About Thomas Blackwood
Lived 1773 – 1842 (aged 69). Thomas Blackwood was a businessperson.
Thomas Blackwood (10 February 1773 – 22 November 1842) was born in Scotland and came to Canada in 1790 and was employed in the mercantile trade at Quebec.
Blackwood was employed by John Blackwood , a wealthy businessman, who does not appear to have been a relative. He next joined James McGill and operated the Great Lakes fur trade in Michilimackinac at Mackinac Island for McGill's company.
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Canadian pioneer (1773-1842)
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Thomas Blackwood was born on 10 February 1773.
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Thomas Blackwood died on 22 November 1842.
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Thomas Blackwood was a businessperson.
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