurance Company, and was
+president of the Keystone Transportation Company and of the
+Canada Appraisal Company. He was also the originator of the
+Kaministiqua Power Company and of a large number of other
+enterprises which contributed to the history of the country in
+its commercial and financial development.</p>
+
+<p>As stated, Mr. Thompson was a prominent figure in relation to
+many public and semi-public interests. He was a governor of the
+Winnipeg General Hospital; and a life governor of the Protestant
+Hospital for the Insane, the Western Home and the Boys’ Home.
+In 1908 he lectured on Plain Business Facts. He was president
+of the Winnipeg Industrial Exchange Association and of the
+Winnipeg Board of Trade. He was likewise a vice president of the
+Winnipeg Rowing Club; president and patron of the local branch
+of the Royal Caledonia Curling Club, and honorary president of
+the Winnipeg Hockey Club. He was a director of the Montreal
+Association for the Blind, governor of the Montreal Western
+Hospital, councilor of the Montreal Board of Trade, and in
+Montreal no less than in Winnipeg he was greatly interested in
+all public enterprises and philanthropic undertakings. In 1903 he
+was a delegate to the Fifth Commercial Congress of the Empire.</p>
+
+<p>In the previous year Mr. Thompson received the Prince and
+Princess of Wales, now King George and Queen Mary, at the Ogilvie
+Mill in Winnipeg and subsequently presented the Princess with
+the picture of the largest flour mill in the British Empire. It
+was in the same year that the largest shipment of flour to South
+America from the Dominion of Canada was made.</p>
+
+<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_223" id="Page_223">[223]</a></p>
+
+<p>In 1882 Mr. Thompson was united in marriage to Miss Wilhelmina
+Reid, a daughter of the late William Reid of Bedford, province of
+Quebec, and their children were Marion, Fred, Alice and Helen.
+The first named became the wife of D. C. Rea, of Winnipeg,
+manager of the Royal Bank. Mr. Thompson was prominently known in
+club and social circles, holding membership in the St. James,
+Mount Royal, Canada, Forest and Stream, Royal Montreal Golf,
+Montreal Jockey, and Auto and Aero Clubs; Montreal Amateur
+Athletic Association; the Montreal Curling Club; the Rideau Club
+of Ottawa; the Constitutional of London; Manitoba of Winnipeg;
+and the York Club of Toronto.</p>
+
+<p>Perhaps no better estimate of the life and character of Mr.
+Thompson can be given than by quoting from an editorial which
+appeared in one of the papers at the time of his demise and which
+read:</p>
+
+<p>“Death has within a year robbed the Canadian milling industry of
+its two most prominent leaders. During the years which brought
+Robert Meighen and Frederick William Thompson to the top, the
+flour milling industry underwent an expansion and consolidation
+second only to that of the transportation industry and the
+metal industries. The process was peculiarly favorable to the
+rise of men of strong personal character and large intellectual
+capacity. It is not surprising, therefore, to find the leaders
+of the industry taking a larger part in the public life of the
+country than those of almost any other business. Without ever
+seeking office or public honors, for which indeed the cares of
+his business left him no time, the late Mr. Thompson exercised a
+very wide and effective influence upon the beliefs and policies
+of Canada in business matters. When he spoke it was not as a mere
+expert miller, but as an authority of the widest knowledge; and
+as he never wasted a public utterance by dealing with any matter
+on which he was not perfectly informed, he was listened to with a
+respect which neither his wealth nor his business success alone
+could have commanded. There are men still living who can remember
+when the flour milling of Canada was carried on in hundreds
+of small local mills under separate ownership. The process of
+centralizing the industry has been pretty well completed now;
+such companies as that of which Mr. Thompson was the active head
+are national in their scope and the extent of their properties.</p>
+
+<p>“He has been cut off in the prime of life and it is difficult to
+conjecture what further progress of organization he might have
+participated in, had he lived. Whatever it might be, we can be
+sure that the interests of Canada would have been advantaged, for
+he was a thorough Canadian by birth and by conviction and ever
+regarded the milling industry less as a source of wealth than
+as a factor in Canada’s greatness. In these days the best and
+most practical form of patriotism is frequently to be found in
+business.”</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_H29" id="Idx_H29"></a>WILLIAM H. HOPE.</h3>
+
+<p>William H. Hope, for more than thirty years an active business
+man on St. Catherine Street, near Mansfield, was born, March
+9, 1840, in the north of England, and died September 11, 1903,
+so that his life span compassed sixty-three years. He came to
+Montreal as a young man and on July 26, 1878, was married<a class="pagenum" name="Page_224" id="Page_224">[224]</a> in
+this city to Miss Mary E. Percy. Their family numbered seven
+children: Lena, who is Mrs. Thomas Bradley, now a resident of
+New York city; Eva, the wife of Rev. Hunter Laverie, of Forest,
+Ontario; William G., of Portland, Oregon; Adam V., who died in
+infancy; Sadie, who is the wife of George Wanless, of Outremont;
+Clifford R.; and Elsie.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Hope was a well known business man, conducting an art store
+at one location for over thirty years. His business integrity was
+above question and he was respected by all who knew him. In his
+political faith he was a conservative, but did not take an active
+part in politics. He was interested, however, in the promotion
+of athletic and outdoor sports for the young. A man of domestic
+taste, he found his greatest happiness at his own fireside, doing
+everything in his power to promote the welfare of his wife and
+children. He held membership in St. Paul’s Presbyterian church
+and his life was actuated by high and honorable principles that
+made him a thorough gentleman, courteous, kindly and considerate
+at all times.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_O1" id="Idx_O1"></a>JAMES O’CONNOR.</h3>
+
+<p>Prominent in the business and financial life of the city, James
+O’Connor was numbered among Montreal’s well known and successful
+business men. He was born at St. Alphonse, province of Quebec,
+and when a young man in his teens, came to Montreal at which
+time his capital was but little more than his energy, pluck and
+determination. From the time of his arrival here his attention
+was largely concentrated upon business affairs and he wisely
+improved his time and opportunities, thus advancing step by step
+until he reached the plane of affluence. For many years he had
+charge of the wholesale pork packing house on Williams Street and
+there laid the foundation for his fortune.</p>
+
+<p>For a number of years before his death, Mr. O’Connor had largely
+confined his business activities to the stock market, where he
+was a prominent figure. While a man of sound judgment and keen
+business sagacity, one of his strongest characteristics was
+his great courage and persistency. During the great financial
+depression of 1907, when security values were slumping in a
+manner that brought financial ruin to many, Mr. O’Connor’s
+fortune suffered a large shrinkage. He had confidence in the
+future, however, and the pluck to hold on, with the result that
+he recouped his losses and added substantially to his fortune,
+which was estimated at over a half million dollars at the time of
+his retirement.</p>
+
+<p>He was one of the largest individual holders of Dominion Steel
+preferred and also an extensive holder of the common stock. He
+was likewise a heavy stockholder in the Dominion Coal Company.</p>
+
+<p>All his life he was a man of business, which through careful
+attention brought him substantial as well as honorable success.
+Mr. O’Connor was a figure that attracted attention and he made
+lasting friendships in business as well as in private life.
+He was known as a man of his word, and always ready to lend a
+helping hand to those less fortunate in life’s battle. Many of
+his acts of kindness and substantial assistance were known only
+to the recipients. His acquaintance was large and included the
+prominent business and public men of his time.</p>
+
+<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_225" id="Page_225">[225]</a></p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 348px;">
+<img src="images/image225.jpg" width="348" height="500" alt="JAMES O’CONNOR" />
+<p class="caption">JAMES O’CONNOR</p>
+</div>
+
+<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_227" id="Page_227">[227]</a></span></p>
+
+<p>Mr. O’Connor held membership in St. Anthony’s Catholic church and
+in politics he was a conservative. In his habits and tastes, he
+was most domestic, finding his greatest pleasure in administering
+to the welfare and happiness of his family. The most envious
+could not begrudge him his success, so honorably was it won and
+so worthily used for the benefit and assistance of others. His
+nature was one of extreme generosity and his example is worthy of
+emulation.</p>
+
+<p>His sudden death on April 15, 1909, left a widow, a son and two
+daughters. James O’Connor is a resident of Montreal; Margaret
+resides at home; and Laura Esther is now Mrs. G. F. Hemsley.
+Mrs. O’Connor previous to her marriage which took place in St.
+Patrick’s church, Montreal, was Miss Catherine Curran, a daughter
+of John Curran, a prominent and distinguished citizen of this
+city.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_V6" id="Idx_V6"></a>HARRIS VINEBERG.</h3>
+
+<p>Among the mercantile institutions of Montreal is that of H.
+Vineberg & Company, clothing manufacturers for the trade, the
+inception and building up of which business is entirely due to
+the indefatigable efforts of H. Vineberg. The firm occupies
+what is known as Vineberg’s building, eight stories in height.
+Hundreds of young men have learned their trade and received their
+start in this establishment, and that many of them today occupy
+creditable positions in life is in a measure due to the lofty
+principles which are the policy of the firm. Many have profited
+by Mr. Vineberg’s kindly advice, who took an interest in each
+employe of his large enterprise and who, moreover, often helped
+them to begin their career in the right direction. Mr. Vineberg
+has aided many men who are today prominent in professional life
+in the city and has ever taken a deep interest in charitable and
+church organizations, having particularly given his aid to those
+who came to this country in straitened circumstances in order to
+enjoy the privileges of British freedom, British institutions and
+the prosperity held out to all who but want to grasp it in the
+vast Canadian commonwealth.</p>
+
+<p>Harris Vineberg was born in 1855, on the 25th of December, a
+Jewish feast day called Chanuka, in Zidugira, Russian Poland.
+Zidugira means Jewish bush, and his ancestors owned the vast
+forests in Poland from which this name is derived. It may be
+mentioned in this connection that the cable address used by the
+house of H. Vineberg & Company today is “Zidugira,” perpetuating
+in a manner the memory of that place which gave birth to him and
+whence he sallied forth into the world to build his fortune. It
+seems that this reverent attitude toward his birthplace, toward
+his parents and toward his people has been the guiding star over
+Mr. Vineberg’s career, the star which has led him to the goal.
+His parents were Lazarus and Malca Vineberg, the former of whom
+died in Palestine in 1901 and the latter in 1882.</p>
+
+<p>Their son Harris received a strictly orthodox education from
+private teachers. After having mastered the curriculum he
+assisted his father in the lumber business for the last two years
+which he spent in his native land. However, the young man could
+not content himself with the limitations which hedged him in on
+all sides under Russian rule and, coveting the opportunity of a
+wider sphere<a class="pagenum" name="Page_228" id="Page_228">[228]</a> of action, he made up his mind to seek that country
+under which the greatest personal liberty, the greatest freedom
+of thought, the greatest tolerance of religious views prevailed.
+With an eye to the practical, he selected that part of the empire
+which seemed to him to hold out the greatest opportunity.</p>
+
+<p>In September, 1872, Mr. Vineberg came to Montreal on the
+steamship Sarmatian. A brother had broken the home ties with
+him and with this brother he worked one year in Glengarry
+county, where he acquired a fair knowledge of English. He then
+made for Montreal in order to profit by the opportunities
+which the fast growing center of population held out and for
+seven months he worked in a humble capacity, earning but two
+dollars a week. On Saturdays and Sundays he instructed two boys
+in the Hebrew language and in this manner earned sufficient
+to pay for his board. Quickly accommodating himself, however,
+to the new conditions of life, Mr. Vineberg never lost sight
+of his purpose and, husbanding his small resources, he strove
+eagerly to establish himself in business. He opened a small
+store at No. 662 Craig Street, near St. Peter, and devoted his
+whole time for one year to that establishment with such good
+success that at the end of that period he had to seek larger
+quarters on McGill Street, where he remained until 1876, when
+removal was made to Lancaster, Ontario. Careful of his profits,
+he was there enabled to establish a general country store of
+considerable size which he conducted for four years,—years
+which brought him added prosperity. Mr. Vineberg has ever held
+a warm place in his heart for the little village of Lancaster,
+to which he largely credits his commercial education. There he
+had already attained such prominence that he was moving in the
+best of circles and was associated with and sought out by the
+foremost men of that county. In 1880 Mr. Vineberg returned to
+Montreal, having definitely decided to engage in the manufacture
+of clothing and, beginning in a small way in a private house,
+he formed a partnership with G. Burnett under the firm style of
+G. Burnett & Company. Although the firm’s policy was such that
+it should have resulted in success, it was forced to close out
+in 1891 and liquidated in that year. Such means as Mr. Vineberg
+had acquired up to that time were swept away by this unfortunate
+venture, and when he started again in 1892, tenaciously holding
+to his purpose, he had to begin practically without capital.
+However, he enjoyed a good reputation and among his personal
+following were many who had utmost confidence in his integrity
+and ability. He secured the assistance of Mr. Westgate of the H.
+B. Knitting Company, and it was this combination which formed
+the beginning of Progress brand clothing, under which name the
+output of H. Vineberg & Company is favorably known to the trade
+in all the Dominion. His thorough understanding of the business,
+his capacity for detail, his executive ability and understanding
+of human nature led him to the position which he now occupies
+at the head of one of the leading establishments of its kind
+in the city. The firm was incorporated in 1908 and in 1912 was
+transformed into a joint stock company, of which Mr. Vineberg
+became the president.</p>
+
+<p>Although Mr. Vineberg’s mercantile interests are large, he has
+found time and opportunity to prove himself one of those men
+to whom the progress of the city and the welfare of its people
+is of foremost importance. Deeply grateful for such success as
+has come to him—and in his modest way not at all ascribing it
+to his personality, his energy, his patience, his judgment and
+industry—Mr. Vineberg<a class="pagenum" name="Page_229" id="Page_229">[229]</a> welcomes the opportunity of giving to
+charitable institutions and of aiding those who strive to make
+a success of life. He has never forgotten how he once started
+himself—a poor Jewish boy without means and friends—and how he
+had to struggle to obtain a place in society. It is therefore
+but natural that he shows the deepest understanding and the
+greatest sympathy for those who today find themselves in similar
+conditions, even if these are not so trying as those which
+the young emigrant from the Sarmatian met. Mr. Vineberg is a
+director of the Jewish Colonization Institute, engaged in Jewish
+communal work. He was president of the Young Men’s Benevolent
+Hebrew Society from 1888 until 1892, during which time Baron de
+Hirsch sent the first ten thousand dollars with which the Baron
+de Hirsch Institute was founded. Before being president of this
+society, Mr. Vineberg was a director and in that capacity wrote
+to the famous Jewish philanthropist calling his attention to
+the needs of such an institution, and it was he who was largely
+instrumental in founding the institute at St. Elizabeth Street.
+In addition to his duties in connection with the Benevolent
+Hebrew Society for Young Men and the Baron de Hirsch Institute,
+Mr. Vineberg was one of those who were most active in promoting
+its religious school and he was chairman of the committee having
+charge over that department for many years. He is a member of
+the Spanish-Portuguese Synagogue and also of the English and
+German Synagogue on McGill College Avenue, in which latter he
+held the position of secretary for four years. He was one of the
+leading and most energetic spirits in moving the synagogue to
+McGill College Avenue from St. Constant Street, being at that
+time the secretary. He also is a director of the Hebrew Free Loan
+Association and a member of every Jewish charitable institution
+in Montreal. However, that his charity and his interest in those
+who are afflicted is not limited by creed is evident from the
+fact that he is a governor of the Montreal General Hospital.</p>
+
+<p>During his long business career Mr. Vineberg has been the mentor
+of many of the leading merchants and manufacturers of this city
+who began their careers in his employ and who learned their trade
+in his place and there laid the foundations of their fortunes.
+Hundreds of well-to-do families in Montreal have been able to
+establish themselves in comfortable circumstances through their
+connection with the house of Vineberg & Company. There are a
+number of professional men who occupy an honored place in their
+spheres of activities and who are indebted to Mr. Vineberg for
+timely help and advice and there are many who are well known in
+the city today who reached these shores as emigrants with small
+means, and friendless, and who found in him one who was willing
+to assuage such troubles as beset them.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Vineberg is devoting much of his time to the care of his
+wife, a sufferer, and it is therefore but natural that he does
+not give so much of his time to the active operation of his large
+business interests, the management of the house of H. Vineberg
+& Company being entrusted largely to the husband of his eldest
+daughter. Yet he is still active and his advice is highly valued
+and often sought in commercial circles. He is a member of the
+Board of Trade and in that connection has always stood for
+things which would promote progress and prosperity in Montreal.
+He is a member of the Canadian Manufacturers Association and a
+director of the Canadian Credit Men’s Association. Although he is
+interested in all movements that make for efficient government of
+city, province<a class="pagenum" name="Page_230" id="Page_230">[230]</a> and Dominion, for the highest type of sanitary
+system, the best health conditions, the beautification of the
+city, he has never actively entered the political arena.</p>
+
+<p>On October 23, 1876, Mr. Vineberg married Miss Lily Goldberg,
+daughter of the late Rev. Hyman Goldberg, <a name="Err_22" id="Err_22"></a>who for a number of
+years was assistant minister of the Spanish-Portuguese Synagogue.
+Mr. and Mrs. Vineberg became the parents of three daughters:
+Libbie, who married Isidor Cohen, a member of H. Vineberg &
+Company; Eva, who married A. J. Hart, president and general
+manager of the Hart Manufacturing Company; and Malca, who is the
+wife of A. Z. Cohen, a member of the firm of L. Cohen & Sons.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. and Mrs. Vineberg have twelve grandchildren, and it may
+be mentioned as illustration of his deep affection for his
+family that the pictures of these children adorn the walls of
+his private office. When deeply engaged in business thoughts,
+these children’s faces, no doubt, smile to him encouragement and
+fill him with satisfaction in the knowledge that around him are
+growing up generations of his own blood who appreciate and love
+him for what he is to them and will honor him for what he has
+done to lighten their life’s burdens when they will occupy the
+stage of life’s activities.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_C27" id="Idx_C27"></a>PHILEMON COUSINEAU, B. A., LL. D., K. C., M. L. A.</h3>
+
+<p>As a member of the firm of Bastien, Bergeron, Cousineau, Lacasse
+& Jasmin, Philemon Cousineau, K. C., occupies a foremost position
+among the legal fraternity of Montreal. Moreover, he has gained
+a reputation as a legislator and is considered today one of the
+foremost authorities on constitutional law in the province. He
+has important commercial interests, and his career has had in
+its various aspects a lasting influence upon the growth and
+development of the city. He was born at St. Laurent, Quebec, on
+October 25, 1874, and is a son of Gervais and Angelique (Grou)
+Cousineau.</p>
+
+<p>Philemon Cousineau was educated at Sainte Therese College
+and Laval University, from which he graduated in 1896. Being
+called to the bar, he began the active practice of law in July
+of that year and has ever since continued with increasing
+success. He is professor of constitutional and municipal law at
+Laval University, which institution of learning conferred upon
+him the degree of LL. D., after he had presented a thesis on
+Corporations. He has also been for some time king’s counsel and
+enjoys a profitable and representative practice.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Cousineau is extensively interested in industrial and
+financial projects which have had to do with the city’s progress,
+among them being the Mount Royal Telephone Company, of which he
+was president, and previous to its absorption by the Canadian
+Light & Power Company he was a director of the Saraguay Light &
+Power Company. He is also president of the St. Lawrence Tobacco
+Company. He was mayor of the town of St. Laurent from 1904 to
+1908 and both as an official and citizen has had no little to do
+with the progress of that flourishing town.</p>
+
+<p>In 1897 Mr. Cousineau was united in marriage to Miss Helmina
+Gendron, and they have four daughters. In politics Mr. Cousineau
+is a conservative and in 1908 was elected to the legislature of
+the province of Quebec from the county<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_233" id="Page_233">[233]</a></span> of Jacques Cartier and
+reelected in 1912. He is a trusted counselor of the party and has
+done far-reaching work on committees as well as on the floor of
+the house. Public-spirited in the most noble sense of the word,
+he has ever stood for that which is best for the greatest number.
+In 1913 he was delegate of the Canadian government to the general
+meeting of the International Institute Of Agriculture at Rome,
+Italy.</p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 348px;">
+<img src="images/image231.jpg" width="348" height="500" alt="PHILEMON COUSINEAU" />
+<p class="caption">PHILEMON COUSINEAU</p>
+</div>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_H15" id="Idx_H15"></a>EDOUARD NAPOLEON HEBERT.</h3>
+
+<p>The house of Hébert has been one of the foremost families of the
+Dominion since the early dawn of Canadian history. One of the
+first Canadian farmers, Louis Hébert, arrived in Quebec with
+his family in 1617. Tradition has it that previously he passed
+some time in Acadia, where he “was the first to utilize the
+salt-water marshes of the Bay of Fundy by building dikes to keep
+out the tides.” He continued to cultivate the soil at Quebec and
+on February 28, 1626, as a reward to him and an encouragement
+to others, the Duc de Ventadour, viceroy of New France, issued
+a patent granting Hébert “in fief noble to him and his assigns
+forever” a seignorial domain on the River St. Charles, near
+Quebec, and confirming to him a concession made by the preceding
+viceroy, the Duc de Montmorency. It was expressly stated in the
+deed that these grants were made in consideration of Hébert’s
+“long and painful labors, perils and expenses, incessantly
+supported in the discovery of the lands of Canada and that he is
+the head of the first family which has settled and dwelt there
+since the year 1600 till now <span class="nowrap">* * *</span> having left his relations
+and friends to go and form this commencement of a colony of
+Christian people in those lands <span class="nowrap">* * *</span> which are deprived of the
+knowledge of God.” Charles Lecroix Hébert, a rich trader and the
+first farmer on the island of Montreal, built a residence in
+1655 on Jean Baptiste Street, which is still standing and which
+is shown in one of the illustrations of this history. Hébert,
+named Larivière, was born in 1633 and was a companion in arms of
+Dollard and present at the massacre of Long Sault in May, 1660.</p>
+
+<p>Edouard Napoléon Hébert was born in Montreal on March 10, 1874,
+and is a son of J. Napoléon Hébert, who was born January 14,
+1850. His father, Louis Hébert, the grandfather of our subject,
+was born in Quebec in 1810 or 1812 and from that city removed to
+Montreal, while his father was the proprietor of the Boulangerie
+du Roi (bakery of the king) at Quebec. This establishment was
+subsequently continued by one of his sons, a brother of the
+grandfather of our subject.</p>
+
+<p>E. Napoléon Hébert, in the acquirement of his education,
+attended Montcalm school of this city and subsequently improved
+his advantages by a commercial course. He entered upon active
+business life in connection with Hudon & Hébert, engaged in the
+grocery business, for whom he made customs entries and acted as
+assistant cashier. He is now treasurer of the “Twelve Companies”
+and largely engaged in the real-estate business, being a young
+man of very great ability, pleasant in manners and of sound
+judgment. In two years the “Twelve Companies” with which he is
+connected have disposed of properties to the value of eleven
+million dollars, which gives an indication of the magnitude of
+their transactions.<a class="pagenum" name="Page_234" id="Page_234">[234]</a> Mr. Hébert is considered one of the best
+informed men as to realty values here and his advice and judgment
+are often sought by large investors and he has in many ways been
+instrumental in promoting the growth and furthering the welfare
+of his city. He is also interested in a cigar box factory which
+gives employment to eighty men.</p>
+
+<p>On July 7, 1891, at Montreal, Mr. Hébert was united in marriage
+to Miss Cécilia Drolet and they have become the parents of
+twelve children, four sons and eight daughters. The eldest son,
+Charles-Edouard, is married and the other three are Armand,
+Charles and Jean. The daughters are Gabrielle, Herminie,
+Adrienne, Cécile, Marie-Thérèse, Germaine, Gilberte and Paulette.</p>
+
+<p>In his political affiliations Mr. Hébert is a liberal, stanchly
+upholding the principles of his party. He is well known in
+fraternal orders, in most of which he has held important offices,
+being connected with the Independent Order of Foresters and the
+Canadian Order of Foresters. He is a member of the L’Alliance
+Nationale, of the Club Canadien and the Club St. Louis. His
+religious faith is that of the Catholic church and he is
+prominent in the church of the Immaculate Conception, in which
+for twenty-five years he has been organist. A man of great energy
+and vast information as regards his business, Mr. Hébert occupies
+a high place among the business men of Montreal and can ever be
+found in the front ranks of those who have at heart the welfare
+of their city. Although he has never cared to participate in
+official life, he gladly supports worthy public enterprises and
+enjoys the high respect and regard of all who come in contact
+with him in business or social relations.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_P7" id="Idx_P7"></a>CHARLES SAMUEL JOHN PHILLIPS.</h3>
+
+<p>Many of the organized efforts for benefiting the general
+interests of society have felt the stimulus of the cooperation
+and indorsement of Charles Samuel John Phillips, whose position
+in the business world is that of head of the firm of Morton,
+Phillips & Company, stationers and printers. He was born in
+Quebec on the 13th of October, 1844, and is a son of the late
+Thomas Osmond Phillips, of Quebec, and his wife, Agnes Ritchie
+Leslie, a daughter of Dr. S. W. H. Leslie, of the army medical
+department. He was but a youth of thirteen when he accompanied
+his parents to Montreal, where he has made his home continuously
+since 1857, being, therefore, one of the older residents of the
+city in years of continuous connection therewith.</p>
+
+<p>It was in Montreal that Mr. Phillips was married in 1873 to Miss
+Jessie Amelia Thomson, a daughter of the late William A. Thomson,
+and her death occurred in May, 1910.</p>
+
+<p>With the attainment of his majority Charles S. J. Phillips
+entered business life and gradually advanced to the position of
+head of the firm of Morton, Phillips & Company, stationers and
+printers, which business was established in 1869. His activities
+have been exerted with energy, force and effectiveness along
+other lines, some of which have been of a semi-public and others
+of a public character. He was formerly president of the Montreal
+Citizens League and of the Montreal Dispensary and is now a
+director of the Citizens Association. He is likewise a<a class="pagenum" name="Page_235" id="Page_235">[235]</a> member of
+the Business Men’s League and is a director of the Mount Royal
+Cemetery Company. He belongs to the Natural History Society and
+is deeply interested in the Boys Home, of which he is honorary
+treasurer, and the Boys Farm and Training School at Shawbridge,
+Quebec. He has been a student of the important political,
+economic and sociological questions and has investigated
+conditions which bear directly upon the interests of society at
+large in its relation to citizenship and the opportunities which
+are placed before the individual for his normal development and
+advancement. His religious faith is that of the Baptist church,
+and his political belief that of the conservative party. He is
+well known as a member of the Montreal and Canadian Clubs. While
+the winter months are spent in the city, he has an attractive
+summer home, Mes Délices, at Notre Dame du Portage on the St.
+Lawrence.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_C2" id="Idx_C2"></a>ALEXANDER GEORGE CAMERON.</h3>
+
+<p>Alexander George Cameron is one of the younger representatives
+of the legal profession in Montreal. Since his admission to the
+bar in 1910 he has made continuous progress. He was born in
+Winchester, Ontario, May 11, 1884, a son of Alexander and Louise
+(Reddick) Cameron, the former a native of Inverness, Scotland,
+while the latter is of Canadian birth.</p>
+
+<p>In the public schools of Winchester Alexander G. Cameron laid the
+foundation for his education. He was a student in the Morrisburg
+Collegiate Institute and received his law training in McGill
+University, from which he was graduated B. C. L. with the class
+of 1910. He at once entered upon the practice of law. His name
+is also well known in the business world, being a director of
+several commercial enterprises.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Cameron is known in military circles, being a captain in
+the Fifth Royal Highlanders of Canada. His political allegiance
+is given to the conservative party, and he is prominent in club
+circles, his membership being in the Royal St. Lawrence Yacht
+Club, the Manitou Club, the Kaniwakee Golf Club, the Beaconsfield
+Golf Club, the University Club, the Montreal Club and the
+Montreal Art Association. He is a Presbyterian in religious
+belief.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_S4" id="Idx_S4"></a>GILBERT SCOTT.</h3>
+
+<p>Gilbert Scott was for many years a resident of Montreal and
+a witness of its development and progress. He came to rank
+prominently among the representatives of commercial and
+financial interests and for an extended period was a member of
+the Dow Brewery Company of this city. He was born at Chagford,
+Devonshire, England, April 16, 1820. In early life he was a clerk
+in a bank in London and came to Montreal in 1845. In the ’60s he
+entered into partnership with William Dow, a well known Montreal
+brewer and continued in active connection with the business until
+his life’s labors were ended on the 9th of June, 1891, when he
+was seventy-one years of age. The other members of the firm<a class="pagenum" name="Page_236" id="Page_236">[236]</a> at
+various times were John Harris, A. C. Hooper, J. Philip Scott,
+son of Gilbert Scott, Angus Hooper and Major George Hooper.
+Capable management led to the continuous growth and success of
+the business until the year 1912, when the Dow Brewery became a
+part of the National Breweries Company.</p>
+
+<p>Gilbert Scott was connected officially with many large financial
+and commercial institutions and was well posted upon financial
+and commercial matters, but his fund of knowledge went further
+and made him familiar with many other questions and interests
+of the day. He was a director of the Bank of Montreal;
+senior partner of the Dow Brewery Company; president of the
+Intercolonial Mining Company; vice president of the Shedden
+Company; a director of the North British and Mercantile Insurance
+Company, and of the Canada Sugar Refining Company.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Scott was married to Miss Janet Cooper of London, England,
+who died in 1875. He was survived by one son, James Philip, who
+was a member of the Dow Brewery Company from 1876 until his
+death, in 1898, and four daughters.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Scott was a member of St. Paul’s Lodge of Masons and was
+always loyal to the teachings and purposes of the craft. He had
+vivid recollections of the important points in the history of
+Montreal, from the time when he located here in 1845, until his
+death. As a man, he possessed many attractive social qualities
+and was beloved by a large circle of friends.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_R6" id="Idx_R6"></a>JOSEPH RIELLE.</h3>
+
+<p>In the long years of an active professional career Joseph Rielle
+has made continuous advancement until he stands today not only
+as a veteran civil engineer and surveyor, but also as one of the
+most capable representatives of his chosen calling in Montreal.
+Each year has found him in advance of the position which he
+occupied the previous year, because of his developing powers and
+growing ability. He was born at Laprairie on the 6th of October,
+1833, and received his initial business training with the firm of
+Ostell & Perrault, architects and land surveyors, whose service
+he entered in 1850 when a youth of seventeen years. He continued
+with that firm for four years and then became assistant to Mr.
+John Page, chief engineer of public works. He next accepted the
+position of assistant engineer to the harbor commission and
+eventually entered upon the general practice of land surveying in
+Montreal and the surrounding district. He has been connected with
+extensive surveys for the Grand Trunk and the Canadian Pacific
+Railways and the harbor commissioners of Montreal and in addition
+to his general practice has made a number of important hydraulic
+surveys. In 1904 he was presented with a testimonial by members
+of the society of land surveyors to mark the fiftieth anniversary
+of his entry into civil engineering and land surveying.</p>
+
+<p>While this has been his chief life activity, Mr. Rielle has
+done important work in other connections. He was formerly
+vice president of the Pontiac Pacific Junction Railway, and
+he has done much work of a public and semi-public character,
+whereby the general interests of the country at large have been
+greatly promoted. He was secretary and manager of the Montreal
+Turnpike<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_239" id="Page_239">[239]</a></span> Trust for about fifteen years. He was a member of
+the council of Verdun, Montreal, from 1875 until 1900 and was
+intrusted with many important public works. He is a life governor
+of the House of Industry and Refuge, also of the Montreal General
+Hospital, and is president of the Fraser Institute and Free
+Public Library of Montreal. His activities have been of a nature
+that have contributed largely to the general development and
+good, but he has never taken an active part in politics.</p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 351px;">
+<img src="images/image237.jpg" width="351" height="500" alt="JOSEPH RIELLE" />
+<p class="caption">JOSEPH RIELLE</p>
+</div>
+
+<p>Mr. Rielle married Miss Jeannie T. Goldie of Laprairie, P. Q.,
+who was vice president of the Montreal Industrial Rooms and who
+died in June, 1904. Mr. Rielle has his home at No. 90 Union
+Avenue and is a member of the St. James Club. He has now reached
+the advanced age of more than eighty years, but is still active
+in his profession and in spirit and interest seems yet a man in
+the prime of life.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_B41" id="Idx_B41"></a>JOHN STUART BUCHAN.</h3>
+
+<p>No phase of life affecting the political and local status of the
+province or its educational or moral development fails to elicit
+the attention and interest of John Stuart Buchan and seldom
+fails to receive his hearty cooperation and support. He is ever
+willing to divide his time between his profession and public
+service, recognizing ever the duties as well as the privileges
+of citizenship and the obligations which devolve upon man in
+relation to his fellowmen. He is well known as a practitioner
+at the bar and his reputation as a capable lawyer has been well
+earned. He was born at St. Andrews, P. Q., October 28, 1852,
+the only son of the late William and Katherine (Stuart) Buchan,
+of St. Andrews. The family is descended from the old earls of
+Buchan. After attending public schools of his native city John
+S. Buchan entered McGill University and won his B. C. L. degree
+in 1884. He had determined to make the practice of law his life
+work, and following his graduation he became an advocate, since
+which time he has continued a representative of the Montreal
+bar. Here he has worked his way up to leadership and in 1899 was
+created a king’s counsel. For almost a third of a century he has
+been engaged in practice here, and his ability has long since
+placed him in a position of distinction among the leaders of the
+legal profession in Montreal. At one time he was a member of the
+editorial staff of the Canadian Jurist, and in 1904 he was a
+royal commissioner for the revision of the provincial statutes.
+Thus important governmental problems in connection with his
+profession have elicited his deep interest and called forth his
+abilities.</p>
+
+<p>In 1885 Mr. Buchan was married to Miss Katherine McMartin, the
+second daughter of F. McMartin, of St. Andrews. She died in
+August, 1894, and in 1896 Mr. Buchan wedded Annie, the eldest
+daughter of the late J. H. Henderson, of Montreal.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Buchan is an attendant of Christ’s Church Cathedral, while
+his political faith is that of the liberal party. Political
+honors and emoluments have had no attraction for him. His
+activities, however, along other lines relating to the welfare
+and progress of city and province have been resultant. He acted
+as solicitor of the Lord’s Day Alliance of the province for a
+time. He was also<a class="pagenum" name="Page_240" id="Page_240">[240]</a> chosen a life governor of the Montreal Boys
+Home in 1911 and many movements having broad humanitarianism as
+their basis have received his indorsement. He is likewise the
+vice president of the Natural History Society of Montreal. He is
+not unknown in literary circles for under the nom-de-plume of
+Douglas Erskine he has published “A Bit of Atlantis” and “Some
+Notes on Mount Royal,” and various other papers of a scientific
+nature. When questions of public welfare are at stake he is never
+weighed in the balance and found wanting, and his support of any
+project and measure is not the result of a hasty conclusion.
+On the contrary he brings to all vital questions the habits of
+the lawyer, carefully analyzing and weighing the points in a
+situation and then giving his support thereto as the result of a
+firm belief in the worth or righteousness of the case.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_C11" id="Idx_C11"></a>ARCHIBALD MURRAY CASSILS.</h3>
+
+<p>Archibald Murray Cassils, who as <a name="Err_23" id="Err_23"></a>a wholesale leather merchant
+gained an enviable business standing, while attractive social
+qualities won him many friends, was but forty-eight years of age
+at the time of his death, which occurred March 6, 1891. He was
+born in July, 1843, in Renton, Dumbartonshire, Scotland, a son
+of John and Margaret (Murray) Cassils. His education was there
+acquired and he remained in his native land until 1856, when he
+came to Montreal where a brother was residing. For a number of
+years he was engaged in merchandising in connection with the
+wholesale leather business, and made for himself an enviable
+place in commercial circles, by reason of his enterprise, his
+progressiveness and his business integrity. Gradually his trade
+grew owing to his capable control of his interests, and success
+in a substantial measure rewarded his labors.</p>
+
+<p>In September, 1873, in Montreal, Mr. Cassils was married to Miss
+Eva A. Shaw, and they became the parents of three children:
+Marcia A., the wife of George P. Butters; William A., who died in
+1906; and Angus Shaw Cassils.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Cassils was a member of the Masonic order and the American
+Presbyterian church and his religious belief guided him in all
+the relations of life, making him a man of high principle and
+kindly spirit, straightforward in action and thoroughly reliable
+in all things. While more than two decades have passed since he
+was called from this life, he is yet kindly remembered by all who
+knew him owing to his gracious presence and his sterling worth.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_M15" id="Idx_M15"></a>GEORGE CAMPBELL MacDOUGALL.</h3>
+
+<p>George Campbell MacDougall, recognized as one of the ablest
+members of the brokerage profession, had not passed the fiftieth
+milestone on life’s journey when death called him. He was born
+June 6, 1843, in Ringmore, Devonshire, England, a son of Major
+MacDougall, who belonged to the King’s Own Borders, and in 1857
+came to Montreal. His son, George C. MacDougall, was educated
+in the schools of this city, passing through consecutive grades
+to the high school and afterward attending McGill University.
+Throughout his active business career<a class="pagenum" name="Page_241" id="Page_241">[241]</a> he was identified with
+financial interests. He became a clerk in the Bank of Montreal,
+worked his way upward until his experience, combined with his
+recognized capability led to his assignment to a responsible
+position with the New York city branch of the Bank of Montreal.
+He remained in the American metropolis for a few years and while
+in New York won several prizes for horsemanship at horse shows
+there. He afterward entered the Lounsbury & Tenshaw Brokerage
+Company, acquainted himself with the brokerage business and
+returned to Montreal, where he formed a partnership with his
+brother, Hartland St. Clair MacDougall, continuing in the
+brokerage business until his death. The firm gained an extensive
+clientage that made the business one of large volume.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. MacDougall was married twice. He first wedded Miss C. J.
+Bridges and they had one son, H. B. MacDougall. In 1887, in
+Montreal, Mr. MacDougall was married to Miss Mary L. Macdonald, a
+daughter of Hon. Donald Alexander Macdonald, a well known figure
+in public life, serving as postmaster general in the Mackenzie
+administration at Ottawa from 1873 until 1875, and as lieutenant
+governor of Ontario from 1875 until 1880. He married Catherine,
+daughter of Hon. Alexander Fraser, M. L. C., of Fraserville,
+Ontario. To George C. and Mary L. (Macdonald) MacDougall was born
+a daughter, Beatrice.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. MacDougall was well known as a sportsman, was an expert
+rider and was the owner of some fine horses. He was likewise
+a prominent member of many clubs, including the St. James,
+Montreal, Jockey, Forest and Stream and Hunt Clubs. His death
+occurred March 31, 1892, and although he was then at the
+comparatively early age of forty-nine years, he had achieved
+distinction in his line of business and as a sportsman had gained
+wide friendship among many of the most distinguished citizens of
+the province.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_D38" id="Idx_D38"></a>JOSEPH CHARLES HECTOR DUSSAULT.</h3>
+
+<p>Joseph Charles Hector Dussault, a graduate of Laval University
+and thus carefully trained for the profession to which he has
+devoted his life, has been actively engaged in the practice
+of law in Montreal since 1899. His course has been marked by
+continuous progress until he has gained a creditable position
+among the forceful, capable representatives of the bar. He was
+born at Sherbrooke, Quebec, on the 19th of November, 1876, a son
+of N. T. and Malvina (Deseve) Dussault, the former a merchant of
+Sherbrooke, who was born there more than seventy years ago and is
+still engaged in business in that city. He is well known in the
+eastern townships and is recognized as a man of prominence in his
+community.</p>
+
+<p>Liberal educational opportunities were accorded Joseph C. H.
+Dussault, who pursued commercial and classical courses in the
+Seminary of Sherbrooke. Reviewing the broad field of industrial,
+commercial and professional activity, he determined upon the
+practice of law as a life work and in preparation therefor
+entered Laval University at Montreal. On the completion of the
+regular law course he was graduated and in 1899 received the
+degree of Master of Laws. The same year he was admitted to
+practice at the bar of the province of Quebec and entered alone
+upon the active work of the profession. Advancement at the<a class="pagenum" name="Page_242" id="Page_242">[242]</a> bar
+is proverbially slow, yet he had as the basis of success broad
+and thorough understanding of the principles of jurisprudence and
+gradually worked his way upward. After three years he formed a
+partnership with J. A. Mercier and in January, 1912, they were
+joined by a third partner, P. L. Dupuis under the firm style
+of Dussault, Mercier & Dupuis. Mr. Dussault has ever been very
+careful in the preparation of his cases. His mind is naturally
+analytical, logical and inductive and, therefore, his reasoning
+is clear, his argument sound and his deductions clear and
+convincing. He is also identified with financial activities as
+one of the organizers and directors of the Merchants & Employers
+Guarantee & Accident Company.</p>
+
+<p>On the 1st of October, 1906, in Montreal, Mr. Dussault was
+married to Miss Alice Dupuis, a daughter of J. O. Dupuis, one
+of the founders of Dupuis Freres of Montreal. Her father is
+also widely known in political as well as commercial circles,
+his opinions carrying weight in party councils. He served as
+alderman of Montreal and has been active in molding public
+thought and opinion. That confidence is reposed in his business
+ability and integrity is indicated in the fact that he was one
+of the liquidators of the defunct Ville Marie Bank. Unto Mr. and
+Mrs. Dussault have been born three children, Jeanne, Marcelle
+and Jacques. The religious faith of the family is that of the
+Roman Catholic church. Mr. Dussault is a conservative and strong
+protectionist. His interest in politics is not a superficial one,
+and he keeps well versed on the questions and issues of the day,
+yet political honors and emoluments have no attraction for him.
+He finds recreation through his connection with St. Andrew’s
+Curling Club, of which he is a charter member. He now has a wide
+acquaintance in his adopted city, where his developing powers
+have brought him professional success, while sterling traits of
+manhood have gained him place among the highly esteemed citizens.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_D11" id="Idx_D11"></a>ERNEST R. DECARY.</h3>
+
+<p>Ernest R. Decary, senior member of Decary, Barlow & Joron,
+one of the foremost firms of notaries in Montreal, occupies a
+distinguished professional position, viewed not only from the
+extent, but as well from the prominence of his clientele. Mr.
+Decary is a native of Montreal and was born on December 9, 1878.
+He received an excellent education, graduating with the degree of
+Bachelor of Arts from St. Mary’s Jesuit College and beginning his
+business career alone, subsequently joined with him Mr. Barlow
+and Mr. Joron, and he has since continued in that relationship.
+This firm specializes in railway and bank work and they have come
+to occupy a position second to none in Montreal professional
+circles.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Decary personally acts as notary for the Canadian Pacific
+Railway, the Canadian Northern and the Dominion and Traders Banks
+and the Canadian Express Company, as well as for many other
+institutions and corporations.</p>
+
+<p>Although Mr. Decary has never aspired to political office, he
+is deeply interested in the growth and expansion of his city
+and readily gives of his time and means in support of worthy
+enterprises. In politics he is a liberal. He is a<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_245" id="Page_245">[245]</a></span> member of
+the Montreal, Royal Montreal Golf, University, Royal St. Lawrence
+Yacht, and Lachine Boating and Canoe Clubs, and has views upon
+business and social conditions. Yet a comparatively young man, he
+occupies a position of dignity in the life of the city to which
+his ripe judgment on matters of a commercial or legal nature
+fully entitles him.</p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 345px;">
+<img src="images/image243.jpg" width="345" height="500" alt="ERNEST R. DECARY" />
+<p class="caption">ERNEST R. DECARY</p>
+</div>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_L6" id="Idx_L6"></a>BENJAMIN NAPOLEON LADOUCEUR.</h3>
+
+<p>One of the well known legal practitioners of Montreal and a
+notary public, Benjamin Napoléon Ladouceur has a clientele both
+representative and important. He is yet a young man, barely
+thirty years of age, but has demonstrated his ability to capably
+handle the most intricate legal problems. He was born on the
+15th of January, 1883, at Ste. Marie de Monnoir, and is a son
+of Mathias and Azilda Ste. Marie Ladouceur, both natives of
+Ste. Marie de Monnoir. The paternal grandfather was Benjamin
+Ladouceur, called Martin, his birthplace being Côté des Neiges.
+His wife was Cèleste Vient, a native of Ste. Marie de Monnoir.
+The grandfather in the maternal line was Jean Baptiste Ste. Marie
+and his wife was Henriette Bédard, also natives of Ste. Marie de
+Monnoir.</p>
+
+<p>Benjamin Napoléon Ladouceur was educated at the College of Ste.
+Marie de Monnoir and took his law degrees at Laval University
+in July, 1910. He has since engaged in practice in Montreal and
+also acts as notary public. No long novitiate awaited him for he
+soon demonstrated his ability along legal lines and now enjoys
+an important and lucrative practice. In his political views he
+is a nationalist, a party which has for its aim the amelioration
+of certain conditions of government which make not for the best
+of the masses. In some ways it may be said that it is similar to
+the progressive movement in the United States and this movement
+has largely for its object a restricting influence upon political
+malpractices. Mr. Ladouceur also interests himself along other
+public and semi-public lines although he has never cared for
+official positions. He is loyal to the city of his adoption and
+ever ready to give his share of time and money in promoting her
+interests.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_R27" id="Idx_R27"></a>WILLIAM RUTHERFORD.</h3>
+
+<p>The steps in the orderly progression of William Rutherford
+whereby he has reached his present advanced position in business
+circles of Montreal are easily discernible and each forward step
+has brought him a broader outlook and wider opportunities. Born
+in Montreal, April 22, 1864, he is a son of William and Elizabeth
+(Jackson) Rutherford, both of whom are of Scotch birth, the
+former coming from Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, and the latter from
+Biggar, Lanarkshire. They were representatives of the excellent
+Scotch type that has done so much for Canada and its substantial
+upbuilding. The father was a member of the first council of
+Cote St. Antoine, which afterward became Westmount. He was an<a class="pagenum" name="Page_246" id="Page_246">[246]</a>
+enthusiastic curler and greatly enjoyed other outdoor sports.
+His interests, however, were largely concentrated upon the
+development and management of important business interests. He
+founded the lumber firm of William Rutherford & Sons in 1852 and
+was largely instrumental in developing it into one of the most
+extensive lumber enterprises of Canada.</p>
+
+<p>In the acquirement of his education William Rutherford attended
+successively the schools of Cote St. Antoine, the high school
+of Montreal and the private school conducted by Hon. E. H.
+Springrice. He crossed the threshold of the business world
+as a junior clerk with Gillespie, Moffat & Company, general
+merchants, and subsequently became a clerk for the Pillow Hersey
+Manufacturing Company, owners of rolling mills, etc. Subsequently
+he entered the firm of William Rutherford & Sons of Montreal and
+upon the incorporation of the company became its treasurer. The
+business is today conducted under the style of William Rutherford
+& Sons Company, Ltd., dealers in and manufacturers of lumber and
+timber. The business is now one of mammoth proportions and in his
+official capacity William Rutherford of this review is bending
+his energies to administrative direction and executive control.
+Into other fields he has also extended his efforts and his
+business interests are now of considerable volume and importance,
+placing him among the prominent representatives of commercial and
+industrial activity in the province. He is now the president of
+the Dominion Box Company, Ltd., of the Grier Timber Company and
+the Dominion Park Realty Company, Ltd.</p>
+
+<p>On the 16th of May, 1894, in Montreal, Mr. Rutherford married
+Miss Ida Bulmer, a daughter of John Bulmer and a representative
+of a well known Montreal family. Their children are William J.,
+John B., Jean, Andrew S. and Marjorie. Presbyterians in religious
+faith, the family hold membership in St. Andrew’s church of
+Westmount. Mr. Rutherford is a liberal in politics, conversant
+with the leading questions and issues of the day. He has filled
+a number of local offices, having been elected alderman of
+Westmount in 1908, while in 1910 he was chosen mayor of the
+city. In 1913 he was made school commissioner of the city and in
+1912-13 was a member of the executive committee of the Canadian
+Manufacturers Association. He is also a member of the committee
+of St. Andrew’s Society, while along more strictly social lines
+his membership is in the Canada, Engineers, Manitou and North
+Lake Fish and Game Clubs. His success permits him that leisure
+which enables him to enjoy fishing, hunting and other outdoor
+and indoor sports, but he is preeminently a business man and one
+whose successful methods might be studied by all who wish to gain
+prosperity within the legitimate lines of business.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_R20" id="Idx_R20"></a>CARL ROSENBERG.</h3>
+
+<p>Among the mercantile houses of Montreal the British American
+Import Company occupies a place of prominence and importance.
+Under this firm style Carl Rosenberg is connected with Canadian
+trade interests. Mr. Rosenberg was born in Kishenev, Russia,
+on the 15th of July, 1870, a son of Wolf and Bessie (Dachis)
+Rosenberg, both now residents of Montreal. The former has now
+retired from active business life.</p>
+
+<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_247" id="Page_247">[247]</a></p>
+
+<p>Carl Rosenberg was one of those who did not find the
+opportunities which he sought in his native country and, seeking
+the benefits of British freedom, selected the Dominion of Canada
+for his field of operation and came to Montreal twenty-five years
+ago, or in 1889, when a young man of about nineteen years. After
+his arrival he went into partnership with a cousin, who had
+preceded him to the Dominion and who was engaged in the importing
+and dry-goods jobbing business. The name of the firm was
+Shiller & Rosenberg and they continued for two years, when the
+partnership was dissolved and Mr. Rosenberg became the leading
+factor in the establishment of the British American Import
+Company, who opened their place of business on St. Paul Street,
+Montreal. His ability as a merchant, his ready understanding of
+local market conditions and his indefatigable energy led to such
+growth of business that in 1909 the firm was enabled to put up a
+large building of their own at 516 St. Lawrence boulevard, into
+which they moved in 1910. The British American Import Company
+occupies a leading place in its line in Montreal and their
+reputation is of the highest. Its success is largely due to the
+executive ability of Mr. Rosenberg, its founder.</p>
+
+<p>In 1888, when but eighteen years of age, Mr. Rosenberg, while yet
+in Europe, was married to Miss Clara Sperling and to them were
+born the following children: Hannah, who married Dr. Tannenbaum;
+Sarah, now Mrs. Aronson; and Madge, Rose, Sadie, David and Moses.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Rosenberg is a liberal and, adhering to the faith of his
+fathers, he was during 1910-11 a director of the Baron de Hirsch
+Institute, but his fast expanding business interests forced him
+to relinquish this position. He is a justice of the peace; vice
+president of the Herzl Dispensary; a founder and an ex-president
+of the Jewish Eagle Publishing Company, holding the latter office
+for five years; and a member of Ionic Lodge, No. 54, of the
+Masonic order. He is a shrewd and able business man and his name
+and that of his firm stand for successful accomplishment in the
+trade annals of the city.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_S7" id="Idx_S7"></a>REV. ALLAN PEARSON SHATFORD.</h3>
+
+<p>Rev. Allan Pearson Shatford, known in Montreal and throughout the
+province of Quebec as a forceful and eloquent preacher, holding a
+high position in Masonic circles as grand chaplain of the grand
+lodge of Quebec and known in this city as most earnest, zealous
+and consecrated in his work as rector of the Church of St. James
+the Apostle, was born at St. Margaret’s Bay, Nova Scotia, and is
+a son of the late James E. Shatford, a resident of Indian Harbor.</p>
+
+<p>Rev. Allan P. Shatford acquired his education in King’s College
+in his native province, from which he was graduated B. A. with
+first class honors in English literature in 1895 and M. A. in
+1898. In the former year he was made curate of the Anglican
+church at Bridgewater, Nova Scotia, and served in that capacity
+until 1900, during which time he was ordained deacon in 1896 and
+priest in 1897. He was transferred from Bridgewater to North
+Sydney, Nova Scotia, where he remained as rector until 1906,
+moving in that year to Montreal, where he became assistant
+rector of the parish of St. James the Apostle. He was promoted
+to the position of rector in January, 1912, and still holds
+this position which is an important<a class="pagenum" name="Page_248" id="Page_248">[248]</a> and responsible one, for
+the parish is one of the oldest and largest in Montreal. It was
+founded in 1864 by Canon Elligood and the first church was built
+by Mrs. Phillips on land donated by her. Canon Elligood continued
+as rector from 1864 to 1911, dying in December of that year
+at the advanced age of eighty-seven. He was succeeded by Rev.
+Allan P. Shatford, the present incumbent, who is ably carrying
+forward his predecessor’s work, giving his time, attention and
+unusual talents to the promotion of the interests of the parish
+and the spread of the doctrines in which he believes. There
+are about four hundred and fifty families in the congregation,
+and the church property is valued at seven hundred and fifty
+thousand dollars. Its administration calls for farsighted and
+capable work and Mr. Shatford has proved equal to the trust
+reposed in him, aiding the trustees in every possible way and
+proving his possession of unusual administrative ability and
+organizing power. The church has had some of the most famous
+ministers in Canada connected with its affairs at different
+times, Bishop Dumlin, of the diocese of Niagara, having been at
+one time assistant, as were also Bishop Duvernet, of Caledonia,
+and Dean Abbott, of Niagara. The affairs of the congregation
+are in a most flourishing and prosperous condition, and the
+people of the parish find in Mr. Shatford a minister well suited
+to their needs, a man sincere and high-minded in his aims, of
+scholarly attainments and well directed ability. His sermons show
+great force and power, and his lectures have gained him wide
+recognition, winning him mention by the Montreal Gazette as “an
+accomplished extempore speaker and a preacher of great power.”</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Shatford is well known in Masonic circles, exemplifying in
+his life the beneficent teachings of that order. He was grand
+chaplain of the grand lodge of Freemasons for Nova Scotia from
+1903 to 1906 and since that time has been grand chaplain of
+the grand lodge of Quebec province. He was a delegate to the
+Pan-Anglican Congress held in London in 1908; a delegate to the
+general synod and to the church congress held in Halifax, Nova
+Scotia, in 1910, speaking there in a forceful and telling way
+upon parochial problems. “Today,” in his opinion, “it is Canada
+for the world, and we think of England as the center of an empire
+which tends to the solidarity of the human race and the universal
+brotherhood of man.”</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_M47" id="Idx_M47"></a>VICTOR MORIN, LL. D.</h3>
+
+<p>Victor Morin, prominent in connection with the legal profession
+as a practitioner and as professor of administrative law and
+doctor of laws in Laval University, is now at the head of the
+firm of Morin & Mackay, notaries of Montreal. His name is also
+well known in literary circles and his activities and his
+writings have had a far-reaching and beneficial effect upon
+public interests. Born at St. Hyacinthe, Quebec, on the 15th of
+August, 1865, he is a son of Jean Baptiste Morin and Aurelie
+(Cote) Morin. In the acquirement of his education he attended
+successively Girouard Academy, the St. Hyacinthe College, from
+which he was graduated B. A. in 1884, and Laval University, which
+conferred upon him the LL. B. degree in 1888 and that of LL. D.
+in 1910. He studied law in the office of Papineau, Morin & Mackay
+and was admitted to the practice of<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_251" id="Page_251">[251]</a></span> the notarial profession in
+1888. For a brief period thereafter he was a resident of Acton
+Vale, Quebec, but in 1890 returned to Montreal and is now senior
+member in the firm of Morin & Mackay. He is also custodian of the
+archives of his late partners, D. E. Papineau, C. F. Papineau,
+Durand and Morin, whose office was established in 1841. Aside
+from his business he has occupied many positions of importance
+and of public trust. While a resident of the town of Acton Vale
+he was secretary-treasurer of the town from 1888 until 1890.
+He has been treasurer of the board of notaries of the province
+of Quebec since 1897 and he has various important business
+connections. He was president of the Imperial Electric Light
+Company from 1899 until 1901, became secretary of the Montreal
+Real-Estate Association in 1904 and is now its president. He is
+likewise president of the Crédit Métropolitain, of the Caisse
+Hypothécaire, of the Montreal Debenture Corporation, of the
+Récollet Land Company, and of the Federal Real-Estate & Trust
+Company; vice president of the Security Life Insurance Company,
+and a director of the Provincial Life and of the Provincial Fire
+Insurance Companies. From 1897 to 1910, he was notary to the
+corporation of the city of Montreal and resigned this position
+in order to run for aldermanic honors. His high standing in his
+chosen profession is indicated by the fact that he has been
+made professor of administrative law in Laval University and is
+regarded as one of the prominent law educators of the country.
+His public-spirited citizenship finds expression in active
+support of many measures and movements for the public good and
+his cooperation can always be counted upon when the welfare
+of city, province or country is at stake. He has taken great
+interest for many years past in social questions, and is vice
+president general of the St. Jean Baptiste Society, the national
+association of French-Canadians. He was a director of Montreal
+Citizens Association from 1908 until 1910 and his position upon
+the temperance question is indicated by the fact that he is now
+the general secretary of the Montreal Anti-Alcoholic League.</p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 346px;">
+<img src="images/image249.jpg" width="346" height="500" alt="VICTOR MORIN" />
+<p class="caption">VICTOR MORIN</p>
+</div>
+
+<p>Prominent in the Independent Order of Foresters, Mr. Morin was
+its supreme vice chief ranger from 1898 to 1902, and has been
+its past supreme chief ranger since 1905; in 1895-6 he edited
+and published a paper in the interests of that fraternity called
+Le Forestier. Since 1890 he has delivered many lectures to
+fraternal societies and no man is better qualified to speak on
+the beneficent basic principles of the organization.</p>
+
+<p>His authorship has made Mr. Morin equally widely known. He was
+actively interested in the literary work of the Cercle Ville
+Marie as its secretary from 1886 until 1888. He is the author of
+Vingt Ans Après, the second edition of which was brought forth
+in 1909. He is silver medalist of the Ligue Nationale de la
+Prévoyance et de la Mutualité, of Paris, France, and honorary
+vice president of the Antiquarian and Numismatic Society of
+Montreal. His active interest in affairs of vital importance
+to the city has been manifest in his capable public service
+as alderman of Montreal, to which position he was elected in
+1910. His political support is given to the liberal party and
+his religious faith is that of the Roman Catholic church. He
+is prominent in club circles, is a member of the St. Denis and
+Reform Clubs, and is secretary of the Maison des Etudiants. His
+library, which is extensive and well selected, furnishes him his
+chief source of recreation and interest.</p>
+
+<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_252" id="Page_252">[252]</a></p>
+
+<p>Mr. Morin was married in 1893 at Biddeford, Maine, to Miss
+Fannie, daughter of the Hon. D. Cote. In 1896 he wedded
+Alphonsine, daughter of Victor Cote, of St. Hyacinthe. They
+reside at No. 703 St. Urbain Street with their eleven children,
+and spend their summer months in their attractive villa on the
+slope of Mount St. Bruno. His life has been so varied in its
+activities and so honorable in its purposes as to leave an
+indelible impress for good upon the community and through his
+professional, business and fraternal connections Mr. Morin has
+come to be recognized as one of the leading residents of Montreal.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_G18" id="Idx_G18"></a>HUBERT ADOLPHE ELZEAR GRANDBOIS.</h3>
+
+<p>Hubert Adolphe Elzéar Grandbois, who since October, 1911, has
+been connected with the notarial profession in Montreal, was born
+in St. Casimir, Port Neuf district, in the province of Quebec,
+on the 15th of January, 1876, a son of Michel Adolphe and Marie
+Aurée (Charest) Grandbois, the former a dealer in wood. The son
+pursued his classical education in the Seminary of Nicolet,
+from which he was graduated in 1895. He afterward entered upon
+the study of law in Laval University at Quebec, which conferred
+upon him the degree of Bachelor of Laws, in June, 1898. On the
+completion of his studies he was admitted to practice as a
+notary in the following September and located at St. Casimir,
+where he remained in active practice from September, 1898, until
+October, 1911. He then came to Montreal, where he has since
+remained and has attained high standing among the representatives
+of the profession owing to broad and accurate knowledge, close
+application and fidelity to the interests of his clients.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Grandbois was married in the city of his nativity on the 7th
+of January, 1899, to Miss Marie Laetitia Belisle, a daughter of
+Octave Germain and Marguerite (Daly) Belisle. The children of
+this marriage are Marie Marguerite and Marie Laurette Grandbois.
+The religious faith of the family is that of the Catholic church,
+and Mr. Grandbois has membership with the Chevaliers de Colomb.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_E2" id="Idx_E2"></a>JOHN EDGAR.</h3>
+
+<p>The late John Edgar, who for many years was connected with the
+fur industry in Montreal, was born in Woodstock, Ontario, March
+12, 1843. During his boyhood the family removed to Hamilton,
+Ontario, where his school days were passed. He began his business
+career in the provision trade with Folingsby & Williamson in
+Hamilton and later came to Montreal as representative of that
+firm. Soon after his arrival in this city, or in 1866, he entered
+the firm of Greene & Sons Company, wholesale furriers, in
+which connection he worked his way upward, eventually becoming
+a partner in the business. About the year 1895, when Greene
+& Sons Company retired, Mr. Edgar succeeded to the business
+which he continued for some years under the firm name of Edgar,
+Swift <a class="pagenum" name="Page_253" id="Page_253">[253]</a>& Company. When Mr. Swift retired Mr. Edgar formed a
+partnership with Mr. Charles Coristine under the firm name of
+Edgar, Coristine & Company, which relation was maintained for
+four years, after which Mr. Edgar continued the business alone
+until 1912, when he retired. He was one of the prominent furriers
+of the city, developing and building up a business of extensive
+proportions, and in commercial affairs his judgment was sound,
+his enterprise keen and his diligence unfaltering.</p>
+
+<p>In Montreal Mr. Edgar was united in marriage to Miss Selina
+Kidner and unto them were born five children, three sons and two
+daughters: John Hamilton, who is connected with the Canadian
+Pacific Railway; Frank Clifton, connected with the Royal Bank
+of Canada at Montreal; William Dewar, of the custom house of
+Montreal; Katie Selina; and Lillian Maud. The death of the
+husband and father occurred September 12, 1913, and was the
+occasion of deep regret to many with whom he had been closely
+associated in business and social circles. In politics he
+was a conservative but without aspiration for public office.
+He belonged to the Royal Albert Lodge of Masons and was a
+faithful member of the Church of St. James the Apostle. In those
+connections are indicated the principles which governed his life
+and guided him in all of his relations.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_T3" id="Idx_T3"></a>CAMILLE TESSIER.</h3>
+
+<p>Camille Tessier, a young man possessed of laudable ambition and
+determination, is making continuous progress in the field of
+his chosen profession—that of the practice of law. He was born
+at Berthierville, Quebec, July 26, 1887, a son of Dominique
+and Odile (Des Rosiers) Tessier, the former a merchant at
+Berthierville. He is descended from French ancestors who landed
+here with the pioneers of the country. Like the greater part
+of Canada’s first inhabitants, they were farmers and spent
+their whole lives in cultivating the lands which they had first
+courageously conquered from the wilderness and from the forest on
+the north side of the St. Lawrence river, thus contributing in
+large measure to the actual prosperity of the country.</p>
+
+<p>Camille Tessier was accorded liberal educational opportunities,
+which he improved, thus laying a broad foundation for his
+later success. He pursued a course in the commercial college
+of Berthierville, was a student in the Seminary of Joliette,
+attended St. Mary’s College at Montreal, Laval University at
+Montreal, in which he pursued his classical and professional
+courses, winning the Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws
+degrees. He subsequently attended Eastman’s Business College of
+Poughkeepsie, New York. As advocate, barrister and solicitor
+he is making for himself a creditable position in professional
+ranks. He has been a member of the Montreal bar since the 7th of
+July, 1910, and the thoroughness and care with which he prepares
+his cases and the logic of his deductions have gained him rank
+among those who are winning success in the difficult and arduous
+profession to which he devotes his energies. He makes a specialty
+of commercial law and is a member of the Commercial Law League of
+America. He is working his way to success vigorously but quietly
+and honestly. Mr. Tessier is a member of the Roman Catholic
+church. He was married<a class="pagenum" name="Page_254" id="Page_254">[254]</a> in Montreal, on the 28th of January,
+1913, to Edmee Paquette, and they have one child, Jean Marcel,
+born in Outremont on the 28th of October, 1913. His courage and
+a laudable ambition of living a life of usefulness to his family
+and to his country have brought Mr. Tessier the high regard of
+associates and all who know aught of his career.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_H25" id="Idx_H25"></a>CHARLES GIDEON HILL.</h3>
+
+<p>The life record of Charles Gideon Hill constitutes an
+illustration of what the new world has to offer to ambitious
+young men. Coming to Canada as an orphan boy, he steadily
+worked his way upward, each forward step bringing him a broader
+outlook and wider opportunities. He became in time a successful
+merchant of Montreal and in later years devoted his time to the
+supervision of his invested interests, which included large
+property holdings and stock in many financial and commercial
+enterprises. He was seventy-six years of age at the time of his
+death, which occurred on the 12th of June, 1893, at the old home
+at No. 247 Bleury Street, where he had lived for more than half a
+century. He was born in England, but lost his father and mother
+when quite young, after which he crossed the Atlantic and for
+a time resided in New York. He afterward came to Montreal and
+gradually he worked his way upward in a business way, realizing
+at the outset of his career, that industry and honesty constitute
+the foundation upon which success is built. In time he was the
+proprietor of a small dry-goods establishment on St. Paul Street
+and conducted it successfully for many years, but about 1870,
+retired from commercial circles in order to supervise his large
+estate which also included the estate of William Galt. From time
+to time he became interested in business enterprises, holding
+stock in many leading financial and commercial concerns. His
+judgment was sound, his sagacity keen and in the control of
+important interests he established his position as one of the
+leading and capable business men of the city.</p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 352px;">
+<img src="images/image256.jpg" width="352" height="500" alt="CHARLES G. HILL" />
+<p class="caption">CHARLES G. HILL</p>
+</div>
+
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 346px;">
+<img src="images/image257.jpg" width="346" height="500" alt="MRS. CHARLES G. HILL" />
+<p class="caption">MRS. CHARLES G. HILL</p>
+</div>
+
+<p>On the 19th of August, 1840, Mr. Hill was united in marriage to
+Miss Margaret J. Galt, a daughter of William Galt, who for many
+years was one of the leading citizens of Montreal. He engaged in
+the tanning business near Glasgow, Quebec, and amassed a very
+considerable fortune. Following his death, Mr. Hill retired from
+commercial interests to supervise the Galt estate. To Mr. and
+Mrs. Hill were born eleven children, eight of whom reached adult
+age. These children were: William Galt, deceased; Charles G.,
+who also has passed away; Margaret Ewing, the widow of G. M.
+Patterson, residing in Cleveland, Ohio; Robert Ewing, deceased;
+Adelaide, who married Samuel P. Wigg and resides in Lakefield,
+Ontario; Lewis E., deceased; Helena Augusta, residing in
+Montreal; Jean Elizabeth, now Mrs. E. A. Hilton; Peter Alexander;
+Emma Louise, who married Albert A. Adams and is deceased; and
+Dr. Adolphus James Hill, deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Hill devoted the
+greatest care to rearing their large family and bestowed upon the
+children their tenderest love. Those who grew to adult’s estate
+were an honor to the family name and in full measure repaid the
+care of the parents, whom they ever held in reverent memory. It
+is due to the kind cooperation of Miss Helena A. Hill,—and to
+her the publishers are indebted,—that<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_259" id="Page_259">[259]</a></span> they are able to
+present herewith the excellent steel etchings portraying her
+parents.</p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 351px;">
+<img src="images/image261.jpg" width="351" height="500" alt="HELENA A. HILL" />
+<p class="caption">HELENA A. HILL</p>
+</div>
+
+<p>Mr. Hill attended services and held a pew in the First Baptist
+church and also in the Church of England, in the Cathedral. His
+membership was in the latter and his wife, who died in 1882,
+was a member of the former. Both were greatly esteemed and an
+extensive circle of friends indicated their worth and the high
+regard in which they were held.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_S10" id="Idx_S10"></a>WALDO W. SKINNER.</h3>
+
+<p>Waldo W. Skinner, practicing at the Montreal bar as a member
+of the firm of Smith, Markey, Skinner, Pugsley & Hyde, was
+born at St. John, New Brunswick, a son of the late Hon. C. M.
+Skinner, K. C. His youthful days were largely devoted to the
+acquirement of an education in the schools of his native city and
+at Upper Canada College, Toronto, and having determined upon the
+practice of law as his life work, he entered McGill University
+in preparation for the bar, and was graduated B. C. L. in 1901.
+In 1913 Mr. Skinner was created a king’s counsel. The year
+following his graduation he entered upon the active work of his
+profession and his course has been marked by continuous progress.
+He is now associated with one of the leading law firms of the
+city, Smith, Markey, Skinner, Pugsley & Hyde, and is actively
+interested in much important litigation, in connection with which
+he is retained as counsel for the defense or prosecution. From
+the outset of his career he has recognized the fact that careful
+preparation is one of the indispensable elements of success, so
+that thorough work precedes his presentation of his cause in the
+courtroom. His reasoning is clear and cogent and his arguments
+strong and forceful.</p>
+
+<p>In June, 1907, was celebrated the marriage of Mr. Skinner and
+Miss Loulou Forget, the eldest daughter of the late Hon. L. J.
+Forget, senator. Mr. Skinner in his social relations is well
+known, being a member of the Mount Royal, St. James and Montreal
+Clubs, while his interest in sports is further indicated in
+his membership in the Montreal Racquet and Royal Montreal Golf
+Cubs. Attractive social qualities render him popular in those
+organizations, in which he has gained many friends.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_R11" id="Idx_R11"></a>THOMAS ROBB.</h3>
+
+<p>Organization is the watchword of the age. Promotion in every
+field of endeavor is brought about through the agency of
+organized effort and cooperation, and thorough study of each
+situation constitutes the basis of effort in this direction. This
+spirit and tendency of the age has led to the formation of many
+companies or societies for the benefit of business interests and
+it is in this connection that Thomas Robb is known, being manager
+and secretary of the Shipping Federation of Canada. A native of
+Scotland, he was born in the city of Glasgow in the year 1863,
+his father being the late Thomas Robb, who for some years<a class="pagenum" name="Page_260" id="Page_260">[260]</a> was
+superintendent of police in Glasgow. Spending his youthful days
+in that city, the son pursued his education in the public schools
+and in the Glasgow Academy. Mr. Robb came to Canada first in 1883
+and spent one year at farming in the Niagara district. Returning
+to England he became identified with the shipping interests and
+in connection therewith was located at different periods in
+Australia, South Africa and New Zealand. He returned to Canada
+in 1902 and upon the organization of the Shipping Federation of
+Canada, which is incorporated by act of the Dominion parliament,
+he was chosen manager and secretary. He still continues in
+the dual position, his efforts being of marked value to the
+organization in promoting its object and accomplishing its
+purpose as he is actively engaged in all matters relating to
+navigation and shipping. In 1913 Mr. Robb was appointed member
+of the royal commission appointed to inquire into and report
+upon the “Law Respecting Pilotage” and its administration in the
+pilotage district of Montreal and Quebec.</p>
+
+<p>In 1891 Mr. Robb was united in marriage to Miss Elizabeth
+McLaren, a daughter of Andrew McLaren. Their religious faith
+is that of the Presbyterian church and Mr. Robb belongs to St.
+Andrew’s Society. He is a justice of the peace for Montreal and
+district. He is likewise a member of the Engineers Club and of
+the Canadian Club and has gained the warm friendship of many in
+both organizations.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_C33" id="Idx_C33"></a>HON. JOHN JOSEPH CURRAN.</h3>
+
+<p>Hon. John Joseph Curran, barrister, jurist and orator, whose
+life record was an honor to the land of his ancestors and to the
+land of his birth was born in Montreal, February 22, 1842, his
+parents being Charles and Sarah (Kennedy) Curran, both natives of
+Ireland, the former born in County Down and the latter in County
+Wexford. Emigrating to the new world they retained the intense
+love of native land, so characteristic of the Irish race and
+instilled the same deep attachment into their son, who with his
+increasing age and powers gave freely of his time and talents for
+the benefit of Erin’s green isle.</p>
+
+<p>In the pursuit of his education Judge Curran attended a Jesuit
+school and St. Mary’s College at Montreal, where he entered upon
+a classical course. He afterward became a student in St. Joseph’s
+College at Ottawa and in 1891 the University of Ottawa conferred
+upon him the LL. D. degree. In the continuance of his education,
+he entered McGill University as a student in the law department
+and won his D. C. L. degree in 1862. It was in the spring of 1859
+that he began preparation for the bar, reading at times under
+the direction of such distinguished lawyers as Bernard Devlin,
+Hon. T. J. J. Loranger and Andrew Robertson, K. C. While pursuing
+his classical courses he cultivated a taste for literature and
+oratory and in his student days developed the natural gifts that
+in course of time made him one of the foremost Canadian orators.
+It was also in his early manhood that he joined the Irish
+national movement and thus his life was taking shape along those
+lines which were to make him a power in moulding the history of
+province and country.</p>
+
+<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_263" id="Page_263">[263]</a></span></p>
+
+<p>The year following his graduation from McGill, or in 1863, he was
+called to the bar of Quebec. No dreary novitiate awaited him.
+Almost immediately his talents won him recognition and he gained
+prominence as one of the younger members of the profession, by
+the important part which he took in the conduct of a number of
+notable criminal cases, including the Shehan, Havern, Kehoe and
+Considine murder cases and the Dunbar, Brown, Kearney and T. F.
+O’Brien frauds.</p>
+
+<p>It is said that he had no superior in the conduct of election
+cases. He was successful in the Devlin-Ryan, Tansey-Malone and
+the James McShane-Loprairie contests and all these drew to
+him the attention and favorable comment of the profession. He
+was equally capable in the practice of civil law and was the
+legal representative of some of the largest contractors of the
+continent including men prominent in business in New York, Ottawa
+and Montreal. His legal counsel was sought by men of prominence
+again and again. Probably his last appearance as an advocate was
+when he represented the Dominion government in an arbitration
+with the province, the case being heard in the city of Quebec
+about 1894.</p>
+
+<p>Judge Curran was created a king’s counsel by the Marquis of
+Lorne and was appointed secretary of the commission for the
+codification of the statutes of the first De Boucherville
+government. He was called to judiciary honor when made a puisne
+judge of the superior court, December 5, 1892. He was appointed
+solicitor general in the ministry of Sir John Thomas and
+continued to hold that office after Sir Mackenzie Bowell became
+premier. A contemporary writer said, “on the occasion of his
+appointment his lordship was congratulated by the press without
+distinction of party, both on public and personal grounds in
+acknowledgment of his ‘indefatigable efforts to promote the
+interests of his constituents’ and he was presented in 1890,
+chiefly by citizens in Montreal, with a purse of seven thousand
+dollars.” Judge Curran remained upon the bench for fourteen years
+and proved himself the peer of the ablest jurist who has gained
+the superior court bench. There were those who opposed him in the
+beginning, but all came to acknowledge his capability, his record
+being a credit and honor to the bench. His opinions were models
+of judicial soundness and his record as a jurist was such as any
+man might be proud to possess.</p>
+
+<p>Politically his lordship was a liberal-conservative and he
+rendered valuable service to his party. He was elected by a large
+majority for Montreal Center to the house of commons in 1882,
+1887 and again in 1891, and upon his appointment to the solicitor
+generalship of Canada in 1892 he was reelected by acclamation.</p>
+
+<p>On the organization of a law faculty in connection with the
+University of Ottawa in 1892 Judge Curran was appointed to one
+of the legal chairs and elected vice dean. He was also a member
+of the senate of that university and president of its Alumni
+Association. As an orator he swayed all by his eloquence. He
+gained high rank as a lecturer and was frequently called upon to
+address public gatherings.</p>
+
+<p>In religious faith Judge Curran was a most earnest Catholic and
+was ever watchful of opportunity to assist those of his faith
+in public or in private. While his health permitted he never
+failed to appear annually with his colleagues of the bench and
+bar in the Tete Dieu procession and his piety and devotion in
+the closing years of his life were an encouragement to the old
+and an edifying<a class="pagenum" name="Page_264" id="Page_264">[264]</a> example for the young. As a Canadian his life
+work was one of conciliation and he strove to promote harmony
+between all creeds and colors. He accepted invitations to address
+gatherings of foreign colonists, and the Jews, Germans and
+Italians knew him well, while among the people of his nationality
+he was not only loved but respected. He yielded to none in the
+breadth of his sympathy and generous desire for the union of all
+denominations in the best and noblest objects. Following his
+elevation to the bench he said “that as a public man it had been
+his constant aim to bring about the union of hearts and minds
+among all creeds and classes,” and “he was satisfied that if we
+desired to have a prosperous country with a happy and contented
+people we could only secure those blessings by all creeds and
+classes uniting together for one common end, ‘the advancement
+and welfare of Canada and the empire.’” In August, 1896, Judge
+Curran was elected a delegate to the Irish Race convention,
+which met in Dublin in September of that year. He had previously
+been president of St. Patrick’s Society of Montreal and prior to
+his elevation to the bench was one of the directors of the True
+Witness Publishing Company. After his trip to the old country in
+1907 the Burns Club honored him with an invitation to a banquet
+and to respond to a toast to the memory of Robert Burns. On
+rising to speak he said, that all had become brothers the world
+over since men of such intense love for Old Scotia had, here in
+our happy Canadian home, called upon a descendant of old Ireland
+to do honor to the name and fame of Scotland’s greatest bard.
+There are few, indeed, who have greater love for the land which
+shelters their race than had Judge Curran. He was perfectly
+familiar with Irish history, was a reader of Irish literature
+and a lover of Irish music, and he was an ardent and unflinching
+advocate of home rule.</p>
+
+<p>In 1865 Judge Curran married Mary Elizabeth, the youngest
+daughter of the late Patrick Brennan of Montreal. His third son,
+Francis Joseph Curran, following his graduation from Manhattan
+University of New York and McGill University of Montreal, was
+called to the bar of his native province.</p>
+
+<p>Something of the position which Judge Curran occupied in public
+regard is indicated in works written of him ere his demise, which
+occurred on October 1, 1909. Morgan in his volume of Canadian
+Men and Women said, “by the Irish community of Montreal he was
+regarded as one who had stood the test of devotion to their
+common fatherland, but it is to Canada that he has given his
+best service and by his fellow-Canadians, without distinction of
+origin or creed, he is held in the highest esteem and honor.”
+A Montreal citizen wrote of him, “he bears a character without
+reproach and is as popular in legal and political circles as
+he is respected.” The Montreal Gazette said editorially, “no
+constituency in Canada has ever had a representative who gave up
+more of his time, his talent and his energy to the promotion of
+its interests than did Mr. Curran during the thirteen years he
+has enjoyed the confidence of his electors. His genial kindly
+nature, his large-heartedness, his conspicuous liberality
+of mind, absolutely free from every trace of bigotry, and
+his splendid oratorical powers caused him to be in constant
+requisition whenever men were gathered together in the promotion
+of worthy objects for the discussion of public affairs or the
+advancement of the material and social welfare of the country.”
+The Montreal Herald concluded an admirable eulogy with the
+following paragraph:<a class="pagenum" name="Page_265" id="Page_265">[265]</a> “Unselfishness and genuine consideration
+for others, probably explained his personal popularity and his
+political success. He used to say that the man in public life
+erred in dodging office seekers. ‘When I saw one who looked as if
+he wanted to get at me I always went to him first, and gave him
+his chance to speak,’ he once explained. He gave freely of his
+presence where he thought a good cause could be served, or a good
+example be set. He did his duty, as he saw it, without flinching.
+He was a good citizen, and he leaves a name to be held in honor.”</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_L4" id="Idx_L4"></a>PIERRE-CHRYSOLOGUE LACASSE.</h3>
+
+<p>Pierre-Chrysologue Lacasse, who follows the profession of notary
+in Montreal, is widely and favorably known in this city. He
+enjoys a representative clientele and his practice is extensive
+as he has gained a wide reputation on account of his extensive
+knowledge, which is based on a thorough education. The Lacasse
+family is an old and distinguished one in Canada, the first
+ancestor to come to this country being Antoine Lacasse, also
+called Casse or Cassé, who came to this country from Douai
+(French Flanders) about 1650, or more correctly, between 1639
+and 1665. This statement is based upon a reference made in an
+appendix to the History of Canada by Abbé Ferland. The paternal
+grandfather, François Lacasse, was born at St. Vincent de Paul
+(Jesus Island) and the forefathers were born in the same parish.
+The maternal grandfather, Joseph Brissette, was a native of St.
+Cuthbert, of the county of Berthier, where his ancestors also
+were born. The father of our subject, Narcisse Lacasse, was born
+on February 5, 1821, of the marriage of François Lacasse with
+Thérèse Bastien and died on December 27, 1892. He was a notary,
+receiving his commission on June 15, 1849. The mother, Mathilde
+Brissette, was born on November 1, 1820, a daughter of Joseph
+Brissette and Marie Lavoie. She died in Montreal on August 29,
+1911, at the advanced age of nearly ninety-one years. The father
+followed his occupation in the parish of Ste. Elizabeth, in the
+county of Joliette, where his wife was born.</p>
+
+<p>Pierre-Chrysologue Lacasse was born on January 7, 1866, at Ste.
+Elizabeth, county of Joliette, in the province of Quebec, and in
+the acquirement of his education attended the model school of
+Ste. Elizabeth, also receiving private tuition. In furtherance
+of his knowledge he then attended Joliette College, now known
+as the Seminary of Joliette, and Laval University at Montreal,
+graduating with the Bachelor of Arts degree from the latter
+institution in 1885. From the same institution he received
+his degree of LL. B. in 1891. However, on June 3, 1890, he
+had already been commissioned a notary and has followed that
+profession ever since. On January 29, 1891, he was admitted to
+the study of law for the profession of advocate. His professional
+reputation is of the very highest character and he has also
+extensively engaged in real estate and in dealing in bank and
+insurance stock. Among important estates which he has handled as
+testamentary executor were those of John Pratt, Thomas Philippe
+Barron, L. C. Gravel and others.</p>
+
+<p>The position conceded him by the profession is evident from
+numerous important official and semi-official positions which
+he has held. He was elected a member of the board of notaries
+for the district of Montreal in 1897, 1900, 1903, 1906, 1909 and
+1912. He was a member and afterwards president of the<a class="pagenum" name="Page_266" id="Page_266">[266]</a> committee
+of discipline and also of the committee of surveillance of said
+board and a member and afterwards president of the commission
+for the admission to the study of the notarial profession, which
+position he now holds. In his political views he is independent,
+giving his support to measures and candidates as dictated by his
+judgment. His religious faith is that of the Catholic church. Mr.
+Lacasse was connected with military life during a few years as
+lieutenant in Company 4, <a name="Err_24" id="Err_24"></a>Eighty-third Battalion of Infantry of
+Joliette.</p>
+
+<p>A man of wide experience and with a wide outlook upon life, he is
+interested along lines of endeavor that touch upon the progress
+of the city and can always be found among those who loyally
+support any movement undertaken for public betterment. He is
+highly respected and esteemed in the city where he is widely
+known and enjoys the confidence and good-will of the foremost
+citizens of Montreal.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_B38" id="Idx_B38"></a>ARTHUR A. BROWNE, M. D.</h3>
+
+<p>The tendency of the age is toward specialization and the
+professional man who achieves distinction usually concentrates
+his efforts not upon the broad field of his profession but upon
+some particular branch thereof, and thus develops a proficiency
+which he could not otherwise hope to attain. Such was the
+record of Dr. Arthur A. Browne, educator and practitioner, who
+gained eminence as an obstetrician. He practiced for more than
+forty years in Montreal, entering upon the active work of the
+profession in early manhood. He was born in Eastern township,
+in 1848, and was descended from Irish parentage, and of a
+family whose name figures prominently in military circles. His
+more specifically literary course was completed by graduation
+from McGill with the Bachelor of Arts degree in 1866. A year
+or two thereafter was devoted to business but feeling that a
+professional career would prove more congenial, he entered upon
+the study of medicine and was graduated M. D., C. M., in 1872.
+He then spent a year abroad, during which time he investigated
+the methods of eminent physicians and surgeons of the old
+world, after which he opened an office in Montreal. The usual
+experiences of the professional man were his. He had to work
+his way upward in face of competition with men who had long
+been in the profession and had well established reputations.
+The conscientious care which he gave to the cases entrusted to
+him at length won him recognition and his practice grew until
+it became one of the largest in the city. As time passed he
+concentrated his efforts more largely upon obstetrical diseases
+until he gained a wide and most enviable reputation in that
+field, his opinions coming to be regarded as authority upon
+many involved and intricate questions relating thereto. In 1883
+he was appointed professor of obstetrics at McGill University,
+succeeding the late <a name="Err_25" id="Err_25"></a>Professor Duncan MacCallum, at the same time
+taking charge of the University Maternity Hospital. Three years
+later, however, owing to his growing practice, already extensive,
+and his distaste for the drudgery of teaching, he resigned his
+professorship. Yet, he was always intensely interested in McGill
+and her welfare, and no function held by the medical department
+was thought to be complete if Dr. Browne was absent. He was
+not only thoroughly informed concerning his<a class="pagenum" name="Page_267" id="Page_267">[267]</a> chosen calling
+but possessed a fine literary mind and his broad reading made
+him one of the best informed men on general literature among
+the practitioners of medicine and surgery in Montreal. He was
+a student of the classics, and all these things had influence
+to make him a noble-minded man, whose life exemplified the high
+principles which constituted the basis of his character. He
+possessed an artistic taste that found expression in his intense
+admiration of the beautiful in both art and nature. Moreover,
+keen sympathy was one of his strongly marked traits and featured
+as one of the elements of his success. He might well be called
+“the beloved physician,” for his cheery presence as well as
+his scientific skill brought comfort and assurance to many
+households. He inspired and encouraged his patients and thus
+assisted them far on the road to recovery.</p>
+
+<p>In Montreal, in 1878, Dr. Browne was married to Miss Jane Labatt,
+of London, Ontario, and their children were: H. Dalzell, of
+Montreal; R. Russell, of Bassano, Alberta; Captain G. Sackville
+Browne, of B Battery, Royal Canadian Horse Artillery, of
+Kingston; and F. Dora.</p>
+
+<p>Dr. Browne held membership with the Masonic fraternity and in
+his life exemplified the beneficent spirit of the craft. He had
+passed the sixty-second milestone on life’s journey when his
+death occurred January 26, 1910. His eminent ability gained him
+honor, his kindliness and consideration won him gratitude and
+friendship; and thus it is that his memory is cherished and
+remains as a blessed benediction to all who knew him.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_M6" id="Idx_M6"></a>THOMAS McDOUGALL.</h3>
+
+<p>Important corporation and financial interests have felt
+the stimulus of the enterprise, keen business insight and
+intellectual force of Thomas McDougall, who is known in literary
+as well as financial circles. He was born at Three Rivers, P. Q.,
+May 21, 1843, a son of the late John McDougall, a merchant of
+Three Rivers, who sat in the Canadian parliament from 1851 until
+1854 and a brother of the late Hon. Justice McDougall of Aylmer,
+P. Q. For many years Thomas McDougall was in the service of the
+Quebec Bank and was agent of that institution in 1870. Later he
+became manager at Montreal and in 1894 was made assistant general
+manager, from which position he was advanced to that of general
+manager in December of the same year. He continued actively in
+control of the extensive and important financial interests that
+came under his guidance until 1909, when he resigned but remained
+a director of the bank. With him close reasoning has become
+habitual, and he has therefore found ready solution for difficult
+and involved financial problems. He was chairman of the clearing
+house at Montreal and was active in the meeting of bankers,
+convened to revise the banking act in 1890. In 1898-9 he was
+president of the Canadian Bankers Association, which indicates
+his place of prominence and influence in the moneyed circles of
+the country. He is still a member of the advisory board of the
+Scottish Union & National Insurance Company, is vice president
+of the Shawinigan Water & Power Company and a director of the
+Asbestos Corporation of Canada.</p>
+
+<p>In many public connections outside the field of business and
+finance his name has figured prominently and his labors have
+been effectively and helpfully felt.<a class="pagenum" name="Page_268" id="Page_268">[268]</a> In 1908 he was the general
+treasurer of the Quebec tercentenary committee. He possesses
+literary taste in high degree. He has written on banks, bankers
+and banking, being the author of a well known article entitled,
+T. Pomponius Atticus, a Roman Banker.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. McDougall was married at Three Rivers, P. Q., to Miss Helen
+Baptist, a daughter of the late George Baptist. His religious
+connection is with the Presbyterian church and in club circles
+he is well known as a member of the St. James Club of Montreal
+and the Quebec Garrison Club of Quebec. His social qualities and
+marked ability along many lines as well as his important business
+interests have gained him the prominence which is today his.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_L14" id="Idx_L14"></a>JEAN BAPTISTE DAVID LEGARE.</h3>
+
+<p>Jean Baptiste David Legare, one of the most successful
+real-estate promoters in the city of Montreal, was born in the
+parish of Sillery, near Quebec, June 7, 1865. Fortune did not
+smile on him for many years. His father having died when the son
+was an infant of but three months, he was reared in the home
+of his maternal grandfather, F. Cote, of St. Foy. While there
+he acquired his elementary education and later attended the
+academies at Sillery and Quebec. Manifesting laudable ambition
+from early youth, at the age of eighteen years he began business
+life as a clerk in the general store of Louis Bourget in Quebec.
+Subsequently he was employed in the wholesale dry-goods houses of
+P. Garneau and William McLimont & Sons in Quebec. Later he became
+a representative of large grain and flour mills and also became
+proprietor of a wine and vinegar manufactory in Quebec. Fate was
+against him and he failed for seventy-two thousand dollars. This
+would have utterly discouraged and disheartened many a man of
+less resolute spirit, but an optimistic nature would not allow
+Mr. Legare to acknowledge defeat and still held before him the
+promise of later success. He then engaged in promoting various
+undertakings in Quebec, but still the results were not such as
+were desired.</p>
+
+<p>In 1908 Mr. Legare came to Montreal and continued in the
+promoting business, making a specialty of real estate. This
+proved to be the turning point in the career of Mr. Legare and he
+has since gradually but surely advanced to the goal of success.
+In the past five years he has made over three hundred thousand
+dollars and when the sum he had acquired was sufficient to cancel
+all of his indebtedness he made a special journey to Quebec for
+that purpose. Mr. Legare says that through all of the dark days,
+when the storm clouds gathered about him that threatened disaster
+and defeat, it was his wife’s encouragement and her faith in
+his future that buoyed him up and made possible his ultimate
+prosperity.</p>
+
+<p>The principal companies which Mr. Legare has successfully
+promoted during the past five years are: The Greater Montreal
+Land Investment Company, Limited; and The Chateauguay Garden
+City Company, Limited. He was also the promoter of the town
+of Chateauguay. He is the owner of twenty-seven lakes on the
+seigniory of Mille Isles and the water rights pertaining thereto.
+A strong man physically and mentally, his optimistic temperament
+makes him an ideal<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_271" id="Page_271">[271]</a></span> promoter. The various business enterprises
+which he has promoted during his career have contributed a great
+deal toward the development of the natural resources of the
+Dominion.</p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 345px;">
+<img src="images/image269.jpg" width="345" height="500" alt="JEAN BAPTISTE D. LEGARE" />
+<p class="caption">JEAN BAPTISTE D. LEGARE</p>
+</div>
+
+<p>Mr. Legare was married in Quebec, in 1891, to Alda Garneau,
+daughter of Charles Garneau, ex-sergeant of arms of the Quebec
+assembly. Upon the maternal side she is descended from the De
+Villers and the De Lachevrotiere families, both being of the
+noblest families of France. Mr. and Mrs. Legare are parents of a
+daughter, Yvonne, who was married in 1913 to Dr. Rene Turcot, and
+they reside in Quebec.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_G14" id="Idx_G14"></a>JOHN ALEXANDER GORDON, D. D.</h3>
+
+<p>One of the greatest individual forces in the promulgation of
+Baptist doctrines in Canada, a man who has worked long and
+earnestly in the promotion and spread of Baptist principles,
+giving of his unusual talents, his great energy and tireless
+labor to the cause, is Rev. John Alexander Gordon, for fourteen
+years pastor of the First Baptist church in Montreal and now
+the incumbent of the chair of pastoral theology at Brandon
+Theological College, active in the work of the foreign missionary
+societies and in the spread of temperance doctrines throughout
+the Dominion.</p>
+
+<p>Dr. Gordon is of Scottish ancestry and was born in Uigg,
+Prince Edward Island. He acquired his early education in the
+public and high schools of his native province and in Acadia
+University, graduating with the degree of B. A., and acquired
+his theological training in the Newton Theological Seminary in
+Newton, Massachusetts. He was ordained to the Baptist ministry
+in 1875 and has since been prominent and active in the work of
+the Baptist church. He received the honorary degree of M. A. from
+Acadia College in 1894 and the honorary degree of D. D. from the
+same institution in 1904. Previous to his ordination he had been
+engaged in the mercantile and commission business at Montague,
+Prince Edward Island, and his first ministerial charge was as
+pastor of the church in that community. He was afterward called
+to Milton church, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, where he remained from
+1880 to 1885, after which he went to St. John, New Brunswick,
+serving as pastor of the Leinster Street Baptist church, and from
+there went to the First Baptist church, Charlottetown, Prince
+Edward Island, remaining there until 1893, when he became pastor
+of the Main Street Baptist church at Charlottetown. In 1899 he
+was called to Montreal as minister of the First Baptist church
+of this city, a position which he held until June, 1913, when he
+accepted the chair of pastoral theology at Brandon Theological
+College. Dr. Gordon has been found most earnest, zealous and
+consecrated in his work and has been carried forward by the force
+of his ability and the extent of his interests into important
+relations with religious work of many kinds, notably that of the
+local branch of the Lord’s Day Alliance, of which he is vice
+president; the Prisoners’ Aid Association, of which he is also
+vice president; the Grand Ligne Missionary Society, of which he
+is president; and the Maritime Baptist Union. No individual has
+done more powerful or effective work than he in the propagation
+of Baptist doctrines or in the promotion of the church’s
+interests<a class="pagenum" name="Page_272" id="Page_272">[272]</a> for he was in 1906 appointed a member of the committee
+on Church Union and two years later was one of the promoters and
+a member of the committee which organized the Baptist Union. He
+is a governor of Acadia University and is especially interested
+in the work of the Foreign Mission Board of Ontario and Quebec,
+of the British and Foreign Bible Society and the Moral and
+Social Reform Council. He has written a “History of the First
+Baptist Church of Montreal,” published in 1906, and in August,
+1908, entered a vigorous protest against the celebration of high
+mass on the Plains of Abraham as a part of the tercentenary
+celebration.</p>
+
+<p>Dr. Gordon married at Kingsborough, Prince Edward Island,
+Margaret Ford, eldest daughter of the late John Ford, and to
+them were born five sons: John, a resident of Charlottetown,
+Prince Edward Island; Dr. Alvah H., of Montreal; Peter W., of
+Calgary; Herbert F., of Winnipeg; and Walter H., city editor
+of The Gazette of Montreal. Dr. Gordon has been a lifelong
+temperance worker and reformer and has accomplished a great deal
+of excellent work along this line, being uncompromising in his
+attitude toward the liquor evil and battling against it always to
+the extent of his great ability. In Montreal he is known as a man
+whose actions conform closely to his principles and whose energy,
+aggressiveness and untiring activity have been elements in the
+accomplishment of great and lasting work.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_G17" id="Idx_G17"></a>CHARLES HENRY GOULD.</h3>
+
+<p>Charles Henry Gould, librarian of McGill University and president
+of the <a name="Err_26" id="Err_26"></a>American Library Association, 1908-09, is son of Joseph
+G. and Abigail (DeWitt) Gould, the latter a daughter of the late
+Jacob DeWitt, M. P., of Montreal. Born in Montreal on the 6th of
+December, 1855, Charles H. Gould pursued his education in the
+city schools through successive grades until he completed the
+high school course, after which he entered McGill University
+and was graduated B. A. with first rank honors in 1877, also
+winning the Chapman medal in classics. Through the succeeding
+scholastic year he devoted some time to post-graduate work in
+physics. With the completion of his education he entered business
+circles, in which he continued for several years. He afterward
+took up the study of library economy and also spent some time in
+travel before entering upon his present connection as librarian
+of McGill University. For twenty years he has filled his present
+position with eminent ability, having entered upon his duties in
+September, 1893. He was made governor’s fellow in 1891. There is
+no Canadian, perhaps, who has made a more thorough study of the
+work and opportunities of the librarian than has Charles Henry
+Gould, and realizing the deficiencies of many who undertake the
+librarian’s task, he founded the McGill School for Librarians
+in 1904. His prominence in his chosen field is indicated in his
+election to the first vice presidency of the American Library
+Association for 1907 and 1908 and his subsequent election to the
+presidency for 1908-9. He has continued his labors at McGill
+although offered the appointment of associate librarian of the
+public library of Brooklyn, New York, in 1908, and that of
+librarian of the Toronto public library. A fellow of the American
+Library Institute, he belongs to the<a class="pagenum" name="Page_273" id="Page_273">[273]</a> Champlain Society, was
+president of the Bibliographical Society of America 1912-13
+and is a member of other bodies which have for their basis the
+promotion of scientific and literary knowledge. He is also a
+member of the University Club, and the Canada Journal names him
+as a loyal and valuable citizen.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_B32" id="Idx_B32"></a>DONAT BRODEUR, K. C.</h3>
+
+<p>Specializing in the field of civil and commercial law, Donat
+Brodeur has gained recognition as a man capable of handling
+intricate and involved legal problems. He is a native of
+Montreal, born in March, 1863. His preliminary education
+was acquired in St. Mary’s Jesuit College, with the later
+professional course in Laval University, from which he was
+graduated with the degree of B. C. L. with the class of 1887.
+He was called to the bar at the beginning of the succeeding
+year, and since that date he has practiced his profession
+continuously in this city, now covering a period of a quarter
+of a century. Each year has found him in a point in advance
+of that which he occupied the previous year both in knowledge
+and in the nature and importance of his practice. He is a well
+known writer on legal subjects and a frequent contributor to
+legal periodicals. He has also lectured on law topics before the
+Canadian Accountants Association and the Chamber of Commerce. He
+has ever been a student of his profession, constantly broadening
+his knowledge by wide reading and research, and the care and
+precision with which he prepares his cases constitute a strong
+element in his success.</p>
+
+<p>Attractive social qualities are the basis of his personal
+popularity, making him a valued member of different social
+organizations.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_F9" id="Idx_F9"></a>ROBERT FOWLER.</h3>
+
+<p>Robert Fowler, a merchant, was born in Montreal, November 17,
+1851, and died in April, 1903. He was a son of Robert J. Fowler,
+who was born in England in 1818 and was educated there. He was
+brought up in the cathedral, having from the age of ten years
+made his own way, becoming a choir boy in the church. In 1847 he
+crossed the Atlantic going to Sorel, Canada, with Sir Benjamin
+Levine and his staff, to teach the daughters music. In 1849 he
+came to Montreal and was the first instructor of the city to
+hold musicales. For forty years he was professor of music in the
+normal school and at different times was organist in nearly all
+of the churches of the city. He could play any instrument and was
+recognized as the best instructor in music, by far, of his day.
+He was also known to some extent as a composer and, in a word,
+his musical talent was highly developed, while his professional
+labors and influence were an element in promoting and cultivating
+musical tastes and standards in the city. His was an artistic
+nature. He wielded the painter’s brush with skill and he was,
+moreover, a great naturalist. He took deep interest in the city’s
+improvement and in all projects for civic betterment. He held
+membership in <a name="Err_27" id="Err_27"></a>Christ Church Cathedral, renting<a class="pagenum" name="Page_274" id="Page_274">[274]</a> a pew there
+for thirty-five years. His life thus became a potent force in
+the artistic and moral progress of the city. He was married in
+Weymouth, England, to Miss Annie Wadsworth and they became the
+parents of five children, who reached adult age but only one,
+Annie, is now living. The others were William, Susan, Robert and
+John Henry. The death of the father occurred March 14, 1900, and
+the mother passed away in 1911.</p>
+
+<p>Robert Fowler supplemented a public-school course by study in the
+normal school of Montreal and started in the business world as an
+employe in Robertson’s dry-goods store, in which he acquainted
+himself with every phase of the business and gained practical
+experience which made him a successful merchant when he started
+out on his own account.</p>
+
+<p>He carefully saved his earnings until his frugality and economy
+had brought him sufficient capital to become a partner in the
+purchase of a stock of goods and the establishment of a store.
+The firm of Fowler & Leishman was then organized for the conduct
+of a retail dry-goods business and after a few years Mr. Fowler
+was able to purchase his partner’s interest becoming sole
+proprietor. He then devoted his entire time to the business and
+enjoyed a liberal patronage, deriving a fair and gratifying
+profit from his investment.</p>
+
+<p>In Montreal in 1892, occurred the marriage of Robert Fowler and
+Miss Amy Hamilton, a daughter of Robert Hamilton. Their three
+children were Gordon, Wallace and Doris.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Fowler belonged to the Episcopal church and to its teachings
+was loyal and faithful. He was a member of the Philharmonic Club.
+He manifested the qualities of good citizenship and was devoted
+to the welfare of his family, who, when he passed away in April,
+1903, lost a loving and generous husband and father, while his
+associates mourned the death of a loyal, faithful friend.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_H33" id="Idx_H33"></a>ALEXANDER COWPER HUTCHISON.</h3>
+
+<p>The history of Montreal’s architectural development would be
+incomplete were there failure to make reference to Alexander
+Cowper Hutchison, who, though in his seventy-seventh year, is yet
+active in his profession in which he has long been a recognized
+leader. His position today is that of consulting architect
+and his utterances are accepted as words of wisdom by younger
+representatives of the profession. Mr. Hutchison is one of the
+old-time residents of Montreal. In fact, his entire life has
+here been passed with the exception of a period of three years
+spent in Ottawa, Ontario. He has seen this city develop from less
+than forty thousand to a metropolitan center of over six hundred
+thousand inhabitants.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Hutchison was born April 2, 1838, on the east side of Queen
+Street between Wellington and William Streets, at Montreal
+and many years later it fell to his lot in the course of his
+business, to tear down the old house in which his birth had
+occurred, this being done to make room for the Ives and Allen
+warehouse which was erected upon that site. He comes of old
+Scotch ancestry. His father was William Hutchison who came from
+Ayrshire, Scotland. He was a builder in Montreal and afterward
+was connected with the public works<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_277" id="Page_277">[277]</a></span> department. The mother,
+whose maiden name was Helen Campbell Hall, was also a native of
+Ayrshire, Scotland.</p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 357px;">
+<img src="images/image275.jpg" width="357" height="500" alt="ALEXANDER C. HUTCHISON" />
+<p class="caption">ALEXANDER C. HUTCHISON</p>
+</div>
+
+<p>Such schools as existed in Montreal during his youthful days
+provided Alexander Cowper Hutchison with his educational
+opportunities. When but a boy of twelve years he began to learn
+the stone-cutter’s trade under the direction of his father and
+during the winter months for two or three years after he had
+commenced work he attended the school conducted by the late C.
+P. Watson. Subsequently he became a student in night school and
+devoted all of his spare time to study, having come to a full
+realization of the value of education. He possessed an inherited
+talent for drawing and to develop his powers in that direction he
+attended drawing classes that were conducted at the Mechanics’
+Institute. He had made rapid progress from the very first as a
+stone-cutter and displayed exceptional ability and skill in that
+direction.</p>
+
+<p>When scarcely out of his teens he was placed in charge of the
+cut stone work on Christ Church Cathedral and some of the finest
+stone work around the altar in that edifice was cut by him before
+he had attained his majority. After the completion of that
+building he was placed in charge of the cut stone work of the
+eastern block of the parliament buildings at Ottawa during their
+erection, his efforts in that connection continuing through the
+year 1862. While engaged in that work he successfully conducted
+classes in drawing which were largely attended. On the completion
+of the government buildings he was called to Montreal to conduct
+classes in connection with the Mechanics’ Institute, giving
+instructions in architectural and geometric drawing. These
+classes were afterward transferred to the Board of Arts and
+Manufacturers and it was while connected therewith that he took
+up the active practice of his profession which he followed for
+many years. The beauty and utility which have always been salient
+features of his designs are evident in many of the principal
+buildings of Montreal.</p>
+
+<p>Among the many structures designed by Mr. Hutchison independently
+or in a partnership relation, and which stand as monuments to
+his skill and ingenuity may be mentioned: Redpath Museum; McGill
+University; Erskine church; Crescent Street Presbyterian church;
+Warren Memorial church at Louisville, Kentucky; St. Andrew’s
+church, at Westmount; Montreal high school and a number of other
+school buildings; Royal Insurance building; London & Liverpool &
+Globe Insurance Company’s building; Canadian Express Company’s
+building; La Presse building; Queen’s Hall block; Henry Birks &
+Sons’ building; Lord Strathcona’s residence; Macdonald College
+buildings at Ste. Anne de Bellevue, Quebec, as well as a large
+number of residences in Montreal and elsewhere together with many
+warehouses, factories etc. One of the most recent expressions
+of his architectural skill is seen in the Chalmers church at
+Ottawa. He has not only practiced his profession as one of its
+active followers, but has also gained renown as an educator in
+his special field. He has lectured on ecclesiastical architecture
+before the Presbyterian College of Montreal and he was one of
+the original members, selected by its founder, the Marquis of
+Lorne, of the Royal Canadian Academy of Art, and remained its
+vice president until 1907, when he resigned. He has likewise
+been honored with the presidency of the Quebec Architects’
+Association, of which he was one of the founders, and thus
+has come to him direct recognition of the honor and respect
+entertained for him by the profession.</p>
+
+<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_278" id="Page_278">[278]</a></p>
+
+<p>In political affairs Mr. Hutchison has taken a prominent part
+but never as a party leader in the commonly accepted sense of
+the term. With him men and measures have ever been considered
+before partisanship, and the public welfare has ever stood
+before personal aggrandizement. For years he was a member of
+the council and was the second mayor of Cote St. Antoine, now
+Westmount. His deep interest in and loyalty to the cause of
+education was demonstrated in his eighteen years of service as a
+school trustee. For a number of years he was a member of No. 5
+Queen’s Company Volunteer Fire Brigade. He was likewise a member
+of the First Company Rifles which was originally an independent
+company and afterwards became the First Company of Prince of
+Wales’ Regiment. He was also an officer in a rifle company in
+Ottawa, while subsequently he became an officer of the Montreal
+Engineers, retiring with the rank of lieutenant. He took part in
+the Fenian raids of 1866 and 1870 and was accorded the Queen’s
+medal.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Hutchison manifested great interest in church work. He
+was formerly an elder in Erskine church, but afterward became
+connected with St. Andrew’s church at Westmount, which had
+previously been known as Melville church but differences of
+opinion caused a split in the congregation and the portion
+that left took the name with them. St. Andrew’s church was
+then organized and remained on the old site, at the corner of
+Stanton and Cote St. Antoine road. Mr. Hutchison was one of its
+founders and since the organization of this church has taken
+a most prominent part in its affairs. He has been an elder
+for many years, was superintendent of the Sunday school for
+thirty years and since 1886 has continuously served as session
+clerk. He is a member of the board of managers of the Montreal
+Presbyterian College and was a member of the national committee
+of the Presbyterian Laymen’s Missionary movement in 1909. He has
+likewise served as president of the Provincial Sunday School
+Union of Quebec.</p>
+
+<p>No good work done in the name of charity or religion has ever
+sought his aid in vain, and his broad humanitarianism has been
+manifest in his helpful support of many movements to benefit
+the poor and needy or ameliorate the hard conditions of life
+for the unfortunate. He is a life governor of the Montreal
+General Hospital, of the Protestant Hospital for the Insane,
+governor of the Western Hospital, and president of the Protestant
+House of Industry and Refuge. He is an ex-president of the
+Canadian branch of the Royal Caledonian Curling Club and of the
+Montreal Caledonian Curling Club, being now honorary president
+of the latter and an ex-president of the Heather Curling Club
+of Westmount. He was a warm personal friend of the late Hon.
+Alexander Mackenzie and he counts among his close associates
+many of the most distinguished and eminent residents of Montreal
+and the province. The Ottawa Free Press has termed him “one of
+Montreal’s best known and most honored citizens.” He has long
+occupied positions of distinction, not only by reason of what he
+has accomplished along professional lines, but also owing to the
+fact that he has made his life of signal service and benefit to
+his fellowmen in his support of benevolent and religious plans
+and projects. His life has ever been actuated by the highest
+principles of honor and no citizen of Montreal is more worthy of
+high regard.</p>
+
+<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_279" id="Page_279">[279]</a></p>
+
+<p>On the 10th of July, 1862, in Cobourg, Ontario, Mr. Hutchison was
+united in marriage to Miss Margaret Burnet of that place, and
+they celebrated their golden wedding in July, 1912. Mr. and Mrs.
+Hutchison have two sons and one daughter: William B., of the firm
+of Hutchison, Wood & Miller, architects, who is married; Charles
+Alexander, engaged in ornamental iron work, who is married
+and has two children, Margaret and Lorne; and Helen, the wife
+of George W. Wood of that firm. She has three sons: Alexander
+Campbell, George Arthur and Douglas Fletcher.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Hutchison resides at No. 240 Kensington Avenue and has lived
+in that immediate vicinity for nearly fifty years. During his
+boyhood his parents resided on the north side of St. James Street
+just a short distance west of Bleury Street which was then one of
+the attractive residential sections of the city and Mr. Hutchison
+relates some highly interesting incidents of those early days.</p>
+
+<p>In 1865 when he took up his residence in what is now Westmount,
+that district was supposed to be far out in the country. In
+fact, the nearest residence, other than homes of farmers, was
+on Dorchester West near what is now Greene Street. While Mr.
+Hutchison has passed the seventy-sixth milestone upon life’s
+journey, he is a well preserved man, active in mind and body.
+Regular in his habits, he has never tasted intoxicating liquors
+or used tobacco in any form. His great vitality has enabled him
+to withstand three very serious operations since reaching the
+age of seventy years and his complete recovery has attracted the
+attention of members of the medical profession. He is a splendid
+type of a high-minded gentleman of the old school, whose natural
+politeness and courtesy are in evidence at all times.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_C5" id="Idx_C5"></a>DAVID W. CAMPBELL.</h3>
+
+<p>David W. Campbell, prominently connected with marine
+transportation interests, is now general agent in Canada for the
+Elder-Dempster Company in the South African and Mexican service.
+He was born in Montreal in 1861, a son of the late John and Sarah
+(Evans) Campbell, of this city. His youthful days were spent in
+his parents’ home and his education was completed in the Montreal
+high school. He comes of Scotch ancestry and in his career has
+manifested many of the sterling traits characteristic of the land
+of the heather. His initial step in business was made in the
+service of Thompson, Murray & Company, then managing agents of
+the Beaver line of steamships in Canada. Fidelity, industry and
+capability won him promotion from time to time and after twenty
+years’ continuous connection with the company he was appointed
+to the position of general manager in 1895. While acting in
+that capacity he was the first to establish a direct steamship
+service during the winter months to a Canadian port—that of St.
+John, New Brunswick. It was through his instrumentality that
+the vessels of the Beaver line were sold to the Elder-Dempster
+Company in 1898 and two years later, or in 1900, he became
+Canadian manager for the latter company. His efficiency in the
+field of steamship service management led to his selection, in
+1903, for the position of general superintendent of the Canadian
+Pacific Railway Company’s Atlantic fleet of steamers at Montreal,
+in which position he<a class="pagenum" name="Page_280" id="Page_280">[280]</a> remained until June, 1905, when he resigned
+in order to take control for Canada of the interests of the
+Elder-Dempster Company in connection with the South African and
+Mexican service. He subsequently became general agent in Canada
+for the same company, and his efforts have greatly furthered
+its interests. He readily recognizes the possibilities of a
+situation, utilizes the opportunities that are presented and
+accomplishes substantial and gratifying results. He is a director
+of several shipping companies and is on the board of the Montreal
+Sailors’ Institute and the Shipping Federation of Canada, all
+of which are more or less directly connected with the line of
+business in which he has so long been engaged. Moreover, he has
+done much to popularize the St. Lawrence route. He is serving on
+the executive committee of the Canadian Shipping Federation, and
+his long experience with maritime interests well qualifies him
+to speak authoritatively upon matters with which the federation
+deals.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Campbell has for some years been a member of the Montreal
+Board of Trade, in 1910 was elected one of its councillors and in
+1914 a vice president. He is also Cuban consul at Montreal.</p>
+
+<p>In November, 1900, Mr. Campbell married Miss Emily Maud Baird, a
+daughter of the late H. N. Baird of Toronto. They hold membership
+in the Presbyterian church, and Mr. Campbell belongs to the St.
+James Club. He favors free trade with the Empire and has been a
+close student of many political situations and questions having
+to do with the welfare and progress of the Dominion. His opinions
+upon such questions are never lightly valued, for experience has
+developed in him sound judgment and keen discrimination.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_L9" id="Idx_L9"></a>LOUIS DUFOUR DIT LATOUR.</h3>
+
+<p>Louis Dufour dit Latour, member of the real-estate firm of Latour
+& Guindon, with offices in the Versailles building, Montreal,
+was born in this city, June 15, 1867, a son of François Xavier
+<a name="Err_1" id="Err_1"></a>Latour dit Dufour of Lavaltrie, P. Q., where he followed farming,
+and of Elizabeth (Prud’homme) Latour of St. Sulpice, P. Q. His
+great-grandfather was Michel Dufour dit Latour, a church builder,
+and his great-grandmother was Charlotte Du Moulin from France.</p>
+
+<p>In the acquirement of his education Louis Dufour dit Latour
+attended the College of Chambly—the Brethren of Christian
+School, pursuing a commercial course. His early experience in
+business lines came to him as office boy with the Thomas Davidson
+Manufacturing Company, tinware and granite ware manufacturers
+of Montreal. He was in the employ of the company for twenty-six
+years, gradually working his way upward as his developing
+powers and ability prepared him for further activities and
+responsibilities. He served successively as custom house clerk,
+cashier, bookkeeper and as manager of the Montreal branch of
+the business, continuing in that position of responsibility for
+twelve years. No higher testimonial of his business integrity,
+enterprise and fidelity could be given than the fact that he
+remained with one company for over a quarter of a century. He
+left them in 1909 to open a real-estate office in connection
+with J. M. Guindon, a hardware merchant of Montreal, under the
+firm style of Latour & Guindon at No. 1202 Mount Royal East
+Street, where they remained from 1909 until 1913.<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_283" id="Page_283">[283]</a></span> They then
+transferred their business to No. 52 St. James Street, retaining
+the old office, however, as a branch. In May, 1914, the offices
+were removed to the new Versailles building on St. James Street.</p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 352px;">
+<img src="images/image281.jpg" width="352" height="500" alt="L. D. LATOUR" />
+<p class="caption">L. D. LATOUR</p>
+</div>
+
+<p>On the 28th of May, 1888, in Montreal, Mr. Latour was united
+in marriage to Miss Marie Joseph Leblanc, a daughter of
+Alphonse Leblanc and Aveline Amirault of L’Epiphanie, P. Q. Her
+grandfather was a pioneer of L’Epiphanie. Mr. and Mrs. Latour
+have three children: Lydia, the wife of Eugene Brissette, who is
+with La Patrie Publishing Company; René, a hardware merchant of
+Montreal; and Ernest, who holds a responsible position with The
+Mark Fisher Sons & Company, Limited.</p>
+
+<p>The religious faith of the family is that of the Roman Catholic
+church, and the political allegiance of Mr. Latour is given to
+the conservative party. That he is today one of the successful
+real-estate brokers of the city is attributable entirely to his
+own labors and his laudable ambition. Step by step he has worked
+his way upward, the trend of his orderly progression being easily
+discernible.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_G15" id="Idx_G15"></a>REV. NATHAN GORDON.</h3>
+
+<p>A man of deep learning, broad knowledge and scholarly
+attainments, of force, experience and capacity, Rev. Nathan
+Gordon has become known as one of the most able educators in
+Quebec province, and as one of the successful and consecrated
+workers among the Jewish people of Montreal. He was born in
+Odessa, Russia, and took his arts course in the Cincinnati
+University, from which he was graduated, B. A., in 1906. He
+is also a graduate of the Hebrew Union Theological College of
+that city and in 1909 received the degree of M. A. from McGill
+University.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Gordon came to Montreal in 1906, having been appointed in
+September of that year Rabbi of Temple Emmanu-El, and since that
+time he has accomplished a great deal of earnest and zealous
+work among the people of his congregation, who recognize him as
+a sincere, upright and God-fearing man. The church property is
+valued at one hundred thousand dollars, and the business affairs
+connected with its administration are ably conducted, Mr. Gordon
+assisting his associates by his executive skill and sound and
+practical judgment. Combining religious zeal with the ability
+necessary to make it effective among his people, he has indeed
+been a force for good at Temple Emmanu-El and an able propagator
+as well as a conserver of the doctrines in which he believes.</p>
+
+<p>A scholar, a deep thinker and a broadly educated man, Mr. Gordon
+has long been an ardent student of Oriental languages and
+literature and has paid particular attention to the language
+of his own race, in which he is thoroughly proficient. In 1909
+he was appointed lecturer on rabbinical and mediæval Jewish
+literature and instructor in Semitic languages at McGill
+University and in this position has done a great deal to promote
+a more general interest in these subjects and a more widespread
+knowledge of the customs, language and traditions of the Jews. An
+ardent champion of his race and an upholder of its creed, a foe
+to the injustices and wrongs which have continually oppressed it,
+he has supported the cause of the Hebrew people on every occasion
+and one of the most eloquent and telling<a class="pagenum" name="Page_284" id="Page_284">[284]</a> appeals on behalf of
+the nationalization of the Plains of Abraham came from him. The
+people of Temple Emmanu-El are fortunate in having at their
+head a man so fearless in conviction, so able in argument, so
+uncompromising in support of his professed beliefs, and the city
+of Montreal is fortunate also, having in Rabbi Gordon an upright,
+public-spirited and loyal citizen.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_C19" id="Idx_C19"></a>EDOUARD CHOLETTE.</h3>
+
+<p>Edouard Cholette, a member of the notarial profession of
+Montreal, is a representative of one of the oldest French
+families of the city, tracing his ancestry back to Sebastian
+Cholette, who was born in 1679 and was married in Montreal on the
+19th of October, 1705, to Miss Anne Hard. They became the parents
+of a large family. Edouard Cholette, born in Montreal on the 3d
+of April, 1880, is a son of L. E. A. and Marie Antoinette (Le
+Sieur) Cholette, and in the acquirement of his education attended
+St. Mary’s College, from which he was graduated in June, 1899.
