John Goldie

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• Business: Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Dumfries Foundry
• Interesting: house, business, life story,
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-46348
• Historic Building: Abt 1829, 31 Fraser Street, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; stone house
• Residence: 1858, Esquesing, Halton Co., Ontario
• Occupation: 1861, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; ?
• Residence: 1861, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; United Presbyterian
• Residence: 1868, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1871, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Manufacturer
• Residence: 1871, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; C. Presbyterian
• Occupation: 1873, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; machinist
• Occupation: 1881, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Manufacturer
• Occupation: 1891, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Foundry Proprieter
• Residence: 1891, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
• Building: 1897, Goldie & McCulloch Co. Limited Foundry, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Hall of Fame - Waterloo Region: Bef 2012, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

Notes:

John was twenty-two when his famous Scottish botanist father, John Goldie, brought his family to Greenfield, near Ayr in 1844. In 1859, he and his business partner, Hugh McCulloch, purchased the Crombie Factory located in Galt, and renamed the factory Goldie-McCulloch Limited. As the business flourished, factory operations included the manufacturing of boilers, engines, flour, sawmill and wood-working machinery, safes and vaults.

Goldie served as the vice-president of the Hospital Trust, and he and McCulloch were able to provide the land and money needed to build the first hospital in Galt


From Grace Schmidt Room of Local History Digital Photograph Collection

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John Goldie was born in Ayrshire and sent to school Kilroy near his home, but when young he apprenticed to James McNab a millwright. When he was 22 he emigrated to Canada with his family settling on Greenfield a farm near Ayr. He worked for George Baird a local contractor for over a year, then moved to Montreal where he worked for a 1 and half as a pattern maker. He returned to set up a small machine shop at his father's flour mill. He operated a saw mill in Esquesing Township for a number of years while doing work for James Crombie's Dumfries Foundry in Galt. He in 1859 purchased Crombie's mill in partnership with Hugh McCulloch. They formed Goldie-McCulloch Co. Ltd. which became one of the most successful manufacturers in Canada. He maintained is own observatory and member of the Astronomical Society of Ontario. Also he was involved with the Galt Mechanics Institute and vice-president of the Galt Hospital Trust.


Cambridge Mosaic , Jim Quantrell, 1998, City of Cambridge [abbreviated snippet from original text in book]

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The Goldie & McCulloch Co., Limited

There is no better known manufacturing establishment in the Dominion than that of the Goldie & McCulloch Co, Limited, of Galt. This business was originally established by Messrs. James Crombie & Co. in 1844, who were succeeded in 1859 by Messrs. Goldie & McCulloch. In 1891 a joint stock company with a capital stock of $700,000 was organized, the officers of the company being: Hugh McCulloch Sr., President; John Goldie, Manager; and Hugh McCulloch, Jr., Secretary-Treasurer. The buildings and plant of this extensive concern cover four and a half acres, and from three to four hundred men (according to requirements) are employed in the various departments of the works, whose earnings (paid every two weeks) mostly find their way into the coffers of the different traders of the town, adding not a little to the well-known general stability of the merchants of Galt. The general lines of machinery manufactured by The Goldie & McCulloch Co. are summarized thus: The Wheelock improved automatic slow speed engine and "Ideal" high speed engine, which they claim are unsurpassed by any other steam engines in use; Steam engines of various styles, adapted for every class of work; boilers and all modern appliances in connection therewith; wood-working machinery; flour, oatmeal and buckwheat machinery; wool machinery; saw-mill, shingle and stave machinery; turbine water wheels, all of the latest designs; fire-proof safes, bankers' safes, vault doors, etc., of every size. Circulars and particulars furnished on application.

The gentlemen who own and control this extensive establishment are personally so well known throughout the Dominion that little need to be said here respecting them. We may state, however, that Mr. Hugh McCulloch, and the late Mr. John Goldie, were both leading employees of Messrs. Crombie & Co., but Mr. McCulloch was the first to reach Galt in 1850. Since they assumed control of the business in 1859 their record has been one of continued success and progress, the result of their ability, energy and intelligent application to business, in conjunction with a fortunate combination of facilities adapted to specific fields of action. Nor have they given their attention wholly to personal affairs. Both gentlemen named have always taken an active interest in everything relating to the welfare of the community. In concluding this sketch, we would state that the relations between the proprietors and employed of the Dumfries Foundry have been almost invariably of the most pleasant and satisfactory character. All the members of the company are active and enterprising business men, liberal in their dealings with their employees and as members of society highly esteemed.

