Title: News and the Southams
Description: William Southam (1809-1852) married Mercy Neal in 1834, and in 1843 the family immigrated from England to Montreal, Québec, moving to Buffalo, Ontario and then to London, Ontario. William Southam (1843- 1932), their son, became a newspaperman at twelve, married Wilson McNeilage Mills, and established the Southam Press--which developed various daily newspapers in the provinces of Québec, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, and British Columbia. Includes the history of these newspapers (and of some of their competition) and of the Southam Press.
Subjects: Southam Press