William Hales Hingston SJ (1877 - 1944)

Born Jan 1877 in Quebec, Canada

Ancestors

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Biography

Father William Hingston, a Jesuit chaplain in the Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF) who was to become Rector of Loyola College.

Sir William Hingston, a former Mayor of Montreal, distinguished surgeon and banker. Hingston Hall on Concordia’s Loyola Campus is named after Sir William’s oldest son, Reverend William F. Hingston, a Superior of the Jesuits for Canada. He also served as rector of Loyola College from 1918 to 1925. Sir William’s youngest son, Dr. Donald Hingston, was the founder of Montreal’s St. Mary’s Hospital.

Source: Brian O’Neill Gallery from Records Management and Archives at Concordia University

Hingston Hall is named in memory of William Hales Hingston, S.J. (1877-1964), the oldest son of Sir William Hingston (1829-1907), distinguished surgeon, mayor of Montreal, and Senator. Father Hingston was educated at Collège Sainte-Marie. During his term as Rector (1918-25) he brought Loyola College into the modern era, gradually but radically changing the academic program, moving it away from the collège-classique tradition in which it had begun.

Source: Hingston Hall at Concordia University

Hingston was one of the best known family names in English Catholic Montreal at the turn of the century. Sir William had been mayor of the city. Four of his sons were to serve in the First World War. One was Fr. William, a Jesuit chaplain in the Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF) who was to become Rector of Loyola College. The other three were Captain Donald (Loyola 1896) of the Medical Corps, Lieutenant Harold (Loyola 1898) who was wounded while serving the 60th Battalion and Lieutenant Basil.

Source: Loyola High School Archives from www.lhsarchives.omeka.net

Photo of Father William Hingston in 1946.

Records

Census

Canada Census, 1881 (living in St-Antoine Ward, Montreal (City), Quebec, Canada):

• William Hingston M 51y 1830 Quebec
• Margaret Hingston F 31y 1850 Ontario
• William Hingston M 4y 1877 Quebec
• Donald Hingston M 3y 1879 Quebec
• Jane Murdock F 37y Ireland
• Margaret Hatchison F 28y Ireland
• Natales Watier F 23y Quebec
• Eliza Murphy F 24y Quebec
• Quintel Deward M 28y Denmark

Canada Census 1911 (living in Maisonneuve Sub-Districts 69-126, Quebec, Canada):

• William Hingston Religious Brother M 34yrs Jan 1877 Quebec

Sources

• "Canada Census, 1881," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVJ5-PTG : accessed 8 November 2015), Margaret Hingston in household of William Hingston, St-Antoine Ward, Montreal (City), Quebec, Canada; citing p. 32; Library and Archives Canada film number C-13219, Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 1,375,855.

• "Canada Census, 1891," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MW59-B43 : accessed 9 November 2015), Margaret Hingston, St Antoine Ward, Montréal Centre, Quebec, Canada; Public Archives, Ottawa, Ontario; Library and Archives Canada film number 30953_148209.

• "Recensement du Canada de 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVBH-99SB : accessed 24 March 2016), William Hingston in entry for Hyacinthe Hudon, 1911; citing Census, Maisonneuve Sub-Districts 69-126, Quebec, Canada, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 2,418,556.

• Reverend William F. Hingston from www.archives.concordia.ca