+He completed a course in Laval University in June, 1903, winning
+the Bachelor of Arts degree for work done in the classical course
+and the Master of Laws degree, indicative of his preparation for
+the profession which he now follows. Since his graduation he has
+practiced in Montreal as a notary public and has been accorded
+liberal support.</p>
+
+<p>In religious faith Mr. Cholette is a Roman Catholic. He is well
+known socially in the city where his entire life has been spent
+and is a valued member of the Canadian and St. Denis Clubs.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_R8" id="Idx_R8"></a>CARL RIORDON.</h3>
+
+<p>As vice president and managing director of the Riordon Pulp
+& Paper Company, Ltd., Carl Riordon occupies an important
+position in the commercial life of the city. He was born June
+3, 1876, at St. Catharines, Ontario, and is a son of Charles
+and Edith (Ellis) Riordon. Carl Riordon was educated at Upper
+Canada College, Bishop Ridley College and Toronto University,
+where he took the degree of B. A. in 1896. He entered business
+fields in the Merritton mill, a property of the Riordon Paper
+Mills in St. Catharines, becoming connected with the sulphite
+department. He did work in the various departments of the concern
+and subsequently took charge of the repairs which were made on
+the Hawkesbury mill, of which he later became superintendent. In
+1902 he returned to the Merritton mill in the capacity of manager
+and in 1906 was made general manager of the Riordon Paper Mills,
+which concern absorbed the business of G. H. Perley & Company in
+1910, the firm adopting the name of the Riordon Paper Company and
+establishing headquarters at Montreal. In 1912 the Riordon Pulp
+& Paper Company took over the business of the former company.
+It is one of the foremost concerns of its kind in the Dominion.
+Mr. Riordon is vice president and managing director and is also
+director of The Mail Printing Company of Toronto and the Niagara
+Falls Suspension Bridge Company.</p>
+
+<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_285" id="Page_285">[285]</a></p>
+
+<p>Mr. Riordon has an interesting military record to his credit,
+being gazetted second lieutenant in the Nineteenth St. Catharines
+Infantry Regiment in 1898. He was made captain in the following
+year and in 1901 became quartermaster with the honorary rank of
+captain. For some time he led B Company of that regiment. He
+retired in 1904.</p>
+
+<p>Carl Riordon married on June 23, 1900, Miss Amy Louise Paterson,
+a daughter of the late Rev. Charles Paterson, of Port Hope,
+Ontario. To this union have been born five children: Charles
+Harold, Edith Amy, John Eric Benson, Mary Kathleen and Peter
+Hamilton.</p>
+
+<p>In his religious faith Mr. Riordon is an Anglican. He is
+prominent in clubdom, being a member of the Mount Royal, the St.
+James, the University and the Hunt Clubs of Montreal; the Toronto
+Club of Toronto; and the British Empire Club of London, England.
+He also is a member of the Alpha Delta Phi Club of New York city.
+His political views incline him toward the conservative party and
+although his commercial interests are so extensive as to prevent
+active participation in governmental affairs, he shows great
+interest in matters of public importance. In the world of paper
+making his name is well known and he is considered one of the
+foremost authorities along that line. At a comparatively early
+age he has attained a position of importance and distinction.
+He is shrewd, able, energetic and technically highly trained
+and his success therefore is but natural, being typical of the
+younger Canadian business men of the most modern and progressive
+tendencies.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_H19" id="Idx_H19"></a>LAWRENCE LEOPOLD HENDERSON.</h3>
+
+<p>Among the successful business men of Montreal is Lawrence Leopold
+Henderson, general manager of the Montreal Transportation
+Company. He was born in Kingston, Ontario, March 5, 1866, a son
+of Peter Robertson and Henrietta Jane (Sweetland) Henderson, the
+former a merchant of Kingston, born in Aberdeen, Scotland, and
+the latter of English ancestry. The father died in 1895 and the
+mother in 1896.</p>
+
+<p>Lawrence L. Henderson received his education in private schools
+and in the collegiate institute at Kingston. In 1884, at the age
+of eighteen, he entered the employ of the Montreal Transportation
+Company as a clerk. Devoting himself assiduously to the work at
+hand, he was promoted from position to position in the various
+departments of the institution until he became in 1896 agent at
+Kingston. In January, 1909, he was made general manager and at
+that time left Kingston for Montreal, having since occupied this
+important position. Mr. Henderson is a director of the National
+Real-Estate and Investment Company of Montreal, the Montreal
+Transportation Company, the Montreal Dry Docks and Ship Repairing
+Company, the Rothesay Realty Company, and president of the
+Dominion Marine Association. He is also a member of the Montreal
+Board of Trade.</p>
+
+<p>While in Kingston Mr. Henderson was a member of the city council
+from 1907 to 1908 and of the school board from 1904 to 1906. He
+also served on the executive of the Dominion Marine Association.
+He was prominent as a member<a class="pagenum" name="Page_286" id="Page_286">[286]</a> of the Board of Trade of Kingston
+and upon leaving that town was presented with a handsome silver
+salver on behalf of the board and with a silver loving cup by the
+employes of the company.</p>
+
+<p>He is a member of the Canada Club, the Engineers Club, the St.
+George Snowshoe Club, the Canadian Club of Montreal, the Country
+Club of Montreal, the Frontenac Club of Kingston, the Kingston
+Curling Club, and the Heather Club of Westmount.</p>
+
+<p>On April 30, 1890, Mr. Henderson was married to Miss Jennie Lena
+Spencer, a daughter of the late L. B. Spencer, of Kingston. Their
+children are Lawrence Spencer, Mabel Spencer, Ruth Sweetland,
+Kenneth Robertson, Florence Lillian and Jean Lewis.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_F10" id="Idx_F10"></a>ALBERT PIERRE FRIGON.</h3>
+
+<p>Various corporate interests have felt the stimulus of the
+cooperation and enterprising spirit of Albert Pierre Frigon,
+who today stands in a prominent place on the stage of financial
+activity in Montreal, his native city. He was born on the 14th
+of June, 1872, a son of Benjamin and Philomene (Cassan) Frigon,
+the former a general contractor for more than thirty years. Both
+he and his wife are still living. The ancestors of the family
+were all from France and the genealogy can be traced back to the
+fifteenth century.</p>
+
+<p>Albert P. Frigon was educated in the Catholic commissioner’s
+school, Archambault’s, where he was graduated with the class
+of 1888. Crossing the threshold of business life, he became
+bookkeeper for P. P. Mailloux, a hardware merchant on St. Paul
+Street in Montreal, with whom he remained for thirteen years, his
+capability and fidelity being attested by his long connection
+with the house. He resigned in 1901 to become business and
+financial manager for the Seminary of St. Sulpice of Montreal
+and in the intervening years to the present his activities
+have constantly broadened in scope and importance. He is now a
+controlling figure in various corporate interests and has large
+investments in others. At the present writing he is a member of
+the firm of St. Cyr, Gonthier & Frigon, bankers and brokers,
+is vice president of Viauville Lands, Ltd., president of the
+Star Realty Company, president of the Compagnie Immobilière
+d’Outre-Mer, president of the Canadian Siegwart Beam Company
+of Three Rivers, vice president of the New Ontario Oil &
+Gas Company, Ltd., president of the Société de Construction
+Lafontaine, president of the executive board of the General
+Animals Insurance Company, president l’Immobilière du Canada,
+vice president of the France-Canada Company, president of St.
+Francis-Valley Railway Company and president of the St. Francis
+Construction Company. This recital of his connections indicates
+clearly the breadth of his interests and of his capabilities. In
+various companies he is bending his energies to administrative
+direction and executive control and he possesses notable power
+in unifying and coordinating seemingly diverse elements into a
+harmonious and resultant whole. His opinion upon complex and
+involved financial problems is ever accepted with respect and
+consideration by those well qualified to judge thereof. He is
+the vice president of the General Trust Company of Canada,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_289" id="Page_289">[289]</a></span>
+president of Comité de Surveillance Caisse Nationale d’Economie
+and is a member of the board of La Chambre de Commerce of
+Montreal.</p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 348px;">
+<img src="images/image287.jpg" width="348" height="500" alt="ALBERT P. FRIGON" />
+<p class="caption">ALBERT P. FRIGON</p>
+</div>
+
+<p>Mr. Frigon’s activities also extend to various public interests
+which have no bearing upon his individual prosperity but arise
+from a deep interest in the general welfare. He votes with
+the liberal party but takes no active part in politics. He is
+a gouverneur à vie de l’Hôpital Notre Dame and he belongs to
+Société St. Jean Baptiste. He is also a Knight of Columbus and
+one of the most sincere, earnest and enthusiastic workers of the
+order, in which he has held a number of offices. His religious
+faith is indicated in the fact that he is a past president of a
+number of Roman Catholic societies. Along more strictly social
+lines he is connected with the St. Denis and Canadian Clubs. Of
+the former he is a life member and has also been a life member
+since 1901 of the Montreal Amateur Athletic Association. He is
+an honorary member of the Sixty-fifth Regiment. His official
+municipal service has been that of mayor of the new village of
+Sault au Récollet, to which office he was called in February,
+1910, and as school commissioner of the same village, to which
+position he was chosen in August, 1913.</p>
+
+<p>On the 18th of April, 1898, in Montreal, Mr. Frigon was married
+to Miss Malvina Perreault, a daughter of Jérémie and Victoria
+(Saint Dizier) Perreault, both of whom are now deceased. Her
+father was for a term of years alderman of the city of Montreal
+and president of l’Association St. Jean Baptiste of Montreal. For
+thirty years he conducted business here as a dry-goods merchant.
+Mr. and Mrs. Frigon are the parents of two children: Jeanne, born
+in Montreal on the 12th of February, 1899; and Germaine, on the
+12th of November, 1900.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Frigon is a most enthusiastic supporter of his native city,
+in which his entire life has been passed, taking keen interest in
+its progress and having firm belief in the great future. He has
+been an untiring worker for the construction of the Georgian Bay
+canal, acting as president of the special commission appointed
+by the Chamber of Commerce of Montreal to take charge of that
+project. In all of his public as well as his private connections
+he has been a man of action rather than of theory, formulating
+his plans carefully and carrying them forward to successful
+termination.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_M17" id="Idx_M17"></a>HUGH MACKAY.</h3>
+
+<p>On the list of Montreal’s lawyers appears the name of Hugh
+Mackay, who in 1913, was created king’s counsel. His practice
+covers a period of fourteen years, in which he has made
+continuous advancement. He was born in Montreal in 1875, a son
+of the Hon. Robert Mackay. His early educational opportunities
+were supplemented by a course in McGill, where he was graduated
+in 1900, with the B. C. L. degree. He has since practiced as
+an advocate in his native city, and his professional career
+has been one of growing success, a liberal and distinctively
+representative clientage being now accorded him.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Mackay was married in 1903 in Montreal to Miss Isabel, a
+daughter of J. N. Greenshield, K. C.</p>
+
+<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_290" id="Page_290">[290]</a></p>
+
+<p>Mr. Mackay’s military history covers service as a captain of
+the Royal Highlanders, and he is widely and favorably known in
+military, professional and social circles, having many warm
+friends in this city where his entire life has been passed.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_R19" id="Idx_R19"></a>ANDRE ODORIE RONDEAU.</h3>
+
+<p>Capable, earnest and conscientious, and well versed in the
+knowledge of the law, André Odorie Rondeau enjoys a large
+practice, especially among the French citizenship of Montreal,
+ably representing valuable French interests in the local courts.
+A man of sound judgment and logical reasoning, he readily
+discerns the moving factor in any legal situation and presents
+his views and conclusions so concisely that he seldom fails to
+convince court or jury. He is gifted with all the qualities of
+which a lawyer may be proud and has a deep insight into human
+nature, understanding the springs of human conduct, which
+qualities assist him in his work. As the years have passed he
+has come more and more to the fore in his profession and is now
+recognized as an authority upon many subjects of the law.</p>
+
+<p>Born at St. Marcel, in the county of Richelieu, on the 8th of
+June, 1876, André O. Rondeau is the son of Louis Rondeau, a
+successful agriculturist, who was born in the county of Berthier,
+and Lucie (Ouellette) Rondeau, a daughter of Godefroy Ouellette,
+born in St. Ours, in the county of Richelieu. Both parents are
+highly respected in their locality. The earliest record of the
+Rondeau family goes back to one Pierre Rondeau, a son of Jean,
+who married Catherine Verrier on September 30, 1669, at Ste.
+Famille, and had a large family. Another of these early records
+mentions Jacques Rondeau, born in 1663, who married Françoise
+Beaudry at Trois Rivières on November 6, 1691, and had a family
+of seven children.</p>
+
+<p>André O. Rondeau after acquiring his preliminary education
+attended a commercial college at St. Aimé and the preparatory
+seminary of Ste. Marie de Monnoir, from which he obtained his
+bachelor’s degree. He received his law diploma from Laval
+University of Montreal, after having studied for two years at
+St. Hyacinthe under the supervision of Blanchet & Chicoine,
+well known barristers. Since Mr. Rondeau has joined the legal
+fraternity of Montreal he has made great strides towards
+success, having left the ranks of the many and joined those
+of the successful few. He is skillful in the presentation
+of his evidence, shows marked ability in cross-examination,
+persuasiveness before the jury and has a strong grasp of every
+feature of the case in hand. While his learning never intrudes
+itself when uncalled for and he makes no display thereof, it
+comes into requisition when wanted. He is a man who exemplifies
+in his conduct the lofty ideals of his nation and noble calling
+and he honors his profession by paying it honor and by his
+adherence to the solid virtues and enlightened principles
+underlying the law. It is his ambition to make his native talent
+subserve the demands of the social and business conditions of the
+day and he stands today as a splendid representative of a lawyer
+to whom personal prosperity is secondary in importance<a class="pagenum" name="Page_291" id="Page_291">[291]</a> to the
+public welfare and less vital than many other elements which go
+to make up human existence.</p>
+
+<p>On June 29, 1908, at Montreal, at the church of St. Jacques, Mr.
+Rondeau was united in marriage to Miss Rose Blanche Trudeau, a
+daughter of Louis Napoléon Trudeau, a well known dentist. The
+religious affiliations of Mr. and Mrs. Rondeau are with the
+Catholic church. In his political views he was during his earlier
+years a liberal but since 1906 has endorsed the nationalist
+movement as he is in sympathy with their ideas. Outside of his
+profession he has had important interests and is the builder
+of the Boulevard Trudeau and Rondeau, in the Prairie River
+district, which leads through lots Nos. 16 and 17. He was one
+of the founders and also one of the first directors of La Cie
+Zootechnique de Labelle, Limitée, at Macaza, P. Q., which has for
+its purpose the raising of fur-bearing animals. Mr. Rondeau is
+highly respected in Montreal as an able lawyer and as a citizen
+of public worth and is especially popular and influential with
+the French, of which race he is an able representative in this
+city.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_S16" id="Idx_S16"></a>SAMUEL COTTINGHAM STEVENSON.</h3>
+
+<p>There was no man to whom the success of Canadian expositions
+and exhibitions was more largely attributable than to Samuel C.
+Stevenson, who as a commissioner, represented his province and
+country in connection with a number of leading affairs of this
+kind on the continent. He was born in Montreal in 1848 and came
+of Scotch ancestry, being a son of James Stevenson, a native of
+Scotland, who after his arrival in Canada was identified with
+shipping interests, owning a number of boats. His wife was, in
+her maidenhood, Miss Elizabeth Cottingham.</p>
+
+<p>Their son, Samuel C. Stevenson, pursued a high-school course and
+in 1872 was granted his Bachelor of Arts degree at McGill. He
+was assistant secretary to the first large provincial exhibition
+and was identified with all the expositions of the province from
+that time until his death. When the first one was held at Mile
+End, he was given entire charge of the industrial department. In
+1876 he was appointed a commissioner of the province of Quebec
+to the great Centennial Exposition held in Philadelphia and in
+1877 when a permanent exposition committee was appointed for the
+province, he was made its secretary for the industrial department
+and held that position until the organization of the Montreal
+Exposition Company in 1889. He was chief organizer and manager
+of all the important expositions that were held in Montreal from
+1886 until his demise and he represented the Canadian interests
+as commissioner for the province of Quebec at the Colonial
+and Industrial Exhibition in London, in 1886. In 1892 he was
+appointed a member and secretary of the provincial commission
+in connection with the World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago
+and was secretary of the council of arts and manufacture of the
+province of Quebec. His long experience enabled him to know
+adequately just what was most attractive for exhibition purposes
+and how to assemble such, and the success of Canada’s exhibits,
+both provincial and at the international expositions in the
+United States, was due in large measure to his efforts. He was a
+corresponding member of the Industrial Education<a class="pagenum" name="Page_292" id="Page_292">[292]</a> Association of
+New York and a director of the Great Northern Railway of Canada.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Stevenson’s military experience began in his youth. When a
+boy he belonged to the High School Cadets and afterward joined
+the Victoria Rifles, going to the front with his regiment
+at the time of the Fenian raid of 1866. Later he received a
+commission in the Prince of Wales regiment and was a subaltern
+in the company of that corps which was sent to the relief of the
+force that engaged the Fenians at Eccles Hill. He remained in
+the corps until 1881, when he retired with the rank of major.
+Mr. Stevenson’s interests and activities aside from those
+already indicated were manifest from his membership in the Art
+Association and in the Crescent Street church.</p>
+
+<p>At Saugerties, New York, in 1878 Mr. Stevenson was married to
+Mrs. Gertrude (Caldwell) Bennett, a representative of a southern
+family, that lived in Virginia until the time of the Civil war
+and then removed to New York. Mr. and Mrs. Stevenson had three
+children: James Corliss; Elizabeth Lois, the wife of Herbert
+Yuile; and Gladys Arnold, the wife of J. Hal Pangman.</p>
+
+<p>Such is the record of Samuel C. Stevenson, who passed away
+January 2, 1898. As a public-spirited citizen he was widely
+known. None questioned his fidelity. He responded to every appeal
+when it was needed for the benefit of the general good; to
+build up rather than to destroy was his policy and he attacked
+everything with a contagious enthusiasm.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_R13" id="Idx_R13"></a>FARQUHAR ROBERTSON.</h3>
+
+<p>The nature and variety of his interests and activities at once
+place Farquhar Robertson among those citizens whose lives
+constitute a most useful and serviceable force in bringing about
+modern day conditions, progress and prosperity. While he is well
+known as a business man, he has at the same time been a close
+student of the sociological, economic and political questions of
+the day, and has been actively allied with many movements seeking
+the betterment of conditions for the benefit of the individual
+physically, intellectually and morally. He has also been
+connected with many projects that promote the municipal welfare,
+and thus his life has come to be one of great usefulness in his
+adopted city. A native of Ontario, he was born April 14, 1850,
+at North Branch, Glengarry, a son of Hugh and Flora (McLennan)
+Robertson and a brother of Lieutenant Colonel D. M. Robertson,
+Toronto, Ontario. His education was acquired in his native county
+and since entering upon his business career, he has largely given
+his attention to the coal trade. In business affairs he carries
+forward to successful completion what he undertakes, and his well
+formulated plans are productive of far-reaching and beneficial
+results.</p>
+
+<p>His activities along other lines have been equally broad and
+beneficial. He is identified with many movements which seek
+to meet and improve modern conditions, and to this end he is
+serving as a director of the Parks and Playgrounds Association,
+and is vice president of the Montreal City Improvement League.
+He was one of the promoters of the Montreal Typhoid Emergency
+Hospital, and is one of the managing committee of the Montreal
+General Hospital,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_295" id="Page_295">[295]</a></span> a member of the committee of management of
+Royal Edward Institute, and vice president of Victorian Order
+of Nurses. Mr. Robertson is president of the firm of Farquhar
+Robertson, Limited, and director of Merchants Bank of Canada,
+Montreal Transportation Company, Canada Cement Company and the
+Prudential Trust Company. He was president of the Montreal Board
+of Trade in 1909, and it was largely due to his efforts during
+his term of office, that a change in civic administration took
+place, to a board of commissioners.</p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 333px;">
+<img src="images/image293.jpg" width="333" height="500" alt="FARQUHAR ROBERTSON" />
+<p class="caption">FARQUHAR ROBERTSON</p>
+</div>
+
+<p>Mr. Robertson represented St. Andrew’s ward in the Montreal city
+council for six years and was the council’s representative on the
+Protestant board of school commissioners for the same period.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Robertson married Miss Flora Craig, daughter of the late
+James Craig, M. P. P., Glengarry. They reside at No. 30 Ontario
+Avenue, Montreal. They are Presbyterians in religion.</p>
+
+<p>While not an office seeker in politics (in which he is a
+conservative), in the usually accepted sense of the term, he is
+deeply interested in all that pertains to the public welfare, and
+the present government thought fit to appoint him as one of the
+present harbor commission.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Robertson is president of the St. Andrew’s Society of
+Montreal. He is well known in club circles, being a member of St.
+James, Montreal, Montreal Hunt and Outremont Golf Clubs, and life
+member of The Caledonian Society and Montreal Amateur Athletic
+Association. His recreation is devoted to curling and farming.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_A4" id="Idx_A4"></a>JOHN ALLAN.</h3>
+
+<p>John Allan was a splendid example of what industry and
+determination will accomplish for a man. Born in Strathmiglo,
+Scotland, on the 28th of November, 1863, a son of David
+and Christian (Roy) Allan, he became one of the successful
+merchants of Montreal, dealing in clothing, hats, caps and men’s
+furnishings. He was educated in the schools of his native country
+and when eighteen years of age crossed the Atlantic to Canada,
+making his way to Montreal, where he entered the employ of Henry
+Morgan & Company. After some time spent with that house he joined
+his brother, Robert Allan, who was engaged in the bottling of
+ginger ale. Subsequently he embarked in business on his own
+account on Craig Street in a small way, having a limited line of
+clothing, hats, caps and men’s furnishings. He closely applied
+himself to the development of the trade and in that connection
+steadily worked his way upward, his patronage increasing as the
+years went by until he won a substantial measure of success. He
+was truly a self-made man, having been both the architect and
+builder of his own fortunes and his record proved what may be
+accomplished when determination and energy point out the way.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Allan was married in Cupar, Scotland, in 1894, to Maria
+Isabella Hood, a native of that place and a daughter of Robert
+and Agnes (Moncrief) Hood, and they became parents of five
+children: John Roy, Agnes Isabelle, Robert Bruce, Douglas Hood
+and Malcolm Moncrief. Mr. Allan enjoyed curling as a recreation
+and his more serious interests were represented in membership in
+the Masonic<a class="pagenum" name="Page_296" id="Page_296">[296]</a> fraternity and in Knox church. He was a member of
+the Young Men’s Christian Association for many years and took
+a deep interest in its affairs. His death occurred January 11,
+1912, and thus was ended a life of activity and usefulness. He
+had made good use of his time and opportunities and had proved
+that prosperity and an honored name may be gained simultaneously.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_D21" id="Idx_D21"></a>REV. JOSEPH LEONIDAS DESJARDINS.</h3>
+
+<p>Rev. Joseph Léonidas Desjardins, secretary general of Laval
+University at Montreal since September 14, 1907, was born at Ste.
+Thérèse, in the county of Terrebonne, on the 27th of November,
+1880, a son of Joseph and Odile (Boileau) Desjardins, the former
+of whom followed agricultural pursuits. The son pursued his early
+studies in the Seminary of Ste. Thérèse and in the Grand Seminary
+of Montreal. His determination to prepare for the priesthood,
+followed by a thorough course of study, led to his ordination
+by Monsignor P. La Rocque on the 3d of July, 1904. His time and
+energies have ever since been devoted to educational service
+save for a period which he devoted to further study. Following
+his ordination he became a professor in the Seminary of Ste.
+Thérèse, where he remained during 1904 and 1905. The following
+year he went abroad for further study in Rome, where he remained
+from 1905 until 1907, winning the degree of Doctor of Theology.
+Following his return to the new world he entered again upon
+active connection with educational interests as secretary general
+of Laval University at Montreal, being appointed to his present
+position on the 14th of September, 1907. In his life work mental
+and moral instruction go hand in hand, and his efforts constitute
+an important element not only in the upbuilding of character
+among individual students but also in the extension of Catholic
+teachings and influence.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_C23" id="Idx_C23"></a>HIRSCH COHEN.</h3>
+
+<p>Hirsch Cohen, most actively identified with the educational and
+moral progress of the Jewish people in Montreal, may point with
+justifiable pride to various schools and synagogues which have
+been established through his instrumentality. A Russian by birth,
+his natal day was in April, 1863, his parents being Hircom and
+Sarah Cohen, both of whom have now passed away, the latter dying
+in 1896 and the former in 1911 at a ripe old age, being over
+ninety years old. Liberal educational advantages constituted the
+foundation for the important and far-reaching life work of Hirsch
+Cohen who was educated in a Hebrew college in Russia. The year
+1890 witnessed his arrival in Montreal, since which time he has
+been active in promoting work among the people of his own faith.
+He has established eight synagogues, including one in Lachine
+and one in the city of Quebec. At that period the people of
+his faith could not stand the regular tithing system and there
+were only a few small synagogues to carry on the work among the
+Hebrew people. Prosperity, however, has come to many and a fair<a class="pagenum" name="Page_297" id="Page_297">[297]</a>
+degree of success to others and as they have prospered they have
+contributed to the work of intellectual and moral progress with a
+result that there are today a number of large congregations and
+various smaller ones, each an active force in promoting the moral
+development of the Hebrew people. Mr. Cohen has been a leader in
+this work and he is also a director on the school board of the
+Baron de Hirsch Institute. For the past seven years he has been
+acting as chaplain for the Jewish prisoners in the province of
+Quebec. He is chairman of various Hebrew schools in the city and
+has been practically the founder of them all and in the meantime
+has established places of study where adult Hebrews can acquaint
+themselves with various lines of knowledge. He has founded three
+different synagogues in Montreal since his arrival and another
+important branch of his work has been the care which he has
+given to newcomers during the periods of largest immigrations
+to Canada among the Hebrew people. Moreover, he has taken a
+most active and helpful part in bringing about the amalgamation
+of the charitable institutions of the Jewish people into a
+coordinate whole. He has seemed to neglect no line of effort that
+contributes to the welfare of people of his faith. It was through
+his instrumentality that all Jewish slaughter houses were brought
+under the required supervision. He was one of those who took part
+in the organization of the Free Loan Association, and he was one
+who aided in establishing the Jewish Daily Eagle, to the columns
+of which he makes frequent and welcome contributions. He is one
+of the officers in the Zionist movement and one of the officers
+in the Association of Orthodox Rabbis of the United States and
+Canada, in which he is also a member of the executive committee.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Cohen’s first wife was Miss Sarah First, whom he married in
+1888, and their children were Mrs. Annie Presnau, Mary, Julius,
+Ethel, Goldie and Lazarus. In 1913 he married Leah Nochumofsky.
+It would be difficult to determine how important has been the
+life work of Hirsch Cohen, for there is no standard whereby to
+judge influence, especially when it is exerted along lines of
+intellectual and moral progress. His worth, however, is widely
+recognized, not only by those of his own faith, but also by the
+Gentiles who respect him as a man and honor him for his loyalty
+to his belief and for his great work in behalf of his cause.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_B23" id="Idx_B23"></a>HARRY BLOOMFIELD.</h3>
+
+<p>A prominent representative of the Jewish element in the
+citizenship of Montreal is Harry Bloomfield, a partner in the
+well known wholesale jewelry firm of Bloomfield Brothers. He is
+largely regarded as a representative business man, enterprising,
+progressive, alert and energetic. He was born in Montreal in
+1879, a son of Baruch Bloomfield, a scholar and educator who
+for many years resided in Montreal and enjoyed the respect of
+all who knew him. It was in the schools of this city that Harry
+Bloomfield pursued his education and after entering business
+circles he traveled for the American Clock Company of New York
+for five and a half years, in which he gained much valuable
+experience concerning business methods and procedure. On the
+expiration of that period he entered the employ of the Canadian
+jewelry house of Pinfort & Company, whom he represented<a class="pagenum" name="Page_298" id="Page_298">[298]</a> upon
+the road as a traveling salesman for another period of five and
+a half years. All during this time he was ambitious to engage in
+business on his own account, and in 1904 he saw the realization
+of his hopes, for in that year he was the organizer of the
+firm of Bloomfield Brothers, wholesale jewelers. Through the
+intervening period the business has steadily grown and developed
+under the careful guidance and management of its proprietors who
+are energetic, progressive young men, realizing and utilizing
+their opportunities. They carry a large and carefully selected
+line of jewelry, and their trade is growing year by year, having
+already reached extensive and profitable proportions.</p>
+
+<p>On the 7th of June, 1905, Mr. Bloomfield was united in marriage
+to Miss Sadie Davies, a daughter of Morton Davies of New York,
+and their children are Bernard, Louis, Dorothy and Florence.
+Mr. Bloomfield has been somewhat active in connection with
+civic affairs. He was made justice of the peace for the city
+and district of Montreal, October 12, 1904, and he was twice a
+candidate in St. Lawrence ward in conservative interests as M. P.
+P.</p>
+
+<p>He is identified with a number of social and fraternal
+organizations, for beside being president of the Independent
+Voters League he is a director of the Baron de Hirsch Institute,
+a director of the Hebrew Sheltering Home, a director of the
+Montefiore Club and president of the D’Israeli Conservative Club.
+At the time of the ritual murder charge against Mendel Beiliss
+six judges were appointed by the Jewish citizens to forward a
+protest to the governor general and Mr. Bloomfield was appointed
+as one of the judges. He is a high type of young Jewish manhood
+in Montreal and is rapidly winning for himself an enviable
+position in business circles.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_M3" id="Idx_M3"></a>JOHN BRADFORD McCONNELL, M. D., D. C. L.</h3>
+
+<p>Dr. John Bradford McConnell, an able educator in the field of
+medical science and actively engaged in hospital and private
+practice, was born at Chatham, Quebec, August 28, 1851, a son of
+the late Andrew and Martha Jane (Bradford) McConnell, of Lachute,
+Quebec. In the acquirement of his education he became a student
+at Dr. Wanless Academy at Carillon, Quebec, and ultimately
+graduated from McGill University with the degrees of M. D., C.
+M. in 1873. Still not content with the opportunities that had
+already been his for preparation for the medical profession, he
+went abroad and did post-graduate work in Berlin under Professor
+Koch. From the outset his professional career has been marked
+by advancement and constantly expanding powers have enabled him
+to successfully control and check disease when others of less
+thorough training or of minor devotion to the profession would
+have failed. His high standing is indicated in the fact that
+Bishop’s College of Lennoxville selected him for the honor of
+receiving the D. C. L. degree in 1905. He has long been eminent
+in the field of medical education and was vice president of the
+College of Physicians and Surgeons, while for many years he
+was a professor on the medical faculty of Bishop’s College. He
+has successively occupied the chairs of professor of botany,
+professor of materia medica, professor of pathology, professor of
+medicine and of clinical medicine, and was vice dean for a number
+of years and was acting dean in 1905, when the<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_301" id="Page_301">[301]</a></span> medical faculty
+was amalgamated with McGill University, so that his name is
+inseparably associated with Bishop’s College and the high rank it
+has attained. Dr. McConnell has also been a member of the staff
+of the Western Hospital since its establishment and is medical
+examiner for the Aetna and the Mutual Life Insurance Companies.
+He was for several years editor of the Canada Medical Record.
+He has written extensively on medical subjects and his opinions
+elicit attention, admiration and consideration whenever publicly
+expressed.</p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 389px;">
+<img src="images/image299.jpg" width="389" height="500" alt="DR. JOHN B. McCONNELL" />
+<p class="caption">DR. JOHN B. McCONNELL</p>
+</div>
+
+<p>Aside from the strict path of the profession Dr. McConnell has
+been active and is now a senator of the Wesleyan Theological
+College of Montreal. He also has an interesting military chapter
+in his life record, having from 1875 until 1884 served as
+assistant surgeon of the First Prince of Wales Regiment. In 1875
+he married Miss Theodora Lovell, daughter of the late Robert
+Miller, of Montreal. Dr. McConnell is yet in the prime of life.
+He has not reached the zenith of his powers, which are constantly
+unfolding and developing. <a name="Err_28" id="Err_28"></a>He keeps in the vanguard of those to
+whom science is revealing its secrets as the result of careful
+investigation and wide research, and the broader knowledge which
+each year brings is familiar to him.</p>
+
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_A1" id="Idx_A1"></a>JOHN GEORGE ADAMI.</h3>
+
+<p>Dr. John George Adami, scientist, educationist and author whose
+eminent position in his profession was indicated in his election
+to the presidency of the Association of American Physicians in
+1911, was born in Manchester, England, January 12, 1862, a son of
+the late John George Adami of Manchester and Ashton-upon-Mersey,
+Cheshire. The mother of Dr. Adami, who in her maidenhood was
+Sarah Ann Ellis Leech, was a daughter of Thomas Leech of Urmston,
+Lancashire, and a sister of the late Sir Bosdin Leech, one of the
+founders of the Manchester Ship Canal, while another brother was
+Professor Leech, a leading member of the staff of Owen’s College
+and the Manchester Medical School.</p>
+
+<p>Dr. Adami began his more advanced schooling when he entered
+Owen’s College, Manchester, and in 1880 entered Christ’s
+College, Cambridge, becoming a scholar of the same and in
+1882 gaining a first class in the first part of the Natural
+Science Tripos followed in 1884 by a first class in the second
+part of the same tripos. Following upon this he spent eight
+months in physiological research at Breslau, Germany, under the
+distinguished physiologist Heidenhain. In 1885, Dr. Adami was
+awarded the Darwin prize of his college, for original research.
+The Master of Arts degree was conferred upon him in 1887, and
+with the completion of the course of medicine at Manchester in
+this year, he was appointed house physician at the Manchester
+Royal Infirmary, following upon which he was called to Cambridge
+to become demonstrator of pathology under Professor Roy.</p>
+
+<p>In 1890, he was appointed to the John Lucas Walker studentship
+of pathology in the University of Cambridge, and went to Paris
+for bacteriological research in the Institute Pasteur, under
+Professor Metchnikoff. He won his M. D. degree in 1891, and in
+the same year was elected a fellow of Jesus College.</p>
+
+<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_302" id="Page_302">[302]</a></p>
+
+<p>The following year he was called to Montreal, as professor of
+pathology in McGill University, and his continued success in
+research work, in practice and in the educational field, led to
+various degrees and honors being conferred upon him. In 1898,
+McGill conferred upon him the degrees of M. A. and M. B. Ad Eund.</p>
+
+<p>The University of New Brunswick honored him with the LL. D.
+degree in 1900, the University of Toronto conferring the same
+degree in 1911, while in 1912 he received the Sc. D. of Trinity
+College, Dublin. He had previously, in 1905, been elected a
+fellow of the Royal Society. He is also a fellow of the Royal
+Societies of Edinburgh and Canada. In February, 1914, the
+Fothergillian medal of the Medical Society of London was awarded
+to Dr. Adami for his “work on Pathology in its application to
+practical medicine and surgery.” The Fothergillian gold medal was
+first awarded in 1787 and now is given every third year.</p>
+
+<p>It would be tautological in this connection to enter into any
+series of statements showing him to be a man of scholarly
+attainments, for this has been shadowed forth between the
+lines of this review in the work that he has performed as an
+investigator and in the honors which have been conferred upon him.</p>
+
+<p>He is perhaps even better known in the field of authorship than
+in educational circles. The work by which he is most widely known
+is his “Principles of Pathology” in two volumes (the second in
+connection with Professor A. G. Nicholls of McGill).</p>
+
+<p>Dr. Adami has written various papers on pathological subjects
+which have appeared in a number of the leading medical journals
+in England and America and have also been translated into French.
+His smaller text-book upon pathology written along with Dr. John
+McCrae, is being translated into Chinese.</p>
+
+<p>That his activities have not been solely in the path of his
+profession are indicated by not a few addresses he has delivered
+on biographical and literary subjects. He stands prominently with
+those men of broad humanitarian principles and high scientific
+attainment who are doing everything in their power to prevent
+the spread of disease and educate the people to a knowledge of
+preventive methods and sanitary conditions.</p>
+
+<p>He presided at one of the meetings of the International
+Tuberculosis Congress held in Washington in 1908, and was one
+of the promoters of the Royal Edward Tuberculosis Institute in
+1909. He was a member of the Royal Commission, of the province of
+Quebec, re spread of tuberculosis in 1909, and in that same year
+became president of the Canada Association for the Prevention
+of Tuberculosis, being reelected for three years in succession.
+In 1911 he was honored with election to the presidency of the
+Association of American Physicians. He has been president of
+the local Medico-Chirurgical Society and is a joint secretary
+of the Victorian Order of Nurses. In 1899 he was president of
+the Montreal branch of the British Medical Association and was
+president of the pathological section of that organization at
+the meeting in Toronto in 1905. He was a vice president of the
+section of pathology at the International Congress of Medicine,
+London, 1913.</p>
+
+<p>He has been offered many prominent positions in the educational
+field both in England and the United States, but has preferred
+to remain in Montreal, recognizing that he has a broad field of
+labor in this city.</p>
+
+<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_303" id="Page_303">[303]</a></p>
+
+<p>His teaching ranks him as one of the foremost educators of the
+land, and in the class room he enthuses his pupils with much of
+the high idealism which has always characterized his professional
+connections.</p>
+
+<p>Aside from all of these activities and interests, bearing upon
+the practice and science of medicine, Dr. Adami was chosen
+president of the City Improvement League in 1909, and was elected
+vice president of the University Club in the same year. He holds
+membership in the St. James Club, and in the Savile Club of
+London.</p>
+
+<p>Dr. Adami was married in 1894, to Mary Stuart, a daughter of
+James A. Cantlie of Montreal, and a niece of Lord Mount Stephen.
+Their residence, No. 34 Macgregor Avenue, is one of Montreal’s
+attractive homes, while the family are well known in the best
+social circles of the city. The Herald has said of Dr. Adami:
+“Endowed with youth, energy and enthusiasm, his investigations
+have been important and of great benefit to mankind.” His name
+in connection with his professional ability and research work
+is known not only throughout the American continent but in many
+educational centers of Europe, as his authorship has made him
+known to the profession.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_M46" id="Idx_M46"></a>RODOLPHE MONTY, K. C.</h3>
+
+<p>Since admitted to the bar in 1897 Rodolphe Monty has continuously
+and successfully practiced in Montreal, advancing step by
+step to the position which he now occupies as one of the able
+representatives of the legal profession in this city. He is a
+member of the firm of Monty & Duranleau and their clientage
+is of an extensive and important character. Montreal claims
+Mr. Monty as a native son. He was born November 30, 1874, and
+in the acquirement of his education attended Ste. Marie de
+Monnoir College, McGill University and Laval University, his
+classical course winning for him the Bachelor of Arts degree,
+while his professional course gained for him the degree of
+LL. L. In January, 1897, he was called to the bar and at once
+entered upon the active practice of a profession for which he
+had fully prepared. No dreary novitiate awaited him. He came
+almost immediately into prominence and in 1909 was created a
+king’s counsel. He is now senior partner of the firm of Monty
+& Duranleau, one of the strongest at the Montreal bar, and the
+thoroughness and care with which he prepares his cases excites
+the admiration and surprise of his contemporaries, who find him
+prepared not only for attack but for defense as well. For eight
+years he has been a member of the council of the bar of Montreal
+and for five years has been examiner. He has served as delegate
+to the general council of the bar of the province of Quebec for
+three years and as treasurer of the bar of Montreal for two years.</p>
+
+<p>While pursuing his study in the university Mr. Monty was
+president of the law students of Laval in 1895-6 and at the same
+time was one of the most active members of the model parliament
+established among the students. His eloquence and skill as a
+debater secured for him the leadership of the opposition in those
+early days. He also filled the offices of minister of railways
+and canals and speaker of the house. He is now governor general
+of the model parliament. He<a class="pagenum" name="Page_304" id="Page_304">[304]</a> could undoubtedly win parliamentary
+honors today if he cared to do so, but, while possibly not
+without that laudable ambition which is so useful as an incentive
+in public life, he regards the pursuits of private life as in
+themselves abundantly worthy of his best efforts and concentrates
+his energies upon his professional duties. His devotion to his
+clients’ interests is proverbial and on many occasions he has
+proven himself capable of solving some of the most involved and
+intricate problems of the law. In politics he is a conservative,
+while socially he is connected with the St. Denis Club, the Club
+Canadien and the Délormier Club.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_D30" id="Idx_D30"></a>THE HON. SIR GEORGE A. DRUMMOND, K. C. M. G., C. V. O.</h3>
+
+<p>Sir George A. Drummond, whose strong intellectual force gave him
+mastery over the grave problems which confronted him as a member
+of parliament and enabled him to wisely direct his individual
+interests until success placed him among the most prosperous
+residents of Montreal, was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1829.
+He enjoyed the educational opportunities offered by the high
+school of his native city and then entered the university in the
+Scottish capital. His laudable ambition and keen insight into
+conditions prompted him to seek the advantages offered in the
+new world when but twenty-five years of age, and therefore in
+1854 he embraced the opportunity to come to Canada and assume the
+practical and technical management of a sugar refinery which was
+established in Montreal by John Redpath. In this connection the
+Gazette, at the time of his death, wrote: “The superior education
+he received in the institutions of his native Scotland was a
+powerful help to him when he was called upon to grapple with the
+problems which demanded solution in an undeveloped country like
+the Canada of that day. When he became interested in the Redpath
+sugar refinery in the year 1854 he was perhaps the best educated
+business man in the city, and whether as a member of the Board of
+Trade, a commanding figure in the realm of banking and commerce,
+or in social life, he maintained that scholarly supremacy and
+distinction which was willingly accorded him by his fellow
+citizens more than half a century ago.”</p>
+
+<p>The Redpath sugar refinery proved a profitable enterprise from
+the beginning until tariff changes forced the plant to close
+down in 1874. Before resuming operations in that line in 1879,
+in which year he founded the Canada Sugar Refining Company, of
+which he became president, Sir George spent five years abroad
+in study, travel and recreation. In connection with the Canada
+Sugar Refining Company he developed one of the most important
+productive industries of the country and into other fields
+extended his efforts with equal discernment and success. He
+became a director in the Bank of Montreal in 1882 and in 1887 was
+elected vice president and subsequently president, so continuing
+until his death. He became president of the company owning
+and developing the coal and iron mines at Londonderry, Nova
+Scotia, and was prominently connected with many other commercial
+interests and projects. He was prominent as a stockholder and
+officer in the Mexican Light, Heat & Power Company and was a
+director of the Canadian Pacific Railway Company and the Ogilvie
+Milling Company and vice president of the Royal Trust Company.
+He<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_307" id="Page_307">[307]</a></span> was also largely interested in the Cumberland Coal &
+Railway Company, and his connection extended to various other
+corporations which have been important factors in the development
+and upbuilding of Canada’s manufacturing interests.</p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 338px;">
+<img src="images/image305.jpg" width="338" height="500" alt="SIR GEORGE A. DRUMMOND" />
+<p class="caption">SIR GEORGE A. DRUMMOND</p>
+</div>
+
+<p>From the time that he became a resident of Canada Sir George
+Drummond also became a student of the conditions of the country
+as affected by political interests. Perhaps no better account of
+his prominent connection with political affairs can be given than
+by quoting from one of the local papers, which wrote:<a class="pagenum" name="Page_308" id="Page_308">[308]</a> “Though
+coming from a country wedded to free trade ideas, he discovered
+that new industries could not thrive here in competition with
+the advanced and enterprising industrial activity on the other
+side of the line. Hence his early advocacy of protection,
+designated during the campaign of 1878 as the National Policy.
+Sir George Drummond had formed strong friendships with Sir
+John A. Macdonald, Sir Charles Tupper and the more aggressive
+leaders of the conservative party as represented in the Canadian
+parliament. He was induced, much against his will, to accept
+the party candidature in Montreal West against one of the most
+popular men of the day, Hon. John Young. The contest will be
+remembered by some of the older citizens as one of extreme
+bitterness, although Mr. Drummond’s utterances on the platform
+were marked by ability, force and breadth of view, and those who
+heard him during that campaign of 1872 were not by any means
+surprised when he developed later into an authority on banking
+and finance and a leader in the discussion of matters pertaining
+to trade and commerce. That contest preceded by two years the
+fall of the Macdonald government and the acceptance of office
+by pronounced free traders. As delegation after delegation went
+to Ottawa, and were told by the finance minister that ministers
+were as flies on a wheel in the matter of bringing prosperity
+to the land, Sir George Drummond and his friends, recruited
+from both of the old political parties, started to organize the
+downfall of free trade in Canada. It was, however, when the
+victory had been won at the polls, when Sir Charles Tupper’s
+powerful efforts at the by-elections in Ontario, Quebec and Nova
+Scotia had brought forth their fruit that the hardest work had
+to be done, and here the ability of Sir George came powerfully
+into play. Sir Leonard Tilly was finance minister, Sir Mackenzie
+Bowell was in charge of the customs and Sir John Macdonald was
+powerful in the country and in parliament. He had received a
+mandate to bring the National Policy into force; but this was
+easier to say than to do. The fiscal and customs policy of the
+country had to be changed. It was at this time that the counsel
+and business experience of Sir George Drummond were brought
+into requisition and with a great degree of success. Time
+convinced men of good-will and fair mind that the broad device
+of ‘Canada for the Canadians’ and ‘that which is beneficial to
+the manufacturer will be equally beneficial to the consumer and
+to the country at large,’ were right. Mr. Drummond was not a
+conservative during his active participation in party conflicts
+because of individual gain. He adhered to principle rather than
+to party name. In 1888, Sir John Macdonald being premier, Mr.
+Drummond was called to the senate, and up to the time of his
+death was the ablest representative of the mercantile classes
+in the upper house of the Canadian parliament. As chairman of
+the banking and commerce committee of the senate his word was
+as law. His opinions relating to matters of financial import
+were received without question by minister and member alike, and
+when Senator Drummond had spoken upon a question of this kind
+there was a general consensus of opinion that little remained
+to be said. It was by his mastery of his subject and by his
+prominence in all matters affecting the moneyed interests of the
+Dominion that he won the respect of his fellow legislators at
+the capital. There are many men who are members of the Montreal
+Board of Trade who look back to the days when Sir George Drummond
+was the president of that organization and remember the manner
+in which he filled that office, the highest in the gift of
+the merchants of the commercial metropolis of the Dominion.
+They remember the high character of his addresses and his wise
+contributions to the deliberations of the council. It was
+accepted as a matter of course that he should lead off either
+as the mover or the seconder in any great question that was
+to be presented to the government or to the other colonies or
+for the consideration of the whole empire. It was as director,
+vice president and president of the Bank of Montreal that the
+citizens of the financial center of the Dominion will remember
+Sir George Drummond long. His ability was freely acknowledged
+on both continents. He was at headquarters early and late,
+and his attention to the interests of the bank was as marked
+when the financial atmosphere was serene as when there were
+lowering clouds on the horizon. His attitude at the annual bank
+meetings was the personification of tact and courtesy, and his
+able addresses on such occasions, uttered as they were with a
+practiced finger resting upon the financial and commercial pulse
+of the continent, were read by Wall Street and London as eagerly
+as by the public men and bankers of his own country.”</p>
+
+<p>Sir George Drummond was married twice. In 1857 he wedded
+Helen, daughter of John Redpath, and following her demise he
+was married in 1884 to Mrs. Grace Julia Hamilton, the widow of
+George Hamilton and a daughter of A. Davidson Parker, a Montreal
+pioneer. Two sons of the first marriage, Huntly R. and Arthur L.,
+are living. The former succeeded his father as president of the
+Canada Sugar Refining Company, Ltd., and is ex-president of the
+Montreal Board of Trade; while the latter is actively identified
+with the Canada Sugar Refining Company, Ltd. One son, Guy, of the
+second marriage, is living and is a resident of Montreal.</p>
+
+<p>The death of Sir George Drummond occurred February 2, 1910,
+removing from the stage of Canadian activity one of its most
+prominent and honored figures. He was a member of the St. James
+Club, the Rideau Club of Ottawa, the Reform Club of London,
+England, and the Manhattan Club of New York.</p>
+
+<p>Sir George and Lady Drummond were in entire sympathy in their
+benevolent work. He was the founder of the Home for Incurables
+in Montreal, which was opened in 1894 under the charge of the
+Sisters of St. Margaret, and Lady Drummond bestowed much care and
+thought on the preparation of the interior of the institution.
+She has been connected with many societies and movements in
+Montreal that have to do with the betterment of the people, the
+city or its conditions. She is president of the Montreal Charity
+Organization and is actively connected with the Victorian Order
+of Nurses and with various other bodies. She was also a member
+of the Quebec Tercentennial celebration in 1908. She was the
+first president of the local branch of the National Council of
+Women. She was elected president of the Women’s Canadian Club<a class="pagenum" name="Page_309" id="Page_309">[309]</a> of
+Montreal for 1907-8, and Lady Aberdeen places her “at the head
+of the Canadian sisterhood for activity in ‘promoting all that
+is true and just and beautiful among women, and for a consuming
+hatred for unrighteousness in every form.’” She presented a
+silver cup for competition by the members of the Royal Montreal
+Ladies’ Golf Club in 1905. Her name is not unknown in literary
+circles and among her writings is an essay entitled “Purity of
+Speech and Accent.” She was the first woman to speak at a public
+banquet in Montreal, being thus honored in 1898. In 1902 Sir
+George and Lady Drummond were presented at court.</p>
+
+<p>On the occasion of the visit of our present King and Queen to
+Canada as Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York Lady Drummond
+drew up and presented an address to Her Royal Highness on behalf
+of the National Council of Women of Canada, while Sir George
+Drummond at the same time presented to His Royal Highness the
+citizens’ commemorative medal. Lady Aberdeen has characterized
+Lady Drummond as “a woman of distinguished presence, with great
+personal charm, gifts of rare eloquence and the power of clothing
+her thoughts in most expressive language.” She is a member of the
+Anglican church, to which Sir George also belonged.</p>
+
+<p>Sir George was much interested in agriculture and the breeding
+of fine stock. Huntlywood, his magnificent country place at
+Beaconsfield, was one of the finest country estates on the
+continent. He took great pride in its well kept condition, his
+private golf links affording an opportunity for indulgence in
+a recreation that he was fond of. He kept only the finest live
+stock that he could procure. His first Southdown sheep were bred
+from stock he secured from King Edward. In live-stock breeding
+Sir George aimed to maintain the same high standard of excellence
+that characterized everything he did. His stock nearly always
+won first prize at the big stock shows in Canada and the United
+States, where he met in competition the most noted breeders of
+his day. Sir George also maintained a beautiful country house,
+Gads Hill, at Cacouna, now the summer home of Lady Drummond. He
+took a most deep and helpful interest in all those things which
+promote the aesthetic and moral nature of the individual and
+which act as broadening and uplifting influences in the lives of
+all. He was the owner of one of the finest galleries of paintings
+on the American continent and was for some time president of the
+Art Association of Montreal. It is said of him that he “derived
+greater pleasure in pinning a badge to the breast of a member of
+the Victorian Order of Nurses and wishing a hearty God-speed to
+that devoted agent of good than in talking in millions around
+the directors’ table of the Bank of Montreal.” He was a knight
+commander of the Order of St. Michael and St. George and his
+character and his ability made his presence an honor in any
+gathering.</p>
+
+<p>High encomiums were passed upon him by various members of the
+senate when he was called from this life on the 2d of February,
+1910. One of the local papers said: “Flags flying at half-mast
+from many of the chief public and commercial buildings of the
+city yesterday testified at once to the extent of the interests
+with which Sir George A. Drummond was in his life connected,
+and to the respect in which he was held for his character, his
+ability and his public services.” The council of the Board of
+Trade, of which he had been president, said he was<a class="pagenum" name="Page_310" id="Page_310">[310]</a> “long regarded
+as Montreal’s most eminent citizen and one of the oldest and
+most distinguished members of this board.” Senator Lougheed said
+that he “doubted if any other name had been more closely linked
+with the industrial life of Canada during the early part of the
+present generation than that of Sir George Drummond. Not only
+has he been associated with the material development of Canada,
+but he was equally a supporter of the arts and sciences and the
+great sociological questions of this progressive age. In 1903 he
+was the recipient of very distinguished honors at the hands of
+his sovereign on account of the eminent public services which he
+had rendered Canada. His name should long be revered in Montreal,
+where it was identified with the great commercial, educational
+and philanthropic institutions.” Senator Dandurand said of Sir
+George: “He was esteemed in Montreal as a liberal-minded man
+who did his utmost to maintain good understanding between the
+races in that city, always showing an earnest desire to promote
+harmony. He was a benefactor of all institutions that needed
+private help and will be missed by the community at large, as
+he was whole-souled, kind-hearted and one who played a most
+important role in all the affairs of the city.”</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_D12" id="Idx_D12"></a>L. JOSEPH THEOPHILE DECARY.</h3>
+
+<p>L. Joseph Theophile Decary, an architect of pronounced ability
+and prominently known as a water color artist, was born at St.
+Jerome, Quebec, September 21, 1882, a <a name="Err_29" id="Err_29"></a>son of Jean Baptiste and
+Marie Theolinde (Lauzon) Decary, natives of Lachine and St.
+Jerome respectively. When the north was open for settlement
+in 1876 the father went to St. Jerome to establish business
+as a jeweler and has there since resided. He is of the eighth
+generation in direct descent from Jean Decarys, who came to
+Canada with Maisonneuve in 1642. The name has since been
+variously spelled Decary, Decaire and Descarries.</p>
+
+<p>L. Joseph Theophile Decary, whose name introduces this record,
+pursued a commercial course in St. Jerome, leaving the school
+there in 1900. He afterward spent a year in a pharmaceutical
+establishment and a year as a telegraph operator at St. Jerome
+Junction on the Canadian Pacific and Canadian Northern of Quebec
+Railroads. When nineteen years of age he left home, without
+funds, to go to Boston, hoping there to find the opportunity
+which would enable him to develop his latent talents in drawing.
+From an early age he had displayed considerable ability in that
+direction and believed that his line of life should be determined
+thereby. After reaching Boston he secured a situation in an
+architect’s office which brought him a salary of two dollars per
+week. He learned quickly and won the confidence and assistance
+of Guy Lowell, architect, who sent him to the Massachusetts
+Institute of Technology in Boston in October, 1903. There he
+followed a special course in architecture until 1905, and he now
+holds a degree from the association of architects of the Province
+of Quebec Architects’ Association. Following his return to Canada
+he opened an office in Montreal, where he has since practiced
+his profession, his ability gaining him a large clientage. He
+made the architectural design and plans for the Ecole des Hautes
+Etudes Commerciales of Montreal for Messrs. Gauthier and Daoust.
+His talent has been further developed in the field of fine arts
+as<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_313" id="Page_313">[313]</a></span> shown in his exhibitions in water colors at the season
+exhibit of the Art Association of Montreal in 1910. He is a
+member of the National Gallery of Ottawa.</p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 332px;">
+<img src="images/image311.jpg" width="332" height="500" alt="L. J. T. DECARY" />
+<p class="caption">L. J. T. DECARY</p>
+</div>
+
+<p>On the 23d of April, 1906, at Point St. Charles, Montreal, Mr.
+Decary was united in marriage to Hattie G. Blanchard, a daughter
+of Captain J. B. Blanchard and widow of John Weatherburn. In his
+political views Mr. Decary is a liberal and is without political
+ambition or aspiration. He finds pleasant association with men
+of similar professional talents in the Technology Club of Lower
+Canada and interest and recreation through his membership in the
+St. John Yacht Club, of which he was vice commodore in the year
+1913.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_S17" id="Idx_S17"></a>ALEXANDER DRUMMOND STEWART, M. D.</h3>
+
+<p>Dr. Alexander Drummond Stewart, a successful physician and since
+1903 connected with the department of the interior of the port
+of Montreal, is a native of Toronto, Ontario, and acquired his
+preliminary education in the public schools of that city. He
+studied medicine in McGill University, graduating with the degree
+of M. D. in 1888. Since that time he has been continuously in
+practice.</p>
+
+<p>Dr. Stewart opened his first office in Richmond, Quebec province,
+and he continued there until 1898, building up a large and
+representative clientage and in addition to its conduct serving
+in an able way as medical officer for the Grand Trunk Railway at
+that point. From Richmond he came to Montreal and in this city is
+now a successful practitioner. Besides conducting his extensive
+private practice he is medical officer of the department of the
+interior of the port of Montreal, an office to which he was
+elected in 1903.</p>
+
+<p>Dr. Stewart married Miss Emma Christie of Lachute, Argenteuil
+county, Quebec, and they have become the parents of a daughter,
+Bessie. Dr. Stewart is a member of St. Paul’s Presbyterian
+church. He belongs to the Outremont Golf Club and the University
+Club. Along professional lines he is connected with the Montreal
+Medico-Chirurgical Society, and he keeps in touch with the most
+advanced medical thought, remaining always a close and earnest
+student.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_M39" id="Idx_M39"></a>JOHN MITCHELL.</h3>
+
+<p>John Mitchell, deceased, who was for thirty years a produce
+merchant of Montreal, was born at Dufftown, Scotland, in 1830,
+and his life record covered the intervening years to the 23d of
+November, 1904. His is a history of intense and well directed
+activity along the line in which he engaged. Educated in
+Scotland, he came to Quebec when sixteen years of age, having
+a brother, Robert, in this province. He made his entrance into
+business life as an employe of a Mr. Symes, a merchant; but after
+a short time he left the city of Quebec for Montreal at the
+solicitation of his uncle, Alexander Simpson, who was manager
+of the Bank of Montreal. Mr. Mitchell embarked in business in
+connection with others as a wholesale dealer in molasses, sugar
+and grain in the West Indies, but<a class="pagenum" name="Page_314" id="Page_314">[314]</a> the business failed and for
+a short time thereafter Mr. Mitchell was a resident of Chicago,
+Illinois. Later he went to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, but soon
+returned to Montreal and here engaged in the produce business in
+which he continued for thirty years, or until his death. He lived
+a quiet life, being modest and unassuming in manner, and his
+uprightness and his honorable qualities won him the admiration
+and respect of all.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Mitchell was married to Margaret Turner of Keith, Scotland,
+and they became the parents of two children: John Alexander,
+living near Edmonton, Canada; and Alice Margaret, who is a member
+of the editorial staff of the Montreal Weekly Star. In 1871 Mr.
+Mitchell was again married in the cathedral of Montreal to Miss
+Elizabeth Scott, a daughter of Dr. Alexander Scott, who came
+from Keith, Scotland, and practiced in Montreal, but died when
+his daughter, Mrs. Mitchell, was but five years of age. In later
+years Mrs. Scott lived with her daughter until her death. The
+children of Mr. Mitchell’s second marriage were four in number,
+of whom two are living: Walter Scott, a resident of Sorrento,
+Notch Hill, British Columbia; and Charles Stewart, who is with
+the Ogilvie Flour Mills Company of Montreal.</p>
+
+<p>The family attend the First Presbyterian church, of which Mr.
+Mitchell was a devout member. He was also one of the founders of
+the St. James Club and one of the original members of the Thistle
+Curling Club. While quiet and unassuming in manner, the circle
+of his friends was almost coextensive with the circle of his
+acquaintances, a fact indicative of an honorable and well spent
+life.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_B22" id="Idx_B22"></a>BARUCH BLOOMFIELD.</h3>
+
+<p>In the history of Judaism on the American continent the name of
+few deserve equal prominence with that of Baruch Bloomfield,
+scholar, educator and philanthropist, actuated at all times by
+the highest spirit of humanitarianism and moral force. He was
+born in Russia. He had liberal educational advantages for his
+time and throughout his life was a close and discriminating
+student. Crossing the Atlantic to the new world, he settled first
+in New York, where he engaged in teaching for about ten years.
+He was one of the greatest Hebrew and Talmudic scholars of his
+time. About 1870 he removed from New York to Montreal, which city
+remained his place of residence throughout the rest of his life.
+His family is one of the oldest Jewish families in Montreal,
+having been represented here for close to a century. For a
+quarter of a century prior to his demise he was a representative
+in Montreal of the German Jews in Jerusalem and was a prominent
+member of the McGill College Avenue synagogue to which he
+rendered great services at various times. A part of his life work
+was the collection of funds which he forwarded to the Holy Land,
+and to the cause he was himself a most generous contributor.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Bloomfield was united in marriage to Miss Dora Albert and
+they became the parents of five sons, four of whom still survive,
+Abraham, David, Harry and Samuel, together with the mother. In
+1901 the family were called upon to mourn the loss of a daughter
+and sister, Jessie, whose death was an irreparable<a class="pagenum" name="Page_315" id="Page_315">[315]</a> blow to the
+household. It was while still grieving over the loss of this
+daughter that Mr. Bloomfield went to New Orleans, called there by
+the sudden illness of his son, Moses, who was traveling through
+the south for a Canadian firm. He was a young man of twenty-five
+years and was looked upon in the community as a model young man
+of sterling character, of the highest honor and integrity, and
+of ideal purity in life. The father hastened to his bedside and
+every possible thing was done to restore him to health, but a few
+days after the father’s arrival Moses Bloomfield passed away.
+This death following so closely upon the death of the daughter
+was more than Mr. Bloomfield could bear. He died almost literally
+of a broken heart, passing away in New Orleans on the 31st of
+December, 1901, aged fifty-six years. The sudden demise of father
+and son has been greatly deplored by the entire Jewish community
+and especially by the Shaar (Hashomayim) congregation to which
+they belonged. A beautiful memorial service was held at the
+McGill College Avenue synagogue. The remains of father and son
+were interred in a cemetery in New Orleans, but at the memorial
+service in Montreal hundreds of their friends gathered to pay
+the last tribute of respect and to thus honor their memory. In
+his address Rabbi Bernard M. Kaplan said: “We have assembled in
+this House of God from all parts of the city to mourn a great
+and grievous loss which we have sustained by the untimely demise
+of two most virtuous, most pious and most respected members of
+the community, a father and son who under the most pathetic
+circumstances found their graves in a strange land. The son,
+while yet in the <a name="Err_30" id="Err_30"></a>freshness and bloom of life, expired in the
+embrace of a loving father who had traversed almost a continent
+to gaze once more upon the innocent and serene countenance of
+his child.” Rabbi Kaplan said that some would mourn more deeply
+the loss of the young man—his associates and friends who were
+closely connected with him—while to others the death of the
+father, which had come as a more telling blow, yet by all the
+death of each would be felt, for each was a man largely ideal in
+his home relations and in his relations to his friends and to his
+congregation. Mr. Bloomfield was a most devoted and loving father
+as well as a most kind, considerate and affectionate husband. “He
+not only loved his wife, but true to the teachings of the Talmud,
+of which he was a great student, he honored and respected her.
+His family life was an inspiration to every lover of ideal home
+life. His modest home was a veritable sanctuary whose atmosphere
+was permeated by serene peace, true purity, and sincere piety.
+And, again, every one who appreciates gentleness of manner and
+gentleness of disposition, purity of life and purity of thought,
+faith in God and faith in humanity, devotion to religion and
+devotion to every other duty, sincerity of speech and sincerity
+of action, must lament the loss which the community sustains
+by the death of Baruch Bloomfield, for he embodied all these
+qualities and many more. He loved peace and pursued it. He loved
+Hebrew learning and devoted his life to it. He loved Judaism and
+made great sacrifices for it. He loved charity and gave it. I
+approached him myself several times on matters of charity. Not
+only did he contribute a great deal more that I thought his means
+allowed him, but what is more, he gave his share with all his
+heart and soul—so much so that he reminded me of the proverbial
+romantic Hebrew charity which meant not only the giving of money
+but also the giving, so to speak, of the very heart with it.</p>
+
+<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_316" id="Page_316">[316]</a></p>
+
+<p>“For a period of twenty-five years Baruch Bloomfield, from time
+to time collected and forwarded considerable funds to the Holy
+Land. It was the supreme passion of his life to step some day on
+the Holy Land. His wish like that of Moses has not, however, been
+realized. He died on this side of the Jordan. But, friends, there
+was no need for Baruch Bloomfield to go to Palestine in order to
+be on holy land. I say in all sincerity, that the ground where so
+pure and so pious a man as Baruch Bloomfield stood, studied or
+prayed, was holy. It was sanctified by the holiness of an ideal
+Jewish life. Yea, the very ground wherein his body, the shrine
+of so beautiful a soul is deposited is positively holy. Baruch
+Bloomfield was an ish kaddish, a holy man in the traditional
+sense of the term. A truly holy man sanctifies his surroundings.”</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_R16" id="Idx_R16"></a>SIR THOMAS GEORGE RODDICK, M. D., LL. D., F. R. C. S.</h3>
+
+<p>Sir Thomas George Roddick, M. D., LL. D., F. R. C. S., was born
+at Harbour Grace, Newfoundland, July 31, 1846, a son of the late
+John Irving Roddick and Emma Jane Martin. His father was a native
+of Dumfriesshire, Scotland, and was for many years principal
+of the government school at Harbour Grace. After pursuing his
+preliminary education with his father, and, later, in the Truro
+Model and Normal Schools of Nova Scotia, Sir Thomas entered
+McGill University in 1864 in preparation for the practice of
+medicine, which he intended to make his life’s work. He graduated
+M. D., C. M., in 1868, and was the Holmes Gold Medallist and
+final prizeman of his year. Immediately following his graduation
+he was appointed assistant house surgeon and afterwards house
+surgeon of the Montreal General Hospital, which position he held
+for six years. Later, he received an appointment as attending
+surgeon to that institution and in 1874 entered upon private
+practice. From 1872 to 1874 he was lecturer on hygiene in
+McGill University and was demonstrator of anatomy during 1874
+and 1875. In the latter year he was made professor of clinical
+surgery, which position he held for fifteen years, when he became
+professor of surgery, occupying that chair until 1907. He was
+dean of the medical faculty of McGill from 1901 till 1908.</p>
+
+<p>In 1896 Sir Thomas was elected president of the British Medical
+Association, being the first colonial physician ever honored by
+election to that office, which he held from 1896 to 1898. He
+presided at the Montreal meeting and was subsequently elected
+vice president for life of that, the largest and most important
+medical body in the world.</p>
+
+<p>He is president of the Montreal branch of the Victorian Order
+of Nurses; president of the Alexandra Hospital for Contagious
+Diseases; vice president of the Royal Edward Institute;
+consulting surgeon to the Royal Victoria Hospital and Montreal
+General Hospital. He was a member of the royal tuberculosis
+commission recently appointed by the Quebec government; is a
+past president of the Medico-Chirurgical Society of Montreal,
+and of the Canadian Medical Association, of which latter body he
+was recently appointed honorary president. When the Newfoundland
+Society of Montreal was organized a few years ago he was
+appointed honorary president. In 1898 Edinburgh University<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_319" id="Page_319">[319]</a></span>
+recognized his services to medicine by conferring upon him the
+honorary degree of LL. D.; in 1903 Queen’s University honored him
+in a like manner; in 1899 he was elected an honorary F. R. C. S.,
+London. After resigning the deanship of the medical faculty of
+McGill in 1908, he was appointed a governor of McGill University.
+He was one of the first surgeons on this continent to employ
+Lister’s methods in the treatment of wounds.</p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 331px;">
+<img src="images/image317.jpg" width="331" height="500" alt="SIR THOMAS G. RODDICK" />
+<p class="caption">SIR THOMAS G. RODDICK</p>
+</div>
+
+<p>Sir Thomas’ connection with the militia of Canada dates as
+far back as 1868, when he joined the Grand Trunk Artillery as
+assistant surgeon, and was under orders for the second Fenian
+raid in 1870. He subsequently commanded the University Company
+of the Prince of Wales Rifles and was appointed surgeon to that
+regiment in 1885. During the Northwest rebellion in the same
+year he organized the hospital and ambulance service for the
+expeditionary force and was in charge of the medical service in
+the field, holding the rank of deputy surgeon general of militia,
+was mentioned in despatches and recommended for the C. M. G. For
+his services on this occasion, and for the Fenian raid, he holds
+the service medals, and also the long-service medal. He attained
+the rank of lieutenant colonel in 1900 and is now on the retired
+list of officers.</p>
+
+<p>Sir Thomas is a conservative in politics and represented St.
+Antoine division over two parliaments, sitting in the house of
+commons from 1896 until 1904. His chief reason for entering
+politics was to exploit a scheme which he had long advocated,
+viz., that of Dominion medical registration, for which a
+federal act was necessary. The “Roddick Bill” so-called, passed
+parliament in 1902, was amended and became operative in 1911.
+Thus was established a one-portal system for entrance to the
+practice of medicine throughout the Dominion of Canada. A
+Dominion medical council was at once organized, of which Sir
+Thomas was elected first president.</p>
+
+<p>Sir Thomas was married in 1880 to Miss Marion McKinnon, a
+daughter of the late William McKinnon of Pointe Claire, P. Q. Her
+death occurred in 1890, and he afterwards wedded in September,
+1906, Miss Amy Redpath, daughter of the late J. J. Redpath of
+Montreal. His religious faith is that of the Presbyterian church.</p>
+
+<p>He is a member of the Hunt Club, the University Club and the
+Mount Royal Club. His residence is at 705 Sherbrooke Street, West.</p>
+
+<p>Patriotism, courage and generosity have always characterized
+him, and, notwithstanding the demands ever made upon him in his
+professional life, he has always found time to take an active
+part in all movements having to do with the social and moral
+welfare of his adopted city.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_L13" id="Idx_L13"></a>FERDINAND GUSTAVE LEDUC.</h3>
+
+<p>Among the representative bankers of Montreal is Ferdinand
+Gustave Leduc, manager of the Banque d’Hochelaga, and as such
+enjoys high prestige among his colleagues. He is considered an
+authority upon financial matters, and that this judgment is not
+misplaced is evident from the success with which he manages this
+eight-million-dollar institution. Although he has attained a high
+place among the captains of finance he is modest and unassuming
+in his demeanor,<a class="pagenum" name="Page_320" id="Page_320">[320]</a> ever ready to receive a caller or listen to
+the most humble of his employes in order to keep in touch with
+the smallest details of his business and all situations and
+conditions that might affect the financial world. Mr. Leduc is a
+native of the province of Quebec, his birth having occurred at
+Beauharnois on the 31st of March, 1871. He is a son of Michel
+Ferdinand and Mathilde (Vachon) Leduc and was educated in his
+native city in 1884, became a student at St. Joseph’s College of
+Burlington, Vermont. The earliest records of the Leduc family in
+Canada refer to one Jean Le Duc, born in 1624, a son of Jean and
+Cécile (La Chaperon) Le Duc. On May 11, 1652, Jean Le Duc, first
+mentioned, married Marie Soulinié at Montreal and died about
+fifty years later, on April 19, 1702. This record is taken from
+the “Dictionnaire Généalogique,” compiled by Abbé Tanguay.</p>
+
+<p>Ferdinand G. Leduc early displayed an interest in the banking
+business and in 1886, after leaving the academy in Vermont,
+entered upon a position with La Banque Jacques Cartier, with
+which institution he remained until 1899, becoming well
+acquainted with all the details as regards investments and
+credits and the multitudinous duties and responsibilities
+connected with the management and direction of a large financial
+establishment. Since 1899 Mr. Leduc has been manager of the
+Banque d’Hochelaga, his extraordinary ability finding recognition
+in this important position. The bank has a capital and reserve of
+about eight million dollars and is one of the strongest financial
+institutions in the Dominion.</p>
+
+<p>On the 14th of January, 1894, Mr. Leduc married Miss Corinne
+Bisson, a daughter of E. H. Bisson, a prominent man along various
+lines and well known as a member of the provincial parliament.
+Mr. and Mrs. Leduc have three children: Louis Philippe, aged
+seventeen; Gabrielle, aged twelve; and Jeanne Aimée, aged ten.
+The family affiliates with the Catholic church.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Leduc takes a deep interest in the metropolitan development
+of Montreal and is ever ready to extend or place at the disposal
+of the general public his time or means in order to promote
+worthy public enterprises. Although he has not cared to actively
+participate in public life, he has done much to promote the
+growth of the city in his private capacity. Personally he is
+approachable, kindly and dignified—a gentleman of pleasing
+manners and fine appearance, combining with grace of manner
+an American demeanor of democracy which readily makes for him
+friends who are devoted to him on account of the substantial
+qualities of his character.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_T5" id="Idx_T5"></a>FREDERICK ERNEST THOMPSON, M. D.</h3>
+
+<p>Dr. Frederick Ernest Thompson, who since 1890 has been in
+continuous practice of his profession in Montreal, his signal
+ability commanding for him a distinguished place in medical
+circles and a wide and representative patronage, was born in the
+city of Quebec, Quebec province, and acquired his early education
+in the grammar and high schools there. He followed this by a
+course in Morrin College and after completing this entered McGill
+University from which<a class="pagenum" name="Page_321" id="Page_321">[321]</a> he was graduated M. D. in 1890. He still
+remains a close and earnest student of his profession, keeping in
+touch with its most advanced and modern thought.</p>
+
+<p>Dr. Thompson began practice in Montreal in the fall of 1890,
+and his ability attained instant recognition. Since that time
+constant study and research and steadily widening experience
+have broadened and developed his powers, and he is today one of
+the most successful and prominent physicians and surgeons in the
+city where he makes his home. In the latter line of work he has
+become especially proficient as his position in the department
+of obstetrics and operative surgery on the staff of the
+Women’s Hospital plainly shows. He is a member of the Montreal
+Medico-Chirurgical and the Canadian Medical and British Medical
+Associations, and a fellow in the Edinburgh Obstetrical Society,
+and his ability is widely recognized in professional circles.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_M49" id="Idx_M49"></a>PROFESSOR CHARLES EBENEZER MOYSE.</h3>
+
+<p>Professor Charles Ebenezer Moyse, a member of the faculty of
+McGill University since 1878 and since 1903 dean of the faculty
+of arts and vice principal of McGill, needs no introduction
+to the readers of this volume, for his fame and ability as
+an educationist and writer, both of verse and of prose, have
+made his name a familiar one from coast to coast. He was born
+at Torquay, England, March 9, 1852, a son of the late Charles
+Westaway and Mary Anne (Jenkins) Moyse, the former of Torquay
+and the latter a daughter of John Jenkins, of Exeter. He was
+educated first of all at the Independent College, Taunton, and
+subsequently at University College, London. He obtained the
+Bachelor of Arts degree of the University of London in 1874. He
+was university exhibitioner in English and also headed the honor
+list in animal physiology. His career as an educationist has been
+a successful one from the outset. He was appointed headmaster of
+St. Mary’s College, Peckham, and while filling that position was
+elected in 1878 to the Molson professorship of English literature
+at McGill University, Montreal. In 1903 McGill conferred upon him
+the honorary degree of LL. D. In the same year he was appointed
+dean of the faculty of arts and vice principal. His position
+in the university at once indicates his high standing in the
+profession. He was editor in chief of the McGill University
+Magazine, now the University Magazine, for five years, and has
+for many years been president of the McGill College Cricket Club,
+a fact which indicates that his interest is not merely along
+literary lines.</p>
+
+<p>Professor Moyse has ever been a close and discriminating student
+and has found his greatest pleasure as well as his chief activity
+in roaming through the fields of the world’s literature and
+finding companionship with the men of master minds. The result of
+his labors has, in part, been given to the world in a number of
+published volumes and articles. In 1879 he brought out a volume
+entitled “The Dramatic Art of Shakespeare,” and in 1883 “Poetry
+as a Fine Art.” In 1889, under the pseudonym “Belgrave Titmarsh,”
+he published a volume entitled “Shakespeare’s Skull,” and he
+published in 1910, a volume entitled “Ella Lee; Glimpses of Child
+Life,” consisting of poems reminiscent of his childhood days in
+Devonshire. In 1911 appeared “The Lure of Earth,” a volume of<a class="pagenum" name="Page_322" id="Page_322">[322]</a>
+poems of a more serious character. He has also written various
+poems and literary articles which have appeared in the leading
+magazines of the day.</p>
+
+<p>In June, 1883, Professor Moyse wedded Janet McDougall, the eldest
+daughter of John Stirling of Montreal. Mrs. Moyse has been deeply
+interested in a movement for providing playgrounds for children
+in Montreal, her efforts in that direction being untiring, and
+she is now a director of the Parks and Playgrounds Association.
+Professor Moyse has been a close student of all the interesting
+problems and significant questions of the day and absorption in
+books has never made him neglectful of the duties and obligations
+of citizenship. His social nature finds expression in his
+membership in the Thistle Curling Club and University Club. He
+has been characterized as “a highly cultured man who has had a
+brilliant career as an educationist.”</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_H2" id="Idx_H2"></a>GEORGE HAGUE.</h3>
+
+<p>Respected by all who know him, no man occupies a more creditable
+position in banking circles than does George Hague of Montreal,
+who for many years was prominently identified with the management
+of important financial affairs. He has been equally well known
+by reason of his active support of benevolent and philanthropic
+objects and by his interest in phases of public-spirited
+citizenship. He was born at Rotherham, Yorkshire, England,
+January 13, 1825, a son of Mr. John Hague, and comes from an old
+family of bankers, as some or other of his relatives have for
+generations back been connected with the leading bank in the
+town. Mr. Hague has passed the eighty-ninth milestone on life’s
+journey and his career has been one of usefulness and honor.</p>
+
+<p>His early education was acquired at Morgate Academy, in his
+native town, where his proficiency in mental arithmetic placed
+him at the head of the school when yet a mere boy. His school
+days over, he entered into active connection with financial
+interests as an employe of the Sheffield Banking Company. He
+remained in Great Britain until 1854, when he came to Canada,
+having accepted the position of financial manager of a firm of
+railway contractors. Two years later he became accountant at
+the head office in the newly organized Bank of Toronto. The
+steps in his orderly progression <a name="Err_31" id="Err_31"></a>are easily discernible. He
+advanced from one position to another which brought upon him
+larger responsibilities and duties, each, however, finding
+him adequate to the demands made upon him. He was appointed
+manager of the Bank of Toronto at Cobourg, Ontario, and in 1863
+succeeded the late Mr. Angus Cameron as cashier of the bank,
+in which capacity he remained until 1876. It was during this
+period that Mr. Hague’s influence was felt in some of the most
+important legislation affecting banking interests in Canada. The
+government had brought in two measures in succession, for the
+regulation of the currency. To the first, some of the western
+bankers were inclined to agree, but Mr. Hague conceived its
+operation would be prejudicial to the interests of a bank like
+the Bank of Toronto, and the finance minister was prevailed on to
+make it optional instead of compulsory. Only one bank consented
+to embrace its provisions, and, for some years, matters went
+along undisturbed. The second measure was far more dangerous,
+and<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_325" id="Page_325">[325]</a></span> was wholly compulsory. It was founded on the American
+currency plan, which was then at the zenith of its popularity,
+and had not yet developed any of the unfavorable features which
+afterwards transpired. This Canadian government measure, many
+bankers, particularly from Ontario and Nova Scotia, concluded
+would be utterly unsuitable to the circumstances of Canada,
+and they determined to give it strenuous opposition. Mr. Hague
+was appointed secretary of an informal association for the
+purpose, and the contest was maintained through two or three
+sessions of parliament. There were powerful influences at the
+back of the government in favor of the measure and the contest
+was a very determined one. At length when Sir Francis Hincks
+had been appointed finance minister, a satisfactory compromise
+was proposed, accepted, and its provisions incorporated in the
+Dominion note act, and the Canadian bank act, which both shortly
+followed.</p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 348px;">
+<img src="images/image323.jpg" width="348" height="500" alt="GEORGE HAGUE" />
+<p class="caption">GEORGE HAGUE</p>
+</div>
+
+<p>Previous to this every bank was worked under a separate charter,
+but now these various charters were amalgamated under one
+compendious act, the preparation of which occupied the leading
+bankers and lawyers in the house of commons for several months.
+In these discussions Mr. Hague naturally took a leading part,
+along with Mr. E. H. King of the Bank of Montreal. Hon. Mr.
+Lewin, of the Bank of New Brunswick, Hon. Edward Blake of
+Toronto, Mr. Peter Jack who represented the banks of Nova Scotia
+and, of course, the finance minister. This act, together with the
+Dominion note act, has been at the foundation of Canadian banking
+ever since. During the progress of these discussions Mr. Hague
+was offered the general managership of the Bank of Commerce, as
+well as one of the higher positions in the Bank of Montreal. Both
+however were declined.</p>
+
+<p>After the exacting labors entailed by this contest, Mr. Hague
+concluded that the time had arrived when he might fairly carry
+out a project that he had cherished for many years, viz., to
+devote the remainder of his life to religious and philanthropic
+work. In preparation for this he resigned his position in the
+Bank of Toronto and made other arrangements for a change in
+his mode of life. Upon severing his connection with the Bank
+of Toronto, the directors of that institution presented Mr.
+Hague with a service of plate and a handsome sum of money, in
+consideration of his efficient services to the bank as well as
+for his most valuable services to the banking interests of Canada
+generally.</p>
+
+<p>Subsequent events proved that Mr. Hague’s preparations for
+retirement from the banking business were premature.</p>
+
+<p>A cloud had been gathering over the commercial and financial
+position of Canada for some time back, and it was never darker
+or deeper than in the opening months of 1877. The records of
+failures and insolvencies grew to alarming proportions, fully
+four times the usual average, and the losses of the banks told
+on them severely. The general manager of the Merchants Bank of
+Canada having resigned, the directors of that institution offered
+the position to Mr. Hague and pressed upon him to accept it.</p>
+
+<p>It was like taking command of a ship in the midst of a storm,
+but he felt it his duty to undertake the task, but did so with
+a full understanding that he should be at liberty to devote a
+reasonable amount of time to religious and philanthropic work. It
+was several years before the financial cloud passed by, and of
+the strenuous labors of bankers at that time it is needless to
+speak. Suffice<a class="pagenum" name="Page_326" id="Page_326">[326]</a> to say that Mr. Hague held on to his post with
+careful attention to the matters he had stipulated for, and only
+retired after twenty-five years more of service, at a ripe old
+age, and having in the meantime assisted in the decennial reviews
+of the banking act that transpired from time to time according to
+its provisions. At the time of his resignation as general manager
+in 1902, the directors of the Merchants Bank presented Mr. Hague
+with a valuable piece of solid silver, gold plated, and made a
+handsome provision for the remainder of his life.</p>
+
+<p>Whilst general manager of this bank, Mr. Hague was several
+times requested by the American Bankers’ Association to address
+its annual meeting, and took an active part in preventing the
+adoption of silver as the basis of the finances of the United
+States. He also drew up a paper in which a strenuous protest was
+made against the adoption of silver as part of the basis of the
+currency of the Bank of England. This had been urged by a school
+of financiers known as bi-metallists, but Canada has always stood
+solidly on a gold basis, and so has England remained.</p>
+
+<p>When the Bankers’ Association of Canada was founded, Mr. Hague
+took an active part in company with Mr. Wolferstan Thomas, Mr.
+Duncan Coulson, and other bankers in drawing up its constitution,
+and was chosen its first president. Since his retirement from
+banking circles he has been honorary president, an office to
+which he was reelected at the last annual meeting of that
+association.</p>
+
+<p>In the intervening years, since his retirement to the present
+time, Mr. Hague has given his attention to literary and
+philanthropic work and has become widely known by reason of his
+contributions to the press and his cooperation in many organized
+charitable and benevolent projects, especially the Young Men’s
+Christian Association.</p>
+
+<p>He has written many articles which have appeared in the financial
+papers and also reviews on banking and philanthropic subjects.
+He also published a valuable treatise, entitled Banking and
+Commerce. His published works include, Some Practical Studies in
+the History and Biography of the Old Testament.</p>
+
+<p>Another phase of his activity has brought Mr. Hague not only into
+close connection with many charitable and benevolent movements,
+but also with projects of vital importance to the city and its
+material, intellectual and moral development. He is today a
+governor of McGill University, vice president of the Montreal
+Diocesan College; a governor of the Montreal General Hospital,
+and a director of the House of Industry and other kindred
+organizations. He is vice president of the Canadian Bible Society
+and was at one time president of the Young Men’s Christian
+Association, to which he has been a generous contributor.</p>
+
+<p>Some years ago, after an era of extravagant expenditure of the
+city council during which the debt of the city was doubled in
+five years, an association was formed for maintaining a watchful
+oversight over the finances of the city. This was called the Good
+Government Association, and many of Montreal’s most prominent
+citizens became members of it. Of this association Mr. Hague
+was chosen president, and under its auspices an efficient
+check was placed upon extravagant spending by the Montreal
+Corporation, through an act of the legislature, brought in by
+Mr. George Washington Stephens. Mr. Hague often went to Quebec
+on the business of this association which has now, however, been
+dissolved and superseded.</p>
+
+<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_327" id="Page_327">[327]</a></p>
+
+<p>At a certain period of our parliamentary history, when the late
+Sir John Abbott was premier, a great outcry was made as to
+abuses in connection with the civil service. A Royal commission
+was appointed for examination of which Edmond Barbeau and J.
+M. Courtney, deputy finance minister, were members. Of this
+commission Mr. Hague was appointed chairman. The examination was
+very thorough and extended over several months. Every department
+of the service was overhauled and at its close a series of
+recommendations were made, all of which tended to correct abuses
+and promote efficiency, and, which if adopted, would have
+resulted in a large annual saving to the country. Some of these
+were adopted, but others unfortunately were not, and another
+commission became necessary later on.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Hague still has financial interests in several corporations,
+being a director of the Guarantee Company of North America, and
+others of a similar character.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Hague has never been an active politician, but his connection
+is with the liberal-conservative element, his support being
+given to the Chamberlain policy. No movement tending to
+promote civic virtue or civic pride has failed to receive his
+indorsement and support. His interest in public affairs is that
+of a broad-minded, public-spirited citizen, looking beyond the
+exigencies of the moment to the possibilities and opportunities
+of the future. His religious faith is that of the Anglican
+church, in which he has been a most active worker for many years.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Hague has been married twice. In 1852 he wedded Sarah
+Cousins, a daughter of Mr. Joseph Cousins, a manufacturer of
+Sheffield, England. Her death occurred in 1900 and in March,
+1902, he wedded Mary Frances Mitcheson, a daughter of the late
+McGregor Mitcheson, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He is now past
+the eighty-ninth milestone on life’s journey, but in spirit and
+interest seems yet in his prime. The Canadian American has truly
+styled him, “A high-minded Christian gentleman, public-spirited
+and always at the front in every philanthropic movement ..., never
+knew a fairer man or one more actively unselfish.” All this
+indicates that his life was never self-centered but has reached
+out along lines of constantly broadening usefulness and activity
+for the benefit of the people, seeking rather the welfare and
+benefit of the many than the advancement of self. His life has
+indeed been one of signal usefulness.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_R14" id="Idx_R14"></a>WILLIAM ROBERTSON.</h3>
+
+<p>Insurance interests found a prominent representative in William
+Robertson in Montreal, who was largely a pioneer in the work
+of adapting English companies to the business methods pursued
+on this side of the Atlantic. A Canadian by birth, his native
+town was Lachute, province of Quebec, and his natal year 1847.
+His father, Dr. William Robertson, a graduate of the Edinburgh
+Medical College, settled in Lachute when a young man, there
+establishing himself in practice, but later removed to St.
+Andrews East, where he continued actively in the profession
+until his death, greatly endearing himself to the community by
+the willingness to which he responded to the call of the sick,
+even though<a class="pagenum" name="Page_328" id="Page_328">[328]</a> it meant a self-sacrificing ride of from sixty to
+seventy-five miles. His patients had the utmost confidence in him
+and his professional efforts were a blessing to the inhabitants
+of that, then scarcely settled district. He married Miss Mary A.
+Tierney, of Ireland, and they had two sons and three daughters,
+the surviving son being Dr. Patrick Robertson of England. An
+uncle of our subject was Colin Robertson, who won fame in the
+northwest.</p>
+
+<p>William Robertson pursued his education in the schools of St.
+Andrews East and from his youth up was an underwriter, having
+begun business when quite young by entering the insurance office
+of Simpson & Bethune of Montreal. Such was the reputation which
+he won for superior business qualifications, for executive power
+and administrative ability, that in 1873, when but twenty-six
+years of age he was elected as representative for Canada of the
+London & Lancashire Life Assurance Company. The duties of this
+office he filled most acceptably for about seventeen years,
+or until his life’s labors were ended in death. He projected
+many changes and improvements in the methods of the English
+offices, transacting business on this side of the Atlantic. He
+made thoroughly Canadian in spirit and activity, the London &
+Lancashire Company in the Dominion, bringing about its popularity
+and success. He carefully organized and systematized the business
+here, with the result that the London & Lancashire Company became
+one of the strongest insurance companies of the country.</p>
+
+<p>In 1871 Mr. Robertson was married to Miss Helen I. Barnston, a
+daughter of George Barnston, who throughout his active life was
+engaged in the Hudson’s Bay service in British Columbia and in
+the northwest country. He came to Canada in 1821 and retired,
+after many years service with the Hudson’s Bay Company, spending
+the remainder of his days in a well earned rest in Montreal. His
+wife was Miss Helen Mathews of England. Mr. and Mrs. Robertson
+became the parents of two children, who are living: Dr. William
+Graeme Robertson of England, who is attached to the White Star
+service; and Helen M. C., at home.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Robertson was active as a faithful member of St. James
+Episcopal church, in which he served as warden and he also
+belonged to the St. James Club. His keen sagacity enabled him to
+recognize the different spirits of the business circles in the
+old world and in the new, to adapt himself to changed conditions
+and to work along lines of new world progress. Thus he became
+a recognized leader in insurance circles occupying a prominent
+position until 1889 when he went to Denver, Colorado, for his
+health, there passing away on the 26th of February, of that year.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_H14" id="Idx_H14"></a>CHARLES P. HEBERT.</h3>
+
+<p>Charles P. Hébert, the first president of the wholesale grocery
+firm of Hudon, Hébert & Company, Ltd., of Montreal, was born
+in the pretty little village of St. Charles on the Richelieu
+river, and when a young man made his way to the city which was
+ever afterward his home. Here he began business in a small way
+and by energy and industry soon built up his establishment. In
+1883 he became a member of the firm of Hudon, Hébert & Company.
+The business was originally established under the style of E.
+& V. Hudon and subsequently was conducted<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_331" id="Page_331">[331]</a></span> under the name
+of V. Hudon and later became J. Hudon & Company. In 1906 it
+was incorporated as Hudon, Hébert & Company, Charles P. Hébert
+becoming the first president of that corporation. They are
+wholesale grocers and wine merchants, the premier establishment
+of its kind in the Dominion, importing directly from
+manufacturers in Europe, China, Japan, Asia Minor and the United
+States. They employ one hundred and seventy people in their
+Montreal establishment and have twenty-five salesmen constantly
+visiting all Canada, selling their goods from the Atlantic to the
+Pacific to the amount of five million dollars annually.</p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 343px;">
+<img src="images/image329.jpg" width="343" height="500" alt="CHARLES P. HEBERT" />
+<p class="caption">CHARLES P. HEBERT</p>
+</div>
+
+<p>Mr. Hébert always took a deep interest in Montreal’s charitable
+institutions. He was president of the board of management of the
+Notre Dame Hospital and was also connected with other benevolent
+organizations and projects. He served as a member of the council
+of the Montreal Board of Trade and filled honorable positions in
+that body, including those of vice president and member of the
+board of arbitration. He was one of the directors of the City and
+District Savings Bank and also a director of the Masson estate.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Hébert died at his home at No. 117 Champ de Mars, Montreal,
+July 17, 1906, and was survived by a widow and six children.</p>
+
+<p>After the death of Mr. Hébert Mr. Joseph Hudon was elected
+president of the corporation and on his death in 1908 Mr. Albert
+Hébert, son of Charles P. Hébert, succeeded to the presidency,
+and following his demise in 1911 Mr. Zéphirin Hébert, also a son
+of Charles P. Hébert, became president of the company.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_M21" id="Idx_M21"></a>REV. ALEXANDER CHARLESON MANSON, Ph. D., D. D.</h3>
+
+<p>In Presbyterian circles in North America the name of the Rev.
+Alexander Charleson Manson is well known and since the 19th
+of April, 1912, he has been pastor of the Taylor Presbyterian
+church of Montreal, one of the largest organizations of the
+city. A native of Thurso, Scotland, he pursued his education in
+the schools of Edinburgh and of Winnipeg, Manitoba. Studying
+theology, he won his Doctor of Divinity degree at the University
+of Chicago and he first served as superintendent of missions of
+North Dakota. Later he accepted a pastorate in Duluth, Minnesota,
+and afterward became pastor of the Eleventh Presbyterian church
+in Chicago, Illinois. From that city he went to Detroit,
+Michigan, in response to a call from the Second Avenue
+Presbyterian church and left that city to come to Montreal on the
+19th of April, 1912, where he entered upon his duties as minister
+of the Taylor Presbyterian church, which was organized July 23,
+1876, with Rev. J. J. Casey as its first pastor. He continued in
+that position until March 16, 1882, and was succeeded by the Rev.
+Thomas Bennett, who remained in charge from the 1st of December,
+1885, until December 31, 1897. His successor was the Rev. W. D.
+Reid, who continued in charge until 1912, when Rev. Manson became
+pastor. The present edifice of the Taylor Presbyterian church
+was erected in 1893, at a cost of about sixty thousand dollars.
+There is a membership of nine hundred and thirteen, with a
+Sunday school of four hundred<a class="pagenum" name="Page_332" id="Page_332">[332]</a> and fifty members, and the Junior
+Christian Endeavor Society is the largest in the city. There is
+a strong Sunday Afternoon Club, a First Company of Montreal Boys
+Brigade and a Ladies Athletic Club as auxiliary organizations
+to the church. In fact, the church work has been thoroughly
+systematized in every department, and splendid results are being
+accomplished. The church is in touch with the broader idea that
+the best Christian service can be accomplished with better
+physical and mental as well as moral development. Much attention
+is paid to the social life, and yet nothing for a moment
+overshadows the foundation work of the organization, which is the
+salvation of souls. Rev. Manson is a fluent, earnest speaker, who
+studies life and its problems and with notable clearness shows
+the relation of modern day conditions to the lessons that have
+come down to us through the ages from the moral teachers of the
+past.</p>
+
+<p>Rev. Manson was married June 24, 1889, to Miss Mary Elizabeth
+Ferguson, of Hamilton, Ontario, and their children are: Berith
+Du Val, of New York city; and Vera Charleson, Allena Conklin,
+and Leslie Worden, all at home. At this point it would be almost
+tautological to enter into any series of statements as showing
+Rev. Manson to be a man of broad intelligence and genuine public
+spirit, for these have been shadowed forth between the lines
+of this review. Strong in his individuality, he never lacks
+the courage of his convictions but there are as dominating
+elements in this individuality a lively human sympathy and an
+abiding charity, which, as taken in connection with the sterling
+integrity and honor of his character, have naturally gained for
+him the respect and confidence of men.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_M18" id="Idx_M18"></a>REV. THOMAS JOSEPH MacMAHON.</h3>
+
+<p>One of the most able Catholic educators in Quebec province, a
+man sincere, straightforward and reliable in the discharge of
+the duties and obligations of life, most earnest and consecrated
+in his work as a priest of the Society of Jesus, is Rev. Thomas
+Joseph MacMahon, rector of Loyola College in Montreal. He has
+been connected with this institution since 1912 and, constantly
+following high ideals and guiding his actions by sound and
+practical judgment, has been an important factor in its later
+development and growth.</p>
+
+<p>Father MacMahon was born at Hamilton, Ontario, December 12, 1874,
+and received his primary education at the Catholic separate
+schools in that city, later attending Hamilton high school and
+St. Mary’s College, Montreal. Entering the Society of Jesus in
+1895, he was sent to St. Louis, Missouri, where he received a
+long Jesuit training in philosophy and theology, after which he
+returned to Montreal, where he was ordained to the priesthood in
+1910. Father MacMahon then went to England for further training
+preparatory to taking the position of prefect of studies at
+Loyola College, a post which he assumed in May, 1912. He proved
+a capable educator and an excellent disciplinarian and in 1913
+was advanced to the position of rector of the college. This
+is a large and growing institution conducted by the Jesuit
+Fathers for English-speaking Catholic boys and has an enviable
+reputation throughout eastern Canada for the thoroughness of its
+training and the comprehensive courses of study offered. The
+high standard of<a class="pagenum" name="Page_333" id="Page_333">[333]</a> efficiency, traditional in the school, has
+been maintained under Father MacMahon’s able management and the
+institution has made a creditable growth during the period of his
+incumbency. He has made himself thoroughly conversant with the
+affairs of the college and is rapidly pushing forward the work
+on the construction of the new buildings at Notre Dame de Grace,
+Sherbrooke Street, Montreal West, where the institution will be
+moved within the next two years.</p>
+
+<p>Besides being an able educator and a farsighted and reliable
+business man, Father MacMahon is known also as a preacher of
+rare ability and power and has filled most of the pulpits in
+Montreal and the vicinity in a creditable manner. He has made
+his talents, powers and abilities forces in the spread of the
+Catholic religion in this province and has accomplished a great
+deal of beneficial and lasting work among the students of Loyola
+College and the people of the city. He has their love in large
+measure, while his upright and honorable character and his life
+of service has gained him the respect and esteem of people of all
+denominations.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_S8" id="Idx_S8"></a>ROBERT WARD SHEPHERD.</h3>
+
+<p>An age of intense commercial activity calls forth the powers
+of men who can grapple with new conditions and utilize the
+opportunities that come with successive changes. Adequate to the
+demands of the hour, Robert Ward Shepherd occupied a central
+place on the stage of business activity at Montreal for more
+than a half century. The high ideals which he cherished found
+embodiment in practical effort for their adoption. He was
+no dreamer, for his theories were such as could be put into
+successful execution and his business record balanced up with the
+principles of truth and honor. As the president of the Ottawa
+River Navigation Company, he was known to thousands of people in
+Ottawa valley and he also figured in financial circles as vice
+president of the Molson Bank.</p>
+
+<p>Of English birth, Mr. Shepherd came to Montreal immediately
+after his arrival in Canada and soon entered into active
+connection with the Ottawa River Navigation Company, then under
+the presidency of Sir George Simpson. For some years he was
+captain of one of the boats of the line but was called into the
+office to fill a position demanding executive force and keen
+discrimination. He was made manager and from that post rose to
+the position of president, in which connection he continued until
+his demise. Under his guidance the business of the Ottawa River
+Navigation Company continuously developed along substantial
+lines, and progressiveness was as manifest in the care of its
+patrons and the equipment of its vessels as in any other line
+or field of business. Those who met Mr. Shepherd found him
+genial, courteous and obliging, and at the same time he possessed
+the keen sagacity and clear reasoning so indispensable to the
+successful conduct of any enterprise. Becoming interested in
+Molson’s Bank, he was elected vice president and director,
+filling the former position for more than twenty years. In all
+business affairs he was clear-headed, farsighted, and the record
+which he left behind him for integrity and sterling worth is one
+which might be envied by all.</p>
+
+<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_334" id="Page_334">[334]</a></p>
+
+<p>Mr. Shepherd was married to Miss Mary C. de Les Derniers of the
+province of Quebec, and they became the parents of nine children:
+Robert W., who died in 1912; Miss F. A. R.; Dr. Francis J.;
+Sherringham A.; A. Maude M., who is the widow of Haldane Haswell;
+Esther E., who married Dr. W. A. Molson and is now deceased;
+Beatrice H., who married Arthur Henshaw; Mary R., the widow of
+George R. Robertson; and de Les Derniers. The mother passed away
+in 1902, having for seven years survived Mr. Shepherd, whose
+death occurred August 29, 1895, when he was seventy-six years of
+age.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Shepherd was a member and one of the founders of St. George’s
+church and in his Christian faith was found the root of his
+activities in behalf of his fellowmen and of the principles which
+governed his life. He belonged to the St. James Club and was
+greatly interested in art, acting as vice president of the Art
+Gallery of the city. He was one of the committee of management of
+the Montreal General Hospital; was a member of the committee of
+management of the Mackay Institution, and a generous supporter
+of the Protestant Hospital for the Insane. He gave freely of his
+means to various charitable institutions which seek to ameliorate
+the hard conditions of life for the unfortunate. Duty and honor
+were his watchwords and justice one of his strong characteristics.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_D13" id="Idx_D13"></a>JUDSON ALBERT DECEW.</h3>
+
+<p>Judson Albert DeCew, chemical engineer, whose identification with
+leading chemical societies in this country and the United States
+attests his higher professional standing, was born in Waterford,
+Ontario, on the 14th of December, 1874. He is descended from
+Captain John DeCew, a United Empire Loyalist, who served in
+the War of 1812 and in whose house, at DeCew Falls near St.
+Catharines, Ontario, Lieutenant Fitzgibbon and his soldiers were
+quartered, when Laura Secord gave the warning which enabled them
+to capture the United States forces under Colonel Boerstler.
+Mr. DeCew’s parents are Thomas Howard and Valdora (Beemer)
+DeCew, both of whom are living at Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. He
+was married on August 20, 1913, to Mabel Marshall, daughter of
+John Marshall, educationist, of Weyburn, Saskatchewan. She is a
+graduate in arts of Queen’s University with the class of 1910.</p>
+
+<p>After finishing his early education at Woodstock College, he
+attended the School of Practical Science of Toronto, graduating
+in 1896. After spending four years in practical work he held a
+fellowship in the University of Toronto in 1901 and took the
+degree of Bachelor of Applied Science with the class of 1902.
+In the same year he took a position as chemical engineer with
+the Canada Paper Company, which he held until 1905. In 1906 Mr.
+DeCew came to Montreal and established himself as a consulting
+chemical engineer. In 1913 he organized the Process Engineers
+Company, of which he is the president. He is the leading member
+of the chemical engineering profession in Canada and one of its
+most eminent representatives on the American continent. He is the
+inventor of a number of important chemical processes, and his
+name has become widely known as the author of articles relating
+to the manufacture of paper, which have appeared from time to
+time in technical journals. Mr. DeCew has<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_337" id="Page_337">[337]</a></span> delivered lectures
+on the manufacture of paper and has been appointed on advisory
+committees for technical researches. He has been a member of
+the American Institute of Chemical Engineers since 1908 and an
+associate member of the Canadian Society of Civil Engineers since
+1906. He is also a member of the American Society of Testing
+Materials, the American Chemical Society, the Society of Chemical
+Industry, and the American Wood Preservers Association. Mr. DeCew
+is a member of the Chemists Club, New York, and the Outremont
+Golf Club and the University Club of Montreal.</p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 240px;">
+<img src="images/image335.jpg" width="240" height="300" alt="JUDSON A. DECEW" />
+<p class="caption">JUDSON A. DECEW</p>
+</div>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_S9" id="Idx_S9"></a>FISCHEL SHIP.</h3>
+
+<p>A position of leadership is accorded Fischel Ship in Jewish
+circles in Montreal because of his active and prominent
+identification with commercial, educational and benevolent
+projects. He was for many years a very successful business man,
+and as he has prospered he has given generously in support of
+measures tending to the intellectual progress of his people, and
+generous aid to those in need of assistance. He was born January
+6, 1853, in Paranshoff, Poland, a son of Abraham Jacob and Pearl
+(Leah) Ship. The father engaged in the tailoring business in
+Poland, and it was in that country that Fischel Ship pursued his
+education. He was a young man of nineteen years when he crossed
+the Atlantic, making his way to Montreal in 1872. He had received
+business training under his father and had become thoroughly
+acquainted with the tailoring trade. Following his arrival in
+this city he established a merchant tailoring business and as the
+years went on won a liberal patronage, bringing him a gratifying
+competence. At the time that he entered trade circles of Montreal
+there were only five merchants in his line of business in the
+city. Throughout the succeeding period up to the time of his
+retirement he always managed to keep in the front rank among
+the merchant tailors of Montreal, receiving a liberal patronage
+from the best class of citizens, because of excellent style and
+workmanship, which were features of his shop, and his thoroughly
+reliable business methods. He always carried on business on St.
+Lawrence Main Street, but about eleven years ago retired from
+active connection with commercial interests to enjoy a well
+earned and well merited rest.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Ship, however, continues his activities along other lines
+resulting directly in the benefit of his fellowmen. He is
+chairman of the building committee, governor, trustee, and
+member of the relief and cemetery committees of the Baron De
+Hirsch Institute. He is a life governor of the Montreal General
+Hospital. For a quarter of a century he has been a trustee of
+the McGill College Avenue synagogue, was vice president of the
+synagogue for four years and has always been chairman of the
+building committee. He is most loyal to his religious belief and
+at all times has been generous and helpful toward the unfortunate.</p>
+
+<p>On the 10th of February, 1869, Mr. Ship was united in marriage to
+Miss Flora Blumenthal, a daughter of Phillip Blumenthal, who was
+the first owner of the coaches in Ozerkoff, Poland. Unto Mr. and
+Mrs. Ship have been born three children: Leah, now the wife of C.
+Sisenwain; Ray, now Mrs. S. P. Myers; Abe Phillip, who is engaged
+in the practice of medicine in Montreal and who married<a class="pagenum" name="Page_338" id="Page_338">[338]</a> Leah
+Sessenwain, of this city. In politics Mr. Ship has always been a
+liberal, nor has he sought office as a reward for party fealty.
+However, for the past sixteen years he has been justice of the
+peace for the island of Montreal and has discharged his duties
+with promptness, fidelity and impartiality. He is a veteran
+of the Odd Fellows Association and also a member of the Royal
+Arcanum. He has never had occasion to regret his determination to
+come to the new world, for here he has found the opportunities
+which he sought and has gradually worked his way upward until he
+has won place among the substantial and highly respected citizens
+of Montreal.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_H16" id="Idx_H16"></a>RENE HEBERT, M. D.</h3>
+
+<p>Dr. René Hébert, successfully engaged in the practice of medicine
+in Montreal, in which city he was born October 2, 1869, is a
+son of Charles P. Hébert, one of the founders of the wholesale
+grocery house of Hudon, Hébert & Company. He was educated at
+Plateau Academy, Montreal College and Laval University, being
+graduated from the last named with the degree of M. D. in 1892.
+During the succeeding year he was an interne at Notre Dame
+Hospital and then went abroad for further study, spending two
+years in study and research work in Paris, specializing in
+diseases of the heart and lungs.</p>
+
+<p>In 1895 Dr. Hébert began active practice in Montreal, opening an
+office on St. Denis Street. He is <a name="Err_32" id="Err_32"></a>superintendent of St. Paul’s
+Hospital, physician to Notre Dame Hospital, and a professor in
+the medical and dental departments of Laval University. His
+professional connections are important, and it is recognized
+that he is a thorough and discriminating student and most
+conscientious in the performance of his professional duties.</p>
+
+<p>Dr. Hébert married Miss Alice Auger. Their religious faith is
+that of the Roman Catholic church. Aside from his professional
+interests, Dr. Hébert is a director of the wholesale grocery firm
+of Hudon, Hébert & Company. In strictly professional lines he is
+connected with La Société de Médicine and Officier d’Académie.
+At all times he holds to high standards, and wide reading is
+constantly augmenting his skill and efficiency, manifested in the
+successful manner with which he copes with the intricate problems
+that are continually confronting the physician.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_G24" id="Idx_G24"></a>CLEMENT ANTOINE GUERTIN.</h3>
+
+<p>Of old and distinguished pioneer stock of French extraction
+Clément Antoine Guertin upholds the traditions of family
+prominence as one of the most able legal representatives of the
+Montreal and provincial bar. Although he has been in practice
+for not many years he enjoys a reputation second to none, as he
+has proven his ability in connection with important interests.
+Not only is Mr. Guertin well versed in the letter of the law and
+the principles that affect its<a class="pagenum" name="Page_339" id="Page_339">[339]</a> administration, not only is he
+a deep thinker and logical reasoner, but he has an insight into
+the conduct of human beings which permits him to clearly define
+cause and effect in human actions, and he therefore readily
+penetrates to the root of such problems as demand legal help for
+solution. He has long been recognized as one of the able general
+practitioners in the city, and his services are in large demand,
+resulting in a gratifying measure of financial returns.</p>
+
+<p>Clément Antoine Guertin was born at St. Antoine, in the county
+of Verchères, province of Quebec, on the 22d of November, 1870,
+a son of Léon Guertin, an agriculturist of St. Antoine, who was
+born in 1817 and passed away in 1876, and Marie Louise Euchariste
+(Geoffrion) Guertin, a native of Varennes. The first of the
+family in Canada was the famous and well known Guertin, called
+Louis Le Sabotier, who was born in 1635, a son of Louis and
+Georgette (LeDuc) Guertin, from Daumeray, near Angers, France.
+He married first at Montreal on January 26, 1659, Elizabeth Le
+Camus, and second, Catherine Roy. Among his children were Louis,
+Pierre, Paul and others. Paul Guertin, alias Chertin, alias
+Diertin, was a son of Louis, born in Montreal on the 2d of May,
+1680. At Contrecoeur, on the 19th of March, 1702, he married
+Madeleine Plouffe and among their children were Pierre, Paul and
+François. The latter married Catherine Dudevoir at St. Antoine
+in 1745 and among their children were Pierre, Joseph, François
+and others. Joseph, born March 6, 1755, married Marie Louise
+Circé, called St. Michel, at St. Antoine in 1777 and among their
+children was Pierre, born October 9, 1781. He married Marguerite
+Duhamel, who bore her husband the following children: Pierre,
+Noël, Léon, Marguerite, Flavien, Alexis, Calixte, Zoé and Louis.
+Léon Guertin, third son of Pierre, was born March 12, 1817. His
+first union was with Théotis Brodeur, who bore him the following
+children: Octavie, Pauline, Léopold, Stanislas and Mélanie.
+His second wife was Marie Louise Euchariste Geoffrion and the
+children of this marriage were Joseph, Louis, Marie Louise and
+Clément Antoine. Léon Guertin, the father of our subject, is the
+sixth in direct descent from Louis Guertin, Le Sabotier. Pierre
+Guertin, the grandfather of our subject, and his sons, Pierre,
+Noël and Léon, took part in the battle of St. Denis, November 22,
+1837. Louis Guertin, a brother of our subject, is father of the
+Holy Cross Congregation, a director of Memramcook University of
+New Brunswick, and took in Rome in philosophy and theology the
+degree of Doctor cum maxima laude, also taking scientific work
+at Harvard. A brother of the mother of our subject, Father L.
+Geoffrion, of the Holy Cross Congregation, was for fifteen years
+director of St. Laurent College, near Montreal.</p>
+
+<p>Clément Antoine Guertin received a thorough and varied education.
+He attended the St. Antoine village school, the St. Denis
+Commercial College and also took courses in commercial English,
+French and classical studies at St. Laurent. He received the
+degree of B. L. in 1893 from the law faculty of Laval University,
+in 1896 became LL. B. and in January, 1897, was made an advocate.
+He has ever since followed his profession successfully in
+Montreal and as his experience has expanded has become one of
+the few successful lawyers whose reputation marks them for
+distinction.</p>
+
+<p>On the 24th of April, 1901, at Montreal, Mr. Guertin was married
+to Miss Marie Anne Josephine Lamontagne, a daughter of G. A.
+Lamontagne, a merchant tailor of Montreal and Malvina (Beauchamp)
+Lamontagne. They had one daughter,<a class="pagenum" name="Page_340" id="Page_340">[340]</a> Simonne, born April 16, 1902,
+who died July 2d of the same year. The mother passed away on June
+26, 1912.</p>
+
+<p>From September, 1910, to May, 1912, Mr. Guertin was a member
+of the Montreal council of the bar and from May, 1911, to May,
+1912, a member of the provincial council. His club relations
+are with the St. Denis, Délorimier and the Union du Commerce of
+Montreal. His faith is that of the Roman Catholic church. He has
+secured one of the most exclusive and representative practices in
+Montreal, his success being the best evidence of his capability.
+His pleas are always characterized by terse logic and lucid
+presentation, and he always has a decisive conviction as to the
+rights of the question he represents. It is his ambition to
+make his native talents subserve the demands of the social and
+business conditions of the day, and he stands today as a splendid
+representative of a lawyer to whom personal prosperity is but
+secondary in importance and who considers many ideal elements
+more vital in the making up of human existence. His industry and
+energy have found a reward which is based on a distinguished name
+and accomplishments rather than incidental prosperity.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_M28" id="Idx_M28"></a>WILLIAM SUTHERLAND MAXWELL.</h3>
+
+<p>William Sutherland Maxwell, an architect of Montreal, whose
+high professional standing is indicated by the large number
+of fine structures which stand as monuments to his skill and
+ability, brought to bear at the outset of his professional career
+the broad knowledge gained from comprehensive and thorough
+training. Montreal numbers him among her native sons, his birth
+having here occurred on the 14th of November, 1874, his parents
+being E. J. and Johanna (MacBean) Maxwell. In the acquirement
+of his education William Sutherland Maxwell, after attending
+the Montreal high school, went to Boston, Massachusetts, for
+professional training and afterward entered the Ecole des Beaux
+Arts of Paris, France. His training was thus received from men
+eminent in the profession in America and in Europe, and in 1898
+he was admitted to the Quebec Architects Association. Beginning
+the practice of his profession he formed a partnership with his
+brother, Edward Maxwell, and in his chosen life work he has made
+steady advancement, his unfolding powers and increasing ability
+gaining for him distinction and success. In 1909 he was elected
+a member of the Royal Canadian Academy and in 1908 was chosen a
+councillor of the Association of Architects of the province of
+Quebec. He is president of the Province of Quebec Association
+of Architects for 1914. While practicing his profession in
+association with his brother there stand as monuments to their
+skill and ability many fine structures not only in the east but
+also in the west. Among the works executed by them are the Hotel
+Alexandra at Winnipeg, for the Canadian Pacific Railway Company,
+the Canadian Pacific Railway station at Winnipeg, the residence
+of C. R. Hosmer, the Alexandra Hospital for Infectious Diseases,
+the Nurses Home for the Royal Victorian Hospital, the monument
+to Lord Strathcona and South African soldiers of which George
+W. Hill was the sculptor, the monument to the Hon. John Young,
+<a name="Err_33" id="Err_33"></a>of which Philip Hébert was the sculptor, the bank buildings for
+the Bank of Montreal, Molso<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_343" id="Page_343">[343]</a></span>n’s Bank, the Royal Bank and the
+buildings of the Montreal General Hospital. They were also the
+architects of the Government House in Regina, Saskatchewan,
+the Calgary Hotel for the Canadian Pacific Railway Company, at
+Calgary, and the Montreal Art Association’s new building in
+Montreal. No more definite indication of Mr. Maxwell’s high
+professional standing can be given than the list of these
+buildings which have become tangible factors in the improvement
+of various cities.</p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 346px;">
+<img src="images/image341.jpg" width="346" height="500" alt="WILLIAM S. MAXWELL" />
+<p class="caption">WILLIAM S. MAXWELL</p>
+</div>
+
+<p>In May, 1902, occurred the marriage of Mr. Maxwell and Miss Mary
+Ellis Bolles, of New York, who is well known in connection with
+charitable and philanthropic work, being now a councillor of the
+Children’s Aid Society. He is a member of the St. James Club, the
+Arts Club, the Pen and Pencil Club and the Kanawaki Golf Club.
+The family residence is at No. 716 Pine Avenue, Montreal. Mr.
+Maxwell has concentrated his energies upon his profession, and he
+has every reason to be proud of the fact that he has been elected
+to membership in the Ecole des Beaux Arts Society of Paris. He
+was president of the Arts Club of Montreal for 1913 and is so
+serving for 1914.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_R25" id="Idx_R25"></a>HENRI ROY.</h3>
+
+<p>With intense activity well directed, with untiring energy,
+business ability, resourcefulness and controlled ambition, Henri
+Roy has reached a position of importance in the affairs of La
+Société des Artisans Canadiens-Français, of which he has been
+secretary and treasurer since 1892.</p>
+
+<p>His influence has affected the policies and the direction of
+developments of this great fraternal insurance company of
+Montreal, and the years of his connection with it have proven
+mutually useful and beneficial.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Roy was born September 11, 1864, in St. Alexandre, near
+St. Jean, Quebec, and acquired his education in the public
+schools and in St. Cesaire Commercial College, fitting himself
+in the latter institution for the business career which he had
+determined upon.</p>
+
+<p>When he left his native city he went to Quebec where for some
+years he was connected with a wholesale firm. In 1888 he came to
+Montreal and until 1899 was associated with the wholesale house
+of Hodgson, Sumner & Company.</p>
+
+<p>Upon coming to Montreal in 1888, Mr. Roy began his connection
+with La Société des Canadiens-Français as an accountant,
+employing his evenings in this capacity. Advancement came
+rapidly, for Mr. Roy proved himself a farsighted, resourceful
+and discriminating business man who could be relied upon to
+carry forward to successful completion whatever he undertook.
+In 1892 he was elected secretary and treasurer of the society,
+positions which he has filled with ability and distinction since
+that time. The work has made continued demands upon his tact,
+his versatility, his administrative ability, and these demands
+have been met fully and completely, Mr. Roy being today one of
+the most prominent and widely known officials of the company he
+represents.</p>
+
+<p>In 1888 when he became associated with the society it had
+accumulated funds of ten thousand seven hundred thirty-one
+dollars and ten cents, and a membership of one thousand three
+hundred thirty-two, limited to the island of Montreal;<a class="pagenum" name="Page_344" id="Page_344">[344]</a> today
+(1914) its accumulated funds are two million three hundred
+thirty-seven thousand three hundred eighty-two dollars and
+seventy-two cents, its membership numbers thirty-nine thousand
+ninety-four and its field of action covers all American territory
+where there are French-Canadians.</p>
+
+<p>May 6, 1896, Mr. Roy married Miss Celina Canty of Bathurst, New
+Brunswick, and to them have come a family of eleven children,
+seven of whom are living, Berthe, Pierre, Olive, Jeanne, Celina,
+Louis and Victoria.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Roy is well and favorably known in Montreal, where for more
+than a quarter of a century he has made his home. His success
+and the standards by which it has been obtained have gained for
+him the respect of his business associates, and his sterling
+qualities of character the esteem and good-will of many friends.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_G20" id="Idx_G20"></a>LUDGER GRAVEL.</h3>
+
+<p>Ludger Gravel is well known in business circles of Montreal
+as a dealer in carriage maker’s and blacksmith’s supplies, as
+president of Société des Artisans Canadiens-Français and also
+as a successful manufacturer’s agent, connected in this way
+with some of the most important industrial concerns in Canada,
+the United States and Europe. The industry and the spirit of
+enterprise, progress and initiative which have brought him
+success have also been factors in his conduct of his extensive
+interests and place him today among the men of marked ability and
+substantial worth in this community.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Gravel was born in 1864, at St. Raphael, Ile Bizard, Canada,
+and acquired his education in Montreal, beginning his business
+career immediately after laying aside his books. He was for eight
+months with Thomas Wilson & Company of this city and at the end
+of that time became connected with P. P. Mailloux at 223 St.
+Paul Street, with whom he remained over twenty years, rising
+during that time to a position of weight and responsibility
+and proving himself a farsighted, capable and progressive
+business man. Having shown his worth and his capability, Mr.
