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Hamilton Cemetery
Hamilton Cemetery on York Boulevard in Hamilton, Ontario, is the oldest public burial ground in the city. It is located on Burlington Heights, a high sand and gravel isthmus that separates Hamilton's harbor on the east from Cootes Paradise on the west. Historically, the cemetery consists of three, separate burial grounds over 100 acres: Burlington Heights Cemetery, the Christ Church Grounds, and the Church of Ascension Grounds. It has been a contentious issue whether a flood, which around the 1860s inundated the city, necessitated the recollection of gravestones to be amassed in one place. From 1850 until 1892, each burial ground was administered separately, but by the beginning of the 1890s, the church wardens had difficulty paying for the maintenance and upkeep of their areas. In 1892, the City of Hamilton agreed to assume responsibility for all the grounds, which were renamed "Hamilton Cemetery". Notable plots Mayors Thirty-three mayors of Hamilton are buried/interred here, i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
York Boulevard
York Boulevard is a Lower City arterial road in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Formerly known as Highway 2 and Highway 6, it starts in Burlington, Ontario at Plains Road West as a two-way arterial road that wraps around and over Hamilton Harbour, enters the city of Hamilton in the west end at Dundurn Park, and ends at James Street North. It has a one-way section from Queen Street to Bay Street North, and continues east of James Street North as Wilson Street.) History York Boulevard was part of the military road that connected the chain stations lying between Kingston and the Niagara River, and was the used as the main road to York, Upper Canada (present-day Toronto). As a result, it became known as York Street. In 1976, the road was closed for construction, over the protests of residents and businesspeople, widened and redesignated York Boulevard on November 29, 1976 at a final cost of $5.5-million. No street runs parallel with York Boulevard. George Hamilton, a settler and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander McKay (politician)
Alexander McKay (April 19, 1843 – April 21, 1912) was mayor of Hamilton, Ontario from 1886 to 1887. Born in Hamilton, Canada West, McKay was the son of William McKay and Jane Reid, both natives of Ireland. He was educated there and entered business as a hotel manager and then a grain merchant The grain trade refers to the local and international trade in cereals and other food grains such as wheat, barley, maize, and rice. Grain is an important trade item because it is easily stored and transported with limited spoilage, unlike other .... In 1871, McKay married Catherine Marshall. After he retired from politics, McKay became a customs inspector. References * ''The Canadian parliamentary companion, 1891''JA Gemmill 1843 births 1912 deaths Conservative Party of Canada (1867–1942) MPs Mayors of Hamilton, Ontario Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Ontario {{Ontario-mayor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Charles Coppley
George Charles Coppley (March 18, 1858 – October 15, 1936) was the mayor of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada from 1921 to 1922. Born in Chelmsford, Essex, England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe b ..., Coppley came to Canada in 1879. In 1921, he was elected mayor. Again elected in 1922, he restructured Hamilton's government. He was defeated in 1923 by Thomas William Jutten. References External links * 1858 births 1936 deaths People from Chelmsford Mayors of Hamilton, Ontario British emigrants to Canada {{Ontario-mayor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Goodenough Booker
Charles Goodenough Booker (April 24, 1859 – April 3, 1926) was the mayor of Hamilton, Ontario Hamilton is a port city in the Canadian province of Ontario. Hamilton has a population of 569,353, and its census metropolitan area, which includes Burlington and Grimsby, has a population of 785,184. The city is approximately southwest of T ... from 1917 to 1920. In 1904, Booker ran for the Board of Education in Ward 1 unsuccessfully. In 1906, he successfully sought the post again and served for nine years. In 1915, he was chairman of the board. When he ran for mayor in 1917, he was not expected to win. He was subsequently re-elected until 1920. External links * 1859 births 1926 deaths Mayors of Hamilton, Ontario {{Ontario-mayor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Allan (Canadian Politician)
John Allan (May 22, 1856 – July 31, 1922) was a Canadian politician. Allan was the Member of Provincial Parliament for the seat of Hamilton West from 1914 to 1919. Biography He was born in Guelph, Canada West, the son of James Allan, a Scottish immigrant. He apprenticed as a builder in Hamilton and worked in the western United States from 1874 to 1879, when he moved to New York City. In 1881, he married Catherine Euler. He retired from construction in 1906 and returned to Hamilton. He served on the city council and was mayor for two years. Allan was elected to the provincial assembly in a 1914 by-election held after John Strathearn Hendrie Sir John Strathearn Hendrie (August 15, 1857 – July 17, 1923) was the 11th Lieutenant Governor of Ontario from 1914 to 1919. John Hendrie was born in 1857 in Hamilton, Ontario and was educated at Upper Canada College. He became a railway ... was named Lieutenant-Governor for Ontario. He died in Hamilton on July 31, 192 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Harmon Lees
