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North American Life Assurance Company List of Shareholders 1890

Recently I found an old book called "Report of the Superintendent of Insurance of the Dominion of Canada for the Year Ending 31st December 1890"

The book was published in 1891 in Ottawa, Canada, and included in its pages are approximately 60 pages of names of shareholders and guarantors for various Insurance and Assurance Companies across Canada.

The date for the list of names is 1890 and the wonderful thing about these is that they include people from all over Canada, as well as USA and Europe.

Each individual has a residence listed, in some cases, an actual street address. What really intrigued me about these lists was that the residences included such places as:

Ontario, British Columbia, Nova Scotia, Scotland, New York, Quebec, Vermont, Pennsylvania, NWT, England, Illinois, India, Newfoundland, Manitoba, Cape Breton, Jamaica, Ireland, Kentucky, Tennessee, Massachussets, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Jersey, Channel Islands, and Wales.

These lists can be used simply to verify that an individual lived in a certain place in 1890. They also contain quite a bit of detail for some entries, which are terrific clues for further research.

North American Life Assurance Company List of Shareholders 1890
Surname	First Name	Comment	Residence	No. of Shares	Amount Subscribed for in $	Amount paid up in cash $
Allan	Hon. G. W.		Toronto		2,000	400
Belcher	Jos. S.	Trustee	Halifax, N.S.		2,000	400
Blaikie	J. L.		Toronto		10,000	2,000
Blaikie	J. L.	in Trust	do [Toronto]		17,000	3,400
Braine	Ann		Halifax, N.S.		2,500	500
Burns	John		Toronto		2,000	400
Blake	Hon. Edward		do [Toronto]		10,000	2,000
Burpee	Hon. Isaac	Executors Estate of	St. John, N.B.		5,000	1,000
Campbell	A. H.		Toronto		2,000	400
Carruthers	J.		Kingston		2,000	400
Cartwright	Sir R. J., M.P.		do [Kingston]		2,000	400
Carlyle	James, M.P.		Toronto		6,000	1,200
Clarke	E. F., M.P.P.		do [Toronto]		2,000	400
Davies	Hon. L. H., Q.C.		Charlottetown, P.E.I.		7,000	1,400
Fudger	Harris Henry		Toronto		11,800	2,360
Gordon	William		do [Toronto]		2,000	400
Gurney	Edward, jun.		do [Toronto]		2,000	400
Gunn	A.		Kingston		2,000	400
Hewett	Rev. Wm. J.		Lancaster, Ont.		1,700	340
Jones	Hon. A. G.		Halifax, N.S.		2,000	400
Kerr	J. K., Q.C.		Toronto		18,000	3,600
Lake	J. N.		do [Toronto]		2,000	400
Lovitt	William D.		Yarmouth, N.S.		10,000	2,000
Morris	Hon. Alex., M.P.P.		Toronto		5,000	1,000
Meredith	E. A., L.L.D.		Rosedale		2,000	400
Morison	J.		Toronto		7,000	1,400
Mowat	Hon. O., M.P.P.		do [Toronto]		2,000	400
MacDonald	Hon. D. A.		Montreal		10,000	2,000
Mackenzie	Hon. A., M.P.		Toronto		15,000	3,000
McCabe	William, F.I.A.		do [Toronto]		21,500	4,300
McKay	Hugh		Montreal		2,000	400
McLennan	Hugh		do [Montreal]		2,000	400
McCrae	D.		Guelph		2,000	400
McRitchie	Rev. Geo.		Almonte, Ont.		5,000	1,000
Proudfoot	Hon. Vice-Chancellor		Toronto		10,000	2,000
Robertson	Andrew		Montreal		10,000	2,000
Scott	James		Toronto		10,000	2,000
Smith	Dr. L. W.		do [Toronto]		10,000	2,000
Smith	Sir Albert	Estate of the late	Dorchester, N.B.		7,000	1,400
Smith	Hon. Frank, Senator		Toronto		2,000	400
Strathy	H. S., Gen. Manager	in Trust	do [Toronto]		10,000	2,000
Taylor	Mrs. Margaret	in Trust	do [Toronto]		12,500	2,500
Thorburn	Dr.		do [Toronto]		10,000	2,000
Wellington	W. E.	in Trust	do [Toronto]		5,000	1,000
Wilson	D.D.		Seaforth		2,000	400
Willett	Annie		Yarmouth, N.S.		5,000	1,000
Young	Geo. P., M.A.		Toronto		10,000	2,000

transcribed
By Jim Clark

Choose from the following Lists of Shareholders & Guarantors in 1890 [Please note that volunteer transcribers are hard at work typing up the rest of these lists of names, so check back often to see what new lists have been added]:

• The Accident Insurance Company of North America (List of Shareholders)
• The Boiler Inspection & Insurance Company of Canada (List of Shareholders)
• British America Assurance Company (List of Shareholders)
• Canada Accident Insurance Company (List of Shareholders)
• The Canada Life Assurance Company (List of Shareholders)
• The Citizens' Insurance Company of Canada (List of Shareholders)
• Confederation Life Association (List of Shareholders)
• The Dominion Life Assurance Company (List of Shareholders)
• Dominion Safety Fund Life Association (List of Stockholders)
• Dominion Plate Glass Insurance Company (List of Stockholders)
• Eastern Assurance Company of Canada (List of Shareholders)
• Federal Life Assurance Company (List of Shareholders)
• Guarantee Company of North America (List of Shareholders)
• London Life Insurance Company (List of Shareholders)
• Manufacturers' Accident Insurance Company (List of Stockholders)
• Manufacturers LIfe Insurance Company (List of Shareholders)
• North American Life Assurance Company (List of Guarantors)
• Quebec Fire Assurance Company (List of Stockholders)
• Royal Canadian Insurance Company (List of Stockholders)
• Sun Life Insurance Company (List of Shareholders)
• The Temperance and General Life Assurance Company (list of Guarantors)
• Western Assurance Company (List of Shareholders)