+Gravel eventually engaged in business for himself, establishing
+the extensive business which he now conducts. Under his able
+management this has become a large and important enterprise and
+it is still growing, for Mr. Gravel is constantly extending the
+field of his activity and forming new commercial relations. In
+addition to his retail business he is also acting as exclusive
+agent in Montreal for a number of manufacturing firms in Canada,
+the United States and Europe, and his important connections
+along this line are conclusive proof of his prominence and high
+standing in business circles. Among the firms which he represents
+may be mentioned the following: Ontario Asphalt Block Company,
+Ltd., Walkerville, Ontario; The Standard Paint & Varnish Works,
+Ltd., Windsor, Ontario; The Frank Miller Company, New York, New
+York; Windsor Turned Goods Company, Ltd., Windsor, Ontario; The
+Conboy Carriage Company, Ltd., Toronto, Ontario; The Neverslip
+Manufacturing Company, New Brunswick, New Jersey; Sem. Lacaille,
+Nominingue, Quebec; Meilink’s Home Deposit Vaults, Toledo,<a class="pagenum" name="Page_345" id="Page_345">[345]</a>
+Ohio; Propriétaire de l’Huile Balmoral; James Boyd & Brothers,
+Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and Jacob Maas & Company, New
+Orleans, Louisiana.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Gravel became connected with Société des Artisans
+Canadiens-Français in 1903 when he was elected a director, and
+his ability and executive skill soon commanded for him a place
+of power in this organization. He was made second vice president
+in 1904 and first vice president in 1906 and in 1910 was elected
+president, a position which he has held since that time. The
+demands which it has made upon his energy, his enterprise
+and his executive ability have been completely met, and the
+fortunes of the society under his hands have been constantly
+prosperous. He has been a member of the Chamber of Commerce since
+its organization and at present is one of its directors. His
+membership in mutual, charitable, antiquarian, social, political
+and sporting clubs is extensive and in a number of them he holds
+official position. However his business never suffers from these
+connections and his time and attention are so distributed that he
+proves a valuable member in all of the organizations.</p>
+
+<p>On May 26, 1891, in Montreal Mr. Gravel was married to Laura Roy,
+the daughter of Alfred Roy. Of the fourteen children born to
+Mr. and Mrs. Gravel, six are now living as follows, Olympe, L.
+Pierre, Germaine, Emelia, Lucette and Simone.</p>
+
+<p>With the extension of his interests Mr. Gravel’s powers have
+continually developed, his insight has deepened, his view
+broadened and with the passing years he has become a man of
+power and prominence, finding in the field of business the best
+scope for his interests and activities. He is a devout member of
+the Roman Catholic church and his upright life which has been
+guided by its principles, has brought him prominence, substantial
+fortune and the respect and esteem of many friends.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_L15" id="Idx_L15"></a>SEVERIN LETOURNEAU, K. C.</h3>
+
+<p>Severin Letourneau, who has advanced beyond the ranks of the many
+and stands among the able and successful few in the practice of
+law and in liberal leadership, is a native of St. Constant, born
+on the 23d of May, 1871. His preliminary education acquired in
+the Jacques Cartier Normal school, was supplemented by a course
+in Laval University, in which he completed his law studies and
+was graduated with the class of 1895. In July following he was
+called to the bar and at once entered upon active practice of his
+profession in which he has made continuous progress. Advancement
+at the bar is proverbially slow and yet, no dreary novitiate
+awaited Mr. Letourneau, who, during the eighteen years of his
+practice has won a high reputation by reason of his broad legal
+knowledge and the skill and ability in which he handles his
+cases, mastering the points in evidence with the precision of
+a military commander who marshals his troops on the field of
+battle. In 1906 he was appointed king’s counsel. He is today
+practicing as a member of the firm of Pelletier, Letourneau &
+Beaulieu, advocates, with a clientage that is extensive and
+important.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Letourneau is prominently known as one of the leaders of
+the liberal party and as the liberal organizer for the district
+of Montreal has justified his<a class="pagenum" name="Page_346" id="Page_346">[346]</a> appointment by the series of
+brilliant successes that have been scored for the liberal party
+in and around the city. He has rendered to his party service as a
+tactician and he is now sitting for Hochelaga in the provincial
+legislature, stanchly supporting Sir Lomer Gouin in his policy of
+progressive legislation. Mr. Letourneau is also a member of the
+Montreal Reform Club. He is a man of unfaltering determination,
+carrying forward to successful completion whatever he undertakes,
+whether in the field of law or politics. He stands stanchly for
+the right as he sees it, and his position is never an equivocal
+one.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_R23" id="Idx_R23"></a>CHARLES HAVILAND ROUTH.</h3>
+
+<p>Charles Haviland Routh, insurance broker, occupying a position
+among the foremost representatives of insurance interests in the
+Dominion, has in this direction, followed in the footsteps of his
+father, the late John H. Routh, who was for a quarter century
+agent at Montreal for the Western Assurance Company. Haviland L.
+Routh, grandfather of Charles H. Routh, was also prominent in
+insurance circles, being Canadian manager for the Royal Insurance
+Company. Charles H. Routh was born and educated in this city
+and throughout the period of his identification with business
+interests has been connected with the insurance profession. He
+is lacking in none of the qualities requisite for advancement
+and success in his chosen calling, which has brought him a wide
+business acquaintance. He is, however, perhaps, more widely
+known as a yachtsman, having for some years been commodore of
+the Royal St. Lawrence Yacht Club, of which he became a charter
+member in 1891. Several times has he successfully defended the
+Seawauhaka Cup and there are those who feel they know Mr. Routh
+at his best when he is acting in that capacity, because of his
+resourcefulness and the joy he feels in the sport. The Toronto
+Telegram wrote of him; “He has been pitted against the best
+skippers and the best boats that the United States can produce,
+but has remained the same level-headed sailorman in all his
+contests.” Aside from his connections with the Royal St. Lawrence
+Yacht Club, he belongs to the Montreal Club and the Montreal
+Curling Club. He is enthusiastic in his sports and equally so in
+anything that he undertakes, his energy and interest carrying him
+forward to the point of success whether it be along the line of
+business or of pleasure.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_S1" id="Idx_S1"></a>JOSEPH LEON ST. JACQUES.</h3>
+
+<p>In no profession does advancement depend more surely upon
+individual merit than in the practice of law. Comprehensive
+knowledge of legal principles must constitute the foundation for
+success which can only be won at the cost of earnest, persistent
+effort and study. Recognizing this fact, Joseph Leon St. Jacques
+has closely applied himself to the mastery of the principles
+of jurisprudence and to the preparation of his cases, with a
+result that he now has an extensive and representative clientele.
+He practices in Montreal and has spent his entire life in the
+province of Quebec, his birth having occurred at St. Hermas,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_349" id="Page_349">[349]</a></span>
+in the county of Two Mountains, July 13, 1877, his parents being
+Joseph and Cazilde (Lafond) St. Jacques, the former a farmer of
+St. Hermas. The grandfather, F. X. St. Jacques, was born at St.
+Augustin, in the county of Two Mountains and resided for many
+years in Ottawa, but is now deceased. The great-grandfather was
+Captain Eustache Cheval dit St. Jacques of St. Augustin, who in
+1837 remained loyal to the crown and in 1838 was presented a
+sword in token of the recognition of his loyalty by Her Majesty,
+Queen Victoria. The ancestors of the family have the name of
+Cheval as well as St. Jacques.</p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 331px;">
+<img src="images/image347.jpg" width="331" height="500" alt="JOSEPH L. ST. JACQUES" />
+<p class="caption">JOSEPH L. ST. JACQUES</p>
+</div>
+
+<p>In the acquirement of his education Joseph Leon St. Jacques
+attended the Jacques Cartier Normal school from which he was
+graduated with the class of 1897, obtaining the academic diploma.
+He later entered Laval University in which he completed his
+course in 1901, winning the degrees of LL. L. and LL. M. The
+same year he was admitted to the bar and entered upon practice.
+In the meantime, however, after leaving the normal school, he
+had devoted some time to teaching. He began practice at Lachute,
+where he had a few criminal cases, including the trial of Robert
+Day, a murder case. After six years of practice in the country
+district he came to Montreal and entered into partnership with
+Mr. Gustave Lamothe, K. C. The firm of Lamothe, St. Jacques &
+Lamothe has an extensive clientele, especially among religious
+interests and municipal corporations. He is also a director of
+some financial enterprises.</p>
+
+<p>On the 19th of May, 1906, at St. Hermas, Mr. St. Jacques was
+married to Miss Albertine Lafond, a daughter of Mathias Lafond,
+a merchant and prominent citizen of his municipality. There
+are four children in the St. Jacques family; Jacques, Jules,
+Gustave and Alberte. The religious faith of the family is
+that of the Catholic church. In politics Mr. St. Jacques is
+a conservative and has taken an active part in the political
+campaigns of Argenteuil and Two Mountains, being a recognized
+leader in conservative ranks. He has ever preferred, however, to
+concentrate his energies and efforts upon his law practice, which
+is now extensive and important, placing him with the leading
+representatives of the Montreal bar.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_H8" id="Idx_H8"></a>GEORGE HASTINGS.</h3>
+
+<p>George Hastings, who was born at Petite Cote, Quebec, in 1817,
+died in July, 1865. His father was Thomas Hastings, who came from
+Lexington, Massachusetts, to Petite Cote, where he bought land
+and settled some time before the birth of Mr. Hastings. In this
+connection it is interesting to mention that Petite Cote is now
+divided into Fairmount and Rosemount and is a part of the city of
+Montreal. The land is now mostly divided into building lots that
+command good prices.</p>
+
+<p>Thomas Hastings, father of George Hastings, had married Cynthia
+Baker, of Burlington, Vermont, and they lived for many years
+in their home at Petite Cote, where their five children, three
+sons and two daughters, were born and brought up. The sons’
+names were: George; Thomas, who is mentioned elsewhere in this
+work; and Horatio, the youngest, who died unmarried in 1899. The
+daughters were Mrs. Clark Fitts and Mrs. Ryan.</p>
+
+<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_350" id="Page_350">[350]</a></p>
+
+<p>George Hastings, of this record, married in 1847 Margaret
+Ogilvie, a sister of A. W., John and W. W. Ogilvie, whose careers
+are mentioned at greater length in another part of this history.
+Mr. and Mrs. George Hastings spent their entire married life in
+their home on a farm at Petite Cote. There their ten children
+received the training of their early lives. Of these children six
+were sons and four were daughters. Thomas, the eldest, married
+Jane Kydd, formerly the widow of William Nesbitt. They reside
+at Rosemount boulevard and have no children. William, the next
+son, with George, the third son, after considerable business
+experience established The Lake of the Woods Milling Company.
+The former married, in 1884, Georgina Ure, of Montreal. He died
+in 1903, leaving his widow and two sons, who live in this city.
+George managed the western branch of the business, from which he
+resigned in October, 1913. He married in 1886, Margaret Anderson,
+of Ayr, Ontario. They live in Winnipeg and have a family of two
+sons and two daughters. Robert, the fourth son, is with The Lake
+of the Woods Milling Company and lives also in the west, making
+his present home in Qu’ Appelle. He is unmarried. Alexander, the
+fifth son, was also connected with The Lake of the Woods Milling
+Company. He died in St. John, New Brunswick, where he had charge
+for several years of the local branch of the company. He married,
+in 1898, Maud Anderson, of Montreal, and his widow is living.
+Their only child died when one month of age. John Clark, the
+youngest son, died unmarried in 1883. Helen Watson and Cynthia
+Baker, the two elder daughters, died in 1912, the latter in
+January and the former in May of that year. The third daughter,
+Frances, married Francis Jordan, of Goderich, Ontario, in 1885.
+Mr. Jordan died in 1907, but his widow, son and daughter are
+living. Maria, the fourth and youngest daughter of the family,
+is living and unmarried. The family have always been connected
+with the American Presbyterian church. The Hastings are well
+known among the old residents of Montreal, for it is almost a
+century since Thomas Hastings settled upon the farm which now is
+a portion of the metropolis.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_D1" id="Idx_D1"></a>JAMES ALFRED DALE.</h3>
+
+<p>In educational circles the name of Professor James Alfred Dale
+is well known. His ability has gained him prominence and his
+position as a leader among the educationists of the country is
+indicated in the fact that he was honored with election to the
+position of treasurer of the Dominion Educational Association.
+Since November, 1907, he has held the Macdonald professorship of
+education in McGill University. A native of Birmingham, England,
+he was born in 1874, the eldest son of J. A. Dale. He attended
+King Edward VI School at Camp Hill, and afterward entered the
+Mason University College, now the University of Birmingham, and
+subsequently became classical exhibitioner in Merton College at
+Oxford, which conferred upon him the Master of Arts degree.</p>
+
+<p>James Alfred Dale has remained continuously in the educational
+field, being lecturer on literature and education in connection
+with the Oxford Extension Delegacy from 1902 until 1908, and
+also to the universities of Liverpool and Manchester.<a class="pagenum" name="Page_351" id="Page_351">[351]</a> In
+1902-3 he was tutor in the Borough Road Training College, and
+in November, 1907, was called to the Macdonald professorship
+of education in McGill University. The steps in his orderly
+progression are thus easily discernible and he stands today
+among the eminent educationists of the Dominion, his ability
+being acknowledged by colleagues and contemporaries. He has the
+power of imparting clearly, concisely and readily to others the
+knowledge that he has acquired, and on the lecture platform he
+is a most interesting and entertaining as well as instructive
+speaker. He was a delegate to the convention of the Dominion
+Educational Association of Victoria, British Columbia, in
+1909. He has served as treasurer of the association and was
+secretary of the convention held at Ottawa in July, 1913. In
+May, 1911, he was appointed a member of the council of public
+instruction for the province of Quebec, and he has come to be a
+member of most of the committees on Protestant education in the
+province. Soon after coming out, he was elected president of the
+Protestant Teachers Association of the province of Quebec and on
+relinquishing office in 1912 was elected first vice president.
+His studious habits have made him a man of scholarly attainments,
+and he is continually seeking out new methods that will render
+his service as an educationist more effective. His ideas have
+received the indorsement of prominent contemporaries in this
+field of labor and have been adopted to the benefit of various
+institutions of learning. He agrees with Kant that “the object
+of education is to train each individual to reach the highest
+perfection possible for him” and that spirit has been manifest
+throughout his professional career. He has endeavored in his
+teaching to develop capacity and to impart knowledge which shall
+prove of practical benefit and value throughout life. He was
+instrumental in founding the University Settlement of Montreal
+in 1910 and has been its president since that time. This was the
+first settlement in the city, and its success is to be measured
+not by itself but by the influence it has exerted in the general
+movement toward social reform. He has taken a prominent part in
+movements for adult education and was one of the first members
+of the committee of the Workers’ Educational Association, which
+has succeeded in grouping together over twenty-five hundred trade
+unions, cooperative societies, etc., and educational bodies in
+England. At the present time every university in the country is
+undertaking working-class education under the auspices of the
+association. At the formation of the City Improvement League he
+was appointed its first honorary secretary but was compelled by
+pressure of work to relinquish the active duties of office. He
+edited the proceedings of the convention of the League in 1910.
+As literary correspondent of the Canadian Club he is editing its
+proceedings for the third year.</p>
+
+<p>In 1904 Professor Dale was married to Miss Margaret Butler, a
+daughter of J. Holden Butler, of Birmingham, and they reside at
+No. 771 University Street, in Montreal. Not only as an instructor
+in the classroom and as an enthusiastic advocate of extending
+educational facilities to all is Professor Dale well known. His
+contributions to the literature of the profession have made his
+name a familiar one not only in this country but throughout the
+American continent and in Great Britain. He is the author of
+many articles which have appeared in various publications and
+which have treated of literary as well as educational subjects,
+and he has published in Germany a volume entitled History of
+English Literature. His name was suggested in various quarters
+when British Columbia was looking for a president for its new
+university. A modern philosopher has<a class="pagenum" name="Page_352" id="Page_352">[352]</a> said: “Not the good that
+comes to us but the good that comes to the world through us is
+the measure of our success,” and judged by this standard the life
+of Professor Dale is a most successful one.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_M45" id="Idx_M45"></a>GEORGE HUGH ALEXANDER MONTGOMERY, B. C. L., K. C.</h3>
+
+<p>George Hugh Alexander Montgomery is one of the most successful
+members of the Montreal bar, of which he is an ex-councillor.
+He has successfully pleaded cases in all the courts of Canada
+and before the privy council and has for some years occupied
+an enviable place at the bar of this city. He was born at
+Philipsburg, P. Q., February 5, 1874, a son of the Rev. Hugh and
+E. M. (Slack) Montgomery. The family being one appreciative of
+the benefits and value of education, liberal opportunities in
+that direction were afforded him, and after attending Bishop’s
+College School at Lennoxville, P. Q., he entered the University
+of Bishop’s College, where he pursued a classical course and won
+the Bachelor of Arts degree in 1893. Four years later he was
+graduated with the B. C. L. degree from McGill University, having
+thus thoroughly qualified for the active practice of law, which
+he had determined to make his life work. He became an advocate in
+1898 and since that time has successfully followed his profession
+in Montreal, his clientage being one of growing importance and
+volume. Since May, 1905, he has been solicitor for the Montreal
+Light, Heat & Power Company, and has had many other important
+professional connections. In 1909 he was created king’s counsel.
+His work in the courts has shown him to be largely a master of
+the principles of jurisprudence and also possessed of the power
+to present his cause clearly, cogently and logically. His ability
+as an advocate is acknowledged by contemporaries and colleagues.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Montgomery is the owner of Lakeside Stock Farm at
+Philipsburg, Quebec, the home of some of the finest Ayrshire
+cattle and Clydesdale horses in the Dominion. Modern in its
+improvements, with fine natural advantages, this farm contains
+two hundred and fifty acres of the finest arable soil; for which
+most of the eastern township farms are noted, as well as ample
+additional acreage to meet the requirements of a successful stock
+farm.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Montgomery has for more than twenty years been extensively
+interested in farming operations, and from time to time has added
+to his holdings, in the eastern townships, which now comprise
+more than seven hundred acres. It was more than ten years ago
+that he started in to breed the best in pure-bred Ayrshire
+cattle, and while finding all the recreation and entertainment
+sought by a gentleman farmer, the project has been conducted on a
+business as well as a scientific basis with gratifying results.
+Stock from Lakeside Stock Farm have successfully contested in the
+show ring with the best herds in Canada. Equally as high class
+are the Clydesdale horses owned and bred at this farm.</p>
+
+<p>In 1913 Mr. Montgomery completed his beautiful country residence
+on Missisquoi Bay near Philipsburg. Modern in its appointments,
+the structure is of field stone up to the ground floor, above
+which it is of Elizabethan style, and from its site overlooking
+Lake Champlain, comprises one of the most attractive homes in
+that section.</p>
+
+<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_353" id="Page_353">[353]</a></p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 340px;">
+<img src="images/image353.jpg" width="340" height="500" alt="GEORGE H. A. MONTGOMERY" />
+<p class="caption">GEORGE H. A. MONTGOMERY</p>
+</div>
+
+<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_355" id="Page_355">[355]</a></span></p>
+
+<p>In June, 1909, was celebrated the marriage of Mr. Montgomery and
+Miss Gwendoline Baptist, a daughter of the late John Baptist,
+of Three Rivers, P. Q. Mr. and Mrs. Montgomery have one son. In
+religious faith Mr. and Mrs. Montgomery are Anglicans, while
+socially they are well known in the best circles of the city.
+Mr. Montgomery has membership relations with the Mount Royal,
+University, St. James, Montreal and Montreal Jockey Clubs, as
+well as the Quebec Garrison Club. His profession is constantly
+making greater demands upon his time and energies, yet he finds
+opportunities for other obligations and duties and for the
+pleasures of life, thus maintaining a well balanced character.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_B9" id="Idx_B9"></a>JOSEPH PHILLIPE BEAUDRY.</h3>
+
+<p>An excellent example of the aggressive type of a business man,
+and one well known in real-estate circles of Montreal, is Joseph
+P. Beaudry, manager of the Beaudry Realty Company, No. 402,
+McGill building.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Beaudry comes from one of the oldest families in the
+Dominion, dating back to 1629, and the numerous branches of it
+probably could be traced back to show relationship, where, in
+many cases at this time, no family connection is supposed to
+exist.</p>
+
+<p>Joseph P. Beaudry was born in Ottawa, Ontario, a son of Joseph
+and Alphonsine (Valiquette) Beaudry. The father, a wood
+manufacturer, was born at Three Rivers, while the mother was a
+native of Quebec.</p>
+
+<p>Reared in his native town, Mr. Beaudry after attending school
+there, completed his educational training by taking a commercial
+course. Taking up the printing business, he began at the
+bottom and was gradually advanced from one capacity to another
+of greater importance, successfully filling the positions of
+foreman, superintendent, manager and traveling representative for
+some of the largest printing houses in Montreal. While he had
+become well known in this line of business and enjoyed a high
+standing among those connected with it, Mr. Beaudry concluded
+that the real-estate business afforded better opportunities, and
+in 1909 he decided to enter it. The wisdom of his judgment in
+this move has been fully shown in the success that has come to
+him. He has formed a number of successful real-estate companies
+and has come to be known as a shrewd judge of realty values.</p>
+
+<p>The Beaudry Realty Company, of which he is manager, is generally
+known to carry the largest list of city lots and property among
+the French real-estate firms in the city. This firm’s extensive
+clientele is not confined to Montreal, but branches out into a
+great many towns throughout the province of Quebec.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Beaudry is a director of seven different real-estate
+companies, all limited concerns and formed by him. He is a
+member of the Canadian Club, also the Automobile Club, belongs
+as well to the Sixty-fifth Regiment and holds membership in
+the Commercial Travellers Association. In political matters
+his interest is that of a business man, and he votes with the
+conservative party, while in his religious connection he is a
+Roman Catholic.</p>
+
+<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_356" id="Page_356">[356]</a></p>
+
+<p>On May 25, 1897, he was married to Alexina Senecal, a daughter of
+Adolphe and Cordelia (Colletts) Senecal. Mr. Beaudry’s children
+are Alexina, Gabrielle, Guillaume, Jean-Rene and Raoul.</p>
+
+<p>He has earned for himself a reputation as a careful man of
+business, and in his dealing is known for his prompt and
+honorable methods which have brought him success.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_D28" id="Idx_D28"></a>REV. JOHN E. DONNELLY.</h3>
+
+<p>Rev. John E. Donnelly, who since 1891 has been rector of St.
+Anthony’s parish, Montreal, one of the largest Irish Catholic
+congregations in the city, was born in this city, February 22,
+1861, a son of the late Charles and Margaret (McAfee) Donnelly.
+He acquired his education in the local grammar schools and
+later entered Ste. Thérèse College, from which he was graduated
+with the degree of B. A. in the class of 1880. He afterward
+attended the Grand Seminary, where he received his theological
+training, graduating with the class of 1883. He was ordained in
+the following year and after spending three years as private
+secretary to Archbishop Fabre became connected with St. Anthony’s
+church as curate. He was made parish priest in 1891 and he
+has since had spiritual jurisdiction over the twelve thousand
+families which go to make up this large Irish Catholic parish
+in Montreal. St. Anthony’s church was founded in April, 1884,
+and the first rector was Joseph U. Leclerc. The present church
+building was erected in 1889 and the parish house in 1901. The
+church property is ably administered, Father Donnelly proving
+himself a capable, farsighted and energetic business man as well
+as a zealous, sincere and untiring servant of God.</p>
+
+<p>Father Donnelly is an honorary member of the Shamrock Lacrosse
+Club and a great patron of athletics, and is familiarly and
+lovingly known as “Father John” among the people to whom his
+singleness of purpose, his high-mindedness and his constant
+geniality have so greatly endeared him. The Montreal Herald
+calls him “A skilled musician, a good preacher and a man justly
+considered a leader among the Irish Catholic clergy in the city.”</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_P3" id="Idx_P3"></a>WILLIAM STIVEN PATERSON.</h3>
+
+<p>The story of the life of William Stiven Paterson is the story
+of honest industry and thrift. It is the record of a strong
+individuality, sure of itself, stable in purpose, quick in
+perception, swift in decision, energetic and persistent in
+action. A native of Dundee, Scotland, born April 16, 1841, Mr.
+Paterson was but one year old when brought to this country by
+his father, James Paterson, who lived in Upper Canada and there
+engaged on the river Humber, in the manufacture of blankets. He
+afterward removed to near Meaford, Ontario, where he engaged in
+farming, and there he died.</p>
+
+<p>The public-school system of Canada afforded William S. Paterson
+his educational opportunities. After leaving home he spent
+one year in the oil fields<a class="pagenum" name="Page_357" id="Page_357">[357]</a> of Pennsylvania, and then came to
+Montreal and eventually with the late J. T. Wilson formed the
+firm of Wilson, Paterson & Company of which he remained an
+active member until his death. The business developed as the
+years passed, owing to the progressive methods instituted in its
+conduct, and prosperity attended the labors of the partners.</p>
+
+<p>In Montreal, in 1875, occurred the marriage of William S.
+Paterson, and Miss Electa C. Childs, daughter of Charles
+Childs, who came from Massachusetts in 1851 and engaged in the
+retail shoe business in Montreal. He became the pioneer in the
+manufacture of shoe lasts in this city and built up an extensive
+trade, in which he continued until his death in January, 1888.
+Mr. and Mrs. Paterson had a family of five children: Kate
+Elizabeth, who became the wife of R. B. Ross, Jr., secretary of
+the Mount Royal Milling Company, by whom she has three children;
+Dr. Robert C. Paterson, who is married and has two children;
+Charles S., a missionary in Calcutta, India; Arthur L., of
+The Wilson-Paterson Company, and who has two children; and E.
+Russell, secretary of the Boy Scouts.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Paterson was interested in outdoor sports, especially in
+fishing, and was a member of the Little Cascapedia Fishing Club
+and as a devotee of golf, a member of Westmount Golf Club. He
+belonged to the American Presbyterian church, in which he served
+as a trustee and elder, and his life was actuated by high and
+honorable principles. His record measured up to exalted standards
+of manhood and citizenship and when death called him on the 2d of
+June, 1907, he left behind him not only an excellent competence
+but an honored name. He never allowed personal interests or
+ambition to dwarf his public spirit or his activities, and he
+was prominent as a man whose constantly expanding powers took
+him from humble surroundings to fields of large enterprise and
+continually broadening opportunities.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_D2" id="Idx_D2"></a>REV. GEORGE DALY, C. SS. R.</h3>
+
+<p>Rev. George Daly, who since 1912 has been rector of St. Anne’s
+parish in Montreal, discharging his manifold duties in this
+connection in a way which reflects credit upon his religious
+zeal and his administrative ability alike, is a native son of
+the city, born September 5, 1872, his parents being William and
+Josephine (Morin) Daly. The father was born on the isle of Malta,
+where the grandfather, a native of County Cavan, Ireland, was an
+officer in the British army. William Daly came to Canada with
+the Forty-seventh Regiment Band in 1861 and was afterward in the
+employ of the Grand Trunk Railway Company for one year, resigning
+in order to accept the position of manager of the Point St.
+Charles branch of the City & District Savings Bank, a position
+which he held continuously for thirty-seven years, retiring from
+active life in 1909. He died May 19, 1913, and is survived by his
+wife. They were for many years members of St. Gabriel’s Catholic
+church. The following children were born to their union: William,
+who is a member of the firm of Daly & Morin, manufacturers in
+Montreal; George, of this review; Louisa, the wife of D. J.
+Byrne, of Leonard Brothers, wholesale fish dealers of this city;
+Elizabeth, a nun at<a class="pagenum" name="Page_358" id="Page_358">[358]</a> Hotel Dieu, Montreal; Aileen, who resides
+with her mother; and Mary, Joseph, Alphonsus and Walter, all of
+whom have passed away.</p>
+
+<p>Rev. George Daly acquired his education in the parochial schools
+of Montreal, which he attended until he was twelve years of age.
+He then entered Montreal College and in 1888 became a student
+at St. Trond, Belgium, where he remained five years. At the
+end of that time he went to Beau Plateau, in Belgium, studying
+seven years there, returning to Quebec at the end of that time
+and becoming a director in <a name="Err_34" id="Err_34"></a>the Preparatory College at Ste. Anne
+de Beaupré, a position which he retained for twelve years. In
+1900, previous to his return to Canada, he was ordained to the
+Catholic priesthood in Belgium and on the 2d of August, 1912, was
+made parish priest at St. Anne’s in Montreal. Here he has done
+excellent work during the two years of his incumbency, for he is
+a man of abiding faith, energy and religious zeal and, moreover,
+possesses unusual administrative and executive ability. He is a
+man of scholarly attainments, most earnest and consecrated in his
+work and is ever watchful over the interests of his people, whose
+love he holds in large measure, while he enjoys the respect of
+people of all denominations.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_B34" id="Idx_B34"></a>EDMOND BROSSARD.</h3>
+
+<p>One of the most able and deservedly successful barristers in
+Montreal at the present time is Edmond Brossard, practicing at
+the bar in partnership with Hon. P. E. Le Blanc, K. C., and
+connected through his important clientage with a great deal of
+notable litigation. He is numbered among Montreal’s native sons,
+his birth having occurred in this city on the 19th of December,
+1873. His parents were Telesphore B. and Evelina (Turgeon)
+Brossard, the former for many years Dominion appraiser of His
+Majesty’s customs in this city. The family is of old French
+origin and of long Canadian establishment, having been founded in
+the Dominion by the ancestor who came to Canada with Maisonneuve
+in 1642.</p>
+
+<p>In the acquirement of an education Edmond Brossard attended
+St. Mary’s Jesuit College and was afterward a student in Laval
+University, where even at that time he showed promise of the
+distinction to which he has since attained. He was graduated B.
+A. in 1894, taking the governor general’s medal, and he received
+the degree of LL.L. with first rank honors in 1897. In the
+following year he was called to the bar as advocate and since
+that time has practiced his profession in Montreal. He was made
+a councillor in 1900 and a member of the general council in the
+same year, and his standing is high in legal circles of the city.
+He has formed a partnership with Hon. P. E. Le Blanc, K. C., and
+is in control of a large and important clientage, his success and
+prominence having increased yearly as his ability has become more
+widely known. Mr. Brossard has successfully conducted a number of
+hotly contested legal cases for he possesses clear and incisive
+qualities of mind, a power of close reasoning and clear deduction
+as well as the personality and force necessary to make knowledge
+effective in any line. His ability has carried him into important
+relations with the legal life of the city, his standing in
+professional circles being evidenced by<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_361" id="Page_361">[361]</a></span> the fact that in 1900
+he was made secretary of the Montreal bar and in 1908 was elected
+president of the Junior Bar Association.</p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 351px;">
+<img src="images/image359.jpg" width="351" height="500" alt="EDMOND BROSSARD" />
+<p class="caption">EDMOND BROSSARD</p>
+</div>
+
+<p>In October, 1900, Mr. Brossard was united in marriage to Mlle.
+Alice de Lorimer and they are well known in social circles of the
+city. Mr. Brossard is a man of considerable literary attainments,
+possessed of a clear, lucid and forceful style in writing and
+the ability to present his ideas in a concise and able way. He
+is an occasional contributor to the press and to law reviews,
+and his name is a synonym for efficiency and comprehensive
+knowledge in everything relating to the legal profession. He is
+one of Montreal’s prominent, able and successful barristers and
+in a profession where advancement depends almost entirely upon
+individual merit and ability he has risen steadily, holding today
+a place of prominence and possessing in his native talents and
+developed powers the guarantee of still greater attainment in the
+future.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_G5" id="Idx_G5"></a>AIME GEOFFRION, K. C.</h3>
+
+<p>Aime Geoffrion, treasurer of the council of the bar and one of
+those at the head of the French section of the Montreal bar, as
+well as holding one of the civil law professorships at McGill,
+occupies a distinguished professional position. He was born in
+Montreal, November 13, 1872. Fortunate is the man who has back
+of him an ancestry honorable and distinguished, and happy is he
+if his lines of life are cast in harmony therewith. In person,
+in talents and in character Aime Geoffrion is a worthy scion of
+his race. His father was the late Hon. C. A. Geoffrion one of
+the leading members of the bar, minister without portfolio in
+the Laurier government, and his mother was Eulalie G. Dorion,
+the eldest daughter of the late Chief Justice Sir A. A. Dorion.
+In the acquirement of his education Aime Geoffrion attended
+successively St. John’s school, St. Mary’s (Jesuit) College
+and McGill University. Having determined to enter upon the
+practice of law, he prepared for the profession at McGill and was
+graduated B. C. L. in 1893, being also a gold medalist. He began
+practice as an advocate in 1894 and within nine years had won
+such success that he was created a king’s counsel. He occupies
+an enviable position in his profession, and in addition to his
+appearance before Canadian courts he has pleaded on several
+occasions before the judicial committee of the privy council.
+He was one of the counsel retained by the province of Quebec in
+the arbitration between the Dominion and Ontario and Quebec for
+a settlement of outstanding accounts existing at the time of
+the confederation. He was also made the junior Dominion counsel
+in the matter of the Alaskan boundary arbitration in 1903-4.
+When he expresses himself upon questions of vital importance to
+city or province his opinions are listened to with attention
+and interest, for it is recognized that he is a farsighted
+and public-spirited man who has the municipal, provincial and
+Dominion welfare close at heart. He is not only recognized as
+the distinguished lawyer but also as a most able educator along
+professional lines, having since 1905 been professor of civil law
+in McGill University, in which position he succeeded Mr. Justice
+Fortin.</p>
+
+<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_362" id="Page_362">[362]</a></p>
+
+<p>In November, 1896, Mr. Geoffrion was married to Miss Marguerite
+Thibaudeau, the eldest daughter of the late J. R. Thibaudeau,
+senator of Montreal. Mr. Geoffrion gives his political allegiance
+to the liberal party and is stanch and warm in support of the
+principles in which he believes. His religious faith is that of
+the Catholic church. He is a member of several of Montreal’s
+leading clubs, including St. James Club, and the Montreal Reform
+Club, and also of the Rideau Club of Ottawa. Sir Wilfrid Laurier
+spoke of him as “one who well sustained the hereditary glories of
+his house.” The Montreal Star has referred to him as “a man of a
+remarkably clear and vigorous mind who has been highly successful
+before all the courts.” He is widely recognized as a man of
+earnest purpose, seeking ever to benefit by those activities and
+interests which look beyond the exigencies of the moment to the
+possibilities and opportunities of the future, and which seek
+provincial welfare rather than the aggrandizement of self.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_M16" id="Idx_M16"></a>LAWRENCE MACFARLANE.</h3>
+
+<p>Lawrence Macfarlane, member of the well known firm of Lafleur,
+Macdougall, Macfarlane & Pope, barristers and solicitors, was
+born in Montreal on the 12th of November, 1876, a son of the late
+James Ferrier and Cecilia Clare Macfarlane. He was a student in
+the Montreal high school and then entered McGill for his arts
+course, graduating with the degree of B. A. in 1897. He pursued
+his studies in the law department of McGill and obtained the
+degree of B. C. L. in April, 1900. He was called to the bar in
+the same year and was admitted a partner in the law firm headed
+by the late R. D. McGibbon, K. C., with whom he had previously
+studied for three years. As representing English interests Mr.
+Macfarlane is a director of the British Columbia Breweries,
+Limited; the North Saskatchewan Land Company, Limited; the
+Alabama Traction Light and Power Company, Limited; Terminal
+Cities of Canada, Limited; Mexican Northern Power Company,
+Limited; and the Cities Service Company.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Macfarlane’s political allegiance is given to the
+conservative party. He belongs to St. Paul’s Lodge, Masons,
+English Register, and he also has membership in the more
+important clubs of his native city, including the St. James,
+Canada, Royal Montreal Golf, University and Racquet Clubs.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_W9" id="Idx_W9"></a>JOSEPH CHARLES WRAY.</h3>
+
+<p>For many years the name of Joseph Charles Wray figured in
+connection with the undertaking business in Montreal, but in
+July, 1907, he retired from active management of a business which
+had been established by his grandfather in 1840. Mr. Wray was
+born in Montreal on the 25th of March, 1857, and is descended
+from Irish ancestry, his parents being William and Marion
+(McGregor) Wray, the latter of Scotch lineage. The father came
+to Montreal at an early age with his father. The latter, Joseph
+Wray, established an undertaking business in 1840 and was joined
+by his son, William Wray in its conduct and management.<a class="pagenum" name="Page_363" id="Page_363">[363]</a> The
+business was originally conducted under the name of Joseph Wray,
+but upon the death of the grandfather, William Wray succeeded to
+the ownership and management of the business, which he afterward
+conducted under his own name. However, his health failed him
+about six months later, and he was obliged to retire from active
+business. He was then succeeded by his son Joseph Charles Wray.</p>
+
+<p>The last named had been a pupil in the public schools of Montreal
+and after putting aside his text-books became connected with the
+confectionery business in the employ of James Griffin. At length
+he entered the undertaking business that had been established by
+his grandfather, and when his father was forced to retire from
+the management Joseph Charles Wray assumed control and conducted
+the business under his own name for thirty years, his patronage
+growing with the development of the city. In July, 1907, however,
+the firm style was changed to Joseph C. Wray & Brother, and
+Mr. Wray of this review retired from active management, being
+succeeded by his youngest brother, Frederick A. Wray, who has
+always been connected with the business. The Wrays were the first
+to establish ambulance work in Canada in connection with the
+hospitals, and they now own the ambulances used in connection
+with the hospitals of the city. They began this in July,
+1883, and the value of the work done by them can be scarcely
+overestimated, the ambulance service largely annihilating time
+and distance in cases of emergency, bringing the patient to
+medical and surgical aid with as little discomfort as possible.</p>
+
+<p>On the 7th of September, 1900, in Trinity church, Mr. Wray was
+united in marriage to Ellen Louise Gibbon, a native of Wales.
+They are members of the Church of England, and Mr. Wray is
+identified with Mizpah Lodge, I. O. O. F., and Elgin Lodge, No.
+7, A. F. & A. M. He votes independently, exercising his right
+of franchise as his judgment dictates. He has long since won
+place among the prosperous men of the city, his position being
+attributable entirely to his close application and honorable
+business methods.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_D18" id="Idx_D18"></a>OSCAR DESAUTELS.</h3>
+
+<p>Of distinguished French-Canadian ancestry, Oscar Desautels
+worthily wears the family name and worthily carries forward the
+family traditions. He is a successful notary of Montreal, in
+which city he has many interests. His Canadian ancestry goes
+back to Pierre Desautels, who was born of the marriage of Thomas
+and Marie (Buisson) Desautels, of Malicerne, in the bishopric of
+Mans, France. Pierre Desautels married Marie Remy and to them was
+born Joseph Desautels at Montreal on the 29th of October, 1666.
+He married Marie Charlotte Chatillon, and they became the parents
+of a son, Michel, who was born at Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montreal,
+October 1, 1701. Michel Desautels married Louise Catherine
+Bergeron, and their son Michel was born at Sorel in 1727. He
+married Marie Charlotte Rondeau, and they became the parents of
+a son, Michel, who was born at St. Ours on the 11th of August,
+1759. To this Michel Desautels was born a son, Michel, at Beloeil
+in 1796. He married Josephte Morin, and their son Elzear was born
+at St. Jean Baptiste, November 25, 1827.<a class="pagenum" name="Page_364" id="Page_364">[364]</a> He was the father of
+our subject. His wife was Malvina Guertin, and their son Oscar
+was born at St. Jean Baptiste, April 26, 1872.</p>
+
+<p>Oscar Desautels pursued a classical course at the Petit Seminaire
+of Ste. Marie de Monnoir at Marieville and was graduated in June,
+1893, with the Bachelor of Arts degree. From 1893 to 1898 he
+studied law at St. Hyacinthe, in the office of Taché & Desautels,
+notaries. He was admitted to practice on September 10, 1898. On
+November 1st of that year he established himself as a notary at
+Montreal and in the evening kept an office in the town of St.
+Louis. His entrance into the legal profession and his first years
+thereafter were arduous but his ability, energy and honesty led
+him to success. During the first ten years—as is so often the
+case in professional careers—his clientele grew slowly. He was
+notary of the corporation of the town of St. Louis and also of
+the school commission of the various parishes of the town of St.
+Louis and is counsel for various other important institutions.
+He enjoys today a numerous and representative clientage which
+recruits itself largely from the old town of St. Louis, which
+is now the ward Laurier of the metropolis. Mr. Desautels is
+interested in various enterprises, largely along real estate
+lines, among which is La Compagnie Nationale d’Immeubles, of
+which he has always been one of the directors. He has interested
+himself actively in mutual societies and has held official
+positions in nearly all those societies established in the town
+of St. Louis.</p>
+
+<p>At Beloeil, on the 8th of June, 1903, Mr. Desautels was united
+in marriage to Miss Corine Bernard, a daughter of Elophe and
+Mathilde (Lafontaine) Bernard. To them have been born four
+children, Bernard, Robert, Thérèse and Bruno. Mr. Desautels gives
+his political allegiance to the liberal party and is treasurer
+of the Liberal Club of the town of St. Louis. He is an effective
+worker for his party, in which he enjoys great prestige. An
+excellent notary and public-spirited citizen, he is highly
+esteemed and respected by all who know him. As a notary he enjoys
+the highest reputation as to ability and integrity, and more and
+more important interests have come under his direction as the
+years have passed.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_H17" id="Idx_H17"></a>ZEPHIRIN HEBERT.</h3>
+
+<p>Zéphirin Hébert, president of the wholesale grocery firm of
+Hudon, Hébert & Company, Ltd., the leading concern of its kind
+in Canada, was born in Montreal, February 6, 1866, the son of
+Charles P. Hébert, who was the first president of the above
+mentioned firm. In 1883 Zéphirin Hébert became connected with the
+business of which he is now the head. In 1893 he was admitted
+as a partner. In 1906, on the incorporation of the company,
+he became assistant manager and a director. In 1908 he was
+elected to the office of vice president and in 1911 succeeded
+his brother, the late Albert Hébert, as president. For about
+twenty-five years he has been a member of the Montreal Board of
+Trade and since the 1st of February, 1913, he has served on the
+council of that body, and in December, 1913, was elected a member
+of the transportation bureau of that organization.</p>
+
+<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_365" id="Page_365">[365]</a></p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 327px;">
+<img src="images/image365.jpg" width="327" height="500" alt="ZEPHIRIN HEBERT" />
+<p class="caption">ZEPHIRIN HEBERT</p>
+</div>
+
+<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_367" id="Page_367">[367]</a></span></p>
+
+<p>Mr. Hébert is president of the Dominion Wholesale Grocers Guild,
+chairman of the prize committee for the province of Quebec,
+president of the Montreal Wholesale Grocers Guild, president of
+the Montreal Wholesale Liquor Association, treasurer and governor
+of Notre Dame Hospital, governor of the Montreal General Hospital
+and governor of Laval University. He is also a member of the
+Canada Club, the Montreal Jockey Club and L’Association St. Jean
+Baptiste.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Hébert married Miss Blanche Robidoux and their four children
+are, Marielle, Gertrude, Charles P. and Jacques R.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_O4" id="Idx_O4"></a>REV. WILLIAM O’MEARA.</h3>
+
+<p>A man of scholarly attainments, great force of personality and
+broadness of mind, Rev. William O’Meara has made these qualities
+the basis of many years of successful work as rector of St.
+Gabriel’s church in Montreal and in the promotion of the work
+along many lines in which the Catholic church is interested. He
+was born in Sherrington, Quebec province, May 6, 1857, and is one
+of twelve children born to the late Captain William and Judith
+(McManus) O’Meara, the former a native of Waterford, Ireland, who
+came to Canada in 1832.</p>
+
+<p>Rev. William O’Meara acquired his early education in the grammar
+schools of Sherrington, and later entered <a name="Err_35" id="Err_35"></a>the College of Ste.
+Thérèse, where he took a classical course, graduating with the
+degree of B. A. in 1880. He then entered Grand Seminary in
+Montreal, where he pursued his theological studies for three
+years and a half, being ordained to the Roman Catholic priesthood
+December 22, 1883. He was first made curate at St. Ann’s church
+in this city and was then transferred to St. Cecelia’s parish in
+Valleyfield, where he remained as assistant from 1884 to 1889.
+<a name="Err_36" id="Err_36"></a>In the latter year he came to St. Gabriel’s church, Montreal,
+and in January, 1890, was made rector, a position which he still
+holds. This parish was organized in 1873 as a mission from St.
+Henry’s parish and was made an independent congregation two years
+later. The first church was a wooden structure, presided over
+by Rev. John J. Salmon, and here services were held until 1891,
+Rev. Thomas McCarthy succeeding the first parish priest. The new
+church was started in 1891 by Father O’Meara and was completed
+in 1894, at a cost of one hundred and fifteen thousand dollars.
+It is a beautiful structure, built of limestone, in the Roman
+and Byzantine styles of architecture, having a capacity of one
+thousand people and the dimensions being one hundred and sixty
+by seventy feet. There is a main altar of white wood, a chancel
+rail of oak and stations of the cross which are fine specimens of
+work in terra cotta. Father O’Meara built in 1895 a parish house
+costing eleven thousand five hundred dollars, and the entire
+church property is valued at one hundred and fifty thousand
+dollars. The affairs of the congregation, which numbers eight
+hundred families, are administered in a capable and farsighted
+way, Father O’Meara having proven himself a reliable business
+man as well as an earnest and consecrated worker in the cause
+of religion. He is particularly interested in the schools of
+his parish and has now erected two excellent institutions of
+learning, which are conducted in connection with his church.
+These<a class="pagenum" name="Page_368" id="Page_368">[368]</a> are a school for boys, built at a cost of thirty-seven
+thousand dollars, and an academy for girls, representing a value
+of fifty-five thousand dollars.</p>
+
+<p>Father O’Meara was formerly a governor of the Catholic high
+school of Montreal and was on July 1, 1905, appointed a Catholic
+school commissioner. He was elected chairman of the commission in
+1910 and since that time has been accounted one of the prominent
+educators of the city as well as one of the greatest individual
+forces in the promotion of Catholic education. He has given a
+great deal of time and attention to this work and in 1907 was
+sent as a delegate to the Dublin International Exposition in
+order to study the national school systems of Ireland, France,
+England and Belgium. He is interested in the work of St.
+Gabriel’s Total Abstinence and Benefit Society, of which he is
+president, and he has recently been appointed honorary canon
+of the archdiocese of Montreal. He has, indeed, accomplished a
+great deal of important and constructive work among the people of
+his parish, and he holds their love in large measure, while he
+enjoys the confidence and respect of people of all denominations.
+He has demonstrated that the business affairs of St. Gabriel’s
+parish are in the hands of a farsighted, capable and energetic
+man, while his religious zeal is evidenced in his constant and
+untiring labor in the promulgation of the doctrines in which he
+believes. He is widely and favorably known in Montreal and has
+earned mention by the Montreal Gazette as “a broad-minded, well
+informed, energetic and popular priest.”</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_B8" id="Idx_B8"></a>LOUIS BEAUDOIN.</h3>
+
+<p>In commercial circles of Montreal, Louis Beaudoin is widely known
+as president of Beaudoin Limited, accountants and auditors. Louis
+Beaudoin of this review occupies the executive position in this
+firm, and Gérant L. M. Philéas Beaudoin is secretary-treasurer.
+They maintain offices at 33 Notre Dame Street West and have been
+eminently successful in their line, enjoying an extensive and
+important clientage. Louis Beaudoin was born August 29, 1869, in
+Repentigny, L’Assomption county, Quebec, and is a son of Pierre
+and Melina (Lachapelle dit Jeannotte) Beaudoin, the former a well
+known agriculturist of Repentigny. The paternal grandparents
+of our subject were Pierre and Adelaide (Rochon) Beaudoin, the
+former also a farmer of Repentigny. The great-grandfather, Jean
+Baptiste Beaudoin, also followed that occupation at the same
+place. The maternal grandfather, Pierre Lachapelle, was an
+agriculturist of Mascouche. The Beaudoin family is historically
+known in two variations, that of Baudoin and Bodin. The earliest
+record of a member of this family goes back to Alexis Beaudoin,
+born in 1694, who on November 27, 1720, married at Ste. Croix,
+Angeline Houde and had seven children. Of these his son Louis
+married Louise Barrat, at Montreal, on May 6, 1748, this being
+the first mention of the family in Montreal archives.</p>
+
+<p>Louis Beaudoin acquired his education in the College de
+L’Assomption and began his career in the grocery business,
+also being connected with butchering and merchandising. He
+subsequently became president of Beaudoin Limited and has since
+given his entire attention to the extension of the interests of<a class="pagenum" name="Page_369" id="Page_369">[369]</a>
+that firm. Recently a line of Assyrian products has been added.
+Natural ability and keen observation of existing conditions make
+him eminent in his profession, and he is today recognized as one
+of the foremost men in his line in Montreal.</p>
+
+<p>On February 4, 1889, Mr. Beaudoin was united in marriage to
+Evelina Legault dit Deslaurier, a daughter of Jean Baptiste
+Legault dit Deslaurier. The father for many years has been
+connected with commercial interests. Mr. and Mrs. Beaudoin have
+the following children: Philéas, Coramance, Armand, Honoré,
+Adrien, Aurélien, Albert, Adolphe, Laurent, Amedée, Eveline and
+Clément Marcel. In his political views Mr. Beaudoin is a liberal,
+stanchly upholding the principles of his party. Although he has
+never cared to participate in public life he has done much toward
+promoting worthy public enterprises. He is a valued citizen of
+Montreal, prominent in commercial circles and effective in his
+private capacity in furthering the interests of the city, where
+he has been so long and so successfully engaged in business.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_D9" id="Idx_D9"></a>THOMAS J. DAWSON.</h3>
+
+<p>“Not the good that comes to us but the good that comes to the
+world through us is the measure of our success.” Judged by this
+standard, Thomas J. Dawson was a most successful man. His life
+measured up to the standard which all men acknowledge good.
+His record was as an open book which all might read and there
+were many who bore testimony to his kindness of heart and his
+generous spirit manifest in active effort for the alleviation of
+hard conditions of life for the unfortunate and for practical
+improvement along the line of civic and moral reform. Mr. Dawson
+was born at Knockmanoul, Ireland, April 29, 1843, and spent his
+early life in Dublin and Belfast. His parents, Rev. Abram and
+Anne (Graham) Dawson, were both natives of the Emerald isle.
+The father was a minister of the Methodist Episcopal church and
+coming from Ireland to the new world engaged in preaching in
+Ontario near Kingston. Thomas J. Dawson came to Canada in 1864
+and spent several years at Sydenham and Guelph, Ontario. In
+1870 he arrived in Montreal, from which date until his death he
+was actively engaged in commercial pursuits. For fifteen years
+prior to his demise he was connected with the custom service and
+during the latter part of that period was the appraiser in the
+postoffice department.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Dawson was a splendid type of the Irish gentleman,
+possessing native wit and humor and scattering cheer wherever
+he went. His geniality and cordiality ever made him popular in
+social circles and his friends were almost as numerous as his
+acquaintances. His spirit of benevolence was one of his strongly
+developed characteristics and, again and again, found expression
+in tangible effort for the benefit of others. He was deeply
+interested in the Irish Protestant Benevolent Society, was a life
+governor of the Montreal Homeopathic Hospital, was for years
+secretary of the Old Brewery Mission and was an active member
+of the Westmount Methodist church, which numbered him among its
+earnest, helpful workers. Any movement tending to bring about
+civic or moral reform received his indorsement and cooperation.
+In 1866, upon its organization, he became a member of the Young
+Men’s Christian Association, retaining his membership<a class="pagenum" name="Page_370" id="Page_370">[370]</a> until his
+death, and to the support of which he contributed liberally. He
+gave, too, of his time and efforts for its upbuilding and always
+took a most active interest in young men, realizing how necessary
+are uplifting influences in the plastic age. Life was to him
+purposeful and fraught with opportunity for good, which he did
+not neglect, and when he passed away October 21, 1910, he left
+behind him a memory that is a benediction to all who knew him.</p>
+
+<p>In 1876 Mr. Dawson was married to Miss Louisa Holland, daughter
+of George A. Holland, who came from Ireland as a young man
+and was the active head of the G. A. Holland & Son Company,
+dealers in wall paper, established by him in 1843. He built
+up that business to large proportions and remained in close
+identification therewith until his demise. His wife, who bore
+the maiden name of Marian Hutchins, was a native of Canada. He
+was one of the volunteer firemen of Montreal at an early day and
+he passed away in this city in July, 1882. Mr. and Mrs. Dawson
+had three children: Ralph H. of Montreal; Arthur B. of Calgary;
+and Mabel L., the wife of R. Macaulay Cushing, and they have two
+children, Dorothy M. and Arthur M.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_R10" id="Idx_R10"></a>LOUIS ALFRED ADHEMAR RIVET.</h3>
+
+<p>“A man of ideas; a man with a future; a coming man,” is the
+way the Toronto Globe describes Louis Alfred Adhemar Rivet, of
+Montreal, and all who have come in contact with him during the
+course of his brilliant and successful career as a barrister
+and legislator fully concur in this opinion, adding also that
+he is one of the most able members of his profession in Quebec
+province, a distinguished statesman and one of the greatest
+of the younger generation of French Canadians. He was born in
+Joliette, Quebec, on the 15th of September, 1873, and is a son of
+Charles and Herminie (Michaud) Rivet, of French Canadian origin.</p>
+
+<p>In the acquirement of an education Mr. Rivet attended Joliette
+College and Laval University, from which institution he was
+graduated B. A. in 1892 and LL. B. in 1895, in the same year
+being called to the bar as advocate. He was made king’s
+counsel in 1906 and for a number of years has been practicing
+successfully in Montreal, where he is ranked among brilliant
+and forceful barristers. For a time he was associated with the
+late C. Beausoleil, M. P., but the death of the latter severed
+this connection and subsequently he became associated with other
+firms, the present one being Rivet, Glass & Sullivan. He is
+recognized as a strong and able practitioner, a barrister whose
+knowledge of underlying legal principles is comprehensive and
+exact and whose application of points of law is always correct
+and logical. His keen and incisive mind grasps quickly all
+the details of the most intricate case, seizes upon the most
+telling points and arguments, and his presentations are models
+of conciseness and accuracy. Mr. Rivet has thus won distinction
+in his chosen profession and has secured a representative
+clientage in Montreal connecting him with a great deal of
+notable litigation. He has been interested and active in affairs
+affecting the Montreal bar, his ability being widely recognized
+in professional circles.</p>
+
+<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_371" id="Page_371">[371]</a></p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 330px;">
+<img src="images/image371.jpg" width="330" height="500" alt="L. A. RIVET" />
+<p class="caption">L. A. RIVET</p>
+</div>
+
+<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_373" id="Page_373">[373]</a></span></p>
+
+<p>As is often the case, Mr. Rivet’s success in law has carried with
+it prominence in politics and his interest in the growth and
+welfare of the province has carried him forward into important
+political relations. At the bi-election of 1904 he was returned
+to the house of commons and, representing Hochelaga in that body,
+served with ability and distinction until 1911. During this time
+he accomplished a great deal of constructive and important work
+in statesmanship, leaving the impress of his personality and
+standards upon useful, and beneficial legislation, his vote and
+influence being always on the side of right, reform and progress.
+A stanch liberal, Mr. Rivet has always supported the principles
+and policies of that party and has been one of the greatest
+individual forces in its expansion in Montreal, where he founded
+the St. Gabriel Liberal Club, of which he served as president
+in 1898. He has been a director of the Montreal Reform Club. He
+calls himself an imperialist and is one in the sense that the
+greatness of the empire depends to a great extent on the fair
+development of the colonies. He is, however, a stanch advocate
+of Canadian customs and institutions and has done as much as
+any one man in the Dominion to promote their spread and growth.
+Although of French Canadian extraction he speaks English fluently
+and often addressed the house of commons in that language.
+In a lecture on the dual language of Canada delivered before
+the Nomads’ Club in 1909 he advocated Canada as a bi-lingual
+nation and he has done much to promote the fusion of the two
+great nations which dominate the country. He also addressed the
+Canadian Club in Ontario, advocating closer relations between the
+two races, in view of national unity.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Rivet married in January, 1898, Mlle. Rose Cypihot and both
+are widely and favorably known in social circles of Montreal.
+Their children are: Gaston, born June 23, 1901; Marguerite,
+January 10, 1904; and Gerard, January 24, 1906.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Rivet has extensive and important club affiliations,
+belonging to the Club St. Denis, the Club Canadien de Montreal
+and the Reform Club, and socially is found to be genial, charming
+and constantly courteous. In his profession he has made continued
+and rapid advancement and his accomplishments in the political
+field have been substantial and far-reaching, so that he is well
+entitled to a high place among the representative and useful
+citizens of the city where he makes his home.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_C17" id="Idx_C17"></a>JOSEPH ALCIDE CHAUSSE.</h3>
+
+<p>Since 1900 Joseph Alcide Chaussé has filled the important
+position of superintendent of buildings and city architect of
+Montreal and in that position has established for himself an
+enjoyable reputation. He is one of the foremost men in the
+profession, not only in the city, but in the Dominion and
+recognition has come to him from numerous national as well as
+foreign societies. Alcide Chaussé was born at St. Sulpice,
+Assumption county, Quebec, Canada, on January 7, 1868, a son of
+Edouard and Rose de Lima (Rivet) Chaussé, both natives of St.
+Sulpice, Quebec. The father, a prominent lumberman there and
+ex-alderman of the city of Montreal, died on March 15, 1909,
+the mother having preceded him in death, passing away on July
+20, 1896. The Chaussé family is of ancient lineage and one<a class="pagenum" name="Page_374" id="Page_374">[374]</a>
+of the old-established ones in the province of Quebec. Pierre
+Chaussé, le Chaudronnier (the brazier), was born in 1630 and was
+established at St. Anne de la Parade as early as 1681. Pierre
+Chaussé, another of the name, called la Lumière, was born in
+1651, a son of Jean and Catherine (Groleau) Chaussé. He married
+Marie Madeleine Sel au Deselles on April 24, 1681, and they had
+five children. These are among the earliest ancestors of Mr.
+Chaussé recorded in Canadian history.</p>
+
+<p>Alcide Chaussé received his fundamental education at St. Mary’s
+Academy in Montreal. He studied architecture with the late
+Alphonse Raza, of Montreal, from the 3d of March, 1884, to
+the 14th of March, 1887. From the 17th of March of that year
+until July 24, 1889, he was in Chicago, perfecting himself in
+the profession, and was admitted to practice in 1888. On the
+20th of November, 1889, he opened an office for the practice
+of architecture at Montreal and continued with ever increasing
+success until May 21, 1900, when he was appointed to his present
+important position. A wide and comprehensive knowledge fits him
+particularly for this work and Mr. Chaussé has been in a large
+measure responsible for the upbuilding of the city along lines of
+the “plan beautiful.” He also holds the position of commissioner
+of the superior court for the district of Montreal and that of
+justice of the peace for the same district.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Chaussé is a charter member of the Province of Quebec
+Association of Architects, of which he served as president in
+1906. In 1907 he was the promoter of and since its inception
+is, honorary secretary and a member of the Royal Architectural
+Institute of Canada; is an associate of the Canadian and American
+Societies of Civil Engineers; a member of La Chambre Syndicale
+de la Construction; a member of the Board of Plumbers’ Examiners
+in Montreal; chairman of the committee on fire prevention
+of the American Society of Municipal Improvements; a member
+of the American Public Health Association; a member of the
+council of Le Comité Permanent des Congrès Internationaux des
+Architectes; member of the British Fire Prevention Committee;
+corresponding member of La Société Centrale des Architectes
+Français; the American Institute of Architects; La Société
+Centrale d’Architecture de Belgique; La Société Nationale des
+Architectes de France; Architekten-Verein at Berlin, Germany;
+Sociedad Central de Architectos, Madrid, Spain; and the Society
+of Portuguese Architects. He is a member of the council of
+the Antiquarian and Numismatic Society. Mr. Chaussé has been
+awarded gold, silver and bronze medals by various architectural
+societies for technical papers and lectures. He was a member of
+the International Congress of Architects held at Paris in 1900;
+at Madrid, in 1904; and London, England, in 1906; and of the
+International Fire Prevention Congress, held at London in 1903;
+a delegate to the Sixth Commercial Congress of the Empire, held
+at London, in 1906. In 1907 he conceived the project for the
+Institute of Architects of Canada. He is the author of several
+articles on fire prevention and fire protection; of the “Building
+Inspector’s Handbook,” published in 1902; the “Code of Building
+Laws of the Province of Quebec,” published in 1906; the “Handbook
+of Building Laws of Montreal”; and the “Supplement to the Code
+of Building Laws,” published in 1913, all of them published in
+English and French.</p>
+
+<p>At Ste. Bridgide’s church, Montreal, on Saturday, September
+8, 1894, Mr. Chaussé was united in marriage to Miss Rose de
+Lima Renaud, a daughter of Cyrille Renaud and Rose de Lima
+(Favreau) Renaud, both of Montreal. The<a class="pagenum" name="Page_375" id="Page_375">[375]</a> father is a well known
+manufacturers’ agent of this city. Mr. and Mrs. Chaussé have
+two sons: Marcel, who was born July 7, 1902, and Fernand, born
+December 29, 1904. Mr. and Mrs. Chaussé are members of the
+Blessed Sacrament Congregation, Church of the Holy Sacrament, on
+Mount Royal Avenue.</p>
+
+<p>The political views of Mr. Chaussé coincide with the principles
+of the conservative party. He is a member of Le Club Canadien of
+Montreal, a member of L’Alliance Nationale, of which he served
+as grand marshal; and a member of the Association of St. Jean
+Baptiste, of which he has been president of Ste. Bridgide’s
+Section. He was also president of the Cêrcle Jeanne D’Arc of
+L’Alliance Nationale. Fraternally he is a member of the Knights
+of Columbus. Mr. Chaussé finds recreation in curling and is a
+member of the St. Lawrence Curling Club of Montreal. His city
+residence is at No. 1433 St. Hubert Street, while the summer home
+of the family is Villa Iris, Sault-au-Recollet.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_D7" id="Idx_D7"></a>MORTIMER BARNETT DAVIS.</h3>
+
+<p>Manufacturing interests of Montreal find a prominent
+representative in Mortimer Barnett Davis, one of the leaders in
+the tobacco trade of the Dominion, being active in the management
+of an enterprise of mammoth proportions. It is true that he
+entered upon a business already established, but in enlarging and
+developing this many a man of less resolute spirit and of more
+limited business sagacity would have failed. Each step he has
+taken in the business world has been one of progress, bringing
+him a broader outlook and wider opportunities.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Davis was born February 6, 1866, in Montreal, a son of Samuel
+and Minnie (Falk) Davis, the former the founder of the firm of
+Samuel Davis & Sons, manufacturers and importers of cigars at
+Montreal. Mortimer B. Davis completed his education in the high
+school of his native city and early became associated with his
+father in business, receiving thorough training that acquainted
+him with every phase of the trade. He went upon the road as a
+traveling salesman and eventually was advanced to the position
+of manager after the firm had acquired the D. Ritchie Tobacco
+factory. He controlled the business most systematically and,
+finally, when it had been absorbed by the formation of the
+American Tobacco Company of Canada in 1895, he became president
+of the company and so continues. Later he gave to the country
+a great national industry in the Empire Tobacco Company, which
+is a branch of the Imperial Tobacco Company of Canada. He was
+largely instrumental in establishing a permanent market for
+Canada leaf tobacco and promoting trade interests in his line
+between this and other lands. Something of the volume of business
+under his control is indicated in the fact that there are now
+three thousand workmen in his factories. No undertaking in
+connection with the tobacco trade seems too difficult or its
+scope too broad for him to successfully manage and control. Every
+effort which he puts forth seems to count for the utmost and
+obstacles and difficulties in his path seem but an impetus for
+renewed concentration and direction. His opinions carry weight
+in the management of other important financial, commercial and
+agricultural interests.</p>
+
+<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_376" id="Page_376">[376]</a></p>
+
+<p>On the 12th of June, 1898, Mr. Davis was married to Miss
+Henrietta Myers, and they have one son. Mr. Davis belongs to the
+Royal Montreal Golf Club, and also holds membership in the Mount
+Royal, St. James, Montreal Hunt and Montreal Jockey Clubs, the
+Auto Club of Canada and the Forest and Stream Club, associations
+which indicate something of the nature of his interests and
+activities and which have brought about a well rounded character,
+justifying the expression of the Gazette, which termed him “a man
+of strength, vigor, capacity and wisdom.”</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_P11" id="Idx_P11"></a>RENE ALPHONSE JOSEPH PIGEON.</h3>
+
+<p>René Alphonse Joseph Pigeon, patent solicitor of Montreal,
+member of the firm of Pigeon, Pigeon & Davis, was born at
+Billingsbridge, near Ottawa, on the 11th of July, 1890. The
+ancestral line can be traced back to Pierre Pigeon, who was
+born in 1636 and was married in Montreal to Jeanne Godart, who
+was born in 1638. Their marriage occurred in 1662, twenty years
+after the foundation of Montreal. Representatives of succeeding
+generations have lived in or near Montreal, some going to
+Laprairie and others to Verchères. The father, Hormisdas Honoré
+Pigeon, was born at Verchères, in Verchères county, P. Q., and
+after having lived for some years in the United States removed to
+Ottawa, where he has now been engaged in business for more than
+thirty years. He married Marie Tremblay who was born at Baie St.
+Paul, Charlevoix county, and was married in 1889. The Tremblays
+were among the earliest settlers of that section.</p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 277px;">
+<img src="images/image377.jpg" width="277" height="400" alt="RENE A. J. PIGEON" />
+<p class="caption">RENE A. J. PIGEON</p>
+</div>
+
+<p>René Alphonse J. Pigeon was a student in the University
+of Ottawa, completing his studies there in 1907. He
+afterward studied mechanics and electricity and entered
+upon his professional career as draftsman in the office of
+<a name="Err_37" id="Err_37"></a>Fetherstonhaugh, Dennison & Blackmore, patent solicitors at
+Ottawa. After a year he was promoted to the position of manager
+of their Ottawa office and was in the employ of that firm
+for four years. In 1912 he left them to establish himself in
+business in Montreal as a member of the present firm of Pigeon,
+Pigeon & Davis. Previous experience and thorough collegiate
+and professional training have well qualified him for the
+responsibilities, activities and duties of the profession. He
+is a typical young man of the age, alert, enterprising and
+progressive and is now at the head of a large, growing and
+successful business.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_D34" id="Idx_D34"></a>REV. JOSEPH N. O. DUPUIS, D. D., D. C. L.</h3>
+
+<p>In the life of the Catholic church of Canada Rev. Joseph Nazaire
+Odilon Dupuis occupies a foremost position as inspector and
+visitor of a number of parish schools which are attended by over
+thirty thousand children. He was chosen to this important office
+in 1913 by twenty-seven school commissions in Montreal which
+are formed into an association, and has done fruitful work in
+promoting education in the city.</p>
+
+<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_377" id="Page_377">[377]</a></p>
+
+<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_379" id="Page_379">[379]</a></span></p>
+
+<p>Rev. Dupuis was born at Montreal on the 16th of December, 1871,
+and is a son of Nazaire Dupuis, founder of the commercial house
+of Dupuis Frères, and of Alphonsine (St. Onge) Dupuis. He pursued
+his classical studies at the College of Montreal and in June,
+1890, entered ecclesiastical orders. He was ordained priest
+by Monseigneur Fabre on August 30, 1896. From 1896 to 1899 he
+studied at the Canadian College of Rome, Italy, returning from
+there with the degree of Doctor of Theology, bestowed by the
+propaganda in 1898, and the degree of Doctor of Canon Law,
+bestowed in 1899 by Apollinaire College. From 1899 to 1900 he
+studied at the Catholic Institute of Paris and at the Sorbonne.
+In the latter year he returned to Canada, becoming vicar of the
+Church of St. Jacques at Montreal, where he remained until 1902,
+when he was attached to the congregation St. Louis de France,
+remaining until 1904. He was appointed almoner of the Convent of
+the Sisters of the Sacred Heart of the Sault au Récollet, where
+he remained for about nine years. At the same time he acted as
+chaplain at the Crèche of the Sisters of Miséricorde. In 1913
+he was chosen by twenty-seven school commissions of Montreal,
+formed into an association, as a visitor and inspector of all
+the schools under the control of these commissions, having under
+his jurisdiction thirty thousand children divided over forty
+different parishes and eighty-two schools. Rev. Dupuis was one of
+the founders of Lafontaine Council of the Knights of Columbus. He
+is life governor of Notre Dame Hospital and is professor at Laval
+University and the author of several lecture papers. He has been
+heard as a preacher in nearly all of the churches of Montreal.
+Rev. Dupuis is a great lover of fine arts and literature and
+spent his last holidays in Italy and Spain, paying especial
+attention to the masterpieces of those countries.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_H21" id="Idx_H21"></a>HARRY HAYWARD HENSHAW.</h3>
+
+<p>Harry Hayward Henshaw, whose name was well known in electrical
+circles died in Montreal, his native city, May 15, 1908. He was
+born in 1865, a son of Joshua Henshaw, who for many years was
+paymaster with the Grand Trunk Railway. His mother bore the
+maiden name of Jane Fayrer and in the family were two sons and a
+daughter: Charles G., now living in Vancouver; Harry Hayward; and
+Lady Williams Taylor.</p>
+
+<p>After pursuing his education in Montreal schools, Harry Hayward
+Henshaw obtained a position with the Grand Trunk Railway
+and afterward spent twenty years with the Royal Electric
+Company, gaining intimate and comprehensive knowledge of the
+various phases of the business, during the two decades of his
+identification therewith. When the Royal Electric Company became
+a part of the amalgamation forming the Montreal Light, Heat
+& Power Company he became secretary and treasurer of the new
+company, remaining thus for many years, on the expiration of
+which period he became manager of the Allis-Chalmers Company,
+manufacturers of electric machinery. He had been with them
+for only a few months when ill health forced him to resign.
+Throughout almost the entire period of his business career he
+was connected with electrical interests and came to be a leading
+figure in electrical circles.</p>
+
+<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_380" id="Page_380">[380]</a></p>
+
+<p>In Montreal in 1895 Mr. Henshaw was married to Florence Thompson
+Christie, a daughter of Peter M. and Margaret (Thompson)
+Christie, the latter being a daughter of Edward Thompson, a
+prominent citizen of Montreal serving as alderman from the Centre
+ward and rendering the city much valuable service. He was mainly
+instrumental in the widening of Notre Dame Street during his term
+of office, and in recognition of his efforts for this work he was
+publicly presented with a handsome silver service on Christmas
+Day, 1859. The paternal grandfather of Mrs. Henshaw, William
+Christie, came to this city at an early day and was active in the
+soap manufacturing business until late in life when he retired.
+He was a prominent church man, being for forty years an elder in
+St. Paul’s church. To Mr. and Mrs. Henshaw was born a daughter,
+Margaret Fayrer. Mr. Henshaw was a member of St. James Club,
+Forest and Stream Club, and the Royal St. Lawrence Yacht Club. He
+belonged to the English Cathedral church and was interested in
+all that pertained to the city’s development and progress, along
+material, social and moral lines. His life measured up to high
+standards of manhood and citizenship and commanded for him the
+respect, confidence and good-will of those who knew him.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_C30" id="Idx_C30"></a>GEORGE CREAK.</h3>
+
+<p>George Creak, senior member of the firm of Creak, Cushing
+& Hodgson, chartered accountants, was born and educated in
+London, England. His parents were George and Maria Creak, of
+Clapham, London. For many years he was secretary and treasurer
+of the Merchants Cotton Company, began practice as a chartered
+accountant in 1895 and is now at the head of the above firm.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Creak is a member of the Association of Accountants of
+Montreal and is a fellow of the Dominion Association of Chartered
+Accountants. He is a Freeman of the city of London and is a
+member of the Goldsmiths’ Company, as were his father and
+grandfather before him. Mr. Creak belongs to the Anglican church
+and is a member of the Mount Royal Club, the Canada Club, the Art
+Association of Montreal, the Montreal Hunt Club, and the Board of
+Trade.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_F1" id="Idx_F1"></a>WILLIAM ERNEST FINDLAY.</h3>
+
+<p>Since entering business life William Ernest Findlay has devoted
+his attention uninterruptedly to the insurance profession, and
+his success is due to his close application, indefatigable
+energy and thorough understanding of every phase of the business
+in which he has so long been engaged. Montreal claims him as a
+native citizen, his birth having here occurred April 26, 1867,
+his parents being Captain Jonathan D. G. Findlay, R. N. and
+Mary (Forbes) Findlay, both now deceased. The son acquired his
+education in the model and private schools and, as previously
+stated, became connected with the insurance profession upon his
+entrance into business life. He was manager and inspector of
+the Northern Life Insurance Company and in 1906 was advanced
+to the position of general secretary,<a class="pagenum" name="Page_381" id="Page_381">[381]</a> which he later resigned
+to devote his entire attention to his other interests. In his
+connection with the Northern Life he did much to shape the
+policy of the company and direct its activities, and its success
+is attributable in considerable measure to his efforts, sound
+judgment and ready understanding of the different phases of the
+business. He is now chief agent for Canada of the Niagara Fire
+Insurance Company of New York, and also for the province of
+Quebec for the Springfield Fire and Marine Insurance Company and
+is an authority on fire prevention and underwriting.</p>
+
+<p>On the 8th of February, 1897, Mr. Findlay was married to Laura
+Brockwill Grier, a daughter of William Grier, of Montreal,
+in which city they have since resided. Mr. Findlay has an
+interesting military chapter in his life record, having in 1891
+been appointed second lieutenant of the Sixth Regiment Fusiliers.
+The following year brought him advancement to the rank of captain
+and in 1904 he became a member of the Corps Reserve. He holds a
+first class certificate from the Royal School of Infantry. He is
+a justice of the peace and commissioner of the superior court.
+He is a life member of Royal Victoria Lodge, No. 57, A. F. & A.
+M., and a director of the Montreal Amateur Athletic Association.
+He is honorary secretary-treasurer of the Canadian branch of the
+Royal Caledonian Curling Club and has always been much interested
+in athletic affairs.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_E9" id="Idx_E9"></a>WALTER NORTON EVANS.</h3>
+
+<p>Church activities vied with business interests in claiming the
+attention and energies of Walter Norton Evans, who died on the
+23d of October, 1896. He was born at Wolverhampton, England, in
+1837, and after pursuing his education there, came as a young
+man to Canada. His father, Samuel Norton Evans, also a native of
+England, crossed the Atlantic to the American continent and spent
+the last years of his life in retirement in Guelph, Ontario. In
+business circles Walter N. Evans made for himself a creditable
+place. He became cashier of the firm of Frothingham & Workman,
+and was one of the executives of the Thomas Workman building.
+His identification with the above interests covered a period
+of nearly a third of a century. His name became a synonym for
+reliability as well as energy in business circles. Men came to
+know that they could depend upon him, that what he promised he
+would do and that he would improve his opportunities not only for
+his own benefit but for the welfare of those things in which he
+was concerned.</p>
+
+<p>In 1864 Mr. Evans was married in Montreal to Miss Nora Hunter,
+a daughter of the Rev. Stephenson Hunter, a minister of the
+Unitarian church of England. They became parents of five
+children: Nevil Norton Evans, professor of chemistry in McGill
+University; Mabel Norton, who is Mrs. George. C. Wright, of
+Ottawa; Dr. Percy Norton Evans, professor of chemistry in Purdue
+University, at Lafayette, Indiana; Lillian Norton, the wife of
+Professor Henry Martyn MacKay, head of the civil engineering
+department at McGill University; and Miss Gladys Norton Evans, at
+home.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Evans was deeply interested in affairs of public moment,
+kept well informed concerning the claims of vital interest and
+gave his indorsement to many<a class="pagenum" name="Page_382" id="Page_382">[382]</a> measures that are a matter of
+civic virtue and civic pride. For many years he was prominently
+and actively connected with the Unitarian church and for a long
+period served as superintendent of its Sunday school. High were
+the ideals which his life activities embodied and the name which
+he left to posterity is an honored one.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_D4" id="Idx_D4"></a>HON. LAURENT OLIVIER DAVID.</h3>
+
+<p>Hon. Laurent Olivier David, senator and journalist, possesses
+a statesmanlike grasp of affairs that has enabled him to
+handle important public questions in a manner that has largely
+influenced public opinion. Prominent and active, however, as he
+has been in the field of journalism and in politics, literature
+is perhaps his real life work and his writings will endure for
+years to come, especially the important historical volumes of
+which he is the author. A native of Sault au Récollet, Quebec, he
+was born March 24, 1840, a son of Major Stanislas and Elizabeth
+(Tremblay) David. He pursued his education in St. Therese College
+and after thorough preparation for law practice was called to
+the bar in 1864. While yet a law student he entered the field
+of newspaper publication in the founding of Le Colonisateur,
+to which he was a contributor. He would undoubtedly have won
+prominence in the practice of law had he continued in that
+field, but the trend of his mind was rather for the discussion
+of public questions of vital significance and far-reaching
+importance. He was particularly interested in the question of
+the impending confederation which so altered the destiny of the
+Dominion. It was during the period of his early manhood that he
+became associated with Sir Wilfrid Laurier, and the friendship
+then formed between them has since existed. There was little
+indication at that period to show that Laurier, the young lawyer,
+who was forced to practice the most rigid economy, would in
+future years, as prime minister, guide the destinies of his
+country. Long after he had risen to prominence Mr. David became
+his biographer, his history of the eminent liberal leader being
+marked by delicate sympathy, inner knowledge and keen and subtle
+appreciation of character.</p>
+
+<p>Continuing his activity in the journalistic field, Mr. David,
+in 1870, established and became chief editor of an illustrated
+weekly called L’Opinion Publique, which he left because he
+objected to the paper’s supporting the government on the question
+of the Pacific scandal. He made in that circumstance an important
+sacrifice of his personal interest. In this enterprise he was
+associated with Messrs. Mousseau and Desbarats. In 1874, in
+association with the late C. Beausoleil, M. P., he established Le
+Bien Public, which he discontinued when the Mackenzie government
+refused to raise the tariff more than a relatively small per
+cent, which Mr. David thought insufficient in view of the
+financial crisis then prevailing. His newspaper career as well
+as his natural interest brought him into close connection with
+the important political and other significant questions of the
+day, and his discussion thereof through the columns of the press
+did not a little in formulating public policy. His presentation
+of any subject was always clear and cogent. There was a piquant
+and compelling force in his style, and the development of his
+native powers and talents in the field of literature<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_385" id="Page_385">[385]</a></span> has made
+him one of Canada’s foremost representatives in authorship.
+During the brief interval between two epochs in his newspaper
+publication he acted as translator and assistant clerk of the
+votes and deliberations of the house of commons during the
+Mackenzie regime. This was the initial step of his activity in
+public office. He resigned the position in 1878 and afterward
+successfully practiced his profession in Montreal. In May, 1892,
+Mr. David was called to the office of city clerk of Montreal and
+was one of the revisers who drafted a new charter for the city in
+1898.</p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 354px;">
+<img src="images/image383.jpg" width="354" height="500" alt="HON. LAURENT O. DAVID" />
+<p class="caption">HON. LAURENT O. DAVID</p>
+</div>
+
+<p>In the meantime he was taking an active part in the discussion of
+many questions relative to the provincial and national welfare.
+Originally a supporter of the conservative party, he withdrew
+therefrom to join L’Union Nationale, an organization of young
+men pledged to oppose the confederacy of the provinces. Later
+he joined the liberal party under Dorion, Holton and Laflamme
+and was in full accord with their policy on all questions save
+that of protection to native industries, which he had always
+favored. For many years he has been an unswerving supporter
+of Sir Wilfrid Laurier, enjoying his personal friendship and
+political confidence in a supreme degree. In 1867 and 1875
+he unsuccessfully contested Hochelaga (local) at the general
+election, and in 1878 contested Hochelaga for the house of
+commons, while in 1891 he contested Montreal East for the house
+of commons. He sat for Montreal East in the legislature from 1886
+until 1890, when he retired because he was not entirely in accord
+with the policy of Mr. Mercier, his local leader. On the 19th of
+June, 1903, he was called to the senate by Lord Minto and has
+since taken an active part in shaping the legislative history
+of the country along the lines of progressive statesmanship.
+He moved the address in reply to the speech from the throne in
+1905, and his speech was highly appreciated by the whole Canadian
+press. He has since moved on the subject of senate reform and on
+the subject of concerted measures for the restriction in Canada
+of indecent and immoral literature, and other subjects of vital
+interest to the general public. He declined appointment to the
+lieutenant governorship of the Northwest and it is said that he
+would have been appointed judge if he had been willing to accept
+the charge. He was also offered a judgeship in Montreal and
+refused.</p>
+
+<p>It would be difficult to determine which has been the most
+important feature in the life record of the Hon. Laurent O.
+David. Much of his time has been devoted to authorship, in which
+field he has had marked influence aside from that which he has
+exerted in journalism. From his pen have come various important
+historical works, the titles and dates of publication being as
+follows: Biographies et Portraits (1876); Le Heros de Chateauguay
+(1883); Les Patriotes de 1837-8 (1884); Mes Contemporains (1894);
+Les Deux Papineau (1896), <a name="Err_38" id="Err_38"></a>Le Clergé Canadien (do.), condemned
+at Rome and placed on the Index because of the strong position
+which he took against the intervention of the priest in political
+matters; L’Union de Deux Canadas 1841-67 (1898); Le Drapeau de
+Carillon, a drama (1901); Laurier et son Temps (1905); Histoire
+du Canada depuis la Confédération; and Souvenirs et Biographies
+(1910). He has also lately published biographies of Charles Le
+Moyne and of his illustrious sons, d’Iberville, de Bienville,
+etc. These biographies first appeared in La Presse but will later
+be issued in book form. He has frequently addressed the public
+from the platform on such important subjects as National Unity,
+A Page of Canadian<a class="pagenum" name="Page_386" id="Page_386">[386]</a> History, etc., and is recognized as one of
+Canada’s most graceful and instructive writers as well as a much
+admired public speaker. The Toronto Club has characterized him as
+“a man of fine literary attainments and high views of national
+life” and the Toronto News wrote of him, “a man of sincere and
+enlightened views, excellent abilities and thoroughly informed
+upon public questions.”</p>
+
+<p>Mr. David was married in 1868 to Mlle. Albina Chenet, who died
+in July, 1887. In 1892 he wedded Mlle. Ludivine Garceau. His
+children numbered one son and nine daughters. Next to his home,
+he holds dear the public interests and is prominently identified
+with the Society for the Protection of Women and Children of
+the province of Quebec. He is deeply and helpfully interested
+in all measures which seek the betterment of the community, and
+endeavors to shape the public welfare according to the highest
+ideals. He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and a
+knight of the Legion of Honor of France, having been appointed
+in 1911. He has deep attachment for the institutions of his
+native land, and it has been said of him that “next to his love
+of Canada is his love for the flag which protects him and his
+race in all that they hold dear and precious.” He often gives
+expression to his admiration for the English constitution and
+does not cease to repeat that it is the most perfect political
+system of government made by man. He has membership in the
+Canadian Club and in the Roman Catholic church. From early
+life he has been deeply interested in the conservation of the
+French language and customs, especially since the opening of
+the Northwest, which event seemed to threaten the extinction
+of the French-Canadians by foreign populations. Accordingly he
+associated himself with St. Jean Baptiste and other national
+societies, and it was as president of St. Jean Baptiste Society
+that he labored to erect the Monument National. Although
+considered a sincere patriot by his countrymen his patriotism
+is not narrow, and he is always ready to admire what is done by
+other people for the advancement and honor of their nationality.
+He often repeats that the existence of different nationalities
+in a country is an element of progress and civilization and that
+Canada cannot but benefit by the work along different lines of
+the representatives of two of the greatest nations of the world;
+that the maintenance of French nationality does not conflict with
+the keeping of British institutions. In his present position
+as city clerk of Montreal he has displayed admirable fitness
+resulting from habits of precision and wide knowledge of the
+civic situation, combined with the courtesy, urbanity and quiet
+dignity which have ever been among his marked characteristics. He
+has enjoyed widespread confidence in this position, discharging
+his duties without regard to partisanship, and the most
+malevolent have never dared to assail the integrity and honor of
+his course. His utterances may stir to public thought and action
+and then, having accomplished their purpose, are in a measure
+forgotten. His position as an author, however, is established
+for all time, and in this connection the Montreal Standard has
+written:</p>
+<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_387" id="Page_387">[387]</a></p>
+<p>“As a writer he has gained the highest distinction. Like
+Keats, he has an instinct for fine words. As Goldwin Smith is
+in English, so Mr. David, among French-Canadians, is the most
+exquisite writer of his generation. Perhaps the chief charm of
+his prose lies in its exceeding clarity, and clearness is the
+first quality in a French writer. There is no man in Canada today
+who can better propound a synthesis; that also is a luminous
+feature of his style. But for elegance and clearness he has among
+his compatriots achieved a position of unique pre-eminence.”</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_L7" id="Idx_L7"></a>ADRIEN LAFONTAINE.</h3>
+
+<p>Since the fall of 1912 Adrien Lafontaine has been engaged in law
+practice in Montreal. His offices are located at No. 13 La Patrie
+building and he makes his home at No. 1136 Galt Street, town of
+St. Paul, Montreal. He was born in the parish of St. Barthélemi,
+in the county of Berthier, on the 30th of November, 1887, a son
+of Edmond and Marie Louise (Denis) Lafontaine, the father a well
+known citizen of Montreal.</p>
+
+<p>Adrien Lafontaine enjoyed a very thorough education. He attended
+the Academy of St. Barthélemi and from the College of Montreal
+obtained the degree of Bachelor of Letters in rhetoric and
+philosophy, studying there during the years 1908 and 1909 with
+the Fathers of St. Sulpice. He then entered Laval University of
+Montreal, where he pursued his legal studies and from which he
+graduated in 1912 as licentiate in law (LL. L.). On the 9th of
+July, 1912, he submitted to examinations before the chamber of
+notaries and was thereupon received as a notary, establishing
+himself as a practicing lawyer on the 30th of October, 1912. His
+excellent legal equipment gives promise of a distinguished career.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Lafontaine is interested in a loan company and a mining
+company. He has been a notary public since the 12th of
+July, 1912. On March 1, 1913, he joined the Independent
+Order of Foresters and has been elected to the office
+of secretary-treasurer of the Préfontaine Court of that
+organization. Since October 1, 1912, he has been vice president
+of the Parish Circle of the town of St. Paul. Mr. Lafontaine is
+prominent among the professional men of the city and has many
+friends among the younger generation of lawyers. He has already
+succeeded in gaining a great amount of confidence and good-will
+among the general public.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_D10" id="Idx_D10"></a>JAMES G. DAY.</h3>
+
+<p>James G. Day was born in Montreal, December 12, 1834. He had
+therefore passed the seventy-second milestone on life’s journey,
+when called to the home beyond. He was one in a family of nine
+children, whose father, John J. Day, was born in London, but came
+to Montreal and was one of the most active men of his time in the
+city. He was particularly interested in all things pertaining to
+its welfare and progress and his aid in public movements was of a
+beneficial character.</p>
+
+<p>James G. Day was educated in Montreal and took the law course at
+McGill University. He was admitted to the bar in Montreal. He
+engaged in the practice of his profession until 1866, when he was
+compelled to abandon it because of poor health. After spending
+one year in the United States he returned to Montreal and became
+a member of the firm of Hutchins & Company, wholesale tea
+merchants,<a class="pagenum" name="Page_388" id="Page_388">[388]</a> and there continued for a few years. He then engaged
+in the coal business until his failing health caused him to seek
+a change. He then located at Troy, New York, and there resumed
+the practice of law, so continuing until his death, January 6,
+1907.</p>
+
+<p>It was while a resident of the United States that he was married
+in Bloomington, Illinois, to Miss Ellen E. Lewis, a daughter of
+Dr. William Lewis, who was an English Army surgeon and spent
+twenty years in the West Indies. He was afterward stationed for
+a time at Halifax and subsequently removed to Chicago, where he
+lived prior to establishing a home in Morris, Grundy county,
+Illinois, where his remaining days were passed. He was very
+active in his profession, being recognized as an able and eminent
+medical practitioner.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. and Mrs. Day had three sons: Dr. John L. Day, engaged in
+the practice of his profession in Westmount; Albert J. Day, who
+is with Greenshields & Company; and Maurice Baldwin Day, acting
+manager of the Bourbonniere branch of the Union Bank of Canada,
+at Montreal.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_M38" id="Idx_M38"></a>HENRY MILES.</h3>
+
+<p>Henry Miles in 1895 became one of the founders of the firm of
+Leeming, Miles & Company of Montreal, importers and manufacturers
+of drugs, chemicals and proprietary articles in the drug and
+grocery lines. He has since been an active factor in the
+successful control of the business and to other fields of
+activity has extended his efforts with equally desirable results.
+He was born in Lennoxville, P. Q., May 8, 1854. His father, the
+late Henry Hooper Miles, D. C. L., LL. D., a well known historian
+and for twenty-five years vice principal of Bishop’s College at
+Lennoxville, afterward became secretary of the Protestant section
+of the department of public instruction for the province. He
+married Elizabeth Wilson, daughter of Dr. William Wilson, of
+Sherbrooke, Quebec.</p>
+
+<p>In the Lennoxville grammar school their son Henry Miles pursued
+his preliminary education, which was supplemented by study in
+the high school of Quebec and in the Laval Normal School of the
+same city. His early business experience came to him through
+association with the firm of Lyman, Sons & Company, of which he
+became manager and managing partner, his association with the
+house continuing from 1870 until 1895, when he separated his
+interests and in the latter year organized the firm of Leeming,
+Miles & Company of Montreal for the importation and manufacture
+of drugs, chemicals and proprietary articles in both the drug
+and grocery lines. After continuing for a considerable period as
+managing partner he was elected to the presidency of the company
+on incorporation. He is also engaged in the manufacture of
+medicines as proprietor of a business conducted under the style
+of Dick & Company and he is publisher and editor of the Montreal
+Pharmaceutical Journal. Even this does not compass the extent
+of his business activity, for he is president of the National
+Hydro-Electric Company, Ltd., and managing director of the
+Carillon Construction & Development Company, Ltd.</p>
+
+<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_389" id="Page_389">[389]</a></p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 355px;">
+<img src="images/image389.jpg" width="355" height="500" alt="HENRY MILES" />
+<p class="caption">HENRY MILES</p>
+</div>
+
+<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_391" id="Page_391">[391]</a></span></p>
+
+<p>Moreover, Mr. Miles is actively and helpfully interested in
+organizations for the benefit of trade and business conditions.
+He is a member of the Chambre de Commerce, was treasurer of
+the Montreal Board of Trade in 1897-98, was vice president in
+1899-1900 and in 1901 became president. The present magnificent
+Board of Trade building stands as a monument to his energy. He
+is still an active member of the organization, and since 1901 he
+has been president of the Montreal Business Men’s League, which
+has been instrumental in effecting many municipal and other
+reforms. He is likewise president of the Proprietary Articles
+Trade Association of Canada, secretary-treasurer of the Montreal
+Industrial Exhibition Association and in 1900 was a delegate to
+the International Commercial Congress at Philadelphia. In 1905 he
+was honorary treasurer of the Hon. John Young Monument Committee.
+Aside from all these interests of a semi-public character his
+activities have been salient features in the attainment of
+success for other organizations and for the public good. He
+has filled the office of justice of the peace and is consul in
+Canada for Paraguay. He was one of the founders of the Montreal
+Philharmonic Society and for a time was director of Trinity
+church choir, both of which indicate his deep interest in music.
+He represented the Montreal Board of Trade at the funeral of
+King Edward in London, England, in May, 1910. Fraternally he
+is a Mason and an Odd Fellow, in sympathy with the purposes of
+those organizations. His religious faith is that of the Anglican
+church, and he was for many years warden of Trinity church and
+the Church of St. James the Apostle. He has also been a member
+of the synod. His political belief is that of the liberal party.
+He belongs to the Canada, Montreal and Country Clubs, and those
+who meet him in these different organizations find him a social,
+genial companion. He has been a thorough and discriminating
+student of many questions that pertain to Canada and her welfare,
+carrying his researches far and wide. In 1880 he was the author
+of the Prize Questions in Canadian History, having won the
+first prize, and in 1900 he published an Address on Commercial
+Education, indicating deep insight into and thorough knowledge
+of the question. He made the customs’ tariff a special study for
+years and has written much on that subject.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Miles was married in 1875 to Miss McGregor, of Montreal.
+Nature endowed him with qualities, which developed through
+persistent energy and laudable ambition, have brought him into
+prominent relations. Inheriting the strong intellectual force
+of worthy ancestry, he has developed his talents and his powers
+not only in the control and enlargement of important business
+interests, but also along lines in which the general public has
+been the beneficiary.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_R18" id="Idx_R18"></a>REV. DAVID BENSON ROGERS.</h3>
+
+<p>Rev. David Benson Rogers, since 1911 rector of St. Luke’s
+Episcopal Church, Montreal, was born in Watford, Ontario, and is
+a son of John B. Rogers of that city. He acquired his preliminary
+education in the public schools there and after graduating from
+the Watford high school entered McGill University from which
+he was graduated with the degree of B. A. and with first class
+honors in mental and moral philosophy, in 1906. Continuing his
+studies he received the<a class="pagenum" name="Page_392" id="Page_392">[392]</a> degree of M. A. in 1909 and in the same
+year that of Licentiate in Theology from the Montreal Diocesan
+Theological College. He was made deacon in the Episcopal church
+in 1908 and received full orders in 1909 and in the former year
+was appointed assistant in Grace church, Montreal. In this
+position he did sincere and earnest work until 1911 when his
+ability and zeal were recognized in his appointment as rector of
+St. Luke’s church. He possesses true religious zeal, is earnest,
+God-fearing and unostentatious in the discharge of his duties and
+has already accomplished a great deal of consecrated work among
+his people whose love he holds in large measure. He is moreover
+a man of initiative spirit and administrative ability, and under
+his able management the business affairs of the church have been
+carried forward in an orderly and systematic manner.</p>
+
+<p>On the 19th of April, 1911, Mr. Rogers was united in marriage
+to Miss Florence Ethel Hurd, eldest daughter of Henry Hurd of
+Montreal. Mr. Rogers is widely and favorably known in Montreal
+among his own people and among those of all denominations,
+and his influence is felt as a potent force in the moral
+development of the community. The doctrines which he professes
+he consistently practices, and at all times his life has been
+actuated by high and honorable purposes and characterized
+by kindly actions and consideration for others. He realizes
+fully the obligations which devolve upon him and finds it a
+privilege to bring his fellowmen to a knowledge of truth and an
+understanding of those principles of life which bring men into
+more harmonious relations with the divine law.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_M19" id="Idx_M19"></a>CHARLES H. MAGUIRE.</h3>
+
+<p>Charles H. Maguire, who figured prominently in insurance circles
+in Montreal, was born in Quebec in 1858 and died at <a name="Err_39" id="Err_39"></a>The Glade,
+Boisbriand, province of Quebec, July 31, 1907. His father was
+Hon. Judge Maguire of the superior court of Quebec, a very able
+and distinguished citizen and jurist, who was born April 15,
+1810, and died July 5, 1880. He married Miss Frances Horan, also
+of Quebec.</p>
+
+<p>Their son, Charles H. Maguire, was educated in the seminary of
+that city and for a few years was connected with the bank there,
+thus receiving his initial business training. About 1897 he came
+to Montreal and engaged in the insurance business as a member of
+the firm of Esinhart & Maguire, which succeeded the late Walter
+Kavanagh as chief agents for the Scottish Union & the National
+Insurance Company of Edinburgh. They also became chief agents for
+the German-American and the Rochester German Insurance Company,
+conducting an insurance business of large proportions, his name
+becoming a synonym for successful achievements in insurance
+circles.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Maguire was also active in interests of the city and his
+devotion to the public welfare was manifest in many tangible
+ways. He was fond of outdoor sports, especially those of an
+aquatic character. He always adhered to the religious faith in
+which he was reared—that of the Catholic church.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Maguire was married twice. In Quebec he wedded Miss Mountain,
+who is survived by two children: Eustace J. Maguire, now living
+in Denver, Colorado; and Sister Mary of the Annunciation, of the
+Congregation of Notre<a class="pagenum" name="Page_393" id="Page_393">[393]</a> Dame. In Montreal, in 1904, Mr. Maguire
+wedded Henrietta Kavanagh, a daughter of Henry Kavanagh, who was
+born in Carlow, Ireland and came to Montreal in 1838.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_L18" id="Idx_L18"></a>LOUIS J. LORANGER, LL. D., K. C.</h3>
+
+<p>Louis J. Loranger, a man distinguished by scholarly attainments
+and a wide knowledge of commercial law, is practicing at the
+Montreal bar as the senior partner in the firm of Loranger,
+Loranger & Prud’homme. Born on the 22d of September, 1870,
+the eldest son of Hon. Louis Quesime and Marie Anne Rosalie
+(Lafranboise) Loranger, of whom more extended mention is made
+elsewhere in this work, in the city which is still his place
+of residence, he has here since remained, and the record of
+his progress is a familiar one to many of his contemporaries,
+who recognize the fact that native talent well developed and
+opportunities carefully improved have brought him to his present
+creditable position as a representative of the legal profession.
+He was a student in St. Mary’s College of Montreal and afterward
+in Laval University, from which he received the degrees of B.
+A. and M. L. A., a special examination later bringing him the
+LL. D. degree. He was called to the bar on the 10th of January,
+1894, and for eighteen years was a partner of Mr. Justice
+Beaudin. Their practice was extensive and of a most important
+character. His present position as legal adviser to La Chambre de
+Commerce and to the Citizens’ Association and the Association of
+Architects indicates his rank among the foremost members of the
+Montreal bar. He is also vice president of the International Law
+Association and a member of the council of the bar. He was made a
+king’s counsel in 1910.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Loranger is a conservative in politics and is president of La
+Jeunesse Conservative. He belongs to the Conservative Club, Le
+Club Cartier, the Union Catholique and L’Alliance Nationale. The
+name is today an honored one in legal circles not only in Canada
+but throughout America, for he has a wide acquaintance among the
+eminent representatives of the bar south of the border.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_K2" id="Idx_K2"></a>WALTER KAVANAGH.</h3>
+
+<p>Walter Kavanagh was one of the best known representatives of
+insurance interests in Canada. For a quarter of a century he had
+been chief agent for the Scottish Union & National Insurance
+Company, for which he did a large business. He also held the
+chief agency of the German-American company and recently had
+been appointed to the same position with the Rochester German
+Insurance Company.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Kavanagh was of Irish extraction, of which he gave evidence
+in his brightness, warmth of heart, geniality and lively wit,
+which will long be remembered by those who were his social
+associates. As an insurance agent he was full of energy,
+aggressive, and thoroughly in earnest in promoting the interests
+of the companies he represented. It is but natural that such
+success as attended the<a class="pagenum" name="Page_394" id="Page_394">[394]</a> efforts of Mr. Kavanagh should have
+created heart burnings in those who had not the ability to reach
+his plane in the insurance world, and that his position should
+have been at times jealously envied it is superfluous to mention,
+for there were many who tried to emulate his success and many who
+sought to rival his popularity. Mr. Kavanagh died November 22,
+1905.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_T4" id="Idx_T4"></a>FRANCIS WOLFERSTAN THOMAS.</h3>
+
+<p>The world has little use for a misanthrope. The worth of the
+individual is largely judged by what he has accomplished in
+behalf of his fellowmen and, as a modern philosopher has put
+it: “Not the good that comes to us but the good that comes to
+the world through us is the measure of our success.” Judged by
+this standard Francis Wolferstan Thomas was a most successful
+man. Along strictly business lines, too, his advancement was
+continuous until he stood among the prominent representatives of
+banking interests in the country, the growth and development of
+The Molson’s Bank of Montreal being attributable in large measure
+to his efforts and sound business judgment. He was born at
+<a name="Err_2" id="Err_2"></a>Moorwinstow, Cornwall, England, January 9, 1834, and was educated
+at King Edward VI School in Sherburne, Dorsetshire. It was the
+family wish that he should enter the priesthood of the Anglican
+church; and later he was intended for the army, but before a
+commission was procured he came to Canada, arriving here in
+October, 1851. He came of ancestry honorable and distinguished.
+His paternal grandfather was the Rev. Thomas Thomas, a fellow
+of Oxford and vicar of Tidenham in Gloucestershire. He married
+Elizabeth Wolferstan, of Hartland, Devon, and their family
+included Rev. Francis Wolferstan Thomas, who became rector of
+Parkham, North Devon. He married a lady of the ancient and
+important family of Shearrue, whose seat is at Woodlands,
+Cornwall. They were the parents of Francis Wolferstan Thomas.</p>
+
+<p>The latter came to Canada with the intention of following
+agricultural pursuits, but gave up that plan and turned his
+attention to engineering, securing temporary employment with the
+Grand Trunk Railway Company. Soon afterward, however, he sought
+other employment and his native talents and training gained him
+recognition in appointment to a position in the Bank of Upper
+Canada. A year later James Stevenson, the cashier of the Quebec
+Bank, who was then managing the Bank of Montreal, offered Mr.
+Thomas a position, which he accepted. He was afterward rapidly
+promoted in recognition of his ability and the rapidity with
+which he mastered the various phases of the banking business,
+until in 1865 he was appointed manager of the London branch of
+the bank in western Canada. In 1870 the position of cashier in
+Molson’s Bank was offered him and after carefully considering
+the subject of making a change he at length accepted, and the
+continuous growth and development of the bank from that time
+until his death testified to his ability, resourcefulness
+and initiative. He occupied a commanding position in banking
+circles, his opinions being largely accepted as authority upon
+all vital questions of the financial world of Canada. He was
+also a director of the Canadian Life Assurance Company. His high
+standing among the financiers of the country is indicated in
+the fact that in<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_397" id="Page_397">[397]</a></span> 1896 he was honored with the presidency of
+the Dominion Bankers Association, and he was also a member of
+the council of the Montreal Board of Trade and chairman of the
+bankers’ branch of the Board of Trade. He was likewise a director
+of the Montreal Cemetery Company.</p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 365px;">
+<img src="images/image395.jpg" width="365" height="500" alt="F. WOLFERSTAN THOMAS" />
+<p class="caption">F. WOLFERSTAN THOMAS</p>
+</div>
+
+<p>In 1861 Mr. Thomas was married to Harriet Amelia Goodhue, a
+native of London, Ontario, and third daughter of the late Hon.
+George Jarvis Goodhue, M. L. C., and a representative of one
+of the distinguished families of Salem, Massachusetts. Nine
+children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Thomas, of whom four are
+living. Mrs. Thomas ably seconded her husband in his many
+philanthropic and beneficent efforts. She has served as manager
+of the Ladies’ Benevolent Society for thirty-four years and was
+its treasurer for nineteen years; she was first directress of the
+Mackay Institute for Protestant Deaf Mutes and the Blind; first
+directress of the Church Home; and president of the Montreal
+School of Cookery, founded by the Princess Louise. Both Mr. and
+Mrs. Thomas held membership in the Church of England. Probably
+no other man in the city led such an active and useful life in
+respect to charities and public movements having to do with the
+upbuilding and welfare of Montreal. For years he was a prominent
+member of the Good Government Association. He was also a director
+of the Art Association and was a member of the council of the
+Board of Arts and Manufactures. No good work done in the name of
+charity or religion ever sought his aid in vain. He was a member
+of the committee of managers of the Montreal General Hospital
+and of the St. John’s Ambulance Association, and thus he reached
+out in helpful spirit toward the unfortunate. He was treasurer
+of the Church Home, treasurer of the Protestant Hospital for the
+Insane, treasurer of the Andrews Home, treasurer of the Murray
+Bay Convalescent Home, president of the Mackay Institute for
+Protestant Deaf Mutes and the Blind, and vice president of the
+Canadian Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. In
+1894 he was elected president of the Montreal General Hospital
+and the following year was chosen president of the St. George
+Society. He was for many years an exemplary representative of the
+Masonic fraternity and was district deputy grandmaster of the
+London district. One of his most successful accomplishments was
+the erection of the Montreal General Hospital Jubilee Training
+Home for Nurses in 1897. While eminently successful in business,
+he regarded his banking interests as but one phase of life, and
+it never was allowed to overshadow his duties to his fellowmen.
+It would be more just to say that it was a deep interest in
+mankind rather than a sense of duty that prompted his active
+support of and cooperation in the many movements with which
+he became allied—movements which seek to ameliorate the hard
+conditions of life for the unfortunate, to advance the interests
+of science, to promote civilization and uplift mankind.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Thomas passed away on May 18, 1900, and the Montreal Star in
+an editorial said: “In mourning the death of Mr. F. Wolferstan
+Thomas, Montreal sorrows for the loss of one of her most
+prominent and useful citizens. A successful banker Mr. Thomas
+was, as the growth of Molson’s Bank under his guidance shows;
+but he was more than that. He was a citizen in the fullest sense
+of that much abused word. At every point he bore the duties
+that attach to citizenship duties, that far too many busy men
+neglect. Then he was a philanthropist, as his long and valuable
+services in connection with the General<a class="pagenum" name="Page_398" id="Page_398">[398]</a> Hospital, the Mackay
+Institute and the other establishments founded for the succor of
+the sick and suffering abundantly demonstrate. The mere list of
+the associations for the good of his fellowmen with which he was
+actively connected, make up a long paragraph. As his sympathies
+enrolled him among the forces which ease the grind of life for
+the unfortunate, so his stanch integrity and keen judgment
+classed him with those who made for honest government and just
+laws.</p>
+
+<p>“His influence for good—both the good that smiles in charity and
+the good that is stern against aggression—will be missed in the
+community; as his tall straight figure will be missed from the
+streets and from such assemblies of citizens as gather for deeds
+of brotherhood and public benefit.”</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_B33" id="Idx_B33"></a>REV. JOHN C. BROPHY.</h3>
+
+<p>Rev. John C. Brophy, pastor of St. Agnes’ Catholic church in
+Montreal, exemplifies in his beneficial, upright and useful life
+the high ideals of the priesthood he represents and has become a
+force in the spread of Catholic doctrines and the promotion of
+Catholic education among the people of the city.</p>
+
+<p>St. Agnes’ parish was organized in 1905 of English-speaking
+people, and the services were held first in a room in St.
+John Baptist church. Later the congregation, which has grown
+continually since the foundation of the parish, gathered in a
+hall in St. John Baptist Market where they listened to the wise
+counsel of the founder and first parish priest, Rev. W. J. Casey.
+He died May 13, 1912, and was succeeded by Rev. John C. Brophy,
+the present incumbent, who has proved a worthy follower in his
+footsteps. Father Brophy has about five hundred Catholic families
+under his charge and has already accomplished excellent work
+among them, holding their love and respect in large measure. He
+has taken a great interest in the cause of Catholic education
+and has carried forward the work along this line, begun by his
+predecessor, by his able superintendence of the Olier School
+for boys, and the Sacred Heart Academy for girls. This latter
+institution is under the direction of the sisters of the Holy
+Names of Jesus and Mary.</p>
+
+<p>Father Brophy’s life has been one of earnest and consecrated
+usefulness, for he constantly exemplifies in his actions the high
+doctrines in which he believes. A man of good business ability,
+he has proved an excellent administrator of the business affairs
+of his parish, and his example of spiritual attainment and
+self-sacrificing labor may well serve as an inspiration to his
+people.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_B44" id="Idx_B44"></a>THOMAS CAMPBELL BULMER.</h3>
+
+<p>The attractive suburb of Westmount is largely the monument to the
+business enterprise and progressive methods of Thomas Campbell
+Bulmer, now deceased, who was almost a lifelong resident of
+Montreal, and for a long period an active factor in its business
+circles. He was born at Three Rivers, Quebec, in 1846, and was
+educated in the public schools there and in Montreal, being
+brought to the<a class="pagenum" name="Page_399" id="Page_399">[399]</a> latter city when a youth of ten years by his
+father, Thomas Bulmer, who was a native of Yorkshire, England,
+and on coming to Canada settled at Three Rivers, but in 1856
+removed to Montreal, where for many years he was active as a
+contractor and builder. He married Anna Phoebe Fearon, also a
+native of England.</p>
+
+<p>When his school days were over, Thomas Campbell Bulmer served an
+apprenticeship to the book binding trade, became proficient as a
+workman and in 1868 joined Henry Morton and Charles Phillips in
+a partnership under the style of Morton, Phillips & Bulmer. The
+business developed and grew until the firm occupied a prominent
+position among stationers, blank book makers and printers. A
+few years prior to his death Mr. Bulmer withdrew from that
+connection, in which he had realized a handsome profit, to engage
+in the real-estate business at Westmount. He was recognized as
+the father of that beautiful suburb, having been one of the
+first men to foresee the value of that section as a residential
+district. He was actively engaged to the time of his death in its
+improvement, development and upbuilding and made it one of the
+beautiful suburban districts of Montreal.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Bulmer passed away on April 7, 1902. For many years he had
+been an exemplary representative of the Masonic fraternity and
+had been equally faithful as a member of the Anglican church.
+Sterling motives and high principles guided him in all of his
+relations and made him an upright man, so that he left behind him
+not only the substantial rewards of earnest, persistent labor,
+but also that good name which is to be chosen in preference to
+great riches.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_G8" id="Idx_G8"></a>NAPOLEON GIROUX.</h3>
+
+<p>Napoleon Giroux, a native of Montreal, where he was born August
+12, 1863, is a successful merchant of this city, where he has
+also other property interests. He conducts a book and stationery
+store, which he owns. He is a son of Carolus and Mary (Hayes)
+Giroux, the former a carpenter-contractor.</p>
+
+<p>Napoleon Giroux received his education in the Jesuit College and
+the University of Ottawa. He chose the book-selling line as his
+life vocation and became a clerk in an establishment of that
+character. He later made himself independent and now owns one of
+the most profitable stores in the city of this character.</p>
+
+<p>On the 13th of October, 1884, Mr. Giroux was married in Montreal
+to Miss Rose Anna Galipeau, a daughter of Louis and Vitaline
+(Gariepy) Galipeau, the former a contractor-builder. Mr. and
+Mrs. Giroux have five children: Charlemagne; Albina, who married
+Joseph Casgrain; Eva; Emile, who married Miss Juliette Jalbert;
+and Hubert. Both Mr. and Mrs. Giroux are popular in social
+circles of the city. The former is public-spirited and has always
+taken a deep interest in municipal affairs, public honors having
+come to him in his election to the office of alderman of the city
+of Montreal, in which capacity he has served since 1902. Both he
+and his family are devout communicants of the Catholic church.
+He is president of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul of the
+parish of St. Pierre and also belongs to the Cercle St. Pierre.
+The success which Mr. Giroux has achieved as a bookseller must
+be ascribed to his discriminating taste as a man of letters.
+His excellent education has well prepared him for carefully
+selecting<a class="pagenum" name="Page_400" id="Page_400">[400]</a> his stock of books, and his gracious and kindly
+demeanor to his patrons is continually adding to the list of his
+satisfied customers. Mr. Giroux has widened his views upon life
+and enhanced his classical education by extensive travels, having
+visited Europe on various occasions.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_V1" id="Idx_V1"></a>JOSEPH EMILE VANIER.</h3>
+
+<p>In the ranks of civil engineers and architects of Montreal Joseph
+Emile Vanier has constantly forced his way to the front until he
+is today widely and favorably known as a specialist in municipal
+engineering and architecture. He was born at Terrebonne, P. Q.,
+January 20, 1858, a son of the late Emilien and Lucie (Soucy)
+Vanier, the former at one time a produce merchant of Montreal.
+In his youth Joseph Emile Vanier became a pupil in the Jacques
+Cartier normal school and attended successively the Commercial
+Academy and the Polytechnic School of Montreal, a department
+of Laval University. He was graduated therefrom with honors
+with the class of 1877, and entered upon the practice of his
+profession in which he has since continued, making a specialty
+of municipal engineering and architecture. He has given special
+attention to public engineering projects in the cities and towns
+surrounding Montreal and has been retained as expert engineer
+by the Dominion and Quebec governments. He is secretary for
+the Architects Association of Quebec, and he designed the New
+Polytechnic School of Montreal in 1904. He was elected president
+of the Montreal Polytechnic School Association in 1910. He is a
+member of the Society of Civil Engineers, a member of the Société
+des Ingénieurs Civils de France and a member of the society of
+Architects of the Province of Quebec.</p>
+
+<p>The Montreal Gazette says that Mr. Vanier has ever been “a credit
+to his province.” He believes in “Canada for the Canadians,”
+and this has been the policy upon which he has worked in behalf
+of public interests. His religious faith is that of the Roman
+Catholic church. He maintains his residence in Montreal in the
+winter seasons and has a summer home, Beauverger, at Ste. Rose,
+P. Q. In club and sporting circles he is also well known. He
+belongs to Club Canadien, Club Lafontaine, the Fish and Game
+Club, the Engineers Club and the Automobile and Aero Club of
+Montreal.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_D36" id="Idx_D36"></a>PIERRE LOUIS DUPUIS.</h3>
+
+<p>Among the recent additions to the Montreal bar is Pierre Louis
+Dupuis, who has already gained a reputation which many an older
+practitioner of law might well envy. He was born in the parish
+of La Longue Pointe on the 3d of September, 1887, a son of
+Louis Napoleon Dupuis, former merchant, one of the founders of
+Dupuis Freres, Limited, and for some time controller of the city
+of Montreal. The mother, who bore the maiden name of Melanie
+Levesque, was a daughter of the late Pierre Thomas Levesque,
+whose ancestors rendered<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_403" id="Page_403">[403]</a></span> valuable services to the province and
+Dominion in judicial and legislative capacities.</p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 332px;">
+<img src="images/image401.jpg" width="332" height="500" alt="PIERRE L. DUPUIS" />
+<p class="caption">PIERRE L. DUPUIS</p>
+</div>
+
+<p>In the acquirement of his education, Pierre Louis Dupuis pursued
+a classical course at L’Assomption Collège, which he attended
+from 1900 until 1908, winning the Bachelor of Arts degree in that
+institution. He took up the study of law in Laval University,
+which he attended from 1908 until his graduation on the 26th of
+June, 1911, with the LL. L. degree. On the 4th of August, 1911,
+he was admitted to the bar.</p>
+
+<p>His commercial course was pursued in Eastman’s Business College
+at Poughkeepsie, New York, during the meantime, and he was
+graduated with honors from the institution on the 30th of
+September, 1910.</p>
+
+<p>Before locating permanently in Montreal, for the practice of his
+profession, Mr. Dupuis took an extended European trip, having
+previously traveled extensively in both Canada and the United
+States. He entered upon the active practice of his profession
+in January, 1912. Most liberal educational opportunities had
+been his and added to his knowledge is laudable ambition and
+unfaltering determination, qualities which are building up for
+him a large and gratifying practice. At the beginning of his
+professional career in January, 1912, he became junior partner
+of the law firm of Dussault, Mercier & Dupuis, recognized as
+one of the strong law firms of the city. In addition Mr. Dupuis
+is connected with many financial interests and his judgment
+in business as well as professional interests is sound and
+discriminating.</p>
+
+<p>In politics Mr. Dupuis is a conservative, well informed on
+significant and vital problems. He belongs to the Catholic
+church, the Knights of Columbus, the Canadian Club and the
+Montreal Amateur Athletic Association—associations which
+indicate the nature of his interests and his recreation and the
+principles which govern his conduct.</p>
+
+<p>On the 15th of January, 1913, Mr. Dupuis was married, at St.
+Benoit, in the county of Two Mountains, to Miss Carmel Girouard,
+a daughter of Joseph Girouard, a notary and ex-deputy of Two
+Mountains, who is a conservative leader of that district. The
+Girouards are of the earliest and most prominent French families
+of the province. Mr. Dupuis has one son, Rene, born October 9,
+1913.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_H10" id="Idx_H10"></a>ALFRED HAWKSWORTH.</h3>
+
+<p>A spirit of business enterprise and laudable ambition advanced
+Alfred Hawksworth to an enviable position among the manufacturers
+of Montreal where the latter years of his life were passed. In
+the course of an active career he learned to discriminate readily
+between the essential and nonessential and utilizing the former
+and discarding the latter he met success in his undertakings. He
+was, at the time of his death at the head of the firm of Alfred
+Hawksworth & Sons, Limited.</p>
+
+<p>He was born on the 9th of October, 1846, at Glossop, Derbyshire,
+England, a son of Samuel Hawksworth, who always remained a
+resident of England. In early manhood Alfred Hawksworth crossed
+the Atlantic to the United States<a class="pagenum" name="Page_404" id="Page_404">[404]</a> and settled at Lonsdale,
+Rhode Island, where he was employed in connection with the
+cotton mills of that place. Subsequently he removed to Concord,
+Massachusetts, and was made overseer of Daymen & Smith’s cotton
+mill. His expanding powers and growing ability later lead to
+his appointment to the responsible position of manager of the
+largest cotton mill at Manville, Rhode Island, and during his
+residence there he invented a loom for the weaving of velvet
+and plush. At different times he was in charge of cotton mills
+at New Bedford and Newburyport, Massachusetts, and Pawtucket,
+Providence, and Pontiac, Rhode Island, being thus identified with
+some of the largest manufacturing interests of that class in New
+England, while in Pontiac he was for eight years superintendent
+of the cotton mills of B. B. & R. Knight, and by reason of
+his responsible position, was accounted one of the foremost
+business men of that place. He also became an important factor
+in the public life of the community, being greatly interested
+in everything that pertained to the general welfare. He sought
+earnestly and effectively to improve roads, schools and libraries
+and in fact to advance any measure relative to the public good.</p>
+
+<p>On the 19th of March, 1895, Mr. Hawksworth arrived in Montreal,
+becoming manager of the Merchants cotton mills at St. Henri, now
+a part of the plant of the Dominion Textile Company, Limited.</p>
+
+<p>About eight years prior to his death he resigned that position
+and established the mill supply house of Alfred Hawksworth &
+Sons, Limited, which was incorporated in 1905 and is still
+one of the important productive industries of Montreal. The
+business from its inception proved a profitable one and under the
+careful guidance of its founder, developed into one of the large
+enterprises of this character in Canada. Mr. Hawksworth, through
+long experience, was familiar with every phase of the manufacture
+of cotton goods and knew the needs relative thereto, his mill
+supply house being an outgrowth of his experience and knowledge.</p>
+
+<p>While living in Lonsdale, Rhode Island, in June, 1871, Mr.
