Canal Bank and Trust explained

Canal Bank and Trust was a commercial bank in New Orleans, Louisiana.

History

Canal Bank and Trust was formed by the 1919 merger of Commercial Trust and Savings Bank and Canal Bank.^[1] It was renamed Canal Bank and Trust Company on January 1, 1926.

Presidents

• George Ogden (1831-1841)
• Glendy Burke (1841-1849)
• Rathbone (1859?)
• George B. Jonas (1866?-1877)
• Joseph Chandler Morris (1877-??)

Mergers and acquisition time-line

• New Orleans Canal and Banking Company, March 5, 1831.^[2]
• Canal Bank of New Orleans, November 22, 1895
• Canal Bank and Trust Company, August 11, 1903
• Canal-Louisiana Bank and Trust Company, October, 1905
• Canal Bank and Trust Company, January 1, 1914
• Canal-Commercial Trust and Savings Bank, 1919
• Canal Bank and Trust Company, January 1, 1926

Archive

The Canal Bank and Trust papers are archived at Tulane University.

Notes and References

1. News: John H. Fulton, Financier, Dead. President of the National Park Bank Stricken Suddenly at Country Home. Began Career as a Clerk. Organized Several Banks in the South. A Forceful Figure in Financial Circles . . September 26, 1927 . 2015-03-07 .
2. Canal Bank and Trust Company papers . .