John Torrance [SEP] place of birth
, John Torrance was born at Larkhall, Lanarkshire, Scotland. John was the second of the five very able sons born to Thomas Torrance (1735–1805), of Larkhall.
Career.
In 1805, John accompanied his four brothers to New York City, in 1897, he moved again to Montreal to join his brother, Thomas, who had established himself as a merchant there. John next went to Quebec City to represent Thomas' firm, meeting his wife there. 
By 1814, he was back in Montreal
Elliott Torrance Galt
Elliott Torrance Galt (24 May 1850- 15 May 1928) was a Canadian businessman and developer.
The grandson of the novelist John Galt and only child of the politician Sir Alexander Tilloch Galt (1817-1893) by his wife Elliott (d. 1850 shortly after giving birth to her son), daughter of the entrepreneur John Torrance, Galt was educated at Bishop's College School in Lennoxville, Lower Canada, before studying at Harrow and at Tours in France.
Galt's business career began in 1883