| 词条 | Charles Fuller Gildersleeve |
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The son of Henry Gildersleeve and Sarah Finkle, he was born in Kingston[1] and was educated at Upper Canada College. Gildersleeve was called to the Ontario bar in 1859 and joined his brother Overton Smith in the practice of law. He married Mary Elizabeth Herchmer.He took over the operation of the family steamship business after his brother died in 1864 and expanded that business. Gildersleeve formed the Lake Ontario and Bay of Quinte Steamboat Company in 1893 and, in 1894, he became general manager of the Richelieu and Ontario Navigation Company.[1] In 1913, those companies became part of Canada Steamship Lines.[2] He served on Kingston city council for 22 years. He took part in the construction of the Kingston and Pembroke Railway and became he railway's president. Gildersleeve also helped establish the School of Mining, later the Department of Mining, at Queen's University.[3] He died in Kingston and was buried in Cataraqui Cemetery.[4] His son Nenry, known as "H. H.", became president of the Bay of Quinte Steamboat Company, was general manager of the Northern Navigation Company of Sarnia and later served on the executive of Canada Steamship Lines.[3] His daughter Maud married Victor Brereton Rivers. References1. ^{{cite book |url=http://www.ourroots.ca/page.aspx?id=765339 |title=Pioneer life on the Bay of Quinte, including genealogies of old families and biographical sketches of representative citizens |pages=341–42 |year=1900 |publisher=Ralph and Clark}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Gildersleeve, Charles Fuller}}{{Ontario-mayor-stub}}2. ^{{cite web |url=http://navalmarinearchive.com/research/quinte_shipping_companies.html |title=Prince Edward County - shipping lines |publisher=Naval Marine Archive}} 3. ^1 2 3 {{cite news |url=http://www.thewhig.com/2010/05/19/the-great-gildersleeve-era |title=The great Gildersleeve era |newspaper=kingston Whig-Standard |date=May 19, 2010 |last=McLeod |first=Susanna}} 4. ^{{cite book|last1=Gildersleeve|first1=Willard Harvey|title=Gildersleeves of Gildersleeve, Conn.|date=1914|location=Meriden|pages=28–29|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cTVMAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false|quote=He died 1 a. m. Jan. 18, 1906, Thursday, in Kingston, the funeral services being conducted by the Bishop of Ontario. He was buried in the Cataraqui cemetery.}} 7 : 1833 births|1906 deaths|Mayors of Kingston, Ontario|Businesspeople from Ontario|Canadian businesspeople in shipping|Canadian railway entrepreneurs|19th-century Canadian businesspeople |
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