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57. David Eckford KILGOUR (Mary Christie "Geills" McCRAE35, Janet Simpson ECKFORD11, John2, James1) was born in 1912 in Brandon, , Manitoba, Canada20 and died on March 13, 1973 in Winnipeg, Selkirk, Manitoba, Canada20 aged 61.

Born at Brandon in 1912, son of J. F. Kilgour, he attended public schools in Brandon and Winnipeg, St. Andrew's College, and the University of Manitoba (BA). In 1933 he joined the Great West Life Assurance Company, rising to Company Secretary (1943), Secretary of Agencies (1946), Superintendent of Agencies (1947), General Manager and Director of Agencies (1950), General Manager (1954), Vice-President and Managing Director (1958), and President and Chief Executive Officer (1959-1971). He retired in March 1971. He was also Chairman of the Board of the Hudson's Bay Company, Chairman of the Canadian Council of the National Industrial Conference Board (1966), Chairman of the Canadian Heart Foundation (1965), and positions with various other professional and charitable organizations. He was a Director of the Investors Group and Hudson's Bay Oil and Gas. Wikipidia

David married Mary Sophia RUSSELL, daughter of William C. RUSSELL, ____________.20

Children from this marriage were:

+ 66 F    i. Geills McCrae "Jill" KILGOUR

   67 M    ii. David William KILGOUR

   68 M    iii. Donald Alexander KILGOUR

58. Thomas R. CHISHOLM (John B. CHISHOLM38, James CHISHOLM15, Agnes ECKFORD8, James1) was born on November 16, 1918 in Brant Twp, Bruce Co, Ontario, Canada,21 died on August 31, 1949 in Brant Twp, Bruce Co, Ontario, Canada21 aged 30, and was buried in Douglas Hill Cemetery Eden Grove, Bruce Co, Ontario, Canada.

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• Thomas farmed on Lot 8, Con B, Brant Twp, Bruce Co, Ontario, Canada

Thomas married Flora Elizabeth McCULLOCH, daughter of John McCULLOCH and Margaret Alice ALLEN, on September 8, 1941 in Saugeen Twp, Bruce Co, Ontario, Canada.21 Flora was born on March 2, 1916 in Saugeen Twp, Bruce Co, Ontario, Canada,21 died on April 11, 2007 in London, Middlesex Co, Ontario, Canada21 aged 91, and was buried in Douglas Hill Cemetery Eden Grove, Bruce Co, Ontario, Canada.

Children from this marriage were:

   69 F    i. Patricia CHISHOLM

   70 F    ii. Evelyn CHISHOLM

   71 M    iii. Tom CHISHOLM

   72 F    iv. Bonnie Rose CHISHOLM was born in 1947 in Brant Twp, Bruce Co, Ontario, Canada, died in 1947 in Brant Twp, Bruce Co, Ontario, Canada, and was buried in Douglas Hill Cemetery Eden Grove, Bruce Co, Ontario, Canada.

59. Janet Helen CHISHOLM (John "Walter" CHISHOLM42, Thomas Andrew CHISHOLM21, Agnes ECKFORD8, James1) was born in 1938 in Brant Twp, Bruce Co, Ontario, Canada11 and died in 1969 in Greenock Twp, Bruce Co, Ontario, Canada11 aged 31.

Janet married John "Jack" RILEY.

Children from this marriage were:

   73 F    i. Marjorie RILEY

Marjorie married Stephen Robert SAWYER, son of Ronald Thomas SAWYER and Marlene Mae HANEY.

   74 M    ii. Wallace RILEY

   75 F    iii. Ann RILEY died in 1969 in Greenock Twp, Bruce Co, Ontario, Canada.

   76 M    iv. John RILEY

60. Thomas Campbell CHISHOLM (John "Walter" CHISHOLM42, Thomas Andrew CHISHOLM21, Agnes ECKFORD8, James1) was born in 1939 in Brant Twp, Bruce Co, Ontario, Canada22 and died in 1987 in Brant Twp, Bruce Co, Ontario, Canada22 aged 48.

Thomas married Kathleen SCHMIDT, daughter of Norman SCHMIDT and Rosalia WEILER.

Children from this marriage were:

+ 77 F    i. Janet CHISHOLM

+ 78 M    ii. John Walter CHISHOLM

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