Robert Laidlaw

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NameRobert Laidlaw

Birth Date1900

Birth PlaceHagersville, Haildmand, ON

Death Date1967

FatherJohn Brown Laidlaw (1854-1937)

MotherMargaret Marshall Anderson (1857-1932)

Notes for Robert Laidlaw

Laidlaw International was founded by Robert Laidlaw as a trucking company in 1924 in Haggersville, Ontario, Canada. While the company continues to bear his name, in reality the man behind its growth was Michael G. DeGroote, who bought Laidlaw in 1958. Born on a farm in Belgium in 1933, DeGroote emigrated to Canada with his parents in 1948, settling in southwestern Ontario and struggling to make a living on a tobacco farm.

see https://www.answers.com/topic/laidlaw-international-inc-usa

See History in Google Books:

https://books.google.com/books?id=e3KE9KjwONEC&...ersville&f=false

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August 19, 2022
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