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William Georgeson
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Wholesale grocer.
Born in Quebec on 26 August 1859, he came to Winnipeg and by 1902 was working for the wholesale grocery firm of Codville and Company. In 1907, he resigned from the firm and moved to Calgary, Alberta.
On 2 September 1882, he married Annie V. Anderson (1863-?) at Emerson. They had three children: Gladys J. Georgeson (1883-?), William Allan Georgeson (1886-?), and Barbara F. Georgeson (1887-?). He was a founding member, in 1905, of the St. Charles Country Club. He served as President of the Granite Curling Club (1891-1892), Manitoba Curling Association (1896-1897), and Winnipeg Board of Trade (1902).
He died at Calgary, Alberta in April 1929 and was buried in the Calgary Union Cemetery.
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Codville-Georgeson Building (43 Westbrook Street, Winnipeg)
1901 Canada census, Automated Genealogy.
Marriage registration [Wm. Georgeson, Annie Anderson], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Birth registration [William Allen Georgeson], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
A History of Manitoba: Its Resources and People by Prof. George Bryce, Toronto: The Canadian History Company, 1906.
Obituary, Calgary Daily Herald, 18 April 1929, page 1.
We thank Terry Webber, Rick Mutton, and Darryl Toews for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 23 March 2024
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