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The Kennedy Empire. A very important collection, which chronicles the growth of a manufacturer in Canada over a 140-year period, is preserved, catalogued and available to the public for research and viewing at the Grey County Archives. The collection features over 10,000 black and white photographs documenting the development, growth and ...
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Nov 19, 2023 · William Kennedy, the founder of Kennedy and Sons, came to Upper Canada in 1831. In 1856, he traveled to Owen Sound to install machinery for Harrison's Woolen Mill. A millwright by trade, and trained in Scotland, he decided to stay in Owen Sound. By 1863, he was the proud owner of a two-story sash and door factory and a machine shop.
1966.003.006 Group photograph of Wm. Kennedy & Sons workmen, includes George Menzies, Moulder, third man from the right in the third row, c. 1891 1980.101.001 Booklet, "Owen Sound on the Georgian Bay" (1911) has advertisements for Wm. Kennedy & Sons. Page 16 has an image of the Kennedy foundry on the west side with the buildings to its north.
Manufactured by William Kennedy and Sons Limited in Owen Sound, Grey County. Dates to the 20th-century. Belonged to William "Bill" D. Wilson. He worked as a Paymaster at William Kennedy and Sons Limited. This company manufactured most of the propellers in North America in the 1940s and 1950s. In 1961, it became known as Black Clawson-Kennedy.
t the William Kennedy & Sons, Ltd. apprenticeship graduation banquet held in Owen Sound, Ontario in September 1947, T. Dowsley Kennedy, the president of the 90-year-old-foundry and metal works, announced that “so far as is known” his was “the old-est firm in the nation still controlled by the same family which founded it.”1 This
Yarmouth Royal Store Limited (Yarmouth County, N.S.) (1935-1970) Administrative history. The Yarmouth Royal Store Limited was purchased from Mr. Robert F. Guest in 1935 by George Killam, Samuel Williamson, George Kenney, Stan O'Brien, and Todd Creighton. These five individuals were well-known Yarmouth businessmen and were known as the 'Big 5 ...
John was knighted in 1916 by King George V for "his devoted service to marine and rail transportation in Canada", becoming Sir John Kennedy. In 1924, D.J. Kennedy with fellow businessman, W.J. Christie, enlisted the support of several Owen Sound companies to donate the sum of $5000 apiece to the erection, purchase and operation of a grain elevator in the Owen Sound harbour.
