- George Weston
George Weston (
March 23 ,1864 -April 6 ,1924 ) was an American-born businessman inCanada and a municipal politician in the city ofToronto ,Ontario .Born in
Oswego, New York to labourerWilliam Weston (Canadian American) andEmma Maud Richards , he was a small boy when his family moved to Canada, settling in the city of Toronto. Weston entered the bakery business as an apprentice at age eighteen and eventually bought out the owner. In 1911 he sold the business after which he spent time inEngland where he studied the biscuit making business. Returning to Toronto he opened a newbakeshop that specialized in English style products. His company,George Weston Limited , prospered and following his death in 1924 his son, Garfield took over the business and built it into a major international foodconglomerate .From 1910 to 1913 Weston served as a city
Alderman .George Weston is buried in the
Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto .References
* Filey, Mike "Mount Pleasant Cemetery" (1990)
Firefly Books ISBN 0-920668-69-0
* [http://www.biographi.ca/009004-119.01-e.php?&id_nbr=7982 George Weston at the Canadian Dictionary of Biography online]
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