Cornelius Bruce MacDougall (abt. 1863 - 1910)

Born about 3 Feb 1863 in Campbellton, Prince, Prince Edward Island

Ancestors

Died 16 Nov 1910 at about age 47 in Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada

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Biography

Bruce was born about 1863. ^[1] He was the son of Peter MacDougall and Harriet ?. ^[1]

He moved to Moncton with his family at the age of 12. He studied law before entering the field of journalism. ^[2]

Bruce was an active Socialist and editor of Free Speech, a weekly paper promoting Socialism. In 1909, after writing attacks on St. John's mayor and other public officials, he was convicted of libel and his paper was shut down. ^[3] He fell down a flight of stairs in 1910 and died. Despite the coroner's ruling on the incident, It has been postulated by some that this fiery character's death was no accident. ^[1] Bruce himself may have died too young, but his spirit has carried on in more than a few MacDougalls.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} David Frank, “MacDOUGALL, C. BRUCE,” in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 13, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003–, accessed June 28, 2017, http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/macdougall_c_bruce_13E.html.
2. ↑ Men of Canada pg 332
3. ↑ Frank, David, and Nolan Reilly. "The Emergence of the Socialist Movement in the Maritimes, 1899-1916." Labour / Le Travail 4 (1979): 85. Accessed July 20, 2017. doi:10.2307/25139925.