| 1. | John Gilmour was born in 1849 in Qu?ebec City, Quebec, Canada; died in Feb 1912 in Montreal (Lachine), ?Ile-de-Montr?eal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; was buried in Beechwood Cemetery, Ottawa, Ottawa Municipality, Ontario, Canada. Other Events and Attributes:
- _UID: A251A5B13267485DBAE3B6AB361516B39952
- Directory: 1907, Carleton County, Ottawa Municipality, Ontario, Canada; Ottawa the Beautiful Capital
- Occupation: 1907; Head of Gilmour and Hughson firm with nearly 4000 square miles of limits on the Gatineau
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Directory:
John Gilmour was born in Quebec city. Educated at the Quebec High School, later attending Helmouth College at London, Ontario. He is the son of John Gilmour, who with his brothers were, in their times the largest limit owners in the country. He is the head of the Gilmour and Hughson firm, with nearly 4000 square miles of limits, on the Gatineau. Mr. Gilmour, like J.R. Booth, is not a politician though many times offered high honors in the Dominion, he has always refused them. He married Jessie Miller McCliment of Quebec, to whom social Ottawa pwes a great deal - the functions at Trafalger House being proverbial for perfect entertainment.
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.
Mr. John Gilmour - The Last Hopes Abandoned
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."
John married Jessie Millar McCliment in 1874. Jessie was born on 16 Aug 1854 in South Orange, Essex County, New Jersey, United States; died on 2 Mar 1928 in Ottawa (Carleton Heights Rideauview), Ottawa Municipality, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Beechwood Cemetery, Ottawa, Ottawa Municipality, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 2. Pvt. Allan Urie Gilmour
 was born in 1878; died in 1916.
- 3. John Felton Gilmour was born in 1880; died in 1925.
- 4. David Gordon Gilmour was born in 1881; died in 1932.
- 5. Sutherland Campbell Gilmour was born on 7 Aug 1884 in Carleton County, Ottawa Municipality, Ontario, Canada; died on 14 Feb 1932 in Carleton County, Ottawa Municipality, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Beechwood Cemetery, Ottawa, Ottawa Municipality, Ontario, Canada.
- 6. Hamilton Livingstone Gilmour was born in 1885; died in 1959.
- 7. Jessie Maye Gilmour was born in 1886; died in 1956.
- 8. Ward Hughson Gilmour was born on 12 Feb 1893; died on 30 Mar 1940.
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1849 - 1912 (63 years)
