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Harold Sidney Parker Edwards
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Businessman.
Born at Richmond, England on 24 February 1876, he emigrated to Canada in 1893 and homesteaded in Manitoba for five years before enlisting in the first Canadian military contingent to serve, for two years, during the Boer War in South Africa.
Returning to Winnipeg, he became involved in real estate transactions, in 1907 becoming Secretary of the Hugo Ross Realty Company. During the First World War, he served in the Canadian Expeditionary Force in 1914 and served in Canada, England, and France. He suffered a shrapnel wound at Ypres in 1916 and was discharged in 1919.
On 18 October 1902, he married Amy Wyatt Patterson (1878-1968, daughter of George Patterson) at All Saints Anglican Church. They subsequently had two children: Richard Sidney Parker Edwards (1906-1991) and Frances Annie Edwards (1908-1987). He was a member of the Adanac Club, St. Charles Country Club, and Winnipeg Golf Club.
He later moved to Vancouver, British Columbia where he continued to work as a real estate agent until 1945. He died there on 2 September 1964.
Marriage registration [Harold Sidney Parker Edwards, Amy Wyatt Patterson], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
“Edwards - Patterson,” Montreal Star, 24 October 1902, page 11.
The Story of Manitoba by F. H. Schofield, Winnipeg: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1913.
Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 3 September 1964, page 30.
Death registration, British Columbia Vital Statistics.
We thank Bruce Varcoe and Linda Jordan for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 3 May 2026
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