George Horace Gooderham

1868 - 1942  (74 years)

• Name	George Horace Gooderham
  Born	18 Apr 1868	Toronto, ON, Canada
  Gender	Male
  Died	22 Dec 1942	Toronto, ON, Canada
  	Cause: pneumonia
  Buried	Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto, ON, Canada
  Person ID	I89	Gooderham -Worts | ARG family and descendants, GDNG family and descendants, GG family and descendants, HGS family and descendants, HSG II family and descendants, MMH family and descendants, William Gooderham and descendants, PSG family and descendants, LNH family and descendants, GHG family and descendants
  Last Modified	26 Jul 2018

  
  

  Father	George Gooderham,   b. 14 Mar 1830, Scole, Norfolk, England ,   d. 1 May 1905, Toronto, ON, Canada  (Age 75 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Harriet Dean,   b. 9 Jan, 1834, Sculthorpe, Norfolk, England ,   d. 7 Nov, 1907, Toronto, ON, Canada  (Age 73 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Married	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	Cora Maude Northrop,   b. 17 Nov 1865, Newcastle, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 8 May 1962, Toronto, ON, Canada  (Age 96 years)
  Married	12 Sep 1888	Toronto, ON, Canada   [1]
  Children	+ 1. Eveline Grace Gooderham,   b. 12 Jul 1889, Toronto, ON, Canada ,   d. 16 Dec 1984, Toronto, ON, Canada  (Age 95 years) + 2. Dean Northrop Gooderham,   b. 22 Apr 1891, Toronto, ON, Canada ,   d. 5 Dec 1934, Toronto, ON, Canada  (Age 43 years)  [Birth] + 3. Jessie Maude Gooderham,   b. 28 Feb 1893, Toronto, ON, Canada ,   d. 12 Oct 1993, Toronto, ON, Canada  (Age 100 years)  [Birth] + 4. Henry Stephen Gooderham, I,   b. 5 Aug 1894, Toronto, ON, Canada ,   d. 7 Jun 1976, Toronto, ON, Canada  (Age 81 years)  [Birth] + 5. Harriet Mary Gooderham,   b. 16 Oct 1902, Toronto, ON, Canada ,   d. 7 May 1997, Toronto, ON, Canada  (Age 94 years)
  Last Modified	16 May 2022
  Family ID	F21	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 18 Apr 1868 - Toronto, ON, Canada Married - 12 Sep 1888 - Toronto, ON, Canada Died - Cause: pneumonia - 22 Dec 1942 - Toronto, ON, Canada Buried - - Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto, ON, Canada  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		George Horace Gooderham and Prince Edward Prince Edward visited the RCYC when George Horace Gooderham was Commodore.
  		George Horace Gooderham for Mayor!
  		George Horace Gooderham 1943
  		George Horace Gooderham at Canadian National Exhibition George Horace Gooderham was President of the Canadian National Exhibition. At one time there was a fountain at the Princes Gates called the Gooderham fountain.
  		George Horace Gooderham portrait from RCYC George Horace Gooderham was a Commodore at the RCYC
  		Gooderham fountain at the CNE The Gooderham Fountain designed by Gouinlock, graced the CNE Princess Gates from 1910 or 11, and was a well-known landmark and meeting place on the grounds. It was named for George Horace Gooderham, President of the CNE Association from 1909 to 1911. It was replaced in 1958 with a modernist design and renamed Princess Margaret Fountain
  		A young George Horace Gooderham
  		Sketch of George Horace Gooderham Sketch by John Russell
  		George Horace Gooderham to the rescue
  		George Horace Gooderham
  		George Horace Gooderham
  		George Horace Gooderham portrait from Dominion Insurance.jpg George Horace Gooderham was President of Dominion Insurance
  		1888 George Horace Gooderham at the Granite Club Photo discovered hanging on the wall of the Granite Club a while ago. It says it was taken in 1888 so George H. would have been about 20 years old at the time. Presumably it would have been taken at the original Granite Club site on Church Street, not too far from where GHG built his house on Jarvis Street before he moved to St. George Street, up the road from his parents' house at Bloor and St. George.
  		George Horace Gooderham and the Prince of Wales at the RCYC 1918
  		HMCS Oriole IV part of Royal Canadian Navy fleet Photo provided by Royal Canadian Navy
  		Gooderham Fountain, ca. 1911 This fountain was designed by Gouinlock and presented to the Canadian National Exhibition by George Horace Gooderham in his final year as President of the Canadian National Exhibition in Toronto. The fountain was replaced by the Princess Margaret fountain in 1958.

  
  

  Documents » Slide Show		Kwasind newsletter about return of Oriole sailing ship to RCYC The first Oriole was launched in 1871 and thus began a long and illustrious line of Gooderham flagships. The sketch, Oriole IV (now HCMS Oriole)began her career in 1921, built and launched for Commodore George Horace Gooderham...
  		Six Gooderham homes near 504 Jarvis St. Brief description and location of six Gooderham homes
  		1891-1906 “They Play Too Rough” – Growing Up at 504 Jarvis Street 1891-1906 “They Play Too Rough” – Growing Up at 504 Jarvis Street About the house George Horace built on Jarvis St. and growing up there.

  
  

  Videos

  504 Jarvis St., Toronto, the home built by George Horace Gooderham Rogers TV show Structures about the architecture of 504 Jarvis Street, Toronto, built by George Horace Gooderham in 1891. Other Gooderham buildings in Toronto and are also discussed as are some personal stories about the Gooderhams who lived there.

  
  

  Family Stories » Slide Show		1881 Toronto Island Connections By the 1880s, the successful distillers appeared to have more leisure time to enjoy. Although founding partner William Gooderham, who died in 1881, does not appear to have been a yachtsman, his sons and descendants ranked among some of the keenest and most successful of Toronto’s sailors.
  		1891-1906 “They Play Too Rough” – Growing Up at 504 Jarvis Street About growing up in the house that George Horace built at 504 Jarvis St., Toronto
  		1919 George Horace Gooderham entertains Prince Edward at the RCYC At the RCYC ball held to honour Prince Edward, His Royal Highness was no where to be found...until he was spotted on Commodore Gooderham's schooner, the Oriole, surrounded by hundreds of well wishers in their canoes.
  		1911 Meet Me at the Gooderham Fountain The Canadian National Exhibition started as the Toronto Industrial Exhibition in September 1879...that remained without a central focus until 1911 when the Gooderham Fountain first gushed.

  
  

  Albums		George Horace Gooderham (12) Photos associated with George Horace Gooderham
  		Portraits (15) Sketch of George Horace Gooderham

  
  

• Sources

  [S9] Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FMVW-ZS9. Name George Horace Gooderham Event Type Marriage Event Date 12 Sep 1888 Event Place Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada Gender Male Age 20 Birth Year (Estimated) 1868 Father's Name George Gooderham Mother's Name Harriet Gooderham Spouse's Name Cora Maude Northrop Spouse's Gender Female Spouse's Age 22 Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated) 1866 Spouse's Father's Name Henry Northrop Spouse's Mother's Name Mary Northrop Father's Name: George Gooderham Mother's Name: Harriet Gooderham Spouse's Name: Cora Maude Northrop Spouse's Age: 22 Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1866 Spouse's Father's Name: Henry Northrop Spouse's Mother's Name: Mary Northrop "Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FMVW-ZS9 : accessed 23 September 2015), George Horace Gooderham and Cora Maude Northrop, 12 Sep 1888; citing registration , Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,870,223.