John Alexander Chivers (1909-2004)

Architect.

Born at Winnipeg on 10 August 1909, son of C. W. U. Chivers and Frances Anna Simpson, he graduated in Architecture from the University of Manitoba in 1931 and, except for three years of service overseas with the Royal Canadian Engineers in Italy and Holland, practiced architecture most of his working life in Winnipeg. Late in his career he took up restoration work. Lower Fort Garry, Dalnavert Museum, Hecla Island, and buildings at the St. Norbert Heritage Park were projects he supervised. For his body of restoration work, he was awarded a Manitoba Centennial Medal by the Manitoba Historical Society, in 1970. He retired in 1979, and moved to Mill Bay, British Columbia.

He died at White Rock, British Columbia on 19 January 2004.

Source:

Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 24 January 2004.

Profile revised: 14 June 2009

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