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SAMUEL SHERMAN

Montreal


Samuel Sherman, watchmaker, Montreal, suffered slightly by fire last week.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular and Horological Review - 4th January 1893

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M. FENWICK & Co.

Niagara Falls


The jewelry stock of M. Fenwick & Co., insolvents, Niagara Falls, was sold on Dec. 27.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular and Horological Review - 4th January 1893

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J.S. WHITE

Montreal


J. S. White, jeweler, and an old resident of Montreal, died at his residence, Dec. 27, at the age of 76 years.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular and Horological Review - 4th January 1893

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E.B. ZEALAND

Bowmanville, Ontario


E. B. Zealand, Bowmanville, Ont., has assigned. He recently moved from St. Thomas, Ont., but was unable to obtain sufficient patronage to carry on a paying business.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular and Horological Review - 4th January 1893

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T.W. WOOLNOUGH

Queen Street, Toronto


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Toronto, Ont., Jan. 27.—Benjamin Racoby and Thos. Robertson were tried this week on the charge of stealing jewelry from T. W. Woolnough, jeweler. Queen St. The men were arrested in Montreal on Monday last and a large quantity of stolen goods was recovered. Robertson was discharged, there being no evidence against him.

Mr. Woolnough identified portions of the jewelry recovered at Montreal as having been stolen from his store. Racoby was found guilty and sentenced to three years in Kingston penitentiary.


Source: The Jewelers' Circular and Horological Review - 3rd February 1892

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JOHN A. VON GUNTON

Galt, Ontario


On the evening of Feb. 16th fire broke out in the store of John A. Von Gunton, jeweler, Galt., Ont. The store were gutted and the contents outside of the safe, which contained the most valuable stock, was ruined. The loss of stock will probably be covered by an insurance of $500. This is the second time ; within two years this property has been destroyed by fire. The cause of the fire is unknown.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular and Horological Review - 24th February 1892

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FARNER BROTHERS

St. Lawrence Boulevard and Craig Street, Montreal


The manufacturing jewelry business is the only line that is fully employed at present. Farner Brothers, St. Lawrence Boulevard and Craig street, also Birks Brothers, Philips Square, are running to their full capacity.

Source: The Metal Industry - May 1919

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DAVIS & McCULLOCH

Hamilton, Ontario


A Leading Dominion Jeweler Burned to Death

Hamilton, Ont., Dec. 26.—Just three weeks ago to-day Jas. D. McCulloh, the genial junior partner of Davis & McCulloch was a happy groom, but to-day he lies still in death. Mr. and Mrs. McCulloch had spent Christmas with friends, but had returned home and retired about 11 p. m. Mr. McCulloch awoke about 1 A. M., and finding the house cold, proceeded to the cellar to stir up the furnace.

How the accident really occurred which caused his death can only be surmised. He had been gone but a few minutes when his wife was startled by cries and rushed to the cellar in her night robe. Through the smoke she saw a sight which has been burned into her brain. Her husband lay a few feet from the furnace, writhing in agony and moaning and enveloped in dull, flickering flames. It was by the light of these flames that she saw him. Mrs. McCulloch rushed up stairs, snatched a heavy overcoat from the rack, and hurrying into the cellar, threw it over her husband, and pressing it around him, endeavored to smother the flames. In doing this her own hands were terribly burned. But the fire had already done its work and it was too late to save him.

The neighbors were aroused and three physicians soon arrived, but all they could do was to administer opiates to dull the senses of the sufferer. They knew they could not save him. Mr. McCulloch’s father and brothers were summoned and remained by his bed-side until he died, three hours later.

The only vestige of clothing remaining on Mr. McCulloch were the wristbands of his nightshirt. His body was burned all over, and in many places the flesh was burned black.

It is probable that the accident was caused by Mr. McCulloch’s attempt to make the furnace burn better by throwing coal oil into it. He probably poured some oil into the funnel, stopping the end with his figure, and, opening the furnace door, threw in the oil. The oil was thus suddenly converted into burning gas, and flew out before Mr. McCulloch could shut the door.

Mr. McCulloch was in his thirty-first year. He was born in Hamilton. He was educated in the city schools, and when yet a lad began to learn the jewelry business with Alex. Campbell. In the same store was William Davis, and the two young men, forming a strong friendship, determined to start in business for themselves. This they did in 1880, and their partnership in the prosperous business of Davis & McCulloh continued uninterrupted until to-day. Few young business men of the city have been more widely known than he, and he has been a general favorite.

Mr. McCulloch carried a heavy life insurance—altogether, it is said, more than $25,000. Only a few weeks ago he took out a fresh policy in the New York Life for $10,000. A shrewd and careful business man, he had amassed a respectable fortune, and was accounted one of the wealthiest of the younger merchants of the city.


