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Charles Oaks Ermatinger

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Charles Oaks Ermatinger

Birth
St. Thomas, Elgin County, Ontario, Canada
Death
16 Dec 1921 (aged 70)
Burial
St. Thomas, Elgin County, Ontario, Canada Add to Map
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Charles Oakes Ermatinger (variously written Charles O.Z. Ermatinger and Charles Oaks
Ermatinger.
The youngest child of Edward and Achsah (née Burnham) Ermatinger, Charles was educated in St. Thomas and at Galt Grammar School. After articling with H. F. Ellis and D.B. Read, Charles Ermatinger was called to the bar in 1873. He practiced law in St. Thomas, and from 1883 to 1886 and represented East Elgin as a Member of Provincial Parliament. A member of the Conservative Party, Ermatinger ran unsuccessfully in the riding of East Elgin during the 1887 federal election.
Charles Ermatinger was named Queen’s Counsel in 1885, and appointed Junior Judge for
Elgin County in January, 1890. Borrowing from his father’s earlier history of the Talbot
Settlement, Charles wrote The Talbot regime: the first half-century of the Talbot
Settlement, published in 1904. He also served as Elgin County Historical Society president
and wrote many short articles on Canadian history.
From:
THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO
WESTERN ARCHIVES

Children:
Blanche Muriel Ermatinger (b. 1875)
Charles Percy Ermatinger (b. 1879)
Charles Oakes Ermatinger (variously written Charles O.Z. Ermatinger and Charles Oaks
Ermatinger.
The youngest child of Edward and Achsah (née Burnham) Ermatinger, Charles was educated in St. Thomas and at Galt Grammar School. After articling with H. F. Ellis and D.B. Read, Charles Ermatinger was called to the bar in 1873. He practiced law in St. Thomas, and from 1883 to 1886 and represented East Elgin as a Member of Provincial Parliament. A member of the Conservative Party, Ermatinger ran unsuccessfully in the riding of East Elgin during the 1887 federal election.
Charles Ermatinger was named Queen’s Counsel in 1885, and appointed Junior Judge for
Elgin County in January, 1890. Borrowing from his father’s earlier history of the Talbot
Settlement, Charles wrote The Talbot regime: the first half-century of the Talbot
Settlement, published in 1904. He also served as Elgin County Historical Society president
and wrote many short articles on Canadian history.
From:
THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO
WESTERN ARCHIVES

Children:
Blanche Muriel Ermatinger (b. 1875)
Charles Percy Ermatinger (b. 1879)

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His Honour Charles Oaks Ermatinger, son of Edward & Aghsah



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