William George Gooderham, I

1853 - 1935  (82 years)

• Name	William George Gooderham
  	Lisa White has portrait House was at Sherbourne and Glen Road called Alverthorpe according to Peter Buchanan Gooderham.
  Suffix	I
  Birth	5 Jan, 1853	Toronto, ON, Canada
  Gender	Male
  Death	27 Oct, 1935	Toronto, ON, Canada
  	Cause: angina pectoris
  Person ID	I41	Gooderham -Worts | YAG family and descendants, JBG family and descendants, RMG family and descendants, HDG family and descendants, AMG family and descendants, DBW Sr. family and descendants, William Gooderham and descendants, JBW Jr. family and descendants, VLG family and descendants
  Last Modified	21 Nov 2014

  
  

  Father	George Gooderham,   b. 14 Mar 1830, Scole, Norfolk, England, UK d. 1 May 1905, Toronto, ON, Canada (Age 75 years)
  Mother	Harriet Dean,   b. 9 Jan, 1834, Sculthorpe, Norfolk, England, UK d. 7 Nov, 1907, Toronto, ON, Canada (Age 73 years)
  Marriage	14 Mar, 1851	Toronto, ON, Canada
  Photos		George Gooderham's 36 grandchildren gathering for Xmas at Waveney (now the York Club) are identified here...maybe. See Most Wanted for the mystery of this photo.
  Family ID	F10	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ella Douglas Hargraft,   b. 21 Jan, 1854   d. 24 Jun, 1916, Toronto, ON, Canada (Age 62 years)
  Marriage	21 Jan, 1875	Cobourg, ON, Canada
  Children	+ 1. William Hargraft Gooderham,   b. 7 Nov, 1875, Toronto, ON, Canada d. 20 May, 1929, Toronto, ON, Canada (Age 53 years) + 2. Aileen Gooderham,   b. 7 Aug 1877, Toronto, ON, Canada d. 13 Nov 1952, Toronto, ON, Canada (Age 75 years) + 3. George Edgar Gooderham,   b. 17 Sep 1879, Toronto, ON, Canada d. 6 Feb 1953 (Age 73 years) + 4. Harold Dean Gooderham,   b. 19 Jun 1881, Toronto, ON, Canada d. 4 May 1945, Caufield, BC, Canada (Age 63 years) + 5. Edward Douglas Gooderham,   b. 17 Feb 1883, Toronto, ON, Canada d. 7 Dec 1950, Toronto, ON, Canada (Age 67 years) + 6. Gordon Stewart Gooderham, II,   b. 30 Nov 1884, Toronto, ON, Canada d. c.1958, Oakville, ON, Canada (Age 73 years) + 7. Norman Ross Gooderham,   b. 6 Sep 1886, Toronto, ON, Canada d. 7 Jun 1940, Toronto, ON, Canada (Age 53 years) + 8. John Leys Gooderham,   b. 2 Jul 1888, Toronto, ON, Canada d. 18 Jan 1967, Toronto, ON, Canada (Age 78 years) + 9. Eric Stanley Gooderham,   b. 8 Aug 1890, Toronto, ON, Canada d. 24 Oct 1953, Oakville, ON, Canada (Age 63 years) + 10. Eleanor Mary Gooderham,   b. 30 Aug 1892, Toronto, ON, Canada d. 7 Jun 1970, Toronto, ON, Canada (Age 77 years) + 11. Private: (A.L.G.)
  Family ID	F11	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	18 Jun 2013

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 5 Jan, 1853 - Toronto, ON, Canada Marriage - 21 Jan, 1875 - Cobourg, ON, Canada Death - Cause: angina pectoris - 27 Oct, 1935 - Toronto, ON, Canada  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		William George Gooderham
  		William George Gooderham house in Rosedale
  		William George Gooderhams house on Sherbourne
  		William George Gooderham's Toronto Island home 254 Lakeshore Rd. Centre Island
  		Coat of Arms of William George Gooderham Granted to William George Gooderham of Alverthorpe in Rosedale in the city of Toronto and dominion of Canada on 9 August 1912. The grant is recorded at the College of Arms in the UK: reference Grants 81/245. The coat of arms was granted for the use of the grantee and his descendants, and for that of the other descendants of his father, all…
  		William George Gooderham waiting for first train to pass
  		William George Gooderham's hat
  		William George Gooderham President of Canada Permanent
  		William George Gooderhams burial plot
  		Several cottages belonging to Gooderham's, Blackstock's, Brouse's and Beatty's were located south of the RCYC on Toronto Island including 238 Lakeshore 238 Lakeshore Ave on Toronto Island was inherited by William George Gooderham from his father (1914 to 1918)
  		William George Gooderham portrait by John Vincent Which was presented in 1926 by the Old Boys Association of UCC to W.G. and which hangs at UCC. Apparently the portrait was sliced in half during renovations at UCC but appears top have been restored!
  		Photograph of Aileen, 1891 by Geo. Orr This beautiful yacht was owned by William George Gooderham I.
  		portrait of William George Gooderham by JWL Forster Courtesy of TD Bank
  		Mineral Springs Bottling Plant 1911 Built by William George Gooderham in Hoggs Hollow
  		The Gooderham Coat of Arms See Featured Story 1912 The Gooderham Coat of Arms
  		Tales From the Hollow The Story of Hogg's Hollow and York Mills by Scott Kennedy Chapter 15, about the Gooderham's describes the business created by William George Gooderham, The Mineral Springs Limited, when he discovered a spring on the one hundred acres he bought in Hogg's Hollow. FriesenPress Editions 2022 available here: https://books.friesenpress.com/store/title/119734000226401067

  
  

  Family Stories » Slide Show		1881 Toronto Island Connections By the 1880s, the successful distillers appeared to have more leisure time to enjoy. Although founding partner William Gooderham, who died in 1881, does not appear to have been a yachtsman, his sons and descendants ranked among some of the keenest and most successful of Toronto’s sailors.
  		1885 The race across the lake in a terrible storm to stop the fire In 1885, the Oriole was in Niagara with her owner, George Gooderham aboard when the Esplanade fire threatened the Gooderham family distillery and elevator. The flames were visible across the lake and Oriole dashed for home, driven by an easterly gale. In mid-lake, she opened up and barely made the north shore, never to sail again as George ordered…
  		1907 William George Gooderham Springs to Hoggs Hollow The story of The Mineral Spirits Bottling plant built by William George Gooderham
  		1912 The Gooderham Coat of Arms On the ninth of August 1912, the College of Arms in the UK granted the coat of arms to “William George Gooderham of Alverthorpe in Rosedale in the city of Toronto and dominion of Canada”. It seems he applied for it to honour his father, as the coat of arms was granted for the use of George Gooderham, his male descendants and their children.
  		1923 William George Gooderham’s Unreadable Signature Stories during William George Gooderham's days as President of Bank of Toronto and Canada Permanent Mortgage Corporation

  
  

  Albums

  J.W. Forster artist and author (7) Forster did two or three portraits of prominent Gooderham men including William Sr., William Jr. and William George Gooderham. This album contains an excerpt from Forster's book and photo(s) of these portraits.