Born at Belfast, Ireland on 8 February 1902, son of Joseph Thompson (1852-1928) and Agnes Thompson (1859-1930), he came to Canada with his family in 1907 and later worked in Winnipeg as a building contractor, specializing in houses in River Heights and Tuxedo.
He and wife Eleanor Ruth Culbert (1915-1984) had two daughters: Elaine Thompson (1926-?) and Bethol Thompson (1928-?). They lived at 195 Cordova Street (c1931) and 49 Fulham Crescent (?). He died at Vancouver, British Columbia on 24 February 1974.
Some of his construction work in Manitoba included:
Building
Location
Year
Status
Hewitt House
89 Cordova Street, Winnipeg
1929
85 Cordova Street, Winnipeg
1929
Whitney House (garage)
85 Cordova Street, Winnipeg
1929
768-770 Mountain Avenue, Winnipeg
1936
Birth registration [Eleanor Ruth Culbert], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
1921 and 1931 Canada censuses, Ancestry.
Death registrations [Joseph Thompson, Agnes Thompson], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Obituary [Joseph Thompson], Winnipeg Tribune, 7 November 1928, page 4.
City of Winnipeg Building Permit 3034/1929 [Hewitt House, 89 Cordova Street], City of Winnipeg Archives.
“Mrs. Agnes Thomson dies; resident here 23 years,” Winnipeg Tribune, 16 August 1930, page 8.
“New dwellings,” Winnipeg Free Press, 7 May 1932, page 3.
“Building brisk; permit given for alterations to bank,” Winnipeg Free Press, 13 June 1938, page 6.
“Construction notes,” Winnipeg Free Press, 1 October 1938, page 5.
“First two homes of new program near completion,” Winnipeg Free Press, 21 January 1939, page 2.
“It’s charming Fulham Crescent that trails to bush at far end,” Winnipeg Tribune, 10 January 1948, page 12.
Death registrations [Samuel Lanktree Thompson, Eleanor Ruth Thompson], British Columbia Vital Statistics.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Jordan Makichuk.
Page revised: 13 September 2025
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