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| | N. M. Paterson and Sons Limited Grain Buyer, Elevators Fertilizer chemical |
 | | Paterson was born in Portage La Prairie, Manitoba in 1883 and, at the age of fifteen he started to work for the Manitoba Railway and Canal Company. |
 | | Paterson migrated to Fort William (now Thunder Bay) and founded the present firm, but in those days it was called N. Paterson and Company and then, in 1915, changed to N. Paterson and Company Limited. |
 | | Paterson had been appointed to the Canadian Senate in February of 1940, much of the decision-making and day-to-day operations of the firm were turned over to his sons, Donald and John and hence, July 21, 1950, the firm was renamed N. Paterson & Sons Limited. |
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