Appendix 2 Brief Histories of Campbell Godfrey & Lewtas, Martineau Walker, and Russell & DuMoulin

• Author: C. Ian Kyer
• Pages: 259-265

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BRIEF HISTORIES OF CAMPBELL

GODFREY & LEWTAS,

MARTINEAU WALKER, AND

RUSSELL & DUMOULIN

Campbell Godfrey & Lewtas

CGbeginningtowhenFrankArnoldiwas

called to the Ontario bar. Two years later Oliver Howland joined in partner

ship with Arnoldi. Although Arnoldi was more senior, they named their

rmHowlandArnolditotakeadvantageoftheHowlandnameAswe

have seen, in the Toronto of the last half of the nineteenth century, family

was extremely important. Howland and Arnoldi could draw upon the How

landfamilyinuenceanditsmanyfamilybusinesses

Interestingly, the Howlands lived on William Street, in a house immedi

ately north of the Beay family home William Pearce Howland Olivers

fatherwasaveryprominentgrainmerchantinTorontowhohadocesin

theExchangeBuildingwhereBeayandChadwicksetuptheirrstoce

He was also a member of the Legislative Assembly and would become one of

theFathersofConfederationandalieutenantgovernorofOntario

receivingaknighthoodInwhenBeayandChadwickformedtheir

rmtheycouldnothaverealizedthatthesixteenyearoldboynextdoor

wouldfoundarivalrmthatwouldmergewiththeirsyearslater

The Howland family oered the Howland  Arnoldi rm many of

thesameadvantagesastheGooderhamandWortsfamiliesoeredBeay

& Chadwick. Sir William Pearce Howland was at various times president

of the Ontario Bank, the Toronto Board of Trade, and Confederation Life