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Robert Edmond Trumbell
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Businessman.
Born in Sunbury County, New Brunswick on 26 March 1858, son of John Robert Trumbell and Sarah Rolins, he spent his children near Woodstock, Ontario until the age of 16, then he worked in lumber camps of Michigan for 12 years.
He came to Manitoba and ran a wholesale liquor business at Virden, with a branch at Moosomin, Saskatchewan for a time, then sold the business to William Wellington Joslin and moved to Brandon where, in 1902, he established a wholesale liquor business. Two years later, he sold the business to Eugene J. Peltier and joined the Empire Brewing Company as Vice President and Managing Director. He was also one of the founders of the Travelers Loan and Investment Company.
On 28 December 1885, he married Emily Ellen Wyatt (1867-1931) at Virden. They had six children: Robert Calvin Trumbell (1886-1919), Ettie Mary Trumbell (1887-1888), Frederick Earl Trumbell (1888-1915), Orville Edmund Trumbell (1890-?), Bertha Meryle Trumbell (1893-?, wife of G. E. Staples), and George Reuben Trumbell (1894-1973). The family lived at 354 Eleventh Street, Brandon. He was a member of the Anglican church, Masons, IOOF, and Western Brewers Association (President).
He died at Toronto, Ontario on 10 April 1945 and was buried in the Virden Cemetery.
Marriage registration [Robert E Trumbell, Emily Wyatt], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Birth registration [Robert Calvin Trumbell, Ettie Mary Trumbell, George Reuben Trumbell, Orville Edmund Trumbell], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Death registrations [Etta May Trumbell, Frederick Earl Trumbell, Emily Ellen Trumbell], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
1901 Canada census, Automated Genealogy.
The Story of Manitoba by F. H. Schofield, Winnipeg: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1913.
Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 26 April 2024
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