Memorable Manitobans: Representative Men of Manitoba, 1902

This collection of photographs of prominent Manitoba men was compiled in 1902. It was described as “A gallery of men, whose energy, ability, enterprise and public spirit have produced the marvellous record of the prairie province.”

The Tribune Publishing Company, Winnipeg, 1902.
Online version 2008, Manitoba Historical Society

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David Elder Adams
(1859-1919)


Robert Henry Agur
(1856-1913)


John Somerset Aikins
(1850-1911)


James Albert Manning Aikins
(1851-1929)


John Beresford Allan

(1841-1927)


Thomas Alderson Anderson
(1855-1919)


Alfred Augustus Andrews
(1865-1912)


John Arbuthnot
(1861-1931)


James Argue

(1848-1927)


William Piritte Argue

(1868-1965)


Hugh Armstrong
(1858-1926)


George William Baker
(1854-1917)

Thomas Bray Baker
Thomas Bray Baker

(1856-1902)

Thomas Edward Meredith Banting
Thomas Edward Meredith Banting

(1858-1914)

Robert Barclay
Robert Barclay
(1840-1907)

Joseph Baril
Joseph Baril

(1851-1927)

Samuel Lees Barrowclough
Samuel Lees Barrowclough
(1868-1944)

Nicholas Bawlf
Nicholas Bawlf
(1849-1914)

Henry H. Beck
Henry H. Beck
(1852-?)

Charles Napier Bell
Charles Napier Bell
(1854-1936)


Joseph Bernier
(1874-1934)


Thomas Alfred Bernier
(1844-1909)


Thomas Black

(1856-1914)


William Allan Black
(1862-1951)


David Wesley Bole

(1856-1933)


Robert Andrew Bonnar
(1860-1932)


Arnold Wienholt Bowen
(1861-1923)


Nathaniel Boyd

(1853-1941)


Thomas Turnnel Wadsworth Bready

(1854-1903)


Jeffry Hall Brock
(1850-1915)


Isaac Fraser Brooks
(1869-1928)


John Hyslop Brown
(1860-1917)


George Browne

(1852-1919)


Frederick Henderson Brydges
(1852-1928)


William Brydon

(1847-1930)


Charles F. Bunnell

(1852-1928)


Theodore Arthur Burrows
(1857-1929)


Francis Joseph Butcher
(1874-1951)


William Cairns

(1853-1949)


Colin Howell Campbell
(1859-1914)


Donald D. Campbell

(1850-1934)


John Lorne Campbell

(1856-1933)


George A. Carruthers
(1875-1957)


George Frederick Carruthers
(1846-1918)


Andrew George Carter

(1872-1925)


Benjamin Elswood Chaffey
(1859-1953)


Hunt Walsh Alan Chambre
(1861-1943)


Noe Chevrier

(1846-1911)


Horace Chevrier
(1875-1935)


Clarence Campbell Chipman
(1856-1924)


George Christie

(1853-1921)


Melbourne Francis Christie

(1864-1944)


Charles Whitefield Clark

(1845-1939)


Samuel Peck Clark

(1859-1924)


Major Compton Clarke
(1849-1911)


John James Codville

(1851-1915)


Napoleon Comeault

(1859-1915)


Arthur Congdon
(1863-1939)


Frederick John Charles Cox
(1860-1939)


Horace Edgar Crawford

(1858-1903)

John Crerar
John Crerar

(1848-1933)

John C. Crome
John C. Crome

(1856-?)

William Henry Cross
William Henry Cross

(1852-1928)

Henry Samuel Crotty
Henry Samuel Crotty

(1843-1923)

Alexander Fulton Crowe
Alexander Fulton Crowe

(c1866-?)

George Reading Crowe
George Reading Crowe
(1852-1924)

Duncan Steele Curry
Duncan Steele Curry

(1852-1925)

Thomas Mayne Daly
Thomas Mayne Daly
(1852-1911)

Alexander Davidson
Alexander Davidson

(1853-1921)

Gilbert Ernest Davidson
Gilbert Ernest Davidson

(1868-1949)

Alexander Dawson
Alexander Dawson
(1849-1928)

Edwin Oliver Denison
Edwin Oliver Denison
(1852-1915)

Noble Dickie
Noble Dickie

(1854-1910)

Donald Ross Dingwall
Donald Ross Dingwall
(1851-1913)

George W. Donald
George W. Donald
(1871-?)

