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1822 - 1892
Canada's Stonemason
The Right Honourable Alexander Mackenzie was born on January 28, 1822 at Logierait near Dunkeld. He emigrated to Canada in 1842 for love, following Helen Neil whom he married in 1845.
alexander mackenzie
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1822 - 1892
james douglas
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1803 - 1877
Governor of British Columbia
Sir James Douglas was born June 30, 1803 in Demerara, British Guiana, the son of a Scottish Merchant and a "Creole Woman" whose identity remains unknown.
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1847 - 1922
Inventor and Entrepreneur
Alexander Graham Bell was born in Edinburgh, the son of a teacher. Having emigrated to Canada and later the USA, Bell invented the telephone in 1876.
sanford fleming
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1827 - 1915
Father of Standard Time
Sir Sandford Fleming was born January 7, 1827 in Kirkaldy, Fife. At the age of 18, following his education as a surveyor and draftsman he emigrated to Ontario settling in Toronto. It is reported that his transatlantic voyage was so rough he and his brother wrote a farwell letter to their parents, enclosed it in a bottle, and tossed it overboard.
george brown
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1818 - 1880
Politician and Founding father of Canada
Politician and founding father of Canada, born and Educated in Edinburgh. As an Ontario politician, he favoured a federation of the British Colonies in North American and spoke against the French Canadians, developing the deep divisions that persist today.
