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John A. Macdonald - Places Associated With His Life
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Macdonald's Birthplace, Glasgow, Scotland
Apparently Galen Weston of Loblaws had promised to preserve Canadian history after officials confirmed that a decrepit three-story red brick building on the site of a proposed Selfridges department store in Glasgow was in fact the birthplace of Sir John A. MacDonald. Weston is majority owner of Selfridges.
Macdonald's Grave Site, Kingston, Ontario
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Sir John A. Macdonald is buried in Cataraqui Cemetery, 927 Purdy Mills Rd., Kingston, Ontario. With him in the family plot are his mother Helen and father Hugh, his first wife Isabella, 1809-1857, and an infant son who died in 1848. His second wife Susan Agnes Bernard, Baroness Macdonald, is buried in Ocklynge Cemetery in Eastbourne, south of London, England. Another Father of Confederation, Alexander Campbell 1822-1892 is also buried there, and hockey personality Don Cherry 1934- has a plot in the cemetery. On June 6 each year the Kingston Historical Society holds a commemorative service at this cemetery where wreaths are laid by representatives from the various levels of government and other interested organizations. |
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