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Born near Killarney on 6 April 1886, son of Thomas M. Bailey and Mary Elizabeth Bright who came to Manitoba in 1879 from Seaforth, Ontario. He was registered as the second child born in the Rural Municipality of Riverside. He was educated locally then entered the employ of the Union Bank in June 1903 at Winnipeg. He later served as Junior at Melita, Accountant at Brandon, Accountant at Regina (Saskatchewan), Manager at Viceroy (Saskatchewan), and Manager at Shaunavon (Saskatchewan) before returning in 1920 to Killarney as Manager.
He was married to Florence Naomi Waddell (1892-1965) of Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan and they had a daughter (Norah Gwendoline Bailey (1915-2005, wife of Bruce Barrick). He was a member of Killarney Board of Trade (President) AF and AM (St. John’s Lodge, Assiniboia), Presbyterian church, and Liberal party. His recreation was golf. In 1925, he lived at Killarney, Manitoba.
He died at Goderich, Ontario on 29 May 1967 and was buried in the Brandon Cemetery.
Birth registration [Thomas Edward Bailey], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Pioneers and Prominent People of Manitoba, Winnipeg: Canadian Publicity Company, 1925.
Obituary [Norah Gwendoline Barrick], Winnipeg Free Press, 10 November 2005.
Thomas Edward Bailey, FindAGrave.
We thank Darryl Toews for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 8 June 2024
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