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John Torrance : ウィキペディア英語版 | John Torrance
John Torrance (June 8, 1786 - January 20, 1870) was a merchant and entrepreneur of Montreal. He entered the railroad industry in the 1830s and ran steamboats on the St. Lawrence River. He was also a director of the Bank of Montreal and closely involved with many aspects to do with the progression of Montreal from the 1820s to the 1850s. His home, St. Antoine Hall, was one of the early estates of the Golden Square Mile. ==Early years==
In 1786, John Torrance was born at Larkhall, Lanarkshire, the second of the five very able sons born to Thomas Torrance (1735–1805), of Larkhall. John accompanied his four brothers to New York in 1805, and came to Montreal in 1807 to join his brother, Thomas, who had established himself as a merchant there. John next went to Quebec City to represent Thomas' firm, meeting his wife there. His marriage contract showed he was already a wealthy man. By 1814, he was back in Montreal and had opened a general store near to Thomas' on Saint-Paul Street. By 1826, his nephew David Torrance, had become a clerk in John’s business, marrying John's daughter in 1832. Their business partnership lasted until John retired in 1853. This closeness between uncle and nephew was a likely reason for John's son opening his own rival firm.
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