This timeline traces the early life of Sir Henry Pellatt and his family, from the birth of his father in Scotland through his rise as a Toronto financier and officer in the Queen's Own Rifles.
- 1830, Feb. 25. Henry Pellatt Sr. born Glasgow, Scotland.
- 1836, Feb. 17. Emma Mary Holland born in Peterborough, Ontario.
- 1850, approx. Henry Pellatt was in Kingston, working in the Bank of British North America.
- 1854. Henry Pellatt joined the Bank of Upper Canada in Toronto.
- 1855, April 1. Mary Kate Pellatt born in Kingston.
- 1856, Dec. 7. Marian Maria Pellatt born in Kingston.
- 1857, Nov. 2. Janice Dodgson and John Shields married.
- 1859, January 6. Henry Pellatt (Jr., HMP) born in Kingston.
- 1859, September. Family moved to Toronto.
- 1861. Henry schooled at the Model School and briefly at Upper Canada College.
- 1861. US Civil War begins with the attack on Ft. Sumter in South Carolina, April 12.
- 1862, November 1. Emily Mounord Pellatt born in Toronto.
- 1863. Mill Pellatt, Henry Pellatt's father and H.M. Pellatt's grandfather, died.
- 1864. Henry Pellatt let go from Bank of Upper Canada after 10 years.
- 1866. Bank of Upper Canada failed.
- 1867. Henry Pellatt and E. B. Osler formed a partnership as stock brokers and accountants.
- 1867. Canada formed by a confederation of provinces.
- 1870, May 9. Frederick Mill Pellatt born in Toronto.
- 1872. Record of stillborn child.
- 1873, Nov. 10. Mill Pellatt born in Toronto.
- 1876. HMP went to the Upper Canada College for about two months.
- 1876. US awards patent to Alexander Graham Bell for the telephone and Gen. George A. Custer and 265 men were massacred by Sioux Indians at Little Big Horn, Montana.
- 1876. At 18, HMP started working at Osler and Pellatt.
- 1876. HMP joined F Company of the Queen's Own Rifles.
- 1876, June 13. Henry elected president of the Toronto Stock Exchange board.
- 1878, March 14. HMP promoted to rank of corporal of the QOR and Henry elected president of the TSE.
- 1879. HMP won a mile running race in New York.
- 1879, May 16. HMP appointed provisional lieutenant.
- 1879. HMP formed the Electric Light Co.
- 1879. Electors approved the National Policy of protective tariffs to protect home industries.
- 1879. Start of the Canadian National Exhibition in Toronto, originally called the West Agricultural Exhibition.
- 1880, November 26. Promoted to rank of Lieutenant.
- 1881. Beginning of the Canadian Pacific Railway.
- 1882, June 15. HMP married Mary Dodgson in Toronto.
- 1882. Osler left the Pellatt organization. Henry elected president of the TSE and HMP elected as member of TSE, and Pellatt and Pellatt formed on July 1.
- 1883, September 14. Promoted to rank of Captain.
- 1884. First votes for women in Ontario municipal elections. Railway across North America completed and Standard Time adopted.
- 1885, June 30. HMP's only son Reginald born in Toronto.
- 1885. Last spike of Canadian Pacific Railway main line driven at Craigallachie, British Columbia.
- 1887. Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee.
- 1889, May 4. Margaret Dodgson died.
- 1890. Major-General H.R.H. The Duke of Connaught passed through Toronto on his way home from India.
- 1892. Henry retired to Southwood near Orillia. HMP signed a business agreement with Norman Mcrae.
- 1893, September 14. HMP promoted to rank of Brevet Major.
- 1895, April 13. HMP promoted to rank of Major.
- 1895, March 27. Regiment moved from drill shed behind the St. Lawrence Market to the Armouries on University Avenue.
- 1896. Merger of the Toronto Electric Light Co. and the Toronto Incandescent Electric Light Co.
- 1896. HMP went to Calgary on an excursion.
- 1897. Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee celebrated with the QOR Canadian Contingent going to England.
- 1897. HMP as Major commanded the Colonial Guard of Honour for Queen Victoria in front of St. Paul's Cathedral, London, England.
- 1898. Toronto City Hall, designed and built by E. J. Lennox, officially opened.
- 1899, October. War declared against Great Britain by the Transvaal and The Orange Free State.
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