William Lyon MacKenzie

William Lyon MacKenzie

male, deceased (1861)
Scottish migrant to Ontario, welland canal, Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada, Canadian, dundee, Canadian historical figure…immigrant to Canada, Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada, Upper Canada Rebellion, York, UpperCanada, Republic of Canada
William Lyon Mackenzie (March 12, 1795 - August 28, 1861) was a Scottish-Canadian journalist, politician, and leader of an unsuccessful rebellion....
John Graves Simcoe

John Graves Simcoe

male, deceased (1806)
drainage basin, English Common Law, Watershed, freehold, lake superior, Old Etonian…York, UpperCanada, Lieutenant-governors of Upper Canada, York
John Graves Simcoe (February 25, 1752 - October 26, 1806) was the first lieutenant governor of Upper Canada (modern-day southern Ontario plus the...
Robert Baldwin

Robert Baldwin

male, deceased (1858)
York, Treasurer of the Law Society of Upper Canada, Lord Sydenham, 10th Parliament of Upper Canada, York, UpperCanada, responsible government…Upper Canada Rebellion, Executive Council of Upper Canada, Parliament of Upper Canada, Premier of the Province of Canada, The Maker of Canada series
Robert Baldwin was born at York (now Toronto). He, along with his political partner Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine, lead the first responsible ministry...
Egerton Ryerson

Egerton Ryerson

male, deceased (1882)
from Norfolk County, Ontario, Charlotteville, Pre-Confederation Ontario, Norfolk County, Canadian, ryerson university…York, UpperCanada
Adolphus Egerton Ryerson (24 March 1803 - 19 February 1882) was a minister, educator, politician, and public education advocate in early Ontario,...
Alexander Wood

Alexander Wood

male, deceased (1844)
LGBT culture in Toronto, LGBT history in Canada, Scottish migrant to Ontario, Canadian political scandal, Fetteresso, homophobic…immigrant to Canada, York, UpperCanada, LGBT culture in Canada, York
Alexander Wood (January 1772 - September 11, 1844) was a merchant and magistrate in Upper Canada, who was the center of a homophobic sex scandal in...
Paul Kane

Paul Kane

male, deceased (1871)
Autodidacticism, Anglo-Irish migrant to Canada, Hudson's Bay Company, oil painting, Canadian, Irish…Anglo-Irish emigrants to Canada, Upper Canada College alumni, York, UpperCanada, York
Paul Kane (September 3, 1810 - February 20, 1871) was an Irish-Canadian painter, famous for his paintings of First Nations peoples in the Canadian...

Joseph Cawthra

male, deceased (1842)
Yorkshireman, English migrant to Canada, Cawthra Family, Pre-Confederation Ontario, York, UpperCanada, immigrant to Canada…York
Joseph Cawthra was a Canadian merchant and politician. Cawthra arrived in York, Upper Canada, (now Toronto) from Yorkshire, England, in 1802. He...
William McMaster

William McMaster

male, deceased (1887)
Ulster-Scottish migrant to Canada, banker, Canadian, Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto, philanthropist, bank of montreal…Liberal Party of Canada senator, York, UpperCanada, Senate of Canada, Ulster-Scottish emigrants to Canada, liberal party of canada
William McMaster (December 24, 1811 - September 22, 1887) was a wholesaler, Senator and banker in the 1800s. A director of the Bank of Montreal...