schools and Upper Canada College where, upon his graduation
in 1900, he won the governor general’s medal. His classical
course was pursued in the University of Toronto, from which he
graduated with the Bachelor of Arts degree in 1904. His legal
training was received in McGill University, where he was created
B. C. L. in 1907. The same year he pursued a special course in
the University of Grenoble, after which he entered upon the
active work of his profession as advocate and solicitor. Not
only did he secure an extensive and important clientele but he
also became an active factor in political circles through his
appointment in 1908 as parliamentary secretary to the chairman of
the committee upon banking and commerce in the Canadian senate.
He is a member of the law firm of Casgrain, Mitchell, McDougall
& Creelman. His invested interests also indicate extensive and
important connection with commercial and industrial activities.
He is now a director of the Canadian British Insulated Company,
Limited; the Chamberlain & Hookham Meter Company, Limited;
the Lancashire Dynamo & Motor Company of Canada, Limited; the
Canadian Union Electric Company, Limited; and Fraser & Chalmers
of Canada, Limited. He is likewise vice president of E. M. Sellon
& Company, Limited. His varied activities have made him a close
and interested student of the signs of the times, with a ready
and accurate understanding of cause and effect in many of the
great vital and significant problems before the country. His
researches and logical deductions in the field of transportation
have made him an authority upon the subject of railway economics
and by reason thereof he was appointed lecturer on that subject
for McGill in 1913. In this connection he has become a member of
the Canadian Institute and of the National Tax Association.
The spirit of progress which has actuated his entire life has
been equally strongly manifest in his military connections. In
1895 he was a member of the Upper Canada College Rifle Company;
in 1899 a trooper in the Governor General’s Bodyguard of Toronto,
of which he became a lieutenant in the following year. In 1905
he was transferred to the Third “Montreal” Field Battery and
in 1909 was commissioned major in command thereof. In 1912 he
became lieutenant colonel in command of the Sixth Brigade,
Canadian Field Artillery, and in 1911 he represented Canada on
the coronation contingent at the coronation of King George V.
From 1911 until 1914 he has been a member of the executive of the
Canadian Artillery Association. In 1913 he passed the militia
staff course. He is upon the council of the Montreal Reform Club
and is a liberal in his political views.
At Galveston, Texas, on the 24th of June, 1908, Mr. Creelman
was united in marriage to Miss Katharine M. Weekes, a daughter
of Nicholas Weekes, a confederate veteran of the Civil war, and
at one time a railroad president and banker of Galveston. Mrs.
Creelman is a graduate of the Bishop Strachan School of Toronto
and by her marriage has become the mother of a son, John Ashmore
Creelman, representative of the family in the fifth generation
in Canada. Mr. and Mrs. Creelman hold membership in St. Paul’s
Presbyterian church of Montreal, and he is a prominent club man,
belonging to the University, Engineers, Royal Montreal Golf,
Thistle Curling and Canadian Clubs of Montreal; the University
and Military Clubs of Toronto; and the Junior Army and Navy Club
of London, England. In addition to a residence in Montreal he has
a country home at Mont Tremblant, where the summer seasons are
spent.
THOMAS PHILLIPS.
Thomas Phillips, remembered as one of the builders of the Rideau
canal and as the holder of extensive property interests in
Montreal, was born in Woodbury, Devonshire, England. He became a
resident of Montreal about 1808 and for a time was engaged in the
brewing business. The years chronicled the growth of his business
both in extent and importance and he had attained a position of
prominence that recommended him for onerous responsibilities when
the Rideau canal project was under way. He became one of the
builders of the canal and in that and in other connections was a
very active man. Early and judicious investments in real estate
made him the owner of much valuable property, including a tract
of land extending from the foot of the mountain to Lagauchetiere
West, including what is now Beaver Hall Hill and Phillips square,
the latter named in honor of the family. Their home, a palatial
residence, was situated on Beaver Hall Hill.
