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John Archibald McTaggart
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Hardware merchant.
Born at Kirkfield, Ontario in 1873, son of John McTaggart and Catherine Mackenzie (sister of William Mackenzie), he moved with his family to Prince Albert, Saskatchewan where his father was employed as a Dominion Land Agent. He was educated at Nesbit Academy of Prince Albert then, in 1889, he began 15 years of employment with the Miller-Morse Hardware Company, 11 of which were as a travelling salesman.
In 1904, he quit the company and formed the Dominion Equipment and Supply Company, which specialized in railway supplies. In 1908, it became John A. McTaggart and Company, dealers in railway and contractors’ supplies and manufacturers of the Acme Air Washer. He served as President of the North West Commercial Travelers Association (1909) and President of the Travelers Club of Winnipeg (1911). During the First World War, he enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Force and went overseas with the Fort Garry Horse in March 1915. Two years later, he was invalided home suffering from shellshock.
In 1907, he married Eva Maude Cowan (1876-1963) of Carrington, Ontario and they had two children: Roderick Gordon McTaggart (1899-?) and Catherine Cowan McTaggart (?-?, wife of A. Allister Clarke). He was a member of the Carleton Club, Adanac Club, Masons, Western Railway Club, Canadian Club, Rotary Club, Electrical Club, and Sons of Jove.
He died at his Winnipeg residence, Suite 2 Minnewaska Court, on 11 March 1928 and was buried in the Elmwood Cemetery.
Birth registrations [Roderick Gordon McTaggart, Catherine Cowan McTaggart], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
The Story of Manitoba by F. H. Schofield, Winnipeg: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1913.
Death registration [John Archibald McTaggert], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
“J. A. McTaggart, here 39 years, is dead at 56,” The Winnipeg Evening Tribune, 12 March 1928, page 3.
Eva Maude Cowan McTaggart, FindAGrave.
We thank Darryl Toews for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 10 September 2024
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