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History Countdown
These tidbits of Price history were sourced and added by the 2010 reunion team.
Great job team!!!!
1839: The end of the Gould-Dowie-McGill-Price partnership
1810: William Price arrives in Quebec City
Quebec City in the 19th century
1811: The timber trade in 19th century Canada
Loading timber on the ships
1812: The United States declares war
The war of 1812
1813: William goes to Halifax
The Chesapeake in Halifax harbour
1814: War ends, William named Manager or Idle & Coats
The Quebec Citadel
1815: Napolean defeated at Waterloo
Napoleon Bonaparte
1816: Birth of Timothy H Dunn
Timothy H Dunn
1818: Chile declares its independence
Bernudo O'Higgins
1819 - 1820: England is close to ruin
1820: The first Price company
Timber rafts near Quebec City
1821: Henrietta Stewart married to William Phillips
Henrietta Eleanor Stewart
1822: Dalhousie opens the legislative session
George Ramsay, Earl of Dalhousie
1825: William marries Jane
William Price
1826: Birth of the first of the "Price Brothers"
Tombstones of the three Price brothers
1827: William's first foray into industry
19th century Canadian steam powered sawmill
1828: Wolfesfield
Wolfesfield circa 1890
1829: Birth of Richard, the first (or second) Price to serve
Captain Richard Price
1830: Birth of the infamous Mary Price
Tombstone of Mary Eleanor Price
1836: Founding of Bishop's College School
Bishop's College
1838: Creation of the Société des Vingt-et-un
Alexis Tremblay le Picoté
1839: Robert Blair joins the William Price Company
1841: Queen Victoria knights George Simpson
1842: Williiam acquires the assets of the Vingt-et-Un
1844: Pere Honorat arrives in the Saguenay
1845: A son of William is sent to Europe
1846: Birth of Cecilia Price
1847: The other Price family of Quebec City
1848: William bought the mill at Moulin-a-Baud
1849: The California Gold Rush
1851: The 66th sailed to Quebec City
1852: Death of Peter McLeod
1853: Introduction of the Canadian dollar
1854: First North American Trade Treaty
1855: Founding of William Price & Sons
1856: Birth of James Buchanan Duke
1857: The Panic of 1857
1858: Invention of the Peavy
1859: Founding of Anse St-Jean Fishing Club
1860: David Edward stood up for the river pilots
1861: The Trent Affair
1862: David Edward launched the Tadoussac Hotel project
1863: Damase Boulanger moves his family to Alma
1864: William Price & Sons acquired a sawmill in Matane
1865: Founding of the Union Bank
1866: Birth of James Archibald Scott
1867: Death of William Price. Birth of William Price
1868: Death of Sir Edmund Walker
1869: Founding of Price & Pierce
1870: Great Fire of the Saguenay
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