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
site of the place of abode of Abraham Martin, whose name is perpetuated
in the name of the historic battlefield; the site of Dumont’s Mill, near
the baylet curvature of the St. Lawrence known as Wolfe’s Cove; the
location of Claire Fontaine, that gave its name to the street which, as
an elevated pathway on the brow of Perrault’s Hill, saw the marshalling
of Montcalm’s troops in three divisions; besides the locations of many
other historical landmarks in the Ancient Capital. Learned in the law,
he was held in high respect as an official of the Palais de Justice. His
long tenure of office in Parliament and out of it has always been
characterized by integrity of purpose in dealing with public matters.
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=Gibson, Theron= (Toronto, Ont.), Valuator and Financial Agent, began
his career as an accountant with John Hogg, dry goods merchant, Guelph,
Ont., in 1875, after an early education in the Public Schools and
British American Business College. He was successively, Treasurer of the
Guelph Lumber Company, 1878-1880; Office Manager, John Hogg & Son,
Guelph, 1880-1885; Financial Manager, A. R. McMaster & Bro., Toronto,
1885-1886; Accountant, Freehold Loan & Savings Co., Toronto, 1886-1887;
Inspector of the same, 1887-1898; and Inspector, Canada Permanent &
Western Canada Mortgage Corporation, 1898-1903. Since when he has been
engaged in business on his own account valuing real estate for
investors, conducting arbitrations, managing estates, in addition to
negotiating investments and fire insurance. He is interested in State
Consolidated Oil Co., and a director both of Wm. Cane & Sons Co.,
Newmarket, and of Fire Insurance Exchange Corporation, Toronto. Mr.
Gibson has always taken a prominent part in church and benevolent work.
For some years he was President of the Guelph Y.M.C.A. and Treasurer and
Member of the Board of the Toronto Y.M.C.A. For thirteen years he has
been Superintendent of Central Presbyterian Sunday School, and for seven
years Treasurer of the Ontario Branch of the Dominion Alliance. Since
1905 he has been a member of the Executive of the Provincial Sunday
School Association, and is to-day Vice-Chairman of that body, as also a
member of the Executive Committee and Board of Trustees of the
International Sunday School Association, and Secretary of that board and
life member of the Association; Treasurer and Member of the Executive
Committee, Presbyterian Sunday School Association; Vice-President of the
Toronto Sunday School Association, and director of the Upper Canada
Bible Society. He has been an elder in the Presbyterian Church since
1883. Mr. Gibson was born in Huron County, Ont., February 19, 1852, the
son of David and Sarah Jane Gibson, and married Mary Jean, daughter of
the late John Stephen Holmwood, Flamboro W., Ont., September 11, 1877.
He has five children, David Holmwood, Norman Rothwell, William Ernest,
Douglas and Jessie Winnifred.
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