(22 Feb. 1882-13 Dec. 1938), newspaperman. (Leo Laurin, E. Leo Laurin) Born at Ste-Marthe, Que. Parents: Isaac Laurin and his wife Eloise Joanette. His family moved to Alexandria when he was 18 months old. In Alexandria, he attended the separate school and the high school. He learned the printing trade in the office of the Glengarrian, Alexandria. Later employment included that of a journeyman printer at Niagara Falls and St. Thomas, Ont. Then for some 25 years he was the publisher and owner of the Morrisburg Leader of Morrisburg, Ont., where he settled in 1914. In 1928 he incorporated another Morrisburg newspaper, the Herald, into the Leader, with the Leader remaining the name of the combined newspaper. Leo Laurin died at the Hotel Dieu Hospital, Cornwall. (nine children) He is buried in St. Finnan’s cemetery. He was married about 1908 to Mary Ann McMillan, of Alexandria or Lochiel Township. She is remembered in the Laurin family as having been earlier the fiancée of his brother Alcide, who was killed in the hockey game in 1905. (article on Alcide, Glengarry News 4 Oct. 2000) Leo himself was a player in the fatal hockey game at Maxville, and he assaulted Loney following the striking of Alcide. An obituary (Standard Freeholder) of Leo Laurin noted that he came from a family of printers and publishers, “four of his brothers being also engaged in the business,” namely J. Hector, J. Albert, William (Anthime) and Alcide Laurin, all of this dictionary. Leo Laurin’s son Arthur (Art), who succeeded him, was for many years the editor and proprietor of the Leader.

Standard Freeholder 14 Dec. 1938, Glengarry News 16 Dec. 1938 * Harkness 376 * gravestone, St. Finnan’s cemetery * Eleanor Wickware Morgan, “Up the Front”: a Story of Morrisburg (1964) ix (preface by Art Laurin), 72-73 * Butternuts and Maple Sugar 169 (wife’s family) * R.M. Keillor, “History Goes Out the Window: Ancient Press Leaves and Computer News Hits Town,” Globe and Mail 13 June 1977 [old press, long in use at the Leader, is replaced, and is sent to the Museum of Science and Technology, in Ottawa; some notes on the Laurin family and their many, and continuing, connections with the newspaper business]; see also note on the press and family by Eugene Macdonald, editorial page, Glengarry News 19 May 1977 * to manage Alexandria’s skating rink, GN 4 Dec. 1903 * on committee to organize a hockey club, Alexandria, GN 8 Jan. 1904 * leaves Alexandria to work for Montreal Star, GN 15 April 1904 * Mr & Mrs Leo Laurin leave for Morrisburg, to reside there, GN 12 June 1914