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Beecham Trotter
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Horse dealer, author.
Born near Kingston, Ontario on 18 July 1860, Trotter arrived in Manitoba as a telegraph worker on the Canadian Pacific Railway’s construction gangs. After living for a time in Regina, North West Territories (now Saskatchewan), in 1883 he became a horse dealer and livery stable owner at Brandon.
He married Mary Scott (1865-1948) in 1887. They had four children: Beauchamp Wilbert “Wilbert” Trotter (1893-1942), Mary Colclough Trotter (1897-1898), Edyth Louisa Trotter (1898-1898), and Marjorie Alexandra Trotter (1903-2000). In 1925, he wrote A Horseman and the West, a book about the early days of Brandon. He served as a Brandon city councilor (1914-1918) and was a member of the Odd Fellows and United Church.
He died at Brandon on 5 March 1934 and was buried in the Brandon Cemetery. With his cousin and business partner Alexander “Alec” Trotter, he was commemorated by Trotter Avenue in Brandon. The street was in existence for five years; in 1972, it was renamed as a continuation of Park Avenue.
1901 Canada census, Automated Genealogy.
Death registration [Beecham Trotter], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
“Old-timer of province dies at Brandon,” Winnipeg Tribune, 5 March 1934, page 9.
“Brandon pioneer remembered by a book, but not by a street” by David McConkey, Brandon Sun, 31 December 2025, page 4.
We thank David McConkey for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 5 January 2026
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