Fonds F1045 - Strange Family fonds

John Strange (1788-1840), emigrated from Glasgow, Scotland in 1814 to America, eventually becoming a merchant at Kingston, Upper Canada. He married Mary McGill of Albany, New York. They had two sons Maxwell William, M.L.A. (1820-1880) and Orlando Sampson, M.D. (b. June 13, 1826, d. 1909). Orlando Sampson Strange was educated at Queen's College, and as a physician (through apprenticeship). He married Miss Emily Maclean of Kingston in 1849, with whom he had eight children, six of whom survived childhood. Orlando occupied many civic positions including: surgeon of Kingston General Hospital, alderman (1852-1854) and Mayor (1859-1860) for the Town of Kingston, surgeon for the A Battery stationed at Kingston (a position from which he was removed on account of his politics). Maxwell William Strange was called to the bar in 1845. He was a politician in addition to being a lawyer, representing Kingston in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1867 to 1871 as a Conservative member. He was also a justice of the peace, police magistrate and vice-president of the Commercial Bank. He married Charlotte Anna Campbell in 1849. They had seven children.