Not sure if this one has been relocated off Whitby Ontario Year of Build: 1877 Official Number: 72964 CONSTRUCTION AND OWNERSHIP Built at: Marysburg (Milford), ONT Vessel Type: Schooner Note: a “timber drougher”, ports in transom to haul large timbers of 2′ x 2′ white oak Hull Materials: Wood Number of Decks: 1 Builder Name: Coopers Yard Master Carpenter: George Dickson or Dixon Original Owner and Location: Charles Stewart Wilson, et al, Picton Ownership Notes: Reportedly, last schooner on Lakes to carry a square fore topsail POWER Power: Sail Number of Masts: 3 DIMENSIONS Length: 131.25′ Beam: 25.17′ Depth: 12.5′ Tonnage (gross): 483.73 Tonnage (net): 457 FINAL DISPOSITION Final Location: South of Whitby, ONT Lake Ontario Date: 1925 How: towed to deep water & sunk HISTORY 1879 Owned, Leslie, et al, Kingston, ONT. 1880 Stranded North Fox Island, Lake Michigan; released by tug WINSLOW, taken to Detroit. 1883, Apr Raised, rebuilt. 1884, Sep 13 sank in Peninsular Harbor, Huron Bay, Lake Superior. 1884, Sep 26 Raised by wrecking tug INTERNATIONAL. 1888 Went ashore 1889 Rebuilt as STUART H. DUNN; 164′ 8″ x 26′ 8″ x 12′ 7″, 484 gross tons. 1910 Reduced to a tow barge. 1915 Owned C. LaBrecque. 1920 Collision with pier, sank, Port Dalhousie, ONT; recovered, not returned to service; later abandoned, Whitby, ONT. 1925 Sunk; owned John E. Russell, Toronto, ONT.
TAYLOR, W.R. Schooner. Home port, Kingston. Om Sept. 6, 1884 Schooner went ashore at Heron Bay, Lake Superior with a cargo of railroad iron; got off with hull damage of $5,000. Insurance $21,000. Disasters to Lake Shipping, 1884 Cleveland Herald Nov. 28th. 1884
LOSS OF THE “W.R. TAYLOR.” — It was reported this afternoon that the schooner W.R. TAYLOR, owned by Mr. Leslie, and others, went ashore on the Manitou and became a total loss. It was only a few days since she cleared from Chicago with corn for Toronto at a very renumerative rate. The weather has evidently been very severe. The vessel is insured. The crew were composed of Kingstonians. The W.R. TAYLOR was built at Picton in 1677 and owned by Messrs. Wilson, of Picton, and Lister, of Collins Bay. Her measure is 419 tons. She rates A 1 and is valued at $14,500. LATER — Just previous to going to press we learned that the TAYLOR ran ashore near the South Minitores, (Manitous ?) which place she was making for shelter. The crew are saved, including the following: Captain, Simmons, Kingston; first-mate, Anthony LaRush, Wolfe Island; second-mate F. Thompson, Kingston; sea-man A. Felix, Kingston, brother-in-law of the President of the Sailors Union, Mr. C.W. Crowley. Kingston Whig-Standard November 24, 1880
THE TAYLOR ACCIDENT. — The schooner W.R. TAYLOR which went ashore at South Manitou, laden with corn for Toronto, has nine feet of water in the hold. Her cargo is a total loss, as the vessel will likely be. The vessel is insured for $13,000 on a valuation of $18,000, equally divided between the Orient, Greenwich and Manhattan Companies. The cargo consisted of 25,000 bushels of corn, shipped by Wm. Young & Co., and is insured for $12,000, equally dixided between the New England Mutual and Orient Mutual. Kingston Whig-Standard November 25, 1880
TAKEN OFF. — The schooner W.R. TAYLOR, ashore at the South Manitous, was successfully gotten off on Wednesday last, by the tug WINSLOW of Milwaukee. Two steam pumps were operated on the vessel. She will be towed to Milwaukee if possible. She is in fair condition. The expense of rescuing the vessel will be very large. There may be trouble regarding the matter as the owners had telegraphed to the Insurance Company that they had abandoned the vessel. The telegram was not received until after the expedition had set out. Kingston Whig-Standard December 10, 1880
Captain Martin Blackburn, the wrecking master, has made another excellent rescue. A dispatch from Glen haven, signed by Captain Blackburn, announces that the schooner W.R. TAYLOR is off and in the harbor at South Manitou. The corn cargo is of course a total loss, but the vessel is in fair shape. The tug WINSLOW did the pulling, and is now with the vessel. The J.W. Hall Great Lakes Marine Scrapbook, November, 1880
