Pioneer.
Born at Quincy, Illinois on 15 October 1859, she married hotel businessman and brewery founder Patrick Shea in 1884 at Winona, Minnesota. She came to Winnipeg the same year. In July 1932, she became Lady Shea having received the medal of the Order of Gregory the Great from Archbishop Alfred Arthur Sinnott. This honour was in recognition of her and Mr. Shea’s work building Paul Shea Hall, an addition to St. Paul’s College. Mr. Shea was knighted for his efforts. A resident of 140 Colony Street, she had two sons: Francis Dennis “Frank” Shea (1889-1933, son-in-law of John Ernest Buchanan) and Paul Ignatius Shea (1895-1917). On 13 April 1950, she died at Misericordia Hospital in Winnipeg and was buried in the St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Cemetery.
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Manitoba College / St. Paul’s High School and College (Ellice Avenue, Winnipeg)
Birth registrations [Francis Dennis Shea, Paul Ignatius Shea], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
1901 Canada census, Automated Genealogy.
Marriage registration [Frank Dennis Shea, Ethel Buchanan], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
“Frank D. Shea dies suddenly in Baltimore,” Winnipeg Tribune, 20 October 1933, page 1.
“Mrs. Margaret Shea, city pioneer, dies,” Winnipeg Tribune, 14 April 1950. [Manitoba Legislative Library, Biographical Scrapbook B10, page 136]
This page was prepared by Sarah Ramsden and Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 19 May 2024
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