+Hawksworth was united in marriage to Miss Esther A. Moss, a
+daughter of Edward Moss of that place, and they became the
+parents of a daughter and five sons: Fred, of Montreal; Edward,
+who is connected with the Hawksworth & Sons Company, Limited;
+Harry, who is vice president of that company; Walter L., who is
+secretary-treasurer, and also assistant manager of the supply
+house; and Lester A. The daughter, Miss Alice M. Hawksworth, is
+at home with her mother.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Hawksworth joined the Masonic fraternity in Concord,
+Massachusetts, in 1870, and in June, 1903, was made a life member
+of the Mount Moriah Lodge, No. 8, F. & A. M., of Limerock, Rhode
+Island. He was also made an honorary member of Mount Moriah
+Club at Limerock and in Masonry he attained the Knights Templar
+degree. He was a communicant in St. Simon’s church in Montreal
+and his entire life was actuated by high and honorable purposes
+and manly principles. He was a great reader, possessing scholarly
+taste and his private library contained three thousand volumes
+with the contents of which he was largely familiar, spending many
+of his pleasant hours in close association with men of master
+minds within the four walls of his library.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Hawksworth could truly be called a self-made man—a title
+of which he had every reason to be proud. It indicated not only
+his substantial success in business, but also his intellectual
+growth and progress. Along the former line he<a class="pagenum" name="Page_405" id="Page_405">[405]</a> possessed notable
+ability in coordinating force and unifying elements into a
+harmonious whole. More than his success, the breadth of his mind
+and character commanded respect and endeared him to those with
+whom he came in contact. In his leisure hours he was always to be
+found at his own fireside or in those circles where intelligent
+men were wont to meet in discussion of vital problems, and when
+he passed away on the 16th of February, 1913, a feeling of deep
+regret was manifested by all of his associates, for his genuine
+worth had given him firm hold upon the affections of those with
+whom he was brought in contact.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_M11" id="Idx_M11"></a>THOMAS BASSETT MACAULAY.</h3>
+
+<p>Thomas Bassett Macaulay, actuary and well known in insurance
+circles, not only in Montreal but throughout Canada and the
+United States, has aside from his business affairs led a life of
+intense and well directed activity, being identified with various
+organized movements which have to do with the promotion of moral
+progress or which seek to alleviate hard conditions of life for
+the unfortunate.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Macaulay is a native of the province of Ontario, having been
+born in Hamilton on the 6th of June, 1860, a son of Robertson and
+Barbara Maria (Reid) Macaulay. After pursuing his early education
+in Hamilton he continued his studies in Montreal and made his
+initial step in the business world in the service of the Sun
+Life Assurance Company of Canada at Montreal in October, 1877.
+He bent every energy to the mastery of the duties intrusted to
+him and the recognition of his ability and faithfulness came to
+him in promotion. In 1880 he was appointed actuary and in 1891
+was made secretary of the company. In 1898 he was elected a
+director and in 1906 became managing director of a corporation
+that is acknowledged to be one of the strongest and most reliable
+insurance companies of the world. By examination he became a
+fellow of the Institute of Actuaries of Great Britain and is
+now supervisor at Montreal in connection with examinations of
+the institute. He is a charter member of the Actuarial Society
+of America and was honored with election to its presidency in
+1899 and in 1901, while he is now a life member of its council.
+He has indeed a wide reputation in his profession and extended
+acquaintance. He is a member of the Royal Statistical Society of
+England, a corresponding member of the Institute des Actuaires
+Françaises de France and in 1895 was again a delegate to the
+International Commerce of Actuaries in Brussels, and again in
+1898 in London and in 1900 in Paris. At the last mentioned he was
+elected vice president to represent both the United States and
+Canada. He was also elected vice president of the International
+Actuaries Association in 1906.</p>
+
+<p>Important and responsible are the duties which have come to
+Mr. Macaulay with his developing powers, and he finds rest
+and recreation therefrom in his interests in farming and
+stock-raising. He has valuable farming property at Hudson
+Heights, Quebec. He also has other business connections, being
+a director of the Illinois Traction Company, of the National
+Trust Company and of the Dominion Glass Company. He is likewise
+actively interested in organizations having to do with the public
+welfare, being a governor of the Montreal General Hospital. He
+is likewise a governor of the Congregational College of Canada<a class="pagenum" name="Page_406" id="Page_406">[406]</a>
+which is indicative of his church relationship. In 1911 he was
+elected president of the Congregational Union of Canada. The same
+year he was elected president of the Canadian and West Indian
+League. He is a careful student of all the vital problems and
+questions of the age and fearlessly he pronounces his opinions
+yet is never aggressive. He favors the imposition of a moderate
+import duty by the United Kingdom and colonies to be kept
+distinct from local duties and to be applied to imperial defence.</p>
+
+<p>In 1881, Mr. Macaulay was married to Miss Henrietta M. L. Bragg,
+who died in 1910. She was the daughter of the late Oliver Bragg,
+M. D., and a step-daughter of the Rev. J. Lawson Forster, D. D.,
+of London, England. In 1912 he married Miss Margaret Allen, a
+daughter of the late Rev. William Allen of London, England. Many
+have expressed the opinion that he should take a more active part
+in public life for his qualifications are such as would make him
+a powerful factor in the discussion of important questions. He is
+an agreeable speaker, clear, fluent and forceful, and he has the
+ability of instructing while entertaining. It would be difficult
+to mention the line along which his usefulness has been greatest
+for he has accomplished much in various connections, and his
+work has ever been an influencing factor on the side of reform,
+progress, improvement and right.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_B3" id="Idx_B3"></a>THE BAGG FAMILY.</h3>
+
+<p>The Bagg family is one of the oldest English families on the
+island of Montreal and one whose members have been foremost in
+social, financial, religious, political and military circles
+for the past century, or since the arrival of the first
+representative of the name, Stanley Bagg, Esq., who was born in
+County Durham, England, where this branch of the family possessed
+large landed estates. In Canada for the past three-quarters of
+a century such men as Lieutenant Colonel Stanley Clark Bagg,
+scholar, financier and philanthropist, and his son, the late
+Robert Stanley Bagg, a worthy son of an honored sire, have placed
+the name on a high plane.</p>
+
+<p>Stanley Bagg, Esq., the first of this family to settle in
+Montreal, was born in England in 1786 and died at Fairmount,
+the family residence on Sherbrooke Street, October 31, 1853,
+aged sixty-seven years. He left to his son, Stanley Clark Bagg,
+large landed estates in Montreal and County Durham, England.
+Lieutenant Colonel Stanley Clark Bagg, son of Stanley and Mary
+Ann (Clark) Bagg, was born at the manor house in Montreal on
+December 23, 1820. He studied law and afterwards took up the
+notarial profession, which he practiced successfully for a number
+of years but abandoned it in order to give his attention to the
+management of estates which he inherited from his grandfather, as
+well as a freehold property in County Durham, England. He was at
+one time the largest landholder on the island of Montreal, gave
+many streets and squares to the city and made very substantial
+benefactions to the citizens. He was an honorary member of the
+Montreal Field Battery and Artillery and of the Light Infantry,
+and his name figured in connection with public office through
+appointment to the position of one of Her Majesty’s justices
+of the peace in 1859, after<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_409" id="Page_409">[409]</a></span> which he performed judicial
+duties for a time. In 1865 he was solicited to become mayor of
+Montreal but declined the proffered honor. In politics he was a
+conservative but without political ambition, refusing nomination
+for a seat in parliament. He was, however, a deep student of
+the questions of the times, wrote largely for the press and his
+writings were received warmly in both England and America. He was
+greatly interested in philanthropic projects and in efforts to
+promote intellectual progress. He became one of the founders and
+the first president of the English Workingmen’s Benefit Society,
+was one of the founders of the Antiquarian and Numismatic
+Society, which honored him with its presidency, and a life member
+of the British Association for the Advancement of Science. He
+also belonged to the Cathedral Young Men’s Christian Association,
+the Natural History Society and the Mechanics Institute. His
+activities had their root in principles inculcated by the
+Church of England and he was a devoted member of Christ Church
+Cathedral. He married Miss Catharine Mitcheson, a daughter of
+Robert and Frances (MacGregor) Mitcheson, natives of England and
+Scotland respectively, and died at his residence, “Fairmount,” in
+Montreal, August 8, 1873.</p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 369px;">
+<img src="images/image407.jpg" width="369" height="500" alt="ROBERT STANLEY BAGG" />
+<p class="caption">ROBERT STANLEY BAGG</p>
+</div>
+
+<p>Robert Stanley Bagg, son of Lieutenant Colonel Stanley Clark and
+Catharine (Mitcheson) Bagg, and the head of the family in the
+third generation in this country, was born at the manor house in
+Montreal in July, 1848, and was educated in the Montreal high
+school and McGill University, from which he graduated, after
+which he proceeded to England to complete his studies. On his
+return to Canada he was called to the bar of Montreal but never
+practiced law extensively, although he formed a partnership with
+Donald Macmaster, now a member of parliament. At his father’s
+death, however, the management of the largest landed estate on
+the island devolved upon him, so that he abandoned the active
+practice of the legal profession.</p>
+
+<p>Much of his time and energy was also given to public life and
+he was considered a powerful platform orator. In 1896 he was
+nominated for the St. Lawrence division seat in the house
+of commons, but resigned for political reasons. His father,
+Lieutenant Colonel Bagg, was a Tory and a personal friend of
+the late Sir John A. Macdonald, and it was natural that the
+son should espouse early in life the conservative cause. He
+was frequently heard on the platform in support of principles
+of the party, being known as a stanch conservative both in
+and out of power, while at one time he was president of the
+Liberal-Conservative Club, giving a great deal of his time to
+the work of organizing as well as to public discussion. He was
+well known among the French Canadian people and spoke their
+language almost as fluently as his mother tongue. Mr. Bagg was
+mentioned several times as the party candidate in the federal
+contests, but the house of commons had no attraction for him.
+He was known personally to all the party leaders from the time
+of Macdonald down to the present day. Like his father, he was a
+most generous supporter of charities and benevolent projects,
+and he was a governor and benefactor of the Montreal General
+Hospital and the Montreal Dispensary. He was likewise a member of
+almost every social and sporting club on the island of Montreal;
+was a splendid horseman and a good soldier, being at one time
+commanding officer in the Fifth Royal Scots, taking part in the
+quelling of the Quebec riots and doing much active military duty.</p>
+
+<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_410" id="Page_410">[410]</a></p>
+
+<p>Mr. Bagg had been ailing for several months, but the call came
+unexpectedly and he died July 22, 1912, at Kennebunk Port,
+Maine, where he was spending the summer, as was his custom. In
+his passing Montreal lost one of its foremost citizens, a most
+prominent representative of one of the old English families, and
+a man of distinction to whom opportunity meant activity, and who
+in all of his business and social relations maintained a position
+that reflected credit and honor upon an honored family name.
+His life was not self-centered but reached out along broadening
+lines for the benefit of his fellowmen and of his city, where the
+family has so long been well known in the best social circles.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Bagg was married in 1882 to Miss Clara Smithers, a daughter
+of the late Charles F. Smithers, president of the Bank of
+Montreal, and to them were born three children, Evelyn St. Claire
+Stanley, Gwendolen Katherine Stanley and Harold Stanley.</p>
+
+<p>Evelyn St. Claire Stanley Bagg was married on the 26th of
+October, 1910, to Huntly Ward Davis, an architect of Montreal,
+and they have one daughter, Evelyn Clare Ward Davis, who is of
+the fifth generation of the family in Canada.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_O7" id="Idx_O7"></a>SERAPHIN OUIMET.</h3>
+
+<p>Seraphin Ouimet, member of the civil engineering firm of Ouimet
+& Lesage, connected with important municipal and railroad work
+in Montreal and in various other sections of the province and
+Dominion, was born October 8, 1879, in Ste. Rose, in the county
+of Laval, P. Q. The earliest record of the Ouimet family in this
+province is of Jean Ouimet, who was born in 1634 and died on
+the 19th of November, 1687, at Ste. Famille. He married Renee
+Gagnon about 1660 and their son, Louis Ouimet, who was one of
+nine children, was married February 3, 1693, at Ste. Famille to
+Marie Anne Genest, by whom he had thirteen children. Anselme
+Ouimet, father of Seraphin Ouimet, was born at St. François de
+Sales, about 1840 and married Emelie Gauthier, who was born in
+Montreal about 1850. Their son, Seraphin Ouimet, attended school
+in his native town of Ste. Rose and afterward pursued a classical
+course at Ste. Thérèse in the county of Terrebonne, where he
+remained for seven years and was leader of his class, and where
+he gained his B. C. es Lettres. Later he became a student in
+the Polytechnic school at Laval. He passed his examination with
+distinction, graduating June 10, 1904, with the degree of B. C.
+es Sciences. He next engaged with the dominion government as
+superintendent of Marconi stations on the Gulf, having charge of
+five stations. He continued in that position for one season and
+was appointed assistant engineer of the Georgian Bay Ship Canal
+survey. After four months in that position he was promoted to
+first assistant and two months later to chief. He continued for
+eighteen months in that capacity, rendering efficient, capable
+and acceptable service until, desiring to engage in the private
+practice of his profession, he opened an office in Montreal. He
+passed his examination as Quebec land surveyor on June 17, 1908,
+before the board of the Quebec Land Surveyors Association. For
+a year he was associated with James H. Parent, at the close of
+which time he entered into partnership with Royal Lesage and has
+since continued under the firm name of Ouimet & Lesage. Their
+clientage has steadily increased in the<a class="pagenum" name="Page_411" id="Page_411">[411]</a> interim and their work
+today extends largely over the province, including many contracts
+for municipal engineering and railroad work. They have been
+connected with the building of a branch of the Transcontinental,
+extending from Montreal and have acted as experts for municipal
+civil engineering projects in connection with important work
+for electric and other companies. They employ over twenty men,
+and the business is one of growing importance. Mr. Ouimet is
+recognized as a clever, energetic and successful representative
+of his profession, widely known and highly respected. His
+ability, close study and developing powers have gained him wider
+and wider recognition until he stands today as one of the able
+representatives of the profession in Montreal.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_M12" id="Idx_M12"></a>DUNCAN CAMPBELL MacCALLUM, M. D., M. R. C. S.</h3>
+
+<p>Distinguished honors came to Duncan Campbell MacCallum, M. D.,
+in recognition of his marked ability as a medical practitioner,
+educator and author. He was in the vanguard of those men to whom
+science revealed in considerable measure her secrets, his wide
+research and investigation giving him place with the most eminent
+of the Canadians connected with the medical profession. He was a
+fellow of the Obstetrical Society of London, a foundation fellow
+of the British Gynecological Society and professor emeritus of
+McGill University. He was born at Ile aux Noix, in the province
+of Quebec, on the 12th of November, 1825, and died November 13,
+1904. He came of pure Scotch ancestry, his parents being John
+and Mary (Campbell) MacCallum. His maternal grandfather, Malcolm
+Campbell, of Killin, was a near kinsman, through Lochiel Cameron,
+of the Earl of Breadalbane.</p>
+
+<p>Dr. MacCallum’s early professional training was received in
+McGill University, from which he was graduated M. D. in 1850. He
+then proceeded to Great Britain and studied in London, Edinburgh
+and Dublin, pursuing post-graduate courses in all three cities.
+Upon examination he was admitted to the Royal College of Surgeons
+in England in 1851 and his preliminary training was so thorough
+and comprehensive as to place him beyond the point of mediocrity
+even at the outset of his professional career. Returning to
+Montreal, he entered upon active practice in this city and
+almost immediately became known, as well, as an able educator
+and writer upon medical topics. He was appointed demonstrator of
+anatomy in McGill in 1854 and was connected with the faculty of
+medicine until his death. In 1856 he was appointed to the chair
+of clinical surgery and in November, 1860, was transferred to the
+chair of clinical medicine and medical jurisprudence, occupying
+that position until April, 1868, when he was appointed professor
+of midwifery and the diseases of women and children. He retained
+that professorship until 1883, when he resigned, at which time
+the governors of the university made him professor emeritus, so
+that he retained his precedence in the university, in which he
+had continued as a professor for almost thirty years.</p>
+
+<p>The active work of the profession aside from private practice was
+carried on by Dr. MacCallum as visiting physician to the Montreal
+General Hospital from 1856 until 1877, when, after twenty-one
+years’ service, he resigned and by vote of the governors was
+placed on the consulting staff of the hospital.<a class="pagenum" name="Page_412" id="Page_412">[412]</a> From 1868 until
+1883 he had charge of the Lying-in Hospital and for fourteen
+years was physician to the Hervey Institute for Children.
+His writings gained him almost a world-wide reputation. He
+contributed articles to the British American Medical and Surgical
+Journals, to the Canada Medical Journal and the Transactions
+of the Obstetrical Society of London, England. In 1854 he was
+associated with Dr. William Wright in establishing and editing
+the Medical Chronicle, which paper remained in existence for six
+years. Dr. MacCallum was vice president for Canada of the section
+of obstetrics in the Ninth International Medical Congress, which
+was held at Washington, D. C., in September, 1887. His eminent
+ability and broad learning made him looked upon as a leader in
+the ranks of the medical profession on the American continent and
+also gained him recognition abroad, so that he was elected to
+fellowship in the Obstetrical Society of London and was chosen to
+become one of the foundation fellows of the British Gynecological
+Society. On the 1st of March, 1855, he was appointed assistant
+surgeon of the Sixth Battalion of Montreal Militia and on the
+15th of February, 1856, was appointed surgeon to the same.</p>
+
+<p>In October, 1867, Dr. MacCallum was united in marriage to Miss
+Marie Josephine Guy, the second daughter of Hon. Hippolyte Guy,
+judge of the superior court of lower Canada and a representative
+of ancestry, honorable and distinguished. The children born
+to Dr. and Mrs. MacCallum were: Marie Josephine, who married
+Professor Thomas A. Starkey of McGill University, of whom there
+is mention in these volumes and by whom she has one son, Hugh
+Starkey; Esther Melina; Marianne, who married Edward Desbarats,
+of Montreal, and has seven children—Edward, Duncan, Josephine,
+Henry, Lucy Anne, Cecile and Henri; Flora Victoria, who married
+de Les Derniers Shepherd, of Montreal; and Duncan Guy, who won
+the degree of M. D. at McGill University in 1907 and is now a
+medical practitioner of Sherbrooke, Quebec.</p>
+
+<p>The life work of Dr. MacCallum was one of signal service and
+benefit to mankind and his name deserves to be enrolled with
+those of the benefactors of the race.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_B26" id="Idx_B26"></a>JOSEPH ALEXANDRE BONIN.</h3>
+
+<p>Joseph Alexandre Bonin, one of the prominent and successful
+barristers of Montreal, where he practices as a member of the
+firm of Taillon, Bonin & Morin, was born in D’Autray, Lanoraie,
+province of Quebec, a son of the late J. B. Bonin. In the
+acquirement of an education he attended Joliette College and was
+called to the bar as advocate in 1874, being made king’s counsel
+in 1893. He has been for many years in the successful practice of
+his profession in Montreal, where the firm of Taillon, Bonin &
+Morin is regarded as one of the strongest in the city, connected
+through an extensive and representative clientele with a great
+deal of notable litigation. Mr. Bonin’s wide experience and
+successful practice have secured for him a large following, and
+his comprehensive knowledge of legal principles has made him very
+successful in the conduct of cases intrusted to his care. His
+mind is incisive, analytical and deductive<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_415" id="Page_415">[415]</a></span> and his powers have
+been developed through the years, until today he is one of the
+most able and prominent barristers in the city where he makes his
+home.</p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 331px;">
+<img src="images/image413.jpg" width="331" height="500" alt="J. ALEXANDRE BONIN" />
+<p class="caption">J. ALEXANDRE BONIN</p>
+</div>
+
+<p>Mr. Bonin married a daughter of the late J. L. Leprohon, M.
+D., vice consul for Spain in Montreal, and Mr. and Mrs. Bonin
+are well known in social circles of this city. Mr. Bonin is a
+member of the Roman Catholic church and is a conservative in his
+political beliefs, taking an intelligent and public-spirited
+interest in municipal growth and advancement. He has gained
+prominence and distinction in a profession where advancement
+depends entirely upon superior merit and ability and stands among
+the barristers whose work is important as an element in the legal
+history of this province.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_G27" id="Idx_G27"></a>GUY FAMILY.</h3>
+
+<p>The Guy family is one of the oldest and most prominent in
+Montreal. Pierre Guy, the first of the name to settle in Canada,
+joined the French army under M. de Vaudreuil and rose rapidly
+through intermediate positions to the rank of captain. He
+participated in the engagements which occurred with frequency
+between the French in Quebec and the English in Massachusetts
+and New York and he died at the age of forty-eight years. His
+son, a namesake, Pierre Guy, Jr., was educated in France and also
+joined the French army in Canada, serving under General Montcalm
+in the French and Indian war. He participated in the battles of
+Caillion, Montmorency and the battle on the Plains of Abraham.
+When the power of France in Canada was set at naught, he with
+others left for France, where he remained until 1764. He then
+returned to Canada and accepted a business situation in Montreal,
+becoming a loyal subject of Great Britain. Soon afterward when
+General Montgomery invaded Canada he took up arms for the defence
+of the country which so exasperated the Americans that they
+sacked his stores after the capitulation of the city. In 1776
+he received from the Crown the appointment of judge and in 1782
+became a colonel of militia. He was also active in founding
+the college of St. Raphael and was thus prominently identified
+with the military, commercial and educational interests of the
+province of Quebec. He received from the Crown a large land
+grant in Montreal in that part of the city known as Bourgoyne
+and he it was who gave Nuns Island to the nuns and he also gave
+one-half of Viger Square to the city. At one time he conducted a
+large business as a fur trader between Montreal and France. His
+activities were so important and his ability so pronounced that
+he was a recognized leader in the different fields in which his
+labors and efforts were put forth.</p>
+
+<p>Pierre Guy, Jr., died in the year 1812, leaving several sons and
+daughters. Of these Louis Guy, who by the death of his father
+became the oldest representative of the family, was made a
+councillor by King William in February, 1831, and died in 1840.
+Guy Street in Montreal was so called in his honor.</p>
+
+<p>He had six children: Emily, who married Lieutenant Colonel De
+Salaberry; Caroline, who became the wife of Joseph Baby; Henry,
+who was a colonel in the British army; Hippolyte; Joseph, who was
+a lawyer of Montreal; and Adine, who married Mr. Pemberton of
+Quebec.</p>
+
+<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_416" id="Page_416">[416]</a></p>
+
+<p>Judge Hippolyte Guy, judge of the superior court of Lower
+Canada, and the second son of Louis Guy, married Marianne Esther
+Nelson, a daughter of James Frederick Nelson and his wife Mary
+Ann Adelaide Regnault, the adopted daughter of Chief Justice
+Vallieres of Three Rivers, P. Q. Judge Guy died April 19, 1860.
+Unto him and his wife were born three daughters and a son. Marie
+Louise, the eldest, became the wife of Hon. Chief Justice Austin,
+of Nassau and they had three children: Barry, Gloucester and
+Charlotte, now Lady Napier. Marie Josephine married Dr. Duncan
+Campbell MacCallum, of whom there is made mention on another
+page of this work. Marie Ann became the wife of Alex de Lusignan
+by whom she had two children, Guy de Lusignan and Esther de
+Lusignan. She afterward married Gustave Fabre and by him has
+one daughter, Terese, the wife of Mr. L’Africanne. Pierre, the
+youngest in the family, died at the age of four years.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_L2" id="Idx_L2"></a>LIEUTENANT COLONEL ALFRED EUGENE DAMASE LABELLE.</h3>
+
+<p>Few men occupy a more enviable position in business and military
+circles than Lieutenant Colonel Alfred E. D. Labelle. He has been
+termed “the beau ideal of a soldier,” and his position as one
+of the captains of industry in Montreal none question. Montreal
+claims him as a native son. He was born August 23, 1866, his
+parents being Hospice L. and Leocadie (Masson) Labelle, the
+former a grain inspector of Montreal. The son was a student
+in Bishop’s Academy and in a commercial school of his native
+city, his training in that institution fitting him for the
+responsibilities which came upon him after he entered business
+circles in 1883 in the employ of the late W. W. Ogilvie, the
+miller king. He remained in that connection until the business
+was merged into the Ogilvie Flour Mills Company, Limited, in
+1897, at which time he became sales manager for Montreal, so
+remaining until his retirement from active connection with the
+business in 1910. In that year he became managing director of
+the St. Lawrence Flour Mills Company, of which he was one of
+the principal promoters and as such he stands today as one of
+the leading representatives of the productive industries of the
+province, bending his energies to constructive direction and
+executive control of a business that has already reached mammoth
+proportions.</p>
+
+<p>He has active connection and voice in the management of many
+organizations looking to the betterment of trade and commercial
+relations. He is a member of the Montreal Harbor board, the
+Montreal Board of Trade, was president of the Chambre de
+Commerce, and is vice president of the Montreal Industrial
+Exhibition Association and the Montreal Vehicular Traffic
+Association. He is also connected with movements touching
+the general interests of society outside the strict field of
+business, being councillor of the Red Cross Society and of the
+Boy Scout movement. His military career is perhaps even more
+brilliant than his business record. He has been long connected
+with the volunteer militia service, having joined the Sixty-fifth
+Regiment as a private in 1882. He was advanced through various
+ranks until he became lieutenant colonel, commanding in 1897 and
+in 1902 his name was placed upon<a class="pagenum" name="Page_417" id="Page_417">[417]</a> the list of retired officers.
+Subsequently he commanded the Seventh Infantry Brigade, was
+appointed a second time to the command of the Sixty-fifth
+Regiment in March, 1907, and is now in command of the Twelfth
+Infantry Brigade. He served in the Northwest rebellion in 1885
+and was one of its medallists. He was on the staff of the
+Victoria Jubilee contingent in London, England, in 1897, when
+he was again accorded a medal. He commanded the troops sent
+to Valleyfield, P. Q., during the trade riots in 1900, and he
+commanded the Canadian Bisley team in 1908. In the previous
+year he received a long service decoration and became actively
+connected with military training in 1896 as president of the
+Montreal Military Institute. He was likewise president of the
+Montreal Amalgamated Rifle Association in 1901-2. The Montreal
+Witness speaks of him as a “splendid officer, popular and
+respected by all.”</p>
+
+<p>Colonel Labelle was married in 1900 to Amelie Sicotte, the second
+daughter of the late Hon. L. W. Sicotte. Colonel Labelle is a
+Roman Catholic in religious faith and a conservative in political
+belief. His club relations are with the leading organizations of
+that character in Montreal, including the St. James Club, Club
+Lafontaine, Club Canadien, the Military Institute and Club St.
+Denis. The analytical trend of his mind readily enables him to
+understand the various factors which enter into the successful
+control of military interests and of business affairs. He has
+ever followed the broad policy of building up rather than of
+destroying and in all of his commercial interests has employed
+constructive measures, never sacrificing interests of others
+to corporation gain. While in military circles he is a strict
+disciplinarian, he has at the same time, those qualities which
+win personal popularity and respect among subordinates and the
+expressions of praise again and again heard from those who have
+served under him show that he is justly entitled to be termed
+“the beau ideal of a soldier.”</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_M14" id="Idx_M14"></a>DUNCAN LIVINGSTONE MacDOUGALL.</h3>
+
+<p>Duncan Livingstone MacDougall, a merchant of Montreal for many
+years and an active church man, whose life was one of broad
+usefulness as well as of material success, was born in Kendelton,
+Scotland, in 1848, a son of Archibald L. MacDougall, who in the
+year 1861 established his home in Montreal. He married Agnes
+Livingstone, a cousin of the great explorer and missionary who
+was the first man to penetrate into the heart of Africa. Mr. and
+Mrs. MacDougall became the parents of two sons, Duncan L. and
+John, and a daughter, Mrs. Robert Logie.</p>
+
+<p>Duncan L. MacDougall was a youth of thirteen years when the
+family crossed the Atlantic to Canada. His education was acquired
+in the schools of Scotland and of Montreal and he crossed the
+threshold of business life as bookkeeper for Cochran, Cassills
+& Company, boot and shoe merchants, in whose employ he was
+continually advanced in recognition of his merit and capability
+until eventually he was admitted to partnership, continuing a
+member of the firm to the time of his death. He devoted his
+undivided attention to the interests of the business and became
+an active factor in guiding its affairs. He possessed in large
+measure that quality which for want of a better term has been
+called commercial sense,<a class="pagenum" name="Page_418" id="Page_418">[418]</a> seeming to recognize almost intuitively
+the points and propositions of business that led toward
+prosperity.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. MacDougall was married in Montreal in 1872 to Miss Margaret
+B. Patterson, a daughter of William Patterson, who came to Canada
+from Edinburgh, Scotland, at an early day and was a veterinary
+surgeon of the city to the time of his death. His wife bore
+the maiden name of Isabella S. Dunnett. Mrs. MacDougall by her
+marriage became the mother of three sons and two daughters,
+Archibald Lorne, Alice Maud, William Percival, Edith Margaret and
+Duncan Livingstone.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. MacDougall was a member of the Metropolitan Club and was
+a very active worker in the American Presbyterian church
+cooperating in various lines of church work and contributing
+generously to its support. His life was actuated by high and
+honorable principles, that found expression in noble deeds and
+helpfulness toward those who needed assistance.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_A10" id="Idx_A10"></a>ANTHUNE SERGIUS ARCHAMBAULT.</h3>
+
+<p>Anthune Sergius Archambault, member of the bar, practicing at
+Montreal as an advocate, specializes in the administration of
+estates, and is one of the few in Montreal’s legal profession
+giving special attention to work in a fiduciary capacity. He was
+born at St. Antoine, Vercheres county, on the 9th of November,
+1874, a son of Alphonse Archambault and Hermenie Gladu, the
+former a farmer by occupation. While spending his youthful days
+under the parental roof A. S. Archambault <a name="Err_40" id="Err_40"></a>pursued his education
+at St. Hyacinthe College, from which he was graduated with the
+Bachelor of Arts degree in 1894. He then entered upon the study
+of law, which he pursued in Laval University, in 1898 winning
+the LL. L. degree. He is an advocate of considerable power and
+ability and has made continuous progress in his profession since
+taking up the active duties thereof fifteen years ago. He has
+gained a good clientage and his practice is of an important
+character. He was for some time the legal adviser of the parish
+of Sault au Récollet.</p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 331px;">
+<img src="images/image419.jpg" width="331" height="500" alt="ANTHUNE S. ARCHAMBAULT" />
+<p class="caption">ANTHUNE S. ARCHAMBAULT</p>
+</div>
+
+<p>Mr. Archambault has been married twice. He first wedded Rose
+Helene Patenaude at Montreal on the 7th of May, 1901, and her
+death occurred on the fifth anniversary of their marriage. On the
+17th of November, 1909, Mr. Archambault was again married, his
+second union being with Annie Michaud, of Ahuntsic. There are two
+children, Annette and Paul, of the first marriage and also two of
+the second, Jean and Marie.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_G10" id="Idx_G10"></a>REMI GOHIER, Sr.</h3>
+
+<p>Remi Gohier, Sr., of Montreal, actively engaged in the
+real-estate business which has proved to him a profitable
+field of labor, was born on the 7th of September, 1841, at St.
+Laurent, Jacques Cartier county, P. Q., a son of Augustin Gohier
+dit Belisle and Marguerite Martin dit Ladouceur. The early
+ancestors<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_421" id="Page_421">[421]</a></span> of the Gohier family in the province of Quebec
+spelled the name in various ways, including Goyer, etc., but in
+France it was spelled Gohier and one of the name was of great
+prominence during the reign of Napoleon I.</p>
+
+<p>Remi Gohier was a student in the St. Laurent College and with
+his entrance into commercial circles at the age of twenty-two
+he became a dry-goods merchant, and for twenty-seven years
+was engaged in that business at what is now the corner of
+St. Lawrence and DeMontigny Streets. In January, 1891, he
+became connected with the real-estate and insurance brokerage
+business with his two sons, Arthur E. and Alexandre. Having won
+substantial success he has since continued in that business.
+He has negotiated many important realty transfers, bought and
+sold property on his own account and has won a creditable and
+gratifying measure of success. For eight years he was a director
+of the Montreal Turnpike Trust Company, and he has done active
+public service as justice of the peace for about ten years. About
+1906 Mr. Gohier became connected with La Compagnie Des Terrains
+Maisonneuve, Limited, and has since been a director of the same,
+in which he is extensively interested.</p>
+
+<p>On the 25th of November, 1863, in Montreal, in Notre Dame
+Cathedral, Mr. Gohier was united in marriage to Miss Anne
+Jeanne Wright, a daughter of Alexander Hamilton and Marguerite
+(Scally) Wright. Their children are: Remi, who married Alice
+Faille; Emma Isabella, the wife of J. A. Lesieur Desaulniers;
+Arthur Edouard, who married Adelina Tetrault; Corrine, the wife
+of Eugene Tetrault; Alexandre, who married Charlotte Mongenais;
+and Bernice. The family are communicants of the Catholic church,
+and Mr. Gohier is a Knight of Columbus. He has membership with
+the Liberal Club, which indicates his political belief, and he
+is also a member of the Montreal Canadian Club. The family is
+highly respected, warm regard being extended father and sons.
+The business record of Mr. Gohier has gained for him confidence
+and good-will as well as substantial success, and his prosperity
+has been the merited reward of his capability and indefatigable
+enterprise.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_E12" id="Idx_E12"></a>WALTER HAMILTON EWING.</h3>
+
+<p>Walter Hamilton Ewing, who is well known throughout Canada and
+the United States as a champion shot, is the eldest son of the
+late Alexander Miller Ewing and Ida F. (Appleton) Ewing, of
+Montreal, and was born in this city on the 11th of February,
+1878. He is descended from Irish ancestry. He pursued his
+education in the schools of his native city and made his initial
+step in the business world with Hodgson Sumner & Company.
+Subsequently he became connected with the Hart & Adair Coal
+Company and in 1904 organized the Lackawanna Coal Company, Ltd.,
+of which he is president.</p>
+
+<p>On the 30th of April, 1902, Mr. Ewing was united in marriage to
+Miss Ethel Raeburn McIntyre, a daughter of the late Archibald
+McIntyre, of Montreal, and their children are Morris A.,
+Marguerite R., Walter James and David Russell.</p>
+
+<p>While in Montreal Mr. Ewing is known as a successful,
+enterprising and progressive business man, he has a wide
+reputation throughout the continent in connection with his record
+as a marksman. He made the highest amateur score at<a class="pagenum" name="Page_422" id="Page_422">[422]</a> the first
+annual shooting tournament of Canadian Indians at Montreal in
+May, 1906, winning the Clarendon cup. He won the championship
+of the world in trap shooting in July, 1908, at the Olympic
+games in London, England. He has won the championship of Canada,
+the Grand Canadian Handicap, the Brewers’ & Malsters’ cup and
+the Provincial Individual. He also shot on all team trophies,
+namely: 8-Man Dominion, 10-Man Provincial, 5-Man International,
+5-Man Provincial and 5-Man Lansdowne cup. He is the only man who
+ever held the above cups at the same time. Surely he has every
+reason to be proud of his record in this connection. Mr. Ewing in
+religious faith is a Presbyterian.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_B13" id="Idx_B13"></a>REV. JAMES BENNETT.</h3>
+
+<p>Rev. James Bennett was born in Scotland and when a young man
+came to Montreal, where he continued his education, begun in the
+schools of his native land. He entered McGill University, from
+which he was graduated with the Bachelor of Arts degree, and
+later, having determined to devote his life to the work of the
+ministry, he took up the study of theology in Queen’s College at
+Kingston, Ontario. He immediately entered upon ministerial duties
+as pastor of the Presbyterian church on Cote des Neiges road, but
+soon afterward was called to L’Orignal, Ontario, where he filled
+a charge until his demise on August 17, 1901. His earnest effort,
+his charity and his consecration to the cause was productive of
+much good, his labors resulting in the accession of many to the
+church.</p>
+
+<p>Rev. Bennett was married in Montreal to Miss Agnes Phillips, a
+daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth (Hodge) Phillips, and to them
+was born a son, William Phillips Bennett, now of Toronto.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_P9" id="Idx_P9"></a>THOMAS PHILLIPS, Jr.</h3>
+
+<p>Thomas Phillips, well known for many years as a valued resident
+of Montreal, his native city, was at one time proprietor of that
+section known as Woodbury. He was a son of Thomas Phillips,
+Sr., who owned nearly all of what is now Beaver Hall Hill,
+where the family home was maintained for many years. The father
+was likewise the owner of what is now Phillips square, which
+was named in his honor. His landed possessions in fact were
+very extensive and their value increased with the growth and
+development of the city, making his a valuable estate.</p>
+
+<p>His son, Thomas Phillips, pursued his education in the schools of
+Montreal, in Upper Canada College and in Dr. Workman’s private
+school. He purchased a farm on the island of Montreal and later
+became owner of what is now called Woodbury and constitutes an
+attractive portion of the city, having all been laid out in city
+lots. There he lived in comparative retirement. He named his
+place Woodbury after the old home of Thomas Phillips, Sr., who
+came from Woodbury, Devonshire, England, and settled in Montreal.</p>
+
+<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_423" id="Page_423">[423]</a></p>
+
+<p>Thomas Phillips, Jr., married Miss Elizabeth Hodge, also a native
+of this city, and a daughter of James Hodge, likewise a farmer on
+the island of Montreal. They became the parents of four daughters
+and a son: Martha Emily, now deceased; Charlotte E.; Agnes, who
+became the wife of Rev. James Bennett and is now a widow living
+in Montreal; Mrs. Eleanor A. Perham, the widow of L. D. Perham;
+and Thomas Phillips, who at his death left two daughters, now
+residents of Scotland.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Phillips, whose name introduces this review, was a
+public-spirited man, and ever interested in the general welfare.
+From early manhood he was a member of St. George’s church and
+was its oldest member at the time of his demise. He died January
+4, 1900, a day therefore that marked the passing of a prominent
+representative of one of the oldest families of Montreal and one
+whose name has ever been a synonym for honorable manhood and
+loyal citizenship.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_V3" id="Idx_V3"></a>JOSEPH VERSAILLES.</h3>
+
+<p>Progressive development finds a worthy exponent in Joseph
+Versailles, whose connection with real-estate operations has been
+an element in the material development of his section of the
+province. He was born in Montreal on the 28th of March, 1881, a
+son of Joseph Versailles and Julie Monarque. Mention is made in
+L’Histoire de l’Eglise by Rhorbacher of a companion of Jeanne
+d’Arc of the name of Pierre de Versailles. In early Canadian
+records the family name frequently appears with many variations,
+including that of Martin and Louis Martin of this family who was
+born in 1639 and was massacred by the Iroquois Indians at Long
+Sault on the 21st of May, 1660. The first record found under the
+present family name is that of Guillaume Versailles, who was born
+in 1731 and died on the 27th of November, 1751, at Trois Rivières.</p>
+
+<p>Joseph Versailles of this review was a student in St. Mary’s
+College (Jesuit) on Bleury Street, Montreal, from which he was
+graduated in 1903 with the degree of Bachelor of Arts, having
+completed the classical course. Turning from the educational
+field of business he was for six years proprietor of a hardware
+store and thus laid the foundation for the success which has
+since come to him through his activities in the real-estate
+field. Three years ago he founded the town of Montreal East and
+his real-estate operations there have been a foremost element in
+its development and substantial growth. He has recently erected
+one of the finest office buildings of Montreal on St. James
+Street, its height making it known as one of the skyscrapers.
+Mr. Versailles displays marked energy and determination and in
+his business career brooks no obstacles that can be overcome by
+persistent, energetic and honorable effort. He has thoroughly
+qualified himself to discuss every phase of the real-estate
+business and with remarkable prescience he has recognized the
+possibilities for the city’s growth and the extension of its
+suburban interests. The town of Montreal East which he founded
+was incorporated June 4, 1910, and since that time he has
+continuously served as its mayor, in which connection he has
+largely promoted its interests and development.</p>
+
+<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_424" id="Page_424">[424]</a></p>
+
+<p>On the 20th of September, 1904, Mr. Versailles was united in
+marriage to Miss Marie Prendergast, a daughter of the late M. J.
+A. Prendergast, managing director of La Banque d’Hochelaga for
+twenty-five years. He was with the pontifical zouaves in Italy
+from 1867 until 1870, engaged in the practice of law following
+his return to Canada and then entered upon active connection
+with banking interests. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Versailles
+are Marguerite, Pauline, Joseph and Yvan. The religious faith
+of the family is that of the Roman Catholic church and Mr.
+Versailles was founder and the first president, in 1903 and 1904,
+of L’Association Catholique de la Jeunesse Canadienne-Française.
+In politics he does not maintain a position of aggressive
+partisanship. He believes in Canada first, rather than party,
+and in Canada for the Canadians and acting upon this belief his
+public service has been of benefit to the municipality and the
+general interests of society.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_P6" id="Idx_P6"></a>LEWIS D. PERHAM.</h3>
+
+<p>Lewis D. Perham, who for many years was connected with the
+customhouse of Montreal, was born in Russelltown, Quebec, in
+1854, a son of Freeman Perham, a farmer of Russelltown. In the
+public schools of his native place Lewis D. Perham pursued his
+education and also attended a business college in Montreal. His
+life in one way was quietly and uneventfully passed, most of it
+being devoted to service in the customs department of his adopted
+city. For many years he was thus active in the government service
+and was occupying that position at the time of his demise. His
+long connection with the customs office plainly indicates his
+fidelity, capability and promptness in the discharge of his
+duties.</p>
+
+<p>In 1885, in Montreal, Mr. Perham was united in marriage to Miss
+Eleanor Phillips, a daughter of Thomas Phillips, of whom mention
+is made elsewhere in this volume. Four children were born to
+them, of whom two are living, Lewis P. and Ruth E.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Perham was a conservative in politics. For a few years
+he held membership with the Orangemen and he belonged to the
+American Presbyterian church. Death called him December 10,
+1907, and those who were his associates in life mourned his
+death, for substantial qualities and commendable characteristics
+had endeared him to all who knew him. His life was upright and
+honorable, for he closely followed ethical and moral standards.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_M8" id="Idx_M8"></a>PATRICK McKENNA.</h3>
+
+<p>The history of Cote des Neiges would be incomplete and
+unsatisfactory were there failure to make reference to Patrick
+McKenna, who reached the venerable age of ninety-three years—a
+respected citizen, whose life, though quietly and uneventfully
+passed, was ever a useful and upright one. A native of Ireland,
+ambition stirred him to activity with the dawning of young
+manhood, and feeling<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_427" id="Page_427">[427]</a></span> that better opportunities might be
+secured in the new world, he left County Cavan and made his way
+to Canada where he arrived in 1847. The voyage was made in one
+of the old-time sailing vessels which dropped anchor in the
+river and there the immigrants, according to the law of the
+land, passed into quarantine. Mr. McKenna, anxious to get to
+work, chafed under this restraint but when he and his fellow
+travelers were liberated he hastened to make his way into the
+city where he immediately sought employment. He scorned no labor
+that would give him an honest living and so showed that he was
+possessed of the spirit of undaunted industry and determination.
+In May, 1850, he came to Cote des Neiges, which at that time was
+a village somewhat remote from Montreal but now included within
+the corporation limits of the city. He accepted the position of
+gardener with the late Mr. Donald Ross, but after a year had
+passed, became a tenant of that part of the property that borders
+the present Westmount Avenue, although it was years afterward
+before that thoroughfare was laid out. In 1866 he purchased
+from the Greenshields estate a tract of fifty acres to which
+he removed in about 1870 and upon it began the erection of a
+greenhouse and with the growth of the business in subsequent
+years additional hothouse space was added. The original firm
+name, P. McKenna & Son, remains unchanged to the present day.</p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 450px;">
+<img src="images/image425.jpg" width="450" height="297" alt="MR. AND MRS. PATRICK McKENNA On the Sixtieth
+Anniversary of their Marriage" />
+<p class="caption">MR. AND MRS. PATRICK McKENNA On the Sixtieth
+Anniversary of their Marriage</p>
+</div>
+
+<p>On the 1st of October, 1849, Mr. McKenna had married Miss
+Mary Kearney, who in the previous year had left her home at
+Fanningstown, County Limerick, Ireland, and sailed for the new
+world. In the succeeding May Mr. McKenna brought his young
+wife to the home which they occupied for twenty years and on
+the expiration of that period they took up their abode in the
+residence where they lived until death called them. Mr. McKenna
+at first gave his attention to market gardening, conducting a
+successful business for eighteen years, but gradually withdrew
+from that branch of business to give his entire attention to the
+florist business, making the raising of fruit and vegetables
+merely a side issue.</p>
+
+<p>The McKenna greenhouses became well known and the business
+prospered from the beginning, bringing Mr. McKenna a substantial
+financial return which enabled him eventually to retire from
+active business life.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. and Mrs. McKenna became the parents of thirteen children but
+six of the number died in infancy, and Elizabeth died a member
+of the Nuns of Jesus and Mary, under the name of Sister St.
+Pancratius. Patrick died in 1880 and Mary in 1872. Four children
+survive the parents: James, a sketch of whom follows; Miss Sarah
+McKenna; Frances N., the wife of F. Allan Beauchamp; and Sister
+McKenna, who for seven years was bursar of a nunnery at Lawrence,
+Massachusetts, and for the past fifteen years has been bursar of
+the noted Grey Nunnery of Montreal.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. and Mrs. McKenna lived to celebrate their diamond wedding
+on the sixtieth anniversary of their marriage. The occasion was
+made a memorable one to all who participated therein. Both Mr.
+and Mrs. McKenna were enjoying good health, although both were
+octogenarians, and the celebration was participated in by Mrs.
+McKenna’s sister, Miss Sarah Kearney, who witnessed the original
+marriage sixty years before. On the occasion of the diamond
+wedding the ceremony was marked by the celebration of pontifical
+mass by His Lordship Bishop Racicot, assisted by others. From
+1851 Mr. McKenna was a continuous holder of a pew in St.
+Patrick’s church.</p>
+
+<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_428" id="Page_428">[428]</a></p>
+
+<p>His long residence at Cote des Neiges enabled him to tell much
+concerning the history of that section and to relate many
+interesting incidents connected with its development and growth.
+He had occupied the position of councillor in the village before
+its incorporation into a town and about 1889 was succeeded by his
+son. He was a justice of the peace for the district of Montreal
+for twenty-five years until his death. He possessed a retiring
+disposition but nevertheless manifested keen interest in all
+that pertained to the city’s welfare and never failed to perform
+a public duty that devolved upon him. He was ever loyal to the
+land of his adoption and maintained a deep love for the land of
+his birth. As a boy he received a temperance medal from Father
+Matthew, the Irish apostle of temperance, which is now treasured
+by his son.</p>
+
+<p>For over two years after the celebration of the diamond wedding
+the parents continued to travel life’s journey and then death
+called the husband and father, who passed away March 14, 1912,
+at the age of ninety-three years. The wife and mother survived
+for only a few months, her death occurring <a name="Err_41" id="Err_41"></a>on the 12th of July,
+following, at which time she had reached the age of eighty-two
+years. They were perhaps the most venerable couple in Cote
+des Neiges and among the oldest witnesses of the growth and
+development of the tiny village into a city which eventually was
+absorbed in the metropolis.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_M7" id="Idx_M7"></a>JAMES McKENNA.</h3>
+
+<p>James McKenna, who is his father’s successor in public office
+and business, was born at the family home in Cote des Neiges,
+November 11, 1851, his parents being Patrick and Mary (Kearney)
+McKenna, whose sketch precedes this. When the father retired
+from the position of councillor of Cote des Neiges in 1889,
+James McKenna succeeded to the position which he continuously
+and acceptably filled for nineteen years, while from 1908 until
+1910 he was alderman of Montreal. He was appointed justice of the
+peace for the district of Montreal to fill the vacancy caused by
+the death of his father. He married Margaret Quinn and to them
+were born eight children: Rose; Evaline, the wife of Antoine
+Marchand by whom she has a son, Charles; Maud, who was known as
+Sister St. Margaret of Notre Dame and has passed away; Charles
+P., who died at the age of eighteen years; Frank J., who married
+Evaline McCarthy; Leo James, who married Gertrude Eagan and has a
+son, Leo Martin; Harry W.; and E. Phillip.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_H30" id="Idx_H30"></a>ROBERT THOMAS HOPPER.</h3>
+
+<p>Ability to recognize opportunities that others passed heedlessly
+by, combined with an ambition that brought about their immediate,
+practical and resultant utilization, brought Robert Thomas Hopper
+to a position in the foremost ranks of Montreal’s manufacturers
+and business men. He had the distinction of being the first man
+to ship asbestos abroad and later became a prominent figure in
+the<a class="pagenum" name="Page_429" id="Page_429">[429]</a> mining industry in the province, while at the time of his
+death he was president of the Dominion Marble Company.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Hopper was born in Quebec, February 25, 1858, and was
+educated there in the public school and in Thom’s Academy. His
+father, Thomas Hopper, was senior partner of the firm of Hopper
+Brothers, a prominent firm of cattle dealers in the province.
+Thomas Hopper married Miss Agnes Davidson and their children
+were six in number. Robert Thomas Hopper came to Montreal in
+1876, when he was eighteen years of age and secured a position
+as bookkeeper with the firm of James Linton, continuing in that
+connection for a year. He then organized the firm of Irwin Hopper
+& Company, which existed until 1889, when the business was taken
+over by R. T. Hopper & Company. This firm engaged in the mineral
+business, specializing in crude and fibrized asbestos, being
+among the pioneers in that industry in Canada. Mr. Hopper was
+regarded as father of the asbestos business in this country.
+He was the first Canadian to ship asbestos abroad and has the
+distinction of being the first man in the business to take up the
+installation of crushing machinery which has since revolutionized
+the asbestos business.</p>
+
+<p>About 1891, Mr. Hopper established the first Portland Cement
+plant in Canada, known as the English Portland Cement Company
+of Canada. Difficulties confronted him, for it fell to his
+lot to educate the people to the use of cement. He entered
+upon a campaign which ultimately resulted in success, for his
+persistency and energy overcame the obstacles placed in his
+way. Moreover, time tests the merit of all things and the worth
+of Portland cement is demonstrated in its successful use.
+Later Mr. Hopper consolidated his interests with the Rathburns
+of Deseronto, Ontario, organizing the Beaver Portland Cement
+Company, and with the development of the business and the
+formation of new associations the Canadian Portland Cement
+Company came into existence. Their plants were located at
+Marlbank and Deseronto, Ontario, and with the passing of the
+years the business developed until it assumed large proportions.
+Eventually, Mr. Hopper sold his interests after having materially
+assisted in building up a large and successful business. In 1906
+he organized the Dominion Marble Company, of which he continued
+as president until his death on the 13th of November, 1912. This
+business was established on a small scale but was developed
+along modern, progressive lines until the company is now one of
+the largest in Canada, engaged in the marble business, owning
+extensive quarries located at South Stukely, Quebec, and Mr.
+Hopper was also a director in the Sherbrooke Railway & Power
+Company and remained a director of the Canadian Cement Company
+after he withdrew from active connection with the management of
+the business. He was a prominent member of the council of the
+Canadian Mining Institute and thus kept in close touch with the
+mining projects of the country.</p>
+
+<p>In 1882, in Montreal, Mr. Hopper was united in marriage to Miss
+Mary Agnes Mathews, a daughter of Richard Mathews, of this city,
+and two daughters and a son were born to them.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Hopper was a member of the Board of Trade and was a
+public-spirited citizen, interested in all that pertained to
+civic betterment and improvement. He was a member of the Montreal
+Amateur Athletic Association, the Montreal Club, the Chapleau
+Club, the Royal St. Lawrence Yacht Club and the Beaconsfield
+Golf Club. He attended Douglas Methodist church and was deeply
+interested in<a class="pagenum" name="Page_430" id="Page_430">[430]</a> many local charities. He sought ever the welfare
+and development of the community in which he lived along lines of
+material, intellectual, moral and public progress and his labors
+were attended with far-reaching results and benefits.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_M25" id="Idx_M25"></a>JOSEPH FRANCOIS VICTOR MARTINEAU, K. C.</h3>
+
+<p>Standing among the foremost men of the legal profession in
+Montreal, Joseph François Victor Martineau enjoys an important
+and representative practice. Moreover, he holds the position of
+general secretary of the bar of the province of Quebec, to which
+he was admitted over twenty years ago. Mr. Martineau was born at
+Montreal on the 28th of August, 1867, and is a son of the late
+François Martineau and Emérentienne (Bouthillier) Martineau.
+The father was a well known hardware merchant in this city and
+represented for six years, from 1885 to 1891, St. Mary’s ward,
+now Papineau, in the city council. In 1892 he was elected as a
+conservative member of the legislative assembly of Quebec for
+division No. 1 of Montreal (St. Mary’s division) and continued as
+a member of parliament until the next general election, in 1897.</p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 334px;">
+<img src="images/image431.jpg" width="334" height="500" alt="J. F. V. MARTINEAU" />
+<p class="caption">J. F. V. MARTINEAU</p>
+</div>
+
+<p>Victor Martineau received his classical education at Ottawa
+College in Ottawa, St. Mary’s (Jesuit) College of Montreal, and
+for three years attended the law department of Laval University,
+from which he obtained the degree of LL. B. He was admitted to
+the bar of the province of Quebec in July, 1892, and ever since
+he has practiced in Montreal, having attained a high position
+among his colleagues. He is sound in his logic, terse in argument
+and forceful in presenting his pleas and, as he is a deep
+student, is familiar with precedent and all the technicalities of
+the law. Upon this structure is built his reputation for success.
+On the 5th of October, 1910, Mr. Martineau was appointed king’s
+counsel by the lieutenant governor and at the nomination of
+Hon. M. Arthur Globensky as judge of the superior court of the
+province of Quebec he was appointed general secretary of the bar
+of the province in August, 1910.</p>
+
+<p>On the 6th of June, 1893, Mr. Martineau was married to Miss
+Emmeline Jodoin, a daughter of Isaië A. Jodoin, a well known
+advocate of the bar of Montreal. To this union were born two
+daughters. Mr. Martineau is a conservative in political matters
+and takes the interest of an active and earnest citizen and
+voter in public matters although he has never aspired to office.
+He can be ever found among those who make for public progress
+and readily places his means and ability at the disposal of
+undertakings that have this end in view.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_C31" id="Idx_C31"></a>JOHN JENNINGS CREELMAN.</h3>
+
+<p>The life work of John Jennings Creelman has brought him into
+close connection with the general interests of society as
+affected by legislative procedure, by activity at the bar and by
+educational interests. In the year 1913 he was appointed lecturer
+upon railway economics in McGill University and sustains that
+relation to the present time. Born in Toronto on the 14th of
+February, 1881, he<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_433" id="Page_433">[433]</a></span> is a son of Adam R. and Margaret Cumming
+(Jennings) Creelman. The former was a son of James Creelman,
+whose father came from Ireland in childhood and settled in New
+Brunswick in 1790. Adam R. Creelman, preparing for the bar, was
+created king’s counsel, gained distinction as a member of the
+legal profession and in 1900 was made general counsel of the
+Canadian Pacific Railway Company. He married Margaret Cumming,
+daughter of Rev. John Jennings, D. D., the first Presbyterian
+clergyman from Scotland to settle in Toronto, which city was then
+known as Little York.</p>
+
+<p>Born and reared in Toronto, John J. Creelman attended the public
+schools and Upper Canada College where, upon his graduation
+in 1900, he won the governor general’s medal. His classical
+course was pursued in the University of Toronto, from which he
+graduated with the Bachelor of Arts degree in 1904. His legal
+training was received in McGill University, where he was created
+B. C. L. in 1907. The same year he pursued a special course in
+the University of Grenoble, after which he entered upon the
+active work of his profession as advocate and solicitor. Not
+only did he secure an extensive and important clientele but he
+also became an active factor in political circles through his
+appointment in 1908 as parliamentary secretary to the chairman of
+the committee upon banking and commerce in the Canadian senate.
+He is a member of the law firm of Casgrain, Mitchell, McDougall
+& Creelman. His invested interests also indicate extensive and
+important connection with commercial and industrial activities.
+He is now a director of the Canadian British Insulated Company,
+Limited; the Chamberlain & Hookham Meter Company, Limited;
+the Lancashire Dynamo & Motor Company of Canada, Limited; the
+Canadian Union Electric Company, Limited; and Fraser & Chalmers
+of Canada, Limited. He is likewise vice president of E. M. Sellon
+& Company, Limited. His varied activities have made him a close
+and interested student of the signs of the times, with a ready
+and accurate understanding of cause and effect in many of the
+great vital and significant problems before the country. His
+researches and logical deductions in the field of transportation
+have made him an authority upon the subject of railway economics
+and by reason thereof he was appointed lecturer on that subject
+for McGill in 1913. In this connection he has become a member of
+the Canadian Institute and of the National Tax Association.</p>
+
+<p>The spirit of progress which has actuated his entire life has
+been equally strongly manifest in his military connections. In
+1895 he was a member of the Upper Canada College Rifle Company;
+in 1899 a trooper in the Governor General’s Bodyguard of Toronto,
+of which he became a lieutenant in the following year. In 1905
+he was transferred to the Third “Montreal” Field Battery and
+in 1909 was commissioned major in command thereof. In 1912 he
+became lieutenant colonel in command of the Sixth Brigade,
+Canadian Field Artillery, and in 1911 he represented Canada on
+the coronation contingent at the coronation of King George V.
+From 1911 until 1914 he has been a member of the executive of the
+Canadian Artillery Association. In 1913 he passed the militia
+staff course. He is upon the council of the Montreal Reform Club
+and is a liberal in his political views.</p>
+
+<p>At Galveston, Texas, on the 24th of June, 1908, Mr. Creelman
+was united in marriage to Miss Katharine M. Weekes, a daughter
+of Nicholas Weekes, a confederate veteran of the Civil war, and
+at one time a railroad president and<a class="pagenum" name="Page_434" id="Page_434">[434]</a> banker of Galveston. Mrs.
+Creelman is a graduate of the Bishop Strachan School of Toronto
+and by her marriage has become the mother of a son, John Ashmore
+Creelman, representative of the family in the fifth generation
+in Canada. Mr. and Mrs. Creelman hold membership in St. Paul’s
+Presbyterian church of Montreal, and he is a prominent club man,
+belonging to the University, Engineers, Royal Montreal Golf,
+Thistle Curling and Canadian Clubs of Montreal; the University
+and Military Clubs of Toronto; and the Junior Army and Navy Club
+of London, England. In addition to a residence in Montreal he has
+a country home at Mont Tremblant, where the summer seasons are
+spent.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_P8" id="Idx_P8"></a>THOMAS PHILLIPS.</h3>
+
+<p>Thomas Phillips, remembered as one of the builders of the Rideau
+canal and as the holder of extensive property interests in
+Montreal, was born in Woodbury, Devonshire, England. He became a
+resident of Montreal about 1808 and for a time was engaged in the
+brewing business. The years chronicled the growth of his business
+both in extent and importance and he had attained a position of
+prominence that recommended him for onerous responsibilities when
+the Rideau canal project was under way. He became one of the
+builders of the canal and in that and in other connections was a
+very active man. Early and judicious investments in real estate
+made him the owner of much valuable property, including a tract
+of land extending from the foot of the mountain to Lagauchetiere
+West, including what is now Beaver Hall Hill and Phillips square,
+the latter named in honor of the family. Their home, a palatial
+residence, was situated on Beaver Hall Hill.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Phillips married Miss Martha Anderson, a native of New
+England, and they became the parents of nine children: George,
+Eleanor, Thomas, Alfred, Martha, Mrs. Julia Ashworth, William,
+Esther and Mrs. Elizabeth Capel. Of these, only Miss Esther
+Phillips is now living. The father died in 1842, while the
+mother, long surviving him, passed away in 1881. They were
+members of the English Cathedral church and Mr. Phillips
+was a most public-spirited man who recognized the needs and
+opportunities of his city and sought to compass the former and
+utilize the latter. He was numbered among those of the early half
+of the nineteenth century who laid the foundation upon which has
+been built the present prosperity and greatness of the city.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_C7" id="Idx_C7"></a>GEORGE ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL, K. C.</h3>
+
+<p>George Archibald Campbell, head of the legal firm of Campbell,
+McMaster & Papineau, of Montreal, was born in this city,
+September 26, 1875, a son of the Rev. Robert Campbell, D. D., an
+ex-moderator of the general assembly of the Presbyterian church
+in Canada and for more than fifty years one of the foremost
+divines of that denomination. His mother was the late Margaret
+(Macdonnell)<a class="pagenum" name="Page_435" id="Page_435">[435]</a> Campbell. Both parents were of Scotch descent and
+were members of families prominent in the clerical and legal
+professions.</p>
+
+<p>George Archibald Campbell supplemented his course of study in
+the Montreal high school by a course in McGill University,
+where he was graduated with first rank honors in 1896, upon the
+completion of the arts’ course. In preparation for the bar he
+then entered the law department and won his B. C. L. degree in
+1901. He received the Macdonald traveling scholarship in law and
+he supplemented his instruction received at McGill by attending
+lectures at the Universities of Paris, Grenoble and Montpelier,
+France. He received his practical legal education largely under
+the direction of Donald Macmaster, K. C., M. P., and was called
+to the bar in July, 1901. Subsequently he became a member of the
+firm of Macmaster, Hickson & Campbell and entered upon the active
+practice of his profession, in which he has now continued for
+thirteen years, his record being marked by an orderly progression
+that has brought him to an enviable position as a representative
+of the Montreal bar. He is now practicing as the senior partner
+in the legal firm of Campbell, McMaster & Papineau. In May, 1912,
+he was created a king’s counsel by Lieutenant Governor Langelier.</p>
+
+<p>On the 20th of January, 1909, Mr. Campbell was married in
+Montreal to Miss Amy G. Dawson, elder daughter of William V.
+Dawson, head of the importing and manufacturing company of W. V.
+Dawson, Limited, of Montreal. Their religious faith is evidenced
+by their membership in the Presbyterian church. Mr. Campbell’s
+political views accord with the principles of the conservative
+party, and he is a member of the Liberal-Conservative Club.
+Something of the nature of his interests and recreation outside
+the strict path of his profession or in the field of citizenship
+is shown through his membership in the Montreal, University,
+Beaconsfield Golf, Hermitage Country and Canadian Clubs. He is
+also a member of the Montreal Art Association. He finds enjoyment
+in golf and in motorboating and also takes delight in amateur
+farming, all of which constitute an even balance to his intense
+professional activity.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_P17" id="Idx_P17"></a>WALTER JAMES PRENDERGAST, M. D.</h3>
+
+<p>Dr. Walter James Prendergast, a successful practicing physician,
+well read and holding ever to high professional standards, was
+born in August, 1857, at Cote des Neiges, before it became a part
+of Montreal. His father, Walter Prendergast, leaving his native
+Ireland, came to Canada in early life and for a number of years
+conducted a hotel at Cote des Neiges, but retired many years
+prior to his death. His wife, who bore the maiden name of Joanna
+Griffith, was a representative of an old family of Sherbrooke,
+Quebec.</p>
+
+<p>Dr. Walter J. Prendergast pursued his education at St. Mary’s,
+from which he received the degree of B. A., and afterward spent
+three years as a student in McGill University, but finished
+his professional course at Bishop’s College, from which he was
+graduated with the M. D. degree in 1880. He remained throughout
+his later career a close student of his profession and thus
+his knowledge constantly broadened. Immediately following his
+graduation he began practice in Cote des Neiges and after ten
+years spent there removed to the city of Montreal,<a class="pagenum" name="Page_436" id="Page_436">[436]</a> remaining
+in practice on St. Denis Street until his death. His widow and
+children returned to the old family home on Cote des Neiges road,
+where they now reside. Dr. Prendergast was a general practitioner
+and was much interested in his profession. In fact, anything
+which tended to bring to man the key to the complex mystery which
+we call life was of interest to him and he ever read broadly
+upon subjects having to do with the safeguarding and restoration
+of health. In his professional capacity he did great good and
+was very charitable, for he would respond again and again to
+the call of the needy even when he knew there was no chance of
+remuneration for his services.</p>
+
+<p>In Montreal, in 1892, Dr. Prendergast was united in marriage to
+Miss Mary E. Scanlan, a daughter of Michael and Alice (Duggan)
+Scanlan. The latter, born in Montreal, was a daughter of Patrick
+Duggan, for many years a contractor of this city. For a half
+century Mr. Scanlan was connected with the growth of the import
+and export trade of this country. When seventeen years of age, or
+in 1857, he entered the service of David Torrance & Company and
+in 1872, when the Dominion line was established, he became wharf
+superintendent, which position he held until his death. During
+that period he was tireless in the faithful performance of his
+duty and in carrying out the wishes and furthering the interests
+of the corporation which he represented. Whether in Montreal, in
+Portland, Maine, or in Boston, Massachusetts, or wherever his
+duties called him he was the same genial, courteous gentleman,
+ever watchful of the interests under his care. He died October
+20, 1907, at the age of sixty-seven years.</p>
+
+<p>Dr. and Mrs. Prendergast became the parents of four children who
+survive, namely: Aileen, Walter Francis, Harold and Kathleen. Dr.
+Prendergast was a man of domestic habits, devoted to the welfare
+of his family. He was public-spirited and was interested in all
+those things which work for good and progress. In politics he was
+a liberal. He was a communicant of St. Agnes Catholic church, and
+belonged to the Knights of Columbus.</p>
+
+<p>Dr. Prendergast passed away January 21, 1910. Those who knew
+him—and he had an extensive acquaintance—entertained for
+him warm regard and many there are who have reason to bless
+his memory because of timely aid which he rendered them. His
+practice extended among the poor as well as the rich because of
+his benevolent nature and it is probable that he derived greater
+satisfaction from his ministrations to the former than to the
+latter, for his kindly spirit prompted him to reach out in
+helpfulness at all times.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_B18" id="Idx_B18"></a>EDOUARD BIRON.</h3>
+
+<p>Edouard Biron, a prominent representative of the notarial
+profession, having been appointed secretary of the board of
+notaries for the district of Montreal on the 10th of July, 1912,
+was born on the 20th of August, 1877, in the city which is still
+his place of residence, his father being Samuel Biron, who was a
+wholesale grocer, conducting business at the corner of McGill and
+Notre Dame Streets up to the time of his death in December, 1883.
+The mother was Dame Philomene Olivier.</p>
+
+<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_437" id="Page_437">[437]</a></p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 305px;">
+<img src="images/image437.jpg" width="305" height="500" alt="EDOUARD BIRON" />
+<p class="caption">EDOUARD BIRON</p>
+</div>
+
+<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_439" id="Page_439">[439]</a></span></p>
+
+<p>Edouard Biron was a student in St. Mary’s College in Montreal
+until graduated with the Bachelor of Arts degree in June, 1897.
+He next entered Laval University, where he won the LL. D.
+degree in June, 1900. He became a notary in July of the same
+year, practicing alone until February, 1903, when he formed
+a partnership with J. A. Savignac under the name of Biron &
+Savignac, an association which was maintained for more than ten
+years, or until September, 1913. On the 1st of that month the
+present firm of Biron, Savignac, Coderre & Poirier was formed. In
+addition to the business of that firm Mr. Biron, as previously
+stated, is acting as secretary of the board of notaries for the
+district of Montreal, through appointment received in July, 1912.
+He stands as a prominent representative of his profession and one
+whose ability in this line is unquestioned. As he has prospered
+he has made investment in property and is holder of some valuable
+Montreal real estate.</p>
+
+<p>On the 1st of September, 1902, Mr. Biron was married to Miss
+Blanche Fleury, a daughter of the late A. Fleury, who was a
+merchant of Montreal. Mr. and Mrs. Biron are the parents of
+four children: Germaine, ten years of age; Roger, eight years;
+Marcel, six years; and Suzanne, a little maiden of five summers.
+The religious faith of the family is that of the Roman Catholic
+church. Mr. Biron is general secretary of L’Association St. Jean
+Baptiste de Montreal and he belongs to the St. Denis and Canadian
+Clubs and the Club Canadien of Montreal.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_H4" id="Idx_H4"></a>EDMUND PHILLIPS HANNAFORD.</h3>
+
+<p>Edmund Phillips Hannaford engraved his name high on the roll of
+the promoters of railway interests in Canada. To no other single
+agency is progress so largely indebted as to railway building and
+thus it is that E. P. Hannaford deserves to be numbered among the
+public benefactors of his country. Throughout his entire life he
+was connected with railway projects and the superb engineering
+department of the Grand Trunk system is largely a monument to his
+skill, ability and sagacity. A native of Devonshire, England, Mr.
+Hannaford was born at Stoke Gabriel, on the 12th of December,
+1834, and he was a youth of but seventeen years when he entered
+the railway service as draftsman and assistant under Sir I. K.
+Brunel. Through the succeeding four years he was a member of
+the engineering corps of the South Devon Railway and in 1856
+he became identified with the development of railway projects
+in Canada. Following his arrival in the new world he became
+connected with the Grand Trunk Railway and acted as assistant
+engineer of the company from 1857 until 1866. In the latter
+year he was appointed chief engineer of the western division
+and further promotion awaited him in his appointment in 1869 to
+the position of chief engineer of the company. He remained in
+that connection for twenty-seven years, resigning from active
+work in 1896. He was in charge of the engineering department
+during the period of the greatest development of the railway
+and managed the construction of all new lines and stations of
+the company. His particular talent made him very successful in
+drawing up the plans of yards or overcoming any difficulty in the
+way of construction. No<a class="pagenum" name="Page_440" id="Page_440">[440]</a> better proof of his work can be given
+than the fact that it is now generally admitted that the Grand
+Trunk has one of the best lines of any railway in Canada. The
+general offices at Point St. Charles were also erected under his
+direction.</p>
+
+<p>In addition to his work in connection with the Grand Trunk
+Railway Mr. Hannaford in 1879 was named chief engineer of the
+Montreal & Champlain Junction Railway. Ten years before he had
+been chief engineer of the International bridge and in 1883 he
+became chief engineer of the Jacques Cartier Union and United
+States and Canada Railways.</p>
+
+<p>It was in 1859, in Belleville, Ontario, that Mr. Hannaford was
+united in marriage to Miss Mary W. Roy, a daughter of Robert
+Maitland Roy, of Scotland, who became a resident of Belleville
+in 1837. He served in the war of the rebellion in defense of his
+country’s interests and long held public office, serving for
+a quarter of a century as town clerk. Mr. and Mrs. Hannaford
+became the parents of seven children, of whom four survived the
+father: Elizabeth, who was Mrs. Harry B. Eastty, of Mount Vernon,
+New York, and died August 3, 1913; R. Maitland, assistant chief
+engineer of the Montreal Street Railway Company; Edmund P., who
+is located at Corpus Christi, Texas; and Miss Mary R. Hannaford,
+at home.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Hannaford belonged to the Church of St. James the Apostle
+and his social nature found expression in his membership in the
+St. James Club. He was a public-spirited man, deeply interested
+in all that pertained to the welfare and upbuilding of Canada,
+yet his tastes inclined him to domesticity and in the home
+circle he was a most devoted husband and father. He was a man
+of fine personal appearance and impressive manner, yet withal
+was most genial and affable, and, wherever he went and formed
+acquaintanceship, it constituted the beginning of warm and
+enduring friendships.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Hannaford died August 18, 1902.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_J1" id="Idx_J1"></a>ROBERT CARLYLE JAMIESON.</h3>
+
+<p>Robert Carlyle Jamieson, who stood as a man among men, ready to
+meet any obligation of life with the confidence and courage that
+come of conscious personal ability, right conception of things
+and an habitual regard for what is best in the exercise of human
+activities, was born in Glengarry, Ontario, in 1836. He was a
+cousin of Thomas Carlyle, philosopher and historian, and a son of
+William Jamieson, a gentleman farmer, who married Jean Brodie,
+also a native of Scotland, and on coming to Canada settled in
+Glengarry.</p>
+
+<p>Their son Robert Carlyle Jamieson pursued his education in the
+place of his nativity to the age of sixteen years, when he left
+home and taught school at Hawkesbury. In 1856 he came to Montreal
+and thereafter to the time of his death, which occurred almost a
+half century later, he was a resident of this city. He built up
+a large and profitable business through his industry, thrift and
+unfaltering honesty. It was in 1858 that he began the manufacture
+of varnish on St. Thomas Street, there establishing a plant that
+is yet conducted by the firm. In 1882 he purchased the plant of
+the Baylis Manufacturing Company,<a class="pagenum" name="Page_441" id="Page_441">[441]</a> manufacturers of paints and
+colors, and later bought the plant of P. D. Dodds & Company at
+St. Patrick and Island Streets, where the main office is now
+located. Thus the business has steadily grown and developed,
+Mr. Jamieson remaining the active head of the firm to the time
+of his demise. Year by year the trade has increased until it
+today extends all over Canada and a branch office is maintained
+in Vancouver, British Columbia. Mr. Jamieson devoted his entire
+life to the upbuilding and control of this industry, which is
+still conducted by his sons under the style of the R. C. Jamieson
+Company, Ltd. It became one of the chief productive industries of
+the city and constituted and still remains a source of gratifying
+revenue to the stockholders.</p>
+
+<p>In 1863, in Montreal, Mr. Jamieson was married to Miss Harriet
+Josephine McGowan, who was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, a daughter
+of John H. McGowan, who on leaving his native place, Aberdeen,
+Scotland, settled at Cincinnati, Ohio, but during the early ’60s
+removed to Montreal. Mr. and Mrs. Jamieson had a family of seven
+children, all of whom survive: Harriet A., now Mrs. W. de M.
+Marler; Helen L., the wife of A. W. Cochrane; Dr. William Hoves;
+Walter Lockhart; Robert Harry; Frederick Carlyle; and Ernest
+Temple. The death of the husband and father occurred February 17,
+1905.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Jamieson was a man who occupied an honorable and enviable
+position in the regard of his fellows. His life work was
+permeated by noble and upright principles and he was untiring
+in his efforts to do good. He was one of the original governors
+of the House of Industry and Reform and for twenty years he was
+treasurer of the Congregational College. He served as deacon
+in Emanuel church and was one of the first trustees when the
+house of worship was erected in 1875. At one time he served on
+the council of the Board of Trade and he was one of the first
+members of both the Montreal Amateur Athletic Association and the
+Montreal Curling Club. He was solicited to accept many important
+offices, both city and provincial, but refused, preferring to
+concentrate his energies upon his business interests and duties
+and his activities in behalf of his fellow men along the lines of
+reform, intellectual progress and moral development.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_M13" id="Idx_M13"></a>JOHN KEITH MACDONALD.</h3>
+
+<p>Although a native of Scotland, born in Kintyre, John Keith
+Macdonald spent almost his entire active life in Montreal, where
+he arrived when a youth of sixteen years. He believed that better
+business opportunities awaited him on this side of the Atlantic
+and he made his initial step as an apprentice at the machinist’s
+trade under his uncle, John Boyd. Applying himself closely to the
+tasks assigned him, his knowledge and skill developed day by day
+until he became an expert workman in that line. Laudable ambition
+prompted the development of his latent powers and awakened
+in him the desire to engage in business on his own account,
+so that eventually he organized the firm of J. K. Macdonald,
+general machinists and contractors for iron work. Mr. Macdonald
+continually added to his knowledge through experience, reading
+and investigation along his chosen line and he continued in the
+business until his death, becoming one of the well known and
+leading representatives of industrial activity in Montreal.</p>
+
+<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_442" id="Page_442">[442]</a></p>
+
+<p>In Montreal, in 1867, Mr. Macdonald was united in marriage to
+Miss Margaret Mackay, a daughter of Norman Mackay, of Glengarry,
+where he was born and spent his life. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Macdonald
+were born six children, five of whom are living, Mrs. Janette
+Macfarlane, Norman, Duncan, George and Margaret. The family
+circle was broken by the hand of death when Mr. Macdonald passed
+away at the age of sixty-three years. He was a Presbyterian in
+religious faith and his life was passed in consistent harmony
+with his professions, making him a man whom to know was to
+respect and honor.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_W5" id="Idx_W5"></a>COLONEL EDWARD ASHWORTH WHITEHEAD.</h3>
+
+<p>Colonel Edward Ashworth Whitehead, for many years one of the best
+known insurance agents and brokers of Montreal, his native city,
+was born April 16, 1845, and was here educated. He was the head
+of E. A. Whitehead & Company, insurance agents and brokers, for
+many years and thus became widely known in financial circles.
+In this connection he helped to build up the great insurance
+business conducted under the name of The E. A. Whitehead Company,
+Limited.</p>
+
+<p>He had perhaps an even wider acquaintance through his military
+connections, for his military career was long, distinguished and
+honorable. He was one of the oldest officers in the volunteer
+military service in the Dominion and as original member of the
+Victoria Rifles he rose from the ranks to the command of the
+regiment and was placed on the list of reserve officers in 1876.
+He was on active duty during the Fenian raids from 1866 until
+1870, was present at Eccles Hill and for his service received
+a general service medal with two clasps, while his active duty
+at the time of the Northwest rebellion in 1885 also won him a
+medal. He was chief transport officer under Colonel Middleton and
+held a long service decoration and he was a member of the Royal
+Commission on Canadian War Claims in 1885-6.</p>
+
+<p>Colonel Whitehead was a veteran amateur athlete, was one of the
+founders of the Montreal Amateur Athletic Association and its
+first honorary president. In 1908 he was a member of the Canadian
+Olympic Games Committee and he was also a director of the Society
+for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. In Club circles he was
+long popular and prominent, holding membership in the Mount Royal
+Club; the St. James Club, of which he served as chairman; the
+Royal Montreal Golf Club; Forest and Stream Club; Montreal Hunt
+Club; Montreal Jockey Club; Montreal Curling Club; Montreal Polo
+Club; St. George Snow Shoe Club; the Isleway Club; the Military
+Institute; and the Royal St. Lawrence Yacht Club.</p>
+
+<p>The end came to Colonel Whitehead September 7, 1912. He seemed
+almost to the last in the prime of life, his fine figure being
+erect and soldierly, and the years rested lightly upon him. His
+eye could still sweep down the long lines of the regiment, his
+step was elastic and he was enjoying life in all the mental
+riches that follow a career of activity and usefulness. The
+Victoria Rifles felt great pride in his brilliant record and in
+that regiment he was an outstanding figure, a symbol of duty
+well done, while his memory will ever be to them an inspiration
+for loyalty in the King’s service. In January, 1912, he was
+the<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_445" id="Page_445">[445]</a></span> leading figure at the dinner given by the regiment to
+celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of its organization. He had
+been one of the first to spring to the colors when the corps was
+organized and had carried those colors in many fields. Even as
+in his youth, ready to fight for his flag, Colonel Whitehead was
+as willing to go to its defense in later years, when it might
+have been supposed that the fire of youth had died down. Years
+rolled onward, changes came and brought with them the boy scout
+movement. This appealed strongly to his military spirit and he
+entered heartily into the work of supporting and furthering the
+cause. Money was needed; he supplied it. He also raised the money
+for the trip to Europe a few years ago. He had always loved boys,
+the military had always been dear to him and in the boy scout
+movement these two were combined.</p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 355px;">
+<img src="images/image443.jpg" width="355" height="500" alt="Col. Whitehead" />
+<p class="caption">Col. Whitehead</p>
+</div>
+
+<p>Colonel Whitehead was a man to whom a worthy appeal was never
+made in vain. His heart took in a great circle of friends and his
+purse was open to all calls of charity.</p>
+
+<p>In the field of sport he was well to the front. In early manhood
+he was an excellent lacrosse player and old timers remember the
+games in which he participated against the Shamrocks for the
+Claxton flags in the early ’60s. He was also a splendid sprinter,
+making a notable record in the hundred-yard dash. This love of
+sport he retained to the last and he was a life member of the
+Montreal Amateur Athletic Association, of which he at one time
+served as president.</p>
+
+<p>Trouble did not pass him by, but through all he was the same
+kindly, upright gentleman, maintaining a high sense of duty and
+honor. In 1899 death robbed him of his wife, Mrs. Elizabeth
+Whitehead, daughter of William Newcomb, whom he had married in
+1868; and his son, E. A. Whitehead, Jr., died in 1908.</p>
+
+<p>Edward Ashworth Whitehead, Jr., son of Colonel Edward Ashworth
+Whitehead, was born in Montreal in 1869 and acquired his
+education in England and in Kingston, Ontario, where he was
+graduated with honors at the Royal Military College. He was
+connected with The E. A. Whitehead Company, Limited, and for many
+years was a special agent for Montreal of the Phoenix Assurance
+Company, Limited, of London and was as popular in business as he
+was in social circles.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Whitehead, Jr., married Miss May Sicotte, a daughter of
+Victor Benjamin Sicotte, district magistrate at St. Hyacinthe and
+a granddaughter of Hon. Louis Sicotte, premier of Canada. Three
+children were born to them: Edward Ashworth, who is the third of
+the name to continue the business of The E. A. Whitehead Company,
+Limited; George Victor, a student at Bishop’s College School; and
+Margaret Whitehead.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_L17" id="Idx_L17"></a>ROBERT LINTON.</h3>
+
+<p>Robert Linton became well known in the business circles of
+Montreal in connection with the manufacture of woolen goods. He
+was regarded as a resourceful business man whose enterprise,
+progress and laudable ambition were constantly manifest in
+the success which he won. A native of Ireland, he was born in
+Newtown-Limavady in 1834, a son of Samuel and Martha Linton, who
+brought their family to the new world during the boyhood of their
+son, Robert. Settling<a class="pagenum" name="Page_446" id="Page_446">[446]</a> in Montreal, their remaining days were
+passed in this city but both have long since departed this life.</p>
+
+<p>Robert Linton acquired his education in the schools of Montreal
+and received his business training with the firm of William
+Stephen & Company. Of that firm Lord Mount Stephen was a partner
+and eventually took over the business upon the death of the
+senior member of the firm. Continuing in active connection with
+the business Robert Linton grew in usefulness and capability, as
+he thoroughly acquainted himself with the duties that devolved
+upon him. After the death of William Stephen the business was
+conducted by George Stephen & Company for some time and Mr.
+Linton was admitted to partnership in 1857. Upon the retirement
+of George Stephen, later Lord Mount Stephen, the business of the
+firm of George Stephen & Company was combined with that of Andrew
+Robertson under the firm style of Robertson, Linton & Company,
+this connection continuing until 1898, when the business was
+closed out.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Linton was married twice. At Three Rivers, Quebec, he
+wedded Miss Margaret McDougall, and they became the parents of
+six children, as follows: Robert M., deceased; Margaret M.,
+who is Mrs. Denaston Breakey, of Breakeyville, Quebec; Ernest,
+a resident of Ottawa; Agnes H, who is Mrs. F. N. Southam, of
+Montreal; Percy L., deceased; and Alice L., who married Herbert
+Carter, of Montreal. The second marriage of Robert Linton was
+also celebrated at Three Rivers, Miss Margaret Paterson, daughter
+of John Paterson, becoming his wife on the 20th of October, 1886.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Linton was ever actively interested in those projects and
+measures bearing upon the progress, upbuilding and development
+of the city as well as upon his business affairs. He was widely
+recognized as an honorable and upright man, in whose life there
+were no esoteric phases. He was a member of the Montreal Board of
+Trade, a life governor of the Montreal General Hospital, and a
+justice of the peace for a few years before his death. He passed
+away in November, 1899, after having gained for himself a most
+creditable position in business circles and in the regard of his
+fellowmen.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_K1" id="Idx_K1"></a>ARTHUR O’CONNELL KAVANAGH.</h3>
+
+<p>A history of the insurance business in Montreal would be
+incomplete without mention of Arthur O. Kavanagh, who for many
+years figured prominently in connection therewith. He was one of
+the city’s native sons, born April 12, 1860, and in its schools
+pursued his education, while in the school of experience he also
+learned many valuable and practical lessons, thus constantly
+adding to his knowledge and ability. The family name indicates
+his Irish lineage and he manifested the sterling characteristics
+of the race. He was engaged in business with his brother, Walter
+Kavanagh, and they became prominent figures in insurance circles,
+representing the Scottish Union & National Insurance Company,
+the German-American Insurance Company and the Rochester German
+Insurance Company, of which they were chief agents. Arthur
+Kavanagh familiarized himself with every phase of the business
+and had gained a most creditable position as an alert progressive
+man and one ready to meet any emergency in business, when<a class="pagenum" name="Page_447" id="Page_447">[447]</a> death
+called him on the 14th of September, 1896, when he was yet in the
+prime of life.</p>
+
+<p>He had been married in Montreal less than five years before,
+having on the 7th of October, 1891, wedded Alice Mullin, a native
+of this city and a daughter of Patrick Mullin, of whom mention is
+made elsewhere in this publication. They became the parents of
+three sons: Harold Henry; Arthur Patrick, who died at the age of
+six years; and Walter John. Deep regret was felt at the passing
+of Mr. Kavanagh, because of his comparatively early age and
+because he had gained a firm hold upon the affectionate regard of
+his business associates and his many friends.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_M50" id="Idx_M50"></a>PATRICK MULLIN.</h3>
+
+<p>Patrick Mullin had traveled life’s journey for more than four
+score years when he was called from this life on the 14th of
+August, 1913. He was a native of Tyrone, Ireland, and for
+more than six decades was a resident of Montreal, arriving in
+this city in 1850. He was associated with various business
+enterprises. With his brother, James E. Mullin, he became
+associated with another brother, John Mullin, who had, in 1845,
+established a wholesale grocery business, which they conducted
+on College Street, now St. Paul Street. There they built up
+a very extensive and successful enterprise, their patronage
+constantly growing, as their trade interests extended over a
+wide territory. In the early years of the business there were
+practically no railroads in this section of the continent, while
+means of water transportation were but slightly developed. They
+hauled much of their stock with teams and, notwithstanding the
+difficulties involved, they were enterprising enough to compete
+for business as far west as Toronto. Their merchandise was taken
+from Montreal to that city by team, the journey requiring two
+weeks. John Mullin died in 1853, after which the business was
+conducted by James E. and Patrick Mullin, under the firm name
+of J. E. Mullin & Company. Both brothers had great faith in the
+ultimate growth and prosperity of the city and because of this
+they made large investments in real estate, gradually acquiring
+the ownership of the block upon which they conducted their
+business, extending from the rear of the Grand Trunk offices to
+the Haymarket. Patrick Mullin also invested in other real estate
+until his holdings were extensive and important. The large block
+which the brothers acquired on St. Paul and William Streets later
+became the location of the present plant of the Canada Cold
+Storage Company and Mr. Mullin became a pioneer in that line of
+business in the city. He was a man of indefatigable energy and
+strong purpose and as the years passed on he carried forward to
+successful completion whatever he undertook.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Mullin was united in marriage, in Montreal, to Alice O’Neil,
+a native of County Tyrone, Ireland. She died on November 29,
+1903, the mother of seven children, as follows: Mary A., the
+wife of Joseph A. Cloran, of Boston, Massachusetts; Margaret J.;
+Alice, the widow of Arthur O. Kavanagh; John F., who died in
+March, 1904, aged twenty-nine years; Patrick; Elizabeth M., who
+is Mrs. Harry J. Trihey; and Emma M., wife of William J. Hart.</p>
+
+<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_448" id="Page_448">[448]</a></p>
+
+<p>A long and useful life was Mr. Mullin’s. He was a man of quiet
+habits, but greatly enjoyed a good game of forty-five. In manner
+he was always courteous, kindly, and considerate to others.
+In religious faith he was a Catholic and devoted much time to
+increasing the usefulness of St. Bridget’s Home and of St.
+Patrick’s Asylum, being a trustee of the latter institution. He
+gave liberally to the church and did everything in his power to
+promote its influence.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_D37" id="Idx_D37"></a>ROSAIRE DUPUIS.</h3>
+
+<p>Rosaire Dupuis, one of the rising young notaries of Montreal, is
+a son of Louis Napoleon Dupuis and Melanie Panet Levesque. The
+father is ex-controller of Montreal and one of the founders of
+the well known mercantile house of Dupuis Freres, Limited. The
+mother of Rosaire Dupuis is a daughter of the late Pierre Thomas
+Levesque and comes from a family that has for generations been
+prominent in the judicial and legislative history of the province
+and Dominion. Mr. Dupuis was born in the parish of La Longue
+Pointe on the 17th of October, 1888. He made his classical course
+at L’Assomption College, from which he was graduated in 1908 with
+the degree of Bachelor of Science. He then took up the study
+of law in Laval University in 1908 and won his LL. L. degree
+upon graduation with the class of June, 1911. During the summer
+seasons of 1909 and 1910 he attended the famous Eastman Business
+College at Poughkeepsie, New York, where he was graduated with
+honors on the 30th of August, 1910. During the succeeding year
+he traveled abroad, visiting the Holy Land and many European
+countries.</p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 332px;">
+<img src="images/image449.jpg" width="332" height="500" alt="ROSAIRE DUPUIS" />
+<p class="caption">ROSAIRE DUPUIS</p>
+</div>
+
+<p>In January, 1912, Mr. Dupuis began practice and has met with
+gratifying success in following his profession, in which he
+is well versed. He is a conservative in politics and a Roman
+Catholic in religious belief. He holds membership with the
+Canadian Club, the Montreal Amateur Athletic Association and
+the Knights of Columbus, and for the past two years has been
+secretary of the Anti-Alcoholic League. During the years 1909
+and 1910 at Laval he was secretary of the Laval Students-at-Law.
+He is a young man of promise as well as a credit to one of
+Montreal’s best families.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_S12" id="Idx_S12"></a>DONALD ALEXANDER SMITH.</h3>
+
+<p>Donald Alexander Smith, Lord Strathcona and Mount Royal, whose
+career has been so wonderful as to appear almost magical, was
+born on August 6, 1820, in the ancient town of Forres, in
+Morayshire, Scotland. His father, Alexander Smith, was a small
+tradesman of Archieston and was born in the parish of Knocando.
+He married Barbara Stuart, of Leanchoil, Abernethy, a capable,
+thrifty woman, ambitious for her children. It was her desire that
+her son Donald should prepare for the bar, but, though he did not
+see fit to follow this wish, the mother heart never lost faith
+in her son and it was said that after he came to Canada as a fur
+trader she was frequently heard to remark:<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_451" id="Page_451">[451]</a></span> “They’ll all be
+proud of my Donald yet.” It was said that in boyhood he was shy,
+yet amiable, and displayed sturdy resolution and even hardihood
+if circumstances called those qualities forth. After leaving
+school he took up the study of law, his reading being directed
+by Robert Watson, solicitor, for two or three years. At length,
+however, he determined to enter the service of the Hudson’s Bay
+Company, influenced somewhat by a previous suggestion made by
+John Stuart, his uncle, who was then visiting Scotland. In 1838
+he sailed for the new world and after a voyage of between forty
+and fifty days upon an eight hundred ton vessel, one of the
+largest on the seas at that time, he landed on Canadian shores.
+The rebellion of Mackenzie and Papineau had just been suppressed.
+Donald A. Smith at once entered the service of the Hudson’s Bay
+Company, but in a minor position. He met various hardships, but
+he proved his fidelity to the company as well as his capability
+in performing every service intrusted to him. He was first sent
+to the Labrador coast, where he spent thirteen years in a cold,
+bleak, barren, desolate region, with no companionship save a few
+employes, but during that period he learned the business methods
+of the company, how to manage Indians and how to secure the best
+returns. It has been said that power grows through the exercise
+of effort and year by year Donald Smith became more powerful.
+The hardships which he was forced to endure developed him. There
+is probably no other country in the world where there exists
+a longer or more dangerous postal route for men and dogs—two
+thousand miles of land travel from Quebec to Ungava in the depth
+of an Arctic winter, continuing from December until June—yet
+Lord Strathcona covered that route not once but many times.</p>
+
+<p>His apprenticeship was, indeed, a difficult one, but he was
+undeterred by all obstacles he encountered and privations which
+he endured. At length, however, his eyesight became impaired,
+making it necessary that he go to Montreal for treatment. He
+covered the journey from Labrador by dog sled and on his arrival
+in Montreal he was greeted by Sir George Simpson, governor of the
+company, with the remark: “Well, young man, why are you not at
+your post?” “My eyes, sir,” came the reply, and he pointed to his
+blue goggles; “they got so very bad I have come to see a doctor.”
+But the governor thundered: “And who gave you permission to leave
+your post?” It would have taken a full year to obtain official
+consent, but when Mr. Smith was forced to reply, “No one,” the
+governor answered: “If it is a question between your eyes and
+your service in the Hudson’s Bay Company you will take my advice
+and return this instant to your post,” and Mr. Smith started
+almost immediately upon that return journey of nearly a thousand
+miles. The weather became so bad that both of his Indians
+succumbed to the cold and he arrived at the post more dead than
+alive. He once remarked: “A man who has been frozen and roasted
+by turns every year must be the tougher for it if he survived
+it at all.” Donald A. Smith did survive and advanced steadily.
+He learned the dialect of a number of Indian tribes and he so
+managed business affairs that his services were ever a matter of
+profit to the company. His advancement was slow at first, but
+his worth was eventually recognized and promotion came quicker.
+His duties were many and onerous because of his remoteness from
+civilization. He was called upon to minister to the sick and half
+a century later, when speaking to the students of the Middlesex
+Hospital in London he described the antiseptic which he used in
+Labrador in the ’40s, saying:<a class="pagenum" name="Page_452" id="Page_452">[452]</a> “It was a primitive and somewhat
+rude form of treatment that was practiced in those days before
+Lord Lister introduced his discovery. For the treatment of
+wounds, ulcerated sores, etc., a pulp was made by boiling the
+inner bark of the juniper tree. The liquor which resulted was
+used for washing and treating the wounds and the bark, beaten
+into a plastic mass, was applied after the thorough cleaning
+of the wound, forming a soft cushion, lending itself to every
+inequality of the sore. Scrupulous cleanliness was observed and
+fresh material used for every application.”</p>
+
+<p>When in Labrador, at the age of twenty-nine years, Donald A.
+Smith married Isabella Sophia Hardisty, with whom he traveled
+life’s journey for sixty-five years, separated in her death,
+which occurred in London in 1913. In the meantime he was
+advancing from one post to another in the service of the Hudson’s
+Bay Company, becoming trader and then chief trader, while his
+splendid administrative ability won him further promotion to
+factor and to chief factor. In 1851 he was transferred to the
+Northwest provinces and became most active in their later
+development. He eventually reached the position of supreme head
+of the company, becoming the last resident governor of the
+corporation that had its beginning under the Merry Monarch. The
+year 1868 witnessed his arrival in Montreal, as chief executive
+for the Hudson’s Bay Company. He is described at that time as
+“a man of middle stature, rather slight in build, and looked
+not at all the typical northerner, except when one studied his
+countenance.” “The snow tan of the north had made him dark as
+an Indian. He wore a full beard, black and wiry. Black brows
+met above his eyes, enhancing the stern, uncompromising aspect
+of his face. He looked what he was—a commander of men and of
+forces, a man made strong by a life of struggle and conquest in
+the wilderness.” He had not yet become a wealthy man, although
+he had saved his money and had invested it in land at various
+points in the northwest—land that many would have regarded as
+valueless. With wonderful prescience he discerned something of
+what the future had in store for that great country and with the
+growth of its population and the onrushing tide of civilization
+his holdings increased in value, making him one of Canada’s more
+prosperous citizens.</p>
+
+<p>While Donald A. Smith had reached the pinnacle of service
+in connection with the Hudson’s Bay Company when he came to
+Montreal, he was destined to gain equal eminence in other
+directions. In the interests of the Canadian Confederation it was
+seen that the title to the territory of the Hudson’s Bay Company
+in Rupert’s Land must pass to the crown and a purchase was
+arranged whereby the company received a million dollars and large
+reserves of land, although the transfer was not made without
+great difficulty and danger, culminating in what has been known
+as the Red River rebellion, or the first Riel rebellion.</p>
+
+<p>Discontented people of that region had been trying to produce
+an agitation that would separate their settlement from that of
+the Hudson’s Bay Company. The rapid growth of population in
+Assiniboia was imperilling the company’s hold and its rule,
+hitherto wise and practical, was denounced as arbitrary. A
+contemporary biographer has written:</p>
+
+<p>“Better representation was demanded and, by dint of much uproar
+and noise, considerable sympathy was obtained from outside. To
+understand fully the character of this Red River settlement it
+must be explained that the population was considerably mixed.
+In all there were about twelve thousand souls. There were
+Europeans, Canadians, Americans and French half-breeds. With a<a class="pagenum" name="Page_453" id="Page_453">[453]</a>
+mixed population like this it was difficult to deal and when,
+on November 9, 1869, the deed was signed in London, whereby the
+company surrendered its interests in the northwest to the crown,
+with reservations for the company, rebellion broke out. The
+leader was the famous Louis Riel, a Metis, described as ‘a short,
+stout man, with a large head, a square cut, massive forehead
+overhung by a mass of long and thickly clustering hair and marked
+with well cut eyebrows—altogether a remarkable looking face.’</p>
+
+<p>“The Hon. William McDougall had been appointed lieutenant
+governor of Rupert’s Land and the Northwest territories in
+September, 1869, but when he went, by way of the United States,
+to possess himself of his power he was turned back on the borders
+of his domain by Louis Riel and his followers, the Metis of the
+plains, who absolutely refused to recognize his authority on the
+ground that they had not been consulted in the new arrangement.
+Mr. McDougall found himself unable to cope with the situation and
+was compelled to remain at a farm house several miles south of
+the boundary line for six weeks.</p>
+
+<p>“Meanwhile the armed resistance to authority had attained serious
+proportions. Riel seized Fort Garry, made the editor of the local
+paper prisoner and was issuing proclamations to the inhabitants.
+So matters went on until sixty of Riel’s enemies were confined in
+Fort Garry and the insurgents’ flag hoisted.</p>
+
+<p>“Meanwhile in his office in Montreal Donald A. Smith was slowly
+but surely studying the position. Understanding the character
+of both McDougall and Riel, he saw how hopeless the situation
+was. Understanding them better than they understood themselves,
+he realized that what was needed was a man who knew the inner
+mind of the company well and could clear its character of the
+imputations cast upon it. He was the man—he felt it and although
+the journey involved grave personal risk he resolved to go. The
+government promptly accepted his services and he was appointed
+special commissioner to proceed at once to Fort Garry.</p>
+
+<p>“With characteristic courage he went unarmed and almost alone.
+No sooner had he arrived at Fort Garry than he was treated as
+a prisoner of ‘President’ Riel. That, however, did not check
+his determination. He had made up his mind to avoid bloodshed
+and yet to enforce the decision of the government. To quote
+his own words: ‘The part I had to act was that of a mediator.
+Not only would one rash or unguarded word have increased the
+difficulty but even the pointing of a finger might, on more than
+one occasion, have been sufficient to put the whole country in a
+flame.’ But the unguarded word was never spoken, the finger was
+never pointed in a wrong direction and the rebellion ended in
+a bloodless expedition. Yet before Sir Garnet Wolseley marched
+to the Red river many a heated discussion was held and probably
+never before in history has a regularly ordained meeting been
+held in British territory under such conditions. If the moral
+atmosphere was warmly excited, the physical atmosphere was
+depressed enough to chill the fiercest rebels.</p>
+
+<p>“The first meeting was a memorable one. In the open air, with
+the thermometer twenty degrees below zero, a cruel, biting wind
+penetrating through the warmest clothing, there they stood, men
+of all nationalities and ages. On the small, raised platform
+were the four most concerned in the rebellion—Riel, O’Donoghue,
+De Salaberry (a man beloved by thousands) and Donald A. Smith.
+At first the meeting was wholly with Riel, who cleverly got
+himself appointed French interpreter.<a class="pagenum" name="Page_454" id="Page_454">[454]</a> But when things were at
+their worst and men of the opposite sides glared at each other
+with hate in their eyes, Mr. Smith rose to speak. His facts, his
+practical wisdom and, above all, his reasonableness had their
+effect upon the swaying multitude. If he did not gain much that
+day, at any rate he averted bloodshed.</p>
+
+<p>“In the open air, with the thermometer twenty degrees below zero,
+in the teeth of a biting blast, this meeting was conducted with a
+respect for decorum and ancient parliamentary methods worthy of
+Westminster itself.</p>
+
+<p>“The next day things went better. The proposition that
+representatives should be chosen from both sides was accepted,
+and when Riel agreed to disband the men at Fort Garry all classes
+felt that the worst was over. However, matters were not so easily
+arranged. Riel broke his word and the murder of a young man named
+Scott complicated the situation. Nevertheless, the excitement
+slowly cooled and there is little doubt that but for the tactful
+courage of Mr. Smith a spark would have been put to the flame of
+rebellion.</p>
+
+<p>“‘I am as certain as I can be of anything,’ said Dr. O’Donnell,
+one of the old timers of Winnipeg, who was at Fort Garry in 1869,
+‘that Donald A. Smith saved the northwest of Canada. On December
+10, 1869, he was appointed a special commissioner to explain to
+the people of the Red River settlement the principles on which
+the government of Canada intended to govern the country and to
+take such steps as he might consider necessary to bring about a
+peaceable transfer from the Hudson’s Bay Company to the Dominion.
+At that time everything was in confusion; Mr. McDougall had been
+refused admission, Riel was king, an American element was trying
+to bring about the annexation of the settlement to the United
+States and last but not least the Indians were disaffected. When
+he reached Fort Garry Mr. Smith was virtually made a prisoner,
+Riel would not allow him to go outside the fort and kept an eye
+on his correspondence. In January, 1870, a mass meeting was held
+at Fort Garry and Mr. Smith was allowed to state his case and
+tell what he wanted the people to do. Riel was present, together
+with O’Donoghue and other insurrectionaries. It was a critical
+moment, I assure you; in fact, when Mr. Smith got up to read his
+commission from Sir John Young most of those present expected to
+see him arrested or shot on the spot. As it was he had a stormy
+time, but managed to impress many of the hot-headed with the
+belief that the interests of the settlement would be properly
+safeguarded by Canada. Riel was afraid of Mr. Smith’s influence
+and at once hurried on preparations for having himself made
+president of a provisional government. Then came the wholesale
+arrests culminating in the murder of Thomas Scott. Mr. Smith
+risked his life in an attempt to save Scott. Notwithstanding
+Riel’s antipathy to him, he went boldly to Riel and pleaded for
+Scott, even going so far as to warn Riel that if Scott was shot
+his blood would be upon his head. Riel was intoxicated with power
+and more than half disposed to shoot others on the loyal side,
+but Mr. Smith told him to his teeth that such a crime would not
+go unpunished.</p>
+
+<p>“‘In the discussions that took place over the Bill of Rights to
+be sent to Ottawa, the chief part was borne by Mr. Smith. His
+coolness and sagacity undoubtedly prevented the collapse of the
+negotiations. “This man Smith,” said O’Donoghue at one stage,<a class="pagenum" name="Page_455" id="Page_455">[455]</a>
+“knows too much for us, he is too able for us. We must get rid
+of him or the northwest cannot be made either an independent
+republic or part of the United States. He is a Hudson’s Bay
+Company officer and as such a friend of the half-breeds, and
+will be able to persuade them that union with Canada is to their
+interest.” It was a wonder all along that Mr. Smith was not
+shot. He was warned often enough that his life was in danger,
+but seemed quite willing to risk it in behalf of the cause he
+represented. A good many English-speaking settlers, while loyal
+enough, did not at first care to belong to Canada; they thought
+Rupert’s Land would be better off as a crown colony than as
+a Canadian province and Mr. Smith had to convince them that
+they were mistaken. In reality, therefore, he was between two
+fires—the Riel or disaffected party and the loyalists who did
+not favor the idea of confederation—whilst, as I have said,
+there was an American element working for annexation.</p>
+
+<p>“‘At a later period when Governor Archibald came in (September
+2, 1870), Mr. Smith rendered services to Canada of the highest
+moment. The Governor did not receive a very cordial reception,
+but Mr. Smith, who accompanied him, set about the work of
+conciliating the French, the old time English-speaking settlers
+and the new or Canadian settlers, who constituted three distinct
+factions. Mr. Archibald frequently told me that but for Mr. Smith
+the little community would have been torn to pieces by intestine
+strife. He was the one man who brought the northwest into Canada,
+who, indeed, saved it to the British empire, and we think he
+should get credit, even at this late day, for so great a work.’</p>
+
+<p>“Many are the anecdotes concerning Mr. Smith’s dangerous mission
+to Fort Garry during the first Riel rebellion and of the
+commencement of his political career in the far west.”</p>
+
+<p>With Sir Garnet Wolseley were Captain Buller, afterward General
+Sir Redvers, and Lieutenant Butler, afterward General Sir
+William. The tyranny of Riel had become irksome to the people,
+who received the newcomers joyously, and at the approach of the
+“red coats” Riel, with his co-conspirators, fled, taking up his
+position on the shores of St. Boniface. All was now quiet in
+the settlement, the purchase price of one million, five hundred
+thousand dollars had been paid and the territory transferred to
+Canada.</p>
+
+<p>Donald A. Smith was by this time recognized as the most powerful
+man in the west. The governor general thanked him for his
+services and in 1870, after the organization of the province of
+Manitoba, he was returned to the legislature for Winnipeg and St.
+John. He was also called to the Northwest territorial council and
+was returned for Selkirk to the house of commons. He supported
+the conservative government then under direction of Sir John A.
+Macdonald and the party soon found that in him there was another
+man fit for leadership. It was found that the builders of the
+railway from ocean to ocean had trafficked with contractors and
+taken money for election purposes. This became known as the
+Pacific Scandal and the intense feeling manifest throughout the
+country centered in the house of commons. The house divided upon
+a motion of the Hon. Alexander Mackenzie, the leader of the
+liberal opposition to Sir John Macdonald. Feeling was intense.
+At one o’clock in the morning of November 5, 1873, Mr. Smith
+arose and uttered what became an oracular speech, for the people
+he represented were vitally interested in the building of the
+railway so necessary to the development of their country. It is
+said the house became deadly calm; no one knew whether he would
+adhere to his party’s policies or otherwise. He said:<a class="pagenum" name="Page_456" id="Page_456">[456]</a> “For the
+honor of the country no government should exist that has a shadow
+of suspicion resting upon it, and for that reason I cannot give
+it my support.” These were his closing words, greeted by frantic
+cheers by the opposition, and the government was doomed. Feeling
+ran high and was most intense and bitter, but in later years the
+two leaders, the great statesman and the great financier, built
+together the Canadian Pacific Railway. Both were master builders
+and the executive capacity of the financier was necessary to the
+constructive genius of the statesman. It was in no idle spirit of
+laudation that Sir Charles Tupper stated that “had it not been
+for Mr. Smith’s indomitable pluck, energy and determination the
+road would never have been constructed.”</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Smith thoroughly understood the fact that colonization could
+not be carried forward in the west without the building of the
+railroad. Another has written concerning this:</p>
+
+<p>“It must have been with profound reluctance that he voted for
+the overthrow of the Macdonald government. He knew that the
+fall of that administration would set back the construction of
+the Pacific Railway and of the necessity of that great work to
+the unity and stability of the confederation he was thoroughly
+convinced. He was not well satisfied with the slower and less
+heroic policy of Mackenzie, although it is said he believed the
+road should be built by the government and ‘not by any company,
+however honorable or competent.’ He said in 1876, ‘Nothing short
+of a guarantee from the government of interest on the whole
+amount of the bonds could induce capitalists to embark on the
+enterprise.’ He, therefore, well understood the magnitude of the
+contract into which the syndicate entered in 1880 and the peril
+to his fortune and reputation involved in the assumption of that
+gigantic undertaking.</p>
+
+<p>“There is no doubt that the syndicate received great subventions,
+but Mr. Smith and his courageous associates undertook to build
+a railway through thousands of miles of unknown and uninhabited
+country, along the sterile shores of Lake Superior and across the
+Rocky mountains. They had to go out in advance of settlement.
+They had to lead the march of civilization across leagues of
+unsettled prairie. They had to seek a silent port on the Pacific.
+It was a more daring idea than the Cape to Cairo Railway, which
+united two great centers of world activity. The Canadian Pacific
+was a plunge through nothing to nothing. It was a stupendous
+guess at the future. As we look back we recognize that few human
+achievements rank higher than the construction of the Canadian
+Pacific Railway across this enormous stretch of territory, its
+operation during the first ten years of its history and the
+maintenance of its credit in face of persistent attack, slow
+growth of population and unpromising national outlook. The
+whisper goes that when the great enterprise hung on the verge
+of collapse, Mr. Smith pledged his private fortune to the last
+dollar in support of its credit, as he held his associates to the
+scrupulous performance of every detail of their contract with the
+country.”</p>
+
+<p>One of the initial steps of the work was the purchase of the
+bankrupt St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway, which,
+extending over Minnesota and Dakota had a branch line to Pembina,
+Manitoba. Built by Dutch capitalists, it became bankrupt in 1873,
+yet Messrs. Smith and Hill recognized that with the return of
+prosperity this would become a profitable undertaking. These two,
+together with George Stephen, later Lord Mount Stephen, and N. W.
+Kittson purchased the road.</p>
+
+<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_457" id="Page_457">[457]</a></p>
+
+<p>Sir John Macdonald returned to power in 1878, but he could not
+secure the cooperation of London financiers in the building of
+the railroad. When it was seen that it was impossible to carry
+the project through as a government railroad, in 1880 the four
+men who had made the old Minnesota railroad a paying investment,
+undertook the other task. A syndicate was formed, known as the
+Canadian Pacific Railway Company, ultimately capitalized at
+seventy-five million dollars, with twenty-five million dollars of
+land grant bonds, and this company built the railroad from the
+Atlantic to the Pacific. The task accomplished was a gigantic
+one. The movement had the support of the conservative government,
+but was bitterly assailed by the opposition, both in the house
+and through the press. Again and again the word went out through
+the papers and through party utterances that the railroad could
+never be made a paying investment. It was almost impossible to
+get investors to buy stock. At times the treasury seemed utterly
+exhausted. It is said that one day Donald A. Smith came late to
+a directors’ meeting. He looked into the faces of his colleagues
+and said: “Nobody has any money; let’s adjourn until tomorrow.”
+The following day he smilingly entered the room. “Has anybody
+raised any money?” he asked. Everyone replied: “Not a cent.” “I
+have raised another million,” announced Mr. Smith, “and that
+will last us until somebody gets more money.” Never for a moment
+did he lose faith in the ultimate triumph of the venture. He
+inspired others with much of his own contagious enthusiasm. Again
+and again when his associates seemed utterly discouraged he
+inspired them with hope and when he was in Great Britain and the
+directors wrote him a long letter indicating their utter despair
+he cabled back one word “Craigellachie,” recalling at once the
+old Highland clan cry “Stand Fast, Craigellachie,” and once more
+inspired by their chieftain the men did stand fast and on the 7th
+of November, 1885, at Craigellachie, British Columbia, Donald A.
+Smith, then a white haired man, drove a golden spike into the
+cedar tie upon which the rails met from east to west. The weight
+of the Herculean task which he had accomplished between 1880 and
+1885 had changed the strong, black bearded, sturdy man to a white
+haired veteran. Before night came on the Marquis of Lansdowne,
+governor general of Canada, had received a telegram from Queen
+Victoria congratulating the Canadian people on an event “of
+greatest importance to the whole British empire.” Speaking of the
+Canadian Pacific Railway Sir Charles Tupper said:</p>
+
+<p>“The Canadian Pacific Railway would have no existence today,
+notwithstanding all the government did to support that
+undertaking, had it not been for the indomitable pluck and energy
+and determination, both financially and in every other respect,
+of Sir Donald Smith.” Mr. James J. Hill, president of the Great
+Northern Railway of the United States, also said that “the one
+person to whose efforts and to whose confidence in the growth of
+our country, our success in early railway development is due is
+Sir Donald A. Smith.”</p>
+
+<p>The splendid work done by Mr. Smith won him imperial honors. He
+was created a knight commander of the Most Distinguished Order
+of St. Michael and St. George by Queen Victoria in 1886 and a
+decade later received a knight grand cross in the same order,
+being privately invested by Her Majesty at Windsor Castle. At
+the time of the Diamond Jubilee in 1897 Queen Victoria bestowed
+a further mark of royal favor upon Mr. Smith by elevating him to
+the peerage of the united kingdom as Baron Strathcona and Mount
+Royal of Glencoe, in the<a class="pagenum" name="Page_458" id="Page_458">[458]</a> county of Argyll, and of Montreal, in
+the province of Quebec and Dominion of Canada. In 1908 he was
+appointed a knight of the grand cross of the Royal Victorian
+Order and was also elected a fellow of the Royal Society,
+while in 1910 he became a knight of grace of the Order of the
+Hospitallers of St. John of Jerusalem.</p>
+
+<p>In the meantime he had become identified with so many financial
+interests that it would be impossible to enumerate them. He also
+remained active in politics, unyielding as ever in all matters
+where subserviency was demanded by party exigencies. It has been
+said:</p>
+
+<p>“He was not a legislator; <a name="Err_42" id="Err_42"></a>he was not a statesman; he never wanted
+office; and he seldom spoke. He was forced into the house by his
+commanding personality and he sat there representing the silent
+power of the empire builder. But it is not to be supposed that
+he was not a working member. Probably few men did more valuable
+parliamentary work, while he remained a member of the house.”</p>
+
+<p>In 1874 Mr. Smith resigned his seat in the Manitoba legislature,
+but remained a representative of the province at Ottawa, sitting
+for Selkirk until 1880. In 1887, at the general election, he was
+returned to the house of commons as member for Montreal West,
+now St. Antoine division, by a majority of fourteen hundred and
+fifty, and was reelected in 1891 by a majority of thirty-seven
+hundred and six, remaining the representative for Montreal
+West until 1896. In 1892 he was an active participant in the
+commercial congress held in London and in March, 1896, he served
+as a delegate to the Manitoba government to aid in deciding the
+Manitoba school question, his colleagues being Messrs. Dickey
+and Desjardins. In April of the same year he was sworn of the
+queen’s privy council of Canada, and he was commissioner to the
+Pacific cable conference held in London in 1896, in which year he
+once more attended the commercial congress. During the existence
+of the Imperial Federation League he was vice president of that
+organization for Quebec. In April, 1896, ere the conservative
+administration went out of power, he was appointed Canadian high
+commissioner in Great Britain, succeeding Sir Charles Tupper,
+who had filled the office since its creation in 1884. The high
+commissionership combines all the functions of an ambassador and
+financial agent but has no diplomatic standing. The appointment
+as high commissioner is a political one, but when Sir Wilfrid
+Laurier came into power Lord Strathcona still retained the
+position as if there had been no change in government. When the
+conservatives returned to power in 1911 he remained in London,
+with the approval of all Canada. When the expenses of the high
+commissioner’s office in London were being discussed in the
+Dominion house of commons the late Sir Richard Cartwright said:</p>
+<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_459" id="Page_459">[459]</a></p>
+<p>“I believe that Canada has in very important respects been
+extremely well served by Lord Strathcona since he has represented
+us in Great Britain. It is a matter of no small moment to Canada
+that our representative should be well and favorably known on the
+London Stock Exchange as a man of the highest honor and probity,
+and a man whose word is universally admitted to be his bond.
+I need not tell the house that the emoluments are absolutely
+naught to Lord Strathcona. I need not tell the house that in all
+probability, in the exercise of hospitality which he has indulged
+in during a single London season, he will vastly exceed all that
+is nominally assigned to him as the representative of Canada. I
+think every member of the house who has occasion to visit London
+will testify that, whether or not the office in other respects
+comes up to all that he desires, Lord Strathcona, at any rate, is
+worthy of upholding in every possible way the honor and dignity
+of Canada. I may further add that Lord Strathcona is a man whose
+advice is eagerly sought and has very great weight, indeed, with
+the British government and with Englishmen, Scotsmen and Irishmen
+of every rank and station. As regards his influence in what I
+may call the diplomatic circle and the ministerial circle and on
+the Stock Exchange, Canada would find it pretty hard, indeed, to
+replace Lord Strathcona.”</p>
+
+<p>Lord Strathcona’s name stands high on the roll of those who have
+figured most prominently in financial circles in the Dominion. He
+was one of the large shareholders of the Bank of Montreal, became
+its vice president in 1882 and president in 1887. It was only
+after many years’ residence in London that he resigned in 1905,
+whereupon he was immediately elected honorary president for life.
+He studied banking from every possible standpoint and in all of
+its relations to other business interests. His first address to
+the shareholders after he became president was a notable one. He
+spoke of the bountiful harvests in Canada and in the American
+northwest and recognized the fact that shipping interests must
+bring the grain to Montreal and that the bank would benefit
+thereby. Few men would have considered the question in so wide
+a scope. Year after year during his presidency Lord Strathcona
+continued to call attention to the wealth of the nation as
+provided by the agricultural districts of the northwest and time
+has proven the wisdom of his judgment in this regard.</p>
+
+<p>Not only was Lord Strathcona a railroad builder, a distinguished
+financier and a political leader, but he was also one of Canada’s
+most generous philanthropists. He never for a moment forgot
+his own struggles and his hand was ever out-reaching to assist
+another. His munificence was princely, yet his giving was most
+unostentatious in its character and no one will ever know the
+extent of his private charities. Some of his gifts, however, he
+could not conceal. In association with Lord Mount Stephen he gave
+one million for the erection of a great hospital in Montreal
+to commemorate the queen’s jubilee. Later, when the building
+had been erected on the mountain side, they gave equally in the
+sum of eight hundred thousand to endow the institution and the
+Royal Victoria is today one of the best equipped hospitals on
+the continent. Modern science has been exhausted to furnish it
+adequately and the large endowment makes it possible to keep pace
+with the newest discoveries and inventions. McGill University has
+again and again been the beneficiary of Lord Strathcona until
+the sum total of his gifts reaches two million dollars, and in
+addition he has presented to the university the land on which
+to erect the new medical building and the site and building of
+the Royal Victoria College. He also gave the income of a million
+dollars as an endowment to the Royal Victoria College and the
+chair of zoology. The former was founded for the higher education
+of women and is one of the most popular and useful of his
+bequests to McGill. Lord Strathcona was early chosen a governor
+of McGill and was elected chancellor of the university in 1889.
+The gifts to the university for the faculty of medicine included
+the Leanchoil endowment, in memory of his mother, fifty thousand
+dollars; for endowment of the chair of pathology, fifty thousand
+dollars; for endowment of the department of hygiene, fifty
+thousand dollars. The faculty of applied science benefited by the
+endowment of its pension fund, fifty thousand dollars, while the
+faculty of arts also benefited<a class="pagenum" name="Page_460" id="Page_460">[460]</a> by a like amount for the same
+object. Of the five hundred thousand dollar gift, given in 1909,
+it was stipulated that fifty thousand should go for augmenting
+the salaries of the professional staff. To the Trafalgar
+Institute, affiliated with McGill University, he gave thirty
+thousand dollars. Together with Lord Mount Stephen he endowed a
+Canadian scholarship in the Royal College of Music, London, and
+subsequently endowed a second scholarship on his own account.
