Memorable Manitobans: Henry Samuel Crotty (1843-1923)

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Henry Samuel Crotty
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Real estate agent.

Born at Ingersoll, Ontario on 11 January 1843, son of Richard Crotty (1806-1892) and Rachel Miles (1804-1881), he came to Winnipeg in 1879 where he established the first real estate firm in the city. He was in business partnerships with William Henry Cross (1887-1902) and William Frank. He was a founder of the Winnipeg Real Estate Board, in 1903.

He was married to Clara Johnston (1840-1917) with whom he had daughter Clara Henrietta Mary Crotty (1877-1952, wife of Edward Hammond King) and son Thomas Henry McCaughey Crotty. He served a single term on the Winnipeg City Council (1885). He had moved to British Columbia by 1911 and died at Victoria on 23 September 1923.

Sources:

1901 Canada census, Automated Genealogy.

Death registration, British Columbia Vital Statistics.

A History of Manitoba: Its Resources and People by Prof. George Bryce, Toronto: The Canadian History Company, 1906.

Henry S. Crotty, FindAGrave.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 14 August 2024

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