Grain merchant.
Born in the Eastern Townships of Quebec in 1899, he moved to Alberta at an early age. He began working in the grain trade in 1923 as the agent at a country elevator in the Peace River district. He later became a travelling superintendent then divisional manager. At the time of his death, he was the President and General Manager of National Grain (1961-1962), based at Winnipeg.
He and wife Dorothy Jean Primrose (1905-1987) had two children: Garth Bean (?-?) and Elizabeth Primrose “Peggy” Bean (1929-2016, wife of Murdoch MacKay). They lived at 119 Mountbatten Avenue in Tuxedo. He was a member of St. Georges Anglican Church, Masons, Winnipeg Winter Club, and St. Charles Country Club.
He died at Winnipeg on 5 January 1962 and was buried in the Chapel Lawn Memorial Gardens.
Obituary, Winnipeg Tribune, 6 January 1962.
Death registration [Dorothy Jean Bean], British Columbia Vital Statistics.
Obituary [Dorothy Jean Bean], Winnipeg Free Press, 4 November 1987, page 62.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 8 October 2023
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