George Hay - Ottawa, Ontario
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N 45° 26.824 W 075° 39.784
18T E 448148 N 5032829
George Hay came to Bytown, now Ottawa in 1844 to work with Thomas Mackay. He claimed to have designed the first Coat-of-Arms for Ottawa and to have suggested Ottawa for the City.
Waymark Code: WM19ZBD
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date Posted: 05/18/2024
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Inscription on the Plaque:
George Hay
1822 - 1910
George Hay came to Bytown in 1884 to work with Thomas Mackay. By 1847, he had established his own hardware and construction business. Hay claimed to have designed the first Coat-of-Arms for Ottawa and to have suggested the name Ottawa for the City. He served as a city councillor and as a Justice of the Peace and was involved in the founding of a long list of entreprises such as the Bank of Ottawa, the Ottawa Board of Trade and Beechwood Cemetery. Hay was also a philanthropist and helped found the protestant home for the aged and the Metropolitan Society for the prevention of cruelty to animals.
Inscription sur la Plaque:
M. Hay se rend à Bytown en 1844 pour travailler avec Thomas MacKay dès 1847, il établit son entreprise de matériaux et construction. Il prétend avoir conçu les premières armoiries pour Ottawa et suggéré le nom Ottawa pour la ville. Il a été échevin et juge de paix et il fut impliqué dans la création de plusieurs entreprises dont la Bank of Ottawa, L'Ottawa Board of Trade et le cimetière Beechwood. Il était de plus un philanthrope et a participé dans la fondation du Protestant Home for the aged et de la Metropolitan Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
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Location: Cemetery - Cimetière
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