John Duggan

John Duggan
(1818-Abt 1875)

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Spouses/Children:
Amelia Tulloh

George Herrick Duggan+

John Duggan ¹ ² ³ ⁴ ⁵ ⁶

Born: 1818, Ireland ² ⁷
Marriage: Amelia Tulloh
Died: Abt 1875 aged about 57 ²

bullet General Notes:

admitted to the bar in 1840

bullet Noted events in his life were:

• Occupation: Barrister, "Duggan and Duggan", 1840, Toronto, Ontario. ² ¹²

• Occupation: Barrister at Law, 1861, Toronto, Ontario. ¹³

• Residence: Wellington Street, 1861, Toronto, Ontario. ¹⁴

John married Amelia Tulloh. (Amelia Tulloh was born about 1830 in Quebec ² ¹⁴.)

1 National Archives of Canada, NAC film C-9969. page 62, family 243

Duggan, John, male, age 50, Country of Birth: Ireland, Church of England, Irish, Profession: Barrister, married
--, Amelia, female, age 36, born Ontario, Church of England, Irish, married
--, George H, male, age 8, born Ontario, Church of England, Irish, single, going to school
McVickers, Mary, female, age 19, Scotland, W. Methodist, Scotch, servant
Galiker, Mary, female, age 25, Ireland, Catholic, Irish, Servant, unable to read or write

2 George Herrick Duggan, copy of same in possession of Richard (Dick) Duggan of Kelowna, B.C., 4 pages of descendant charts.

3 Toronto Branch, Ontario Genealogy Society, published 1989, on microfiche, 21 fiche package, including index. ref 1-105
DUGGAN, Mary Ann,
father: DUGGAN, George mother: DUGGAN, Mary
baptism date: 29 June 1812
SPONSORS, MURCHISON, Frances, MURRAY, ---

ref 1-106
DUGGAN, Mary (an adult),
parents (none given)
baptism date: 29 June 1812
SPONSORS, MURCHISON, Frances, MURRAY, ---

ref 1-140
DUGGAN, Thomas,
father: DUGGAN, George mother: DUGGAN, Mary
baptism date: 02 Jan 1814
SPONSORS: DUGGAN, Thomas JACKSON, Elizabeth

REF 1-254
DUGGAN, RICHARD Oliver,
father DUGGAN, George mother: DUGGAN, Mrs.
baptism date: 05 Nov, 1815
SPONSORS: BURIA, John, DUGGAN, Thomas, OLIVER, Margaret

REF 1-427
DUGGAN, Eliza Ann,
father: DUGGAN, George mother: DUGGAN, Mary
baptism date: 31 Jan 1818
SPONSORS: MONROE, John, COWPER, Eliza, COWPER, Nancy

ref 2-50
DUGGAN, Susan
father: DUGGAN, George mother: DUGGAN, Mary
baptism date: 06 Jan, 1822
SPONSORS: DUGGAN, John ROBINSON, Mary Ann DUGGAN, Mary Ann

ref 2-393
DUGGAN, Ann Jane father: DUGGAN, George mother: DUGGAN, Mary
birth date: 04 May 1825, baptism date: 30 April 1826
Clergyman: FENTON, John. clerk
SPONSORS: CLAY, Mary Ann DUGGAN, Margaret BROOKS, Thomas Richard

ref 2-1463
DUGGAN, Edmund Henry
father: DUGGUN, Edmund Henry,
mother: DUGGAN, Jane
birth date: 30 Dec 1833, baptism date: 21 Dec 1834
Clergyman: STRACHAN, Arch Deacaon
Sponsors: BARTON, Thomas, Benley, Ellen* , *residence: No 30 Islington Terrace, London

ref 2-2918
DUGGAN, George Frideric (sic?)
father: DUGGAN, George Junr., Barrister, Toronto
mother: DUGGAN, ANNE
birth date: 12 Aug 1840, baptism date: 24 Jan 1841
Clergyman: SCADDING, H, Sponsors: DOUGALL, Benjamin, HOWMAN, Edward, DOUGALL, Anna Maria

ref 5-2919
OLIVER, Albert George
father: OLIVER, Stephen, Commission Merchant, Hamilton
mother: OLIVER, Margaret
birth date: 18 Nov, 1839, baptism date: 24 Jan 1841
Clergyman: SCADDING, H, Sponsors: DUGGAN Senr. George, DUGGAN Junr. George, DUGGAN, Anne

