Andrew Stuart Ewing, for almost half a century one of the best
known business men of Montreal, was born in 1838 at Lisdillon
House, Londonderry, Ireland, and was a representative of an old
family of Irish origin, his parents being Samuel and Margaret
(Hamilton) Ewing, who crossed the Atlantic to Canada with their
family when their son, Andrew, was seven years of age. He was
educated in the public schools of Montreal and in 1860 entered
into partnership with his brother, Samuel H. Ewing, in the
ownership and management of the extensive coffee and spice mills
formerly owned by his father, who founded the business in 1845.
In 1860 the firm style of Samuel Ewing & Sons was assumed and in
1892, after the retirement of Samuel H. Ewing, Andrew S. Ewing
became sole proprietor of the business which was conducted at No.
55 Cote Street. The enterprise was one of extensive proportions
and yielded a substantial profit as a result of careful
management and wise direction.
During the last fifteen years of his life Mr. Ewing was a
prominent member of the Montreal Board of Trade and was
interested in its various projects for promoting the material
progress of the city and advancing affairs of municipal and
civic interest. In politics he was a conservative and a strong
supporter of the national policy.
Mr. Ewing died at his home in Montreal, January 8, 1902, and was
survived by his widow until June, 1913. The surviving children
are Andrew Stuart and Royal L. H. Ewing and two daughters, Mrs.
Robert Starke and Miss Adelaide Ewing. The sons are members of
the firm of Ewing & Ewing, real estate and insurance, which was
established in September, 1906, by the brothers in connection
with A. F. Gault, but the last named retired from the firm May
1, 1912. A. Stuart Ewing is a member of the Art Association
of Montreal, the Canadian Club, the Montreal Amateur Athletic
Association, the Royal St. Lawrence Yacht Club, the St. James
Club, the Manitou Club and the Park Toboganning Club, of which he
is vice president.
Mr. Royal L. H. Ewing is a member of the Art Association of
Montreal, the Montreal and Canadian Clubs, the Montreal Amateur
Athletic Association, the Mount Royal Lawn Tennis Club, the Royal
St. Lawrence Yacht Club, the St. James Club, the Manitou Club
and the Park Toboganning Club. The sons are worthy successors
to their father, not only in business activity but also in that
business integrity for which the family name has always stood.
FRANK RICHARDSON ENGLAND, M. D., C. M.
Dr. Frank Richardson England, an alumnus of Bishop’s College
of Montreal and now well known as a practical educator as well
as a successful practitioner, was born August 21, 1862, at
Cowansville, province of Quebec, and is the eldest son of Francis
and Jane (Ruiter) England, of Dunham, Quebec. The family comes of
United Empire Loyalist stock and the parents are now deceased.
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