A Cyclopaedia of Canadian Biography: Being Chiefly Men of the Time by Rose
1665. His grandfather, Stephen Jones, a graduate of Harvard College, was
an officer in the King’s American Dragoons, and at the close of the
revolutionary war settled in Nova Scotia, where he died in 1830. Hon.
Mr. Jones was educated at Yarmouth Academy, and chose commerce as a
profession. He has been a successful merchant, and is now the head of
the firm of A. G. Jones & Co., West India importers. He occupies the
position of governor of the Protestant Orphans’ Home, and also that of
Dalhousie College; is president of the Nova Scotia Marine Insurance
Company, and a director of the Acadia Fire Insurance Company. For a
number of years Mr. Jones was lieutenant commanding the 1st Halifax
Brigade Garrison Artillery. He sat in the House of Commons at Ottawa
from 1867 to 1872, but at the general election, held during the latter
year, he suffered defeat. However, in 1874 he was again elected, but
resigned in January, 1878, in consequence of an alleged breach of the
Independence of Parliament Act, but was re-elected. He was sworn in a
member of the Privy Council, and held the office of Minister of Militia
in the Mackenzie administration from January, 1878, to September of the
same year. At the general elections held in 1878 and 1882, he was an
unsuccessful candidate, but at the general election held in 1887 he
again presented himself as a candidate, and was returned at the head of
the poll. Hon. Mr. Jones has been twice married, first, in 1850, to
Margaret Wiseman, daughter of W. Stairs. This lady died in February,
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- Chapter 1 Ch.1
- introduction of many other distinguished families in every department of Ch.2
- 1647. There were three brothers, Petrus, Balthazer and Nicholas; one Ch.3
- 1874. His diaconate he spent in Massachusetts, preaching in several Ch.4
- 1873. The doctor has taken an interest in various companies, and is at Ch.5
- 1834. His father, Matthew MacFarlane, was born in the parish of Dramore, Ch.6
- 1. Moved by Henry Stuart, seconded by Gédéon Ouimet, M.P.P., Ch.7
- 2. Moved by Andrew Robertson, seconded by C. A. Leblanc, That as Ch.8
- 3. Moved by the Honourable T. J. J. Loranger, seconded by J. C. Ch.9
- 1. Moved by J. H. Filion, seconded by Mr. Boisseau, that Mr. Ch.10
- 2. Moved by Mr. Wilfrid Prévost, seconded by J. A. H. Mackay, Ch.11
- 3. Moved by J. A. H. Mackay, seconded by J. H. Filion, That the Ch.12
- 1853. Judge Berthelot was appointed in 1875, as above mentioned. In Ch.13
- 1878. The 18th being nomination day in Manitoba, and the news reaching Ch.14
- 1840. On the 4th of January, 1839, Mr. Allison addressed a letter to the Ch.15
- 1873. Judge Senkler was educated by his father, and commenced life in Ch.16
- 1874. In the same year he was articled to W. A. Ross, then barrister in Ch.17
- 1885. Mr. Falconbridge is a pronounced and steadfast Conservative in Ch.18
- 1886. Judge Kelly is a Roman Catholic, and was married, first, in Ch.19
- 1884. Dr. Reddy held many offices of the highest trust and honour in Ch.20
- 1837. He is the third son of Michael Spurr Harris and Sarah Ann Troop. Ch.21
- 1882. He is a member of the New Brunswick Medical Society and of the Ch.22
- 1880. He still continues his membership in, and is physician to, each of Ch.23
- Introduction to the Talmud,” displayed a deep and broad acquaintance Ch.24
- 1841. His father, John Alward, a successful agriculturist, was the son Ch.25
- 1839. He is son of Thomas Harrison, by his wife Elizabeth Coburn, and Ch.26
- 1840. After a three years’ course at the Grand Seminary he was, on the Ch.27
- 1732. He was a staunch and persistent friend and advocate of political Ch.28
- 1827. In 1831, he was ordained a minister of the Presbyterian church, Ch.29
- 1834. His father, John Palmer, grandson of Gideon Palmer, a U. E. Ch.30
- 1825. By descent Dr. MacCallum is a pure Celt, being the son of John Ch.31
- 1863. The capitular degrees were received in the New Brunswick Royal Ch.32
