Memorable Manitobans: Richard Hunter Young (1876-?)

Real estate agent.

Born near Lower Fort Garry, Manitoba in 1876, son of David Young and Rosina Anabella Somerville, he was educated at St. John’s College. In 1897 he went to the Yukon during the Klondike Gold Rush and spent seven years mining in the gold fields. He returned to Winnipeg in 1904 and worked for the Western Iron Works (later renamed the Western Steel and Iron Weeks) until 1907 when he established a real estate agency, representing the Selkirk Land and Investment Company and the Hunter Young Realty Company. In 1907 he married Elizabeth Nugent. They had one daughter. He was a member of the Masons (Northern Light Lodge No. 10) and served as a councillor of the Rural Municipality of Fort Garry.

Sources:

The Story of Manitoba by F. H. Schofield, Winnipeg: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1913.

This profile was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Profile revised: 7 March 2010

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