Portfolio Category: 1990-1995

Hazen Algar Russell Hazen Algar Russell was born in Seal Cove, Grand Manan, New Brunswick, on March 8, 1892, the son of Peter and Alfaretta Russell. Hazen Russell joined the Bank of Nova Scotia in 1910 working for several branches in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia until transferring to Newfoundland in 1916. While serving as manager of the bank in Catalina,…

William James Lundrigan William J. Lundrigan was born in Blaketown, Trinity Bay, in 1901. William left school at the age of 15 to become the family breadwinner. After working with the mining company on Bell Island, William moved to Corner Brook. Just before World War II, he established a logging and lumbering operation near Stephenville…

Albert Edgar Hickman Albert Edgar Hickman was born in Grand Bank in 1874. He completed his education in Mount Allison, New Brunswick. Upon graduating, Albert worked with a fish exporting company based in Halifax. In 1905, he became a partner and started a branch of this fish exporting business in St. John’s. In 1914, he became sole owner of A. E.…

Silas Wilmot Moores Silas Wilmot Moores was born in Freshwater, Carbonear, on December 8, 1890. At the age of 14, Silas left school to work in his father’s business, W & J Moores, a fisheries supply and exporting business. In 1941, Silas started his own fresh fish business,The Harbour Grace Fishing Company Limited. Although he…

Alexander John Harvey Alexander John Harvey was born in Bermuda in June 1849. After completing his formal education in the United States, Alexander moved to Halifax to work for his father's business, George C. Harvey and Company. In 1865, Alec Harvey moved to St. John's where he established an import/export business, Alex J. Harvey & Company, incorporating it in 1914 as A. Harvey…

Chesley A. Pippy Chesley Alwyn Pippy was born in St. John’s on November 9, 1894, the son of William and Jessie Pippy. He received his education at the Methodist College and St. Bon’s College in St. John’s. At the age of 15, Ches was hired as a bookkeeper with the firm of John Anderson, a…

Gerald Stanley Doyle Gerald Stanley Doyle was born on September 26, 1892, in King’s Cove, Bonavista Bay, to Captain Thomas and Margaret Doyle. At 10 years of age, Gerald moved to St. John's with his family, finished grade 8 at St. Patrick's Hall School and apprenticed as a druggist at Wadden's Drug Store on Water Street. In 1917, Gerald traveled to…

John Penney Powell John Penney Powell was born in Carbonear on March 8, 1866, the son of Joseph and Grace Powell. John began work in 1890 on a survey crew of the Reid Newfoundland Railway. In 1900, he was appointed to oversee the construction of Newfoundland’s first hydroelectric power station at Petty Harbour. Under the auspices…

Chester E. Dawe Chester E. Dawe was born in Bay Roberts in 1904, the son of Captain William and Eliza Dawe. Chester was educated at Bay Roberts Academy, Bishop Field College and Butler’s Business School. Chester joined the family firm, William Dawe and Sons Limited, and worked mainly in their White Bay operation which supplied pit-props for the mines of England…

Dr. Harry Duncan Roberts Dr. Harry Duncan Roberts was born November 21, 1908, in St. John's, the son of Job Henry and Effie Jane Roberts. Dr. Roberts received his formal education at the Methodist College in St. John's, Memorial University of Newfoundland and McGill University. In 1936, he graduated from Dalhousie University with amedical degree. Dr.…

Sir John Chalker Crosbie John Chalker Crosbie was born at Brigus, Newfoundland, on September 11, 1876, the first born of George Graham Crosbie and Martha Ellen Chalker. His father died when he was 16, and young John left school to run the family hotel. At age 24, John started the family's flagship operation, Crosbie and Company, the first major local exporter…

Chesley Arthur Crosbie Chesley Arthur Crosbie was born in St. John’s in 1905. Chesley was educated at Bishop Field College, St. John's, and St. Andrew's College, Ontario. Upon completing his schooling, Chester entered his father’s salt fish business and in the mid-1930’s, experimented with the use of beam trawlers to supply fish for his curing plant at Harbour Grace. Chester promoted…

Henry Collingwood Henry Collingwood was born in St. John’s on May 6, 1918, and has been a business leader for most of his life. Hank, as his friends call him, started with the family business, Baine Johnston & Company, at the age of 17. By 1959, he was named president of the firm and in 1972, was appointed chairman and chief…

Geoffrey William Stirling Geoffrey William Stirling was born in St. John’s in 1922. A noted track and field athlete,  Stirling went to the University of Tampa on an athletics scholarship where he became a correspondent for Time and the Chicago Tribune. Geoff would go on to make an indelible mark on the broadcasting industry in Newfoundland…

Geoffrey Conrad Carnell Geoffrey Conrad Carnell was born in St. John’s on January 19, 1915, the son of Andrew and Mabel Carnell. Geoffrey Carnell entered the family business as an apprentice wheelwright at the age of 17. The company, established in 1780, was a diversified business involved in the provision of funeral services and the manufacture and repair of carriages, sleighs and leaf…

Joseph Lacey Butler Joseph Lacey Butler was born on November 12, 1901, in Port De Grave to James and Clara Butler. James left home at the age of 13 and traveled to the coast of Labrador where by the age of 18 he had become a Marconi Communications operator. Joseph worked in Makovik, Labrador, and Sable Island as a…

Sir Eric Vanisttart Bowater Sir Eric Vansittart Bowater was born in England in 1895. Following the death of his father in 1924, he became managing director of W. V. Bowater and Sons and three years later was named chairman. In 1936, Sir Eric arranged to purchase a paper mill on the West Coast of Newfoundland and formed Bowater Newfoundland Pulp and…

Sir Marmaduke George Winter kt Sir Marmaduke George Winter was born in Lamaline in 1857 and later moved to St. John’s. Sir Marmaduke established T & M in St. John’s in 1878. The company was involved in the export of salt fish and in the early sealing industry. Under Sir Marmaduke’s leadership, the company expanded…