TheSouvenir of Galt 1897

Historic Building:
Built about 1829 by William Ovens it later served as the home of John Goldie Jr. of Goldie-McCulloch (later called in 1967 Babcock-Wilcox).

John married Margaret Rodgers 29 Sep 1870, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Margaret (daughter of Alexander Rodgers and Rebecca Wells) was born 1838, South Dumfries Twp., Brant Co., Ontario, Canada; died 1 Apr 1920, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

John married Elizabeth Alexander 5 Feb 1858, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Elizabeth (daughter of William D. B. Alexander and Marion Muir) was born 1835, , Westmeath, Ireland; died 14 Aug 1868, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-335803
• Residence: 1891, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian

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• Interesting: public service, business
• Name: Alex Goldie
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-66209
• Occupation: 1891, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Law Student
• Residence: 1891, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
• Occupation: 1901, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Foundry Owner
• Occupation: 1911, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Manufacturer, ? & Safes
• Residence: 1911, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian

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Alexander Goldie was born in Galt, the son of John Goldie and Margaret Rodgers. In 1893 he graduated as an engineer from University and became vice-president of the newly created Babcock-Wilcox & Goldie-McCulloch Co. Ltd. and was named president in 1932. He was active in the war effort in both world wars and member of Galt City Council. He was president of the YMCA and the president of the Gore Mutual Insurance Co.


Cambridge Mosaic , Jim Quantrell, 1998, City of Cambridge [abbreviated snippet from original text in book]

Alexander married Nora Gibson 31 May 1897, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Nora (daughter of James L. Gibson and Mary MacDonald) was born 6 May 1874, Peel Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada; died 28 Jul 1906, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Alexander married Grace Elizabeth Wilson 19 Sep 1911, Brantford Township, Brant County, Ontario, Canada. Grace was born 18 Sep 1878, Brantford Township, Brant County, Ontario, Canada; died 10 Feb 1963; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Charlotte Eleanore "Ella" Breckenridge
• Name: Ella Goldie
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-103386
• Residence: 1891, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian

Charlotte married James Campbell Breckenridge 4 Dec 1902, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. James (son of James Breckenridge and Agnes Alexander) was born 1868, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada; died 10 Jan 1940; was buried , Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto, York Co., Ontario. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-144466
• Residence: 1871, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; C. Presbyterian
• Occupation: 1881, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Watch Maker

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In Galt, on Thursday morning, 16th inst., at a quarter past 2 o'clock, John Charles, son of John Goldie, aged 22 years and 8 months.

Funeral, this (Friday) afternoon, from his father's residence, at 3:15, to Galt Cemetery. Service at 3 o'clock.

Galt Reporter Nov 16 1883 pg 8

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-103384

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-66211

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GOLDIE, John Gibson

At Shelburne District Hospital, on Tuesday, Sept. 11, 1973, John Goldie, beloved husband of Isabella Ogilvie Wright; dear father of Diana (Mrs. A. P. Dodd), Germany; John Larratt Goldie, Toronto and Nora (Mrs. John Love), Wyoming, U.S.A.; brother of A. Gibson Goldie, Brantford; Mary Goldie, London, England and Margaret (Mrs. C. Butler), Islington. Funeral service from the Gamble Funeral Home, 318 Main St. East, Shelburne, on Friday, Sept. 14, at 1 p.m. Interment, Mount View cemetery, Galt (Cambridge).

Kitchener-Waterloo Record 12 Sep 1973 pg 29

John married Frances Mary Larratt Smith 24 Sep 1925, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada. Frances was born 23 Feb 1903, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada; died 19 Apr 1985, Vancouver, , British Columbia, Canada; was buried , Saint James Cemetery, Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

John — Isabella Ogilvie Wright. [Group Sheet]

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• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/179636899
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-207150
• Residence: 1911, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian

Alexander married Annie Marion "Marion" Hancock 6 Sep 1928, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Annie (daughter of George W. Hancock and Annie Robinson Simpson) was born 16 Jun 1906, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 19 Oct 1991, Freeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-207151
• Residence: 1911, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-419876

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-191629

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-421735

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• Name: Nora Love
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-421736

Nora — Love. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-191623