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Pioneer - LAMBERT, James A.

Biographical Sketches of
Early Settlers of Wellington County

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Information from: Historical Atlas of the County of Wellington, Ontario.
Toronto: Historical Atlas Publishing Co., 1906

LAMBERT, James A ., is a native of Prince Edward Co., and a descendant of the well-known U.E.L. families of the Bay of Quinte district, who were the first settlers in Upper Canada. They came to Hay Bay about 1790, from the Mohawk Valley, after the Revolutionary War, and were the Bonters and Lamberts on his father's side, and the Platts and Spencers on his mother's side. Mr. Lambert was preparing for the profession of teaching, but left school, and decided to adopt the newspaper business as a permanency. He commenced with Bidwell Way in the New Nation, since amalgamated with the Pictou Times. He remained there about four years, when he took the management of the Prescott Telegram, after which he accepted a position with the Canada Presbyterian, of Toronto and there remained until he came to Mount Forest in 1879, to take the management of the Confederate. Four years later he took the management of the Advocate, of Mount Forest, and in January, 1885, he founded the Mount Forest Representative, a Conservative newspaper which he has conducted successfully ever since. The Representative is one of the weekly newspapers in Wellington Co. Mr. Lambert also carries on a large job printing department. He m. Miss Jennie Wrigglesworth, of the Halton Co. family of that name. Issue: Norman, in Toronto University, and Elmer in the office with his father.

From: Historical Atlas of the County of Wellington, Ontario. Toronto:Historical Atlas Publishing Co., 1906





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