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[Souvenir of the Town of Welland, Issued August 22nd, 1902, by the
Welland Telegraph, Sears & Sawle, Publishers]
One of the best equipped and most reliable harness and horse clothing emporiums in Welland is that of Mr. E. Brasford, on West Main Street, it being the natural headquarters for this class of goods for miles around, though its reputation was not attained in a day, but is the result of studied efforts on the part of its proprietor, to please his patrons. Originally this store was established seventeen years since, by Mr. S. Brasford, father of the present proprietor, who dealt in leather and findings, hides, skins and furs, the leather being manufactured at his own tannery in Pelham, and which is still in operation. Mr Brasford having installed the plant a quarter of a century since. Nine years ago Mr Brasford relinquished his Welland store to his son Mr. E. Brasford who continued the business already established and three years since added that of strictly reliable harness and horse furnishings, which includes rugs, robes, blankets, whips, nets etc.; as also leather and findings, together with hides, skins and furs.
[Souvenir of the Town of Welland, Issued August 22nd, 1902, by the
Welland Telegraph, Sears & Sawle, Publishers]
In a community like that of which Welland is the centre, manufactured lumber is an important factor, and engaged therein in Mr W.H. Crow, one of the Welland’s most enterprising and progressive citizens, whose office and yards are located upon North Main street, near the creek bridge, the plant bordering both that and the Welland Canal thereby affording exceptional facilities, both for the receipt and shipment of lumber. Mr Crow acquired a pretty thorough knowledge of the business from his father, who though he followed lumbering upwards of seventy years, is still hale and hearty at the advanced age of 91. Mr Jacob Crow and his son, the present proprietor of the North Main street lumber yards, came to Welland from Pelham, locating upon the present site in June 1874, at which time there was a saw mill upon the premises, run by water power. This was remodelled and run by steam power, furnishing employment to a number of hands, but in October of the same year, this, with the adjoining lumber yard, was practically swept out of existence by fire. With that characteristic will and energy born of enterprise, Mr Crow and his son soon re-established themselves in the lumber business, discarding the mill entirely, and which for the past several years has been under the control of the son. Mr Crow deals extensively in manufactured lumber of all dimensions, dressed and in the rough, which is procured direct from the lumber operator, in the shipment of which he contributes to the coffers of the Grand Trunk and other transportation companies an average of $1800 per annum and which at times has considerably exceeded this amount. Mr Crow makes a specialty of handling matched flooring, dressed lumber, siding and wainscotting, and carries a large supply thereof, as well as lath and shingles. In fact he is the largest lumber dealer any where in this section, having facilities for a large amount upon his premises. In addition thereto Mr Crow deals in bill stuff of every character, and when occasion demands is prepared to furnish builders’ finish, including moulding, sheathing, doors, sash and blind at short notice. He also deals extensively in hard and soft coal of all kinds, disposing of the same by the car load or lesser quantities, as best suits his patrons, he having storage capacity for five hundred tons, upon his premises. He has just purchased some two hundred and fifty thousand feet of choice pine, 1 inch, 2 inches, locally, which is said to be by mill men as fine a lot as they have seen for some time.
[Souvenir of the Town of Welland, Issued August 22nd, 1902, by the
Welland Telegraph, Sears & Sawle, Publishers]
Located in two story building , 18×100, on East Main Street, Welland near The Opera House block, is the furniture and undertaking establishment of Mr. A. Lawrence, who has catered for Welland County patronage for the past thirteen years. Within this establishment can be found practically all that is required for the furnishing of any apartment from kitchen to attic, including bedding, window shades, portierres and draperies, every article thus exposed being up-to-date in design. Upon the lower floor is a commodious office and an upholstering department, together with various designs in dining room furniture, as also a well stocked carpet department, wherein can be procured carpetings of all grades, rugs, mattings, oil cloths. and linoleums, while the large portion of the floor above is given over to parlor and chamber suites, the former upholstered in the latest prevailing styles, and at prices that are within reasonability. If upholstering or repairing be required, this form can do it in as short a possible time, and at as little expense as any establishment in the Niagara peninsula. Picture framing is another feature, and they are enabled to furnish mouldings of any pattern. Moreover, Mr Lawrence is a practical undertaker and embalmer, and as an undertaker and funeral director is prepared to assume charge of ceremonies, and to furnish any kind of a casket, together with burial furnishings and as fine a hearse as can be found in this vicinity. Samples of caskets and furnishings are kept constantly on hand in a dust proof apartment in the second story, in front of the furniture emporium. Added to all this, Mr Lawrence has a two story warehouse, 35×60, in the rear of the main building, for storage. Altogether it is the leading furniture and undertaking emporium in he county.