Mr. Phillips married Miss Martha Anderson, a native of New
England, and they became the parents of nine children: George,
Eleanor, Thomas, Alfred, Martha, Mrs. Julia Ashworth, William,
Esther and Mrs. Elizabeth Capel. Of these, only Miss Esther
Phillips is now living. The father died in 1842, while the
mother, long surviving him, passed away in 1881. They were
members of the English Cathedral church and Mr. Phillips
was a most public-spirited man who recognized the needs and
opportunities of his city and sought to compass the former and
utilize the latter. He was numbered among those of the early half
of the nineteenth century who laid the foundation upon which has
been built the present prosperity and greatness of the city.
GEORGE ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL, K. C.
George Archibald Campbell, head of the legal firm of Campbell,
McMaster & Papineau, of Montreal, was born in this city,
September 26, 1875, a son of the Rev. Robert Campbell, D. D., an
ex-moderator of the general assembly of the Presbyterian church
in Canada and for more than fifty years one of the foremost
divines of that denomination. His mother was the late Margaret
(Macdonnell) Campbell. Both parents were of Scotch descent and
were members of families prominent in the clerical and legal
professions.
George Archibald Campbell supplemented his course of study in
the Montreal high school by a course in McGill University,
where he was graduated with first rank honors in 1896, upon the
completion of the arts’ course. In preparation for the bar he
then entered the law department and won his B. C. L. degree in
1901. He received the Macdonald traveling scholarship in law and
he supplemented his instruction received at McGill by attending
lectures at the Universities of Paris, Grenoble and Montpelier,
France. He received his practical legal education largely under
the direction of Donald Macmaster, K. C., M. P., and was called
to the bar in July, 1901. Subsequently he became a member of the
firm of Macmaster, Hickson & Campbell and entered upon the active
practice of his profession, in which he has now continued for
thirteen years, his record being marked by an orderly progression
that has brought him to an enviable position as a representative
of the Montreal bar. He is now practicing as the senior partner
in the legal firm of Campbell, McMaster & Papineau. In May, 1912,
he was created a king’s counsel by Lieutenant Governor Langelier.
On the 20th of January, 1909, Mr. Campbell was married in
Montreal to Miss Amy G. Dawson, elder daughter of William V.
Dawson, head of the importing and manufacturing company of W. V.
Dawson, Limited, of Montreal. Their religious faith is evidenced
by their membership in the Presbyterian church. Mr. Campbell’s
political views accord with the principles of the conservative
party, and he is a member of the Liberal-Conservative Club.
Something of the nature of his interests and recreation outside
the strict path of his profession or in the field of citizenship
is shown through his membership in the Montreal, University,
Beaconsfield Golf, Hermitage Country and Canadian Clubs. He is
also a member of the Montreal Art Association. He finds enjoyment
in golf and in motorboating and also takes delight in amateur
farming, all of which constitute an even balance to his intense
professional activity.
WALTER JAMES PRENDERGAST, M. D.
Dr. Walter James Prendergast, a successful practicing physician,
well read and holding ever to high professional standards, was
born in August, 1857, at Cote des Neiges, before it became a part
of Montreal. His father, Walter Prendergast, leaving his native
Ireland, came to Canada in early life and for a number of years
conducted a hotel at Cote des Neiges, but retired many years
prior to his death. His wife, who bore the maiden name of Joanna
Griffith, was a representative of an old family of Sherbrooke,
Quebec.
Dr. Walter J. Prendergast pursued his education at St. Mary’s,
from which he received the degree of B. A., and afterward spent
three years as a student in McGill University, but finished
his professional course at Bishop’s College, from which he was
graduated with the M. D. degree in 1880. He remained throughout
his later career a close student of his profession and thus
his knowledge constantly broadened. Immediately following his
graduation he began practice in Cote des Neiges and after ten
years spent there removed to the city of Montreal, remaining
in practice on St. Denis Street until his death. His widow and
children returned to the old family home on Cote des Neiges road,
where they now reside. Dr. Prendergast was a general practitioner
and was much interested in his profession. In fact, anything
which tended to bring to man the key to the complex mystery which
we call life was of interest to him and he ever read broadly
upon subjects having to do with the safeguarding and restoration
of health. In his professional capacity he did great good and
was very charitable, for he would respond again and again to
the call of the needy even when he knew there was no chance of
remuneration for his services.
