Hugh Leslie McCulloch

1897 - 1992  (94 years)

• Name	Hugh Leslie McCulloch
  Born	27 Nov 1897	Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Interesting	military, railway, business, insurance
  Military	1914	WW1   [2]
  	WW1, 9th Battery / 69th Battalion
  Military	1914	WW1   [3]
  	WW1, Colonel Bickford's Battalion
  Residence	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Residence	Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-65137
  Died	6 Aug 1992	Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Buried	Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I65137	Generations
  Last Modified	6 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Robert Osborne McCulloch,   b. 1 Apr 1864, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 5 May 1943, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 79 years)
  Mother	Bella Louise "Louise" Leslie,   b. 4 Jun 1871, Fyvie, , Aberdeen, Scotland ,   d. 26 Jan 1960  (Age 88 years)
  Married	14 Oct 1896	Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Family ID	F17007	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Ann Nilson
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F56422	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	E. Barbara,   d. Bef 1992
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F56423	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  HUGH L. McCULLOCH 1897-1992 Married: Ann Nilson Hugh Leslie McCulloch was born in 1897 a son of Robert Osborne McCulloch and Bella Louise Leslie. He was educated at Lakefield School, Ridley College and the University of Toronto. He served as a Lieutenant in the 1st Battery, Canadian Field Artillery and was a vice-president and director of Waterloo Trust and Savings and a director of Mutual Life Assurance, of Pacific Finance Credit Ltd., of Pacific Finance Corp., of the Imperial Bank of Canada and of the Lake Erie and Northern Railway. He served as president of Babcock-Wilcox & Goldie McCulloch Co. Ltd., from 1934 to 1951 and as chairman of the Board of Directors of that company from 1951 to 1966. Mr. McCulloch also served on the Board of Directors of the Gore Mutual Insurance Company from 1930 to 1973 and was chairman of that Board from 1963 to 1973. He was also president of the company from 1957 to 1963. In addition, Mr. McCulloch was president of Galt Art Metal Co. Ltd. from 1934 to 1952 when he was named as the Chairman of Galt Art Metal's Board of Directors. Mr. McCulloch retired from Babcock-Wilcox & Goldie-McCulloch in 1966 and died on August 6, 1992. He is buried in Mount View Cemetery. Sources: 1. Babcock & Wilcox Canada a History 1844-1977 Babcock & Wilcox Canada Cambridge 1987. 2. Roderick Cunningham Legacy of the Gore Cunningham Enterprises, Toronto, 1989. 3. "50 Years of Progress, Galt Metal Industries Limited", Davis-Lisson Ltd., Hamilton Ontario 1954. Cambridge Mosaic, Jim Quantrell, 1998, City of Cambridge [used with kind permission of Jim Quantrell] ____________________________ McCULLOCH, Hugh L. On Thursday, August 6th, 1992, in Cambridge, in his 95th year. Survived by his loving wife Ann (nee Nilson), two daughters, Mrs. B. J. Lawton of Waterloo, Mrs. F.C. Hope of Kingsville and a son, Hugh J. McCulloch of Rothesay, N.B. Also survived by his sister-in-law, Mrs. M. Holden of Toronto. He will be missed by his fifteen grandchildren, thirteen great-grandchildren and many nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by his first wife, E. Barbara and his daughter, Sheila Ker, two sisters, Mrs. G. B. Gordon and Mrs. J. Matthews and his brother, A. L. McCulloch. The family will receive friends at Knox's Galt Presbyterian Church, Cambridge, on Sunday, August 9th, 1992, from 1-2 p.m. The Funeral Service will be in the church on Sunday, at 2: 00 p.m. Rev Linda Ewing officiating. Interment to follow in Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge. Cambridge Reporter 1992

  
  

• Sources

  [S259] Census - ON, Waterloo, Galt - 1901, Galt (Town/Ville) C-9 Page 5. [S157] Military - Canada - World War I - Attestation papers. [S2231] Military - Kitchener Public Library - Soldier Information Card Collection - World War One. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration. Robert Osborne McCulloch (occ. barrister at law of Toronto) b. Galt Ont Age: 32 born abt 1864 father: Hugh McCulloch mother: Janet McCartney married Louie Leslie (res. Toronto) Age:: 25 born abt 1871 b. Fyvie Aberdeenshire father: Alexander Leslie mother: Isabella Davidson married 14 Oct 1896 Marriage Place: York, Toronto, He Presbyterian, she Episcopalian

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 27 Nov 1897 - Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada Residence - - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - - Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada Died - 6 Aug 1992 - Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth