Businessman.
Born at Brantford, Ontario on 17 April 1863, son of Willliam Eadie, he came to Portage la Prairie in 1880 and took up a homestead near where the town of Treherne now stands. He then operated a plastering and brick laying business for ten years until 1891 when he turned to agricultural implement business.
In 1884, he married Rachel Gertrude Little (1864-1946) of Ontario. They had seven children: Frank Clifford Eadie (1886-1956), Edward Gordon Eadie (1888-1910), Marion E. Eadie (1891-?), Florence May “Florrie” Eadie (1894-1965), Ella Lynda Eadie (1896-1896), Charles Westbrook Eadie (1897-1918), and Ruby Eadie (1903-1916). He was a member of the Knights of Pythias and Independent Order of Foresters.
He died at Vancouver, British Columbia on 1 August 1940 and was buried in the Mountain View Cemetery at Vancouver.
1901 Canada census, Automated Genealogy.
A History of Manitoba: Its Resources and People by Prof. George Bryce, Toronto: The Canadian History Company, 1906.
Obituary [Edward Gordon Eadie], The Daily Province, 28 April 1910, page 8.
Death registration [James Eadie], British Columbia Vital Statistics.
Obituary [Rachel Gertrude Little Eadie], Vancouver Sun, 16 January 1946, page 17.
Obituary [Frank Clifford Eadie], Vancouver Sun, 9 July 1956, page 24.
Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.
James Eadie, FindAGrave.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Darryl Toews.
Page revised: 8 June 2024
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