John Gilmour, partner Quebec

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• FamilySearch ID: K1FT-65M
• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 125831210
• Occupation: Quebec City, Quebec, Canada; timber merchant, ship builder, Allan Gilmour & Co.
• _UID: A4B85E6BBE9C44C9A35946A24AC38C323B00

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Christened:
GILMOUR
JOHN
JOHN GILMOUR/MARY URIE FR105 (FR105)
M
15/11/1812
571/
10 102
Mearns


First name(s)?tab?John
Last name?tab?Gilmour
Gender?tab?Male
Birth year?tab?1812
Birth place?tab?-
Baptism year?tab?1812
Baptism date?tab?15 Nov 1812
Baptism place?tab?MEARNS,RENFREW,SCOTLAND
Father's first name(s)?tab?John
Father's last name?tab?Gilmour
Mother's first name(s)?tab?Mary
Mother's last name?tab?Urie
Place?tab?Mearns
County?tab?Renfrewshire
Country?tab?Scotland
Record set?tab?Scotland Births & Baptisms 1564-1950
Category?tab?Birth, Marriage & Death (Parish Registers)
Subcategory?tab?Parish Baptisms
Collections from?tab?Scotland, Great Britain

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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/125831210

John married Caroline White on 19 Aug 1844 in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. Caroline (daughter of John White and Jane) was born on 28 May 1820 in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada; was christened on 11 Jul 1820 in St Andrews Presbyterian Church, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: 66C1DF0E86BB4DE6AE94ED6E05E84B83E015

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John Gilmour Esquire of Quebec merchant and Caroline his wife had a son born o the first day of December and baptized on the eighth day of December one thousand eight hundred and forty seven. Named Allan

Died:
died of gunshot wound to back of head while preparing for a fishing trip.

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• _UID: A251A5B13267485DBAE3B6AB361516B39952

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Died:
The bad luck surrounding the Gilmour firm continued on into the late 1870's and it was not just in the field of economics. The newspapers followed with keen interest the mysterious disappearance of John Gilmour in February of 1877. Four Quebec detectives were involved in the search for him.

?b?Mr. John Gilmour - The Last Hopes Abandoned
?/b?
The relatives and friends of Mr Joh Gilmour appear to believe that there is now no chance of his being found alive, and the search has been given up, though not however, till everything has been done that could possibly be thought of. Every quarter of Montreal has been searched in vain, as well as all the roads leading out of the city, and no trace of the missing gentleman can be found. The last that was seen of him, is when he was met shortly before noon on sunday on Peter street, walking towards the river. It is supposed that the lamented gentleman must have walked from the street upon the ice in a meditative mood and have fallen into the water, at some of the holes where ice has been cut out of the river.
In reference to the report that Mr. Gilmour was seen last week at Prescott, we learn that it was not our fellow citizen, but his brother, Mr. Gilmour of Ottawa, who was then on his way down to Montreal.

The Trenton Courier reported that;

"The cause of the disappearance is enshrouded in mystery but it is supposed that the flight of Mr. MacDuff may have had a depressing effect upon his mind. Mr. MacDuff, one of their chief men, involved the company in a loss of $30,000 and suddenly left Montreal last week."

Several months later the newspaper informed readers that fishermen had "discovered the body of Mr. Gilmour floating down the river." The supposition is that he jumped into the open place made by the ice cutters."

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• FamilySearch ID: 9W97-N1D
• _UID: 884E2ABA1ABD4303B176041471ADCEEAEC6F

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Christened:
GILMOUR
DAVID
JOHN GILMOUR/CAROLINE WHITE FR184 (FR184)
M
21/04/1851
571/
20 105
Mearns


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Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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