Person Record
Metadata
Name |
Legate, John |
Born |
1859 |
Birthplace |
Sydenham Township? |
Places of residence |
715 3rd Avenue East, Owen Sound, Grey County (1913 Malone's Directory) |
Titles & honors |
Life Governor of the Owen Sound General & Marine Hospital |
Nationality |
Canadian |
Notes |
An 1894 directory listed John Legate as an "agent", whose business was established in 1888 at Owen Sound. In 1904, John Legate advertised buggies, cutters, harness, robes, rugs, and whips for sale at his main street location at 216 Poulett Street. He served as a Town Councillor for Owen Sound. He was the 3rd Deputy Reeve circa 1908. In 1915, he was listed as a "Life Governor" of the Owen Sound General and Marine Hospital. On October 6, 1915, his daughter Ina Elspeth Legate married Fraser Thomson. Fraser was the youngest brother of the artist Tom Thomson, formerly of of Leith. The name of John Legate is stitched on a fund-raising quilt that was made by the Springmount Red Cross group in 1917. In 1955, a write-up about the village of Kemble had the following: "The first store was built in 1881 by Joseph Ingles (sic) on the southeast corner of the crossroads. It was of frame construction and served as store and dwelling. He, his wife, son-in-law and daughter and child, Mr. and Mrs. John Legate, came from Sydenham Township. Mr. Legate was a Massey-Harris agent and did the teaming for the store, as business increased, he built the present larger brick store on the corner of the street in 1886. He sold it to Jas. [James] Gardner and Harry McGregor in 1891, when he retired and moved to Owen Sound." (Keppel Township Centennial booklet) The 1913 Malone's Directory of Owen Sound lists J. Legate as a Financier, residing at 715 3rd Avenue East. Archival Items: 1981.057.062 Owen Sound Town Council photograph, 1908, includes John Legate (3rd Deputy Reeve) 1993.024.029 Souvenir booklet from 1904, p. 43 has advertisement for John Legate 1994.059.008 Annual Report of the General & Marine Hospital, 1915, lists John Legate, p. 25 1994.059.009 Annual Report of the General & Marine Hospital, 1916-1917, p. 16 1999.025.019 Newspaper edition, THE OWEN SOUND ADVERTISER, June 16, 1903 has an ad for John Legate as a farm implement agent Greenwood Cemetery has the burials of John Legate 1859-1930, and his wife Ella Ann Westaway 1866-1947 Frances Eleanor 1894-1925 Mary Legate 1889-1985 Captain John W. McCannel 1881-1958 and his wife Annie D. Legate 1883-1962 Fraser Thomson 1886-1968 and his wife Ina Legate 1891-1986 Ashton Hebbert 1869-1969 |
Occupation |
Farm Implement Agent / Massey-Harris Merchant Financier Owen Sound Town Councillor |
Publications |
THE LEGAL AND COMMERCIAL EXCHANGE (MERCANTILE AGENCY) OF CANADA, Jan. 1894, p. 286. KEPPEL TOWNSHIP CENTENNIAL (booklet, 1955, p. 9) |
Relationships |
Son-in-law: Fraser Thomson (1886-1968) Son-in-law: Captain John W. McCannel (1881-1958) |
Role |
Business person |
Spouse |
________Inglis/Ingles, m. 18__, Ella Ann Westaway, m. ___ |
Children |
Annie D. Legate 1883-1962, m. Capt. John W. McCannel Mary Legate 1889-1985 Ina Elspeth Legate 1891-1986, m. Fraser Thomson (1886-1968) Frances Eleanor 1894-1925 |
