McTaggart

(submitted by Ann McInnis Tonge)

George Ernest McTaggart (1884–1966) was born in Huron County, Ont. He was the son of Peter McTaggart and Ann Case. In 1908 he married Violetta Bernice Thompson.

George, Violetta, and their children Mark and Dorothy moved to Watford about 1918, where George took over duties as the Station Agent for the railroad. Secretary-Treasurer was George’s position on the Watford District High School Board. In his spare time George enjoyed lawn bowling on the green on Huron St., Watford.

Mark (1911–2003), better known as Mac, attended school in Watford and was a member of the Watford Hockey Club. He played hockey in northern Ontario and eventually became a member of the Halifax Wolverines, winners of the Allan Cup. The Halifax Wolverines were inducted into the Nova Scotia Hall of Fame in 1980.

Mac McTaggart played hockey in the winter and baseball in the summer. During his hectic schedule he found time to marry Helen Marie Callaghan, in 1934. Helen (1914–2004) was the daughter of Thomas J. Callaghan and Ann Jane Comiskey. After the birth of their first son, Lawrence (1935–2002) Mac and family moved to London, Ont. to take up a new position as a Train Dispatcher for the Canadian National Railway. Sons Dennis (1940–) and Gregory (1954–) were born in London. Mac retired from the railroad after fifty years of service.

Dorothy McTaggart married a Mr. Sproule very late in life.

Chapter 24 of 25 - McTaggart Family

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