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MACAR, John – Barrister, W.S. – Born in 1813
in Edinburgh, Scotland – Died February 20, 1882 at Goderich,
Ontario – Came to Canada about 1843 – (Obit.
82).
MACAULAY (Lady) (née Gamble) – Died July
17, 1883 at Sparkford Hall, Somerset, England, aged 80 – Relict
of Hon. Sir James Buchanan Macaulay, C.B., formerly Chief Justice of
the Common Pleas in Upper Canada – She was the daughter of Dr.
John Gamble. – (Obit. 83).
MACDONALD – Judge Co. Court of Welland, Ontario –
deceased – Sussessor appointed on January 13, 1882 –
(PAPS Dominion 82).
MACDONALD – Judge Co. Court of Wellington, Ontario
– deceased – Sussessor appointed on May 23, 1882 –
(PAPS Dominion 82).
MACDONALD, Alex. – Died November 11, 1883, Guelph,
Ontario – Drowned – (ADS 83).
MACDONALD, Archibald – Late County Judge of
Wellington, Ontario – Born in 1823 near Cobourg, Ontario –
Died April 5, 1881, Guelph, Ontario – Son of the late Capt.
Archd. Macdonald, 35th Foot. – (Obit.
80-81).
MACDONALD, Hy. Sandfield – Barrister (1872) –
Born in June, 1848 at Cornwall, Ontario – Died April 24, 1886
at Cornwall, Ontario – Died suddenly – His remains were
taken to Montreal, Quebec for interment. He was the eldest son of the
late Hon. J. Sanfield Macdonald, formerly Premier of the Province of
Canada, and first Premier of Ontario. He married in 1878, Florence,
daughter of Alex. Molson, Esq., of Montreal. – (Obit.
86).
MACDONALD, John (Capt.) – Retired officer –
Died December 15, 1883 in London, Ontario, aged 71 – (Obit.
83).
MACDONALD, Rolland, Q.C. – Judge of the County
Court of Welland, Ontario – Born March 17, 1810 near Fort
William, N.W.T. – Died December 9, 1881, Welland, Ontario –
(Obit. 80-81).
MacDONELL, Donald Aeneas (Lt.-Col.)
– Late Warden of the Kingston Penitentiary – Born in 1794
– Died March 11, 1879, Brockville, Ontario – He was
descended from an ancient Scottish family. His grandfather served for
some years in the Spanish Army, and subsequently emigrated to
America, where he settled on the banks of the Susquehanna. During the
American revolution he was a staunch Loyalist, and at its close he
came with the U. E. Loyalists to Upper Canada and settled in the
Township of Cornwall. His son Miles, father of the subject, was
selected by the Earl of Selkirk to take charge of his colony at Red
River, and was the first Governor of the Settlement. – (Obit.
79).
MacGREGOR, Patrick, M.A. – Barrister – Born
in 1816 in Perthshire, Scotland – Died January 25, 1882 in
Toronto, Ontario – Came to Canada for the first time in 1833 –
(Obit. 82).
MacINNES, Mary Amelia (Mrs.) (nee Robinson) – Died
March 16, 1879 at Hamilton, Ontario – She was the second
daughter of the late Sir John B. Robinson, Bart., Chief Justice of
Upper Canada, and was married to Mr. Donald MacInnes, the well known
manufacturer and merchant of Hamilton, in 1863. – (Obit.
79)
MACK, Theophilus – M.D. (1843) – Born in
1820 in Dublin, Ireland – Died October 25, 1881, St.
Catharines, Ontario – He came to Canada in 1829. – (Obit.
80-81).
MACKAY, Jno. Gordon – A prominent merchant of
Woodstock, Ontario – Born in 1836 at Helmsdale, Scotland –
Died April 3, 1886 at Woodstock, Ontario – He frist arrived at
Woodstock in 1857. – (Obit.
86).
MACKELCAN, John – M.D. (1827) – Died April
15, 1886 in Hamilton, Ontario, aged 82 – He was the father of
F. Mackelcan, Esq., Q.C. – (Obit.
86).
MACKENZIE, F – Died August 2, 1886 on Lake Huron,
Ontario – Drowned, while yachting – (ADS
86).
MACKENZIE, H. – Died August 2, 1886 on Lake Huron,
Ontario – Drowned, while yachting – (ADS
86).
MACKENZIE, Kenneth (Hon.), Q.C. – Judge of County
Court of Ontario (1877-83) – Born in the early part of the
century in Ross-shire, Scotland – Died February 7, 1883 in
Toronto, Ontario – He came to Canada in 1832. – (Obit.
83).
MACLEAN, Hugh, L. W. & Searcher in H. M.'s Customs,
Ottawa – Died April 28, 1881, Hull, Quebec – Run over by
a railway train and dies from the injuries received – (JRO
80-81).
MACLENNAN, Donale – A retired forwarder –
Born January 1, 1815 in Glengarry, Ontario – Died in February,
1885 at Port Hope, Ontario, of which place he had been a resident
since 1850 – He was a brother of the well known Queen's Counsel
of Toronto. – (Obit. 85).
MacMILLAN, Wm. P.L.S. – Died February 4, 1879,
London, Ontario aged 77 – He went from Nova Scotia to the
Talbot District, U. C. when it was a wilderness. His son, Duncan, has
represented East Middlesex in the House of Commons since 1875. –
(Obit. 79).
MacNAB,
A. – 2nd
mate
of the Asia
– Died
September 14, 1882, Georgian Bay, Ontario
– Lost
in the wreck of the steamer Asia
– (JRO 82).
MACPHERSON, Robt. B. – President of the Thorold
Woollen and Cotton Co. – Died December 1, 1886 at Buffalo,
N.Y., U.S.A., whither he had gone on business – Died suddenly –
(Obit. 86).
MACQUEEN, David Shank – Judge of the County Court
of the County of Oxford, Ontario (1845) – Born September 12,
1811 in Quebec City – Died June 6, 1885 at Woodstock, Ontario,
at his residence ''Beech-hill'' – He was the son of Capt.
Alex.Macqueen, of the Canadian Fencibles, by Grace, daughter of Hon.
Thos. Fraser. – (Obit. 85).
MADDEN, C. F. – Died October 6, 1882, Simcoe,
Ontario – Poisoned by a druggist's clerk – (ADS 82).
MADDEN, Elizabeth – Died May 24, 1881, London,
Ontario aged 13 – Drowned by the upsetting of the steamer
Victoria – (JRO 80-81).
MADDEN, Mary, servant – Died May 24, 1881, London,
Ontario aged 16 – Drowned by the upsetting of the steamer
Victoria – (JRO 80-81).
MADILL, Frederick – Died September 8, 1886 in
Lakefield, Ontario – Drowned – (ADS
86).
MAGEE, Harvey – Died May 24, 1881, London, Ontario
aged 13 – Drowned by the upsetting of the steamer Victoria –
(JRO 80-81).
MAGRATH, Charles, D.C.L. – Barrister (1852) –
Born in 1809 at Bagnelstown, Carlow, Ireland – Died May 25,
1884 in Toronto, Ontario – He came to Canada with his father,
the late Rev. Jas. Magrath, in 1827, and settled at Erindale, near
Port Credit, Ontario. – (Obit.
84).
MAGUIRE, Geo. – Died September 27, 1886, Tp. of
Dawn, Ontario – Knocked down by a steer – (ADS
86).
MAGUIRE, M. J. (Rev., R.C) – In charge of Galt,
Ontario parish – Died in October 1885 in Galt, Ontario aged 35
– (Obit. 85).
MAHER, Patrick and Bridget – Died January 20, 1882
– Murdered by Michael O'Rourke who was executed by hanging for
the murders at Milton, Ontario on January 5, 1883. – (JRO
83).
MAHER, Thomas – Died November 29, 1882, Ottawa,
Ontario – Drowned – (ADS 82).
MAHER, Wm., of Detroit, Michigan, U.S.A. – Died
January 25, 1883 near Sandwich, Ontario – Murdered. Hy. R.
Greenwood and Hy. Hardinge are placed for trial for the second time
on October 25, 1883 and found guilty of murder, and sentenced to be
hanged. The sentence is later commuted for imprisonment for life. Wm.
Maher had a son serving a term of 15 years in the Jackson, Michigan
Penitentiary. – (JRO 83).
MAINES, Wm. – Died May 26, 1884 near Blyth,
Ontario – Badly beaten by Jas. Beamish and his sons Henry and
Thos. who are found guilty of manslaughter. The father and his son
Henry are sentenced to 20 years each in the Penitentiary, and Thos.,
the younger son, to 5 years. – (JRO
84).
MAINWARING, Nathaniel Ezra – M.D. (1839) – Born in 1813
at Lynne, Conn., U.S.A. – Died November 18, 1883 at St. George,
Ontario – His father, who was of loyalist stock, came to Canada
in 1820. – (Obit.
