Edward Smyth

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• Business: Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Smyth Brothers
• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/157866804
• Nationality: , Canada
• Residence: 31 Young St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-92367
• Immigration: 1872, , Canada
• Immigration: 1875, , Ireland
• Immigration: 1875, , Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Merchant
• Residence: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
• Occupation: 1883, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Merchant
• Residence: 1883, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Merchant
• Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
• Occupation: 1901, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; general merchant
• Public Service: 1906, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Council of the Baord of Trade
• Occupation: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Merchant, Dry Goods
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
• Occupation: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Retail Man, ?
• Residence: 1921, 77 Duke St W. Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian

Notes:

The 1901 Berlin Census transcriber lists the birth month for Edward as Mar. I see it as May.

Business:
Smyth Brothers

Edward and Robert Smyth founded the dry-goods firm of Smyth Bros. in 1877. The brothers imported merchandise from Europe and introduced the cash system. For nineteen years they were lessees of the Ernst block, built by Hugo Kranz. Afterward they leased the Janzen block at 39 East King street from H. L. Janzen. East of the block, on the lower side of the Telegraph lane, stood a two-story frame building. Joseph Gorman, grocer, occupied the lower floor, and J. P. Starnaman & Son, makers of picture frames, etc., the upper floor. Smyth Bros. bought the property from Mr. Janzen and in 1909 erected a big block. Edward Smyth retired about 1925 and Robert Smyth in 1928. Both brothers were town-builders.

A History of Kitchener, W. V. (Ben) Uttley, Kitchener, Ontario 1937

Edward married Margaret Matilda "Maggie" Potter 10 Oct 1883, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Margaret (daughter of James Alexander Potter and Isabella Fleming) was born 13 Nov 1858, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was christened 16 Jul 1872, St. Andrews Church Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 27 Jan 1903; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

1. Florence Isabel Smyth was born , of, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
2. Nora Flemming Smyth was born 9 Jul 1884, , Ontario, Canada; died 1964; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
3. Marjorie B. Smyth was born 8 Aug 1887, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
4. Edward S. Smyth was born 7 Jul 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 30 Jan 1963; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
5. James Harold Smyth was born 12 Feb 1897, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 5 Dec 1976; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-136574

William — Isabella McPhillimy. Isabella was born Abt 1815, Of, Ireland; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Isabella Smyth
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-92371