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The Idea Network

  • Corporate body

A division of The Achievement Group.

The Jackman Foundation

  • Corporate body

The Petworth Project was a genealogical research project begun in 1989 and funded by Father Edward Jackman and the Jackman Foundation. Its object was the Petworth Emigration Scheme, one of a number of assisted emigration schemes in southern England in the 1830's. The Petworth Emigration Committee, organized by the Rev. Thomas Sockett and sponsored by the Earl of Egremont, chartered ships and sent emigrants from England to Upper Canada between 1832 and 1837.

Thomas, Fred

  • Person
  • December 26, 1923 – May 20, 1981

Thompson, Helen

  • Person
  • 1914-1974

Marie Hélène (Helen) Charette was born to Honoré Charette and Marie Lamar in Windsor, Ont. in 1914. In 1935, she married Francis Lauzon, who died mere days before she gave birth to their son Frank in 1939. In 1942, she married James Peter Thompson, and they had 4 children, including Patricia Ann in 1949.

Thompson, Waldo

  • Person
  • 1813-1892

Waldo Thompson was born in 1813 and was a member of the New England Genealogical Society. Thompson was the author of Swampscott: historical sketches of the town. The book, published in 1885, provides a historical overview of Swampscott, a town located in northeastern Massachusetts.

Thomson, D.P.

  • Corporate body
  • 1873-?

Successor to William & Thomson.

Thomson, William

  • Person
  • 1926-

William (Bill) Thomson (b. 1926) is an urban planner who has worked extensively in the Waterloo Region. Bill obtained his BA in Geography from McMaster University, and his MA in Geography and Urban Economics from the University of Indiana in 1953. In 1961 Bill became the first Planning Director for the City of Kitchener, and later the first Commissioner of Planning and Development for the Regional Municipality of Waterloo. In 1985, Bill became the Commissioner of Economic Development for Kitchener. Bill later entered the consulting world and in 1992 joined the firm Thomson McGough Consultants Inc. and later founded his own firm Bill Thomson Consultant Inc. During this period Bill was also an Adjunct Professor at the University of Waterloo in the School of Urban and Regional Planning and also taught a course on economic development.
Bill is a member of many organizations and has served on the board of a variety of these, including the Canadian Institute of Planners, the Town Planning Institute of Canada, and the Energy Conservation Planning Task Force for the Canadian Institute of Planners. Bill retired in 2008.

Thorp's

  • Corporate body

Tiffin

  • Corporate body

Tillinghast, Caleb Benjamin

  • Person
  • 1843-1909

Caleb Benjamin Tillinghast was born in West Greenwich, Rhode Island on April 3, 1843. He was the State Librarian for over 25 years. In 1870, he was part of The Boston Journal staff and later became the city editor. Nine years later, Tillinghast became the Acting Librarian of the State Librarian and later became the State Librarian in 1883. He also became the Chairman of the Free Public Library Commission, as well as Treasurer for the Board of Education. He died in Boston, Massachusetts, on April 28, 1909.

Tlingit

Tlingit, also spelled Tlinkit, are an Indigenous people of the Pacific Northwest Coast.

Tomlinson, Alfred Harding

  • Person
  • 1880-1946

Alfred Harding Tomlinson was born in England in 1880. After graduating from the Ontario Agricultural College in Guelph, Ontario, specializing in ornamental horticulture, Tomlinson was taken on as a lecturer and taught for almost 30 years. He died in Alberta on July 25, 1946.

Tori

Trans-Canada Air Lines

  • Corporate body
  • 1937-1978

Trans-Canada Air Lines (also known as TCA in English, and Air Canada in French) was a Canadian airline that operated as the country's flag carrier.

In 1964, an Act of Parliament proposed by Jean Chrétien changed the name of Trans-Canada Air Lines to "Air Canada," which was already in use as the airline's French-language name, effective 1 January 1965. In 1978, Air Canada was divested by parent CNR and became a separate Crown corporation. Air Canada was privatized in 1989.

Trenchard, Hugh Montague Trenchard, baron

  • Person
  • 1873-1956

Hugh Trenchard, first Viscount Trenchard, was born in Taunton, England on February 3, 1873. He was a British officer best known for his role in the formation of the Royal Air Force. He died February 10, 1956.

Trotter Studios

  • Corporate body

Trotter Studios was operated by Albert Trotter.

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