Pioneer, Historian W. R. Brown Dies
- Publication
- Chronicle-Journal (Thunder Bay), 7 Oct 1985
Description
- Media Type
- Newspaper
- Description
- Ship officer ; Indian agent ; businessman ; civic politican ; historian ; Russell Brown ; 104 years of age ; born Collingwood, Ontario, 1881 ; at age 2 arrived Prince Arthur's Landing ; greatest interst ships and sailing ; graduated Port Arthur High School ; attended business college in Toronto ; married Georgia Smith 1907 ; general manager Gordon, Ironside And Fares, meat firm ; started own retail meats business ; owned six stores ; Indian Agent for Port Arthur ; started auto dealership ; entered municipal politics ; special officer of S.S. Noronic ; member Kiwanis ; photo
- Notes
- Full text available in Newspaper Clipping File
File subject: LF - Thunder Bay - Biography - Brown, Russell
Full text available on microfilm - Date of Publication
- 7 Oct 1985
- Subject(s)
- Language of Item
- English
- Geographic Coverage
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Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 48.4001 Longitude: -89.31683
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