Bartholomew Bull
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Bartholomew Bull | |
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![]() portrait of Bartholomew Bull, the Patriarch of Spadunk. | |
Born | 1791 |
Died | 1879 (aged 87–88) |
Nationality | United Kingdom / Canada |
Occupation | farmer |
Known for | influential pioneer in Upper Canada. |
Bartholomew Bull was an immigrant to Upper Canada, who arrived at York, with his wife and his first-born child in 1818.[1] In 1824 he acquired his own parcel of land, 200 acres on the brow of the , between what is now Dufferin Street and , north of Davenport Road, and south of St. Clair Avenue.[2]
When he was clearing his land Bull received a contract to supply cordwood to the garrison at Fort York.
Bull's father had been a friend of the founder of Methodism, John Wesley, and Bull's home hosted Sunday prayer meetings, before a local church was built, and he is credited for helping establish the church in Upper Canada.[3]
Nicholos Flood Davin, in "The Irishman in Canada", lists Bull as an early success story, rising from "bush farmer", to prominent land owner, whose sons became doctors and lawyers.[4]
References[]
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J. Hume Grisdale (2000-09-29). "The Story of B.H. Bull & Son and their Jerseys". Archived from the original on 2016-08-26. Retrieved 2019-04-06.
He was born in 1791 to John and Mary Bull in County Tipperary, Ireland. In 1818, at 27 years of age, he with his wife and first child, a daughter, Mary, came to Canada and settled in "muddy York".
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Nancy Byers, Barbara Myrvold (1997). "St. Clair West in Pictures A history of the communities of Carlton, Davenport, Earlscourt, and Oakwood" (PDF). Toronto Public Library. p. 11. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2015-09-21. Retrieved 2019-04-06.
Several individuals who were to have a major impact on the district acquired land and began clearing farms northwest of York during this time. These included Bartholomew Bull from County Tipperary, Ireland (1824); George Cooper, a native of Rutlandshire, England (1831); Aaron Silverthorn, a member of a Loyalist family originally from New Jersey (1834); and David Rowntree of Cumberland, England.
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"Davenport-Perth Methodist Church (Spadunk) – Toronto, Ontario". 2014-10-10. Archived from the original on 2019-04-06. Retrieved 2019-04-06.
As a young man in England, Bartholomew’s father, John Bull, had been a close friend of John Wesley, the founder of Methodism.
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Nicholas Flood Davin (1877). The Irishman in Canada. S. Low. p. 276. ISBN 9781293949276. Retrieved 2019-04-06.
on Bartholomew Bull, at Davenport, who worked his way up from bush-farming to be a large property holder, and who gave to the country two physicians, one lawyer, and one magistrate--John P. Bull, J.P., who is ever helping on all kinds of improvement; nor, perhaps, if particulars are to be enlarged on, should it be forgotten, gave wives to two gentlemen--Dr. Patullo and Mr. James Good--both of Irish origin.
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- Immigrants to Upper Canada
- 1791 births
- 1879 deaths
- Canadian farmers