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McConnell, J. W. (John Wilson), 1877-1963
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- McConnell, John Wilson, 1877-1963
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1877-1963
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John Wilson McConnell was born in Muskoka, Ontario 01 July 1877 to John McConnell and Margaret Anne (née Wilson) McConnell, both immigrants to Canada of Ulster-Scots origin. McConnell spent his childhood and early teenage years helping on the family farm until around 1891; at which point he moved to Toronto to join an older sister already living in that growing city. The remainder of McConnell’s siblings and his parents soon followed to Toronto around 1894. John Wilson McConnell died November 6, 1963 after a lengthy battle with leukaemia.
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no2009027261