John, born about 1855 in Scotland, was the eldest child of James Moyes and Catharine Wilkie. [1] His family emigrated to Canada in the late 1860s, but by the Census of 1871, his father had died, leaving his mother with six children to support.[2] Ten years later, John was supporting the family by working as a merchant in Milton, Ontario.[3]
He married Eliza Dignan Smith in Toronto, Ontario, in 1885.[4]
In the Canada Census, 1901, they are recorded living in East York with their three daughters: Bessie, Lois and Isabel. John worked as a "manager."[5] He was the manager of the Metropolitan Railway in Toronto.[6]He was then president of the Ontario West Shore Railway Company, a line that was never completed between Goderich and Kincardine.[7][8]
He died in 1937 and was buried at Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto.[9]
↑ "Canada Census, 1881," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVFK-3X5 : 20 May 2019), John W. Moyes, Milton, Halton, Ontario, Canada; from "1881 Canadian Census." Database with images. Ancestry. (www.ancestry.com : 2008); citing John W. Moyes, citing Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.
↑ "Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FMJJ-S2R : 11 March 2018), John Wilkie Moyes and Eliza Dignan Smith, 23 Dec 1885; citing registration , Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,869,960.
↑The Railway and Shipping World, March 1903, p. 83, archive.org
↑ CONSTRUCTION CO. BUILT WEST SHORE: EX-PRESIDENT MOYES DOES NOT RECALL WHO THEY WERE UNDER FIRE ENTIRE DAY FORMER HEAD OF RAILWAY APPEALS BEFORE ONTARIO RAILWAY BOARD AT INVESTIGATION--WANTS TO SEE THE DOCUMENTS. (1913, Nov 21). The Globe (1844-1936) Retrieved from ProQuest
↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 12 April 2020), memorial page for John Wilkie Moyes (22 Sep 1855–2 Aug 1937), Find A Grave: Memorial #125169843, citing Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto, Toronto Municipality, Ontario, Canada ; Maintained by John New (contributor 48347638) .
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