+Lord Strathcona took an active interest in the cooperative scheme
+put in operation in 1912 by the Montreal Theological Colleges
+affiliated with McGill and in the summer of 1913 contributed one
+hundred thousand dollars to a half million dollar fund raised
+by the friends of the four institutions concerned—Anglican,
+Presbyterian, Methodist and Congregational—to place the joint
+work upon a permanent basis. As honorary chairman of the
+Western committee of the Young Men’s Christian Association Lord
+Strathcona gave one hundred and fifty thousand dollars to funds
+for the Young Men’s Christian Association buildings in Manitoba,
+Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia.</p>
+
+<p>Lord Strathcona’s patriotism and generosity found expression in
+the equipment of the famous Strathcona Horse, a military force
+of five hundred and forty men completely equipped and sent to
+the front at a critical period of the war. He paid the expenses
+of equipment, pay and transport until the regiment reached Cape
+Town. The service of the regiment was, indeed, a credit to
+its founder and has become a part of the military history of
+Canada. Another of Lord Strathcona’s beneficent gifts was the
+contribution of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars to create
+an annual fund of ten thousand dollars for the encouragement
+of physical and military training in the public schools of the
+Dominion. In writing upon this subject Lord Strathcona said:</p>
+
+<p>“While I attach the highest importance to the advantages of
+physical training and elementary drill for all children of
+both sexes, I am particularly anxious that the especial value
+of military drill, including rifle shooting for boys capable
+of using rifles, should be constantly borne in mind. My object
+is not only to help to improve the physical and intellectual
+capabilities of the children by inculcating habits of alertness,
+orderliness and prompt obedience but also to bring up the boys
+to patriotism and to a realization that the first duty of a free
+citizen is to be prepared to defend his country. The Dominion at
+the present time and for many years to come can hardly hope to be
+able to give so long a period of training to her military forces
+as by itself would suffice to make them efficient soldiers, but
+if all boys had acquired a fair acquaintance while at school with
+simple military drill and rifle shooting the degree of efficiency
+which could be reached in the otherwise short period which can be
+devoted to the military training of the Dominion forces would in
+my opinion be enormously enhanced.”</p>
+
+<p>Among other evidences of his generosity was a gift of one hundred
+thousand dollars in June, 1913, through the minister of militia,
+for the purchase of a site on Lorne Crescent for a drill hall for
+the exclusive use of McGill students.</p>
+
+<p>Lord Strathcona has been equally generous in his assistance of
+Scottish institutions. He gave to Marischal College, Aberdeen,
+one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars and to Aberdeen
+University fifty thousand dollars. He became chancellor of the
+university in 1903 and held the office throughout his remaining
+days, while from the students came the honor of election as lord
+rector of that university. He founded the Leanchoil Cottage
+Hospital in his<a class="pagenum" name="Page_461" id="Page_461">[461]</a> native town of Forres and gave generously to
+other charitable and educational institutions of his native land.
+In 1902 he gave a million dollars to the fund for King Edward’s
+Hospital and about the same time gave fifty-two thousand, five
+hundred dollars to Queen Alexandra’s fund for the unemployed.</p>
+
+<p>Lord Strathcona was honored with the friendship of Queen
+Victoria, King Edward and Queen Alexandra and of King George and
+Queen Mary and for many years His Royal Highness the Duke of
+Connaught regarded him as a close friend. He was the host of King
+George and Queen Mary when as Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and
+York they visited Montreal in September, 1911. By invitation he
+was present at the coronation of King Edward and Queen Alexandra
+in 1902 and at the funeral of the former in 1910 he was one of
+Canada’s representatives. Again in his official capacity he was
+present at the coronation of King George and Queen Mary in 1911.</p>
+
+<p>Many academic honors were conferred upon Lord Strathcona. He
+received the LL. D. degree from Cambridge in 1887; LL. D., Yale,
+1892; LL. D., Aberdeen, 1899; LL. D., Laval, 1902; LL. D.,
+Toronto, 1903; LL. D., Queen’s, Kingston, 1905; LL. D., Ottawa,
+1906; LL. D., St. Andrew’s, 1911; and D. C. L., Durham, 1912.
+He was presented with the freedom of the city of Aberdeen in
+1902; of Edinburgh in 1903; of Bristol in 1908; and of Bath in
+1911. Lord Strathcona’s portrait by Arless was exhibited at the
+Royal Academy in London in 1890. Another portrait by Jongers
+was presented to McGill University by the governors of that
+institution in 1901. Still another portrait was presented to
+the Canada Club of London in 1902. Lord Strathcona was honorary
+president of the Mount Royal Club and also of the Canadian Club
+of Montreal. In 1898 he was appointed honorary lieutenant colonel
+of the Victoria Rifles, Montreal, a tribute to the interest he
+had taken in the military movement in Canada. In 1902 he became
+honorary colonel of the Eighth Volunteer Battalion of the King’s
+Liverpool Regiment. In 1909 he was honored by being made honorary
+colonel of the Fifteenth Light Horse and in 1910 he was made
+the honorary colonel of the Seventy-ninth Highlanders. At the
+house of the Royal Society of Arts, Adelphi, London, on November
+15, 1912, Lord Sanderson, on behalf of the Duke of Connaught,
+president of the society, presented the society’s Albert medal
+to Lord Strathcona “for his services in improving the railway
+communications, developing the resources and promoting the
+commerce and industry of Canada and other parts of the British
+empire.” Lord Sanderson read a message from the Duke of Connaught
+in which His Royal Highness said: “In my present office of
+governor general of Canada I have had special opportunities of
+fully realizing the great services Lord Strathcona has rendered
+to the Dominion and to the industrial and commercial progress of
+the British empire. As an old friend of many years’ standing I
+rejoiced that, as president of the Society of Arts, I had been
+able to add another mark of appreciation of his long and valuable
+career of usefulness.”</p>
+
+<p>Lord Strathcona was a familiar figure at the Athenaeum Club in
+Pall Mall, the center of British culture and exclusiveness. In
+one of its handsome dining rooms he delighted to gather together
+distinguished men of Great Britain to meet visiting Canadians
+of high rank and greatly was the honor appreciated. Sir Wilfrid
+Laurier and Mr. Borden have both enjoyed the High Commissione<a class="pagenum" name="Page_462" id="Page_462">[462]</a>r’s
+hospitality in this luxurious form and realized afresh what a
+genius for entertaining was his.</p>
+
+<p>A contemporary biographer has written:</p>
+
+<p>“On November 12, 1913, Lord Strathcona suffered bereavement
+by the death of Lady Strathcona, who died in her eighty-ninth
+year, at their London home, Grosvenor Square, most unexpectedly.
+Pneumonia was the cause of death. Lord Strathcona bore the blow
+with much fortitude and made continuous acknowledgement of
+many hundreds of messages of sympathy which came to him from
+all quarters and classes, from the king and the royal family
+downwards.</p>
+
+<p>“Isabella Sophia, Lady Strathcona, was the daughter of the late
+Mr. Richard Hardisty, long a resident of Montreal and also for
+many years one of the trusted agents of the Hudson’s Bay Company
+in Labrador. She became the wife of Lord Strathcona when he was
+twenty-nine years of age. The early married life of Lord and
+Lady Strathcona was spent in the bleak winds of Labrador. It was
+a terrible country in those days. Winter comes early and stays
+late—and such a winter! <a name="Err_43" id="Err_43"></a>A few short hours of frozen day, then
+night—a long uncanny night. Sometimes the snow falls through
+weeks on weeks and no man dares to move beyond the circle of
+the little settlement. Wolves in those days would sweep the
+icy paths, truculent, hungry, seeking their sustenance. At
+night about the little camp their hordes would sweep howling in
+mournful unison. By day, men went their ways but cautiously,
+watching the hard grey sky above and the hard white snow below.</p>
+
+<p>“Lady Strathcona accompanied her husband everywhere in his long
+years of service of the Hudson’s Bay Company. They saw Lake
+Winnipeg before the city was. They traveled the dreadful wastes
+where the great Mackenzie river tumbles across the Arctic circle.
+Dreary Keewatin they learned from end to end, tramping in and out
+from the posts on Hudson’s bay. They threaded the forests on the
+Ontario hinterland and on foot or by dog sled paced the thousands
+of miles of prairie that lie between Lake Winnipeg and the Rocky
+mountains.</p>
+
+<p>“Lord and Lady Strathcona spent over sixty years of happy married
+life together. Lady Strathcona maintained her interest in
+Canada to the very end and took the keenest interest in public
+affairs. She followed events in Canada closely and was especially
+interested in everything pertaining to McGill University. All
+who were the recipients of her hospitality in London, either as
+the wife of Canada’s high commissioner or as private guests were
+charmed with the kindness displayed to them by Lady Strathcona.
+Lady Strathcona was presented, with Lord Strathcona, to Queen
+Victoria in Windsor Castle in July, 1886, and to King Edward and
+Queen Alexandra at Buckingham Palace in March, 1903, and April,
+1904. She was present, with Lord Strathcona, in Westminster Abbey
+at the coronation of King Edward and Queen Alexandra. With Lord
+Strathcona she was also present at the coronation of King George
+and Queen Mary, in June, 1911.</p>
+
+<p>“Although a woman of a retiring and altogether unostentatious
+nature Lady Strathcona throughout her life splendidly seconded
+her husband in his innumerable acts and schemes for the benefit
+of the people of Canada and of mankind at large. With her
+daughter, the Hon. Mrs. Howard, Lady Strathcona gave one hundred
+thousand dollars to McGill University for the erection of a new
+wing to the medical building. To Queen Alexandra’s fund for the
+relief of the unemployed<a class="pagenum" name="Page_463" id="Page_463">[463]</a> of Great Britain she gave fifty-two
+thousand, five hundred dollars and from time to time she also
+gave largely in many directions. Throughout she exercised a large
+and gracious hospitality. At Knebworth House and at Glencoe in
+Scotland she was beloved by the people for her many acts of
+kindness and generosity.</p>
+
+<p>“Lady Strathcona accompanied Lord Strathcona on his flying
+visit to Canada in the autumn of 1913, when His Lordship came
+to Montreal to take part in the ceremonies connected with the
+congress of the American Bar Association. Lady Strathcona at that
+time appeared to be in the best of health and spirits. They were
+present together at the recent reception given by the Duke and
+Duchess of Connaught at St. James Palace just before Their Royal
+Highnesses left London to return to Canada.</p>
+
+<p>“Lady Strathcona’s funeral took place to Highgate cemetery on
+November 18, after a simple service in the Church of St. Mark.
+Lord Strathcona was a pathetic figure as he followed the coffin
+to the church, leaning on the arm of his daughter, the Hon. Mrs.
+Howard. Among the numerous floral tributes was a handsome wreath
+with a tender inscription from Queen Mother Alexandra. It bore
+the words, ‘To dear Lady Strathcona—a sorrowing tribute to the
+memory of a beloved wife and companion for sixty-five years—From
+Alexandra.’”</p>
+
+<p>It was but little more than two months after the death of Lady
+Strathcona that Lord Strathcona passed away, his death occurring
+January 21, 1914. His was a strikingly splendid figure even at
+the age of ninety-three. He had learned well the lessons of life.
+Nobility of character and high purpose had won for him imperial
+honors and had made him one of the world’s empire builders.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_I1" id="Idx_I1"></a>ROBERT JAMES INGLIS.</h3>
+
+<p>At the time of his death, which occurred on the 25th of June,
+1903, Robert James Inglis was at the head of the most extensive
+merchant tailoring establishment and the best known business
+of its kind in Montreal, which was developed entirely through
+his efforts and capability. He was recognized as a self-made
+man and his example should serve as a source of encouragement
+and inspiration to others. He was born in Hamilton, Ontario, in
+1856 and in 1875, when but nineteen years of age, he opened a
+tailoring establishment on St. Joseph, now Notre Dame Street.
+Although his start in life was comparatively unimportant, he soon
+demonstrated his capability and proved that he was worthy of
+confidence and support. Year by year his patronage grew and after
+nine years at his original location he removed to Beaver Hall
+Hill while later he was for five years on St. Catherine Street
+West. Less than one month prior to his demise he opened his
+establishment in a business block which he had erected, having
+well appointed and attractive quarters in which he carried a
+large and carefully selected line of goods. In style, excellence
+of design and workmanship the output of his establishment could
+not be surpassed, and progressive methods and honorable dealing
+led to the establishment of a business of large and gratifying
+proportions.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Inglis was survived by his widow and four sons: Douglas S.,
+Robert J., W. Stewart, and Lockhart C. The first two are in
+charge of the business of<a class="pagenum" name="Page_464" id="Page_464">[464]</a> R. J. Inglis, Ltd., of Montreal, and
+W. Stewart is in charge of the branch of the firm in Winnipeg,
+established after the death of his father. Mr. Inglis had reached
+a position where the comforts and luxuries of life were at his
+command but death called him when he was only forty-seven years
+of age. He was a prominent member of Victoria Lodge, No. 57, A.
+F. & A. M., but he was never a club man, preferring the enjoyment
+of the pleasures of his home. He possessed a strong character,
+marked individuality and pleasing personality and was loved by
+all who knew him. His acquaintance was a wide one, for his entire
+business life had been spent in Montreal and he had gained for
+himself a creditable position in business and social circles.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_G12" id="Idx_G12"></a>CHARLES BLAIR GORDON.</h3>
+
+<p>Manufacturing and financial interests in Montreal find a worthy
+representative in Charles Blair Gordon, practical, progressive
+and determined. His familiarity with the line of business in
+which he is engaged, his recognition of opportunities and his
+laudable ambition have gained him distinction and success, and
+material progress has been largely promoted through his efforts.
+Perhaps there is no other man in Canadian business life whose
+career so aptly illustrates the reward of conscientious business
+energy. Montreal has reason to be proud of the fact that he is
+one of her native sons. He was born here in 1867, his parents
+being John and Jane Gordon. After passing through consecutive
+grades to the high school and mastering the branches of learning
+therein taught, he took up the more difficult lessons to be
+learned in the school of experience, entering business circles
+in the employ of McIntyre, Sons & Company. In that connection he
+gained his first knowledge of business methods and measures, and
+the experience which he thus acquired led him to believe that he
+might profitably pursue a business career independently. He left
+that firm, therefore, to become the organizer of the Standard
+Shirt Company, of which he became the manager, and which he
+conducted very successfully. At the organization of the Dominion
+Textile Company, Mr. Gordon became at first managing director and
+vice president. He was elected to the presidency of the company
+in 1909 and has since remained at its head, bending his energies
+to administrative direction and executive control. The business,
+which is one of the worlds’ largest cotton manufacturing
+concerns, has developed steadily under his guidance, for he keeps
+in close touch with trade conditions and studies every question
+bearing upon manufacturing in his line. He was also at one time
+vice president of the Montmorency Cotton Mills Company and of the
+Colonial Bleaching & Printing Company. He was likewise a director
+of the Merchants Cotton Company and is still financially and
+officially connected with the Montreal Cotton Company. He is a
+director of the Bank of Montreal, president of Penman’s, Ltd.,
+president of Hill Crest Collieries, Ltd., vice president of the
+well known financial bond and investment house of C. Meredith,
+Ltd., and a director of the Ogilvie Flour Mills Company, Ltd. He
+is likewise a director of the Ritz-Carlton Company, owners of
+the magnificent new hotel, the Royal Trust Company, the Dominion
+Bridge Company, and numerous other corporations in the Dominion<a class="pagenum" name="Page_465" id="Page_465">[465]</a>
+of Canada. His judgment is sought as a valuable factor in the
+management of all the different business organizations with which
+he is connected. McGill University has requisitioned his services
+and made him one of its governors. To further the interests
+of trade he has become a member of the Canadian Manufacturers
+Association and was elected vice president of the Quebec branch
+in 1911.</p>
+
+<p>In 1897 Mr. Gordon was united in marriage to Miss Annie Brooks,
+of Seaforth, Ontario, and they reside at Terra Nova on St. Luc
+road, Ville Notre Dame des Neiges, Montreal. His social interests
+largely center in his membership in the Mount Royal, Canada,
+Montreal Hunt, Montreal Racquet, Montreal Jockey and Royal St.
+Lawrence Yacht Clubs. Mr. Gordon is a typical man of the age.
+He has gone beyond many who perhaps started out ahead of him
+in the race of life, this being due to his close application,
+unfaltering energy, and an earnest and persistent desire to
+accomplish at any one point in his career the utmost possibility
+for success at that point. He belongs to that class of valued and
+representative citizens who in advancing individual interests
+have also largely promoted the public good.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_B28" id="Idx_B28"></a>LESLIE HALE BOYD.</h3>
+
+<p>Leslie Hale Boyd is not only a student of the law but also of
+the vital public questions which are engaging wide attention,
+and is, as well, widely known in connection with many athletic
+and similar organizations. Montreal numbers him among her native
+sons, his birth having here occurred July 31, 1873, his parents
+being Andrew and Georgina L. (Hale) Boyd. Passing through
+consecutive grades in the public schools, he entered the Montreal
+high school and eventually pursued the arts and law courses in
+McGill University, which in 1894 conferred upon him the B. A.
+degree and in 1897 that of B. C. L. In 1898 he began practice as
+an advocate, and while advancement at the bar is proverbially
+slow no dreary novitiate awaited him. Almost from the beginning
+of his professional career he was accorded a liberal clientage
+and is now one of the prominent practitioners of the Montreal
+bar. In 1908 he was created king’s counsellor. As he has won
+success in his profession, he has made investments in real estate
+and is now the owner of considerable valuable property in the
+city.</p>
+
+<p>In 1898 Mr. Boyd was married to Miss Emma Constance, a daughter
+of the late William Farrell, of Montreal, but her death occurred
+in August, 1909. Mr. Boyd makes his home at No. 1036 Dorchester
+Street West. He is a Presbyterian in religious faith and is
+identified with various social organizations and with different
+societies having to do with the material development and welfare
+of the city. He belongs to the Montreal Amateur Athletic
+Association, which has honored him with the presidency, and in
+1908 he was vice president of the Amateur Athletic Federation
+of Canada. He likewise belongs to the Canada Club and the
+Engineers Club, the Caledonia and St. Lawrence Curling Clubs, the
+Canadian Club and the Rangers, Fish and Game Club, and he figures
+prominently in the various athletic and similar organizations to
+which he belongs. His interest in<a class="pagenum" name="Page_466" id="Page_466">[466]</a> affairs of general importance
+is indicated in the fact that he is a governor of the Montreal
+Homeopathic Hospital and a member of the Protestant board of
+school trustees at St. Henri, P. Q. The conservative party
+numbers him among its active workers and representatives, and in
+1910 he was elected alderman of St. George’s ward of Montreal
+as a reform candidate, and in 1912 and 1914 was reelected by
+acclamation. In May, 1912, he ran in the St. Lawrence division
+as the conservative candidate for the provincial legislature but
+was defeated. The talents with which nature endowed him he has
+wisely used, not only for the benefit of himself but for the
+improvement of municipal and moral conditions and physical and
+mental development.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_M1" id="Idx_M1"></a>COLIN McARTHUR.</h3>
+
+<p>It is a natural thing that when the sons of Great Britain desire
+to emigrate they turn toward one of the colonial possessions of
+the great British empire, and thus it is that a large percentage
+of Canada’s citizens have come from Scotland. Among the number
+was Colin McArthur, who was born in Glasgow in 1835, a son
+of James McArthur, a mason contractor of that city. He was
+educated in St. Enoch’s school of Glasgow and for sixteen years
+was associated with the firm of Wylie & Lockhead, wall paper
+manufacturers, acting as manager of their interests most of the
+time. While in their employ he frequently visited Canada and
+the United States in the interests of the house, and eventually
+taking up his permanent abode in Canada, embarked in business in
+Toronto. In 1879, however, he came to Montreal and entered into
+business with J. C. Watson in the manufacture of wall paper under
+the firm name of Watson & McArthur. This relation was maintained
+uninterruptedly until 1884, when Mr. McArthur withdrew from the
+firm and established the present business, that of Colin McArthur
+& Company, wall paper manufacturers. In the early days skilled
+labor had to be brought from the States, but in time men of this
+country were trained for the work and with the introduction of
+improved machinery the business developed rapidly. The trade grew
+enormously and Mr. McArthur was not only one of the pioneers in
+his line but controlled one of the most extensive and successful
+enterprises of that character. He thoroughly understood every
+phase of the business and, watchful of details pointing to
+success, his capable control was manifest in the excellent
+results which rewarded him.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. McArthur was first married to Margaret Jamieson, of Largs,
+Scotland, and had two children. David married Rose Wilkinson <a name="Err_44" id="Err_44"></a>and
+died in 1902, leaving a widow and three children, Colin, David
+and Margaret. Margaret, the daughter, is now living in Montreal.
+Mr. McArthur married in England, in 1869, Miss Annie Williamson,
+who survives him and resides in Montreal.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. McArthur was an active factor in public interests as well as
+in business circles. He joined the Board of Trade in 1888, and
+he was much interested in public institutions and in plans for
+the general welfare. He was a life member of the General Hospital
+and was a member of the Caledonia and St. Andrew’s Societies.
+He also was a life member of the Protestant Insane Hospital and
+took an active interest in the founding of that institution.
+A Presbyterian in<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_469" id="Page_469">[469]</a></span> religious faith, his many good deeds had
+their inception in his Christian belief. He did much for charity
+and in fact was continually assisting others, yet all in a most
+unostentatious manner. He never spoke of his benevolent acts and
+shrank from all publicity of that character, yet there are many
+who have reason to bless his memory for aid rendered in an hour
+of need.</p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 353px;">
+<img src="images/image467.jpg" width="353" height="500" alt="COLIN McARTHUR" />
+<p class="caption">COLIN McARTHUR</p>
+</div>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_D19" id="Idx_D19"></a>GEORGE EDWARD DESBARATS.</h3>
+
+<p>The late George Edward Desbarats was head of the well known
+printing firm of Desbarats & Company of Montreal, which, for
+many years has set the standard for all that is progressive in
+this field of business activity. He was a representative of a
+family that through many generations has been closely connected
+with the printing business, successive generations being in the
+vanguard of those who have been most active in bringing about
+the advancement and improvement in connection with the art
+preservative of arts. The History of Printing and Bookbinding in
+the State of Bearne gives account of Pierre Desbarats, bookseller
+from 1638, who established in 1651 the first printing office to
+have more than a transient existence in the state of Bearne;
+while Jean Desbarats, 1656 to 1687, was named printer to the
+Royal College of Bearne in 1662, printer to the Jesuit College
+at Pau in 1663 and printer to the King and the Royal College in
+1680. Jean Desbarats, 1687 to 1714, was appointed King’s printer
+and printer to the Royal College in 1687. Isaac Desbarats, 1714
+to 1737, was printer to the States of the Province of Bearne
+and on the 24th of December, 1719, was officially appointed to
+succeed Jean Desbarats as King’s printer. Parliamentary decree
+of April 27, 1730, admitted him to the ranks of the nobility as
+“Isaac Desbarats, King’s Printer, Seigneur de Labarthe Buisson.”
+Isaac Charles Desbarats, 1737-1787, was made printer to the King
+and to the States of the Kingdom of Navarre, September 20, 1737.
+He succeeded to the rank of Seigneur de Labarthe Buisson and was
+“<a name="Err_45" id="Err_45"></a>Avocat au Parlement.” The printing establishment was inherited
+by Jeanne Desbarats but the government would not allow a woman to
+carry on the printing business and it had to be sold. The above
+indicates the close connection of the family with the printing
+business in France from 1638 to 1787. The family name has figured
+with equal prominence in Canada. Pierre Edouard Desbarats was
+named King’s printer January 27, 1800, and so continued until
+his death in 1828. His son, Georges Pascal Desbarats, father of
+George E. Desbarats of this review, succeeded his father and in
+1844 was named Queen’s printer.</p>
+
+<p>The family had been founded in Canada by Joseph Desbarats, who
+came to this country in 1756 and in 1761 married Marie Louise
+Crête at Beauport. He died in 1810. Their son, Pierre Edouard
+Desbarats, was married in September, 1798, to Josephte Voyer
+and at the time of his death, in 1828, was not only printer of
+His Majesty’s laws, but was also assistant clerk of the house,
+lieutenant colonel and justice of the peace. His son, Georges
+Pascal Desbarats, married Henriette Dionne, daughter of Hon.
+Amable Dionne. She died in 1839, while G. P. Desbarats passed
+away in 1864. He had succeeded his father in business and in 1844
+was named Queen’s printer, in which connection he removed with<a class="pagenum" name="Page_470" id="Page_470">[470]</a>
+the Government to Kingston, Toronto and Quebec as the government
+was successively established in those cities. He was also
+<a name="Err_46" id="Err_46"></a>lieutenant colonel of militia.</p>
+
+<p>George Edward Desbarats was born at Quebec, April 5, 1838, and in
+the attainment of his education attended Holy Cross College at
+Worcester, Massachusetts, from 1846 to 1851; St. Mary’s College
+at Montreal from 1852 until 1855 and Laval University at Quebec
+from 1855 until 1857. He won the degrees of Bachelor of Arts
+and Bachelor of Laws and thoroughly qualified for the bar. He
+studied with the Hon. Jean Thomas Taschereau in 1857 and with
+the law firm of Bethune & Dunkin in Montreal. He was received at
+the bar of Lower Canada in 1859 and was offered a partnership in
+the firm of Laflamme & Laflamme but declined in order to enter
+his father’s printing office, in which connection he remained in
+Quebec until 1865, when he went to Ottawa which had been made the
+new seat of government. In Quebec he published several volumes
+of original French-Canadian literature, among which were: Le
+Foyer Canadien in three volumes, eleven hundred and thirty-six
+pages; La Littérature Canadienne, in two volumes, seven hundred
+and eighty pages; Essais Poétiques, Lemay, in one volume, three
+hundred and twenty pages; Les Anciens Canadiens, P. A. de Gaspe,
+in one volume, four hundred and twelve pages; Mémoires de M. de
+Gaspe in one volume, five hundred and sixty pages; Canadians of
+Old (English) in one volume, three hundred and thirty pages; Mère
+Marie de l’Incarnation, L’Abbé H. R. Casgrain, in one volume,
+four hundred and sixty pages; Vies des Saints, Abbé Casgrain,
+in one volume, seven hundred and fifty pages; Lives of the
+Saints (English) in one volume, seven hundred and fifty pages;
+Chansons Populaires du Canada, Ernest Gagnon, in one volume,
+three hundred and seventy-five pages; Contes Populaires, Paul
+Stevens, in one volume, two hundred and sixty-five pages; Traité
+d’Art & d’Histoire Militaire, L. T. Sugor, in one volume, four
+hundred and seventy-two pages; Instructions Chrétiennes pour les
+Jeunes Gens, in one volume, three hundred and twenty pages; and
+Le Protestantisme, Etc., Abbé Guillaume, five hundred and fifty
+pages.</p>
+
+<p>On removing to Ottawa in 1865 Mr. Desbarats occupied a building
+erected for this purpose which was begun during his father’s
+lifetime and belonged to the estate. Malcolm Cameron, who had
+been Queen’s printer with the father of George Edward Desbarats
+after the death of Stewart Derbishire, held the patent alone from
+1864 to 1869 and was G. E. Desbarats’ partner in the printing
+business. The building erected there in Ottawa was one of the
+largest business blocks of the city at that time. It was in this
+building that the Hon. Thomas D’Arcy McGee lodged in company with
+Sir Hector Langevin and others on the occasion of his atrocious
+assassination and it was upon the place where the murder occurred
+that Mr. Desbarats caused to be erected a memorial tablet. This,
+it has been supposed gave offence to a certain lawless element in
+the population, resulting in the destruction of the noble pile
+of buildings by the incendiary’s torch. After the destruction of
+the building by fire on the 21st of January, 1869, it was not
+rebuilt. The Cartier-Macdonald government was then in power and
+gave out the Gazette, laws, etc., to public competition. G. E.
+Desbarats was appointed Queen’s printer and charged with making
+the schedules, getting the tenders and adjudging the contracts.
+He held the office for about a year and then resigned to remove
+to Montreal, where he had large interests in a lithographic
+and photo-engraving business which he had established there in
+connection<a class="pagenum" name="Page_471" id="Page_471">[471]</a> with the Leggo Brothers. The fire of January 21,
+1869, destroyed the complete first edition of Les Oeuvres de
+Champlain, which G. E. Desbarats was publishing at that time,
+the compiler and annotator being L’Abbé Laverdiere, librarian
+of Laval University. Not only was the manuscript destroyed but
+also the electrotype plates and illustrations. The only copy
+saved was that in proof sheets in Mr. Laverdiere’s hands. Mr.
+Desbarats determined to republish the work at once. The second
+edition was printed direct from the type, being limited to one
+thousand copies. The six volumes, which are quarto, contain some
+sixteen hundred and fifty pages and are copiously illustrated
+with facsimiles of the original charts, maps and cuts produced
+by the Leggotype process. This great work was published by G. E.
+Desbarats in 1870 and is considered the finest book issued so far
+from the Canadian Press. He was also the publisher, in Ottawa, of
+H. J. Morgan’s Bibliotheca Canadensis.</p>
+
+<p>At the fire in Ottawa G. E. Desbarats’ net loss was over one
+hundred thousand dollars. The estate also lost heavily on the
+building, which was only partly insured. At a meeting of citizens
+an address of sympathy was voted to Mr. Desbarats and afterwards
+presented to him, handsomely engrossed, bearing the city seal,
+signed by the mayor and others and framed.</p>
+
+<p>In 1869 G. E. Desbarats built a printing office on St. Antoine
+Street, Montreal, and there founded The Canadian Illustrated
+News, the first number of which was issued on October 30, of that
+year, with Alexander Robertson as the first editor and E. Jump as
+chief artist. The illustrations were at first photo-electrotypes
+produced by the Leggotype process. In 1870 Mr. Desbarats founded
+a French companion paper to the Canadian Illustrated News called
+L’Opinion Publique, a twelve-page paper, the illustrations in
+which were for the most part the same as those in the English
+weekly. The editors were J. A. Mousseau and L. O. David.
+Among the contributors to its pages were P. J. O. Chauveau,
+L. H. Frechette, Joseph Marmette, J. A. Poisson, Benjamin
+Sulte, W. Gelinas, Joseph Tassé and many other distinguished
+French-Canadian writers. By arrangement with Ferdinand Gagnon,
+L’Opinion Publique absorbed L’Etendard National of Worcester,
+Massachusetts.</p>
+
+<p>In May, 1871, Mr. Desbarats became proprietor of a weekly
+literary paper named The Hearthstone. The editorial work of
+The Hearthstone was performed by J. A. Phillips. Mr. Desbarats
+owned and conducted The Dominion Telegraph Institute which had
+been started by Churchill, continuing this for two years, during
+which time were sent out many capable telegraph operators now at
+the head of their profession. In 1872 he organized the Graphic
+Company to publish a daily illustrated paper in the city of
+New York. This was the first illustrated daily ever published
+and it came to end in about a year, being too far ahead of its
+time and lacking the necessary capital. Still the field of his
+activity and usefulness constantly broadened, and at all times
+he was in the lead among those who have wrought for advancement
+and progress in connection with the printing and publishing
+business. In March, 1873, he founded The Canadian Patent Office
+Record and Mechanics Magazine, a quarto monthly of thirty-two
+pages devoted to engineering, manufacturing, mining and other
+industrial pursuits. With each number was issued the official
+patent office record, the whole amply illustrated, the two parts
+together forming a book of from sixty to eighty pages monthly,
+the subscription price to which was only a dollar and a half a
+year.</p>
+
+<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_472" id="Page_472">[472]</a></p>
+
+<p>In 1873 it was thought advisable to form a stock company to carry
+on the Canadian publications and the general Montreal engraving
+and printing business. The Desbarats Lithographic & Publishing
+Company was therefore organized by G. E. Desbarats, W. P. Hussey,
+Luke Moore, William Angus, Jonathan Hodgson, Alexander Buntin and
+Daniel MacLellan as provincial directors; G. E. Desbarats and
+W. P. Hussey as managers. In April, 1874, Mr. Desbarats entered
+into negotiations with G. B. Burland with a view to amalgamating
+the two concerns and formed The Burland-Desbarats Lithographing
+Company, from which he retired in 1876. He then opened a small
+office in the old postoffice building and in 1878 moved to
+larger premises and laid the foundation of the present Desbarats
+Printing Company, one of the most important establishments of
+this character in the Dominion. In 1879 G. E. Desbarats joined
+with Notman & Sandham in organizing The Artotype Printing Company
+and went himself to New York to learn the artotype work.</p>
+
+<p>In 1884 W. C. Smillie, founder and first president of The
+British American Bank Note Company entered into negotiations
+with G. E. Desbarats & Company to revive the Canada Bank Note
+Company which absorbed G. E. Desbarats & Company’s business
+and in which G. E. Desbarats and H. Drechsel were appointed
+managers. In 1887 Mr. Desbarats admitted his son, William,
+to a partnership and together they published the Dominion
+Illustrated, a weekly illustrated paper which also had to be
+discontinued for lack of capital. Half-tone engraving was then
+in its infancy and Mr. Desbarats was the first to introduce
+it into Canada. The process was largely used in the Dominion
+Illustrated and a photo-engraving plant was installed to meet
+the paper’s requirements. While all days were not equally bright
+in his career and indeed in his business experience he saw the
+gathering of clouds that threatened disastrous storms, yet his
+rich inheritance of energy, determination and initiative enabled
+him to turn defeat into victory and promised failures into
+brilliant successes. His strict integrity, business conservatism
+and judgment were always so universally recognized that he
+enjoyed public confidence to an enviable degree and naturally
+this brought him a lucrative patronage. In early manhood he
+showed conspicuously the traits of character that <a name="Err_47" id="Err_47"></a>made his life
+brilliantly successful and his mental and physical activity,
+combined with thorough training, brought him to an eminent
+position as a representative of the printing and publishing
+business in Canada.</p>
+
+<p>The business career of Mr. Desbarats with its steps of
+successive advancement has been given but what of the man and
+his personality? All who remember him speak of him as of the
+highest type of gentlemen, his kindly nature and courteous
+manner winning for him many warm friends. Even now, twenty years
+after his demise, his old employes mention him with the greatest
+respect and love. It has been said that there is no better way
+to judge an individual than by his treatment of those in his
+employ. Judged by this standard, no man has been more worthy
+of regard. While in Ottawa his employes presented him a silver
+goblet and tray as a mark of esteem. The employes of the Canadian
+Illustrated News presented him with two bronze statues and a
+necklace for Madame Desbarats and the employes of the Canada Bank
+Note Company presented him a water pitcher when he severed his
+connection with that company.</p>
+
+<p>Aside from his extensive printing and engraving business Mr.
+Desbarats was deeply interested in all that pertained to the
+city’s welfare, and those things<a class="pagenum" name="Page_473" id="Page_473">[473]</a> which are a matter of civic
+virtue and civic pride received his indorsement and cooperation.
+He took great interest in the Montreal Philharmonic Society of
+which he was one of the directors. He was captain in the Civil
+Service Rifle Regiment, of a company composed entirely of men
+in his employ. During the smallpox epidemic in Montreal in 1885
+he was chairman of the citizens’ relief committee and took a
+leading part in the establishing of a temporary hospital at the
+exhibition grounds. His political allegiance was given to the
+conservative party but he took no active part in politics. In
+religious faith he was a Roman Catholic and in 1867 was president
+of the Société St. Jean Baptiste in Ottawa.</p>
+
+<p>On the 30th of April, 1860, G. E. Desbarats was married to Miss
+Lucianne Bossé, eldest daughter of Joseph N. Bossé, advocate
+who was afterward senator and subsequently judge. Mr. and Mrs.
+Desbarats were married in Quebec and they became the parents of
+five sons and two daughters. George J., born January 27, 1861,
+and now deputy minister in the naval service, married Miss L.
+Scott, a daughter of Sir Richard Scott. William A., born February
+14, 1862, is president of the Desbarats Printing Company,
+Limited. Edward S. C., born April 24, 1863, is president of the
+Desbarats Advertising Agency and married Miss M. A. MacCallum,
+daughter of Dr. D. C. MacCallum. Lucianne, born August 10, 1864,
+married Lord de Blaquière. Cecile is superior of the Convent
+of the Sacred Heart at New Orleans, Louisiana. Alexander died
+in childhood; and C. H. Hullett married Miss J. Henkels of
+Philadelphia. He is the secretary and treasurer of the Desbarats
+Printing Company. He and his brother, William, succeeded to
+the business upon their father’s death and it has since been
+organized into a joint stock company.</p>
+
+<p>Such in brief is the life history of one who had much to do with
+shaping the development of the printing and engraving business
+in Canada. His was largely the initiative spirit that brought
+about improvement and advancement in methods of printing and
+of illustration. He ever maintained the highest standards, was
+quick to adopt any new methods which his judgment sanctioned
+as of value, and he largely set the standards that others
+have followed. His life continued one of increasing activity,
+usefulness and of public benefit to the time of his death which
+occurred in 1892.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_B42" id="Idx_B42"></a>ARTHUR WILLIAM PATRICK BUCHANAN.</h3>
+
+<p>In the practice of law devotion to the interests of his clients,
+careful preparation of his cases and comprehensive knowledge
+of the principles of jurisprudence are salient features which
+have gained Arthur William Patrick Buchanan a place among the
+well known representatives of the Montreal bar. He was born at
+Montreal in 1870, the son of Alexander Brock and Elizabeth Ann
+(Best) Buchanan and grandson of the late Alexander Buchanan,
+Q. C., a distinguished lawyer and in his day the leader of
+the Montreal bar, who married Mary Ann, the daughter of James
+Buchanan, H. B. M. consul at New York from 1816 to 1843. After
+attending the Montreal high school our subject entered McGill
+University and later pursued his law course in Laval University,
+where he took the degree of LL. B. in 1893. He was admitted to
+the bar of the province of<a class="pagenum" name="Page_474" id="Page_474">[474]</a> Quebec in 1894 and the same year
+began practice as an advocate. He was created a king’s counsel in
+1908 and practices in partnership with W. J. White, K. C. Their
+clientele is extensive and of a representative character, and Mr.
+Buchanan has proved himself a capable and careful lawyer. He is
+interested in genealogy and has written a history of his family,
+The Buchanan Book (1911).</p>
+
+<p>In 1897 Mr. Buchanan married Berthe Louise, elder daughter of
+William Quirin, of Boston and resides at No. 731 Pine Avenue
+West. Mr. Buchanan is a life member of the Buchanan Society, a
+governor of the Montreal General Hospital and a member of the
+St. James Club, the Canada Club, the Montreal Hunt and the Royal
+Montreal Golf Club.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_R12" id="Idx_R12"></a>ANDREW ROBERTSON.</h3>
+
+<p>In many public positions Andrew Robertson gained wide
+acquaintance and the efficiency of his service in public behalf
+marked him as one of Montreal’s most valued and prominent men. In
+commercial circles he was well known as the founder and senior
+member of the firms of Andrew Robertson & Company and Robertson,
+Stephen & Company, wholesale dry-goods merchants, and later he
+became a factor in insurance and financial enterprises. This
+however represented but one phase of his life, as he became
+connected with many public projects having to do with the general
+development and improvement of the city, or with its charitable
+and benevolent activities. Abraham Lincoln said, “There is
+something better than making a living—making a life,” and it
+was that spirit which actuated Andrew Robertson at all times.
+He recognized his obligations to his fellowmen and again and
+again he played the part of the Good Samaritan, not from any
+unavoidable sense of duty but from a deep love for his fellows.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Robertson was of Scotch birth, the place of his nativity
+being Paisley, and the year, 1827. When he arrived at school age
+he entered the Paisley grammar school, where he gained a working
+knowledge of the common branches of learning. All through his
+life he was a student,—a student of books, of men, of affairs
+and the signs of the times, and he became a thoroughly well read
+man, whose judgment was regarded as sound and his sagacity keen.
+After leaving school he learned the weavers trade and in 1840 was
+sent to Glasgow and entered upon a four year’s apprenticeship in
+a drapery and clothing establishment. Subsequently he became an
+employe of a manufacturing firm and displayed such ability and
+resourcefulness in this connection that he was soon afterward
+admitted into a partnership, and as most of the work of the
+firm devolved upon him, his health gave way and his physician
+recommended that he go either to Australia or Canada.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Robertson’s choice fell upon the latter country and in 1853
+he sailed for the new world, accompanied by his wife and two
+sons. He at once joined the wholesale dry-goods firm of Brown
+& Swan and, on retiring therefrom two years later, founded the
+firm of Andrew Robertson & Company which in 1867 was merged with
+the older established business of William Stephen & Company and
+continued under the style of Robertson, Stephen & Company. With
+the firm<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_477" id="Page_477">[477]</a></span> and its successors he was continuously connected
+until 1885, when he retired. Early in the 60’s he built the
+Auburn Woolen Mill at Peterboro, Ontario, for the manufacture
+of Canadian tweeds, and successfully directed it from Montreal
+until 1867, when he sold it as part of the purchase price of
+the Stephen business. His methods were ever progressive, and
+his close application and indefatigable energy constituted the
+foundation upon which he builded his prosperity.</p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 360px;">
+<img src="images/image475.jpg" width="360" height="500" alt="ANDREW ROBERTSON" />
+<p class="caption">ANDREW ROBERTSON</p>
+</div>
+
+<p>While building up a commercial enterprise of large and profitable
+proportions, Mr. Robertson always found time to devote to public
+duties and the promotion of the general welfare. Joining the
+St. Andrew’s Society in 1857 he served as treasurer in 1862
+and 1863, second vice president in 1864 and 1865, first vice
+president in 1868 and president during 1869 and 1870. In 1876 he
+was president of the Dominion Board of Trade and in that and the
+following year was also president of the Montreal Board of Trade.
+He had the honor of being chosen the first president of the
+Dominion Commercial Travelers’ Association, and thus he figured
+prominently among the men who were most active in commercial
+pursuits. He himself extended his efforts as a business man with
+the passing years and became president of the Royal Canadian
+Insurance Company in 1876, in which position he continued until
+his death, while from its formation in 1880 until his demise he
+was president of the Bell Telephone Company of Canada.</p>
+
+<p>His public service was of a varied character and embraced
+connection with charitable and benevolent objects, with public
+works and with movements having to do with general progress and
+improvement. In 1872 Mr. Robertson became one of the governors of
+the Montreal General Hospital and later was elected and served
+successively as treasurer, vice president and president. In 1879
+he was elected chairman of the board of harbor commissioners for
+Montreal and remained in that position until his death. His name
+figured also in connection with military activities, beginning
+in 1861, when, during the Trent excitement he was gazetted first
+lieutenant and quartermaster of the Montreal Light Infantry. Many
+tangible evidences of his devotion to the public welfare may
+be cited. He familiarized himself with all the details of the
+management of the General Hospital and was greatly interested
+in the proposal to enlarge it, so that in 1886 upon a trip to
+England he consulted some of the best architects of that country
+concerning the subject and brought back with him plans for the
+proposed extension. The deepening of the ship channel between
+Montreal and Quebec was a project which awakened his strong
+and hearty enthusiasm, and he frequently said that when he saw
+the completion of the plan he would retire from the active
+duties of chairman of the board, well satisfied. He was of a
+nervous temperament, possessed marked energy and was a tireless
+worker, and before his health became impaired he was actively
+and helpfully interested in the movement for the improvement of
+the harbor and the prevention of damages by flood. During the
+great flood of 1885 he was making a tour through the submerged
+district in a canoe, propelled by one of the oldest river men.
+His companion of that occasion testified to the deep interest
+he took in the poor people of the district. He left the harbor
+commissioners’ office with forty or fifty dollars in his pocket
+and when he returned he had not enough cash to pay the boatman,
+having given all to the flood sufferers. This is but one incident
+of his generous spirit, which was constantly manifested. He
+was of a most charitable disposition but he gave in a quiet,
+unassuming manner, following the mandate not to let the left
+hand<a class="pagenum" name="Page_478" id="Page_478">[478]</a> know what the right hand doeth. Again and again his gifts
+of charity were known only to the recipients.</p>
+
+<p>On the 19th of April, 1850, in Scotland, Mr. Robertson was
+married to Miss Agnes Bow, a daughter of the late Alexander Bow,
+of Glasgow, and they became parents of ten children, four sons
+and six daughters, of whom the sons and four daughters are still
+living, six being residents of Montreal, while one daughter and
+one son reside on the Pacific coast.</p>
+
+<p>At the time of his death, which occurred March 29, 1890,
+Mr. Robertson was chairman of the harbor commission and his
+associates in that work, as also those in other relations of
+life, entertained for him the highest regard. In politics he was
+conservative and in church connection a Presbyterian. In his
+Christian faith was found the root of a well spent, honorable
+life, reaching out along many lines for the benefit of his
+fellowmen. The world is better for his having lived and his
+memory remains as a blessed benediction to those who knew him.
+Mrs. Robertson survived her husband for nine years, passing
+away suddenly in her beautiful home, Elmbank, Dorchester Street
+West, on the 6th of July, 1899, mourned by a large circle of old
+friends.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_F4" id="Idx_F4"></a>REV. JOSEPH GUILLAUME LAURENT FORBES.</h3>
+
+<p>Rev. Joseph Guillaume Laurent Forbes, bishop of Joliette, was
+formerly the spiritual director of the thirty-nine hundred
+families which make up the great French-Canadian parish of St.
+Jean Baptiste in Montreal, a position of responsibility as
+well as one of power and importance among the Catholic people
+of the city. This responsibility rested upon the shoulders of
+a conscientious, capable and God-fearing man and the power
+was used wisely and humbly, so that Father Forbes has become
+an important force in the conservation and propagation of the
+doctrines which he teaches and professes. He is a native of the
+province of Quebec, born in Isle Perrot, near Montreal, August
+10, 1865, a son of John and Octavie (Léger) Forbes, both natives
+of Vaudreuil. The Forbes family was founded in Canada in 1757 and
+representatives of the Léger family came to Quebec with the first
+French colonists in 1608. Both parents are still living, the
+father having retired from active life.</p>
+
+<p>Rev. Guillaume Forbes acquired his early education in the
+kindergarten at the Nazareth Asylum in charge of the Grey Nuns in
+Montreal and was afterward a student at the Catholic Commercial
+Academy of this city. He was graduated from Montreal College with
+the class of 1882 and from the Seminary of Philosophy in 1884.
+He finished the course in the College of Theology in 1887 and
+was ordained to the Roman Catholic priesthood March 17, 1888.
+Immediately afterward he was sent as curate to Caughnawaga, where
+he did excellent work among the Iroquois Indians. He held his
+original position until 1892 and was then given the direction of
+the Caughnawaga mission, serving until 1903. In that year he was
+appointed parish priest of the Church of St. Anne de Bellevue, in
+the province of Quebec, and he there remained until 1911, when
+he was appointed rector of St. Jean Baptiste church in Montreal.
+The parish of St. Jean de Baptiste in Montreal is one of the
+largest and most important<a class="pagenum" name="Page_479" id="Page_479">[479]</a> French-Canadian congregations in the
+city, and its rector holds a very responsible position and one
+which makes him a great individual force in Catholic circles. The
+original church building was burned June 27, 1911, and is now
+being replaced at a cost of three hundred thousand dollars, the
+entire property being valued at five hundred thousand dollars.
+Father Forbes had four assistants, Rev. Joseph A. Lefevre, Rev.
+Charles A. de Lamirande, Rev. Auguste Paré and Rev. Hector
+Quesnel, and had spiritual jurisdiction over thirty-nine hundred
+families and nineteen thousand souls, all French-Canadians. He
+became very popular and widely beloved among the people of this
+congregation, who saw his simplicity of character, his greatness
+of heart, his earnestness and sincerity, and who recognized
+his administrative and business ability. On the 6th of August,
+1913, Rev. Forbes was chosen by the Holy See to succeed the Rt.
+Rev. Alfred Archambeault as bishop of Joliette. He received the
+episcopal consecration in the cathedral of Joliette from the
+hands of His Grace, Monseigneur Bruchesi, archbishop of Montreal,
+on the 9th of October, 1913. A brother of Bishop Forbes, the Rev.
+Father John Forbes, of the White Fathers, after a stay of sixteen
+years in the mission fields of Africa, is since the year 1900
+residing in Quebec, superior of the branch house of the Society
+of the White Fathers in Canada.</p>
+
+<p>Bishop Forbes is profoundly learned in Indian dialects and is
+in addition an author of some note, his works being all of a
+religious character. Besides his original volumes he has edited
+and republished a Life of Catherine Tekakwitha and an Iroquois
+almanac for the years between 1899 and 1903.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_B19" id="Idx_B19"></a>ARTHUR EDOUARD JOSEPH BISSONNET.</h3>
+
+<p>The name of Bissonnet has long been a distinguished one in this
+locality, the first member of the family having been one Pierre,
+a son of Jacques, who was born in 1626, and on the 3d of May,
+1660, married Mathurène Des Bordes and who, as the records show,
+had seven children. A brother of Pierre, Jacques, was married in
+1670 and sixteen children are credited to him. Arthur Edouard
+Joseph Bissonnet worthily upholds the honor of the family name,
+having gained a reputation along legal lines in Montreal, where
+he has successfully practiced since 1897. He was born at St.
+Hyacinthe, Quebec, and is a son of Napoléon and Domithilde
+(Scott) Bissonnet. The father was a well known manufacturer
+of that city, where he passed away in 1887, the mother having
+predeceased him in 1882. The paternal grandparents were Jérome
+and Josephte (Courtemanche) Bissonnet, who died in 1870 and 1872,
+respectively.</p>
+
+<p>Arthur E. J. Bissonnet received an excellent education. His
+preliminary courses were taken at the College of the Sacred Heart
+at Arthabaskaville, which was followed by a classical course at
+St. Hyacinthe that earned him the title of M. L. A. In 1894 he
+studied law at Laval University and in 1895 and 1896 at McGill
+University which he left in 1897 with the degree of B. C. L.,
+being admitted to the bar of the province of Quebec in the same
+year. His advent in Montreal soon followed and here he has ever
+since been engaged in the practice of his profession. No long
+novitiate awaited him for he soon demonstrated his<a class="pagenum" name="Page_480" id="Page_480">[480]</a> ability to
+successfully cope with the most intricate law problems and gained
+a reputation which connected him with much important litigation.
+He has represented some of the foremost firms and individuals as
+well as other interests, having attained a name for preparing his
+cases thoroughly and presenting them in an able manner. He has
+all the attributes of a successful lawyer, clearly sets forth his
+cause and by the weight of his character and his insight into
+human nature has won a high standing in his profession. In 1909
+Mr. Bissonnet was appointed king’s counsel and as such handled
+important government cases which especially connected him with
+provincial law revenue on duties on successions. His prominence
+in fraternal circles has led to his election as legal adviser of
+the Council of St. Henry (for 1913), a branch of the Knights of
+Columbus at Montreal. Mr. Bissonnet is now at the head of the
+legal firm, Bissonnet & Cordeau, occupying suite 606, in the
+Royal Trust building.</p>
+
+<p>On the 14th of February, 1905, occurred the marriage of Mr.
+Bissonnet to M. A. Ernestine Roy, a daughter of Amedée Roy and
+Hemma (Rocher) Roy. The family has been long established in the
+county of Bagot, in the province of Quebec, and her father was a
+prominent merchant in his locality. Mr. and Mrs. Bissonnet have
+the following children, Jean, Léon, Marie Laure, Louise Marie and
+Paul.</p>
+
+<p>His political convictions lead Mr. Bissonnet to support the
+liberal party, and he is a member of the Montreal Reform Club and
+other political institutions. Although not an active politician,
+he takes a deep and helpful interest in the issues of the day
+that affect the Canadian people as a nation and his province as
+part of the Dominion and stands ever ready to support progressive
+measures making for advancement, either material or intellectual.
+His faith is that of the Catholic church. A distinguished and
+influential lawyer, he is highly respected in the profession and
+is esteemed by the general public as a public-spirited citizen
+who loyally acknowledges and fulfills his duties to his city and
+his country.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_M2" id="Idx_M2"></a>DUNCAN A. McCASKILL.</h3>
+
+<p>Duncan A. McCaskill was a factor in Montreal’s commercial
+development and progress, inasmuch as he was the founder and head
+of the house of D. A. McCaskill Company, later McCaskill, Dougall
+& Company, manufacturers of railway and carriage varnishes and
+japans. The extent and importance of his business made him well
+known in commercial circles, while his career demonstrated the
+possibilities for successful achievement on the part of any
+individual who must perforce start in life as he did, without
+any capital to aid him. He was born in Victoria county, Cape
+Breton, in 1845 and was a son of Murdo McCaskill, a justice of
+two counties of Cape Breton. His education was acquired in his
+native county, where the first thirty years of his life were
+passed. The year 1875 witnessed his arrival in Montreal, where he
+connected himself with one of the large business houses of the
+city. During the succeeding five years he steadily progressed and
+there awakened in him the ambition to enter commercial circles
+on his own account. He took his initial step in the direction
+in which his later labors brought him to the prominent position
+which he occupied as the<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_483" id="Page_483">[483]</a></span> head of the house of what is now
+McCaskill, Dougall & Company, manufacturers of railway and
+carriage varnishes. He was ever a most industrious man, close
+application and energy constituting the basis of his success. In
+1902 he retired and spent his remaining days in those ways which
+afforded him recreation and enjoyment, traveling extensively in
+company with Mrs. McCaskill through the United States and Europe.</p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 353px;">
+<img src="images/image481.jpg" width="353" height="500" alt="DUNCAN A. McCASKILL" />
+<p class="caption">DUNCAN A. McCASKILL</p>
+</div>
+
+<p>Mrs. McCaskill was in her maidenhood Miss Abbott, a member of
+the Abbott family of Andover, Massachusetts, and one of the
+old New England families. They were separated by death on the
+12th of July, 1907, when Mr. McCaskill passed away at Lausanne,
+Switzerland.</p>
+
+<p>While an active factor in the business world, Mr. McCaskill also
+took a great interest in political matters and for several years
+was president of the Sir John A. Macdonald Club. In 1900, at the
+solicitation of a large body of electors of his native county,
+he became a candidate for political honors. The conservative
+party lost in that connection and Mr. McCaskill was defeated at
+the polls, although a large vote was accorded him and his course
+gained him the general esteem of the people. By preference he
+concentrated his efforts upon his business interests and private
+affairs and worked his way upward until he stood among the
+successful merchants and manufacturers of the city with a record
+that commended him to the confidence and admiration of colleagues
+and contemporaries.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_E11" id="Idx_E11"></a>SAMUEL HAMILTON EWING.</h3>
+
+<p>With intense activity intelligently directed and with ability
+to plan and perform that amounts almost to genius, Samuel
+Hamilton Ewing has become one of the prominent manufacturers and
+capitalists of Montreal. He today has financial investments in
+many of the most important corporate interests of the province,
+and his opinion concerning complex business matters is eagerly
+sought and constitutes a valuable element in the attainment of a
+wise conclusion.</p>
+
+<p>From his boyhood Samuel Hamilton Ewing has been a resident
+of Canada. He was born May 10, 1834, at Lisdillon House,
+Londonderry, Ireland, and is a representative of an old family of
+Irish origin, his parents being Samuel and Margaret (Hamilton)
+Ewing, who with their family crossed the Atlantic to Canada
+during the boyhood of their son Samuel H. Entering the public
+schools of Montreal, he pursued his education and afterward
+joined his brother, Andrew S. Ewing, in the ownership and
+management of the extensive coffee and spice mills formerly
+owned by his father. The business, established in 1860, was
+conducted under the firm style of Samuel Ewing & Sons, Samuel
+Hamilton Ewing remaining an active factor in the management and
+direction of the business until his retirement from the firm in
+1892. In the meantime the efforts of the partners had resulted
+in the establishment of an enterprise of extensive proportions.
+Gradually he extended his efforts to other fields, becoming
+financially and ofttimes actively interested in corporations
+which are now recognized as among the foremost in the commercial
+and industrial circles of the province. He is president of
+the Montreal Cotton Company, president of the Canada Accident
+Assurance Company, president of the Levis County Railway and the
+Cornwall<a class="pagenum" name="Page_484" id="Page_484">[484]</a> Street Railway, and is vice president of the Molson’s
+Bank and the Sun Life Assurance Company, while he is a director
+of the Atlantic Sugar Refinery, the Standard Clay Products,
+Limited, the Crown Trust Company, and the Illinois Traction
+Company. One of the local papers said of him: “It is doubtful if
+there is a more active man of his age in the city of Montreal.”
+What he undertakes he accomplishes, and he utilizes opportunities
+that many others have passed heedlessly by. Moreover, he has the
+ability to unify seemingly dissimilar elements, coordinating them
+into a harmonious whole.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Ewing has been married twice. He first wedded Miss Caroline
+Wilson Cheese, of London, England, who died in 1872, and later
+he wedded Margaret Anna Knight, who passed away in March, 1908.
+She was a daughter of George Knight, of Glasgow, Scotland. Mr.
+Ewing’s attractive home, Seaforth, is situated at No. 100 Cote
+des Neiges road. He is well known in club circles, holding
+membership in the Mount Royal, Canada, St. James and Canadian
+Clubs. He is a life governor of the Art Association of Montreal.
+His political belief is that of the conservative party but the
+honors and emoluments of office have little attraction for him.
+He has preferred always to devote his leisure to such activities
+as seek the public welfare along charitable or humanitarian
+lines. He is a governor of the Montreal General Hospital and
+served for several years prior to 1906 as its treasurer. He is
+likewise a governor of the Protestant Hospital for the Insane,
+and in 1906 was the delegate to the Sixth Congress Chambers of
+Commerce of the Empire. Forceful and resourceful, his is a record
+of a strenuous life, stable in purpose, quick in perception,
+swift in decision, energetic and persistent in action.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_H13" id="Idx_H13"></a>ALBERT HEBERT.</h3>
+
+<p>Albert Hébert, deceased, who for many years was one of the
+best known business men of Montreal, was born in this city,
+February 28, 1864. He was educated in the Jesuit College and
+the Archambault Commercial School, from which he was graduated.
+At the age of seventeen years he entered the firm of Dufresne &
+Mongenais and a year later became a member of the firm of Hudon,
+Hébert & Company, wholesale grocers. Later, when his father,
+C. P. Hébert, retired from the firm, Albert Hébert became the
+general manager of the business and so continued throughout his
+remaining days, directing the policy and stimulating the progress
+of the business, which became one of the important commercial
+concerns of the province. A man of resourceful ability, he
+was a director of the Montreal City and District Savings Bank
+and succeeded his father as treasurer of Notre Dame Hospital.
+He was a prominent member of the Board of Trade, serving as a
+councillor in 1904 and 1905, a governor of Laval University and
+a governor of the Antiquarian and Numismatic Society. Mr. Hébert
+was married in Montreal to Miss Loulou Barbeau, a daughter of the
+late E. G. Barbeau, who was the first manager of the Montreal
+City and District Savings Bank. Mr. and Mrs. Hébert had one
+daughter, Joséphine, now the wife of Mr. <a name="Err_3" id="Err_3"></a>LsRaoul de Lorimer, of
+Montreal. While traveling in Europe Mr. Hébert died at Lucerne,
+Switzerland, June 21, 1911, although when he left Montreal for
+this trip he was<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_487" id="Page_487">[487]</a></span> in the best of health. He was but forty-seven
+years of age at the time of his demise, yet he stood very high
+in the opinion of the leading business men of the wholesale
+district of Montreal and was also appreciated and esteemed in
+financial circles. When Notre Dame Hospital was threatened with
+a financial crisis in 1909 it was Mr. Hébert, the treasurer of
+the institution, who opened the subscription and by his energetic
+campaign raised the two hundred thousand dollars which saved the
+day. One who knew him well and was, therefore, qualified to speak
+of his sterling traits of character wrote to the Montreal Star:</p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 336px;">
+<img src="images/image485.jpg" width="336" height="500" alt="ALBERT HEBERT" />
+<p class="caption">ALBERT HEBERT</p>
+</div>
+
+<p>“There were many sympathizing and sad hearts in Canada after it
+was known that Albert Hébert, Esq., of your city died in the
+prime of life, far away from home in Switzerland. In the death
+of Mr. Hébert Montreal has lost the prince of the many princely
+merchants. He was known far and near not only by reputation
+but personally and wherever he was known he was respected and
+beloved. I have had business dealings with the late Mr. Hébert
+for over a quarter of a century and during that long period I
+have had many opportunities of forming an opinion of his worth
+as a man and of his splendid abilities as a business man. At the
+annual business meeting of the Wholesale Grocers Guild, of which
+he was a prominent and respected member and at which meetings
+I have often had an opportunity of attending, it was always a
+pleasure to hear him speak in his faultless English, with a
+slightly French accent. His opinions and advice had a spirit of
+fairness and good sense that invariably carried conviction with
+them. No better argument in favor of a joint English and French
+training could be had than to hear him address a meeting in
+English. The late Mr. Hébert will be missed in Montreal. He will
+be sadly missed by the many English speaking friends in the west
+when they visit Montreal. It is men of his type that are needed
+to build up Canada as a nation.”</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_P10" id="Idx_P10"></a>J. GEORGES PICHE, M. D.</h3>
+
+<p>Among the successful physicians of Montreal is Dr. J. Georges
+Piché, who has been in practice since 1900. He was born in St.
+Gabriel de Brandon, Berthier, province of Quebec, September
+4, 1872, and descends from one of the oldest families of that
+section.</p>
+
+<p>His father, Camille Piché, was a notary of St. Gabriel for forty
+years, occupying the position at the time of his death. He was
+regarded as one of the best known and most highly respected
+citizens of the locality. He married Sophie Desparrois dit
+Champagne, a native of St. Sulpice, province of Quebec.</p>
+
+<p>Dr. Piché acquired his early education at St. Gabriel and later
+attended the normal school at Montreal, leaving there in 1887.
+He then went to the United States and for several years was
+a bookkeeper in the employ of a wholesale grocery house at
+Providence, Rhode Island. In 1896 he returned to Montreal and,
+having determined upon a professional career, began the study of
+medicine at Laval University, where he was graduated in 1900 with
+the degree of M. D.</p>
+
+<p>Dr. Piché immediately began the practice of his profession in
+Montreal on DeMontigny Street, where he continued with gratifying
+success until 1914, when he removed his offices to No. 287
+St. Denis Street. He is now accorded a liberal<a class="pagenum" name="Page_488" id="Page_488">[488]</a> practice and
+his ability is constantly increasing as the result of broad
+experience and wide reading and research. He is now physician to
+the Merchants & Employers Guarantee & Accident Company, and he is
+a member of La Société Médicale de Montreal.</p>
+
+<p>In 1894 Dr. Piché was married in St. Gabriel de Brandon, province
+of Quebec, to Albertine Bellemore, a daughter of John Bellemore,
+of that place, and they have four children: Julien, Georges,
+Albert, Ernest and Rachel.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_A13" id="Idx_A13"></a>JOHN S. ARCHIBALD.</h3>
+
+<p>John S. Archibald, an architect holding to the highest
+professional standards and one of Montreal’s native citizens,
+is a son of the late David A. Archibald, formerly of Inverness,
+Scotland. Reared and educated in Scotland. Mr. Archibald prepared
+for the profession which he has made his life work and which he
+has successfully followed in Montreal. He is a member of the
+firm of Saxe & Archibald and as such has been connected with the
+execution of some important professional contracts. A number
+of the fine structures of the city stand as monuments to his
+skill and ability. Moreover his position is indicated by the
+fact that in 1905 he was honored with election to the presidency
+of the Architects Association of the province of Quebec and at
+the congress of architects held in July, 1906, he moved the
+resolution favoring statutory qualifications of architects. He
+has never believed in deviating from the highest standards of the
+profession.</p>
+
+<p>In December, 1900, Mr. Archibald was united in marriage to
+Miss Edith Thurston, the third daughter of J. D. Thurston,
+of Montreal. In politics Mr. Archibald is a liberal and is
+interested in all projects that are opposed to misrule in civic
+affairs and which seek to promote the interests of the many
+rather than of the few. He is now a councillor of the Montreal
+Reform Club, and he belongs also to the Engineers Club. He has
+carefully cultivated the powers and talents with which nature
+endowed him and thus has gained more than local recognition as a
+capable architect, well versed in the science of his profession.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_P1" id="Idx_P1"></a>ESIOFF LEON PATENAUDE.</h3>
+
+<p>Among the younger members of the bar of Montreal is Esioff Léon
+Patenaude, a member of the well known firm of Leonard, Patenaude,
+Filion & Monette, who maintain offices at No. 26 St. James
+Street. Not only has Mr. Patenaude attained a prominent position
+along strictly legal lines but he has been prominent politically,
+having for several terms been elected a member of the provincial
+legislative assembly of Quebec and serving at present in that
+capacity. He is a member of one of the old French-Canadian
+families.</p>
+
+<p>Esioff L. Patenaude was born at St. Isidore on February 12, 1875,
+and is a son of Hilaire and Angèle (Trudeau) Patenaude. Early
+showing a preference for a legal career, he laid the foundations
+of his classical education in Montreal College, from which he
+graduated with the degree of B. A., and subsequently<a class="pagenum" name="Page_489" id="Page_489">[489]</a> studied law
+at Laval University, receiving the degree of LL. L. He has since
+taken up his practice in Montreal and, having been able soon to
+demonstrate his knowledge and ability, has built up a reputation
+as one of the foremost advocates of the city. He is a member
+of the firm of Leonard, Patenaude, Filion & Monette, who are
+connected with much of the foremost litigation before the courts,
+their patronage being distinctive and important.</p>
+
+<p>On the 8th of May, 1900, Mr. Patenaude married Miss Georgiana
+Deniger and they have two children, Rose Angèle and Alphonse. In
+religious faith the family are Roman Catholics. The political
+allegiance of Mr. Patenaude is given to the conservative party
+and, as he has become widely known in his profession, it was
+but natural that he should be chosen to the Quebec legislative
+assembly, to which he was elected at the general election of
+1908. He was returned to his seat in 1912, his reelection being
+the confirmation of his record. He has always exerted himself to
+the best of his ability in the interests of his constituents and
+has done valuable work in committee rooms as well as on the floor
+of the provincial house of parliament. Prominent among the French
+colony, Mr. Patenaude is highly respected by all who know him for
+what he has attained and for those characteristics which have
+made possible his success. He is ever willing to gladly bear his
+share in promoting the public welfare and the advancement of the
+city and is a forceful factor in Montreal not only along legal
+and political lines but in building up material progress and
+promoting measures which elevate moral and intellectual standards.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_A20" id="Idx_A20"></a>JOSEPH GUSTAVE AVARD.</h3>
+
+<p>Joseph Gustave Avard, one of the best known men in real-estate
+circles in Montreal, has been instrumental in promoting some
+of the largest projects in this city during the past ten
+years, notwithstanding the fact that his life record does not
+cover one-half the span of time of many other real-estate
+dealers of the city. He was born January 29, 1881, at Shirley,
+Massachusetts, a son of Louis and Philomene (Sasseville) Avard,
+both of whom are natives of St. Hyacinthe county, Quebec. For
+some years the father was a saddler at Shirley, Massachusetts,
+but since 1883 has resided at St. Hyacinthe.</p>
+
+<p>The son was educated in the schools of St. Hyacinthe, the
+Brothers of the Sacred Heart Academy and in the St. Hyacinthe
+Practical Business School. For a year he was a clerk in St.
+Hyacinthe Bank and through the ensuing four years was with the
+Eastern Townships Bank at St. Hyacinthe and Waterloo, Quebec.</p>
+
+<p>In 1903 Mr. Avard came to Montreal as an accountant for the firm
+of McPherson & Company, wholesale dealers in cheese and butter.
+In 1905 he opened a real-estate office at 47 St. Vincent Street
+under the firm name of Avard & Dagenais. This firm continued in
+business successfully for five years at that location. On the
+expiration of that period the partnership was dissolved and Mr.
+Avard opened an office in the Royal Trust building, where he
+remained for two years, removing thence to the Transportation
+building at No. 120 St. James Street in 1912. In that year
+the business was incorporated under the name of J. G. Avard &
+Company, Ltd. He promoted the Viauville Lands, Ltd., one of the
+largest<a class="pagenum" name="Page_490" id="Page_490">[490]</a> deals carried through in the past decade. The firm owns
+the Tetreauville Annex and are agents for Hudonville Lands, Ltd.
+Mr. Avard is also a director of the Dominion Quarry, Ltd., of
+the Metropolis Apartment Company, Ltd., Montreal Playhouses,
+Ltd., and of the Practical Business School of St. Hyacinthe. His
+offices in the Transportation building are models of good taste
+and the casual visitor has only to glance around to see that Mr.
+Avard is a lover of the fine arts.</p>
+
+<p>On the 2d of October, 1904, Mr. Avard was married, in Montreal,
+to Rachel Eva Simard, a daughter of the late Adelard Simard, a
+well known lawyer of Waterloo, Quebec. To Mr. and Mrs. Avard have
+come three children: Elise; Gaston, who died at the age of eleven
+months; and Jean.</p>
+
+<p>Active in the social life of the city, Mr. Avard is a member of
+the Canadian Club, the National Sporting Club, the Reform Club,
+St. Denis Club and is the vice president of the Laurentide Summer
+Home Company, Ltd. Politically he is a liberal, and his religious
+faith is indicated in his membership in St. Leon’s Roman Catholic
+church at Westmount, where he resides.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_C4" id="Idx_C4"></a>ALBERT H. CAMPBELL.</h3>
+
+<p>Albert H. Campbell, an active factor in business circles in
+Montreal as a member of the firm of A. C. Leslie & Company,
+iron, steel and metal merchants on St. Paul Street, remained in
+connection with that business until his death, which occurred
+August 27, 1907. He was a native of Ontario, born May 13, 1866,
+and a son of Dr. Donald P. Campbell, who was also born in the
+province of Ontario, where his father had settled upon coming
+to Canada from Scotland. Dr. Campbell was a graduate of McGill
+University and after preparing for the medical profession
+practiced in Vankleek Hill, Ontario, until his death which
+occurred in 1870. He was married in Montreal, in 1863, to Miss
+Alice Bell, a daughter of James Bell, who came to this city in
+1832 from Scotland and was prominent as a contractor and builder
+here until his death in 1860. Following the death of her husband,
+Mrs. Campbell returned with her family to Montreal, where she has
+since resided.</p>
+
+<p>Albert H. Campbell was thus reared in this city and completed his
+education in the Montreal high school, in 1883. He first engaged
+with Frothingham & Workman after leaving school, spending a few
+years with that firm before he embarked in business on his own
+account as junior partner in the firm of A. C. Leslie & Company,
+iron, steel and metal merchants on St. Paul Street. He then
+concentrated his energy upon the development of that business
+and was a very active representative of commercial interests in
+Montreal until his life’s labors were ended in death. He studied
+every phase of the business with which he was connected, readily
+recognized and utilized advantages and by methods that neither
+seek nor require disguise, won the confidence and respect of
+contemporaries and colleagues.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Campbell was married in Ottawa to Miss Elizabeth Henderson
+of Ottawa, whose father, John Henderson, is city clerk there.
+Mr. Campbell belonged to the Canadian Club and his social
+nature gained him many warm friends. He was a public-spirited
+man and gave generous and helpful support to projects<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_493" id="Page_493">[493]</a></span> for
+the general good. He belonged to the Board of Trade and was in
+hearty sympathy with its plans for Montreal’s improvement. He was
+also a member of the American Presbyterian church and his life
+exemplified his belief.</p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 344px;">
+<img src="images/image491.jpg" width="344" height="500" alt="ALBERT H. CAMPBELL" />
+<p class="caption">ALBERT H. CAMPBELL</p>
+</div>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_D24" id="Idx_D24"></a>JOSEPH ISRAEL DESROCHES, M. D.</h3>
+
+<p>Capable, earnest and conscientious, Dr. Joseph Israël Desroches
+has for many years exercised his profession in Montreal, where he
+is widely known to the general public and enjoys high prestige
+among his colleagues, especially in regard to hygiene and
+children’s hygiene, upon which subjects he is an expert. His
+standing is quite evident from his connection with some of the
+foremost societies in the medical line in the world and it is
+therefore not surprising that his practice should be extensive
+and representative as well as lucrative to him. Dr. Desroches was
+born in October, 1850, at St. Esprit and is a son of André and
+Héloïse (Mercier) Desroches, the former in his day a well known
+agriculturist of St. Esprit. The Desroches family is descended
+from one Jean Deroches, who was born in 1614 and in 1641 left
+Ste. Lucie, near Autun, France, for Villemarie. He made the
+journey with one Monsieur de Maisonneuve. In 1647 he married
+Françoise Godet and this marriage was the first contract of that
+kind to be registered at Villemarie. Jean Deroches had a family
+of eight children, of whom his son Pierre married Marie Beaudry
+on November 24, 1698, at Pointe-aux-Trembles. It was he who added
+the s to the original name of Deroches. Jean Deroches died at
+Quebec on August 23, 1664. This record of the early ancestors
+of Dr. Desroches is to be found in Abbé Tanguay’s Dictionnaire
+Généalogique, in volume I, page 184.</p>
+
+<p>Dr. Desroches pursued his classical studies at the Seminary of
+Joliette and received his medical education at the School of
+Medicine and Surgery of Montreal. There he received his degree
+of M. D. in 1877. He has ever since engaged in his profession
+at Montreal and, deeply studious of mind, has ever continued
+in perfecting his wide knowledge and keeping up-to-date with
+the latest discoveries made in the world’s medical science. The
+humane element in his nature is strongly developed and much of
+his success must be ascribed to the confidence which he inspires
+in his patients and which is recognized today as being one of the
+larger factors in effecting a cure. Careful in diagnosis, he is
+decisive in his actions after reaching a conclusion and there are
+hundreds who can testify to his ability and are grateful to him
+for having given them back health and happiness.</p>
+
+<p>It is but natural that a man of Dr. Desroches’ ability should
+turn to the scientific side of his profession, not finding his
+sole satisfaction in mere attendance upon and ministrations to
+the sick. In 1884 he was chosen by the Hygienic Society of the
+Province of Quebec as manager of the Journal of Popular Hygiene
+and had charge of this valuable medium of influence until 1895,
+contributing many articles toward the enlightenment of the
+general public. In 1887 Dr. Desroches was nominated an honorary
+member of the Société Française of Paris and in the same year,
+on the occasion of the exposition of children’s hygiene, held
+in Paris, he received from the Hygienic Society for Children,
+of that city, a diploma and a gold medal and was chosen a
+corresponding member of the society. In 1889 he<a class="pagenum" name="Page_494" id="Page_494">[494]</a> was made a
+corresponding member of the Society of Physical, Natural and
+Climatological Sciences of Algiers. From 1892 to 1895 and from
+1898 until 1901 Dr. Desroches had charge of the medical bureau of
+the province of Quebec and from 1894 until 1900 was a member of
+the Provincial Council on Hygiene, of Quebec.</p>
+
+<p>On February 9, 1881, Dr. Desroches was united in marriage to
+Miss Albertine Groulx, a daughter of Louis Thomas and Cornélie
+(Doyou) Groulx, the former a well known barrister and notary
+public of Joliette. Dr. and Mrs. Desroches have the following
+children, Jeanne, Gilberte, Henri, Juliette and Lucille. In
+various connections the Doctor has made valuable contributions to
+hygienic science and the subject of medicine and several of the
+works of which he is the author enjoy a wide circulation and are
+considered standard by the profession. He is a public-spirited
+man, progressive not only in his profession but in regard to all
+subjects that affect his home city and is ever ready to give his
+warm support to worthy public enterprises. His deep knowledge
+assures him of a position of distinction, while his kindly spirit
+has gained him a place in the hearts of his fellowmen.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_M32" id="Idx_M32"></a>HON. HONORE MERCIER.</h3>
+
+<p>Hon. Honore Mercier, minister of colonization, mines and
+fisheries, lawyer and legislator, recognized as one of the
+liberal leaders of Montreal and also acknowledged one of the
+capable representatives of the bar, was born at St. Hyacinthe,
+P. Q., in 1875, his parents being the late Hon. H. M. (Count)
+Mercier and Virginie (St. Denis) Mercier, the former prime
+minister of Quebec and one of the eminent lawyers of the
+province, of whom mention will be found elsewhere in this work.</p>
+
+<p>The preparatory education of Honore Mercier was received at
+St. Mary’s (Jesuit) College, following which he was privately
+tutored in preparation for his work at Laval University, that
+institution conferring upon him the LL. B. degree in 1899. He was
+made an advocate in 1900, since which time he has successfully
+practiced his profession, being now senior member of the law firm
+of Mercier & Beique, with offices in the Quebec Bank building.
+Mr. Mercier’s knowledge of the principles of jurisprudence
+is comprehensive and exact, and his ability, devotion to his
+clients’ interests and the thoroughness with which he prepares
+his cases have given him high standing as a representative of the
+legal profession in the province.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Mercier has been a prominent figure in municipal and
+provincial affairs, standing firmly in support of the principles
+and measures which he deems of vital worth. He was elected to
+the city council of Montreal in February, 1906, and in 1907, was
+appointed a member of L’Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales, of
+which he is secretary and treasurer, and in the work of which
+institution, Mr. Mercier has proven a most capable official.</p>
+
+<p>He was chosen in the liberal interest to represent Chateauguay
+in the provincial parliament, where he has sat almost
+uninterruptedly since 1907. On April 29, 1914, he was appointed
+minister of colonization, mines and fisheries in the Gouin
+cabinet. He gives earnest and thoughtful consideration to the
+questions of the<a class="pagenum" name="Page_495" id="Page_495">[495]</a> day and is farsighted in his outlook over the
+political field with all that it implies in its relation to the
+welfare, progress and prosperity of the province and dominion.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Mercier was married, in April, 1903, to Miss Jeanne
+Frechette, a daughter of the late Dr. L. H. Frechette, C. M. G.
+Their religious faith is that of the Roman Catholic church. They
+occupy an attractive home at No. 408 St. Denis Street, and its
+hospitality is greatly enjoyed by their many friends. They also
+have a summer residence at Bellevue. Mr. Mercier is not a club
+man in the usually accepted sense of the term, yet he belongs to
+the Club Canadien and has social qualities that make and retain
+friends.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_F5" id="Idx_F5"></a>ALFRED FOREST.</h3>
+
+<p>Natural ability and profound learning have placed Alfred Forest
+among the well known young barristers of Montreal, where he
+enjoys an extensive practice as a member of the firm of Le Blanc,
+Brossard & Forest, who have offices at No. 35 St. James Street.
+Well versed in the letter of the law, he is capable, earnest
+and conscientious in the discharge of his duties and has been
+entrusted with much important litigation since beginning his
+career.</p>
+
+<p>The Forest family were among those French emigrants who settled
+in Acadia—now Nova Scotia—and the earliest record to be found
+of them in Montreal is that of Madeline Forest, who was born in
+1709 at d’Annapolis, Acadia. On the maternal side Alfred Forest
+is descended from the Mousseau family, who are named among the
+early settlers in the province of Quebec, the first mentioned
+being Jacques Mousseau, who was married on January 25, 1694, at
+Boucherville, to Marie-Ann Daunet, or Daunais.</p>
+
+<p>Alfred Forest was born on the 8th of June, 1881, in the parish
+of St. Patrick of Rawdon, in the county of Montcalm. His parents
+were Urgel Forest, gentleman, and Eliza (Mousseau) Forest, a
+niece of the late Hon. Alfred Mousseau, in 1882 prime minister
+of the province of Quebec and later minister of public service
+in the cabinet of Sir John A. Macdonald in 1884. In 1886, when
+he died, he was judge of the superior court of Montreal and was
+always a leading conservative.</p>
+
+<p>In the acquirement of his education Alfred Forest attended
+the Seminary of Joliette and then followed the philosophical
+course at the Seminary of the St. Sulpice Fathers in Montreal,
+graduating in 1905 with the degree of B. A. This was followed by
+a law course at Laval University, where on December 21, 1907, he
+obtained his degree of LL. L. with distinction and was admitted
+to the bar on the 15th of January, 1908. In 1906 he was secretary
+of the law students at Laval University and in 1907 was their
+president. During his law course he received practical training
+in the office of the Hon. Judge Paul Martineau and with the Hon.
+P. E. Le Blanc, ex-speaker and ex-leader in the legislative
+assembly, with whom he is now connected under the firm style
+of Le Blanc, Brossard & Forest. After settling down to his
+practice no long novitiate awaited him for he soon demonstrated
+his ability to cope with the most intricate legal problems. His
+reasoning is sound, his logic forceful and, being a student of
+humanity as well<a class="pagenum" name="Page_496" id="Page_496">[496]</a> as book lore, he easily perceives the vital
+point in the most difficult legal tangles. As the years have
+passed he has made himself felt in the legal fraternity. Moreover
+he is now connected with some of the largest interests of the
+city, this connection having led him to become a director of the
+Modern Gas Light, Heat & Power Company, in which organization he
+served in that capacity in 1912 and 1913.</p>
+
+<p>On April 30, 1913, in Montreal, Mr. Forest was united in marriage
+to Miss Hélène Jondreville, only daughter of Charles Jondreville,
+formerly of Paris, France. Her parents came directly from that
+city to Montreal in 1880. Of a distinguished family, Mrs.
+Forest is a cultured young lady of rare attainments and many
+accomplishments and will no doubt take a prominent part in the
+social life of the city.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Forest has always been a profound student and is an expert
+on political economy. He is a member of the conservative party
+and was offered the candidature in the federal election of 1911
+by the electors of the county of Montcalm but declined, as his
+private interests practically forebade him to divert his time. He
+is an adherent of the Catholic church and holds membership in the
+Canadian Club, L’Alliance Française and the Conservative Club.
+Mr. Forest is loyal to the interests of Montreal, of which he is
+considerate and which he always tries to promote, proving thereby
+his value as a citizen. He is esteemed and respected not only
+among the legal fraternity but among the general public, who have
+recognized his worth as man, citizen and lawyer.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_P2" id="Idx_P2"></a>WILLIAM PATERSON.</h3>
+
+<p>Personally popular, William Paterson left behind him a large
+circle of friends at his death on the 23d of October, 1902.
+For twenty years he had been engaged in the tailoring business
+in Montreal, where he enjoyed a wide acquaintance. He was born
+December 2, 1858, in Montreal, a son of James Paterson, a native
+of Scotland, who passed his youthful days in that country. He
+there married Miss Ellen Swanson and afterward left the land of
+hills and heather for the new world. To him and his wife were
+born seven children.</p>
+
+<p>The father was a tailor by trade and it was under his direction
+and guidance that William Paterson learned the business. He
+pursued a public-school education and then entered his father’s
+shop, devoting many decades to that pursuit. He was in business
+on Notre Dame Street for two decades, having one of the well
+equipped establishments of the city and gaining a liberal
+patronage, which grew with the passing years and made his one of
+the prosperous tailoring establishments of the city.</p>
+
+<p>On the 18th of August, 1881, Mr. Paterson was united in marriage,
+on Prince Edward Island, to Miss Arabella Le B. Graves, of Nova
+Scotia, and they became the parents of four children: Leslie J.;
+William Henry; Alice G., who is Mrs. James J. Aird; and Grace W.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Paterson voted with the conservative party but never took an
+active interest in politics to the extent of seeking office as
+a reward for party fealty. He was very prominent in fraternal
+circles, serving as worshipful master of Elgin<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_499" id="Page_499">[499]</a></span> Lodge, A. F. &
+A. M., and in 1898 he was elected district deputy grand master
+of the Montreal district. He was past grand in the Independent
+Order of Odd Fellows. He was also a life member of the Montreal
+Amateur Athletic Association, and was one of the members of Knox
+Presbyterian church, serving for several years on the board of
+managers. His varied interests and activities of life maintained
+an even balance and made him a forceful and influential factor in
+support of the business, social and municipal affairs with which
+he was connected.</p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 373px;">
+<img src="images/image497.jpg" width="373" height="500" alt="WILLIAM PATERSON" />
+<p class="caption">WILLIAM PATERSON</p>
+</div>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_F3" id="Idx_F3"></a>D. AUG. FONTAINE.</h3>
+
+<p>D. Aug. Fontaine is a well known lawyer and notary of Montreal,
+being located at No. 244 St. Catherine Street East. Born in
+the town of Marieville, Rouville county, February 2, 1872, he
+comes of distinguished French-Canadian ancestry. The Rev. Damase
+Limoges is an uncle and Morrainé Alphonsine Lemieux, his cousin.
+The Rev. Damase Limoges was curate of the Catholic parish of
+St. Jean Baptiste, in the county of Rouville, and our subject
+was baptized in the Catholic church in that parish on the 4th
+of February, 1872. His father was Felix Fontaine, a notary at
+Marieville, and his mother Claire (Limoges) Fontaine. The former
+was born at St. Charles sûr Richelieu or at St. Hyacinthe about
+November 24, 1832. He studied in the Seminary of St. Hyacinthe
+and served a legal clerkship at Marieville with the notary
+Laberge. He afterwards established himself in that city as a
+notary and there practiced for the rest of his life, being
+recognized as a brilliant lawyer and gaining great success. He
+was a member of the Chamber of Notaries for about twenty-five
+years and when he died was vice president of this institution.
+The mother was born at Terrebonne, about August 2, 1840, a
+daughter of Pierre Limoges, a blacksmith, and Dame (Viger)
+Limoges. The paternal grandfather of our subject was Felix
+Fontaine, a teacher at St. Hyacinthe. The maternal grandfather,
+Pierre Limoges, and Charlotte Luce (Viger) Limoges, his wife,
+were the parents of twenty-three children, three daughters of
+whom embraced holy orders, one of them having joined the Ladies
+of the Sacred Heart at Montreal. One of their sons, Joseph
+Magloire Limoges, is a curate at Sorel; another, Damase Limoges,
+a curate at Beloeil and Farnham. A daughter, Claire Limoges, is
+the mother of our subject.</p>
+
+<p>Louis Fontaine received his education in the elementary school
+at the Hospice of Ste. Croix at Marieville. He completed his
+commercial and classical studies at the Seminary of Ste. Marie
+de Monnoir at Marieville, having terminated his course in 1893.
+He studied law at Laval University of Montreal from 1893 to 1897
+and served a clerkship with Maître J. A. Dorval, of Montreal. He
+received his notaryship at Quebec (with distinction) September
+14, 1897. Mr. Fontaine then formed a partnership with his former
+preceptor, Maître Dorval, under the firm name of Dorval &
+Fontaine. Following, he associated himself with his classmate,
+Oscar Desautels, continuing the partnership of Fontaine &
+Desautels until 1899. At the end of that time he succeeded his
+father, Felix Fontaine, as notary in Marieville. Taking up his
+father’s practice, he there followed his profession for about ten
+years and has been actively engaged in legal work in Montreal
+since<a class="pagenum" name="Page_500" id="Page_500">[500]</a> 1910. He was secretary-treasurer of the school commission
+of Marieville and also was manager of the Marieville branch of a
+private bank, known as “La Caisse d’Economie de Drummondville.”
+He also was for some time collector of customs at Marieville. In
+politics he was a strict liberal until 1909 and although he yet
+gives his allegiance to that party, is a nationalist at the same
+time.</p>
+
+<p>On the 29th of July, 1896, Mr. Fontaine was married in the town
+of Marieville, which is now annexed to Montreal and known as
+the town of Ste. Cunegonde, to Miss Marie Eugenie Anna Vezina,
+daughter of Alexandre and Emma (Chagnon) Vezina. The father is
+engaged in the saddlery business. Mr. and Mrs. Fontaine have
+three children: Marie Eugenie Claire Ubaldine, fourteen years of
+age; Marie Marguerite Jeanne, twelve years of age; and Joseph
+Alexandre Felix Auguste, aged eleven.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Fontaine is a member of the Roman Catholic and Apostolic
+church. He is a musical composer of no mean ability and has
+produced a pleasing repertoire of Canadian songs. He is the
+author of the Canadian national song, which was written to the
+words of Abbé A. Fournet, P. S. S. He was a prize winner in the
+competition between Canadian poets in 1908 and the newspaper
+La Presse paid him one hundred dollars, le prix de concours.
+He is adviser to the singers of Notre Dame parish church of
+Montreal. Mr. Fontaine deeply interests himself in all matters
+pertaining to public affairs and is interested in the cause of
+education and in arts and letters. He is a lawyer of ability, a
+patriotic citizen and a man who stands for the higher things in
+life and who finds great pleasure and satisfaction in following
+his aesthetic tastes and in implanting his art ideas in others.
+His talent along musical lines has been ably put to use in
+elevating the musical standards of the city and in bringing more
+closely before the public the idea of creating a home musical art
+particularly and peculiarly Canadian.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_S19" id="Idx_S19"></a>ARTHUR SURVEYER.</h3>
+
+<p>In the field of engineering the name of Arthur Surveyer is widely
+known. Liberal training and broad experience have brought him
+to a prominent position and won for him the liberal patronage
+that is accorded him as senior partner in the firm of Surveyer &
+Frigon, consulting engineers of Montreal.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Surveyer was born in this city on the 17th of December,
+1878, son of L. J. A. and M. A. Hectorine (Fabre) Surveyer, of
+whom more extended mention will be found elsewhere in this book,
+and supplemented his course of study in St. Mary’s College by
+a course in L’Ecole Polytechnique in which he won the degrees
+of Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Applied Science and was
+graduated as a civil engineer. He also pursued a special
+post-graduate course at L’Ecole d’Industrie et des Mines du
+Hainout, Mons, Belgium. His liberal training and broad experience
+have made him one of the most efficient representatives of the
+profession. From 1904 until May, 1911, he was in the service
+of the Canadian department of public works and was engaged on
+the survey, plans and estimates for the Georgian Bay Ship Canal
+project and the survey of the Richelieu river for a twelve-foot
+canal. He was supervising engineer during the construction of
+the Port Arthur Dry Dock and reported on several hydro-electric
+projects on the<a class="pagenum" name="Page_501" id="Page_501">[501]</a> St. Lawrence river. In May, 1911, he left the
+public service, in which he was connected with many important
+works, to enter upon private practice, but has been retained as
+consulting engineer by the public works department in a number
+of important matters such as the preparation of Canada’s case
+against the Chicago drainage canal and the report on the plans
+submitted to the government by the Montreal Tunnel Company and by
+the Montreal Central Terminal Company. Mr. Surveyer is a member
+of the St. Lawrence River commission, is engineer for various
+municipalities and is a member of a number of professional
+societies and associations, including the Canadian Society of
+Civil Engineers, the International Federation of Consulting
+Engineers and the Hydrotechnic Society of France. Thoroughness
+has characterized all that he has undertaken. That quality was
+manifest in his preparation for his profession. He was a most
+discriminating and earnest student and in his practice he has
+lost sight of no detail of his work and at the same time has
+given due prominence to its most important problems and features.
+His entire professional career has been characterized by
+continuous advancement.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_A17" id="Idx_A17"></a>J. F. OLIVAR ASSELIN.</h3>
+
+<p>J. F. Olivar Asselin was born at St. Hilarion, in Charlevoix
+county, P. Q., November 8, 1874, a son of Rieule and Cedulie
+(Tremblay) Asselin, the latter of whom is still living. He
+emigrated to the United States with his parents in 1892, and in
+Fall River, Massachusetts, J. F. Olivar Asselin was for two years
+employed in the cotton mills.</p>
+
+<p>Taking up journalism, he was at first connected with small French
+weekly publications. He afterward became editor of La Tribune,
+a Woonsocket, Rhode Island, daily, in which capacity he enjoyed
+the friendship and confidence of the Hon. Mr. A. J. Pothier,
+then lieutenant governor, and now governor of Rhode Island.
+While practicing his profession in Woonsocket, Mr. Asselin was
+principal of an evening public school in that city in 1897 and
+1898.</p>
+
+<p>He was the first man to enlist in the First Rhode Island
+Volunteers, at the breaking out of the Spanish-American War.</p>
+
+<p>Returning to Canada in 1900, he was successively connected
+with the Montreal Herald, La Patrie, Le Journal, La
+Presse, La Nationaliste and Le Devoir, with a two years
+intermission—1901-1903—during which he was private secretary
+to the Hon., now Sir Lomer Gouin, then minister of colonization
+and public works of the province of Quebec. In 1902 he organized
+the Nationalist league, being for several years president of the
+Montreal branch. This indicates his deep interest in political
+problems and to disseminate the principles in which he believed,
+he founded La Nationaliste as the organ of the party, and for a
+time was editor of that publication.</p>
+
+<p>He has written much upon various subjects, his publications
+including a series of political brochures with the title,
+Feuilles de Combat. He is also the author of “A Quebec View
+of Canadian Nationalism, an Essay by a Dyed-in-the-Wool
+French-Canadian,” which was published in 1910.</p>
+
+<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_502" id="Page_502">[502]</a></p>
+
+<p>He has been in business for four years as manager of the Credit
+Metropolitain, one of the well known real-estate and financial
+firms of Montreal.</p>
+
+<p>In 1912, he was appointed by the federal government, a special
+commissioner to French and Belgium, to study the question of
+emigration from those countries to Canada. Mr. Asselin has made
+a special study of municipal questions, and is well known as a
+member of the National Municipal league, as well as a contributor
+to the Municipal Journal. Mr. Asselin stood twice as a candidate
+for parliamentary honors, without success, a result which, in one
+case at least, was said to be due to his caustic spirit. In 1913
+he was elected general president of the great St. Jean Baptiste
+Society, the national society of the French.</p>
+
+<p>In 1903 Mr. Asselin wedded Mlle. Alice Le Bouthillier of Montreal.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_A16" id="Idx_A16"></a>JOSEPH ASSELIN, M. D., C. M.</h3>
+
+<p>A specialist in the treatment of children’s diseases and
+prominently known in connection with both hospital and private
+practice, Dr. Joseph Asselin is one of the best known physicians
+of Montreal. He was born in Joliette, Quebec, August 10, 1858, a
+son of Eusebe and Elmire (Cornellier) Asselin. The father was a
+merchant and proprietor of an important seigneury.</p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 350px;">
+<img src="images/image503.jpg" width="350" height="500" alt="JOSEPH ASSELIN" />
+<p class="caption">JOSEPH ASSELIN</p>
+</div>
+
+<p>Dr. Asselin acquired his classical education in Joliette
+College, and in further preparation for the profession which he
+had determined to make his life work, he studied for two and
+a half years in hospitals for children, in Paris, under the
+direction of such eminent men as Parrot, Bouchert, Simon and
+Descroizilles. Since entering upon active practice in Montreal
+his advancement has not only been continuous but rapid, winning
+speedy recognition for his ability. He has served as a director
+of the town dispensary of the Sisters of Providence, Montreal, an
+institution in which many thousands of children have been treated
+each year. He has also been physician of the Orphelinat St.
+Alexis at the corner of Mignonne and St. Denis Streets, Montreal.</p>
+
+<p>On the 10th of October, 1883, Dr. Asselin was married to Miss
+Albina Laurier, daughter of Dr. Louis Laurier, and their family
+numbers five children. Dr. Asselin is a conservative in politics
+and in religious faith a Roman Catholic. He holds membership with
+the Independent Order of Foresters, but his chief interest is
+that of his profession. He gives untiringly of his service for
+the benefit of mankind and is highly esteemed not only by his
+colleagues but by the community generally.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_M22" id="Idx_M22"></a>LOUIS THEOPHILE MARECHAL.</h3>
+
+<p>In a profession where advancement depends entirely upon
+individual merit, talent and ability Louis Theophile Marechal has
+attained distinguished rank. Firmly entrenched in the principles
+of jurisprudence, he adds to his forensic knowledge and ability
+the rare gift of eloquence, which has been an effective force
+in winning for him a high position in his profession. He
+represents one of the<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_505" id="Page_505">[505]</a></span> old and distinguished French families
+in the Montreal district. His birth occurred at St. Henri, near
+Montreal, on the 13th of March, 1864, and in the pursuit of his
+education he spent some time as a student in Montreal College
+and in St. Mary’s (Jesuit) College. He afterward entered Laval
+University, where he pursued his law course until graduated with
+the class of 1889. The same year he was called to the bar and has
+since practiced as an advocate of Montreal. He was made a king’s
+counsel in 1903 and was appointed a councillor of the Montreal
+bar for the year 1908-9. His advancement in his profession has
+been continuous. He accurately applies law principles, being
+seldom, if ever, at fault in the citation of a fact or legal
+precedent. He speaks French and English with equal fluency and
+has been gifted with oratorical power that enables him to sway
+his hearers with the force of his eloquence. Moreover, his
+statements are convincing, and his legal utterances are always
+based upon a thorough understanding of the legal principles
+involved.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Marechal was united in marriage to Marie, the only daughter
+of Hon. C. B. de Boucherville, but lost his wife in death
+in 1902. His recognition of the duties and obligations of
+citizenship is manifest in many tangible ways. In politics he
+is a conservative of the pronounced type. He unsuccessfully
+contested St. Mary’s (Montreal) for the house of commons in the
+general election of 1904 and was again a candidate for the same
+seat in 1908. It is a recognized fact that he is a leader in
+party ranks and has done much to mold public thought and action.
+His religious faith is that of the Roman Catholic church. The
+spirit of progress dominates him in all things, especially in his
+professional and public relations, and his position of leadership
+is one to which his ability, public spirit and eloquence have
+brought him.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_B1" id="Idx_B1"></a>L. GEORGES BADEAUX, M. D.</h3>
+
+<p>Specializing in the treatment of diseases of the eye, ear, nose
+and throat, Dr. Badeaux has won a merited place in his particular
+branch of the medical profession. A native of Three Rivers,
+Quebec, he is descended from a very old and prominent family, the
+ancestry being traced back to 1630, when Jacques Badeaux, who
+was one of the first notaries in Canada, settled at Beauport.
+In the direct line from Jacques Badeaux to the subject of this
+review, there were four notaries. The great-great-grandfather,
+Jean Baptiste Badeaux, who resided at Three Rivers, was also an
+author and journalist and among his literary productions was
+a journal relating to the American Invasion in 1775. His son,
+Joseph Badeaux, also a notary, was a member of the legislature
+from Three Rivers at Quebec during the Revolution of 1837.</p>
+
+<p>Dr. Georges Badeaux, his son, and grandfather of Dr. L. Georges
+Badeaux, was a widely known physician of Three Rivers, where he
+engaged in practice for fifty-five years, or until the time of
+his death. He was the father of two sons and several daughters.
+One of his sons, Joseph Badeaux, was a physician at Three Rivers,
+but is now deceased. His only son is Dr. Joseph M. Badeaux, now
+engaged in the practice of medicine as successor to his father
+and grandfather.</p>
+
+<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_506" id="Page_506">[506]</a></p>
+
+<p>Louis Badeaux, father of Dr. Badeaux, of this review, has always
+resided at Three Rivers, where for more than a quarter of a
+century he was engaged in the wholesale dry-goods business. He is
+now living retired.</p>
+
+<p>Dr. L. Georges Badeaux was born March 21, 1886, in Three Rivers
+and acquired his classical education in St. Joseph’s College in
+his native place. In 1906 he began the study of medicine at Laval
+University, Quebec, and after spending two years there he entered
+Laval University at Montreal, from which he was graduated with
+the degree of M. D. in 1910.</p>
+
+<p>He then began to make special study of the eye, ear, nose and
+throat at the Hotel Dieu, being assistant there in the treatment
+of the diseases of those organs. For the past three years Dr.
+Badeaux has been an assistant in practice to Dr. Albert Lassalle,
+the noted eye and ear specialist. For two years Dr. Badeaux was
+a professor in the demonstration of anatomy at Laval and he is a
+member of La Société Médicale de Montreal.</p>
+
+<p>On the 28th of April, 1913, Dr. Badeaux was married in Montreal
+to Anita Fellay, a daughter of Ernest Fellay, of this city, and
+they have one child, Louis Jacques.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_C3" id="Idx_C3"></a>JAMES CHALMERS CAMERON, M. D.</h3>
+
+<p>Dr. James Chalmers Cameron, medical practitioner and educator of
+Montreal, was for thirty-eight years actively connected with the
+profession in this city, enjoying not only the respect of all
+with whom he came in contact but also the love and affectionate
+regard of those to whom he ministered in his professional
+capacity by reason of his ready sympathy and thorough
+understanding as well as his medical and surgical skill. Kindness
+and helpfulness might be termed the keynote of his character and
+those qualities constantly found expression in all the relations
+of his life. Ontario was proud to number him among her native
+sons, for as he developed his latent powers and energies he
+gained a wide reputation. He was born at Aultsville, Ontario,
+January 18, 1852, being the eldest son of Rev. James Y. Cameron,
+of the Presbyterian church, who after receiving his education in
+Edinburgh, under Dr. Thomas Chalmers, was actively connected with
+the ministry in Canada for a number of years, but later withdrew
+from that field to devote his energies to teaching. He conducted
+a private academy in Lundy’s Lane for several years and was
+later in turn principal of the Drummondville (Ont.) high school,
+the Williamstown (Ont.) high school and for a couple of years
+lecturer in classics and mathematics at the Presbyterian College,
+Montreal. Rev. J. Y. Cameron married Charlotte Ann Ault in 1851.
+Both husband and wife were descended from United Empire Loyalist
+families, who had sacrificed their homes in the American colonies
+to remain true to the British flag and settled in Glengarry.</p>
+
+<p>Dr. Cameron began studying in the old Upper Canada College,
+Toronto, and by reason of his aptitude and close application
+became head boy of the school in 1870. He next entered McGill,
+where in four years he became first prize man in medicine,
+graduating in 1874. The succeeding three years were spent
+in connection with the General Hospital in Montreal, but in
+1877 he severed his connection<a class="pagenum" name="Page_507" id="Page_507">[507]</a> with that institution and in
+April of the same year sailed for Dublin, Ireland. He pursued
+post-graduate courses in medicine and surgery in Berlin, Paris
+and Vienna and thus he added greatly to his knowledge through
+acquaintance with the methods of practice of the most eminent
+physicians and surgeons of the old world. The chair of obstetrics
+at Bishop’s College was offered to Dr. Cameron when he returned
+from his first post-graduate course at the Rotunda and was at
+once accepted. He remained there until the chair at McGill was
+offered him, thus giving him wider opportunities. He became
+professor of obstetrics and infants’ diseases at his alma mater,
+holding that chair for twenty-six years and contributing in large
+measure to the success of the medical department. He believed
+always in raising the standards of medical education because of
+his clear recognition of the responsibilities devolving upon the
+practitioner and his labors and teachings were an inspiration to
+all who came under his instruction. While professor at McGill
+Dr. Cameron became associated with the old University Lying-in
+Hospital, which later became the Montreal Maternity Hospital, and
+Dr. Cameron’s work in behalf of that institution resulted largely
+in bringing it to its present standard of modern excellence. It
+was not only as practitioner and educator that Dr. Cameron became
+widely known but also as a contributor to various text-books on
+medicine, this gaining him a wide reputation. His treatises were
+written in English, French and German. He was well known in the
+United States and was elected an honorary fellow of the American
+Gynecological Society, besides being a member of many other
+leading societies connected with the medical profession. He was
+a member of the British Medical Association and the Edinburgh
+Obstetrical Society. For many years he was chief medical examiner
+for the Equitable Life Assurance Society in Montreal. He gained
+eminence as a lecturer on subjects of literary interest, his
+addresses on Robert Louis Stevenson and Robert Burns being
+especially well received.</p>
+
+<p>Dr. Cameron was married in 1880 to Miss Elizabeth Jane Dakers,
+daughter of James Dakers, who was for thirty-five years secretary
+and manager of the Montreal Telegraph Company. Mrs. Cameron
+survives with one son, Dakers Cameron, of Montreal. Dr. Cameron
+is also survived by his mother and two brothers, Dr. John W.
+Cameron, of Buffalo, New York, and Wellington Ault Cameron,
+barrister, of Toronto.</p>
+
+<p>The remarkable energy of Dr. Cameron found expression along
+other lines. He was for a time assistant surgeon of the Sixth
+Fusiliers. His name was on the membership role of the St. James
+and University Clubs and in 1874 he was initiated into Royal
+Albert Lodge, A. F. & A. M. Subsequently he became the principal
+mover in establishing the University Lodge, A. F. & A. M., which
+has rapidly grown in influence and includes many university
+graduates and students of McGill. He was the first worshipful
+master of this lodge and also an officer of the grand lodge of
+Quebec. In Masonry he attained the thirty-second degree. As
+specially appointed medical examiner for the German army, Dr.
+Cameron held a position unique in Canadian history, an honor
+which he valued very highly. He was also a member of the Teutonia
+Club. Dr. Cameron died suddenly on March 16, 1912. The funeral
+services were conducted according to Masonic rites, the religious
+ceremony taking place at St. Paul’s Presbyterian church, of which
+he was a member. One of the local papers said: “His every patient
+became his friend and his death is a loss to thousands.” The news
+of his demise, indeed, carried a sense<a class="pagenum" name="Page_508" id="Page_508">[508]</a> of personal bereavement
+into many homes where his eminent skill and kindly ministrations
+had made him loved and honored. In all of his professional
+relations he approached the ideal because of his comprehensive
+knowledge and still more because of his deep human interest and
+sympathy. He regarded it as a sacred privilege and obligation to
+discharge the duties of his profession and his life embodied the
+thought of the philosopher who has said: “Not the good that comes
+to us but the good that comes to the world through us is the
+measure of our success.”</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_V2" id="Idx_V2"></a>JOSEPH VENNE.</h3>
+
+<p>On the list of architects who have had to do with the building
+of Montreal appears the name of Joseph Venne, senior member of
+the well known firm of Venne & Labelle, and those who are to
+any extent familiar with the building operations that have been
+carried on here in the last third of a century know that he has
+figured prominently as one whose work combines the indispensable
+qualities of utility, comfort, convenience and adornment. He was
+born in Montreal, June 14, 1859, was educated in the Christian
+Brothers school of this city and, being a diligent student,
+creditably passed his examinations.</p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 325px;">
+<img src="images/image509.jpg" width="325" height="500" alt="JOSEPH VENNE" />
+<p class="caption">JOSEPH VENNE</p>
+</div>
+
+<p>After putting aside his text-books he entered the office of
+Perrault & Mesnard, architects, and for many years was their
+head clerk. The high regard entertained for him by his employers
+is indicated in the advancement that came to him from time to
+time and his eventual admission to the firm under the style
+of Perrault, Mesnard & Venne, which partnership continued for
+several years when it was dissolved. Since 1912 he has been
+associated with Louis Labelle.</p>
+
+<p>In 1882 Mr. Venne was united in marriage to Miss P. Boucher, a
+daughter of S. Boucher, Esq., of Montreal. A Roman Catholic in
+religious faith, he belongs to the St. Jean Baptiste Society
+and has been president of the Sacred Heart section. In politics
+he is a liberal. Along professional lines his connection is
+with the provincial Association of Architects, and through his
+identification with that organization he keeps in touch with the
+advanced work and progressive ideas of representative men of the
+profession and also contributes from his experience and wisdom to
+its discussions and conferences.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_A18" id="Idx_A18"></a>NIEL H. ASSELIN.</h3>
+
+<p>The name of Niel H. Asselin has become a familiar one in
+commercial circles in Montreal, where he occupies the important
+and responsible position of general agent of the Singer Sewing
+Machine Company for eastern Canada. He was born in 1845 at
+St. Michel, Bellechase county, in the province of Quebec, and
+supplemented his preliminary education by study in the St. Michel
+Commercial College. He reached what may be termed his métier by
+a somewhat circuitous course. He started with the Grand Trunk
+Railway in the position of operator and stationmaster at Hadlow
+in 1863 and left that position to accept one in the<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_511" id="Page_511">[511]</a></span> office
+of the prothonotary for the Quebec district, in which capacity
+he served for six years. He then resigned to travel in the boot
+and shoe trade, and in 1874 came into active connection with the
+sewing machine business as representative of the Howe Sewing
+Machine Company. When this went into liquidation he made his way
+to the United States and joined the sales force of the Wheeler &
+Wilson & Domestic Sewing Machine Company.</p>
+
+<p>Upon returning to Canada in 1884, Mr. Asselin entered the employ
+of the White Sewing Machine Company as its representative in
+Quebec, the maritime provinces and Newfoundland. In 1891 he
+joined the Singer Sewing Machine Company at Quebec as its manager
+for half of the province and a part of New Brunswick. In 1903 he
+was advanced to the position of superintendent and in 1905 became
+general agent for all eastern Canada, comprising Quebec, New
+Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia and Newfoundland,
+with headquarters in the Board of Trade building in Montreal.
+Here with an office staff of fifteen under his control and
+twenty-eight regular shops, thirty-two contract shops and four
+hundred outside employes under his jurisdiction, he may well be
+said to hold the blue ribbon position in sewing machine circles
+in Canada.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Asselin has a fluent command of both English and French
+and is a cultured, genial gentleman, whose popularity arises
+from attractive social qualities as well as pronounced business
+ability.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_M51" id="Idx_M51"></a>ROBERT T. MULLIN.</h3>
+
+<p>Robert T. Mullin, one of the able and successful advocates in
+Montreal, is a representative of a well known Canadian family
+whose members settled in the Dominion about 1810. He was born
+in 1870 at Bryson, province of Quebec, and after completing his
+preliminary education, entered McGill University at Montreal. He
+was graduated from the law department in 1896, with first rank
+honors, and he was also a gold medallist in Roman law in his
+graduating year. While at McGill, Mr. Mullin was a member of the
+Literary and Debating Society and was also editor in chief of the
+“McGill Fortnightly.” He was called to the bar in 1900, beginning
+the practice of his profession in this city in partnership with
+Colonel J. P. Cooke, who later became registrar, the firm name
+being Cooke & Mullin. This connection was productive of mutually
+beneficial results and was maintained until 1910 when it was
+dissolved. Mr. Mullin later was a member of the firm of De
+Boucherville, Mullin & Mathieu, but since 1912 he has been alone
+in practice. Mr. Mullin is at all times a strong and forceful
+practitioner, well versed in underlying legal principles and
+possessed of the insight, keenness of perception and powers of
+deduction necessary to make his knowledge effective. He controls
+a large and important clientage and is very successful in its
+conduct, standing today in the front ranks of reliable and
+competent advocates in Montreal.</p>
+
+<p>At the inception of the Cobalt mining activities, Mr. Mullin
+became interested in various mining properties, and he has had
+considerable success along this line of industry and has played a
+conspicuous part in the development of various mining properties.
+His operations have been so successful that his judgment has been
+profitably followed by others in the mining world.</p>
+
+<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_512" id="Page_512">[512]</a></p>
+
+<p>Mr. Mullin is connected with the Masonic fraternity and with the
+Benevolent Protective Order of Elks and is active in the affairs
+of the local branches of both organizations. Mr. Mullin has done
+valiant service in the ranks of the liberal party. He has always
+been an enthusiastic supporter of Sir Wilfrid Laurier and ready
+to respond to his party’s call at any time. In the city where
+practically his entire active life has been passed his signal
+ability has gained him the respect of his professional brethren,
+while his constant courtesy and sterling qualities of character
+command everywhere high honor and regard.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_S2" id="Idx_S2"></a>J. A. ST. JULIEN, K. C.</h3>
+
+<p>J. A. St. Julien, K. C., was a member of the prominent and well
+known law firm of St. Julien & Theberge, having offices at No. 60
+Notre Dame Street East. During the years of his connection with
+the Montreal bar he attained an enviable place in the practice of
+his profession.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. St. Julien was a native son of Montreal, born in 1855.
+Liberal educational opportunities qualified him for important
+professional service. His early studies were supplemented by a
+course in the Montreal College, Laval University and in McGill
+University and from the last named institution he was graduated
+with the degree of B. C. L. He entered upon the active practice
+of his chosen profession in 1882 and was continuously before
+the courts from that time until his death. His ability was
+pronounced for he was ever a careful and discriminating student
+of the principles of law and was accurate in the application
+thereof. His devotion to his clients’ interests was proverbial,
+yet he never forgot that he owed a still higher allegiance to
+the majesty of the law, and neither the zeal of an advocate nor
+the pleasure of success permitted him to disregard this. His
+political allegiance was given to the liberal party, but he was
+never an aspirant for office, preferring to <a name="Err_48" id="Err_48"></a>concentrate his
+energies upon his professional interests and perform his public
+service as a private citizen. His death occurred May 4, 1914, and
+was deeply regretted by all who knew him. In his demise Montreal
+lost one of her foremost representatives of the legal profession
+and a citizen who was always loyal to his city.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_L10" id="Idx_L10"></a>HON. CHARLES LAURENDEAU.</h3>
+
+<p>Hon. Charles Laurendeau, chief city attorney, the head of the
+city’s legal department, is one of the able members of the legal
+profession in Montreal. The Hon. Mr. Laurendeau belongs to one of
+the oldest families in the province of Quebec. He was born at St.
+Barthelemy, in 1865, and was educated at L’Assomption College and
+Laval University. In the latter institution he pursued the study
+of law and was graduated with the LL. B. degree in 1892.</p>
+
+<p>In the same year he began practice as an advocate, and rapidly
+won a foremost position among his colleagues until his ability
+and power to successfully cope with the intricate and involved
+problems of jurisprudence became widely known.</p>
+
+<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_513" id="Page_513">[513]</a></p>
+
+<p>He was at one time associated in practice with Justice Fortin,
+subsequently becoming the head of the law firm of Laurendeau,
+Pelletier & Pelletier. He was created king’s counsel in 1906, and
+on July 6, 1910, was honored with the appointment of puisne judge
+of the superior court of the province of Quebec.</p>
+
+<p>Advancement at the bar is proverbially slow and yet he has
+progressed step by step, putting his knowledge to the practical
+test in his application of legal principles to the points at
+issue, in which connection he is seldom at fault.</p>
+
+<p>Judge Laurendeau resigned his position on the bench, to accept
+the far more arduous one of city attorney, to which he was
+appointed October 26, 1913.</p>
+
+<p>Judge Laurendeau is married to Miss Georgina Beaudet, the
+eldest daughter of G. J. Beaudet, of Coteau-du-Lac, P. Q. Judge
+and Mrs. Laurendeau hold membership in the Catholic church.
+The hospitality of their attractive home is enjoyed by many
+friends, and Judge Laurendeau is well known and honored among his
+professional colleagues by reason of his strict conformity to the
+highest ethics of the law.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_W6" id="Idx_W6"></a>WILL. H. WHYTE.</h3>
+
+<p>Will. H. Whyte, prominent and successful in the insurance
+profession and an eminent representative of Masonry in Canada,
+was born in Montreal, March 15, 1850, the eldest son of the late
+James Whyte of “The Greenlaw,” Paisley, Scotland, and Annie Gray
+(Shanks) Whyte, whose girlhood home was at Berwick on Tweed.</p>
+
+<p>Will. H. Whyte became a student at the Montreal Collegiate school
+and entered business circles in connection with the wholesale
+dry-goods house of Ogilvy & Company. The steps in his orderly
+progression are easily discernible and his course has been marked
+by a continuous advance along lines of constantly broadening
+activity and usefulness. For six years he was business manager
+of the Montreal Herald when the Hon. Peter Mitchell was the
+principal owner and president. Since 1897 his attention has been
+given to the insurance business, and his constantly expanding
+powers have brought him into prominent relations with the
+profession. He is now secretary-treasurer and underwriter of the
+Royal Marine Insurance Company of Montreal.</p>
+
+<p>His business connections alone would entitle him to distinction,
+yet he has, perhaps, an even wider acquaintance through his
+Masonic associations. Indeed, few Canadian Masons are better
+known throughout the Masonic world. He was initiated in Prince
+Consort Lodge, No. 52, and was installed worshipful master in
+December, 1876. He was elected to a number of important offices
+in the grand lodge and became grand secretary of the grand lodge
+of Quebec in January, 1902. He has passed through the various
+branches of Royal Arch Masonry and was grand first principal
+Z. of the grand chapter of Quebec, holding the office for the
+years 1888-9. He has held the office of grand scribe E. from
+1893. He received the Cryptic degrees and has been illustrious
+grand master of the grand council of the maritime provinces.
+He was knighted as a Knight Templar in 1882 and was supreme
+grand master in 1895 and 1896 of the sovereign great priory of
+Canada and has been grand chancellor since 1897. He was the
+second Knight Templar to be elected an honorary member of the
+grand encampment,<a class="pagenum" name="Page_514" id="Page_514">[514]</a> K. T., of the United States at the triennial
+conclave in Chicago in 1910. He is a member of the Ancient Arabic
+Order of the Mystic Shrine and of the Royal Order of Scotland.
+The many important offices he has held, as well as his reviews
+and historical sketches have brought him very prominently before
+the Masonic craft for many years.</p>
+
+<p>In former years Mr. Whyte was an active athlete and supporter
+of amateur athletics. He was one of the founders and is the
+historian of the Montreal Amateur Athletic Association. He has
+also served as one of its directors. He was likewise president
+of the Montreal Lacrosse Club in 1885-6; was vice president and
+secretary for six years of the Montreal Snowshoe Club; is one
+of the oldest members of the Dominion Commercial Travelers’
+Association; is a life member of the Caledonian Society; a member
+of St. Andrew’s Society; and of the Board of Trade of Montreal.</p>
+
+<p>On the 3d of January, 1882, Mr. Whyte married Almeda Garratt, a
+daughter of the late Captain Robert Nelson Garratt of Kingston,
+Ontario, a representative of one of the families longest
+connected with the history of the city of Kingston. They are
+members of the American Presbyterian church, and they delight
+in dispensing the hospitality of their home at No. 4290 Western
+Avenue, Westmount.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_P4" id="Idx_P4"></a>JAMES PATON.</h3>
+
+<p>James Paton, a well known citizen of Montreal, died November 17,
+1905. He was born in this city in 1853, a son of Laird Paton, a
+distinguished citizen of Montreal, who was at the head of the
+firm of Laird Paton & Sons, contractors.</p>
+
+<p>It was to that business that James Paton turned his attention,
+when his school days were over, joining his father and
+acquainting himself with every phase of the business in which
+he was destined to win substantial success. The firm of Laird
+Paton & Sons took high rank among the contractors of the city
+and erected many of Montreal’s best buildings. James Paton
+was capable of watching and directing the slightest detail as
+well as the most important features of his business and could
+turn with equal energy and enthusiasm to sporting events. In
+a word, he had the power of concentrating his entire energy
+upon the interest of the moment and it was this that gained him
+prominence along each line. Whenever the name of James Paton was
+seen in connection with any sport, it was a guarantee that it
+was clean and honest and he rendered great service to the city
+in the promotion of amateur sports. He belonged to the Montreal
+Amateur Athletic Association and was one of the moving spirits
+in the development of that organization and in the efforts which
+eventually lead to the securing of the present handsome quarters
+of the organization on Peel Street. He was also instrumental in
+securing the establishment of its swimming-pool and he belonged
+to the Montreal and Caledonian Curling Clubs, was always ready to
+take an active part in the water carnivals, and was a favorite of
+the membership in the different organizations with which he was
+identified. He found pleasure and manifested marked proficiency
+in ice-boating and tobogganing. He loved sailing and seemed a
+born sailor, displaying great ability in managing his craft and
+taking part in many sailing contests of note.</p>
+
+<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_515" id="Page_515">[515]</a></p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 353px;">
+<img src="images/image515.jpg" width="353" height="500" alt="JAMES PATON" />
+<p class="caption">JAMES PATON</p>
+</div>
+
+<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_517" id="Page_517">[517]</a></span></p>
+
+<p>Mr. Paton married Miss Annie M. Thompson of Ottawa and they had
+four children. He was but fifty-two years of age at the time
+of his death. He possessed in a large measure the quality of
+camaraderie and his friends were legion so that his death was
+deeply regretted outside the immediate family circle.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_D17" id="Idx_D17"></a>RICHEMONT LE MOYNE DE MARTIGNY.</h3>
+
+<p>Richemont Le Moyne de Martigny, for many years engaged in the
+real-estate business in Montreal, was born at Varennes, Quebec,
+September 25, 1852, and is descended from a distinguished French
+family that was founded in Canada in 1654. Of the three brothers
+who first crossed the Atlantic to the new world Charles became
+governor of Montreal, Jacques established himself at Varennes and
+was a farmer and active participant in the early Indian wars,
+while Pierre proceeded westward to what is now Detroit.</p>
+
+<p>Prime de Martigny, father of Richemont Le Moyne de Martigny, was
+a farmer at Varennes, well known in both military and official
+connections, serving as colonel of the militia and mayor of
+Varennes. He married Charlotte Perreault, of Quebec, and their
+sons were: Prime, a physician of Omaha, Nebraska; Richemont
+Le Moyne; and Alexander, chief engineer of the Ottawa River
+Navigation Company.</p>
+
+<p>The second son was educated at L’Assomption College and studied
+law with La Coste & Globesky, of Montreal. In 1881 he was
+admitted to the bar and practiced his profession until 1885, when
+he devoted himself to the real-estate business, in which he has
+since been successfully engaged. It is generally conceded that
+he is one of the best informed men on real estate in the entire
+province. He is an expert valuator of property, and his knowledge
+of the real-estate market embraces every important piece of
+property that is offered for sale. A spirit of enterprise
+characterizes all of his business dealings and, guiding his
+activities, has brought him to a position of distinction and
+success.</p>
+
+<p>In 1880 Mr. de Martigny was married, in L’Assomption, to Marie
+Louise Levesque, and they have one daughter, Jacqueline. Mr. de
+Martigny is a conservative in politics and in religious faith is
+a Roman Catholic. He has ever been fond of outdoor life, is an
+enthusiastic fisherman and spends much of his leisure in engaging
+in that sport.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_C15" id="Idx_C15"></a>HON. NAPOLEON CHARBONNEAU, K. C.</h3>
+
+<p>Hon. Napoleon Charbonneau, K. C., and a puisne judge of the
+superior court of the province of Quebec since 1903, was
+admitted to the bar in 1879 and in the intervening period has
+made continuous progress in his profession until he is today one
+of the leaders of the provincial bar. He was born at Cote des
+Neiges, Quebec, on the 12th of February, 1853, his parents being
+Augustin and Julienne (Dufort) Charbonneau. In the acquirement
+of his education he attended Montreal College and after thorough
+preparation for the bar was admitted to practice<a class="pagenum" name="Page_518" id="Page_518">[518]</a> in 1879 and
+entered upon the active work of the profession in Montreal. At
+one time he was a partner of the late Senator Trudel and of
+the Hon. L. O. Taillon. He has successfully pleaded before the
+judicial committee of the privy council, and on the 11th of
+March, 1903, he was made a puisne judge, remaining continuously
+upon the bench to the present time. The Montreal Standard speaks
+of him as “a judge of uncommon perspicacity, thoroughly sound in
+his law and swift in his perception of relevant facts and issues;
+there are not two opinions as to his ability.”</p>
+
+<p>Judge Charbonneau’s public activity aside from his service on the
+bench has been partially in connection with political affairs.
