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Pioneer - WOOLRIDGE, Major
Biographical Sketches of
Early Settlers of Wellington County
Information from: Historical Atlas of the County of Wellington, Ontario.
Toronto: Historical Atlas Publishing Co., 1906
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WOOLRIDGE, Major
, whose portrait appears on another page of this work, is one of the
best known business men in Palmerston, and is a son of the late Elijah
Woolridge of Birmingham, Eng., and was b. near that place in 1846. After being
in the building business in London for about five years he came to Canada in
1869, and set. in Norwood. In about four years he returned to London and was in
the contracting and building business for two years. Upon his return to Canada
he set. in Palmerston and embarked in the same business, adding to it after
about four years a sash and door factory, and a little later a sawmill. All
were in operation until May 13th, 1905, when they were destroyed by fire. The
business was carried on in the temporary quarters while preparing to rebuild on
a much larger scale that before, and fitting with modern machinery and
appliances. Since June, 1906, the new building in Palmerston has been occupied.
Mr. Woolridge has put most of the buildings in Palmerston, both public and
private, and for the last twenty years has given constant employment to thirty
or forty men, many of them skilled mechanics. He is on the Board of Managers of
the Knox Church and has been choir leader for twenty years, while his wife has
been organist during that time. He is a Liberal in politics and has been a
member of the Palmerston Council. In 1872 he m. Marion Callan, of London, Eng.
Issue: Lillian, nurse in a hospital in N.Y.; Herbert, in the Yukon, where he
was a member of the first mounted police of the district; Frederick H., in
Tanana, Alaska; Marion, Cecil Russell, in Yukon; Major, in business with his
father; Eleanor, Raymond, in Vancouver; Roy Hilton and Clarence.
From: Historical Atlas of the County of Wellington, Ontario. Toronto: Historical Atlas Publishing Co., 1906 |
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