83).
MAJOR, Charles Edward –
Died May 24, 1881, London, Ontario aged 12 – Drowned by the
upsetting of the steamer Victoria
– (JRO 80-81).
MALARK, Patrick – Worman on a sub contract of
Section B, Canadian Pacific Railway – Died December 19, 1879
about 30 miles from Rat Portage, Manitoba (today Kenora, Ontario) –
Instantly killed in the explosion of a can of nitro-glycerine –
(JRO 79).
MALETTA, Antonio – Died April 11, 1884 at St.
Thomas, Ontario – Struck by a stone during a fight between 2
gangs of Irish and Italian labourers. – (JRO
84).
MALEY, Chas., keeper of a grocery store – Died
February 29 (sic), 1879, Kemptville, Ontario – Found frozen to
death at the door of his residence – (JRO
79).
MALONE, Hugh – Died May 21, 1882, Ottawa, Ontario
– Drowned – (ADS 82).
MALONEY, Delia, dressmaker – Died May 24, 1881,
London, Ontario aged 22 – Drowned by the upsetting of the
steamer Victoria – (JRO 80-81).
MALONEY, Patrick, of Ottawa, Ontario – Died
January 2, 1883 at Rat Portage, Manitoba (today Kenora, Ontario) –
Murdered by M. Drewers, who chops his head open with an axe. He is
found guilty of manslaughter and sentenced to seven years'
imprisonment in the Penitentiary. On 17th December, he
commits suicide by hanging in Stony Mountain (Manitoba) Penitentiary.
– (JRO 83).
MANN, Alex (Rev.), D.D. (1876) – Born in 1798 in
Aberdeen, Scotland – Died September 15, 1884 at Pakenham,
Ontario – (Obit. 84).
MANN, Frederick – An Englishman who had only been
in this country a few months – Died October 12, 1883 at
L'Orignal, Ontario aged about 18 – Hanged for the murder of Mr.
and Mrs. R. W. Cook, their daughter Emma Cook and their son George.
He had pleaded guilty on September 17, 1883. – (JRO
83).
MANN, Rev. Archibald and Mrs. (coloured) – Died
July 18, 1882, Sandwich, Ontario – Burned to death – (ADS
82).
MANNING
– Bff. 4th
D. C.
of Essex, Ontario – Deceased, successor appointed on February
2, 1884 – (PAPS
Ontario 84).
MANSFIELD, James – Died May 4, 1883, Paisley,
Ontario – Killed by a falling tree – (ADS 83).
MARCEAU, John – Died August 1, 1883, Waubaushene,
Ontario – Drowned – (ADS 83).
MARGAN, Jos. – Died January 9, 1886 at Eganville,
Ontario – Killed by a falling tree – (ADS
86).
MARHAM, Rosetta – Died May 24, 1881, London,
Ontario aged 8 – Drowned by the upsetting of the steamer
Victoria – (JRO 80-81).
MARINEAULT, Mrs, resident of Hull, Quebec – Died
September 13, 1879, Ottawa, Ontario – Drowned by mistaking the
floating sawdust in the Ottawa river for the shore and stepping on it
– (JRO 79).
MARKS, Norton – Died July 4, 1886 in Toronto,
Ontario – Drowned – (ADS
86).
MARLING, Samuel Arthur, M.A. – Inspector of High
Schools of Ontario (1873) – Died February 19, 1882 in Toronto,
Ontario aged 52 – (Obit. 82).
MARONY, Jas. – Died August 7, 1883 in Toronto,
Ontario aged 24 – Shot dead by Chas. Morgan who is foud guilty
of manslaughter and sentenced to 5 years in Penitentiary. –
(JRO 83).
MARSHALL – Died August 31, 1886 between N. Toronto
& Agincourt, Ontario – Railway accident.. – (ADS
86).
MARSHALL, John – Died November 15, 1883, Vittoria,
Ontario – Waggon accident – (ADS 83).
MARSHALL,
of Port Hope (Ontario) – Passenger, cook going to the woods –
Died September 14, 1882, Georgian Bay, Ontario – Lost in the
wreck of the steamer Asia
– (JRO 82).
MARSHALL, Robert – Died August 30, 1882, Lundy's
Cut (Ontario) – Railway accident – (ADS 82).
MARSTON – Depty. Clk. of the Crown & Clk. of
County Court, Prescott & Russell, Ontario – deceased –
Successor appointed on November 27, 1880 – (PAPS
Ontario 80-81).
MARSTON, John W. – Deputy Clerk of the Crown and
Clerk of the County Court, Prescott and Russell, Ont. – Born in
1806 at L'Orignal, Ontario – Died October 17, 1880, L'Orignal,
Ontario – (Obit. 80-81).
MARTIN, Charles – Died July 9, 1884 or shortly
after in Toronto, Ontario – Badly injured during a row amongst
a lot of boys and subsequently dies. Chas. Thompson and Percy Read
are tried for manslaughter and acquitted. – (JRO
84).
MARTIN,
J., of Collingwood (Ontario) – Passenger – Died September
14, 1882, Georgian Bay, Ontario – Lost in the wreck of the
steamer Asia
– (JRO 82).
MARTIN, P. – Died July 12, 1885 near Mattawa,
Ontario – Accidentally drowned by the upsetting of a boat in
the rapids – (JRO 85).
MARTIN, Richard – Sheriff of the County of
Haldimand – deceased – Successor appointed on September
28, 1878 – (PAPS Ontario 78).
MARTIN, Richard, Q.C. (1881) – Born in 1824 near
Dublin, Ireland – Died October 29, 1886 at Hamilton, Ontario,
where he had long resided – He was the eldest son of the late
Sheriff Martin, of Haldimand, and a brother of Ed. Martin, Esq., the
well known Q.C. – (Obit. 86).
MARTIN, Richard, Sheriff of the county of Haldimand,
Ontario – Born in 1796 in Ireland – Died April 4, 1878,
near York, Haldimand, Ontario – He was a son of the late
Richard Martin, Esq., M. P. for Galway, in the British House of
Commons, for many years – (Obit.
78).
MARTIN, Thomas – Newsdealer of Brantford (Ontario)
– Died November 18, 1879 – Commits suicide by shooting
himself with a revolver, while laboring under a fit of temporary
insanity – (JRO 79).
MARTINDALE, Mather – Died June 27, 1883, near
Windsor, Ontario – Railway accident – (ADS 83).
MARVIN, Jos. – Died September 22, 1886 at
Ameliasburg, Ontario, aged 40 – Drowned – (ADS
86).
MASON, Alexander – Died November 19, 1879, Oakville, Ontario –
Lost when the scow Pinta is sunk – (JRO
79).
MASON, Herbert D. – A successful young business
man – Born in Toronto, Ontario – Died December 28, 1884
in Toronto, Ontario, aged 29 – He was the eldest son of Mr. J.
Herbert Mason, Mang. Dir. of the Can. Permt. Loan and Savings Co. –
His premature death was owing to an attack of typhoid fever. –
(Obit. 84).
MASON, Teddy – Died February 15, 1883 at Hamilton,
Ontario – Collision on Grand Tr'k Railway – (ADS 83).
MASON, Teddy, of Hamilton, Ontario – Engineer of
the Pacific Express – Died February 15, 1883 about two miles
from Dundas, Ontario – Killed in a collision between two trains
– (JRO 83).
MASSEY, Charles Albert – Vice-Presdt. and Mangr.
of the Massey Manufacturing Co., Toronto – Born September 20,
1848 near Cobourg, Ontario – Died February 12, 1884 in Toronto,
Ontario – (Obit. 84).
MASSON – Died June 14, 1886 near Bosworth, Ontario
– Drowned – (ADS
86).
MATHESON,
T. – Clk. of 2nd
D.C.,
Perth, Ontario – Deceased, successor appointed on March 8, 1884
– (PAPS Ontario
84).
MATTANEN, Max – Died February 17, 1883, Thunder
Bay, Ontario – Frozen – (ADS 83).
MATTÉ (Mr.) – Died at Clarence Creek,
Ontario – His wife is charged with the gradual killing of her
husband by arsenical poisoning. A verdict of not guilty is returned –
(JRO 86, see October 30, 1886).
MATTHEWS, Annie, matron – Died May 24, 1881,
London, Ontario aged 23 – Drowned by the upsetting of the
steamer Victoria – (JRO 80-81).
MATTHEWS, Geo. – Died October 9, 1884 at
Cumminsville, Ontario – Killed when three out of twelve of the
buildings used in the manufacture of explosives by the Hamilton
Powder Co. are blown up. – (JRO
84).
MATTHEWS, Jas., a former law student – Died
February 27, 1881, Ottawa, Ontario – Burnt to death in his
dwelling – (JRO 80-81).
