Hon. Archibald Campbell, M. P. Senator b. 27 Apr 1845 Ridgetown (Or Nearby), Ontario, Canada d. 5 Jan 1913 At Home, Toronto, Ontario, Canada: John and Susan Howell's Family History Pages

1845 - 1913 (67 years)

Name	Archibald Campbell [4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11]
Prefix	Hon.
Suffix	M. P. Senator
Born	27 Apr 1845	Ridgetown (Or Nearby), Ontario, Canada [12, 13]
Gender	Male
Alt. Birth	27 Apr 1845	Ridgetown, Kent, Ontario, Canada [14]
Elected	Until 1900
	to a seat in the Canadian Federal House of Commons
Appointed	1907 [15]
	Canadian Federal Senate
Census	1911	South York, Ontario, Canada
Education	Kent County, Ontario, Canada
	the public high schools of Ridgetown
Alt. Death	5 Jan 1913	Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada [14]
Appointed	Chairman of Standing Committee on Banking, Commerce, Railways, Canals and Telegraph lines
Elected	Kent County, Ontario, Canada
	to the Kent County Council
Lived in	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
	333 Annete Street
Member	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
	Ontario Club
Member	West Toronto, Ontario, Canada
	Victoria Presbyterian Church
Occupation	Director, Canadian Millers' Mutual Fire Insurance Company
Occupation	Director, Sovereign Bank of Canada
Occupation	Owner, Campbell Flour Mills Co. West Toronto
Occupation	President of Equity Fire Insurance Company
Occupation	President of the Central Railway of Canada
Occupation	President, Toronto Junction Choral Society
FindAGrave URL	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/120538090
FindAGrave ID	120538090
FamilySearch ID	948V-J7R
FamilySearch URL	https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/948V-J7R
Died	5 Jan 1913	At Home, Toronto, Ontario, Canada [16, 17, 18]
Buried	28 Jul 1913	Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada [19, 20]
Person ID	I170	Main
Last Modified	21 Aug 2022

Father	Niel Campbell, b. Dec 1808, South Knapdale, Argyllshire, Scotland , d. 17 Aug 1880, Howard Twp., Kent County, Ontario, Canada (Age ~ 71 years)
Mother	Flora Johnson, b. 1818, Utica (Oneida County), NY , d. 2 Dec 1853, Kent County, Ontario, Canada (Age 35 years)
Married	Abt 1835	USA, NY
Family ID	F109	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Mirrette Eunice Burk, b. 27 Aug 1845, Canda West, Canada , d. 20 Jun 1924, Guelph, Wellington, Ontario, Canada (Age 78 years)

Married 8 Feb 1871 Winchester, Clark, Kentucky [21, 22]

Notes

Married:

From 1912 Canadian Parlimentary Guide:

"CAMPBELL, HON. ARCHIBALD B. in Tp. of Howard Co. of Kent, Ontario; April 27, 1845. S. of the late Neil Campbell and Flora Johnston, his wife, who came from Argyllshire, Scotland. Ed. at Pub. and High Sch. of Kent. M. Feb 8, 1871, Mirrette Burk of Coloma CA, at Winchester, KY." [23]

Children

+	1. Flora Maud Campbell, b. 14 Jan 1872, Chatham, Ontario , d. 9 Aug 1969, St. Catharines, Ontario (Age 97 years)
+	2. Helen Ethel Campbell, "Nellie", b. 3 Jul 1874, Howard Township, Kent County, Ontario, Canada , d. 2 Dec 1945, York, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Age 71 years)
+	3. Mabel Louise Campbell, b. 28 Jan 1878, Chatham, Kent County, Ontario, Canada , d. 20 Apr 1969 (Age 91 years)
+	4. Archibald Weir Campbell, b. 6 Mar 1881, Chatham, Kent, Ontario, Canada , d. 21 Aug 1943, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 62 years)
+	5. Douglas Argyle Campbell, Sr., b. 21 May 1883, Kent, Ontario, Canada , d. 20 Aug 1950 (Age 67 years)
+	6. Norman Howard Campbell, b. 16 Sep 1886, Kent, Ontario, Canada , d. 24 Jul 1952 (Age 65 years)