+He unsuccessfully contested Jacques Cartier for the house of
+commons in the liberal interest at the general election in 1887
+and in 1895 was elected at the by-election. He was appointed a
+royal commissioner for the province to inquire into the charges
+against the Hon. A. Turgeon in 1907. His attention, however, has
+largely been confined to his professional duties, and he has
+gained eminence in a calling where advancement depends entirely
+upon individual merit. Endowed by nature with strong intellectual
+power, he has so directed his reading and his activities as to
+have won place among the eminent judges of the province.</p>
+
+<p>The present wife of Judge Charbonneau was Mlle. Lemieux. His
+religious belief is that of the Roman Catholic church. He
+maintains his residence in Montreal at No. 36 Simpson Street.
+His summer outing affords him opportunity for cruising, and he
+and his family are enthusiastic over this form of recreation.
+His launch, the Mouette, is much enjoyed. His circle of friends
+is select rather than large, and he is often found in those
+gatherings where intelligent men are met in the discussion of
+vital and significant themes and problems.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_M41" id="Idx_M41"></a>GEORGES ALPHONSE MONETTE.</h3>
+
+<p>Foremost in his profession in Montreal is Georges Alphonse
+Monette, architect, whose skill finds tangible expression in
+some of the most beautiful and substantial structures of the
+city. A native of Montreal, he is a son of Georges and Domithilde
+(Beauchamp) Monette. The father, now deceased, was a contractor.
+The mother is still a resident of this city.</p>
+
+<p>G. A. Monette acquired his early education in the Christian
+Brothers school and began the study of architecture in the
+office of A. F. Dunlop, a well known architect, with whom he
+remained for five years. He received a diploma from the Associate
+Architects of the Province of Quebec in 1892 and soon afterward
+went to Boston, Massachusetts, where he studied in the offices of
+a number of the leading architects of that city. He then returned
+to Montreal and entered the office of Perrault & Mesnard,
+architects, subsequently engaging in business for himself about
+a score of years ago. While he has a large general practice, he
+specializes in public buildings work and substantial evidence
+of his ability may be seen in the La Patrie building, the large
+block of H. P. Labelle & Company, Ltd., the dental department
+building of Laval University, the St. Leo Catholic church of
+Westmount and a number of school and convent buildings.<a class="pagenum" name="Page_519" id="Page_519">[519]</a> That he
+ranks notably high in his profession is indicated by the fact
+that he has been admitted to membership in various important
+organizations, including the Province of Quebec Association of
+Architects and the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada, while
+of the Architectural League of New York he is an associate member.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Monette was married in Montreal to Maria Versailles, a
+daughter of Nazaire Versailles of Montreal, and they have the
+following children: Antonio, Cecile, Gertrude, Marcal, Adrienne,
+Eugene and Hector. Mr. Monette is a member of the Club St.
+Denis and has attractive social qualities, which have won
+him popularity and prominence in a friendship circle that is
+extensive. His interests, however, have been concentrated upon
+his profession with the result that his position is now one of
+recognized leadership.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_D3" id="Idx_D3"></a>MAXIME DAOUST.</h3>
+
+<p>There is probably no other line of business that is a factor in a
+city’s growth and development equal to the real-estate business,
+when conducted by men who are reliable and who aim to develop
+only properties of merit and value. Included among such men
+is Maxime Daoust, president and founder of the Daoust Realty,
+Limited.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Daoust was born in St. Clet, P. Q., November 10, 1873, son of
+Leon and Olive Daoust. When he was six years of age his parents
+removed to Labelle county and there Mr. Daoust received his
+education. In 1893 he went to the United States and was employed
+in various places in New England until February, 1898, when he
+enlisted as a volunteer in the United States marines for service
+in the Spanish-American war, which then seemed imminent.</p>
+
+<p>He was among the first troops landed on Cuban soil at Guantanamo,
+June 10, 1898, participating in the fight at that place. He
+remained in Cuba until August, when he was detailed as one of the
+guard to accompany the Spanish prisoners, survivors of Cervera’s
+fleet, to Portsmouth, New Hampshire.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Daoust remained in the United States service until the
+expiration of his enlistment, after which he returned to Canada
+in 1900 and for some time was employed at the trade of brass
+molder in Montreal. He then entered the fire and life insurance
+field as an agent, at which he achieved success so that in
+1904 he had accumulated capital sufficient to engage in the
+real-estate business in a small way. He formed a partnership with
+the late Joseph Charrau under firm name of Charrau & Daoust,
+and the first subdivision handled by them was Frontenac Park,
+owned by the estate of Henry Hogan, the land being then an open
+field. This tract comprised twenty-five hundred lots, and today
+this property is populated by over five hundred families and its
+location is now the geographical center of Montreal. The firm
+quickly won a reputation for straight and honorable dealings
+so that when their subsequent subdivisions, Estate Viau and
+Christian Brothers, were placed on the market, it was not the
+merits of the properties alone that made them in demand.</p>
+
+<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_520" id="Page_520">[520]</a></p>
+
+<p>Mr. Daoust later purchased the interest of Mr. Charrau and in
+1908 the Daoust Realty, Limited, was formed with a capital of
+one hundred thousand dollars, Mr. Daoust becoming president and
+manager. Up to that time he had financed his own properties,
+but he realized that to carry out his huge land schemes he
+would require more capital, hence his company. Since then the
+Daoust Realty, Limited, has done some of the largest real-estate
+business in the city. In June, 1913, the capital of the company
+was increased to two hundred and fifty thousand dollars.</p>
+
+<p>They are sole agents for Mount Lasalle Park, Mount Lasalle Annex
+Park and Champlain Park in Rosemount ward; Bernard Terrace,
+Bernard Plateau and Alliance Park in Longue-Pointe ward; St.
+Helen’s Park and Coteau Rouge Park, near town of Montreal
+South; St. Lambert Heights, near town of St. Lambert; Chambly
+Basin Park, Chambly, P. Q.; and Montreal East Extension,
+Pointe-aux-Trembles, these properties representing a carrying
+value of over three million dollars. Mr. Daoust is vice president
+of the Mackay Realty, Limited, a member of the Board of Trade and
+the Chambre de Commerce.</p>
+
+<p>In politics he is a liberal and in religion a Roman Catholic.
+He is fond of athletic sports and is president of the National
+Sporting Club, Limited. Mr. Daoust was one of the first men in
+Canada to become interested in aviation and has spent thousands
+for furthering that science. He has built four machines, the
+designing and building being done in this district. The first
+two were failures, but notwithstanding the large expense he
+persevered until his courage and enthusiasm were rewarded by his
+machines making successful flights.</p>
+
+<p>On June 20, 1905, Mr. Daoust was married to Amelia Clement,
+daughter of Samuel Clement of Pointe Claire, Quebec, and they
+have two children, Farnand and Jule-Berthe.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Daoust is a self-made man in the fullest sense of that term.
+He possesses many admirable qualities and a character of sterling
+worth. He is devoted to his home and family, is faithful in
+friendship and loyal to every interest to which he gives his
+support. He possesses marked business enterprise with ability to
+recognize opportunities that others pass heedlessly by and early
+grasped the eternal truth that industry wins, making industry
+the beacon light of his life, and has thereby entered into most
+important business relations. He has accomplished important and
+far-reaching results and has contributed in no small degree to
+the expansion and material growth of the community.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_C32" id="Idx_C32"></a>FRANCOIS GEORGE CREPEAU.</h3>
+
+<p>François George Crépeau, a representative of the notarial
+profession in active practice in Montreal since 1890, was born
+at St. Henri de Mascouche, Quebec, on the 25th of May, 1865, a
+son of Charles and Mathilde (Magnan) Crépeau. The ancestry of
+the family can be traced back to Paul Crépeau of Laverdure. The
+next in the line of descendants was T. Maurice Crépeau, major of
+militia, who married Marie Andet of St. Jean, isle of Orleans.
+Their son, Charles Crépeau, wedded Agnes Chartrand and their son,
+Charles Crépeau was married in 1765 to Françoise Gravel near
+Quebec. They were the parents of Joseph Crépeau, grandfather
+of<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_523" id="Page_523">[523]</a></span> François George Crépeau. He married Madeleine Allard, and
+they were parents of Charles Crépeau, father of our subject. The
+family were largely agriculturists and the old homestead which
+has been occupied by the family for over one hundred and fifty
+years, is now owned by Octave Crépeau, a brother of François
+George Crépeau. The father’s family numbered fifteen children,
+four of whom passed away, while six sons and five daughters are
+yet living and all are well and strong.</p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 346px;">
+<img src="images/image517.jpg" width="346" height="500" alt="FRANCOIS G. CREPEAU" />
+<p class="caption">FRANCOIS G. CREPEAU</p>
+</div>
+
+<p>After the ordinary school training François George Crépeau
+attended an academy and followed his academical course by study
+in l’Assomption College. He won his degree at the College of
+Montreal and Laval University, being graduated LL. B. in 1890.
+Having studied law and prepared for the notarial profession, he
+entered upon active practice, in which he has since continued,
+his ability bringing him to his present position as a prominent
+representative of his chosen calling. His practice is very
+extensive and in addition he has other business investments,
+being a director of the Funeral Expense Society and of La Cie
+Mutuelle d’Immeubles, Ltee.</p>
+
+<p>On the 25th of May, 1891, Mr. Crépeau was married to Miss Marie
+Louise Lecours, a daughter of Théophile and Marie (Prefontaine)
+Lecours, representatives of one of the old French families of
+the province. The children of this marriage are: George Henry,
+a photographer, who married Juliette Robillard; Joseph Roumald;
+M. Jeanne; M. Juliette; M. Emérentienne; and J. C. Bernard. The
+religious faith of the family is that of the Roman Catholic
+church. Mr. Crépeau holds membership with the Canadian Order
+of Foresters, and the Independent Order of Foresters. He also
+belongs to the Société Des Artisans, to the Knights of Columbus,
+to l’Union St. Pierre and l’Alliance Nationale.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_B35" id="Idx_B35"></a>ARSENE S. BROSSEAU, D. D. S.</h3>
+
+<p>Comprehensive knowledge of the science of dentistry, skill in its
+mechanical phases and close adherence at all times to the highest
+standards of the profession has made Dr. Arsene S. Brosseau one
+of the leading and best known dentists of Montreal. Moreover, he
+is one of the oldest, if not the oldest, in length of practice in
+the city. He was born January 22, 1861, in L’Acadie, P. Q., a son
+of Jacques and Catherine (Demerce) Brosseau. The parents were for
+many years highly esteemed residents of Montreal, but both are
+now deceased.</p>
+
+<p>Dr. Brosseau acquired his early education in the Christian
+Brothers school in Montreal and then took up the study of
+dentistry at Laval University, being graduated in 1883. He began
+practice in the office of Dr. John C. Nichols, with whom he
+remained for five years, and later he spent three years in the
+office of Dr. Edmund Mathieu. Later he began practice on his
+own account and has since continued alone. He has continuously
+promoted his knowledge through broad reading and investigation,
+keeping in touch with the advanced thought of the profession. His
+practice comes to him from the best class of Montreal citizens
+and is very extensive. Splendidly equipped is his office, showing
+all the latest appliances known to modern dentistry, and back
+of all his success is the sound judgment which enables him to
+understand the specific needs of each case<a class="pagenum" name="Page_524" id="Page_524">[524]</a> and to apply the
+necessary corrective. Reputation has placed him in a foremost
+position in the ranks of the dental fraternity in this city.</p>
+
+<p>Dr. Brosseau was married in Montreal, in 1883, to Miss Fannie
+Robert, a daughter of Julien Robert, and they had two children:
+Lotta, who died in early life; and Leo. In club circles Dr.
+Brosseau is known as a popular member of the Club St. Denis and
+Club Canadien. He belongs to the Roman Catholic church and is
+a liberal in politics. In matters of moment to the individual
+and to the community he maintains the same spirit of progress
+which characterizes him in his professional activity, yet he has
+always made his profession his chief interest and has obtained
+a splendid practice. He has ever attended strictly to the
+duties incumbent upon him in that connection, being possessed
+of excellent business qualifications and a most attractive
+personality, which has been a large asset in his success. His is
+a splendid type of manhood and citizenship, and his record is a
+credit to the profession.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_L1" id="Idx_L1"></a>JOSEPH AUGUSTIN ODILON LA BADIE.</h3>
+
+<p>Joseph Augustin Odilon La Badie, one of the best known notaries
+of Montreal, was born May 12, 1852, at the family home on St.
+James Street, between Roy Street and David Lane. His grandfather,
+Joseph Augustin La Badie, also a native of Montreal, studied with
+Jean Marie Cadieux, a notary, and for many years had his office
+and also his home in the building which stood at the corner of
+St. Lambert Hill and St. James Street, now the corner of St.
+Laurence boulevard and St. James Street. He was devoted to his
+profession, spending the hours from 9 a. m. to 6 p. m. in his
+office. He was asked to become mayor of Montreal but declined
+the honor. He served as colonel of a volunteer regiment and was
+a warden of Notre Dame Cathedral. He married Louise Grenier,
+who was also of an old Montreal family, and to them were born
+eighteen children. Joseph A. La Badie passed away in 1885, at the
+advanced age of eighty years.</p>
+
+<p>Joseph Evariste Odilon La Badie, father of J. A. O. La Badie
+of this review, was born in the old home at the corner of
+St. Lambert Hill and St. James Street. He attended Montreal
+College and in his father’s office prepared for the practice of
+the notarial profession. In the home in which he was born he
+continued to practice with his father until 1864, when the old
+building was razed and a new one erected on the same site. In the
+latter he continued to practice his profession until his death,
+which occurred in August, 1908, when he was eighty years of age.
+He was chief warden of Notre Dame Cathedral and was a prominent
+and influential citizen. He married Sophie Jeannotte, a native of
+Montreal, and they lived to celebrate their golden wedding. Mrs.
+La Badie passed away April 13, 1906. They had a family of seven
+children: Joseph Augustin Odilon; Adolphe, a notary of Montreal;
+Felix, a practicing physician of Montreal; Joseph Esdras, a real
+estate dealer of New York city; Flora, who died in childhood;
+Sophie, the deceased wife of Louis Belanger, a lawyer; and
+Alphonse, a broker, who died in Montreal in 1908.</p>
+
+<p>Joseph Augustin Odilon La Badie pursued his education in the
+normal school and in the Jesuit College, from which he was
+graduated. In 1874 he won the<a class="pagenum" name="Page_525" id="Page_525">[525]</a> degree of B. C. L. from McGill
+University and on the 8th of May, of that year, he was made a
+notary at Laval University in Quebec. He then began practice with
+his father and grandfather and has ever maintained high standing
+in his profession.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. La Badie has been an extensive traveler. As a young man he
+engaged in ranching in Colorado and during his sojourn in the
+west learned much of that section of the United States. He has
+also made many trips abroad. He is a great lover of nature and a
+student of botany. The library which he has collected contains
+more than six thousand volumes, many of which are rare editions.
+This is an indication of his cultured taste and wide interest in
+literary matters. His summer home for the past twenty-one years
+has been at Upper St. Lambert, where he has two fine farms and
+makes a specialty of cheese making. Mr. La Badie is very fond of
+hunting, a recreation in which he indulges every year.</p>
+
+<p>Though over three score years of age, Mr. La Badie is of
+magnificent physique, his muscles as hard as iron, and he has
+the appearance of a man twenty years his junior. In his office
+is a long table, four feet wide, over which he can jump without
+touching it with his hands and he can lift a weight of one
+hundred and eighty-seven pounds with one hand. His interests have
+largely covered those things which are essential and valuable
+elements in life. He has been a student of many questions
+of public moment and has filled some offices, being now a
+commissioner of the superior court and a justice of the peace.
+For one hundred and ten years the La Badies of four generations
+have been notaries at the present location. The great-grandfather
+of Joseph A. O. La Badie died at the home where Joseph E. O. La
+Badie was born. The family is, indeed, one of the oldest and most
+prominent in Montreal.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. La Badie is not a club man. His interest centers in his home
+and his family, which he prefers to club life. On the 7th of
+October, 1877, he married Aurelia de Lompré, of an old Montreal
+family, and to them have been born seventeen children: Raoul, a
+civic employe; Odilon, who is in his father’s office; Paul, a
+notary; Florida, deceased; Jeanne; Germaine; Marie Antoinette;
+Camile; Alice; Leo; Amanda; Adolphe; Alice; Emile; Pauline;
+Gabriel; and Cecile.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_G7" id="Idx_G7"></a>ARTHUR GIBEAULT, B. A., LL. L.</h3>
+
+<p>Arthur Gibeault, a Laval man, active in the practice of law since
+January, 1902, has been retained as counsel for the defense or
+prosecution in many notable cases heard in the Montreal courts.
+He was born on the 26th of February, 1880, a son of Arthur
+Alphonse and Elizabeth Emma (Morrissette) Gibeault. The father
+was for seven years provincial chief ranger of the Catholic Order
+of Foresters. The son was a student in Montreal College for eight
+years, from September, 1890, until July, 1898. In September of
+the latter year he entered Laval University, where he remained
+until December 21, 1901, winning the Bachelor of Arts and LL. L.
+degrees. He was admitted as a lawyer and barrister to the bar of
+Quebec on the 17th of January, 1902, and has since been<a class="pagenum" name="Page_526" id="Page_526">[526]</a> actively
+connected with the profession, in which he has made steady
+advancement, already having won a place of equal rank with many
+an older representative of the bar. He was attorney and counsel
+for the school commissioners of Hochelaga for many years and as
+counsel tried many immigration cases. He was especially prominent
+in the case of Gaetanetta Imparato, who was deported to Italy and
+subsequently returned to Canada pursuant to an appeal made by
+Mr. Gibeault in her favor. He represented Sarah Kositzky in her
+appeal before the department of immigration of the United States
+and obtained a commission of three medical men to examine her.
+The decision of the first board was afterward reversed by this
+commission. Mr. Gibeault’s name appears in connection with other
+important cases which have attracted widespread interest not only
+in Canada but also in the United States.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Gibeault is a conservative and was prime minister of the
+mock parliament of Laval in 1899 and head of the conservative
+ministry, while the leader of the opposition was J. W. Pilon, a
+well known lawyer of Montreal. That Mr. Gibeault possesses marked
+histrionic as well as legal talent is indicated in the fact that
+during the year 1904-5 the Greek drama of Antigone by Sophocles
+was played in Greek, on which occasion he took the role of Ismene
+and the role of Antigone was taken by D. Lalonde, now Father
+Lalonde, P. S. S., one of the directors of Montreal College,
+while the role of Creon was played by J. F. St. Cyr, now district
+magistrate of St. Johns, Iberville. The production of the play in
+Greek created a tremendous sensation at the time because it was
+an achievement unheard of before.</p>
+
+<p>On the 26th of June, 1905, Mr. Gibeault was married to Marie
+Jeanne Phaneuf, daughter of L. A. Phaneuf, notary public of
+Rigaud, and Marie Joseph Adam. Mrs. Gibeault is a niece of the
+Rt. Rev. Canon F. L. T. Adam, of Montreal, and Father J. Adam,
+S. J. Mr. and Mrs. Gibeault have three children, Yves, Marc and
+Madeleine. The religious faith of the family is that of the
+Catholic church and Mr. Gibeault is a leading member of the
+Independent Order of Foresters. Possessed of natural oratorical
+ability, his power in that direction, supplementing the
+analytical trend of his mind and added to his broad knowledge of
+the law, has gained him distinction as one of the younger members
+of the Montreal bar.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_B14" id="Idx_B14"></a>DIOSCORE ALFRED BENOIT, M. D.</h3>
+
+<p>Dioscore Alfred Benoit, M. D., prominent in the field of medical
+practice, making a specialty of obstetrics and gynecology, was
+born in Montreal on the 26th of July, 1880, a son of Lucien and
+Albina (Bourdon) Benoit, the former a native of Contrecoeur
+and the latter of Lavaltrie, Quebec. The paternal grandfather,
+Isaac Benoit, was born in Geneva, Switzerland, a member of an
+old French family of rank established in Switzerland at the time
+that Louis XIV issued the revocation of the edict of Nantes.
+Some years after his arrival in Canada Isaac Benoit embraced the
+Catholic religion.</p>
+
+<p>Dr. Benoit pursued a commercial course in a Catholic school and
+his classical course in St. Mary’s (Jesuit) College. Having
+determined upon the practice of<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_529" id="Page_529">[529]</a></span> medicine as his life work
+he entered Laval University wherein he completed the medical
+course with the class of 1906. During the succeeding year he was
+interne in Notre Dame Hospital and then went abroad to continue
+his medical studies in Paris, where he remained for two years,
+making a specialty of obstetrics and gynecology. Upon his return
+he was made demonstrator of anatomy in Laval University which
+position he occupied for a year. He next became adjoint professor
+in obstetrics and medicine to Laval University and adjoint
+professor to the Catholic Maternity Hospital. He is a member of
+the Medical Society of Montreal and the profession as well as the
+public recognize the high position which he has attained in the
+field in which he specializes. His reading and investigations
+have been deep and broad, and his opinions are largely accepted
+as authority upon points in question concerning the obstetrical
+practice. In politics Dr. Benoit is a conservative according to
+the views of Macdonald and Cartier with tendencies toward the
+nationalist. His religious faith is that of the Roman Catholic
+church. His entire life has been passed in Montreal, save for the
+period spent in study abroad. He there came under the instruction
+of some of the most eminent physicians and surgeons of Paris,
+returning well equipped for the arduous and responsible duties
+of a profession in which he has made continuous advancement. Dr.
+Benoit’s office is at 945a, St. Denis Street.</p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 426px;">
+<img src="images/image521.jpg" width="426" height="500" alt="DR. DIOSCORE A. BENOIT" />
+<p class="caption">DR. DIOSCORE A. BENOIT</p>
+</div>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_M36" id="Idx_M36"></a>J. LOUIS MICHAUD.</h3>
+
+<p>J. Louis Michaud, district engineer of public works of Canada
+for the district of Montreal, was born November 27, 1851, at
+Rimouski, province of Quebec. He is descended from an old family
+of St. Denis, county of Kamouraska. His father was Tobie Michaud,
+a contractor and builder, and his mother was Felicitée Fournier.</p>
+
+<p>J. Louis Michaud was educated at the Classical Seminary at
+Rimouski and studied engineering with Charles Baillarge, an
+eminent engineer of Quebec, for two years, and then for two
+years was connected with the engineering department of the
+Intercolonial Railway. On the 19th of April, 1878, he was
+admitted to practice as a licensed land surveyor at Quebec and
+the recognition of his skill and ability came to him in April,
+1882, when he was made Dominion land surveyor at Ottawa. In 1883
+he came to Montreal to reside, but his work for the Dominion in
+surveying the Canadian northwest continued until 1889. From that
+year until 1896 he was engaged in private practice in Montreal
+and an extensive clientage was accorded him. He is recognized as
+one of the best versed men in the science of his profession as
+well as in all the practical phases of the business. In 1896 he
+was appointed district engineer of public works for the district
+of Montreal and has since conscientiously and capably discharged
+the duties of that position.</p>
+
+<p>In 1880 Mr. Michaud was married, at Matane, Rimouski county,
+Quebec, to Henriette Bradley, who died in 1910. They had eleven
+children, three of whom died in childhood. Two of the number,
+Albert, aged seventeen years, and René, aged fifteen, met death
+by drowning at Ste. Anne de Bellevue. The<a class="pagenum" name="Page_530" id="Page_530">[530]</a> surviving six are:
+Alexander, who is with the Canadian Light & Power Company;
+Edouard, a missionary priest in central Africa; Juliette; Adolph;
+Grazielle; and Gabrielle. In a review of the life work of J.
+Louis Michaud it is self-evident that his advancement has come
+through the development of his powers resulting from broad study
+and active practice in the profession. He holds to the highest
+standards, and his progression has been continuous. He is a
+member of the Canadian Society of Civil Engineers and is a member
+of the Corporation of Land Surveyors in Quebec.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_M20" id="Idx_M20"></a>J. AUGUSTINE MANN.</h3>
+
+<p>J. Augustine Mann, one of the best known members of the Montreal
+bar, was born May 24, 1876, in the city where he still maintains
+his home, his parents being Eric and Agnes McWhirter (Bailey)
+Mann. For thirty-eight years Eric Mann was an engineer and
+architect of Montreal and in 1901 retired from business and
+returned to his native city of Edinburgh, Scotland, to live. Mr.
+and Mrs. Mann had two children: J. Augustine; and Mrs. Quincy
+Tucker, now a resident of Boston, Massachusetts.</p>
+
+<p>The former was educated in Montreal, completing a course in
+McGill University with the class of 1901, at which time the B.
+C. L. degree was conferred upon him. While in McGill he was also
+a student in the office of Foster, Martin & Girouard. Upon his
+admission to the bar in 1901 this firm became Foster, Martin,
+Girouard & Mann and is now Foster, Martin, Mann, MacKinnon
+& Hackett. Mr. Mann was created a king’s counsel in 1911.
+His practice has been extensive, and his high reputation has
+been well won. Aside from his practice, he is now in business
+connections as a Canadian director of the N. K. Fairbanks Company.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Mann is a member of the Montreal Art Association, the
+Montreal Amateur Athletic Association, the Montreal Club,
+the Montreal Jockey Club, the Montreal Curling Club and the
+Beaconsfield Golf Club. These associations indicate much of the
+nature of his interests and indicate him to be a broad-minded,
+cultured gentleman and also one of social nature.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Mann was married in Montreal to Miss Evelyn Gertrude Mann,
+and they are parents of two children: Dorothy and Audrey. The
+family residence is at No. 822 University Street and their summer
+home, Dornal Hall, is at Beaurepaire, Quebec.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_M37" id="Idx_M37"></a>JOSEPH WILFRID MICHAUD.</h3>
+
+<p>Joseph Wilfrid Michaud, senior member of the firm of Michaud &
+Des Rosiers, public accountants at 55 St. Francis Xavier Street
+in Montreal, is a native of the province of Quebec, his birth
+having occurred at St. Barthelemi on the 2d of August, 1872, his
+parents being Olivier and Stephenie (Paquin) Michaud. He was
+educated in the schools of his native town and in St. Viateur<a class="pagenum" name="Page_531" id="Page_531">[531]</a>
+Academy. He began his business career as an accountant for the
+Western Loan & Trust Company, Ltd., and later became associated
+with Mr. A. W. Wilks as a member of a firm of public accountants
+under the style of Wilks & Michaud. For a number of years this
+firm occupied a prominent place in professional circles in
+Montreal. In 1911, following the dissolution of the partnership,
+Mr. Michaud joined Mr. Des Rosiers in forming the firm of Michaud
+& Des Rosiers. Their clientage is now extensive, and the volume
+of their business is justified by the capability of the members
+of the firm. Mr. Michaud is a director of the National Loan &
+Trust Company, Ltd., and also of the Sapho Manufacturing Company
+and thus along several lines has become closely associated with
+the business interests of the city.</p>
+
+<p>In 1897 occurred the marriage of Mr. Michaud and Miss Rose
+Lafreniere, a daughter of Joseph Lafreniere. They have four
+children, Yvonne, Gerard, Paul and Lionel. The religious faith of
+the family is that of the Roman Catholic church, and Mr. Michaud
+holds membership in Club St. Denis. Identified with the interests
+of Montreal throughout the entire period of his business career,
+he has become well known, and enterprise and laudable ambition
+have brought him to his present enviable position.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_E6" id="Idx_E6"></a>JOSEPH ULRIC EMARD, K. C.</h3>
+
+<p>One of the distinguished members of the legal profession in
+Montreal, whose years of active practice extend through more than
+one third of a century, is Joseph Ulric Emard. Well versed in
+the science of his profession, a deep thinker, logical reasoner,
+he has long since occupied a foremost place among the strong and
+forceful Montreal bar.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Emard comes from one of the old and prominent families of
+the province of Quebec. His father, Medard Emard, was one of the
+best known and successful educators of his day, while his mother,
+previous to her marriage, was Mathilde Beaudin. His brother,
+Monseigneur J. M. Emard, now bishop of Valleyfield, was for
+years prominent in church work in Montreal and was attached to
+Archbishop Fabre’s personal staff at the Palace.</p>
+
+<p>Joseph Ulric Emard was born March 27, 1855, at St. Constant,
+Laprairie county, Quebec. Reared in a home where education was
+valued at its true worth, he attended St. Hubert grammar school,
+then conducted by his father, and was afterward a student in <a name="Err_49" id="Err_49"></a>a
+private school conducted by Abbé Villeneuve.</p>
+
+<p>His entrance into business life was first as a clerk, but after
+a short time he entered Laval University, where he pursued his
+law course and was graduated LL. B. in 1881. He was called to
+the bar that same year, and at once entered upon active practice
+as an advocate, which he has followed ever since, with brilliant
+success. Mr. Emard has been connected with a number of important
+cases, among them being the famous Lachine Bridge case, which he
+won after a notable legal battle, making it the cause celebre of
+the day. He was appointed king’s counsel in 1903.</p>
+
+<p>For some years Mr. Emard was associated in practice with <a name="Err_5" id="Err_5"></a>Hon. J.
+Ald Ouimet,<a class="pagenum" name="Page_532" id="Page_532">[532]</a> who is, at present, counsel in the firm of Emard &
+Emard, composed of Joseph U. Emard and son, Charles.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Emard’s interests, aside from the law, are diversified
+and extensive. Through the splendid use of his talents, as
+well as his sound business judgment and foresight, he has been
+very successful, not only as to the accumulation of worldly
+possessions, but also in the way of important and valuable work
+done which has given a decided impetus to the city’s progress
+and improvement. He was the founder of the town of Boulevard St.
+Paul, now Emard ward, and capably served as its mayor. After
+annexation he twice represented this ward on the city council as
+alderman.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Emard has a prominent connection with business affairs;
+his interests include mining, real-estate, industrial and
+financial companies, in a number of which he is a member of the
+directorate. His connection with corporations has brought him an
+intimate knowledge concerning corporation law. To some extent
+he has specialized in that field of practice, and his knowledge
+thereof is comprehensive and exact.</p>
+
+<p>He is a member of the St. James Club, the Canadian Club and Club
+St. Denis. Of the last named he was president for a number of
+years. In 1903 he had been the chief promoter of Club Jacques
+Cartier. In 1884 he had been president of St. Jean Baptiste
+Society of the St. Vincent de Paul section. Mr. Emard’s political
+allegiance is given to the conservative party.</p>
+
+<p>He was married to Miss Exilda Stuart of Montreal, and they belong
+to the Catholic church.</p>
+
+<p>A man of fine personal appearance and keen intellectuality,
+his mind has been well trained, enabling him to readily meet
+any emergency with the consciousness that comes from a right
+perception of things and a strong regard for what is best in the
+exercise of human activities.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_G1" id="Idx_G1"></a>EMILIEN GADBOIS-VAN DAN DAIGUE.</h3>
+
+<p>Based upon an excellent professional education, Emilien
+Gadbois-Van dan Daigue has already made his mark in the legal
+profession in Montreal, where he practices as a member of the
+firm of La Mothe, Gadbois & Nantel. The first member of the Van
+dan Daigue family came to Canada in 1671 from Brussels, Belgium.
+Pierre Van dan Daigue Gadbois, of the Gadbois family, was born
+in 1574 and died on October 20, 1667, at Montreal. Joseph Van
+dan Daigue was born in 1653 at Meunisier and at Quebec, on April
+18, 1678, married Louise Chalifour. He died on the 11th of June,
+1725, at Charlesbourg. The records of the family continue to
+the fourth generation up to 1750 in Abbé Tanguay’s Dictionnaire
+Généalogique.</p>
+
+<p>Emilien Gadbois-Van dan Daigue was born October 30, 1884, a son
+of Emile Gadbois, a well known horticulturist of Longemont,
+Rouville county, province of Quebec. His mother before her
+marriage was Priscillia Bernard, a sister of Monseigneur A. X.
+Bernard, bishop of St. Hyacinthe. Emilien Gadbois was educated
+at Montreal College, on Sherbrooke Street, and Laval University.
+On the 1st of July, 1907, he received the degree of B. A. with
+distinction and in the<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_535" id="Page_535">[535]</a></span> same year won the first prize in
+French literature in Laval University. In 1910 he was made by
+that institution LL. M. and on July 8th, of the same year he
+received his commission as a lawyer and has since practiced with
+ever increasing success in Montreal, having formed a partnership
+with L. E. Bernard, K. C., with whom he was associated until
+May, 1914, when he became a member of the firm of La Mothe,
+Gadbois & Nantel with offices in the Quebec Bank building. He
+has all the faculties of which a lawyer may be proud, skill
+in the presentation of his evidence, marked ability in cross
+examination, perseverance before the jury, and a strong grasp of
+every feature of the case. It is therefore but natural that he
+readily received recognition and is today connected with much
+important litigation in the local courts.</p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 332px;">
+<img src="images/image533.jpg" width="332" height="500" alt="EMILIEN GADBOIS-VAN DAN DAIGUE" />
+<p class="caption">EMILIEN GADBOIS-VAN DAN DAIGUE</p>
+</div>
+
+<p>In his political views Mr. Gadbois is a conservative, stanchly
+upholding the principles of his party, although he has not yet
+become connected with public life. As a member of the Canadian
+Club he can be found in the ranks of those men who have at heart
+the development and progress of the Dominion, and he is ever
+loyal to his city. His faith is that of the Catholic church. On
+the threshold of a successful career, he has ever moved in the
+right direction toward fame, and a distinguished future may be
+prophesied for him, a future which will bring new luster to the
+old family name which he bears.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_R1" id="Idx_R1"></a>JOSEPH H. RAINVILLE, M. P.</h3>
+
+<p>Joseph H. Rainville, a member of parliament and deeply interested
+in questions concerning the government, province and Dominion,
+is today recognized as one of the younger leaders of the
+conservative party. He chose as a profession the practice of law,
+and it is a notable fact that members of the bar are more apt
+to become prominent figures in political circles than any other
+class of men. The reason for this is obvious, as the training
+which qualifies them for the onerous and difficult work of the
+courts also prepares them to solve the intricate and complex
+problems of local or general government.</p>
+
+<p>Quebec numbers Mr. Rainville among her native sons, his birth
+having occurred at Ste. Angele, Rouville county, on the 8th of
+March, 1875. In the attainment of his education he attended
+successively Monnoir College, Marieville, and Laval University,
+where he won the degree of Bachelor of Laws. He entered upon
+the active practice of his profession with L. E. Beauregard of
+Montreal in 1901. No dreary novitiate awaited him. His capability
+won almost immediate recognition. He is an effective speaker,
+earnest in his appeals before the court, zealous in support of
+his cause, and at all times loyal to the interests of his clients.</p>
+
+<p>Since age conferred upon him the right of franchise Joseph H.
+Rainville has been a stalwart conservative, and in 1908 he
+unsuccessfully contested Vercheres county at the provincial
+election, being defeated by a majority of ninety-eight. When
+the tide of popular favor turned against the liberal government
+of the Dominion in September, 1911, he became a member for
+Chambly-Vercheres, so that he is now occupying a seat in the
+house. He frankly and fearlessly<a class="pagenum" name="Page_536" id="Page_536">[536]</a> expresses his opinion, but also
+possesses the tact of the successful politician who seeks to
+conciliate rather than antagonize.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Rainville married Miss Gendreau, daughter of Dr. J. G. A.
+Gendreau of Montreal. Mr. Rainville is a lieutenant in the
+Eighty-fifth Regiment and is a member of the Montreal Gun
+Club. His friends speak of him as always a courteous, polished
+gentleman, both forceful and resourceful when occasion demands.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_S20" id="Idx_S20"></a>EDOUARD FABRE SURVEYER.</h3>
+
+<p>Edouard Fabre Surveyer, who throughout his professional career
+has been a representative of the Montreal bar and equally well
+known as an educator and author in the field of his profession,
+was born in this city in 1875. His father, L. J. A. Surveyer, is
+a Montreal merchant and a past vice president of the Chamber of
+Commerce. He married Hectorine Fabre, a daughter of the late E.
+R. Fabre and a sister of the late Archbishop Fabre, the late Hon.
+Hector Fabre, C. M. G., and of the late Lady Cartier.</p>
+
+<p>E. Fabre Surveyer was a student in St. Mary’s (Jesuit) College,
+where he made an excellent record, winning the Angers bronze
+medal for letters in 1890, the Mercier gold medal for rhetoric in
+1891 and the alumni gold medal for philosophy in 1893. He took
+up his law course in Laval University and was graduated LL. L.
+with first class honors in 1896. The same year he won his B. C.
+L. degree with first class honors from McGill University, but not
+content with the preparation that he had already made for active
+practice at the bar, he went abroad and completed his law course
+in Paris and took part in the first International Congress of
+Lawyers at Brussels in 1897. He was a delegate to the Universal
+Congress of Lawyers and Jurists at St. Louis, Missouri, in 1904
+and is correspondent for several Canadian, American, French and
+Belgian law reviews.</p>
+
+<p>It was in 1897 that Mr. Surveyer entered upon active practice in
+Montreal in connection with McGibbon, Casgrain, Ryan & Mitchell.
+He has not only obtained success in practice but has also gained
+recognition for his ability in other professional connections. He
+has been the editor of the Quebec Practice Reports since their
+establishment in 1897 and since 1905 has been a lecturer in
+practice and pleading in McGill University. He was made a king’s
+counsel by the government of Quebec in 1909. On withdrawal from
+the firm of McGibbon, Casgrain, Mitchell & Surveyer in 1909 he
+entered into a partnership with H. A. Lovett, K. C., a connection
+that was continued until the following year. Since September,
+1913, Mr. Surveyer has been the senior member of the firm of
+Surveyer, Ogden & Mariotti. Mr. Surveyer also has an office in
+New York city in connection with the firm of Daly, Hoyt & Mason,
+attorneys at law. He has published a pamphlet, The Bench and Bar
+of Montreal, and there are few who are more familiar with the
+history of the courts of this city than Mr. Surveyer. In 1903 he
+was president of the Junior Bar Association of Montreal, while in
+1914 he became the secretary of the newly formed Canadian Bar<a class="pagenum" name="Page_537" id="Page_537">[537]</a>
+Association. A fluent speaker, forceful and earnest, Mr. Surveyer
+has as ready a command of English as he has of French.</p>
+
+<p>Aside from his professional duties and interests Mr. Surveyer
+is connected with various business enterprises which feature
+in the material development and prosperity of the city. He is
+vice president of the Union Land Corporation, Ltd., and the
+Lachine Land Company, Ltd.; is a director of the Capital Trust
+Corporation (Ottawa), of the Franco-Canadian Land & Development
+Company, Ltd., and of the Rothesay Realty Company, Ltd. In all
+business affairs his judgment is sound and his discrimination
+keen, and he falters not until his purpose has been accomplished
+and success has rewarded his efforts.</p>
+
+<p>In October, 1906, Mr. Surveyer was married to Miss Elodie
+Barnard, a daughter of the late Edmund Barnard, K. C., of
+Montreal. In religious faith Mr. Surveyer is a Catholic and in
+political belief a conservative. He is regarded as one of the
+prominent members of the party among its younger representatives,
+and of him the Windsor Record (liberal) said: “He has a splendid
+platform presence, speaks English fluently, and has the
+appearance of an all round campaigner.” Mr. Surveyer’s social
+connections are with the University Club, Club Lafontaine and
+Canadian Club of Montreal; the Albany Club, of Toronto; and the
+Colonial Club, of London, England. He has been president of the
+Canadian Club, as well as vice president of the Federation of
+Canadian Clubs and is a member of the executive board of the
+University Club and a director and honorary solicitor of the
+Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.</p>
+
+<p>Among Mr. Surveyer’s other connections, he is vice president of
+L’Alliance Française and a member of the board of the Federation
+de L’Alliance Française aux Etats Unis et au Canada.</p>
+
+<p>He is a member of the executive committee of the
+Liberal-Conservative Association, and thus in a number of the
+organizations with which he is allied he has been honored with
+office. He regards the practice of law, however, as his real life
+work, and he has at times been heard by the judicial committee
+of the privy council of England. He has been throughout life
+a student, and since his admission to the bar has remained a
+close and discriminating student of law principles, thoroughly
+qualifying himself for the conduct of all legal business
+intrusted to his care.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_A9" id="Idx_A9"></a>WILLIAM FORREST ANGUS.</h3>
+
+<p>As vice president and general manager of the Canadian Steel
+Foundries, Ltd., William Forrest Angus represents one of the
+foremost industries of the Dominion. He was born in Montreal,
+October 28, 1873, a son of Richard Bladworth Angus, the eminent
+financier and railway promoter.</p>
+
+<p>William F. Angus was educated privately in preparation for his
+university course and entered for that purpose McGill, from which
+he graduated as B. A. Sc. in 1895, completing his university work
+with a post-graduate course in 1896. He then entered the employ
+of the Dominion Bridge Company and subsequently was with the
+Laurie Engine Company, which is now defunct. His next position
+was with the Canada Switch and Spring Company, which was merged
+into the<a class="pagenum" name="Page_538" id="Page_538">[538]</a> Montreal Steel Works. He remained with this concern,
+rapidly rising to more and more important positions until he was
+made manager and managing director. When this company was bought
+out by the Canadian Steel Foundries, Ltd., about two years ago
+he was elected vice president and managing director of this vast
+enterprise.</p>
+
+<p>In November, 1904, Mr. Angus was united in marriage to Miss Grace
+N., eldest daughter of Sergeant P. Stearns of Montreal. They
+reside at No. 364 Peel Street. In his religious faith Mr. Angus
+is a Presbyterian. He is prominent in club life, being a member
+of the St. James Club, the Mount Royal, the Canada, the Forest
+and Stream, the Montreal Hunt, the University, the Montreal
+Curling, the Montreal Racquet and the St. Lawrence Yacht Clubs.
+His name is also on the roster of the Canadian Society of Civil
+Engineers.</p>
+
+<p>Highly trained in his profession, careful in judgment, shrewd,
+energetic and a man of rare executive force, Mr. Angus ably
+administers the affairs of a vast industrial enterprise, and
+his career bids fair to rival that of his distinguished father.
+He is deeply interested in all that pertains to progress and
+trade expansion and can always be found among those men who are
+the most forceful exponents of advanced measures inaugurated to
+exploit the vast resources of the Dominion. He bends his genius
+to create new markets and increase trade facilities and gives
+of the best of his ability so that the Dominion of Canada may
+march in the van of the great industrial nations of the world.
+Realizing that the natural resources lie but dormant, awaiting
+the magic wand of man, he has linked himself with such men as
+will guide the Dominion to the industrial position in the world
+which is its due.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_G4" id="Idx_G4"></a>THOMAS GAUTHIER.</h3>
+
+<p>The specific and distinctive office of biography is not to
+give voice to a man’s modest estimate of himself and his
+accomplishments but rather to leave the perpetual record
+establishing his character by the consensus of opinion on the
+part of his fellowmen, and any history of Montreal introducing
+biographies of her citizens whose activities and influence have
+been for the city’s growth and betterment, would be incomplete
+without reference to Thomas Gauthier.</p>
+
+<p>His life has been so varied in activity, so honorable in its
+purposes, so far-reaching and beneficial in its effects that it
+has become an integral part of the history of the city and also
+left an impress upon the annals of the province. His business
+interests are extensive and important, but by no means cover the
+scope of his activities, as he has been identified with various
+movements and projects having to do with the public welfare along
+material, political, social and moral lines.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Gauthier was born in Montreal in 1844 and attended the
+Lachine Commercial School, but is largely a self-educated as well
+as a self-made man. He has ever been a reader and thinker and in
+the school of experience has learned many valuable lessons. At
+times he has acquired with labor and difficulty the knowledge
+which he has been so anxious should be given others, his efforts
+in behalf of education being well known. He began his active
+business career in Montreal in 1869, and for many years he
+conducted the Place Chaboillez establishment<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_541" id="Page_541">[541]</a></span> with conspicuous
+success. During this time, having become widely and favorably
+known, he was elected president of the old Society of Mutual
+Assistance—the Union St. Joseph.</p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 335px;">
+<img src="images/image539.jpg" width="335" height="500" alt="THOMAS GAUTHIER" />
+<p class="caption">THOMAS GAUTHIER</p>
+</div>
+
+<p>In 1881 the Association of Retail Grocers, of which he was one
+of the founders, appointed him president and through his active
+exertions the Chamber of Commerce of Montreal was established.
+Along these and various other lines he has promoted the business
+activity of Montreal, pushing forward the wheels of progress in
+such a way that the entire city has benefited thereby.</p>
+
+<p>His public service in connection with municipal affairs has
+been equally notable and commendable. He was one of Montreal’s
+aldermen from 1890 to 1893, and his labors were effective
+and beneficial as a member of the committees of police and
+hygiene. He was largely instrumental in establishing the mutual
+benefit fund among the members of the police force and also in
+establishing the first public bath in Hochelaga ward. All this,
+however, does not cover the scope of his activities, for in
+various other fields of usefulness his labors proved resultant.
+In the year 1883-4 he was general treasurer of the St. Jean
+Baptiste Society and was treasurer of the Montreal Exposition
+Company, in 1891, the only year in which it showed a surplus. He
+was a member of the finance committee of the National Association
+for a number of years, being also one of the promoters of the
+building of the Monument National, and in 1909 he was elected
+vice president and in 1911 became president, serving until April,
+1913.</p>
+
+<p>One of the most important of Mr. Gauthier’s public services
+has been in behalf of education. It was largely through the
+missionary work done by him and the assistance he received from
+the Chamber of Commerce, the Board of Trade and the Builders’
+Exchange that the government was induced to take up the
+establishment of technical schools in Montreal and Quebec. In
+this connection Mr. Gauthier has done a noble and patriotic work,
+the value of which cannot be estimated. He has been president of
+the Council of Arts and Manufactures continuously since 1897, and
+more than three thousand scholars are now participating in these
+classes.</p>
+
+<p>He has ever believed in that special training which will enable
+the individual to develop his native talents and thus qualify
+for the business life to which he is best adapted. Mr. Gauthier
+was associated with Dr. Adami in the general presidency of the
+Child’s Welfare movement.</p>
+
+<p>In the various movements and projects with which Mr. Gauthier has
+been associated, whether financial, educational, philanthropic
+or commercial, he has shown the same intelligent and careful
+interest as in his own private business affairs.</p>
+
+<p>In connection with the affairs of La Caisse Nationale d’Economie,
+of which he was one of the founders in 1899, he has taken a very
+active and prominent part. Ever since its organization he has
+been chairman of the finance committee, also chairman of the
+committee of administration, and has been no small factor in the
+splendid success of this association.</p>
+
+<p>He is an extensive holder of stock in the Montreal Light, Heat
+& Power Company, as well as in the Lake of the Woods Milling
+Company, and is president of the Amherst Park Land Company.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Gauthier is an exceptionally well preserved gentleman for one
+of his years, and among his extensive acquaintance he is spoken
+of in terms of admiration and respect.</p>
+
+<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_542" id="Page_542">[542]</a></p>
+
+<p>He has continuously been a student of the signs of the times, of
+existing conditions and keeps abreast with the best thinking men
+of the age in his knowledge of political, economical and social
+questions affecting the welfare and progress of the race.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_L16" id="Idx_L16"></a>WILLIAM DOUW LIGHTHALL.</h3>
+
+<p>The position of William Douw Lighthall has for many years been
+one of leadership. He has exerted wide and beneficial influence
+on public thought and action and as lawyer, author and the
+promoter of various prominent societies his name has become
+known throughout the length and breadth of the land. He has been
+termed “a living example of good citizenship ... a man of high
+culture, refined tastes and exceptional literary ability.” His
+efforts along all the lines in which his activities have been
+put forth have been productive of far-reaching and beneficial
+results. He was born at Hamilton, Ontario, December 27, 1857,
+a son of William Francis Lighthall, who is the doyen of the
+Montreal notarial profession, and is descended from the Schuyler,
+Van Renssalaer and Van Cortlandt families, three of the most
+prominent Knickerbocker families of New York. The mother, Mrs.
+Margaret Lighthall, was the eldest daughter of Captain Henry
+Wright, of Chateauguay, who was a son of Major James Wright
+(McIntyre), the commander of the British settlers of the district
+in the War of 1812.</p>
+
+<p>After being dux of the high school of Montreal William D.
+Lighthall pursued a classical course in McGill University, from
+which he was graduated with the Bachelor of Arts degree and the
+Shakespeare gold medal in English literature in 1879. He then
+entered upon the study of law at McGill, which conferred upon
+him the B. C. L. degree in 1881, and he took the honorary degree
+of M. A. in 1885. With the completion of his law course he was
+called to the bar and began practice as an advocate. Nature
+endowed him with keen mentality, and the thoroughness with which
+he prepared his cases and the earnestness with which he presented
+his causes before the courts won him success and advancement.
+He was created king’s counsel in 1906. For a long period he has
+been accounted one of the distinguished representatives of the
+Montreal bar, practicing as senior member of the law firm of
+Lighthall & Harwood.</p>
+
+<p>What he has accomplished as a member of the legal profession
+would alone entitle W. D. Lighthall to mention among the
+representative men of Montreal, yet he has gained equal
+prominence as an author, as a promoter of various societies, as
+an antiquarian greatly interested in historical and antiquarian
+research, and as a public-spirited citizen who takes cognizance
+of the needs of the hour and employs practical methods in working
+for high ideals for the benefit of city, province and Dominion.
+He was the founder of the Society of Canadian Literature, the
+Canadian National League, the Westmount Liberal Club, the
+Montreal Tourist Association, and originated and, in connection
+with De Lery Macdonald, established the Chateau de Ramezay
+Historical Museum. He was also the founder of the Union of
+Canadian Municipalities. He was one of those largely instrumental
+in securing the erection of the Maisonneuve monument at<a class="pagenum" name="Page_543" id="Page_543">[543]</a>
+Montreal and was the discoverer of the Indian burying ground at
+Westmount. He is interested in all that pertains to the history
+of the country from prehistoric times down to the present, and
+his researches and investigations have been carried far and
+wide, bringing to light many interesting points bearing upon the
+travel history of the North American Indians as well as upon the
+period of the early colonists and the development of Canada. He
+is a member of the Scotch Society of Literature and Art; a vice
+president of the National Municipal League of America; a fellow
+of the Royal Society of Canada and a fellow of the Royal Society
+of Literature; an honorary member of the Women’s Historical
+Society of Canada and of the Chateauguay Literary and Historical
+Society; life corresponding member of the Quebec Literary and
+Historical Society; president of the Numismatic and Antiquarian
+Society; a governor of the Congregational College of Canada and
+of the Joint Board of Theological Colleges of McGill University;
+and has been a representative fellow of the University. In 1910
+he was appointed a member of the Metropolitan Parks Commission.</p>
+
+<p>In all these years, retiring to the quiet of his study, he has
+devoted hours to writing, and his authorship has gained him
+equal renown with his efforts in other directions. His first
+published volume, Thoughts, Moods and Ideals (verse), came from
+the press in 1887 and was followed in 1888 by The Young Seigneur.
+Then came The Battle of Chateauguay, in 1889; Montreal After
+250 Years, in 1892; The False Chevalier, in 1898; a Prehistoric
+Hochelaga Burying-ground, in 1898; A Link in Iroquois History,
+in 1899; The Glorious Enterprise, in 1901; Hiawatha the Great,
+in 1901; and Westmount: a Municipal Illustration, in 1902.
+This last book followed his three years of service as mayor of
+Westmount, so that he was qualified to discuss the subjects of
+which the volume treated. The same year he brought forth a volume
+entitled To the Boers: A Friend’s Appeal from Canada. In 1904
+he published Canada, a Modern Nation, and Thomas Pownall: His
+Part in the Conquest of Canada. In 1908 he added to the list
+of his publications A Romance of Prehistoric Montreal and The
+Master of Life; and in 1910, The Governance of Empire and Sights
+and Shrines of Montreal. He also published Songs of the Great
+Dominion (Windsor series) in 1889, and Canadian Poems and Lays
+(Canterbury Poets series) in 1891.</p>
+
+<p>There are few men in possession in so eminent a degree of the
+habits, tastes and ability of the scholar and at the same time in
+so large a measure the practical qualities which find expression
+in successful professional service and in public-spirited
+citizenship. Mr. Lighthall has studied as closely the signs of
+the times and the questions of the hour as he has the history
+of the past. His deep interest in the cause of education was
+manifest in his service as chairman of the board of school
+commissioners of Westmount, to which office he was appointed in
+1909. He is an imperialist in principle and at the same time a
+strong believer in the necessity and advantage of organizing the
+intellectual and higher interests of Canadian nationality and
+retaining state ownership and control of forests, railways, land
+tenure, coal mines and other public resources.</p>
+
+<p>In October, 1890, Mr. Lighthall was married to Miss Cybel
+Charlotte Wilkes, a daughter of John Wilkes and a granddaughter
+of the late Rev. Dr. Henry Wilkes. Mrs. Lighthall is vice
+president of the local branch of the Zenana Bible<a class="pagenum" name="Page_544" id="Page_544">[544]</a> and Medical
+Mission, and is also a vice president of the Canadian Handicrafts
+Guild. Something of the nature of his recreation is indicated
+in the fact that Mr. Lighthall belongs to Lac Tremblant Fishing
+Club, of which he was elected president in 1909, and in the
+same year he was admitted an Iroquois Indian chief with the
+name of Ticonderoga in recognition of services to that race. He
+furthermore belongs to the University, Canada, Reform, Montreal,
+Country and Canadian Clubs of Montreal and the Royal Societies
+Club of London, England. His winter residence, Chateauclair, is
+at No. 14 Murray Avenue, Westmount, while his summer home, Camp
+Beartracks, is at Lac Tremblant. In the review of his history it
+seems that his constantly expanding powers are opening to him
+a still broader field of usefulness and establishing him more
+firmly in the position of prominence which he today occupies.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_D29" id="Idx_D29"></a>JOSEPH DROUIN.</h3>
+
+<p>Joseph Drouin, a member of the Montreal bar, was born at Two
+Mountains, in the province of Quebec, on the 15th of November,
+1875, a son of Firmin and Mathilde (Lafrance) Drouin, sturdy
+French Canadian farmers. He is of the eighth generation in
+descent from Robert Drouin, of Pin au Perche, France, who became
+the founder of the family in the new world, establishing himself
+at Quebec in 1635. The principal branch of the family remains in
+Quebec and Orleans, but in 1751 one branch detached itself from
+the main Quebec stem and was transplanted to Montreal, where
+representatives of the name have since been found in the city and
+surrounding districts.</p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 346px;">
+<img src="images/image545.jpg" width="346" height="500" alt="JOSEPH DROUIN" />
+<p class="caption">JOSEPH DROUIN</p>
+</div>
+
+<p>Joseph Drouin pursued a classical course in the seminary of Ste.
+Thérèse and won his B. C. L. degree upon graduation from McGill
+University in April, 1904. He engaged in the practice of law,
+winning a liberal clientage that connected him with the important
+work of the courts. Of late Mr. Drouin has devoted his attention
+to the management of his own private interests.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Drouin is a Roman Catholic in religious faith. He was married
+in Montreal on the 22d of November, 1904, to Marie Orpha Leduc,
+a daughter of Augustin and Philomène (Lefebvre) Leduc, who were
+farming people at St. Benoit, Deux Montagnes, province of Quebec.
+Unto Mr. and Mrs. Drouin have been born five children: Cécile,
+Thérèse, René, Marguerite and Gabriel.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_M33" id="Idx_M33"></a>HON. HONORE MERCIER.</h3>
+
+<p>Among contemporary Canadian statesmen a foremost place must
+be assigned to the late Hon. Honore Mercier, premier of the
+province of Quebec. He was not only distinguished by reason of
+his position at the head of the government of one of the foremost
+provinces of the Canadian federation but attained distinction
+along various other lines having to do with the progress and
+upbuilding of the country and the upholding of its political,
+legal and moral status. A native of the province of Quebec, he
+was born at Iberville, October 15, 1840. He came of<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_547" id="Page_547">[547]</a></span> a family
+of unpretentious farmers, or habitants, as they are styled in
+Lower Canada, the ancestors originally from Old France, although
+several generations have been represented in the county of
+Montmagny below the city of Quebec. His father had to provide for
+the needs of a large household, but he was a man of energy and
+foresight and counted no personal sacrifice too great if he could
+thereby equip his children for the later responsibilities and
+duties that fall to the lot of every individual. The maiden name
+of the mother was Marie Catherine Laflamme.</p>
+
+<p>When fourteen years of age Honore Mercier became a student in the
+Jesuit College in Montreal, where he completed his education,
+making an excellent record. Some time afterward he determined
+upon the practice of law as his life work and became a student in
+the office of Laflamboise & Papineau, who directed his reading
+until he was admitted to practice in 1865. While a law student
+he turned his attention to journalism and in 1862 became editor
+in chief of the Courier de St. Hyacinthe, winning distinction
+because of his able political editorials, his support being given
+to the Macdonald-Sicotte liberal administration.</p>
+
+<p>Following his admission to the bar Mr. Mercier retired from the
+profession of journalism to concentrate his energies upon his
+law practice. His thorough training, his natural powers and his
+ambition soon brought him a prominent position at the bar and
+from that time forward his advancement was continuous as a factor
+in those affairs and events which have shaped the history of
+province and Dominion.</p>
+
+<p>In 1871 he appeared in the political arena at Bagot as a
+supporter of M. Langelier, the liberal candidate. The following
+year, upon the earnest solicitation of his friends, he became a
+candidate for Rouville in the house of commons and was elected.
+Following the downfall of the conservative government in 1873,
+he yielded his seat to Mr. Cheval in 1874, to avoid dividing
+the vote of the liberal party in the case of the redoubtable
+conservative candidate, Mr. Gigault. Following his retirement to
+private life he entered upon a partnership with Mr. Bourgeois of
+St. Hyacinthe. He was made the candidate of the liberal party
+in 1878, standing for St. Hyacinthe, but lost the election
+by six votes. The following year a majority of three hundred
+and seven votes elected him to the legislative assembly to
+represent St. Hyacinthe and he became solicitor-general of the
+Joly administration, filling out the unexpired term of Hon. P.
+Bachand, deceased. Mr. Mercier continued in the office until the
+administration went out in the same year.</p>
+
+<p>In 1881, following his removal from St. Hyacinthe to Montreal,
+Mr. Mercier became a law partner of Messrs. Beausoleil &
+Martineau and was again called into the field of political
+activity when in December, 1881, at the general provincial
+election he was chosen by acclamation for his old constituency,
+St. Hyacinthe. In the beginning of the session of 1883 Hon. Mr.
+Joly resigned the direction of the provincial liberal party and
+Mr. Mercier was unanimously chosen his successor, on motion of
+Mr. Joly, as the leader of the opposition. Here his dominant
+qualities found fitting scope, his ability and qualities of
+leadership placing him within a brief period among the foremost
+French-Canadian statesmen. Within the short space of three
+years he demonstrated what could be accomplished by an able and
+intrepid leader with the support of a small but disciplined and
+trusty band of parliamentary followers to retrieve the fallen
+fortunes of<a class="pagenum" name="Page_548" id="Page_548">[548]</a> his party and to defend and lead to victory a
+popular cause the moment circumstances placed it in his hands.</p>
+
+<p>As the accepted leader of the new national party formed by a
+combination of liberals and conservative bolters, Mr. Mercier not
+only directed the whole movement but personally traversed the
+province of Quebec almost from end to end, addressing as many as
+one hundred and sixty meetings and leaving the impress of his
+influence as a factor in the promotion of his cause. The election
+of October, 1886, resulted in a victory for the nationals. After
+the struggle, which ensued in the final overthrow of the Ross
+administration, Mr. Mercier was called upon by the lieutenant
+governor to form a new cabinet and in less than twenty-four
+hours, as a result of his quick decisions and promptness in
+action, he had made choice of his colleagues, announcing the
+result to the legislature and the country, both receiving it with
+marked satisfaction.</p>
+
+<p>The close of the first session found him more popular and more
+firmly established in the good graces of the people than ever, a
+position that was augmented later by the marvelous success of his
+administration as evidenced in the settlement of the long pending
+dispute with Ontario respecting the division of the common school
+fund and the unusually advantageous negotiation of the new
+provincial loan of three and a half millions. His adversaries
+attributed these and other valuable results to good luck, but a
+real student of politics knows that good management and thorough
+understanding of the situation lay back of them. Mr. Mercier
+remained in power until December, 1891, when he was dismissed by
+Lieutenant Governor Angers as a result of an investigation held
+by a royal commission on what then became known as the Baie des
+Chaleurs Scandal.</p>
+
+<p>On March 8, 1892, at the general elections, though Mr. Mercier
+was returned for Bonaventure, which he had represented since
+the general elections of 1890, his party was annihilated and he
+ceased to be a factor in provincial politics.</p>
+
+<p>Following his retirement to private life he joined his
+son-in-law, Sir Lomer Gouin, and Mr. R. Lemieux in a law
+partnership, but he rarely appeared in court. However, he
+won the highest professional honors. He was actually the
+attorney-general as well as the premier of Quebec. He was twice
+batonnier of the bar of the Montreal district, and the respect
+entertained for him by his legal colleagues was so great that
+they unanimously elevated him to the still more distinguished
+eminence of batonnier-general of the bar of the province. Of him
+it has been written: “Heralded to the world as the apostle of
+an advanced radicalism which in reality had no representative
+in this country, he not only preached but practiced a different
+gospel and in office proved himself unusually moderate and
+conciliatory as well as a man of broad and generous views, free
+from sectionalism and exceedingly anxious to do justice to all
+races, classes and creeds, yet fully determined to work out the
+regeneration of his native province on the great lines of reform
+which he ever regarded as essential to that desirable end.”</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Mercier held to the religious faith of the
+French-Canadians—that of the Roman Catholic church and his loyal
+adherence thereto increased with the passing years. There was a
+time, however, when, on account of his political liberalism and
+alliances, his orthodoxy was more than once seriously questioned
+by his political foes to his personal and party detriment.
+This, however, passed by and the Papal authority conceded that
+a man may be a liberal in politics and yet a good Catholic,
+while the clergy of Lower Canada came to know that he was not
+only<a class="pagenum" name="Page_549" id="Page_549">[549]</a> a devoted churchman in theory and practice, but also that
+the interests of Catholicism were as safe in his hands as in
+those of its self-constituted champions who proclaimed their
+zeal for the faith from the housetops. There was in him nothing
+of narrow-minded bigotry and perhaps no prominent statesman
+or political leader of his day has shown himself so free from
+religious or sectional bias in the conduct of affairs relating
+to the entire community. A French-Canadian in heart and soul and
+a thorough son of the soil, still, “strict and impartial justice
+to all classes, races and creeds and undue favor to none,” seems
+to have been the motto upon which Honore Mercier always acted.
+In 1893 he undertook a campaign in favor of the independence of
+Canada and advocated this both here and in the United States, but
+with no tangible results. Though received enthusiastically in the
+eastern states, he met with a rebuff in Chicago, and abandoned
+the campaign to resume his practice in Montreal.</p>
+
+<p>Two notable features in his life history were the torchlight
+procession in his honor in Montreal following his return from
+Europe, and the reception he tendered the ex-Papal zouaves at his
+country seat at Ste. Anne de la Perade, when he distributed the
+medals awarded them by the pope. On that occasion Mr. Mercier
+appeared in the gorgeous uniform of commander of the Order of St.
+Gregory the Great—the first time it had been seen in Canada.
+The wide recognition given his ability is attested by a partial
+list of the honors conferred upon him. Not only did he receive
+the grand cross of the Order of St. Gregory the Great from the
+pope but His Holiness also raised him to the rank of count. He
+was in addition to these honors officer of the Legion of Honor;
+commander of the Order of Leopold I, King of the Belgians; and
+chevalier of the Order of St. Sepulcher. He was made queen’s
+counsel and received the degree of Doctor of Laws from Laval
+University, the University of Fordham, New York, and the
+University of Georgetown.</p>
+
+<p>A man of his ability and eminence could not fail to have enemies,
+but he had also hosts of friends. He possessed that quality
+which, for want of a better term, has been called magnetism. He
+was most generous and ever had a helping hand out-reaching to
+those who needed assistance. His residence both in Montreal and
+in Quebec was always filled with his admirers. It has been said
+repeatedly that his so-called friends were largely responsible
+for any errors that he may have committed. He was particularly
+helpful to young men, many of whom have reason to remember him
+with gratitude. It was his delight to assist a struggling youth
+in his law studies or in other ways.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Mercier was twice married. On the 29th of May, 1866, he
+wedded Leopoldine Boivin of St. Hyacinthe, who died leaving a
+daughter who subsequently married Sir Lomer Gouin and who is
+now deceased. On the 9th of May, 1871, Honore Mercier married
+Virginie St. Denis, also of St. Hyacinthe, and they had two
+sons and one daughter to reach adult age, Honore, Paul-Emile
+and Héva. The elder son is a member of the Gouin cabinet and a
+sketch of his life appears elsewhere in this work. The younger
+son is a civil and consulting engineer and is mentioned elsewhere
+in this history. Héva married Dr. Homère Fauteux and resides in
+Beauceville.</p>
+
+<p>The death of Hon. Honore Mercier occurred October 30, 1894, on
+which occasion the Montreal Daily Star said editorially: “The
+career of the late Hon. Honore Mercier is one that will long live
+on the lips of those who delight in<a class="pagenum" name="Page_550" id="Page_550">[550]</a> political reminiscences
+of this historic province. He played a conspicuous role in the
+political drama; and, while he was on the stage, pretty well
+absorbed the attention of the multitude. That he was a man of
+rare ability in many ways, his swift attainment of the highest
+positions in Quebec amply attests.</p>
+
+<p>“It is too late in the day for those who contributed to his
+overthrow in ’92 to make mawkish pretension of blindness to his
+faults, but it may truly be said that he gained striking success
+in spite of his faults, and, further, that it was his own hand
+that turned the current of destiny against him. Like all strong
+characters, he made many warm personal friends, and there will be
+more sincere mourning at his bier than falls to the lot of most
+mortals.”</p>
+
+<p>Senator L. O. David, an intimate and lifelong friend of Mr.
+Mercier, in making a parallel between the three most popular men
+of our time, Laurier, Chapleau and Mercier, has written of the
+latter: “Mercier is the heaviest of the three, the strongest
+built and the most muscular; he is tall, with black eyes and
+hair and a heavy mustache—a veritable type of musketeer—the
+personification of strength and energy. He walks heavily with
+the assurance of a man who believes that the earth belongs
+to him. Mercier is the most solid, the most vigorous and the
+most penetrating. Penetrating is, indeed, the word which best
+describes his eloquence. See his movements; they resemble those
+of the axeman who strikes the tree at the root and at each blow
+removes a chip. Mercier is a parliamentary orator, a lawyer, a
+tribune. He is the strongest, cleverest, and most indefatigable
+speaker whom I have heard in the house or on the hustings. While
+I write these words I learn that he is dead. Is it possible that
+so much of life and intellect are gone forever? What a loss!
+How little we mortals are! Alas; had he struggled to preserve
+his health as he fought to regain it, he would not have died so
+young. Yes, so young, because he was built to live thirty or
+forty years more. Death has seldom met a more valiant fighter; it
+has vanquished him, but he died almost standing, as he often said
+he would.</p>
+
+<p>“Before the grave, which opens to receive his mortal remains,
+criticism will disarm, no doubt, to render homage to the splendor
+and power of his intelligence, his political genius, to the
+energy of his character and the sincerity of his patriotism.
+Through all the vicissitudes of a stormy life, in spite of his
+faults and weaknesses, he preserved until the last moment all the
+fervor of the religious and patriotic sentiments of his youth.
+Of all the political men I have known, he is the one who, in all
+things and under all circumstances, was most given to consider
+questions from a national standpoint. He was frankly, sincerely,
+profoundly patriotic and without fanaticism. Few men have had
+more devoted friends, enthusiastic admirers, and secured more
+brilliant triumphs and undergone such crushing defeats. He was
+stronger in defeat than in victory. Much will be forgiven him
+because he suffered much.”</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_B17" id="Idx_B17"></a>HON. HENRI C. BERRYER-SAINT-PIERRE.</h3>
+
+<p>The subject of this short biographical sketch was born at Ste.
+Madeleine de Rigaud, during a short stay of his parents in that
+parish, on the 13th day of September 1842, but was brought up at
+Isle Bizard, on the Lake of Two Mountains, near Montreal. His
+father, a farmer, was Joseph Berryer-Saint-Pierre of Isle<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_553" id="Page_553">[553]</a></span>
+Bizard, and his mother, Demitilde Denis dit Saint-Denis, who had
+been born at Pointe Claire. Young Henri received his classical
+and literary education at the old Montreal College on Collège
+Street near McGill Street. On leaving college he was sent up to
+Kingston, Ontario, where he began his law course, the object
+in sending him up there being to give him an opportunity of
+improving his knowledge of the English language. Having passed
+the required examinations for his admission to the study of the
+law, he availed himself of the permission which had been granted
+him to go and visit Niagara falls and the city of Buffalo. The
+great battle of Gettysburg had just been fought and won by the
+northern army, and on his arrival at Buffalo, he found the people
+delirious with the news of the recent victory. Our young student,
+who had inherited from his ancestors a marked taste for the
+military career (a career by the way for which there were but few
+openings for a young French Canadian in those days, in Canada),
+was altogether carried away by the enthusiastic demonstrations
+which he then witnessed and made up his mind to give up the
+doleful study of Blackstone to enter the American army. A short
+time later, the runaway student was a member of Company F in the
+Seventy-sixth New York Volunteers. At the battle of Mine Run
+which was fought on the 27th November, 1863, he was wounded and
+reported as dead at the regiment. The same report having been
+reproduced in the Montreal papers, the usual service for the dead
+was celebrated for him at the Montreal College and at Isle Bizard
+where his widowed mother was living. He was picked up from the
+field however by the southern cavalry and sent to the military
+prison of Belle Island in the city of Richmond from which he
+was later on transferred to Andersonville in Georgia. After the
+capture of Atlanta, he was removed with the other prisoners first
+to Savannah, and then to Florence and finally to Charleston’s
+race ground in South Carolina, where he regained his liberty in
+the spring of 1865 on the city being evacuated by the southern
+troops. On his return to Montreal after the war, he resumed his
+legal studies first in the office of Sir George Etienne Cartier,
+for whom he, for a time, acted as private secretary, and later
+on in that of the Hon. J. J. C. Abbott who some years afterward
+became premier of Canada.</p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 393px;">
+<img src="images/image551.jpg" width="393" height="500" alt="H. C. BERRYER-SAINT-PIERRE" />
+<p class="caption">H. C. BERRYER-SAINT-PIERRE</p>
+</div>
+
+<p>He was admitted to the bar in June, 1870. His career at the
+Montreal bar was a most successful and brilliant one, and he soon
+became one of the leading lawyers in the province of Quebec,
+being particularly noted for his success as a criminal lawyer.
+His record as such was never surpassed at least in his province
+and but seldom equalled anywhere. It is said that he pleaded
+not less than thirty-three cases of murder, securing complete
+acquittals in most of them. Not one of those he defended was ever
+found guilty of murder in the first degree and sentenced to be
+hanged, except Shortis who had killed two men at Valleyfield and
+wounded dangerously a third one. In this last case, the plea of
+impulsive insanity was urged for the first time in the province
+of Quebec as a ground of defense and proved successful in the end
+in spite of the verdict of the jury. <a name="Err_50" id="Err_50"></a>Shortis is today detained
+in the penitentiary of Kingston as “a dangerous lunatic.” Judge
+Saint-Pierre frequently associated in the defence of persons
+accused of serious crimes with Donald MacMaster, K. C., now a
+member of the English parliament, who was his intimate friend.</p>
+
+<p>In 1889, he was created a queen’s counsel by the Earl of
+Aberdeen. Judge Saint-Pierre never showed any great inclination
+for politics but confined his labor and efforts more particularly
+to secure the highest position in his profession as a<a class="pagenum" name="Page_554" id="Page_554">[554]</a> lawyer.
+Being a liberal, he consented however to be the nominee of the
+liberal party in the county of Jacques-Cartier, for the local
+seat in 1878 against the old member, but was defeated by a small
+majority.</p>
+
+<p>He was married in 1874 to Marie Albina Lesieur, daughter of
+Adolphe Lesieur, a merchant of Terrebonne. She died on the 19th
+December, 1908, leaving five children, three boys and two girls
+who are all married and settled. In 1902 on the occasion of his
+being raised to the bench, he was made an officer of the order of
+the Crown of Italy upon a petition presented to the King of Italy
+by the Italian colony at Montreal supported by the Italian consul.</p>
+
+<p>Judge Saint-Pierre has been the organizer of the Canadian
+Veterans as a body and has been their honorary president ever
+since their organization some fourteen years ago.</p>
+
+<p>His eminent ability as a legist led eventually to his appointment
+to the bench. He was first named for the district of Beauharnois
+on the retirement of Hon. Mr. Justice Belanger in June, 1902,
+and was transferred to Montreal in March, 1909, so that he is
+now presiding over the district of Montreal. His decisions are
+strictly fair and impartial and render him the peer of the ablest
+men who have presided over Montreal’s courts.</p>
+
+<p>The Judge is a Roman Catholic of the broad liberal school. He is
+known to be a great admirer of British institutions though much
+attached to the French civil law which he holds to be superior to
+the common law of England.</p>
+
+<p>The press has united in passing high encomiums upon him. The
+Montreal Herald styled him “a man of great vigor.” The Montreal
+Star spoke of him as broad-minded and public-spirited. The
+Toronto Star said “Judge Berryer-Saint-Pierre is gifted with fine
+powers of eloquence and is broad-minded and tolerant.” Perhaps
+his lofty patriotism is best indicated in his own utterance: “Be
+English, be Scotch, be French, be Irish, if you will,” he often
+said in his public utterance, “but above and before all, let us
+all be Canadians.” Judge Saint-Pierre’s residence is at 2330 Park
+Avenue, Montreal.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_A8" id="Idx_A8"></a>DONALD FORBES ANGUS.</h3>
+
+<p>Successfully operating in mercantile circles, Donald Forbes
+Angus has also extended his efforts along those lines whereby
+are promoted aesthetic culture and humanitarian interests, thus
+rendering his life a serviceable factor in the world’s work. A
+son of Richard Bladworth Angus, he was educated in England and
+Germany and in February, 1894, was united in marriage to Miss
+Mary Ethel Henshaw, the daughter of the late F. W. Henshaw.</p>
+
+<p>In his business connections Mr. Angus has so directed his
+efforts that substantial results have accrued, and he is today
+a prominent figure in commercial circles as director of the
+Intercolonial Coal Company and of the Paton Manufacturing
+Company, both of which are important forces in the business
+progress of the city. He is also director of the Bank of
+Montreal; director of the Standard Life Assurance Company; and
+vice president of the Guardian Accident & Guarantee Company.
+In these connections Mr. Angus bends his efforts to executive
+administration and control, and his ability to correctly judge
+between the<a class="pagenum" name="Page_555" id="Page_555">[555]</a> <a name="Err_51" id="Err_51"></a>essential and the nonessential, utilizing the one
+and discarding the other, and his power to coordinate seemingly
+diverse elements into a harmonious whole have been strong
+features in his growing success.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Angus is a popular member of several of the leading clubs
+of Montreal, including St. James, Mount Royal and the Montreal
+Jockey Clubs—associations which indicate much of the nature of
+his interests and the source of his recreation. He is also a life
+member of the Art Association and is a friend and patron of art.
+He is likewise a governor and a member of the executive committee
+of the Fraser Institute of Montreal.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_H28" id="Idx_H28"></a>HENRY HOLGATE.</h3>
+
+<p>Not only is Henry Holgate one of the foremost civil engineers
+of Montreal, but he is also an author of no mean talents on
+professional and other subjects. He is now engaged in private
+practice after a long and strenuous career with various large
+organizations and of late has designed and built several large
+hydraulic power plants for transmission of electric power. He
+is a member of several arbitration committees, a past vice
+president of the Canadian Society of Civil Engineers, a member of
+the American Society of Civil Engineers and a councillor of the
+American Institute of Consulting Engineers.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Holgate is of English ancestry and was born at Milton,
+Ontario, September 14, 1863, the seventh son of John and Jane
+(Browne) Holgate, the former of whom was in charge of the
+division court at Milton. Judge Holgate passed away in 1896 and
+his wife in 1902.</p>
+
+<p>Henry Holgate was educated in the Toronto public schools and
+after having completed his studies served an apprenticeship
+with the Northern Railway of Canada, which lasted for five
+years. He continued with them for three years and became their
+chief engineer in 1884, so continuing until 1893, when he took
+charge of the Central Bridge Company’s works at Peterboro,
+Ontario. During this time, in 1887, he became a member of the
+Canadian Society of Civil Engineers, contributing a paper to
+its transactions for which he was awarded the Gzowski medal. He
+remained with the Central Bridge Company for about a year and
+then joined the Royal Electrical Company in Montreal as engineer
+in charge of the steel plants and general construction. The years
+1896, 1897 and 1898 were spent that way, and he then became
+engineer of the Montreal Park & Island Company, constructing and
+managing all their lines. He then went as manager and engineer
+to Kingston, Jamaica, and constructed all of the works of the
+Western Electric Company there, returning to Canada in 1900.
+He established himself in a private engineering practice in
+that year and in 1902 formed a partnership with Mr. Ross, under
+the firm name of Ross & Holgate, consulting engineers. This
+partnership was dissolved in 1911.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Holgate has on various occasions been retained by the federal
+and provincial governments for special engineering inquiries
+and reports. He was so retained in regard to the reorganization
+of the Trent Valley Canal works and was appointed chairman of
+the royal commission to report on the collapse of the Quebec
+bridge in September, 1907. He is widely recognized as one of the<a class="pagenum" name="Page_556" id="Page_556">[556]</a>
+able men along his line and has had charge in late years of the
+building of several large hydraulic power plants.</p>
+
+<p>Occasionally Mr. Holgate contributes interesting articles to
+technical works. He is the author of an exhaustive paper on
+Northeast Canada, which was published in 1908, and he has
+lectured extensively, one of his subjects being “Some Facts
+Regarding the Upper St. Lawrence.”</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Holgate is independent in his political views and
+<a name="Err_52" id="Err_52"></a>nonsectarian in his religious belief. He is a patriotic Canadian
+and has always at heart the interests of the Dominion. He
+believes in a Canada for Canadians and for any others who
+will become good citizens, recognizing the value of desirable
+immigration.</p>
+
+<p>On September 19, 1888, Mr. Holgate was married to Miss Bessie
+Bell Headley, a daughter of Edward Headley, of Milford, Delaware.
+They have two sons, Henry Watson and Edwin Headley. The family
+residence is at No. 44 Rosemount Avenue, Westmount. He is a
+member of the Engineers Club of Montreal.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_G2" id="Idx_G2"></a>LEGLEUS ANTOINE GAGNIER, M. D.</h3>
+
+<p>Dr. Légléus Antoine Gagnier is widely and favorably known to the
+public as a general medical practitioner and more specifically
+in connection with the special work which he does in treating
+nervous diseases by electrical methods. He is a man who has
+never ceased to be a student and still frequently makes trips
+to Europe in order to attend the clinics conducted by the
+most eminent specialists in the profession. There is no new
+phase brought out in the world of medicine with which he is
+not thoroughly acquainted and which he does not thoroughly
+understand, and his complete knowledge has naturally resulted
+in a large and lucrative practice. Freeing himself from many
+of the old medical prejudices he applies modern thought in his
+treatments and more closely follows his own logical conclusions
+than book prescriptions. He believes that in numerous cases
+massage treatments, X-Rays, light baths and general hydrotherapy
+will achieve more beneficial and lasting results than the older
+treatment of giving medicaments internally. His well equipped
+offices, modernly appointed and filled with all the appliances
+necessary to follow out his methods, are located at No. 256 St.
+Denis Street, Montreal, and there ever can be found a long line
+of patients, rich and poor, old and young, waiting to be admitted
+for treatment.</p>
+
+<p>Although the family of Gagnier is not among the very earliest
+Canadian settlers, it is an old one. There were variations in the
+name of Gagnier and extensive records show the name as Gagné and
+Gagnesse in Abbé Tanguay’s Dictionnaire Généalogique.</p>
+
+<p>Légléus Antoine Gagnier was born at Ste. Martine, in the county
+of Chateauguay, on October 4, 1871, a son of François and
+Sophie (Perras) Gagnier, both deceased. The doctor received his
+classical education at Ste. Thérèse and St. Hyacinthe Seminaries
+and graduated in medicine from Laval University in 1895. He
+pursued special studies in Paris and has ever since continued
+to attend clinics in that and other European cities. Capable,
+earnest and conscientious, he has not<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_559" id="Page_559">[559]</a></span> only a reputation for
+ability but enjoys the utmost confidence of his patients, to
+whom he is more than a doctor, as they see in him their best and
+truest friend. He is physician for a number of French and English
+mutual associations and president of the Medical Board of Union
+St. Pierre of Montreal.</p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 351px;">
+<img src="images/image557.jpg" width="351" height="500" alt="DR. LEGLEUS A. GAGNIER" />
+<p class="caption">DR. LEGLEUS A. GAGNIER</p>
+</div>
+
+<p>On September 28, 1897, Dr. Gagnier was united in marriage to Miss
+Delia Collerette, a daughter of O. Collerette, and they have the
+following children, Yvonne, Légléus Adolphe, Gaston, Gabrielle,
+Marie Régine, Germaine and Paul Emile.</p>
+
+<p>The religious faith of Dr. Gagnier is that of the Roman Catholic
+church. For many years he was a conservative in politics but of
+late has allied himself with the nationalist movement, a party
+which in scope of progressiveness stands foremost of the three
+political organizations of the Dominion and has for its intention
+the improvement of general conditions not only political and
+governmental but also sociological. In the material growth of
+Montreal Dr. Gagnier is interested as a director of the Greater
+Montreal Land Investment Company, Limited. He has an interesting
+military record to his credit and has been in command of the
+Sixty-fourth Regiment of Chateauguay and Beauharnois for three
+or four years and since January 23, 1901, he has been on the
+officers reserve as lieutenant colonel. His deep love for mankind
+finds expression in his public-spirited actions, and he is never
+called upon in vain to give his support to any enterprise which
+will benefit the people of his city or country. Careful of his
+own interests, he is more minutely careful of those of others
+and influenced at all times by the thought of the broader effect
+which his work has upon his community, exemplifying in his
+conduct the lofty ideals of his nation and of a noble calling. He
+honors his profession by paying it honor and by his adherence to
+the solid virtues and enlightened principles underlying it.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_C10" id="Idx_C10"></a>GEORGE STEPHEN CANTLIE.</h3>
+
+<p>A native of Montreal, George Stephen Cantlie was born May 2,
+1867, a son of James Alexander and Eleanor Simpson (Stephen)
+Cantlie. The father is a prominent merchant of Montreal and a son
+of the late Francis Cantlie, a native of Mortlach, Banffshire,
+Scotland, who married Mary Stuart. James Alexander Cantlie was
+born June 5, 1836, and married in May, 1866, the second daughter
+of the late William Stephen, of Montreal. J. A. Cantlie came to
+Canada in 1863. He was for years head of the well known wholesale
+dry-goods house of J. A. Cantlie & Company, which was founded
+in 1868. He is connected with a number of important commercial
+enterprises and is one of the foremost men in business circles in
+Montreal.</p>
+
+<p>George S. Cantlie received private tuition and attended the
+Montreal high school and McGill University in the acquirement
+of an education. In 1885 he entered the service of the Canadian
+Pacific Railway as clerk in the audit department. He became
+consecutively clerk in the comptroller’s office, chief clerk to
+the assistant general manager, to the assistant president and
+to the vice president. He was then made general baggage agent,
+general stationary agent and superintendent<a class="pagenum" name="Page_560" id="Page_560">[560]</a> of car service.
+Since November, 1908, Mr. Cantlie has been at the head of the car
+service as general superintendent.</p>
+
+<p>Colonel Cantlie has for a number of years been connected with
+the volunteer service. He has been lieutenant colonel in command
+of the Fifth Regiment, Royal Highlanders of Canada, since May
+11, 1905. He commanded this regiment at the Quebec Tercentenary
+celebration in 1908 and at the Lake Champlain celebration at
+Plattsburg, New York, in 1909, when he received high commendation
+from President Taft on the splendid appearance of his men. In
+1908 he was awarded the long service decoration.</p>
+
+<p>In November, 1896, Mr. Cantlie was married to Miss Beatrice
+Campbell, a daughter of the late W. D. Campbell, queen’s notary,
+of Quebec. Mr. and Mrs. Cantlie make their home at No. 502
+Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal. He is a member of the Mount
+Royal, St. James, Montreal Hunt, Forest and Stream, Back River
+Polo, Auto and Montreal Jockey Clubs. He also is enrolled in the
+York Club of Toronto and is a member of the Montreal Amateur
+Athletic Association.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_L22" id="Idx_L22"></a>CHARLES LYMAN.</h3>
+
+<p>One of the best known men in his line of business in Canada was
+the late Charles Lyman, wholesale druggist, who died November
+17, 1909, after a successful business career of nearly two
+score years, all of which was spent in his native city. He was
+born in Montreal, April 3, 1849, a son of Benjamin Lyman and
+Delia A. Wells. These parents, both natives of the state of
+Vermont, whose ancestry in the United States dated back almost
+to the landing of the Mayflower, might account for the strong
+interest in the affairs of that country which was one of the
+pronounced characteristics of Mr. Lyman. He was educated in the
+Montreal high school, the Hopkins grammar school of New Haven,
+Connecticut, and Yale University, from which he graduated in the
+class of 1871.</p>
+
+<p>In his senior year at college he was elected a member of the
+Scroll and Key Society, then as now one of the most coveted
+distinctions outside of the purely academic sphere. He always
+retained a very absorbing interest in the affairs of Yale,
+returning almost annually to his class reunions.</p>
+
+<p>After leaving college he entered his father’s business, Lyman,
+Clare & Company, in which he shortly became a partner. This
+business in 1879 was styled Lyman, Sons & Company, under which
+name it was known until 1908, becoming incorporated then as
+Lymans, Limited.</p>
+
+<p>In 1887 Mr. Lyman together with James W. Knox and F. Gold
+Lyman established the business of Lyman, Knox & Company, which
+continued under this style until in 1906 it became part of the
+National Drug & Chemical Company, Limited, of which corporation
+Charles Lyman was secretary from its inception until he retired
+from business in 1908. Mr. Lyman was of a studious disposition,
+and his chief interest was perhaps centered in his family life.
+He was known for his broad culture and was a close follower of
+the public affairs of both the United States and Canada. Together
+with the late Goldwin<a class="pagenum" name="Page_561" id="Page_561">[561]</a> Smith he was a firm believer in the
+eventual unity of political interest of these countries.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Lyman was married October 1, 1874, at Stelton, New Jersey,
+to Kate Dean, daughter of the late Henry Dean of New York, who
+survives him, together with their three children: C. Philip Lyman
+and Frank D. Lyman, both of Montreal; and Ruth Delia, the wife of
+William G. MacNaughton of Port Edwards, Wisconsin.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Lyman was a member of The University Club, of which he
+was one of the founders and The Montreal Amateur Athletic
+Association. He was a member of the American Presbyterian
+church, the corner stone of the present edifice having been laid
+by his father, Benjamin Lyman. The higher, better elements of
+life always made strong appeal to him, and the principles which
+governed his conduct make his example as a man and citizen one
+well worthy of emulation.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_O5" id="Idx_O5"></a>FREDERIC ORR-LEWIS.</h3>
+
+<p>Frederic Orr-Lewis was born at Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. He is
+the second son of the late William Thomas Lewis and Mary (Graham)
+Lewis, and a grandson of the late William Lewis, sheriff of
+Glamorganshire, Wales. The father was a shipowner in Canadian
+Inland Lakes. William Thomas Lewis came to Canada from Swansea,
+Wales, in 1852, locating at Hamilton. He became a prominent
+figure on the inland lakes between Chicago and Kingston and was
+a large shipowner. He retired from active business in 1890 and
+moved to Montreal, where he departed this life in 1908. For more
+than two decades he had survived his wife, who passed away in
+1886.</p>
+
+<p>Frederic Orr-Lewis was educated in Kingston, Ontario, and on
+leaving school went with J. Muckleston & Company, wholesale
+hardware merchants of the same city. He resigned from that
+position to establish his own business in Kingston in 1888 and
+removed the establishment to Montreal in 1889, associated with
+his brothers James Graham Lewis and Thomas Graham Lewis. The firm
+was then Lewis Brothers, which was later formed into the limited
+liability company of Lewis Brothers, Limited, of which he is
+still the president. From the beginning their trade has extended
+to such an extent that they now occupy the entire eight-story
+building which covers Nos. 20 to 42 inclusive on Bleury Street,
+Montreal, with sales offices in Ottawa, Toronto and other western
+cities. They have been recognized as one of the leading hardware
+establishments of the Dominion.</p>
+
+<p>Frederic Orr-Lewis is also a director of the Merchants’ Bank of
+Canada and director of the Montreal Cotton Company and president
+of Canadian Vickers, Limited, which is associated with the
+English firm of Vickers, Sons & Maxim. In 1903 he was elected
+to the presidency of the Dominion Wholesale Hardware Merchants’
+Association.</p>
+
+<p>On the 18th of June, 1896, at Christ church, Montreal, was
+celebrated the marriage of F. Orr-Lewis and Maude Mary Helen
+Booth, daughter of William Booth of London, Ontario. They now
+have three children, a son and two daughters,<a class="pagenum" name="Page_562" id="Page_562">[562]</a> John Duncan, Helen
+Merryday and Mary-Graham. The religious faith of the family is
+that of the Presbyterian church, Mr. and Mrs. Orr-Lewis holding
+membership therein.</p>
+
+<p>He is widely and popularly known in club circles, holding
+membership in the leading organizations of that character in
+Montreal, including the St. James, Canada, Forest and Stream,
+Montreal Hunt, Montreal Jockey, Mount Royal, Montreal Royal Golf
+and Royal St. Lawrence Yacht Clubs. He is likewise a member
+of the Rideau Club of Ottawa, Ontario; and the Canada, the
+Wellington and Junior Carlton Clubs of London, England.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_A7" id="Idx_A7"></a>EUGENE-REAL ANGERS.</h3>
+
+<p>Eugène-Réal Angers, a well known barrister and solicitor in
+Montreal, was born in that city, October 1, 1883, a son of Réal
+and Joséphine (Trudel) Angers, and a grandson of François-Réal
+Angers, K. C., one of the leaders of the Quebec bar. The father,
+Réal Angers, was born in Quebec and for many years was a member
+of the wholesale hardware firm of Frothingham & Workman in
+Montreal. He died December 22, 1901, and his widow passed away
+in 1908. They were the parents of two sons and a daughter:
+Eugène-R.; Charles, who is with Frothingham & Workman, Limited,
+of Montreal; and Joséphine, the wife of Robert La Roque de
+Roquebrune, of Beloeil, Quebec.</p>
+
+<p>Eugène-Réal Angers was educated in Montreal, winning the Bachelor
+of Arts degree upon the completion of a classical course in St.
+Mary’s College. He was graduated from Laval University with the
+degree of LL. L. in June, 1907. In July of that year he was
+admitted to the bar at Quebec and soon after formed a partnership
+for the practice of law in Montreal with Ernest Guimont under the
+firm name of Guimont & Angers. A year later the senior partner
+removed to St. Hyacinthe and Mr. Angers entered into other
+partnership relations, leading to the adoption of the firm style
+of Brosseau, Brosseau, Tansey & Angers. In September, 1913, he
+joined with Howard Salter Ross, K. C., in forming the law firm
+of Ross & Angers. They now have offices in the Transportation
+building, where they care for the interests of a growing
+clientele. Broad reading and study have constantly augmented Mr.
+Angers’ ability to handle complex and intricate problems of law,
+and he is becoming recognized as one of the ablest of the younger
+representatives of the Montreal bar.</p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 350px;">
+<img src="images/image563.jpg" width="350" height="500" alt="EUGENE-REAL ANGERS" />
+<p class="caption">EUGENE-REAL ANGERS</p>
+</div>
+
+<p>On the 15th of September, 1909, Mr. Angers was married to
+Germaine Tousignant and they have one son, Pierre.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_H18" id="Idx_H18"></a>REV. THOMAS F. HEFFERNAN.</h3>
+
+<p>Rev. Thomas F. Heffernan is now in the sixth year of his able
+service as pastor of St. Thomas Aquinas’ church in Montreal, a
+parish which he has built up through his energy, zeal and well
+directed enterprise into one of the most popular and well managed
+in the city. He was born December 22, 1869,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_565" id="Page_565">[565]</a></span> on Colborne
+Street, in St. Anne’s parish, Montreal, a son of the late Thomas
+and Ellen (Murray) Heffernan. In his infancy the parents moved
+to the east end of the city, where the father purchased several
+properties, some of these on Craig, Lagauchetiere and Dorion
+Streets.</p>
+
+<p>As a child Father Heffernan attended St. Bridget’s school,
+taught by the Christian Brothers, and when he was twelve years
+of age he entered St. Mary’s College. After one year and a half
+he enrolled in St. Lawrence College, conducted by the Fathers
+of the Holy Cross. Here success attended his efforts and in due
+time he became professor. He afterward took a four years’ course
+in the Grand Seminary and was ordained to the Roman Catholic
+priesthood December 22, 1894, when he was twenty-five years of
+age. His first appointment was with the Rev. William O’Meara,
+pastor of St. Gabriel’s, with whom he remained for three years.
+At the end of that time, at the request of His Grace Archbishop
+Bruchesi he was appointed in September, 1898, professor extreme
+at Montreal College and did excellent work in this field for
+two years. Resigning at the end of that time, he was appointed
+assistant to Rev. J. E. Donnelly, pastor of St. Anthony’s, and he
+retained this connection for eight years, severing it in order to
+accept the appointment to the newly-founded parish of St. Thomas
+Aquinas. This was established for the English-speaking people
+of the west end who were living within the district bounded on
+the east by Atwater Avenue, on the west by the middle of Cote
+St. Paul Road, on the south by the canal and on the north by the
+Canadian Pacific Railroad track. There were about three hundred
+families; about one hundred residing between Atwater and Rose
+de Lima Streets, who belonged to St. Anthony’s parish; and two
+hundred attached to St. Henry’s. For a number of years previous
+there had been dissatisfaction among the St. Henry’s portion
+inasmuch as it was difficult for the Rev. Canon Decary to meet
+their needs satisfactorily. Accordingly a new parish was formed
+and placed in charge of Father Heffernan, who has since made St.
+Thomas Aquinas one of the most important Catholic congregations
+in the diocese. He has accomplished during the period of his
+incumbency a great deal of remarkable work. He had no money and
+he required fifteen thousand dollars to pay for the ground. He
+secured thirty thousand dollars from the Travelers Insurance
+Company and fifteen thousand dollars from Molson’s Bank and
+erected a thirty-five thousand dollar building now used as a
+church. The structure is two stories in height and so constructed
+that an additional two stories may be added if necessary. Father
+Heffernan also erected an attractive residence and has now a
+property valued at one hundred and fifty thousand dollars and a
+debt of only thirty thousand dollars. During the year of 1914 he
+is to build a new church of Florentine style of architecture,
+on Convent Street. When asked to explain how this work was
+accomplished Father Heffernan said: “God has visited his people
+and this people received him. My people work from conviction,
+illumined by the light of faith. I have no sick, no infirm, no
+needy. Health, wealth and blessings are ours. But you must leave
+here. Never, until they sing my Mass of Requiem. I attribute the
+whole success to the prayers of the children and to the good work
+of my Reverend assistant, Father Polan.”</p>
+
+<p>Father Heffernan gives all of his time and attention to the
+affairs of his parish, working zealously and conscientiously in
+the promotion of the spiritual<a class="pagenum" name="Page_566" id="Page_566">[566]</a> and material interests of his
+congregation. He has indeed accomplished a wonderful work at St.
+Thomas Aquinas and has the love of his people in large measure
+as well as the high regard and warm confidence of people of all
+denominations.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_B46" id="Idx_B46"></a>THOMAS BUSBY.</h3>
+
+<p>Thomas Busby, an old time Montreal merchant and in his day well
+known in connection with the retail hardware trade, was born in
+Montreal, a grandson of Thomas Busby, who was the founder of the
+family in Canada.</p>
+
+<p>This first Thomas Busby came from Ireland and had charge of
+landscape gardening for the Baroness of Longueuil. He became a
+man of considerable property for those days. His daughter married
+Dr. Digby of Brantford, Ontario, and their daughter became the
+wife of Dr. Henwood of Brantford. Thomas Busby had a son Thomas,
+who married Mary Lacasse, and they were the parents of Thomas
+Busby of this review.</p>
+
+<p>Thomas Busby, the third, was educated in the schools of Montreal
+and when a young man began to learn the hardware business in this
+city. He later lived for a few years in what was then called
+Upper Canada but in 1857 returned to Montreal and established
+himself in the hardware business, which he successfully conducted
+until his death, which occurred April 20, 1862.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Busby was married in Montreal in June, 1853, to Miss E. C.
+Greene, a daughter of Thomas J. Greene, who came to this city
+in early life from Saratoga, New York. He was a furrier and was
+for years at the head of the firm of Thomas Greene & Son, while
+later the sons continued the business under the style of Greene
+& Sons. Mr. and Mrs. Busby became the parents of four children,
+but the only one now living is Fred Busby, a resident of Denver,
+Colorado. Mrs. Busby still makes her home in Montreal, where she
+has now resided for more than six decades, witnessing therefore
+much of the development and modern progress of the city, and she
+is one of the highly esteemed of Montreal’s older residents.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_M29" id="Idx_M29"></a>GEORGES MAYRAND.</h3>
+
+<p>Through individual effort and ability Georges Mayrand has
+attained to a position of prominence as a representative of the
+notarial profession in Montreal, being now senior partner in the
+firm of Mayrand, Loranger, Ecrement & Melancon. A native of Port
+Neuf county, he was born at Grondines, on the 21st of August,
+1876, and was educated under Jesuit instruction, attending St.
+Mary’s College of Montreal and afterward Laval University, in
+which he pursued the study of law, winning his B. L. degree on
+the completion of his law course in 1900. Having determined
+to concentrate his energies upon practice as a notary public,
+he opened an office in Montreal in September following his
+graduation and has created and developed an important business
+at No. 99 St. James Street. He has been joined<a class="pagenum" name="Page_567" id="Page_567">[567]</a> by others as his
+clientage has grown until he is now head of the firm of Mayrand,
+Loranger, Ecrement & Melancon. He has also taken an active and
+helpful part in promoting the growth and progress of the city and
+is associated with several land companies, including the Greater
+Montreal Land Company, the Summerlea Realty Company and the Sault
+au Recollet Island Company. He has become thoroughly conversant
+with property values, readily recognizes a possible rise or
+diminution in realty prices and accordingly makes his investments
+so that he has secured good returns from his property holdings.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Mayrand’s public service has also included prompt and
+faithful discharge of the duties of alderman, he being elected
+to that position from the Delorimier ward and his efficiency was
+rewarded by reelection in April, 1914. He has likewise filled
+the office of school commissioner and coming prominently before
+the public in these positions has made an excellent record,
+creditable to himself and satisfactory to his supporters. In
+politics he is a liberal and in addition to the local offices he
+has filled he is representing Dorion county in the provincial
+legislature. He is now vice president and secretary of the
+Club Delorimier, is a member of the National Amateur Athletic
+Association and takes an exceedingly active interest in outdoor
+sports. He is a typical man of the times, alert and energetic
+in action, progressive in purpose and thoroughly alive to the
+opportunities which are presented for business advancement and
+public improvement.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_M9" id="Idx_M9"></a>REV. GERALD FRANCIS JOSEPH McSHANE.</h3>
+
+<p>The Roman Catholic church numbers among its most distinguished
+representatives in Canada Rev. Gerald Francis Joseph McShane,
+pastor of St. Patrick’s church in Montreal and one of the best
+known lecturers and preachers in this province. He has been
+identified with religious activity in this city since 1900 and
+has since that time accomplished a great deal of constructive
+work here, his lectures, his eloquent preaching, his organizing
+and administrative activities constituting forces in the later
+development in Montreal of the doctrines in which he believes.</p>
+
+<p>He was born in this city, December 5, 1872, and is a son of
+Michael and Margaret (Loftus) McShane, of Irish origin. In the
+acquirement of an education he attended Belmont school, the
+Archbishop’s Academy and Montreal College and later the Grand
+Seminary in that city, supplementing this by a four years’ course
+of study in Paris and Rome, receiving in the latter city degrees
+in philosophy and divinity. In 1896 he joined the Sulpician Order
+of this city and the same year left to complete his studies
+at St. Sulpice in Paris. In 1897 he was ordained priest, and
+three years later, in 1900, returned to Canada as curate of St.
+Patrick’s church, Montreal. For three years he did able work
+in that capacity and was then transferred to Notre Dame church
+in this city, where his sermons delivered in both French and
+English attracted much attention, they first bringing him into
+prominence as an orator. He has since that time become one of the
+most eloquent and widely known speakers in the city and is in
+great demand for lectures, sermons or orations of any kind. Since
+December, 1907,<a class="pagenum" name="Page_568" id="Page_568">[568]</a> he has been pastor of St. Patrick’s church in
+Montreal and his address at his inaugural was regarded as more
+than an ordinary piece of tact and eloquence. Since that time
+he has carried forward a great deal of earnest and consecrated
+work in the management of his parish, which, being an important
+one, requires at its head a man of wide attainments, broad
+knowledge and discriminating business ability—qualities which
+Father McShane possesses in an unusual degree. He has been one
+of the greatest individual forces in the development of Catholic
+institutions in Montreal, having founded the Columbian Club, a
+social organization for Catholic students of McGill University.
+He is also a director and trustee of St. Patrick’s Orphanage. His
+congregation is one of the largest and most important in Montreal
+and its prestige is continually increasing as Father McShane’s
+ability as a pastor, a business man, an organizer and an orator
+becomes more widely recognized.</p>
+
+<p>One of the city’s most brilliant, sincere and earnest Christian
+gentlemen, he occupies an enviable place in the regard of
+his parishioners and, indeed, of all who know him. The late
+Judge Curran, speaking of him, called him “a man of scholarly
+attainments, of fine tastes, of patriotic impulses and of
+considerable gifts as a speaker,” and this opinion is almost
+uniformly held throughout Montreal, where Father McShane has
+always made his home.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_R7" id="Idx_R7"></a>THIBAUDEAU RINFRET, K. C.</h3>
+
+<p>Thibaudeau Rinfret, a prominent and successful advocate of
+Montreal, brought to the outset of his career certain rare gifts,
+a strong individuality, laudable ambition and the indefatigable
+energy without which success and honors are seldom won by
+representatives of the bar. His advancement has been continuous
+and his energies have been largely concentrated upon his
+professional duties.</p>
+
+<p>He was born in Montreal June 22, 1879, a son of F. O. R. and
+Alvina R. (Pominville) Rinfret, the former an advocate of
+Montreal, while the latter was a daughter of the late F. P.
+Pominville, Q. C., and a law partner of the late Sir G. E.
+Cartier, baronet. Having attended St. Mary’s (Jesuit) College,
+from which he was graduated on completion of the arts course with
+the B. A. degree in 1897, Mr. Rinfret afterward entered McGill
+University and won his B. C. L. degree in 1900. He was created
+king’s counsel in 1912, a fact indicative of the success which he
+has achieved in his law practice. He entered upon the active work
+of the profession in 1901 and successfully followed law practice
+at St. Jerome in partnership with Hon. Jean Prevost until 1910.
+Upon the appointment of Charles Archer, K. C., to the bench he
+joined the firm headed by J. L. Perron, K. C. The firm is now
+Perron, Taschereau, Rinfret, Genest, Billette & Plimsoll, and
+Mr. Rinfret has been connected with it since 1910. He carefully
+prepares his cases and is seldom at fault in the application
+of a legal principle, while his analytical ability enables him
+to readily understand the relation of cause and effect. Since
+1902 he has been attorney for County Terrebonne for the inland
+revenue department, and he contested Terrebonne in the liberal
+interests at the federal general election of 1908 against the
+Hon. W. B. Nantel, now minister of inland revenue. Though his<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_571" id="Page_571">[571]</a></span>
+party was in the minority, he failed to secure the seat by only
+seventy-nine votes. Mr. Rinfret has rendered valuable service to
+the liberal party of whose principles he is a strong supporter.</p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 331px;">
+<img src="images/image569.jpg" width="331" height="500" alt="THIBAUDEAU RINFRET" />
+<p class="caption">THIBAUDEAU RINFRET</p>
+</div>
+
+<p>The zeal with which he has devoted his energies to his
+profession, the careful regard evinced for the interests of his
+clients and an unrelaxing attention to all the details of his
+cases, have won him an enviable and well merited reputation.
+His acquaintance is wide, and he has a host of friends whose
+high regard he has gained through his professional ability,
+his deference to the opinions of others, his genial manner and
+unfailing courtesy.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Rinfret was married to Miss Georgine Rolland, a daughter
+of J. B. Rolland, of Montreal, where they make their home. Mr.
+Rinfret holds membership in the Catholic church.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_D23" id="Idx_D23"></a>CLARENCE I. DE SOLA.</h3>
+
+<p>The great industrial undertakings which have led to the
+substantial development and upbuilding of Canada have found a
+prominent representative in Clarence I. de Sola, today regarded
+as one of the foremost men engaged in public works and in
+shipbuilding in Canada. Moreover, he is prominent in the consular
+service and is a recognized leader in various movements for the
+improvement of the economic condition of the Hebrew people, some
+of his work in that direction being of world-wide significance.
+Montreal numbers him among her worthy and honored native sons,
+his birth having occurred here on the 15th of August, 1858. He is
+a member of an ancient and illustrious Jewish family that long
+resided in Spain, where it produced many distinguished men. He
+is the third son of the late Rev. Abraham de Sola, LL. D., who
+was one of the most eminent and scholarly exponents of orthodox
+Judaism in America and an author of international repute.</p>
+
+<p>Liberal educational opportunities were accorded the subject of
+this sketch, and his life has been one of steadily expanding and
+increasing usefulness. Step by step he has advanced in business
+connections, and in 1887 he was made managing director of the
+Comptoir Belgo-Canadien, a syndicate of the leading Belgian
+manufacturers of steel and other structural material and builders
+of bridges, railroads and canal locks. The syndicate includes the
+famous Cockerill Works, of Seraing, employing eighteen thousand
+hands. His duties and responsibilities in this direction are most
+important. He secured and executed contracts in the building of
+the Soulanges and Trent canals, in re-laying large portions of
+the track of the Inter-Colonial Railway and the Prince Edward
+Island Railway, and in the construction of many of our largest
+public bridges. He was associated with the engineers Lafontaine
+and Lemoine in the construction of the Brock Street tunnel. It
+was largely due to his efforts that hydraulic lift locks were
+first used in American or Canadian canals.</p>
+
+<p>It was in recognition of the ability he had shown in developing
+commercial relations between Belgium and Canada that Mr. de Sola
+was appointed, in 1904, vice consul for Belgium at Montreal, and
+his work in helping to negotiate the arrangement between the
+Belgian and Canadian governments, whereby the benefits<a class="pagenum" name="Page_572" id="Page_572">[572]</a> of the
+intermediate Canadian customs tariff was secured for Belgian
+manufacturers, was rewarded by his advancement, in 1911 to the
+full rank of consul.</p>
+
+<p>Extensive as have been Mr. de Sola’s efforts in connection with
+Belgian trade, he has also employed his energies in other fields,
+for he is the managing director of the Canadian office of Swan,
+Hunter and Wigham Richardson, Ltd., the great shipbuilders
+of Wallsend-on-Tyne, and he has undertaken and executed many
+contracts for the building of a large number of ships for traffic
+on the Canadian Great Lakes, the River St. Lawrence and the
+Atlantic oceans, amounting in all to quite a large fleet. The
+Canadian government has also had several ships built for its
+service by contracts awarded to Mr. de Sola, including some very
+fine vessels for hydrographic survey work, that have made their
+way through the ice-bound waters of Hudson’s Bay in dangerous
+seasons. The first ship ever seen in American waters, or that
+ever crossed the Atlantic ocean propelled by oil combustion
+engines, was built by Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson for Mr.
+de Sola as consignee. It was the ship Toiler, and it was run by
+Mr. de Sola on the St. Lawrence and lake route until sold by
+him to James Playfair. An improvement on the Toiler, the ship
+Calgary, was built during the following year and these were the
+first Diesel oil combustion engined vessels to run in Canadian
+waters.</p>
+
+<p>Clarence de Sola is a director of the Reid-Donald Steamship
+Company, of which he is the Canadian manager, and he is also a
+director of the Farrar Transportation Company.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. de Sola has become widely known as a leading factor in the
+world-embracing Zionist Movement, for the settlement in Palestine
+of the persecuted Jews emigrating from Russia and other eastern
+European countries and for the restoration of the Holy Land as
+the national home of the Hebrew race. He was for a long period on
+the Actions Committee, which is the supreme governing council of
+the Zionist Movement, and for many years has been president of
+the Federation of Zionist Societies of Canada. This federation
+is a huge organization having branch societies in about sixty
+different cities and towns throughout the Dominion, and is the
+most representative Jewish body in Canada. It was through his
+initiative and foresight that the Zionists of Canada, at their
+eleventh convention, established a special fund for purchasing
+land in Palestine on which to settle Jewish colonists and two
+Jewish colonies in the Holy Land owe their existence entirely to
+this measure. The Canadian Century has aptly styled him “the head
+and shoulders of the Zionist Movement in Canada.” He has also
+figured prominently in the Zionist International Congresses.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. de Sola is a recognized authority on Jewish history, more
+especially the early records of the Jews of this country, to
+which he has given years of research. A number of his articles
+on this subject have appeared in print. He is an honorary
+corresponding member of the American-Jewish Historical Society
+and member of the Anglo-Jewish Historical Society. When Funk
+& Wagnalls published the Jewish Encyclopedia Mr. de Sola was
+selected to be one of the writers of the articles on Jewish
+history and his contributions are to be found in most of the
+twelve volumes. One of his most salient characteristics is his
+loyalty to any cause which he espouses. Men have learned to know
+that what he promises he will do, that what he undertakes he will
+execute, and to all his work he brings the correct principles
+of business; accomplishing with dispatch, with accuracy and
+decision<a class="pagenum" name="Page_573" id="Page_573">[573]</a> that which he sets out to do. He does not confine his
+efforts to institutions for the benefit of those of his own
+race. In fact his work has always been broad and nonsectarian in
+character and any call for humanity’s sake has met with ready
+response from him. He is a governor of the Montreal General
+Hospital and an officer of numerous philanthropic societies. He
+is the presiding warden (Parnas) of the Corporation of Spanish
+and Portuguese Jews of Montreal, the handsome design of whose
+synagogue building is due to the architectural taste of Mr. de
+Sola, a taste which also made itself felt in the striking beauty
+and individuality of his own home.</p>
+
+<p>In 1901 Mr. de Sola was married to Miss Belle Maud Goldsmith,
+daughter of Leopold Goldsmith, a prominent citizen of Cleveland,
+Ohio. She completed a collegiate course with the Bachelor of
+Arts degree, and is an active officer of various organizations,
+including among nonsectarian ones the Victorian Order of Nurses,
+the Royal Edward Institute, the Needlework Guild and many others.
+Among Jewish societies she is founder of the Daughters of Zion in
+Canada and of the Women’s League for Cultural Work in Palestine.
+She also was one of those who organized the Friendly League of
+Jewish Women, of which she was the first president. She has
+written several absorbingly interesting literary articles, among
+them being “The Higher Education of Women,” “The Origin of the
+French Salon,” and “The Jew—Imaginary and Real.”</p>
+
+<p>Mr. and Mrs. Clarence de Sola’s home, on Pine Avenue, is one
+of the most beautiful in Montreal. It is a splendid example of
+Saracenic architecture, such as is seen in southern Spain. In
+both its general outlines and in its rich ornamental details
+it is an exquisite specimen of the highest form of Andalusian
+art. It is a home that is additionally attractive by reason of a
+gracious and cordial hospitality.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_G9" id="Idx_G9"></a>EDOUARD GOHIER.</h3>
+
+<p>There is probably no other line of business that is equal as a
+factor in a city’s growth and development to the real-estate
+business when conducted by men who are reliable and who aim to
+develop only properties of merit and value. Included among such
+men in Montreal is Edouard Gohier, senior member of Edouard
+Gohier & Company. Mr. Gohier has been connected with a number of
+the largest high-class suburban property deals that have taken
+place around Montreal in recent years. His long experience in
+that line of business, as well as his straightforward business
+methods, has secured for him a high position in real-estate and
+financial circles.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Gohier comes from one of the oldest families in the
+province of Quebec and was born April 29, 1861, at St. Martin,
+Laval county, his parents being Benjamin and Celina (Crevier)
+Gohier. Mr. Gohier’s early life was spent on a farm, but when
+about twenty-two years old he entered business circles in
+connection with the dry-goods trade at St. Laurent and was thus
+engaged about seven years. He then turned his attention to
+the real-estate business in that town and Cartierville, later
+opening an office in Montreal. For sixteen years he served as
+mayor of St. Laurent and has always taken a deep interest in
+public affairs in that town.<a class="pagenum" name="Page_574" id="Page_574">[574]</a> Among the larger deals negotiated
+by Edouard Gohier & Company of late years have been La Cie des
+Boulevards de l’Ile de Montreal and the sale to the Canadian
+Northern Land Company of the land for the Model City, a suburb
+of Montreal, transactions that have been profitable to the
+principals and valuable acquisitions to the city. Mr. Gohier is
+managing director of the Northmount Land Company as well as one
+of the original promoters of the company. His connection with
+public interests has been of value in various lines and always
+marked by the same careful consideration given his own business
+affairs. He is a director of Notre Dame Hospital and of Le
+Devoir, while in March, 1914, he was appointed by the federal
+government as a member of the Georgian Bay Canal Commission. In
+political matters he is a supporter of the conservative party,
+while his religious faith is that of the Roman Catholic church.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Gohier married at St. Laurent Phomela Gosselin, a daughter of
+Narcise Gosselin, and to them have been born thirteen children,
+eight of whom are living. Horace, a graduate of St. Lawrence
+College, later attended Notre Dame University of South Bend,
+Indiana. Aside from his connection with the firm of Edouard
+Gohier & Company he is a member of the firm of Gohier & Bigras,
+who handle city properties, Laval on the Lake and the properties
+of the Montreal Extension Land Company. He is likewise a director
+of the Montreal Turnpike Trust. Politically he is a conservative
+and is an alderman of the town of St. Laurent. His wife bore
+the maiden name of Rosa Jasmin. The other children of Edouard
+and Phomela (Gosselin) Gohier are as follows: Joseph, a farmer
+of St. Laurent, who married Alice Valois; Ernest, a graduate of
+McGill University, who married Berthe Mont Briant of Montreal
+and who is a civil engineer and a partner of F. C. Laberge of
+Montreal; Edouard, a graduate of St. Lawrence College, who has
+taken post-graduate work in Notre Dame University at South Bend,
+Indiana, and is now a lumber merchant of St. Laurent; Amanda, who
+married J. Bruno Nantel; Yvonne; Lorette; and Leo.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Gohier has always resided in St. Laurent, while his summer
+home is in Cartierville. Among his individual holdings of real
+estate in St. Laurent is a valuable stock farm of five hundred
+acres. He is a successful business man whose career has been
+marked by honorable methods and whose progressive ideas in
+educational and civic matters have long since caused him to be
+numbered among the valued and respected citizens of his town.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_E7" id="Idx_E7"></a>JOSEPH EMERY-CODERRE.</h3>
+
+<p>Joseph Emery-Coderre, a well known notary of Montreal, was born
+April 14, 1880, at Ste. Anne de Stukely, in Shefford county,
+Quebec, and is descended from an old family of St. Antoine on the
+Richelieu river. He is a grandnephew of Dr. J. Emery-Coderre, who
+was a professor at Victoria and Laval Universities in Montreal.</p>
+
+<p>J. Emery-Coderre, father of him whose name introduces this
+review, removed to Indian Orchard, Massachusetts, 1882 and to
+Woonsocket, Rhode Island, in 1886 and there the son was educated
+in the parochial school, while from 1892 until 1897 he attended
+the Brothers of Mary school at Waterloo, Quebec, and<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_577" id="Page_577">[577]</a></span> from
+September, 1897, to January, 1898, the Seminary of St. Hyacinthe.
