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Thomas Boothby White
b.17 Jul 1864 Collingwood, Grey, Ontario, Canada
d.29 Oct 1943 Parry Sound, Ontario, Canada
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m. 24 Dec 1853
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m. 13 Oct 1890
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Narrative by George CLARE White in March, 1979 S1. My father was a lumberman all his life. He was also an excellent machinist and had good understanding of steel. One of his avocations was "boss-man" at many barn raisings on the Blue Mountain and in the Beaver Valley. He was a meticulous bookkeeper. He was an avid speckled trout fisherman and hunter of deer and bear. His party hunted each fall near Point au Baril, Parry Sound District, travelling by boat between there and Thornbury. Dad went to Clarksburg about 1887 (23 years old) as manager of the planing mill there and started a hoop (for apple barrels) business in partnership with a brother-in-law, William F. Johnston. They moved the business to Kolapore in 1889 and started manufacturing in 1890. About the same time they purchased a sawmill from Peter Stoutenburg and had a complete operation - logging, sawmill and hoop stave and headings factory. (Peter Stoutenburq is the one who nicknamed me Teddy Bush Bear). Mother and Father were married in 1890 and lived in one of the two homes on the property. My four sisters, three brothers and I were born in that home. Both houses are occupied and look much the same after almost 90 years. The only trace of the business is one small foundation. In 1891, another brother-in-law, John Johnston (brothers married "White" sisters) joined the firm of Johnston, White & Co. In 1895 Uncle Will became a silent partner and in 1903 sold his one-third interest to Dad. Rhoda Johnston McLellan recorded in January, 1969 as follows: "The soft elm trees of which the hoops were made grew to be very large, 5 to 6 feet in diameter and many of them would cut 3 l2ft. 1ogs.'-- "soft elm logs were cut into planks 9ft. long, 2 inches thick and put into vats of live steam for 36 hours -- moved to the cutting machine. This was a big heavy machine with superstructure holding a great knife 9ft. long which swung slightly from. R, to L, etc." "There was a lot of timber cut such as maple, hemlock, soft elm, rock elm, beach and birch. Uncle Tom (T. B. White) was always the sawyer." The lumber, etc. was all teamed 11 miles down the Mountain to Thornbury. That is how I got to Thornbury when we moved. Someone put 8~year old me on a passing lumber wagon. No.1 hard maple lumber was sold for as low as $7.00 per thousand board feet, loaded on railroad cars at Thornbury. The firm's most profitable year produced a profit of about $3,000.00 after a salary of $1,200.00 each to Uncle John and Dad. The business was sold in 1912 (?) and the partnership dissolved. One of the assets was a 50% leasehold interest in 10 square miles of virgin timber in central southern British Columbia. Dad had a 2/3rds interest. The leases were let lapse many years later. Dad's share of the annual timber dues was at least double his income. The Johnston's moved to Saskatchewan and we to Parry Sound in 1912-13. Mother was in hospital due to a massive paralytic stroke -- her whole left side. Muriel took her place and taught music as well. After six years, Marion took over and continued until her marriage. Both did far more than their share for Dad and their three brothers. Dad continued lumbering in Parry Sound and he and my brother Leslie later acquired a wood turning business - Parry Sound Wood Turners Limited. Leslie's widow Vera and their son Robert carry on the business. Barbara (White) Flett sent me an electronic copy of the following: THE DAILY SUN-TIMES. OWEN SOUND,ONTARIO THORNBURY-CLARKSBURG -Correspondent-W. R. Fawcett Phone 71,Thornbury COLLINGWOOD NATIVE, THOMAS B. WHITE BURIED THORNBURY,Nov.3-The funeral of the late Thomas Boothby White, who passed away at his home in Parry Sound on Oct.29, was held on Monday. The Rev. Thomas Lindsay, rector of St. George's Anglican Church, conducted the burial service and interment was made in the family plot in the Union Cemetery. The pallbearers were Thomas W. Eastland, Harry Sparling, George and William M. J. McAteer, Wilfred Wilson and David Parks. Deceased, who spent his entire life in the lumber and sawmill business, was well known by the trade throughout the province. In 1890,he was a member of the firm Johnston, White and Company, which erected and operated a sawmill in Kolapore. He managed this mill until 1913, when it was dismantled and Mr. White moved with his family to Parry Sound where he managed The Wood Turners Ltd. for many years. His death came as a shock to his relatives and friends as he had always enjoyed good health. For a short time he was manager of the Thornbury Planing Mill and held a number of shares of the Georgian Bay Fruit Growers. Deceased was born in Collingwood, July 17,1864,the son of Thomas Boothby White and Martha Smith. In 1890 he was married to Harriet Maria Lambert, who passed away in 1923. Three sons and two daughters survive: Leslie and Karl of Parry Sound, Clare of Toronto, Muriel of Capreol and Marion, Mrs. R. P. Emes, of Parry Sound. One brother, Robert, of Frobisher, Saskatchewan, and two sisters, Mrs. A. Moffat of Frobisher, Saskatchewan, and Mrs. Clifford Sine, Gananoque, also survive, besides nine grandchildren.
Funeral service at the late residence, Sunday at nine p.m. Interment at the Union Cemetery, Clarksburg and Thornbury, Ontario, Monday afternoon on the arrival of C.N.R. train. THOMAS BOOTHBY WHITE 7-17-1864 married HARRIET MARIA LAMBERT 10 1890 died 10-31-1943 (Note that data above indicates he died 10-29-1943 -- RGM) Image Gallery
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