Memorable Manitobans: William Herriot (1843-1927)

Mechanic, miller, municipal official.

Born at Haddington, Scotland on 19 April 1843, son of James Herriot and Janet Wilson, he emigrated to Canada in 1850 and settled at Galt, Ontario where he apprenticed as a millwright then worked as a mechanic. He came to Manitoba in 1880, spent two years at Minnedosa then moved to Souris where he engaged in the flour milling business with George McCullough. The partnership dissolved in November 1903 when Herriot sold his share and retired. He served for four years as the Reeve of the Rural Municipality of Glenwood, and a year as a councillor on the Souris city council during which time he was chairman of the board of public works. In 1883 he married Dora Mihm of Waterloo County, Ontario. They had six children: Janet Herriot, Martha Herriot, Alfred Herriot, Alexander Herriot, Lena Herriot, and Isabel Herriot. He was a member of the COF. He died on 17 September 1927.

Sources:

A History of Manitoba: Its Resources and People by Prof. George Bryce, Toronto: The Canadian History Company, 1906.

Death registration for W. Herriot, Manitoba Vital Statistics.

The profile was written by Gordon Goldsborough.

Profile revised: 10 October 2009

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