Andrew McCulloch

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Died:
Father: Andrew McCulloch, born Lanark County, Ontario
Mother: Mary Foster, born Lanark County, Ontario
Occupation: Railway Engineer
Age at Death: 81 yrs, 5 mo.
Source: B.C. Registration of Death: 1945-D27776

After graduating from the Dominion Business College in Kingston, Ontario in 1888, McCulloch moved to the West Coast of North America. There he got a job as an axeman on the Great Northern Railway.
Several other jobs followed, and in 1884 he was employed by the CPR on bridge repair work.

In 1910 the construction of the Kettle Valley Railway started. The hardships were many, and construction costs were high. Andrew McCullogh was the chief engineer and nothing would stand in his way of completing this railway. Against all the hardships, the Kettle Valley Railway was finished on July 31, 1916. For the first time there was daily passenger and freight service from Vancouver to Nelson. The KVR started its downward slide in 1949 when Highway # 3 (the Hope Princeton) opened. During the next few years, obviously to keep the KVR running was no longer feasible. In 1962 they removed the Coquihalla section of tracks. In January of 1964 the last passenger train ran from Merritt to Penticton and onto Midway and finally Nelson. The Kettle Valley Railway was closed.
Andrew McCulloch, was not only a brilliant engineer but he had a real passion for Shakespeare, and the stations along the Coquihalla section were named after characters from his plays. Station names such as Juliet, Romeo, Lear and Othello are found between Hope and Brodie. From Brookmere to Princeton stations and interesting hiking came be found at Spearing, Thalia, Manning, Tulameen, and Coalmont. The next section of the KVR is from Princeton to Penticton with sites such as Belfort, Erris, Osprey Lake, Thirsk, West Summerland and Winslow. Penticton to Midway, the last section includes stops like Chute Lake, Ruth, Myra, McCulloch, Lakevale, Breaverdell, Westbridge, Rock Creek and finally the end of the line.

In early 1910, McCulloch was appointed Chief Engineer for the Kettle Valley Railway in British Columbia, a project which was to be the most challenging of his career. Following completion of the line in 1916 he was appointed Superintendent of Operations.
He retired in 1933 and continued as a consultant for many years up to his death in 1945.
Andrew McCulloch is buried in the Lakeview Cemetery in Penticton overlooking the Kettle Valley Railway that was such an important part of his life

Andrew married Annie Bell Cameron on 19 Apr 1899 in Spokane, Spokane County, Washington, United States. Annie (daughter of James Cameron, Jr. and Margaret Geary) was born on 14 Apr 1874 in McDonald's Corners, Dalhousie Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 1 Jan 1941 in Vancouver, Greater Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia, Canada; was buried in Lakeview Cemetery, Penticton, Okanagan-Similkameen Regional District, British Columbia, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Mildred Bernice McCulloch was born on 20 Feb 1900 in Nelson, Central Kootenay Regional District, British Columbia, Canada; died on 11 Apr 1971 in Penticton, Okanagan-Similkameen Regional District, British Columbia, Canada; was buried in Lakeview Cemetery, Penticton, Okanagan-Similkameen Regional District, British Columbia, Canada.
2. Ralph Andrew McCulloch was born on 4 Jan 1902 in Nelson, Central Kootenay Regional District, British Columbia, Canada; died on 16 Jul 1938 in Vancouver, Greater Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia, Canada; was buried on 19 Jul 1938 in Ocean View Burial Park, Burnaby, Greater Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia, Canada.
3. Frank George McCulloch was born on 27 Apr 1905 in Regina, Regina Census Division, Saskatchewan, Canada; died on 14 Jul 1974 in Kelowna Memorial Park Cemetery, Kelowna, Central Okanagan Regional District, British Columbia, Canada; was cremated on 19 Jul 1974 in Penticton, Okanagan-Similkameen Regional District, British Columbia, Canada.
4. Ruth Eloise McCulloch was born on 6 Feb 1910 in Westmount, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; died on 18 Mar 1981 in Montreal, Montreal Region, Quebec, Canada; was buried in Woodend Protestant Cemetery, Portneuf, Capitale-Nationale Region, Quebec, Canada.

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• Alt. Birth: 1821, Ontario, Canada; as recorded in 1881 Canada Census

Alexander married Mary McCulloch. Mary (daughter of Peter McCulloch and Catherine Anderson) was born on 19 Apr 1835 in Lanark County, Canada West; died on 13 Apr 1922 in Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Highland Line Cemetery, McDonald Corners, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Benjamin married Mary McDonald in 1807 in Lake Champlain, Quebec, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Peter McCullough
• _HASHTAG: Lanark Society Settler

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Came to Lanark County between 1820 - 1822

Peter married Catherine Anderson in 1827. Catherine (daughter of John Anderson and Ann White) was born on 5 Jul 1808 in Montrose, Angus, Scotland; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Catherine Andrerson

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• _HASHTAG: Lanark Society Settler

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Came to Lanark County between 1820 - 1822

John married Mary Ewing on 27 Nov 1785 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland. Mary was born in 1769 in Scotland; died before 1821 in Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Ann White. Ann was born in 1866; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]