Joseph Hickson

Sir Joseph Hickson
Sir Joseph Hickson
Born	23 January 1830; Otterburn, Northumberland, England
Died	4 January 1897 (aged 66); Montreal, Quebec
Known for	railway executive

Sir Joseph Hickson (23 January 1830 – 4 January 1897) was a Canadian railway executive. He was Secretary-Treasurer, and afterwards President, of the Grand Trunk Railway Company of Canada. He was knighted by Queen Victoria 20 January 1890. He died January 4, 1897.[1]

Family

He married Catherine Dow, daughter of Andrew Dow at Stralhearn House, Montreal, June 17, 1869. She was involved in charity work, in particular for the prevention of the spread of tuberculosis in Canada. The couple, who lived at 272 Mountain Street, Montreal, had six children, three sons and three daughters. Their eldest son, J. W. A. Hickson, Esquire, Ph.D., was a Professor at McGill University.[2]

Footnotes

"No. 26016". The London Gazette. 21 January 1890. p. 349.
Morgan, Henry James, ed. (1903). Types of Canadian Women and of Women who are or have been Connected with Canada. Toronto: Williams Briggs. p. 157.

References

Baskerville, Peter (1990). "Hickson, Sir Joseph". In Halpenny, Francess G (ed.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. XII (1891–1900) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.

External links

Works by or about Joseph Hickson at Internet Archive

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[1] "No. 26016". The London Gazette. 21 January 1890. p. 349.

[2] Morgan, Henry James, ed. (1903). Types of Canadian Women and of Women who are or have been Connected with Canada. Toronto: Williams Briggs. p. 157.