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Thomas Mayne Daly II (1852-1911) was born and raised in Stratford, Ontario, Canada.
He attended Upper Canada College and
then was admitted as a student-at-law by the Law Society of Upper Canada.
He was called to the bar in Michaelmas, Ontario on November 21, 1876.
Later that same year he began his legal career in Stratford. In 1877, he wed Margaret Annabella Jarvis.
Perhaps, with a sense of adventure like his grandfather John Cory Wilson Daly
(the first mayor of Stratford, Ont.),
Thomas moved his family west to the future site of Brandon, Manitoba.
The family arrived July 1881 and within a short time Thomas was actively involved in the young community.
He was admitted to the bar of Manitoba in 1881 and established his Brandon law office on Rosser Avenue's south side between Eleventh and Twelfth Streets.
Daly was a promoter, a real estate broker and a solicitor for two Brandon banks.
He served on the board of directors for the hospital and also was church warden for St. Matthew's Anglican Church.
The arrival of the railway, a population rising to 3,000 people
and the establishment of over 300 businesses meant that the city needed capable administrators.
Due to Thomas's familiarity with local affairs and his previous political experiences as a city councilor in Stratford,
he was chosen as Brandon's first Mayor on July 3rd 1882.
As Mayor, Daly actively promoted civic development in the newly incorporated city.
Daly was a elected as a member of Parliament for the Manitoba Constituency of Selkirk from 1887-1896,
and served as Minister of the Interior and Superintendant General of Indian Affairs from 1892-1896.
He was Police Magistrate of Winnipeg, 1901-1908, and Judge of the Winnipeg Juvenile Court, 1909-1911.
He was the author of The Canadian Spirit of the North West.
The Daly Family Tree
1. Captain John DALY, Royal Navy (great grandfather of T.M.Daly II)
BORN: Ireland
DIED: 1798
AGE: unknown
BURIAL PLACE: Cape Coast Castle, North West Africa
FATHER: William DALY
MOTHER: (?) CORRY
OCCUPATION: Senior Officer of the British Fleet off the Gold Coast Africa in 1797-98
MARRIAGE: 13 April 1795
SPOUSE:Eliza WILSON(Great grandmother of T.M.Daly II)
2. John Corry Wilson DALY (grandfather of T.M.Daly II)
BORN: 24 March 1796, Liverpool England
DIED: 1 April 1878, Stratford, Ontario
AGE: 83
BURIAL PLACE: Avondale Cemetery, Stratford, ON.
FATHER: Captain John DALY
MOTHER: Eliza WILSON
LIFE HISTORY: - 1824: Arrived in Upper Canada
- 1830: Became the Canada Company Trading Representative at Guelph, ON.
- 1833: Canada Company resident agent at Stratford, ON. He was in charge of building the first dam, grist and sawmills and a distillery over the next two years. Opened Stratford's first store.
- 1835: Stratford ON.'s first postmaster.
- 1859: Stratford's first mayor.
SPOUSE #1:Leonora Mayne(grandmother of T.M.Daly II)
BORN: 1800, Coatehill, Ireland
DIED: 1839(?) Stratford, ON.
AGE: 39
BURIAL PLACE: Stratford, ON.
MARRAIGE: 1821 Ireland
CHILDREN: (M) THOMAS MAYNE DALY (F) Jane Isabella Theodasa DALY
SPOUSE #2:Sarah Reeve
BORN: 1802, London England
DIED: 29 August 1870
AGE: 72
SPOUSE #3:Anna Mackle
BORN:unknown
DIED:19 July 1901 Stratford, ON.
3. Thomas Mayne Daly (father of T.M.Daly II)
BORN: 7 February 1828 Hamilton, Upper Canada (Ontario)
DIED:4 March 1885
AGE: 58
BURIAL PLACE: Stratford, ON.
FATHER: John Corry Wilson DALY
MOTHER: Leonora MAYNE
LIFE HISTORY: - 1850, 1857,1861,1863,1871 elected Reeve of North Easthop, Perth County, ON. and sat in the Legislative Assembly.
- 1871: Elected Mayor of Stratford
- 1872: Elected to the House of Commons.
- 1874: Elected to the Ontario Legislature.
- 1877: Elected Mayor of Stratford.
MARRIAGE: 1846, Stratford, ON>
SPOUSE:Helen McLaren FERGUSON(mother of T.M.Daly II)
CHILDREN: (F) Jefsee(?)Leonora DALY b. 20 March 1847
(F) Sarah Jane DALY b. 3 January 1849
(M) John Cory Wilson DALY b. 25 Septemeber 1850
(M) THOMAS MAYNE DALY II
(M) Peter Ferguson DALY b 3 May 1854
(M) Charles Leonard DALY b. 26 May 1856 d. July 1857
4. Thomas Mayne DALY II
BORN: 16 August 1852, Stratford, ON.
DIED: 24 June 1911, Winnipeg, MB.
AGE:59
BURIAL PLACE:Avondale Cemetry, Stratford, ON.
SPOUSE:Margaret Annabella JARVIS
BORN: 1841 Stratford ON.
DIED: 3 November 1928, Ottawa, ON.
AGE: 77
BURIAL PLACE: Stratford, ON.
CHILDREN: (M) Harold Mayne DALY b. 23 April 1880 d. 1969
(M) Kenneth Robinson DALY b. 26 February 1883 d.unknown
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