John William Richardson, Date of Birth, Date of Death
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About John William Richardson
- John William Richardson (August 23, 1863 – August 20, 1938) was a merchant, horticulturist and politician in Ontario, Canada.
- He served as mayor of North Bay in 1902 and from 1932 to 1933.The son of John Stanley Richardson, a native of England, and Helen Taylor, he was born in Forest, Huron County, Canada West.
- He first worked with George Frederick Marter, a general merchant.
- Richardson later went to Winnipeg, where he entered the hardware business.
- He also worked as a tinsmith on the roof of the Manitoba parliament buildings.
- Around 1885, he married Eliza Hill of Winnipeg; they had four children.
- Richardson came to North Bay in 1885.
- He opened a tinsmith shop which, over time, became a hardware and general store.He served on the North Bay council, as chair of the town planning commission and as a member of the public school board.
- Richardson was also president of the local horticultural society.
- He also served as head of the local Orange Order.Richardson died just before his 75th birthday of a heart problem that had affected him for the last five years of his life.Richardson's store remained in the family until 1998 when it was destroyed in a fire.
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