The Canadian schooner W.R. TAYLOR that went ashore two years ago on the North Fox Island, lake Michigan, and was abandoned to the insurance companies and towed to this port, has been sold to Captain Henry Buckley for $4,500. She was pumped out and towed to the dry-dock today for repairs. The J.W. Hall Great Lakes Marine Scrapbook, March/April, 1883
Schooner S.H. DUNN. Of 535 tons. Built at South Bay in 1877 by Dickson. Rebuilt in 1889. Owned by Dunn & Co. Home port, Kingston. REMARKS. — Formerly W.R. TAYLOR. Inland Lloyds Vessel Register Canadian Hulls, 1890
Schooner STEWART H. DUNN.* Built 1877. * formerly schooner W.R. TAYLOR. Name Changes from Registry Books of the Dominion of Canada, on December 31, 1913. Sessional Papers Vol. XLV11 No. 16 Barge STUART H. DUNN.* Official Canadian No. 72964. Built at South Marysburg, Ont., in 1877. rebuilt at Fort Robinson, Ont., in 1889. Of 458 tons register. Home port, Toronto, Ont. 164.8 x 26,8 x 12.7 Owned by Russell Construction Co., Toronto, Ont. * A recovered wreck. List of Vessels on Registry Books of the Dominion of Canada on the 31st. Day of December, 1933
Toronto Harbour Commission Tug Jno. E. Russell in drydock for repairs etc. Toronto, Ont. May 21, 1916 Library and Archives Canada
19300725 TS Russell loses bid for Eglinton bridge
Russell – Research Findings new March 12, 2020 Joanne Doucette
19170326 GL Insurgency local Tories19170326 GL Insurgency local Tories19170326 GL Insurgency local Tories19190307 TS Macassa Corson 1st ship into port Toronto Star, March 7, 191919200331 TS Capt Corson SS Macassa gets the hat Toronto Star, March 31, 1920 219220217 GL Joseph Russell and dogs at Westminster dog show19220217 GL Joseph Russell and dogs at Westminster dog show 319220217 GL Joseph Russell and dogs at Westminster dog show19220324 GL Sudden death McKetrick John E Russell worker19220327 TS Tug Joseph L Russell Toronto Star, March 27, 192219220328 GL Dalhousie City wins over tug John E Russell19220504 GL Harry Russell injured car accident19220523 GL Severed head John E Russell dredge19220523 GL Severed head John E Russell dredge19230707 GL John E Russell towing Globe, 07 July 192319230710 GL Russell worker killed fall Gerrard St bridge19230804 GL Waterfront contracts John E Russell19230804 GL Waterfront contracts John E Russell19230906 GL J. E. Russell tug frees ship19230914 GL Vale of Avoca bridge Russell Construction19300306 TS Water works tunnel19300325 TS Oakville waterfront work Russell
John E. Russell – Research Findings February 10-14 2020 Joanne Doucette
1922015 GL Aragon Released After Persevering Work19220615 GL John E Russell and Gerrard St bridge19220913 GL Engine Trouble Stalls Chippewa
19111130 GL Too much sand in the concrete
19111130 GL Too much sand in the concrete
Too much sand in the concrete
Too much sand in the concrete
Too much sand in the concrete
Too much sand in the concrete
19190619 GL British Forgings19170706 GL John E Russell contract wooden ships19170730 GL Dry dockDry dockDry dock19170628 GL Portlands development
19190210 GL New ship Russell
19190820 GL New steel mill19201023 GL John Russell Housing Commission19170618 GL Ship building JE Russell
19210505 GL Disabled tug towed John E Russell19170702 GL Turbinia
19220913 GL Engine Trouble Stalls Chippewa
Research Findings February 7-9, 2020 Joanne Doucette
Seven Rescued From Flaming Gasoline Launch: Story from The Globe
Young Girl Heroine When Boat is Burned on Lake at Midnight: Story from The Toronto Star, June 15, 1931
Toronto City Council 1896
City Hall (1844-1899) Interior, council chamber, looking s., showing city council meeting, 1896 by Josiah Bruce, collection of Toronto Public Library. This was the City Hall at St. Lawrence Hall next to the St. Lawrence Market. The “new” City Hall at Queen and Bay (n.e. corner) opened in 1899 and served until 1965 when the “new” City Hall across the street opened.
City Hall (1844-1899) Interior, council chamber, looking s.w., showing city council’s last meeting in 1844-1899 city hall. That appears to be John Russell with the beard at the front of the picture just behind the railing on the middle right of the photo.
City Hall, opening ceremonies, 1899 The City Council of 1899 is in the front row.
Alderman John Russell (1838-1912), 1899 (see photo on steps of City Hall above)
Research Findings February 5, 2020
Alderman John Russell is third from the left.
