The Eatons: The Rise and Fall of Canada's Royal Family

356 Pages·1998·31.006 MB·English

by  Rod Mcqueen

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The Rise and Fall
of Canada’s
Royal Family
UPDATED, WITH A FINAL CHAPTER
on the Collapse of the Eaton's Retail Empire

THE EATONS
THE ROYAL HOUSE OF EATON
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ROBERT EATON MARGARET SARAH ELIZA JANE EATON MARY ANNE JOHN EATON MARGARET
? -1893 YOUNG EATON 1819-1861 EATON 1827-1895 HERBISON
(Died at Twenty) 1833-1897
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ROBERT WELLINGTON• LILY Five ROBERT YOUNG EATON HAZEL Eight
EATON CARMAN Other 1875-1956 IRELAND Other
1864-1930 Children President (1922-1942) 1889-1965 Children
(An Eaton's Superintendent)
MARGARET• JOHN JOHN WALLACE EATON PHYLLIS ERSKINE ROBERT EATON
CRAIG EATON HUBERT 1912-1990 FINLAYSON 1915-1942
1912- DUNN (Ran Montreal Store) d. 1997 (Killed at Dieppe)
ROBERT FINLAYSON EATON WILLIAM WALLACE EATON DEREK EATON CYNTHIA CAROL• YVES FORTIER
1937- 1947- 1951- EATON (Ambassador to
(An Eaton's Merchant) (Eaton's Store Manager) 1936-- the United Nations)
EDWARD YOUNG (1)T ILLIE ROBINSON WILLIAM FLETCHER GERTRUDE NORAH
EATON (Died in Her Twenties) EATON COOK
1863-1900 (2) MABEL ECKHARDT 1875-1935 d. 1942
MARJORIE I H.S. ALICE EATON E. BROWSE NOEL BEATTIE Three
EATON COULSON (Divorced and Reverted EATON Other
1892-1952 to Maiden Name) (Eaton's Executive) Children
Three Children
(1) HARRIETMcGAW • EDWARD EATON
(Divorced)
(2)N ANCY GOSSAGE T
NANCY EATON
1961-1985 (Murdered)
TIMOTHY CRAIG• (1) MARTHA WADDIE JOHN DAVID EATON SIGNY EDGAR• (1) MILDRED
EATON (Divorced) 1909-1973 HILDUR ALLISON JARVIS PAGE
1903-1986 (2) GEORGINA KEARNS President (1942-1969) STEFANSSON EATON d. 1968
(3)I SABELLA MANNING 1913-1992 1912-1988 (2)I RENE MONK
JOHN CRAIG (1)C ATHERINE BURDICK FARR FREDRIK STEFAN EATON CATHERINE
EATON (2)SHERRILL TAYLOR REID 1938- MARTIN
1937- (3) SALLY HORSFALL President (1977-1988)
ASHLEY and ALEXANDRA FREDRIK D'ARCY EATON FLORA ROB
(Both Adopted) 1963- CATHERINE COAKLEY
EATON
1965-
JOHN DAVID LISA SIGNY CATHERINE JEFFREY HENRY CRAIG VICTORIA
EATON BELTON EATON SHIER EATON GORDON
1960- 1961- 1963- One Child
JENNIFER JOHN CRAIG REILLY STEFAN BUSTER ROBERT LAUREL
EATON EATON SHIER SHIER SHIER EATON EATON
JOHNEATON T MARGARETCRAIG
1784-1834 l 1796-1848
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NANCY T GEORGE JAMES EATON RACHEL MARGARET ROBERT TIMOTHY MARGARET
EATON YOUNG 1832-1904 FREEMAN EATON REID EATON WILSON
I (Timothy's Partner in 1824-1900 1815-1896 1834-1907 BEATTIE
Kirkton and St. Marys) (First President) 1841-1933
Six Children
Seven Children
JOHN WELDON EATON Four
(Ran Competing Store) Other Children
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ALAN YOUNG EATON DIANA NORA PAUL
1916- FISHLEIGH EATON VAN DER
(Eaton's Executive) 1913- STRICHT
Three One
Children Child
MARGARET CHARLES Three Children JOSEPHINE THOMAS JOHN CRAIG EATON FLORA
ELIZABETH ELDRIDGE Who Died EATON BURNSIDE (Sir John) 1876-1922 McCREA
EATON BURDEN as Infants 1865-1943 President (1907-1922) (Lady Eaton)
1867-1952 1879-1970
MARG:�T I ��JAM Three ALLAN BURNSIDE IRIS BURNSIDE
BURDEN AVERYBISHOP Other 1898-1937 1895-1915
Lusitania
(War Ace) Children Drowned on the
ARTHUR MARISE
BISHOP BISHOP
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GILBERT McCREA (1) MARJORIE FLORENCE MARY FRANK EVLYNEATON RUSSEL
EATON MASTON EATON McEACHREN 1920-1989 PAYTON
1915-1985 (2) MARIA MAROSI 1919- d. 1995 (Adopted) d. 1976
TIMOTHY CRAIG EATON NANCY ANNE EATON GILBERT McEACHREN SIGNY Three
1940- 1943- 1947-1984 1953- Children
(Adopted)
THOREDGAREATON T NICOLE COURTOIS GEORGE ROSS EATON TERRIE McINTOSH
1 1945-
1942-
President (1988-1997)
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CLEOPHEE THOR EDMUND JAMES MICHAEL DAVID
EATON EATON EATON EATON EATON

THE, EATONS
THE RISE AND FALL
OF CANAD�S ROYAL FAMILY
ROD McQ1JEEN
REVISED EDITION
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McQueen, Rod, 1944-
The Eatons: the rise and fall of Canada's royal family
Rev. ed.
ISBN
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1. Eaton family. 2. T. Eaton Co. I. Title.
HF5465.C34E34 1999 381'.141'092271 C99-931517-X
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CONTENTS
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Preface to the Paperback Edition
. • • . . . . • • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • • . . IX
Introduction ........ .......................................... 1
1
Timothy: The Governor ................................... 7
2 Sir John: The Merchant Prince ............................ 29
3 R.Y.: The Interregnum ................................... 49
4 Lady Eaton: The Dowager Queen .......................... 73
5 John David: The Reluctant Ruler .......................... 93
6 The Firm That Time Forgot ............................. 113
7 The Boys: Born to Rule ................................. 133
8
Lost in the Sixties ...................................... 149
9 Bob Butler: The Commoner ............................. 167
10 Earl Orser: The Executioner ............................. 185
11
Four Boys, One Brain ................................... 203
12
Going Down With George ............................... 225
13 Sunset on the Empire ................................... 253
14 Bankrupt ............................................. 271
Appendix .................................................. 293
Notes ..................................................... 295
Bibliography ............................................... 309
Index .........- ............................................ 315