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In 1902, Alexander Walker Ogilvie (1829-1902, who had built a flour mill at Winnipeg in 1881) died and his companies A. W. Ogilvie & Company and W. W. Ogilvie Milling Company were purchased by a Montreal group headed by Charles R. Hosmer and Frederick W. Thompson. The merged company was renamed Ogilvie Flour Mills Company. In November 1954, Ogilvie purchased most of the assets of one of its competitors, the Lake of the Woods Milling Company. Five years later, most of its country elevators were sold to Manitoba Pool Elevators.
An honour roll of employees who served in the First World War was published in 1919 in The Standard: Canada’s Aid to the Allies and Peace Memorial.
Some corporate records are held at the University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections.
Chairmen
Period |
Chairman |
1947-? |
Charles Avery Dunning (1885-1958) |
Presidents
Period |
President |
1902-1927 |
Charles R. Hosmer (1851-1927) |
1927-1935 |
William Allan Black (1862-1951) |
1935-1940 |
J. W. McConnell |
1940-1947 |
Charles Avery Dunning (1885-1958) |
1947-? |
G. A. Morris |
Vice-Presidents
Period |
Vice-President |
1902-1912 |
Frederick William Thompson (1862-1912) |
1912-1926 |
William Allan Black (1862-1951) |
1926-1938 |
R. R. Dobell |
1938-1947 |
G. A. Morris |
1947-? |
H. Norman Davis
H. Groom (sales)
E. B. Frost (western division) |
General Managers
Country Elevators (Manitoba)
Location |
No. |
Rail |
Built |
1949 Capacity
(bushels) |
Annex |
Comments |
Alexander |
|
CPR |
Bef 1901 |
- |
|
Sold to Paterson Grain (1928) |
Altamont |
|
CNR |
1905 |
33,000 |
1941 |
Sold to Manitoba Pool (1959), sold to UGG (1960), demolished (1967) |
Altona 1 |
|
CPR |
Bef 1901 |
39,000 |
1941 |
Closed (c1957) |
Altona 2 |
|
CPR |
1951 |
- |
|
Sold to Manitoba Pool (1959) |
Arnaud |
|
CPR |
Bef 1912 |
32,000 |
|
Sold to UGG (c1961) |
Argue |
|
CNR |
Bef 1912 |
- |
|
Closed (1946), sold to private ownership (?) |
Ashbury |
|
CPR |
1910 |
30,000 |
|
Closed (1950) |
Basswood |
|
CPR |
Bef 1912 |
- |
|
Closed (1947) |
Bethany |
|
CNR |
Bef 1912 |
- |
|
Closed (1934) |
Boissevain |
37 |
CPR |
Bef 1901 |
- |
|
Closed (1921) |
Bradwardine |
|
CPR |
Bef 1912 |
- |
|
Closed (1929) |
Brandon |
|
CPR |
Bef 1901 |
- |
|
Closed (1919) |
Broomhill |
|
CPR |
Bef 1912 |
- |
|
Sold to Manitoba Pool (1945) |
Burnside |
|
? |
? |
|
|
|
Cabot |
|
GTP |
Bef 1912 |
- |
|
Closed (1913) |
Carberry |
34 |
CPR |
Bef 1901 |
|
|
Closed (1912) |
Carman |
|
|
Bef 1901 |
|
|
|
Carnegie |
|
CPR |
Bef 1912 |
31,000 |
|
Closed (1951) |
Chater |
|
CPR |
Bef 1912 |
- |
|
Closed (1913) |
Clandeboye |
|
CPR |
|
|
|
Bought from Lake of the Woods (1954), sold to Manitoba Pool (1959) |
Clanwilliam |
199 |
CNR |
Bef 1912 |
33,000 |
|
Closed (1951) |
Crandall |
|
CPR |
Bef 1901 |
- |
|
Sold to Federal Grain (1928) |
Cypress River |
44 |
CPR |
Bef 1901 |
- |
|
Closed (1923) |
Deloraine |
38 |
CPR |
c1888 |
33,000 |
1941 |
Sold to Manitoba Pool (1959) |
Dominion City |
|
CPR |
Bef 1901 |
- |
|
Closed (1921) |
Dugald |
|
CNR |
1948 |
35,000 |
|
Sold to Manitoba Pool (1959) |
Dunrea |
74 |
CNR |
Bef 1912 |
31,000 |
1952 |
Sold to Manitoba Pool (1959) |
Elkhorn |
|
CPR |
Bef 1901 |
32,000 |
|
Sold to Manitoba Pool (1959) |
Elm Creek |
|
CPR |
Bef 1901 |
- |
|
Closed (1929) |
Emerson |
|
|
Bef 1901 |
|
|
|
Fortier |
|
CNR |
Bef 1912 |
33,000 |
1940 |
Sold to Manitoba Pool (1959) |
Franklin |
|
CPR |
Bef 1901 |
40,000 |
1940 |
Sold to Manitoba Pool (1959) |
Gilbert Plains |
|
CNR |
Bef 1912 |
31,000 |
1940 |
