Benjamin McEwan (1879–1953) -- grandfatherBenjamin was the ninth child born to John McEwan and Janet Stevenson, born September 29th 1879, in Toronto. He was my grandfather though I never knew him. His first wife and my grandmother was Frances Gertrude Ostrom (1883–1911). They were married in Toronto in 1900. In their short marriage they had six children of which three survived, my mother being the youngest survivor. May Irene (1900–1901), John Benjamin (1901–1901), (Frances Munro (1902–1985), Edgar Irwin ( 1905–1990), Lilly (1908–1998), (1911–1911). Benjamin’s second wife was Olive Clements (1891–1966). They married 1911 in Toronto and had five children from their marriage. Margaret (1911-1931), Kenneth Roy (1912-1973), Harvey B (1915-1992), Marie (1918-2016), and Bernice (aft 1922-20217). Benjamin was a furrier and worked for Reilly and Company in Toronto. He died in 1953, and is buried with both wives and Margaret at St-John’s Norway Cemetery and Crematorium, Toronto, Ontario. *more on Benjamin McEwan and Frances Ostrom. |