Last Modified 17 Sep 2020

Family ID F53 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Event Map

	Born - 27 Apr 1845 - Ridgetown (Or Nearby), Ontario, Canada
	Married - 8 Feb 1871 - Winchester, Clark, Kentucky
	Census - 1911 - South York, Ontario, Canada
	Education - the public high schools of Ridgetown - - Kent County, Ontario, Canada
	Elected - to the Kent County Council - - Kent County, Ontario, Canada
	Lived in - 333 Annete Street - - Toronto, Ontario, Canada
	Member - Ontario Club - - Toronto, Ontario, Canada
	Member - Victoria Presbyterian Church - - West Toronto, Ontario, Canada
	Died - 5 Jan 1913 - At Home, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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Photos		Archibald Campbell
		Archibald Campbell
		CAMPBELL, The Hon. Archibald
		Archibald Campbell & Family
		Campbell Family Cir 1882 photo of Mr & Mrs. Archibald Campbell and family: Left to right: Mirrette Burk Campbell, Archibald Weir Campbell, Flora Maude Campbell, Helen Ethel Campbell (Nellie, Dee-dee as Jim Deeks knew her) Archibald Campbell and Mable Louise Campbell.
		Campbell Flour Mill Tower - Close-up. Notes from The Iron Age (Chilton), Volume 98 Sept. 14, 1916, p. 595, "The water tank of the Campbell Flour Mills Company, Ltd, Toronto, Ont., takes the form of a gigantic bag of flour built entirely of steel but shaped and painted to look like a filled bag. The tank holds 40,000 gal. of water and stands 152 ft. above the foundations on a structural steel framework which brings the tank in a conspicuous position, rendering it peculiarly effective for advertising purposes. The bag itself is 37 ft. deep and 18 ft. wide and the total weight supported is over 200 tons. The tank was provided for a sprinkler system and was designed and built by the Chicago Bridge & Iron Company, Bridgeburg, Ont."
		Campbell Flour Mill

Documents		1911 Canadian Census - Archibald Campbell household South York, Ontario, Canada
		Arch. Campbell Canadian Parliament
		Campbell Flour Mills - Financial Information Poor's Manual of Industrials: Manufacturing, Mining, and Miscellaneous Companies From Volume 4 of Poor's Manual of Industrials: Manufacturing, Mining and Miscellaneous Companies, Poor's Railroad Manual Company, 1913
		Map of Campbell Flour Mills The Campbell Flour Mills Co.Ltd. c.1920 City of Toronto Archives West Toronto was the early location of elevators for flour milling, first, in 1893 under the name of Queen City Mills, later re-named Campbell Flour Mills Co.Ltd. and in later years, Maple Leaf Milling.
		Campbell - Turner Marriage Certificate
		Helen Ethel Campbell "Nellie" - birth record 3 Jul 1874
		George Samuel Deeks m. Helen Ethel Campbell York, Ontario, Canada,
		James Emberly Wallbridge m. Mabel Louise Campbell
		Douglas A. Campbell (Sr.) - Birth record
		Norman Howard Campbell m. Mary Victoria Turner Marriage affidavit.
		Archibald Campbell Burial Record
		Archibald Campbell - 1891 Census
		Archibald Campbell, Mirrette Burk - Marriage record from Madison County, Kentucky, United States. 8 Feb 1871 - Kentucky, USA. Kentucky, County .

Headstones

Archibald Campbell headstone

Histories

History of Bloor/ Dufferin Ontario
Reference to Campbell Flour Mills.

Notes

Notes from Ted Lollis:

Born April 27, 1846, educated in public and high schools of Ridgetown [Kent County, Ontario]; at a comparatively early age moved to Chatham, where he commenced a milling business.

Came to West Toronto in 1892 and founded extensive concern now known as the Campbell Flour Mills Co., Ltd.

While in Chatham sat in the Kent County Council, and was elected to the Kent seat in [Canadian Federal] House of Commons, which constituency he represented with distinction until 1900, when he contested the West York Federal seat against the late Hon. N. C. Wallace, but was defeated. On the death of Wallace the following year, he was returned for the seat. From 1904 to November 1907 he represented Centre York. Called to the [Canadian Federal] Senate in 1907 by His Excellency Earl Grey. Served as Chairman of Standing Committee on Banking and Commerce and Railways, Canals and Telegraph Lines.

Resided at 333 Annette Street in Toronto and was active and respected member of the Victoria Presbyt[erian] Church in West Toronto, as well as being a member of the Ontario Club in Toronto.

Accumulated a considerable fortune and during last fifteen years actively associated with many important industral and financial enterprises. Promoted the Beet Sugar Company in 1901; was President of the Central Railway of Canada (which position he resigned about a year ago); was for some years President of Equity Fire Insurance Company (which office he also relinquished some time ago), and held a directorate in the Canadian Millers' Mutual Fire Inurance Company. He was a director of the ill fated Sovereign Bank of Canada and took an interest in music, being president of the Toronto Junction Choral Society.

He married Mirrette, daughter of the late Erastus Burk, of Coloma, Cal., in 1871.

Jan. 7, 1913 (from Chatham Daily Planet, Chatham, Kent County, Ontario) ...One of the Old Guard of Ontario Liberals who stood by the side of Laurier when the Conservatives seemed invincible. A Liberal by conviction and carried his political philosophy into his business life. When the big millers of Canada were united almost to a man against reciprocity because they feared the removal of duty upon grain and the reduction of the duty on flour and the by products of the mills, Campbell, with the sturdy independence of his Scottish ancestors, declared that he had no fear of being overborne in competition with the millers of the United States, and would be content to carry on his business under the conditions that would best advance the prosperity of the Canadian farmer.

