Born in Ontario in November 1877, he came to Winnipeg and worked as a building construction with his brother Alfred Blow. On 4 February 1903, he married Margaret Jane Ferguson (1878-1969, daughter of James Ferguson) at Winnipeg and they had four children: Clifford Allen Blow (1904-?), Anne Ellen Blow (1906-?, wife of Robert Leonard Peterson), Valentine Edgar Blow (1908-?), and Robert John Blow (1911-?). He died in January 1957 and was buried in the St. Andrews-on-the-Red Anglican Cemetery.
See also:
Manitoba Business: Blow Brothers Construction Company
Marriage registration [Edgar James Blow, Margaret Jane Henderson], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
“Matrimonial,” Winnipeg Tribune, 9 February 1903, page 5.
Birth registrations [Clifford Ann Blow, Valentine Edgar Blow, Robert John Blow], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
1911 Canada census, Automated Genealogy.
“Peterson - Blow,” Winnipeg Tribune, 11 July 1930, page 6.
Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 16 January 1957, page 9.
Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 20 March 2026
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