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Herbert Henry Beck
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Business manager.
Born in England on 2 April 1852, he came to Canada in 1872 then moved to Winnipeg where, in partnership with Robert Henry Agur, he was the Manager of the Manitoba Assurance Company. He was later Vice-President of the Empire Loan Company and the Anglo-American Fire Insurance Company. In 1903, he became a founding member of the Winnipeg Stock Exchange. He eventually moved to Toronto, Ontario as Managing Director of the Montreal Canada Fire Insurance Company, and became President of the Union Trust Company.
In 1885, he married Florence May Hall (1862-1944) and they had five children, all born in Manitoba: Dorothy Beck (1886-1968, wife of Walter Barrington Beare), Margory Beck (1888-1968, wife of Robert Stanley Mabee), Hazel Marian Beck (1890-1968, wife of Percy Macdonnell Liddell), Anthony Russell Beck (1893-1944), and Phyllis May Beck (1897-1968, wife of Cyril Armbrister and Charles Foulkes). He died at Victoria, British Columbia on 21 June 1931.
Birth registrations, Manitoba Vital Statistics.
1901 Canada census, Automated Genealogy.
“The Anglo-American,” Winnipeg Tribune, 12 February 1906, page 4.
“History of Winnipeg Stock Exchange from its inception” by W. Sanford Evans, Winnipeg Tribune, 10 March 1928, page 28.
Death registrations [Herbert Henry Beck, Dorothy Beck Beare, Marjory Beck Mabee, Hazel Beck Liddell], British Columbia Vital Statistics.
“Funeral services held for H. H. Beck, Victoria,” Vancouver Sunday Province, 5 July 1931, page 24.
Florence May Hall Beck, 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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