Source: The Jewelers' Circular and Horological Review - 30th December 1891


Mrs. McCulloh, widow of the late James D. McCulloh, Hamilton, Ont., last week received a check for $10,000 from the New York Life Insurance Co., the full amount on a policy her husband held in that company.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular and Horological Review - 17th February 1892

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FRANK DE PARIS

Quebec


Frank De Paris, Quebec, Ont., has assigned to Lefaivre & Taschereau.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 19th December 1906

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H.E. PRINCE

Port Perry, later, Dutton, Ontario


H. E. Prince, formerly of Port Perry, Ont., has opened a store at Dutton, Ont.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 19th December 1906

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A.L. McNAVIN

Springhill, Ontario


G. F. Smith has purchased the jewelry business of A. L. McNavin, Springhill, Ont.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 19th December 1906

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W.J. SHEPPARD

Toronto Junction, Ontario


Arthur Conley, who pleaded guilty to the robbery of W. J. Sheppard’s jewelry store, Toronto Junction. Ont., was sentenced Jan. 20 to six months’ imprisonment. The lightness of the sentence was due to the assistance he rendered in recovering the stolen property. John Riley, who was also concerned in this and other robberies, got a sentence of two years.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 1st February 1905


W. J. Sheppard, Toronto Junction, Ont., has moved into a new and more commodious store.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 19th December 1906

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JOSEPH PEQUEGNAT

Guelph, Ontario


Joseph Pequegnat, Guelph, Ont., has secured a new store in a central position, to which he will remove early in the new year.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 19th December 1906

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NORMAN ELLIS

Hamilton, Ontario


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W. E. Butcher has gone to Hamilton, Ont., to enter the employ of Norman Ellis.


Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 6th October 1906


Norman Ellis, Hamilton, Ont., moved into his new establishment, 21-23 King St., East, last week. The facade is finished in Mexican onyx and statuary bronze, presenting very handsome appearance. The inside finish is of solid mahogany, the display cases being of the same material. An optical room has been fitted up with the latest appliances. At the rear is a large manufacturing room.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 19th December 1906

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JAMES DAVIDSON

Hamilton, Ontario


James Davidson, one of the Hamilton’s most skillful manufacturing jewelers, has given up his Hamilton business and will engage with Henry Birks & Co., retail and manufacturing jewelers of Montreal.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular and Horological Review - 25th February 1891

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CAVERHILL, LEARMONT & Co.

Montreal and 1073, Hamilton Street, Vancouver


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J. KINGHAM & Co.

Victoria, British Columbia


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Seattle, Wash., July 30. — A few weeks ago Joseph Mayer, of this city, purchased the stock of J. Kingham & Co., jewelers, Victoria, B. C., from the assignees of Green, Worlock & Co., who had taken possession under a bill of sale. Mr. Mayer then rented the premises and prepared for an auction sale of the goods. Just before the sale commenced, however, C. Booth, the provincial assessor and tax collector, came in with a warrant and seized the stock for $90, personal property tax due by J. Kingham & Co. for the past three years. Mr. Mayer was indignant and claimed he should not have to pay another man’s taxes as he had bought out the stock in good faith and had paid for it without notice of any taxes being due.

Mr. Mayer, in addition to taking steps on his own account, fell back on the assignees of Green, Worlock & Co., and threatened to hold them liable for damages and loss which he might sustain. While the assignees were getting ready to apply for an injunction to restrain Mr. Booth from interfering with the sale or taking possession of the goods, and the solicitors for Mr. Mayer were moving in the same direction, Mr. Booth suddenly withdrew, but not before a writ had been issued against him claiming $1,000 damages and an injunction.

Mr. Booth claims that as provincial tax collector he has the right to follow the goods in respect of which the tax is due, no matter in whose possession they are, and there is a probability that the courts will be in the near future asked to decide whether he is right or not.


Source: The Jewelers' Circular and Horological Review - 8th August 1894


The above report likely refers to Joshua Kingham. J. Kingham & Co. were presumably the successors to Kingham & Minor of Victoria, B. C..

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WEINBERG

Toronto


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The papers for the extradition of Jeweler Weinberg, of Toronto, Can., charged with stealing a quantity of jewelry in Toronto, were received in this city Wednesday from Washington. Weinberg was sent back to Canada Thursday.


Source: The Jewelers' Circular and Horological Review - 26th September 1894

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The Canadian National Exhibition opened on Aug. 27, continuing for two weeks and notwithstanding unfavorable weather proved highly successful as regards both the excellence and interest of the display and the attendance of visitors, which was in excess of last year. A feature of special interest was the visit of the 1st Battalion of the 343rd Infantry Regiment of the United States, which excited much enthusiasm. Among the firms represented by exhibits advantageously displayed in the manufacturers building were the Standard Silver Co., the Gundy-Clapperton Co., cut glass manufacturers, and Ambrose Kent & Sons, manufacturers of society regalia and souvenir goods, all of Toronto. In the process building, Roden Bros., silversmiths, Toronto, gave a demonstration of work done at their factory by returned soldiers who were there receiving vocational training. The Consolidated Optical Co. of Toronto showed all features of its manufacturing processes in operation by returned soldiers.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 18th September 1918

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C.H. WESTWOOD Mfg. Co.

Toronto


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C.H. Westwood Mfg. Co. - Toronto - 1919

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