MATTHEWS, Matthew Henry (Rev.) – Presdt. of the
Primitive Methodist Conference – Born in 1841 in Wiltshire,
England – Died December 28, 1881, Yorkville, Ontario –
Born in humble circumstances, he came to Canada in 1858. –
(Obit. 80-81).
MATTICE, Wm. – ex. M. P. for Stormont in Can. Assembly –
Born November 15, 1798 in Cornwall Township, Ontario – Died
July 27, 1881, Cornwall, Ontario – His son, Wm. Dougall Mattice
(born June 29, 1829; died June 18, 1861) represented Stormont in the
Can. Assembly . – (Obit.
80-81).
MAUGHAN, J. – Sheriff, County of Grey, Ontario –
Deceased – Successor appointed on June 14, 1879 – (PAPS
Ontario 79)
MAUGHAN, Joseph – Late Sheriff of the County of
Grey, Ontario – Died August 27, 1879, Owen Sound, Ontario aged
61 – (Obit. 79).
MAY, John – Died
February 4, 1883, Amherstburg, Ontario – Drowned – (ADS
83).
MAYNARD, Rev. George, M.A. – Mathematical Master
in Upper Canada College, Toronto – Died August 25, 1878 in
Toronto, Ontario aged 73 – (Obit.
78).
McALISTER, James –
Died August 15, 1882, Romney, Ontario – Handling timber –
(ADS 82).
McALLISTER, Chas. – Died May 10, 1883, Uptergrove,
Ontario – Railway accident – (ADS 83).
McALLPINE,
J. – Died September 14, 1882, Georgian Bay, Ontario –
Lost in the wreck of the steamer Asia
– (JRO 82).
McAULEY, Robert – Fireman at No. 1 station of the
Ottawa Fire Brigade – Died October 17, 1878, near Ottawa,
Ontario Found in the Ottawa River with a pistol shot wound in the
head. He had been missing since the night of the 1st inst.
– (JRO 78).
McBRIDE, John – Barrister – Died April 23,
1878 in Toronto, Ontario – (Obit.
78).
McBRIDE, William – Solicitor of Ontario (1872) –
Died August 28, 1879 in Toronto, Ontario – (Obit.
79).
McBRIDE, William, Asse'r of London – Died May 24,
1881, London, Ontario aged 64 – Drowned by the upsetting of the
steamer Victoria – (JRO 80-81).
McCABE : a child of Maria McCabe – March,
1883 (Hamilton, Ontario) – The body of the child is found
August 1, 1883 in an unused cistern of a house in which had lived
Maria McCabe, an unmarried girl aged 18. The child, of which she had
been delivered in the Hospital last fall, had been missing since
March. She is sentenced to be hanged, but the sentence is commuted
for 14 years' imprisonment. – (JRO 83).
McCABE, Ann (Mrs.) – Died April 26, 1884 in
Westminster, county of Middlesex, Ontario – Poisoned with
strychnine – Her husband, George McCabe, is placed on trial and
found ''Not Guilty'' – (JRO
84).
McCABE, James – an escaped convict from Kingston
Penitentiary – Died October 10, 1883, Port Hope, Ontario –
Shot dead by Constable Wm. Rankin who is trying to arrest him, when
McCabe draws a pistol and threatens to shoot him, on which Rankin
fires. – (JRO 83).
McCADDEN, Barney (Mrs.) – Died June 11, 1883 aged
60 – While returning from the residence of her son at
Chestervill, Stormont County, Ontario, she is killed with an axe by a
young farmer named Thos. Aggat, at whose door she knocked and who
mistook her for a ghost. He is tried, found guilty of manslaughter,
and sentenced to 10 years imprisonment in Kingston Penitentiary. –
(JRO 84).
McCAFFREY, Robert – Ausust 26, 1882 in Ontario –
Shot to death by Maria Spearman who is tried on September 9, 1882 and
is acquitted – (JRO 82).
McCALLUM, Archibald, M.A., L.L.B. – Inspector of
Schools in Hamilton, Ontario – Born in Scotland – Died
June 29, 1879 at Hamilton, Ontario aged 55 – His father
emigrated to Canada and settled in the northern part of Glengarry,
while the subject of this sketch was a child. – (Obit.
79).
McCAMM, Thomas –
Died April 18, 1882, Gananoque, Ontario – Drowned – (ADS
82).
McCAMMON, James – M.D. (1863), M.R.C.S., Eng.
(1872), Mayor of Kingston, Ontario (1884) – Born in 1833 in
Kingston, Ontario – Died November 20, 1884 in Kingston, Ontario
– (Obit. 84).
McCANCE, Alex. – Died February 21, 1885 near
Drayton, Ontario – Killed by a falling limb of a tree while
logging in the woods. – (JRO
85).
McCANN, John – Died October 24, 1883, Homer,
Ontario – Suicide with a shot gun – (ADS 83).
McCANN, John – Teamster – Died December 8,
1885 at Seaton Village, Ontario – Buried in an avalanche of
frozen earth and sand while loadin his waggon at a sand pit. –
(JRO 85).
McCANN, William – Died April 4, 1883 in Toronto,
Ontario – Railway accident – (ADS 83).
McCARTHNEY, Geo. – Died June 11, 1882 in Toronto,
Ontario – Drowned – (ADS 82).
McCARTHY, C. – Veteran of the war of 1812 –
Born at Canandigua, N.Y., U.S.A. – Died in December, 1883 at
Drumbo, Ontario aged 103 – (DL
83).
McCARTHY, Dennis – Died September 10, 1886 near
Peterboro', Ontario – Railway accident. – (ADS
86).
McCARTHY, John – Died May 3, 1883, Stratford,
Ontario – Railway accident – (ADS 83).
McCARTNEY, Vina – Died September 25, 1882,
Charleston, Ontario – Railway accident – (ADS 82).
McCARTY, John– Died May 24, 1881, London, Ontario
aged 11y 6m – Drowned by the upsetting of the steamer Victoria
– (JRO 80-81).
McCAUGHEY – Barrister – Died May 4, 1882,
London, Ontario – Railway accident – (ADS 82).
McCLELLAND, Robt. –
Died December 5, 1882, St. Catharines, Ontario – Thrown from
his buggy – (ADS 82).
McCOLLUM, W. – Died November 1, 1883, Kingston,
Ontario aged 55 – Drowned – (ADS 83).
McCOMB – Died Mayy 29, 1885 in Niagara Falls,
Ontario aged 27 – Jumps over thye precipice below thye new
Suspension Bridge and is instantly killed. – (JRO
85).
McCONECHY, Rev. James – Presbyterian clergyman –
Died April 12, 1879, London, Ontario aged 64 – (Obit.
79).
McCONNELL, James – Died February 17, 1883, Tp.
Kaldar, Ontario – Caving of a bank – (ADS 83).
McCORD, Andrew Taylor – City Chamberlain of
Toronto 1836-74 – Born July 12, 1805 in Belfast, Ireland –
Died September 5, 1881 in Toronto, Ontario – He came to Canada
about 1831 and settled in Toronto. – (Obit.
80-81).
McCOUNT, Felix – Died September 18, 1883,
Kingston, Ontario – Drowned – (ADS 83).
McCOURT – Died September 7, 1883, Kingston,
Ontario – Drowned – (ADS 83).
McCRAE
– Police Magistrate, Chatham, Ontario – deceased –
Sussessor appointed on May 13, 1882 – (PAPS
Ontario 82).
McCRAE, Cynthia (Miss),
of Chatham, Ontario – deceased – Archibald W. Brown, of
Chatham, Ontario is acquitted at Buffalo, N.Y., U.S.A., of her murder
– (JRO 80-81).
McCRAE, Cynthia (Miss), of Chatham, Ontario – Died
in June, 1880 – Dr. Pyncheon is acquitted December 12, 1882 at
Buffalo, N.Y., U.S.A. He was accused of her killing by an attempt at
abortion – (JRO 82).
McCRAE, Thomas – Police Magistrate of Chatham,
Ontario (1855) – Died April 29, 1882 at Chatham, Ontario –
(Obit. 82).
McCRANEY, Danl. – M.P.P. for East Kent in Ont.
Assembly (1875-85) – Born July 1, 1834 in Trafalgar, Halton,
Ontario – Died February 28, 1885 at Oakville, Ontario –
He was descended from a U. E. Loyalist. – (Obit.
85).
McCREIGHT,
Thos. – Died July 4, 1884 at Turnberry, Ontario aged 104 –
(DL 84).
McCREIGHT, Thos. – Died July 4, 1884 in Turnberry,
Ontario aged 104 – His two sons, John and Thomas, start for
Wingham to make arrangements for the funeral, but the horses run
away, and both the occupants of the buggy are thrown out. John, who
is 70 years of age, is thrown against a stick of wood and so severely
injured that he dies next day. Thomas is seriously, but no fatally,
hurt. – (JRO 84).