[Souvenir of the Town of Welland, Issued August 22nd, 1902, by the
Welland Telegraph, Sears & Sawle, Publishers]
The culinary art, like unto other pursuits, has been subject to many improvements, as to ingredients, as well as the ultimate production of cooked breadstuffs, and Mr Wm H. Crowther, whose bakery is located on North Main street, midway between West Main street and the river bridge, is an adept thereat, whether it be in the production of palatable and digestive bread or cakes, or pastry. Certain it is that in the nine years Mr Crowther has been in the business in Welland, the demand for home-made breadstuffs of his manufacture has steadily increased, until at present it requires the constant use of two delivery teams; and the demand is not confined to the town either. Mr Crowther’s success lies in the fact, that he uses nothing but the best of materials, be it flour or the components utilized in its leavening, and with the care exercised in its production, whether bread, cake, pastry or the fancy baking, the result is a complete upset of mothers’ doctrines of old regarding digestive qualities. In addition thereto Mr. Crowther has introduced many new improvements to his establishment, and aside from making a specialty of family and vienna bread and other breadstuffs, he carries a fine line of choice confectionery, as also a soda fountain, from which is dispensed health giving beverage flavored with pure fruit syrups. Ice cream of all flavors is another essential, and this can be partaken of in comfort in a cosy ice cream parlor in connection with the bakery, or procured wholesale at any time upon order. Catering is another specialty with Mr Crowther, and at short notice he is prepared to furnish the necessary supplies for parties, large or small. Mr Crowther has had eighteen years’ experience and is therefore familiar with the bakers’ profession in all its details. Since locating in Welland he has always taken an active interest in the welfare of his adopted town, and is at present a member of the town council, as also of the Masonic fraternity.
[Souvenir of the Town of Welland issued August 22nd, 1902 by the Welland Telegraph, Sears & Sawle Publishers]
Some twelve years since Mr. J. H. Crow disposed of his grocery stock since which time he has most successfully conducted a hardware and tinsmithing establishment, his business permeating a large portion of the Niagara Peninsula. Mr Crow occupies a three story brick building on West Main street, the lower floor being utilized for the display and sale of stoves, silverware, shelf hardware, tin and granite ware; the second being used as a repair shop for all kinds of tin and galvanized ironware, and the third for the storage of light stock, such as screen doors, etc; the basement being filled with painter’s and other supplies, including nails, glass, oils, and also horseshoes. Mr Crow also does a large business in plumbing and gas fitting, and had the contract for the plumbing of the Dexter House, as also many of the fine residences in town. Mr Crow buys for cash, and sells at close profits, and no doubt exists but that this is the place to purchase stoves and hardware. Mr Crow has been honored with a membership in the High School Board several times, as well as in the town council; is treasurer of the Methodist church, and a P.D.D.G.M. of the Masonic Order in the Niagara district.
R.G. Common, Baker and Confectioner
The professional baker is just as essential to the community as those who provide any other matter of life’s sustenance, for the baker is usually prepared at short notice to furnish the individual or the family, the hotel or private party, with such cooked breadstuffs that for palatableness and variety excels that of domestic cooking. There is a difference, nevertheless, in bakers, for while the ordinary daily consumption of this particular necessity of life is of every day plain variety, there are occasions, not infrequent, when something in fancy breadstuffs is required, which often develops the resourcefulness of the manipulator thereof, and brings the baker’s art into prominence, creditable alike to his genius and those for whom he caters, and it is this which has redounded to the credit of Mr and Mrs. R.G. Common, whose modern baking establishment with its handsome plate glass front, is located on East Main Street, not far from the Court House. Mr and Mrs Common have been associated in this essential profession for upward of sixteen years, successfully, and are familiar with every detail in the production of plain or fancy baking, the components of which are from the best material and substances. Aside from the production of plain home made bread, cake and pastry, requiring the constant use of a delivery team in order to supply patrons, other than those who procure their supplies from the establishment itself, they make a specialty of ornamented wedding or party cakes in any design desired to order, as also the very best of fancy cooked and ornamented breadstuffs, in all its forms, and are prepared to supply parties, large or small, with bread, cake or pastry, at the shortest possible notice. Then again they have added a handsome ice cream parlor to their premises, wherein is dispensed during the season, this delicious substance, of all flavors, and of their own manufacture, together with ice cream soda tinctured with the best of home made pure fruit syrups. Ice cream can also be procured at all times in any quantity, or of any flavor, upon order, for receptions or parties. Mr Common also carries a fine line of candies and sweetmeats, and being a confectioner as well, manufactures his own confections to a large extent. Altogether it is the leading baking and confectionery establishment in Welland.
