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Thomas Buchan Campbell
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Hotelier, travelling salesman.
Born in Scotland on 7 January 1867, he was a travelling salesman and proprietor of the Brunswick Hotel. Around 1908, he leased the Mariaggi Hotel and later renamed it the St. Andrew’s Hotel. He closed it in 1915 and later moved to Minnesota where he was an eye-drop salesman.
He died unmarried at Minneapolis, Minnesota on 30 June 1946 and was buried in the Acacia Park Cemetery at Mendota Heights, Minnesota. His will left his entire estate to a woman he had employed as a waitress in the Mariaggi and to whom he was allegedly engaged for a period of time. The will was contested by his siblings but Margaret Laxdal (c1878-1957) ultimately prevailed in court.
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Alexandra Apartments / Albert Block (86 Albert Street, Winnipeg)
Obituary, Star Tribune [Minneapolis], 1 July 1946, page 19.
“Sister begins search for brother’s will,” Star Tribune [Minneapolis], 21 December 1946, page 6.
“Waitress willed $240,000 wants to find home first,” Winnipeg Tribune, 18 April 1947, pages 1, 5.
“Willed $200,000 she’ll buy home,” Winnipeg Tribune, 22 December 1948, pages 1, 4.
Obituary [Margaret Laxdal], Winnipeg Free Press, 25 February 1957, page 31.
Thomas Buchan Campbell, FindAGrave.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Darryl Toews.
Page revised: 5 August 2024
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