Born at Aberdeenshire, Scotland on 24 August 1862, he came to Canada in 1888. He worked as a building contractor at Winnipeg in the early 20th century. He and wife Jessie Ann Anderson (1860-1939) had no children. He was a member of the Granite Curling Club, Strathcona Curling Club, Odd Fellows (Union No. 14), and Augustine United Church. He died at his Winnipeg residence, 114 Spence Street, on 16 March 1937 and was buried in the Elmwood Cemetery.
Some of his construction work in Manitoba included:
Building
Location
Year
Status
294 Ellen Street, Winnipeg
1903
141 River Avenue, Winnipeg
1906
36 Roslyn Road, Winnipeg
1907
Demolished (September 2023)
1901 and 1906 Canada censuses, Automated Genealogy.
Henderson’s Winnipeg and Brandon Directories, Henderson Directories Limited, Peel’s Prairie Provinces, University of Alberta Libraries.
Death registrations [Alexander Beattie Anderson, Jessie Ann Anderson], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Obituary, Winnipeg Tribune, 18 March 1937, page 19.
This page was prepared by Jordan Makichuk and Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 12 February 2025
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