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Patrick Joseph Larkin, ship's captain, businessman, politician, 1 March 1829 – 31 August 1900. Patrick Joseph Larkin was one of eight children who emigrated with their parents to Quebec, Canada, in 1837. His father died while on the ship, and his mother led the family to Toronto. By 1842 Larkin had gone to sea, eventually becoming a captain, a ship owener, and was involved in ship construction. From the 1870s he served as a councillor, becoming Mayor of St. Catherine's 1882-83. In 1875 he formed the contrcting firm, Larkin, Connolly, and Connolly, its first contract being to build a section of the Welland canal. The company owned a dock, a harboru works, and portions of a railway. Larkin invested in the grocery business and supplied timer. The Dictionary of Canadian Biography says of him
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