McGill Library
McLennan Library Building3459 rue McTavish
Montreal, Quebec
H3A 0C9
Identity area
Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
Gardner, James Gill, 1876-1958
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Description area
Dates of existence
1876-1958
History
James Gill Gardner was born on May 31, 1876, in Port Hope, Ontario.
He was one of the industrial leaders of Ontario, President of the Brockville Trust and Savings Company Ltd., and a former director and Vice-President of the Canadian National Railways. He organized and built the Canadian Billings & Spencer Comp., Ltd. in Welland, of which he was Managing Director until 1912. He was also president of Brockville Country Club.
In 1904, he married Rhea Grasby Bowie. He died on January 28, 1958, in Brockville, Ontario.