George Henry Yale
George Henry Yale | |
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Born | French-Canadian | 28 September 1820
Occupation(s) | fur trader, manufacturer, politician, pioneer |
Spouse | Victoria Laurent |
Children | 1 |
Major George Henry Yale (1820 – 1897) was a Canadian military officer,
Members of his family included fur merchant James Murray Yale, his uncle, and Isabella Yale, his cousin, who became the daughter-in-law of Gov. Sir George Simpson of the Hudson's Bay Company.
Early life
George Henry Yale was born on September 28, 1820, in
His grandfather Theophilus Yale was a merchant and tenant of the
The other, Capt. Henry Newsham Peers, was the son of Capt. Peers from Trinity College, Oxford, and a grandson of Count Julianus Petrus de Linnée, member of a noble family of Brittany.[5] His New York cousin, Moses Yale Beach, became a pioneer of the penny press newspapers, and the father of innovator Alfred Ely Beach and politician Moses S. Beach, who ran the New York Sun under the presidency of Abraham Lincoln.
George Henry Yale's uncle, Andrew Yale, owned a shipbuilding company in
Career
George Henry Yale followed his family as a child to St-Antoine de la Rivière-du-Loup.[1] He later established his family at Rivière-du-Loup around 1850, opening a 3 stories tannery with a few family members and employees.[11][12] In 1856, Yale bought land on the Maskinongé River from Samuel Gerrard, Lord of Carufel and Lanaudière, and gave it the name of Yaletown.[13][14][15][16] He built on the land a tannery, two commercial buildings, a mill, a saw mill and a flour mill.[16] The village formed around its waterfall, which allowed Yale to use its current as a source of energy for his businesses.[1] He then paved the roads, build houses for his employees, linked the village to Louiseville and built a bridge.[11][15][16]
In 1860, Yale's shop and buildings burned down uninsured, bringing a loss of about $6,000.
By this time, Yale also had another tannery, a
In 1873, Yale sold his properties to F. Shaw & Bros, tanners of Montreal, which were sold back to Donoan & Moran, leather manufacturers of Montreal.
Yale's son-in-law, Major Francois-Xavier Lambert, served under Col. Charles-Eugène Panet, later Senator, and was among the general staff of Sir Adolphe-Philippe Caron, Minister of Militia and Defence, and Maj. Gen. Sir Frederick D. Middleton.[32][33] Lambert then served at the adjutant general office under Commanding Gen. Sir Edward S. Smyth, and was made Senior Major under Lt. Col. de Lotbinière Harwood, grandson of the Marquess of Lotbinière.[34][35][36][37]
Later career
In 1882, Yale founded a shoe factory named La manufacture de chaussures de la ville de Louiseville, with MP Édouard Caron, and 3 other merchants.[38] They were in the business of manufacturing and selling shoes, with a capital stock of $25,000, and Yale was elected on its board of directors.[38] In the same year, he was one of the three candidates to the House of Commons of Canada, trying to obtain a seat in Canada's Parliament, but was defeated by 319 votes to Frédéric Houde, a newspaper owner.[39][40][1]
Yale later cofounded the Société de Navigation des Trois-Rivières à Montréal, a steam boat shipping company, and became its president.[12] The new company included merchants, seamen and farmers from Rivière-du-Loup, Trois-Rivières, Saint-Léon, and Yamachiche. His uncle Andrew Yale and cousin William Yale also became agents and tanners for his enterprises, and were partners in his ventures.[12] In 1880, Yale assisted and made a speech at the wedding of Rev. Boucher, along with Col. de Lotbinière Harwood, MP Frédéric Houde, MP François-Sévère L. Désaulniers, MP Alexis L. Desaulniers and MP Édouard Caron.[41]
In 1882, Yale sold some factories to Marceau, which were seized by Banque Ville-Marie in 1884, and sold in March 1888, to John Heenan for $8,500.
They started exporting their products to neighboring villages, downtown Montreal and to Britain.
Yale's tannery was the second of its kind in Canada, only surpassed by the tannery of Casimir and Calixte Galibert of
Death
In 1891, Yale's factories burned down for a third time, bringing losses of more than $15,000, and was once again uninsured.
Under Premier
George Henry Yale died on June 18, 1897, in Montreal.[1] Maj. Yale was married on February 16, 1841, to Victoria Laurent, by whom he had a daughter named Marie Victoria Yale, who married to Major Francois-Xavier Lambert, also alderman of Louiseville.[53][1] Their daughter, Marie-Antoinette Lambert, married to Dr. Louis A. Fortier, father of lawyer Jacob Yale Fortier.[54]
Yale's brothers-in-law were Charles Robert, merchant
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