McFarlane & Gibb

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McFarlane & Gibb

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        1784-1790

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        McFarlane & Gibb were Montreal tailors. Founded in 1784 by Benaiah Gibb (1755-1826) and Peter McFarlane (1725-1811), McFarlane & Gibb specialized in ready-to-wear clothing for men, especially for wealthy merchants and other influential members of Montreal society. Gibb was born in England to a family of Scottish origins, trained as a tailor in England, and migrated to Quebec in 1774. He worked on his own for a time, but in 1784, he went into partnership with Peter McFarlane, who had also had his own business. They worked together until October 1790, when McFarlane retired. Gibb continued to run a business on his own, by the two men continued to have a friendship, and McFarlane lived with Gibb in his later years. Gibb retired in 1815, and his sons took over the business.

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            Dates of existence and biographical details based on content of the collection and a Dictionary of Canadian Biography entry for Benaiah Gibb: http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/gibb_benaiah_6E.html

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