- introduction of the English Medical Registration Act in 1860. He has Ch.33
- 1681. Since then the family has multiplied considerably, and is now Ch.34
- 1878. In 1882, Mr. Church was elected a member of the Nova Scotia Ch.35
- 1844. He is the fourth son of Charles G. Buller, of Campbellford, Ch.36
- 1840. His mother, Sarah Ann Williams, was born at Port Dover, Lake Erie Ch.37
- 1856. His father, Alexander Robb, the founder of the works he manages, Ch.38
- 1874. In 1859 Mr. Ross entered politics as a Liberal, and was returned, Ch.39
- 1812. His mother, Elizabeth Coulson, was a native of Stockton, near Ch.40
- 1772. His father, John Macdonald, of Allisary, and his mother, Ellen Ch.41
- 1851. He studied law in the office of Thomas Kirkpatrick, Q.C., of Ch.42
- 1874. Upon his removal to Orillia, he set to work to erect the handsome Ch.43
- 1837. His parents, William and Mary Smith, are both alive, and residing Ch.44
- 1875. Mrs. Archibald was re-appointed chief preceptress of Mount Allison Ch.45
- 1844. In the same year he was offered and declined the office of Ch.46
- 1855. His mother, Ann Evans, was a native of Shrewsbury, Shropshire, Ch.47
- 1881. He was married again on 29th November to Miss Nealis, daughter of Ch.48
- 1876. He has travelled a good deal in Britain and on the continent of Ch.49
- 1876. Messrs. Angers and de Boucherville worked harmoniously together, Ch.50
- 1873. And Laval again, in 1878, presented him with the degree of LL.D. Ch.51
- 1872. The entrance of Mr. Mathieu into political life dates from that Ch.52
- 1870. By his first marriage he has three children, one son and two Ch.53
- introduction of denominational colleges, and their partial endowment by Ch.54
- 1880. His wife, the mother of the subject of this sketch, whom he Ch.55
- 1750. His son, Pierre, was lord of the Seigniories of Rivière Ouelle and Ch.56
- 1883. He represented the Crown in Quebec with the late Judge Alleyn, at Ch.57
- introduction to Professor Pillans, who treated him very kindly and Ch.58
- 1873. He took first prizes throughout his course for Latin, Greek, Ch.59
- 1858. His brother, John W. Kerr, who was appointed county attorney and Ch.60
- 1887. In 1885, Mr. Shakespeare was elected to the presidency of the Ch.61
- 1866. In the Limestone City he found employment as a teacher, and for Ch.62
- 1846. The family, on the paternal side, came originally from the county Ch.63
- 1877. This work has been exhaustively and very favorably reviewed by Dr. Ch.64
- 1878. This enumeration does not include various papers published in the Ch.65
- 1884. He was chairman of the Western Judicial District Board of Ch.66
- 1814. He is a son of William Nyren Silver, of Port Lee, Hampshire, of Ch.67
- 1838. He went early into business, and only of late years relaxed his Ch.68
- 1886. He is also a member of the Board of Management of the Church Ch.69
- 1877. Mr. Kennedy was made a freeman of the city of St. John in 1839, Ch.70
- 1841. He is son of Robert Hopper, whose father came from Hamilton, Ch.71
- 1883. In 1879 he was appointed agent of the Commercial Union Assurance Ch.72
- 1833. He is the fourth son of Hon. Joseph Masson, a member of the Ch.73
- 1833. He is the second son of Michael Spurr Harris, who came to Moncton Ch.74
- 1882. He is representative in Quebec of the Grand Lodge of California Ch.75
- 1846. His father, John McConnell, served under Mr. Howard, of High Park, Ch.76
- 1880. He has been for some time a member of the Board of Education of Ch.77
- 1887. He leaves four sons. He was for many years the leading member of Ch.78
- 1841. About the time of Dr. Strachan’s appointment as councillor, began Ch.79
- 1856. In 1858 he was elected to the parliament of Canada, subsequently Ch.80
- 1878. His attention to the duties of his office won general approbation. Ch.81
- 1665. His grandfather, Stephen Jones, a graduate of Harvard College, was Ch.82
- 1865. Second, to Emma, daughter of Edward Albrough, of Halifax. Ch.83
- 1836. His parents were Robert McKnight and Eliza Gray. He received a Ch.84
