Born at Beaverton, Ontario in 1873, son of William Bailey (?-?) and Phoebe Josephine Bailey (?-1945), he came to Winnipeg in 1897 and operated the Bailey Supply Company, a farm implement supply firm, until he sold it to the Prairie City Oil Company. He operated the Rialto Theatre and later the National Theatre on Fort Street before turning to building construction. He and wife Annie Fraser (1874-1950) had two sons, William Clifford Bailey (1899-1959) and ? Bailey (1905-1905). He was a St. Boniface alderman (1908-1910, 1912). He died at his Norwood residence, 210 Lawndale Avenue, on 25 June 1946 and was buried in the Elmwood Cemetery.
Some of his construction work in Manitoba included:
Building
Location
Year
Status
Baddow Block
322 Tache Avenue, Winnipeg
?
Demolished (?)
590 St. Mary's Road, Winnipeg
1935
Birth registrations [William Clifford Bailey, Unnamed Bailey], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Death registration [Unnamed Bailey], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
1921 Canada census, Ancestry.
Obituary [Phoebe Josephine Bailey], Winnipeg Tribune, 9 February 1945, page 27.
“James E. Bailey, pioneer local builder, dies,” Winnipeg Tribune, 26 June 1946, page 13.
Death registration [Annie Bailey], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Death registration [William Clifford Bailey], British Columbia Vital Statistics.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 15 May 2023
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