Jan. 10, 1913 (from Chatham Daily Planet, Chatham, Kent County, Ontario obituary excerpt): The private service took place at 12 o'clock, Jan. 8, 1913, at the home of his son in law, G[eorge] S[amuel] Deeks, 77 Admiral Rd., and was conducted by Rev. D.T.L. McKerroll, assisted by Rev. David Lang. Casket was then conveyed to Victoria Church, which was filled with old friends and acquaintances, men prominent in the public life of Canada, also employees of Mr. Campbell. Simple and most impressive service in charge of Rev. McKerroll, Rev. Lang, and Rev. Robert Fowlie. Casket embedded in a profusion of flowers. One hundred and fifty employees looked upon the remains before the cortege left for the cemetery. Pallbearers were: Senator Gibson, Bowmanville; Senator Robert Beith, Bowmanville; R.L. McCormack; R.C. Jennings; T.M. Campbell; Dr. J.T. Gilmour; Dr. G.W. Clendenan (did inquest on death of [Archie's brother] James W[ier] Campbell [1849-1895] at Flour Mill), and N.H. Stevens, Chatham. A.W. Miles had charge of the funeral arrangements.

Obituary for Senator Archibald CAMPBELL [1845-1913] from Chatham Daily Planet, Chatham, Kent County, Ontario: Jan. 6, 1913:

SENATOR CAMPBELL PASSED AWAY AT HIS HOME IN TORONTO

Hon. Archibald Campbell, after an illness of three weeks and following surgery at Wellesley Hosp. Dec. 31, 1912. Senator, came from Ottawa "about 3 weeks ago" in ill health to home of daughter Mrs. George B. [sic] Deeks. Operation successfully performed by Drs. Fred Starr, Alex. McPhedran, and A. R. Gordon. [Dr. Gordon was listed at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery in Interment Register as attending physician.] Senator showed signs of recovery during four days following, but Jan. 5th, at noon, suffered relapse and expired at 3:15 p.m. of heart failure.

Survived by wife, three sons, and three daughters: Archibald W[ier]; Douglas A[rgyle]; and Norman H[oward] all connected with the milling concern (Campbell Flour Mills Company, Limited, West Toronto) their father founded; Mrs. (Maud) Spencer Stone of Chatham; Mrs. [Mabel] James E[mberley] Wallbridge of Edmonton, Alta.; and Mrs. [Nellie] George S[amuel] Deeks, of 77 Admiral Road, Toronto.

Interment Mt. Pleasant Cemetery with Rev. D.T.L. McKerroll, pastor of Victoria Presbyterian Church, West Toronto (Senator a member) conducting service. Another service may also be held in Bloor Street Presbyterian Church.

Notes From p 162 of The Canadian Parliament, Biographical Sketches and Photo-Engravures of the Senators and Members of The House of Commons of Canada :

"(photo) ARCH. CAMPBELL. (York C.) Archibald Campbell was born in the Township of Howard, County of Kent, Ontario, on April 27,1845. His parents came from Argyleshire, Scotland. He was educated at the Public and High Schools of Kent. He was long engaged in Milling at Chatham. He was married on February 8, 1871, to Miss Mirette Bark, of Coloma, Cal. He was for several years member of the Council of Chatham which he represented in the County Council. He was chairman of the Finance Committee in the Town and the County.- He was first elected to the House of Commons at the general elections of 1887 ; he was unseated but re elected in May 1888 and again at the general elections of 1891 and 1896. He was an unsuccessful candidate in West York at the general elections of 1900, but he was elected in 1901, upon the death of Hon. N. C. Wallace. He was elected in 1 904 for Centre York. At the session of 1905, he was elected Chairman of the Committee on Banking and Commerce. He is the Permanent Chairman of the Liberal Sessional Caucuses. He is a Liberal. Toronto Junction." [24]

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Full record for Campbell, Archibald
Last Name Campbell
First Name Archibald
Nativity Ontario Co., Canada
Business Proprietor, Chatham Marble Works (since 1879)
Town Chatham
Township Chatham
County Kent
Source Date b. 1845
Atlas Date 1881
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020709-04, (York), George Samuel DEEKS, 45, Railroad Contractor, Morrisburg - Dundas Co, St Paul Minnesota, s/o George DEEKS & Melinda REID, married Helen Ethel CAMPBELL, 30, Morpeth, Toronto Jct, d/o Archibald CAMPBELL & Miretta BURK, Wtn W. E. DEEKS of New York & F. Maud STONE of Chatham, 23 Nov 1904 at Toronto Jct.
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[S967] OCFA - Ontario Cemetery Finding Aid, (Copyright (C), 2000 Ron Demaray. http://www.islandnet.com/ocfa/about.html), CAMPBELL Archibald Mt Pleasant, London (available microfiche only) Middlesex London MX-144-CS.
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[S622] 1881 Canadian Census, (1881).

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