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William Knowles Burk 1816-1881
Clara C. Coryell 1824-1895 Belle Gerrie 1851-1921, lapsed
Evangeline Anderson
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Back Three: Gussie, Tom and Flossie
Front Four: Chipsie, Elsie, Kathleen and Gerrie
Born Bowmanville, Ont.; attended local schools
For some years in service of defunct Ont. Bank; mangr. do., Port Arthur, 1875-84;
Resigned to become financial mangr. for his brother Marvin Burk, ry. contractor;
V.-P. and dir. Port Arthur, Duluth and Western Ry. Co., up to its completion,1893, when he became V.P. and genl. mangr. thereof. See P.A.D & W. Railway Web Site
Became president and dir. Ontario & Raimy River Ry. Co., 1898 (now a portion of Can. Northern Ry. system); was later a dir. Port Arthur Light and Power Co., presdt. W. Algoma Agricul. Soc., presdt. St. Joe Ry. Co. and secy and mangr. Lake Superior Dock Co.; has done important work as genl mangr. New Ont. Colonization Assn.; owns Port Arthur Herald, which he formerly conducted; a Lib., and has twice unsuccessfully contested Algoma (H.C.) in that interest; a Presb. -- Port Arthur, Ont.
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