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The family business of Freedman Company Limited was originally founded in 1887 as S. Freedman Sons and Co. Ltd. It was taken over in 1906 by Lyon Cohen, a Montreal industrialist, who in 1913 also took over the business of Friedman Bros. which had been an early pioneer in the men's clothing industry in Canada. In 1937 Mr. Lyon Cohen died and Mr. Horace Cohen, his son, became the Managing Director. From 1941 to 1947 Horace Cohen served as Federal Administrator of Fine Clothing for the Canadian Government during which time the company, in addition to their regular business, became the largest manufacturer of officers' uniforms in Canada. The company was reorganized and officially incorporated as a joint stock company in 1948, with Mr. Horace R. Cohen, and Mr. Moe Levitt acquiring control. In 1952 David D. Cohen, son of Horace, joined the company and was appointed Director in 1962, with particular responsibility for advertising, styling and presentation of the company's products.

In 1955 the company moved to its own building at 5300 Molson Street which served as its head office housing all offices, showrooms and manufacturing facilities. Freedman employed over 650 people and had a capacity of over 3,500 garments at its production height. It was an Amalgamated Clothing (and Textile) Workers of America shop for over 50 years and the recipient of the only citation ever given by the Retail Clothing Merchants Association of Canada for business integrity.

In the 1960's Freedman broadened its market to include Great Britain and the United States. The British market was expanded for several years until a change in the tariff act and devaluation of the pound caused it to dwindle. The American market continued to exand. Freedman clothing was sold through specialty and individual fine men's wear stores and the better clothing divisions of major department stores, such as Eatons and Simpsons, throughout Canada as well as to certain select accounts in the United States.

The Freedman Company Limited dissolved in 1982.

The family business of Freedman Company Limited was originally founded in 1887 as S. Freedman Sons and Co. Ltd. It was taken over in 1906 by Lyon Cohen, a Montreal industrialist, who in 1913 also took over the business of Friedman Bros. which had been an early pioneer in the men's clothing industry in Canada. In 1937 Mr. Lyon Cohen died and Mr. Horace Cohen, his son, became the Managing Director. From 1941 to 1947 Horace Cohen served as Federal Administrator of Fine Clothing for the Canadian Government during which time the company, in addition to their regular business, became the largest manufacturer of officers' uniforms in Canada. The company was reorganized and officially incorporated as a joint stock company in 1948, with Mr. Horace R. Cohen, and Mr. Moe Levitt acquiring control. In 1952 David D. Cohen, son of Horace, joined the company and was appointed Director in 1962, with particular responsibility for advertising, styling and presentation of the company's products.

In 1955 the company moved to its own building at 5300 Molson Street which served as its head office housing all offices, showrooms and manufacturing facilities. Freedman employed over 650 people and had a capacity of over 3,500 garments at its production height. It was an Amalgamated Clothing (and Textile) Workers of America shop for over 50 years and the recipient of the only citation ever given by the Retail Clothing Merchants Association of Canada for business integrity.

In the 1960's Freedman broadened its market to include Great Britain and the United States. The British market was expanded for several years until a change in the tariff act and devaluation of the pound caused it to dwindle. The American market continued to exand. Freedman clothing was sold through specialty and individual fine men's wear stores and the better clothing divisions of major department stores, such as Eatons and Simpsons, throughout Canada as well as to certain select accounts in the United States.

The Freedman Company Limited dissolved in 1982.

Henry J. Morgan was a historian, a civil servant, an archivist and a writer. Morgan was appointed to undertake the arrangement and classification of the records of all State records not specifically transferred to other departments. In 1873 Morgan was one of the first government workers to ever be employed as an archivist in Canada. In addition to his work his personal interest in history led to his collecting documents or copies of documents from various families and individuals which dealt with his research area. Along with co-author Lawrence Johnston Burpee he wrote "Canadian Life in Town and Country" published in 1905, and "Types of Canadian Women" (extracts), 1903, by H.J. Morgan

Henry J. Morgan was a historian, a civil servant, an archivist and a writer. Morgan was appointed to undertake the arrangement and classification of the records of all State records not specifically transferred to other departments. In 1873 Morgan was one of the first government workers to ever be employed as an archivist in Canada. In addition to his work his personal interest in history led to his collecting documents or copies of documents from various families and individuals which dealt with his research area. Along with co-author Lawrence Johnston Burpee he wrote "Canadian Life in Town and Country" published in 1905, and "Types of Canadian Women" (extracts), 1903, by H.J. Morgan

Adelaide Mowbray, school teacher, and Robert Samuel (R.S.) McLaughlin, founder of the McLaughlin Motor Car Company and the first president of General Motors Canada, married in 1898. They had five daughters: Eileen was born in 1898, followed by Mildred in 1900, Isabel in 1903, Hilda in 1905, and Eleanor in 1908. The sisters grew up at Parkwood, the family's Oshawa estate.

William John (Bill) Patterson (1930 - ) was born in Kingston, Ontario. Raised on the prison farm of Kingston Penitentiary (his father was the farm superintendent), he attended Kingston Collegeiate Institute. Folllowing his graduation, he entered Queen's University at Kingston in the autumn of 1949, from where he received a B.A. (Honours) in History in 1953, and an M.A. four years later. During his student days, he joined the Princess of Wales' Own Regiment, and upon completing his studies, he became a member of the Canadian Army Regular, where he served for ten years with the 1st Battalion, the Canadian Guards in Germany; then as a staff officer with National Defence in Ottawa; and finally, as the Deputy Commander of the Central Militia (Ontario) Area. In 1974, with the rank of Colonel, he left the military for the post of Superintendant of Historic Sites for the St. Lawrence Parks Commission, with responsibility for the administration of Old Fort Henry and Upper Canada Village. His honours include the order of Military Merit; the Canadian Forces Decoration with Clasp; and in retirement, the rank of Brigadier-General. After many years of residing in Cornwall, Ontario, he retired to Pittsburgh Township (Kingston), the locale of his United Empire Loyalist roots. The author of a number of historical works, including his love of reseaech and his devotion to writing history continues unabated. William J.Patterson was pre-deceased by his wife, Delores Pollitt of Kingston, in 2002.

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Angela Butler is the niece of Jacobine Jones, and one of the inaugural directors of the Jacobine Jones Foundation.