William Price
Born(1789-09-17)17 September 1789
Hornsey, north London, England
Died14 March 1867(1867-03-14) (aged 77)
Sillery, Canada East
Resting placeMount Hermon Cemetery
OccupationTimber merchant
Known forFounder of timber firm that later became Price Brothers
SpouseJane Stewart
Children

William Price (17 September 1789 – 14 March 1867) was a Quebec lumber merchant and manufacturer.[1][2]

Price was born at Hornsey, now in the London Borough of Haringey, England, to Richard Price and Mary Evans, a family that was originally from Wales in 1789.[1] He studied law at the Inner Temple but found his way to Quebec in 1810 and served in the local militia during the War of 1812.[1] Price took over a food supplier in 1815, and by 1820 formed the William Price Company as a produce shipping company and later into timber.[1][2]

William Price and his wife, Jane Stewart, had 14 children, seven daughters and seven sons, three of whom included William Evan Price, David Edward Price, and Evans John Price.[3] The family resided at the Wolfesfield (or Wolfe's Field) estate in Sillery, which Price had purchased in 1828.[2][3]

Price founded a Quebec-based timber firm, William Price Company,[2] which later would become Price Brothers Limited.

Price died at his Wolfesfield estate in 1867, and was buried at nearby Mount Hermon Cemetery.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Dechêne, Louise (1976). PRICE, WILLIAM. Vol. 9. University of Toronto/Université Laval. OCLC 53361801. Retrieved 1 May 2020. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  2. 1 2 3 4 Ville de Québec. "Toponymie: Ravin". www.ville.quebec.qc.ca (in Canadian French). Retrieved 1 May 2020.
  3. 1 2 Craick, W. A. (1 January 1914). "Lumber Kings of the Saguenay". Maclean's. Toronto. ISSN 0024-9262. OCLC 145379603. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
  4. ↑ Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec. William Price. Retrieved 1 May 2020. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
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