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Sources
1. Title:   1901 Census of Canada
2. Title:   Ontario, Canada Marriages, 1801-1928 (Ancestry.com)
3. Text:   Obituary for J. Strachan. The [Fort William] Daily-Times Journal, Sept. 25, 1962, p. 3.
4. Text:   1911 Census of Canada. Ontario, Thunder Bay and Rainy River 35 Port Arthur. URL: http://www.automatedgenealogy.com/census11/View.jsp?id=56581&highlight=2&desc=1911+Census+of+Canada+page+containing+William+Strachan
Link:   http://www.automatedgenealogy.com/census11/View.jsp?id=56581&highlight=2&desc=1911+Census+of+Canada+page+containing+William+Strachan

Notes
a. Note:   N102 Obituary of John A. Strachan
  J. Strachan Succumbs to Illness
  Life-time district resident John A. (Jack) Strachan, 68, died in hospital late Monday evening following a long illness. He had latterly been residing on the Nipigon highway.
 Born at Nipigon son of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Strachan, as a small child he was taken by his family to Port Arthur where he received his education. He had always been associated with the retail electrical business. During World War I he served overseas in France and Belgium with the Canadian Engineering Corps. Mr. Strachan was always fond of sports, particularly fishing, and knew the Lake Nipigon area intimately.
 He was a member of Royal Lodge 453 AF and AM, Superior Lodge of Perfection, Scottish Rite, and a former member of Fort William Lodge 82, BPO Elks, Port Arthur-Fort William Kiwanis Club and branch 6, Canadian Legion.
 Surviving are his wife, the former Ruby Chitty; a brother William J., 1415 Ridgeway street, and nephews, nieces, and other relatives. He was predeceased by his parents and brothers Russell and Arthur.
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 Observations on the above: (1) No mention of any children, and (2) No mention of his brother, Donald Melvin Strachan, even though it did mention the two other brothers who predeceased him.
b. Note:   Married by D. Anderson, a Presbyterian minister from Toronto. Witnesses: Louise Myrtle Ross and J.M. Stevenson, both of Fort William

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