ref 3-83
DUGGAN, Edmund Henry
father: DUGGAN, George Jr, Barrister at Law, Toronto
mother: DUGGAN. Phoebe Anne
birth date: 09 Oct, 1842, baptism : 15 Nov 1842
Clergyman: GRASSET (privately), Sponsors: DUGGAN, Thomas, DUGGAN, John, BROOKE, Anne

ref 3-634
DUGGAN, Charles James
father: DUGGAN, George, Barrister at Law, Toronto
mother: DUGGAN, Julia
birth date: 08 Aug, 1844, baptism: 17 Nov 1844
Clergyman: GRASSETT, Sponsors: DUGGAN, Senr. George, ARMSTRONG, Jr. James Rogers, DUGGAN, Mary, DUGGAN, Mary

ref 3-2786
DUGGAN, Edwin Willoughby
father: DUGGAN, George, Coroner, City of Toronto
mother: Emely Jane
birth date: 17 July 1855, baptism: 11 Nov 1855
Clergyman: BALDIN, Sponsors: NICOLLS, Willoughby Halloran, DUGGAN Junr. George, NICOLLS, Emma Georgina

ref 4-340
DUGGAN, Georgina Caroline Jane
father: DUGGAN, George, Coroner, Toronto
mother: DUGGAN, Emily Jane
birth date: 23 April, 1858, baptism: 05 Aug, 1858
Clergyman, BALDWIN, Sponsors: WARD, Jane, DUGGAN, Caroline, OLIVER, Stephen

ref 5-137
DUGGAN, Charles Edward
father DUGGAN, George Henry , Gentleman, residence: Toronto
mother DUGGAN, Alice Maud
birth date: 12 Sept 1887, baptism date: 17 Nov 1887
Clergyman: DUMOULIN, Sponsors: BARTON, Edward John, JOHNSTON, Percival W, DUGGAN, May

ref 5-707
EVANS, Patrick Fitzgerald
father: EVANS, George Edward Augustine, Barrister, Toronto
mother: EVANS, Maude Mary
birth: 10 June 1901, baptism: 09 Nov 1902
Clergyman: OWEN, Derwyn T, Sponsors: DUGGAN, George Herrick, BOLTON, Gerald D'Arcy, DUGGAN, Mildred Scarth

4 L’Encyclopédie de l’histoire du Québec. L'Encyclopédie de l'histoire du Québec

George Herrick Duggan

DUGGAN, George Herrick, LL.D., D.Sc. - President, Dominion Bridge Co., Ltd., Montreal; President, Dominion Engineering Works, Ltd; Director, Royal Bank of Canada; Director, Montreal Trust Co; Director, Steel Co. of Canada; Director, Wayagamack Pulp and Paper Co; Director, Hillcrest Collieries; Director, Foundation Co; Director, Mount Royal Hotel Co. Born Toronto, Sept. 6th, 1862, only son of late John Duggan, Q.C., and Amelia (Tulloh) Duggan. Educated: Upper Canada College; School of Practical Science; Toronto University (1883); post-graduate course (1884); Honorary Degree; LL.D., Queen's University and McGill University; D.Sc., Toronto University: Was Chief Engineer of the St. Lawrence Bridge Company when that company designed and constructed the steel superstructure of the Quebec Bridge. Engineering Dept. C.P.R., 1884-1886; Engineering Dept., Dominion Bridge Co., 1886-1901; Chief Engineer, 1891-1901; Asst. to President and Consulting Engineer, Dominion Steel Co. and Dominion Coal Co., 1902-1903; 2nd Vice-President and General Manager, Dominion Coal Co., 1904-10; 1910-11, Chief Engineer, Dominion Bridge Co., subsequently General Manager; Past Member of Council, The Institution of Civil Engineers, England; Member and Past President, Canadian Society of Civil Engineers, now Engineering Institute of Canada; Member, American Society Civil Engineers; Member, Canadian Mining Institution (Vice-Pres., 1906; Councillor, 1911-13) ; one of the founders Toronto Yacht and Royal St. Lawrence Yacht Clubs; Amateur Yacht Designer; designed and sailed winner Seawanhaka International Cup, 1896-1901; Captain, Toronto Yacht Club, 1883-84; Commodore, Royal St. Lawrence Yacht Club, 1889-90; Honorary Commodore, 1915 to date; Commodore, Royal Cape Breton Yacht Club, 1905-10. Awarded Royal Humane Society's Bronze Medal and Certificate, 1893. Married Mildred Scarth, daughter of Pillans Stevenson, Montreal , Oct.., 1888; two sons, - H. S. Duggan, R.E., killed in action, Oct. 21, 1915 ; second son, Major K. L. Duggan, killed in action, Oct. 30, 1917 , - and one daughter. Clubs: Mount Royal; St. James's; University; Forest and Stream; Mount Bruno Country; Royal Montreal Golf; Royal St. Lawrence Yacht (Montreal); Royal Canadian Yacht (Toronto); Royal Care Breton Yacht (Sydney); Royal Hamilton Yacht; Garrison (Quebec); Rideau (Ottawa). Recreations: Yachting, outdoor sports. Anglican. Residence: 120 McTavish Street, Montreal.
Source: Prominent People of the Province of Quebec, 1923-24, Montreal, Biographical Society of Canada, Limited, undated and unpaginated.

