Colin Campbell Ferrie was a Canadian

Canada

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 merchant, banker, and politician.

Born in Glasgow

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, the son of Adam Ferrie

Adam Ferrie

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 and Rachel Campbell, he came to Montreal

Montreal

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 from Scotland

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 in 1824 to work in new wholesale and forwarding company belonging to his father. By 1829, Colin, his brother Adam and his father had joined forces to supply and run a store in Hamilton, Ontario

Hamilton, Ontario

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, under the name of Colin Ferrie and Company. He married Catherine Beasley in 1836, and they had two sons.

From 1829 to 1833, additional stores were opened in places such as Brantford, Preston

Cambridge, Ontario

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 , Nelson

Burlington, Ontario

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, Dundas

Dundas, Ontario

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, and Waterloo

Waterloo, Ontario

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. A founder of the Gore Bank, Ferrie was its second president from 1839 until his death in 1856. He was the first mayor of Hamilton

Hamilton, Ontario

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 and served in 1847. Ferrie also represented Hamilton in the Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada

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from 1836 to 1841.

He died in Hamilton, Canada West in 1856 and was buried in Hamilton cemetery.