Businessman.
Born in Ontario on 2 November 1869, son of Richard and Mary Dennison, he attended school in Quebec for a year and later, after his parents moved to Manitoba in 1881, at Newdale. He quit school at the age of 11 to work on the family farm until he married at age 26. He then took up a homestead claim and began cultivating 320 acres of land. He later rented his farm and moved to Brandon where he lived at 652 Sixteenth Street and operated a livery, feed, boarding and sale stable at 141 Seventh Street. He also rented and sold automobiles as the local agent for three car makers.
On 31 March 1896, he married Alberta Rowland (1876-1939) and they had four children: Mary Anna “Oma” Dennison (1897-1974, wife of ? Rice), Leslie Hoyle Dennison (1898-1918), Rowland Henry Dennison (1900-1966), and Francis Harold Dennison (1911-1970). He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and Canadian Automobile Club.
He died at Brandon on 20 February 1950 and was buried in the Brandon Cemetery.
The Story of Manitoba by F. H. Schofield, Winnipeg: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1913.
Obituary [Leslie Hoyle Dennison], Brandon Daily Sun, 7 December 1918, page 5.
Death registration [John Edward Dennison], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Obituary, Brandon Daily Sun, 24 February 1950, page 5.
Obituary [Rowland Henry Dennison], Brandon Daily Sun, 26 April 1966, page 11.
Obituary [Francis Harold Dennison], Winnipeg Free Press, 5 February 1970, page 37.
Obituary [Mary Anna Rice], Brandon Daily Sun, 31 October 1974, page 20.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Darryl Toews.
Page revised: 28 February 2024
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