In Montreal, in 1892, Dr. Prendergast was united in marriage to
Miss Mary E. Scanlan, a daughter of Michael and Alice (Duggan)
Scanlan. The latter, born in Montreal, was a daughter of Patrick
Duggan, for many years a contractor of this city. For a half
century Mr. Scanlan was connected with the growth of the import
and export trade of this country. When seventeen years of age, or
in 1857, he entered the service of David Torrance & Company and
in 1872, when the Dominion line was established, he became wharf
superintendent, which position he held until his death. During
that period he was tireless in the faithful performance of his
duty and in carrying out the wishes and furthering the interests
of the corporation which he represented. Whether in Montreal, in
Portland, Maine, or in Boston, Massachusetts, or wherever his
duties called him he was the same genial, courteous gentleman,
ever watchful of the interests under his care. He died October
20, 1907, at the age of sixty-seven years.
Dr. and Mrs. Prendergast became the parents of four children who
survive, namely: Aileen, Walter Francis, Harold and Kathleen. Dr.
Prendergast was a man of domestic habits, devoted to the welfare
of his family. He was public-spirited and was interested in all
those things which work for good and progress. In politics he was
a liberal. He was a communicant of St. Agnes Catholic church, and
belonged to the Knights of Columbus.
Dr. Prendergast passed away January 21, 1910. Those who knew
him--and he had an extensive acquaintance--entertained for
him warm regard and many there are who have reason to bless
his memory because of timely aid which he rendered them. His
practice extended among the poor as well as the rich because of
his benevolent nature and it is probable that he derived greater
satisfaction from his ministrations to the former than to the
latter, for his kindly spirit prompted him to reach out in
helpfulness at all times.
EDOUARD BIRON.
Edouard Biron, a prominent representative of the notarial
profession, having been appointed secretary of the board of
notaries for the district of Montreal on the 10th of July, 1912,
was born on the 20th of August, 1877, in the city which is still
his place of residence, his father being Samuel Biron, who was a
wholesale grocer, conducting business at the corner of McGill and
Notre Dame Streets up to the time of his death in December, 1883.
The mother was Dame Philomene Olivier.
[Illustration: EDOUARD BIRON]
Edouard Biron was a student in St. Mary’s College in Montreal
until graduated with the Bachelor of Arts degree in June, 1897.
He next entered Laval University, where he won the LL. D.
degree in June, 1900. He became a notary in July of the same
year, practicing alone until February, 1903, when he formed
a partnership with J. A. Savignac under the name of Biron &
Savignac, an association which was maintained for more than ten
years, or until September, 1913. On the 1st of that month the
present firm of Biron, Savignac, Coderre & Poirier was formed. In
addition to the business of that firm Mr. Biron, as previously
stated, is acting as secretary of the board of notaries for the
district of Montreal, through appointment received in July, 1912.
He stands as a prominent representative of his profession and one
whose ability in this line is unquestioned. As he has prospered
he has made investment in property and is holder of some valuable
Montreal real estate.
On the 1st of September, 1902, Mr. Biron was married to Miss
Blanche Fleury, a daughter of the late A. Fleury, who was a
merchant of Montreal. Mr. and Mrs. Biron are the parents of
four children: Germaine, ten years of age; Roger, eight years;
Marcel, six years; and Suzanne, a little maiden of five summers.
The religious faith of the family is that of the Roman Catholic
church. Mr. Biron is general secretary of L’Association St. Jean
Baptiste de Montreal and he belongs to the St. Denis and Canadian
Clubs and the Club Canadien of Montreal.
EDMUND PHILLIPS HANNAFORD.
Edmund Phillips Hannaford engraved his name high on the roll of
the promoters of railway interests in Canada. To no other single
agency is progress so largely indebted as to railway building and
thus it is that E. P. Hannaford deserves to be numbered among the
public benefactors of his country. Throughout his entire life he
was connected with railway projects and the superb engineering
department of the Grand Trunk system is largely a monument to his
skill, ability and sagacity. A native of Devonshire, England, Mr.
Hannaford was born at Stoke Gabriel, on the 12th of December,
1834, and he was a youth of but seventeen years when he entered
the railway service as draftsman and assistant under Sir I. K.