5 1837 Toronto & Home District Directory. :
1837 Toronto & Home District Directory

Surname, Given Name, Concession & Lot #, Township, Soundex, Remarks

Duggan Dennis - - Toronto City D250 Laborer, Henrietta St.
Duggan G. - - Toronto City D250 Merchant, Coroner for Home District, 61 King St.
Duggan George Jr. - - Toronto City D250 Attorney, 111 King St.
Duggan Jane - - Vespra D250 Town of Barrie
Duggan John - - Toronto City D250 Student at Law, 111 King St.
Duggan John O. - - Toronto City D250 Student at Law, 61 King St.
Duggan Thomas Dr. - - Toronto City D250 61 King St.
. This is a file that was at one time online on a site owned by Shawn Griffith called the Upper Canada Genealogy Pages. This document was put into database format by Barry Taylor of Victoria Genealogical Society <http://www.islandnet.com/~vgs/homepage.html> in British Columbia.

Covers not only York County but also much of Simcoe, Peel and Ontario (now Durham) counties.

6 Wikipedia Encyclopedia. :
George Duggan
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
George Duggan (August 1812 - June 14 1876) was a lawyer, judge and political figure in Canada West
He was born in County Cork , Ireland in 1812 and came to Upper Canada with his parents. He studied law at York , (Toronto) and was called to the bar in 1837. In 1840, he formed a law firm with his brother John. He was a member of the Orange Order , becoming district master and, in 1849, junior deputy grand master for British North America. He served on the Toronto city council from 1838 to 1840 and from 1843 to 1850. In 1841, he was elected to the 1st Parliament of the Province of Canada in the 2nd riding of York ; he was reelected in 1844. In 1868, he was named judge in the York County court.
He died in Toronto in 1876

