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John Morton Comyn-Ching (b. 1878)
John Comyn-Ching was born in Bredgar, Kent, England, the son of James Morton Comyn-Ching. John came to Canada to be a student farmer and he served with the Royal North-West Mounted Police for three years. He moved to Winnipeg, Manitoba where he met and married Margaret Jane Wilcox in 1903. Studying to be an Anglican minister, John was appointed to the Yukon Mission field in 1906.1) He was the Anglican minister at Grand Forks on Bonanza Creek.2)
In 1907, Rev. Comyn-Ching succeeded Christopher Reed as the curate in charge at St. Paul's Anglican Church in Dawson. He attended the First Synod of the Diocese of Selkirk in Whitehorse.3) He was several years in Dawson and was an ardent member of the Arctic Brotherhood, serving several terms as secretary of the organization. Shortly before his departure [in 1909] from Dawson he was chosen Arctic Chief and was presented with the jewel of office.4)