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
John Charles Brennan was born at
Frankville, Ontario, January 23, 1839. He is the son of John and Amelia
Maria (Howell) Brennan; he was educated in the Public Schools and
private tuition. June 5, 1899, he married Alice Maud Wilson, daughter of
Zachariah Wilson of “Clandeboye,” late Collector of Customs at the Port
of Ottawa. He has one son and two daughters—John Charles, Amelia
Elizabeth and Jocelyn Maud Wilson. He is a member of the Ottawa Hunt,
Connaught Park Jockey, the Gatineau Fish and Game, and the Rideau Fish
and Game Clubs. For recreation he indulges in hunting, fishing and
travelling. In politics he is a Conservative, in religion a Methodist,
and his place of residence is 150 Cooper Street, Ottawa.
[Illustration: W. BULMAN
Winnipeg]
=Bulman, William John= (Winnipeg, Man.), one of the most prominent and
progressive business men of Manitoba, was born at Toronto on April 5,
1870, the son of William and Frances (Cable) Bulman. He was educated in
the Toronto Public Schools and, on leaving school at the age of sixteen,
learned the art of the lithographer, in which he was employed in his
native city for six years. In 1892 he went to Winnipeg and founded the
business of Bulman Bros., Ltd., Lithographers, of which he is President
and which is one of the most important firms of its kind in Canada. In
promoting the advancement of Winnipeg he has been indefatigable. He was
one of the founders of the Winnipeg Industrial Bureau, and was its
President from 1911 to 1913. He was Hon. Secretary of the Manitoba
branch of the Canadian Manufacturers’ Association for some years and
subsequently became 2nd Vice-President for Canada. At the annual
convention of the C.M.A., held at Winnipeg in the summer of 1918, he was
elected President of that body, an office which is coveted by all
Canadian business men. He is also a member of the council of the
Winnipeg Board of Trade. Mr. Bulman has also been very prominent in
educational affairs and was for a number of years a member of the
Advisory Board of the Manitoba Education Department. He has been a
School Trustee of Winnipeg since 1912 and Chairman of various
Committees. During the great war he was very active in support of
patriotic objects, and was Vice-President of the Manitoba Patriotic
Fund. He is the originator of the Imperial Home Reunion Association,
which aims at assisting the man who desires to make a home for himself
in the West to bring the members of his family to this country. This
idea has had the approval of many eminent Imperial thinkers. He is also
the originator of the movement for citizenship through the schools, now
a national one, with a National Conference to be held in August under
the patronage of His Honor the Governor-General. Winnipeg possesses no
citizen more popular with all classes of the community and he is
Honorary President of the Manitoba Conservative Association. He is a
member of the Carleton and Manitoba Clubs and the National Club,
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