Montreal History Website https://montrealhistory.org Major Events In Canadian History Sat, 16 Jan 2021 18:04:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://montrealhistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/iconmh.png Montreal History Website https://montrealhistory.org 32 32 Important People in Canadian History: John Ostell https://montrealhistory.org/2016/06/26/a-man-in-a-hurry-montreals-john-ostell-2/ Sun, 26 Jun 2016 11:48:12 +0000 https://montrealhistory.org/?p=17 John Ostell, son of English saddler Isaac Ostell and an immigrant to Montreal in 1834 at the age of 21, was Montreal’s most important...

The post Important People in Canadian History: John Ostell first appeared on Montreal History Website.]]> Montreal History: Important Canadian People https://montrealhistory.org/2016/03/26/a-man-in-a-hurry-montreals-john-ostell/ Sat, 26 Mar 2016 11:40:48 +0000 https://montrealhistory.org/?p=8 A Little History of Canada John Ostell, son of English saddler Isaac Ostell and an immigrant to Montreal in 1834 at the age of...

The post Montreal History: Important Canadian People first appeared on Montreal History Website.]]> Important People in Canadian History – Henry Esson: Portrait of a Pastor https://montrealhistory.org/2010/01/portrait-of-a-pastor/ Fri, 26 Feb 2016 11:43:09 +0000 https://montrealhistory.org/?p=12 In early 1817, a letter was received at Marischal College in Aberdeen from the Scotch Presbyterian Church in Montreal, asking that a clergyman ordained...

The post Important People in Canadian History – Henry Esson: Portrait of a Pastor first appeared on Montreal History Website.]]> Montreal History: A Man in a Hurry https://montrealhistory.org/2011/05/a-man-in-a-hurry-montreal%E2%80%99s-john-ostell/ Tue, 26 Apr 2011 12:10:48 +0000 https://montrealhistory.org/?p=27 In January 1837, he married Élisabeth-Éléonore Gauvin, whose brother Dr. Henri-Alphonse Gauvin was a Patriote leader during the 1837 Rebellion and died as a...

The post Montreal History: A Man in a Hurry first appeared on Montreal History Website.]]> Brief History on Canada – Robert Cleghorn: Nurseryman & Man of Culture https://montrealhistory.org/2010/04/robert-cleghorn-nurseryman-man-of-culture/ Mon, 26 Apr 2010 12:22:06 +0000 https://montrealhistory.org/?p=46 “Robert Cleghorn was a public-spirited citizen and a man of domestic tastes, and the influences of a home of culture and refinement left their...

The post Brief History on Canada – Robert Cleghorn: Nurseryman & Man of Culture first appeared on Montreal History Website.]]> Major Events in Canadian History: The Atwater Library’s Abolitionist Connections https://montrealhistory.org/2010/02/the-atwater-librarys-abolitionist-connection Fri, 26 Feb 2010 12:20:11 +0000 https://montrealhistory.org/?p=43 Dorothy Williams, author of “Blacks In Montreal 1628-1986: An Urban Demography” and “The Road to Now:  A History of Blacks in Montreal,” spoke recently...

The post Major Events in Canadian History: The Atwater Library’s Abolitionist Connections first appeared on Montreal History Website.]]> Montrealhistory.org explores: Montreal “Mechanics” Had Diverse Interests 1828-35 https://montrealhistory.org/2010/02/montreal-mechanics-had-diverse-interests-1828-35/ Fri, 26 Feb 2010 12:18:29 +0000 https://montrealhistory.org/?p=41 Montreal in the 1820s was not a cultural haven for the working man.  Few educational opportunities existed for them in the 1820s and 1830s–or...

The post Montrealhistory.org explores: Montreal “Mechanics” Had Diverse Interests 1828-35 first appeared on Montreal History Website.]]> Early Jewish Members of the Mechanics’ Institute – Timeline of Canadian History https://montrealhistory.org/2010/01/early-jewish-members-of-mechanics-institute/ Tue, 26 Jan 2010 12:16:17 +0000 https://montrealhistory.org/?p=36 The Jewish community has been an integral part of Quebec society for two and a half centuries but few people are aware of it,...

The post Early Jewish Members of the Mechanics’ Institute – Timeline of Canadian History first appeared on Montreal History Website.]]> Montreal, Canadian History – John Cliff, James Duncan, John C. Spence & the Mechanics’ Institute https://montrealhistory.org/2010/01/drawing-classes-at-the-mechanics%E2%80%99-institute-2/ Tue, 26 Jan 2010 12:15:15 +0000 https://montrealhistory.org/?p=34 In Montreal in 1828, the leaders of the new Montreal Mechanics’ Institution envisioned the establishment of classes in such subjects as writing, arithmetic, French,...

The post Montreal, Canadian History – John Cliff, James Duncan, John C. Spence & the Mechanics’ Institute first appeared on Montreal History Website.]]> A Little History of Canada – New City Gas https://montrealhistory.org/2010/01/new-city-gas-mechanics-institute/ Tue, 26 Jan 2010 12:13:16 +0000 https://montrealhistory.org/?p=31 First gas company in 1836 The parliament of Lower Canada passed legislation in 1836 to form the Montreal Gas Light Company. Among the many...

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