Memorable Manitobans: Alfred Augustus Andrews (1865-1912)

Alfred Augustus Andrews Click to enlarge

Businessman.

Born at Augusta, Ontario on 14 February 1865, son of the Reverend William and Armanella Andrews, he was educated at Ottawa, Ontario. He commenced business career as a bookkeeper at Port Hope, Ontario in 1880. He came to Winnipeg in 1881 and became Vice-President and General Manager of the Winnipeg Rubber Company, a subsidiary of Gutta Percha Rubber Company of Toronto.

He was active in community affairs, serving as President of the Winnipeg Industrial Bureau, Secretary and Vice-President of the Winnipeg Rowing Club, Director of the Industrial and Development Bureau, President of the Winnipeg Industrial Exhibition Association, Chairman of the Entertainment Commercial Industrial Bureau, Director of Brydges & Waugh Limited, Secretary-Treasurer of the Winnipeg Rubber and Apparatus Company, President of the Manitoba Cold Storage Company, and Secretary and Vice-President of the Winnipeg Rowing Club since 1905.

In 1895, he married Francis Louise Murray of Montreal. They had a daughter, Dorothy Andrews. He was a member of the Manitoba Club, Carleton Club, Adanac Club, St. Charles Country Club, Stonewall Country Club, and Stonewall Auto Club.

He died at Chicago, Illinois on 2 August 1912.

Sources:

A History of Manitoba: Its Resources and People by Prof. George Bryce, Toronto: The Canadian History Company, 1906.

Who’s Who in Western Canada: A Biographical Dictionary of Notable Living Men and Women of Western Canada, Volume 1, edited by C. W. Parker, Vancouver: Canadian Press Association, 1911.

“A. A. Andrews died in Chicago this morning,” Winnipeg Tribune, 2 August 1912, page 1.

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

Pioneers and Early Citizens of Manitoba, Winnipeg: Manitoba Library Association, 1971.

Dictionary of Manitoba Biography by John M. “Jack” Bumsted, Winnipeg: University of Manitoba Press, 1999.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 29 October 2015

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