John Juchereau Kingsmill

1829 - 1900  (71 years)

• Name	John Juchereau Kingsmill
  Born	1829	, Quebec, Canada   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-179258
  Died	1900  [1]
  Buried	St. Mark's Anglican Church Cemetery, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Welland Co., Ontario
  Person ID	I179258	Generations
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2025

  
  

  Family	Julia Dickson,   b. 1839,   d. 1871  (Age 32 years)
  Children	1. Pauline Kingsmill,   b. 18 Jul 1867, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 28 Apr 1914, Tours, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne, France  (Age 46 years)
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2025
  Family ID	F51866	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  JOHN JUCHEREAU KINGSMILL, M.A., D.C.L., Judge of the County of Bruce, Walkerton, Ont., was born in the city of Quebec on the 21st of May, 1829. He is of Irish descent, and belongs to a noted military family. His grandfather was Major Kingsmill, of the 1st Royal Regiment, and his father was Colonel William Kings mill, who came to Canada early in the second quarter of this century. Judge Kingsmill, our subject, was educated at Upper Canada College, the University of Toronto, from which he re ceived the degree of B.A., and Trinity College, from which he received the de grees of M.A. and D.C.L. He commenced the practice of law at Guelph in the year 1853, and was for many years partner of the late Hon. Adam Ferguson Blair. He was County Crown At torney from 1856 until 1866, and during his residence there was very active in volunteer mat ters. In 1867, on the separation of Bruce from Huron, he was appointed Judge of the County of Bruce, which position he has held since. He is cool and impartial in his judgments, and his charges to a jury are very clear and emphatic, and fills this high office with ability and dignity appropriate to the position. In religion he is a member of the English Church, has been a delegate to the Synod of Huron for years, and also a delegate to the Provincial Synod, Montreal. Judge Kingsmill has been married four times -first, in 1854, to Ellen Diana, eldest daughter of George J. Grange, formerly Sheriff of the County of Wellington. She was killed by accident in 1860. He was married a second time in 1861 to Julia, eldest daughter of Hon. W. H. Dickson, Senator, Niagara. She died in 1869. He again married in 1871 Caroline Louise, eldest daughter of Samuel Penn Stokes, of Windsor, who has since died, and in 1884 he married for the fourth time Agnes Caroline Grace, daughter of the late Lieut.-Colonel Bernard, of the 13th Hussars, and grand-daughter of the late Samuel P. Jarvis, Esq., of Toronto. He has a large family. THE CANADIAN ALBUM. MEN OF CANADA; OR, SUCCESS BY EXAMPLE, IN RELIGION, PATRIOTISM, BUSINESS, LAW, MEDICINE, EDUCATION AND AGRICULTURE; CONTAINING PORTRAITS OF SOME OF CANADA'S CHIEF BUSINESS MEN, STATESMEN, FARMERS, MEN OF THE I.EARNED PROFESSIONS, AND OTHERS. ALSO, AN AUTHENTIC SKETCH OF THEIR LIVES. Edited BY REV, WM. COCHRANE, D.D., BRADLEY, GARRETSON & CO., BRANTFORD, ONTARIO, 1891

  
  

• Sources

  [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/230518041.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 1829 - , Quebec, Canada Buried - - St. Mark's Anglican Church Cemetery, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Welland Co., Ontario  = Link to Google Earth