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According to the biography in Jesse Middleton's The Municipality of Toronto: A History, William Lumbers, Senior settled in Toronto in 1842 operating a large cattle and dairy business just south of Front Street near the Gooderham and Worts Distillery. In 1881, he established a firm which sold natural medicines, Lumbers Botanical Recipes. He and his wife had 10 children. His son John, a successful wholesale and retail merchant, operated a business located at 145-147 Adelaide Street East. John sold feed for livestock and may have sold other dry goods and groceries. He married Matilda Ann Cooper in 1874 and had eight children. These records relate primarily to John and Matilda's children John, William, Percy, Lena and Ada. John Cooper was a dry goods merchant. William was an engineer who worked in Calgary and later returned to Toronto. Percy and Lena held a variety of clerical jobs. Ada married Frank Gardiner in 1920 and had one child, Dorothy, before separating in 1928. Percy, Lena, Ada and Dorothy lived together at 41 Amelia Street and managed several properties left to them via various estates and trusts.