Martin Milne "Milne" Todd

1891 - 1963  (72 years)

• Name	Martin Milne "Milne" Todd
  Born	22 Jul 1891	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Interesting	business, railway, insurance
  Occupation	1911	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Student, College
  Residence	1911	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Presbyterian
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-63477
  Died	20 Oct 1963  [3]
  Buried	Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Person ID	I63477	Generations
  Last Modified	9 Jun 2025

  
  

  Father	Martin Nichol Todd,   b. 27 Jul 1858, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 29 Aug 1917  (Age 59 years)
  Mother	Johann Gilholm,   b. 28 Feb 1860, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 31 Dec 1935  (Age 75 years)
  Married	13 Jun 1883	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 4, 5]
  Family ID	F16574	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Minnie Ethel Clare,   b. 28 Oct 1889, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	10 Jun 2025
  Family ID	F26206	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Minnie Ethel Clare,   d. 15 Nov 1979
  Married	11 Sep 1918	Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Children	1. William Douglas Todd,   b. 9 Oct 1927,   d. 23 May 2003  (Age 75 years)
  Last Modified	10 Jun 2025
  Family ID	F277670	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  MARTIN MILNE TODD 1891-1963 Married: Minnie E. Clare Martin Milne Todd was born in Galt on July 22, 1891, the son of Martin N. Todd and Joanna Gilholm. He graduated from McGill University in Montreal with a Bachelor of Science degree and lived in Preston for about sixteen years before returning to Galt in 1936. Mr. Todd succeeded his father as president of the Grand River Railway in 1918 and later also served as the company's secretary-treasurer. The railway was an electric rail line which originated as the Galt, Preston and Hespeler Street Railway founded by Mr. Todd's grandfather Thomas Todd. Martin Milne Todd was the third generation of his family to serve as president of the railway, following his grandfather and his father in that position. Mr. Todd was associated with the Mutual Life Assurance Co. for thirty-five years heading the company's Galt agency from 1929 to 1963. He was also associated with the Gore Mutual Insurance Company for twenty-one years, serving on the company's board of directors from 1942 to 1963 and acting as the company's vice-president. He also served as president and director of the Galt Malleable Iron Co., as vice-president and secretary of Clare Bros. Ltd. of Preston and as vice-president of the Lake Erie and Northern Railway. Mr. Todd was a charter member and president of the Preston-Hespeler Rotary Club, a director of the South Waterloo Cancer Society and an active member of the board of the Freeport Sanatorium. He died on October 20, 1963 and is buried in Mount View Cemetery. Sources: 1. "Biography, Martin N. Todd", Waterloo Historical Society Journal Vol. 5, 1917. 2. E.N. Coutts "History of Freeport Sanatorium", Waterloo Historical Society Journal Vol. 31, 1943. 3. Roderick Cunningham Legacy of the Gore Cunningham Enterprises, Toronto, 1989. 4. "Died in 1963", Waterloo Historical Society Journal 51, 1963. 5. Obituary Galt Evening Reporter Monday October 21, 1963. Cambridge Mosaic, Jim Quantrell, 1998, City of Cambridge [used with kind permission of Jim Quantrell]

  
  

• Sources

  [S259] Census - ON, Waterloo, Galt - 1901, Galt (Town/Ville) C-7 Page 8. [S572] Census - ON, Waterloo, Galt - 1911, Galt 1911 Div. 14 Page 24. [S122] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Mount View CC#4495 Internet Link . TODD/ M. Milne TODD/ July 22, 1891 - Oct. 20, 1863/ his wife/ Minnie E. Clare/ Oct. 28, 1889 - Nov. 15, 1979/ [S721] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, marriage certificate 12482 (1883), Martin M. Todd-Joanna Gilholm. Martin M Todd (Coummsn. Merchant of Galt) Birth Place: Galt Age: 24 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1859 Father Name: Thomas Todd Mother Name: Isabella Todd Spouse Name: Joanna Gilholm (resident of Galt) Spouse's Age: 23 Spouse Estimated Birth Year: abt 1860 Spouse Birth Place: North Dumfries Spouse Father Name: Robert Gilholm Spouse Mother Name: Jane Gilholm Marriage Date: 13 Jun 1883 Marriage Place: Waterloo, Galt [S1800] Census - ON, Waterloo, Galt - 1891, Sec. 1 Page 2.

  
  

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  Born - 22 Jul 1891 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Student, College - 1911 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Presbyterian - 1911 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 11 Sep 1918 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth