Manitoba Business: Monarch Lumber Company

This Winnipeg-based company was incorporated federally under the Companies Act on 17 July 1908 with executives Walter Donald Douglas, George Frank Piper, and Ellsworth C. Warner of Minneapolis, Minnesota; Robert Stuart of Chicago, Illinois; and William Henry McWilliams.

In 1929, it look over the lumberyards formerly belonging to Theodore Arthur Burrows.

General Managers

Period

General Manager

1908-?

William Henry “Bill” McWilliams (1860-1942)

?-?

Harry Cecil McWilliams (1885-1949)

?-?

Alvin Keyes Godfrey (1871-1956)

Sources:

[Notice of incorporation], Manitoba Free Press, 25 July 1908, page 2.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 10 February 2024