Russells listed in 1911 City Directory
John Russell home,165 Wellesley Crescent, (Lot 59), s.e. cor Sherbourne, 1912 Goad’s Atlas (now part of Wellesley Street)
1861 Census Russell family, Leslieville
Research Findings February 2-4, 2020 Joanne Doucette
Joe Russell, blue-eyed, good-natured and hard-working, changed the East End and the City of Toronto forever, as did his cousin John E. Russell. I will be posting more about Joe in the days to follow, but since there is a massive amount of material, it would be best to sort it a little and add some narrative to make it easier to digest and more interesting to read. So this is really a teaser and perhaps I should have saved it for his birthday — April Fool’s Day as he certainly enjoyed a joke.
Joseph Russell (1868 – 1925) was a Toronto businessman and politician. He was the oldest son of John Russell, a brick maker and stone cutter. Joseph Russell was from brickmaking clan like the Prices and the Morleys, only the Russells were Irish Anglicans. Joseph Russell was first cousin to John E. Russell who became famous as a salvage operator and contractor.
“Joe” Russell owned the brick works at 1308 Queen Street East at Alton Avenue. Russell provided much of the supplies used building the Toronto Railway Company’s paint shop in 1913. The Toronto Transportation Commission’s Russell Carhouse may be named after him. Joseph Russell was a candidate for the Ontario legislature in 1908 but was unsuccessful. Supporters then nominated him as an Independent candidate against incumbent Conservative MP Albert Edward Kemp, splitting the Conservative Party in Toronto East.
Kemp’s opponents accused him of neglecting constituents as well as hiring foreign workers (Macedonians and Italians) at poor pay to undercut Canadian workers. Russell won praise for offering rates of pay that allowed workers to “live in houses of their own, and not herd a dozen into a room.” Russell defeated Kemp by almost 800 votes in the 1908 federal election, but Kemp rebuilt the Conservative Party riding machine and defeated Russell three years later in the 1911 election. Russell returned to provincial politics, winning a seat in the 1914 provincial election. Russell served as the Conservative member for Riverdale from 1914 until 1918.
Jesse Edgar Middleton, The Municipality of Toronto: a history, published 1923, p. 249
Jesse Edgar Middleton, The Municipality of Toronto, p. 250
Joseph Russell and his sons’ families in the 1881 Canadian Census
Joseph RUSSELL, M, Male, Irish, 73, Ireland, Brick Maker, Church of England Martha RUSSELL, M, Female, Irish, 65, Ireland, —, Church of England
John RUSSELL, M, Male, Irish, 42, Ireland, Brick Maker, Church of England Mary RUSSELL, M, Female, Irish, 36, Ontario, —, Church of England Martha RUSSELL, , Female, Irish, 17, Ontario, —, Church of England Elizabeth RUSSELL, , Female, Irish, 15, Ontario, —, Church of England Joseph RUSSELL, , Male, Irish, 12, Ontario, Scholar, Church of England Emma RUSSELL, , Female, Irish, 11, Ontario, Scholar, Church of England Anne RUSSELL, , Female, Irish, 9, Ontario, Scholar, Church of England Mary RUSSELL, , Female, Irish, 7, Ontario, Scholar, Church of England Nellie RUSSELL, , Female, Irish, 6, Ontario, Scholar, Church of England Gertrude RUSSELL, , Female, Irish, 4, Ontario, Scholar, Church of England Alexander RUSSELL, , Male, Irish, 3, Ontario, —, Church of England Eliza SMITH, , Female, Irish, 23, Ontario, —, Church of England 1881 Census
James RUSSELL, M, Male, Irish, 33, Ireland, Brickmaker, Church of England Emile M. RUSSELL, M, Female, Irish, 30, USA, —, Church of England Martha RUSSELL, , Female, Irish, 10, Ontario, Scholar, Church of England Anna RUSSELL, , Female, Irish, 8, Ontario, Scholar, Church of England Jane RUSSELL, , Female, Irish, 6, Ontario, Scholar, Church of England James RUSSELL, , Male, Irish, 5, Ontario, Scholar, Church of England Emily RUSSELL, , Female, Irish, 1, Ontario, —, Church of England
18810701 Thomas RUSSELL, M, Male, Irish, 33, Ireland, Brickmaker, Church of England Elizabeth RUSSELL, M, Female, Irish, 32, Ontario, —, Church of England Joseph RUSSELL, , Male, Irish, 8, Ontario, Scholar, Church of England Martha RUSSELL, , Female, Irish, 6, Ontario, Scholar, Church of England Thomas J. RUSSELL, , Male, Irish, 5, Ontario, Scholar, Church of England Elizabeth RUSSELL, , Female, Irish, 2, Ontario, —, Church of England Thomas CHARLTON, , Male, English, 23, Ontario, Laborer Scholar, Church of England 1881 Census
William RUSSELL, M, Male, Irish, 47, Ireland, Brickmaker, Church of England Jane RUSSELL, M, Female, Irish, 30, Ireland, —, Church of England John RUSSELL, , Male, Irish, 9, Ontario, Scholar, Church of England Joseph RUSSELL, , Male, Irish, 3, Ontario, —, Church of England Mary RUSSELL, , Female, Irish, 1 Born: Aug; 9/12, Ontario, —, Church of England 1881 Census
Thomas Smith of England and Toronto, Canada (ca. 1802-1881) innkeeper at Norway, East York (Toronto). (info from St. John’s Anglican Church, Norway East Toronto
Thomas’ father may have been a United Empire Loyalist that made the following claim for property. (Smith, Thomas Kingston OC 19 Feb 1808(7) OC 2Aug 1797 (restored)). This suggests that the first claim was 1797 followed by a lapse with a further claim in 1808.
