tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937408984948526826.post806136337745705062..comments2023-09-04T04:33:45.104-07:00Comments on Erica's Adventures in Genealogy: A Family Legend and the Rest of the StoryEricahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13225103411139373556noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937408984948526826.post-20949169281811603362013-05-01T17:59:24.825-07:002013-05-01T17:59:24.825-07:00It so great that you were able to get a scan copy ...It so great that you were able to get a scan copy of the photo. Good detecting!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03989811206337367311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937408984948526826.post-49617057992146659052013-05-01T08:47:46.077-07:002013-05-01T08:47:46.077-07:00When I was on Monday's with Myrt talking about...When I was on Monday's with Myrt talking about this blog post on a Google Hangout, a viewer posted that the Bank of Montreal has the same picture posted along with their history on <br />http://www.bmo.com/bmo/files/htmlpopup/4/1/history.html<br /><br />Quoting the Bank of Montreal's website:<br />"In Chicago, meanwhile, the merchants had begun shipping grain to Montreal in the 1840s, most of which the Molson family bought for their brewery. In 1861, at the invitation of a group of Chicago grain merchants, Bank of Montreal set up a permanent agency in the city. The step was warmly received. The Chicago Tribune observed that it 'will afford proper and much needed facilities to our large and rapidly increasing Canadian trade.'<br /><br />In a a city that already had 50 banks, Bank of Montreal soon emerged as the leading source of finance for Chicago's export trade. A charter member of the Chicago Clearing House Association, it was described by a local newspaper as 'one of the most reliable banking institutions in the U.S.'<br /><br />With the end of the American Civil War and the subsequent termination of trade reciprocity between Canada and the United States, the bank was obliged to suspend its Chicago operations temporarily. It returned to the city after the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 and donated the then substantial sum of $5,000 to the Fire Relief Fund, making it one of the major corporate contributors."<br /><br />So when my mother said that William Richardson came to Chicago after the Chicago Fire with the Bank to help with the rebuilding of Chicago ... that part of the family legend is definitely true!<br />Ericahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13225103411139373556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937408984948526826.post-68869881078426379322013-04-29T17:25:54.582-07:002013-04-29T17:25:54.582-07:00I was really excited when I got it.... genealogy h...I was really excited when I got it.... genealogy happy dance!Ericahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13225103411139373556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937408984948526826.post-84732386278626727722013-04-29T13:18:58.813-07:002013-04-29T13:18:58.813-07:00How wonderful to obtain a scan of the actual photo...How wonderful to obtain a scan of the actual photograph. What a rare find. MASchatzi04https://www.blogger.com/profile/12197784585290769410noreply@blogger.com