John McGougan (1861-1933) was the son of Neil (1822-1905) and Lilly McGougan (1823-1906) of Lot 18. John worked as a carpenter ca. 1891, operated a grocery store in Kensington for many years, and had at least one sibling, James K. McGougan (1854-?).

John married Barbara MacLeod (1868-1963), daughter of Kenneth and Margaret MacPherson MacLeod of Irishtown, Prince Edward Island. One of eight children, her siblings were Annie, Eliza, Alma, George, Andrew, Edgar, and her twin sister Margaret. John and Barbara had one daughter, Margaret Lillian, who died at five years of age in 1909.