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James Gooderham Worts
James Gooderham Worts (June 4, 1818 - June 20, 1882) was the eldest son of James Worts and Elizabeth Gooderham.
James and his father emigrated from England to York, Upper Canada (now Toronto) in 1831, where his father constructed a flour mill at the mouth of the Don River; the rest of their family remained in the United Kingdom. His father's partner in the undertaking was his uncle, his mother's brother William Gooderham who joined them from England in 1832.
’s firm, which was renamed Gooderham and Worts.
Worts children included:
- James Gordon Worts 1843-1846
- James Gooderham 1853-1884 - whose son James-Gooderham Worts II was named for James Goodherham
- Thomas Frederick Worts 1857-?
- Charlotte Louisa Worts - married William Henry Beatty
External links.
- Biography at the "Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online"