Businessman.
Born at Brandon on 12 October 1923, son of Jack Carpenter and Alice Lillian Rawson, during the Second World War, he served in the Royal Canadian Navy Volunteer Reserve. After the war, he operated Stampede Motors, a user car business, at 1033 Notre Dame Avenue. On 14 August 1943, he married Lucille Virginia Hooper (1924-2020) at Winnipeg and they had six children. In the early 1960s, they lived at 55 D'Arcy Drive. The family later moved to Toronto, Ontario and he died around 2005.
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Carpenter Housebarn (RM of St. Francois Xavier)
Birth registration [Gordon Stanley Carpenter], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Marriage registration [Gordon Stanley Carpenter, Lucille Virginia Hooper], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
“Gladioli deck altar for wedding,” Winnipeg Tribune, 14 August 1943, page 10.
“$50,000 bail set in auto thefts,” Winnipeg Tribune, 2 March 1961, page 3.
Obituary [Lucille Virginia Carpenter], Toronto Globe and Mail, 7 November 2020.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 19 September 2024
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