Born in Ontario on 18 July 1853, son of John Stirrett (1814-1892), he came to Brandon in the late 1880s and operated a planing mill on Tenth Street as a member of the firm of Forbes & Stirrett, in partnership with John Forbes, and also worked as a carpenter. In the early 20th century, he moved to Winnipeg where he was a building contractor. Around 1911, he was also transacting in real estate.
On 28 February 1888, he married Mary McElroy (1864-1928) at Lambton, Ontario and they had three children: John McElroy Stirrett (1889-1954), George Alexander Stirrett (1894-1968), and Mary Blanche Kathleen Stirrett (1900-?, wife of Alexander C. Poole). He died at Los Angeles, California on 18 June 1940 and was buried there.
Some of his construction works in Manitoba included:
Building
Location
Year
Status
406 Notre Dame Avenue, Winnipeg
1909
135 Mayfair Avenue, Winnipeg
1910
19 Sherbrook Street, Winnipeg
1914
Demolished (?)
Ontario marriage registration, Ancestry.
“For sale,” Brandon Weekly Sun, 18 February 1886, page 3.
Birth registrations, Manitoba Vital Statistics.
1901 and 1911 Canada censuses, Automated Genealogy.
“Old timer here,” Brandon Sun, 5 January 1911, page 15.
George Stirrett, FindAGrave.
John McElroy Stirrett, FindAGrave.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 31 May 2026
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