McCUAIG, Ernest – Died November 15, 1882, Morpeth,
Ontario – Drowned – (ADS 82).
McCULLOCH, David – Collector of Customs at
Hamilton, Ontario (1882) – Born May 21, 1835 at Barrhead, near
Glasgow, Scotland – Died October 25, 1884 in Hamilton, Ontario
– He came to Canada with his father in 1842. – (Obit.
84).
McCULLOCH, James Alexander – Barrister –
Died February 25, 1878, Stratford, Ontario aged 42 – (Obit.
78).
McCULLOCH, Jos. – Died August 9, 1886 near Gore's
Landing, Ontario – Drowned – (ADS
86).
McCULLOUGH, Rev. Wm. – Superannuated clergyman of
the Methodist Church – Died September 19, 1879, Gore's Landing,
Ontario aged 65 – (Obit. 79).
McCUTCHEON (Mr.) – Born in Fermanagh, Ireland –
Died December, 1881, Goderich, Ontario aged 103 – Death from
longevity – (DL 80-81).
McDERMIAD
– Mate on the Asia
(=
Dermaid, J. W.?) – Died September 14, 1882, Georgian Bay,
Ontario – Lost in the wreck of the steamer Asia
– (JRO 82).
McDONALD – Died
July 1, 1882, Sturgeon Lake, Ontario – Drowned – (ADS
82).
McDONALD,
A. D., of Orillia (Ontario) – Passenger, foreman going to the
woods – Died September 14, 1882, Georgian Bay, Ontario –
Lost in the wreck of the steamer Asia
– (JRO 82).
McDONALD, Alex. – Builder – Died March 5,
1885 at Hamilton, Ontario aged 70 – Crushed to death by the
falling of a beam – (JRO 85).
McDONALD, Angus – a Waterloo veteran – Born
Islay, Scotland – Died April 20, 1882, Uxbridge, Ontario aged
106 – (DL 82).
McDONALD, Chas. – Employee of the Toronto Bolt
Works – Died January 2, 1884 near Toronto, Ontario –
Railway accident – (JRO 84).
McDONALD,
Dan and Rory, of Rama (Ontario) – Passenger – Died
September 14, 1882, Georgian Bay, Ontario – Lost in the wreck
of the steamer Asia
– (JRO 82).
McDONALD, Donald (Hon.) – Senator – Born in
1816 in Caledonia, New York, U.S.A. – Died January 20, 1879 in
Toronto, Ontario – His father was a native of Inverness-shire
(Scotland), and emigrated to the State of New York; but objecting to
the oath of allegiance to a foreign power, he changed his residence
to Canada, when his son was about 7 years of age. – (Obit.
79).
McDONALD, Geo. P. - Died February 8, 1885 – Died from injuries
received on January 29, 1885 from an accidental dynamite explosion at
the Tay Canal works, Beveridge Bay (Ontario) – He was a son of
the contractor. – (JRO
85).
McDONALD, H. – Died October 27, 1886 at Point Ann,
Ontario – Waggon accident. – (ADS
86).
McDONALD, J. A. – Died May 4, 1886 at Alexandria,
Ontario aged 32 – Suicide by shooting – (ADS
86).
McDONALD, John – Died September 5, 1883 on Lake
Huron beetween Goderich, Ontario to Cove Island, Ontario –
Drowned when the schooner yacht Explorer founders. –
(JRO 83).
McDONALD, John (Very Rev.), V.G. – Clergyman of
the Church of Rome – Born in 1782 in Scotland – Died
March 16, 1879 in Ontario – He left his native county in 1786,
when only about four years old, accompanied by his parents, and about
200 others, who all settled in the County of Glengarry, Upper Canada
– (Obit. 79).
McDONALD, Jos. – Died March 1, 1886 in Toronto,
Ontario aged 40 – Railway accident. – (ADS
86).
McDONALD, Joseph – Employee of the Toronto Bolt
Works – Died January 2, 1884 near Toronto, Ontario –
Railway accident – (JRO 84).
McDONALD,
Mate on the Asia
– Died
September 14, 1882, Georgian Bay, Ontario
– Lost
in the wreck of the steamer Asia
– (JRO 82).
McDONALD, Wm – Died October 17, 1886 at Port
Dalhousie, Ontario – Drowned. – (ADS
86).
McDONNELL, William Jr. – Barrister (1874) –
Born September 2, 1849 at Lindsay, Ontario – Died May 27, 1882
at Lidsay, Ontario – (Obit.
82).
McDOUGALL,
Jno. – Purser on
the
Asia – Died
September 14, 1882, Georgian Bay, Ontario – Lost
in the wreck of the steamer Asia
– (JRO 82).
McDOWELL, Hugh – Died September 13, 1883 at
Cobourg, Ontario – Murdered. He was found by his wife with a
terrible wound in his bowels, from which he died next day, but
refused to say who wounded him. James Caffrey, a shoemaker who had a
shop in the lower part of the house where McDowell lived, is placed
on trial for the murder October 4, 1883. He his found guilty of
manslaughter and sentenced to 10 years in jail. – (JRO
83).
McELLISTRUM, Julia Ann, confectioner – Died May
24, 1881, London, Ontario aged 21 – Drowned by the upsetting of
the steamer Victoria – (JRO 80-81).
McELNEA, Wm. – Died March 10, 1878,
Rochesterville, Ottawa, Ontario – Burned to death in his house
– (JRO 78).
McFADDEN, J. – Engineer – Died July 20, 1885
a mile west of London, Ontario – Killed in a train collision –
(JRO 85).
McFADDEN, Wm. (Rev., Methodist, superannuated) –
Died December 7, 1885 at Brampton, Ontario, aged 80 – His son,
Mr. W. H. McFadden, is Crown Attorney for Peel. – (Obit.
85).
McFALLIN, Andrew – Died April 14, 1886 at
Eganvill, Ontario – Crushed under a fallen bank – (ADS
86).
McFAYDEN, Charles – Barrister – Born in 1839
in Argyleshire, Scotland – Died February 12, 1881, Owen Sound,
Ontario – (Obit. 80-81).
McGAURAN, Bernard (Rev.) (R.C.) – Born August 14,
1821 at Ballissodare, Sligo, Ireland – Died May 23, 1882 at
Goderich, Ontario – (Obit.
82).
McGAUVRAN, John W. – M.P.P. for Montreal West in
the Quebec Assembly (1873-78) – Native of Glengarry, Ontario –
Died July 20, 1884 in Montreal, Quebec – (Obit.
84).
McGAW, Jas. – Died November 17, 1883, near
Hamilton, Ontario – Falling tree – (ADS 83).
McGHEE, John – Died August 2, 1882 at Peterboro'.
Ontario – Drowned – (ADS 82).
McGIBNEY, Wm. – Died December 2, 1882, Renfrew –
Railway accident – (ADS 82).
McGILL, Thos. – Died June 22, 1886 at Thorold,
Ontario – Drowned – (ADS
86).
McGILL, Wm. – M.D. (1848), M.P.P. for South
Ontario in Ont. Assembly (1867-71) – Born in 1807 near Paisley,
Scotland – Died November 9, 1883 at Whitby, Ontario –
(Obit. 83).
McGILLIVRAY, a two-year-old child of Mrs. J. McGillivray
– Died November 15, 1879, Carp Village, near Ottawa, Ontario –
Dies from the effects of having eaten the tops of about twenty
matches with which it was playing – (JRO
79).
McGILLIVRAY, Edward – Merchant – Born
September 15, 1815 in the Co. of Glengarry, Ontario – Died
November 24, 1885 in Ottawa, Ontario – (Obit.
85).
McGIVERN, Wm. (Lieut.-Col.) – Ex-M.P.P. for
Lincoln in the Can. Assembly (1863-67) – Born in 1825 in County
Down, Ireland – Died December 18, 1881 at Thorold, Ontario. –
(Obit. 80-81).
McGLASHAN, Alex. –
Died August 2, 1883, St. Thomas, Ontario – Railway accident –
(ADS 83).
McGREGOR, D. – Died
August 13, 1883, Kincardine, Ontario – Cuts his throat –
(ADS 83).
McGREGOR, John – Died September 1, 1886 at
Kingston, Ontaro – Falls down stairs – (ADS
86).
McGREGOR, Wm. – Died August 29, 1881 –
Timothy Depew, a sailor residing at Blenheim, Ontario is arrested for
the alledge murder on March 4, 1884. He is tried at the May Assizes
in Hamilton, but the jury fails to agree. – (JRO
84).
McILHARGY, Dr. – Died November 15, 1883, Lucan,
Ontario – Overdose morphine – (ADS 83).
