Charles Valentine Alloway (1850-1929)

Banker.

Born in Ireland, Alloway moved to Hamilton with his parents in 1855, residing there until 1871, when he came to Manitoba with the second contingent of the Canadian expeditionary force. He hunted buffalo on the Prairies in the 1870s. Active in scrip speculation, he carried the first mail from Calgary to Edmonton. He went into partnership with his brother William Forbes Alloway in the banking business. He was a founding member of the St. Charles Country Club.

He died on 7 September 1929.

Sources:

“Free Press Necrology Files”, Winnipeg Elite Study, G. Friesen Fonds, Mss 154, Box 15, File 16, University of Manitoba Archives]

Profile revised: 27 May 2009

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