Thomas may have been a Chelsea Pensioner. A record for a Thomas Smith in 1831 is a good match for him and coincides nicely with his marriage date in East York.
Thomas Smith may have immigrated into Canada close to the time of his marriage. A 27 year old Thomas Smith, carpenter, is listed as arriving aboard the vessel, Siroc, in 1829. This is a perfect match for Thomas who by several census records appears to have been born in 1802.
I suspect he lived in the Simcoe area until about 1840, then moved to East York. (village of Norway) I have reason to believe he might have been a tradesman in the early days (blacksmith, carpenter) but later became a farmer/innkeeper. There was a Thomas Smith, blacksmith, in the first census of Barrie in 1837 and his youngest daughter was born there. The connection with Barrie is further strengthened since Thomas was living with his eldest daughter, Elizabeth Cundle, in Barrie in 1881.
Spouse: Ann Camack (Carmack or Camach)
Married May 1, 1830 at St. John the Baptist, Norway (still exists at 470 Woodbine Ave.).
Children and grandchildren:
1. Ann Smith born 1831 in Ontario d. 1848
2. Elizabeth Smith born 1833 in Ontario m. Thomas Cundle d. 8 July 1912
3. James Smith (2), b. 24 January 1838 at Toronto, Ontario, m. Ellen Loane, 16 October 1862 at Trinity Anglican, East Toronto, d. 4 February 1910; 5 grandchildren
4. Richard Smith, b. 1840 at Fort William, m. Agnes Noel, 27 June 1865 at Durham, Quebec (Congressional Church), d. 19 March 1906; 8 grandchildren
5. Mary Smith, b. 1844 at Barrie, Ontario
James Smith 1838-1910
James Smith (2), b. 24 January 1838 at Toronto, Ontario, d. 4 February 1910
Father: Thomas Smith Mother: Eliza James (married 24 May 1827 in Toronto, Canada)
During his childhood and youth, the family lived in Norway village, East York. They operated a store and pub on Kingston Road called the Norway House Hotel. James was also the road “toll keeper”. (Toronto’s Lost Villages, Ron Brown: p.99) After 1872 the family moved to Barrie where their last two children were born. In 1879, they moved to Emerson, Manitoba where James brother, Richard, operated a hotel. James and Ellen managed the Manchester House in Emerson during 1887-88-89 before taking the farm at Ridgeville.
Father: William Loane, b. 1806 at Cork, County Cork, Ireland Mother: Sarah Winnett, b. at Killaloe, Ireland
Buried in Smith plot, lot 33, block 34 Ellen’s obituary says she died at age 92 which does not agree with gravestone. Also confusion over her birth date. Graveyard info from Judy suggests she and James had same birthday, but Carolyn Pelletier history suggest one given here.
Married 16 October 1862 at Trinity Anglican, East Toronto.
Children and grandchildren:
Sarah Jane Eliza Smith, b. 16 October 1865 at Scarborough, Ontario, d. 1943
Thomas William Smith, b. 15 December 1867 at Barrie, Ontario, m. (Minnie) Wilhemena Ellen Tohm, 1898 at St John’s, Norway, East Toronto, d. 6 September 1946 at Duncan, British Columbia; 8 grandchildren
William Smith, b. 1869
James Smith, b. 5 November 1872 at Barrie, Ontario, m. Laura Emiline Lenton, 1898, d. 16 October 1942; 7 grandchildren
Ella (Ellen) Alice Smith, b. 12 December 1874 at Barrie, Ontario, m. Andrew Gilchrist, 4 February 1904 at Ridgeville, Manitoba; 4
1845 Smith Mary Smith, b. 1845 in Canada in Barrie, Ontario Father: Thomas Smith, b. 1802 Mother:Eliza James Mary Smith was the youngest child of Thomas and Eliza. According to the 1861 census she was “born in Barrie” but in subsequent years after here marriage she lived in East Toronto. Her husband, John Russell, was a brick maker or stonecutter in 1881, however in 1857 at the age of 18 he was recorded as a labourer. In 1892, John was living in Simcoe, Vespra near Barrie. Their son, Joseph, became a member of parliament for East Toronto. Spouse: John RUSSELL (1839 – ) Married 1 December 1863 in Toronto by Rev. H.J. GRASETT.
