John McMartin (1858 - 1918)

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John McMartin was a Canadian business figure, mining executive and political figure in Ontario. He was president of the Labrador Pulp and Paper Company, the Motherlode Sheep Creek Mining Company, and vice-president of Hollinger Consolidated Mines. He represented Glengarry and Stormont in the House of Commons from 1917 until his death in 1918. ^[1]

John, born in 1858, ^[2]was the son of Allan McMartin and Catherine McDonell.^[3] He lived with his family in Charlottenburg Township in 1881. ^[4]

John McMartin and Mary Catharine McDougald, daughter of John A McDougald and Annie Chisholm, both residents of Alexandria, Ontario, were married 22 Jan 1896 in St. Columban Roman Catholic Church in Cornwall, Ontario. John was a railroad contractor. ^[5]

He passed away in 1918.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ Wikipedia: John McMartin
2. ↑ "Canada, Ontario Census, 1861", database, FamilySearch (ark:/61903/1:1:MQ7Z-NN4 : Sat Mar 04 00:13:51 UTC 2023), Entry for John Mcmartin, 1861.
3. ↑ "Canada Census, 1871," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M477-VYT : 7 April 2022), John Mc Martin in household of Allan Mc Martin, Charlottenburg, Glengarry, Ontario, Canada; citing 1871; citing National Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.
4. ↑ 1881 census of Canada, Ontario, district 99, sub-district A, Charlottenburg, p. 36, family 125, Allan McMartin; RG 31; digital images, Ancestry (accessed 11 Aug 2023); citing Library and Archives Canada microfilm C_13266.
5. ↑ "Canada, Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KSZ7-MD1 : Thu Oct 19 17:59:06 UTC 2023), registration 012175 for John McMartin and Mary Catherine McDougald, 22 Jan 1896.
6. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/130965921/john-mcmartin: accessed 02 June 2023), memorial page for John “Red Jack” McMartin (2 Sep 1858–12 Apr 1918), Find A Grave: Memorial #130965921, citing Cimetière Notre-Dame-des-Neiges, Montreal, Montreal Region, Quebec, Canada; Maintained by D. Montgomery (contributor 47122518).