A Cyclopaedia of Canadian Biography: Being Chiefly Men of the Time: A Collection of Persons Distinguished in Professional and Political Life, Leaders in the Commerce and Industry of Canada, and Successful Pioneers
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A Cyclopaedia of Canadian Biography: Being Chiefly Men of the Time: A Collection of Persons Distinguished in Professional and Political Life, Leaders in the Commerce and Industry of Canada, and Successful Pioneers
His travels were not important, and only such as were
necessary in the prosecution of study or on business. His religious
views have always been those held by the Baptist church, but he was not
united with any religious society until 1867, when he became a member of
the Fredericton Baptist Church. On the 5th of June, 1877, he was married
to Helen M. Estey, second daughter of the late Harris S. Estey. The
first representative of this family in New Brunswick was Zebulon Estey,
who came to New Brunswick from Newburyport, Mass., about 1765. Before
leaving Newburyport he was married to Mollie Brown. After coming to New
Brunswick they had a large family, one member of which, Nehemiah B.
Estey, was great-grandfather of Harris S. Estey. Dr. Currie has been
eminently successful in every respect in the practice of his profession.
He was the originator and one of the principal promoters of the movement
which led to the passage of the New Brunswick Medical Act. He is devoted
to his profession, giving his whole time to it, and taking a lively
interest in everything which pertains to its well-being.
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=Elliott, Andrew=, Almonte, one of the most enterprising of our woollen
manufacturers, was born on the 3rd April, 1809, at Stanishwater, parish
of Westerkirk, Eskdale, Scotland. His father, William Elliott, and his
mother, Jane Jardine, were both natives of Dumfriesshire, Scotland. Mr.
Elliott received his education at the Langholme and Corrie school, near
Lockerby, which he left at the age of thirteen, and began the battle of
life unaided. In 1834 he came to Canada, and two years after his arrival
he began business as a grocer in Galt, Ontario. Here he did a good
business, built a distillery, ran it for several years, sold it out, and
joined Robert Hunt, of Preston, in the woollen business. In 1853 they
changed the factory into a four-set mill, and worked it very
successfully for about ten years. About 1864, while Mr. Elliott was in
Great Britain buying wool, the mill was burnt down, but on his return he
rebuilt it, and associated with him in his new venture (the old
partnership having been dissolved) J. L. Hunt and George Stephen (now
Sir George Stephen, bart.). The new firm abandoned the manufacture of
cloth, and went into that of flax and linseed oil. After spending a
great deal of money in importing first-class machinery from Great
Britain, Ireland and the United States, and pushing the business for
about four years, they found that Canada was unsuited for such an
enterprise, and parted with the concern, having lost a considerable sum
of money by the venture. Mr. Elliott then sold out all his property in
Preston and Galt, and purchased a woollen mill in Almonte, where for the
past seventeen years he has successfully prosecuted his business. Mr.
Elliott was elected district (Gore district) councillor for the township
of Dumfries (Upper Canada), and in 1840 he was chosen the first reeve
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