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Type of entity
Person
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Lewis, Albert R. (Albert Romain), 1846?-1928
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Description area
Dates of existence
1846?-1928
History
Albert Romain Lewis was born abt 1846 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
He was a lawyer, a member of the Ontario bar. In 1862, he enlisted in the army and served during the Civil War until 1865. In 1869, he graduated from McGill University (B.A.) where he was a classmate of B.J. Harrington (1848-1907). In 1885, he served as one of the corporate executives of the Dominion Coal Company. In 1889, he became Queens Counsel.
In 1874, he married Jane Nelson Robertson. He died on December 19, 1928, in York, Ontario.