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Co-founded in 1835 by John Jacques (then a journeyman cabinetmaker from England) and Robert Hay (a journeyman cabinetmaker from Scotland). [3] [1] [4] Originally the company started as just one small shop in Toronto, which Jacques and Hay had bought from Jacques' then boss, William Maxwell; [4] but it expanded over the next several decades, in keeping with a regional boom in furniture ...
John Craig Eaton II (born May 30, 1937, in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian philanthropist and former businessman who is a member of the prominent Eaton family. Life and career [ edit ]
Signy died of a stroke in Toronto on September 10, 1992, at the age of 79. Her funeral was held on September 15, 1992, at Timothy Eaton Memorial Church. [7] She was interred in the Eaton family mausoleum at Mount Pleasant Cemetery. Her vast art collection was divided among her four sons and some pieces were sold at Sotheby's in 1994 and 1995. [1]
A new Toronto Island ferry built by the company was named after him shortly after his death. Workers assemble Browning Hi-Power pistols at the Inglis munitions plant in Toronto, April 1944. In 1937, the company was purchased by Major J. E. Hahn of Toronto, owner of British Canadian Engineering Limited, who took on the name John Inglis and Company.
John Lennon left behind a huge musical legacy when he died in 1980, as well as two sons: Julian Lennon and Sean Ono Lennon. Here's what to know about them both.
In 1815, Colonel George Taylor Denison, son of Captain John Denison, bought park lots 17 and 18 and built the Bellevue Homestead. The original road up to the homestead is now known as Denison Avenue in Toronto. [2] The Denison family had land holdings in west Toronto, with the family manor, Bellevue House, located in what is now Kensington ...
As an adult John welcomed two sons, Julian Lennon, 61, and Sean Ono Lennon, 49, – and was a vastly different father to each before his untimely death at 40 in December 1980.
Toronto: John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-0470964514. Langton, Jerry (2010). Showdown: How the Outlaws, Hells Angels and Cops Fought for Control of the Streets. Toronto: John Wiley. ISBN 978-0470678787. Nicaso, Antonio (2004). Rocco Perri The Story of Canada's Most Notorious Bootlegger. Toronto: John Wiley and sons. ISBN 9780470835265.