Horace Donaldson
Horace Donaldson

(?-?)


William D. Douglas

(1835-1906)


Edward Lancaster Drewry
(1851-1940)


Frederick William Drewry
(1855-1927)


Francis Arthur Drummond
(1857-1936)


Henry Mowat Drummond
(1848-1917)


Lewis Henry Drummond
(1848-1929)

George Andrew Elliott
George Andrew Elliott

(1860-1923)


Charles Henry Enderton
(1861-1920)


George Wallace Erb
(1860-1952)


Albert Evans

(1849-1908)


Alan Campbell Ewart

(1875-?)


John Skirving Ewart

(1849-1933)


William Ferguson
(1853-1928)


W. R. Finlay

(?-?)


James Fisher

(1840-1927)


William Mann Fisher
(1857-1920)


Horatio Frederick Forrest

(1868-1923)


David Forrester
(1859-1937)


James Quinn Gallagher

(1863-1935)


George Frederick Galt
(1855-1928)


George Gardiner

(1852-1912)


Elwood A. Garratt

(1859-1950)


William Georgeson

(1859-1929)


James Cunningham Gibson

(1855-1947)


George A. Glines

(1849-1919)


Charles William Gordon
(1860-1937)


James T. Gordon
(1858-1919)


James Blair Gowanlock
(1853-1926)

Christopher Graburn
Christopher Graburn

(1839-1908)

Herbert Gray
Herbert Gray
(1866-1924)

Thomas Greenway
Thomas Greenway
(1838-1908)

Frederick Thomas Griffin
Frederick Thomas Griffin

(1853-1935)


James Anson Grundy
(1858-1933)


William Grundy

(1850-1925)


Didace Guillet

(1853-1923)


George Hugh Hadskis
(1838-1915)

Alexander Haggart
Alexander Haggart

(1848-1927)

John Hanbury
John Hanbury
(1855-1928)

Sidney Till Handscomb
Sidney Till Handscomb

(1868-1926)

David Blyth Hanna
David Blyth Hanna

(1859-1938)

John Walter Harris
John Walter Harris
(1846-1926)

Richard M. Harrison
Richard M. Harrison
(1862-?)

Archibald Harstone
Archibald Harstone
(1860-1916)

William Harvey
William Harvey

(1864-1933)

John Heber Haslam
John Heber Haslam

(1863-1924)

Sampson Leslie Head
Sampson Leslie Head
(1850-1941)

William Heath
William Heath
(1862-?)

William Henderson
William Henderson

(1859-1921)

Albert Henry
Albert Henry
(1857-1937)

Samuel Hooper
Samuel Hooper
(1851-1911)

David Horn
David Horn
(1849-1933)

Albert Lee Houkes
Albert Lee Houkes

(1868-?)

Elisha Frederick Hutchings
Elisha Frederick Hutchings
(1855-1930)

Colin Inkster
Colin Inkster
(1843-1934)

Acheson Gosford Irvine
Acheson Gosford Irvine
(1837-1916)

Benjamin Stockton Jenkins
Benjamin Stockton Jenkins

(1859-1924)


James Johnson
(1855-1929)


David Wesley Jones
(1863-1950)


John Joslin
(1831-1917)


Thomas Kelly
(1855-1939)


Albert Clements Killam
(1849-1908)


Walter Thomas Kirby
(1858-1936)


John Nesbitt Kirchhoffer
(1848-1914)


C. T. G. Knox

(?-?)


