Sir Albert Edward Gooderham, Sr.

1861 - 1935  (73 years)

• Name	Albert Edward Gooderham  [1]
  	Second Lieutenant of 10th Royal Grenadiers (now Royal Regiment Canada) By Dr. Gerald Kutney, Lee Enterprises Consulting Biobutanol The market demand for acetone during World War I led to the production of acetone and butanol by fermentation by Gooderham and Worts.[30] The production company was known as “British Acetones, Toronto Limited,” which used the ABE (acetone-butanol-ethanol fermentation) process in Toronto from May 1916 to November 1918. On April 3, 1919, Sir Albert Edward Gooderham (1861-1935), who had donated the facility and staff to the service of the British government for the war effort, sent a detailed report of his operations to Sir Frederick Lewis Nathan (1861-1933), Director of Propellant Supplies in London; the report began:[31] I have the honour to submit herewith a report on the work done by the British Acetones Toronto, under the Weizmann process. The report is lengthy, going into all details, but is well worth more than a casual glance. It sets forth the difficulties met with in making a commercial success of what had been little more than a Laboratory Experiment, and the means employed to overcome these difficulties. On our success I need not elaborate, as our output and exceedingly low percentage of spoiled grain (viz.: less than one-half of one percent) speaks more forcibly than any words of mine can do. During the first fifteen months of operation, we shipped 2,162,000 pounds of Acetone… When the Armistice was signed, I received orders to close down immediately. I called my staff together, in my office and thanked them all for the support that they had given the Company, and while thankful that the Great War was over, we all regretted that the very happy relations that had existed between us during the past two and half years was so soon to be served. “They all did their bit.” Personally, I am most thankful that I had the opportunity of doing something helpful for these brave fellows at the Front. No commercial biobutanol facilities are operating today
  Title	Sir
  Prefix	Sir
  Suffix	Sr.
  Birth	2 Jun 1861	Toronto, ON, Canada
  Gender	Male
  Death	25 Apr 1935	Toronto, ON, Canada
  	Cause: toxic dilatation of the heart
  Burial	St. James Cemetery, Toronto, ON, Canada
  	Buried in the family vault (built by Albert) in St. James Cemetery
  Person ID	I151	Gooderham -Worts | DRC family and descendants, EAW family and descendants, JHW family and descendants, MEWG family and descendants, MFG family and descendants, VAW family and descendants, William Gooderham and descendants, MNWG family and descendants, Sir Alberts Descendants
  Last Modified	13 Aug 2020

  
  

  Father	George Gooderham,   b. 14 Mar 1830, Scole, Norfolk, England, UK d. 1 May 1905, Toronto, ON, Canada (Age 75 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Harriet Dean,   b. 9 Jan, 1834, Sculthorpe, Norfolk, England, UK d. 7 Nov, 1907, Toronto, ON, Canada (Age 73 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Marriage	14 Mar, 1851	Toronto, ON, Canada
  Photos		George Gooderham's 36 grandchildren gathering for Xmas at Waveney (now the York Club) are identified here...maybe. See Most Wanted for the mystery of this photo.
  Family ID	F10	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Lady Marietta Reford Duncanson,   b. 23 Sep 1863, Trenton, MI, USA d. 19 Mar 1955, Toronto, ON, Canada (Age 91 years)
  Marriage	25 Oct 1883	Toronto, ON, Canada   [2]
  Children	+ 1. Albert Edward Gooderham, Jr.,   b. 16 Oct 1885, Toronto, ON, Canada d. 22 Jan 1943, Brooklin, Whitby, ON, Canada (Age 57 years) + 2. Charlotte Olive Gooderham,   b. 10 May 1887, Toronto, ON, Canada d. 12 Mar 1969, Toronto, ON, Canada (Age 81 years)   3. Herbert Ross Gooderham,   b. 8 Mar 1889, Toronto, ON, Canada d. 13 Feb 1899, Toronto, ON, Canada (Age 9 years) + 4. Melville Stuart Gooderham,   b. 9 Aug 1891, Toronto, ON, Canada d. 20 Feb 1967, Toronto, ON, Canada (Age 75 years) + 5. Marietta Isabel Gooderham,   b. 4 Mar 1896, Toronto, ON, Canada d. 12 Jul 1960, Toronto, ON, Canada (Age 64 years) + 6. Victoria Louise Gooderham,   b. 24 May 1902, Toronto, ON, Canada d. 23 Dec 1984, Toronto, ON, Canada (Age 82 years)
  Family ID	F157	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	5 Nov 2021

