Employees List - Directors List
Managers/Dairyman/Milkman/ Etc. - This is a list of known employee's who worked at the dairy:
Charles Ayotte - Milkman - worked at 175 Colborne during the 1940's and 1950's. His itinerary was route#20 serving Park Extension at the time
Treffle Belhumeur - Milkman - worked at 175 Colborne during the late 1930's until 1940. He was involved in an accident while delivering Milk for Ernest Cousins Limited in a rented car January 8, 1940.
George Buckley - Purchasing Agent for Ernest Cousins Limited (1960's ?)
Roddy Campbell - (title unknown) 1920's or earlier- worked at Montée du Zouave.
Stanley Chauvin - 1920's or earlier - worked at Montée du Zouave bottling milk with other management responsibilities.
Ernest Cousins Chauvin - 1930's - worked at Montée du Zouave bottling milk.
John Cecil Chauvin - 19 30's - worked at Montée du Zouave bottling milk.
Mr. Cordner - 1932, 1933 ( vice-president of Ernest Cousins Limited) "Of the city of Montreal".
Cecil Ernest Cousins - Manager of Ernest Cousins Limited, later Vice President of Ernest Cousins Limited and Blue Crest Ice Cream Shops (1930? - 1961).
Ernest Albert Cousins - President and Founder of Ernest Cousins - Zouave Dairy, (Ernest Cousins Limited), Pres. Wildgrove Limited, Pres. Independent Amusement Company (Montreal), Pres. United Amusement Corporation Limited, Pres. Excelsior and Varnish and Color Works Limited, President of the Montreal Kiwanians Club (1923), President of The St Georges Society of Montreal (1932) .
Ernest Cousins Jr. (Ernie) - Listed as a Purchasing Agent for Ernest Cousins Limited (1960's ?) .
Francis Ernest Cousins (Frank) - Secretary-Treasurer for Ernest Cousins Limited and "Dairy Manager" (1930? - 1961).
Helena Marion Cousins ( Lena Chauvin)
Gladys Maude Cousins - Office management for Ernest Cousins Limited. Worked at both Montée du Zouave and Colborne Street addresses. (1900's - 1930's ).
Thomas Percival Cousins - Dairyman at Ernest Cousins Limited, worked very hard at Montée du Zouave in all positions at the dairy until his untimely death (Tuberculosis). (1904 - 1921)
Joseph Hector Dorion - Milkman - Worked at Ernest Cousins Limited in 1920 , at Montée Du Zouave.
Emile Gauvin - Milkman - Worked for Ernest Cousins 1936 - 1956 (start date likely much earlier) at 175 Colborne Avenue - Please read Emile's story as told from his son Pierre Gauvin
Pierre Gauvin - Milkman / (Delivery Boy) " J'ai travaille la durant les vacances d'ete dans les annees 49 et 50". The pay was about $2.00 a day. As well at the age of 13 he worked in the ice cream facility during the summer school break.
Charles Auguste Germain - Milkman - Worked for Ernest Cousins Limited at 175 Colborne Avenue. He had 4 milk routes which he shared with his 2 sons Claude and Raymond and 1 other. His milk routes were located in the sectors of the Mile End, Little Italy, La Petite Patrie and the Plateau Mont-Royal (Start unknown - 1956)
Claude Germain - Milkman - Worked for Ernest Cousins Limited at 175 Colborne Avenue. (1953 - ?)
Pierre Germain - Delivery Boy (age 9) - At times, he helped his brothers , Claude and Raymond with their milk routes (1956 or so)
Raymond Germain - Milkman - Worked for Ernest Cousins Limited at 175 Colborne Avenue. He had a milk route in Outremont (1953- 1956)
Ron Grandin - Milkman / (Delivery Boy) - Worked for Ernest Cousins on Saturdays as a delivery boy with the horse and wagon. "Pay was 11 dimes for the whole day, but all the chocolate milk you could drink.!!!!!"
Lenford William Hoskins - Milkman - Worked for Ernest Cousins Limited (1950's until Cousins closes down) at both 175 Colborne Avenue and 3115 Côte de Liesse.
Gary Hoskins aka Hos - Milkman/ (Delivery Boy) - Worked for Ernest Cousins Limited helping his father with delivery's at both 175 Colborne Avenue and 3115 Côte de Liesse in the 1950's until Cousins closes down. Of note his Uncle Bob Simpson and Hos's brother also worked at the dairy.
Leonard Hoskins - Milkman/ (Delivery Boy) - Worked for Ernest Cousins Limited helping his Uncle Bob Simpson with delivery's in the La Salle and Verdun areas. Leonard worked out of both 175 Colborne Avenue and 3115 Côte de Liesse in the 1950's until Cousins closes down.
