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On January 22, 1917 Flavelle married Muriel I. McEachron (b. about 1895) daughter of W. N. McEachron and Isabel F Jackson McEachron.<ref>Ontario, Canada, Marriages, 1801-1928; Archives of Ontario; Series: MS932_405; Reel: 405.</ref> They had at least one son, Sir (Joseph) David Ellsworth Flavelle, 3rd Baronet (1921–1985). The [[Flavelle Baronets|baronetcy]] became extinct on David's death. |
On January 22, 1917 Flavelle married Muriel I. McEachron (b. about 1895) daughter of W. N. McEachron and Isabel F Jackson McEachron.<ref>Ontario, Canada, Marriages, 1801-1928; Archives of Ontario; Series: MS932_405; Reel: 405.</ref> They had at least one son, Sir (Joseph) David Ellsworth Flavelle, 3rd Baronet (1921–1985). The [[Flavelle Baronets|baronetcy]] became extinct on David's death. |
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In 1932, Flavelle commissioned Toronto Architect [[Douglas_Kertland|Douglas Edwin Kertland]] to design a home in the Village of Forest Hill (Now a part of the City of Toronto). The home still stands today at 93 Old Forest Hill Road. Flavelle was directly neighbors with Lady Julia Edith Baillie (Sir Frank Wilton Baillie), Morden Neilson of the Neilson Confectionary company, and Lady Mary Gooderham of the Gooderham & Worts distillery family. |
In 1932, Flavelle commissioned Toronto Architect [[Douglas_Kertland|Douglas Edwin Kertland]] to design a home in the Village of Forest Hill (Now a part of the City of Toronto). The home still stands today at 93 Old Forest Hill Road. Flavelle was directly neighbors with Lady Julia Edith Baillie ([http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/baillie_frank_wilton_15E.html Sir Frank Wilton Baillie]), Morden Neilson of the Neilson Confectionary company, and Lady Mary Gooderham of the Gooderham & Worts distillery family. |
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On the death of his father, Ellsworth became the second baronet and became "Sir Ellsworth Flavelle Bart." |
On the death of his father, Ellsworth became the second baronet and became "Sir Ellsworth Flavelle Bart." |
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Revision as of 17:40, 7 March 2019
Sir Joseph Ellsworth Flavelle, 2nd Baronet (25 May 1892 – 19 December 1977), was the Chairman of the Canadian Palestine Committee and the World Committee on Palestine.[1]
Heir to Joseph Wesley Flavelle and the Canada Packers fortune, Flavelle attended St. Andrew's College along with other children of Toronto's business elites[2]
Personal life
In 1914 he joined The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada a Toronto militia regiment as an officer, reaching the rank of Captain when he enlisted with the 166th Battalion (Queen's Own Rifles of Canada), CEF on April 8, 1916.[3] His father served as Chairman of the Imperial Munitions Board during the First World War for which he was created 1st Baronet Flavelle.
On January 22, 1917 Flavelle married Muriel I. McEachron (b. about 1895) daughter of W. N. McEachron and Isabel F Jackson McEachron.[4] They had at least one son, Sir (Joseph) David Ellsworth Flavelle, 3rd Baronet (1921–1985). The baronetcy became extinct on David's death.
In 1932, Flavelle commissioned Toronto Architect Douglas Edwin Kertland to design a home in the Village of Forest Hill (Now a part of the City of Toronto). The home still stands today at 93 Old Forest Hill Road. Flavelle was directly neighbors with Lady Julia Edith Baillie (Sir Frank Wilton Baillie), Morden Neilson of the Neilson Confectionary company, and Lady Mary Gooderham of the Gooderham & Worts distillery family.
On the death of his father, Ellsworth became the second baronet and became "Sir Ellsworth Flavelle Bart."
An accomplished photographer, Ellsworth Flavelle's images illustrated Katherine Hale's This is Ontario[5] and then his own Photography : a craft and creed.[6] A fonds of over 12,000 of his photographs is in the Archives of Ontario.
References
- ^ "American Jewish Yearbook 1947-1948" (PDF). p. 296.
- ^ F. R. Berchem. Opportunity Road:Yonge Street 1860-1939. p. 73. OL 2815251W.
- ^ Officer's Declaration Paper, Library and Archives Canada
- ^ Ontario, Canada, Marriages, 1801-1928; Archives of Ontario; Series: MS932_405; Reel: 405.
- ^ Katherine Hale (1946). This is Ontario (2nd ed.). Toronto: Ryerson Press. OL 19426250M.
- ^ Flavelle, Sir Ellsworth (1958). Photography : a craft and creed (2nd ed.). OL 14088125M.
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