A Cyclopædia of Canadian Biography: Brief biographies of persons distinguished in the professional, military and political life, and the commerce and industry of Canada, in the twentieth century
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A Cyclopædia of Canadian Biography: Brief biographies of persons distinguished in the professional, military and political life, and the commerce and industry of Canada, in the twentieth century
Canada -- Biography
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=Antliff, Rev. James Cooper, M.A., D.D.=, 41 St. Mark Street, Montreal.
Born February 1, 1844, at Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England. Son of Rev.
Wm. Antliff, D.D., and Barbara Cooper. Educated at Haslingden Wesleyan
School and Edinburgh University from which he graduated with the degree
of M.A., 1873, B.D. in 1874. Left England for Canada by appointment of
Primitive Methodist Conference, 1878. Professor in Wesleyan Theological
College, Montreal, for nine years. Received degree of D.D. Victoria
University, 1887. Member of First Œcumenical Conference. President of
Montreal Conference, 1891. Secretary of First General Conference of
Methodist Church. Canadian delegate to Wesleyan Methodist Conference,
1907. Was editor of Christian Journal for three years; and is the author
of several illuminating magazine articles on various subjects. Married
first, Fanny Holden, daughter of John Holden Esq., of Dalbury Lees,
Derby, England; second, Jane Elizabeth Gooderham, daughter of the Rev.
Ezekiel Gooderham of York Mills, Ont., has one surviving son, born the
22nd of March, 1869. Rev. Dr. Antliff has traveled extensively and is a
man of ripe scholarship.
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=Arrell, Harrison= (Caledonia, Ont.), was born at the Township of
Onondaga, Brant County, November 14, 1874, son of Samuel Arrell, farmer.
Educated at Caledonia High School and after matriculating, studied law
in the office of Mr. Justice Teetzel, Hamilton, and Osgoode Hall,
Toronto, and was called to the bar in 1898. Married, in 1907, to Eva,
daughter of H. B. Sawle, of Caledonia, and is the father of two
children: Alec. and Hugh. Is a member of the Masonic Order, and in
religion is an Anglican. Politically, he is a Conservative. Was
appointed Crown Attorney and Clerk of the Peace for the County of
Haldimand, in June, 1915.
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=Musson, Charles Joseph= (Toronto, Ont.), Publisher, is the President of
The Musson Book Co., Ltd., and Vice-President of Hodder & Stoughton,
Ltd. He is the son of Elizabeth and the late Capt. Thomas Musson,
general merchant and postmaster, Islington, Ont., where he was born on
September 15, 1869, receiving his education at Islington Public School,
Streetsville High School and Parkdale Collegiate Institute, Toronto. Mr.
Musson married Jennie Bird, daughter of the late Wm. Williams, farmer,
Bowmanville, Ont., and has two children, Ralph Thomas Musson,
Lieutenant, Royal Garrison Artillery, and Glena Elizabeth Musson. He is
a life member of the Historical Landmark Society of Canada, and of
Harmony Lodge A.F. & A.M. Scottish Rite, a 32nd Degree Mason, a Workman,
and Past Grand Master Canadian Order of Oddfellows. In politics Mr.
Musson is a Conservative, and in religion a member of the Church of
England.
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