Charles Henry Newton (1851-1919)

Businessman.

Born in Quebec on 6 August 1851, the son of Samuel Newton, a native of Yorkshire, England. In 1872 he married Frances Frazer of Quebec City, who died in 1907. They were the parents of seven children. In 1911 he married Mrs. Glackmeyer of Quebec.

Moving toWinnipeg in 1879 he soon became active in the retail business of the city and played a prominent part in protecting the interests of the wholesale traders during the period of depression that followed the boom of 1880 to 1882. For years he carried on business as assignee and receiver, subsequently being appointed official assignee for the Eastern judical district. At various times he was a director of the Bank of Hamilton, the Commercial Loan and Trust Company, the City and Provincial Loan Company, the Estevan Brick and Coal Company, and president of the Reid and Whitman Salvage and Wrecking Company. He was a partner of Alexander Davidson in the accounting firm of Newton & Davidson. He was a member of the Prince Rupert’s Lodge, No. 1, AF & AM, the IOOF, the United Workmen of America, and the Carleton Club, the Adanac Club, and the Winnipeg Automobile Club.

Father-in-law of Travers Sweatman.

Newton died at his Winnipeg home, 67 Harvard Avenue, where he had lived since 1912, in 1919. He is commemorated by Newton Avenue in Winnipeg.

Sources:

Crescentwood: A History by R. R. Rostecki, Crescentwood Home Owners Association, 1993.

Profile revised: 18 February 2010

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