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
=Bristow, Michael George=, son of the late Rev. Ernest Bristow, of St.
Paul’s Cathedral, London, England, arrived in Ottawa in 1893. He was
born at Bath, England, in 1879, where his mother still resides. His
brother, Rev. Walter Bristow, soon after the opening of hostilities in
the Great War brought about by Germany’s treachery, became Chaplain with
the Imperial forces and started for France, while his sister Ethel
offered her services and started to do her share as a nurse in a
Military Hospital in France. In 1892 Mr. Bristow made Ottawa his home
and took a position in the Civil Service. Ambitious, and feeling that
such employment did not offer sufficient possibilities, he resigned and
went into the typewriter business. Success crowned his first efforts and
he built up a large volume of trade. In 1897 Mr. Bristow became the
representative in Ottawa, Ont., of the Underwood Typewriter and dealer
in typewriters’ supplies. He was one of Ottawa’s best-known business
men. Being a lover of music, and possessing a fine voice, soon after his
arrival in Ottawa Mr. Bristow became a member of St. John’s Anglican
Church choir and, later, its president, and always, when solicited,
freely gave his services as a singer for patriotic and charitable
purposes. He was an all-round athlete, and gained fame in cricket and
bowling; was the founder of the Ottawa Cricket Club, and president of
the Bowling Club at Chelsea, Quebec; also president of the Chelsea
Athletic Association. In 1905 he won the Massey-Harris Cup for all
Canada in the National Tennis Competition, in which he represented the
Ottawa Tennis Club. With marked ability as an amateur minstrel he
organized and was head of a local Minstrel troop that has already given
many concerts of exceeding merit. He was president of the Orpheus Glee
Club, and a prominent member of the Masonic Order Sports. Before the
departure of the 207th Battalion for Overseas he arranged a big concert
for its benefit. To other organizations he rendered similar services,
and was elected President of the War Veterans’ Choral Society. In 1897
he married Beatrice Bristow, daughter of Arthur Bristow, who came from
England and joined the Dominion Civil Service. Three children have
blessed the union—Joan, Reggie and Marjorie. Mr. Bristow died on
December 19, 1917.
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