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1858-1902, predominant 1868-1870 (Creation)
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- Greenwood, John Hamer
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- Whitby
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0.5cm of textual material.
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John Hamer Greenwood was born to William Greenwood (1793-1872) and Mary Hamer (1795-1838) at Llambister, Radnorshire, Wales on 20 January 1829, the eighth of twelve children.
In 1850, he came to Whitby to join his uncle, John Hamer who had established an early settlement in Whitby known as Hamer's Corners. Greenwood carried bricks during the construction of the Ontario County Courthouse in 1853 and studied to be a lawyer. During the 1870s, he was proprietor of both a Whitby clock factory and a sewing machine company and was a well-known farmer in the region. Greenwood went on to serve as Mayor of Whitby from 1872-1875 and 1883.
Greenwood married Charlotte Churchill Hubbard (1846-1902) on 14 September 1865 in Pickering Township. They had 10 children: Mary Harriet (1866-1953); Charlotte Jane (1868-1936); Thomas Hubbard (Hamar) (1870-1948); William Hamer (1872-1923); Isabella Rachel Letitia (1874-1887), Arthur Harrington (1877-1879); Adeliza Florence Louise (1879-1975); Aylmer Roseburgh Carson (1881-1881); Margery Virginia Victoria (1883-1947); and Gladys Cecil Hamer (Sadie) (1886-1966).
Greenwood died on 15 July 1902 in Whitby and is buried at Union Cemetery in Oshawa.
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Sous-fonds consists of original textual records created by John Hamer Greenwood relating to his career as a lawyer, including legal contracts, insurance policies, and correspondence. Other records include a transcribed copy of his obituary as well as Greenwood genealogy, and a page from the diary of his wife, Charlotte Greenwood.
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Added July 2013