Threshing on Bengtson Farm
Madison County Nebraska 1946
Innisfree Farm 15189.   Sir Byron Edmund Walker, C.V.O, LL.D., D.C.L. 1848-1924
Born in Haldimand, County, Walker joined the Canadian Bank of Commerce at an early age, transforming it into one of Canada's leading financial institutions.  He helped to author the Bank Act, cornerstone of Canada's national banking system.  By 1907, he was president of the Bank of Commerce, a position he held until 1924.  walker was also a generous patron of the arts, helping to found and nurture many of Canada's cultural and educational institutions, including the University of Toronto, National Gallery of Canada, Champlain Society, Appleby School, Art Gallery of Ontario and Royal Ontario Museum.  In 1910 King George V knighted Walker for his contributions to business and the arts.  Walker assembled land in Innisfil Township for a family retreat that his wife named "Innisfree" and built Innisfree Farm in 1913.
Jones Farm 17811c
Windridge 18559c.  Lake George, NY.
Beautiful Virginia 16630
See photo in original gallery.