George Laws - (Milkman/ Delivery Boy) 1920's - worked at Montée du Zouave. He is the driver of the "Ernest Cousins - Zouave Dairy - Telephone East 4080" wagon found in the "dairy Photograph's" section. The picture is actualy a postcard put out by Artura Postcards. The horse's name was Jackie.
P? J? Marmelston - (title unknown) 1921 - worked at Montee du Zouave.
Mr. McKay - Stable Foreman - Worked for Ernest Cousins Limited (1940's ?) at 175 Colborne street.
Harry Mozuk - Tank-scale Weigher - (1923 to at least 1938) Worked for Ernest Cousins Limited at both Montée du Zouave and 175 Colborne Street. He lived at 4102 Laval Avenue. Harry was acquitted of improperly weighing customers cans of milk.
Richard Allen Murphy - Milkman - Worked for Ernest Cousins Limited ( possibly 1945 to 1960/61) at 175 Colborne street.
Jack Napier - (title unknown) 1920's - worked at Montée du Zouave.
Paul Renaud - Plant Worker - 175 Colborne Avenue. His start date is unknown, but he is believed to have worked there until retirement at some point in the 1960's.
Paul Silver - Milkman - Worked for Ernest Cousins Limited in 1934. Paul lived at 4222 Drolet Street. He was robbed at gun point while making a delivery of milk for Ernest Cousins Limited. (June 18, 1934)
Bob Simpson - Milkman - 1950's ? Worked for Ernest Cousins Limited. He delivered in the Verdun / La Salle area
André Vallée - Milkman - Worked at Ernest Cousins dairy from 1951 to 1953 at 175 Colborne street (now Peel st.)
Directors of Ernest Cousins Limited 1922:
Ernest Albert Cousins - President
Cecil Ernest Cousins - Manager of Ernest Cousins Limited
Helena Marion Cousins - Secretary of Ernest Cousins Limited
Directors of Ernest Cousins Limited 1925:
Ernest Albert Cousins - President
Ernest H. Cliff- Lawyer
Francis Ernest Cousins - Secretary Treasurer
Andrew C. Cordner - Restaurant Keeper
Stanley Chauvin - Dairyman
Nathan B. Cohen - Manufacturer
E.W. Sawyer - Merchant
The Board of Directors for Ernest Cousins Limited 1931:
Mr. Reynolds - (of the Producers)
Mr. Ernest Cousins- President
Mr. Cordner - Vice-president - (from the city of Montreal)
Directors of Ernest Cousins Limited 1932:
H.E. Reynolds
Directors of Ernest Cousins Limited 1939:
Fred Cleary
Charles Ayotte - Milkman - worked at 175 Colborne during the 1940's and 1950's. His itinerary was route#20 serving Park Extension at the time
Treffle Belhumeur - Milkman - worked at 175 Colborne during the late 1930's until 1940. He was involved in an accident while delivering Milk for Ernest Cousins Limited in a rented car January 8, 1940.
George Buckley - Purchasing Agent for Ernest Cousins Limited (1960's ?)
Roddy Campbell - (title unknown) 1920's or earlier- worked at Montée du Zouave.
Stanley Chauvin - 1920's or earlier - worked at Montée du Zouave bottling milk with other management responsibilities.
Ernest Cousins Chauvin - 1930's - worked at Montée du Zouave bottling milk.
John Cecil Chauvin - 19 30's - worked at Montée du Zouave bottling milk.
Mr. Cordner - 1932, 1933 ( vice-president of Ernest Cousins Limited) "Of the city of Montreal".
Cecil Ernest Cousins - Manager of Ernest Cousins Limited, later Vice President of Ernest Cousins Limited and Blue Crest Ice Cream Shops (1930? - 1961).
Ernest Albert Cousins - President and Founder of Ernest Cousins - Zouave Dairy, (Ernest Cousins Limited), Pres. Wildgrove Limited, Pres. Independent Amusement Company (Montreal), Pres. United Amusement Corporation Limited, Pres. Excelsior and Varnish and Color Works Limited, President of the Montreal Kiwanians Club (1923), President of The St Georges Society of Montreal (1932) .
Ernest Cousins Jr. (Ernie) - Listed as a Purchasing Agent for Ernest Cousins Limited (1960's ?) .
Francis Ernest Cousins (Frank) - Secretary-Treasurer for Ernest Cousins Limited and "Dairy Manager" (1930? - 1961).
Helena Marion Cousins ( Lena Chauvin)
Gladys Maude Cousins - Office management for Ernest Cousins Limited. Worked at both Montée du Zouave and Colborne Street addresses. (1900's - 1930's ).
Thomas Percival Cousins - Dairyman at Ernest Cousins Limited, worked very hard at Montée du Zouave in all positions at the dairy until his untimely death (Tuberculosis). (1904 - 1921)
Joseph Hector Dorion - Milkman - Worked at Ernest Cousins Limited in 1920 , at Montée Du Zouave.