McILLROY,
J. – Deck hand on the Asia
– Died
September 14, 1882, Georgian Bay, Ontario
– Lost
in the wreck of the steamer Asia
– (JRO
82).
McILROY, James – Died April 8, 1882, Campbell's
Bridge, Ontario aged 80 – Railway accident – (ADS 82).
McINNES, D. – Died August 3, 1883, Barrie, Ontario
– Drowned – (ADS 83).
McINNES, Donald Walker, of Hamilton, Ontario –
Died August 3, 1883 in Kempendeldt Bay, near Barrie, Ontario aged 18
– Drowned – Son of Senator Donald McInnes. – (JRO
83).
McINNES, J. A. (Mr.) – Merchant of Ingersoll,
Ontario – Died February 24, 1884 aged 35 – Killed by an
accident on the Illinois Central railway. He is found in a sleeping
berth with his neck broken – (JRO
85).
McINTOSH, Adeline F. – Died May 24, 1881, London,
Ontario aged 11 – Drowned by the upsetting of the steamer
Victoria – (JRO 80-81).
McINTOSH, W. – Died October 30, 1883, Niagara
Falls, Ontario – Choked by piece of beef – (ADS 83).
McINTYRE (Mrs.), of Welland, Ontario – Died July
15, 1885 at Niagara Falls, Ontario – Accidentally falls into
the water in crossing the bridge from Bath to Goat Island and is
carried over the falls. – (JRO
85).
McINTYRE, Archibald – A young man of Mitchell,
Ontario – Died December 17, 1885 at St. Thomas, Ontario –
Falls asleep on a railway track and is run over and killed. –
(JRO 85).
McINTYRE, Daniel – Died May 10, 1883, Woodstock,
Ontario – Factory accident – (ADS 83).
McINTYRE, Duncan – Died October 23, 1879,
Belleville, Ontario – Shot and killed by Lulu Ellis during a
row in a brothel. She is acquitted, having acted in self-defence –
(JRO 79).
McINTYRE, Harry, of Leamington – Student at the
Collegiate Institute, St. Catharines, Ontario – Died September
10, 1884 in the Welland Canal, St. Catharines, Ontario –
Drowned when the row-boat he is in is run down and sunk by the
steamer Lindy. – (JRO
84).
McINTYRE, James – Died January 25, 1883, Lindsay,
Ontario – Mill accident – (ADS 83).
McINTYRE, Neil – Died July 23, 1886, Township of
Dunwich, Ontario – Suicides with Paris Green. – (ADS
86).
McKAY, Ann Creighton (Mrs.) – Native
of Perth, Scotland – Died August 21, 1879, Rockliffe, New
Edinburgh, Ontario aged 85 – Relict of the late Hon. Thos.
McKay, M.L.C., of Rideau Hall, Ottawa, Ontario, whom she married in
1813. She came to Canada with her husband in 1817. One of her sons,
Lieut. Chas. McKay, H. M.'s 97th
Foot,
died in India, of small-pox.– (Obit.
79).
McKAY,
G. – Wheelsman on the Asia
– Died
September 14, 1882, Georgian Bay, Ontario
– Lost
in the wreck of the steamer Asia
– (JRO 82).
McKAY, Gertrude – Died May 24, 1881, London,
Ontario aged 18 – Drowned by the upsetting of the steamer
Victoria – (JRO 80-81).
McKAY, James – one of the oldest settlers in West
Gwillimbury, Ontario – Born in 1793 in Kildonan,
Sunderlandshire, Scotland – Died April 12, 1879, West
Gwillimbury, Ontario – (Obit.
79).
McKAY, W. E. (Rev., Presb.), B.A. – Died June 3,
1885 at Orangeville, Ontario – (Obit.
85).
McKEE, Thos. – Died July 29, 1886 in Kingston,
Ontario aged 8 – Drowned – (ADS
86).
McKENZIE, Donald (Rev., Presbyterian) – Died April
8, 1884 at Ingersoll, Ontario, aged 86 – (Obit.
84).
McKENZIE, J. D. – Died September 19, 1883, Galt,
Ontario aged 54 – Smothered in a bran hopper – (ADS
83).
McKENZIE, John – Employee of the Toronto Bolt
Works – Died January 2, 1884 near Toronto, Ontario –
Railway accident – (JRO 84).
McKENZIE, K. – Judge County Court of York, Ontario
– Deceased, successor appointed on March 19, 1883 – (PAPS
Dominion 83).
McKERRAS, John Hugh (Rev.), M.A. – Professor of
Classical Literature, Queen's College, Kingston, Ontario – Born
in 1832 at Nairn, Scotland – Died January 9, 1880, Inverlea,
Peterboro', Ontario – (Obit.
80-81).
McKINLEY, Valeria – Inmate of the Provincial
Lunatic Asylum, Toronto – Died April, 1884 in Toronto aged 32 –
Died a few days after having murdered on April 1, 1884 Rachel
Stevens, a fellow-inmate. – (JRO
84).
McKINNON, Neil (Mr.) – Died July 20, 1885 near
Durham, Ontario – Killed when his house is truck by lightning –
(JRO 85).
McKINNON, Ranald – Contractor and manufacturer –
Born about 1800 in Ulva, Scotland – Died October 17, 1879,
Caledonia, Ontario – Coming to America with his parents at an
early age, the family settled first in New York State (U.S.A.), but
eventually removed to Peel, Upper Canada – (Obit.
79).
McLACHLAN, Alex – Died November 6, 1882, McNab,
Ontario – Accidentally shot – (ADS 82).
McLACHLIN, D. – Died August 26, 1883, Midlemiss,
Ontario aged 14 – Drowned – (ADS 83).
McLAREN – Died September 13, 1882, Erin, Ontario –
Killed by lightning – (ADS 82).
McLAREN,
Archd. – Died April 29, 1884 at Breadalbane, Ontario, aged 102
– (DL 84).
McLAREN, Peter – Died November 3, 1882 at
Callendar Station, Ontario – Railway accident – (ADS
82).
McLAREN, Rev. R. (Pres'n) – Died June 6, 1882,
Greensville, Ontario – Hangs himself in his stable – (ADS
82).
McLEAN (Mrs.) – Died January 9, 1881, Underwood,
Ontario – Burnt to death in her own house – The other
members of the family are rescued with difficulty – (JRO
80-81).
McLELLAN, Alexander – A young man – Died
April 14, 1885 in Chatham, Ontario – Crushed to death whilst
attempting to jump on a moving train at the Grand Trunk Railway
station – (JRO 85).
McLENNAN, Mary A., matron – Died May 24, 1881,
London, Ontario aged 39 – Drowned by the upsetting of the
steamer Victoria – (JRO 80-81).
McLENNAN, Thomas –
Died May 28, 1882, Gananoque, Ontario – Drowned – (ADS
82).
McLEOD, Donald – an old soldier and journalist who
lived in Prescott, Ontario – Born January 1, 1779 in Aberdeen,
Scotland – Died July 22, 1879, Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A. –
(Obit. 79).
McLEOD, John – M.P.P. – Born September 20, 1833 in
Lancaster, Glengarry, Ontario – Died March 9, 1879,
Bowmanville, Ontario – (Obit.
79).
McLEOD, M. (Mrs.) and son – Died May 14, 1883,
Bracebridge, Ontario – Burnt in dwelling – (ADS 83).
McLEOD, Maggie –
Died July 6, 1883, near Appleton, Ontario – Railway accident –
(ADS 83).
McLHLIN, Captain of the propellor Argyle,
and 12 crew on board – Died November 5, 1879 –
Lost in Lake Superior – (JRO
79).
McMAHON
– Judge Co. Court Norfolk, Ontario – Deceased, successor
appointed on May 11, 1885 – (PAPS
Dominion 85).
McMAHON, Thos. Babington, LL. B. (1862) – Judge of
the County Court of Norfolk, Ontario (1875) – Born June 15,
1837 at Dundas, Ontario – Died April 18, 1885 at Simcoe,
Ontario – Called to the bar in 1862, he practiced his
profession for a time with his brother Mr. Hugh McMahon, Q.C. –
(Obit. 85).
McMARTIN, Collin – Died March 13, 1883,
Merrickville, Ontario aged 22 – Bursting of a circular saw –
(ADS 83).
McMILLAN W. B. – Died January 22, 1879, Denver,
Colorado – His body was sent to Brantford, Ontario where his
widowed mother resided. She died from grief at the sight of the
corpse on January 29 – (JRO 79).
McMONAGLE, Jas. – Died August 23, 1883 in
Brantford, Ontario aged 8 – Drowned – (ADS
83).
McMULLEN – Died September 8, 1886 at Belleville,
Ontario aged 1 year 7 months – Railway accident. – (ADS
86).
