Gilbert
White
Ganong
Born in Springfield, New Brunswick
Ancestors 
Son of Francis Daniel Ganong
and Deborah Ruth Keirstead
Brother of
James Harvey Ganong
Husband of
Maria Famicha (Robinson) Ganong
— married
1876 in St. Stephen, New Brunswick, Canada
Died
at age 66
in St. Stephen, Charlotte, New Brunswick, Canada
Profile last modified
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| Preceded by Josiah Wood |
14th Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick June 29, 1917 – October 31, 1917 |
Succeeded by William Pugsley PC QC |
Biography
Gilbert Ganong is Notable.
Gilbert White Ganong was born on May 22, 1851 in Springfield, in the Colony of New Brunswick.
At the time of the 1851 Canada Census, Francis, Deborah, James H., Edwin, Matilda, Mary, and Gilbert W. Ganong were listed as living in Springfield, New Brunswick[1].
In 1873, Gilbert Ganong co-founded Ganong Bros. Limited with his brother James.
In 1876 he married Maria Famicha Robinson. They had no children.[2]
In 1888 Gilbert White Ganong invented and patented a process for printing the company name on the bottom of chocolates using embossed celluloid pads.
In 1896, he was elected to the Canadian House of Commons for the riding of Charlotte. A Liberal-Conservative, he was re-elected in 1900 and 1904, but was defeated in 1908.
On June 29, 1917, he was appointed Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick and served until his death in October.
Gilbert died in St. Stephen on October 31, 1917[3], and was buried in the St Stephen Rural Cemetery[4].
Sources
- ↑ Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, 1851, New Brunswick, Schedule 1, Kings (County), Springfield (39), page 12, Gilbert Ganong; RG31 - Statistics Canada, roll C-995 (http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1851/Pages/item.aspx?itemid=524843 : Accessed May 27, 2016).
- ↑ Margaret E. McCallum, “GANONG, GILBERT WHITE,” in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 14, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003–, accessed May 21, 2019, http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/ganong_gilbert_white_14E.html.
- ↑ Death Certificate of Hon. Gilbert W. Ganong, Registration 1562B (1917), Provincial Archives of New Brunswick (RS-141), roll F18740, Accessed May 27, 2016.
- ↑ Find A Grave Memorial# 61362523: Gilbert White Ganong
See also:
- Dictionary of Canadian Biography: Ganong, Gilbert White
- The Canadian Encyclopedia: Gilbert White Ganong
- Wikipedia: Gilbert Ganong
- Library and Archives Canada - Canadian Tributes: The Ganong Family: Chocolatiers to the World
- Ganong Brothers: Our Sweet Story: The History of Ganong
- Wikidata: Item Q3105889, en:Wikipedia
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Gilbert:
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Karen (Waters) Johnson 
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Marilyn Astle
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I enjoyed my visit to the Ganong museum in autumn 2018.
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