Not Just Numbers

Case 1 Conclusion: James Beatty

Fifteen Minutes

Shoemakers, Beatty on left – Courtesy of Black Creek Pioneer Village

Did you find anything surprising about this person’s life?

Did you make any assumptions that were later challenged?

Is there anything specific about this person that you would like to know?

Details

James Beatty was the son of an Irish immigrant labourer

He lived in Toronto his while life, operating a shoemaking business

He was a veteran of the Battle of Ridgeway during the Fenian Raids, when Irish American veterans of the American Civil War invaded Canada six times between 1866 and 1871

He was trained in the militia to work with artillery

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