Molson Family Tree (John Molson to J. David Molson)
John Molson (Dec. 28, 1763 - Jan. 11, 1836) emigrated to Montreal from Lincolnshire England in 1782. He left England on the 2nd of May, 1782 at the age of 19. He arrives on June 26th in Quebec City and continues with a smaller boat to Montreal. He is an orphan. His father, John (1730-1770) had died when he was six years old and his mother, Mary Elsdale (1739-1772), died two years later. Still underage he became an unofficial business partner of Thomas Lloyd, also from Lincolnshire, who had emigrated to Montreal a few years earlier. The business expenses exceeded however initially the profit and Thomas Lloyd looses confidence in the brewery and wants to sell it. John Molson buys the brewery for 100 English Pounds in January of 1785. He is finally able to do this legally because he is now 21 years old. This is the start of the Molson brewery.
J. David Molson (1928-2017) bought the house at 20010 Lakeshore in 1957. He joined Molson Breweries Limited in 1949 and became a vice-president in January 1964.
J. David Molson was named president of the Montreal Canadiens in 1964. He held the position for seven seasons. Under his ownership, the Canadiens won the Stanley Cup in 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969 and in 1971.
The name Molson derives from the family name "de Moulton". The de Moultons had migrated in the eleventh century from France to Yorkshire, England, and the spelling as well as the pronunciation of the name changed over the centuries from "de Moulton" to "Molson".
Family tree from John Molson to J. David Molson
John Molson (1763-1836), arrives in Montreal during the summer of 1782
m. Sarah Vaughan (1751-1829)
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John (1787-1860) William (1793-1875) Thomas (1791-1863)
m. Martha (1795-1848)
m. Sophia (1822-1910)
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Martha John Henry Robinson Mary Anne Harriet Markland Frances John Thomas Anna
(1824-1900) (1826-1897) (1828-1922) (1830-1913) (1833-1913) (1835-1841) (1837-1910) (1839-1840)
m. Helen Converse
(1835-1919)
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Harry(1856-1912) Frederick W.
(1860-1929)
m. Catherine Stewart
(1862-1929)
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Herbert Brenda F. Stuart John Henry Louisa
(1882-1955) (1888-1982) (1893-1983) (1896-1977) (1898-1977)
m. Hazel Browne
(1896-1975)
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William H. Mary J. David Peter
(1921-2006) (1924-2013) (1928-2017) (1935-?)
m. Claire Faulkner
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John Henry Catherine Elizabeth David Hugh
Marriage: John Molson + Sarah Insley Vaughan, Christ Church Cathedral, Montreal, April 7, 1801; Sara is not able to write her own name but acknowledges her agreement with the little cross. Even English families did sometimes only teach their boys how to read and write.
Marriage J. David Molson and Claire V. Faulkner, Nov. 4, 1955, source: the Gazette, Nov. 5, 1955
J. David Molson standing in the boardroom next to the picture of John Molson
John Molson was commemorated on this 34-cent stamp issued by Canada Post in 1986.
John Molson (1763-1836) is today mostly known for the Molson Brewery but he was part of a number of "firsts" that were unrelated to beer brewing. He launched on August 19, 1809 Canada's first steam ship, a wooden paddle-wheel boat named Accommodation. It provided after the resolution of a number of technical problems service between Montreal and Quebec. Until that year a voyage between Montreal and Quebec could take anything from a number of days to weeks. This was the first time in history that the voyage between Montreal and Quebec had a more or less predictable schedule. A few years later May 1, 1813 he launched North-America's biggest steam ship the "Swift-Sure". John Molson was a founder of Canada's first bank, the Bank of Montreal. He served as president of the Bank of Montreal between 1826 and 1830. (Note: The Molsons Bank was established later, in 1853). John Molson financed also Canada's first railway. John was actually not just providing money for the railway. He was behind the idea to build a railway but he died before the launch in July 1836.
Book: The Molsons, Their Lives and Times; Book publisher: Firefly Books; 1st Edition (Nov. 1 2001); Author: Karen Molson
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