(20 April 1856-1 April 1935), veteran. Born in GC. He moved to Winnipeg, 1878, and lived there till 1894. Throughout the North-West Rebellion of 1885, he served with the 90th Battalion. He was married, at Hamilton, Ont., in 1878, to Isabella Blachford of Hamilton, and they lived to celebrate their golden wedding anniversary. After leaving Winnipeg, he and his wife lived in Toronto, New York City, and Calgary and finally Edmonton. He was a life member of the Northern Alberta Pioneers and Old-Timers’ Association, and a Mason. He died at his home in Edmonton, being by this time a widower. (at least five children, three surviving him) He is buried in the Edmonton cemetery. His nephew, “Dr. J.G. Hope [i. e., G. J.], well known Edmonton dentist,” married the daughter of Hugh Munro.

Glengarry News 5 April 1935 * Glenbow Archives: two short obituaries (QF) & a report (has biog. data, portrait) on 50th wedding anniversary, from newspapers