Hugh McCulloch

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• Business: Gore Fire Insurance, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Gore Fire Insurance Co.
• Interesting: foundry, business, insurance, life story, politics
• Name: Hugh McCullough
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-65760
• Immigration: 1850, , Canada
• Residence: 1861, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Church of Scotland
• Occupation: 1871, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Manufacturer
• Residence: 1871, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Church of Scotland
• Elected Office: 1873; Galt Councillor
• Historic Building: 1874, 85 Blair Rd., Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; gardener's cottage or gatehouse to Sorn House
• Elected Office: 1876, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Galt Councillor
• Elected Office: 1879, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Galt Councillor
• Elected Office: 1881, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Galt Councillor
• Occupation: 1881, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Manufacturer
• Occupation: 1891, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Foundry Propietor
• Residence: 1891, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
• Occupation: 1901, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Manufacturer
• Hall of Fame - Waterloo Region: Bef 2012, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; industrialist

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Born in 1826 in Ayrshire, Scotland, Hugh McCulloch came to Canada on 24 August 1850. In 1859, he and his business partner, John Goldie, 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. He was company president between 1901-1910, but retired in 1906. McCulloch also co-owned, with David Spiers, the Galt Gas Works and later Galt Electric Company.

McCulloch served on the Galt Collegiate Institute Board, Galt municipal Council, and was a member of the Galt, Preston, and Hespeler Street Railway. He was also the director of Gore Mutual Fire Insurance Company and Millers and Manufacturers Insurance Company. He died on 3 September 1910 and is buried in Mount View Cemetery.

Kitchener Public Library Digital Collection 2009

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HUGH McCULLOCH.

Hugh McCulloch, one of the venerable citizens of Galt, being now in his eighty-first year, was born in Ayrshire, Scotland, September 19, 1826. His parents, Hugh and Jane (Osborne) McCulloch, were also natives of that place, and the father, who was a mechanic, carried on different branches of the wood working industry. His son Hugh was educated in the parochial schools of Ayrshire and served an apprenticeship to the machinist's and millwright's trades, becoming thus well equipped for practical duties in business life. In 1850 he sought a home and fortune in the new world, settling at Galt, Ontario, on the 24th of August of that year. After working as a journeyman in general mechanical lines with James Crombie & Company until 1859, he formed a partnership with the late John Goldie, who had been a fellow employee with him in the service of Mr. Crombie. They purchased their employer's business, which they conducted under the firm style of Goldie & McCulloch, and the enterprise is still carried on under this name, although Mr. Goldie died in 1896. The plant, however, since 1859 has been known as the Dumfries Foundry. The company operates the most extensive manufacturing plant in Galt and is well known throughout the Dominion, ranking among the leading manufacturing concerns in Canada. It may be said that this is the mother plant of Galt's industries, for nearly every other iron concern in and around Galt was at one time directly or indirectly connected with this establishment. Employment is to-day furnished to more than five hundred men. The manufactured product includes Wheelock engines, Corliss engines, Ideal engines, boilers, heaters, steam and power pumps and mill machinery of all kinds. In 1892 the business was incorporated, the stock being owned by the McCulloch and Goldie families. Prom small proportions the enterprise has grown to large magnitude and is one of the most important industrial concerns of this part of the Dominion because of the extent of its output and the large number of workmen who find employment here. The business has been developed along sound lines in keeping with the progress noted in trade circles, and 1 the safe, conservative policy inaugurated by the firm on its inception almost a half century ago has always been maintained.

In 1855 Mr. McCulloch was married to Miss Jennet, a daughter of Hugh McCartney of Ayrshire, Scotland, and unto them were born two sons and a daughter: Hugh, who is now vice-president and general purchasing agent for the company ; Jessie, the wife of Charles Arondale Shearson of New York; and Robert Osborne, secretary, treasurer and general correspondent for the company.

