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Memorable Manitobans: Joseph Adolphe Biron (1864-1938)
Born at Sherbrooke, Quebec on 19 October 1864, he came to St. Boniface in 1902 and worked as a building contractor until retirement around 1923. He died at Hospice Tache on 26 July 1938 and was buried in the St. Boniface Cemetery. He was survived by his wife, two sons, and two daughters.
Some of his construction works in Manitoba included:
Building
Location
Year
Status
254 Dumoulin Street, Winnipeg
1912-1913
Factory destroyed by fire (1962)
Sources:
Death registration, Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Obituary, Winnipeg Tribune, 26 July 1938, page 17.
Obituary, Winnipeg Tribune, 1 August 1938, page 5.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 19 March 2022
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