Emile Gauvin - Milkman - Worked for Ernest Cousins 1936 - 1956 (start date likely much earlier) at 175 Colborne Avenue - Please read Emile's story as told from his son Pierre Gauvin
Pierre Gauvin - Milkman / (Delivery Boy) " J'ai travaille la durant les vacances d'ete dans les annees 49 et 50". The pay was about $2.00 a day. As well at the age of 13 he worked in the ice cream facility during the summer school break.
Charles Auguste Germain - Milkman - Worked for Ernest Cousins Limited at 175 Colborne Avenue. He had 4 milk routes which he shared with his 2 sons Claude and Raymond and 1 other. His milk routes were located in the sectors of the Mile End, Little Italy, La Petite Patrie and the Plateau Mont-Royal (Start unknown - 1956)
Claude Germain - Milkman - Worked for Ernest Cousins Limited at 175 Colborne Avenue. (1953 - ?)
Pierre Germain - Delivery Boy (age 9) - At times, he helped his brothers , Claude and Raymond with their milk routes (1956 or so)
Raymond Germain - Milkman - Worked for Ernest Cousins Limited at 175 Colborne Avenue. He had a milk route in Outremont (1953- 1956)
Ron Grandin - Milkman / (Delivery Boy) - Worked for Ernest Cousins on Saturdays as a delivery boy with the horse and wagon. "Pay was 11 dimes for the whole day, but all the chocolate milk you could drink.!!!!!"
Lenford William Hoskins - Milkman - Worked for Ernest Cousins Limited (1950's until Cousins closes down) at both 175 Colborne Avenue and 3115 Côte de Liesse.
Gary Hoskins aka Hos - Milkman/ (Delivery Boy) - Worked for Ernest Cousins Limited helping his father with delivery's at both 175 Colborne Avenue and 3115 Côte de Liesse in the 1950's until Cousins closes down. Of note his Uncle Bob Simpson and Hos's brother also worked at the dairy.
Leonard Hoskins - Milkman/ (Delivery Boy) - Worked for Ernest Cousins Limited helping his Uncle Bob Simpson with delivery's in the La Salle and Verdun areas. Leonard worked out of both 175 Colborne Avenue and 3115 Côte de Liesse in the 1950's until Cousins closes down.
George Laws - (Milkman/ Delivery Boy) 1920's - worked at Montée du Zouave. He is the driver of the "Ernest Cousins - Zouave Dairy - Telephone East 4080" wagon found in the "dairy Photograph's" section. The picture is actualy a postcard put out by Artura Postcards. The horse's name was Jackie.
P? J? Marmelston - (title unknown) 1921 - worked at Montee du Zouave.
Mr. McKay - Stable Foreman - Worked for Ernest Cousins Limited (1940's ?) at 175 Colborne street.
Harry Mozuk - Tank-scale Weigher - (1923 to at least 1938) Worked for Ernest Cousins Limited at both Montée du Zouave and 175 Colborne Street. He lived at 4102 Laval Avenue. Harry was acquitted of improperly weighing customers cans of milk.
Richard Allen Murphy - Milkman - Worked for Ernest Cousins Limited ( possibly 1945 to 1960/61) at 175 Colborne street.
Jack Napier - (title unknown) 1920's - worked at Montée du Zouave.
Paul Renaud - Plant Worker - 175 Colborne Avenue. His start date is unknown, but he is believed to have worked there until retirement at some point in the 1960's.
Paul Silver - Milkman - Worked for Ernest Cousins Limited in 1934. Paul lived at 4222 Drolet Street. He was robbed at gun point while making a delivery of milk for Ernest Cousins Limited. (June 18, 1934)
Bob Simpson - Milkman - 1950's ? Worked for Ernest Cousins Limited. He delivered in the Verdun / La Salle area
André Vallée - Milkman - Worked at Ernest Cousins dairy from 1951 to 1953 at 175 Colborne street (now Peel st.)
Directors of Ernest Cousins Limited 1922:
Ernest Albert Cousins - President
Cecil Ernest Cousins - Manager of Ernest Cousins Limited
Helena Marion Cousins - Secretary of Ernest Cousins Limited
Directors of Ernest Cousins Limited 1925:
Ernest Albert Cousins - President
Ernest H. Cliff- Lawyer
Francis Ernest Cousins - Secretary Treasurer
Andrew C. Cordner - Restaurant Keeper
Stanley Chauvin - Dairyman
Nathan B. Cohen - Manufacturer
E.W. Sawyer - Merchant
The Board of Directors for Ernest Cousins Limited 1931:
Mr. Reynolds - (of the Producers)
Mr. Ernest Cousins- President
Mr. Cordner - Vice-president - (from the city of Montreal)
Directors of Ernest Cousins Limited 1932:
H.E. Reynolds
Directors of Ernest Cousins Limited 1939:
Fred Cleary
