Alexander John McDougall

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-134606P
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
• Occupation: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Student
• Residence: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian

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• Club Membership: Masons
• Interesting: public service, building, life story, business
• Name: J. McDougall
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-32195P
• Immigration: 1850, , Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1860, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1860, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1861, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; hardware merchant
• Occupation: 1861, 2 King St. S., Waterloo, Ontario; merchant
• Occupation: 1861, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Merchant
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Wesley Presbyterian
• Occupation: 1871, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Hardware Merchant
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
• Occupation: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Clerk County Clerk
• Occupation: 1881, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Deputy clerk of the Crown and Clerk of the County Court
• Residence: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
• Occupation: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; County Clerk
• Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
• Residence: 1897, 138 Frederick St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1901, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Clerk, Agent

Notes:

McDougall, John, Deputy Clerk of the Crown, and Clerk of the County Court. Has also held the office of Deputy Inspector of Weights and Measures. Was born at Kelso, Scotland, and has resided here since 1855.

Illustrated Atlas of the County of Waterloo, H. Parsel & Co., Toronto - 1881

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JOHN McDOUGALL.

On the roll of honored dead in Waterloo county appears the name of John McDougall, who after a most commendable business and official career passed away in 1906. He was born on the 20th of March, 1837, at Kelso, Roxburghshire, Scotland, of which place his parents, John and Nancy (Allan) McDougall, were also natives. The father was a carpenter and builder by trade and in 1852 came with his family to Canada, settling in Galt, where he was identified with building operations almost up to his death, which occurred in 1906, when he wss ninety-three years of age.

John McDougall acquired his education in the parish schools of Kelso, his native city, and when fifteen years of age accompanied his parents to the new world. He had previously acquainted himself with the hardware business in Scotland and after coming to Canada clerked for seven years in a hardware store, so that he was thoroughly acquainted with the trade when in 1865 he established a hardware business on his own account in Waterloo. He carried on a successful enterprise until 1875, at which time he sold out, while through the succeeding year he engaged in the manufacture of earth paints at Winterbourne, Waterloo county. He sold out in 1876, at which time he was appointed Dominion inspector of weights and measures, acting in that capacity until 1877, when he was appointed registrar of the High Court of Justice and clerk of the County Court, and registrar of the Surrogate Court. In that position he continued to serve for almost thirty years or up to the time of his death, which occurred very suddenly in 1906 in a Toronto hospital while undergoing a critical operation. He was secretary and treasurer of the North Waterloo Reform Association for many years and was prominent in political work, being an effective advocate of the principles in which he believed.

In 1859 Mr. McDougall was married to Miss Elsie Addison, a daughter of Alexander Addison of Galt, Ontario. They had two children: Agnes Allen, the wife of J. B. Dalzell, a barrister of Galt; and Alexander A., who is general passenger agent for the Illinois Central railroad, with headquarters at New York for thirteen years and now at New Orleans, Louisiana. Mrs. McDougall passed away in 1875 and in December, 1876, Mr. McDougall was again married, his second union being with Mary Cook, a daughter of Andrew Cook of Mount Pleasant, who was a pioneer of Brant county, coming from Poughkeepsie, New York, in 1818.

Mr. McDougall was a member of the Masonic fraternity and also held membership relations with the Maccabees and the Odd Fellows. He took an active and helpful part in the work of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church in Berlin, of which he was a member from 1858 and until 1904 he served as one of the managers. He was also secretary and chairman of the board for many years and his labors in behalf of the church were far reaching and beneficial. His many admirable traits of character, his progressiveness in citizenship, his loyality in office, his fidelity to his church relations and his devotion to his family and friends won him the unqualified respect, confidence and esteem of those with whom he came in contact.

