Timothy Eaton with son John Craig, 1899
Archives of Ontario, T. Eaton Co. fonds
Box 559, F 229-308-0-2209 Used with permission of Sears Canada Inc.
Eaton's store factory, Toronto, 1901
Archives of Ontario, T. Eaton Co. fonds Box 3, F 229-1-0-21 Used with permission of Sears Canada Inc.
Women's clothing department, circa 1903
Archives of Ontario, T. Eaton Co. fonds Box 542, F 229-308-0-1894 Used with permission of Sears Canada Inc.
1834
Born in Ireland.
1852
Completes a five-year apprenticeship in a general store.
1854
Emigrates to Canada.
1862
Marries Margaret Wilson Beattie, with whom
he has eight children.
1869
Opens a dry goods store at 178 Yonge Street,
Toronto.
1883
Moves to purpose-built premises at 190–196 Yonge Street, with 1.6 hectares (four acres) of space.
1884
Launches a mail-order catalogue.
1889
Opens the first Eaton’s factory in his Toronto store.
1905
Opens a store in Winnipeg, launches a mail-order operation in the West and inaugurates the Santa Claus Parade in Toronto.
1907
Dies on January 31 in Toronto.
First T. Eaton & Co. Catalogue,
Fall and Winter 1884 Archives of Ontario, T. Eaton Co. fonds
Box 1, F 229-1-0-1 Used with permission of Sears Canada Inc.
Seamstresses at work,
circa 1904 Archives of Ontario, T. Eaton Co. fonds Box 539, F 229-308-0-1831 Used with permission of Sears Canada Inc.
Friday bargain day crowd, Toronto, 1905 Archives of Ontario, T. Eaton Co. fonds Box 370, F 229-308-0-401 Used with permission of Sears Canada Inc.