Sold to Manitoba Pool (1959) |
Glenboro |
|
CPR |
Bef 1901 |
32,000 |
1953 |
Closed (1954) |
Grandview |
|
CNR |
1902 |
30,000 |
1940 |
Sold to Manitoba Pool (1959) |
Gretna |
8 |
CPR |
Bef 1901 |
- |
|
Closed (1913) |
Griswold |
|
CPR |
Bef 1901 |
41,000 |
|
Sold to Manitoba Pool (1959), sold to UGG (c1960) |
Hamiota |
45 |
CPR |
Bef 1901 |
- |
|
Closed (1919) |
Hartney |
23 |
CPR |
Bef 1901 |
- |
|
Closed (1937) |
Hazelridge |
129 |
CPR |
1911 |
20,000 |
1940 |
Sold to Manitoba Pool (1959) |
High Bluff |
|
|
Bef 1901 |
|
|
|
Holland |
|
CPR |
Bef 1901 |
35,000 |
|
Sold to Manitoba Pool (1959) |
Howden |
|
CNR |
1903 |
35,000 |
1940 |
Sold to Manitoba Pool (1959) |
Justice |
|
GTP |
Bef 1912 |
- |
|
Closed (1913) |
Kaleida |
|
CPR |
1905 |
40,000 |
1941 |
Bought from local farmers (1907), sold to Manitoba Pool (1959) |
Kelloe |
|
CPR |
1923 |
33,000 |
|
Sold to Manitoba Pool (1959) |
Kemnay |
|
CPR |
Bef 1901 |
- |
|
Closed (1912) |
Kenton |
88 |
CPR |
Bef 1912 |
- |
|
Closed (1913) |
Keyes |
|
CPR |
Bef 1901 |
30,000 |
|
Closed (1956) |
La Riviere |
|
CPR |
Bef 1912 |
- |
|
Closed (1929) |
Lasalle |
|
|
Bef 1901 |
|
|
|
Lauder |
27 |
CPR |
Bef 1901 |
- |
|
Closed (1937) |
Lenore |
|
CPR |
Bef 1912 |
32,000 |
|
Closed (1950) |
Longburn |
|
CPR |
1953 |
- |
|
Sold to Manitoba Pool (1959) |
Lyleton |
|
CPR |
Bef 1912 |
- |
|
Closed (1920) |
Manitou |
34 |
CPR |
Bef 1901 |
34,000 |
1940 |
Sold to Manitoba Pool (1959) |
Margaret |
75 |
CNR |
Bef 1912 |
- |
|
Closed (1927) |
Mather |
|
CPR |
1918 |
28,000 |
|
Closed (1953) |
McTavish |
|
CPR |
Bef 1901 |
23,000 |
|
Sold to Manitoba Pool (1959) |
Melbourne |
|
CPR |
Bef 1901 |
|
|
Closed (1926) |
Melita |
29 |
CPR |
Bef 1901 |
32,000 |
1940 |
Sold to Manitoba Pool (1959) |
Methven |
|
CPR |
Bef 1901 |
- |
|
Closed (1913) |
Miniota |
|
CPR |
1910 |
|
|
Bought from Lake of the Woods (1954), sold to Manitoba Pool (1959) |
Minnedosa |
28 |
CPR |
Bef 1901 |
31,000 |
|
Closed (1954) |
Mollard |
|
CPR |
1952 |
- |
|
Sold to Manitoba Pool (1959) |
Moore Park |
|
CPR |
1905 |
|
|
Bought from Lake of the Woods (1954), sold to Manitoba Pool (1959) |
Morden |
32 |
CPR |
Bef 1901 |
- |
|
Closed (1945) |
Morris |
12 |
CPR |
Bef 1901 |
- |
|
Closed (1924) |
Napinka |
|
CPR |
Bef 1912 |
33,000 |
1957 |
Sold to Manitoba Pool (1959) |
Naples |
|
CPR |
1918 |
|
|
Closed (1918) |
Neepawa |
|
CPR |
Bef 1901 |
35,000 |
1957 |
Sold to Manitoba Pool (1959), sold to UGG (c1961) |
Newdale |
|
CPR |
Bef 1912 |
32,000 |
1941 |
Sold to Manitoba Pool (1959) |
Niverville |
121 |
CPR |
Bef 1901 |
35,000 |
|
Sold to Manitoba Pool (1959) |
Oak Lake |
|
CPR |
Bef 1901 |
35,000 |
|
Sold to Manitoba Pool (1959) |
Oak River |
|
CPR |
Bef 1911 |
29,000 |
1941 |
Sold to Manitoba Pool (1959) |
Oakville |
71 |
CNR |
Bef 1912 |
32,000 |
1951 |
Sold to Manitoba Pool (1959) |
Oberon |
|
CPR |
Bef 1912 |
33,000 |
|
Sold to Manitoba Pool (1959) |
Petersfield |
|
CPR |
1918 |
22,000 |
|
Sold to Manitoba Pool (1959) |
Pettapiece |
|
CPR |
Bef 1901 |
|
|
Closed (1912) |
Pierson |
61 |
CPR |
Bef 1901 |
26,000 |
1940 |
Sold to Manitoba Pool (1959) |
Pilot Mound |
|
CPR |
Bef 1901 |
34,000 |
1941 |
Sold to Manitoba Pool (1959) |
Plum Coulee |
31 |
CPR |
Bef 1901 |
33,000 |
1941 |
Sold to Manitoba Pool (1959) |
Poplar Point |
|
CPR |
Bef 1901 |
- |
|
Closed (1925) |
Portage la Prairie |
16 |
CPR |
Bef 1901 |
- |
|
Closed (1921), bought from Lake of the Woods (1954), sold to Manitoba Pool (1959) |
Rathwell |
59 |
CPR |
Bef 1901 |
40,000 |
|
Closed (1957) |
Rosenfeld |
40 |
CPR |
Bef 1901 |
35,000 |
1940 |
Sold to Manitoba Pool (1959) |