The mayor of Hamilton is head of Hamilton City Council (Ontario), Hamilton City Council. The current mayor is Andrea Horwath. The following is a list of mayors of Hamilton, Ontario, Hamilton: *Colin Campbell Ferrie - 1847 *George Sylvester Tiffany - 1848 *William L. Distin - 1849 *John Fisher (American politician), John Fisher - 1850 *John Rose Holden - 1851 *Nehemiah Ford - 1852 *William G. Kerr - 1853 *James Cummings (Ontario politician), James Cummings - 3 months in 1854 *Charles Magill - 9 months in 1854–1855 *James Cummings (Ontario politician), James Cummings - 1856 *John Francis Moore (politician), John Francis Moore - 1857 *George Hamilton Mills - 1858 *Henry McKinstry - 1859–1861 *Robert McElroy (Ontario politician), Robert McElroy - 1862–1864 *Charles Magill - 1865–1866 *Benjamin Ernest Charlton - 1867 *Hutchison Clark - 1868 *James Edwin O'Reilly - 1869 *George Murison - 1870 *Daniel Black Chisholm - 1871–1872 *Benjamin Ernest Charlton - 1873–1874 *George ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Joseph Stewart
Thomas Joseph Stewart (July 26, 1848 – November 9, 1926) was a Canadian politician. He was mayor of Hamilton, Ontario from 1907 to 1908. He was a Conservative Conservatism is a cultural, social, and political philosophy that seeks to promote and to preserve traditional institutions, practices, and values. The central tenets of conservatism may vary in relation to the culture and civilization in ... Member of the House of Commons of Canada for the riding of Hamilton West from 1908 to 1925. External links * Hamilton Public Library profile* 1848 births 1926 deaths Conservative Party of Canada (1867–1942) MPs Mayors of Hamilton, Ontario Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Ontario Unionist Party (Canada) MPs {{Ontario-mayor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sanford Dennis Biggar
Sanford Dennis Biggar (November 5,1861–March 5, 1920) was mayor of Hamilton, Ontario from 1905 to 1906. Early life Biggar was born on November 5, 1861, in Saltfleet Township Saltfleet Township is a geographic township in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, on the south shore of Lake Ontario. The township was established originally in the then Upper Canada. In 1974, it was amalgamated with the village of Stoney Creek to form ... in Hamillton, Ontario, to Christopher Biggar and Ann Dean. Personal life Biggar married Charlotte Elizabeth Armstrong and had 6 children. On March 5, 1920, Biggar died and was buried in Hamilton Graveyard. References External links * Mayors of Hamilton, Ontario {{Ontario-mayor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wellington Jeffers Morden
Wellington Jeffers Morden (September 28, 1837 – December 26, 1928) was mayor of Hamilton, Ontario Hamilton is a port city in the Canadian province of Ontario. Hamilton has a population of 569,353, and its census metropolitan area, which includes Burlington and Grimsby, has a population of 785,184. The city is approximately southwest of T ..., Canada, from 1902 to 2023. External links Hamilton Public Library biography* 1837 births 1928 deaths Mayors of Hamilton, Ontario {{Ontario-mayor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Strathearn Hendrie
Sir John Strathearn Hendrie (August 15, 1857 – July 17, 1923) was the 11th Lieutenant Governor of Ontario from 1914 to 1919. John Hendrie was born in 1857 in Hamilton, Ontario and was educated at Upper Canada College. He became a railway contractor and promoted the Hamilton Bridge Works. In 1885 he married Lena Henderson. He was Mayor of Hamilton, Ontario from 1901 to 1902. He was then Member of Provincial Parliament from 1902 to 1914, where he held the positions of Minister without Portfolio and Hydro-Electric Commissioner. He joined the Hamilton Field Artillery in 1883 and later commanded the 2nd Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery (of the Canadian Militia) until 1909. Hendrie was appointed Lieutenant Governor of Ontario in 1914 and served until 1919. Much of his time in Office was spent helping the War Effort and hosting soldiers, seamen and dignitaries. He is the only Ontario viceroy to live at two Government Houses, including Chorley Park. He was knighted in 1915, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Alexander Colquhoun
Edward Alexander Colquhoun (September 14, 1844 – November 16, 1904) was mayor of Hamilton, Ontario from 1897 to 1898. He represented Hamilton West in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1898 to 1902 as a Conservative member. The son of James Colquhoun, a barrister, he was born in Ayr, Canada West and was educated in Berlin (later Kitchener). In 1864, Colquhoun began work with the Bank of Montreal in Ottawa, He joined the Bank of Hamilton in 1872; he became bank manager in 1882 and retired in 1887. In 1881, Colquhoun married Evelyn Gourlay. The family lived in Barton lodge on the Hamilton mountain, which had been built by James Matthew Whyte, who was Colquhoun's wife's uncle. He was elected to the Ontario assembly in 1898 but was defeated when he ran for reelection in 1902, running as an independent. He died two years later following surgery to remove a growth from his neck. His daughter Kathryn Kathryn is a feminine given name and comes from the Greek meaning for ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Elias Tuckett
George Elias Tuckett (December 4, 1835, Exeter, England - February 19, 1900) was mayor of Hamilton, Ontario in 1896. Tuckett built a fortune during the American Civil War, cornering a chunk of the tobacco market. He also founded the Tuckett Tobacco Company in 1857. It was acquired by Imperial Tobacco in 1930. He is buried in the Tuckett family crypt, located in Hamilton Cemetery. In 2005, a Bursary A bursary is a monetary award made by any educational institution or funding authority to individuals or groups. It is usually awarded to enable a student to attend school, university or college when they might not be able to, otherwise. Some awa ..., ''The George Elias Tuckett Bursaries'' was established in his memory. External links Biography at ''the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online''1896 - George Elias TuckettResting comfortably The Hamilton Spectator (Jun 10, 2006) * References Mayors of Hamilton, Ontario British emigrants to Canada 1835 births 1900 deaths< ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
