Civil servant.
Born at Winnipeg on 1 September 1889, eldest of four children of James Plews Brisbin (1859-1950) and Elizabeth Ann Brisbin (1868-1950), his childhood was spent at Brandon (1890-1910) where his father worked for an insurance company. He worked for the Manitoba government for 36 years, serving as Acting Comptroller-General of Manitoba (1936-1938) and retiring in 1955 as Assistant Deputy Provincial Treasurer.
On 4 January 1919, he married Vivienne Ketley Ellis (1897-1989) at Vancouver, British Columbia and they moved to Winnipeg and subsequently had three children: Robert Ellis “Bob” Brisbin (1919-2000), Mabel Vera Brisbin (1922-2014, wife of Roy Russell “Bud” Ramsay), and Edward James Burridge “Ted” Brisbin (1925-?). The family lived at 64 River Road in St. Vital.
He died at the Winnipeg General Hospital on 13 June 1962 and was buried in the St. Vital Cemetery.
1901 Canada census, Automated Genealogy.
Marriage registration [Frank Burridge Brisbin, Vivienne Ketley Ellis], British Columbia Vital Statistics.
Birth registrations [Robert Ellis Brisbin, Mabel Vera Brisbin, Edward James Burridge Brisbin], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Obituary [James Plews Brisbin], Winnipeg Tribune, 2 March 1950, page 8.
“Mrs. J. T. Brisbin, 83, once organist, dies,” Winnipeg Free Press, 2 October 1950, page 12.
Marriage registration [Mable Vera Brisbin, Roy Russell Ramsay], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Obituary, Winnipeg Tribune, 14 June 1962, page 27.
Obituary [Vivienne K. Brisbin], Winnipeg Free Press, 15 July 1989, page 38.
Obituary [Robert Ellis Brisbin], Winnipeg Free Press, 10 January 2000.
Obituary [Mable Ramsay], Winnipeg Free Press, 22 November 2014.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 9 May 2026
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