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A. Davis and Son was established by Andrew Davis in 1872. The third generation of the Davis family to be involved in the tanning industry, the company was not officially incorporated under this name until 1903. E. J. Davis took over the company from Andrew Davis in 1884. In April of that year the building burned down and was rebuilt at Kinghorn, north of Toronto. In 1903 the tannery burned again and it was at this point that the company relocated to Kingston, Ontario purchasing the Cannington plant already in operation.The tannery itself had been very successful in its day but was closed in November 1973 when C.S. Riley, president of Dominion Tanners of Winnipeg, and Mr. Davis, president of A. Davis and Son Ltd., announced the merger of the Kingston firm with the much larger Winnipeg one.

The Stevens family was based in Delta, Ontario.

The Green family flourished in Delta, Ontario.

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Abe Usher was born in Montreal, Quebec, in 1905. He attended school in Montreal,and graduated from McGill University, with a degree in Commerce. Form many years, he was the advertising manager for RCA Victor in Canada. Married to Rose Levanthal, the couple had two sons, Dan and Jonathan. Abe Usher died in 1983.

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George Sanford Hickey was born July 25, 1922 in Aultsville, Ontario. He attended Queen's University starting in 1941, and was enrolled off and on within the University until he successfully received his BA in 1950. Hickey enjoyed a long career as a teacher beginning at Aultsville Continuation Schhol and retiring forty years later from Osnabruck District High School. He passed away May 25th, 2012.

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