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	William Machin Stairs -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		William Machin Stairs, born January 21, 1789 in (additional info and facts about Halifax, Nova Scotia) Halifax, Nova Scotia, (A nation in northern North America; the French were the first Europeans to settle in mainland Canada) Canada — died there on November 28, 1865, was a merchant, a banker, and a statesman.
		There, both John Stairs and his wife passed away and their five children, including the eight-year-old William Machin Stairs, returned to Halifax to be raised by a maternal uncle.
		Stairs was also active in politics, serving as mayor of Halifax from 1847 to 1848 and then as a Member of the Nova Scotia General Assembly and as a Legislative Councillor.
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	William Machin Stairs - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		William Machin Stairs, (January 21, 1789 – November 28, 1865) was a merchant, a banker, and a statesman.
		William Machin Stairs was the son of John Stairs (1749-1797) who had emigrated from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
		A member of the Glasite Christian church, William Machin Stairs was married to Margaret Wiseman (1793-1850) with whom he had nine children.
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	Dictionary of Canadian Biography
		Stairs owned nearly four per cent of the stock, and a similar portion was subscribed by William Stairs, Son and Morrow.
		Stairs did not invest in either company, and it is possible that he got involved because the other directors believed that his name on their letterhead would attract potential investors.
		Stairs was an enthusiastic advocate of advanced technical education, which he believed would arrest the migration of talent to Ontario, and the School of Mines was inaugurated at Dalhousie in 1902 almost entirely because of his efforts.
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	John Fitzwilliam Stairs - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		John Fitzwilliam Stairs, also known as John Fitz William Stairs (January 19, 1848 – September 26, 1904) was an entrepreneur and statesman, born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, a member of the prominent Stairs family of merchants and shippers founded by William Machin Stairs (1789-1865) that included the Victorian era explorer, William Grant Stairs.
		He was elected to the Nova Scotia Legislative Assembly in 1879, resigning in 1882 to successfully run for election to the Canadian House of Commons in Ottawa where he served as a Conservative Party member until 1896.
		Max Aitken was at Stairs' bedside when he passed away in Toronto, Ontario, where he was buried in the Mount Pleasant Cemetery.
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	Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
		In 1793 Joanna Stairs died during a yellow fever epidemic, and her husband sent the five children back to Halifax to be cared for by their uncle, John Stayner.
		William never again saw his father, but his uncle, a tanner, treated him with consideration and gave him a basic education at the Halifax Grammar School.
		Stairs began his legislative career as a supporter of the hybrid coalition of Tories and Reformers organized in 1840.
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		Dennis Stairs’ name, as it appears in the 1749 Pennsylvania marriage license, and in the 1750 marriage record in the archives of the First Reformed Church in Philadelphia, was JOHN STEERS.
		Susannah Stairs was remarried in the old Swede’s Church, Philadelphia, on July 14, 1799, to Nicholas Connard, the twenty-three year old son of Peter and Catharine Connard of New York.
		Joanna and John Stairs five young children were accordingly all shipped to Halifax in 1797, with the eldest, 17 year old Joanna, in charge, joining the four children of their uncle John Stayner and his wife Mary Allen.
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	Union Bank of Halifax - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Union Bank of Halifax was granted a charter by the government of Canada in 1856 and established its head office at the corner of Hollis and Prince Streets in the port city of Halifax, Nova Scotia.
		The driving force behind the bank, and its first chairman, was Halifax businessman and former mayor, William Machin Stairs (1789-1865).
		In the nine years he was in charge, William Machin Stairs began an expansion of the bank that his successors continued.
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		William Machin Stairs, born January 21, 1789 in Halifax, NovaScotia, Canada – died there on November 28, 1865, was a merchant, a banker, and a statesman.
		There, both John Stairs and his wife passed away andtheir five children, including the eight-year-old William Machin Stairs, returned to Halifax to be raised by a maternaluncle.
		Stairs was also active in politics, serving as mayor of Halifax from 1847 to 1848 and then as a Member of the Nova ScotiaGeneral Assembly and as a Legislative Councillor.
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		The driving force behind the bank, and its first chairman, was Halifax businessman and former mayor, (additional info and facts about William Machin Stairs) William Machin Stairs (1789-1865).
		Amongst the Bank’s other founders was (additional info and facts about John William Ritchie) John William Ritchie who served as director until 1866.
		The Union Bank developed a strong regional branch network as well as offices in (Island in West Indies) Trinidad and (A self-governing commonwealth associated with the United States occupying the island of Puerto Rico) Puerto Rico that served the bank’s clients with shipping and trading interests throughout the (Region including the Caribbean islands) Caribbean.
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		A major shareholder, he served on the bank's Board of Directors and as the bank's first president The Union Bank of Halifax was granted a charter by the government of Canada in 1856 and established its head office at the corner of Hollis and Prince Streets in the port city of Halifax, Nova Scotia.
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		Machin, the subject of this sketch, was born at Basby, England, April 7, 1813, and by industry and economy was enabled, at the age of twenty-five, to provide a home for himself and wife.
		He was married in Walcott, England, to Elizabeth Girton, May 15, 1838, she being his playmate in childhood, friend in youth, and advisor in early manhood.
		At the end of the year he was apprenticed to William Wyley to learn the tailor’s trade, and served several years; but finding the business uncongenial to his tastes, he bought his time of his master, and commenced for himself.
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		John Fitzwilliam Stairs (January 19, 1848 – September 26, 1904) was an entrepreneur and statesman, born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, a member of the prominent Stairs family of merchants and shippers founded by William Machin Stairs (1789-1865) that included the Victorian era explorer, William Grant Stairs.
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