These pages require little comment. Reference has already been made to the Grant family. C. E. Grant, shown in the picture, was for over fifty years clerk of Orillia and was the son of the first clerk, F. J. R. Grant. The descendants of the Grant family became notable bankers.
Of the Council of 1885 J. B. Thomson was a jeweller and the father of the later A. B. Thomson, K. C. Charles Corbould was a lawyer whose home is now the hotel on the south-east corner of Borland and Bay Streets.
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This card is dated the 22nd of February, 1875 and is to F. J. R. Grant, Esq., the first Town Clerk of Orillia.
Mr. Grant came to Orillia in 1853 and resided until his death and his family resided afterwards in the same premises - the north-east corner of Matchedash and Colbourne St.
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| The above is the residence referred to. The Office is in the foreground of the building. |
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