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Donevan & Richards, O. L. S.

  • Corporate body
  • fl. 1951

A surveying firm composed of Ontario Land Surveyors - Frederick James Donevan and George Richards. They were located in Cobourg, Ontario.
Their records are now with Ivan B. Wallace O.L.S Ltd. and Donevan Fleischmann Petrich Ltd.

Drewry, William Stewart, P.L.S.

  • Person
  • 1859-1939

William Drewry was born on January 20, 1859, at Belleville, Ontario, to parents John Burnham Drewry and Glorianna Climie. He was apprenticed to Evans and Bolger in 1879 and qualified as an Ontario Land Surveyor (1882), and a Dominion Land Surveyor (1883). Throughout his career he surveyed with several government departments, railways and private firms. In 1884, he married Clare Lillian Hazard. He died on December 2, 1939 in Victoria, British Columbia.

Elliott, Grange W., O.L.S.

  • Person
  • fl. 1967

Grange Elliott was the founder of Grange W. Elliott Ltd., a surveying company in Kingston, Ontario. The Hopkins Chitty Land Surveyors Inc. acquired the assets and records of his company.

Emerson, John, P.L.S.

  • Person
  • 1799-1884

John Emerson was born near Clones, Ireland on January 16, 1799. He learned the skill of surveying at a young age while still in Ireland. He immigrated to Canada in 1832, settling on a farm in Tyendinaga Township, near Roslin with his sister, Anne. He never married. Throughout his surveying career, he mapped the counties of Hastings, Prince Edward, Northumberland and Lennox and Addington as a Provincial Land Surveyor. He died on February 24, 1884 and was buried in Roslin, Ontario.

Evans, John Walter

  • Person
  • 1870-1938

Walter Evans was born on April 10, 1870, at Belleville, Ontario, to parents Mary Ellen Henry and John Dunlop Evans (a surveyor and architect). He married his first wife, Jennie Leah Henry, on September 18, 1901, at Ottawa, Ontario. He later married Marjorie Miriam Struthers after the death of his first wife in 1925. Throughout his career he worked as an Ontario Land Surveyor and engineer. He worked with his father, John Dunlop Evans, at their company "Evans & Evans, Civil Engineers and Ontario Land Surveyors." After his father's retirement in 1928, the company became "J. Walter Evans & Co. Engineers & Surveyors." Evans was also a trailblazer in the steel and metal industries - placing patents on many of his electrical furnace inventions. He died only 8 years after his father, on November 6, 1938 at Beardmore, Thunder Bay, Ontario.

Forneri and Kennedy, P.L.S.

  • Corporate body
  • 1866-1870

A land surveying firm headed by Cosford Chalmers Forneri P.L.S. (b. 5 Sep 1842) and Lachlan Kennedy P.L.S.

Forneri, Cosford Chalmers

  • Person
  • 1842-1880

Cosford Chalmers Forneri was born in Belfast, Ireland, on 5 September 1842, the child of James (Giacomo Felice Carlo) DeForneri and Elizabeth Susannah Wiles. The family arrived in Nova Scotia in 1851 and moved to Toronto in 1853. Cosford became a Provincial Land Surveyor in 1864 and moved to Madoc, Ontario. He married Isabell Agar in 1868. Forneri died at Rat Portage [now Kenora], Ontario, on 15 August 1880.

Gibbs, Thomas Fraser, P.L.S.

  • Person
  • c.1804-1893

Thomas F. Gibbs was born around 1804, the son of Thomas David Gibbs and Agnes Fraser. He became a land surveyor in Kingston, Ontario. He died on 17 April 1893.

Grenkie, Edward John, O.L.S.

  • Person
  • fl. 1974

Edward John Grenklie owns Barich Grenkie Surveying Ltd., which was incorporated in November 2003.

Hawkins, William, P.L.S.

  • Person
  • b. 1807

William qualified as a Deputy Provincial Surveyor on October 31, 1832.
The Township of Hawkins in the District of Algoma was named after him.

Hermon, Royal Wilkerson, P.L.S.

  • Person
  • 1830-1907

Hermon was born on March 4, 1830, at a farm in Rednersville Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, to parents William Hermon and Sarah Roblin. He had 8 siblings. His paternal grandparents were "Pennsylvania Dutch," and immigrated to Canada in the 1770s, while his maternal side were United Empire Loyalist settlers. Hermon went to school at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario. He went on to teach school and eventually train and qualify as a Provincial Land Surveyor. He set up practice in the Counties of Hastings and Prince Edward. From 1882 to 1884, he was employed as Inspector of Dominion Lands Survey.

His first wife was Anne Louise Bolton of York, Ontario (m. 11 May 1861), by whom he had two children, Ernest Bolton and Robert. After her death in 1867, he married Olive A. Jeffs the following year. They had three children: Edward William, Royal Ridley and Roblin Compton. After the passing of his second wife in 1875, he remarried once again. This time he was wed to Mary Doan and produced two more children: Mary Gertrude and Bartle Pierre. After a long and prosperous life, Hermon died of "surveyors stomach trouble" on February 9, 1907, at the farm where he was born 77 years earlier.

Horsey and Nash, P.L.S.

  • Corporate body
  • fl. 1857

A land surveying partnership composed of Henry Hodge Horsey P.L.S. (b. 30 Jun 1830 - d. 11 Aug 1911) and Thomas Webb Nash P.L.S. (d. 23 Mar 1915).

Hume, Darrell L., O.L.S.

  • Person
  • fl. 1980

The notes and records of Darrell L. Hume Limited are located with Watson Land Surveyors Ltd.

Innes and MacLeod, P.L.S.

  • Person
  • fl. 1856-1865

A partnership between Mr. John Innes of Kingston, Ontario and Mr. Henry A. F. MacLeod, P.L.S.

Jackson, William, O.L.S.

  • Person
  • fl. 1963

An Ontario Land Surveyor and partner in the surveying firm "Browne, Cavell and Jackson Ltd."

Kingsford, William

  • Person
  • 1819-1898

William Kingsford was born on December 23, 1819 in London, England to parents William Sr. and Elizabeth. He went to school in Camberwell at the Nicholas Wanostrocht school. Throughout his education, he studied architecture and was eventually articled to an architect. At an age of 16 years, he enlisted with the 1st Dragoon Guards and traveled with them, to Canada (1837) as sergeant. In 1840, he left the regiment to pursue a career with the city of Montreal as a civil engineer and deputy city surveyor. About a decade later, Kingsford became heavily involved in the construction of railroads and canals all over the continent - from New York to Panama to Toronto. After dismissal from his engineering career, he pursed his passion for historical literature further. He was the author of many historical pamphlets and books, but most notably "History of Canada" which was released in 1887. Kingsford married Maria Margaret, the daughter of William Lindsay, clerk of the legislative assembly of Canada. He died on September 29, 1898.

Kotte, Lewis

  • Person
  • fl. 1784

In 1784, Lewis surveyed Adolphustown and Fredericksburgh townships along side D.P.S. James Peachy.

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