John Gilmour was the son of John Gilmour and Margaret Urie of Craigton, Mearns, Renfrewshire, Scotland.
He married Caroline White, daughter of John and Jane White in 1844.
John and Caroline had 5 children:
Allan Gilmour 1846 - 1903
John Gilmour 1849 - 1912
David Gilmour 1851 - 1920
Caroline Gilmour 1861 - 1884
Mary Gilmour 1864 -
John Gilmour immigrated to Quebec, Canada with his brother David in 1832. They worked for the family business of Pollok, Gilmour and Company, originally founded in Glasgow, Scotland as a shipbuilding and Lumber firm.
When his Uncle Allan Gilmour Sr. (1775-1849) retired in 1838 from Allan Gilmour & Company, Quebec, brothers John Gilmour (1812-1877) and David Gilmour (1815-1857) both of Quebec were admitted into the family business. They were both made partners in 1840. John’s brother David married Miss Matilda White, sister to John’s wife Caroline White.
John Gilmour was elected to the council of the Board of Trade of Quebec in 1843 and re-elected in 1844, 1845, and 1846; in 1848 he was elected to its board of arbitration and in 1849 again to the council. He remained a member of the board, but without holding office.
In the spring of 1847, a group of Protestant businessmen, shipbuilders, merchants, and clergy convened a public meeting to determine the possibility of buying land for a rural cemetery in the Sillery District of Quebec City. John Gilmour was one of those founding members of Mount Hermon cemetery where in he would eventually be buried.
John was also a member of the first municipal council of the Sillery District of Sainte-Foy-Cap-Rouge, Quebec City.
In July 1848 he bought a residence “Marchmont” with property on the high ground just above the Gilmour timber depot at Wolfe’s Cove.
In 1857, John’s brother David Gilmour died suddenly in Rutland, Vermont, on his way to New York, and John became the resident partner in Quebec the next year.
In 1874 John’s firm, the Allan Gilmour and Company constructed a large steam mill on the north shore of the Ottawa River. On June 6, 1875 the mill caught fire and was completely destroyed. The company rebuilt the mill at great expense, but by 1876 the economic slump within the country had turned into a severe depression which would continue through to 1886. Hence, there was tremendous pressure upon John. In February 1877, he mysteriously disappeared. Four Quebec detectives were involved in the search for him. The family began to give up hope of him being found alive.
Then in June 1877, according to the Trenton Courier of June 28, 1877, two fishermen discovered the body of John Gilmour floating down river. There was a certain amount of speculation that John Gilmour had commuted suicide by dropping himself through an open fishing hole in the ice on the frozen river.
Cote Gilmour, the steep road that runs from Boulevard Champlain to the western end of the Plains of Abraham was named in honour of John Gilmour.
He married Caroline White, daughter of John and Jane White in 1844.
John and Caroline had 5 children:
Allan Gilmour 1846 - 1903
John Gilmour 1849 - 1912
David Gilmour 1851 - 1920
Caroline Gilmour 1861 - 1884
Mary Gilmour 1864 -
John Gilmour immigrated to Quebec, Canada with his brother David in 1832. They worked for the family business of Pollok, Gilmour and Company, originally founded in Glasgow, Scotland as a shipbuilding and Lumber firm.
When his Uncle Allan Gilmour Sr. (1775-1849) retired in 1838 from Allan Gilmour & Company, Quebec, brothers John Gilmour (1812-1877) and David Gilmour (1815-1857) both of Quebec were admitted into the family business. They were both made partners in 1840. John’s brother David married Miss Matilda White, sister to John’s wife Caroline White.
John Gilmour was elected to the council of the Board of Trade of Quebec in 1843 and re-elected in 1844, 1845, and 1846; in 1848 he was elected to its board of arbitration and in 1849 again to the council. He remained a member of the board, but without holding office.
In the spring of 1847, a group of Protestant businessmen, shipbuilders, merchants, and clergy convened a public meeting to determine the possibility of buying land for a rural cemetery in the Sillery District of Quebec City. John Gilmour was one of those founding members of Mount Hermon cemetery where in he would eventually be buried.
John was also a member of the first municipal council of the Sillery District of Sainte-Foy-Cap-Rouge, Quebec City.
In July 1848 he bought a residence “Marchmont” with property on the high ground just above the Gilmour timber depot at Wolfe’s Cove.
In 1857, John’s brother David Gilmour died suddenly in Rutland, Vermont, on his way to New York, and John became the resident partner in Quebec the next year.
In 1874 John’s firm, the Allan Gilmour and Company constructed a large steam mill on the north shore of the Ottawa River. On June 6, 1875 the mill caught fire and was completely destroyed. The company rebuilt the mill at great expense, but by 1876 the economic slump within the country had turned into a severe depression which would continue through to 1886. Hence, there was tremendous pressure upon John. In February 1877, he mysteriously disappeared. Four Quebec detectives were involved in the search for him. The family began to give up hope of him being found alive.
Then in June 1877, according to the Trenton Courier of June 28, 1877, two fishermen discovered the body of John Gilmour floating down river. There was a certain amount of speculation that John Gilmour had commuted suicide by dropping himself through an open fishing hole in the ice on the frozen river.
Cote Gilmour, the steep road that runs from Boulevard Champlain to the western end of the Plains of Abraham was named in honour of John Gilmour.
