|
|
| Montréal's Album | Page of a person or institution in link with Montréal's history | |
|
| Name
|
William Workman
| Businessman | Biography
| | Year of dead | 1878
| | Last update: | 2011-01-15
CodeIMTL 5752
6166 hits on this page since 2010/12/31
|
| |
|
| Mr. Workman came to Canada in 1929 from Belfast, Ireland. He was among the founders of the Savings Bank of the city district of Montreal and its first president. He retired from the bank in 1859 although it remained symbolically co-director for some years.
In 1868 he was elected mayor of Montreal.
|
|
- Printing of the first edition of the newspaper La Patrie by Honoré Beaugrand
- Foundation of the Royal Golf Club of Montreal
- the village Saint-Louis of the End Mile separates from the village of côte-Saint-Louis.
- There are more then 480 buildings over 10 storeys in Montreal
- Montreal attract more then 10 millions tourists a year
- Snow is falling 61 days a year in Montreal
Contact us
All pictures and text content on this website are protected through copyright. Anyone who uses them on personal or commersial websites or other media, commits a violation of the law
|
| 
