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James Malcolm Carruthers
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James Malcolm Carruthers
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Born at Chateauguay, Quebec on 9 November 1872, son of William Carruthers and Margaret McNaughton, he was educated at Huntington Academy and worked in the dairy business (especially cheese-making) after leaving school.
He came to Winnipeg in 1900 and, four years later, founded the Crescent Creamery Company in partnership with Robert Arthur Rogers. By 1928, he was the Managing Director of the City Dairy Limited, a dealer in milk and cream, and manufacturer of butter. He served as Vice-President of the Dairy Corporation of Canada and was a director of the Union Fire & Casualty Company. He retired from business in December 1933.
In 1903, he married Annie Evelyn Grant (1876-?) of Glengarry County, Ontario. They had two sons: James Gordon Carruthers (1903-1985) and William Grant Carruthers (1906-1965). The family resided at 664 McMillan Avenue. He was a member of the Masons (Assiniboine Lodge), Rotary Club, Motor Country Club, and St. Stephen’s Broadway United Church.
He died at Winnipeg on 5 February 1947 and was buried in the Brookside Cemetery.
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Crescent Creamery Building / Hignell Printing Building (488 Burnell Street, Winnipeg)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: City Dairy Building / Jacob-Crowley Building / The Stables Apartments (49-57 Adelaide Street, Winnipeg)
Birth registrations [James Gordon Carruthers, William Grant Carruthers], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Who’s Who in Western Canada: A Biographical Dictionary of Notable Living Men and Women of Western Canada, Volume 1, edited by C. W. Parker, Vancouver: Canadian Press Association, 1911.
1911 Canada census, Automated Genealogy.
The Story of Manitoba by F. H. Schofield, Winnipeg: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1913.
“Men of Winnipeg in Diamond Jubilee Sketches,” Winnipeg Free Press, December 1934. [Winnipeg Elite Study, G. Friesen Fonds, Mss 154, University of Manitoba Archives]
“J. M. Carruthers dies suddenly,” Winnipeg Free Press, 6 February 1947, page 16.
Obituary [William G. Carruthers], Winnipeg Tribune, 1 March 1965, page 31.
Obituary [James Gordon Carruthers], Winnipeg Free Press, 26 December 1985, page 50.
Dictionary of Manitoba Biography by John M. “Jack” Bumsted, Winnipeg: University of Manitoba Press, December 1999, 288 pages.
We thank Nathan Kramer for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 11 December 2025
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