Memorable Manitobans: A History of Manitoba: Its Resources and People

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A

Adams, Charles (1858-1931)

Adams, David Elder (1859-1919)

Adams, Frank W. (1861-1935)

Adamson, Alan J. (1857-?)

Agnew, John Hume (1863-1908)

Aikenhead, Joseph (1857-1910)

Aikins, James Albert Manning (1851-1929)

Aikins, James Cox (1823-1904)

Aikins, John Somerset (1850-1911)

Alexander, William Wilson (1850-?)

Allan, James Beresford (1841-?)

Allan, William Rae (1864-?)

Anderson, Edward (1867-?)

Andrew, George (1851-1929)

Andrews, Alfred Augustus (1865-1912)

Arbuthnot, John (1861-1931)

Arkell, Francis Ernest “Frank” (1864-1929)

Armington, Milton Josiah (1851-?)

Armitage, Joseph Samuel (1849-1922)

Armstrong, Hugh (1858-1926)

Ashdown, James Henry (1844-1924)

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B

Bailey, Wilson Shannon (1843-1916)

Baine, James Duncan (1855-1922)

Baird, Hugh Northcote (1877-1963)

Baldwin, James Matthias (1857-?)

Banfield, Armine Frederick (1850-1908)

Bannister, William A. (1875-?)

Banting, Charles Robert (1852-?)

Barber, Edmund Lorenzo (1849-1909)

Barclay, Robert (1840-1907)

Barr, George (1871-?)

Barrett, Gregory (1867-1952)

Barrowclough, Samuel Lees (1868-1944)

Baskerville, Charles Augustus (1853-1933)

Beaubier, Thomas Jefferous (1830-1915)

Beliveau, Hormisdas (1860-?)

Bell, Charles Napier (1854-1936)

Black, William Allan (1862-1951)

Black, George Montegu (1875-1959)

Black, Thomas (1856-1914)

Black, John W. (1859-?)

Blair, John (1854-?)

Bolton, Burton William (1869-?)

Bonnar, Robert Andrew (1860-1932)

Bonny, James Rippoth (1850-1924)

Borthwick, Hugh Jamieson (1824-1916)

Boyce, Edward (1855-1919)

Briggs, Edward (1854-?)

Bright, Albert (1854-1925)

Brock, Jeffry Hall (1850-1915)

Brown, Edward (1865-1947)

Brown, John (1854-?)

Browne, George (1852-1919)

Bryan, George Francis (1850-1919)

Bryans, James (1843-1907)

Bryce, George (1844-1931)

Brydges, Frederick Henderson (1852-1928)

Brydon, William (1847-1930)

Buck, Thomas Henry (1859-1929)

Burrows, Theodore Arthur (1857-1929)

Byrnes, Henry (1839-1931)

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Cadham, James Henry (1850-1907)

Callander, John Curtis (1875-?)

Cameron, Douglas Colin (1854-1921)

Campbell, Robert Joseph (1851-?)

Campbell, Peter (1844-?)

Carruthers, George Frederick (1846-1918)

Carthew, John Richard (1863-1916)

Chaffey, Benjamin Elswood (1859-1953)

Chapin, Festus (1848-1907)

Chapman, Thomas (1850-1933)

Chevrier, Horace (1875-1935)

Clark, Douglas A. (1872-1954)

Clark, William (1840-1919)

Clark, Charles Whitefield (1845-?)

Clement, Stephen Emmett (1867-?)

Codd, Alfred (1843-1916)

Codville, John James (1851-1915)

Congdon, Arthur (1863-?)

Cowan, James (1831-1910)

Cowan, William James (1866-1924)

Cox, Frederic John Charles (1860-1939)

Cranston, Charles H. (1867-1910)

Crawford, John (1856-1928)

Crawford, William Edward (1865-?)

Cross, William Henry (1852-1928)

Crotty, Henry Samuel (1843-1923)

Crowe, George Reading (1852-1924)

Cunningham, Henry Clarkson (1864-1941)

Curran, John Philpot (1858-1928)

Currie, William (1834-1931)

Curry, Duncan Steele (1852-1925)

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D

Daly, Thomas Mayne (1852-1911)

Darrach, Robert (1855-1943)

Davidson, Alexander (1853-1920)

Davidson, James Henry (1862-1911)

Davis, Fred Langdon (1867-1951)

Dawson, Alexander (1849-1928)

Deacon, Thomas Russ (1865-1955)

Dennison, Albert (1859-1918)

Dickie, Noble (1854-1910)

Dingwall, Donald Ross (1851-1913)

Drewry, Edward Lancaster (1851-1940)

Drewry, Frederick William (1855-1927)

Driscoll, John William (1841-1912)

Drysdale, John Andrew (1870-?)

