James Jolley, was born in 1813 in Argyllshire, Scotland

Scotland

Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

, and died on 28 November 1892 in Hamilton, Ontario

Hamilton, Ontario

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. He is buried in Hamilton Cemetery. Jolley was a saddler

Saddler

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, harnessmaker, and politician

Politician

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. He funded construction of the Jolley Cut, a Mountain access road in Hamilton, Ontario.

Jolley came to Canada

Canada

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 in about 1823, living first in Montreal

Montreal

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 for about twelve years before settling in Hamilton in about 1835. In 1843, he opened a shop selling saddles and harnesses on King Street East. Two years later, he expanded and moved to John Street South

John Street (Hamilton, Ontario)

John Street, is a Lower City arterial road in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Originally it was known as Mountain Road or Ancaster Road. It starts off at the base of Arkledun Avenue, a Mountain-access road in the city, just east of St.Joseph's Hospital where it's a one-way street going north and tunnels...

. By 1855, Jolley had one of the best equipped stores in western Ontario

Ontario

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, selling saddles, horse-collars, harnesses, trunks, valises, whips, and horse-blankets. His son Charles became president of the firm in 1896.