(30 Oct. 1877-16 June 1937), contractor. (Allan J. McDougald) Born at Alexandria, GC. Parents: John A. McDougald and his wife Annie (Nancy) Chisholm. He was educated at the local schools and at Cornwall Collegiate Institute, and began railway construction work in 1896, serving at first as an “apprentice” with his brother-in-law John McMartin. In this capacity, or at least before he was independently in business, he worked on the Crowsnest Pass portion of the CPR, the Algoma Central Railway, and the Sudbury line of the CPR. Then on his own, he “was awarded a contract for the building of an important section of the National Transcontinental Railway in Western Ontario, which he brought to a successful conclusion in 1908.” He returned to Cornwall in 1908 from this four-year work in the Kenora area, and seems to have been troubled by ill health for much of the remainder of his life. Besides contracting, he had involvements with mining in the Cobalt and Porcupine areas of Ontario. Also, he has an entry in the Cornwall Cheese and Butter Board volume of 1920 as a large-scale coal and wood dealer who had set up business in Cornwall in April 1918. It may be noted that his brother W. L. McDougald was important in the coal trade in Montreal at this time. Later, Allan J. McDougald moved to Westmount, Que., and his home was there at the time of his death. He died at the Ross Memorial Pavilion, Royal Victoria Hospital, Montreal. Roman Catholic. His wife was Teresa Josephine McDonell, of GC stock. (three children) For his family connections, see the entry for his brother A. W. McDougald.

Standard Freeholder 18 June 1937 (QF), Glengarry News 25 June 1937 * St. Finnan’s CRNI, III, 537 * Stiles, 159: biog. sketch; fine portrait; description & photog. of coal yards