In politics Mr. McCulloch is a Conservative and though never a politician in the sense of office seeking he has nevertheless labored earnestly and effectively in the interests of his party and has served for twelve years on the town council. For the past twenty-six years he has been a member of the Collegiate Institute board, representing the county of Waterloo. He holds membership in the Presbyterian Church. His history is notable from the fact that few men of his years continue in active life. Old age, however, need not necessarily suggest helplessness or want of occupation. On the contrary there is an old age which grows stronger intellectually and morally as the years pass by and gives out of its rich stores of wisdom and experience for the benefit of others. Such has been the life of Mr. McCulloch.

A History of Ontario: its resources and development
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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

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The Gore Fire Insurance Co.

Among the many institutions of which Galt boasts, none are more conspicuous than the Gore Ins. Co.'s palatial and imposing structure situated on the corner of Main and Ainslie Streets. The style is of the Romanesque character, and is build with Connecticut brown-stone rock-faced base up to the first storey window sills; above this it is faced with brown pressed brick, tooled portage entry stone trimmings and Terra Cotta carvings. The corner of Main and Ainslie Streets is round, having over the main entrance a heavily moulded arch, supported on two Doric columns, and over the arch the Company's name carved in mediaeval letters. This round corner is continued up above the roof, forming a round tower, roofed with Spanish tiles and terminating in a columned and octagon lantern, with ogee top and flag staff. Total height from the side-walk about eighty-two feet. The Gore has about 125 active agents through Ontario.

Officers of Management:

Hon. Jas. Young, President
Adam Warnock, Esq., Vice-President
Hugh McCulloch
Hugh Cant
Robt. Scott
Chas. McGill
Jno. Watson
James Goldie
R.S. Strong, Man. Director

Jubilee Souvenir of Galt 1897

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HUGH McCULLOCH SR. 1826-1910

Married: Janet McCartney - 1855

Hugh McCulloch was born in Sorn, Ayrshire, Scotland on September 19, 1826 and arrived in Canada on August 24, 1850. He settled first in Ayr before coming to Galt on May 28, 1851. In 1859, with his partner John Goldie, Mr. McCulloch purchased the Dumfries Foundry from James Crombie and formed the firm of Goldie & McCulloch Co. Ltd. During its first years of operation, the company performed general foundry work but, as business increased, the firm went into the manufacture of boilers, engines, flour and sawmill machinery and woodworking machinery. In 1879 the company added the manufacture of safes and vaults to its operations. Mr. McCulloch was named company president in 1901 and retired from active work in the business in 1906. However, he remained company president until his death in 1910. In 1923 the Babcock and Wilcox companies of Great Britain and the United States became the majority shareholders in the company which then became known as Babcock-Wilcox & Goldie-McCulloch Co. Ltd., and was more recently renamed Babcock & Wilcox. Mr. McCulloch was a member of the Galt Collegiate Institute Board for twenty five years and was a member of Galt municipal council in 1873 and 1874, 1876 and 1877, 1879 to 1881 and 1888. He was one of the original members of the Galt, Preston and Hespeler Street Railway, later the Grand River Railway, and became the railway's president for a short time on the death of Thomas Todd in 1899. Mr. McCulloch was a director of the Gore Mutual Fire Insurance Co. from 1868 to 1874 and served as the company's vice president from 1902 to 1910. He was also a director of the Millers and Manufacturers Insurance Company and was a partner, with David Spiers, in the operation of the Galt Gas Works and later in the Galt Electric Light Company. Mr. McCulloch died on September 3, 1910 and 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. Obituary Galt Daily Reporter Monday September 1, 1910.

Cambridge Mosaic, Jim Quantrell, 1998, City of Cambridge [used with kind permission of Jim Quantrell]

Business:
THE GORE FIRE INSURANCE CO.

