Memorable Manitobans: Ernest Louis Gargett (1879-1918)

Hardware merchant.

Born at Weston super Mare, Somerset, England on 8 May 1883, son of Frederick Thomas Gargett (1857-1906) and Eliza Ann Holland (1857-1937), he quit school at the age of 17 to work in the hardware business. He came to Brandon in 1911 and worked as head salesman of the Brandon Hardware Company. He later resigned to become manager of the Kelly Hardware Company. On 2 August 1911, he married Mabel Frances Clark (?-?) and they lived at 208 Rosser Avenue with their three children: Edward Ernest Gargett (1912-?), John Frederick Gargett (1914-?), and Frances Gwendoline Gargett (1917-?). He died of influenza at the Brandon General Hospital on 29 November 1918 and was buried in the Brandon Cemetery.

Sources:

Marriage registration [Ernest Lewis Gargett, Mabel Frances Clark], Manitoba Vital Statistics.

Birth registrations [Edward Ernest Gargett, John Frederick Gargett, Francis Gwendoline Garjett], Manitoba Vital Statistics.

The Story of Manitoba by F. H. Schofield, Winnipeg: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1913.

Death registrations [Frederick Thomas Gargett, Ernest Louis Gargett], Manitoba Vital Statistics.

“Big decrease in influenza cases on Thursday,” Brandon Sun, 29 November 1918, page 5.

Ernest Louis Gargett, FindAGrave.

We thank Darryl Toews for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 22 March 2024

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