Notes:

According to "The "Clan" McClure: Historical Highlights", by J. Brian Gilchrist [p. 418], John Hunter McClure went west to Letbridge, Alberta in April, 1908, and lived near New lake, near Cranbrook, Alberta. He returned home in 1909 to marry Mabel Ann Hunter, and the family moved to Cranbrook, Alberta in 1916. John was in the Cranbrook Fire Department from 1918 till his retirement (as Chief) in 1946. After retirement, John and Mabel moved to Burnaby, B.C.

John Hunter McClure and his wife Mabel Ann Hunter were second cousins once removed: Their common ancestors were Thomas McClure (1763-1827) and Jean Brown. Mabel's mother's mother was Jane Mcgill, the daughter of Jane McClure, who in turn was the daughter of Thomas McClure. Thomas McClure was also the great grandfather of John Hunter McClure.

John married Mabel Ann HUNTER on 30 Jun 1909 in Chingacousy Twp., Peel County, Ontario. Mabel (daughter of John Henry HUNTER and Ethel Elizabeth Jane FRASER) was born on 9 Jul 1886 in Chingacousy Twp., Peel County, Ontario; died on 3 May 1972 in Vernon, BC. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

According to an article about Mount Pleasant, where he lived, John established on the the first jersey cattle herds in Peel County.

John married Jane Amelia HUNTER on 19 Mar 1873 in Norval, Ontario. Jane (daughter of John HUNTER and Amelia LUNDY) was born on 3 Mar 1854 in Esquesing Township, Halton County, Ontario; died on 14 Mar 1928 in Brampton, Ontario. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The family was listed in the 1891 census of Chingacousy Township, Peel County, along with several other Hunter and McClure neighbours:
John H. Hunter, 36, b. Ontario, farmer, Can. Presbyterian
Elizabeth J. Hunter, 30
Searle F. Hunter, 7
Mabel A. Hunter, 4
Alice G. Hunter, 1
In the 1901 census, John H. Hunter was added, then age 6. The 1911 census showed John H. and Elizabeth J. Hunter living with Grace, age 21, Jack, age 16, and Nathaniel, age 7.

John H. Hunter's death record shows that the death occurred at Lot 11, 3d Concession west in Chingacousy Township. The informant was his son Fraser Hunter of R.R. 2, Brampton.

John married Ethel Elizabeth Jane FRASER on 28 Dec 1881 in Chingacousy Twp., Peel Co.. Ethel (daughter of John FRASER and Jane MCGILL) was born on 8 Aug 1860 in Toronto Twp., Ontario; died on 11 Nov 1924 in Toronto Ontario. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She was usually called "Lizzie Jane".

The 1921 census of Chingacousy Township shows Elizabeth Jane, age 60, a widow, living with Grace Hunter, 30, Nathaniel Hunter, 17, Fraser Hunter, 37, Sarah Hunter, 36, Gladys Hunter, 7, Jean Fraser Hunter, 4 and Ruth Elizabeth Hunter, 1.

Notes:

Came to Canada in 1825, according to the first (1954) McClure book by T.A. McClure. Rest of family came in 1827. Settled on lot 11, 3d line, 4th concession, Chingacousy Twp. He was known as "Long John McClure".

John McClure was known as "Long John". The community where he settled came to be known as Mount Pleasant, according to an article in the November 2017 issue of Peel Kinections, a publication of the Halton-Peel branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society. Mount Pleasant was located at the crossroads of Sideroad 10 (now Brovaird Drive) and 3d Line in Chingacousy Township. Long John McClure purchased the property on the northwest corner of the intersection in 1829 from a John Peeler. He donated a portion of his property to the establishment of a Presbyterian church.

Early assessment rolls show John McClure as owning 2 horse, 2 oxen, 3 milk cows and 3 horned cattle.

