(1867 or 1869-1 Sept. 1944), cheese buyer. (John A. Welsh) Parents: Alfred Welsh and his wife Margaret Campbell. In 1896, John A. Welsh was a cheesemaker in the Thistle Factory at Baltics Corners, GC. Presumably, he was the owner of the factory, or became the owner, for in the winter of 1898 the press reported on the plans currently being made by certain patrons of a Baltics Corners cheese factory who had bought the factory from him. (Glengarry News 18 Feb. 1898) At Greenfield, GC, in 1899, he was operating both a cheese factory and a grain business. Early in the 20th century, he and his wife moved from Greenfield to Maxville. In Maxville, he was a partner in a general store with H. A. Christie, to whom he later sold his share in the store. At some stage also, Welsh was a Chevrolet dealer in Maxville. He was a buyer for the James Alexander Exporting Company of Montreal (see James Alexander) on the Cornwall Cheese Board for some 35 years and on the Vankleek Hill Cheese Board for many years. For 25 years Welsh was an elder in the St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Maxville, and he was superintendent of the Sunday school for nearly 25 years. He was reeve of Maxville in 1910. He was “well known” in Liberal party organizations in central and eastern Canada. Mason, for over 50 years. In 1899 he married Elizabeth M. MacLeod (1866-1955), the sister of John Norman MacLeod. (children: two, of which one survived him) For the last six years of his life, John A. Welsh was a resident of Ottawa. He died in Ottawa. He and his wife are buried at Maxville.

Standard Freeholder 2 Sept. 1944, Glengarry News (QF) 8 Sept. 1944 * Maxville (1991) 64, 85, 296, 883 (biog. sketch) * Campbell (1983), 100, 102, 112 * MacLeods, ii, 142-143 * Stiles, 16 (group portrait), 40 * Rutley 79 * gravestone * obituary of James Alexander, SFH 13 Feb. 1942 (Welsh mentioned as company representative)