Brunel. Through the succeeding four years he was a member of
the engineering corps of the South Devon Railway and in 1856
he became identified with the development of railway projects
in Canada. Following his arrival in the new world he became
connected with the Grand Trunk Railway and acted as assistant
engineer of the company from 1857 until 1866. In the latter
year he was appointed chief engineer of the western division
and further promotion awaited him in his appointment in 1869 to
the position of chief engineer of the company. He remained in
that connection for twenty-seven years, resigning from active
work in 1896. He was in charge of the engineering department
during the period of the greatest development of the railway
and managed the construction of all new lines and stations of
the company. His particular talent made him very successful in
drawing up the plans of yards or overcoming any difficulty in the
way of construction. No better proof of his work can be given
than the fact that it is now generally admitted that the Grand
Trunk has one of the best lines of any railway in Canada. The
general offices at Point St. Charles were also erected under his
direction.
In addition to his work in connection with the Grand Trunk
Railway Mr. Hannaford in 1879 was named chief engineer of the
Montreal & Champlain Junction Railway. Ten years before he had
been chief engineer of the International bridge and in 1883 he
became chief engineer of the Jacques Cartier Union and United
States and Canada Railways.
It was in 1859, in Belleville, Ontario, that Mr. Hannaford was
united in marriage to Miss Mary W. Roy, a daughter of Robert
Maitland Roy, of Scotland, who became a resident of Belleville
in 1837. He served in the war of the rebellion in defense of his
country’s interests and long held public office, serving for
a quarter of a century as town clerk. Mr. and Mrs. Hannaford
became the parents of seven children, of whom four survived the
father: Elizabeth, who was Mrs. Harry B. Eastty, of Mount Vernon,
New York, and died August 3, 1913; R. Maitland, assistant chief
engineer of the Montreal Street Railway Company; Edmund P., who
is located at Corpus Christi, Texas; and Miss Mary R. Hannaford,
at home.
Mr. Hannaford belonged to the Church of St. James the Apostle
and his social nature found expression in his membership in the
St. James Club. He was a public-spirited man, deeply interested
in all that pertained to the welfare and upbuilding of Canada,
yet his tastes inclined him to domesticity and in the home
circle he was a most devoted husband and father. He was a man
of fine personal appearance and impressive manner, yet withal
was most genial and affable, and, wherever he went and formed
acquaintanceship, it constituted the beginning of warm and
enduring friendships.
Mr. Hannaford died August 18, 1902.
ROBERT CARLYLE JAMIESON.
Robert Carlyle Jamieson, who stood as a man among men, ready to
meet any obligation of life with the confidence and courage that
come of conscious personal ability, right conception of things
and an habitual regard for what is best in the exercise of human
activities, was born in Glengarry, Ontario, in 1836. He was a
cousin of Thomas Carlyle, philosopher and historian, and a son of
William Jamieson, a gentleman farmer, who married Jean Brodie,
also a native of Scotland, and on coming to Canada settled in
Glengarry.
Their son Robert Carlyle Jamieson pursued his education in the
place of his nativity to the age of sixteen years, when he left
home and taught school at Hawkesbury. In 1856 he came to Montreal
and thereafter to the time of his death, which occurred almost a
half century later, he was a resident of this city. He built up
a large and profitable business through his industry, thrift and
unfaltering honesty. It was in 1858 that he began the manufacture
of varnish on St. Thomas Street, there establishing a plant that
is yet conducted by the firm. In 1882 he purchased the plant of
the Baylis Manufacturing Company, manufacturers of paints and
colors, and later bought the plant of P. D. Dodds & Company at
St. Patrick and Island Streets, where the main office is now
located. Thus the business has steadily grown and developed,
Mr. Jamieson remaining the active head of the firm to the time
of his demise. Year by year the trade has increased until it
today extends all over Canada and a branch office is maintained
in Vancouver, British Columbia. Mr. Jamieson devoted his entire
life to the upbuilding and control of this industry, which is
still conducted by his sons under the style of the R. C. Jamieson
Company, Ltd. It became one of the chief productive industries of
the city and constituted and still remains a source of gratifying
revenue to the stockholders.
In 1863, in Montreal, Mr. Jamieson was married to Miss Harriet
Josephine McGowan, who was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, a daughter
of John H. McGowan, who on leaving his native place, Aberdeen,
Scotland, settled at Cincinnati, Ohio, but during the early ’60s
removed to Montreal. Mr. and Mrs. Jamieson had a family of seven
children, all of whom survive: Harriet A., now Mrs. W. de M.
