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Type of entity
Person
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Molson, William Markland, 1833-1913
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Description area
Dates of existence
1833-1913
History
William Markland Molson was born on February 3, 1833, in Kingston, Ontario, son of Thomas Molson (1791-1863), an entrepreneur and philanthropist, co-founder of Molson Distillery.
He went to Oregon in 1877 after a combination of financial problems and his wife leaving him, taking his younger son Frederick with him. Markland returned to Montreal in 1898 with his second wife after his brother John Henry Robinson Molson (1826–1897) died and left him a considerable inheritance. He was the father of Harry Markland Molson (1856-1912), a Canadian politician and entrepreneur, Mayor of Dorval, Quebec, who perished in the sinking of the Titanic on April 15, 1912.
In 1855, he married Helen Augusta Convers (1834–1930) who left him in 1876. In 1882, he married Velina Pauline Nesmith (1855-1937). He died on February 29, 1913, in Montreal, Quebec.