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Francis Arthur Drummond
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Insurance agent.
Born in Scotland in September 1857, youngest son of Andrew Drummond, he came to Winnipeg from Ottawa in 1879. During the 1880s, he was Secretary of the Northwest Navigation Company that operated steamboats on the Red and Assiniboine rivers, working under General Manager William Robinson.
On 28 April 1909, he married Edith Lavinia Carley (1889-1969) at Winnipeg and they had two daughters: Frances Carley Drummond (1910-?) and Margaret “Peggy” Drummond (1914-?). He was one of the founders of the St. Charles Country Club.
He died at his Winnipeg residence on 10 October 1936 and was buried in the Old Kildonan Cemetery.
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Chaffey and Verhoeven Building (289 Garry Street, Winnipeg)
“The steamers Marquette & Alpha,” Manitoba Free Press, 29 April 1885, page 3.
Marriage registration [Francis Arthur Drummond, Edith Lavinia Carley], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Birth registration [Frances Carley Drummond], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
1921 Canada census, Ancestry.
Death registration [Francis Arthur Drummond], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 14 October 1936, page 3.
Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.
We thank Bonnie Bileski for additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 9 November 2024
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