McMURRICH, John (Hon.) – Head of the wholesale
firm of Bryce, McMurrich & Co., Toronto – Born in 1804 at
Knock Farm, near Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland – Died
February 13, 1883 in Toronto, Ontario – (Obit.
83).
McNAB, Alex. – Born in Argyleshire, Scotland –
Died May, 1881, Enniskillen, Ontario aged 112 – Death from
longevity – (DL 80-81).
McNAB, Alexander – For 31 years Crown Lands Agent
for Bruce, Ontario – Died May 1, 1882 at Southampton, Ontario,
aged 73 – (Obit. 82).
McNAB, John – Born Castlebar, Ireland – Died
in April, 1883 at Sullivan, Ontario aged 102 – (DL
83).
McNAB,
Miss. – Died September 14, 1882, Georgian Bay, Ontario –
Lost in the wreck of the steamer Asia
– (JRO 82).
McNAB,
Mr., of Owen Sound (Ontario) – Passenger – Died September
14, 1882, Georgian Bay, Ontario – Lost in the wreck of the
steamer Asia
– (JRO 82).
McNAUGHTON, Rev. Peter – Died May 10, 1878, Maple,
Ontario aged 81 – (Obit. 78).
McNAUGHTON, Thomas, M.A. – Barrister of Ontario
(1862) – Died December 2, 1879, Cobourg, Ontario – (Obit.
79).
McNAUGHTON, Wm. – Died June 26, 1886 near
Brantford, Ontario aged 19 – Drowned – (ADS
86).
McNEILL, Chas. – Died July 22, 1882, Almonte,
Ontario – Railway accident – (ADS 82).
McNORGAN, Eliza – Died May 24, 1881, London,
Ontario aged 22 – Drowned by the upsetting of the steamer
Victoria – (JRO 80-81).
McNULTY – Died August 15, 1886 at Port Dalhousie,
Ontario, aged 3 – Burned to death.. – (ADS
86).
McPARTLAND, Patrick – Died March 16, 1883,
Portland, Ontario – Frozen – (ADS 83).
McPHERSON, Lauchlin (Rev., Presb.) – Born about
1813 in Glasgow, Scotland – Died March 29, 1886 at Ailsa Craig,
Ontario – (Obit. 86).
McPHERSON, Mary – Died May 24, 1881, London,
Ontario aged 15 – Drowned by the upsetting of the steamer
Victoria – (JRO 80-81).
McPHERSON, Thos. (Rev., Presbyterian retired) –
Died May 14, 1884 at Lancaster, Ontario, aged 81 – (Obit.
84).
McQUADE Nicolas – Born in Ireland – Died
January 29, 1882, Stratford, Ontario aged 103 – (DL
82).
McQUADE, H. – Died January 26, 1886 near
Newmarket, Ontario – Railway accident. – (ADS
86).
McQUEEN
– Judge County Court, County Oxford, Ontario – Deceased,
successor appointed on June 10, 1885 – (PAPS
Dominion 85).
McQUESTERN, Calvin – M.D. – Born in 1801 at
Bedford, now Manchester, New Hampshire, U.S.A. – Died October
20, 1885 at Hamilton, Ontario – Coming to Canada, he took up
his residence at Hamilton in 1838. – (Obit.
85).
McRAE, Duncan – M.P.P. – Born in Ross-shire,
Scotland – Died March 12, 1879, Bolsover, Ontario – He
came early in life to Canada – (Obit.
79).
McSHERRY, Capt. Jas. and 6 of the crew – Died
November 7, 1880, Weller's Beach, near Consecon, Ontario – Lost
in the total wreck of the schooner Belle Sheridan, of Toronto –
(JRO 80-81).
McVEIGH, Thos. – Died February 16, 1886 in Ottawa,
Ontario – Drowned – (ADS
86).
McVICAR, J. – Died May 24, 1881, London, Ontario –
Drowned by the upsetting of the steamer Victoria – (JRO
80-81).
McWEANY, Isabella – An eccentric elderly woman –
Died March 1, 1884 in Essex Centre, Ontario – (JRO
84).
MEAD, Alfred – Died January 17, 1883, Orillia,
Ontario aged 24 – Caught by machinery in motion – (ADS
83).
MEDCALF, Francis Henry – Mayor of Toronto –
Born in 1803 in Wicklow, Ireland – Died March 26, 1880 in
Toronto, Ontario – (Obit.
80-81).
MELIN : an infant child on Mr. G. Melin –
Died July 10, 1883 in or around London, Ontario – Drowned in
the sudden rise of the river Thames caused by heavy rains. –
(JRO 83).
MÉNARD, David – Died July 12, 1886 in
Ottawa, Ontario – Killed by an accidental discharge of a
revolver – (ADS
86).
MENDON, Laura – Died July 27, 1883 in Toronto,
Ontario – Drowned – (ADS 83).
MENZIE, J. – Died October 20, 1886 near Bervie,
Ontario – Accidentally shot by D. Robertson.. – (ADS
86).
MERCER, Andrew – deceased – After his death
intestate, a lady who had for many years lived with him as his
supposed housekeeper claimed that she was his wife, and her son the
lawful heir to the large property possessed by the deceased in
Toronto and vicinity. The Ontario Government refused to acknowledge
the rights of these parties but, on November 14, 1881, the Supreme
Court of Canada reversed the decision.
MERCER, Jno. – Died June 15, 1886 at Chatham,
Ontario – Drowned – (ADS
86).
MERCER, Viola (Mrs.) – a young widow – Died
September 9, 1879, Castleton, Ontario – Commits suicide by
shooting herself with a pistol in the store of Mr. F. E. McKeyes, a
man for whom she had declared an ardent affection. The coroner's jury
attritute the cause of her suicide to an unreturned affection for
McKeyes; but exonerate him from blame – (JRO
79).
MEREDITH, John W. C., clk. of D. Ct. – Died May
24, 1881, London, Ontario aged 72 – Drowned by the upsetting of
the steamer Victoria – (JRO 80-81).
MERRITT, Charles – a well-known citizen of St.
John, New Brunswick – Died February 27, 1878 in Toronto,
Ontario aged 60 – (Obit. 78).
METCALF, W. G. (Dr.) – Medical Supdt. of the
Rockwood Asylum, Kingston – Died August 16, 1885 at Kingston,
Ontario – Stabbed on August 13, 1885 by an insane inmate, named
Maloney, whilst walking through the wards of the Rockwood Asylum.
Maloney is committed to stand his trial for the murder. – (JRO
85).
METCALF, Wm. G. – M.D. (1874) – Supdt. of
the Asylum for the Insane, Kingston, Ontario – Born in 1847 at
Uxbridge, Ontario – Died August 16, 1885 at Kingston, Ontario –
Died the result of wounds received at the hand of an insane patient.
– (Obit. 85).
METCALFE, Jas. – M.P. for East York in the House
of Commons (1867-78) – Born in 1821 in England – Died
September 13, 1886 in Toronto, Ontario – Died suddenly –
He had resided at one time in one of the Australian colonies. –
(Obit. 86).
METHERELL, Jos. – Died November 11, 1882,
Woodstock, Ontario – Struck by a splinter from a saw –
(ADS 82).
MEUDELL, W. F. – Formerly collector of customs at
Toronto, and subsequently at Belleville, Ontario – Native of
Scotland – Died January 10, 1885 at Belleville, Ontario, aged
85 – (Obit. 85).
MEYER, Ludwig G. – Clerk of the Division Ct.
(1856) – Born April 25, 1809 at Rostock, Mechlenburg –
Died March 21, 1886 at Seaforth, Ontario – He came to Canada in
1833. He was the father of Mr. H. W. C. Meyer, now Mayor of Wingham,
Ontario. – (Obit. 86).
MICHIE, James, of the firm of Fulton, Michie & Co.,
retail and wholesale grocers, Toronto – Born February 24, 1828
in Corgraff, Aberdeenshire, Scotland – Died January 13, 1883 in
Toronto, Ontario – He came to Toronto at the age of 18. Nephew
of the late Mr. G. Michie. – (Obit.
83).
MIDDLETON, Geo. – Died February 16, 1886 at New
Edinburgh, Ontario aged 25 – Rupture of the bladder through
over work – (ADS
86).
MIDDLETON, Hannah – Died May 24, 1881, London,
Ontario aged 17 – Drowned by the upsetting of the steamer
Victoria – (JRO 80-81).
MIDDLETON, Janet – Died May 24, 1881, London,
Ontario aged 24 – Drowned by the upsetting of the steamer
Victoria – (JRO 80-81).
MILES, Samuel – Died January 7, 1883 in Toronto,
Ontario – Drowned while skating – (ADS 83).
MILLER, Hannah – Died August 10, 1882, St.
Catharines, Ontario – Drowned – (ADS 82).
