Historian.
Born at Dominion City on 20 July 1905, son of George Green and Elizabeth McPhail, he was associated with the international Lone Scout movement until 1930, for which he studied the economics and causes of the Great Depression, publishing his findings in 1935. From 1970 to 1973, he was the Executive Director of the Manitoba Historical Society. He was also an active member of the Lord Selkirk Association, Point Douglas Historical Society, and Red River Valley Historical Society. From 1976 to near his death, he headed Alerted Canadian Alliance, a voluntary group of people “concerned about what is happening to Canada.” On 8 December 1938, he married Helen Kathleen Gorby (?-?) and they subsequently had a daughter, Heather Green (?-2018, wife of James Malone). He died at the Princess Elizabeth Hospital on 18 September 1982 and was buried in the Kildonan Presbyterian Cemetery.
Birth registration [Wilson Floyd Green], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Marriage registration [Wilson Floyd Green, Helen Kathleen Gorby], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 21 September 1982, page 66.
Obituary [Heather Malone], Legacy Remembers, 5 December 2018.
Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 15 March 2026
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