(26 Dec. 1914-26 May 1997), seedsman. (Bill Ewing) Born in Montreal. Parents: William Ewing and his wife Isabel Swanson Forbes. William Ewing, the subject of the present entry, was the grandson of another William Ewing, who in 1869 founded the well-known William Ewing seed co. of Montreal. William Ewing of the present entry was educated in Montreal, and in the 1930s became a proficient marksman and competed on the Canadian rifle team at Bisley. In WWII, he served with the Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada, taking part in the fighting in Normandy, Holland and Belgium, and rising to the rank of major, and being in command of a rifle company. He worked for the Ewing seed co. before and after the War. In the mid-1950s, the company established a seed processing plant at Vankleek Hill. At this time he became a resident of GC, where he acquired two farm properties in the 8th Concession of Lochiel Township. He used his land for growing quality (registered and pedigreed) seed. In 1955 he was president of the Canadian Seed Trade Association. He was inducted into both the Glengarry sports and agricultural halls of fame. He was married in 1946 to Barbara Howard. (four children) He died at his home.

Vankleek Hill Review 28 May 1997, Glengarry News 4 June 1997 * Charlesworth 194 (biog.sketch of Ewing’s father) * Lochinvar to Skye 111-122, 129-130, 297, 467 * biog. sketches prepared, both with portrait in form of line drawings, for (1) Glengarry Sports Hall of Fame, GN 31 Aug. 1988, by Angus H. McDonell, and (2) GC Agricultural Wall of Fame, GN 21 April 1999 * interview article (portrait), VKHR 21 Sept. 1994