MILLER, Jas. Andrews, Q.C. (1880), D.C.L. (1873) –
Born July 29, 1839 at Galt, Ontario – Died November 1, 1886 at
Winnipeg, Manitoba – Died the result of a fall – He was
the second son of the late John Miller, Esq., of Galt – (Obit.
86).
MILLER, John Classon – M.P.P. for Muskoka and
Parry Sound in Ontario Assembly (1875-82) – Born December 16,
1836 in Yonge, Leeds, Ontario – Died April 2, 1884 at Colton,
Southern California, U.S.A. – His remains were brought to Parry
Sound for interment. – (Obit.
84).
MILLER, Robert – Collector of Customs, Wellington
Square, Ontario – Born near Belfast, Ireland – Died
August, 1880 – He came to Canada in 1827 – (Obit.
80-81).
MILLER, W. H. – Farmer – Died April 24,
1882, Bentinck, Ontario – Found dead in the woods with a
gun-shot wound in his back. A verdict of murder is returned on May 5,
1882 against his father-in-law Peter Weis, his wife Barbara Miller,
his brother-in-law John Weis, and his sister-in-law Philapana Weis –
(JRO 82).
MILLER, William – Farmer and stock raiser –
Born in Dumfries, Scotland – Died in June, 1879 in Pickering,
Ontario at an advanced age – Came to Canada nearly forty years
ago. The Millers, father and sons have been singularly fortunate in
their ventures as importers and breeders of improved stock. –
(Obit. 79).
MILLER, Wm.- Engineer – Died November 1, 1885 at
Sombra, Ontario – Killed when the boiler of the tug Frank
Moffatt explodes – (JRO
85).
MILLIGAN, W., of Meaford, Ontario – Died November
7, 1885, Isle Royale, Lake Superior, Michigan, U.S.A. – Lost in
the wreck of the iron steamship Algoma. – (JRO
85).
MILLMAN, Ontario H. McKay – Died May 24, 1881,
London, Ontario aged 8 – Drowned by the upsetting of the
steamer Victoria – (JRO 80-81).
MILLMAN, Turville H. McKay – Died May 24, 1881,
London, Ontario aged 6 – Drowned by the upsetting of the
steamer Victoria – (JRO 80-81).
MILLMAN, Wm. H. McKay, com. Trav. – Died May 24,
1881, London, Ontario aged 39 – Drowned by the upsetting of the
steamer Victoria – (JRO 80-81).
MILLS, A. J. – Died January 3, 1886 in Hamilton,
Ontario aged 18 months – Accidentally poisoned. – (ADS
86).
MILLS, Cornelius and Arnold, brothers – Died July
28, 1885 at Bath, Ontario – Upset in a boat while out fishing
and drowned. – (JRO 85).
MILLS, Thomas – Died June 24, 1882, Bradford,
Ontario – Drowned – (ADS 82).
MILNE, Jas., of Agincourt – Student at the
Collegiate Institute, St. Catharines, Ontario – Died September
10, 1884 in the Welland Canal, St. Catharines, Ontario –
Drowned when the row-boat he is in is run down and sunk by the
steamer Lindy. – (JRO
84).
MITCHELL, Capt. – Died May 22, 1883, Michipicoten
Id., Ontario – Falls down shaft of a mine – (ADS
83).
MITCHELL, D. – Died January 22, 1883, Paris,
Ontario – Caught in mill mach'ry – (ADS 83).
MITCHELL, Joseph – Died December 11, 1883, Bedford
Mills, Ontario – Accidentally shot by Jas. Antoine – (ADS
83).
MOBERLY, Dr. A. of Collingwood (Ontario) – Died
November 28, 1879 – Accidentally killed on the Northern Railway
track near Allandale station – (JRO
79).
MODERWELL, Robt. – Sheriff of Perth, Ontario
(1853-72) – Born in 1805 – Died October 23, 1886 at
Stratford, Ontario – He came to Canada in 1819 – (Obit.
86).
MOFFAT, Andrew – Died November 27, 1883, near
Waubuno, Ontario aged 83 – Kicked by a horse – (ADS
83).
MOFFATT, James – Died September 11, 1882 in
Toronto, Ontario – Drowned – (ADS 82).
MOFFATT, Kenneth Mackenzie (Colonel) –
Commissioner of the Canada Land Co. – Died March 11, 1885 in
Toronto, Ontario, aged 62 – He was the youngest son of the late
Hon. Geo. Moffatt, M.P. – (Obit.
85).
MOHAN, Michael – Died May 23, 1882, Cannifton,
Ontario – Railway accident – (ADS 82).
MOIRSEY,Thos. –
Died August 12, 1882, Picton, Ontario – Drowned – (ADS
82).
MOLESWORTH, Thomas Nepean, C.E. – Chief Engineer
for Ontario – Born in 1824 in Armagh, Ireland – Died
April 24, 1879 in Toronto, Ontario – He came to this country
about 30 years ago – (Obit.
79).
MONK, J. Edward and Mrs. Helen – Died January 7,
1883, Detroit, Michigan – Formerley residents of Chatham,
Ontario, they commit suicide by taking morphine – (ADS 83).
MONRO, George – ex-M.P.P. – Born in 1801 at
Niagara, Ontario – Died January 5, 1878 in Toronto, Ontario –
(Obit. 78).
MONTGOMERY, Dorcas (Mrs.) – Born Fermanagh,
Ireland – Died January 7, 1879, Township of March, Ontario aged
100 – (JRO 79).
MONTGOMERY, John – an aged ''Patriot'' –
Born February 29, 1788 at Gagetown, New Brunswick – Died
October 31, 1879, Barrie, Ontario – His father, Alexander
Montgomery, was one of the earliest settlers in and about Toronto,
Ontario, he having removed from New Brunswick to Little York, as the
city was then called, about the close of the last century. –
(Obit. 79).
MONTRAY, Leslie – Died March 1, 1882, Stratford,
Ontario – Commits suicide by choking himself to death –
(JRO 82, see February 25, 1882).
MOODIE, Susanna (Mrs.) – Canadian authoress –
Born December 6, 1803 in England – Died April 8, 1885 in
Toronto, Ontario – She was the 6th daughter of Thos.
Strickland Esq., of Reydon Hall, Suffolk, England, an a sister of
Miss Agnes Strickland and Mrs. C. P. Traill, both of whom have
achieved distinction in the world of letters. In 1831 she married
Lieut. J. W. D. Moodie, of the 21st Fusiliers, and in the
following year they emigrated to Canada. Mr. Moodie, her husband,
became sheriff of Hastings, Ontario, and died in 1869 at Belleville,
Ontario, where he was buried. In accordance with the often expressed
wish of the deceased lady, her remains were interred beside those of
her husband. – (Obit. 85).
MOODY, three children of Mr. Joseph Moody aged 4 years,
2 years, 9 months – Died February 20, 1882, Amesiasburg, near
Belleville, Ontario – Perished in the flames of their home –
(JRO 82).
MOONEY, Fred. – Died May 24, 1881, London, Ontario
aged 17 – Drowned by the upsetting of the steamer Victoria –
(JRO 80-81).
MOORE, Andrew – Died July 21, 1880, Wallace,
Ontario aged 102 – Death from longevity – (DL
80-81).
MOORE, Harriet Louisa (Mrs. Bowell) – Died April
2, 1884 at Los Angeles, California, U.S.A. aged 56 – She had
been taken to Los Angeles for the benefit of her health. Her remains
were brought to Belleville, Ontario for interment. She was the wife
of the Hon. Mackenzie Bowell, M.P., Minister of Customs, to whom she
was united in marriage, Dec., 1847. She was the eldest daughter of
the late Jacob G. Moore, Esq., of Belleville, Ontario. – (Obit.
84).
MOORE, I. R. – Died July 1, 1882, Onondaga,
Ontario – Railway accident – (ADS 82).
MOORE, James – Died January 5, 1882, near Perth,
Ontario – Thrown from his buggy – (ADS 82).
MOORE, James – Died
November 19, 1883, Madoc, Ontario aged 14 – Accidentially shot
– (ADS 83).
MOORE, Jas., of Thessalon, Ontario – Died November
20, 1883 on Lake Huron – His body is recovered following the
lost of the steamer Eclipse during a gale. – (JRO
83).
MOORE, K. (Mrs.) – Born in Omagh, Ireland –
Died November 30, 1885 in Ottawa, Ontario aged 106 – (DL
85).
MOORE, Mrs John – Died April 7, 1882, Walkerton,
Ontario – Accidentaly poisoned by a druggist's boy – (ADS
82).
MOORE, R. M. – Died June 1, 1886 at Kingston,
Ontario aged 66 – Suicide while insane – (ADS
86).
MOORE, Thomas – Died November 9, 1882, Ridgetown,
Ontario – Choked to death while eating – (ADS 82).
