Sandford Fleming

Sandford Fleming

male, deceased (1915)
Presbyterian, Scottish migrant to Ontario, knight, Stamp designer, From Peterborough, Ontario, From Fife…Royal Canadian Institute, Intercolonial Railway, Canadian, canadianpacificrailway
Sir Sandford Fleming (January 7, 1827 - July 22, 1915) was a prolific Scottish-born Canadian engineer and inventor, known for introducing Universal...
William Cornelius van Horne

William Cornelius van Horne

male, deceased (1915)
Unitarian, Canadian Business Hall of Fame, From Joliet, Illinois, railway, Empress, Canadian…Canadian historical figure, canadianpacificrailway, Transcontinental Railway, Chicago and Alton Railway, Michigan Central Railway
Sir William Cornelius Van Horne, KCMG (February 3, 1843 - September 11, 1915) was a pioneering North American railway executive. Born in Chelsea,...
Hugh Allan

Hugh Allan

male, deceased (1882)
Presbyterian, Business person in shipping, Scottish migrant to Quebec, Shipping magnate, knight, canadianpacificrailway…Canadian, Pre-Confederation Canadian business person, Pacific Scandal
Sir Hugh Allan, KCMG (September 29,1810 - December 9, 1882) was a Scottish-born Canadian financier and shipowner. In 1826, he emigrated to Canada...
Bruce Price

Bruce Price

male, deceased (1903)
James Ross, mcgill university, chateau, from Cumberland, Maryland, canadianpacificrailway, American…railway station, Canada's railway hotels
Bruce Price was the architect of many of the Canadian Pacific Railway's Château-type stations and hotels. A fine example of his work for CP is M...
Andrew Onderdonk

Andrew Onderdonk

male, deceased (1905)
dutch, surveying, Canadian historical figure, canadianpacificrailway, construction, seawall
Andrew Onderdonk (30 August 1848 - 21 June,1905) was a construction contractor who worked on several major projects including the San Francisco...
James Hector

James Hector

male, deceased (1907)
Doctor, Geologist, Scottish, Naturalist, university of edinburgh, packhorse…canadianpacificrailway, canadian rockies
Sir James Hector (March 16, 1834-November 06, 1907) was a Scottish geologist, naturalist, and surgeon who accompanied the Palliser Expedition as a...
John Thompson

John Thompson

male, deceased (1894)
Canadian of Ulster-Scottish descent, Dalhousie Law School, City of Halifax, death by myocardial infarction, Simon H. Holmes, From Nova Scotia…member of the Canadian House of Commons, Canadian, Ulster-Scottish Canadian, canadianpacificrailway
Sir John Sparrow David Thompson, KCMG, PC, QC, (November 10, 1845 – December 12, 1894) was a Canadian lawyer and judge who served as the fourth Pr...
Albert Lacombe

Albert Lacombe

male, deceased (1916)
French Quebecer, Pre-Confederation Quebec, French-Canadian, First Nations, North-West Rebellion, Christian missionary in Canada…Canadian, Canadian historical figure, canadianpacificrailway
Albert Lacombe (28 February, 1827 - 12 December, 1916), commonly known in Alberta simply as Father Lacombe, was a French-Canadian Roman Catholic...
Donald Mann

Donald Mann

male, deceased (1934)
Methodist, Western Canada, Business Person, Mann Cup, Rocky Mountains, Canadian Northern Railway…Transcontinental Railway, railway, Canadian, Canadian historical figure, Canadian National Railway
Sir Donald Mann (March 23, 1853 - November 10, 1934) was a Canadian railway contractor and entrepreneur. Born at Acton, Ontario, Mann studied as a...
Walter Moberly

Walter Moberly

male, deceased (1915)
Capt. John Moberly, road, civil engineering, fraser river, Canadian, Surveyor…canadianpacificrailway
Walter Moberly (1832 - 1915) was a civil engineer and surveyor who played a large role in the early exploration and development of British...