Family Card - Person Sheet
Family Card - Person Sheet
NameJohn Alexander McLeod - DDirect Ancestor 
Birth1867, Kincardine, Bruce, Ontario, Canada
Death26 Mar 1950, Vancouver, B.C. Canada
Burial30 Mar 1950, Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Burnaby, B.C. Canada
FatherAngus McLeod - DDirect Ancestor (~1833-1914)
MotherAnnabelle Fraser - DDirect Ancestor (~1831-)
Spouses
Birth30 Mar 1873, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada
Death20 Sep 1959, Vancouver, BC Canada
FatherJohn Nelson Burns - DDirect Ancestor (1837-1893)
MotherCatherine Kirk - DDirect Ancestor (1846-1922)
MarriageDec 1894, Idaho, USA
Notes for John Alexander McLeod - DDirect Ancestor
John and his parents, Angus and Annabella (Fraser) McLeod, had moved to Idaho in 1889 and were living there when John and Anne Burns were married in 1894. He constructed a tramway to take goods from the valley up to a plateau and the railway at Lewiston, Idaho.
When the Klondike gold rush started in the late 1890’s John made his way to Whitehorse. In order to get there he had to carry a years supply of food (one ton) on his back over the Chilkot Pass. He worked in the shipyards at Whitehorse for the better part of 3 years.
They moved to Bruce County, Ontario in 1905 and farmed for a few years before they move to Alberta where they had a thriving lumber business in Gadsby, Alberta. They moved from there to Donelda before moving to Victoria for three years.
In 1914 the family packed up and headed for the Peace country in northern Alberta. There they set up the “end of rail” hotel. Anne Jane Burns was the cook and Arabella McLeod and Stella Smith were the waitresses. John McLeod also built a livery stable, which served as a post office, masonic hall, undertaking parlour, bank and office building. In 1917 they sold their holdings to Charles Spaulding and moved to the Holloway property east of High Prairie where they farmed.
One of their daughters Laurie died in January 1919 of the Spanish Flu, leaving three small children.
In 1932 they built a large scow on the farm and transported it to the Peace River. They loaded the scow with food and provisions and made their way up to Norman Wells, a lot of adventure and risk. They freighted on the Bear River Rapids for the next three years. The family moved to Richmond in 1934 where John Alexander McLeod passed on in March of 1950 and Anne Jane (Burns) McLeod in September of 1959.
When the Klondike gold rush started in the late 1890’s John made his way to Whitehorse. In order to get there he had to carry a years supply of food (one ton) on his back over the Chilkot Pass. He worked in the shipyards at Whitehorse for the better part of 3 years.
They moved to Bruce County, Ontario in 1905 and farmed for a few years before they move to Alberta where they had a thriving lumber business in Gadsby, Alberta. They moved from there to Donelda before moving to Victoria for three years.
In 1914 the family packed up and headed for the Peace country in northern Alberta. There they set up the “end of rail” hotel. Anne Jane Burns was the cook and Arabella McLeod and Stella Smith were the waitresses. John McLeod also built a livery stable, which served as a post office, masonic hall, undertaking parlour, bank and office building. In 1917 they sold their holdings to Charles Spaulding and moved to the Holloway property east of High Prairie where they farmed.
One of their daughters Laurie died in January 1919 of the Spanish Flu, leaving three small children.
In 1932 they built a large scow on the farm and transported it to the Peace River. They loaded the scow with food and provisions and made their way up to Norman Wells, a lot of adventure and risk. They freighted on the Bear River Rapids for the next three years. The family moved to Richmond in 1934 where John Alexander McLeod passed on in March of 1950 and Anne Jane (Burns) McLeod in September of 1959.