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| Name | Lauchlan Alexander HAMILTON [176] | | Birth | Male; 20 Sept 1852; Penetanguishene, Ontario, Canada | | Death | 11 Feb 1941, age 88; Toronto, Canada | | Occupation | Surveyor for Canadian Pacific Railway | | Residence | Canada | | Father | William B HAMILTON | | Mother | Janet C CAMPBELL |
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| Name | Isobel LEASK [350] | | Birth | Female; About 1858 | | Death | Oct 1881, age about 23 | | Death Memo | After giving birth | | Burial | Oct 1881; Beechwood Cemetery Ottawa, Ontario, Canada | | Residence | Canada |
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15 Sept 1880, York, Ontario, Canada |
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10 April 1888, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
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Notes for Lauchlan Alexander HAMILTON CPR land commissioner and surveyor who established prairie town sites near US/Canadian border. 1883: Vancouver; surveyed and named streets. 1885: surveyed CPR English Bay to Hastings Street. 1886: surveyed Liverpool area after fire of 13 June 1886. Proposed Stanley Park and laid out perimeter. Noted amateur photographer. Hamilton Street named for and by him.
Notes for Isobel LEASK First wife of Lauchlan Alexander Hamilton.
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Sources | 176. | Email, Ann Johnston, 2 December 2007 |
| 350. | Document, Ann Johnston, 2 December 2007 |
| 372. | Document, Vancouver City archives |
| 393. | Public archive, Peter Vessey, 02 April 2021, Former students of the University of Birmingham and its predecessors |
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