John Strange (Canadian politician), Date of Birth, Date of Death
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About John Strange (Canadian politician)
- John Strange (September 2, 1788 – October 14, 1840) was a merchant and political figure in Upper Canada. He was born in East Kilbride, Scotland in 1788 and emigrated with several siblings around 1805.
- He served during the War of 1812 as a volunteer in the Canadian Militia, being a Lieutenant of the first Regiment of the Royal Lanarkshire Light Infantry Militia.
- He was present at the Battle of Lundy’s Lane and at Fort Erie.
- At the close of the war, John settled in Kingston and became Major in the First Regiment of the Frontenac Militia.
- In 1818, he married Mary McGill in Albany, New York (sister of his brother Maxwell's wife Elizabeth).
- John built a limestone house in Kingston between 1824 and 1826 that served as the family home at the site of what is now 55 Barrack Street in Kingston.
- There is a historic plaque on the site.
- He was named a justice of the peace for the Midland District in 1834.
- In the same year, he was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada for Frontenac County.
- He died at Caledonia Springs in 1840.
- He was originally buried in the Upper Burial Grounds (now McBurney Park in Kingston Ontario), and his remains later relocated to Cataraqui Cemetery.
- His headstone is laid flat in the ground but still legible.
- Father of five, of whom only two survived to adulthood.
- His son Maxwell served as a conservative in the Ontario legislative assembly 1867-1871.
- Another son, Orlando, was Mayor of Kingston in 1860.
- He also raised his brother Maxwell's four children, who were orphaned in Albany in 1826.
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