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General First nameFrank Yeigh
LastnameMcEachren
GenderMale
CountryCanada
Date of birth1889-04-19
Place of birthYork, Ontario, Canada
Date of death1957-05-01
Place of deathToronto, Ontario, Canada


About

From Who’s Who in Canada (1927):

McEachren, Frank Yeigh.–Robert Simpson Co. Ltd., 170 Yonge Street, Toronto, Ontario. Director, Robert Simpson Co. Ltd; Keens Manufacturing Co.; Thompson Manufacturing Co.; John Murphy Co., Montreal; Simpson’s Ltd.; Robert Simpson East rn, Ltd.; and W.N. McEachren & Sons Ltd. Director, Downtown Association. President, Canadian Club of Toronto, 1925-1926.

Born in Toronto, April 19, 1889, son of William Neil and Isobel Yeigh Jackson McEachren, both of Toronto. Educated Harbord Collegiate Institute; Toronto University. Began business career with W.N. McEachren & Son, Toronto; with W.N. McEachren & Son, England Ltd., as Resident Director; Managing Director, Toronto Building Corporation of Birmingham, England. Started in present business, 1919.

Served with Public School and University Corp, Middlesex Regiment, 1914-1915; 198th Battalion, Canadian Buffs, 1915-1917; rank: Captain, 4th Canadian Military Rifles (C.M.R.), 1917-1919. Junior Canadian Tennis Championship, 1904; University of Toronto Championship, 1906, 1907, 1908. Canadian Intercollegiate Championship, 1907-1908. Warwickshire, England, Championship, 1913. University of Toronto Hockey Team, 1907-1908.

Married Clara Ellsworth Flavelle, daughter of Sir Joseph Flavelle, Bart., Toronto, September 21, 1916; has one son and one daughter. Clubs: Junior Constitutional (London, England). National (Toronto); Lambton Golf and Country; Royal Canadian Yacht Club (R.C.Y.C.); Ontario; Carlton; Badminton and Racquet; Toronto Hunt (Eglinton); Canadian Military Institute; Toronto Lawn Tennis. Society: Saint Andrew’s. Recreations: golf, tennis. Liberal. Presbyterian.

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Archive statistics Career1906 - 1919
Tournament wins0
Matches20
Match wins8


Tournaments Canadian International Championships - 1919 Ontario Championships - 1919 Niagara International Tournament - 1919 Ontario Championships - 1912 Niagara International Tournament - 1910 Canadian International Championships - 1908 Niagara International Tournament - 1908 Canadian National Championships - 1908 Cincinnati - 1907 Canadian National Championships - 1907 Ontario Championships - 1906 Niagara International Tournament - 1906