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Charles Augustus Baskerville
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Tinsmith, hardware merchant.
Born at Lus Corners near Barrie, Ontario on 13 September 1853, he was privately schooled at Barrie then worked in a hardware business as a tinsmith.
He arrived in Winnipeg in 1873 and worked, in turn, for the Bentley Hardware Company and the Ashdown Hardware Company. In 1883, he opened a hardware business in partnership with J. P. Brownlee, buying out his partner in two years. A week later, the business burned down and was a total loss. He obtained a bank loan and opened another business but, 18 months later, it also burned down. He reopened a new business with the help of Robert Jones Whitla and James Henry Ashdown. He was a stockholder in the Great West Life Assurance Company. He retired from the hardware business in 1912 then spent several years raising crops on his farm property until final retirement to Winnipeg.
In 1880, he married Caroline Maxwell (1864-1947, daughter of George Maxwell) of Ontario. They had seven children: Olive Evelyn Baskerville (1883-1974, wife of Frank Scott Fowler), Frederick Charles Baskerville (1885-?), Henry Creswicke Baskerville (1891-?), Charlotte McCalman Baskerville (1894-1971, wife of John Reginald Bunn, daughter-in-law of John Robert Bunn), Ella Georgie Baskerville (1897-?), Vera Irene Baskerville (1898-?), and Edna Caroline Baskerville (1898-1980, wife of Louis Warren Van Orman). His home at 183 Donald Street, Winnipeg was designed by architect Frank Robert Evans and built in 1906, now since demolished. He was a member of the Ancient Order of United Workmen and Ancient Order of Foresters.
He died at his Winnipeg residence, 770 Wellington Crescent, on 15 November 1933 and was buried in the St. James Cemetery.
Birth registrations [Olive Evlyn Baskerville, Frederick Charles Baskerville, Henry Creswicke Baskerville, Charlotte McCalman Baskerville, Ella Georgie Baskerville, Vera Irene Baskerville, Edna Caroline Baskerville], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
A History of Manitoba: Its Resources and People by Prof. George Bryce, Toronto: The Canadian History Company, 1906.
Death registrations [Charles Augustus Baskerville, Caroline Maxwell Baskerville], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Marriage registration [Edna Caroline Baskerville, Louis Warren Van Orman], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
“Old-timer who arrived in city in 1873 passes,” Winnipeg Tribune, 15 November 1933, page 3.
Obituary, Winnipeg Tribune, 16 November 1933, page 15.
Marriage registration [Olive Evlyn Baskerville, Frank Scott Fowler], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Obituary [Charlotte Bunn], Winnipeg Free Press, 19 December 1970, page 33.
We thank Glen Toews for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 9 December 2025
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