Children and grandchildren: 1 Martha Russell (1864 – ) 2 Elizabeth Russell (1866 – ) 3 Joseph Russell (1869 – ) 4 Emma Russell (1870 – ) 5 Anne Russell (1872 – ) 6 Mary Russell (1874 – ) 7 Nellie Russell (1875 – ) 8 Gertrude Russell (1877 – ) 9 Alexander [Alexandra] Russell (1878 – ) 10 Alexandra Russell (1880) 11 Mable Russell (1888)
Russell Family Tree
The Descendant Chart for Joseph & Martha Russell
1) The Descendant Chart for Joseph & Martha Russell
2) The Descendant Chart for Joseph & Martha Russell
3) The Descendant Chart for Joseph & Martha Russell. Isabel Semple Tolchard is the correct spelling for this descendant who died in 1990.
4) The Descendant Chart for Joseph & Martha Russell
5) The Descendant Chart for Joseph & Martha Russell
Research Findings February 1, 2020 Joanne Doucette
18990203 GL This was John E Russell (1872-1934) not John Russell (1838-1912), his uncle. This is the first mention of a tender connected to John E. Russell. Uncle John Russell, was on City Council and known for his integrity. Alderman Russell was conspicuously absent during discussions of tenders which John E. Russell had bid on. Conflict of interest seemingly was an almost unknown idea at the time.
John E Russell tender, Globe, June 8, 1900 This is the first mention of a tender connected to John E. Russell. His uncle, John Russell, was on City Council and known for his integrity Alderman Russell was conspicuously absent during discussions of tenders which John E. Russell had bid on. Conflict of interest seemingly was an almost unknown idea at the time.
More about John Russell, activist, brick manufacturer and Alderman
Brickmakers hated the toll booths on Queen Street as they drove up the price of bricks on a road that was a morass of mud much of the year and certainly after a heavy load or two of bricks went over it. John Russell was an leader in his community, and, though a reserved man, he was what would be known as a community activist today.
18801111 GL Court of revision John Russell hated taxes that he felt were unfair but happy, it seems, to pay when he considered them just. This would get him into trouble decades later.
18820311 GL John Russell has cattle stolen. Families who were not farmers kept cows for their milk, chicken for their eggs and usually a pig or two. It should be noted that John Russell came to Canada in 1849 when the Irish Potato Famine was killing millions in Ireland. It hit the Catholic south and west of Ireland hardest but did not entirely spare Monaghan where he was born. He was eleven years old and would have gone through the quarantine station at Grosse Ile, near Quebec City where many perished of typhoid, cholera and hunger.
Pictorial Times June 6th 1846
18861125 GL Sale property Audley by John Russell
18880305 GL John Knox Leslie was the son of George Leslie, Leslieville’s founder
18880418 GL Sale of Cooper property Gerrard and Pape to John Poucher ( a real estate agent) After George Leslie, John Russell was the largest landowner in Leslieville, but for different reasons. Leslie needed land to grow things on; Russell needed the land itself — the clay to make bricks. Perhaps like Leslie who had lived through the Highland Clearances, he, having lived through the Famine, was wary of leasing land from a landlord. Both bought as much land as they could, selling it off when they no longer needed. Both became rich men, the equivalent of millionaires today, not through their primary businesses, but through real estate deals like this. Russell bought the land where the LLBO is at Pape and Gerrard for $7,980 and sold it for $18,000.
18880905 GL John Russell real estate sale Carlaw John Russell had brick pits on both sides of Carlaw Avenue. His brickyard was where the Value Village is on the north side of Queen between Logan and Verral.
18881101 GL Death of Eliza Smith niece of John Russell
18910601 Canadian census John Russell and family
18921204 GL Russell invested carefully, diversifying his assets. Galt Avenue is named after John Galt, an engineer. Marjorie Avenue is named after Marjorie Russell and Dorothy Street after Dorothy Russell, at least as far as I can determine. Both streets were on John Russell brickyard properties.
18930215 GL John Russell was a Mason, but I have found no record of his membership in other lodges. Businessmen like Russell met and socialized and made deals in their lodge, Poulton Hall, on Queen Street in Riverside.
By GTD Aquitaine (Own work) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
I wonder where the bricks came from?
Grand Lodge of Canada 1885
18940407 GL John Russell Land Titles Act
294 Logan – part of Russell Terrace, built of Russell bricks. The parking lot of the Value Village was where Alderman John Russell’s father, Joseph, had his first brickyard in Leslieville.