8 Toronto Branch, Ontario Genealogy Society, published 1989, on microfiche, 21 fiche package, including index.

12 University of Toronto Press. (1972), Dictionary of Canadian Biography, Volume X, 1871-1880. pages 262,263

DUGGAN, GEORGE, lawyer, judge, and politician; b. August 1812, at Mallow, County Cork, Ireland, son of John and Mary Duggan; d. at Toronto, Ont., 14 June 1876.
George Duggan came to Canada as an infant with his parents. They joined John’s brother George*, in York (Toronto), Upper Canada, then settled in Hamilton. The younger George went to York about 1828 and studied law in the office of Simon Washburn. He was licensed attorney and notary public in 1833, and called to the bar in 1837 after an unusually lengthy apprenticeship. On 19 Nov. 1839 he married Phoebe Anne, daughter of James Rogers Armstrong and sister of Mary, wife of Egerton Ryerson*. When his brother John was admitted to the bar in 1840 they formed the partnership of Duggan and Duggan.
The Duggan family was exuberant in its opposition to the rebels of 1837, and George Jr more than the others; he succeeded in being captured by William Lyon Mackenzie*’s men. His uncle George, a Tory and office-seeker of long standing, had risen in Toronto from carpenter to coroner and the younger George, his protégé, showed similar ambition. He must early have been an Orangeman, and was district master by 1840. He sat as alderman in Toronto twice, 1838–40 and 1843–50. In 1840, 1848, 1849, and 1850, he aspired unsuccessfully to the mayoralty.
In January 1838 Duggan attempted to fill the vacant assembly seat in the 1st riding of York, and polled strongly behind John William Gamble, a Tory. A full year before the election of March 1841 his electoral address was out for the 2nd riding of York. The other five seats within the county fell to candidates of Lord Sydenham [Charles Poulett Thomson*]. Duggan sought but did not receive Sydenham’s backing; nevertheless his boisterous loyalism, his Orange order ties, his links with the Methodists through his marriage, and the Roman Catholicism of his opponent gave him an easy victory, and he immediately assured the administration of his goodwill. Election irregularities compelled him to fight the seat again in 1842; this time he decisively defeated Robert Baldwin* himself. In November 1844 he won again as a supporter of Sir Charles Metcalfe* “for British Hearts and Liberal Measures” against the low, scheming, Reform “oligarchy.” His most conspicuous parliamentary activity was in opposition to the bill, directed against the Orange order, outlawing party processions. Conservatives in the riding jockeyed for the nomination in December 1847. Duggan, the city lawyer, was thrust aside. Provincial party leaders then entered him belatedly in Durham against the county’s leading Reformer, James Smith, but he lost decisively.
Duggan hoped to be appointed recorder of Toronto through the offices of the city council and a Tory government, but the incoming Reformers in 1848 refused him patronage despite his assurance, made in confidence, that his lodge membership had lapsed three years before. He made an identical assurance, of his membership having lapsed three years earlier, when he again applied in 1850, even though he had been deputy county master for East York in 1848–49, and junior deputy grand master for British North America in 1849–50. Nevertheless, the Reform government, on the city council’s recommendation, and perhaps trying to buy Orange neutrality if not support, grudgingly appointed him recorder from January 1851.
The recorder tried minor civil cases. In fine judicial tradition Duggan shed much of the partisanship which petitioners had claimed disqualified him for the post. As one of Toronto’s police commissioners ex officio from 1858, he helped to enforce a new policy of refusing employment to all members of secret societies (such as the Orange order), and during the Fenian scares of the 1860s he worked to contain Protestant animus. In 1868 he was promoted judge of the York county court, and he remained in this post until his death in 1876.
By learning effacement and observing decorum in routine magisterial tasks George Duggan reached the lower level of the judiciary, and the two sons who survived him were lawyers. He had not attained the mayor’s chair and could not ensure his renomination as a parliamentary candidate. He was only a makeweight on a number of company boards and was not a member of synod (though churchwarden of St James’ in Toronto, 1862–69). His funeral nevertheless brought out the city’s dignitaries and 70 carriages, and encomiums from newspapers of all political leanings on a man “not brilliant but kind and conscientious.”
Barrie Dyster
City of Toronto Archives, Toronto city council, Minutes, 1838–50. MTCL, Baldwin papers, index entries for Duggan and Gurnett; George Duggan Jr, a.l.s. to J. C. Morrison, 20 March 1848. PAC, MG 26 A (Macdonald papers), 237, G. McMicken to Macdonald, 18 March 1866; RG 5, A1, 30 Sept. 1837; C1, 1850, no.2167. PAO, Toronto city council papers, 1838–50. PRO, CO 42/456, 417–21. Christian Guardian (Toronto), 9–23 Nov. 1842; 9 Oct., 6 Nov. 1844. Evening Telegram (Toronto), 15, 16 July 1876. Globe (Toronto), January 1848; 15 July 1876. Mail (Toronto), 15–17 July 1876. Patriot (Toronto), 30 Jan. 1838.
Arthur papers (Sanderson). British American League, Minutes of the proceedings of a convention of delegates . . . (Kingston, 1849); Minutes of the proceedings of the second convention . . . (Toronto, 1849). Loyal Orange Association of British North America, Grand Lodge, Annual Reports, 1849–50. Town of York, 1815–1834 (Firth). Commemorative biog. record, county York, 397–98. Landmarks of Toronto (Robertson), III, 469. Middleton, Municipality of Toronto.
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13 1861 census, St. George Ward, Toronto. :Ward of St. George, District 2, page 75
Wellington Street
John Duggan, Barrister at Law, Ireland, Church of England, male age 42, 2/3 of an acres
Amelia E Duggan, his wife, Quebec E. C., Church of England, female, age 29
Henry Duggan, Student, Toronto, Church of England, male, age 18
plus 3 servants, all born Ireland. ages 18-30

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