Extracts from Publications
Pictonians at Home and Abroad, Rev. James P. MacPhie
1914
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CHAPTER XI, PICTOU IN THE BUSINESS WORLD
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Mr. A. P. Willis, another Pictonian has made for himself a reputation and at the same time a fortune by putting musical instruments into thousands of Canadian homes. Mr. Willis was born near Millsville in 1845. In 1873 he migrated to Montreal where he engaged in the sewing machine business, and selling of pianos and organs. After 25 years of selling, Mr. Willis decided to manufacture and the company's factory at Montreal turns out about 4000 pianos every year. |