+In April, 1898, he returned to Woonsocket, Rhode Island, and
+for two years was employed in the Globe Cotton Mills, old Braid
+Shop, and by the American Wringer Company. In 1900 he left the
+mills to continue his education at the Séminaire of St. Marie de
+Monnoir at Marieville, Quebec, remaining there for six years. In
+1906 he won his Bachelor of Arts degree from Laval University
+and during the ensuing two years he clerked in the office of
+Boisseau & Bazinet, notaries at St. Hyacinthe, Quebec. During the
+succeeding two years he studied at Laval University and clerked
+in the office of Biron & Savignac, notaries. Thus alternating
+business activity with the acquirement of an education, he
+at length reached a position that enabled him to pass the
+examination before the board of notaries on the 10th of July,
+1910. Immediately afterward he became a member of the firm of
+Biron & Savignac, notaries, with offices at 99 St. James Street,
+Montreal, the said firm having now another member and being known
+as Biron, Savignac, Coderre & Poirier.</p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 347px;">
+<img src="images/image575.jpg" width="347" height="500" alt="JOSEPH EMERY-CODERRE" />
+<p class="caption">JOSEPH EMERY-CODERRE</p>
+</div>
+
+<p>J. Emery-Coderre is secretary and treasurer of the corporation
+of Montreal East and is a member of the Montreal East Land
+Company. At the same time the firm with which he is connected is
+accorded an extensive clientage, and thus his professional and
+business interests are important. He has made wise use of time,
+talents and opportunities, and his ability has advanced him to an
+enviable position.</p>
+
+<p>On the 12th of October, 1910, J. Emery-Coderre was married at
+St. Hyacinthe to Bertha Tetrault, a daughter of François Xavier
+Tetrault, and they have become parents of two children, François
+Xavier and Maurice. J. Emery-Coderre is a member of the Club
+Champetre Canadien. A young man, he has won popularity in both
+professional and social circles, and he now has a wide and
+favorable acquaintance in Montreal.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_F7" id="Idx_F7"></a>HON. COLONEL SIR RODOLPHE FORGET, M. P.</h3>
+
+<p>“One of the most powerful men in financial circles in Canada; he
+can make and unmake and has seldom been beaten in a financial
+battle.” Thus wrote the Canadian Courier concerning one of the
+foremost French-Canadian citizens of Montreal—Colonel Joseph
+David Rodolphe Forget, better known as Sir Rodolphe Forget,
+banker, broker and legislator. He was born at Terrebonne,
+Province of Quebec, December 10, 1861, and while spending his
+youthful days in the home of his parents, David and Angele
+(Limoges) Forget, he attended Masson College. In early manhood he
+established a home of his own through his marriage in October,
+1885, to Mlle. Alexandra Tourville. Subsequent to her death he
+was married, in April, 1894, to Miss Blanche, youngest daughter
+of the late A. R. McDonold, a stock broker of Quebec. Lady Forget
+is prominent in charitable and benevolent circles, being a
+director of the Montreal Day Nursery and the Notre Dame Hospital,
+while in 1909 she was elected vice president of the Women’s
+Canadian Club.</p>
+
+<p>Sir Rodolphe Forget’s active connection with financial affairs
+began in 1890, when he joined the Montreal Stock Exchange,
+of which he was chosen chairman<a class="pagenum" name="Page_578" id="Page_578">[578]</a> in 1908, continuing in that
+position until 1911, when he resigned. He was for a time
+connected with the business of L. J. Forget & Company, the
+senior partner being the late Hon. L. J. Forget. In 1909 a
+branch house was established in Paris and as banker and broker
+Sir Rodolphe Forget has attained prominence equal to that which
+has come to him in connection with public affairs. Many of the
+extensive and important corporation interests of Canada have
+been quickened and stimulated through his cooperation, while
+his sound judgment has constituted a controlling force in their
+management. He is president of the Quebec and Saguenay Railway,
+the Quebec Railway Light, Heat & Power Company; vice president
+of the Montreal Light, Heat & Power Company; and director of the
+Toronto Railway Company, the Quebec Gas Company, the Sterling
+Coal Company, Limited, the Canadian General Electric Company, and
+the St. Lawrence Flour Mills Company. He was formerly president
+of the Richelieu & Ontario Navigation Company, the Eastern Canada
+Steel & Iron Works, Limited, the Royal Electric Company, and
+the Mount Royal Assurance Company; and vice president of the
+Canadian Securities Corporation and La Société d’Administration
+Générale; and director of the Duluth Street Railway Company,
+the Montreal-London Securities Corporation, the Black Lake
+Consolidated Asbestos Company, the Union Brewery Company,
+the Murray-Bay Lumber & Pulp Company, the City Central Real
+Estate Company, the Montreal Smelting & Reduction Company, the
+Prudential Trust Company, the Wayagamack Pulp & Paper Company,
+the Crown Life Insurance Company, the Canada Marconi Wireless
+Telegraph Company, the Payne Consolidated Mining Company, La
+Banque Provinciale and Le Journal. In 1911 he founded La Banque
+Internationale du Canada. He was rated as a millionaire by the
+Montreal Star in 1907, which in itself is a testimonial of his
+power as a financier. In 1911 he headed the navigation merger. He
+has also been connected with the Canada Car Foundry Company, the
+Industrial Development Company, the Butte Central Copper Company,
+and the Montmorency Cotton Mills Company. All these indicate
+something of the wonderful scope of his business interests and
+activity and yet by no means give a complete record of his
+interest and his efforts, which have been equally strong forces
+in the control, development and upbuilding of organizations
+having to do with the public welfare. In 1911 he made a gift
+of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars to the Notre Dame
+Hospital, of which he is a director. He is also president of
+the Province of Quebec Rifle Association, and he was appointed
+honorary lieutenant colonel of the Sixty-fifth Carabiniers,
+“Mount Royal” of Montreal in 1907, and was promoted to honorary
+colonel in March, 1914. He is a director of the Canadian National
+Bureau of Breeding and is a life governor of the Antiquarian
+and Numismatic Society. He was vice president of Credit Foncier
+Franco-Canadien. He has been a member of the executive committee
+of the Canadian Handicrafts Guild of Montreal, holding the office
+in 1908.</p>
+
+<p>In politics an independent-conservative, Sir Rodolphe Forget
+has sat for Charlevoix in the house of commons since 1904. In
+1911 he was elected for Charlevoix and Montmorency—said to be
+the first occasion in the history of the Dominion in which a
+member in opposition was elected for two constituencies. He was
+offered a portfolio when Premier Borden formed his cabinet, but
+declined. He believes in a direct contribution from Canada for
+the imperial navy<a class="pagenum" name="Page_579" id="Page_579">[579]</a> and opposed the Taft-Fielding reciprocity
+pact. His religious faith is that of the Roman Catholic church.
+In club circles he is well known as a member of the Mount Royal,
+the St. James, Club Lafontaine, Club Canadien, Club St. Denis,
+Canada, Montreal, Montreal Jockey, Montreal Hunt, Canadian,
+Forest and Stream, Montreal Curling, Montreal Military Institute,
+Royal Montreal Golf, Royal St. Lawrence Yacht Clubs, of Montreal,
+and the Garrison Club of Quebec, in many of which he has held
+official positions. He has been termed “the young Napoleon of St.
+François Xavier Street.” He has manifested Napoleonic powers in
+other connections and his strength, power and resource have given
+him the position of honor and distinction which he now occupies.
+His residence is at No. 71 Ontario Avenue, and his summer home is
+“Gil Mont,” St. Irenee les Bains, Quebec.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_B39" id="Idx_B39"></a>FITZ-JAMES E. BROWNE.</h3>
+
+<p>One of the best known citizens of Montreal whose reputation in
+business is international is Fitz-James E. Browne, president of
+the famous and highly successful firm known as “The House of
+Browne, Limited,” real-estate experts, auctioneers, architects
+and fire insurance agents. He was born in Montreal on the 22d of
+September, 1871, a son of the late John James and Agnes Dunlop
+(Hay) Browne, and comes of Irish and Scotch ancestry. He acquired
+his early education at the McTavish school and afterward attended
+Lincoln College at Sorel, province of Quebec.</p>
+
+<p>After leaving school Mr. Browne became associated in the
+architectural profession with his father and soon after the
+death of the latter, in 1893, Fitz-James E. Browne engaged in
+the real-estate business, continuing the firm name of John
+James Browne until 1894, when the present title of “The House
+of Browne, Limited” was assumed, and no real-estate firm in the
+Dominion is as widely known. <a name="Err_53" id="Err_53"></a>Mr. Browne’s advertising measures
+are both progressive and aggressive as well as unique. He has
+been a pioneer in methods that others attempt to imitate. As
+a real-estate auctioneer it is doubtful if he has an equal.
+He has officiated at the biggest sales on record in Canada
+and holds the proud honor of having sold the highest priced
+property per foot in Montreal. He possesses a comprehensive and
+accurate knowledge of values as well as a thorough and practical
+understanding of all the intricacies of the real-estate business
+in the city, and his upright business methods have won him the
+esteem and confidence of all. His knowledge of architecture from
+both the scientific and practical standpoint is broad, and as a
+real-estate expert he stands in the front rank. He is frequently
+called upon to address meetings of real-estate dealers and
+deliver lectures upon real-estate selling in both Canada and the
+United States.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Browne was married in August, 1896, to Miss Sarsie Geraldine
+Nagle of Montreal. Her tragic death, resulting from injuries
+sustained in being struck by a tram car, occurred on November 15,
+1913. She is survived by two sons: John James Ethelbert and Henry
+Shewbridge Bashford.</p>
+
+<p>Like the majority of progressive business men of the day, Mr.
+Browne keeps well informed on leading questions and issues, but
+does not seek nor desire the<a class="pagenum" name="Page_580" id="Page_580">[580]</a> honors and emoluments of office,
+preferring to concentrate his attention upon his business
+affairs. In his younger days he devoted much time to amateur
+sport, in which he still retains deep interest. As a member
+of the Montreal Amateur Athletic Association he was foremost
+in opposition to the introduction of professionalism into the
+organization. He was a prime factor in the organization of the
+St. Patrick’s Amateur Athletic Association and has since been its
+leading spirit. Mr. Browne is a very public-spirited man and any
+movement for the advancement of the city, province or Dominion
+finds in him a most hearty supporter.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_B31" id="Idx_B31"></a>PAUL BRISSET DES NOS.</h3>
+
+<p>Prominent in real-estate circles of Montreal is Paul Brisset
+des Nos, whose activities in that field have had an important
+bearing upon the growth of the city. He has successfully handled
+important deals and has been connected with some of the largest
+transactions consummated in real estate. At present he is manager
+of the L’Alliance Immobilière, Incorporated, which he established
+in 1912 and which is capitalized at one hundred thousand dollars.
+He is among the successful Parisians who have selected Montreal
+as their field of labor, and yet he often visits the land of his
+birth. Having had all the advantages of an excellent education,
+he understands mankind and judges conditions correctly, and these
+features are largely the corner stone of his success. He was born
+in Paris, November 17, 1873, and comes of a distinguished family,
+his father being André Brisset des Nos, for many years manager
+for La Foncière, Paris, and his mother Clémentine Hébert de la
+Rousselière.</p>
+
+<p>Paul Brisset des Nos enjoyed the advantages of a classical
+course, attending the College of the Jesuits in his native city,
+located at the rue de Madrid, and also the school of the same
+order at the rue Bleury at Montreal. He made his first step into
+the business world as partner of his father, who was engaged in
+the wholesale wine and liquor business at 23 Gosford Street,
+Montreal, the business being conducted under the name of André
+Brisset & Fils. He was connected with this firm for six years but
+in 1906 he opened a real-estate office. For about seven years he
+was located at Pointe-aux-Trembles but subsequently gave much
+of his time to two tracts of land which he had acquired in the
+district of the Rivière des Prairies, which he subdivided into
+eighteen hundred lots, all of which have been disposed of today.
+Among other enterprises he was concerned in the building of
+four butter factories near Montreal. In 1912 he established and
+incorporated the L’Alliance Immobilière, with a capital of one
+hundred thousand dollars, and has since been manager thereof. He
+is a number of the Montreal Real Estate Exchange.</p>
+
+<p>On the 11th of February, 1901, at Montreal, Mr. Brisset des Nos
+was united in marriage to Miss Yvonne Lareau, a daughter of the
+late Edmond Lareau, deputy of Rouville. Mr. and Mrs. Brisset des
+Nos have the following children: Paul, ten years of age; Aliette,
+aged eight; Yves six; and Madeleine, three.</p>
+
+<p>It is conceded on all sides that realty activities largely
+contribute to the growth of a community and in that way Mr.
+Brisset des Nos has participated in<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_583" id="Page_583">[583]</a></span> the development and
+commercial expansion of Montreal. He is public-spirited and takes
+a deep interest in any forward movement promoted in the cause
+of the general welfare. Although he has been connected with
+real-estate transactions for a comparatively short time, he has
+made his influence felt in that field to such an extent that his
+opinions and advice are often sought by investors. L’Alliance
+Immobilière, founded upon a solid basis, may well look toward a
+prosperous future under the able management of Mr. Brisset des
+Nos, whose wide experience and sound judgment are among the most
+important assets of the corporation.</p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 330px;">
+<img src="images/image581.jpg" width="330" height="500" alt="PAUL BRISSET DES NOS" />
+<p class="caption">PAUL BRISSET DES NOS</p>
+</div>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_G16" id="Idx_G16"></a>HON. SIR LOMER GOUIN.</h3>
+
+<p>Hon. Sir Lomer Gouin, a distinguished representative of the
+Montreal bar and a statesman whose grasp of affairs has made him
+largely master of situations affecting government interests, was
+born at Grondines, P. Q., March 19, 1861, a son of Dr. J. N.
+and Victorie Seraphine (Fugere) Gouin. The family has long been
+established in this province. Sir Lomer Gouin in the attainment
+of his education attended successfully Sorel College, Levis
+College and the Laval University. He won his LL. B. degree in
+1884 and in 1902 the honorary degree of LL. D. was conferred upon
+him while McGill also created him an LL. D. in 1911. He pursued
+his law studies under the direction of the late Sir John Abbot
+and the late Hon. R. Laflamme, two of the most eminent members
+of the bar of Montreal. Passing the required examinations, Sir
+Lomer Gouin was admitted to practice as an advocate in 1884, and
+his advancement in his profession has brought him to a position
+of leadership at the provincial bar. He was at one time a law
+partner of Judge Pagnuelo and afterward of the late Hon. H.
+Mercier. His knowledge of the law is comprehensive and exact and
+in the application of its principles he has proven himself one of
+the ablest representatives of the bar in Montreal. He was elected
+batonnier-general of the provincial bar in 1910, was appointed
+an officer of de l’Institut Public of France in 1902 and also
+of the Legion of Honor in 1907. Aside from his profession, he
+is known in financial circles as a director of the Royal Trust
+Company, of the Montreal City and District Savings Bank and of
+the Mount Royal Assurance Company. The Venerable Archdeacon Kerr
+characterized him as “a straightforward business man,” and in all
+his career he has never deviated from high standards of manhood
+and citizenship.</p>
+
+<p>In 1908 he was knighted by King George at the Quebec Tercentenary
+celebration. His public service has been of an important
+character and is of wide scope, and in 1898 he was appointed
+a member of the council of public instruction, P. Q., and in
+1910 was elected president of the North American Fish and Game
+Protective Association. He has likewise been president of the
+Canadian Camp. In 1900 he was chosen an alderman of Montreal
+and exercises his official prerogatives in support of various
+measures for the general good. Mr. Gouin is a liberal in
+politics and for some years has been active in the party. He
+unsuccessfully contested Richelieu for the House of Commons at
+the general election in 1891, and he sat for Montreal, St. James
+division, in the local house in 1897-1908.<a class="pagenum" name="Page_584" id="Page_584">[584]</a> Since then he has
+sat for Port Neuf. He is regarded as an administrator of breadth
+of view, great knowledge and ability and unimpeachable probity.
+From 1900 until 1904 Sir Lomer Gouin was commissioner of public
+works under the Parent administration, and since March 23, 1905,
+has been premier and attorney-general for the province of Quebec.
+An eminent statesmen has characterized him as “the greatest
+prime minister the province has ever known.” His comprehensive
+knowledge of the law and his ready grasp of affairs, combined
+with his unfaltering loyalty to the best interests of government,
+classes him with the most prominent Canadian statesmen. In 1906
+he was chairman of the Ottawa Inter-Provincial Conference and
+was a delegate thereto in 1910. He has edited a special edition
+of the Quebec Municipal Code, and he seems familiar with all
+the various phases of the important municipal, provincial and
+national problems which are now engaging public attention.</p>
+
+<p>Sir Lomer Gouin was married in May, 1888, to Miss Eliza Mercier,
+a daughter of the late Hon. Honore Mercier, prime minister
+of Quebec. Lady Gouin passed away in September, 1904, and in
+September, 1911, he wedded Alice, daughter of the late Auguste
+Amos of Montreal. Sir Lomer Gouin was present by invitation at
+the coronation of King George and Queen Mary in Westminster Abbey
+in June, 1911. He is well known in club circles as a member of
+the Garrison Club of Quebec; the Club St. Denis, the Montreal
+Reform Club, and the Mount Royal Club of Montreal. His religious
+affiliation is with the Roman Catholic church.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_O2" id="Idx_O2"></a>ISAAC GOUVERNEUR OGDEN.</h3>
+
+<p>The enterprise which has brought the western world to a par
+with the old world in all that touches business activity and
+progress finds exemplification in the life record of Isaac
+Gouverneur Ogden, now vice president of the Canadian Pacific
+Railway Company. It would be a partial view, however, if one
+were to consider his life record only from the standpoint of
+business advancement, as his labors have been directed with equal
+efficiency along lines which touch the general interests of
+society or have their root in a broad humanitarian spirit.</p>
+
+<p>Born across the border, Mr. Ogden is a native of New York, the
+date of his birth being October 10, 1844. His parents were
+Isaac Gouverneur and Elizabeth Katherine (Williamson) Ogden,
+representatives of old and distinguished families of the Empire
+state. His education was acquired in local public schools, while
+his early business training came to him in a mercantile house
+in his native state where he secured employment in 1860. He
+early recognized the eternal principle that industry wins, and
+industry became the beacon light of his life. He turned from
+merchandising to banking, entering the house of Fisk & Hatch
+with which he remained until March, 1871, when he made his
+initial step in railway service as paymaster and accountant for
+the Chicago & Pacific Railway Company. The duties of the dual
+position were promptly and capably discharged until 1876, when he
+was made auditor, serving in that capacity for five years under a
+receiver.</p>
+
+<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_585" id="Page_585">[585]</a></p>
+
+<p>In 1881 he became auditor for the western division of the
+Canadian Pacific Railway Company, was advanced to the position of
+auditor for the Canadian Pacific in 1883 and so remained until
+1887. For fourteen years thereafter he was comptroller for the
+Canadian Pacific and since December, 1901 has been vice president
+of the most important railway that crosses the Dominion. Long
+experience has made him familiar with various phases of railway
+operation and management, and thus he came well equipped to
+his present position, ready for administrative direction and
+executive control.</p>
+
+<p>In early manhood Mr. Ogden wedded Miss Julia M. Baker and they
+reside at No. 457 Mackay Street. Home and business interests,
+however, by no means comprise the extent of his activities which
+reach out into the fields of religious and philanthropic work and
+also prominently into club life. He is an Anglican, is president
+of the Montreal College of Homeopathic Physicians and Surgeons;
+and is a life governor of the Montreal Homeopathic Hospital. In
+1901 he was elected president of the Association of American
+Railway Accounting Officers and in 1905 was a delegate to the
+International Railway Congress. He brings to bear upon public
+questions the same keen discrimination and sound judgment that
+have characterized his activities in railway circles. His social
+nature finds expression in his membership in the St. James, Mount
+Royal, Forest and Stream, Royal St. Lawrence Yacht and Montreal
+Hunt Clubs of Montreal; the Lotus and Transportation Clubs of New
+York, and the Manitoba Club of Winnipeg.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_C1" id="Idx_C1"></a>CHARLES HAZLITT CAHAN.</h3>
+
+<p>It cannot be denied that members of the bar have been more
+prominent actors in public affairs than any other class of the
+community. This is but the natural result of causes which are
+manifest and require no explanation. The ability and training
+which qualify one to practice law also qualify him in many
+respects for duties which lie outside the strict path of his
+profession and which touch the general interests of society.
+Holding marked precedence among the members of the bar and
+recognized also as an influential factor in political circles,
+Charles Hazlitt Cahan is a well known and honored resident of
+Montreal. He comes of a family of Irish origin and was born at
+Hebron, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, October 31, 1861, his parents
+being the late Charles and Theresa Cahan, of Yarmouth. He
+supplemented his early educational training by study at Yarmouth
+Seminary and in Dalhousie University, winning his Bachelor of
+Arts degree in 1886 and Bachelor of Laws degree in 1890. He began
+practice as a barrister of Nova Scotia in 1893 and was created
+king’s counsellor there in 1907. In the same year he entered
+upon the practice of law in the province of Quebec and was made
+king’s counsellor in this province in 1909. While a resident of
+Halifax he was a member of the law firm of Harris, Henry & Cahan
+but since 1909 has been in practice in Montreal. He has always
+specialized in corporation law, in which department he has had
+wide and varied experience in North and South America and in
+Europe.</p>
+
+<p>There was an interval between the completion of his course and
+his active connection with the bar in which he devoted his time
+and energies to journalistic<a class="pagenum" name="Page_586" id="Page_586">[586]</a> interests, being connected with the
+Halifax Evening Mail and Herald, resigning, however, to devote
+his attention to law and politics in 1894, and he has made for
+himself a prominent name and position in the latter as well as
+in the former connection. He contested Shelburne, Nova Scotia,
+in the conservative interest and following the election sat in
+the Nova Scotia legislature from 1890 until 1894, during which
+period he was the recognized leader of the opposition. In 1896 he
+unsuccessfully contested Shelburne and Queen’s for the house of
+commons, and also Cumberland at the general election in 1900. He
+declined a nomination for the St. Lawrence division of Montreal
+at the general election of 1911, and he also refused political
+honors when he decided not to accept the portfolio offered him
+in the Dominion cabinet in 1896. Public activity has ever been
+with him a matter of public duty, as he has ever placed the
+general good before partisanship or self-aggrandizement. He was
+for several years honorary secretary of the Halifax branch of
+the Imperial Federation League and honorary secretary of the
+Liberal-Conservative Association in Nova Scotia. With all the
+duties that have been imposed upon him in his political and
+professional connections, he has found time and opportunity
+to cooperate in the management of various successful business
+corporations and interests. He is now the president of the
+Western Canada Power Company and of the Corporation Agencies,
+Ltd., and a director of several other important financial and
+industrial companies. He has closely studied vital public
+problems, and he took a decided stand against the Taft-Fielding
+reciprocity compact, against which he delivered various addresses
+during the political campaign of 1911. He has been termed a
+courageous, ready and powerful speaker. He presents his arguments
+with clearness and force, and their logic is convincing.</p>
+
+<p>On March 1, 1887, Mr. Cahan was united in marriage to Mrs. Mary
+J. Hetherington of Halifax, Nova Scotia, and they now reside at
+No. 740 University Street, Montreal, with a summer residence at
+“Belmont,” Halifax, Nova Scotia. Mr. Cahan’s club relationship
+is with the Mount Royal and Montreal Clubs, Montreal; the
+Halifax Club, Halifax; and the Jockey Club of Mexico. He filled
+the presidency of the Dalhousie University Alumni Association
+in 1893-4. One of the elements of his success is found in his
+ability to entirely concentrate his thought and efforts upon the
+question or work in hand and then turn with equal enthusiasm and
+capability to his next duty or undertaking. The trend of his mind
+is analytical, logical and inductive, and as a corporation lawyer
+he stands among the foremost representatives of the profession in
+Montreal.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_B11" id="Idx_B11"></a>LEANDRE BELANGER.</h3>
+
+<p>Leandre Bélanger, for forty years or more one of the most
+prominent notaries of the province of Quebec, was born March 29,
+1848, at St. François de Sales, Laval county. His father, Leandre
+Bélanger, was a carriage maker by trade and married Marie Nadon.
+His grandfather, François Bélanger, was a farmer of Laval county.</p>
+
+<p>In his native village Leandre Bélanger, Jr., spent his boyhood
+and was educated at Terrebonne College. For five years he studied
+law in the office of<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_589" id="Page_589">[589]</a></span> Melasippe Prevost in Terrebonne and on
+the 11th of June, 1871, was commissioned a licensed notary in
+Quebec. For a year thereafter he engaged in practice at St.
+François de Sales, but, seeking a more extensive field, he
+located in Montreal on the 1st of May, 1872, and in this city
+soon built up a large and lucrative practice. Until 1909 he was
+alone in practice, but in that year formed a partnership with his
+son Adrien under the name of Bélanger & Bélanger, with offices at
+No. 30 St. James Street. For twenty-five years Mr. Bélanger has
+been a member of the board of notaries of the province of Quebec
+and for three years served as president of that board. For eight
+years he was president of the Montreal Association of Notaries
+and his contemporaries in the profession accord him a high
+position in their ranks. He has been a member of the Antiquarian
+and Numismatic Society for many years, and he is also a member of
+the Chambre de Commerce.</p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 351px;">
+<img src="images/image587.jpg" width="351" height="500" alt="LEANDRE BELANGER" />
+<p class="caption">LEANDRE BELANGER</p>
+</div>
+
+<p>Mr. Bélanger is a member of the Catholic church and of L’Union
+Catholique and has served as a director and vice president of the
+latter. In politics he has ever remained independent. In 1870
+he was married at St. François de Sales, to Claire Viger, and
+they became parents of two children: Joseph, a resident of St.
+Hyacinthe; and Maria, the wife of Dr. Archambault, of Fall River,
+Massachusetts. In 1879 Mr. Bélanger was married, in Montreal,
+to Miss Laura Viau and they have seven children: Leandre, an
+electrician in Montreal; Adrien, who is in partnership with his
+father; Armand; Laura; Evelina; Antoinette; and Alice. The family
+home is on St. Catherine road in Outremont.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_L19" id="Idx_L19"></a>HON. LOUIS ONESIME LORANGER.</h3>
+
+<p>Hon. Louis Onesime Loranger, whose name is prominently associated
+with the history of Montreal’s judiciary, retired from the bench
+in May, 1910, but has never ceased to feel a deep interest in
+his profession or in the great and vital problems which are most
+closely connected with the welfare and progress of the country.</p>
+
+<p>He was born at Yamachiche in the province of Quebec on the
+7th of April, 1837, a son of the late Joseph and Marie Louise
+(Dugal) Loranger. In the acquirement of his education he attended
+Montreal College and St. Mary’s College, the latter a Jesuit
+school of Montreal, and in preparation for the bar, having
+determined to make the practice of law his life work, he began
+a thorough course of reading and on the 3d of May, 1858, was
+admitted to practice at Montreal. He then joined his brothers,
+Hon. T. J. I. Loranger, late judge of the superior court and
+the late J. M. Loranger, K. C. They acquired an extensive
+practice and, in fact, were accorded a large share of the most
+important law work in the city during the greater part of <a name="Err_54" id="Err_54"></a>the
+later half of the nineteenth century. Mr. Louis O. Loranger was
+created a king’s counsel by the Marquis of Lorne in 1881 and
+the honorary degree of LL. D. was conferred upon him by Laval
+University in 1901. He continued in the active profession of law
+until appointed judge of the superior court for the district of
+Montreal in 1882, and remained upon the bench for twenty-seven
+years, or until May, 1910, when he entered into the enjoyment of
+a full pension.</p>
+
+<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_590" id="Page_590">[590]</a></p>
+
+<p>Judge Loranger’s public service aside from his connection with
+the judiciary has been extensive and of an important character.
+He was alderman of Montreal from 1868 until 1879, covering
+a period of eleven years, and he sat for Laval in the local
+legislature for a period of seven years, or from 1875 until 1882.
+He was attorney general in the Chapleau administration from 1879
+until 1882. It was upon his retirement from that position that he
+was made puisne judge, continuing upon the bench for twenty-seven
+years thereafter. His public service also covers incumbency in
+the office of president of the St. Jean Baptiste Society in
+1895-6. In 1906 he was elected governor of Laval University and
+the same year was made president of Notre Dame Hospital.</p>
+
+<p>Judge Loranger was twice married. In 1867 he married Marie Anne
+Rosalie Lafranboise, a daughter of the late Hon. Mr. Justice
+Lafranboise. To them were born seven children: Louise, the
+deceased wife of Henry Masson; Louis J., a prominent advocate of
+Montreal, whose sketch appears elsewhere in this volume; Adele,
+now Mrs. H. Prefontaine; Caroline, now Mrs. Hubert Desjardins;
+Joseph, a well known advocate of Montreal; Maurice, a well known
+attorney of this city; and Rosalie, now Mrs. Emile Chaput, of
+Montreal. The mother of these children died in May, 1883, and
+Judge Loranger was again married in May, 1888, his second wife
+being Mrs. Antonette (Valois) Verin, a daughter of the late S.
+Valois.</p>
+
+<p>Hon. L. O. Loranger is a communicant of the Roman Catholic
+church. He belongs to Club Lafontaine and is an advocate to
+conservative principles. He enjoys high reputation as a lawyer
+and as a debater and still takes an exceedingly active interest
+in political affairs. He has long since passed the Psalmist’s
+span of three score years and ten, having now reached the age of
+seventy-seven, but in spirit and interest seems yet in his prime.
+Old age need not necessarily suggest inactivity; on the contrary,
+there is an old age which grows stronger and better mentally and
+morally as the years go by and gives out of the rich store of
+its experience for the benefit of others. Such is the record of
+Hon. Louis Onesime Loranger, whose opinions carry weight in many
+councils and are always worthy of an interested hearing.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_C13" id="Idx_C13"></a>EDOUARD O. CHAMPAGNE.</h3>
+
+<p>Edouard O. Champagne, superintendent of the department of boiler
+inspection for the city of Montreal, has been connected with
+that department of the city government for thirty-five years,
+during which time he has established a reputation for capability
+and efficiency in his line that is probably unsurpassed on the
+continent. Thoroughly progressive and up-to-date, he has kept
+fully abreast of the advancement made in all lines of manufacture
+and usage affecting his department.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Champagne comes from one of the old and prominent families
+of the province, a family whose members for nearly two hundred
+and fifty years have been identified with provincial history and
+have been regarded as of the highest type of French-Canadian
+citizenship. Edouard O. Champagne was born at Sorel, Quebec,
+in 1848. His education was acquired at the Christian Brothers
+College,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_593" id="Page_593">[593]</a></span> where he excelled in mechanical drawing and civil
+engineering and also at the John Allan Model and Classical school
+of Sorel. He served his apprenticeship as a machinist in the St.
+Lawrence engine works, after which he was for fourteen years
+employed on steamboats on the Ottawa and St. Lawrence rivers and
+Lakes Champlain, Erie and Ontario in his professional capacity.</p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 340px;">
+<img src="images/image591.jpg" width="340" height="500" alt="EDOUARD O. CHAMPAGNE" />
+<p class="caption">EDOUARD O. CHAMPAGNE</p>
+</div>
+
+<p>His splendid record as an engineer of various boats induced the
+harbor commissioners of Montreal to engage him to run the St.
+Peter, their best boat, which was never outdistanced during
+the four years in which he was in charge. In 1872 he obtained
+a first class certificate from the federal government as a
+mechanical engineer, being the first French-Canadian to whom
+was accorded that distinction. In 1879 he was appointed boiler
+inspector for the city of Montreal by a council, the majority of
+whose members were English-speaking. His experience has enabled
+him to solve many of the difficult and intricate problems that
+arise in connection with the operation of engines, pumps, steam
+plants, elevators and water and gas plants. In a word, he has
+expert scientific knowledge and practical mechanical ability and
+is splendidly qualified for the onerous and important duties
+which devolve upon him in this connection. As an example of his
+capability, as well as the value of his services to the city,
+mention might be made of the heating apparatus of the public
+baths. In July, 1913, when the question of heating water for the
+public baths was being considered by the city officials, various
+types of expensive and complicated apparatus were shown and
+inspected. The expense of installation, as well as that of fuel
+and maintenance, represented a large sum if any of those systems
+had been adopted. Mr. Champagne had given the matter some thought
+and, with a system of entirely his own planning, offered to
+install an efficient and economical apparatus for that purpose.
+How well he succeeded may be inferred from the fact that at an
+expense of ten dollars he secured the same result, in less than
+one-half the time, that a system costing ten thousand dollars
+would have accomplished. Three such equipments were supplied by
+him, representing a first cost saving of thirty thousand dollars
+to the city. Being in the city’s employ, he waived all claims
+to remuneration as an inventor. The city’s requirements in the
+future will call for a number of such installations, each one of
+which will mean a saving of an additional ten thousand dollars.</p>
+
+<p>At their annual meeting in 1880 the various members of the
+Association of Boiler Inspectors of the United States and Canada
+were invited to submit designs from which the organization’s
+official seal was to be selected. Mr. Champagne, through illness
+in his family, was unable to attend this meeting. However, he
+submitted the design he had planned, and it was adopted. This has
+ever since been in use as the official seal of the association.
+The first impression made from the seal, together with a small
+photogravure of the original drawing, were sent to Mr. Champagne
+by the officials. The design of the seal is unique and highly
+appropriate, containing accurate drawings of sixteen dangerous
+types of boilers which form its circular border. Mr. Champagne
+has frequently been called upon as an expert in determining
+causes of boiler explosions, and in matters generally pertaining
+to his line of business there are few, if any, better posted men
+in the Dominion.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Champagne is also a noted marksman and one of the best
+snapshots in the Dominion. He came into permanent possession
+of several challenge cups<a class="pagenum" name="Page_594" id="Page_594">[594]</a> as evidence of his skill. Few men
+would probably display more modesty over achievements of equal
+importance and significance than he has done.</p>
+
+<p>In 1895 he came into public notice through his heroism at the
+Longue Pointe Asylum fire, when he and Chief Benoit saved the
+lives of over ninety inmates. It is characteristic of him that he
+never considers himself in the presence of imminent danger, and
+his faithfulness and fidelity in public service have won him the
+confidence and high regard of all who know aught of his career.
+As a citizen he represents the best of the French-Canadian type,
+has reared an excellent family and, with them, is highly esteemed
+and respected.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_C20" id="Idx_C20"></a>HON. FRANCOIS XAVIER CHOQUET.</h3>
+
+<p>Hon. François Xavier Choquet, judge of the juvenile court,
+Montreal, since January 2, 1912, is uniformly recognized as an
+eminent legist and jurist, as well as an able member of the
+judiciary. He occupied for many years a position of distinction
+at the Montreal bar, where his name figured in connection with
+the court records of some of the most prominent cases heard in
+the province.</p>
+
+<p>Judge Choquet was born on the 8th of January, 1851, at Varennes,
+in the province of Quebec. His father, Jean Baptiste Choquet, was
+a farmer at Varennes and descended from one of the oldest French
+families in the province, while the mother of Judge Choquet,
+Adeline Provost, a daughter of Amable Provost, also belonged to
+an old and honorable family.</p>
+
+<p>The Choquet family has been identified with the history of the
+province since 1665, the founders, who originally belonged to
+Picardie, France, settling in Canada in that year.</p>
+
+<p>Judge Choquet added to the fundamental principles of education
+the knowledge acquired in attendance at L’Assomption College, the
+Montreal Seminary and McGill University, being graduated from the
+last named in 1874 with the B. C. L. degree, having determined
+to make the practice of law his life work. In the meantime he
+had studied law under Sir La Jette and Senator Beique, in the
+firm of Jette & Beique, and after being called to the bar on the
+10th of January, 1875, he began the practice of his profession
+in Montreal as a partner of his former law preceptors, being
+admitted to the firm of Jette & Beique, where he remained about
+four years. Subsequently he practiced alone for six years, during
+which time he acquired a clientele that was not surpassed by any
+of his contemporaries. He afterwards became partner in the firm
+of Mercier, Beausoleil & Choquet, so continuing from 1884 until
+1892, when the senior partner, the late Hon. Honore Mercier,
+withdrew, and the firm style of Beausoleil & Choquet was adopted.
+Judge Choquet was created a king’s counsellor by the Earl of
+Aberdeen on March 7, 1893.</p>
+
+<p>Many important duties have devolved upon him, either in the
+direct or indirect path of his profession. He was a royal
+commissioner to revise the charter of Montreal in September,
+1897, and was appointed judge of the session of the peace, police
+magistrate, and license commissioner of Montreal on the 27th of
+December, 1898. He was also appointed an extradition commissioner
+under the extradition act, July 20, 1901. In more strictly
+professional lines his service as<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_597" id="Page_597">[597]</a></span> a member of the council
+of the Montreal bar continued from 1894 until 1897, and he was
+appointed a delegate to the general council of the bar of the
+province of Quebec.</p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 323px;">
+<img src="images/image595.jpg" width="323" height="500" alt="HON. FRANCOIS X. CHOQUET" />
+<p class="caption">HON. FRANCOIS X. CHOQUET</p>
+</div>
+
+<p>He has been a continuous student of his profession, constantly
+broadening his knowledge by reading, study, research and
+investigation until today his opinions are largely accepted as
+authority concerning any vital legal problems.</p>
+
+<p>In the course of his professional career, Judge Choquet
+successfully handled many important railway and municipal cases.
+He made a special study of the law relating to transportation
+matters and also the laws governing municipal affairs, while on
+the law of elections, the Montreal Herald has referred to him as
+“the highest authority of the province.”</p>
+
+<p>In June, 1884, Judge Choquet was married to Miss Marie
+Caroline Barry, a daughter of John E. Barry, of Saguenay and
+Trois Pistoles. Both Judge and Mrs. Choquet are prominently
+connected with the Montreal Children’s Aid Society, of which
+he was president for some time, while Mrs. Choquet has been
+vice president. He is also president of the Cooperative Funeral
+Expense Society. Their religious faith is that of the Roman
+Catholic church, and Mrs. Choquet was granted an audience by the
+pope in 1906. Judge Choquet is vice president of the Shawinigan
+Fishing Club, holds membership also with the Engineers and
+Winchester Clubs, and has been president of the latter for ten
+years. He resides at No. 814 Dorchester Street, West, Montreal,
+through the winter seasons and has a summer home at Rigaud, P. Q.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_T2" id="Idx_T2"></a>HON. LOUIS TELLIER.</h3>
+
+<p>On the list of representatives of the judiciary of Montreal
+appears the name of Hon. Louis Tellier, puisne judge of the
+superior court of the province of Quebec. A native of Berthier,
+Quebec, he was born on the 25th of December, 1844, a son of
+Zephirin Tellier of Ste. Melanie d’Aillebout and Luce Ferland,
+the latter a daughter of V. Prisque Ferland. After attending
+Joliette College Louis Tellier was called to the bar in 1866,
+and thus for almost half a century he has been a representative
+of the legal profession in the province. For a number of years
+he held the office of deputy prothonotary of the superior court,
+also deputy clerk of the circuit court and deputy clerk of the
+peace and of the crown for the district of St. Hyacinthe. He had
+studied law under the late Mr. Baby, who became a justice of the
+court of queen’s bench in the province of Quebec, and afterward
+under Mr. Chagnon, who became a judge of the superior court for
+the province of Quebec in the district of Iberville, and had come
+to the bar well equipped for the honors and responsible duties
+of the profession. His ability was early manifest in the manner
+in which he prepared and conducted his cases, and in 1873 he was
+appointed crown prosecutor for the district of St. Hyacinthe. He
+also became a recognized leader in political as well as in legal
+circles, and in 1878 he was elected to the house of commons for
+the St. Hyacinthe riding at the general election and sat for
+that district until 1882. He was appointed queen’s counsel in
+1882 by the Marquis of Lorne. He resumed the practice of law and
+was raised to the bench as puisne judge of the superior court
+of the province<a class="pagenum" name="Page_598" id="Page_598">[598]</a> of Quebec by the Marquis of Lansdowne on the
+12th of November, 1887. He was appointed for the district of
+St. Hyacinthe, succeeding Justice Sicotte, but in 1903 he was
+removed to the district of Montreal, where he now presides. His
+decisions on the bench are models of judicial soundness, showing
+a comprehensive grasp of the law with ability to accurately apply
+its principles.</p>
+
+<p>On the 26th of May, 1868, Judge Tellier married Hermine, daughter
+of the late Dr. A. Malhiot. She died in 1878, and on the 18th
+of July, 1882, Judge Tellier married Elzire Hamel, daughter of
+Joseph A. Hamel, collector of customs in St. Hyacinthe division.
+Her death occurred October 6, 1906. On the 26th of January,
+1914, the Judge married Mrs. Jules Richard whose maiden name was
+Regina Royer and who was the widow of Jules Richard, advocate,
+practicing his profession at Sherbrooke in the district of St.
+Francis. Judge Tellier has three sons and five daughters.</p>
+
+<p>He is an administrator of Laval University and is a member of the
+Catholic church. His mind is naturally analytical, logical and
+inductive, and his clear reasoning finds expression in judicial
+opinions from which colleagues and contemporaries seldom take
+exception.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_E5" id="Idx_E5"></a>HENRY JOHNSTONE ELLIOTT.</h3>
+
+<p>Henry Johnstone Elliott, senior member of the law firm of Elliott
+& David, has been a lifelong resident of Montreal, and is a son
+of the late Hugh Elliott. He received his early education in
+the schools of his native city and pursued his preparation for
+the bar at McGill University, from which he was graduated B.
+C. L. in 1898. The same year he began practice as an advocate,
+and ten years’ successful work as a representative of the legal
+profession won him position among the king’s counselors, being
+created such in 1908. He understands thoroughly the necessity for
+careful preparation before presenting his cause in the courts,
+and in the trial of cases it is seen that his knowledge of the
+law is exact and comprehensive, while in the application of legal
+principles he is seldom if ever at fault.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Elliott finds enjoyment in golf, and interest and recreation
+in various outdoor sports, exercises and athletics. He belongs
+to the Beaconsfield Golf Club, Outremont Golf Club, Montreal
+Athletic Association, the Engineers Club and the Temple Club, all
+of Montreal. His religious belief is that of the Anglican church
+and he has been a delegate to the synod.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_C8" id="Idx_C8"></a>REV. MALCOLM A. CAMPBELL.</h3>
+
+<p>Rev. Malcolm A. Campbell, pastor of the First Presbyterian
+church of Montreal and known in that city as a man of superior
+attainments and of active religious zeal, was born in Bruce
+county, Ontario, October 10, 1875. He acquired his education in
+high school at <a name="Err_4" id="Err_4"></a>Port Elain, in his native province, and later
+attended the Collegiate Institute at Owen Sound. He supplemented
+this by a<a class="pagenum" name="Page_599" id="Page_599">[599]</a> course in McGill University and in the Presbyterian
+College at Montreal, from which he was graduated in April,
+1909. He was ordained in the following October and in January,
+1910, became minister of the First Presbyterian church of this
+city, a position which he still retains. This is one of the
+most important parishes in Montreal, being a combination of
+St. Gabriel’s and Chalmers Presbyterian churches, the former
+the first Protestant church in Canada. Rev. Campbell brings to
+the duties of his responsible position well directed energy,
+unflagging zeal and a firm belief in the importance of the work
+in which he is engaged, and the results of his labors are seen in
+the excellent condition of the parish and its constant growth.</p>
+
+<p>On the 26th of October, 1910, Rev. Campbell was united in
+marriage to Miss Louise Crippen, of Trout River, New York. He is
+a member of the Masonic order, being grand chaplain of the Grand
+Lodge of Quebec province, and he is widely and favorably known in
+Montreal, where he is recognized as a man sincere in his aims and
+purposes and one whose honorable and upright life is always in
+strict conformity with the doctrines which he professes.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_R5" id="Idx_R5"></a>ARTHUR JOSEPH RICHER, M. D.</h3>
+
+<p>In preparation for the onerous and difficult duties and
+responsibilities of the profession Dr. Arthur Joseph Richer has
+studied under eminent physicians and surgeons of the old world
+and the new, and his labors have manifestly been of marked value
+to his fellowmen, especially in the conduct of the Brehmer Rest,
+a sanitarium promoting a preventive treatment for tuberculosis.</p>
+
+<p>He was born at Upton, P. Q., November 16, 1868, and is a son
+of Damase and Celina (Larvie) Richer, of Antonvale, P. Q. His
+education was acquired at Sabrevois Mission College and in
+Bishop’s College at Lennoxville, P. Q., where he was accorded
+the degrees of M. D. and C. M. in 1892. Since that time he has
+taken post-graduate work in New York and for a year and a half he
+was connected with the Pasteur Institute of Paris. He was also
+assistant under Dr. Roux in his private laboratory, and under his
+guidance and that of Pasteur, Metchkinoff and others, Dr. Richer
+performed many successful experiments. Later he was assistant at
+L’Ecole de Pharmacie Superieure at Paris for a short time and
+was appointed house surgeon at the faculty surgical clinic at
+Krakow, Austria, in 1895. He next went to Breslau for a winter’s
+study before returning to Canada. At different times he was a
+student at Dresden, Leipzig, Halle, Berlin and Hamburg and was
+an assistant in the laboratory of physiology of the faculty of
+medicine of Paris.</p>
+
+<p>Dr. Richer returned to Canada in 1897 and located for practice
+in Montreal. He has since carried on an active crusade against
+tuberculosis in this country. The scheme of a recuperative home
+such as Brehmer Rest at Ste. Agathe des Monts was suggested by
+Dr. Richer. He has been a lifelong worker in fighting the dread
+disease and in the early spring of 1905 Brehmer Rest was opened
+as the result of his untiring efforts. In his first annual report
+concerning the institution he said: “When we select for treatment
+convalescents from pneumonia, pleurisy, and typhoid fever, as
+well as those affected with anaemia, chlorosis and<a class="pagenum" name="Page_600" id="Page_600">[600]</a> debility,
+we do so with a definite object in view. Nine-tenths of those
+affected as above will inevitably become victims of tuberculosis.</p>
+
+<p>“If they can be treated and trained before they become a
+prey to the dread scourge, the saving is evident from every
+viewpoint. In the pre-tuberculosis stage a patient can be
+restored to health in eight or ten weeks; when tuberculosis has
+developed it becomes a matter of as many months. At the last
+International Congress, held in Paris, October, 1905, one of the
+delegates present expressed his opinion in very strong terms
+regarding the treatment of the conditions of disease known as
+‘pre-tuberculosis;’ they comprise the group above mentioned. In
+this respect Brehmer Rest stands out as supplying an actual need,
+and enjoys the unique distinction of being the first institution
+in the world devoted to that special class of work. Brehmer
+Rest has undoubtedly anticipated the movement of the future,
+particularly when considered in the light of the statements
+recently made by Von Behring in connection with his method of
+vaccination against tuberculosis. The new product (Tulase), which
+this distinguished scientist offers to the world, is a substance
+extracted from the cultivated germ of the disease (tuberculosis),
+so modified as to impart resisting power to the human organism
+without impairing health. It is markedly curative in the first
+stage of the disease, thus its action is twofold, protective and
+curative.”</p>
+
+<p>Dr. Richer’s efforts along this line have gained him not only
+national but international fame and distinction. His name is
+known on the other side of the Atlantic as well as on this, and
+he has joined hands with the men of earnest purpose who are using
+the highest scientific skill and knowledge to blot out the dread
+disease. His labors have been effective in hundreds of cases and
+thus his life work has been a valuable contribution to mankind,
+placing him with the benefactors of the race.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_T7" id="Idx_T7"></a>JOSEPH TREMBLAY.</h3>
+
+<p>Joseph Tremblay, chief of the Montreal fire brigade, was born at
+St. Isidore, a little village a few miles from Montreal, where
+his parents were the proverbially poor but honest French-Canadian
+small farmers. His education was the usual course of reading,
+writing and arithmetic gleaned from the village priest. At the
+age of twelve years he left school and the farm, thinking to
+find more congenial and profitable occupation in the city. He
+made his way to Montreal with all his earthly possessions tied
+in a bundle, after the manner of Dick Whittington of old. At
+that period he knew no English, but he had little difficulty in
+finding a position as errand boy with one Beauvais, a merchant
+tailor of Chaboillez Square. Being an errand boy had small
+attractions in those days and it did not suit Joe Tremblay to
+remain one for long. He, therefore, gathered up his bundle, put
+his money in his sock and departed for the United States. For a
+while he lingered on that side the border, learning many lessons
+in the school of experience which have since been of much use
+to him. Following his return to Montreal he sought to establish
+himself in the tailoring business, which he had followed during
+his sojourn in the United States. He located at Ste. Cunegonde,
+then a separate municipality south of Westmount and north of
+Point St. Charles. There he<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_603" id="Page_603">[603]</a></span> hung out two neat brass signs, one
+of which read Joseph Tremblay, Tailleur, and the other Joseph
+Tremblay, Tailor, thus soliciting business from both the English
+and French population. While he was then ready for business, it
+appeared that business was not ready for him. F. Beecher Edwards,
+in an article in a Montreal paper, said:</p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 330px;">
+<img src="images/image601.jpg" width="330" height="500" alt="JOSEPH TREMBLAY" />
+<p class="caption">JOSEPH TREMBLAY</p>
+</div>
+
+<p>“Fate, wishing to do some good to poor old Montreal for a change,
+glimpsed one Joseph Tremblay working busily in his little
+tailoring and men’s furnishing shop on the southwestern borders
+of the city. Whereupon, things went very badly for the said
+Joseph Tremblay in his little tailoring and men’s furnishing
+business. People to whom he owed money camped on his doorstep
+and people who owed him money left for parts unknown in the dead
+of night, so Joseph Tremblay put up the shutters on his little
+tailoring and men’s furnishing shop on the southwestern borders
+of the city and went into the Ste. Cunegone fire department.
+Consequently the Montreal fire department is today a thing to be
+proud of in a city which has little enough reason to be proud of
+the vast majority of its civic enterprises.</p>
+
+<p>“Fate, it will be observed, may be a trifle circumlocutious in
+her methods, but she gets there in the end. So we may thank fate
+that made Joseph Tremblay an unsuccessful tailor and haberdasher,
+for the fact that during the tragic Christmas week—1913—when
+through somebody’s outrageous blundering the greater portion
+of this great Canadian metropolis went inadvertently dry; when
+the fire menace, ever present, hovered more threateningly
+over thousands of human lives and millions of dollars worth
+of property, because of the fact that our strongest barrier
+of defense was broken down with the collapse of a few feet of
+unstable concrete somewhere out beyond Point St. Charles, we
+may thank fate for the fact that we had at the head of the
+Montreal fire department, deprived from no fault of its own of
+its heaviest ammunition, a man of the quality, the resource and
+the ability of Joseph Tremblay, the bad tailor who became one of
+the greatest, if not the greatest of fire chiefs on the North
+American continent.</p>
+
+<p>“At the time that Joseph Tremblay became a member of the fire
+department he was much as he is now, with the exception of recent
+inclination to embonpoint, a well set up, good looking man of
+above the average build and as strong as two ordinary men. He had
+a brain, too, but they did not find that out until he had been
+in the Ste. Cunegonde force at least a week, when it began to be
+hinted that there was more to this young man than to the average.
+Six months after Joe Tremblay joined the Ste. Cunegonde fire
+brigade the chief of the brigade retired from office; whereupon,
+to the amazement of one and all, the Ste. Cunegonde council made
+the new recruit, the man who had been an unsuccessful tailor,
+chief. This may safely be put forward as the world’s record for
+rapid promotion.</p>
+
+<p>“In the course of time Ste. Cunegonde was annexed to Montreal
+and Chief Tremblay became Sub-Chief Tremblay, in charge of the
+western division. This was in 1906. In 1907 he was made a deputy
+chief to Chief Benoit and when one year later the veteran retired
+in his turn Deputy Chief Tremblay became head of the Montreal
+fire brigade.</p>
+
+<p>“Chief Tremblay is an omnivorous reader of all literature
+appertaining to fires and fire fighting and he is not above
+learning from other cities and makes at his own expense at least
+one trip a year to the principal cities in the States to see what
+helpful piece of information he can pick up.</p>
+
+<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_604" id="Page_604">[604]</a></p>
+
+<p>“One of his first official acts was to institute an inspection
+system which was largely instrumental in reducing the rates
+of fire insurance here. In 1905, 1906 and 1907 the fire loss
+was around nine dollars per annum per capita. In 1913 it was
+something like two dollars and thirty-four cents per capita. He
+was responsible for the introduction of automobile fire apparatus
+here; he started the firemen’s drill school at Chaboillez Square,
+and he had the fire headquarters transferred from the City Hall
+to its present location on Craig Street. The chief is well known
+by sight to Montrealers. His inspiring figure has bulked large
+on the horizon of many a panic stricken householder at hundreds
+of fires during the last few years. He is a big, handsome man,
+and his very size begets confidence. He works his men hard and
+he works himself just as hard, for he believes that the citizens
+should get full value for their money. He has one or two hobbies,
+all of them connected with fire fighting, a high pressure system
+for the down town district, a fire tug for the harbor and the
+placing of the firemen’s benevolent fund on a sound footing.
+Chief Joseph Tremblay is a man’s size man and if there was any
+doubt on the subject lingering in anyone’s mind it was banished
+by the splendidly efficient manner in which he handled the
+appalling situation during the water famine of December, 1913.”</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_M34" id="Idx_M34"></a>PAUL E. MERCIER.</h3>
+
+<p>Paul E. Mercier, one of the best known civil engineers in
+Montreal and a member of the firm of Baulne & Mercier, has won
+a position of high standing in his profession. He was born at
+St. Hyacinthe, Quebec, March 15, 1877. His father was the late
+Hon. Honore Mercier, premier of Quebec, of whom a more extended
+mention appears elsewhere in this work, while his mother previous
+to her marriage was Virginie St. Denis.</p>
+
+<p>When four years of age Mr. Mercier was brought to Montreal and in
+the schools of the city pursued his early education. He afterward
+attended St. Mary’s College and was graduated with honor from
+Ecole Polytechnique with the Bachelor of Science degree in 1899.
+During his holiday periods he was employed by the Canadian
+Pacific Railway Company and following the completion of his
+college course he went to the Yukon, where he spent a year as
+assistant engineer of the Dominion public works and two years as
+district engineer in the Yukon.</p>
+
+<p>Following his return Mr. Mercier was for two years district
+engineer of Dominion public works for the district of Quebec
+and from 1904 until 1907 was engineer in charge of work of the
+National Transcontinental Railway. In the latter year he returned
+to Montreal and opened an office as consulting engineer, while in
+1910 he formed a partnership with S. A. Baulne, with offices in
+the Shaughnessy Building. Reading between the lines one may see
+that his progress has been continuous and that he has advanced
+step by step until he now occupies a commanding position in
+engineering circles. His ability has increased through experience
+and continuous study and investigation. He keeps abreast with
+the leaders of the profession in all that pertains to his
+chosen life work and his ability has won him wide recognition
+and well earned reputation. In 1911 he<a class="pagenum" name="Page_605" id="Page_605">[605]</a> was appointed professor
+of railway engineering at Ecole Polytechnique and in 1913 was
+appointed on the board of examiners for the Canadian Society of
+Civil Engineers. On May 16, 1914, he was appointed deputy chief
+engineer of public works of Montreal. He has important membership
+relations along professional lines. He has been secretary of the
+<a name="Err_55" id="Err_55"></a>Association des Anciens Elèves de L’Ecole Polytechnique since
+its organization and he has been professor of transportation
+and communication at l’Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales de
+Montreal. He is a member of the American Railway Engineering
+Association, the Quebec Land Surveyors’ Corporation, the Society
+of Civil Engineers of France and the Association International
+Congress of Navigation. Mr. Mercier is also well known in
+military connections. He is captain of the Corps of Guides of the
+Canadian Volunteer Militia and organized and commands as major
+the Canadian Officers Training Corps of Laval University.</p>
+
+<p>On the 29th of June, 1901, Mr. Mercier was married, at
+Whitehorse, Yukon, to Miss Marie Louise Tache, of Ottawa,
+Ontario, and their children are Simone, Jeanne, Yvonne and Heva.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_M44" id="Idx_M44"></a>JAMES MORGAN.</h3>
+
+<p>James Morgan, an influential citizen of Montreal, is perhaps
+best known as president of Henry Morgan & Company, Limited.
+His activities, however, have extended to other lines, all of
+which have proved beneficial to Montreal in its material, civic
+or moral upbuilding. In the utilization of opportunities that
+others have passed heedlessly by, he has achieved distinction
+and honorable success, and yet the acquirement of wealth has
+been but one phase of his existence, never excluding his active
+participation in and support of other vital interests which go
+to make up community and national life. He was born in Glasgow,
+Scotland, a son of the late James Morgan, a native of Saline,
+Fifeshire, who was associated with his brother, Henry Morgan,
+in the conduct of the business now carried on by Henry Morgan &
+Company, Limited.</p>
+
+<p>In early life James Morgan became a resident of Montreal and
+attended the Montreal high school. He then became connected with
+the business founded by his uncle and father, and gradually
+worked his way upward in that connection. Mr. Morgan, moreover,
+is president of the Colonial Real Estate Company and has been
+prominently connected with various other business enterprises
+<a name="Err_57" id="Err_57"></a>of far-reaching importance. He aided in promoting the British
+Columbia Bank Note Company in 1904 and in organizing and
+developing the Montreal Cement Company in 1905. He was likewise
+vice president of the Accident & Guarantee Company of Canada,
+and in all these associations his judgment is sound, while his
+ability to coordinate and unify seemingly diverse elements has
+been one of the strong features in his growing success. While he
+has reached the millionaire class, his business methods have ever
+been such as <a name="Err_56" id="Err_56"></a>will bear the closest investigation and scrutiny, in
+that there is no esoteric phase in his entire career and what he
+has accomplished, both for himself and the community at large,
+represents the fit utilization of the innate powers and talents
+which are his.</p>
+
+<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_606" id="Page_606">[606]</a></p>
+
+<p>Mr. Morgan was united in marriage to Miss Anna Lyman, a daughter
+of Frederick Lyman, of Connecticut. They are influential members
+of the Church of the Messiah (Unitarian) of Montreal, in which
+Mr. Morgan is serving as trustee. His interests and activities
+<a name="Err_59" id="Err_59"></a>extend to many beneficent projects and to those which spread
+culture and stimulate intellectual activities. He is a director
+of the Montreal Horticultural and Fruit Growing Association
+and one of the principal promoters of the Montreal Citizens
+Association, of which he is now a director and treasurer. He was
+likewise one of the promoters of the Montreal Board of Control,
+but declined election thereto. He is one of the governors of the
+Montreal General Hospital and is interested in various projects
+seeking to meet public needs along broad humanitarian lines. He
+is a councillor of the National Historical Society, belongs to
+the St. Andrews Society, to the Montreal Art Association and to
+the Antiquarian and Numismatic Society. He is also a member of
+the Canada and the Reform Clubs. His life has been one of intense
+and well directed activity, fruitful of good results for the
+general public as well as for himself.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_D14" id="Idx_D14"></a>ANSELME SERAPHIN DEGUIRE.</h3>
+
+<p>Anselme Séraphin Deguire enjoys high distinction as a lawyer and
+has also given much evidence of his public spirit in his position
+as alderman of the city of Montreal. He comes of an old Canadian
+French family, the earliest ancestor recorded in Abbé Tanguay’s
+Dictionnaire being François De Guire, who was born in 1641 and
+who died at Montreal. In 1669 he married Mlle. Rose Colin, born
+in 1641, and they became the parents of nine children.</p>
+
+<p>Anselme S. Deguire was born at Côte des Neiges on the 25th of
+November, 1874, a son of Séraphin Deguire and Alphonsine Pilon of
+Ste. Anne de Bellevue. <a name="Err_58" id="Err_58"></a>The father was a gardener by profession.
+Mr. Deguire of this review studied at Montreal College, from
+which he was graduated in 1895 with the degree of B. A., and
+afterwards took a law course at Laval University. He was admitted
+to practice in 1901. Immediately afterwards he interested himself
+in municipal affairs and his aptitude along financial lines made
+him valuable in a number of important positions which he held in
+the administration of the village of Côte des Neiges. Under his
+leadership the proceedings to erect the village into a town were
+successfully completed.</p>
+
+<p>As a lawyer Mr. Deguire soon secured a select clientele, no long
+novitiate awaiting him in his practice. He is one of a coterie
+of lawyers, or more correctly, he continues the traditions of
+a coterie of lawyers who had their origin in Côte des Neiges
+and several of whom were well known and very prominent. Such
+were the late Judge Madore and Judges Charbonneau and Demers.
+Mr. Deguire is universally esteemed by his fellow citizens and
+since the annexation of Côte des Neiges to the city of Montreal,
+of which annexation he was an ardent advocate, he has been its
+representative in the Montreal city hall. He was elected first
+for the Côte des Neiges ward in 1910 and reelected by acclamation
+in 1912.</p>
+
+<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_607" id="Page_607">[607]</a></p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 329px;">
+<img src="images/image607.jpg" width="329" height="500" alt="ANSELME S. DEGUIRE" />
+<p class="caption">ANSELME S. DEGUIRE</p>
+</div>
+
+<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_609" id="Page_609">[609]</a></span></p>
+
+<p>At the Church of St. Louis de France, on the 18th of November,
+1902, Mr. Deguire married Mlle. Aloysia Chopin, a daughter of
+the late Dr. J. Nestor Chopin of Sault au Récollet. Mr. and Mrs.
+Deguire have one son, René, born January 1, 1904. Mr. Deguire
+is not only a successful advocate and lawyer, but a patriotic
+citizen and a splendid example of a loyal French-Canadian.
+Fraternally he is affiliated with the Royal Arcanum.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_A15" id="Idx_A15"></a>JOHN J. ARNTON.</h3>
+
+<p>When death claimed John J. Arnton on the 13th of November,
+1894, he was the oldest real-estate man in Montreal in years of
+continuous connection with the business in this city. Montreal
+numbers him among her native sons, his birth having occurred in
+1832. He began his business career with the firm of John Leeming
+& Company and later practically succeeded to the business and
+good will of the firm. He watched the notable development in real
+estate methods and, keeping abreast of the progress of the times,
+met substantial success. He was in business at the time of the
+real-estate boom of the<a class="pagenum" name="Page_610" id="Page_610">[610]</a> ‘70s and he gained a patronage as large
+as he could handle. Realizing fair profit from his real estate
+negotiations, he was at length able to retire with a comfortable
+competence. The integrity of his business methods was one of the
+features of his growing success, and his progressiveness was also
+an element in his advancement.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Arnton entered the city council but retired before completing
+his term. For some years he was a director of the Canadian Bank
+of Commerce and his name was an honorable one on commercial
+papers. He was at one time president of the Irish Protestant
+Benevolent Society and was a man of generous spirit, giving
+freely of his means to the poor and needy and extending a helping
+hand to the unfortunate. He was survived by six children, when
+on the 13th of November, 1894, he passed away at the age of
+sixty-two years, leaving behind the memory of a well spent life,
+fraught with many good deeds.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_P12" id="Idx_P12"></a>HOWARD WINTHROP PILLOW.</h3>
+
+<p>Howard Winthrop Pillow is the Montreal manager for the British
+American Bank Note Company and is vice president and one of
+the directors of that corporation. His position as one of the
+younger business men of the city is enviable. He was born in
+Montreal, May 9, 1883, and is a son of John Alexander and
+Annie Elizabeth (Hillyer) Pillow. He attended Bishop’s College
+School at Lennoxville and for two years was a student in McGill
+University. With liberal education to serve as the foundation,
+he has gradually worked his way upward, the exercise of effort
+developing his latent powers and talents. He is now bending his
+efforts to administrative direction and executive control as the
+manager at Montreal for the British American Bank Note Company,
+a position to which he has attained by individual merit. He is
+the vice president and one of the directors of the company and
+as such occupies a prominent and enviable position in business
+circles.</p>
+
+<p>On the 1st of October, 1906, in Boston, Massachusetts, Mr.
+Pillow was married to Miss Lucile E. Fairbank, a daughter of Mr.
+and Mrs. L. G. Fairbank, and they now have one child, Lucile
+Marguerite.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Pillow is a well known club man and much of the nature of
+his interests and recreation, aside from business, is indicated
+in the fact that he belongs to the St. James, Montreal and
+Beaconsfield Golf Clubs, the Automobile Club of Canada, the
+Montreal Amateur Athletic Association, the Montreal Jockey Club,
+the Royal St. Lawrence Yacht Club and the Heather Curling Club.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_R15" id="Idx_R15"></a>XAVIER ARTHUR ROBICHON, M. D.</h3>
+
+<p>High on the list of Montreal’s best known surgeons appears the
+name of Dr. Xavier Arthur Robichon, who is a descendant of
+one of the old French families of the province of Quebec. His
+great-grandfather, the first of the family to come to Canada, was
+in early life a captain of French vessels. After arriving in this
+country he established an iron foundry near Three Rivers, in the
+province of Quebec. The Doctor’s grandfather also followed the
+business of an iron founder at that place and Nicolas Treffle
+Robichon, the father, was a successful merchant at Three Rivers.
+He married Trenche Montague, who since his death has resided in
+Montreal. Their children are: Nicolas Raoul, a civil engineer
+of Montreal; Xavier Arthur; George Henri, an advocate of Three
+Rivers; and Mastai, who died at the age of seven years.</p>
+
+<p>Dr. X. A. Robichon was educated in a preparatory school in Three
+Rivers, and at the Christian Brothers Ste. Ursule school at the
+same place, followed by a five-years’ classical course at St.
+Joseph College at Three Rivers, his classical studies being
+completed in St. Mary’s College in Montreal, where he spent
+four years and where he was graduated with the Bachelor of Arts
+degree, receiving the medal of the governor general and the prize
+of excellency.</p>
+
+<p>Upon the broad foundation of literary learning Dr. Robichon
+erected the superstructure of professional knowledge. Immediately
+after the completion of his course at St. Mary’s he began the
+study of medicine at Laval University, graduating summa cum
+laude in 1906, with the degree of M. D. The following year he
+spent as interne in Notre Dame Hospital of Montreal, gaining
+the broad practical experience which only hospital practice can
+bring. During the succeeding two years he specialized in the
+study of surgery in Paris, France, and in the summer of 1909 he
+entered upon active practice in Montreal as a general surgeon,
+since which time he has devoted his attention exclusively to
+professional duties of growing volume and importance. Throughout
+this entire period he has also been assistant demonstrator
+of anatomy at Laval University. He is a member of La Société
+Médicale de Montreal, and he has his office at No. 335 St. Denis
+Street.</p>
+
+<p>On the 18th of September, 1907, Dr. Robichon was married by
+the archbishop of Montreal, Monseigneur Paul Bruchesi, to Miss
+Flora Salvail, daughter of Dr. Salvail, of Helena, Montana, and
+they are parents of five daughters,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_613" id="Page_613">[613]</a></span> Claire, Jeanne, Alice,
+Lucienne and Estelle. Family and professional interests divide
+Dr. Robichon’s time. Upon his home and his practice his interest
+centers, and laudable ambition in the latter connection has
+brought him to a high position, experience, wide reading and
+research constantly developing his skill until he is now one of
+the foremost surgeons of the city.</p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 331px;">
+<img src="images/image611.jpg" width="331" height="500" alt="X. ARTHUR ROBICHON" />
+<p class="caption">X. ARTHUR ROBICHON</p>
+</div>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_M5" id="Idx_M5"></a>DUNCAN McDONALD.</h3>
+
+<p>The name of Duncan McDonald has long figured prominently in
+connection with transportation interests. He has displayed
+a spirit of enterprise and initiative in all that he has
+undertaken, has operated along broad lines and has carefully
+planned and executed important projects. He is now devoting his
+attention to the supervision of various interests with which he
+is identified following his retirement from the management of the
+Montreal Street Railway Company. His investments largely have to
+do with transportation interests. He is president of the Montreal
+Tunnel Company, which has reached a very active stage in its
+development, and it is Mr. McDonald’s purpose to give special
+attention to the rapid inauguration and execution of the work.
+He is also largely concerned in several real-estate companies
+that are dealing with central Montreal property, as well as large
+subdivisions in outlying municipalities. He is the president of
+the Pre-payment Car Sales Company with offices in the Hudson
+Terminal building at No. 50 Church Street, New York, this being
+the operating company for all the various “Pay-as-you-enter,”
+“Pay-within” and other styles of pre-payment cars that are
+being so rapidly adopted by the cities on this continent. He is
+also connected with the International F-A-Y-E Tramcar Company,
+Limited, Broad Street Place, London, E. C.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. McDonald’s operations in real estate have been of a mammoth
+character. He was the original promoter of Dominion Park, which
+in its development and sale has netted a splendid income for
+the investors, and he is at present vice president of that
+enterprise. He is also a director of several industrial and
+transportation companies. He belongs to the Institute of Civil
+Engineers of France and to the Institute of Electrical Engineers
+of Great Britain, connections which indicate the recognition of
+his high standing and notable ability in the fields into which he
+has directed his efforts.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_L8" id="Idx_L8"></a>JOSEPH PHILIPPE LAMARCHE.</h3>
+
+<p>Joseph Philippe Lamarche, a well known notary of Montreal, was
+born in St. Henri de Mascouche, L’Assomption county, Quebec,
+January 29, 1866. His grandfather, Louis Lamarche, was a farmer
+of L’Assomption county. His father, Joseph Olivier Lamarche, now
+eighty-one years of age, was for many years a notary at St. Henri
+de Mascouche, where he yet resides. He married Helene Mount,
+a sister of Dr. Mount, of Montreal, and her death occurred in
+April, 1874. To them were born three children: Joseph Philippe;
+George, a resident<a class="pagenum" name="Page_614" id="Page_614">[614]</a> farmer of St. Henri de Mascouche; and
+Joseph S., a notary of Montreal. The father has been a lifelong
+conservative in politics and for many years was secretary and
+treasurer of the municipality of St. Henri de Mascouche. In
+fact, he has been a prominent figure in political, official
+and business circles there and is today one of the honored and
+venerable citizens.</p>
+
+<p>Joseph Philippe Lamarche was educated in the parochial schools of
+his native town and in L’Assomption College, which he attended
+for six years, his course there being supplemented by two years’
+study in the Ottawa University. During the succeeding three years
+he was a student in the office of Coultee & Lamarche, notaries of
+Montreal. In 1890 he won the degree of Baccalaureatus in Legibus.
+In 1890 he began the practice of his profession in St. Henri
+de Mascouche, where he continued until 1903, when he removed
+to Montreal, where he has since successfully practiced. He is
+thoroughly versed in the principles of the profession and his
+ability is attested by his liberal clientage.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Lamarche was married in St. Henri de Mascouche to Marie Rose
+Lambert, and to them have come four children, Helene, Lambert,
+Philippe and Rita. In politics Mr. Lamarche is a conservative and
+at the present writing he is filling the office of commissioner
+to the superior court for the district of Montreal, his
+creditable record commending him to the further support and
+confidence of the public.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_H24" id="Idx_H24"></a>SIR JOSEPH HICKSON.</h3>
+
+<p>Sir Joseph Hickson, who in 1890 received the honor of knighthood
+at the hand of Her Majesty in recognition of ability displayed
+in the management of important and extensive railway interests,
+is classed with those to whom Canada owes much of her greatness
+and her prosperity. He was born at Otterburn, Northumberland,
+England, in 1830, and acquired his education there. Throughout
+his entire business career he was connected with railway
+interests, first entering the service of the North Eastern
+Railway of England and thus gaining his elementary knowledge
+of railway management and operation.<a name="Err_60" id="Err_60"></a>He left that corporation
+to accept a position with the Maryport & Carlisle Railway, in
+which capacity he served with credit until 1851, when he went to
+Manchester and entered the service of the Manchester, Sheffield &
+Lincolnshire Railway. Promotion rapidly followed in recognition
+of his capability, indefatigable energy and perseverance, so that
+after ten years he became assistant to the general manager, in
+which position his labors engaged the attention of Sir Edward
+Watkin, chairman of the Grand Trunk Railway in Canada, who
+proffered him the position of chief accountant of the Grand Trunk
+in December, 1861.</p>
+
+<p>He left England for the new world in the following January and
+made his way to Montreal, where he continued to reside until
+called to his final rest. Here his ability and power soon gained
+further recognition and he was made secretary and treasurer of
+the company, in which capacity he continued until the resignation
+of C. J. Brydges, managing director of the Grand Trunk, in 1874,
+when Sir Joseph Hickson succeeded as general manager of the road
+and system. The policy which he inaugurated was soon felt as a
+dominant power in active management<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_617" id="Page_617">[617]</a></span> and cooperation. One of
+his first acts was to sell to the federal government the line
+between Point Levis and Riviere du Loup and with the proceeds
+of this transaction he changed the old gauge of the road to the
+standard gauge of American lines and thus effected connection
+with Sarnia and Chicago. The wisdom of this move was soon
+manifest as it opened up a new field of enterprise to the company
+and marked the beginning of that policy of affiliation and
+connection which resulted to the benefit of both countries before
+Sir Joseph Hickson ceased to be an active factor in the control
+of an immense system embracing five thousand miles of track
+in the United States and Canada. Sir Joseph served as general
+manager until 1890, when he retired from his arduous position
+after receiving, early in that year, knighthood from Her Majesty,
+the late Queen Victoria, in recognition of the ability which
+he had displayed in the management of the Grand Trunk Railway
+System and of the valuable service he had rendered in developing
+Canada and her resources. Under his management the road had been
+rapidly and substantially improved and extended, connections with
+other lines being formed which have proven of great value in
+later years. Perhaps the most valuable work which he undertook
+and accomplished was the establishment of the direct line to
+Chicago wholly under control of the Grand Trunk system. By this
+master stroke was secured the best paying portion for carrying
+freight and at the same time gave to Canadian steamship companies
+a large amount of the freight which they carried across the
+Atlantic. It was while Sir Joseph Hickson occupied the position
+of general manager that the length of the road in its main and
+collateral lines was extended from one thousand three hundred
+and eighty-three to three thousand four hundred and eighty-seven
+miles. In railway management he studied each vital question from
+every possible standpoint and with almost judicial accuracy
+passed judgment upon the important matters at issue. He was
+largely instrumental in carrying forward the great engineering
+undertaking known as the St. Clair tunnel, which was completed
+in 1890 at a cost of three million dollars. His work elicited
+attention from one end of the country to the other, and he became
+one of the foremost representatives of railway interests on the
+American continent.</p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 350px;">
+<img src="images/image615.jpg" width="350" height="500" alt="SIR JOSEPH HICKSON" />
+<p class="caption">SIR JOSEPH HICKSON</p>
+</div>
+
+<p>On the 17th of June, 1869, Sir Joseph Hickson wedded Catherine,
+the eldest daughter of the late Andrew Dow of Montreal. Mrs.
+Hickson is a native of this city and was educated here. She
+has been prominently identified with the Montreal League for
+the Prevention of Tuberculosis and was one of the promoters of
+the Royal Edward Institute in 1909 and an active supporter of
+various other similar bodies. She is also the vice president
+of the Montreal branch of the Needlework Guild of Canada and
+has been termed by one of the city papers “a queenly hostess.”
+Sir Joseph and Lady Hickson had two sons and a daughter. The
+eldest, Joseph William Andrew Hickson, was educated at McGill
+University, winning the B. A. degree on completing the course
+in mental and moral philosophy in 1893, while in 1896 his alma
+mater conferred upon him the Master of Arts degree. He won the
+Ph. D. degree in 1900 at the universities of Berlin, Freiburg and
+Halle. He was lecturer and tutor in the philosophical department
+of McGill University from 1900 until 1905, assistant professor of
+psychology and lecturer on philosophy at McGill from 1905 until
+1909 and has since been assistant professor of metaphysics and
+logic. He is a contributor to the University and other magazines
+and reviews, is a councillor to the Economic and<a class="pagenum" name="Page_618" id="Page_618">[618]</a> Statistical
+Society, is a member of the University Club and a member of the
+board of management of the House of Industry and Refuge. He
+is an enthusiastic mountain climber and a well known clubman,
+belonging to the Mount Royal, University and Political Economy
+Clubs of Montreal and the Alpine Club of Banff. The second son,
+James Claud Hickson, graduated B. A. from McGill in 1895 and,
+receiving the B. C. L. degree in 1898, is now engaged in active
+practice as a member of the law firm of Hickson & Campbell. He
+was created K. C. in 1909 and is a life governor of the Montreal
+General Hospital. He is well known as a clubman, his membership
+being in Mount Royal Club, Canada Club, Montreal Hunt Club, Royal
+Montreal Golf Club, Montreal Curling Club, <a name="Err_61" id="Err_61"></a>Lafontaine Club,
+Montreal Jockey Club, Montreal Racquet Club, Royal St. Lawrence
+Yacht Club, University Club, and Constitutional Club of London,
+England. The daughter, Miss Mary Elizabeth Hickson, is well known
+as an author, having early contributed tales and sketches to the
+magazines. She is also the author of two charming stories of
+French-Canadian life, “Madame Janvier’s Church” and “The Call of
+God.”</p>
+
+<p>Sir Joseph Hickson served as justice of the peace for Montreal
+and was interested in several banking, commercial and industrial
+enterprises which he represented on the directorate. He was
+appointed by the Dominion government as president of the royal
+commission on the prohibition of the liquor traffic. He stood for
+all those interests which are effective forces in the progress
+and upbuilding of city, province and country, and the position
+which he filled was one of influence and honor.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_A6" id="Idx_A6"></a>HERBERT BROWN AMES.</h3>
+
+<p>Herbert Brown Ames, a deep student of the science of government
+and avowed in his opposition to misrule in public affairs, has,
+through his practical efforts, the result of keen insight into
+situations, been instrumental in bringing about various needed
+reforms and improvements. His public addresses, too, have aided
+largely in shaping public opinion on the side of right and order,
+and thus his value as a citizen can hardly be overestimated.</p>
+
+<p>He was born in Montreal, June 27, 1863, his parents being the
+late Evan Fisher and Caroline Matilda (Brown) Ames, both of whom
+were born in the United States. After mastering the elementary
+branches of learning Herbert B. Ames became a student in Amherst
+College, of Massachusetts, from which he was graduated in 1885
+with the Bachelor of Arts degree. He afterward studied the French
+language and literature in France, and made his initial step
+in business circles as a representative of the wholesale firm
+of Ames-Holden, Ltd., of Montreal, with which he was actively
+connected until December, 1893. He is still a <a name="Err_62" id="Err_62"></a>representative
+of that corporation and one of its directors and is likewise a
+director of the Dominion Guarantee Company, the Great West Life
+Insurance Company, the Royal Victoria Life Insurance Company,
+and a number of other prominent business concerns. As a merchant
+he has established a reputation that places him in a prominent
+position among the leading and representative business men of
+the city. His efforts in that direction would<a class="pagenum" name="Page_619" id="Page_619">[619]</a> alone entitle
+him to distinctive mention in the history of Montreal, and yet
+this is but one phase of his activity. He is perhaps even more
+widely known because of his connection with efforts put forth in
+opposition to misrule in municipal affairs. He was particularly
+active in that direction during his service as alderman from 1898
+until 1906, during which time he promoted and advocated many
+reform measures and projects, always working along conservative
+lines. He was chairman of the municipal board of health from 1900
+until 1904, and again his service was of notable value to the
+city. He had previously filled the position of secretary of the
+Good Government Association and was president of the Volunteer
+Election League, which bodies effected many reforms in civic
+administration. His name is widely known, and in fact he has been
+heard in many centers as a lecturer on Canadian political history
+and on problems of municipal government. He has been a frequent
+contributor to the press, and among his notable articles are: The
+Machine in Honest Hands, published in 1894; The City Below the
+Hill, A Sociological Study, published in 1897; The City Problem;
+What is it?, in 1901; and The Housing of the Working Classes, in
+1907. These show wide research and deep insight into existing
+conditions and point out various practical methods of improvement.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Ames was appointed a member and protestant secretary of
+the council of public instruction for the province of Quebec
+in 1895. The following year he was elected to the presidency
+of the Young Men’s Christian Association of Montreal, and the
+extent and importance of his work is further indicated in the
+fact that he is a governor of the Montreal Dispensary and of the
+Society for the Protection of Women and Children. He delivered
+an address in London, England, before the chamber of commerce on
+trade interchange in 1904, and was presented with a silver bowl
+by the same body in acknowledgment of his personal services in
+connection with the visit of that organization to Canada in 1904.
+In 1909 he went as a delegate to the Imperial Commercial Congress
+at Sidney, New South Wales, and as a member of that body moved
+for the appointment of an advisory imperial council to consider
+questions of imperial interest, especially those tending to
+promote trade between the various parts of the empire.</p>
+
+<p>Since the general election of 1904 he has sat for the St.
+Antoine division of Montreal in the house of commons in the
+conservative interests, and in March, 1909, succeeded in securing
+the appointment of a committee for the revision of the assets
+of the Dominion. He is a very active worker in support of
+conservative measures and movements, and his life work indicates
+his recognition of the fact that education along broad lines and
+political activity are the sources of a country’s power and the
+foundation upon which is builded its business. He was appointed
+one of the representatives of the house of commons at the
+coronation of King George in London in 1911.</p>
+
+<p>In May, 1900, Mr. Ames was united in marriage to Miss Louise
+Marion Kennedy, a daughter of John Kennedy, C. E. They occupy
+an attractive home at No. 26 Ontario Avenue, Montreal. Their
+religious faith is that of the Presbyterian church, and Mr. Ames
+holds membership in a number of the leading clubs of the city,
+including Lafontaine, University, Montreal, Royal St. Lawrence
+Yacht and St. James Clubs. He is a man of indefatigable energy
+and unquestionably a force to be reckoned with in the public life
+of Canada. Even<a class="pagenum" name="Page_620" id="Page_620">[620]</a> those opposed to him politically recognize that
+he is a man to be trusted, that what he promises he will do. His
+position is never an equivocal one and in his entire career there
+is no esoteric phase.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_B36" id="Idx_B36"></a>ERNEST NICHOLSON BROWN.</h3>
+
+<p>Ernest Nicholson Brown was born in Lower Newcastle, New
+Brunswick, on the 12th of July, 1867. His father, Robert Brown,
+went from Dumfries, Scotland, to Pictou, Nova Scotia, in 1823,
+and settled as a young man in Miramichi, New Brunswick, in 1835.
+He married Ann Noble, of United Empire Loyalist descent. Her
+grandfather fought on the British side at the battle of Bunker
+Hill. James Nicholson, an uncle of Robert Brown fought at the
+battle of Trafalgar and the medal awarded him for his services on
+that occasion is now in possession of Mr. Brown.</p>
+
+<p>After attending the high school at Chatham, New Brunswick, Ernest
+N. Brown entered Dalhousie University at Halifax, from which he
+was graduated in 1889 with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. He
+followed that course with post-graduate study at Clark University
+in Worcester, Massachusetts, after which he was engaged for some
+years in teaching. In 1902 he won the degree of Bachelor of Civil
+Law upon the completion of the regular course in law in McGill
+University. He was admitted to the bar in the province of Quebec
+in 1902 and for two years was in practice in the office of Duncan
+McCormick, K. C., while subsequently he became a member of the
+firm of Patterson & Brown, and in 1908 he became a member of the
+firm of Brown & Staveley.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Brown is a liberal in politics, and his religious faith is
+that of the Presbyterian church. In 1904, Mr. Brown married Miss
+Elizabeth Malcolm Fraser, a daughter of the late John Fraser
+of Lachine Rapids, author of “Canadian Pen and Ink Sketches”,
+“Historic Canadian Ground” and various articles dealing with
+points of interest in Canadian history, especially those
+connected with the scenes of his boyhood in and about Lachine.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_B16" id="Idx_B16"></a>CHARLES BERNIER.</h3>
+
+<p>The name of Charles Bernier is a synonym for efficiency in
+architecture in Montreal. A native of the province of Quebec, he
+was born at St. Jean Port Joli, on the 17th of December, 1866.
+His father, Francis Bernier, was a contractor and builder at St.
+Jean Port Joli and there died. The mother bore the maiden name of
+Virginie Deschene.</p>
+
+<p>Charles Bernier was educated in the schools of his native town
+and in the Christian Brothers school at L’Islet. When fifteen
+years of age he went to Quebec, where he entered the office of
+David Ouellet, a well known architect, with whom he remained
+as a student for three and a half years. Through the ensuing
+year and a half he was in the office of Ferdinand Peachy, a
+noted architect of Quebec, and then, splendidly qualified for
+the profession, he<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_623" id="Page_623">[623]</a></span> entered upon active practice, which he
+successfully followed alone in Quebec until June 24, 1903, when
+he came to Montreal. Here in connection with Charles Brodeur he
+formed the partnership of Bernier & Brodeur, which connection
+was maintained for seven years, and during that period their
+offices were removed to 70 St. James Street. Through the three
+succeeding years Albert Menard was associated with Mr. Bernier in
+the firm of Bernier & Menard, and since Mr. Menard’s death Mr.
+Bernier has continued alone. He is accorded a large clientage,
+for his ability places him among those foremost in the ranks of
+the profession. On all sides may be seen splendid evidences of
+his handiwork as exemplified in some of the most beautiful and
+substantial structures of Montreal.</p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 201px;">
+<img src="images/image621.jpg" width="201" height="300" alt="CHARLES BERNIER" />
+<p class="caption">CHARLES BERNIER</p>
+</div>
+
+<p>Mr. Bernier was married in this city to Alma Dionne, daughter
+of Octave Dionne, of Quebec, and they are parents of three
+daughters, Adrienne, Alice and Anna. The religious belief of
+the family is that of the Roman Catholic church. Mr. Bernier
+belongs to Lafontaine Club and to the Royal Arcanum. He is a man
+of refined, cultured tastes, quiet in manner and a deep student
+of subjects relating to the profession, in which his standing is
+among the highest.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_G6" id="Idx_G6"></a>HON. AMEDEE GEOFFRION.</h3>
+
+<p>Hon. Amedee Geoffrion, one of the recorders of Montreal, was born
+at Varennes, in the province of Quebec, February 6, 1867, and was
+educated at L’Assomption and Laval University. Liberal training
+qualified him for the profession which he determined to make his
+life work and in 1889 he was called to the bar. He began the
+practice of law at the age of twenty-one and from the beginning
+made continuous progress. He was made King’s Counsel in 1905.</p>
+
+<p>His activity, too, has been largely manifested along other
+lines. Not a little of the progress made on the south side of
+the river in recent years is due to his efforts and public
+spirit. A consistent supporter of the progressive policy of the
+government of Sir Lomer Gouin he has, since elected for Vercheres
+in 1908, been identified with many noteworthy public projects
+that have assisted materially in the development and improvement
+of the rural districts. The movement for the improvement of
+existing highways in the county of Vercheres has found in him
+a warm supporter. He has served the municipality of Longueuil
+with efficiency and manifest approbation, first in the capacity
+of recorder and afterward in that of mayor, holding the latter
+position since 1908. He stands for all that works for civic
+betterment and improvement and is a close student of the vital
+problems affecting the welfare of city, province and nation.
+During the years of his mayoralty he has been the head of a
+highly progressive administration. It has been during this period
+that the electric railway has been brought to the town and that
+electricity has been installed for lighting purposes, while
+cement sidewalks have been laid and the work of improvement has
+been otherwise carried on along most progressive and beneficial
+lines.</p>
+
+<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_624" id="Page_624">[624]</a></p>
+
+<p>In September, 1912, Mr. Geoffrion was appointed by Quebec to the
+position of recorder of the city of Montreal and is now filling
+that office with the same capability and fidelity that he has
+displayed in other positions. None question his public spirit
+nor his knowledge of the law, and he stands today with those
+whose success has been builded upon the foundation of ability and
+laudable ambition.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_C24" id="Idx_C24"></a>LYON COHEN.</h3>
+
+<p>Lyon Cohen, merchant and contractor, of Montreal, Quebec, is a
+member of L. Cohen & Son, coal merchants, and of W. R. Cuthbert
+& Company, brass founders, and is proprietor of the Freedman
+Company, wholesale clothiers, the Hibbard Company, Ltd., railway
+contractors, and General Improvement & Contracting Company, Ltd.,
+dredging contractors.</p>
+
+<p>This has been termed the age of commercialism and it is the
+old world’s belief that new world residents are engrossed in
+money-making to the exclusion of almost everything else. There
+are many examples, however, to the contrary, and the life record
+of Lyon Cohen is one which proves that while successfully
+conducting business affairs, time may also be found for active
+cooperation in movements that tend to promote intellectual and
+moral progress, or which relieve distress among the unfortunate
+ones of the world, for he has done much philanthropic and
+charitable work, while at the same time he has wisely and capably
+managed important mercantile interests. He was born in Poland,
+Russia, May 11, 1868, a son of Lazarus Cohen. In early childhood
+he was brought to Canada and attended the McGill Model School and
+also the Catholic Commercial Academy of Montreal. He became a
+member of the firm of L. Cohen & Son in 1891, and from the time
+when he put aside his text-books and entered business circles his
+progress has been continuous.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Cohen has attained a prominence in Montreal social and
+business circles that necessitates a mention of him in any
+publication undertaking to represent the leading citizens of
+the city. He has been prominently identified with almost every
+movement looking to the betterment of Jewish conditions in this
+country, and his labors have been effective forces in promoting
+the welfare of those of his faith. He was one of the founders
+of The Jewish Times of Montreal, and he was president for three
+years, 1904-5-6, of Shaar Hashomayim congregation, the largest
+and most prominent Jewish congregation in Canada. Interested
+in the welfare of his people wherever they are found, he is
+treasurer of the Canadian committee of The Jewish Colonization
+Association of Paris, and was secretary of the Jewish rights
+committee. He is a life governor of The Montreal General
+Hospital and of The Western Hospital, and was elected president
+of The Baron de Hirsch Institute of Montreal in 1908. He did
+such splendid work in that connection, that he was four times
+reelected, serving until the end of 1912. Upon his voluntary
+retirement he was presented with an illuminated address and
+handsome silver service. He is prominently identified with a
+number of movements; is member of juvenile court committee;
+member of executive of Child’s Welfare Association, and was
+chairman of publicity of<a class="pagenum" name="Page_625" id="Page_625">[625]</a> Child’s Welfare Exhibition, 1912;
+member of executive of Montreal improvement committee; honorary
+chairman of North End Synagogue; honorary president of Young
+Men’s Hebrew Association; and chairman of Committee to Federate
+Jewish Charities.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Cohen is a member of The Montefiore Club, of which he is a
+past president; he is also an ex-president of The Montreal Reform
+Club, being a liberal in politics. A love of progress actuates
+him in all he does. He could not be content to move forward at
+the pace which many men assume. He must all the time be up and
+doing, for he is a man of action rather than theory, and at all
+times the end accomplished indicates the wisdom of the methods he
+has followed.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Cohen was married in February, 1891, to Miss Rachel Friedman,
+a daughter of the late Noah Friedman. They have four children,
+Nathan Bernard, Horace Rives, Lawrence Z. and Sylvia L. Mrs.
+Cohen is also interested in charitable work and is the founder
+and president of The Jewish Endeavor Sewing Society. The family
+residence is at 25 Rosemount Avenue, Westmount, Quebec.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_F2" id="Idx_F2"></a>ZIGMOND FINEBERG.</h3>
+
+<p>Under the name of Zigmond Fineberg & Sons is conducted a growing
+real-estate and brokerage business. Mr. Fineberg was born in
+March, 1863, in Poland, Russia, his parents being Moses Nathan
+and Agnes Fineberg, the former a merchant. Among his ancestors
+were rabbis, physicians and lawyers and capable business men. He
+pursued his education in Suvalk, Russia, and became a government
+roads contractor of that country.</p>
+
+<p>Attracted by the opportunities of the new world, and prompted
+by laudable ambition to try his fortune on this side of the
+Atlantic, Mr. Fineberg came to Canada, settling in Montreal,
+where he embarked in business as a clothing merchant in 1887.
+About seventeen years were devoted to that undertaking, years
+which brought him a substantial measure of success and led to
+his activities along still broader lines. It was in 1904 that
+he turned his attention to real estate, becoming a real-estate
+broker and finance agent, business being now conducted under the
+firm style of Z. Fineberg & Sons at No. 62 St. James Street. He
+is thoroughly informed concerning property values, knows the
+real estate that is upon the market and has himself been a large
+investor, not only in real estate, but in railway shares, so that
+his stocks and property holdings make him one of the prosperous
+citizens of Montreal. Moreover, in 1910, he founded the Montreal
+Free Loan Association, of which he is the president. He belongs
+to the Montreal Board of Trade and is connected with many
+institutions of a public nature, being formerly a director of the
+Baron de Hirsch Institute, a life governor of the Baron de Hirsch
+Institute, a life governor of the Montreal General Hospital, of
+the Hertzl Dispensary and of Mount Sinai Sanitarium. He likewise
+belongs to the Montreal Citizens’ Association. He is an ex-member
+and vice president of the Spanish and Portuguese synagogue, and
+he now holds membership in the McGill College Avenue Synagogue.</p>
+
+<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_626" id="Page_626">[626]</a></p>
+
+<p>In his native city of Prenn in 1885, Mr. Fineberg was married
+to Miss Jennie Kirschberg, a daughter of the late Abraham
+Kirschberg. The children of this marriage are: Joseph, Nathan
+Samuel, Aaron Harry, Moe Newton, Agnes and Max. The second son
+has won the degrees of Master of Arts and Bachelor of Common Laws
+and is now engaged in the practice of the legal profession.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Fineberg has held the offices of justice of the peace and
+commissioner of the superior courts since 1903. He belongs
+to the Masonic fraternity, the Odd Fellows society and the
+Canadian Order of Foresters, and exemplifies in his life <a name="Err_63" id="Err_63"></a>the
+beneficent spirit underlying those organizations, recognizing the
+brotherhood of mankind and the obligations of mutual helpfulness
+and kindliness.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_S3" id="Idx_S3"></a>MATTHEW A. SAMMETT.</h3>
+
+<p>Matthew A. Sammett, one of the most competent electrical
+engineers in Canada, was born at Baku, Russia, on the 2d of
+November, 1872. He was educated in a technical school in his
+native land and in 1893, when a young man of twenty-one years,
+came to the new world. He continued his education by attendance
+at night schools for a time and afterward entered the University
+of California, where he pursued a four years’ course, which he
+completed by graduation with the Bachelor of Science degree in
+1899. He immediately put his theoretical training to practical
+test and joined the staff of the General Electrical Company of
+Schenectady, New York, in which connection he obtained thorough
+familiarity with modern electrical machinery and general
+engineering practice. The ability which he displayed in that
+connection won him promotion to the engineering department and
+in that position he made a close study of the design of some of
+the alternating current machinery now in universal use. Each step
+in his career has been a forward one, and each change in his
+business connections has marked an advance. In 1902 he joined the
+engineering staff of the Lachine Rapids Hydraulic & Land Company
+and after its amalgamation with the Montreal Light, Heat & Power
+Company was given charge of the testing department of the new
+organization, his work embracing the testing of the various kinds
+of electrical apparatus used in the transformation, control and
+measurement of electrical energy. He also designed a complete
+line of highly efficient transformers for lighting and power
+service.</p>
+
+<p>During 1905 and 1906 Mr. Sammett conducted a popular course
+in applied electricity at the Montreal Young Men’s Christian
+Association.</p>
+
+<p>In 1908 Mr. Sammett opened an office as consulting engineer
+in Montreal and in this connection has gained a large and
+distinctively representative clientage, including the Amalgamated
+Asbestos Corporation, Ltd.; The Asbestos & Asbestic Company,
+Ltd.; The St. Francis Hydraulic Company, Ltd.; The Brompton Pulp
+& Paper Company; The Maritime Coal, Railway & Power Company,
+Ltd.; The Dominion Marble Company, Ltd.; The Smart-Woods Company,
+Ltd. He has also been retained in connection with municipal
+electrical undertakings. The practice of his profession now makes
+heavy demands upon his time and<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_629" id="Page_629">[629]</a></span> energies, and in addition
+he is well known as a contributor to the technical press of
+the United States and Canada. He has also prepared and read
+many scientific papers before engineering bodies and is known
+personally or by reputation to the entire electrical profession
+on the American continent. He has formed many warm friendships
+by keeping in close touch with the progress of his profession as
+a member of the Canadian Electrical Association, the Canadian
+Society of Civil Engineers and the American Institute of
+Electrical Engineers.</p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 327px;">
+<img src="images/image627.jpg" width="327" height="500" alt="MATTHEW A. SAMMETT" />
+<p class="caption">MATTHEW A. SAMMETT</p>
+</div>
+
+<p>Mr. Sammett married Miss Eleanor Horwitz, and their children
+are four in number, Frank Edward, Hazel, Helene and Pearl. Mr.
+Sammett is a member of the Canadian Club and possesses a genial
+cordial nature that has made him popular, but he prefers to
+concentrate his energies upon his business affairs, in which he
+has attained notable success. He is a self-made man. Commendable
+ambition pointed out to him the way to success. He followed the
+path indicated and is today occupying an advanced position as an
+electrical engineer.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_M43" id="Idx_M43"></a>HENRY MORGAN & COMPANY, LIMITED.</h3>
+
+<p>For nearly three-quarters of a century the name of Henry Morgan
+has been inseparably interwoven with the mercantile progress
+and advancement of Montreal and in more recent years, with the
+branching out of the house he founded, it has taken a foremost
+position, in its various lines, among the big mercantile and
+industrial institutions of the Dominion.</p>
+
+<p>The Henry Morgan & Company, Limited, of today, is the outgrowth
+of a business established early in the year 1843, on Notre Dame
+Street, a few doors east of McGill Street, by Henry Morgan and
+David Smith, under the firm name of Smith & Morgan. From a small
+dry-goods house carrying only a limited number of lines it has
+developed into a great and powerful departmental store and
+what might be justly termed one of the mercantile successes of
+Montreal, whose capabilities are almost as varied as the city’s
+needs.</p>
+
+<p>Henry Morgan, the founder of this house, was born in Fifeshire,
+Scotland, in 1819, and when a young man in his early twenties,
+came to Montreal, where he entered into the dry-goods business,
+as previously stated.</p>
+
+<p>The original location of Smith & Morgan’s store was soon found
+inadequate, and in 1854 the business was removed to McGill
+Street, just south of St. Joseph, now Notre Dame, in a building
+occupied by Latineer. In 1860 an addition was made extending to
+Notre Dame Street and when the old American Presbyterian church,
+corner of Victoria Square and St. James Street, was removed, the
+business was transferred to that location in more commodious
+quarters.</p>
+
+<p>In 1852, Mr. Smith retired from the business, and that same year
+the firm of Henry Morgan & Company was established, Mr. James
+Morgan of Glasgow, Scotland, a brother, becoming a member at that
+time. The latter, a native of Saline, Fifeshire, Scotland, had
+entered the dry-goods business early in life and for a number of
+years was a member of the firm of Muirhead & Morgan, of Glasgow.
+The personnel of the firm practically remained unchanged until
+1876, when James and Colin D. Morgan, nephews of Henry Morgan and
+the<a class="pagenum" name="Page_630" id="Page_630">[630]</a> former a son of James Morgan, became members, and upon whom
+most of the burden of the business has fallen.</p>
+
+<p>In 1891, this firm completed on St. Catherine Street, opposite
+Phillips Square, one of the finest business blocks in America, to
+which its mercantile business was transferred. This move became
+necessary in order to meet the requirements of a constantly
+growing business, and a shift in the retail section to that part
+of the city.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Henry Morgan, the founder of the business, died December
+12, 1893, at which time the Gazette said in part: “No Montreal
+merchant and not many Canadian merchants could claim to be
+better known than Mr. Henry Morgan, who passed to his rest
+yesterday, after a busy, successful and well spent life of almost
+seventy-five years. His character was marked by many of those
+traits which have made men of Scottish birth so prominent a
+factor in the upbuilding of Montreal’s commercial prosperity. Mr.
+Morgan was of a somewhat retiring disposition. His store and his
+farm home at Maisonneuve divided his time, and though he enjoyed
+a very large share of public respect, he never sought to enter
+public life. He was unmarried. His death was due to influenza,
+the cause of so many deaths of prominent men lately, acting on a
+constitution weakened somewhat by previous illness. The funeral
+takes place today from St. Andrew’s church, of which he was an
+esteemed elder.”</p>
+
+<p>The death of Mr. James Morgan had preceded that of his brother
+but a few months, and occurred on March 28, 1893, at which time
+the Gazette said in part: “By the death of Mr. James Morgan,
+Sr., Montreal has lost one of its oldest citizens and one who
+for well nigh half a century was an intelligent sharer in its
+commercial and industrial progress. The deceased gentleman was
+in his eighty-sixth year. Mr. James Morgan was a man of strong
+intellect, diligently cultivated, an assiduous but judicious
+reader until his eyesight became impaired, and his opinion on
+questions to which he had given thought was ever listened to with
+attention. With few persons was it more profitable to converse,
+especially on the higher themes of religion, philosophy and
+science. His views were broad and so was his charity. Although
+as a business man he had little spare time for writing, Mr.
+Morgan could wield an able pen and has written not only prose
+but poetry. He was long an esteemed member of the Church of the
+Messiah. But though a man of strong convictions, as he was a
+thorough Scotchman, neither in creed nor in nationality was he of
+the narrow type.”</p>
+
+<p>The business of Henry Morgan & Company from its very inception,
+has never been at a standstill, success following the firm’s
+every move. In 1906 it was incorporated as a limited liability
+company under the present title of Henry Morgan & Company,
+Limited, with Mr. James Morgan, as president. The development and
+expansion of this firm’s interests <a name="Err_64" id="Err_64"></a>have come to include several
+large factories which it owns and operates, among these being
+the foremost high class wood-working plant in the Dominion,
+which places the company in a position to build homes as well
+as to decorate and furnish them even to the smallest detail. In
+this respect the firm has become widely known throughout Canada,
+and its successful undertakings include decorative schemes and
+interior furnishings of some of the finest homes in practically
+every province in the Dominion.</p>
+
+<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_631" id="Page_631">[631]</a></p>
+
+<p>Its business policy has always been one of absolute integrity and
+business honesty, and this has exerted a strong influence upon
+the life of a great city. The public who come in daily contact
+with the various branches of this great organization readily feel
+that spirit of industry and enterprise that has made possible
+the accomplishing of great things and the building of a great
+business dedicated to the best interests of the public whom it
+serves.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_M10" id="Idx_M10"></a>HON. JAMES McSHANE.</h3>
+
+<p>In the political history of Montreal during the past half
+century no name has been more familiar to the people than that
+of the Hon. James McShane, who in all of his public connections
+displayed a masterful grasp of every problem presented for
+solution combined with thorough understanding of human nature and
+the springs of human conduct. A firm belief in the principles
+which he advocated combined with the qualities of leadership
+enabled him to become a directing force in public affairs.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. McShane was born in Montreal, November 7, 1833, a son of
+James and Ellen (Quinn) McShane, who came from county Armagh,
+Ireland, and settled in Montreal in the summer of 1833. The
+mother died during the cholera epidemic of 1834.</p>
+
+<p>After pursuing his early education under Daniel Mahoney, a well
+known Irish schoolmaster of that period, and spending some years
+as a student in the Sulpician College, James McShane, at the age
+of eighteen years, joined his father who had become an extensive
+cattle exporter. The son eventually succeeded to the business and
+it is a matter of history that he was the first to export cattle
+to Europe, his first shipment of three hundred head being made
+October 5, 1874, on the steamship George, to Liverpool. For four
+years he also had the contract to supply the British troops when
+they were stationed here.</p>
+
+<p>While engaged in this business Mr. McShane, with the natural
+love of the Celt for such matters, found time to devote to
+political problems and activities, both municipal and federal.
+In 1863 he was a justice of the peace and for twenty-one years
+he represented St. Ann’s ward as an alderman. During those years
+he became known as “the people’s Jimmie,” for he knew every man,
+woman and child in the ward, calling them by their Christian
+names and ever manifesting deep and sincere solicitude for their
+welfare. He possessed a wonderful gift of memory enabling him to
+readily recall names and faces and incidents connected with the
+individual to whom he was speaking. All this made him personally
+popular and was an effective element in his leadership.</p>
+
+<p>At various periods Mr. McShane represented Montreal West and
+Center in the legislature, continuing to sit from 1878 until
+1892. In the formation of the Mercier cabinet he accepted the
+important portfolio of minister of public works in which he
+continued in 1887-8. When the late Mr. Justice Curran was raised
+to the bench in 1875 Mr. McShane contested St. Ann’s division
+in the liberal interests against Sir William Hingston whom he
+defeated. In 1891 and 1892 Mr. McShane was mayor of Montreal,
+and his administration of municipal affairs was characterized by
+many needed reforms and improvements. In<a class="pagenum" name="Page_632" id="Page_632">[632]</a> 1887 he was a member
+of the Quebec Interprovincial Conference, and he was at one time
+president of St. Patrick’s Society. He served as an officer in
+the volunteer militia in the first administrative battalion in
+the Fenian raids of 1866 and was granted a medal for his service.
+He is now eighty years of age, but is splendidly preserved
+physically and mentally, in both regards being the superior
+of many men of sixty years. He possesses all the virtues and
+specific activities of the sons of Erin. In 1910 when he was far
+past the span of life allotted by the psalmist, he fell victim
+to an acute attack of pneumonia, but by sheer force of will
+passed through a crisis after he was given up by his old family
+physician and friend, Mr. McShane remarking that “he felt quite
+fit and that this business of making him stay in bed was only a
+joke.”</p>
+
+<p>Mr. McShane has been married twice. In 1863 he wedded Elizabeth
+Jane Darrah, who died June 25, 1867. In 1870 he married Miss
+Josephine Kathleen Meron of Plattsburg, New York, who died
+January 1, 1910. Unto them were born six children, three of whom
+survive the mother: Mrs. Richard Barry of Montreal; Mrs. Henry M.
+Tracy of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, who has two children; and
+Mrs. Kathleen H. Buckley of New York city, who has five children.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_A11" id="Idx_A11"></a>HON. JEAN BAPTISTE ARCHAMBAULT.</h3>
+
+<p>Hon. Jean Baptiste Archambault, judge of the circuit court of
+Montreal, took to his judicial duties an excellent record as a
+lawyer whose ability and success had won for him a foremost place
+among the strong and forceful representatives of the Montreal
+bar. A deep thinker, logical reasoner and well versed in the
+science of his profession, he was eminently well fitted for the
+judgeship to which he was appointed November 29, 1913.</p>
+
+<p>He was born at St. Antoine, Vercheres county, P. Q., on the 21st
+of March, 1871, and comes from one of the old and prominent
+families of the province, one that has given to the legal
+profession more members than any other one family.</p>
+
+<p>In the attainment of his education, Judge Archambault attended
+St. Hyacinthe Seminary and Laval University, winning the degrees
+of B. L. and B. C. L. in 1895. From the outset the science of
+his profession, as well as its practical phases, proved a strong
+attraction for him. He entered upon active practice in 1895 and
+soon demonstrated his ability to successfully cope with intricate
+and involved legal problems.</p>
+
+<p>His preparation of cases was always thorough and his presentation
+of a cause marked by perspicuity. His standing among his
+professional brethren is indicated by the fact that in 1905 he
+was chosen by the council of the bar of the province of Quebec to
+assist in editing the judicial reports of the superior court and
+the court of king’s bench.</p>
+
+<p>Vital political problems have always greatly interested him, and
+he has been active and zealous in support of principles in which
+he believes. He was a recognized leader of the conservative party
+in his native county and was a candidate for the legislature
+in 1904. He has ever been a close student of the signs of
+the times and the questions of the day, and although still a
+conservative<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_635" id="Page_635">[635]</a></span> in principle he holds to more independent views
+than formerly, his comprehensive study leading him to see many
+questions in a different light. He has been spoken of as “a man
+who has thought out problems for himself and is an authority on
+economics, political and social.” He was one of the first to
+advocate proportional representation in Canada, has delivered
+many lectures upon the subject and has written many articles
+which have done much to foster and promote the idea.</p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 338px;">
+<img src="images/image633.jpg" width="338" height="500" alt="HON. JEAN B. ARCHAMBAULT" />
+<p class="caption">HON. JEAN B. ARCHAMBAULT</p>
+</div>
+
+<p>His wide general information is one of the strong elements of his
+power and ability as a lawyer and jurist. His broad knowledge,
+which enables him to understand life in its various phases, and
+his masterful grasp of every problem presented for solution, are
+qualities which, combined with a familiarity of the law and with
+precedent, equip him for his work on the bench.</p>
+
+<p>Judge Archambault withal is possessed of a genial nature, is
+kindly in spirit and unfailingly courteous. He belongs to a
+number of the leading social clubs and in their membership is
+most popular.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_A2" id="Idx_A2"></a>SIR HUGH ALLAN.</h3>
+
+<p>Sir Hugh Allan, one of the foremost men in the early development
+of Canada’s foreign commerce and the practical founder of the
+Allan line of steamships, was a man whose initiative spirit
+enabled him to recognize, appreciate and understand situations
+incomprehensible to men of less sagacity and insight. The success
+of his undertakings made him one of the foremost figures in the
+history of Canada’s commercial greatness. He stood as a leading
+representative of navigation interests and <a name="Err_65" id="Err_65"></a>was almost equally
+well known in banking and industrial circles. Indeed many
+business interests profited by his cooperation and ability and
+his memory is still honored by those who cherish the history of
+their country and recognize its real upbuilders.</p>
+
+<p>The identification of the Allan family with the shipping
+interests of the St. Lawrence dated back to about 1825, when
+Captain Alexander Allan sailed up the river in the brig Favorite
+from Glasgow. There were no wharves then. The vessel was assisted
+up the St. Mary’s current by oxen. The cargo was discharged on
+the beach, over long planks.</p>
+
+<p>Sir Hugh Allan was the second son of Captain Alexander, and was
+born September 29, 1810, in Saltcoats, County Ayr, Scotland. Sir
+Hugh Allan was in his sixteenth year, when on the 12th of April,
+1826, he sailed from Greenock for Montreal on the brig Favorite,
+commanded by his father, and on which his eldest brother was
+second officer. They arrived in Montreal on the 21st of May.
+Hugh Allan entered the employ of William Kerr & Company, and
+afterward travelled for some time in the United States. He then
+visited Scotland and a year later returned to Montreal, where he
+secured a position with J. Millar & Company, shipbuilders and
+shippers. So excellent was his service in that connection that
+after four years he was admitted to partnership and following the
+death of Mr. Millar in 1838 the business was conducted by the
+firm of Edmonstone & Allan, ship agents, shipbuilders, importers
+and general merchants. In 1846, Andrew Allan, a younger brother
+of Hugh’s, was taken into the firm.<a class="pagenum" name="Page_636" id="Page_636">[636]</a> It owned a fleet of fast
+sailing vessels of about 350 tons register, full-rigged ships
+which, with ice-blocks round their bows, pushed their way through
+the ice, so that sometimes they would arrive in port on the 15th
+of April. In 1853 Hugh Allan, who was a man of great tenacity
+of purpose, and at the same time of remarkable foresight, saw
+that the time had come for the building of iron ships for the
+St. Lawrence trade. Besides, there was the consideration that
+they would run to Portland in the winter time, and connect with
+Montreal by rail. He enlisted the support of several wealthy
+men, including William Dow and Robert Anderson, of Montreal, and
+formed the Montreal Ocean Steamship Company. The Canadian and
+Indian were the first two boats built by the company. The boats
+cost about two hundred and fifty thousand dollars each and had a
+speed of eleven knots. They were wonders at the time and made a
+great impression, as the people had not been accustomed to see
+iron ships.</p>
+
+<p>It happened that about this time the Crimean war broke out, and
+the government was at its wits’ end to provide transports. The
+Allans went into the business and while the war lasted made large
+profits.</p>
+
+<p>The first ocean steamship, the Genova, reached Quebec in 1853
+and proceeded to Montreal, where there was great rejoicing. She
+was an iron boat of eight hundred tons and was succeeded by the
+Cleopatra and the Sarah Sands. Newer and larger vessels were
+built in the succeeding year and what was deemed experimental
+at the start became fixed features of the new navigation, which
+was dangerous, owing to so many sunken reefs in the St. Lawrence
+and the poor lighting of the river. The Canadian government
+made a contract with Hugh Allan for carrying the mails, paying
+an annual subsidy of one hundred and twenty thousand dollars.
+The Anglo-Saxon, a new boat, ran from Quebec to Liverpool in
+nine days on one occasion. This was thought to be wonderful, as
+the people had been accustomed to a voyage of forty days on the
+old sailing vessels. At that time the grain carrying charge was
+thirty cents per bushel.</p>
+
+<p>The requirements of the service in 1858 demanded more
+accommodation, and the Allan brothers determined on a weekly
+service. Larger and faster boats were introduced. The government
+paid subsidies to the new service totaling four hundred and
+sixteen thousand dollars per annum. Year by year the Allans
+launched new boats, always bigger and faster, though speed was
+never the chief consideration with the company. In 1861 they had
+a fleet of over twenty vessels, but a sinister fortune befell
+the company in the first ten years of its existence. Eight ships
+were lost in as many years. The Indian, the Hungarian, a second
+Canadian, the North Briton, the Anglo-Saxon, the Norwegian, the
+Bohemian, all became total wrecks. The river was badly lighted,
+the tides did not run true, the pilots were incompetent and the
+compass deviated owing to some strange local attraction due,
+it was said, to mineral deposits in the gulf. Anyway, disaster
+followed disaster, and, as was said at the time, any other
+man than Mr. Allan would have given up in despair. But that
+gentleman had something of the firmness of his native granite in
+his composition and he never wavered. Difficulties in time were
+overcome, the Allans began to prosper and from this on their
+boats were singularly free from accidents.</p>
+
+<p>To show, however, how little even the most perspicacious can see
+in advance of their time, it may be stated that at the banquet
+which the citizens tendered Hugh Allan in 1850, he said that
+ships of one thousand seven hundred tons were<a class="pagenum" name="Page_637" id="Page_637">[637]</a> the most suitable
+for the Montreal trade. He lived to see his boats grow to five
+thousand five hundred tons. The line prospered; the number of
+boats was constantly increased to meet the need; the Northwest
+was opened up; and the Allan boats brought in many thousands of
+immigrants. The building of the Parisian in 1881 was supposed to
+be about the last word in shipbuilding. She was far in advance
+of anything to be seen on the route. Today she is, by comparison
+with the leviathans of the route, almost as antique as the old
+Favorite was when steamships came in.</p>
+
+<p>As prosperity came to him in one direction, Sir Hugh Allan
+extended his efforts into other fields. He not only kept abreast
+with the times but was ever in the vanguard of progress. He
+became president of the Montreal Telegraph Company, of the
+Canadian Navigation Company, the Merchants Bank of Canada, and
+the Lake Memphremagog Navigation Company. He was also interested
+in mining as president of the Mulgrave Gold Mining Company
+and his activities extended to the presidency of the Montreal
+Warehousing Company, the Vermont & Canada Marble Company, and
+many other business enterprises of importance. Indeed, no citizen
+of Canada has deserved popular recognition in larger measure
+than Sir Hugh, and Queen Victoria acknowledged the value of his
+service to his country by knighting him with her own hand in 1871.</p>
+
+<p>In 1877 he decided to associate his name with the Canadian
+Pacific Railway enterprise. He, in fact, formed the first
+syndicate to build it. The fall of the Macdonald government
+defeated his plan.</p>
+
+<p>On the 13th of September, 1844, Sir Hugh was married to Miss
+Matilda Smith, the second daughter of John Smith, one of the
+leading merchants of Montreal. They became parents of nine
+daughters and four sons. Sir Hugh died in Edinburgh while on a
+visit to Scotland on the 9th of December, 1882, having passed
+the seventy-second milestone on life’s journey. His remains were
+brought to Montreal in one of his own vessels, and laid to rest
+in Mount Royal cemetery. Well merited encomiums were passed upon
+him and high honors awaited him during his active life. He was
+one who pushed forward the wheels of progress. Looking into the
+future he saw something of the greatness in store for Canada
+and became a factor in the fulfillment of the progress which he
+believed possible for a country having the natural advantages
+here offered. He builded perhaps even better than he knew, for
+his work continues today, remaining an important element in
+Canada’s enterprise, activity and greatness.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_M42" id="Idx_M42"></a>FREDERICK CLEVELAND MORGAN.</h3>
+
+<p>Frederick Cleveland Morgan, merchant, is one of Montreal’s
+native sons, his father being James Morgan. <a name="Err_66" id="Err_66"></a>Liberal educational
+opportunitiess were afforded him and after pursuing his education
+at Cambridge, where he won the Bachelor of Arts degree, he
+continued his studies in McGill University, which conferred
+upon him the degree of Master of Arts. Throughout his business
+career he has been identified with commercial interests and is
+now a member of the firm of Henry Morgan & Company, Limited,
+proprietors of the Colonial House<a class="pagenum" name="Page_638" id="Page_638">[638]</a> Department Store, which is one
+of the largest and best establishments of its character in the
+city.</p>
+
+<p>In March, 1906, Mr. Morgan was married to Miss Elizabeth Marcia
+Shaw, the eldest daughter of C. Thaxter Shaw, of Montreal. They
+occupy an attractive home at No. 308 Peel Street. Mr. Morgan is a
+member of the University Club, Racquet Club, Forest and Stream,
+the Mount Royal Lawn Tennis, Arts Club, Art Association and
+Antiquarian and Numismatic Society. Mr. Morgan’s interest lies
+more in art and literature than in business affairs. He was the
+first secretary of the Arts Club, Limited, formed in 1913 for the
+purpose of encouraging art and literature.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_B7" id="Idx_B7"></a>HON. SIMEON BEAUDIN, K. C.</h3>
+
+<p>Hon. Simeon Beaudin, puisne judge of the superior court of the
+province of Quebec, took to his judicial duties an excellent
+record as a lawyer whose ability had won for him a foremost
+position among the strong and forceful members of the Montreal
+bar, where he had been a successful practitioner for more than
+one-third of a century.</p>
+
+<p>He was born at St. Isidore, P. Q., September 12, 1855, and comes
+from one of the oldest families in the province.</p>
+
+<p>He supplemented his early educational privileges by a course
+of study in Montreal College and in 1878 was called to the
+bar. He immediately entered upon active practice, forming a
+partnership with Messrs. Loranger & Loranger, in whose office he
+had previously studied. One of the partners was raised to the
+bench and on the death of the other Mr. Beaudin succeeded to the
+business of the firm. His partnership relations extended until he
+became the senior member of the well known law firm of Beaudin,
+Loranger, St. Germain & Guerin. His practice was of an extensive
+and important character. He argued the St. Blase parish and other
+cases before the judicial committee of the privy council of
+England, and was acknowledged as a leader of the French-Canadian
+bar. For many years he was a member of the bar council. In 1889
+he was created Q. C. by the Earl of Derby. He was batonnier
+of the Montreal bar in 1902 and later batonnier-general. His
+close conformity to the highest standards of his profession and
+his devotion to his clients’ interests gave to him a standing
+that was an honor to his profession. He was elected an honorary
+member of La Chambre de Commerce of Montreal in 1902 and in 1904
+he became one of the incorporators of the La Presse Publishing
+Company. He was also one of the promoters of Lafontaine Club and
+he likewise belongs to Club Canadien and Pointe Claire Golf Club.</p>
+
+<p>Judge Beaudin has always given his political allegiance
+to the conservative party. He unsuccessfully contested
+Laprairie-Napierville for the house of commons at the general
+election in 1908.</p>
+
+<p>For some years previous to his assuming judicial duties in 1912,
+he had been frequently referred to by the press and profession
+as a most competent man for the bench, and of him the Montreal
+Witness said:<a class="pagenum" name="Page_639" id="Page_639">[639]</a> “He ranks high in his profession, his thorough
+legal sense, knowledge of the law and extensive experience
+qualifying him for early judicial preferment.”</p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 347px;">
+<img src="images/image639.jpg" width="347" height="500" alt="HON. SIMEON BEAUDIN" />
+<p class="caption">HON. SIMEON BEAUDIN</p>
+</div>
+
+<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_641" id="Page_641">[641]</a></span></p>
+
+<p>In 1883 Mr. Beaudin was united in marriage to Miss Mary Norris,
+a daughter of John Norris, of Montreal, and they reside at No.