A History of Ontario: its resources and development

John married Elspeth "Elsie" Addison 30 Apr 1860, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Elspeth (daughter of Alexander Addison and Grace McAllister) was born CALC 10 Apr 1838, , Ontario, Canada; died 11 Mar 1875, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Eliza Addison
• Name: Elizabeth Addison
• Name: Elsie Addison
• Name: Elspeth "Elsie" McDougall
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-80726P
• Residence: 1860, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1861, , Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1861, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Presbyterian
• Occupation: 1871, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Teacher
• Residence: 1871, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; C. Presbyterian
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
• Occupation: 1891, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Teacher
• Residence: 1891, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian

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• Employer: Goldie & McCulloch Co. Limited Foundry, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/216215056
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-103340
• Residence: 1826, Eckford, , Roxburgh, Scotland
• Residence: 1857, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: Bef 1858, Kelso, , Roxburgh, Scotland
• Historic Building: Abt 1858, 89 Grand Ave. S., Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Stone Cottage
• Occupation: 1861, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Carpenter
• Residence: 1861, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Presbyterian
• Occupation: 1871, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Carpenter
• Residence: 1871, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; C. Presbyterian
• Occupation: 1881, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Carpenter
• Occupation: 1891, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Gentleman
• Residence: 1891, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian

Notes:

Died, In Galt, this (Saturday) afternoon, at 3 o'clock, John McDougall, In his 93rd year. Funeral On Monday afternoon, 18th inst., at 3 o'clock, from the residence of his son, Robert McDougall, West Main Street, to Mount View Cemetery. Friends and acquaintances are respectfully requested to accept this intimation. Galt, Feb. 16, 1895.

Funeral Card of John McDougall

Historic Building:
Constructed about 1858, John McDougal built a 1 story stone cottage. This cottage survives (2009) as a Muesum run by the Region of Waterloo Government.

John — Agnes Allan. Agnes was born 1801, , Scotland; died 8 Nov 1879, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/216215171
• Name: Agnes McDougall
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-142148
• Residence: 1861, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Presbyterian
• Residence: 1871, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; C. Presbyterian

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Died, In Galt, this (Saturday) morning, at nine o'clock, Agnes Allan, Wife of John McDougall, In her 78th Year. Funeral, On Monday afternoon, at 2 o'clock, from the Residence of her Husband, West Main St., to Galt Cemetery. Galt, Nov. 8th, 1879.

Funeral Card of Agnes Allan McDougal

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-27643P
• Historic Building: CONSTRUCTED About 1850, 55 Ainslie St. N., Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; stone building constructed by Alexander Addison
• Occupation: 1851, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; cabinet maker
• Occupation: 1861, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Cabinet Maker
• Residence: 1861, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Presbyterian
• Directory: 1864, Main St., Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Directory: 1864, Ainslie St. S. (no address number), Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1871, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Cabinetmaker
• Residence: 1871, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; C. Presbyterian

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Alexander Addison was reported to be born in Banffshire, Scotland. He was the treasurer of the Galt Mechancis Institute and from 1858 until death served as the librarian for Galt.

Directory:
listed at cabinet maker

Alexander — Grace McAllister. Grace (daughter of Alexander McAllister) was born 1813, , Scotland; died 14 Apr 1895, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Grace Addison
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-27644
• Residence: 1861, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Free Church
• Residence: 1871, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; C. Presbyterian
• Occupation: 1891, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lady
• Residence: 1891, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian

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And there was MRS. GRACE ADDISON, with all the delicacy of her Highland appreciation of sacred things, and her strongly accentuated dislike of unreality in the spiritual life. Her firm adher ence to the holy Word and intolerance of any thing that usurped its place or dislodged its law was marked. There was for her in the Scripture an unquestioned finality. The prophet Isaiah sounded out the deep feeling of her heart when he cried: " Hear, O Heaven, and give ear, O earth; for the Lord hath spoken." That excluded all controversy. When the Supreme Wisdom uttered His voice there was nothing more to be said.1a
1aEbenezer: A History of the Central Presbyterian Church, Galt, Ontario, with brief sketches of some of its members who have passed on the the other side, The Rev. James A. R. Dickson

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-100437