In the acquirement of his education Louis Dufour dit Latour
attended the College of Chambly--the Brethren of Christian
School, pursuing a commercial course. His early experience in
business lines came to him as office boy with the Thomas Davidson
Manufacturing Company, tinware and granite ware manufacturers
of Montreal. He was in the employ of the company for twenty-six
years, gradually working his way upward as his developing
powers and ability prepared him for further activities and
responsibilities. He served successively as custom house clerk,
cashier, bookkeeper and as manager of the Montreal branch of
the business, continuing in that position of responsibility for
twelve years. No higher testimonial of his business integrity,
enterprise and fidelity could be given than the fact that he
remained with one company for over a quarter of a century. He
left them in 1909 to open a real-estate office in connection
with J. M. Guindon, a hardware merchant of Montreal, under the
firm style of Latour & Guindon at No. 1202 Mount Royal East
Street, where they remained from 1909 until 1913. They then
transferred their business to No. 52 St. James Street, retaining
the old office, however, as a branch. In May, 1914, the offices
were removed to the new Versailles building on St. James Street.
[Illustration: L. D. LATOUR]
On the 28th of May, 1888, in Montreal, Mr. Latour was united
in marriage to Miss Marie Joseph Leblanc, a daughter of
Alphonse Leblanc and Aveline Amirault of L’Epiphanie, P. Q. Her
grandfather was a pioneer of L’Epiphanie. Mr. and Mrs. Latour
have three children: Lydia, the wife of Eugene Brissette, who is
with La Patrie Publishing Company; René, a hardware merchant of
Montreal; and Ernest, who holds a responsible position with The
Mark Fisher Sons & Company, Limited.
The religious faith of the family is that of the Roman Catholic
church, and the political allegiance of Mr. Latour is given to
the conservative party. That he is today one of the successful
real-estate brokers of the city is attributable entirely to his
own labors and his laudable ambition. Step by step he has worked
his way upward, the trend of his orderly progression being easily
discernible.
REV. NATHAN GORDON.
A man of deep learning, broad knowledge and scholarly
attainments, of force, experience and capacity, Rev. Nathan
Gordon has become known as one of the most able educators in
Quebec province, and as one of the successful and consecrated
workers among the Jewish people of Montreal. He was born in
Odessa, Russia, and took his arts course in the Cincinnati
University, from which he was graduated, B. A., in 1906. He
is also a graduate of the Hebrew Union Theological College of
that city and in 1909 received the degree of M. A. from McGill
University.
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