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 2 Jun 1861 - Toronto, ON, Canada Marriage - 25 Oct 1883 - Toronto, ON, Canada Death - Cause: toxic dilatation of the heart - 25 Apr 1935 - Toronto, ON, Canada Burial - - St. James Cemetery, Toronto, ON, Canada  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Albert Gooderhams 1913 Wolseley
  		Staff Officers, Royal Grenadiers, 1904
  		Sir Albert E. Gooderham and his wife Mary Redford Duncanson
  		Deancroft home of Sir AE Gooderham at South Dr and Glen Rd Prior to 1933, this lot formed part of the
  		Sir Albert Gooderham tries to sort out who discovered insulin In this letter from Sir Albert E. Gooderham to Dr. Banting, Sir Albert(who helped fund the creation of Connaught Labs) tries to sort out who discovered insulin...
  		Building 83 The main administration building on Sanofi Pasteur Canada’s Connaught Campus.
  		Sir Albert E. Gooderham Sr.
  		Connaught Farm and Laboratories Contributed to the laboratory by Sir Albert. E. Gooderham

  
  

  Documents » Slide Show		"Family Devotional", published 1850, belonged to Sir Albert Edward Gooderham (1861-1935) On the "Family Record" page is a hand written account of the "Children of George & Harriet Gooderham born in Toronto" who are listed with their dates of birth. The next page has "In memory of Charlotte Olive Gooderham who departed their life August 23rd 1866. Lizzie died august 16th 1878-" Then in pencil, in a different hand "Father died 1st May 1905 Mother died 7th Nov 1907 Florence Josephine Brouse died 26th Feb 1903- Adelaide Mary Ross died 16th Nov 1933-"
  		A Canadian Philanthropist by Donald Jones About Sir Albert E. Gooderham who, among other achievements helped fund the creation of Connaught Labs.
  		The early years of Connaught Labs Describes the creation of Connaught Labs and ir Albert E. Gooderham's role.
  		Albert Gooderham and Connaught Labs by Donald Jones
  		Sins of the Fathers by James Fitzgerald Article by James Fitzgerald, descendant of John G. Fitzgerald who was instrumental in the creation of what became Connaught Labs and making a vaccine for diptheria widely available

  
  

  Histories

  The Royal Grenadiers by Captain Ernest J. Chambers A Regimental History of the 10th Infantry Regiment of the Active Militia of Canada includes descriptions of the North-west Rebellion and mentions or has photos of Albert Edward Gooderham on pp. 83, 89, 95, 111, 122 and includes ads mentioning George Gooderham (Albert's father) on pp. i, v, and x at the back.

  
  

  Videos

  The inspiring story of John G. FitzGerald, public health visionary and founder of Connaught Labs. In partnership with The University of Toronto, Dr. John FitzGerald founded the Connaught Laboratories in 1914, where he personally manufactured the first safe, effective, Canadian

  
  

  Family Stories » Slide Show		1915 Sir Albert E. Gooderham was instrumental in creating Connaught Labs In early 1915, Gooderham pledged funds to upgrade the original Antitoxin Laboratory and then acquired a large abandoned farm property north of the city. He proceeded to equip it with new buildings (buildings #3 and #4) that also enabled smallpox vaccine production, and pledged to donate it all to the university.
  		1922 Sir Albert Gooderham’s Contribution to the Insulin Story Banting, Best, and Macleod each had their own understandings of the contributions leading to the discovery of insulin. Colonel Albert Gooderham, prominent member of the Board of Governors, patron of the Connaught Laboratories, and chairman of the Insulin Committee, sought to sort it out.
  		1885 and 1911 Military and Musical Interests of Sir Albert E. Gooderham Article describing Sir Albert E. Gooderham's involvement with the Royal Grenadiers and with the advancement of musical institutions including the Toronto Symphony Orchestra
  		1934 Sir Albert Edward Gooderham is Knighted Sir Albert E Gooderham turned the G&W distillery into a factory making cordite for the war effort.

  
  

  Albums

  Sir Albert E Gooderham's Family "Devotional" (5) On the "Family Record" page is a hand written account of the "Children of George & Harriet Gooderham born in Toronto" who are listed with their dates of birth. The next page has "In memory of Charlotte Olive Gooderham who departed their life August 23rd 1866. Lizzie died august 16th 1878-" Then in pencil, in a different hand "Father died 1st May 1905 Mother died 7th Nov 1907 Florence Josephine Brouse died 26th Feb 1903- Adelaide Mary Ross died 16th Nov 1933-"

  
  

• Sources

  [S22] CHP Gooderham collection. file card in Bertram Sturrup collection family tree folder [S9] Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927. Spouse's Father's Name Andrew Duncanson Spouse's Mother's Name Melinda Duncanson (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FMJC-9ML : 8 March 2021