MORDEN
– Deputy Registrar of the Maritime Ct. of Ontario –
Deceased, successor appointed on October 16, 1884 – (PAPS
Dominion 84).
MORDEN, John Howell – M.D. – Born January
20, 1834 in Cramahe, Northumberland, Ontario – Died August 27,
1879, Brockville, Ontario – He was married to a daughter of the
late Hon. Senator Crawford. – (Obit.
79).
MORGAN, Edward (Rev.) – Rector of Barrie, Ontario
(C. of E.) – Born in 1806 at St. Vincent, West Indies –
Died September 12, 1886 at Barrie, Ontario – His son Edward has
been for some years Junior Judge of the County of York, Ontario. –
(Obit. 86).
MORGAN, Louis, and infant daughter, of Buckingham,
Ontario – Died October 10, 1879, near Jackson, Michigan –
Killed when the Pacific Express train on the Michigan Central Railway
collides with a switch engine – (JRO
79).
MORIN – Died September 10, 1882 in Toronto,
Ontario – Drowned – (ADS 82).
MORISSON, William James –
Died May 24, 1881, London, Ontario aged 4 – Drowned by the
upsetting of the steamer Victoria
– (JRO 80-81).
MORISSON, Willie – Died May 24, 1881, London,
Ontario aged 16 – Drowned by the upsetting of the steamer
Victoria – (JRO 80-81).
MORLAND Mrs. (née DOUGLAS), and three of her children –
Died February 10, 1882, near Madoc, Ontario – Died as a result
of an exposion of a demijohn of coal oil, setting a residence on fire
– (JRO 82).
MORLEY, Miss Bessie –
Died July 16, 1883, Port Stanley, Ontario – Drowned –
(ADS 83).
MORPHY, Henry Brindley, D.C.L. – Barrister (1856)
– Died July 30, 1882 in Toronto, Ontario – (Obit.
82).
MORRISON – Harbour Master for Southampton, Ontario
– deceased – Sussessor appointed on September 25, 1882 –
(PAPS Dominion 82).
MORRISON, Angus, Q.C. – ex-M.P. (1854-74) –
Born January 20, 1822 in Edinburgh, Scotland – Died June 10,
1882 in Toronto – He accompanied his father, the late Mr. Hugh
Morrison, formerly of the 42nd Highlanders, to Canada in
1834. He is a brother of the present Hon. Justice Morrison –
(Obit. 82).
MORRISON, James – Builder and contractor –
Died November 28, 1885 at Guelph, Ontario, aged 78 – (Obit.
85).
MORRISON, Jno. – Died January 15, 1886 at
Germania, Ontario – From wounds received at a fire – (ADS
86).
MORRISON, John – Died May 24, 1881, London,
Ontario aged 14 – Drowned by the upsetting of the steamer
Victoria – (JRO 80-81).
MORRISON, Joseph Curran (Hon.) – Puisné
Judge of the Court of Appeal of Ontario – Born August 20, 1816
in the north of Ireland – Died December 6, 1885 in Toronto,
Ontario – He was the eldest son of the late Mr. Hugh Morrison,
formerly of the 42nd Highlanders. He came with his parents
to Canada in 1832. – (Obit.
85).
MORRISON, W. C. – Died August 2, 1886 on Lake
Huron, Ontario – Drowned, while yachting – (ADS
86).
MORROW, Rev. John M., C.S.B. – Died August 1,
1878, St. Machael's College, Toronto, Ontario aged 32 – (Obit.
78).
MORRY,
B., of Cincinati, Ohio – Passenger – Died September 14,
1882, Georgian Bay, Ontario – Lost in the wreck of the steamer
Asia
– (JRO 82).
MORTON – Died April 6, 1886, Tyendinaga, Ontario
aged 16 – Struck by the limb of a tree – (ADS
86).
MORTON – Died December 11, 1882, Ingersoll,
Ontario – Explosion of a boiler – (ADS 82).
MORTON, E. (Miss) – Died October 15, 1886 at St.
Catharines, Ontario – Jumps from a window while delirious from
fever. – (ADS
86).
MORTON, Edward – M.D. (1839) – Died
September 24, 1884 in Toronto, Ontario, aged 78 – (Obit.
84).
MORTON, James – Died November 8, 1882, Brighton,
Ontario – Railway accident – (ADS 82).
MORTON, Mary – Died May 26, 1884 at Galt, Ontario
aged 12 – Drowned – (JRO
84).
MORTON, Rev. Alfred Clarence – Clergyman of the
Presbyterian Church – Died March 22, 1879, North Gower, Ontario
aged 29 – (Obit. 79).
MOSS – Chief Justice of Ontario – deceased –
Successor appointed on April 25, 1881 – (PAPS
Dominion 80-81).
MOSS, Thomas (Hon.), M.A. – Chief Justice of Ontario (1878) –
Born August 20, 1836 at Cobourg, Ontario – Died January 4,
1881, Nice, South of France – Serious illness, which ultimately
led to his death – He married in 1863 Amy, eldest daughter of
the late Hon. Justice Sullivan, of Toronto. The remains of the late
Chief Justice were brought from Nice, and interred in the St. James'
Cemetery, Toronto – (Obit.
80-81).
MOSS, William – Journalist – Born June 15,
1852 at Toronto, Ontario – Died June 23, 1882 at Winnipeg,
Manitoba – He is a brother of the late Chief Justice Moss and
Mr. Chas. Moss, Q.C. His remains were brought to Toronto for
interment – (Obit. 82).
MOSTYN, Wm. – M.D. – ex-M.P.P. for North
Lanark in the Ont. Assembly – Born June 5, 1836 at Elphin,
Roscommon, Ireland – Died March 28, 1881, near Almonte, Ontario
– Accidentally drowned – (Obit.
80-81).
MUIR, George Manly – Late Clerk of the Legislative
Assembly of Quebec (1867-79) – Born April 16, 1807 at
Amherstburg, Ontario – Died July 8, 1882 at Quebec – He
is the son of the late Maj. A. C. Muir, of 41st. Regt. of
Foot – (Obit. 82).
MUIR, Thos. – Died January 3, 1886 in London,
Ontario – Railway accident – (ADS
86).
MULLIGAN, Richard – Employee of the Toronto Bolt
Works – Died January 2, 1884 near Toronto, Ontario –
Railway accident – (JRO 84).
MULOCK, Mary (Mrs.) (née Cawthra) – Died
December 29, 1882 at Los Angeles, California – Relict of the
late Dr. Thomas H. Mulock, in his life-time of Bond Head, Ontario.
She was the daughter of the late John Cawthra, Esq., M.P.P. for
Simcoe, in the U.C. Assembly. – (Obit.
83).
MULVANY, Chas. Pelham (Rev.) – M.A., M.D. –
Born May 20, 1835 in Dublin, Ireland – Died May 31, 1885 in
Toronto, Ontario – (Obit.
85).
MUNDELL, Andrew – Died January 15, 1886 at
Gravenhurst, Ontario – Falls from a scaffold – (ADS
86).
MUNRO – Sheriff for Elgin, Ontario –
Deceased,
successor appointed on February 16, 1884 – (PAPS
Ontario 84).
MUNRO, Alex – Employee of the Toronto Bolt Works –
Died January 2, 1884 near Toronto, Ontario – Railway accident –
(JRO 84).
MUNRO, Colin – Sheriff of the County of Elgin,
Ontario (1853) – Born in 1817 in Argyleshire, Scotland –
Died February 1, 1884 at Buffalo, New York, U.S.A. – He had
resided in Canada since 1837. – (Obit.
84).
MUNRO, Pierre Antoine Conefroy – M.D., Dean of the
Faculty of Medicine of Victoria College, Cobourg (Ontario) –
Died April 13, 1882 in Montreal, Quebec aged 71 – Died by his
own hand – (Obit. 82).
MURCOTT, (Dr.) V.S., of Ottawa, Ontario – Died
October 5, 1878 in Montreal, Quebec – Instantly killed by being
thrown from the horse ''Squire'' while riding in a steeplechase –
(JRO 78).
MURPHY,
of Orillia (Ontario) – Passenger – Died September 14,
1882, Georgian Bay, Ontario – Lost in the wreck of the steamer
Asia
– (JRO 82).
MURRAY, (Mrs.) – Died April 6, 1883, London,
Ontario – Frozen – (ADS 83).
MURRAY, Wm. – Died October 9, 1884 at
Cumminsville, Ontario – Killed when three out of twelve of the
buildings used in the manufacture of explosives by the Hamilton
Powder Co. are blown up. – (JRO
84).
MUSTILL, Pricilla – Died May 24, 1881, London,
Ontario aged 11 – Drowned by the upsetting of the steamer
Victoria – (JRO 80-81).
MYLES, Florence –
Died April 25, 1883 at Peterboro', Ontario aged 28 – Suicide by
poison – (ADS 83).
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