Business manager.
Born at Woodstock, Ontario on 25 January 1891, son of Edward Kervin and Anna McIntyre, he was educated at the Woodstock High School. The main office of the Chevrolet Motor Company of Canada (Western Canada) was at Regina, Saskatchewan for a time, the Winnipeg offices being taken over in November 1919. The first Manager at Winnipeg was F. F. Guscott who resigned in 1921. He was succeeded by H. Harris who resigned in 1923 and Kervin was appointed Acting Manager on 1 February 1923. His wife of Vera Margaret Malone (1894-1976). He was a member of the Gyro Club. His recreations included golf, motoring, and bowling. In 1925, he lived at 19 Smith Court, Winnipeg. He died in November 1967 and was buried in the Holy Sepulchre Catholic Cemetery at Burlington, Ontario.
Pioneers and Prominent People of Manitoba, Winnipeg: Canadian Publicity Company, 1925.
Obituary, Hamilton Spectator, 11 November 1967, page 37.
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