Marler; Helen L., the wife of A. W. Cochrane; Dr. William Hoves;
Walter Lockhart; Robert Harry; Frederick Carlyle; and Ernest
Temple. The death of the husband and father occurred February 17,
1905.
Mr. Jamieson was a man who occupied an honorable and enviable
position in the regard of his fellows. His life work was
permeated by noble and upright principles and he was untiring
in his efforts to do good. He was one of the original governors
of the House of Industry and Reform and for twenty years he was
treasurer of the Congregational College. He served as deacon
in Emanuel church and was one of the first trustees when the
house of worship was erected in 1875. At one time he served on
the council of the Board of Trade and he was one of the first
members of both the Montreal Amateur Athletic Association and the
Montreal Curling Club. He was solicited to accept many important
offices, both city and provincial, but refused, preferring to
concentrate his energies upon his business interests and duties
and his activities in behalf of his fellow men along the lines of
reform, intellectual progress and moral development.
JOHN KEITH MACDONALD.
Although a native of Scotland, born in Kintyre, John Keith
Macdonald spent almost his entire active life in Montreal, where
he arrived when a youth of sixteen years. He believed that better
business opportunities awaited him on this side of the Atlantic
and he made his initial step as an apprentice at the machinist’s
trade under his uncle, John Boyd. Applying himself closely to the
tasks assigned him, his knowledge and skill developed day by day
until he became an expert workman in that line. Laudable ambition
prompted the development of his latent powers and awakened
in him the desire to engage in business on his own account,
so that eventually he organized the firm of J. K. Macdonald,
general machinists and contractors for iron work. Mr. Macdonald
continually added to his knowledge through experience, reading
and investigation along his chosen line and he continued in the
business until his death, becoming one of the well known and
leading representatives of industrial activity in Montreal.
In Montreal, in 1867, Mr. Macdonald was united in marriage to
Miss Margaret Mackay, a daughter of Norman Mackay, of Glengarry,
where he was born and spent his life. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Macdonald
were born six children, five of whom are living, Mrs. Janette
Macfarlane, Norman, Duncan, George and Margaret. The family
circle was broken by the hand of death when Mr. Macdonald passed
away at the age of sixty-three years. He was a Presbyterian in
religious faith and his life was passed in consistent harmony
with his professions, making him a man whom to know was to
respect and honor.
COLONEL EDWARD ASHWORTH WHITEHEAD.
Colonel Edward Ashworth Whitehead, for many years one of the best
known insurance agents and brokers of Montreal, his native city,
was born April 16, 1845, and was here educated. He was the head
of E. A. Whitehead & Company, insurance agents and brokers, for
many years and thus became widely known in financial circles.
In this connection he helped to build up the great insurance
business conducted under the name of The E. A. Whitehead Company,
Limited.
He had perhaps an even wider acquaintance through his military
connections, for his military career was long, distinguished and
honorable. He was one of the oldest officers in the volunteer
military service in the Dominion and as original member of the
Victoria Rifles he rose from the ranks to the command of the
regiment and was placed on the list of reserve officers in 1876.
He was on active duty during the Fenian raids from 1866 until
1870, was present at Eccles Hill and for his service received
a general service medal with two clasps, while his active duty
at the time of the Northwest rebellion in 1885 also won him a
medal. He was chief transport officer under Colonel Middleton and
held a long service decoration and he was a member of the Royal
Commission on Canadian War Claims in 1885-6.
Colonel Whitehead was a veteran amateur athlete, was one of the
founders of the Montreal Amateur Athletic Association and its
first honorary president. In 1908 he was a member of the Canadian
Olympic Games Committee and he was also a director of the Society
for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. In Club circles he was
long popular and prominent, holding membership in the Mount Royal
Club; the St. James Club, of which he served as chairman; the
Royal Montreal Golf Club; Forest and Stream Club; Montreal Hunt
Club; Montreal Jockey Club; Montreal Curling Club; Montreal Polo
Club; St. George Snow Shoe Club; the Isleway Club; the Military
Institute; and the Royal St. Lawrence Yacht Club.