Captain John George Ainslie

1858 - 1923  (64 years)

• Name	John George Ainslie
  Prefix	Captain
  Born	26 Mar 1858	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3]
  Christened	24 May 1858	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Gender	Male
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-27655
  Died	7 Jan 1923  [2]
  Buried	Leith United Church, Leith, Grey, Ontario
  Person ID	I27655	Generations
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2025

  
  

  Father	Adam Ainslie,   b. Between 1806 and 1807, , Scotland ,   d. 16 Sep 1896, Owen Sound, Grey Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 90 years)
  Mother	Isabella Millar,   b. 1829, , Scotland ,   d. 16 Sep 1918, Owen Sound, Grey Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 89 years)
  Married	19 Jan 1847	, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  Family ID	F7199	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Death of Capt. J.G. Ainslie The many friends in Owen Sound of Capt. John G. Ainslie will learn with deep regret of his death last evening. He had been in ill health for some time but has been declining rapidly for some months. His death last evening, while not unexpected, is none the less a sever shock to his many friends her. The late Capt. Ainslie was born near Galt, Ontario, nearly sixty-five years ago, the younger son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Adam Ainslie. He was only few years of age when he came with his parents to Leith, Ont. which was then a prominent Georgian Bay port. Practically all his life he has been engaged in the lumber business and he has been among the most prominent in that business on the Georgian Bay. He was first connected with the Maitland and Rixon company, and later was a member of the firm Rixon-Ainlie-Stoddart Ltd. In his youth he was one of the city's best known athletes and he at one time held the oarsman's championship of Owen Sound. He was a well versed in marine matters and held captain's papers although his regular occupation was not that of a sailor. He was a Presbyterian and attended Divison Street Presbyterian Church. The late Capt. Ainslie was thoroughly a gentleman and was highly esteemed by his large circle of friends both in Owen Sound and at Leith. Capt. Ainlie was unmarried and was the last surviving member of his family of which the late Mrs. Henry Rixon and the late Mr. Alexander Ainslie were members. For a large number of years he has made his home with the late Mr. and Mrs. Rixon and his only relatives here are his nieces, the Misses Rixon and Mrs. Broderick of New York, and Mr. Rixon Broderick-Owen Sound Sun-Times. Many people on Manitoulin will remember Capt. Ainslie of the firm of Maitland-Rixon Co. as he frequently visited the Island some years ago in company with the late Wm. Stoddart, both of whom were purchasing agents in the interest of the above mentioned firm of which they were members. The Recorder, Gore Bay, Thursday, January 18, 1923

  
  

• Sources

  [S29] Church Records - ON, Waterloo, Galt - St. Andrews Presbyterian. AINSLIE John George born 26 Mar 1858 Parents Adam AINSLIE & Isabella MILLER baptized 24 May 1858 Church: St. Andrews Presbyterian [S442] News - ON, Manitoulin Island - The Recorder, January 18, 1923 - Obituary of John George Ainslie. [S31] News - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Dumfries Reformer (1850-1892), 31 Mar 1858. Ainslie, Adam 26 Mar 1858 born a Son In Galt. [S29] Church Records - ON, Waterloo, Galt - St. Andrews Presbyterian. [S798] Church Records - ON, Waterloo, Galt - Associate Presbyterian (First United). Adam Ainslie of Dumfries married 19 Jan 1847 by license to Isabella Miller of Dumfries

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 26 Mar 1858 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Christened - 24 May 1858 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Leith United Church, Leith, Grey, Ontario  = Link to Google Earth