James Gooderham Worts

Who was James Gooderham Worts?

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James Gooderham Worts was the eldest son of James Worts and Elizabeth Gooderham. His father was a founder of a milling company in partnership with his brother-in-law which was operating at the time of his father's death in 1834.

James and his father came to Upper Canada in 1832, to construct the mill, while the rest of their family remained in the United Kingdom.

His father gave James considerable independent authority, even though he was a teenager, including overseeing the difficult transport of millstones by water, up the St. Lawrence River and across Lake Ontario from Montreal.

James's uncle, William Gooderham, had taken charge of the business and responsibility for his nephew after James Worts death. In 1837 a distillery was added and in 1845 Worts became a partner in his uncle’s firm, which was renamed Gooderham and Worts.

Worts children included:

James Gordon Worts 1843-1846

James Gooderham 1853-1884 - who's son James-Gooderham Worts II was named for James Goodherham

Thomas Frederick Worts 1857-?

Charlotte Louisa Worts - married William Henry Beatty