- 1887. He was a son of John Torrance, in his lifetime one of the leading Ch.85
- 1845. His parents were Thomas E. Oulton and Elizabeth Carter, both Ch.86
- 1870. In 1880 he was appointed judge of probate for Hants county; and in Ch.87
- 1859. In the latter year he successfully contested the county of Ch.88
- 1810. Being poor working people, they were only able to give their son a Ch.89
- 1834. Mr. Moffat, the subject of our sketch, is the eldest son of this Ch.90
- introduction of responsible government, was reappointed to the Executive Ch.91
- 1835. The Synod appointed Dr. John Rae, principal of the Grammar school Ch.92
- 1879. He was elected leader of the government by the unanimous vote of Ch.93
- 1870. He took an active part in agitating for the construction of the Ch.94
- 1885. He is now a director of the Coaticook Cotton Company; of the Ch.95
- 1789. He was of Norman and Saxon descent, claiming kindred with Michael Ch.96
- 1739. His father and his father’s brothers were gentlemen of Ch.97
- 1882. His politics are Conservative, and though younger than the Ch.98
- 1865. Haliburton first became known as an author in 1829, when he Ch.99
- 1840. He was educated at Fredericton. Mr. Peck is the youngest son of Ch.100
- 1878. He sold his life insurance policy, some real estate, and, in fact, Ch.101
- 1844. He is of an old English family, his grandfather, whose name he Ch.102
- 1814. He was the only son of John Jennings, manufacturer, of that city. Ch.103
- 1873. After Confederation this office was merged in that of postmaster Ch.104
- 1884. Mr. Bowser is a member of the Masonic fraternity, was Chaplain of Ch.105
- 1881. He became a member of the Orange society in 1863, and continued a Ch.106
- 1760. Mr. Tourangeau’s great grandfather emigrated from La Touraine, Ch.107
- 1878. The manufacturing company, of which he is president, is a large Ch.108
- 1832. The case created great interest throughout England, and was Ch.109
- 1870. In the year 1881 Mr. Stevenson retired from the force with the Ch.110
- 1841. He is a member of a family for many generations resident at Ch.111
- 1826. His father was John Emmerson, who at an early age came from Ch.112
- 1881. He is also the author of a paper entitled, “Vinland,” an account Ch.113
- 1837. He is also a nephew of the late William Walker, advocate, of Ch.114
- 1843. His father was the late Major Pope, who was for many years Ch.115
- 1796. He was formally thanked by parliament. A succession of honors Ch.116
- 1837. The second had been a student in the office of this young lawyer, Ch.117
- 1850. His father, Richard Clarke, was a general merchant and flax buyer, Ch.118
- 1843. His father, William G. Archibald, was a native of the same county, Ch.119
- 1719. John is the fourth child, in a family of five, and was educated in Ch.120
- 1869. In 1870 he married Marie Malvina, third daughter of Francis Ch.121
- 1843. He received the honorary degree of M.A., in 1855, and of D.C.L., Ch.122
- 1860. On the 23rd May, 1862, he joined the British army as ensign, Ch.123
- 1818. Her mother, Mary Magdalen McKay, was born at St. Cuthbert, Quebec, Ch.124
- 1829. The family came to Canada in 1834, and settled in the city of Ch.125
- 1886. In this a monster chorus of over nine hundred voices, accompanied Ch.126
- 1884. Immediately thereafter steps were taken, by the same trustees, to Ch.127
- 1866. He held the office of master of Poyntz lodge, at Hantsport, from Ch.128
- 1842. His father was Alexander Shields, a farmer from Fifeshire, Ch.129
- 1880. He then entered the law office of his brother, Ernest Pacaud, well Ch.130
- 1819. His parents were James Kelly and Margaret Crosby, both natives of Ch.131
- 1766. The Lovitts have always been identified with the best interests of Ch.132
- 1857. Mr. Cartier was the only Lower Canadian minister who belonged to Ch.133
- introduction into New Brunswick, and for the past twenty years has been Ch.134
- 1862. In 1866 he married Helen E., daughter of Thomas Barlow, a member Ch.135