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E

Eadie, James (1863-?)

Elliott, George Andrew (1860-1923)

Evans, Thomas Dixon Byron (1860-1908)

Evans, Richard Dermot (1852-1923)

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F

Fairbairn, James (1845-?)

Fieldhouse, Marmaduke H. (1845-1911)

Fleming, John (1858-?)

Fleming, John William (1868-1928)

Fonseca, William Gomez da (1823-1905)

Forrest, Christopher Fortescue (1845-1934)

Fowler, Frank Oliver (1861-1945)

Frame, James Findlay (1841-1923)

Fraser, Alexander C. (1849-?)

Fry, Henry (1859-1933)

Fry, John (1870-?)

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G

Galloway, Roper (1855-1924)

Galt, George Frederick (1855-1928)

Galt, John (1856-1933)

Garrioch, W. Scott (1863-1956)

Georgeson, William (1859-?)

Gibson, James Spence (1858-1933)

Glines, George A. (1849-?)

Gordon, James Thomas (1858-1919)

Gordon, William (1846-1936)

Gourley, Robert John (1878-1976)

Graban, Charles (1852-1945)

Graburn, Christopher (1839-?)

Graham, Herbert Clement (1856-?)

Griffin, James Young (1857-1939)

Grundy, James Anson (1858-1933)

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H

Hadskis, George Hugh (1838-1915)

Hagel, Nathaniel Francis (1846-1915)

Haggart, Alexander (1850-1927)

Hall, Robert (1849-1911)

Hallett, Frank Taylor (1873-?)

Hamilton, Daniel (1866-1935)

Hamilton, Jonathan Joseph (1850-1928)

Hammond, William John (1851-1926)

Hanbury, John (1855-1928)

Handscomb, Sidney Till (1868-?)

Haney, John Raglan (1855-1937)

Hannah, John (1857-?)

Hargraft, Alexander Ross (1860-1919)

Harris, Edward John (1862-?)

Harris, John Walter (1845-1926)

Harrison, Richard M. (1862-?)

Hart, John Arthur (1857-?)

Haverson, John Henderson (1854-1932)

Hay, Arthur George (1862-1931)

Heap, James (1830-1909)

Helliwell, Charles Viney (1846-1931)

Henderson, William (1859-1921)

Herriot, William (1843-1927)

Hespeler, William (1830-1921)

Hetherington, Robert Briggs (1844-?)

Higginbotham, Joseph Frederick (1868-?)

Higham, James (1863-1909)

Hobbs, James Aaron (1863-1932)

Hooper, Samuel (1851-1911)

Horn, David (1849-1933)

Hosmer, Edward Arthur Christopher (1853-1921)

Houkes, Albert Lee (1868-?)

Howden, James Henry (1860-1938)

Hughes, Anthony James (1859-1937)

Hughes, Joseph Henry (1857-1917)

Hughes, Thomas Alfred Martin (1868-1943)

Hurt, Robert John (1861-?)

Hutchings, Elisha Frederick (1855-1930)

Hutchinson, Hodgson Wilberforce (1862-?)

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I

Inglis, John (1858-1941)

Innes, James (1855-?)

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J

Jackson, George Nelson (1861-1944)

Jackson, Samuel Jacob (1848-1942)

James, Edwin Alfred (1865-?)

Johnson, James (1855-1929)

Joslin, William Wellington (1863-1939)

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K

Kelly, Andrew (1852-1930)

Kelly, Thomas (1855-1939)

Kennedy, William James (1857-1912)

Kennedy, John (1867-?)

Kerr, David (1855-?)

Kirkcaldy, James (1866-1957)

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Laird, David (1833-1914)

Lait, William Barnes (1855-1928)

Lanigan, William Blackstock (1861-?)

Lawlor, Thomas James (1853-1937)

Lawrence, George (1857-1924)

Lee, Thomas (1860-?)

Leech, John Hillyard (1866-1930)

Leech, Richard Edward Albert (1859-?)

Leslie, John (1852-?)

Leslie, Norman George (1856-1916)

Lindsay, Jonathan (1862-?)