John married Sarah SCOTT on 23 Jan 1832 in Toronto Twp., Peel County, Ontario. Sarah (daughter of James SCOTT) was born on 2 May 1806 in Ireland; died on 7 Oct 1872. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

According to the article about Mount Pleasant in the Halton-Peel newsletter of November 2017, Sarah Scott died as a result of being thrown from a buggy.

John married Amelia LUNDY. Amelia died in UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The family is listed in the 1861 census for Chingacousy Twp. Named are: Nathaniel (46), Margaret (38), Josiah (19), Anne J. (17), Nathaniel (8), and John (6).

Nathaniel married Margaret HAMILTON on 15 Apr 1841 in Toronto Twp., Ontario. Margaret was born on 31 Mar 1824 in Ballybay, Tullycorbet, Monaghan, Ireland; died on 24 Dec 1904 in Brampton, Peel County, Ontario. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Residing in Churchville, Ont. in 1858. Halton County marriage register entry: "John Frazer, 26, Churchville, Ireland, s/o James and Elizabeth, married 7 Jan. 1858 Jane McGill, 21, Chingacousy, d/o James and Jane."

The names and birthdates of John's siblings, in the Fraser family bible (see under his father James Frazer), include his sister Sarah. Sarah's 1920 obituary, which includes her parents' names, says that she and her siblings were born in Tempo, County Fermanaugh. From this we may infer that John too was born in Tempo. Tempo is in the Parish of Inniskillen.

The book "From Wolf's Den" to Huttonville", compiled by the Huttonville Book Committee in 1996 summarizes the history of John Fraser and his family and descendants. He arrived in Canada from Enniskillen, in County Fermanagh, Ireland, at age 16 (ca. 1848), with two of his sisters. The Irish potato famine was at its height in 1848, and may have been the reason for his emigration.

John was a skilled carpenter, and built homes and barns in the Huttonville and Churchville areas.

The birthdates and death dates of the children of John Fraser and Jane McGill were taken from a Fraser family bible, transcribed by Lola Passmore.

1861 Toronto Twp. (Peel County) census listing:
John Fraser, 30, carpenter, b. Ireland, Wesleyan Methodist
Jane Fraser, 25, b. Canada West
James Fraser, 3, b. Canada West
Elizabeth Jane, 1, b. Canada West

1871 Chingacousy census:
John Fraser, 38, farmer, b. Ireland, Church of England
Jane Fraser, 32, b. Ontario
Elizabeth, 11, b. Ontario
Mary 8, b. Ontario
Sarah, 3, b. Ontario
William F., 1, b. Ontario

In birth record of Thomas McClure Fraser (1872), his name is John Frazer and his occupation is carpenter.

1881 Canada census for Chingacousy Twp., Peel County:
John Fraser age 49 b. Ireland Farmer Church of England
Jane Fraser age 46 b. Ontario Church of England
Eliza I. Fraser age 20 b. Ontario Church of England
Mary Fraser age 18 b. Ontario Church of England
Sareah [Sara Ella]] Fraser age 13 b. Ontario Church of England
William Fraser age 11 b. Ontario Church of England
Thomas Fraser age 9 b. Ontario Church of England
James Fraser age 6 b. Ontario Church of England
David Fraser age 4 b. Ontario Church of England
Fredrich Fraser age 2 b. Ontario Church of England

According to the wedding invitation for their daughter Ella, the Frasers' residence was "Maple Grove Farm", Huttonville. The 1877 Ontario atlas for Southern Chingacousy Twp. shows his 100-acre farm at Lot 3 in the 4th concession west, just southeast of Huttonville, and just northwest of Churchville, which was in Toronto Twp. Other farms nearby included many McClures, James Magill, several Laidlaws and Ostranders, as well as a Hunter. The farmhouse was demolished in 1990, and Fraser's farm is now part of the Lionhead Golf and Country Club.

