Alexander Gordon McBean

1861 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	Alexander Gordon McBean
  Born	8 Jun 1861	North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Gender	Male
  Interesting	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	medicine
  Name	A. G. McBean
  Occupation	1881	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Clerk
  Occupation	1881	North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Druggist
  Residence	1881	North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	C. Presbyterian
  Occupation	Sep 1886	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4, 5]
  	druggist and chemist
  Occupation	1891	North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Druggist
  Residence	1891	North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Presbyterian
  Occupation	1901	Portage La Prairie, , Manitoba, Canada   [6]
  	farmer
  Residence	1901	Portage La Prairie, , Manitoba, Canada   [6]
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-137704
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Person ID	I137704	Generations
  Last Modified	12 May 2024

  
  

  Father	Alexander McBean,   b. 1820, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1 May 1895, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 75 years)
  Mother	Jessie Jane "Jane" Milroy,   b. 4 Aug 1824, , Scotland ,   d. 9 Feb 1922, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 97 years)
  Family ID	F19322	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Pauline Rose,   b. 17 Jan 1862, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	20 Jul 1886	Guelph City, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Children	1. Pauline Rose McBean,   b. 8 Jun 1888, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. John Allister McBean,   b. 10 Nov 1889, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	13 May 2024
  Family ID	F57586	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  In 1886, Dr. McIntyre sold out the drug business to Alex. G. McBean whom I remember quite well, and he continued until 1891 and then sold to Wesley M. Kirkland. And in that same year or the year after, Mr. John Phin bought the property from Ventry Conway as an investment. Mac. was a tall, well built athletic man, always wearing a smile and in business, very wide awake. He knew all the kids by their first names and all the kids were special friends of his. Just a dandy fine fellow. As John Zryd had done before him, he soon came to realize that he was not getting enough farm trade because the farmers were buying their drugs in the larger towns around. So he had himself made hundreds of tin boxes, 61/2 x 61/2 inches, three inches thick, with a nice hinged lid which were labelled on the outside "McBean's Family Medicine Chest." Pasted to the inside of the lid where it could be seen when the lid was lifted he had another label showing the contents of the box and the price of each item. This is a copy: Pain Killer 25 cents Cough Syrup 25 cents Worm Syrup 25 cents Soothing Syrup 25 cents Lightning Oil 25 cents Healing Salve 25 cents Liver Pills 25 cents Condition Powders 25 cents Toothe Ache Drops 10 cents Castor Oil 10 cents Court Plaster 5 cents These Medicine Chests were put into houses far and near without charge or obligation. When anything they contained was needed the householder took it out and used it, and periodically McBean's man would come around and refill the Chest and collect at scheduled rates for the items that had been taken out. I was told that an amazing amount of business was developed by this plan. Le Rue De Commerce, Other Times Other Customs Other Days Other Ways, Winfield Brewster 1954

  
  

• Sources

  [S336] Census - ON, Waterloo, Galt - 1881, Galt Division 1 Page 6. [S205] Census - ON, Waterloo, North Dumfries - 1881, North Div. 2 Page 85. [S2042] Census - ON, Waterloo, North Dumfries - 1891, Sect. 2 Page 47. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration. Name: Alexander Mcbean Event Type: Marriage Event Date: 20 Jul 1886 Event Place: Guelph, Wellington, Ontario, Canada Gender: Male Age: 25 Birth Year (Estimated): 1861 Galt Occupation" chemist and druggist of Hespeler Father's Name: John Mcbean Mother's Name: Annie Mcbean Spouse's Name: Mary Rose Spouse's Gender: Female Spouse's Age: 24 Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1862 Waterloo Residence: Guelph Spouse's Father's Name: Lawrence Rose Spouse's Mother's Name: Hannah Rose [S57] Vit - ON - Birth Registration. Name: John Allister Mcbean Gender: Male Birth Date: 10 Nov 1889 Birthplace: Hespeler, Waterloo, Ontario Father's Name: A.G. Mcbean - druggist Mother's Name: Mary Rose [S2434] Census - Canada - 1901, 1901; Census Place: Portage la Prairie, Macdonald, Manitoba; Page: 2; Family No: 11. Alex G. Mcbean 39, b. 8 Jun 1861 Ontario, farmer Pauline 39 b. 17 Jan 1862 Pauline R. 12 b. 8 Jun 1888 John A. 10 b. 10 Nov 1890 Lawrence 6 b. 20 Oct 1894 MB Franklin G. 4 b. 1 Sep 1896

  
  

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  Born - 8 Jun 1861 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Interesting - medicine - - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Clerk - 1881 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Druggist - 1881 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - C. Presbyterian - 1881 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 20 Jul 1886 - Guelph City, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Occupation - druggist and chemist - Sep 1886 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Druggist - 1891 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Presbyterian - 1891 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - farmer - 1901 - Portage La Prairie, , Manitoba, Canada Residence - 1901 - Portage La Prairie, , Manitoba, Canada  = Link to Google Earth