Lochead, John S. (1853-?)

Lock, Thomas H. (1862-?)

Locke, Corbet (1854-1932)

Lockhart, Thomas (1833-?)

Love, John (1856-?)

Lundy, Frank Bostwick (1860-1910)

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Mc

Macdonald, Daniel Alexander (1858-?)

Macdonald, Hugh John (1850-1929)

Machaffie, William Andrew (1865-?)

MacIntyre, Lachlan Currie (1850-1917)

Macpherson, Ritchie (1859-?)

MacVicar, Edwin Larwill (1875-?)

McBean, Bruce (1873-1959)

McClain, Samuel (1862-?)

McClure, Gavin (1860-?)

McConnell, Benjamin James (1861-1923)

McCrae, James Wellington (1857-1930)

McCuish, Donald John (1845-1900)

McCurquodale, Colin York Campbell (1846-1920)

McDiarmid, Alfred Reginald (1878-?)

McDonald, Duncan (1856-1920)

McFadden, David Henry (1856-1935)

McGill, Joseph Allan (1855-?)

McInnis, Stanley William (1865-1907)

McIntyre, Archibald Hector (1857-?)

McIntyre, Peter Campbell (1854-1920)

McKay, Hector (1850-?)

McKechnie, John (1844-1918)

McKenzie, Albert Edward (1870-1964)

McKerchar, Daniel Willis (1864-?)

McKinnon, Donald C. (1844-?)

McLaren, Archibald (1856-1918)

McLaren, William Gray (1858-?)

McLaughlin, Howard Douglas (1878-1949)

McLean [MacLean], Daniel (1854-1908)

McLennan, Duncan (1861-?)

McMeans, Lendrum (1859-1941)

McMicken, Alexander (1837-1916)

McMillan, William Wallace (1852-?)

McPherson, Hugh (1845-1916)

McPhillips, George (1848-1913)

McRae, Alexander C. (1862-?)

McWilliams, William Henry (1860-?)

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M

Manning, Robert Furby (1856-?)

Manville, Herbert A. (1868-?)

March, Frank Morrison (1863-1944)

Marlatt, Samuel Reid (1853-?)

Martin, Isaac Walter (1863-?)

Maulson, George Joseph (1852-1923)

Maw, Joseph (1854-1916)

Meikle, Harry (1857-1931)

Meredith, Henry (1844-1917)

Miller, William White (1846-?)

Monkman, Albert (1850-1913)

Monteith, Robert (1843-1930)

Montgomery, Thomas (1851-1914)

Montgomery, Oswald (1856-1926)

Montgomery, Weston (1871-1934)

Morden, Wilmot Freeman (1851-1930)

Mott, Ezra Arthur (1869-?)

Muir, Robert (1850-1908)

Mulvey, Stewart (1834-1908)

Munroe, George Fraser (1849-1912)

Murphy, Gabriel B. (1856-?)

Murray, George White (1856-1933)

Musgrove, George (1855-1934)

Myers, Robert Hill (1856-1921)

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N

Nanton, Augustus Meredith (1860-1925)

Nation, Frederick (1861-?)

Nation, Jasper (1862-1939)

Newman, Frederick Leslie (1859-1942)

Newman, Thomas Alexander (1848-?)

Newton, Charles Henry (1851-1919)

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O

O'Donnell, John Harrison (1838-1912)

Olafsson, Gisli (1855-1909)

Oldfield, John Henry (1857-1924)

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P

Parrish, William Linton (1860-1949)

Paterson, Robert Walter (1876-1936)

Pattison, James William (1860-1917)

Pearson, Ernest William (1861-1936)

Percival, Thomas M. (1851-?)

Pineo, William Macdonald (1863-?)

Pitblado, Isaac (1867-1964)

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R

Ramsay, Peter Belhaven Hamilton (1864-1952)

Rankin, Andrew Douglas (1860-1926)

Rea, James Fraser (1858-1937)

Reesor, David Anson (1860-1940)

Reid, Alexander (1860-?)

Renton, John (1825-1907)

Richardson, Robert Dennis (1854-1946)

Richardson, Robert Lorne (1860-1921)

Richardson, William (1859-1933)

Riley, Robert Thomas (1851-1944)

Rimer, Francis West (1849-1907)

Roberts, James Alfred (1858-?)

Robinson, Jerry (1844-1930)

Robinson, Thomas (1854-1908)

Robinson, Joseph Montgomery (1850-?)

