The Barrett brothers (David and John [?]) were from Lindsay, and either purchased or leased the bakery and grocery business of John Moffat (who was retiring) in April 1885 [FFG 18 April 1885; 2].” They have put in a large new stock of fresh groceries and fruit, and no doubt will do a rushing trade, […]
Business Type: Grocers and Bakers
J. & J. Cain are listed in the 1886/87 Ontario Gazetteer & Business Directory. The brothers purchased the Barrett Brothers grocery and bakery business in April 1886, and it appears to have been their only venture in Fenelon Falls [CP 9 April 1886; 1]. They soon vanished without a trace, although there were two brothers […]
The Northey Brothers were the sons of Daniel Thomas Northey and Roseanne Mayer. Two of the brothers, Alfred and Washington, with some apparent assistance from their father Thomas Northey, set up a restaurant business as early as 1887 [D&B], although it did not appear regularly until the spring of 1894. Wallace [sic] Lamb sold his […]