Obituary in "Peel Banner", Aug. 16, 1895:
"The death of Mr. John Fraser last Wednesday morning has cast a shadow over the entire neighbourhood. He was only in bed a week but sank gradually every day. His cheerful face will be missed in this community for a long time. He has been almost a constant invalid for quite a few years, but was always cheerful and uncomplaining. Even when on his death-bed he tried to make himself as little trouble to anyone as he could possibly help. The sorrow-stricken family have the heart-felt sympathy of the entire neighbourhood in their hour of trouble. He leaves behind him the record of an honourable and upright life and an unblemished name."

Churchville Cemetery inscription:
"John Fraser, born Feb. 19, 1832, died Aug. 14, 1895
Jane Magill, born Feb. 3, 1836, died Dec. 12, 1922
James and Sarah Emily
They have gone and the years have received them,
If Jesus have called them away
They have gone to the Lord that redeemed them
From night to the splendour of day"

John married Jane MCGILL on 7 Jan 1858 in Halton County, Ontario. Jane (daughter of James MAGILL and Jane MCCLURE) was born on 3 Feb 1836 in 5th Concession W., Chingacousy Twp., Peel Co.; died on 12 Dec 1922 in 2nd Line W., Chingacousy Twp., Peel Co.; was buried in Churchville Cemetery, toronto Twp., No. 1. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Residing in Chingacousy Twp. in 1858.

In the birth record of Thomas McClure Fraser (1872) her maiden name is Jane Magill.

In a letter written to Marian (Passmore) Engel in 1981, Lola (Passmore) Falconer described her maternal grandmother, Jane (McGill) Fraser as "gentle and loving and had a good sense of humour". Lola remembered her as being a widow, always wearing black, including a black bonnet. "She was wrinkled, and her teeth were poor, but I thought she was lovely. And she "rustled" when she walked, because our Uncle Searle in Cleveland had given her a taffeta petticoat."

Lola's description continued: "When I was young Grandma lived sometimes at our home on the farm; sometimes at Aunt Mary's. But when Aunt Annie, Uncle Clure's wife, died and left him with five year old Hilda, Grandma went back to the old homestead which had gone to Uncle Clure [Thomas McClure Fraser]. It must have been difficult for her, I think. I can remember her good meals. She was famous for her strawberry shortcake. I also remember her houseplants flourishing in every window, and her garden flowers."

Extensive obituary in the Brampton Conservator, 14 Dec., 1922: "..was born on the 5th line west, Chingacousy [3 Feb. 1836] on the farm which her father cleared out of the virgin forest. James McGill and his wife came from Ireland to Canada, and stayed for a time with his friend, James McClure, and on the homestead where the [1922] McClure Reunion was held, his oldest child was born. At the time he was getting the settlement ready for his wife and little daughter, and he is said to have slept in the open at the root of a tree until he got a shelter ready. Mrs. Fraser, his second daughter, was the first child born on the homestead. Only one child of this family now survives, Mrs. James McClure, late of Brampton, who is over 70 years of age. Mrs. Fraser was educated at the famous 5th line school, attended by so many of the children of west Chingacousy pioneers. After her marriage she lived for a while in Churchville, afterwards removing tothe farm at lot 8, 4th line west, where her son, T.C. Fraser now resides. At the time of her death she was staying with her daughter, Mrs. J.H. Hunter, lot 11, 2nd line west, where she passed to a well-earned rest. Mrs. Fraser was a member of the Methodist church and for many years was connected with Huttonville church, valued and esteemed for her fine Christian character and sterling qualities. Her husband died 27 years ago, and she is survived by 8 children, W.J. and Edward, Huttonville; T.C. on the homestead, Dr. J.J., Toronto, and F.S., Cleveland; also by 3 daughters, Mrs. T.H. Reeve and Mrs. A.C. Passmore, Toronto; and Mrs. J.H. Hunter, Chingacousy. Mrs. Fraser was the oldest member of the McClure clan present at the reunion in June last, and it is rather singular that this week's Conservator should chronicle the death of two who were outstanding attendants at the reunion, Dr. W.P. McClure and Mrs. Fraser..."