Edward Rogers Wood

Edward Rogers Wood (1866-1941) was born in Peterborough, Ontario to Northern Irish Methodist families.

In his early teens, Edward Wood joined the G.N.W. Telegraph Company owned by Peterborough's Mayor George Albertus Cox and later Senator George Albertus Cox. After completing school Edward joined Cox's financial firm, Central Canada Loan & Savings Company. Both men incorporated in 1898 the National Trust Company in Toronto, Ontario. National Trust became part of Bank of Nova Scotia as Scotia Trust in 1997. He was at that time a leading financier and also became active in philanthropy as well as in volunteer endeavors for the University of Toronto, Toronto General Hospital, Art Gallery of Ontario and the YMCA.

Edward Wood built and lived in Wymilwood (Queen's Park) with his family from 1902 to 1924. In 1924 he moved to Glendon Hall on Bayview Avenue, property adjoining his 20 year younger brother Frank P Wood.

He died in Toronto in 1941, and is buried in the Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto.

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External links

* [http://www.yorku.ca/ycom/profiles/past/sept97/current/features/article1_2.htm History of Glendon Manor & The Wood Family]
* [http://www.yorku.ca/facilities/documents/Glendon%20Forest%20Nov%202005%20-%20History,%20John%20Court.pdf Glendon Forest Nov 2005 - History, John Court]
* [http://www.glendon.yorku.ca/english/futurestudents/campuslife/estate.html The Glendon Estate]
* [http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/agendas/committees/ny/ny981209/it027.htm The City of Toronto's Inventory of Heritage Properties]
* [http://www.biographi.ca/EN/ShowBio.asp?BioId=41426 Senator George Albertus Cox]
* [http://www.mekinda.com/phpgedview/individual.php?pid=I181&ged=GEDCOM.ged Edward Rogers Wood]