Real estate agent, gardener.
Born in Quebec in 1871, son of David Graham McBain and Hannah Ross, he was educated in Winnipeg schools then worked with his brother William G. McBain on his ranch at Netley Lake. After nine years, he returned to the family homestead at Winnipeg where he engaged in gardening and real estate. On 27 April 1899, he married Elizabeth Naomi Barnes and they had two children: Eva Marguerite McBain (1900-?) and Robert Earl McBain (1906-?). He moved to British Columbia in 1939 and died at Port Moody on 13 April 1948.
Birth and marriage registrations, Manitoba Vital Statistics.
The Story of Manitoba by F. H. Schofield, Winnipeg: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1913.
Death registration, British Columbia Vital Statistics.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 28 January 2021
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