Thomas Birkett
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Birkett was born in Bytown (today known as Ottawa), Canada West in 1844, the son of Miles Birkett and Elizabeth Wren, who came from England. At the age of 13, he became an apprentice to a local hardware store owner. In 1866, he opened his own hardware store. Birkett served on the school board from 1867 to 1871 and was an alderman on Ottawa City Council from 1873 to 1878. During his term as mayor, electric streetcars were introduced in Ottawa. In 1871, he married Mary Gallagher; after her death, he married Henrietta Gallagher, her stepsister, in 1904. In December 1888, Birkett's niece, Mattie Birkett, married Alexander Cameron Rutherford, the future first premier of Alberta. Birkett also served as president of the advisory board of the Dominion Building and Loan Association at Ottawa. He was also a long-time member of the Masonic Order. In 1900, he was named a trustee for the Ottawa Collegiate Institute. He died in Ottawa of pneumonia in 1920. He is buried at Beechwood Cemetery.
His former home, nicknamed Birkett's Castle, is now used as the Hungarian Embassy. Provided by Wikipedia
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