A. Griffiths, Warden Welland County
Mr. A. Griffiths, Warden of the County of Welland, was born in the township of Crowland, where his father, Mr Thos Griffiths, still resides, at the ripe old age of 86 years. The subject of this sketch located in Welland in 1864, and has been actively engaged in business since, maintaining an active interest in agricultural, educational and municipal affairs, having been connected with the management of the County of Welland Agricultural Society for several years. He has served on the Public and High School Boards and was a member of the Town and County Council in 1895. He was Mayor of Welland in 1897. In 1901 he was elected a member of the Board of County Commissioners, and became Warden of the County of the current year. He is one of the promoters of the 20th Century rink, built by himself and C.J.Page in 1898. Mr Griffiths has done much to beautify the town in the matter of building a substantial class of residences and he owns a block of land adjacent to the G.T.R., admirably situated for manufacturing purposes.
H.A. Rose, General Store
While the general store, or more properly speaking, double store for, though combined, each has a separate street entrance, of Mr H,.A. Rose, located in the three story brick building on the corner of West and North Main Streets, and which has been in successful operation since 1864, is not in a strict sense a department store, yet in its appointments, about all that is necssary to the comfort of mankind in general, externally, can be found within. The corner store, which is 70×21, affords ample room for the display of such goods as are a delight to the fair sex, and the male sex as well, comprising all the latest and most fashionable patterns in dress goods, both domestic and foreign, from a common print to the finest fabries, together with dress linings, trimmings, hosiery, gloves, small wares, underwear and furnishings for either sex. In connection therewith Mr Rose carries a complete stock of boots, shoes and general footwear, including rubbers of all sizes and adaptable for either sex, with wall papers and carpets of various designs and grades. The adjoining store is devoted to groceries of which Mr Rose carries as complete a stock as can be found in town, including all the staple commodities included in the grocery catalogue. in addition thereto. Mr Rose carries a full line of crockery. As a fitting conclusion, a well stocked ready made clothing department, wherein can be found ready-to-wear garments for young or old is one of the essentials of one of the best general merchandise establishments on the Niagara peninsula and the stock of which is maintained to a high standard of excellence, while the prices are no higher than is often quoted for inferior articles.
Dedication Book to commemorate the opening of the new Anshe Yosher Synagogue and Centre. Summit Avenue West Welland, Ontario Canada
June fifth , Nineteen Hundred and Fifty-five. (1955)
As far as can be determined, the history of the Welland Jewish Community begins some 45 years ago, when in 1909 our surviving senior member, Mr Albert Many, arrived here to establish a grocery business. In the space of the next few years, enough Jews settled here to form a “minyan” when one was required. Prominent families of the congregation in those years were Henry Shapiro, Joseph Solomon, Joe and Paul Adelman, M. Diamond, Frank and Sam Fishman, Issie Semel, Max Burger, Jacob Lubin, Joe Benjamin, Sam Sugarman, all of revered memory; and also Morris Semel, M. Scheinzinger, I. and Z. Gottesman, Charlie Cohen, I. Adelman, the Gibbs, Blugerman and Shaletzky families. Of all these families, only the descendants of the Fishman and Adelman family reside in Welland today.
In 1914, a building was bought on Fifth St. in Crowland and this was converted into a Synagogue. This was duly dedicated in 1917, and a semblance of Jewish communal life came into existence, with the synagogue and rituals of Jewish observance acting as the rallying point for the community. Thus, a “schoichet” was retained when available, a “mikvah” was erected adjacent to the Shul, and a plot of land for a cemetery was even obtained.
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[Centennial August 27, 1967]
Danson Kinsman was born in the township of Cornwallis, Kings County, Nova Scotia on April 23, 1813. His parents were Benjamin Avery and Mary (English) Kinsman both natives of Nova Scotia. The father was a direct descendant of the English family of Kinsmans, who crossed the Atlantic in the Mayflower.