Among the many institutions of which Galt boasts, none are more conspicuous than the Gore Ins. Co's pal-atial and imposing structure situated on the corner of Main and Ainslie streets. The style is of a Romanesque char-acter, and is built with Connecticut brown-stone, rock-faced base up to the first storey window sills ; above this it is faced with brown pressed brick, tooled portage entry stone trimmings and Terra Cotta carvings. The corner of Main and Ainslie streets is round, having over the main entrance a heavily moulded arch, supported on two Doric columns, and over the arch the Company's name carved in mediaeval letters. This round corner is continued up above the roof, forming a round tower, roofed with Span-ish tiles and terminating in a columned and octagon lantern, with ogee top and flag staff. Total height from the side-walk about eighty-two feet. The Gore has about 125 active agents through Ontario.<sup>1a

1a</sup>1897 Jubilee Souvenir of Galt

Historic Building:
Built by Hugh McCullough in 1874 as the gardener's or gate house to his property Sorn House.

Hugh married Janet McCartney 1855. Janet (daughter of Hugh McCartney and Janet Crawford) was born 2 Jul 1831, Tarbolton, , Ayr, Scotland; died 9 Oct 1885, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Interesting: business, foundry, public service, insurance
• Residence: Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-65762
• Residence: 1861, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Church of Scotland
• Residence: 1871, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Church of Scotland
• Occupation: 1881, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Book Keeper
• Occupation: 1890, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; manufacturer
• Occupation: 1891, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Accountant
• Residence: 1891, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
• Occupation: 1901, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Manufacturer

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HUGH McCULLOCH JR. 1857-1917

Married: Agnes Henderson Symmes - April 1890

Hugh McCulloch Jr. was born on September 7, 1857, the son of Hugh McCulloch and Janet McCartney. He was also the elder brother of Robert Osborne McCulloch. While his brother Robert was studying law, Mr. McCulloch joined the family of Goldie & McCulloch Co. Ltd., to learn the business from the bottom up. Mr. McCulloch became president of the company upon the death of his father in 1910 and he served in that post until his own death in 1917. Mr. McCulloch was one of the founders of Galt Malleable Iron Co. Ltd. in 1906 and served as the company's vice-president. He was also one of the founders of The Galt Art Metal Co. And served on that company's board of directors. Mr. McCulloch as also a member of the Board of Trustees of the Galt Collegiate Institute and was a member of the Board of Directors of the Gore Mutual Insurance Co. from 1910 to 1917. He died on January 8, 1917 and is buried in Mount View Cemetery.

Sources:
1. Babcock & Wilcox Canada a History 1844-1977 Babcock & Wilcox Canada Cambridge 1987.
2. Hugh Cant Historical Reminiscences of Galt and Other Writings Galt 1915.
3. Roderick Cunningham Legacy of the Gore Cunningham Enterprises, Toronto, 1989.
4. "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]

Hugh married Agnes Henderson Symmes 9 Apr 1890, Niagara Falls, Niagara, New York, USA. Agnes (daughter of Henry R. Symmes and Abigal) was born 25 Jan 1866, Trois-Rivières, Québec; died 9 Jan 1933, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 11 Jan 1933, Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Hugh married Agnes Symes Apr 1890. Agnes was born 1866, , Quebec, Canada; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Jessie Shearson
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-104171
• Residence: 1861, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Church of Scotland
• Residence: 1871, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Church of Scotland

Jessie married Charles Arrindel Shearson 23 Dec 1890, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Charles was born 10 Jan 1856, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 22 Jan 1910, New York City, New York, USA.; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-137696

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• Interesting: law, business, insurance,
• Residence: 16 Blenheim Rd., Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-65134
• Residence: 1871, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Church of Scotland
• Occupation: 1896, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada; barrister at law
• Residence: 1896, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
• Occupation: 1901, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Manufacturer

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ROBERT O. McCULLOCH 1864-1943

