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Gordon & Ellis |
| The hardware establishment of Messrs. Gordon & Ellis, of Simcoe, has
become, under their management, one of the most extensive mercantile enterprises in the
town. In October, 1871, they bought out the business that had been conducted by Mr. Thomas
Hebblewhite since 1864, and have by their enterprise and good business habits nearly
doubled the business done in the establishment when they first entered it. Mr. Gordon is, by profession, a civil engineer, and a native of Kentucky. He made the preliminary survey of the Port Dover and Lake Huron Railway from Simcoe to the Lake and located the line. He was one of the promoters of that scheme, and was instrumental in a large degree in its success. He also surveyed the proposed line of railway from Simcoe to Port Rowan. Mr. Ellis is a native of Birkenhaven, near Liverpool, England, and received his business training in the hardware establishment of his brother at Ingersoll, Ontario. Besides a large assortment of paints and oils, Messrs. Gordon & Ellis keep a very extensive assortment of general hardware; their establishment is so well known to nearly every inhabitant of the County that any special mention of the different articles kept by them would be unnecessary.
[Transcriber's Note: The hardware store of Gordon & Ellis was located at the
corner of Argyle & Norfolk Streets, in Simcoe, Ontario. The Atlas includes an
illustration of their store (on page 96) which not included in this transcription.] |
| From page 65 of the Mika re-print of
1877 Illustrated Historical Atlas of Norfolk County Copyright 1998-2012 John Cardiff |