Robert Sinclair McGill (1811-1893)

He was said to have emigrated from Glasgow to Toronto in 1815, presumably with his parents and possibly, like many others then, as a result of the Highland Clearances. He was the son of Alexander and Mary (Harper) McGill and his grandparents were John and Margaret (Cauthrey) McGill. Robert and his wife Delilah were the parents of four sons and two daughters: Dr John A. McGill of Chicago; Robert Sinclair McGill, ex-Mayor of Simcoe, Ontario; Dr. William Webster McGill, of Buffalo, New York; and, Dr. James Palmer McGill (b.1856), of 4553 Forrestville Avenue, Chicago; Mary Jane Morphy, of Hamilton, Ontario; and, Elizabeth Ann Bruce, of Oakland, California. Robert and his wife, Delilah, are buried at Oakwood Cemetery, Norfolk County, Ontario.