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OCR: CHIL DHOOD AND YOUTH John Alexander Macdonald was born in Scotland lin 1815 but raised in the Kingston, Ontario area, where his family had emigra ted in 1819 He inherited poob humour tolerance and sociability from his father, perseverance and patience from his mother After six years of schooling, Macdonald began an apprenticeship lawyer office at fifteen He had he said, 'no childhood Though he not afford to attend university, his educat tion was sound pue he was voracious reader throug hout his life AS. young lawyer he attracted attention by taking on a number of sensa tiona cases. BIOGRAPHY fford numbe