Memorable Manitobans: Rupert Leslie Taylor (1905-1979)

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Born in 1905 at Headingley, Manitoba, a descendant of HBC fur traders, his great-uncles Sam and Robbie Dennison ran the Winter Mail Packet in the early 1880s. He graduated from St. John's College, Winnipeg, in 1929 and was ordained in 1931. He was the former rector of the following Manitoba churches: St. Andrew's on the Red, St. George's, Transcona, and St. John’s, Manitou. He served overseas with the Chaplaincy Corps of the Canadian Armed Forces from 1940 to 1945. Upon his return to Canada, he travelled for five years as the representative for the Lord's Day Alliance in Manitoba and Saskatchewan. He served for one and a half years as rector of Old Christ Church, Winnipeg, then moved to St. Alban’s Anglican Cathedral, Prince Albert, Saskatchewan for 11 years, first as canon and then as dean. He retired to Winnipeg in 1963, concentrating on writing, travelling extensively and assisting the church ministry. Reverend Taylor died 20 April 1979.

His articles for the Manitoba Historical Society:

Winter Packet
MHS Transactions, Series 3, Number 27, 1970-71 Season

Life on the Boundary Commission (1872-74), Being Extracts from Letters of Charles Sibbald, Jr. 1873-1874
MHS Transactions, Series 3, Number 27, 1970-71 Season

Profile revised: 27 December 2008

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