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MacPherson, Crane and Company were forwarders (bookbinders) based in Kingston, Ontario.

Ross Milton McRae was born at Morven, Ontario in 1885. He attended city schools and Kingston Collegiate Institute. After working as a bell-hop in Toronto, he entered the employ of Chown Limited where he remained for sixty years. He started as an invoice clerk and went on to become bookkeeper, secretary of the board and one of the directors of the company. He was married to Bessie Mander.

James Mair, a lumber tradesman, was born to James Mair and his wife Margaret Holmes in 1832. His parents had emigrated from Scotland to Canada the year before his birth. He was brother to Charles, Holmes, William, Richard and Margaret. In 1860, he married Jane Glossop, with whom he had three daughters, Jessies Crawford, Margaret McIntyre and Helen Amanda. He died in 1872.

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Walter George Mitchell was born at Danby, Quebec in 1877. He was educated at Bishop's College and McGill University where he received a law degree in 1901. He practiced in Montreal and was created a King's Counsel in 1912. He began his political career in 1914 when he was appointed Treasurer of the Province of Quebec and was elected by acclamation to succeed the late Honourable P.S.G. MacKenzie as member of the Quebec Legislature for the County of Richmond. He served as Minister of Municipal Affairs in 1918. !n 1921 he turned his energies to federal politics and while he won a seat in Parliament he was unable to secure a cabinet post. Mitchell remained in parliament until his resignation, in protest against the fiscal policies of the King Government, in 1924. He died in 1936.

Lillian Morley is an author from Milverton, Ontario.

Alexander Morris (1826-1889) was born at Perth, Upper Canada. His education took place at Madras College, St. Andrews, Scotland and at the University of Glasgow. He returned to Canada and enrolled at McGill University where he became the first graduate in Arts. His professional career began with the study of law in the office of John A. Macdonald in 1847. In 1851 he was called to the bar in Upper Canada and in Lower Canada. He was elected as a Conservative for Lanark in the Legislative Assembly of Canada, a seat he held until 1872. During this time he was Minister of Inland revenue in the government of John A. Macdonald from 1869 to 1872. He was appointed chief justice of the Court of the Queen's Bench in Manitoba. During his time there he was instrumental in achieving the federation of St. John's College, the College of St. Boniface, and Manitoba College through which the University of Manitoba was founded in 1877. After his return to Ontario he represented East Toronto in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1878 to 1886. He died at Toronto in 1889.

William Morris (1786-1858) was born in Paisley, Scotland and came to Canada at the age of 15. He served throughout the War of 1812 as a Militia officer and in 1816 settled at Perth, where he established a business. His political career began in 1820 when he was elected for Lanark to the Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada. He represented this constituency continuously for sixteen years. During his time in parliament Morris became the leading spokesman of the Church of Scotland in Canada, seeking equal rights with the Episcopal Church and a share of the Clergy Reserves. In 1836 he was appointed to the Legislative Council of Upper Canada, and in 1841 to the Legislative Council of the United Provinces. From 1844 to 1846 he acted as Receiver-General in the Draper Administration,and from 1846 to 1848 as President of the Executive Council. He continued to be an advocate for the Church of Scotland and on two occasions, in 1837 and 1851, undertook missions to England to bring the claims of the Church to the attention of the Imperial government. During the 1840's , along with his political career, William Morris was an enthusiastic supporter and promoter of Queen's University, and served as the first Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the institution. Morris retired from public life in 1853 and died at Montreal in 1858.

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