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Charles Fleetford Sise Sr. (27 September 1834 – 9 April 1918) was an American -born Canadian businessman and one of the first presidents of Bell Canada.
A friend of Jefferson Davis, president of the Confederacy, Sise is reputed to have helped the southern war effort as Davis’s private secretary and as an intelligence officer and blockade runner.
Jun 4, 2008 · Charles Fleetford Sise, businessman (b at Portsmouth, NH 27 Sept 1834; d at Montréal 9 Apr 1918). Before coming to Canada, Sise had careers as a sea captain, a...
The biography of the American-born Charles Fleetford Sise (1834-1918), the founding president of the Montreal-based Bell Telephone Company of Canada. Sise, a former U.S. representative of the Royal Canadian Insurance Company of Montreal, immigrated to Quebec in 1880 to establish a telephone company on behalf of the National Bell Telephone ...
- Fetherstonhaugh, R. C. (Author)
- Book
- Montreal
The biography of the American-born Charles Fleetford Sise (1834-1918), the founding president of the Montreal-based Bell Telephone Company of Canada. Sise, a former U.S. representative of the Royal Canadian Insurance Company of Montreal, immigrated to Quebec in 1880 to establish a telephone company on behalf of the National Bell Telephone ...
- Fetherstonhaugh, R. C. (Author)
- Book
- Montreal
Former sea captain Charles Fleetford Sise arrived in Montréal from the US in March 1880 with a mandate by the owners of Bell’s patents to help organize a Canadian telephone company. Before becoming president, Mr. Sise directed the day-to-day operations of the company as General Manager.
Apr 13, 2019 · Charles Fleetford Sise, 1834-1918 : a biography. by. Fetherstonhaugh, R. C. (Robert Collier), 1892-1949. Publication date. 1944. Topics. Sise, Charles Fleetford, 1834-1918, Bell Telephone Company of Canada. Publisher. Montreal : Gazette Printing Co.
