Hume, John, 1847-1921 : John Hume was born in 1847, the son of Robert Hume and Charlotte Jopling of Hamilton township, Northumberland County, Ontario. He followed in his father's footsteps as a grain and seed merchant based in Port Hope under the name "John Hume and Son", becoming very wealthy in this trade. Hume had married Sarah Palmer Angus on 30 August 1876 in the Baptist Jubilee Chapel in Broomhaugh. They had seven children: Edith Mary (b. 21 April 1878), Robert (b. 27 Nov 1879), Gertrude Angus (b. 14 Oct 1881), Angus (b. 8 May 1883, d. 14 May 1883), John Angus (b. 1884), and twins Margaret A. and William (b. 16 Apr 1885). The family estate on Pine Street in Port Hope was named "Pinehurst". John Hume died 1 April 1921, bequeathing some $500,000 to his widow and four surviving children. Sarah Palmer (Angus) Hume died on 5 June 1933 in Port Hope.
Hume, John, 1794-1862 : John Hume was born 14 September 1794, the son of Robert Hume and Isabella Watson of North Shields, near Newcastle-on-Tyne, Northumberland County, England. John Hume was a middling merchant or shopkeeper in North Shields for much of his life. Though he also for a time resided in Hamburg, Germany in 1820s, engaged in milling grain at other times, and was the postmaster for North Shields in the 1850s. He married first, Ellen Patterson of Howick, about 1816. She was born in 1794, the daughter of Stephen and Ann Patterson, and died sometime before 1823 after having one son, Robert, born in 1818. John Hume married his second wife, Sarah Maria Willerton, about 1825. She was born 20 May 1802, the daughter of Robert and Ann Willerton who may have also resided in Hamburg. John and Sarah Maria Hume had several children, including Eliza, Edward, Henry, John, and Maria. John Hume died in June 1862.
