About Joseph-Ignace Aumond
Lived 1810 – 1879 (aged 69). Joseph-Ignace Aumond was a merchant.
Joseph-Ignace Aumond (March 21, 1810 – November 9, 1879) was a lumber merchant in Ontario, Canada. He was considered a prominent Canadian timber baron of his time. and served as one of its first directors. He was a partner with John Egan in the operation of two steamships on the Ottawa River and also partnered with Egan and Ruggles Wright in constructing a horse-drawn railway to provide an overland connection around rapids to link the two steamship routes. which completed the road linking Bytown and Aylmer in 1850; Egan was company president.
The township of Aumond, Quebec was named in his honour.
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Who was Joseph-Ignace Aumond?
lumber merchant in Ontario, Canada (1810-1879)
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Joseph-Ignace Aumond was born on 21 March 1810 in L'Assomption.
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Joseph-Ignace Aumond died on 9 November 1879.
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Joseph-Ignace Aumond was a merchant.
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