18940507 GL Fire John Russell engine house
18940507 TS Brickyard in ruins
18940507 TS John Russell His old kilns were gone along with the old technology — in with the new.
The old fashioned kind of kiln: a clamp kiln made of bricks. The steam coming off the top was called “water smoke”. The triangular openings in the bottom were where firewood was fed into the kiln. A small cone of clay was put into one or more of these openings. The brickmaker could tell by the colour of the cone whether or not the bricks inside the clamp were ready. From Edward Dobson, A Rudimentary Treatise on the Manufacture of Brick and Tile, London: Crosby Lockwood and Son, first printed 1850, 10th edition, 1899.
From Clay and the Clay Industry of Ontario, 1906. These kilns burned wood for fuel.
18941212 GL John Russell, a “community activist”, and Leslieville’s Citizens Committee
18951227 GL Reduced assessment John Russell
18960330 GL John Russell to run for Council
18960408 GL John Russell a candidate
18960414 GL John Russell was a quiet, reserved man of strong convictions, making him an unusual candidate. Unlike others he never used his lodge memberships and connections to boost his political popularity. He also seems to have made few “stump” speeches, letting his local record and reputation speak for him.
18960416 TS Vote Russell Ward 1
18960418 GL John Russell elected to City Council
You have to own property in Toronto to be elected to City Council. By this time he had moved his family to a fine big house downtown and used this property, not his brickyards, to qualify for Council. 18960420 GL John Russell
18960420 GL John Russell declared elected
18960728 GL Russell speaks quietly during a wild Council argument about the leases held by Toronto Islanders. He could, at times, be quite sarcastic.
18960914 TS A wit at the Toronto Star assigned each City politician a coat of arms. That is a sphinx in the upper left quadrant; rows of drying bricks in the upper right; and below a brick. To truly understand what pounding clay was you must see a brickworker using the old fashioned methods. John Russell worked in his father’s brickyard from the age of 11 pounding clay.
18961217 GL Municipal elections were held every year at the beginning of January. So terms were only a year long.
18961219 GL Ward One candidates
18970106 GL John Russell
18970106 GL John Russell
18970109 GL The Council of the previous year held its last meeting and the new Council took over.
18970526 GL The meat and potatoes of municipal politics. It should be noted that Russell made bricks and bricks were used to make a “permanent roadbed”.
18971214 GL Russell candidate for Ward 1
Look at column 4. Russell could wind up his opponents with a few well chosen words.
18971228 GL Candidates for Ward 1
18980104 GL Russell defeated
18980108 GL Russell was either being kind or stupid, which he was not. Council was notorious for “boodling” — corruption, taking kickbacks, etc. John Russell was never involved as far as I can tell, but John Knox Leslie was up to his eyeballs and to mix metaphors apparently as crooked as my 1/2 pug’s hind leg and tail too.
18980121 GL Russell, a life long Conservative, attended this Liberal meeting.
18980125 GL Russell for high school trustee
18981227 GL Instead of school trustee, Russell ran as an aldermanic candidate for Ward 1
18990103 GL Russell re-elected
18990124 GL John Russell shrewd observer who kept his cool
18990203 Daily Mail and Empire Alderman Russells complaint re John E Russell tender. A conflict of interest no doubt, but Uncle John was absent for the vote on Nephew John’s tender.
18991223 GL Another year, another municipal election
John Russell’s name is still on the bell in the tower at Old City Hall 19001113 GL John Russell name on bell
19001204 GL Ald Russell runs again
Irish and proud. 19001215 GL John Russell keep Sullivan Street name Irish
Another year, another election. 19010101 GL Nominations Ward One
19010103 TS Candidate for City Council qualification papers
19010104 GL Candidates Ward One 2
19010108 GL Russell elected by a narrow margin
19010109 GL Russell character
19010114 GL Russell for Worksn
19010119 GL Standing Committee Street Names
19010423 GL Mysterious brickyard fire
19011231 TS Russell will not run again
19030725 TS Building Permits. John Russell retired as a brickmaker when he entered politics turning over the business to his son, Joseph. (who in turn became a politician). But even with a troubling heart condition, he kept in the game.
19050612 TS Russell sale property 26 to 34 Logan Ave
John Russell’s biggest brickyard, 1906, at Queen and Greenwood (where the low rise apartments are). His brick pit extended from Queen almost to Gerrard when he bought out smaller brickmakers like the Morleys and the Prices.
Brickyard wagon Greenwood Avenue, Toronto Star, 3, 1906. An apple orchard in the background.
19060603 TS John Russell wins reduced taxes on Carlaw land
19060921 TS John Russell sues. This long and significant law suit will be doubt with separately, but sufficient to say, he lost and because he lost, the City of Toronto owned his Carlaw property and made it into a planned industrial park.
