Silverwood Dairy
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Silverwood Dairy was a Toronto, Ontario dairy company that operated in the early 20th Century and later acquired as a brand name by Ault Foods.
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Silverwood Dairy was founded by Albert Edward Silverwood (b. February 15, 1876, d. December 2, 1961). Silverwood was born on a farm near the village of Oakwood and attended Oakwood P.S. and Lindsay Collegiate Institute. In 1901, he married Eva M. Ferris, of Lindsay, Ontario and had one son (Edward Gordon), and one daughter (Dorothy M). Silverwood was President and Managing Director of Silverwood Industries Limited of London, Ontario. The company was dealers in cold storage products and manufacturers of ice cream and butter.
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Albert's brother, William Alexander Silverwood, moved to Saskatoon, Saskatchewan in 1907. He became a successful cattle rancher and operated a bottling plant north of the city. The present-day neighbourhood of Silverwood Heights, which occupies his former farmland, bears his name.
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Les Mandelbaum formerly of Westgrove Avenue remembers horse drawn delivery from Silverwoods in the early 1950's.
