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Wil�ia= A.
1385:
Thomson:::
inf.
':ras
ercsdi''·tely opposite
:·�·=s r lJ:_l =.-�::--' 01)er t �1•
he
1{:�.
r·e.. :L:iicl.s.
t>.e
was
a
Canad2. .
:1<.�veryone
:-'r.
fact,
him fi�ancially,
i ti vel�- rich
to Fort Erie,
came
{3.2_�ge
a
dwelling
f01�
the
purchasing
ols_ buildings
ti:112.
Eis vd.fe
fa:d_ly of young chi 1dren,
considerable
feaver,
was
old
1J11r:1i r._r2 s s ili.
a�1d tearir:.g dovr::-:_ 2..ll the
�2S
the
for;n;::;rly be'='�1 the
l:1c: i--c ctn t :i_ J_ 2:
ThoDson
that had any ;-,iOney
together
but after
primarily
land boom in Upper
in vesting in village
and to\1r:1
and made sever2,l very expensi�e
with the boom
a
ruined
materializing,
never
few years he recovered and died
a
comparÂ
Eian.
It -;r,-as through his
original
Mr.
facin�� t!-...e ri veT
Unfortunately in severa.l j_nstances he also 2-JUrchased law
?hat
0;1-the-Lalrn
a
time ther�
Thor'ls on caught
purcha.s:;s.
suits.
lady anr1 had
About his
had
�11 on1s OTL he�d- bs1 e r1 j_ r1
comrnodius and U}Jtodate
s'Ju thern
girls.
lots.
a
It
I
mentioned property;
erected
z-
very pretb_1y si LJ.ated,
Q: retiring from busines
the ab eve
I t?-6
i 7 e. -
by �l�2,'.:,'.cJ_iffe:::
11His resj_dnce
and
t
to Chippawa,
promoter
Confederation,
he
of
vms
that the ra.ilv-ray runnning
efforts
th.s
a
was
exten(�?.d to Fort
Canadian Southern;
member
Erie.
and
a
He
f!'om Hiagare.�'ls.. s
also the
few years after
of the iiJellancl County
as
H.P.
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Louis McDermott Collection
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Local history, Fort Erie and surrounding area.
Description
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A collection of historical documents, photos, news clippings, letters, and writings, assembled by local historian, Louis McDermott, and donated to the Fort Erie Public Library.
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Louis McDermott
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FEPL-LH -Louis McDermott
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English
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Included in this collection are writings, historical documents, news clippings, images, maps, and more. They were written and compiled by Louis McDermott into a series of binders. The digital collection has been scanned from these physical copies.
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Fort Erie Public Library and Louis McDermott
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William Thomson
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Listed here is a document detailing biographical information on William Thomson.
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Louis McDermott Historical Collection
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1885
Fort Erie
Louis Mcdermott Collection
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