William Price (merchant)

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William Price
Born (1789-09-17)17 September 1789
Hornsey, near London, England,
Died 14 March 1867(1867-03-14) (aged 77)
Quebec City, Canada East
Occupation timber merchant
Known for founder of timber firm that later became Price Brothers

William Price (17 September 1789 14 March 1867) was a Quebec lumber merchant and manufacturer.[1]

Price was born in Hornsey, near London, England to Richard Price and Mary Evans, a family originally from Wales in 1789.[2]

Price studied law at the Inner Temple, but found his way to Quebec in 1810 and served in the local militia during the War of 1812.[3]

Price took over a food supplier in 1815 and by 1820 formed the William Price Company as a produce shipping company and later into timber.[4]

His wife Jane Stewart gave birth to sons William Evan Price, David Edward Price and Evans John Price.

Price founded a Quebec based timber firm William Price Company, that later would become Price Brothers Limited.

Price died in Wolfesfield, near Quebec in 1867.

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