(5 Feb. 1863-24 April 1951), church worker. (E. J. G. MacGregor) Born at Martintown, GC. Parents: Alexander MacGregor and his wife Christy Ann Ross. She attended the local primary school, Alexandria High School and Ottawa Normal School. Her work as a teacher in GC schools included being principal of the Maxville Public School. Also, she taught in the government Indian School at Birtle, Manitoba, for a period beginning 1903. She was travelling secretary for the Women’s Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Church in Canada from 1912 to 1925, then held the same position with the United Church till 1927, when she was forced to retire through illness. As travelling secretary, “much of her work… was concentrated in the Western provinces.” In retirement, she lived in Alexandria with her sister, the widow of Isaac Brock Ostrom. She died at the home of her niece, Ethel Ostrom, Alexandria. Burial was at Martintown. She was unmarried. Her brother Dr James G. MacGregor, born 23 Dec. 1860 at Martintown, had a medical degree from Queen’s University, and died 15 Jan. 1940 at Boyne City, Mich., where he practised medicine for some 40 years.

Glengarry News 27 April 1951 (QF) *revisits Maxville, GN 4 Aug. 1905 * Dr MacGregor: his gravestone at St. Andrew’s United Church cemetery, Martintown; obituary Standard Freeholder 19 Jan. 1940