- 1862. The honorary degree of D.D. was conferred upon him by Victoria Ch.136
- 1888. Dr. Courtney is tall, erect, and well formed. He has greyish blue Ch.137
- 1841. His ancestors came from France, and settled in the county of Ch.138
- 1869. Towards the close of the year 1869 he went to Switzerland, where, Ch.139
- 1820. His parents had come from Scotland several years before, and, if Ch.140
- 1885. In September, 1883, he went to Europe, and in the course of his Ch.141
- 1884. He was the son of J. B. Proulx and Magdalen Hébert. His great Ch.142
- 1872. His mother, Rosalind E. Bernard, was born in Montreal, educated at Ch.143
- 1838. The subject of this sketch was educated at St. Mary’s College, Ch.144
- 1873. Promoted brevet lieutenant-colonel in June, 1874, and appointed to Ch.145
- 1840. His ancestors emigrated from France, and were among the early Ch.146
- 1877. He has occupied a distinguished position at the bar; was elected Ch.147
- 1843. On his return he began the practice of his profession, and soon Ch.148
- 1886. At the close of 1887 he was appointed by the Imperial government Ch.149
- 1868. Being too young for ordination, he remained in the school, Ch.150
- 1872. In 1872 he received the degree of hon. M.A. from Trinity College, Ch.151
- 1878. He is a Roman Catholic in religion. He was married on the 12th Ch.152
- 1702. The bishop’s nephew, James Molony, of Kiltanon, the first Ch.153
- 1815. He is a son of John Haythorne, a wool merchant of Bristol, and who Ch.154
- 1873. The following autumn Mr. Haythorne was summoned to the Senate, and Ch.155
- 1875. Immediately upon entering into business, he obtained a large Ch.156
- 1877. The point was raised by J. Norman Ritchie, now one of the judges Ch.157
- introduction of responsible government into Canada for any length of Ch.158
- 1841. This gentleman took an active part in the troubles of 1837-’38, Ch.159
- 1854. Mr. Unsworth left four sons, one of whom, Joseph, is Ch.160
- 1875. He was also surgeon of police from 1863 to 1875. Besides these Ch.161
- 1873. He brought with him a stock of ready-made clothing, and shortly Ch.162
- 1822. His father was Robert Boak, of Shields, in the county of Durham, Ch.163
- 1809. He received his education at the Seminary of St. Hyacinthe, where, Ch.164
- 1826. From 1826 to 1830 he was director of St. James Grand Seminary at Ch.165
- 1866. In September of that year he retired with the rank of captain, and Ch.166
- 1823. In Nova Scotia, since confederation, the legal affairs of the Ch.167
- 1860. His career as a school trustee will not soon be forgotten, as it Ch.168
- 1600. His mother, Anne Whiteway, is descended from a Devonshire family Ch.169
- 1856. In 1857 he removed to Toronto, Ontario, being employed by Paterson Ch.170
- 1859. His parents were Theophile Chênevert and Mathilde Filteau. His Ch.171
- 1871. He spent the years 1872 and 1873 at Edinburgh, Scotland, and Ch.172
- 1829. His parents were Neil Sinclair and Mary McDougall, first of Ch.173
- 1832. He received part of his education in that town and also pursued Ch.174
- 1854. In 1856-7 he was provincial secretary, and became premier of the Ch.175
- 1878. He was inspector of the post offices of the Dominion of Canada in Ch.176
- 1846. He went through the elementary schools of his parish, then was Ch.177
- 1873. He then commenced business by opening a general store, which he Ch.178
- 2816. The result was similar throughout the province. Mr. Payzant took Ch.179
- 1850. He is a descendant of one of the oldest and most honorable Ch.180
- 1876. He was for some time a valued and progressive member of the city Ch.181
- 1775. The following verses, contributed by “E. L. M.,” a Ch.182
- 1878. Since then he has successfully practised his profession in Ch.183
- 1856. Complete withdrawal from mercantile cares for a year having Ch.184
- 1882. He has been prominently connected with various other societies and Ch.185
- 1857. In 1859 he went to the Red River settlement, where he remained Ch.186
- 1887. (See sketch of his life on page 40.) Ch.187