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Bank of Hamilton

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Bank of Hamilton was a bank in Fort William.[1]

Directory listings

Year Name as listed Details Address Source
1913 Bank of Hamilton G V Pearce mgr 193 Park G. V. Pearce, manager, 193 Park p. 422[2]
1920 BANK OF HAMILTON, Capital Paid Up - $4,000,000 Reserve - - - $4,000,000 Total Assets, Over - $77,000,000 A. G. BASTEDO, Manager. Corner VICTORIA AVENUE and S. BRODIE STREET, PHONE SOUTH 1124. Capital Paid Up $4,000,000, Reserve $4,000,000, Total Assets over $77,000,000, A. G. Bastedo Manager, Corner Victoria Avenue and South Brodie Street, Phone South 1124 p. 131[1]

In Papers and Records (1977)

It bought the Wells and Emmerson building on South Cumberland in 1913 and used it as a bank until 1939.[3]

1920: advertisement in Henderson's Directory of Fort William and Port Arthur, 1920 (Henderson Directories Limited), p. 131.[1]

BANK OF HAMILTON,
Capital Paid Up - $4,000,000
Reserve - - - $4,000,000
Total Assets, Over - $77,000,000
A. G. BASTEDO, Manager.
Corner VICTORIA AVENUE and S. BRODIE STREET, PHONE SOUTH 1124.

People named in the ad: A. G. Bastedo (manager).

1920: advertisement in Henderson's Directory of Fort William and Port Arthur, 1920 (Henderson Directories Limited), p. 316.[4]

BANK OF HAMILTON,
M. E. SOWDEN, Manager,
CUMBERLAND, CORNER LORNE
STREET, PHONE NORTH 482.

People named in the ad: M. E. Sowden (manager).

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Henderson's Directory of Fort William and Port Arthur, 1920 (Henderson Directories Limited), p. 131.
  2. ↑ Henderson's Twin Cities Fort William and Port Arthur Directory, 1913–14 (Henderson Directories Limited), p. 422.
  3. ↑ Patricia Vervoort, "Meaning in Old Buildings", Papers and Records, vol. V (Thunder Bay Historical Museum Society, 1977), p. 9. Archived: datum.locker.
  4. ↑ Henderson's Directory of Fort William and Port Arthur, 1920 (Henderson Directories Limited), p. 316.