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Cecil Maitland Twiss
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Business manager.
Born at Hamilton, Ontario on 30 August 1883, son of J. A. and Mary E. Twiss, he was educated at Hamilton then left school at the age of 15 to join his father in the contracting and building business.
In 1908, he became general agent of the Manufacturers Life Insurance Company for the Brandon district, eventually rising to become manager. He was transferred to the Winnipeg office of the firm in 1910. In January 1913, The western and eastern divisions of the company were combined with a head office at Winnipeg with Twiss as manager.
On 13 June 1906, he married Minnie Ada Madder (1882-1936) in the RM of Elton. They had two children: Lillian Bernice Twiss (1907-2004, wife of Charles Lewis Fead) and Donovan Maitland Twiss (1918-2010). He was a member of the IOOF, Brandon Commercial Club, and Methodist church.
He died in 1956 and was buried in the Lakeside Cemetery at Port Huron, Michigan.
Birth and marriage registrations, Manitoba Vital Statistics.
The Story of Manitoba by F. H. Schofield, Winnipeg: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1913.
Who's Who and Why, Volumes 6 and 7, 1915-1916, page 748.
Obituary [Minnie Ada Twiss], Lansing State Journal, 20 May 1936, page 3.
“Cecil M. Twiss, former resident here, dies At 72,” The Port Huron Times Herald, 17 July 1956, page 7.
Obituary [Lillian Bernice Fead], The Times Herald, 11 February 2004, page 5D.
Obituary [Donovan Maitland Twiss], The Times Herald, 24 January 2010, page 5B.
We thank Darryl Toews for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 8 June 2024
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