Joseph Hinton
For the British composer and organist, see Joseph Hinton (composer).
Joseph Hinton is the individual after whom the community of Hintonburg, Ontario, now part of Ottawa, is named.
Born in County Wexford, Ireland, he was a shopkeeper and civic official in Richmond, Ontario. Hinton came to live with his son Robert in present-day Hintonburg sometime after 1867. He died in 1884 but his contribution to the community – which included securing a post office and the Nepean township hall – was recognized in the naming of the village of Hintonburg, now part of Ottawa, Ontario.
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