Our subject received his education in his native province, and was married there on the 19th of Sept. 1839, to Elizabeth, a daughter of John and Abigail {Foster) Douglas.
In 1850, Mr. Kinsman, accompanied by his wife and 4 children, moved to this province and settled in Fonthill, where he engaged in mercantile business. He spent the remainder of his life there, with he exception of 4 years which he spent in the United States.
In 1864, he was appointed Postmaster at Fonthill, a position he held until his death.
His general store business was always conducted on an extensive scale, and his honour and uprightness together with his genial disposition, made him a popular man in the society in which he moved.
He was for many years a consistent member of the Baptist Church, was one of the pillars in the branch of that denomination in the Village that for so many years he made his home.
He was appointed a Justice of the Peace but always refused to take the oath of office.
Mr Kinsman had six children, five sons and one daughter. Fred, the youngest son succeeded his father in the mercantile business in Fonthill in 1884 and is the subject of our next sketch Fred Kinsman, merchant Fonthill was born on the 14th of Oct 1862 and was the youngest son of the forementioned Danson Kinsman. His father having been so long in business, our subject, had from his earliest days been associated with mercantile life.
He received a liberal education at Fonthill public school and Welland high school, and in addition to the business experience he acquired in his father’s store, had filled an engagement with a Toronto dry goods house, Mr Kinsman did an extensive business, always keeping large stocks of dry goods, groceries, boots, and shoes, hardware etc
Avery B. Kinsman Esq. was born in the village of Horton,Kings county Nova Scotia, on the 14th day of February 1824.
His parents, Avery B. & Mary (English) Kinsman, came to Canada about 1784 and settled in Nova Scotia; they were U.E. Loyalists, of English descent.
He attended the public schools of Horton, and afterwards the Acadia College of the same place.
He learned carriage building at an early age. He was in Australia from 1851 to 1858..
Returning to America , he spent the next three years in New York State, then coming to the county of Welland, he started a carriage building trade in Fonthill which he carried on very successfully for twenty years.
He was a member of the A.F. & A.M. society since 1863. He was also on the school board for various periods.
He was married first in 1849 to Ann Maria daughter of Isaac Whitman, a native of Nova Scotia. He had 4 children, two sons and 2 daughters. Albert W. & Ada M. born in Fonthill, Frank B., born in New York State and Flora born in Fonthill.
His first wife died in 1875, and he remarried, his second wife being Mrs. Jonathan Randall.
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There is as much real romance in industry as there is in any other walk of life. Underlying many a brief announcement of this or that change in an industrial organization there lies a story of achievement if properly told, would compel the admiration of all who heard. And such stories are by no means infrequent.
Recently announcement was made of the organization of a private corporation, capitalized at one hundred thousand dollars, under the name of the Dominion Concrete Burial Vault and Specialties Company Limited, with the head offices at Fonthill, which has purchased the following well-known firms, together with all of their assets and good-will: The Ridgeville Concrete Works, The Fonthill Concrete Products Company, and the W.H. Brown Marble and Granite business of St Catharines.
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[The Evening Tribune 24 July 1990]
Francis Caroline Turnbull died at her River Road home Sunday, July 22, 1990, in her 90th year.
Born in Port Robinson on Nov. 5, 1900, Mrs Turnbull came to live in Welland in 1910, after a short stay in Lewiston, New York.
She was a distinguished artist, recognized throughout the province. Silk screen, oil, water color and black and white were among mediums used in her paintings.
Her most recent showing was at Rodman Hall in St Catharines last year.
Mrs Turnbull was a founding member of the Joan of Arc Chapter of the Independent Order of Daughters of the Empire, which received its charter in 1921.
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Renowned local artist ‘saw beauty in everything’
By Marie Chamberland, Tribune Staff Writer
[The Evening Tribune 24 July 1990]
Welland- Glowing memories of local artist Frances Turnbull are seeping through the shock felt by friends after her tragic death Sunday.
Turnbull, 89, died when her River Road home caught fire at about noon.
The matter is still under investigation.
Yesterday Cliff Miller, an inspector with the Ontario Fire Marshal’s office said while no cause had been established, he had no reason to believe it was anything other than accidental.
Neighbors said Turnbull’s home had been the target of vandalism over the years.
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