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Memorable Manitobans: Joseph Henry Bossons (1859-1938)

Architect.

Born in England on 16 May 1859, he emigrated to Canada in 1879. He lived successively in Manitoba at Portage la Prairie, Swan River, and Dauphin, working as an architect at the latter place. He later moved to Vancouver, British Columbia where, on 12 March 1925, he married. He died at Burnaby on 17 November 1938.

Some of his architectural works in Manitoba:

Building	Location	Year	Status
Swan River School No. 1047	Swan River	1900	Demolished
Minitonas School No. 1102	Minitonas	1909	Demolished
Brickburn Consolidated School No. 998	Gilbert Plains	1910	Demolished
Dauphin Plains School No. 873	RM of Dauphin	1912	Demolished
Dauphin Law Courts Building	River Avenue West, Dauphin	1916
Makinak School No. 979	Makinak, RM of Ochre River	1918	Demolished

Sources:

“Tenders wanted,” Swan River Star, 29 March 1900, page 8.

1901 and 1911 Canada censes, Automated Genealogy.

“Tenders for public buildings, Dauphin,” Winnipeg Tribune, 21 June 1916, page 2.

Death registration, British Columbia Vital Statistics.

Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Canada, 1800-1950 by Robert G. Hill, Toronto.

We thank Rob McInnes amd Robert Hill for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 22 July 2016

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