+44 Bishop Street. In religious faith Mr. Beaudin is a Roman
+Catholic. In all matters of citizenship pertaining to the
+material, intellectual, political and moral progress of the
+community he is deeply interested, but after all he regards the
+law as his real life work.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_H26" id="Idx_H26"></a>SIR WILLIAM HALES HINGSTON, Kt., M. D.</h3>
+
+<p>Sir William Hales Hingston, Kt., M. D., whose professional
+activities constituted valuable contributions to the world’s
+work, his ability winning him wide recognition and high honors
+from various scientific bodies, was born at Hinchinbrooke,
+province of Quebec, June 29, 1829, a son of the late Lieutenant
+Colonel S. J. Hingston, of His Majesty’s One Hundredth Regiment.
+He was a representative of a distinguished Irish family, closely
+related to the Cotters of Cork, the Latouches of Dublin and
+the Hales. He supplemented his early education, acquired in a
+local academy, by study in St. Sulpice, now Montreal College,
+and having determined upon the practice of medicine as a life
+work, he prepared for his chosen calling by a course in McGill
+University, which he completed with the class of 1851. He
+further carried on his investigation, study and research abroad,
+obtaining a diploma in the Royal College of Surgery at Edinburgh
+in 1852, and subsequently obtaining diplomas in France, Prussia,
+Austria and Bavaria. He was the first Canadian to whom was
+accorded the honor of membership in the Imperial Leopold Academy
+at Vienna.</p>
+
+<p>Dr. Hingston entered upon the active work of his profession in
+Montreal and continued an eminent member of the profession to the
+time of his death, winning notable renown in surgery. His ability
+along that line constantly developed. He possessed the steady
+hand and the cool nerve of the surgeon and his professional
+skill gained him rank with the most prominent representatives
+of the profession on the American continent. For many years he
+was surgeon in the Hotel Dieu Hospital, where he gave clinical
+instructions in surgery. He was also governor of the College of
+Physicians and Surgeons and at one time was its president. He
+was honored with election as a first secretary of the Canadian
+Medical Association, and later was called to its presidency.</p>
+
+<p>He was the organizer of the first board of health in the
+Dominion, and his efforts in behalf of sanitary interests were
+far reaching and beneficial. Not only did he display marked skill
+in surgery, but also eminent ability as an educator, and upon
+the organization of Bishop’s College Medical School was chosen
+professor of surgery and clinical surgery, and became dean of
+the faculty, but at length was forced to sever his connections
+with that institution, owing to the many other demands made upon
+his time and services. He never refused to respond to a call for
+professional aid if he could possibly meet it, and it would be
+difficult to name a physician and surgeon of Canada whose labors
+have reached out beneficially to a larger number of people.
+When, during an epidemic of smallpox, a local board of health
+was organized, Dr. Hingston was made its chairman, and he also
+became chairman of the provincial board of<a class="pagenum" name="Page_642" id="Page_642">[642]</a> health, when in 1885
+the province was again being visited by that calamity. He was an
+energetic advocate of vaccination.</p>
+
+<p>It was but natural that a man of his ability and position should
+have written much upon professional topics. He was a valuable
+contributor to the medical literature of his day, one of his
+most important publications being his “Climate of Canada and
+its Relation to Life and Health,” published in 1885. Competent
+authority pronounced this “the fullest work, which has appeared
+on the subject and apart from its economic and ethnological
+value, is, from its pleasing style, delightful to read.”
+Scientific bodies conferred high honors upon Dr. Hingston and in
+addition, he was elected an honorary member of different state
+boards of medicine and by many state medical societies in the
+United States. When the British Association for the Advancement
+of Science visited Canada some years ago, he was chosen vice
+president and not long afterward was elected an honorary member
+of the British Medical Association.</p>
+
+<p>His professional activity would alone entitle him to wide
+distinction, yet he was active in other fields and in connection
+with the public affairs of the country.</p>
+
+<p>He became president of the Montreal City & District Savings Bank,
+and also vice president of the City Passenger Railway Company. In
+1875 Montreal elected him its mayor, and he served one term, when
+he declined renomination. For coolness and judgment, which he
+displayed during the Guibord affair in Montreal, he received the
+thanks of the Earl of Dufferin, then governor general of Canada.
+Bishop’s College University at Lennoxville conferred upon him the
+honorary degree of D. C. L., while Victoria University of Toronto
+gave him the honorary degree of LL. D. He was made vice president
+of the Montreal branch of the St. John’s Ambulance Association
+and in 1875 was appointed a commander of the Roman Order of St.
+Gregory. Twenty years later, or on the 24th of May, 1895, he was
+knighted by Her Majesty, the late Queen Victoria, and he was
+called to the senate of Canada by the Earl of Aberdeen, January
+2, 1896. His political allegiance was given to the conservative
+party, and his study of vital questions and issues of the day
+brought about the familiarity of Canadian politics, which enabled
+him to discuss such subjects with those to whom such study was a
+life work.</p>
+
+<p>In 1875 Dr. Hingston was married to Miss Margaret Josephine
+Macdonald, a daughter of the late Hon. D. A. Macdonald, at one
+time lieutenant governor of Ontario. Her mother was Katherine,
+the second daughter of the late Hon. Colonel Alexander Fraser of
+Frasersfield, Ontario. Lady Hingston was educated in Montreal
+and has been very prominent in charitable and benevolent work.
+She is a member of the Ladies Committee L’Institute des Ecoles
+Menageres, vice president of the Needlework Guild, honorary
+president of the Loyola Literary Club; prominently identified
+with the local League for the Prevention of Tuberculosis;
+formerly president of the Woman’s Park Protective Association;
+etc., and was elected president of the Catholic Girls’ Club of
+Montreal (an association largely founded by her), in 1911.</p>
+
+<p>Sir William Hingston was a member of the Roman Catholic church
+to which Lady Hingston also belongs. He passed away on February
+19, 1907, but there lives in the minds of those who knew him and
+of the professional world at large, the memory of distinguished
+service for the benefit of his fellowmen,<a class="pagenum" name="Page_643" id="Page_643">[643]</a> in the path of his
+chosen profession. A keen intellect, splendidly developed, was
+brought to bear upon complex medical and surgical problems
+and the result of deep thought, wise research and careful
+investigation, made his contribution to the world’s work of the
+utmost benefit.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_W3" id="Idx_W3"></a>HON. JAMES KEWLEY WARD.</h3>
+
+<p>Out of the struggle with comparatively small opportunities
+Hon. James Kewley Ward came finally into a field of broad and
+active influence and usefulness. Not seeking honor but simply
+endeavoring to do his duty, honors were yet multiplied and
+prosperity followed his undertakings. His father settled on the
+Isle of Man and it was there that the son, James Kewley Ward, was
+born on the 9th of September, 1819. He was reared and educated
+at the place of his nativity but the opportunities of America
+attracted him in early manhood, and he crossed the Atlantic
+to New York, remaining for a decade in that city. His initial
+experience in the new world was one of continuous advancement,
+for the wise use he made of his time and opportunities brought
+about the development and increase of his powers. He left New
+York for Canada in 1853, and settling in Montreal engaged in the
+lumber business, which he found a profitable field of labor,
+owing to his keen discernment and his wise management of his
+affairs. He also became deeply interested in the Canadian cotton
+manufacturing industry and in time came to rank with the leading
+representatives of manufacturing and commercial interests in his
+province.</p>
+
+<p>Important and extensive as were his business affairs, Mr. Ward
+never allowed these to preclude an active and helpful interest in
+the municipal life or provincial welfare. For eighteen years he
+was a valued member of the town council of Cote St. Antoine, and
+for nine years he was mayor, giving to the city a businesslike
+and progressive administration that brought about needed reforms
+and improvements. In 1882 and again in 1887 he was defeated in
+the dominion general election, after which he was appointed to
+the legislative council in 1888 and in 1903 was made a member of
+the council of public instruction. He reached the remarkable old
+age of ninety-one years, yet remained an active factor in the
+work of the legislative council, being seen daily at his desk in
+the legislature, taking a keen interest in many public <a name="Err_67" id="Err_67"></a>questions
+which were submitted for consideration. He was a liberal and his
+position upon any vital issue was never an equivocal one. He
+stood stalwartly in defence of what he believed to be right and
+for the best interests of the province at large. He was a man of
+broad vision, whose public service was characterized by no petty
+personal prejudices. Duty was his watchword in public office, and
+he seemed to view a vital question from every possible standpoint.</p>
+
+<p>Hon. Mr. Ward was connected with various public institutions,
+having to do with the welfare and benefit of the unfortunate
+or tending to alleviate hard conditions of life for the needy.
+He was a governor of the Montreal General Hospital and of the
+House of Industry and Refuge, was president of the Protestant
+Hospital for the Insane and president of St. George’s Society
+and other organizations. He passed away October 2, 1910, having
+kept his faculties unimpaired<a class="pagenum" name="Page_644" id="Page_644">[644]</a> to the last. To build up rather
+than to destroy had ever been his broad policy, and through life
+he had attacked every important work which he undertook with a
+contagious enthusiasm.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_G26" id="Idx_G26"></a>JOSEPH MEDARD GUINDON.</h3>
+
+<p>Joseph Medard Guindon, engaged in the real estate business in
+Montreal since December, 1908, was born at St. Ignace du Coteau
+du Lac in the county of Soulanges, on the 23d of March, 1866, a
+son of Jules and Marguerite (Wilson) Guindon the father born at
+St. Eustache and the mother at Coteau du Lac. The ancestry of
+the Guindon family can be traced back to Pierre Guindon, who was
+born in 1648 and died September 27, 1733. He married Catherine
+Rouchallet dit Bergerac, who died August 22, 1710. To his
+marriage were born three children. The eldest son, Jean Baptiste
+Guindon, was born September 15, 1707, and married, February 14,
+1729, Madeleine Labette. Pierre Guindon, the second son, was born
+in 1708, and died October 7, 1709. Paul Guindon, the youngest
+son, was born August 21, 1710, and married November 16, 1733,
+Marie Josette Aube dit Aubert, to which marriage were born two
+sons: Paul, August 20, 1735; and François, March 23, 1737. Paul
+Guindon married Marie Amable de Maisonneuve in 1770 and had one
+son, Amable, born in 1772. Amable Guindon married in 1809 and
+had a son, Magloire, born October 15, 1811. Magloire Guindon
+was married in 1835 to Josette Guindon, his cousin. He took up
+arms at the revolt of St. Eustache in 1837, was arrested and
+imprisoned for a period of seven months after the confiscation
+of the greater part of his goods. To his marriage were born
+six children of whom Jules, born in 1840, married Marguerite
+Wilson, May 20, 1865, at Coteau du Lac. To them were born eleven
+children, the most of whom died at an early age.</p>
+
+<p>Joseph Medard Guindon was a student in l’Ecole du Plateau in
+Montreal, where he completed the commercial course in 1882. He
+then turned his attention to the hardware trade and in 1897
+became a hardware merchant in Valleyfield, where he conducted
+business for nine years. In 1907 he established a hardware
+store in Montreal, of which he was proprietor for two years. In
+December, 1908, he opened a real estate office with L. D. Latour
+under the firm name of Latour & Guindon, in which business he has
+since been engaged with a large capital. He has personally made
+investments in improved property and vacant land and his holdings
+are now very extensive. As real estate agent and expert he has
+a large clientage and his business is growing year by year. He
+is thoroughly informed concerning realty values and the energy
+and enterprise which he displays in carrying on his work have
+constituted the salient forces in the attainment of his success.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Guindon has been twice married. On the 30th of June, 1886, he
+wedded Rosalinda Bourdon, a daughter of Narcisse and Marie Anne
+(Bisaillon) Bourdon, and to this marriage was born one son, Paul
+Herve, whose birth occurred at Valleyfield, April 2, 1898. On
+October 7, 1902, Mr. Guindon was again married, his second union
+being with Marie Rose Anne Sevigny, a daughter of Philias<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_647" id="Page_647">[647]</a></span> and
+Madeleine (Cantin) Sevigny. The children of this marriage are:
+Marguerite, Marcelle, Suzanne, Juliette, Mario, Robert, Jacques
+and Jean Rodrigue.</p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 347px;">
+<img src="images/image645.jpg" width="347" height="500" alt="J. M. GUINDON" />
+<p class="caption">J. M. GUINDON</p>
+</div>
+
+<p>While living in Valleyfield Mr. Guindon served as city alderman
+from 1898 till 1904. He manifests a deep interest in municipal
+affairs and all lines of public progress, but has never been
+ambitious to hold office, preferring to concentrate his energies
+upon his business interests, which are now extensive and
+important.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_P5" id="Idx_P5"></a>WILLIAM PATTERSON, K. C.</h3>
+
+<p>William Patterson was born in Ormstown, Quebec, and is a son of
+the late Samuel Patterson. He was educated at the public school
+of Ormstown; Huntingdon Academy at Huntingdon, Quebec; McGill
+University of Montreal, which institution conferred upon him the
+degree of B. A. with first rank honours in classics, in 1886,
+M. A., in 1889, and B. C. L., in 1895; and at Laval University,
+which granted him the LL. B. degree in 1900.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Patterson was principal of the Royal Arthur school at
+Montreal from 1888 to 1898, during which time he organized and
+directed a movement in favor of a school history of Canada,
+written from a Dominion instead of a provincial point of view,
+the object being, while the history of our country is told from
+its earliest periods, to direct, as far as possible, the mind of
+the reader from the various currents of provincial history into
+the broader channel of the Dominion and to make the boys and
+girls of Canada feel as they grow up into the responsibilities
+of citizenship that under confederation we have a united country
+and a united people. He addressed in support of the movement the
+Provincial Association of Protestant Teachers of the Province
+of Quebec at their annual convention in McGill Normal school,
+Montreal, in October, 1889, and also addressed the Teachers
+of the Province of Nova Scotia at their annual convention, in
+Halifax, in December, 1890. He also read before the Royal Society
+of Canada at Montreal in June, 1891, a paper entitled A Proposal
+for a Dominion Text-Book of Canadian History. He was appointed
+secretary of the Dominion history committee, with the Hon. George
+W. Ross, later Sir George W. Ross, as chairman, by the Dominion
+Educational Association at its first meeting, which was held
+in Montreal in July, 1892. The result of these efforts was the
+organization of the Dominion history prize competition, open to
+authors of recognized ability, and the publication in June, 1897,
+of The History of the Dominion of Canada, by W. H. P. Clement,
+B. A., LL. B., which had been awarded the first prize, and of A
+Canadian History for Boys and Girls, by Miss Emily P. Weaver,
+which had been awarded the second prize—both works written from
+the viewpoint indicated above.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Patterson organized at Ormstown, Quebec, in 1888, the
+Chateauguay Literary and Historical Society and was its
+corresponding secretary from that time until 1895, when, under
+the auspices of the society and in the presence of over seven
+thousand people, many of whom had come from a distance, a
+monument erected on the Chateauguay battlefield by the Dominion
+government, the outcome of a long agitation, was unveiled in
+memory of Colonel de Salaberry’s brilliant victory of 1813 over
+the American invading army.</p>
+
+<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_648" id="Page_648">[648]</a></p>
+
+<p>Mr. Patterson was called to the Quebec bar in July, 1901, and has
+since successfully practiced his profession at Montreal, where
+he is the attorney of the Dominion Alliance and of other bodies.
+He is the author of the Handbook of Commercial Law, published in
+1904. In 1910 he was appointed joint crown prosecutor for the
+district of Beauharnois and in April, 1912, was created a king’s
+counsellor.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Patterson married Miss Naomi Florence Smith, a daughter
+of Robert Smith, of Westmount, Quebec, in July, 1909. He is a
+liberal in politics and has taken an active part on the hustings
+in all federal and provincial elections at Montreal and in
+its vicinity since 1900. His church membership is held in the
+Presbyterian denomination, and he is a member of the Canadian and
+Reform Clubs of Montreal. His residence is at 2290 Mance Street,
+Montreal.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_A19" id="Idx_A19"></a>WILLIAM HENRY ATHERTON.</h3>
+
+<p>William Henry Atherton was born on November 15, 1867, in Salford,
+a suburb of Manchester, in Lancashire, England, of Joseph
+Atherton, sanitary engineer, and Sarah (Nicholls) Atherton. His
+grandfather, William Atherton, was of a line of merchants and
+was the last volunteer fire chief in Salford where in Peel Park
+Museum his famous fire dog “Lion” held an honoured place. His
+maternal grandfather’s family of Nicholls had farms in Yorkshire
+and previously in North Wales.</p>
+
+<p>William Henry Atherton spent his early boyhood at the old
+cathedral city of Norwich in Norfolk, and in 1879, at the age of
+twelve, started his classical studies at Stonyhurst College, in
+Lancashire, graduating from the class of Rhetoric in 1886 and
+matriculating the same year in the first class in the University
+of London. After several years’ further classical studies he
+entered the course of scholastic philosophy at St. Mary’s
+College, Stonyhurst, and at the end of the third year, in 1895,
+presented his theses in Universa Philosophia, which he passed
+with distinction “aptus ad docendum,” the degree being equivalent
+to the Doctorate of Philosophy, which was, after a further
+thesis on “Beatitudo Finalis” accepted as <i lang="la" xml:lang="la">ad eundum gradum</i> at
+the University of Ottawa in 1908. From 1898 to 1902 he pursued
+a four years’ course of scholastic divinity at St. Beuno’s
+College, St. Asaph, North Wales. When not engaged in the above
+courses he taught for nearly ten years as a professor of classics
+and elocution at Stonyhurst College, Lancashire, and Beaumont
+College, Old Windsor, Berkshire, two of the principal “public
+schools” of England. At both of these colleges he had charge of
+the dramatic performances, which are a recognized and important
+feature in their educational system. There he produced many
+of the best examples of the classical drama as well as of the
+best modern plays. He also had charge of the preparation of the
+annual or term “academies” or “speech days” and thus his students
+presented parts of Latin, Greek, English and French classical
+pieces.</p>
+
+<p>On coming to Canada in 1907 William Atherton taught classics
+for a year at St. Albert, Alberta, at the Bishop’s Seminary,
+assisting Mgr. Légal in the preparation of a history of the
+Catholic church in North Alberta. In 1908 he taught<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_651" id="Page_651">[651]</a></span> classics
+at Loyola College, Montreal. Since then he has filled other
+educational posts in the city as lecturer in psychology and
+ethics at the College for the Higher Education of Women,
+established in connection with Laval University; professor of the
+English course in the new “<a name="Err_68" id="Err_68"></a>Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales”
+erected by the Gouin government in 1910, and from 1911 he has
+also been an examiner in Arts for the entrance examinations
+conducted by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of the
+province of Quebec. During his career in Montreal Dr. Atherton
+has identified himself with most phases of the sociological
+problems of the city. In 1908 he was invited to assume the
+managership of the Catholic Sailors’ Club, a position he still
+holds. In 1909, when the City Improvement League was established,
+he was selected to become the executive secretary. He is a member
+of the Civic Secretaries’ Association in connection with the
+National Municipal League of America, a member of the National
+Housing Association, the International City Planning Conference
+and the American Civic League. At the Toronto convention of the
+International City Planning Congress held in June, 1914, he was
+appointed by the Canadian delegates to represent them before
+the Commission of Conservation of the Dominion government to
+urge the creation of a special Municipal Improvement Bureau
+in connection with that Commission, to co-operate with and to
+organize the various movements for city planning, housing and
+civic improvements in the Dominion. He has taken an active part
+in most of the recent Civic Improvement and Good Government
+movements in Montreal, being one of the pioneers in affecting the
+appointment of the Metropolitan Parks Commission for Montreal,
+and a consistent advocate of better housing conditions for the
+working classes. He was the organizing secretary of the notable
+Child Welfare Exhibition held in Montreal in the Drill Hall on
+Craig Street in October, 1912. In 1914 he was a member of the
+executive committee of the “clean-up week” movement, a great
+public health movement which was taken up by the whole city, in
+which he acted as chairman of the Co-operation Committee.</p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 331px;">
+<img src="images/image649.jpg" width="331" height="500" alt="WILLIAM H. ATHERTON, PH. D." />
+<p class="caption">WILLIAM H. ATHERTON, PH. D.</p>
+</div>
+
+<p>Dr. Atherton has been the author of many contributions and
+criticisms to literary, philosophical and civic journals. His
+first work, published anonymously under the auspices of the
+Catholic Truth Society of England, was the Life of Father
+Damien, the Leper Priest, which appeared in England in 1889,
+attracting attention as the first authentic life then published.
+Dr. Atherton has identified himself with the literary life of
+Montreal. He was one of the founders of the Montreal branch of
+the Dickens’ Fellowship of which he has been vice president for
+three years and president for the years 1912-1913-1914. He is the
+author of the two volumes of the history of Montreal under the
+French Régime and under the English Rule now being published.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_P16" id="Idx_P16"></a>HON. RAYMOND PREFONTAINE.</h3>
+
+<p>Joseph Raymond Fournier Préfontaine was a member of an old
+French family which was established in 1680 in New France. Mr.
+Préfontaine was born at Longueuil on the 16th of September, 1850.
+He began his education under private tutors and completed his
+classical studies at St. Mary’s College under<a class="pagenum" name="Page_652" id="Page_652">[652]</a> the direction of
+the Jesuit Fathers. He obtained his Bachelor’s degree at McGill
+University and was admitted to the bar in 1873. While taking up
+his private practice he began at the same time occupying himself
+with public affairs with success.</p>
+
+<p>There are few men who, step by step, possessed more than he the
+rare gift of being always the man of his time and who at all
+times retained the favor of his friends. He made his debut in
+municipal politics as alderman for Hochelaga, and in 1879 became
+the mayor of that municipality, which honorary post he held until
+1884. At this period the <a name="Err_69" id="Err_69"></a>progress of Montreal was slow, it being
+the custom to retard rather than hasten her development. The
+town and city officers at that time were struggling along with
+inadequate acts and regulations. They were like the undeterred
+scientists of old who obstinately tried to solve the problem
+of squaring the circle although without the slightest vestige
+of success. New blood was needed and Hochelaga supplied the
+first infusion in the person of Mr. Préfontaine. When Hochelaga
+was annexed to Montreal Mr. Préfontaine became alderman of the
+Montreal council and president of the public works commission.
+The task which confronted him was not a small one. On the one
+hand he had to fight against a routine held sacred, and on the
+other hand against a majority which was absolutely neglecting the
+eastern part of Montreal.</p>
+
+<p>In 1898 Mr. Préfontaine was mayor of Montreal and began to
+carry out his program of action. Nothing was neglected for the
+advancement of the city, and he employed to the utmost his legal
+acumen and ability in restoring Montreal to her rights. From
+that time he displayed a deep and abiding devotion to Montreal
+East which owes so much to him, his labors in this connection
+being the crowning achievement of his efforts. It was he who gave
+to the city the Viger railroad station, and this was in itself
+but a small matter when compared with the shipbuilding yards,
+the mammoth warehouses and thousands of habitations that he by
+his persistency won for the French region of the metropolis. He
+thought of everything; the street railway service, the electric
+lighting system, the street paving, all these bore the stamp of
+his personality. He was sometimes unjustly accused of lending
+himself to questionable deals but always emerged from these
+ordeals without a stain upon his character or a shadow of doubt
+remaining as to the entire justification of his actions.</p>
+
+<p>He was the Haussman of the city. It was generally known that
+he was the friend of the working men and would defend their
+interests as his own. It was but natural therefore that the
+workingmen of Hochelaga were his best friends and his stanchest
+partisans. They were his standard bearers throughout the entire
+town and were the first who made possible his election to the
+magistracy of the city. Mr. Préfontaine lifted Montreal out of
+the old routine and after he was elected mayor all worked hand
+and glove with him in order to crown his work, and it is not
+short of the truth to say that a complete reorganization of the
+municipal autonomy took place.</p>
+
+<p>Hon. Mr. Préfontaine at the time of his death had been in
+politics for thirty years. In 1875 he was elected member of
+parliament from Chambly to the legislature of Quebec and
+continued to represent that county from 1886 to 1896 in the
+Dominion parliament. In his early days he served as president
+of the Young Men’s Liberal Association and later as president
+of the Club National. He was always the man of the hour. His
+remarkable popularity, the wide<a class="pagenum" name="Page_653" id="Page_653">[653]</a> prestige which he enjoyed in the
+liberal party and the financial world, his intimate knowledge
+of political and administrative affairs, all betokened him the
+foremost man in the province of Quebec and more particularly in
+the district of Montreal. He was actively interested in all the
+movements of his party; few were the counties which he did not
+visit during the campaigns, and he took part in all the important
+debates. From his debut he was always in the public eye. Men
+like him are always the first in all ranks of life. One sees him
+ceaselessly battling when vital interests are at stake. At the
+general elections of 1900 he was elected by a large majority
+for Maisonneuve and Terrebonne. At the time of his death he was
+representing Maisonneuve, which had elected him by a majority of
+twenty-five hundred votes. When the Hon. Mr. Tarte resigned from
+the Laurier cabinet Mr. Préfontaine was prevailed upon to accept
+the portfolio of marine and fisheries. It is to him that Canada
+owes the fine organization of this department and the excellent
+results obtained.</p>
+
+<p>Let us recall what he wrote regarding this subject on the 21st
+of October in Le Soleil: “We receive every day confirmation of
+the happy news that the harvest of this year will surpass all
+hopes. In fact, everything indicates that it will be phenomenal.
+The Grain Merchants Association values for only the west the
+production of wheat at ninety-one and a half millions bushels;
+that of oats at sixty-seven millions of bushels; that of flax at
+half a million. On the other side the reports from Quebec and
+Ontario are excellent. There is no doubt that our exportations
+of agricultural products will this year largely exceed those of
+1903, our maximum year, which amounted to one hundred and fifteen
+million dollars. These figures are so outstanding that they speak
+for themselves. They mean that the facilities of transportation
+will have to be considerable to ship all of this,—that is that
+the St. Lawrence route will be largely put in requisition to
+export our grain and in return, for the importation of articles
+sent in exchange. But they signify also that large sums of money
+will come into the treasury and that the St. Lawrence route will
+well merit its share. The St. Lawrence begins at the head of
+Lake Superior and goes as far as Belle Isle, I may say nearly to
+Newfoundland.</p>
+
+<p>“One of my predecessors asked from Sir Wilfrid Laurier
+twenty-five million dollars for the single purpose of deepening
+the channel from Montreal to the Gulf. It is far from being
+completed. Since the channel was started we have not yet expended
+one-fifth of this amount and yet we can look backward with
+confidence and contemplate with pride the work accomplished. It
+is needless to give here the figures. Suffice it to say this is
+not a financial treatise but a statement to the people, telling
+them frankly that in less than five years we have created
+from nothing at Sorel, the national workshops of maritime
+construction, the most perfect, the best equipped, the best
+managed in existence in Canada and which would do credit to any
+other country. We have constructed the dredges and the apparatus
+necessary for digging and maintaining the channel at a desirable
+depth. The channel will be thirty feet in depth throughout
+almost its entire course. We have reasonably widened the curves
+wherever they were met. We have constructed signals and placed
+buoys to extend as far as the gulf and join with the channel.
+We have installed submarine bells and we are experimenting with
+a new electrical system for the direction of the vessels in the
+channel. We have made the channel between Montreal and<a class="pagenum" name="Page_654" id="Page_654">[654]</a> Sorel as
+light at night as it is by day. We are now replacing floating
+fires with stationary fires. We have commenced and will continue
+with powerful vessels specially constructed to this end to make
+possible winter navigation and this trial, mark my words, will
+culminate in good results. That is as a matter of fact quite a
+goodly sum of finished work since Sir Wilfrid Laurier has come
+into power and, without boasting too much, since he has entrusted
+to your humble servant the portfolio of marine, so much decried
+by our good friends, the conservatives.</p>
+
+<p>“Now, as far as professional progress is concerned, we can
+still cite without fear of criticism improvement of the law in
+regard to pilots who are now under control of my department, new
+conditions regarding more severe regulations, etc.; the revision
+of the law for the examination of captains and mates; the
+re-drafting of the law regarding the inspection of steamships;
+the creation of a competent tribunal of nautical inquiries; the
+establishment of navigation schools, and the organization of a
+scientific system of oceanographic and hydrographic observations.
+Here, in brief, between two viewpoints, we can, I believe,
+address our friends in order to show them in a new and authentic
+light the liberal work which has been done on the service of our
+grand maritime route. But you say in Quebec that with all this
+there still will be accidents on the river. This I cannot deny
+and no one regrets it more keenly than I. There will be accidents
+everywhere and these will happen in spite of all the precautions
+taken and at the moment when they are least expected. It is for
+this very reason that we call them accidents. Accidents happen
+on the canals, they will happen in mid-ocean and they might even
+happen in the port of Quebec if Providence so ordains, which I
+sincerely pray, not.”</p>
+
+<p>At the outbreak of the Boer war Mr. Préfontaine gauged public
+feeling in Canada correctly and favored the contribution of men
+to the cause of the Empire and also favored the establishment
+of a Canadian navy. While maintaining offices in the city hall
+he displayed remarkable faculty for winning friends. It was
+said of him that no matter how bitterly opponents assailed him
+he never bore resentment. As years went by this trait actually
+made admirers out of those who had formerly been enemies. He
+was always ready to do a friendly act and was naturally of an
+optimistic temperament, being scarcely ever known to show a sign
+of dejection or low spirits. A belief in the possibilities of an
+undertaking always served as a stimulus to his intense activity,
+usually accompanied by the desired results.</p>
+
+<p>In June, 1876, Mr. Préfontaine married Miss Hermantine Rolland,
+and unto them were born three sons: Rolland, a civil engineer
+in Montreal; Fernand, of the firm of Préfontaine & Drouin,
+architects of Montreal; and Adrien, now deceased.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Préfontaine died in Paris, France, December 25, 1905. At
+that time Mr. Lawrence A. Wilson said of his dead friend:<a class="pagenum" name="Page_655" id="Page_655">[655]</a> “As
+the last candle lights were flickering out their little flames
+upon the gilded Christmas trees that had made so many young and
+old hearts happy, a cruel message, wrapped in thunder, reached
+us. A man had died: Yes! a big, big man in the fullest sense
+of the word. A generous friend he was always to the needful,
+irrespective of color, creed or nationality and one whom I have
+never known, during twenty years, to have harbored over night an
+ill feeling against his greatest political foe. When I asked him
+recently during a friendly conversation why he worked so hard to
+the detriment of his personal interests and particularly of his
+health, he replied, ‘My greatest pleasure is to be able to do
+something for my friends.’ He was a kind husband to his devoted
+but now sorrowing wife, a good father to his three bright boys, a
+solid friend to all those he trusted and a faithful, unflinching
+follower of his chief, Sir Wilfrid Laurier. That man was Raymond
+Préfontaine.”</p>
+
+<p>The Montreal Daily Star editorially said of him: “Canadian
+public life has produced few men who would be more sincerely
+mourned by an army of personal friends than will the late Raymond
+Préfontaine. He was a man who was always bigger than his party,
+bigger than his numerous victories and broader in his sympathies
+than many a man who made more display of public spirit. A
+genuine liking for the big, generous man pervaded all classes
+of the community and was no small share of his strength in any
+political contest. His death comes at an exceedingly bad time
+for the country, just when he had taken up the problem of the
+St. Lawrence channel in real earnest and was bent upon giving us
+a clean bill of health. He has hardly been long enough in the
+federal field for the nation to learn to know him as he has long
+been known in this district. As a public man he has come in for
+not a little criticism. He was a candidate who stood fire well
+and was seldom irritated into replying with unwise petulance.
+Perhaps at times he displayed too great a faith in the financial
+recuperative powers of this city but after all is said and done,
+that was a generous fault. At this moment our people will only
+remember the attractive personality, the stanch British subject,
+the warm-hearted political leader who lies dead in the French
+capital.”</p>
+
+<p>La Presse, whose editor, Mr. Dansereau, was a close personal
+friend of the late Hon. Raymond Préfontaine, after referring to
+the news of his death, continues: “We do not seek to hide our
+deep emotion, for he was counted among our oldest friends, and
+we were the last Canadians to grasp his hand before he embarked
+at New York on the steamer which took him across. Had he any
+presentiment? He was serious and pensive, nothing about him of
+the ordinary joy which is connected with the perspective of a
+short journey was shown in his manner. The distinguished deceased
+had eminent qualities, for he was a man of action and energy.
+He had done more in two years for the development and aiding of
+navigation than all his predecessors in the department since
+confederation. At least he has the merit of tracing a program
+that must not be laid aside. Life is ephemeral; fame matters
+little to him at this moment. But his family will have the
+consolation of a heritage more precious than fortune, that of his
+talent, his prestige, of his political and administrative worth.”</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_S14" id="Idx_S14"></a>PROFESSOR THOMAS ALBERT STARKEY.</h3>
+
+<p>Professor Thomas Albert Starkey, a well known educator, lecturer
+and physician of Montreal, was born in Hertford, England, a son
+of Thomas Starkey. His early education was obtained in his native
+town and in 1894 he was graduated from London University with
+the degree of M. D. <a name="Err_70" id="Err_70"></a>Subsequently he pursued<a class="pagenum" name="Page_656" id="Page_656">[656]</a> a course in the
+University Collegiate Hospital in London and was house surgeon at
+the Brompton Hospital. Subsequently he was sent to India to carry
+on researches and promote the cure and prevention of the plague
+and cholera. He worked in the Imperial Research Laboratory in
+Bombay from 1899 until 1901 and afterward was given charge, under
+the sanitary commission, of the entire hygienic condition of two
+large districts, his labors there being of inestimable value in
+improving existing conditions.</p>
+
+<p>On his return to England Dr. Starkey pursued public health work
+in the laboratory of University College at London and was also
+bacteriologist of the London county council. He came to the new
+world in 1902, being appointed in November of that year professor
+of hygiene at McGill University of Montreal. In 1906 he was
+elected a fellow of the Royal Sanitary Institute of England and
+is now secretary and examiner of the local branch of the same
+body. In 1910 he was elected the first president of the Canada
+Public Health Association in which connection his efforts have
+been far-reaching and beneficial. Not only has he done important
+practice and research work, but has also written upon questions
+relating to the public health. He has lectured on the Ancient
+and Modern Methods of Water Supply—A Comparison, and on kindred
+subjects, all of which have to do with the public health and the
+prevention of disease.</p>
+
+<p>In September, 1904, Dr. Starkey was united in marriage to Miss
+Josephine MacCullum, a daughter of the late Dr. Duncan Campbell
+MacCullum, and they have one son, Hugh. It would be difficult to
+measure the usefulness of the life work of Dr. Starkey, but the
+scientific world acknowledges its indebtedness to his efforts
+and his labors, far-reaching and effective, have been beneficial
+forces for humanity in various sections of the world.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_C14" id="Idx_C14"></a>CHARLES CHAPUT.</h3>
+
+<p>It would be difficult to find a more active business man in
+Montreal and one whose labors are more gratifyingly resultant
+than Charles Chaput, who stands as one of the most successful
+merchants of the metropolis, ranks among its most substantial
+citizens and to quote the Montreal Gazette is “a man of
+unimpeachable integrity.” He was born in Montreal, November 14,
+1841, a son of the late Leander Chaput, who came to Montreal from
+L’Assomption in 1832 and in 1842 founded what is now the well
+known wholesale grocery house of L. Chaput, Fils & Cie, Limitee.
+He lived to the age of eighty-four years, passing away in 1901.
+His wife was Helene St. Denis, a daughter of J. B. St. Denis of
+Montreal.</p>
+
+<p>Charles Chaput acquired his education in the best French and
+English schools in Montreal of the time. In 1857 at the age of
+sixteen years he joined his father’s firm as a junior clerk, at
+which time the firm was L. Chaput & Cie, and on his being made a
+partner in 1862 the style was changed to L. Chaput, Fils & Cie.
+In 1875 upon the retirement of his father Charles Chaput became
+the head of the firm, where he has since remained, although there
+have been many changes since in its personnel. In 1884 L. E.
+Geoffrion was admitted a partner<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_659" id="Page_659">[659]</a></span> and for years was actively
+interested in the conduct and management of the business. In
+1896 E. St. Denis retired after having been a partner for
+forty years and in the same year Ferd Prudhomme was taken into
+partnership. In 1899 Armand Chaput and in 1909 Emile Chaput, sons
+of Charles Chaput, were admitted as members of the firm, which
+was incorporated on February 1, 1912, under name of L. Chaput,
+Fils & Cie, Limitee, Charles Chaput becoming president, Armand
+Chaput vice president and manager and Ferd Prudhomme secretary
+and treasurer. The house of L. Chaput, Fils & Cie, Limitee, has
+attained a widespread, honorable and unassailable reputation in
+business circles by reason of the straightforward and commendable
+principles employed in the conduct of its large interests.</p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 372px;">
+<img src="images/image657.jpg" width="372" height="500" alt="CHARLES CHAPUT" />
+<p class="caption">CHARLES CHAPUT</p>
+</div>
+
+<p>For many years Mr. Chaput has maintained an extremely active
+business interest not only in the large firm of which he is now
+the head but also as a director in many other firms, in banks
+and in financial institutions. As a member of the council of
+the Board of Trade he has played a very important part in the
+work of that organization. A governor of Notre Dame Hospital, he
+has been largely instrumental in strengthening the finances of
+that splendid institution. He was for several years a director
+of La Banque d’Hochelaga and also of the Canada Life Insurance
+Company. He has been a councillor of the Chambre de Commerce
+and president of the Wholesale Grocers Guild. He is a director
+of the International Mercantile Agency, also vice president of
+the Montreal Business Men’s League and president of the Montreal
+Citizens Association and has ever taken an active interest in
+business matters and all things tending to promote the welfare of
+the city and the uplifting of humanity.</p>
+
+<p>His charitable instincts and activities are broad and varied.
+Aside from the institutions above mentioned with which he is
+connected he is also a governor of the Montreal General Hospital
+and a member of the Montreal Dispensary. He cooperates earnestly
+and effectively in many movements which have for their object the
+alleviation of hard conditions of life for the unfortunate. In
+religious faith he is a Roman Catholic.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Chaput has never entered the political field, yet he has
+always maintained a deep and sincere interest in the political
+affairs of the country. Furthermore, he has played a very
+prominent part in municipal affairs and while not himself
+directly interested or a seeker of place he has been one of the
+leading figures in the organization of the Citizens’ Association
+and a sturdy exponent of municipal government through the medium
+of the Board of Control. He is progressive in all things, being
+ever ready to give his support to any movement that will tend to
+the improvement of conditions in Montreal.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Chaput married Rose Anne Smith, who died in September, 1883;
+he then married Clara Chevalier, who died in July, 1893; his
+third wife was L. Patoine in her maidenhood. He has a family of
+three sons and two daughters, all born to the first marriage.
+The eldest son, Rev. Father Charles Chaput, is a Jesuit priest
+and a professor of philosophy. The second son, Armand Chaput,
+is vice president of L. Chaput, Fils & Cie, Limitee. He married
+Juliette Auger, a daughter of J. C. Auger, formerly registrar of
+Montreal. The third son, Emile Chaput, is a director in the firm
+and married Rosalie Loranger, daughter of the Hon. Mr. Justice
+Loranger of Montreal. Rose Anna, the elder daughter, is the
+widow of Mr. Gabriel Marchand, M. P., son of the late Hon. F. G.
+Marchand,<a class="pagenum" name="Page_660" id="Page_660">[660]</a> who was premier of the province of Quebec. Antoinette,
+the younger daughter, is the wife of Mr. E. Desaulniers, notary,
+of St. Lambert, P. Q.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Chaput holds membership in L’Association St. Jean Baptiste
+and in the Antiquarian and Numismatic Society—associations which
+show something of the nature of his interests and his delight in
+research work.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_C18" id="Idx_C18"></a>AIME CHASSE.</h3>
+
+<p>Aime Chasse, advocate, was born at St. Elphége, Yamaska County,
+Province of Quebec, October 9, 1886, of the marriage of Zoel
+Chasse, a cultivateur, and Julie (Proulx) Chasse. He studied the
+classics at the Seminaire de Nicolet, graduating with the degree
+of Bachelor of Arts in 1908. He studied law at Laval University
+in Montreal and at the same time in the office of Coderre &
+Coderre, in Montreal, and was admitted to the bar in July, 1912.
+Since the 1st of June, 1914, he has been a member of the law firm
+of Archambault & Chasse. Mr. Chasse has been president of the
+Association de la Jeunesse Conservatrice de Montreal since April
+15, 1914. He has lived in Montreal since September, 1908. On
+January 7, 1911, he married Alphonsine Boisvert, of St. Elphége.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_A3" id="Idx_A3"></a>HON. LIEUTENANT COLONEL SIR HUGH MONTAGU ALLAN.</h3>
+
+<p>Clubman, sportsman and business man of marked enterprise—in
+these few words are summed up the life record of Sir Hugh
+Montagu Allan, whose interests have been many and whose
+activities far-reaching. To accumulate a fortune requires one
+kind of genius, to retain a fortune already acquired, to add
+to its legitimate increment and to make such use of it that
+its possessor may derive therefrom the greatest enjoyment and
+the public the greatest benefit, requires quite another kind
+of genius. Sir Hugh Montagu Allan belongs to that younger
+generation of business men of Montreal called upon to shoulder
+responsibilities differing materially from those resting upon
+their predecessors. In a broader field of enterprise they find
+themselves obliged to deal with affairs of greater magnitude and
+to solve more difficult and complicated financial and economic
+problems.</p>
+
+<p>Such was the position in which Sir Hugh Montagu Allan found
+himself following the demise of his father, Sir Hugh Allan, an
+eminent figure in shipping and financial circles of Canada. The
+mother, Matilda Caroline (Smith) Allan, was the second daughter
+of the late John Smith, a prominent merchant of Montreal and it
+was in this city that Sir Hugh Montagu Allan was born October
+13, 1860. His education acquired in Bishop’s College School at
+Lennoxville, was supplemented by study in Paris, France. He was
+a young man of but twenty-two years at the time of his father’s
+death and under the terms of his father’s will entered the
+firm of H. & A. Allan, steamship agents. It was in the latter
+connection that they established the Allan Line of steamships,
+then and now the most important factor in passenger service and
+freight carrying trade between<a class="pagenum" name="Page_661" id="Page_661">[661]</a> Great Britain and Canada. More
+and more he has come into prominence, as he has given proof of
+his power to carefully, systematically, wisely and successfully
+promote the important interests of mammoth corporate concerns. He
+is today president of the Merchants Bank of Canada, the Acadia
+Coal Company, the Railway Securities Company, and vice president
+of the Canada Paper Company and the Canadian Vickers, Limited.
+His name is on the directorate of the Montreal Light, Heat &
+Power Company, the Ogilvie Flour Mills Company, the Canadian
+Transfer Company, the Labrador Company, the Dominion Iron &
+Steel Company, the Dominion Steel Corporation, the Mutual Life
+Association Company of Canada, the Canadian Cottons, Limited,
+the Royal Trust Company, the Montreal Investment Trust and the
+Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company of Montreal.</p>
+
+<p>In December, 1878, he assumed the name of Hugh Montagu instead
+of Hugh Andrew Allan, by which he was previously known. Long
+connected with the Montreal Board of Trade, he served as a
+counselor for several years and as its treasurer in 1891 and
+1892. Further interests of a public character which have profited
+by his cooperation include the Montreal Horticultural and Fruit
+Growing Association, of which he is a director and St. Andrew’s
+Society, of which he is president. His prominence as a sportsman
+is indicated in the fact that he is an ex-master of the Montreal
+Hunt. His horses have won the Queen’s plate, the Montreal hunt
+cup, members’ plate and hunters’ handicap steeplechase cup. Sir
+Hugh Montagu Allan is now president of the Montreal Jockey Club,
+vice president of the Canadian Racing Association and director
+of the International Horse Show Association. He was formerly
+vice president of the Montreal Racket Club and a director of the
+Montreal Skating Association and the Amateur Skating Association
+of Canada. His activities have touched many benevolent and
+charitable projects. He has been a director of the Sailors’
+Institute, the Charity Organization Society, the Society for
+Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, and is vice president of the
+Montreal General Hospital. He gave five thousand dollars to the
+Charles Alexander Memorial Fund and the Allan Cup as a perpetual
+trophy for competition between amateur hockey clubs in 1910. He
+is one of the founders of the Mount Royal Club and the Winter
+Club at Montreal.</p>
+
+<p>In October, 1893, Sir Hugh Montagu Allan wedded Marguerite Ethel
+Mackenzie, a daughter of the late Hector Mackenzie of Montreal.
+She was elected a member of the Central Council Victoria League
+at London, England, in 1909, and is honorary president of the
+Daughters of the Empire in Montreal. Sir Hugh and Lady Allan at
+their Montreal home, Ravenscrag, entertained H. R. H. Prince
+Arthur of Connaught in 1906, and H. I. H. Prince Fushimi of Japan
+in 1907. Sir Hugh was presented to the late King Edward in March,
+1910, and Lady Allan was presented in July, 1906. He was knighted
+June 24, 1904, became C. V. O. in 1907, and Order of the Rising
+Sun of Japan (third class) in 1907. He was appointed honorable
+lieutenant colonel of the First Battalion, Fifth Regiment,
+Royal Highlanders, in 1911. His religious faith is that of the
+Presbyterian church. In addition to Ravenscrag in Montreal, Sir
+Hugh has a summer home, Montrose, at Cacouna, and another estate,
+Allancroft, in Beaconsfield, province of Quebec. That he is an
+eminent and well known figure in club circles is indicated by the
+fact that he belongs to the St. James Club,<a class="pagenum" name="Page_662" id="Page_662">[662]</a> Mount Royal Club,
+Canada Club, Auto and Aero Club, Montreal Hunt, Montreal Jockey
+Club, Winter Club, Royal Montreal Golf Club, Royal St. Lawrence
+Yacht Club, Canadian Club, Forest and Stream Club, Lachine
+Boating and Canoeing Club, Montreal Curling Club, Back River Polo
+Club, Montreal Racket Club, Montreal Thistle Curling Club, all
+of Montreal; Toronto Club, York Club of Toronto; Rideau Club,
+of Ottawa; Racquet and Tennis Club and Knickerbocker Club, of
+New York; and Junior Carlton Club, Canada Club, and Royal Thames
+Yacht Club, of London, England.</p>
+
+<p>The subjective and objective forces of life are in him well
+balanced, making him cognizant of his own capabilities and
+powers, while at the same time he thoroughly understands his
+opportunities and his obligations. To make his native talents
+subserve the demands which conditions of society impose at the
+present time is the purpose of his life, and by reason of the
+mature judgment which characterizes his efforts at all times,
+he stands today with those whose activity in various lines does
+not exclude active participation in and support of other vital
+interests which go to make up human existence.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_F8" id="Idx_F8"></a>LOUIS EDOUARD FORTIER, M. D.</h3>
+
+<p>Dr. Louis Edouard Fortier, one of the most prominent of the
+French physicians of Montreal, was born in the city of Quebec,
+February 11, 1865, a son of Edouard and Celina (Marcotte)
+Fortier. The paternal grandfather, Louis Fortier, was a farmer
+and was the founder of the village of Fortierville, while his son
+Edouard was a merchant in the city of Quebec.</p>
+
+<p>The family removed to Montreal during the Doctor’s boyhood and
+both parents passed away in this city. Two brothers of Dr.
+Fortier are still living: one, Dr. Joseph Emile, is one of the
+busiest medical practitioners of Montreal; the other, Joseph
+Auguste, a well known writer, after having traveled all around
+the world settled in India about fifteen years ago, and is
+principal and superintendent of the Agha Engineering School, in
+Fyzabad, Oudh.</p>
+
+<p>Dr. Fortier was educated in the Jesuit College of Montreal, after
+which he studied medicine in Victoria University, being graduated
+therefrom with the degree of M. D. in the class of 1889. He was
+at once appointed demonstrator of anatomy at Victoria University
+and physician to the Hospital Hôtel-Dieu. These positions he
+filled in addition to attending to his private practice, which
+has been extensive from the beginning, and he has been regular
+physician to the Hôtel-Dieu since 1889. After some years devoted
+to active practice, he further continued the study of his
+profession in Paris and London, coming in touch with the work
+of eminent physicians and surgeons in both cities. He ranks
+high in hospital work and is widely recognized as a learned and
+able member of the profession, who is constantly promoting his
+knowledge through reading, research and investigation. He is
+also classed with the able educators and at the present time is
+professor of pharmacology and therapeutics in Laval University.</p>
+
+<p>A scholar and a good writer, Dr. Fortier has been during
+many years editor of La Gazette Médicale de Montréal, the
+official organ of the Victoria University<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_665" id="Page_665">[665]</a></span> Medical School
+in Montreal before the affiliation of this school with Laval
+University. Since that time, besides many valuable contributions
+to medical reviews, Dr. Fortier published a few years ago a
+Handbook of Medicine for Nurses, and last year a Manual of
+Pharmacology,—according to the British Pharmacopœia, this
+last book being especially for the use of students and young
+practitioners.</p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 348px;">
+<img src="images/image663.jpg" width="348" height="500" alt="DR. LOUIS E. FORTIER" />
+<p class="caption">DR. LOUIS E. FORTIER</p>
+</div>
+
+<p>Dr. Fortier is an active social worker and is particularly
+interested in the work of medical dispensaries. He is now medical
+director of the Institut Bruchési, founded for the treatment of
+tubercular patients; medical superintendent of the Sacred Heart
+Hospital for the Indians, at Caughnawaga; and chief director
+of the dispensaries of l’Assistance Maternelle, instituted to
+provide attendance to the sick women of the poorer classes.</p>
+
+<p>Dr. Fortier married Miss Emma Mathieu of Lachenaie and to them
+have been born two sons, Louis Edouard and Jacques Emile. Madame
+Fortier belongs to one of the oldest French-Canadian families
+of this country and is favorably known in social as well as
+charitable circles of this city.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_C25" id="Idx_C25"></a>LIEUTENANT COLONEL JOSEPH P. COOKE.</h3>
+
+<p>On the list of those whom death has recently called appears
+the name of Lieutenant Colonel Joseph P. Cooke, whose career
+in political and military life was a notable one. Liberal
+educational opportunities and thorough training qualified him
+for the bar, and he was recognized as an able and learned member
+of the profession. His abilities recommended him for political
+leadership and he was called to important public offices. Quebec
+numbered him among her native sons, his birth having occurred in
+Drummondville in 1858. His father was Valentine Cooke and his
+grandfather, an officer in the army, received a land grant from
+the British government in recognition of his services.</p>
+
+<p>Lieutenant Colonel Cooke attended St. Francis College in
+Richmond, there pursuing his more specifically literary
+education, while in McGill University he prepared for the bar
+and was graduated B. C. L. in 1880. The following year he was
+called to the bar of Montreal and entered upon active practice
+in partnership with Charles Brookes, K. C. Subsequently he began
+practice independently and was widely recognized as a strong and
+able lawyer, whose legal counsel was sound and whose powers of
+discrimination and analyzation enabled him to readily master all
+the details of his cases <a name="Err_71" id="Err_71"></a>and win success in their conduct. In
+1893 he was created king’s counsel.</p>
+
+<p>While in the practice of law Colonel Cooke passed far beyond the
+point of mediocrity and won place with the capable members of
+the Montreal bar. He was also active as a political leader and
+participated in many of the contests of his day. Originally his
+support was given the conservative party and as its candidate he
+won the seat for Drummond county in 1892, remaining a member of
+the provincial house throughout the session. He was ever fearless
+in support of his honest convictions, however, and when he was
+led to change his opinions by reason of his study of political
+conditions and situations he did not hesitate to become a liberal
+and in 1897 contested the seat for St. Lawrence<a class="pagenum" name="Page_666" id="Page_666">[666]</a> division, but
+was defeated by A. W. Atwater, K. C. Soon after the election
+he was named crown prosecutor and acted in that capacity with
+Rudolph Lemieux, K. C. He was succeeded in the position by Edmund
+Guerin, K. C., now the Hon. Justice Guerin. In 1907 Colonel
+Cooke was named registrar for Montreal West and continued in
+that position until his demise. While in the legislature he
+was instrumental in securing the passage of a bill prohibiting
+the sale or use of tobacco or opium to or by minors. He never
+hesitated to advocate the principles which he deemed beneficial
+measures in good government or factors in the welfare and
+progress of city and province.</p>
+
+<p>Colonel Cooke’s connection with military affairs began when he
+joined the volunteer militia service, in which he was advanced
+through positions of minor rank until he assumed command of the
+First Regiment, Prince of Wales Fusiliers. After five years, or
+in 1903, he retired and was placed on the R. O. with his rank.
+He commanded the Bisley team in 1898. In 1902 Colonel Cooke was
+presented to the present king and queen at St. James’ palace. He
+was also presented to King Edward and by invitation was present
+in Westminster Abbey at the coronation of the late King Edward
+and Queen Alexandra in 1902.</p>
+
+<p>In 1880 Colonel Cooke married Miss Helen Grace Burnett, a
+niece of the late Archbishop Bond, and they became the parents
+of a daughter and two sons. Violet Burnett; Herbert G., who
+was educated in the city schools and McGill University and is
+connected with the office of registrar of Montreal West; A.
+Douglas, educated in the city schools and McGill University, is
+now connected with the engineering department of the Canadian
+Pacific Railway. He married Nita K. Wallace. The death of Colonel
+Cooke occurred on the 28th of July, 1913, when he was but
+fifty-five years of age. His record is one of usefulness in the
+public service, of devotion to the interests of his clients and
+of fidelity to the ties of home and friendship.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_H22" id="Idx_H22"></a>EDMUND HOLYOKE HEWARD.</h3>
+
+<p>A few years prior to his death Edmund Holyoke Heward of Montreal
+retired from active business. He had been prominently connected
+with banking interests, and his colleagues remember him as a
+man of progressive spirit and marked capacity for handling the
+multiplicity of details as well as the principal features that
+arise in connection with the banking business. The family name
+figures in the military history of the country. His grandfather,
+Stephen Heward, was in command of a force of men at the capture
+of Fort Detroit. The father, Augustus Heward, was associated
+with Lieutenant Colonel Osborne Smith in founding the Victoria
+Volunteer Rifles, now the Third Victoria Rifles, of which
+Lieutenant Colonel Smith became the first commander, while Mr.
+Heward became the first major, but subsequently succeeded to the
+command.</p>
+
+<p>Edmund H. Heward was born in the family residence at Cote des
+Neiges, in 1841. He was educated under Dr. Howe at the Montreal
+high school and entered into the wholesale hardware business
+of Mulholland & Baker when in his teens. His initial business
+experience came through several years’ connection<a class="pagenum" name="Page_667" id="Page_667">[667]</a> with that
+house, at the end of which time he entered the service of the
+Merchants Bank of Canada, with which he was associated for
+more than thirty years. Gradual advancement brought him to
+an eminent position in banking circles. He possessed unusual
+ability in co-ordinating forces and unifying elements into a
+harmonious whole. For some time he was manager of the St. Johns
+(Quebec) branch of the bank, but afterward returned to Montreal
+and established the Notre Dame Street branch and later the St.
+Catherine West branch of the same bank. As the years passed on
+every feature of the banking business became familiar to him, and
+his thorough understanding thereof was manifest in his executive
+direction and capable control. He retired a few years prior
+to his death, possessed of a handsome competence that was the
+legitimate and logical reward of his effort and capability.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Heward married Miss Alice Ward, a daughter of the late Hon.
+J. K. Ward of Montreal, and unto them were born six children. Mr.
+Heward joined his father’s old regiment, the Victoria Rifles,
+with which he went to the front in the last Fenian raid and was
+present at the affair at Pigeon Hill. He was a handsome man of
+fine physique and unfailing courtesy—a gentleman of the old
+school. His death on May 17, 1910, occasioned deep regret in both
+the business and social circles of Montreal.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_T1" id="Idx_T1"></a>ROBERT BRUCE TAYLOR, D. D.</h3>
+
+<p>Rev. Robert Bruce Taylor, author and minister of the gospel and
+since 1911 pastor of St. Paul’s Presbyterian church in Montreal,
+was born in Cardross, Scotland, October 22, 1869. He acquired
+his education in Glasgow University, from which he was graduated
+M. A. with the class of 1890, and he afterward was a student in
+the Free Church College. After completing this course he entered
+Gottingen University and later studied Arabic at Beirut and
+Damascus. He was a student in three German theological schools
+and prepared most thoroughly for his chosen life work. After
+his ordination he was placed in charge of the Loudoun Free
+Church in Ayrshire and was transferred from there to Ferryhill,
+Aberdeen. His third charge was at St. John’s Wood, London,
+England, whence in 1911 he came to Montreal, assuming his present
+duties as pastor of St. Paul’s Presbyterian church. This is one
+of the oldest Presbyterian congregations in the city, having
+been organized in 1832 by Edward Black, D. D. The church was
+located on St. Helen’s Street until 1867, in January of which
+year the erection of the present edifice was begun. The church
+was dedicated September 27, 1868, and cost $100,000. The first
+pastor, Dr. Edward Black, died in May, 1845, and was succeeded
+by Robert McGill, who passed away in 1856. Dr. Snodgrass then
+had charge of the congregation until 1864 and his successor
+was Dr. Jenkins, who remained in charge from 1865 to 1881. Dr.
+Barkley did able and capable work from 1883 until 1910, being
+succeeded by Rev. Robert Bruce Taylor, the present incumbent. The
+congregation has numbered among its members <a name="Err_72" id="Err_72"></a>such distinguished
+men as Lord Strathcona and Lord Mount Stephen and it numbers
+now eight hundred souls. Its affairs are in a flourishing and
+prosperous condition for Dr. Taylor administers them ably and
+in a way which shows him a<a class="pagenum" name="Page_668" id="Page_668">[668]</a> man of excellent executive and
+organizing power as well as a zealous and untiring religious
+worker. He has organized a club of girls working in stores in the
+city and has also a Men’s Club, both of which organizations have
+been fruitful of much good.</p>
+
+<p>Dr. Taylor married a daughter of Professor McKendrick, LL. D.,
+of Glasgow, Scotland, and both are well known in social circles
+in Montreal. Dr. Taylor is a writer of considerable reputation
+and besides being the author of a book on Economics, written for
+the Student Christian Movement, has contributed largely to serial
+publications on religious and historical topics, accomplishing
+such able and farsighted work in the interests of his religion
+that he has been called “the crown jewel of a Presbyterian
+minister.”</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_H7" id="Idx_H7"></a>CHARLES AUGUSTE DE LOTBINIERE HARWOOD, K. C.</h3>
+
+<p>Charles Auguste de Lotbinière Harwood, a lawyer of the Montreal
+bar, who prepared for practice at McGill and is now a member
+of the well known firm of Lighthall & Harwood, was born at
+Vaudreuil, P. Q., August 2, 1869, his parents being Robert
+William and Charlotte (McGillis) Harwood. The father was member
+of parliament for Vaudreuil in the house of commons from 1872
+until 1878. The mother was a daughter of John McGillis, laird
+of Williamstown, Glengarry, Ontario. The Harwoods are closely
+connected with the de Lotbinière family and are seigneurs of
+Vaudreuil.</p>
+
+<p>Liberal educational opportunities equipped Charles A. Harwood
+for the duties of a professional career. He was educated at St.
+Laurent College and Laval University. His professional training
+was received at McGill University, from which he was graduated
+B. C. L. in 1893. He became an advocate in 1895 and is now
+actively engaged in the practice of his profession in Montreal as
+a member of the law firm of Lighthall & Harwood. His ability is
+evidenced in the success which has attended his efforts in the
+trial of important cases, which he has ever prepared with great
+thoroughness and care. In October, 1911, he was made a king’s
+counsel, his ability thus winning recognition.</p>
+
+<p>In politics Mr. Harwood is a liberal-conservative, and his
+activity in behalf of the principles in which he believes has
+been an effective force in the attainment of success. He served
+as secretary of the Conservative Association in the county of
+Vaudreuil and became a recognized leader of his party. He has
+been intimately connected with the municipal reform movements
+of Montreal and served first as a director, then as recording
+secretary and is now serving as vice president of the Montreal
+Citizens’ Association.</p>
+
+<p>In September, 1898, occurred the marriage of Mr. Harwood and
+Miss Marie Adelaide Masson, a daughter of the late Hon. L. R.
+Masson, lieutenant governor of Quebec. They reside at No. 162
+Hutchison Street, Montreal, and have a summer home, Les Chenaux,
+at Vaudreuil. Mr. Harwood belongs to the Liberal-Conservative
+Club of Montreal and is a past president of the Cartier Club of
+Montreal. He also has membership in the Historical Landmarks
+Association, and after having been for many years honorary
+recording secretary is now a<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_671" id="Page_671">[671]</a></span> vice president of the Numismatic
+and Antiquarian Society of Montreal. He has delved deep into the
+historic past and is the author of various valuable historical
+papers, including one entitled The Fort Garry Convention. His
+religious belief is that of the Roman Catholic church. A man of
+broad intelligence and high ideals, his life record has counted
+for much in the field of professional and scientific progress.</p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 327px;">
+<img src="images/image669.jpg" width="327" height="500" alt="C. A. DE LOTBINIERE HARWOOD" />
+<p class="caption">C. A. DE LOTBINIERE HARWOOD</p>
+</div>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_S5" id="Idx_S5"></a>MAJOR DAVID SEATH.</h3>
+
+<p>Major David Seath occupies an important position in the public
+service of the Dominion as secretary and treasurer of the harbor
+commission of Montreal. He is a son of the late Robert Seath, a
+wholesale clothing merchant of Montreal, and Margaret (Stephen)
+Seath. Born in Montreal on May 9, 1847, he subsequently attended
+the high school in this city and the parish school at Ste. Rose,
+province of Quebec. In 1864 he entered the employ of his father
+and subsequently became connected with the firm of Tyre, Perkins
+& Lajoie, accountants and assignees, of which he subsequently
+became a member under the firm style of Lajoie, Seath & Perrault,
+which was formed in 1877. The firm also was for a time known
+under the style of Thibaudeau & Seath, and of this firm our
+subject was a partner until 1895. From that year until 1898 he
+was president and manager of the Perrault Printing Company.
+At that time he was also a member of the board of license
+commissioners of Montreal. In 1898 he was appointed secretary and
+treasurer of the harbor commissioners board of Montreal, which
+office he has ever since held. His public record is one to be
+highly commended.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Seath is a justice of the peace and has to his credit a long
+military career in the volunteer service, his years of active
+duty comprising those between 1864 and 1905. He joined the
+Victoria Rifles as a private in 1864 and took part in the Fenian
+raid in 1866 and 1870, receiving in the latter year the medal and
+two clasps. During that time, in 1867, he was gazetted lieutenant
+in the Sixth Regiment, Hochelaga Light Infantry. He attained the
+rank of captain in the Sixth Fusiliers and in 1905 rejoined this
+regiment, known as the “Prince of Wales’,” as paymaster with the
+honorary rank of major, retiring in the same year. Besides his
+Fenian raids medals and clasps, he holds the colonial auxiliary
+forces officers’ long service decoration. He was instrumental
+in having the services of the volunteers for the Fenian raids
+recognized by the government. Besides acting as justice of the
+peace he is also commissioner for receiving affidavits from
+outside the province of Ontario to be used in Ontario and is
+commissioner of the superior court of the province of Quebec.</p>
+
+<p>Major Seath was married in September, 1904, to Miss Emma A. Fish,
+of Westmount, on which occasion he was presented with a valuable
+service of plate by the Montreal harbor commissioners. In
+religious faith he is an Anglican and his political convictions
+incline him towards the liberal party. Mr. Seath stands high
+in Freemasonry, having attained the thirty-second degree. He
+has been grand registrar of the grand lodge of Quebec and grand
+scribe, grand treasurer and grand first principal of the grand
+chapter of Quebec. He is a<a class="pagenum" name="Page_672" id="Page_672">[672]</a> Knight Templar and an officer of
+the A. & A. Scotish Rite. The family residence is at 95 Mackay
+Street, Montreal. Hon. Robert Mackay, the distinguished statesman
+and man of affairs, says of him: “An officer of long and faithful
+service who was and is always at his post”; and this statement
+expresses his faithfulness to duty perhaps better than anything
+that could be said in addition.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_D16" id="Idx_D16"></a>ALBERT E. DE LORIMIER, K. C.</h3>
+
+<p>Albert E. de Lorimier is a successful and distinguished lawyer
+of Montreal. He belongs to an old French family, one member of
+which, Count de Chamilly, was marshal of France, and another,
+Count d’Estoges de Lorimier, was executed with Louis XVI for his
+loyalty and devotedness to his king.</p>
+
+<p>His direct ancestor in Canada, Guillaume de Lorimier, sieur des
+Bordes en Gatinais, came to Montreal in the seventeenth century
+with Governor Marquis de Denonville. His great-grandfather,
+Claude Guillaume de Lorimier, knight of the Royal and Military
+Order of St. Louis of France, distinguished himself at Fort
+George and at the siege of Corlar. His grandfather, Major
+Guillaume de Lorimier, author of “My Services During the War of
+the American Invasion,” served with his brother Chamilly under
+General Sir Guy Carleton, Lord Dorchester, on Lake Champlain
+in 1775. One of his uncles, Captain William de Lorimier of the
+Fencibles, was killed at Chrysler’s Farm in 1813.</p>
+
+<p>A. E. de Lorimier was born at Sault St. Louis, in the province
+of Quebec, and is the son of Georges Antoine de Lorimier and
+Mrs. Marie L. McComber. He acquired his early education at the
+Huntingdon Academy, Huntingdon, completed his classics at St.
+Mary’s College, Montreal, and was admitted to the practice of
+law in July, 1885, after having graduated LL. B. from Laval
+University. He speaks the French and English languages fluently
+and equally well.</p>
+
+<p>In October, 1886, he married Miss Mina de Lorimier, daughter of
+Mr. Justice Charles Chamilly de Lorimier of Montreal, and both
+are well known in social circles of this city.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. de Lorimier first formed partnership with the Hon. F.
+X. Trudel, late Senator; N. Charbonneau, now Mr. Justice
+Charbonneau, and Gustave Lamothe, K. C., and later with Charles
+Chamilly de Lorimier, now Mr. Justice de Lorimier, and finally
+with D. Girouard, late justice of the supreme court of Canada.
+In 1896 he took the Hon. Sir Auguste R. Angers in his firm known
+as Angers, de Lorimier & Godin. He was created king’s counsel
+in 1903 and was on several occasions elected member of the
+council of the bar. He declined the honor to represent his native
+county in the Dominion parliament and to stand as an alderman
+in the Centre ward of Montreal, preferring to devote all his
+time and knowledge to his clientage. He was in his earlier days
+twice president of L’Union Catholique of Montreal and is a life
+governor of Notre Dame Hospital and of L’Ecole Sociale Populaire.
+He enjoys the reputation of being one of the prominent and most
+respected barristers in Montreal. The future, undoubtedly, holds
+for him still greater distinction and honor in his chosen field.</p>
+
+<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_673" id="Page_673">[673]</a></p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 329px;">
+<img src="images/image673.jpg" width="329" height="500" alt="ALBERT E. DE LORIMIER" />
+<p class="caption">ALBERT E. DE LORIMIER</p>
+</div>
+
+<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_675" id="Page_675">[675]</a></span></p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_Y1" id="Idx_Y1"></a>HON. JOHN YOUNG.</h3>
+
+<p>For twenty-five years Hon. John Young was one of the harbor
+commissioners of Montreal and no one did more for the development
+and protection of the shipping industry at this point. Indeed his
+whole life was largely devoted to the public service and there
+are few men who have the insight and the prescience to recognize
+possibilities and opportunities for the general good as he did
+and the perseverance and determination to use such opportunities
+for the benefit of the many. His country will ever remember him
+with gratitude and his friends with deep affection, for aside
+from his public career there were in him traits of character
+that endeared him closely to those with whom he came in contact
+through other relations. He bound his friends to him with hoops
+of steel when their adoption had been tried, and at all times he
+held friendship as something sacred and inviolable.</p>
+
+<p>Born in Ayr, Scotland, March 11, 1811, Hon. John Young attended
+the parish school, and his aptitude in his studies was manifest
+in the fact that when but fourteen years of age he obtained the
+appointment of master of the parish school at Coylton, near Ayr,
+where he taught for eighteen months. He early developed the
+habits of industry and cheerful perseverance which characterized
+his after life and in 1826, when a youth of fifteen, he completed
+his arrangements to become a resident of Canada, attracted by
+favorable reports concerning the great opportunities of the new
+world. His initial business experience here came to him as a
+clerk in the employ of John Torrance and the development of his
+powers and capacity is shown in the fact that in 1835, when but
+twenty-four years of age, he became a partner of David Torrance
+in the firm of Torrance & Young, which for five years continued
+in business at Quebec.</p>
+
+<p>From early manhood he was a student of the signs of the times and
+business never claimed his undivided attention. He carefully and
+systematically managed his interests, but he also found time to
+perform the duties of citizenship wisely and well and he became
+a leader of public thought and action. At an early day he urged
+upon Lord Gosford the forming of volunteer corps but the governor
+general felt there was little reason to comply with this request.
+It was not long, however, before events proved the soundness of
+his advice and when the rebellion came Mr. Young volunteered
+for service in a regiment of light infantry which was raised in
+twenty-four hours and in which he became a captain.</p>
+
+<p>When his aid was no longer needed Mr. Young returned to Montreal
+and became a partner of Harrison Stephens in the firm of
+Stephens, Young & Company which occupied a prominent position
+in business circles of Montreal for many years. His personal
+interests took him largely over the west and in his travels and
+his study of business conditions he saw how valuable was the St.
+Lawrence system as a factor in the commercial history of the
+American continent, furnishing the course of the natural routes
+to the seaboard. It seemed that he never lost sight of any point
+bearing upon the subject which came so close to his heart—the
+development of the shipping industries of Montreal—and
+eventually he became recognized as the greatest canal authority
+in America.</p>
+
+<p>Another important public enterprise with which he was associated
+at about that period was the organization and establishment of
+the Mercantile Library Association. Public feeling was not in
+sympathy with such a movement at that<a class="pagenum" name="Page_676" id="Page_676">[676]</a> time and only four people
+were present when the system was formed. Writing of this period,
+a contemporary biographer has said: “The change in public feeling
+as to educational advantages then and now is well instanced by
+the fact that, besides Mr. Young, only four persons were present
+at the meeting when this society was commenced. In 1844 party
+spirit ran high and serious trouble was expected at the general
+election. Secret societies were in existence, and political
+associations formed everywhere for the purpose, as was avowed, of
+gaining by force what could not be secured otherwise. At such a
+time the post of returning officer was difficult and dangerous,
+and though the selection of a man to fill it might be esteemed
+a high compliment to his personal character, it involved also a
+personal risk which required the utmost coolness, determination,
+tact and courage in the recipient. Lord Metcalfe’s advisers
+selected John Young as the man for the emergency. The result
+soon showed that their confidence had been well placed. Mr.
+Young seems to have realized to the utmost the necessities and
+perils of the office. Fearlessly, openly and with the utmost
+judgment, he laid his plans so well and used the powers of his
+position to such effect that, contrary to all expectation, the
+election passed off without any breach of the peace. He seized
+arms and other illegal weapons wherever they could be found,
+and without regard to threats. When the secret societies became
+openly defiant he called out the troops, who were ably managed
+by him, and overawed the disorderly and turbulent so effectually
+that no rioting took place. Mr. Young’s services were so highly
+appreciated by Lord Metcalfe that they were mentioned in the
+despatches sent to the Colonial office and were the subject
+of special acknowledgment by the secretary of state for the
+colonies. They were also warmly testified to by Sir James Hope,
+who was then commander in chief at Montreal.”</p>
+
+<p>Another important phase in Canadian life that called forth the
+attention and the cooperation of Mr. Young was the principle of
+free trade. He was one of its most stalwart champions, and upon
+the organization of the Free Trade Association in this city he
+became its president. He was a frequent contributor of articles
+upon the subject to the Economist and to other papers and also
+wrote pamphlets which had an important effect upon public thought
+and action. He believed that the adoption of free trade measures
+would constitute the most effective force in making Canada a
+great commercial and business center. At times in his life his
+ideas were ridiculed as those of a dreamer, but the years proved
+the soundness of his vision and men came to rely upon his opinion.</p>
+
+<p>His connection with the harbor work and the improvement of the
+channel between Montreal and Quebec began in 1846 and later
+occupied much of his time and attention. He was active, too, with
+those who were foremost in furthering the railroad built, and
+he was one of the organizers of the Montreal & Portland Railway
+Company and also active in promoting the line from Montreal to
+Toronto, as president of the company having that in charge. The
+work was of a most difficult nature, for the promoters had to
+solve at least in part the great engineering problems of railroad
+building and not merely finance the project. It was Mr. Young
+who proposed the building of a bridge across the St. Lawrence.
+Again well known business men scoffed at the plan but the
+Victoria bridge stands as a monument to his public spirit and his
+enterprise, and has converted Montreal from a fifth rate harbor
+into a first class port at a<a class="pagenum" name="Page_677" id="Page_677">[677]</a> distance from the seaboard without
+a parallel in the world. Mr. Young’s keen appreciation of the
+capabilities of engineering as a profession and his confidence in
+the application of education and trained reason to the overcoming
+of all natural and mechanical difficulties which always was
+noticeable in his intercourse with the professional men with
+whom his life brought him into contact, was beyond doubt one of
+the most effective means of securing consideration for this work
+and of urging on the genius of Stephenson to an achievement then
+supposed to be impossible. Men believed Mr. Young to be visionary
+when he attempted the task of sounding the river that he might
+point out the exact situation <a name="Err_73" id="Err_73"></a>where the bridge should be built
+and which it actually occupies. It was at about the same period
+that he devised a plan for the Caughnawaga canal whereby to
+connect the St. Lawrence river and <a name="Err_74" id="Err_74"></a>Lake Champlain and thus secure
+another outlet to the sea. His efforts were a notable force in
+making Montreal a grain shipping center and when the St. Lawrence
+canals were opened in 1849 he sent the first cargo of merchandise
+from Montreal to Chicago and brought back the first cargo of
+American grain. The rapid growth of shipping at this point and
+certain trouble that arose concerning the unloading of vessels
+impressed upon Mr. Young the need of a harbor police and he
+presented the matter so forcefully to the government that a water
+police force was created.</p>
+
+<p>In 1851 Mr. Young by popular suffrage was made the representative
+of his district in parliament and in October of that year became
+chief commissioner of public works and a member of the board
+of railway commissioners in the Hincks-Tache administration.
+He advocated the building of a railroad from Halifax to Quebec
+and Montreal and thence westward. His plans were not adopted at
+that time and only came to fruition in 1877. In the same year he
+strongly urged the establishment of a fortnightly mail service
+between Montreal and Liverpool in the summer and between Portland
+and Liverpool in the winter. In 1854 he was again made the
+Montreal representative in parliament, where he entered earnestly
+upon the work of chairman of the committee on public accounts.
+In 1857 he declined to again stand for parliament, but it was
+impossible for one of his nature to retire from public life so
+conscientious was he regarding the duties of citizenship. In 1860
+he retired from business with a handsome fortune and the same
+year was chosen chairman of the committee of arrangements for the
+most gigantic and successful series of entertainments ever held
+in Montreal up to that time on the occasion of the visit of His
+Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, afterward King Edward. About
+that time Mr. Young went to Scotland for the further education of
+his family, returning in 1862. In 1863 he was the nominee of the
+liberal party for Montreal West, but was defeated. In that year,
+however, he was made a commissioner to Washington to consider the
+reciprocity treaty.</p>
+
+<p>All of these activities, although important, were less so than
+his life work in making Montreal a seaport and improving the
+navigation of the St. Lawrence. No other single project has so
+greatly benefited the city and this section of the country. The
+name of the Hon. John Young will always be connected with its
+successful accomplishment and he is entitled to the grateful
+remembrance of the citizens of Montreal for all time. He had
+the opportunity of furthering his projects and plans of this
+kind through his membership on the harbor board. As the result
+of his efforts Montreal ceased to be a mere<a class="pagenum" name="Page_678" id="Page_678">[678]</a> landing place for
+boatmen and became a great shipping port. He had the greatest
+faith in the possibilities of the growth of Montreal and with
+it the progress of the Dominion and urged that this would be
+brought about through the development of the St. Lawrence, which
+he claimed to be the natural outlet for the western part of the
+United States as well as for the products of western Canada.
+As the result of his untiring labors in 1843 the government
+determined to deepen Lake St. Peter but very little was done
+until 1851. In 1854 Mr. Young entered upon active measures to
+promote the work and by persistent efforts the channel was
+deepened to sixteen feet in 1857 and still further the work
+was continued until the channel depth became twenty-two feet.
+Statistics could be cited showing how year by year the shipping
+was increased after the work of river and harbor improvements
+was begun. No other man did as much as Mr. Young in urging
+these great improvements of the water communications connecting
+Montreal with the sea. In all of his public service he looked
+beyond the exigencies of the moment to the possibilities and
+opportunities of the future, beyond the needs of his city
+and immediate district to the questions affecting the entire
+Dominion. In 1875 he served as chairman of the Baie Verte canal
+commission and returned a most exhaustive and valuable report. He
+was also the promoter of dock extension and secured the services
+of the most eminent engineers of Europe and America to carry
+forward the work.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Young’s prominence as a business man and public-spirited
+citizen is further indicated in the fact that he was many times
+elected president of the Montreal Board of Trade and was the
+first president of the Dominion Board of Trade. After he had long
+retired from parliament the members induced him to once more
+stand for election, and he was returned by a most flattering
+majority. In 1873 he would not consent to again become a
+candidate and on the reorganization of the harbor board he was
+reelected its chairman. His entire service on the board covered
+a quarter of a century and during fourteen years of that time he
+was chairman. His last public service was as commissioner for
+Canada to the exposition in Sydney, Australia, whereby trade
+relations between Canada and Australia were largely promoted as
+the result of the reports which he made concerning the latter
+country.</p>
+
+<p>Time gives the perspective which places each individual in
+his proper relation to his age. It is a well known fact that
+investigation will but serve to heighten the fame of John Young,
+for history has proven how valuable were his efforts, how far
+reaching his activities, how clear his insight and how sound
+his judgment. Today his name is inscribed high on the roll of
+Montreal’s honored dead, while his memory is enshrined in the
+hearts of many who knew him.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_G13" id="Idx_G13"></a>JOHN GORDON.</h3>
+
+<p>John Gordon, founder of the wholesale dry-goods commission
+house of John Gordon & Son, of Montreal, was born in Aberdeen,
+Scotland, December 12, 1833. He was a young man of twenty years
+when in 1853 he came to Montreal to enter the employ of the
+old and well known firm of William Stephen & Company. He was
+afterward a member of the firm of James Roy & Company and from<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_681" id="Page_681">[681]</a></span>
+December, 1891, until his death, which occurred on the 12th of
+October, 1895, he was at the head of the wholesale house of John
+Gordon & Son. His advancement was continuous, and the steps in
+his orderly progression are easily discernible. His career was
+one of constantly broadening activity, and his developing powers
+contributed to the importance and extent of his achievements.
+Few men have gained higher esteem and respect, and he left to
+his family the rich heritage of an untarnished name, won through
+business integrity and kindly courtesy, constituting an example
+that others might profitably emulate.</p>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 330px;">
+<img src="images/image679a.jpg" width="330" height="500" alt="JAMES R. GORDON" />
+<p class="caption">JAMES R. GORDON</p>
+</div>
+
+<div class="figcenter" style="width: 339px;">
+<img src="images/image679b.jpg" width="339" height="500" alt="JOHN GORDON" />
+<p class="caption">JOHN GORDON</p>
+</div>
+
+<p>Mr. Gordon was a member of the Board of Trade and was interested
+in municipal affairs to the extent of giving hearty cooperation
+to various plans and projects for the public good. His life was
+actuated in its purposes by his Christian faith, which found
+expression in his membership in the Erskine Presbyterian church.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Gordon married Miss Jane Roy, a daughter of James Roy, and
+they became parents of three sons, Charles B., James R. and
+William G. R. The second named, who was his father’s partner in
+the firm of John Gordon & Son and is now head of the business,
+was born in Montreal, January 7, 1870, and pursued his education
+in this city. Making his initial step in the business world, he
+was for four years with the house of George D. Ross & Company,
+manufacturers’ agents, and in 1891 he joined his father in
+organizing the firm and instituting the business of John Gordon
+& Son. The establishment remains today as one of the foremost
+wholesale dry-goods commission houses of Montreal, with trade
+connections that lead to all provinces of the Dominion.</p>
+
+<p>James R. Gordon was married to Miss Catherine McIntyre, and they
+have three children, J. Archibald, J. Kenneth and Bruce McIntyre.
+Mr. Gordon’s deep interest in the material development of the
+city is indicated in his membership in the Board of Trade and the
+Chambre de Commerce. He is also a member of St. James and other
+clubs.</p>
+
+
+<hr class="r20" />
+
+<h3><a name="Idx_M4" id="Idx_M4"></a>DAVID ROSS McCORD.</h3>
+
+<p>The unusual gifts of ready wit and great culture of David Ross
+McCord have made him a man of influence not only in the legal
+profession but in connection with various important public events
+and questions. Montreal numbers him among her native sons, his
+birth having occurred in this city March 18, 1844. The ancestry
+of the family in Canada is traced back to John McCord, who came
+from Antrim, Ireland, during the early settlement of the province
+of Quebec. The father of David R. McCord was the late Lieutenant
+Colonel Hon. John Samuel McCord, who became a judge of the
+superior court of Lower Canada and was recognized as one of the
+distinguished jurists of his day. He married Anne, a daughter of
+David Ross, an advocate of Montreal.</p>
+
+<p>In the acquirement of his education David R. McCord attended
+successively the Montreal high school, McGill University, which
+conferred upon him the Bachelor of Arts degree in 1862 and the
+degrees of Master of Arts and Bachelor of Civil Law in 1867; and
+Bishop’s Collegiate University of Lennoxville, which conferred
+upon him the Bachelor of Arts degree in 1864. In 1868 he was
+called<a class="pagenum" name="Page_682" id="Page_682">[682]</a> to the bar and entered at once upon active practice. In
+1895 he was created king’s counselor by the Earl of Aberdeen.
+From the outset of his professional career his advancement has
+been continuous and long since he has reached a foremost position
+among the advocates of Montreal. He finds ready and correct
+solution for intricate and involved legal problems and possesses
+rare analytical and inductive powers.</p>
+
+<p>The question of public policy as set forth by the political
+parties of the day are of deep interest to him and at one time he
+was secretary of the Liberal-Conservative Association. For many
+years he served as one of the aldermen of Montreal and exercised
+his official prerogatives in support of various measures and
+movements for the benefit and improvement of the city. In 1901
+he advocated the appointment of a Canadian as governor general
+of the Dominion. Aside from his interest in his profession and
+the public questions of the day he has been a close student of
+natural history and has formed at his residence the nucleus of
+a natural museum. His religious faith is that of the Anglican
+church. Today his opinions are accepted as authority upon all
+matters relating to the annals of the country and of him the
+Montreal Herald said: “He probably has a more intimate knowledge
+of early Canadian history than any other man living.” His
+studious habits have brought him familiarity with a wide range
+of subjects, and his scholarly attainments have gained him place
+among the respected and honored residents of Montreal.</p>
+
+<hr class="chap" />
+
+<p><a class="pagenum" name="Page_683" id="Page_683">[683]</a></p>
+
+
+
+
+<h2>INDEX</h2>
+
+
+<ul class="index">
+ <li class="ifrst"><a href="#Idx_A1">Adami, J. G.,</a> 301</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_A2">Allan, Sir Hugh,</a> 635</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_A3">Allan, Sir H. M.,</a> 660</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_A4">Allan, John,</a> 295</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_A5">Almond, J. M.,</a> 215</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_A6">Ames, H. B.</a>, 618</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_A7">Angers, E.-R.</a>, 562</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_A8">Angus, D. F.</a>, 554</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_A21">Angus, R. B.</a>, 5</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_A9">Angus, W. F.</a>, 537</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_A10">Archambault, A. S.</a>, 418</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_A11">Archambault, J. B.</a>, 632</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_A12">Archambault, J. L.</a>, 19</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_A13">Archibald, J. S.</a>, 488</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_A14">Ardley, W. H.</a>, 151</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_A15">Arnton, J. J.</a>, 609</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_A16">Asselin, Joseph</a>, 502</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_A17">Asselin, J. F. O.</a>, 501</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_A18">Asselin, N. H.</a>, 508</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_A19">Atherton, W. H.</a>, 648</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_A20">Avard, J. G.</a>, 489</li>
+
+ <li class="ifrst"><a href="#Idx_B1">Badeaux, L. G.</a>, 505</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_B2">Badgley, J. C. N.</a>, 20</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_B3">Bagg Family</a>, 406</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_B4">Barlow, J. R.</a>, 169</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_B5">Barron, R. H.</a>, 98</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_B6">Baudouin, Philibert</a>, 37</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_B7">Beaudin, Simeon</a>, 638</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_B8">Beaudoin, Louis</a>, 368</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_B9">Beaudry, J. P.</a>, 355</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_B10">Becket, R. A.</a>, 216</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_B11">Bélanger, Leandre</a>, 586</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_B12">Bell, James</a>, 14</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_B13">Bennett, James</a>, 422</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_B14">Benoit, D. A.</a>, 526</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_B15">Benson, G. F.</a>, 87</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_B16">Bernier, Charles</a>, 620</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_B17">Berryer-Saint-Pierre, H. C.</a>, 550</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_B18">Biron, Edouard</a>, 436</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_B19">Bissonnet, A. E. J.</a>, 479</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_B20">Black, C. M.</a>, 119</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_B21">Blaiklock, M. S.</a>, 139</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_B22">Bloomfield, Baruch</a>, 314</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_B23">Bloomfield, Harry</a>, 297</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_B24">Bolton, W. E.</a>, 80</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_B25">Bond, W. L.</a>, 216</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_B26">Bonin, J. A.</a>, 412</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_B27">Bourgault, J. A.</a>, 170</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_B28">Boyd, L. H.</a>, 465</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_B29">Boyer, Aurelien</a>, 205</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_B30">Briggs, C. A.</a>, 156</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_B31">Brisset des Nos, Paul</a>, 580</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_B32">Brodeur, Donat</a>, 273</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_B33">Brophy, J. C.</a>, 398</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_B34">Brossard, Edmond</a>, 358</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_B35">Brosseau, A. S.</a>, 523</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_B36">Brown, E. N.</a>, 620</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_B37">Brown, G. A.</a>, 31</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_B38">Browne, A. A.</a>, 266</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_B39">Browne, Fitz-James E.</a>, 579</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_B40">Browning, J. M.</a>, 144</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_B41">Buchan, J. S.</a>, 239</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_B42">Buchanan, A. W. P.</a>, 473</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_B43">Buller, Frank</a>, 105</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_B44">Bulmer, T. C.</a>, 398</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_B45">Burke, David</a>, 129</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_B46">Busby, Thomas</a>, 566</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_B47">Byrd, Charles</a>, 176</li>
+
+ <li class="ifrst"><a href="#Idx_C1"> Cahan, C. H.</a>, 585</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_C2">Cameron, A. G.</a>, 235</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_C3">Cameron, J. C.</a>, 506</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_C4">Campbell, A. H.</a>, 490</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_C5">Campbell, D. W.</a>, 279</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_C6">Campbell, F. W.</a>, 63</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_C7">Campbell, G. A.</a>, 434</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_C8">Campbell, M. A.</a>, 598</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_C9">Campbell, Rollo</a>, 58</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_C10">Cantile, G. S.</a>, 559</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_C11">Cassils, A. M.</a>, 240</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_C12">Caverhill, George</a>, 65</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_C13">Champagne, E. O.</a>, 590</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_C14">Chaput, Charles</a>, 656</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_C15">Charbonneau, Napoleon</a>, 517</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_C16">Charters, Frank</a>, 174</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_C17">Chaussé, J. A.</a>, 373</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_C18">Chasse, Aime,</a> 660<a class="pagenum" name="Page_684" id="Page_684">[684]</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_C19">Cholette, Edouard</a>, 284</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_C20">Choquet, F. X.</a>, 594</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_C21">Cleghorn, J. P.</a>, 145</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_C22">Clouston, Sir E. S.</a>, 32</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_C23">Cohen, Hirsch</a>, 296</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_C24">Cohen, Lyon</a>, 624</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_C25">Cooke, J. P.</a>, 665</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_C26">Cotton, C. M.</a>, 92</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_C27">Cousineau, Philemon</a>, 230</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_C28">Couture, J. A.</a>, 161</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_C29">Cramp, G. B.</a>, 188</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_C30">Creak, George</a>, 380</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_C31">Creelman, J. J.</a>, 430</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_C32">Crépeau, F. G.</a>, 520</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_C33">Curran, J. J.</a>, 260</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_C34">Cushing, Dougall</a>, 53</li>
+
+ <li class="ifrst"><a href="#Idx_D1">Dale, J. A.</a>, 350</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_D2">Daly, George</a>, 357</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_D3">Daoust, Maxime</a>, 519</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_D4">David, L. O.</a>, 382</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_D5">Davidson, Thornton</a>, 80</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_D6">Davis, H. W.</a>, 103</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_D7">Davis, M. B.</a>, 375</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_D8">Dawes, A. J.</a>, 192</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_D9">Dawson, T. J.</a>, 369</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_D10">Day, J. G.</a>, 387</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_D11">Decary, E. R.</a>, 242</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_D12">Decary, L. J. T.</a>, 310</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_D13">DeCew, J. A.</a>, 334</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_D14">Deguire, A. S.</a>, 606</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_D15">Delisle, Arthur</a>, 98</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_D16">de Lorimier, A. E.</a>, 672</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_D17">de Martigny, R. L.</a>, 517</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_D18">Desautels, Oscar</a>, 363</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_D19">Desbarats, G. E.</a>, 469</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_D20">Descarries, J. A.</a>, 38</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_D21">Desjardins, J. L.</a>, 296</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_D22">de Sola, Abraham</a>, 69</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_D23">de Sola, C. I.</a>, 571</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_D24">Desroches, J. I.</a>, 493</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_D25">Dickson, Norval</a>, 69</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_D26">Dillon, John</a>, 164</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_D27">Dodds, W. O. H.</a>, 59</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_D28">Donnelly, J. E.</a>, 356</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_D29">Drouin, Joseph</a>, 544</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_D30">Drummond, Sir G. A.</a>, 304</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_D31">Dubreuil, J. F.</a>, 180</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_D32">Duclos, C. A.</a>, 212</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_D33">Dufresne, A. B.</a>, 211</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_D34">Dupuis, J. N. O.</a>, 376</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_D35">Dupuis, L. N.</a>, 88</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_D36">Dupuis, P. L.</a>, 400</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_D37">Dupuis, Rosaire</a>, 448</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_D38">Dussault, J. C. H.</a>, 241</li>
+
+ <li class="ifrst"><a href="#Idx_E1">Ecrement, Arthur</a>, 174</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_E2">Edgar, John</a>, 252</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_E3">Eliott, G. O. R.</a>, 205</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_E4">Elliot, James</a>, 158</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_E5">Elliott, H. J.</a>, 598</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_E6">Emard, J. U.</a>, 531</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_E7">Emery-Coderre, Joseph</a>, 574</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_E8">England, F. R.</a>, 132</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_E9">Evans, W. N.</a>, 381</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_E10">Ewing, A. S.</a>, 131</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_E11">Ewing, S. H.</a>, 483</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_E12">Ewing, W. H.</a>, 421</li>
+
+ <li class="ifrst"><a href="#Idx_F1">Findlay, W. E.</a>, 380</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_F2">Fineberg, Zigmond</a>, 625</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_F3">Fontaine, D. A.</a>, 499</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_F4">Forbes, J. G. L.</a>, 478</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_F5">Forest, Alfred</a>, 495</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_F6">Forget, L. J.</a>, 112</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_F7">Forget, Sir Rodolphe</a>, 577</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_F8">Fortier, L. E.</a>, 662</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_F9">Fowler, Robert</a>, 273</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_F10">Frigon, A. P.</a>, 286</li>
+
+ <li class="ifrst"><a href="#Idx_G1">Gadbois-Van dan Daigue, Emilien</a>, 532</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_G2">Gagnier, L. A.</a>, 556</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_G3">Gale, Samuel</a>, 54</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_G4">Gauthier, Thomas</a>, 538</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_G5">Geoffrion, Aime</a>, 361</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_G6">Geoffrion, Amedee</a>, 623</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_G7">Gibeault, Arthur</a>, 525</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_G8">Giroux, Napoleon</a>, 399</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_G9">Gohier, Edouard</a>, 573</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_G10">Gohier, Remi, Sr.</a>, 418</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_G11">Gonthier, Georges</a>, 100</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_G12">Gordon, C. B.</a>, 464</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_G13">Gordon, John</a>, 678</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_G14">Gordon, J. A.</a>, 271</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_G15">Gordon, Nathan</a>, 283</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_G16">Gouin, Sir Lomer</a>, 583</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_G17">Gould, C. H.</a>, 272</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_G18">Grandbois, H. A. E.</a>, 252</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_G19">Gravel, J. O.</a>, 18</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_G20">Gravel, Ludger</a>, 344</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_G21">Gray, H. R.</a>, 11</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_G22">Greene, David</a>, 99</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_G23">Guerin, J. J. E.</a>, 130</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_G24">Guertin, C. A.</a>, 338</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_G25">Guimond, J. L. A.</a>, 97</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_G26">Guindon, J. M.</a>, 644</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_G27">Guy Family</a>, 415</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_G28">Guyon, Louis</a>, 42</li>
+
+ <li class="ifrst"><a href="#Idx_H1">Hadrill, George</a>, 43</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_H2">Hague, George</a>, 322</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_H3">Hamilton, W. F.</a>, 83</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_H4">Hannaford, E. P.</a>, 439</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_H5">Hart, A. J.</a>, 111</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_H6">Hart, R. A. B.,</a> 111<a class="pagenum" name="Page_685" id="Page_685">[685]</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_H7">Harwood, C. A. de L.</a>, 668</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_H8">Hastings, George</a>, 349</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_H9">Hastings, W. A.</a>, 93</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_H10">Hawksworth, Alfred</a>, 403</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_H11">Hayes, C. A.</a>, 167</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_H12">Hays, C. M.</a>, 44</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_H13">Hébert, Albert</a>, 484</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_H14">Hébert, C. P.</a>, 328</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_H15">Hébert, E. N.</a>, 233</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_H16">Hébert, René</a>, 338</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_H17">Hébert, Zéphirin</a>, 364</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_H18">Heffernan, T. F.</a>, 562</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_H19">Henderson, L. L.</a>, 285</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_H20">Henry, A. C.</a>, 86</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_H21">Henshaw, H. H.</a>, 379</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_H22">Heward, E. H.</a>, 666</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_H23">Hibbard, F. W.</a>, 198</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_H24">Hickson, Sir Joseph</a>, 614</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_H25">Hill, C. G.</a>, 254</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_H26">Hingston, Sir W. H.</a>, 641</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_H27">Hogan, Henry</a>, 152</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_H28">Holgate, Henry</a>, 555</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_H29">Hope, W. H.</a>, 223</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_H30">Hopper, R. T.</a>, 428</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_H31">Hunt, T. S.</a>, 194</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_H32">Hurtubise, Gabriel</a>, 187</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_H33">Hutchison, A. C.</a>, 274</li>
+
+ <li class="ifrst"><a href="#Idx_I1">Inglis, R. J.</a>, 463</li>
+
+ <li class="ifrst"><a href="#Idx_J1">Jamieson, R. C.</a>, 440</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_J2">Johnston, James</a>, 12</li>
+
+ <li class="ifrst"><a href="#Idx_K1">Kavanagh, A. O.</a>, 446</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_K2">Kavanagh, Walter</a>, 393</li>
+
+ <li class="ifrst"><a href="#Idx_L1">La Badie, J. A. O.</a>, 524</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_L2">Labelle, A. E. D.</a>, 416</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_L3">Lacasse, N. U.</a>, 104</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_L4">Lacasse, P.-C.</a>, 265</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_L5">Lachapelle, E. P.</a>, 182</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_L6">Ladouceur, B. N.</a>, 245</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_L7">Lafontaine, Adrien</a>, 387</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_L8">Lamarche, J. P.</a>, 613</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_L9">Latour, L. D.</a>, 280</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_L10">Laurendeau, Charles</a>, 512</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_L11">Learmont, J. B.</a>, 218</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_L12">Leclerc, C. E.</a>, 64</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_L13">Leduc, F. G.</a>, 319</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_L14">Legare, J. B. D.</a>, 268</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_L15">Letourneau, Severin</a>, 345</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_L16">Lighthall, W. D.</a>, 542</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_L17">Linton, Robert</a>, 445</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_L18">Loranger, L. J.</a>, 393</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_L19">Loranger, L. O.</a>, 589</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_L20">Lovell, R. K.</a>, 59</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_L21">Lyall, Peter</a>, 210</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_L22">Lyman, Charles</a>, 560</li>
+
+ <li class="ifrst"><a href="#Idx_M1">McArthur, Colin</a>, 466</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_M2">McCaskill, D. A.</a>, 480</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_M3">McConnell, J. B.</a>, 298</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_M4">McCord, D. R.</a>, 681</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_M5">McDonald, Duncan</a>, 613</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_M6">McDougall, Thomas</a>, 267</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_M7">McKenna, James</a>, 428</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_M8">McKenna, Patrick</a>, 424</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_M9">McShane, G. F. J.</a>, 567</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_M10">McShane, James</a>, 631</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_M11">Macaulay, T. B.</a>, 405</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_M12">MacCallum, D. C.</a>, 411</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_M13">Macdonald, J. K.</a>, 441</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_M14">MacDougall, D. L.</a>, 417</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_M15">MacDougall, G. C.</a>, 240</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_M16">Macfarlane, Lawrence</a>, 362</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_M17">Mackay, Hugh</a>, 289</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_M18">MacMahon, T. J.</a>, 332</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_M19">Maguire, C. H.</a>, 392</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_M20">Mann, J. A.</a>, 530</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_M21">Manson, A. C.</a>, 331</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_M22">Marechal, L. T.</a>, 502</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_M23">Martin, J. E.</a>, 167</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_M24">Martin, R. D.</a>, 94</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_M25"> Martineau, J. F. V.</a>, 430</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_M26">Mathieu, Michel</a>, 84</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_M27">Matthews, G. H.</a>, 126</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_M28">Maxwell, W. S.</a>, 340</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_M29">Mayrand, Georges</a>, 566</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_M30">Meighen, Robert</a>, 74</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_M31">Melancon, Bernard</a>, 187</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_M32">Mercier, Honore, Jr.</a>, 494</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_M33">Mercier, Honore</a>, 544</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_M34">Mercier, P. E.</a>, 604</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_M35">Michaud, Alexander</a>, 140</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_M36">Michaud, J. L.</a>, 529</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_M37">Michaud, J. W.</a>, 530</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_M38">Miles, Henry</a>, 388</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_M39">Mitchell, John</a>, 313</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_M40">Mitchell, V. E.</a>, 150</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_M41">Monette, G. A.</a>, 518</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_M42">Morgan, F. C.</a>, 637</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_M43">Morgan, Henry & Co., Ltd.</a>, 629</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_M44">Morgan, James</a>, 605</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_M45">Montgomery, G. H. A.</a>, 352</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_M46">Monty, Rodolphe</a>, 303</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_M47">Morin, Victor</a>, 248</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_M48">Morrice, David</a>, 179</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_M49">Moyse, C. E.</a>, 321</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_M50">Mullin, Patrick</a>, 447</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_M51">Mullin, R. T.</a>, 511</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_M52">Mussen, Thomas</a>, 209</li>
+
+ <li class="ifrst"><a href="#Idx_N1">Nicholls, A. G.</a>, 125</li>
+
+ <li class="ifrst"><a href="#Idx_O1">O’Connor, James</a>, 224</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_O2">Ogden, I. G.,</a> 584<a class="pagenum" name="Page_686" id="Page_686">[686]</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_O3">Ogilvie, W. W.</a>, 106</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_O4">O’Meara, William</a>, 367</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_O5">Orr-Lewis, Frederic</a>, 561</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_O6">Ouimet, J. A.</a>, 199</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_O7">Ouimet, Seraphin</a>, 410</li>
+
+ <li class="ifrst"><a href="#Idx_P1"> Patenaude, E. L.</a>, 488</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_P2">Paterson, William</a>, 496</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_P3">Paterson, W. S.</a>, 356</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_P4">Paton, James</a>, 514</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_P5">Patterson, William</a>, 647</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_P6">Perham, L. D.</a>, 424</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_P7">Phillips, C. S. J.</a>, 234</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_P8">Phillips, Thomas</a>, 434</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_P9">Phillips, Thomas, Jr.</a>, 422</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_P10">Piché, J. G.</a>, 487</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_P11">Pigeon, R. A. J.</a>, 376</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_P12">Pillow, H. W.</a>, 609</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_P13">Pillow, J. A.</a>, 157</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_P14">Pratt, John</a>, 120</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_P15">Prefontaine, Isaie</a>, 60</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_P16">Préfontaine, Raymond</a>, 651</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_P17">Prendergast, W. J.</a>, 435</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_P18">Pringle, Thomas</a>, 191</li>
+
+ <li class="ifrst"><a href="#Idx_R1">Rainville, J. H.</a>, 535</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_R2">Rankin, John</a>, 181</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_R3">Reford, Robert</a>, 134</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_R4">Reynolds, M. M.</a>, 156</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_R5">Richer, A. J.</a>, 599</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_R6">Rielle, Joseph</a>, 236</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_R7">Rinfret, Thibaudeau</a>, 568</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_R8">Riordon, Carl</a>, 284</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_R9">Ritchie, T. W.</a>, 124</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_R10">Rivet, L. A. A.</a>, 370</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_R11">Robb, Thomas</a>, 259</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_R12">Robertson, Andrew</a>, 474</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_R13">Robertson, Farquhar</a>, 292</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_R14">Robertson, William</a>, 327</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_R15">Robichon, X. A.</a>, 610</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_R16">Roddick, Sir T. G.</a>, 316</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_R17">Rodier, C. S.</a>, 85</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_R18">Rogers, D. B.</a>, 391</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_R19">Rondeau, A. O.</a>, 290</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_R20">Rosenberg, Carl</a>, 246</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_R21">Ross, James</a>, 22</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_R22">Ross, J. G.</a>, 206</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_R23">Routh, C. H.</a>, 346</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_R24">Roy, F. X.</a>, 103</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_R25">Roy, Henri</a>, 343</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_R26">Roy, R. J.</a>, 91</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_R27">Rutherford, William</a>, 245</li>
+
+ <li class="ifrst"><a href="#Idx_S1">St. Jacques, J. L.</a>, 346</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_S2">St. Julien, J. A.</a>, 512</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_S3">Sammett, M. A.</a>, 626</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_S4">Scott, Gilbert</a>, 235</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_S5">Seath, David</a>, 671</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_S6">Shanks, W. R. L.</a>, 31</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_S7">Shatford, A. P.</a>, 247</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_S8">Shepherd, R. W.</a>, 333</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_S9">Ship, Fischel</a>, 337</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_S10">Skinner, W. W.</a>, 259</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_S11">Smith, C. F.</a>, 200</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_S12">Smith, D. A., Lord Strathcona</a>, 448</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_S13">Smith, William</a>, 170</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_S14">Starkey, T. A.</a>, 655</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_S15">Stephens, G. W.</a>, 146</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_S16">Stevenson, S. C.</a>, 291</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_S17">Stewart, A. D.</a>, 313</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_S18">Strathy, J. A. L.</a>, 168</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_S19">Surveyer, Arthur</a>, 500</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_S20">Surveyer, E. F.</a>, 536</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_S21">Surveyer, L. J. A.</a>, 66</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_S22">Symonds, Herbert</a>, 151</li>
+
+ <li class="ifrst"><a href="#Idx_T1">Taylor, R. B.</a>, 667</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_T2">Tellier, Louis</a>, 597</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_T3">Tessier, Camille</a>, 253</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_T4">Thomas, F. W.</a>, 394</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_T5">Thompson, F. E.</a>, 320</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_T6">Thompson, F. W.</a>, 221</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_T7">Tremblay, Joseph</a>, 600</li>
+
+ <li class="ifrst"><a href="#Idx_V1">Vanier, J. E.</a>, 400</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_V2">Venne, Joseph</a>, 508</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_V3">Versailles, Joseph</a>, 423</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_V4">Villeneuve, J. O.</a>, 162</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_V5">Villeneuve, Leonidas</a>, 8</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_V6">Vineberg, Harris</a>, 227</li>
+
+ <li class="ifrst"><a href="#Idx_W1">Walker, H. E.</a>, 217</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_W2">Walsh, M. J.</a>, 13</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_W3">Ward, J. K.</a>, 643</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_W4">White, W. J.</a>, 133</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_W5">Whitehead, E. A.</a>, 442</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_W6">Whyte, W. H.</a>, 513</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_W7">Wilson, Daniel</a>, 173</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_W8">Wilson, J. T.</a>, 175</li>
+ <li><a href="#Idx_W9">Wray, J. C.</a>, 362</li>
+
+ <li class="ifrst"><a href="#Idx_Y1">Young, John,</a> 675</li>
+</ul>
+
+
+
+<hr class="chap" />
+<h2>Transcriber’s Notes:</h2>
+
+
+<p>Each illustration page was followed by a blank page, both of which
+were numbered. These are the sources of the apparently missing pages.
+No pages are actually missing. Some illustrations have been moved a page or two forward or
+backward to co-locate them with the appropriate biography, or to
+remove them from the middle of a paragraph. </p>
+
+<p>Commas and periods missed by either the printer or the scanning
+process were added. Commas and periods interchanged by the
+printer were corrected.</p>
+
+<p>Several proper names, printed inconsistently, were made
+consistent:</p>
+
+<ul class="tn">
+
+<li>Francois, Francoise, Francais and Francais were normalized to
+François, Françoise, Français and Française</li>
+<li>Pointe aux Trembles was normalized to Pointe-aux-Trembles.</li>
+<li>Lotbinere and Lotbiniére were normalized to Lotbinière.</li>
+
+</ul>
+
+<p>Accents on other proper names were are unchanged from the
+original.</p>
+
+<p>Smallpox and small-pox were inconsistently hyphenated in multiple
+places and so were left as printed.</p>
+
+<p>Accents and other diacritical marks do not appear over or under
+capital letters, and were not added.</p>
+
+<p>Some words which appear incorrect today have been acceptable
+spellings in the past. These words (e.g. employe, malster,
+Hainout, Scotish, threshhold, etc.) were left as printed. Words
+which are rendered with more typically French spelling, such as
+“interne” reflect the significant French influence on the English
+of the time and place and are therefore not corrected to standard
+English spellings. Similarly, accents on French words used in
+English text are very frequently omitted, and they have not been
+added except as noted below.</p>
+
+<p>Capitalization of the words “street”,“place”,“lane” and “avenue”,
+when part of proper names was inconsistent, and corrected. Other
+proper names lacking capitalization were corrected.</p>
+
+<p>The following proper names are probably incorrect, but as that is
+not certain, they are unchanged:</p>
+
+<ul>
+
+<li>On page 280, <a href="#Err_1">Latour dit Dufour</a> is probably Dufour dit Latour</li>
+<li>On page 394, <a href="#Err_2">Moorwinstow</a> is probably Morwenstow</li>
+<li>On page 484, <a href="#Err_3">LsRaoul de Lorimer</a> is probably Louis-Raoul de Lorimer</li>
+<li>On page 598, <a href="#Err_4">Port Elain</a> is probably Port Elgin</li>
+<li>On pages 531-532, <a href="#Err_5">Hon. J. Ald Ouimet</a> is probably Hon. J. Alderic Ouimet.</li>
+</ul>
+
+<p>There are several places where words appear to be missing.
+They were added only when the missing word was certain and are
+included in the following list of corrected printer’s errors.</p>
+
+<ul class="tn">
+
+<li>“mediaeval” was changed to “mediæval” on page 69 to match other
+instances in the volume (<a href="#Err_6">during those mediæval times</a>)</li>
+
+<li>“over-estimated” changed to “overestimated” on page 73 to match
+other instances in the volume (<a href="#Err_7">could scarcely be overestimated</a>)</li>
+
+<li>“broadmindedness” changed to “broad-mindedness” on page 84 (<a href="#Err_8">from
+a deficiency in that broad-mindedness</a>)</li>
+
+<li>“whch” changed to “which” on page 91 (<a href="#Err_9">from which he was graduated</a>)</li>
+
+<li>“Portoria” changed to “Portora” on page 99 (<a href="#Err_10">the Royal School of
+Portora</a>)</li>
+
+<li>“Canado” changed to “Canada” on page 100 (<a href="#Err_11">Canada-French Trade
+Development Committee</a>)</li>
+
+<li>“Societe” changed to “Société” on page 104 (<a href="#Err_12">La Société St. Jean
+Baptiste</a>)</li>
+
+<li>“opthalmologists” changed to “ophthalmologists” and
+“opthalmoscopy” changed to “ophthalmoscopy” on page 105 (<a href="#Err_13">one of
+the most celebrated ophthalmologists</a>; <a href="#Err_14">method of ophthalmoscopy</a>;
+<a href="#Err_15">He was the first ophthalmologist</a>)</li>
+
+<li>“enthusiam” changed to “enthusiasm” on page 116 (<a href="#Err_16">His greatest enthusiasm was aroused</a>)</li>
+
+<li>“became” changed to “become” on page 130 (<a href="#Err_17">he has also become equally widely known</a>)</li>
+
+<li>“reelcted” changed to “reelected” on page 130 (<a href="#Err_18">and was reelected in 1896 and 1897</a>)</li>
+
+<li>“eun” changed to “eund” on page 132 (<a href="#Err_19">ad eund</a>)</li>
+
+<li>“Quarreau” changed to “Ouareau” on page 150 (<a href="#Err_20">the Charlemagne & Lac Ouareau Lumber Company</a>)</li>
+
+<li>“researth” changed to “research” on page 194 (<a href="#Err_21">his original research work was published</a>)</li>
+
+<li>“far” changed to “for” on page 230 (<a href="#Err_22">who for a number of years</a>)</li>
+
+<li>“wholsale” changed to “wholesale” on page 240 (<a href="#Err_23">a wholesale leather merchant</a>)</li>
+
+<li>“Batallion” changed to “Battalion” on page 266 (<a href="#Err_24">Eighty-third Battalion of Infantry</a>)</li>
+
+<li>“McCallum” changed to “MacCallum” on page 266 (<a href="#Err_25">Professor Duncan MacCallum</a>)</li>
+
+<li>“Assocation” changed to “Association” on page 272 (<a href="#Err_26">American Library Association</a>)</li>
+
+<li>“Christ’s” changed to “Christ” on page 273 (<a href="#Err_27">Christ Church Cathedral</a>)</li>
+
+<li>“vangaurd” changed to “vanguard” on page 301 (<a href="#Err_28">He keeps in the vanguard</a>)</li>
+
+<li>“Baptist” changed to “Baptiste” on page 310 (<a href="#Err_29">son of Jean Baptiste and Marie Theolinde</a>)</li>
+
+<li>“boom” changed to “bloom” on page 315 (<a href="#Err_30">freshness and bloom of life</a>)</li>
+
+<li>“discernable” changed to “discernible” on page 324(<a href="#Err_31">are easily discernible</a>)</li>
+
+<li>“physicain” changed to “physician” on page 338 (<a href="#Err_32">superintendent of St. Paul’s Hospital, physician to</a>)</li>
+
+<li>“Hebert” changed to “Hébert” on page 340 (<a href="#Err_33">of which Philip Hébert was the sculptor</a>)</li>
+
+<li>“Beauprè” changed to “Beaupré” on page 358 (<a href="#Err_34">the Preparatory College at Ste. Anne de Beaupré</a>)</li>
+
+<li>“Therese” changed to “Thérèse” on page 367 (<a href="#Err_35">the College of Ste. Thérèse</a>)</li>
+
+<li>“come” changed to “came” on page 367 (<a href="#Err_36">In the latter year he came to St. Gabriel’s</a>)</li>
+
+<li>“Featherstonehough” changed to “Fetherstonhaugh” on page 376
+(<a href="#Err_37">Fetherstonhaugh, Dennison & Blackmore</a>)</li>
+
+<li>“Clerge” changed to “Clergé” on page 385 (<a href="#Err_38">Le Clergé Canadien</a>)</li>
+
+<li>“Boisbrand” changed to “Boisbriand” on page 392 (<a href="#Err_39">The Glade, Boisbriand, province of Quebec</a>)</li>
+
+<li>“it” changed to “at” on page 418 (<a href="#Err_40">pursued his education at St. Hyacinthe College</a>)</li>
+
+<li>duplicate word “of” removed from page 428 (<a href="#Err_41">on the 12th of July</a>)</li>
+
+<li>“stateman” changed to “statesman” on page 458 (<a href="#Err_42">he was not a statesman</a>)</li>
+
+<li>“shorts” changed to “short” on page 462 (<a href="#Err_43">A few short hours of frozen day</a>)</li>
+
+<li>missing word “in” added on page 466 (<a href="#Err_44">and died in 1902</a>)</li>
+
+<li>“Avocatau” changed to “avocat au” on page 469 (<a href="#Err_45">Avocat au Parlement</a>)</li>
+
+<li>“colonal” changed to “colonel” on page 470 (<a href="#Err_46">lieutenant colonel of militia</a>)</li>
+
+<li>“sucessful” changed to “successful” on page 472 (<a href="#Err_47">made his life brilliantly successful</a>)</li>
+
+<li>“professionl” changed to “professional” on page 512 (<a href="#Err_48">concentrate his energies upon his professional interests</a>)</li>
+
+<li>“Abbe” changed to “Abbé” on page 531 (<a href="#Err_49">a private school conducted by Abbé Villeneuve</a>)</li>
+
+<li>“to day” changed to “today” on page 553 (<a href="#Err_50">Shortis is today detained</a>)</li>
+
+<li>“non-essential” changed to “nonessential” on page 555 to match
+other instances in the volume (<a href="#Err_51">essential and the nonessential</a>)</li>
+
+<li>“non-sectarian” changed to “nonsectarian” on page 556 to match
+other instances in the volume (<a href="#Err_52">nonsectarian in his religious belief</a>)</li>
+
+<li>“Brown’s” changed to “Browne’s” on page 579 (<a href="#Err_53">Mr. Browne’s advertising measures</a>)</li>
+
+<li>“ninteenth” changed to “nineteenth” on page 589 (<a href="#Err_54">the later half of the nineteenth century</a>)</li>
+
+<li>“Eteves” changed to “Elèves” on page 605 (<a href="#Err_55">Association des Anciens Elèves de L’Ecole Polytechnique</a>)</li>
+
+<li>“cloest” changed to “closest” on page 605 (<a href="#Err_56">will bear the closest investigation and scrutiny</a>)</li>
+
+<li>“farreaching” changed to “far-reaching” on page 605 (<a href="#Err_57">of far-reaching importance</a>)</li>
+
+<li>“gardner” changed to “gardener” on page 606 (<a href="#Err_58">The father was a gardener by profession.</a>)</li>
+
+<li>“beneficient” changed to “beneficent” on page 606 (<a href="#Err_59">extend to many beneficent projects</a>)</li>
+
+<li>extra character “a” removed from page 614 (<a href="#Err_60">He left that corporation to accept</a>)</li>
+
+<li>“Lafontain” changed to “Lafontaine” on page 618 (<a href="#Err_61">Lafontaine Club</a>)</li>
+
+<li>“repesentative” changed to “representative” on page 618 (<a href="#Err_62">a representative of that corporation</a>)</li>
+
+<li>“beneficient” changed to “beneficent” on page 626 (<a href="#Err_63">the beneficent spirit</a>)</li>
+
+<li>“tome” changed to “come” on page 630 (<a href="#Err_64">have come to include</a>)</li>
+
+<li>“eqully” changed to “equally” on page 635 (<a href="#Err_65">was almost equally well known</a>)</li>
+
+<li>“opportunties” changed to “opportunities” on page 637 (<a href="#Err_66">Liberal educational opportunties</a>)</li>
+
+<li>“sumitted” changed to “submitted” on page 643 (<a href="#Err_67">questions which were submitted for consideration</a>)</li>
+
+<li>“Ecolé” changed to “Ecole” on page 651 (<a href="#Err_68">Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales</a>)</li>
+
+<li>“Monteral” changed to “Montreal” on page 652 (<a href="#Err_69">progress of Montreal was slow</a>)</li>
+
+<li>“Subsequetly” changed to “Subsequently” on page 655 (<a href="#Err_70">Subsequently he pursued</a>)</li>
+
+<li>“succcess” changed to “success” on page 665 (<a href="#Err_71">and win success</a>)</li>
+
+<li>“distingnuished” changed to “distinguished” on page 667 (<a href="#Err_72">such distinguished men as Lord Strathcona</a>)</li>
+
+<li>“he” changed to “the” on page 677 (<a href="#Err_73">where the bridge should be built</a>)</li>
+
+<li>“Champlin” changed to “Champlain” on page 677 (<a href="#Err_74">Lake Champlain</a>)</li>
+</ul>
+
+<p>Angus, R. B. added to the Index.</p>
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+<pre>
+
+
+
+
+
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