19080117 TS Russell Greenwood Ave widening
19081113 TS Russell buys Ashbridge Orchard. Applegrove Avenue is now part of Dundas Street. Part of this land had been a Morley Ashbridge brickyard and later became the Ulster Stadium.
19110513 Globe Real Estate sale John Russell property Jones Ave
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19110513 TS Sale of Russell property on Jones Ave
19121104 TS Russell Greenwood Park Ald John and Joseph his son
19121104 TS Russell Greenwood Park Ald John and Joseph his son
Research Findings, January 30 & 31, 2020 Joanne Doucette
19170900 Canadian Railway and Marine World
19170900 Canadian Railway and Marine World
19180900 Canadian Railway and Marine World, 414
19190500 Canadian Railway and Marine World, 272
19191100 Canadian Railway and Marine World, 582
19200600 Canadian Railway and Marine World, 331
19200800 Canadian Railway and Marine World, 458
19200900 Canadian Railway and Marine World, 514
19200929 Gazette (Mtl) housing contract
19201029 Gazette (Mtl) raise the Keystone
19201029 Ottawa Citizen Raising the Keystorm
19201200 Canadian Railway and Marine World, 688
19210500 Canadian Railway and Marine World, 275
19211100 Canadian Railway and Marine World, 619
19230710 The Gazette (Mtl) Laborer killed by fall Gerrard St bridge
19231228 Windsor Star Windsor contract
19241216 Gazette (Mtl) lighter vessel damaged
19250528 Ottawa Citizen patent
19270414 Gazette (Mtl) patent
19270414 Ottawa Citizen patent
19280127 Ottawa Citizen Explosion barge Buffalo
19281102 Edmonton Journal big dairy merger planned
19550000 Toronto Public Library Collections, Russell Construction Ltd., TUG NO. 5, in Ship Channel James Victor Salmon
19570000 Toronto Public Library Collections, Russell Construction Co Ltd Tug 1 by James Victor Salmon
19570000 Toronto Public Library Collections, Russell Construction Co Ltd, by James Victor Salmon
19570000 Toronto Public Library Collections, Russell Construction Ltd., Launch, at Russell Construction Ltd. yards, Villiers St., north side James Victor Salmon
Research Findings, January 28, 2020 Joanne Doucette
19060512 TS Tenders Here is the code for the sources: 19060512 = May 12, 1906 Toronto Star
Here is the code for the sources: 19060830 = August 30, 1906 GL. After 1937 the code is GM for Globe and Mail.
19060512 TS Tenders Here is the code for the sources: 19060512 = May 12, 1906 Toronto Star
Here is the code for the sources: 19060830 = August 30, 1906 The Globe. After 1937 the code is GM for Globe and Mail.
