Background
ARMITAGE, William James was born in 1860 in Bryanston, London Township, Company Middlesex, Canada. Son ofWm. Bond Head Armitage and Jane Adams.
ARMITAGE, William James was born in 1860 in Bryanston, London Township, Company Middlesex, Canada. Son ofWm. Bond Head Armitage and Jane Adams.
Studied at Wycliffe College. University of Toronto. Master of Arts; Doctor of Philosophy.
Ordained 1884; Curate of Saint James’ Church, Orillia. Rector of Saint Thomas’ Church, Saint Catharines, Ontario, 18S6. Rural Dean of Lincoln and Welland, 1893.
Chaplain Princess Louise Fusiliers, 1899.
Archdeacon of Halifax, 1906. Canon of All Saints’ Cathedral, 1907.
A member Diocesan, Provincial, and General Synods. IPres. Church Men's Society.
Chairman Superannuation Fund, Lord’s Day Alliance, Sunday School Committee, Halifax Branch, Colonial and Continental Church Society.
Vice-: President of the Nova Scotia Historical Society. Has interested himself in civic problems, especially the housing of the poor and the prevention of tuberculosis. Rector of Saint Paul’s Church, Halifax, since 1897.
Canon and Archdeacon of Halifax.
Spouse 1886, Elinor Maria,daughter of Robert Ramsay, Doctor of Medicine