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William Botsford Jarvis

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perched on the edge of a ravine... with a wildflower garden, a conservatory full of hothouse flowers, and, the envy of Toronto, a magnificent curving double staircase that descended to a foyer panelled in richest walnut." Two new wings were added to either side of the house (around 1830) containing a
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peach house, a grape house, bedrooms, a morning room and a large verandah. Orchards, quiet arbours, rose gardens and masses of flowers surrounded the house, which was named by Jarvis' wife Mary (granddaughter of
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William Jarvis married Mary Boyles Powell (1803–1852), in 1828. She was brought up by her grandfather, Chief Justice
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Sarah Harriet Jarvis (1836–1897), married in 1854 Lewis William Ord, a first cousin of Major-General
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Louisa Jarvis (1831–1906), married (Daniel) Augustus Nanton (1831–1873), and were the parents of
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in 1841, but resigned the following year. Jarvis died at his home, Rosedale, in 1864.
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William Botsford Jarvis had 'a gregarious and outgoing personality'. He founded
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Lt.-Colonel Robert Edward Colborne Jarvis (1842–1903) of the 67th
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neighbourhood of Toronto was named after Jarvis' residence,
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in 1809 by one of them, 'the incompetent and dishonest'
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Lt.-Colonel William Dummer Jarvis (1834–1914) of the
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area, including the Victoria Mining Company in 1856.
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Members of the Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada
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The Honourable

11th Parliament of Upper Canada
York
York, Upper Canada
Fredericton
New Brunswick
Toronto
Family Compact
Rosedale, Toronto
Family Compact
Home District
York, Upper Canada
Rosedale, Toronto
Jarvis Street
Samuel
Fredericton
New Brunswick
United Empire Loyalists
Danbury, Connecticut
William Botsford
17th Regiment of Light Dragoons
Adjutant-General to the Forces
Upper Canada
Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod
Parliament of Canada
British
American Revolutionary War
Connecticut
canoe

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