====== McIntosh, Duncan Donald ====== (1897-14 May 1960, died aged 63), dentist. (D. D. McIntosh, Dr McIntosh, Dr Dunc McIntosh, Dr Duncan McIntosh, Duncan D. McIntosh D. D. S.) Born at Greenfield, GC. Parents: Donald J. (Dan) McIntosh, who was a hotelkeeper at Apple Hill and later at Greenfield, and his wife Ann MacDonald. He graduated in dentistry from the University of Toronto in 1921. After practising briefly at Finch, Stormont County, he began a dental practice in Alexandria in 1922 and his entire professional life was spent there. He was married in 1927 to Christine Kerr (1902-1994), of Alexandria, sister of Fr Donald A. Kerr. (five children) Late in 1940, Dr McIntosh was chosen mayor of Alexandria by acclamation, succeeding the long serving Mayor J. A. Laurin, who did not run. (//Glengarry News// 29 Nov. 1940) Dr McIntosh was mayor of Alexandria from 1941 to 1943. At the time of his death, he was a member of the Alexandria town council. Dr McIntosh died suddenly just before his daughter Mary’s wedding was to begin in St. Finnan’s Cathedral. The ceremony took place, however, only thirty minutes late. Roman Catholic. He was buried in St. Finnan’s cemetery. His daughter (Penny), Sister Mary Christine, born 1928, belonged to Our Lady’s Missionaries. She qualified as a nurse before entering this religious community, and studied midwifery afterwards at the University of Dublin, and served with her community in Canada and Nigeria before dying of cancer 18 May 1961, at the age of 33, a year after her father. See also the entry for [[simon_george|George Simon]]. ---- Obituary (undated clipping, but evidently from //Ottawa Citizen//, and if so, presumably the unnamed contributor was Clarence Ostrom) * obituary Glengarry News * gravestone * personal knowledge * //Apple Hill// (1982) 43 * obituary of his daughter Mary (Mrs Bougie), //GN// 6 Jan. 1983 * obituary of his wife, //GN// 15 June 1994 * Sister Mary Christine: dies, //GN// 8 June 1961; her life by Patsy (McIntosh) MacDonald, //GN// 28 April 1999 (with portrait) in //GN// series on lives of Our Lady’s Missionaries * graduates, settles in Alexandria, //GN// 27 May 1921, 23 Aug. 1922 * instals modern X-ray machine, //GN// 18 Nov. 1932 *sworn in as mayor, //GN// 17 Jan. 1941 * is chairman of local ration board, //GN// 20 Nov. 1942 [<6>]