John Gilmour was the son of John Gilmour and Margaret Urie of Craigton, Mearns, Renfrewshire, Scotland.
He married Caroline White, daughter of John and Jane White in 1844.
John and Caroline had 5 children:
Allan Gilmour 1846 - 1903
John Gilmour 1849 - 1912
David Gilmour 1851 - 1920
Caroline Gilmour 1861 - 1884
Mary Gilmour 1864 -
John Gilmour immigrated to Quebec, Canada with his brother David in 1832. They worked for the family business of Pollok, Gilmour and Company, originally founded in Glasgow, Scotland as a shipbuilding and Lumber firm.
When his Uncle Allan Gilmour Sr. (1775-1849) retired in 1838 from Allan Gilmour & Company, Quebec, brothers John Gilmour (1812-1877) and David Gilmour (1815-1857) both of Quebec were admitted into the family business. They were both made partners in 1840. John’s brother David married Miss Matilda White, sister to John’s wife Caroline White.
John Gilmour was elected to the council of the Board of Trade of Quebec in 1843 and re-elected in 1844, 1845, and 1846; in 1848 he was elected to its board of arbitration and in 1849 again to the council. He remained a member of the board, but without holding office.
In the spring of 1847, a group of Protestant businessmen, shipbuilders, merchants, and clergy convened a public meeting to determine the possibility of buying land for a rural cemetery in the Sillery District of Quebec City. John Gilmour was one of those founding members of Mount Hermon cemetery where in he would eventually be buried.
John was also a member of the first municipal council of the Sillery District of Sainte-Foy-Cap-Rouge, Quebec City.
In July 1848 he bought a residence “Marchmont” with property on the high ground just above the Gilmour timber depot at Wolfe’s Cove.
In 1857, John’s brother David Gilmour died suddenly in Rutland, Vermont, on his way to New York, and John became the resident partner in Quebec the next year.
In 1874 John’s firm, the Allan Gilmour and Company constructed a large steam mill on the north shore of the Ottawa River. On June 6, 1875 the mill caught fire and was completely destroyed. The company rebuilt the mill at great expense, but by 1876 the economic slump within the country had turned into a severe depression which would continue through to 1886. Hence, there was tremendous pressure upon John. In February 1877, he mysteriously disappeared. Four Quebec detectives were involved in the search for him. The family began to give up hope of him being found alive.
Then in June 1877, according to the Trenton Courier of June 28, 1877, two fishermen discovered the body of John Gilmour floating down river. There was a certain amount of speculation that John Gilmour had commuted suicide by dropping himself through an open fishing hole in the ice on the frozen river.
Cote Gilmour, the steep road that runs from Boulevard Champlain to the western end of the Plains of Abraham was named in honour of John Gilmour.
He married Caroline White, daughter of John and Jane White in 1844.
John and Caroline had 5 children:
Allan Gilmour 1846 - 1903
John Gilmour 1849 - 1912
David Gilmour 1851 - 1920
Caroline Gilmour 1861 - 1884
Mary Gilmour 1864 -
John Gilmour immigrated to Quebec, Canada with his brother David in 1832. They worked for the family business of Pollok, Gilmour and Company, originally founded in Glasgow, Scotland as a shipbuilding and Lumber firm.
When his Uncle Allan Gilmour Sr. (1775-1849) retired in 1838 from Allan Gilmour & Company, Quebec, brothers John Gilmour (1812-1877) and David Gilmour (1815-1857) both of Quebec were admitted into the family business. They were both made partners in 1840. John’s brother David married Miss Matilda White, sister to John’s wife Caroline White.
John Gilmour was elected to the council of the Board of Trade of Quebec in 1843 and re-elected in 1844, 1845, and 1846; in 1848 he was elected to its board of arbitration and in 1849 again to the council. He remained a member of the board, but without holding office.
In the spring of 1847, a group of Protestant businessmen, shipbuilders, merchants, and clergy convened a public meeting to determine the possibility of buying land for a rural cemetery in the Sillery District of Quebec City. John Gilmour was one of those founding members of Mount Hermon cemetery where in he would eventually be buried.
John was also a member of the first municipal council of the Sillery District of Sainte-Foy-Cap-Rouge, Quebec City.
In July 1848 he bought a residence “Marchmont” with property on the high ground just above the Gilmour timber depot at Wolfe’s Cove.
In 1857, John’s brother David Gilmour died suddenly in Rutland, Vermont, on his way to New York, and John became the resident partner in Quebec the next year.
In 1874 John’s firm, the Allan Gilmour and Company constructed a large steam mill on the north shore of the Ottawa River. On June 6, 1875 the mill caught fire and was completely destroyed. The company rebuilt the mill at great expense, but by 1876 the economic slump within the country had turned into a severe depression which would continue through to 1886. Hence, there was tremendous pressure upon John. In February 1877, he mysteriously disappeared. Four Quebec detectives were involved in the search for him. The family began to give up hope of him being found alive.
Then in June 1877, according to the Trenton Courier of June 28, 1877, two fishermen discovered the body of John Gilmour floating down river. There was a certain amount of speculation that John Gilmour had commuted suicide by dropping himself through an open fishing hole in the ice on the frozen river.
Cote Gilmour, the steep road that runs from Boulevard Champlain to the western end of the Plains of Abraham was named in honour of John Gilmour.
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