William Price (merchant)

William Price (17 September 1789 – 14 March 1867) was a Quebec lumber merchant and manufacturer.[1][2]

William Price
Born(1789-09-17)17 September 1789
Hornsey, north London, England
Died14 March 1867(1867-03-14) (aged 77)
Sillery, Canada East
Resting placeMount Hermon Cemetery
OccupationTimber merchant
Known forFounder of timber firm that later became Price Brothers
Spouse(s)Jane Stewart
Children

Price was born at Hornsey, in the London Borough of Haringey, England, to Richard Price and Mary Evans, a family originally from Wales in 1789.[1] He 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.[1] 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.[1][2]

William Price and his wife Jane Stewart had 14 children — seven daughters and seven sons — three of whom included William Evan Price, David Edward Price, and Evans John Price.[3] The family resided at the Wolfesfield (or Wolfe's Field) estate in Sillery, which Price had purchased in 1828.[2][3]

Price founded a Quebec-based timber firm William Price Company,[2] that later would become Price Brothers Limited.

William Price died at his Wolfesfield estate in 1867, and was buried at nearby Mount Hermon Cemetery.[4][5]

References
  1. Dechêne, Louise (1976). PRICE, WILLIAM. Dictionary of Canadian Biography. 9. University of Toronto/Université Laval. OCLC 53361801. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
  2. Ville de Québec. "Toponymie: Ravin". www.ville.quebec.qc.ca (in French). Retrieved 1 May 2020.
  3. Craick, W. A. (1 January 1914). "Lumber Kings of the Saguenay". Maclean's. Toronto. ISSN 0024-9262. OCLC 145379603. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
  4. Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec. William Price. Registre d'inhumation du Mount Hermon Cemetery, 1848-1904. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
  5. Mellem, K. C.; et al. (3 Mar 2014). "William Price". Find a Grave. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
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