Leopold Kobold

(1832-1905)


David Laird
(1833-1914)


William Barnes Lait
(1855-1928)


Louis Philippe Adelard Langevin
(1855-1915)


Alphonse Alfred Clermont Lariviere
(1841-1925)


Andrew Laughlin

(1844-1916)


Jean Baptiste Lauzon

(1858-1944)


Patrick Lawler
(1835-1905)

Thomas James Lawlor
Thomas James Lawlor

(1853-1937)

George Lawrence
George Lawrence

(1855-1924)

Thomas Lee
Thomas Lee
(1860-1921)

John Hillyard Leech
John Hillyard Leech

(1866-1930)

John Love
John Love

(1856-1939)

Robert Fern Lyons
Robert Fern Lyons
(1856-1926)

George Lytle
George Lytle

(1845-1908)

William Elliott Macara
William Elliott Macara
(1859-1929)

John A. MacArthur
John A. MacArthur

(c1860-?)

Duncan Macdonald
Duncan Macdonald

(1845-1916)

Hugh John Macdonald
Hugh John Macdonald
(1850-1929)

John William Macdonald
John William Macdonald
(1855-1948)

Robert Machray
Robert Machray
(1831-1904)

Charles Henry MacWatt
Charles Henry MacWatt

(1853-?)

Robert Furby Manning
Robert Furby Manning

(1856-1920)

Edward Daniel Martin
Edward Daniel Martin

(1856-1938)

Isaac Walter Martin
Isaac Walter Martin

(1863-1913)

George Joseph Maulson
George Joseph Maulson
(1852-1923)

Joseph Maw
Joseph Maw
(1854-1916)

Duncan McArthur
Duncan McArthur
(1839-1917)


Hector McKenzie McConnell

(1869-1918)


Hugh McCowan

(1841-1908)


William Forsythe McCreary
(1855-1904)


Duncan Wendell McDermid
(1858-1909)


Alexander McDonald

(?-?)


Duncan McDonald

(1856-1920)


David Henry McFadden

(1856-1935)


William H. McGuire

(?-?)


Stanley William McInnis
(1865-1907)


Daniel J. McIntyre
(1852-1946)


John Finlay McIntyre

(1852-1936)


Peter Campbell McIntyre

(1854-1920)

John McKechnie
John McKechnie
(1844-1918)

Daniel Willis McKerchar
Daniel Willis McKerchar

(1864-1937)

Peter Duncan McKinnon
Peter Duncan McKinnon
(1852-1940)

Daniel Hunter McMillan
Daniel Hunter McMillan
(1846-1933)


William Wallace McMillan

(1852-1928)


Peter McNab

(1856-1921)


David McNaught
(1837-1922)


Alexander Conley McRae

(1862-1920)


Henry Meikle
(1857-1931)


George Abraham Merrick

(1856-1939)


William Edward Metcalfe
(1863-1956)


William White Miller

(1846-1912)


Andrew R. Mitchell
(1844-1922)


George Andrews Mitchell

(1857-1909)


James Bertram Mitchell
(1852-1945)

John Gordon Morgan
John Gordon Morgan
(1850-1916)


Thomas Lewis Morton
(1846-1914)


Ezra Arthur Mott
(1869-1951)


Robert Muir
(1850-1908)


Henry Alfred Mullins
(1861-1952)


John Henry Mulvey
(1861-1925)


Stewart Mulvey
(1834-1908)


George Fraser Munroe

(1849-1912)


Gabriel B. Murphy

(1856-1910)


Robert Hill Myers

(1856-1921)


Augustus Meredith Nanton
(1860-1925)


William Johnston Neilson
(1854-1903)

Charles Henry Newton
Charles Henry Newton
(1851-1919)

Frank Stayner Nugent
Frank Stayner Nugent

(1847-1917)

William Patrick
William Patrick
(1852-1911)

George Patterson
George Patterson

(1846-1925)

James Brown Pepler
James Brown Pepler
(1861-1919)


William Egerton Perdue

(1850-1933)


Frederick Phillipps

(1857-1932)


Isaac Pitblado
(1867-1964)


Thomas Jeffares Porte
(1867-1934)


William John Ptolemy

(1850-1920)


Maurice Putnam

(c1860-1907)


James Sinclair Reekie

(1857-1942)


Alexander Reid

(1860-1939)


Isaac Riley

(1853-1926)


Robert Thomas Riley

(1851-1944)


John Palmerston Robertson
(1841-1919)


George W. Robinson
(1859-?)


