John Gillies McLatchie

1842 - 1908  (66 years)

• Name	John Gillies McLatchie
  Birth	18 Jan 1842	Templeton, Outaouais Region, Quebec, Canada
  Gender	Male
  FindaGrave Memorial ID	134908161
  	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/134908161
  _UID	0B25CDE11CBD4D0DA69F584974C38F35F2D6
  Death	3 Feb 1908	Calgary, Calgary Census Division, Alberta, Canada
  	Married Margaret Lumsden 30 April 1873 at New Edinburgh, Carleton County, Ontario. Son of William Richmond McLatchie and Elizabeth Gillies. Published in the Calgary Herald, pg. 9 February 5, 1908 Calgary, Alberta John McLatchie, one of the oldest and best-known Dominion land surveyors in Western Canada, and who has been for the past 30 years connected with the development of the west, died at the Holy Cross hospital Monday. Mr. McLatchie, who was born near Ottawa and practiced as a surveyor there, came to the west in the employ of the Dominion government in 1872, and for many years was engaged on important survey work connected with the base lines for the subdivision system of the west. In 1878 he gave up surveying and went in for trading with the Indians and he had a post on the Elbow river above the present city of Calgary and was in this district during the winter when Bishop McDougall perished on Nose Hill. Returning to the practice of surveying in 1881 he worked for the Dominion government until 1900, when he moved to British Columbia making Nelson his headquarters. In 1885 Mr. McLatchie served during the Riel rebellion as a lieutenant in the intelligence corps commanded by J. D. Dennis, now of the C.P.R. staff in Calgary, and was awarded a medal with clasps for the different engagements. In British Columbia Mr. McLatchie carried on many impotant surveys for the government, the railway companies and mining corporations, and he was recognized as the leading member of his profession in Southern British Columbia. Two daughters and a son are left to mourn the untimely demise of their father whose body is being sent to his old home in Ottawa for interment.
  Burial	Beechwood Cemetery, Ottawa, Ottawa Municipality, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I52699	Lanark County Origins | My Paternal Grandmother's Branch, This is my paternal Lineage, My Great Grandmother's Lineage (paternal)
  Last Modified	25 Jan 2023

  
  

  Father	William Richmond McLatchie,   b. 1800, Scotland d. 8 Nov 1885, Ontario, Canada (Age 85 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Gillies,   b. 16 Aug 1799, Kilsyth Parish, Stirlingshire, Scotland d. 21 May 1856 (Age 56 years)
  Family ID	F18061	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Margaret Lumsden,   b. 1 Oct 1845   d. 3 Feb 1892 (Age 46 years)
  Children	1. Elizabeth McLatchie,   b. 26 Feb 1874   d. 8 Aug 1874 (Age 0 years)
  Family ID	F18108	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2024

  
  

• Event Map

  Death - 3 Feb 1908 - Calgary, Calgary Census Division, Alberta, Canada Burial - - Beechwood Cemetery, Ottawa, Ottawa Municipality, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth