Did you know that the neighbourhood of Stinson is named after Thomas Stinson? Thomas was born in 1798 near Drum, County Monaghan, Ireland. At the age of 24, he mi-grated to North America, settling into the Clinton Township in the Niagara Peninsula. In a few short years, he married Margaret Zimmerman, the daughter of a…
In 1892, the Times Printing Company of Hamilton, Ontario, published the following in “Hamilton, the Birmingham of Canada (1892)”: “There is no better known brewery in Canada than that of the Grant-Lottridge Brewing Co. (Limited) in this city. It is known as the Spring Brewery, and the ales and lager beer made here have a…
By-Law No.37 passed October 23rd, 1848 When the town of Hamilton was incorporated into the City of Hamilton, by the Parliament of Canada, the “City” was not to have the currently laid out streets altered, diverted, or extended. Well, wouldn’t you know that our Thomas Stinson owned a strip of land on the south side…
