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Askin, John Jr.

John Askin Jr. (c.1765 – Jan 1, 1820) — British Indian Department officer and merchant in Upper Canada and the Upper Great Lakes; collector of customs at Amherstburg and storekeeper at Fort St. Joseph. Fought at Fallen Timbers (1794), played a key role in supplying blankets that Madelaine Askin and fort women turned into the first Mackinaw jackets (1811). Son of a United Empire Loyalist.

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President of Victoria Branch of United Empire Loyalist Association of Canada. Member of Victoria Geneological Society and Victoria Old Cemeteries Society.

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