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Memorable Manitobans: Charles F. Bunnell (1852-1928)
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Charles F. Bunnell
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Hotelier.
Born at Brooklyn, New York on 7 March 1852, he came to Winnipeg in 1882. He purchased the Clarendon Hotel in 1894, at a time when it was one of the three best hotels in the city. He sold the property in 1904 and purchased the Cosmopolitan Hotel in 1906. He had two children: Homer Bunnell (1875-?) and Jennifer Melissa “Dolly” Bunnell (1882-1940, wife of Donald W. Dingwall). He died at Santa Monica, California in April 1928.
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Cosmopolitan Hotel / Palace Hotel / Sutherland Hotel (785 Main Street, Winnipeg)
Sources:
“Real estate review,” Winnipeg Tribune, 22 December 1906, page 11.
“Pioneer hotelman dies in California,” Manitoba Free Press, 7 April 1928.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 30 January 2020
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