Background
Crabtree, Aubrey was born on April 1, 1898 in Joliette, Quebec, Canada. Son of David and Alice (Woods) Crabtree.
Crabtree, Aubrey was born on April 1, 1898 in Joliette, Quebec, Canada. Son of David and Alice (Woods) Crabtree.
Student, Stanstead College, Quebec. Student, Burdett College, Boston. Doctor of Laws (honorary), University New Brunswick, 1953.
With, Edwin Crabtree & Sons, Sunapee, N.H. with, Adams Paper Company, Wells River, Vermont with, Howard Smith Paper Mills, Ltd. with, Crabtree Mills and Beauharnois, Quebec, 1920-1928; general superintendent, Canada Paper Company, Windsor Mills, Quebec, 1928; resident manager, Canada Paper Company, Windsor Mills, Quebec, 1928-1930; mill manager, Fraser Paper, Ltd. subsidiary Fraser Companies, Ltd., 1930-1935; general manager, Fraser Paper, Ltd. subsidiary Fraser Companies, Ltd., 1935-1940; vice president, general manager, Fraser Companies Ltd. and subsidiaries Fraser Paper Ltd. and Restigouche Company Ltd., 1940-1941; president, general manager, Fraser Companies Ltd. and subsidiaries, 1941-1956; president, chairman, Fraser Companies Ltd. and subsidiary Fraser Paper Ltd., 1956-1963; chairman, Fraser Companies Ltd. and subsidiary Fraser Paper Ltd., from 1963. Board directors Wabasso Cotton Limited company. Advising committee Groundwood Paper Industry War Production Board.
Served with the CEF, 1916-1919. Member Canada Pulp and Paper Association (past chairman, member executive board), American Pulp and Paper Mill Superintendents Association.
Married Dorothy Hall, June 12, 1931. Children: Mary Diana (Mistress Edward Tabor McFarlin), Jay Alan, Dennis Aubrey (deceased).