99:
43:, an established shipping and timber export merchant. By 1808, he was managing their timber trade in Saint John while his brother opened a new office in Halifax, Nova Scotia. In a few years, they had the largest business enterprises in British North America. They both married daughters of
190:
180:
136:
165:
200:
195:
170:
185:
129:
48:
40:
175:
122:
80:
61:
During his time as acting governor of the colony of New
Brunswick in 1829 to 1831, they had named the small village of
85:
62:
160:
155:
55:
44:
75:
106:
58:, the Lieutenant Governor. He eventually achieved the position of president of the council.
24:(1771 – 18 June 1866) was a Canadian shipper, merchant, and office-holder born in
149:
36:
98:
29:
25:
35:
Black grew up and was educated in
Scotland. He immigrated to
47:, a leading an influential businessman and member of the
110:
191:
Scottish emigrants to pre-Confederation New
Brunswick
105:
This biography about a
Canadian businessperson is a
181:
54:Black was appointed to the Council in 1817 by
130:
8:
137:
123:
7:
95:
93:
49:Legislative Council of New Brunswick
166:Canadian businesspeople in shipping
109:. You can help Knowledge (XXG) by
14:
201:Canadian business biography stubs
196:Canadian businesspeople in timber
39:in 1798 to work with his brother
97:
81:Dictionary of Canadian Biography
171:19th-century Canadian merchants
186:Colony of New Brunswick people
1:
86:University of Toronto Press
217:
92:
176:Politicians from Aberdeen
56:George Stracey Smyth
84:(online ed.).
45:Christopher Billopp
16:Canadian politician
118:
117:
208:
139:
132:
125:
101:
94:
89:
216:
215:
211:
210:
209:
207:
206:
205:
146:
145:
144:
143:
76:"William Black"
74:
71:
17:
12:
11:
5:
214:
212:
204:
203:
198:
193:
188:
183:
178:
173:
168:
163:
158:
148:
147:
142:
141:
134:
127:
119:
116:
115:
102:
91:
90:
70:
67:
15:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
213:
202:
199:
197:
194:
192:
189:
187:
184:
182:
179:
177:
174:
172:
169:
167:
164:
162:
159:
157:
154:
153:
151:
140:
135:
133:
128:
126:
121:
120:
114:
112:
108:
103:
100:
96:
87:
83:
82:
77:
73:
72:
68:
66:
64:
59:
57:
52:
50:
46:
42:
38:
37:New Brunswick
33:
31:
27:
23:
22:William Black
19:
111:expanding it
104:
88:. 1979–2016.
79:
60:
53:
34:
21:
20:
18:
161:1866 deaths
156:1771 births
65:after him.
150:Categories
69:References
63:Blackville
30:Scotland
26:Aberdeen
107:stub
41:John
152::
78:.
51:.
32:.
28:,
138:e
131:t
124:v
113:.
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.