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  1. Timothy Eaton (March 1834 – 31 January 1907) was an Irish businessman who founded the Eaton's department store, one of the most important retail businesses in Canada's history. [1] Early life and family [ edit ]

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    • 31 January 1907 (aged 72), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • March 1834, Ballymena, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
    • Founder of Eaton's
  2. Feb 7, 2006 · Timothy Eaton, merchant, founder of Canada's largest privately owned department store, the T. EATON CO LTD (b near Ballymena, Ire 1834; d at Toronto 31 Jan 1907). After apprenticing in a general store in Ireland, Eaton followed 2 older brothers to Canada 1854 and worked for a time at a store in Upper Canada. In 1856 with his brother James, he ...

  3. Mar 17, 2003 · The most important theme in Timothy Eaton's entrepreneurial life, says biographer Joy Santink, "is that of competition." Eaton was born in 1834 in Northern Ireland's County Antrim, one of nine children raised by their widowed mother. At 13, he was hired by a general store 10 miles from home, walked there and back and worked 14 hours a day.

  4. The Eaton family's mausoleum at Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Toronto, with lions by sculptor Eli Harvey The Eaton family is a Canadian family of Scottish-Irish Methodist origin. Established in Toronto , the family dynasty began in 1869 when Timothy Eaton (1834–1907) founded Eaton's , which became a national chain of department stores .

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  6. Jul 2, 2019 · A bronze statue of Timothy Eaton unveiled at their Winnipeg store in 1919 for the company’s golden jubilee. The statue was a gift from the employees to Timothy’s son and successor James Craig ...

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  7. Founded by Timothy Eaton in 1869, the company went on to become an iconic success story. By the time Eaton’s ceased operations in 1999, most Canadians were familiar with shopping at an Eaton’s store or ordering from the catalog. (Depending on brand loyalty, some would only shop at Eaton’s.) For our February meeting, three speakers fleshed ...

  8. Descended from Scottish bondsmen taken to Ulster before 1626, Timothy Eaton, according to family research, was born two months after the decease of his father, who died on 30 Jan. 1834. He was raised on a farm outside Ballymena, one of Ulster’s major linen markets and a regional centre for the export of agricultural produce.

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