Sir

James Woods

KBE
Born1855
Woodstock, Canada West
DiedApril 25, 1941(1941-04-25) (aged 85–86)
NationalityCanadian
SpouseEuphemia Douglas[1] (married June 8, 1880)[2]
Childrentwo sons, two daughters living at the time of his death[1]

Sir James Woods KBE (1855 – April 25, 1941) was a Canadian industrialist and philanthropist who was knighted in 1915 for wartime industrial work and named knight commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1917 for his work as a member of the British War Commission in New York.[1][3]

In 1928, he was vice-president of Imperial Bank of Canada.[4][5]

He was president of York Knitting Mills Ltd. and of Gordon Mackay and Company Ltd., a wholesale dry goods company. Archives of Gordon Mackay are held by Trent University in Peterborough, Ontario.

In 1930, he proposed a merger of knitting mill companies including Zimmerknit and Gordon Mackay.[6][7]

Philanthropy

In 1912, he founded St. Christopher House, a settlement house in Toronto now known as West Community House.[8] Later, he was vice-chairman of the Health League of Canada.[1]

Activism

He helped establish the "Forty to Fifty Club", which was intended to help men in this age group find appropriate work.[1]

In 1938, he published a pamphlet titled Insurance of Employment.[9]

Personal life

Woods married Euphemia Douglas on 8 June 1880. Their son, Captain John Robinson Woods, was killed in action on 24 October 1917 during the Third Battle of Ypres, also known as Passchendaele.[10] Another son, Captain William Blakeney Woods, also served.[11]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Sir James Woods dies at age of 85". The Gazette. Montreal. April 26, 1941. Retrieved July 1, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Marriage Records for Euphemia Douglas and James Woods". Ancestry.ca. Retrieved July 1, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Sir James Woods dies, Canadian industrialist". Freeport Journal Standard. Freeport, Illinois. April 25, 1941. p. 4. Retrieved July 1, 2014.
  4. ↑ "A successful banking year". The Gazette. Montreal. November 30, 1928. p. 12. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
  5. ↑ "Overview of the current economy by officers of the Bank including Sir James Woods". Daily Sentinel-Review. December 2, 1930. pp. 8, column 1. Retrieved July 1, 2014.
  6. ↑ "Proposal for reorganization of Zimmerknit". Daily Sentinel-Review. November 24, 1930. pp. 1, column 5. Retrieved July 1, 2014.
  7. ↑ "Big merger of knitting mills given approval". Daily Sentinel-Review. December 18, 1930. pp. 1, column 6. Retrieved July 1, 2014.
  8. ↑ "Sir James Woods Award nominations now being accepted". Parkdale Villager. April 5, 2013. Retrieved July 1, 2014.
  9. ↑ AMICUS No. 5148946 at Library and Archives Canada
  10. ↑ Library and Archives Canada, Personnel Records of the First World War, Captain John Robinson Woods, RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 10563 - 36.
  11. ↑ Library and Archives Canada, Personnel Records of the First World War, Captain William Blakeney Woods, RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 10566 - 33.
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