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Murray Chisholm Colcleugh
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Pharmacist.
Born at Mount Forest, Ontario on 23 January 1873, son of James Colcleugh and Flora Bruce Craik (1846-1926), he accompanied his family to Selkirk in 1875. He attended Selkirk School, Winnipeg Collegiate Institute, and Manitoba College after which he worked as an assistant accountant for the Canadian Pacific Railway in Winnipeg. An active lacrosse player, he captained the CPR team to the 1894-1895 championship. In 1906, he graduated from the Manitoba College of Pharmacy.
He followed in the footsteps of his father, grandfather, uncle (Frederick William Colcleugh), and brother to become a pharmacist in partnership with his father as Colcleugh and Company located at 652 Notre Dame Avenue. In 1912, on his father's retirement, he took over the pharmacy, joined by his wife who had graduated from Pharmacy College in 1913. He also was Postmaster of the Winnipeg Postal Substation No. 19 (1918-1943) until retirement in February 1953.
On 16 December 1895, he married Hattie Brodie Scott (1877-1955, daughter of James Scott) at the First Baptist Church in Winnipeg and they had three sons, all of whom died in infancy, and a daughter Anna Dorothy Bruce Colcleugh. He was a member of the Masons (Ancient Landmark Lodge) and Order of the Foresters.
He died at Winnipeg on 17 November 1955 and was buried in the Brookside Cemetery.
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Colcleugh’s Drug Store (652 Notre Dame Avenue, Winnipeg)
1901 and 191 Canada censuses, Automated Genealogy.
1921 and 1926 Canada censuses, Library and Archives Canada.
Marriage registrations, Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Post Offices and Postmasters, Library and Archives Canada.
“James Colcleugh dies at Vancouver,” Manitoba Free Press, 23 August 1918, page 7.
“Former Selkirk man dies in Vancouver,” Manitoba Free Press, 17 August 1925, page 4.
“M. S. Colcleugh, former local man, dies in B.C.,” Winnipeg Tribune, 18 August 1925, page 11.
“Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Colcleugh to mark golden wedding day,” Winnipeg Tribune, 15 December 1945, page 9.
“Pioneer Winnipeggers mark 58th anniversary,” Winnipeg Free Press, 21 December 1953, page 17.
“Mr. and Mrs. M. Colcleugh, former local residents, observe anniversary,” Selkirk Enterprise, 7 January 1954, page 7.
“Mrs. Colcleugh dies on Monday,” Winnipeg Tribune, 24 May 1955, page 3.
“Longtime pharmacist, Mrs. M. Colcleugh dies,” Winnipeg Free Press, 24 May 1955, page 6.
Obituary [Mrs. Hattie Broddy Colcleugh],” Winnipeg Tribune, 28 May 1955, page 38.
“Pioneer druggist, Murray Colcleugh,” Winnipeg Tribune, 18 November 1955, page 29.
Winnipeg estate files (ATG 0025A), #51972 - Murray Chisholm Colcleugh, GR4882, Archives of Manitoba.
Brookside Cemetery burial transcriptions, City of Winnipeg.
Mountain View Cemetery [Vancouver, British Columbia] burial transcriptions, FindAGrave.
Henderson’s Winnipeg and Brandon Directories, Henderson Directories Limited, Peel’s Prairie Provinces, University of Alberta Libraries.
This page was prepared by Nathan Kramer.
Page revised: 9 April 2023
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