Beatty Mill account book
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Williams, Edie
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The Beatty Mill account book (1869-1875) includes the names of many local businesses, including: Lybster Cotton Mill, James Norris, Wesleyan Methodist Church John Abbey, George N. Oile [Oille], William Parnall, Thorold Post, Parry Sound Mills, and Lewis Shickluna.
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William Beatty, a native of County Tyrone, Ireland, settled in the Thorold area in 1835. He may have first operated a grist mill in Port Robinson. His next venture was a tannery in Thorold. With his two sons, William Jr. and James Hughes Beatty they began the Beatty sawmill operations around 1850 in nearby Grantham Township. The two operations were in close proximity to one another. The saw mill was located in Grantham Township near Lock 21 of the second Welland Canal.
In 1863 the Beatty’s acquired the timber rights on a parcel of land measuring 234 square miles near Parry Sound. William Jr. managed the lumber business of the new Parry Sound Mills and James supervised the transportation operations.
Shipbuilder Melancthon Simpson built several ships for the Beatty family business. They include the steamers Waubuno (1865), Cumberland (1871) and Manitoba (1871) and the propeller Asia (1873). The ships were built at Simpson’s yards in St. Catharines, Port Robinson and Thorold.
In 1875, the mill was sold to Gillespie & McLean, and afterwards to McCleary & McLean.
The Beatty family went on to concentrate their business in the shipping / transportation industry as well as the creation and expansion of the town of Parry Sound.
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