Married: Bella Louise Leslie - 1896

Robert Osborne McCulloch was born in Galt on April 1, 1864 a son of Hugh McCulloch Sr. and Janet McCartney. He was also the younger brother of Hugh McCulloch Jr. He was educated at the Tassie School, later the Galt Collegiate Institute and received his B.A. from the University of Toronto in 1885. He studied law and was called to the bar in 1888. He practiced law in Toronto for several years before returning to Galt in 1897 to become secretary-treasurer of Goldie & McCulloch Co. Ltd. He served as the company's president from 1917 to 1931 and as the Chairman of the company's Board of Directors from 1932 to 1943. Mr. McCulloch was one of the founders, in 1904, of the Galt Art Metal Co. Ltd., later Galt Metal Industries, was named to the company's initial Board of Directors and served as the company's president from 1917 to 1943. Mr. McCulloch was associated with the Mutual Life Assurance Company of Canada for thirty five years and
served as its president for 14 years. He was also a director of the Imperial Bank of Canada, of the Waterloo Trust and Savings Company and of the Galt Theatre Co. Mr. McCulloch was chairman of the Galt Parks Board from 1906 to 1911 and served as Chairman of the Galt Hospital Board. He was also a member of the Board of Governors of the University of Toronto and of the Toronto Conservatory of Music and his name was mentioned as a possible candidate for the post of Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario. Mr. McCulloch died on May 5, 1943 and is buried in Mount View Cemetery.

Sources:
1. Babcock & Wilcox Canada a History 1844-1977 Babcock & Wilcox Canada Cambridge 1987.
2. Obituary Galt Daily Reporter Wednesday May 5, 1943.
3. "Robert Osborne McCulloch", Whos' Who in Canada International Press Limited Toronto Ontario, 1942. Advance release, McCulloch Papers MG2, A985.07.01 City of Cambridge Archives.
4. "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]

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ROBERT OSBORNE McCULLOCH

Robert Osborne McCulloch, outstanding Canadian industrialist, passed away at Galt on May 5th, 1943. Mr. McCulloch was born in Galt in 1864, the son of Hugh and Janet (McCartney) McCulloch. He was educated at Dr. Tassie's School, Galt, and the University of Toronto. Mr. McCulloch was called to the bar of Ontario in 1888. He was a member of the Board of Governors of the University of Toronto and of the Conservatory of Music.

Returning to Galt about the turn of the century, Mr. McCulloch became secretary-treasurer of the Goldie-McCulloch Company Limited and later its president. He was also the president after amalgamation of Babcock-Wilcox and Goldie-McCulloch Limited, becoming chairman of the board when A. R. Goldie became president.

For thirty-five years Mr. McCulloch was associated with The Mutual Life Assurance Company of Canada as a member of the board and was president for fourteen years.

Mr. McCulloch was president of the Galt Metal Industries, director of the Imperial Bank of Canada and of the Waterloo Trust and Savings Company and the Galt Theatre Company Limited.
Mr. McCulloch was active in community affairs over the years. In politics he was a Progressive Conservative and president of the South Waterloo Conservative Association for twenty years. He was a leading Presbyterian and stood for continuing the Presbyterian Church.

Mr. McCulloch was an enthusiastic cricketer, golfer and fisherman.

In 1898 Mr. McCulloch was married to Louise Leslie of Aberdeen, Scotland.

Surviving beside his widow are two daughters, Mary, now Mrs. Blair Gordon of Montreal, and Janet, now Mrs. Donald Matthews of Ottawa, and two sons, Leslie McCulloch of Montreal and Hugh L. McCulloch of Galt.

Waterloo Historical Society, Annual Volume 1943

Robert married Bella Louise "Louise" Leslie 14 Oct 1896, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada. Bella (daughter of Alexander Leslie and Isabella Davidson) was born 4 Jun 1871, Fyvie, , Aberdeen, Scotland; died 26 Jan 1960; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Interesting: military, railway, business, insurance
• Residence: Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-65137
• Military: 1914, WW1; WW1, 9th Battery / 69th Battalion
• Military: 1914, WW1; WW1, Colonel Bickford's Battalion

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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]

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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

Hugh — Ann Nilson. [Group Sheet]

Hugh — E. Barbara. E. died Bef 1992. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-65138