| 1. | John Gillies McLatchie was born on 18 Jan 1842 in Templeton, Outaouais Region, Quebec, Canada; died on 3 Feb 1908 in Calgary, Calgary Census Division, Alberta, Canada; was buried in Beechwood Cemetery, Ottawa, Ottawa Municipality, Ontario, Canada. Other Events and Attributes:
- FindaGrave Memorial ID: 134908161
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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.
Family/Spouse: Margaret Lumsden. Margaret (daughter of George Lumsden and Jeanette Ferrier) was born on 1 Oct 1845; died on 3 Feb 1892; was buried in Beechwood Cemetery, Ottawa, Ottawa Municipality, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 2. Elizabeth McLatchie
 was born on 26 Feb 1874; died on 8 Aug 1874; was buried in Beechwood Cemetery, Ottawa, Ottawa Municipality, Ontario, Canada.
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1842 - 1908 (66 years)
