Canada Atlantic Railway

PembrokeCNC

Pembroke, Canada's Next City. 1 June 1915

Facts citing this source
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1915-06-011845-04-25 Alexander MillarAlexander Millar was born on 25 April 1845 in Glasgow, Scotland.
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1915-06-011863-11-14 Alexander MillarMillar immigrated to Pembroke, Canada, on 14 November 1863. He was still alive in 1915.
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1915-06-011864 Alexander MillarAfter a year employed by Messrs. Millar and Johnston, Alexander Millar started a general store with his brother John P. when Millar and Johnston dissolved in 1864.
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1915-06-011865 Alexander MillarThe Millar brothers' store burned in 1865, leaving them to start again from scratch.
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1915-06-011881 Alexander MillarJohn P. Millar left the brothers' business in 1881; Alexander continued in general merchandise.
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1915-06-011895≤ Alexander MillarMillar was manager of the Pembroke Milling Company from 1895, and still held the post in 1915.
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1915-06-011908 Alexander MillarThe great fire of 1908 wiped out Alexander Millar's general merchandise business.
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1915-06-01 Alexander MillarMillar was a member of the Pembroke Board of Education for 25 years, and was a Presbyterian and a Conservative.
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1836-01-18 Thomas MurrayThomas Murray was born on 18 January 1836 in Goulbourne, Ontario.
1858 Thomas MurrayMurray moved to Pembroke in 1858 and opened a general store there with his brother Michael.
Thomas MurrayOn Michael's death, Thomas Murray took his brother William into partnership; the business expanded to ten stores along the Canadian Pacific Railway from Cobden to Chapleau.
Thomas MurrayMurray sat as Liberal representative for Pontiac county (five terms) and Renfrew county (eight terms), and was a member of the first parliament of Ontario.