Rossendale |
|
? |
? |
|
|
|
Rosser |
201 |
CPR |
Bef 1901 |
34,000 |
1950 |
Sold to Manitoba Pool (1959) |
St. Claude |
|
CPR |
1914 |
32,000 |
1953 |
Sold to Manitoba Pool (1959), sold to UGG (1960) |
Sinclair |
79 |
CPR |
Bef 1912 |
34,000 |
|
Closed (1950) |
Sperling |
|
CNR |
Bef 1912 |
- |
|
Closed (1948) |
Starbuck |
68 |
CPR |
Bef 1901 |
40,000 |
1940 |
Sold to Manitoba Pool (1959) |
Stonewall |
|
CPR |
Bef 1901 |
? |
|
Leased to Manitoba Pool (1928), closed (1937) |
Thornhill 1 |
33 |
CPR |
Bef 1901 |
36,000 |
|
Sold to Manitoba Pool (1959) |
Thornhill 2 |
33 |
CPR |
1954 |
? |
|
Bought from Lake of the Woods (1954), sold to Manitoba Pool (1959) |
Tilston |
|
CPR |
Bef 1912 |
30,000 |
|
Closed (1956) |
Treherne |
60 |
CPR |
Bef 1901 |
40,000 |
1955 |
Sold to Manitoba Pool (1959) |
Two Creeks |
|
CPR |
1918 |
31,000 |
|
Closed (1950) |
Virden |
20 |
CPR |
Bef 1901 |
29,000 |
|
Closed (1950) |
Warren |
|
CNR |
Bef 1912 |
|
|
Closed (1913) |
Westwood |
|
? |
? |
|
|
|
Wheatland |
|
CPR |
Bef 1912 |
- |
|
Closed (1921) |
Willow Range |
|
? |
? |
|
|
|
Winkler |
|
CPR |
Bef 1901 |
35,000 |
1940 |
Bought from Lake of the Woods (1954), sold to Manitoba Pool (1959) |
Winnipeg |
14 |
CPR |
? |
- |
|
Closed (1938) |
Winnipeg |
31 |
? |
? |
|
|
|
First World War Casualties
Name |
Occupation |
Service |
Rank |
Birth Date |
Death Date |
Alan Collie MC
[All Saints Erinview, Next of Kin] |
Stenographer |
44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Lieutenant |
7 December 1894 |
28 September 1918 |
John Winfield Downey
[Westminster] |
Clerk |
43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
26 May 1889 |
12 November 1917 |
Ian MacMillan
[Next of Kin, Westminster] |
Clerk |
49th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
26 October 1897 |
30 October 1917 |
Thomas James McKenney
[Next of Kin] |
Stenographer |
44th Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Private |
12 December 1889 |
6 November 1916 |
Isaac Winning |
Clerk |
52nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry |
Lance Serjeant |
30 July 1894 |
16 August 1918 |
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Ogilvie Flour Mill (Higgins Avenue, Winnipeg)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Gemmill House (157 West Gate, Winnipeg)
Sources:
“The Standard - Canada's Aid to the Allies and Peace Memorial,” Montreal Standard Publishing Company Limited, 1919.
“R. R. Dobell honored by Ogilvie’s western staff,” Winnipeg Tribune, 11 September 1926, page 18.
“Black elected President of Ogilvie Mills,” Winnipeg Tribune, 23 November 1927, page 18.
“Ogilvie Flour Co. head announces his resignation,” Winnipeg Free Press, 23 November 1935, page 22.
“R. R. Dobell retires from milling firm,” Winnipeg Tribune, 16 April 1938, page 20.
Record of Country Elevator Receipts, Expenses 1922-23 to and including 1955-156, Lake of the Woods Milling Company Limited, University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections, Ogilvie Flour Mills fonds, MSS120-L-128.
Ogilvie - Lake of the Woods Purchase, File 7, RG 4, Manitoba Pool Elevators fonds, Series B, Central Office Records, B.14, Acquisitions, Box 1: 1937-1977, S. J. McKee Archives.
Ogilvie in Canada: Pioneer Millers, 1801-1951 by G. R. Stevens. [Everitt Fonds, S. J. McKee Archives, Brandon University]
British Immigrants in Montreal.
We thank Robert Alldritt, Dennis Galbraith, Janice McClelland, Butch Pearson, and Darryl Toews for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 30 March 2022
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