Roblin, Redmond Palen (1853-1937)

Rocan, Maxime (1841-1912)

Roche, William James (1859-1937)

Rochon, E. J. (?-?)

Roddick, George (1831-1910)

Rogers, Robert (1864-1936)

Ross, Adam Edward (1866-?)

Ruddell, John Henry (1859-1906)

Russell, John Hamilton Gordon (1863-1946)

Rutherford, Thomas (1833-1912)

Ruttan, Henry Norlande (1848-1925)

Ryan, Thomas (1849-?)

Ryan, Joseph O’Connell (1841-1938)

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S

Salts, William Hall (1856-?)

Schaffner, Frederick Lawrence (1855-1935)

Schmidt, Julius H. (1858-?)

Schooley, Sloan (1853-1929)

Scott, Alexander Lawrie (1871-?)

Scott, Frederick William (1867-?)

Scott, James (1845-1928)

Scott, John Archibald (1860-1913)

Scott, Robert Riddell (1865-1938)

Scott, Robert Ross (1857-1924)

Scott, Stuart (1851-1941)

Scott, Thomas (1841-1915)

Scott, William (1860-1939)

Sexsmith, George (1845-?)

Sharpe, Thomas (1866-1929)

Shaw, Arthur Wellesley (1856-1931)

Shaw, George Herbert (1869-?)

Shea, Patrick (1854-1933)

Sheldon, Charles (1860-?)

Shillinglaw, Walter Henderson (1864-1957)

Shirriff, James (1851-1930)

Simpson, Robert Mills (1864-?)

Simpson, Charles Myron (1873-?)

Simpson, John (1856-?)

Skynner, Henry J. (1859-?)

Slater, Andrew Earnest (1861-?)

Smith, Alborn Charles (1833-?)

Smith, Gilbert C. (1847-1945)

Smith, James (1858-?)

Smith, John E. (1849-1919)

Smith, John Obed (1864-1937)

Smith, Roderick (1850-1925)

Smith, William Patterson (1850-1937)

Snelgrove, Alfred Henry (1870-1939)

Soames, George (1867-1929)

Sowden, William Henry “Squire” (1823-1907)

Speirs, John Tully (1860-1925)

Spence, James (1815-1900)

Spink, Samuel (1850-1916)

Sprague, Daniel Emes (1848-1924)

Stephens, George Frame (1851-1921)

Stevenson, William W. (1850-1934)

Stewart, Arthur (1854-1913)

Stirton, James (1847-1927)

Stobart, Frederick William (1859-1935)

Strang, Robert (1868-1906)

Stratton, Ira (1865-1943)

Strome, Isaiah Root (1852-1942)

Stuart, James (1853-?)

Swinford, Herbert (1849-1932)

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Taylor, Thomas William (1852-1924)

Taylor, Richard Ratcliffe (1851-1911)

Tees, James (1854-1906)

Telford, Donald McLeod (1845-1921)

Thompson, Harry Cowan (1879-1946)

Thompson, George Bowles (1865-1932)

Thompson, Robert Schuyler (1844-1930)

Thompson, John W. (1858-1914)

Thomson, Charles John (1840-1911)

Thomson, John (1851-1929)

Thomson, Richard S. (1857-1933)

Tilt, Capel (1871-?)

Tomalin, William John C. (1858-1922)

Tupper, James Stewart (1851-1915)

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Walker, David Marr (1835-1920)

Walker, William (1850-?)

Wallace, James Stoddart (1865-1944)

Waller, Henry Edwin (1868-?)

Watson, Robert (1853-1929)

Watson, Johnston (1862-1957)

Welch, Alexander Robert (1873-1961)

Wellband, William (1846-1914)

Wemyss, John (1861-1926)

West, Charles Henry (1849-1905)

Wheeler, Charles Henry (1838-1917)

Whitla, Robert James (1846-1905)

Whyte, William (1843-1914)

Williams, John (1828-1907)

Williams, Frank (1862-?)

Wilson, Andrew Elswood (1876-?)

Wilson, William (1852-1922)

Winearls, Herbert Hugh (1863-1943)

Winkler, Valentine (1864-1920)

Wood, George Duncan (1858-1907)

Wright, Archibald (1854-1932)

Wright, James Albert (1857-?)

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Young, Ainslie Lunham (1868-1938)

Young, Finlay McNaughton (1852-1916)

Younge, Joseph William (1853-1932)

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