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Thomas Henry McCaughey Crotty
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Physician, real estate broker.
Born at Forest, Ontario on 2 November 1869, son of Henry Samuel Crotty and Clara Johnston (1840-1917), he came to Winnipeg as a boy in 1879 with his father, who established the first real estate firm in the city. He was educated at St. John’s College (Winnipeg) and Trinity Medical College (Toronto). He served with the 90th Regiment from 1884 to 1885. He commenced practising medicine at Boston, Massachusetts in 1900, returning to Winnipeg and engaging in the real estate business in 1901. He served as President of the Winnipeg Real Estate Exchange (1913).
In 1916, he returned to Winnipeg from California to become Western Secretary of the Canadian Manufacturers Association. In mid-1917, he enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Force and served in England as a physician with the Canadian Army Medical Corps. He was discharged in November 1918.
In 1895, he married Emma Willoughby Ryder (1867-1945, widow of William C. Rose with whom she had a son, Franklin Orth Rose) of Burlington, Vermont. They had a son: Henry Samuel Crotty [Peter O’Crotty] (1907-1987). In 1911, the family lived at 75 Edmonton Street, Winnipeg. He was a member of the Carleton Club, AF & AM, and Unitarian church. His recreations included farming and stockraising.
He moved to Los Angeles, California in March 1920 to establish a real estate business. He died there on 23 April 1946.
Birth registration [Henry Samuel Crotty], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
1911 Canada census, Automated Genealogy.
Who’s Who in Western Canada: A Biographical Dictionary of Notable Living Men and Women of Western Canada, Volume 1, edited by C. W. Parker, Vancouver: Canadian Press Association, 1911.
The Story of Manitoba by F. H. Schofield, Winnipeg: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1913.
“Western Sec'y of C.M.A.,” Victoria Daily Times, 29 February 1916, page 11.
“Crotty succeeds Charles Webster,” Winnipeg Tribune, 29 February 1916, page 3.
Attestation papers, Canadian Expeditionary Force, Library and Archives Canada.
“Exchange loses valued member,” Manitoba Free Press, 20 March 1920, page 16.
“Dr. Crotty now in Los Angeles,” Winnipeg Tribune, 5 April 1920, page 3.
Thomas Henry Crotty, California Death Index, 1940-1997, FamilySearch.
“Winnipegger in film firm,” Winnipeg Free Press, 5 November 1946, page 5.
Peter O'Crotty, IMDB.
Clara Johnston Crotty, FindAGrave.
We thank Jennifer Hand for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Darryl Toews.
Page revised: 14 August 2024
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