William Ogilvie was born at Ottawa on April 7th, 1846, his
parents being James Ogilvie and Margaret Holliday Ogilvie, who
came from Belfast, Ireland, and Peebles, He received his
education in the local public schools at Ottawa, and at the age
of 20 years became articled to Robert Sparks, who was then a
prominent surveyor at Ottawa. He was admitted as a PLS, on July
12th, 1869, and practiced local surveying for six years. In 1872
he married Miss Mary Ann Sparks, sister of Mr. Robert Sparks,
and continued to practice his profession at Ottawa until 1875
when he was first employed by the Mr. Ogilvie spent his entire
life in surveying for the Department of the Interior. He
obtained his commission as a Dominion Land Surveyor on April
14th, 1872. The following summary of the surveys performed by
him was furnished by the Township outlines South of Dauphin.
Surveys of Indian Reserves, Bow River. 1880 - Township outlines
West of York. 1881 - Fourth meridian to Township 40. 1882 -
Seventh baseline West of Fourth Meridia