|
William Price (17 September 1789 – 14 March 1867) was a Quebec lumber merchant and manufacturer.〔http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/price_william_9E.html〕 Price was born in Hornsey, near London, England to Richard Price and Mary Evans, a family originally from Wales in 1789.〔http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/price_william_9E.html〕 Price studied law at the Inner Temple, but found his way to Quebec in 1810 and served in the local militia during the War of 1812.〔http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/price_william_9E.html〕 Price took over a food supplier in 1815 and by 1820 formed the William Price Company as a produce shipping company and later into timber.〔http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/price_william_9E.html〕 His wife Jane Stewart gave birth to sons William Evan Price, David Edward Price and Evans John Price. Price founded a Quebec based timber firm William Price Company, that later would become Price Brothers Limited. Price died in Wolfesfield, near Quebec in 1867. == References == * 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「William Price (merchant)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
|