Agar Yielding (1813-1873) was born in County Limerick, Ireland, the son of Richard Massy Yeilding, Sr. , an estate owner and member of the Gentry in the west of County Limerick.. Some time around 1830, he accompanied his older brother, Richard Massy Yeilding, Jr. , by ship to Montreal, Canada. His brother eventually moved to the United States, but Agar stayed in Canada and settled in Bytown. There he acquired land and became a merchant with a business on Rideau Street near the canal.

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  • Agar Yielding (1813-1873) was born in County Limerick, Ireland, the son of Richard Massy Yeilding, Sr. , an estate owner and member of the Gentry in the west of County Limerick.. Some time around 1830, he accompanied his older brother, Richard Massy Yeilding, Jr. , by ship to Montreal, Canada. His brother eventually moved to the United States, but Agar stayed in Canada and settled in Bytown. There he acquired land and became a merchant with a business on Rideau Street near the canal. His store is listed as being located in "Lower Town" (a blue-collar, mostly Irish, part of Bytown) on Rideau Street in the 1851 Ottawa directory. The actual location was only about 400 yards (370 m) from the canal, across from which is now the location of Canada's Parliament buildings. In 1854, Agar stood for election to Parliament to represent Bytown. By then Bytown had a population of about 8,000. Agar was nominated to represent his party (Conservative Party or Tory Party) by Nicholas Sparks, a rich and very influential man of the time who it is said made his money by discovering gold on a plot of land he bought for only £60. He was seconded by Alexander Gibb, the then publisher of the Ottawa Citizen. The opposition (Liberal Party or Reform Party) was divided by the fight between two eventual Members of Parliament, R. W. Scott, and Henry J. Friel (one of Ottawa's first mayors). In 1874, William Pittman Lett, the son of another Irishman, published a book written entirely in prose entitled "Recollections of Old Bytown and its Inhabitants" – published by the Bytown Historical Society. In it he had this to say about Agar: Agar died at his home, "Glensharrold" (named after his home town in Limerick) on 25 March 1873. Today Agar and his family lie in the Beechwood Cemetery family plot in what used to be Bytown.
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  • Agar Yielding (1813-1873) was born in County Limerick, Ireland, the son of Richard Massy Yeilding, Sr. , an estate owner and member of the Gentry in the west of County Limerick.. Some time around 1830, he accompanied his older brother, Richard Massy Yeilding, Jr. , by ship to Montreal, Canada. His brother eventually moved to the United States, but Agar stayed in Canada and settled in Bytown. There he acquired land and became a merchant with a business on Rideau Street near the canal.
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