19070716 TS Sea wall contract
19080609 GL Scow sinks
19110809 TS John E Russell and Steamer Cayuga
19120717 GL Polson Works drydock
19120905 GL shipbuilding works to reopen
19141008 The Canadian Engineer Volume 27 (October 8 1914)
19150624 The Canadian Engineer Volume 28. (June 24 1915)
19151213 TS John E Russell ad
19160208 TS Cement contract scandal1
19160208 TS Cement contract scandal2
19160208 TS Cement contract scandal3
19160710 TS Ald McBride and John E Russell1
19160710 TS Ald McBride and John E Russell2
19160710 TS Ald McBride and John E Russell3
19160710 TS Ald McBride and John E Russell4
19161205 TS John E Russell ad
19161214 TS Council aspirants
19180000 Beeson’s Marine Directory of the Northwestern Lakes. I refer to this as “Beesom’s Marine Directory” elsewhere.
19180000 Beeson’s Marine Directory
19180000 Beeson’s Marine Directory
19180000 Beeson’s Marine Directory
19180000 Beeson’s Marine Directory
19180000 Beeson’s Marine Directory
19180000 Beeson’s Marine Directory
19180000 Beeson’s Marine Directory
19180000 Beeson’s Marine Directory
19180000 Beeson’s Marine Directory
19180619 Library and Archives Canada “War Ontario” being launched at J E Russell shipyard
19180822 GL Steel plant John E Russell1
19180822 GL Steel plant John E Russell2
19180823 GL Steel plant John E Russell1
19180823 GL Steel plant John E Russell2
19190207 TS Toronto Shipbuilding company
19200304 The Canadian engineer Volume 38 (March 4 1920)
19200900 Canadian Railway and Marine World September 1920, p. 514
19220523 GL Shovel Severed Head
19250100 The Engineering Journal McCrackens Sewer Pipe
19250300 The Engineering Journal McCrackens Sewer Pipe
19270120 GL CONTRACTOR GRILLED ON TENDER DEAL1
19270120 GL CONTRACTOR GRILLED ON TENDER DEALINGS AT HARBOR INQUIRY2
19270120 GL CONTRACTOR GRILLED ON TENDER DEAL3
19270120 GL CONTRACTOR GRILLED ON TENDER DEALINGS AT HARBOR INQUIRY4
19270120 GL CONTRACTOR GRILLED ON TENDER DEALINGS AT HARBOR INQUIRY5
19270120 GL CONTRACTOR GRILLED ON TENDER DEALINGS AT HARBOR INQUIRY6
19270926 Excavation of Complete Sewer
19281100 The Engineering Journal, November 1928, p. 576
19301017 GL Contractor Admits Campaign Payment1
19301017 GL Contractor Admits Campaign Payment2
19301017 GL Contractor Admits Campaign Payment3
19301017 GL Contractor Admits Campaign Payment4
19301017 GL Contractor Admits Campaign Payment5
19301017 GL Contractor Admits Campaign Payment6
19301017 GL Contractor Admits Campaign Payment7
19320313 The Canadian Engineer
19340221 GL John E Russell
19340724 GL Three Firemen Die When Oil Barge Burns1
19340724 GL Three Firemen Die When Oil Barge Burns2
19340724 GL Three Firemen Die When Oil Barge Burns3
19340809 TS Barge explosion
19340915 TS John E Russell killed1
19340915 TS John E Russell killed2
19340917 TS John E Russell death notice
19340918 GL John E. Russell funeral
19340918 TS John E Russell funeral
19340919 GL John E. Russell funeral
19341121 TS John E Russell will
19410415 GM Wycliffe Chapel Is Setting For Glover-Russell Wedding
19411105 GM Birgitta Guttormson Bride Of Roy Kitchener Russell
Research Findings, January 27, 2020 Joanne Doucette
Canadian Railway and Marine World, January 1922 Many of today’s articles come from this magazine’s Jan. 1922 to Dec. 1922 issues.
Canadian Railway and Marine World, January 1922, p. 50 Raising the barge “Thomas Quayle” on Lake Erie near Toledo.
Canadian Machinery and Manufacturing News, August 16, 1917 Launching of the freighter “Orleans” at Toronto. Build by a John E. Russell company, Thor Iron Works.
Canadian Railway and Marine World, January 1922, A K Russell, p. 264
John E. Russell also owned the Toronto Dry Dock Company.
John E. Russell’s officers are listed in the middle column about half way down the page.
Canadian Railway and Marine World, Feb. 1922, Toronto Dry Dock ad, p 41
Canadian Railway and Marine World, May 1922, p. 50. Another John E. Russell company, Dominion Towing & Wrecking Co., Limited.
Canadian Railway and Marine World, May 1922 The tug “John E. Russell” was the first ship into Toronto Harbour in the spring of 1922. This would have earned the tug’s captain the honour of wearing a traditional top hat presented by the Harbour Master.
Canadian Railway and Marine World, June 1922, The tug John E. Russell salvages the S.S. Aragon near Kingston.
Canadian Railway and Marine World, July 1922. The S.S. Kenora is refloated by John E. Russell.
Canadian Railway and Marine World, August 1922 William Newman, master wrecker for John E. Russell, was killed on the job.
Canadian Railway and Marine World, September 1922, p. 494. Rumors that J.E. Russell is taking over a Montreal business.
Canadian Railway and Marine World, October 1922, p. 542. More about the S.S. Joyland.
Canadian Railway and Marine World, Oct. 1922 Accident on the Welland Canal.
Engineering and Contract Record, December 5, 1923 The Hagersville Crushed Stone Co. was another John E. Russell company.
Engineering and Contract Record, December 5, 1923. McCracken Sewer Pipe was also a John E. Russell company.
Acts of the Parliament of Canada (14th Parliament, 4th Session, Chapter 57-214), 1925 p 31
Acts of the Parliament of Canada (14th Parliament, 4th Session, Chapter 57-214), 1925 p 33
Report of the City Engineer, City of Toronto, p. 211 Princess Street Yard Crib Work
York Pioneer and Historical Society Report for the Year, 1913 John E. Russell, 1010 Queen St. E. is a member.
Joseph Russell (1868 – 1925) was a Toronto businessman and politician. He was the oldest son of John Russell, a brick maker and stone cutter. Joseph Russell was from brickmaking clan like the Prices and the Morleys, only the Russells were Irish Anglicans. Joseph Russell was first cousin to John E. Russell who became famous as a salvage operator and contractor.
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Leslieville Historical Society 
Hi Joanne. Great job so far. I am overwhelmed. I will call you.
Steve Russell
Hi Joanne. Staying home and safe during the COVID19 pandemic.
Very interesting.