Engineer.
Born in Prince Edward Island on 20 May 1896, son of Matthew Brehaut (1851-1939) and Elizabeth J. Forbes (1855-1944), he graduated from the University of Saskatchewan with a baccalaureate degree in Engineering. In 1930, he moved to Winnipeg where he was a member of the Engineering Institute of Canada and Association of Professional Engineers of Manitoba.
In 1930, he married schoolteacher Marie Geraldine (1905-1996) of Heward, Saskatchewan and they had two children: Donald Forbes Brehaut (1935-2021) and Ruth Brehaut (wife of George Dyker). The family lived at 168 Sherburn Street. An active member of the Manitoba Historical Society, in 1970 he received one of its Manitoba Centennial Medals for his work on reconstructing the design of Red River Carts.
He died at Winnipeg on 11 September 1975.
His articles for the Manitoba Historical Society:
The Red River Carts
Manitoba Pageant, Volume 14, Number 1, Autumn 1968The Red River Cart and Trails: The Fur Trade
MHS Transactions, Series 3, Number 28, 1971-1972 Season
“Trousseau reception honors Ruth Brehaut,” Winnipeg Tribune, 25 August 1959, page 12.
Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 15 December 1975, page 30.
Obituary [Marie Geraldine Brehaut], Winnipeg Free Press, 14 December 1996, page 59.
Obituary [Donald Forbes Brehaut], Winnipeg Free Press, 5 June 2021.
Harry Baker Brehaut, FamilySearch.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 26 October 2025
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