John Fraser McKinnon1

#13646, (1888 - 1955)
FatherJames McKinnon1 (c 1844 - 1891)
MotherMargaret Tolmie1 (c 1848 - 1926)
RelationshipGrandson of Angus McKinnon
Extended Family
ChartsAngus McKinnon & Mary McFadyen's children & grandchildren
Angus McKinnon & Mary McFadyen - 5 generations of descendants

Children of John Fraser McKinnon and Marion Frances Harper
  • Carol McKinnon10
  • Catherine McKinnon 10

Life Events

BirthJohn Fraser McKinnon was born on 29 May 1888 in Port Elgin, Bruce County, Ontario.
Details from register: son of Jas McKinnon & Miss Maggie Tolmie, father Schoolteacher, informant Jas McKinnon School Teacher Port Elgin, registered 30 June 1888.1 
(with Parents) 1891 CensusHe appeared on the 1891 Census of Port Elgin, Bruce County, Ontario with his parents. His name was very faint and unreadable. He was 4 years old, born in Ontario, parents born in Scotland, and religion Presbyterian.2 
(with Mother) 1901 CensusJohn F appeared on the 1901 Census of Port Elgin, Bruce County, Ontario with his siblings and widowed mother Margaret. He was born May 29 1888 in urban Ontario, age 12, Scotch, and Presbyterian.3 
(with Mother) 1906 CensusJohn appeared on the 1906 Census of Edmonton, Alberta in the household of his mother Margaret McKinnon. Margaret was 56, a widow, born in Scotland, immigrated in 1870. Her children, all born in Ontario, were James (24), Bell (26), Alex (21), Margaret (21), and John (18.)4 
(with Mother) 1911 CensusJohn appeared on the 1911 Census of Vancouver, British Columbia with his mother Margaret. He was 23, single, born in May 1888 in Ontario, Scotch, Presbyterian, and worked as a Bookkeeper in an office for 52 weeks at 60 hours per week for $900.5 
CEFJohn Fraser McKinnon volunteered for the Canadian Expeditionary Force on 8 Mar 1916 at Dundas, Ontario. The attestation papers included the following information: presently of Vancouver BC, born May 29th 1888 in Port Elgin Ontario, Book keeper, next-of-kin is mother Margaret McKinnon of Shaughnessy Lodge, Vancouver.
Description on enlistment: age 27 years, 9 months, 5'6", expanded chest 34", fair complexion, blue eyes, dark brown hair, Presbyterian, 2 vaccinations on L arm (1906) and 1/2" scar on upper R lip. Fit for service.6 
MilitaryHe completed a draft registration card on 5 Jun 1917 in New York, New York. Information from the card: John Fraser MacKinnon, age 29, 267 W 22 NY NY, born May 29 1888 in Port Elgin Ontario Canada, alien status, Canadian citizen, clerk and correspondent for Butler Brothers in Jersey City NJ, no dependents, single, caucasian, was a sargeant in infantry in Canada, 5' 8", slender build, blue eyes, brown hair.7 
MarriageHe married Marion Frances Harper on 28 May 1927 in Toronto, York County, Ontario.
Details from the registration: John Fraser MacKinnon, occupation Manager, age 38, bachelor, Presbyterian, residence 24 Roxborough Drive, birthplace Ontario, father James MacKinnon, mother Margaret Tolmie;
Marion Frances Harper, Stenographer, 26, spinster, United Church, 3 Constance Street, father John James Harper, mother Frances Wright;
They were married by A J MacGillivray of Guelph and the witnesses were Frances Harper of Toronto and Nettie Wright of Toronto.8 
Note.Rev A J MacGillivray was John's first cousin (on his father's side.) 
DeathJohn died on 31 May 1955.9
 
BurialHe was buried on 2 Jun 1955 in Beechwood Cemetery, Ottawa. Details from the cemetery register: John Fraser McKinnon, nativity Port Elgin Ontario, late residence Dunkirk Hotel, Dept of Labour, male, birthdate 1888 May 29, death date 1955 May 31, acute congestive heart failure, buried 1955 June 2 at 1 PM in Section A R 107, Grave 43, parents John McKinnon, Margaret Tolmie, informant wife Mrs Marion McKinnon.9 
Last Edited19 May 2018

Citations

  1. Ontario Canada Birth Registration. John Fraser McKinnon, #003260-88.
  2. 1891 Census for Canada. Image from Library and Archives Canada viewed at Ancestry.com. Ontario, Bruce North (52), Port Elgin Village (i), page 58 [faint image, difficult to read].
  3. 1901 Census for Canada. Image from Library and Archives Canada viewed at Ancestry.com. Bruce (50), Port Elgin g-2, page 6, line 19.
  4. 1906 Census for Northwest Provinces. Image from Library and Archives Canada viewed at Ancestry.com. Alberta, Edmonton, Subdistrict 27D, Page 25.
  5. 1911 Census for Canada. Image from Library and Archives Canada viewed at Ancestry.com. British Columbia, Vancouver (12), Vancouver City (7), page 27.
  6. Canadian Expeditionary Force Attestation Papers & Enlistment Forms. Library and Archives Canada, (http://www.collectionscanada.ca/archivianet/020110_e.html), online images, John Fraser MacKinnon, Regimental Number 784370.
  7. United States World War I Draft Cards. National Archives, online images viewed at Ancestry.com, John Fraser MacKinnon, New York, New York.
  8. Ontario Marriage Registration. John Fraser MacKinnon & Marion Frances Harper, 1927, #002740.
  9. Beechwood Cemetery Internments, 1873-1990. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Digitized ledgers viewed online at Ancestry.com. John Fraser McKinnon, 1955.
  10. E-mails from Jean Edgar Benitz to J Kolthammer.