Editing Timothy Eaton (section)

{{Short description|Northern Irish-Canadian businessman (1834–1907)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name               = Timothy Eaton
| image              = Timothy Eaton Portrait.jpg
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| birth_date         = {{birth-date|March 1834}}
| birth_place        = [[Ballymena]], County Antrim, Ireland
| death_date         = {{death date and age|df=y|1907|1|31|1834|3}}
| death_place        = [[Toronto]], Ontario, Canada
| resting_place      = [[Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto|Mount Pleasant Cemetery]], Toronto
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| nationality        = 
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| other_names        = 
| known_for          = Founder of [[Eaton's]]
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| spouse             = Margaret Wilson Beattie
| partner            = 
| children           = 8
| relatives          = [[Eaton family (Toronto)|Eaton family]]
| signature          = Timothy Eaton Signature.svg
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}}

'''Timothy Eaton''' (March 1834 – 31 January 1907) was a Northern Irish-Canadian businessman who founded the [[Eaton's]] [[department store]], one of the most important retail businesses in Canada's history.<ref>{{ cite web | url=http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/articles/timothy-eaton | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120620072119/http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/articles/timothy-eaton | url-status=dead | archive-date=20 June 2012 | title=Timothy Eaton | author = Joy L. Santink | website= [[The Canadian Encyclopedia]] | accessdate=31 January 2011}}</ref>