Thomas D. Robinson
(1838-1930)


William Robinson

(1850-1936)


Rodmond Palen Roblin
(1853-1937)


William James Roche

(1859-1937)


Robert Rogers
(1864-1936)


Robert Arthur Rogers

(1862-1929)


Israel Merritt Ross
(1842-1911)


John Henry Ruddell
(1859-1906)


John Russell
(c1850-1905)


John Hamilton Gordon Russell

(1863-1946)


Thomas Ryan
(1849-1937)


Frank Howard Schofield
(1859-1929)


Frederick William Scott

(1867-1940)


James Scott

(1845-1928)


Michael Scott

(1872-?)


Robert Scott

(1858-1922)


Robert Ross Scott
(1857-1924)


Thomas Scott
(1841-1915)


Walter Willson Scrimes
(1854-?)


James Scroggie

(1859-1948)


Albert Livingston Shanks
(1865-1931)


Patrick Shea
(1854-1933)


Charles Myron Simpson

(1873-1951)


George A. Simpson
(1843-1905)


James Cathcart Simpson

(1852-1930)


James Wellington Smaill
(1860-1937)


Daniel Smith
(1840-1913)


John Obed-Smith
(1864-1937)


Joseph Walter Sparling
(1843-1912)


John Tully Speirs
(1860-1925)


William Stephen
(1845-?)


George Frame Stephens
(1851-1921)

Arthur Stewart
Arthur Stewart
(1854-1913)

William T. Storey
William T. Storey
(1848-?)

John James Story
John James Story

(1857-1930)

Robert Strang
Robert Strang

(1868-1906)

George Henry Strevel
George Henry Strevel

(1836-1914)

James Stuart
James Stuart

(1853-1925)

Hugh Sutherland
Hugh Sutherland
(1845-1926)

Hugh Sutherland
Hugh Sutherland

(1863-?)


Roderick Ross Sutherland
(1862-1945)


William P. Sweatman
(1853-1941)


Herbert Swinford
(1850-1932)


Richard Ratcliffe Taylor

(1851-1912)


Thomas W. Taylor
(1852-1924)


Donald McLeod Telford

(1845-1921)


Capel Tilt
(1871-1938)


Allen Edwin Thompson

(1855-1910)


Frederick William Thompson

(1862-1912)


John Thomson
(1851-1929)


George Walter Ullyot

(1850-1925)


Lynds Smith Vaughan
(1848-1937)


Charles Vokes
(1862-1917)


James Rawlinson Waghorn
(1859-1942)


John Wake

(1841-1918)


David Marr Walker
(1835-1920)


William Walker

(1850-?)

James Stoddart Wallace
James Stoddart Wallace

(1864-1944)

Henry Edwin Waller
Henry Edwin Waller

(1868-1937)

Frank Graham Walsh
Frank Graham Walsh

(1858-1917)

William Wallace Watson
William Wallace Watson

(1845-1904)


John Wemyss
(1861-1926)


Robert Wemyss
(1824-1903)


George Henry West

(1853-1906)

Charles Henry Wheeler
Charles Henry Wheeler
(1838-1917)

Henry Walter Whitla
Henry Walter Whitla
(1874-1956)

Robert Jones Whitla
Robert Jones Whitla
(1846-1905)

William Whyte
William Whyte
(1843-1914)

Richard Gardiner Willis
Richard Gardiner Willis

(1865-1929)

Archibald Edward Wilson
Archibald Edward Wilson
(1869-1947)

Horace Wilson
Horace Wilson
(1848-c1903)

William Andrew Windatt
William Andrew Windatt
(1860-1924)

George Duncan Wood
George Duncan Wood

(1858-1907)

Andrew Wright
Andrew Wright
(1860-1932)

James Albert Wright
James Albert Wright

(1857-?)

Charles Alexander Young
Charles Alexander Young
(1855-1928)

Findlay McNaughton Young
Findlay McNaughton Young
(1852-1916)

 

 

 

Sources:

“Grim reaper is active among west pioneers,” Winnipeg Tribune, 26 September 1917, page 4.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 23 March 2024

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