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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

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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

=Adamson, Alan Joseph=, is the son of John Evans Adamson, of “Kill
House,” Clifton, County of Galway, Ireland, and Harriette Bell, his
wife, who was a daughter of the Rev. James Bell, of Baragher, Queen’s
County, Ireland. He was born at Kill House, Clifton, on August 1, 1857,
and educated at the High School in Dublin. His father was a landed
gentleman in Ireland and the proprietor of the Kill estate, and the
great-grandson of the fifth earl of Carberry. Mr. Adamson married in the
year 1882, Julia, daughter of Robert Turriff, of Quebec, and a sister of
J. G. Turriff, M.P. (Assiniboia), and is the father of the following
children; John Evans and Christopher Arthur, Barristers, Winnipeg, the
latter of whom was elected as Rhodes Scholar for the Province of
Saskatchewan, in 1907; Allan Bell, Inspector, Winnipeg; James Douglas,
Captain C.A.M.C.; Herbert, Lieut. 27th Winnipeg Battalion; Lily, wife of
Capt. A. S. Bell, Engineer; Harriette, Nurse, Winnipeg General Hospital,
and Gilbert, St. John’s College, Winnipeg. He is a member of the
Manitoba Club, the Canadian Automobile Club, and Colonial Institute,
London, England. He is a member of the Church of England, and the
Masonic Order, and is a Liberal in politics; represented the
constituency of Humboldt, in the House of Commons 1904-1908. The subject
of this sketch was a director of the Northern Bank and of the
Saskatchewan Valley & Manitoba Land Company. He went originally to
Winnipeg and embarked in the grain trade in 1883; was
Secretary-Treasurer of the Manitoba Grand Company in 1896; removed to
Rosthern in 1899; was largely instrumental in attracting American
capital and settlers to that region, and while there organized Canadian
Territories Corporation, of which he was President and Manager. This
body holds the record for the value of its transactions among all the
corporations existing in the west. Is an Anglican in religion and
resides at 160 Mayfair Avenue, Winnipeg, and has also a residence at
“Carberry Hill” Limona, Florida. His principal recreation is golf.

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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

=Adamson, Alan Joseph=, is the son of John Evans Adamson, of “Kill
House,” Clifton, County of Galway, Ireland, and Harriette Bell, his
wife, who was a daughter of the Rev. James Bell, of Baragher, Queen’s
County, Ireland. He was born at Kill House, Clifton, on August 1, 1857,
and educated at the High School in Dublin. His father was a landed
gentleman in Ireland and the proprietor of the Kill estate, and the
great-grandson of the fifth earl of Carberry. Mr. Adamson married in the
year 1882, Julia, daughter of Robert Turriff, of Quebec, and a sister of
J. G. Turriff, M.P. (Assiniboia), and is the father of the following
children; John Evans and Christopher Arthur, Barristers, Winnipeg, the
latter of whom was elected as Rhodes Scholar for the Province of
Saskatchewan, in 1907; Allan Bell, Inspector, Winnipeg; James Douglas,
Captain C.A.M.C.; Herbert, Lieut. 27th Winnipeg Battalion; Lily, wife of
Capt. A. S. Bell, Engineer; Harriette, Nurse, Winnipeg General Hospital,
and Gilbert, St. John’s College, Winnipeg. He is a member of the
Manitoba Club, the Canadian Automobile Club, and Colonial Institute,
London, England. He is a member of the Church of England, and the
Masonic Order, and is a Liberal in politics; represented the
constituency of Humboldt, in the House of Commons 1904-1908. The subject
of this sketch was a director of the Northern Bank and of the
Saskatchewan Valley & Manitoba Land Company. He went originally to
Winnipeg and embarked in the grain trade in 1883; was
Secretary-Treasurer of the Manitoba Grand Company in 1896; removed to
Rosthern in 1899; was largely instrumental in attracting American
capital and settlers to that region, and while there organized Canadian
Territories Corporation, of which he was President and Manager. This
body holds the record for the value of its transactions among all the
corporations existing in the west. Is an Anglican in religion and
resides at 160 Mayfair Avenue, Winnipeg, and has also a residence at
“Carberry Hill” Limona, Florida. His principal recreation is golf.

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Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.

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

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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