James Malcolm Carruthers (1872-1947)

Cheese-maker.

Born at Chateauguay, Quebec on 9 November 1872, he was educated at Huntington Academy and worked in the dairy business (especially cheese-making) after leaving school. He came west in 1900 to found the Crescent Creamery Company of Winnipeg and later became vice-president of the Dairy Corporation of Canada. He retired from business in December 1933. He was a member of the Masons, Rotary Club, and Motor Country Club.

He died on 5 February 1947.

Sources:

“Men of Winnipeg in Diamond Jubilee Sketches” Winnipeg Free Press, December 1934. [Winnipeg Elite Study, G. Friesen Fonds, Mss 154, University of Manitoba Archives]

Profile revised: 28 May 2009

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