Born in Ontario on 21 April 1856, he moved to Winnipeg by the late 1880s and worked as a general contractor. On 20 April 1887, he married Margaret Ann Lucinda Wilson (1868-?) at Winnipeg and they subsequently had four children: Harold Vincent Laird (1889-?), Ainsley Laird (1891-?), Gladys Lillian Laird (1896-?, wife of S. E. Hyde), and Zelda May Laird (1905-2003, wife of Robert Kinmerer Clifford). He died at his Winnipeg home, 244 Logan Avenue, on 24 March 1945 and was buried in the Brookside Cemetery.
Some of his design and construction work in Manitoba included:
Building
Location
Year
Status
185 Lombard Avenue, Winnipeg
1900
Marriage registration [George Thomas Laird, Margaret Anna Lucinda Wilson], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Birth registrations [Harold Vincent Laird, Gladys Lillian Laird, Zelda May Laird], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
1901 Canada census, Automated Genealogy.
Death registration [George Thomas Laird], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Obituary, Winnipeg Tribune, 29 March 1945, page 16.
Great West Life Building Annex, 185 Lombard Avenue, City of Winnipeg Historical Buildings and Resources Committee, June 2014.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 2 November 2026
Memorable Manitobans
This is a collection of noteworthy Manitobans from the past, compiled by the Manitoba Historical Society. We acknowledge that the collection contains both reputable and disreputable people. All are worth remembering as a lesson to future generations.
Search the collection by word or phrase, name, place, occupation or other text:
Custom SearchBrowse surnames beginning with:
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | Y | ZBrowse deaths occurring in:
1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026
Send corrections and additions to this page
to the Memorable Manitobans Administrator at biographies@mhs.mb.caCriteria for Memorable Manitobans | Suggest a Memorable Manitoban | Firsts | Acknowledgements
Help us keep
history alive!
