Farmer.
Born in the Township of Clark, Ontario on 12 April 1858, he moved to Peel County and later to Huron County before coming to Manitoba in 1881. He homesteaded the south-west quarter of 20-4-10W and, by 1925, farmed 480 acres near La Riviere. In 1887, he married Mary Ann Hammond (1853-1926) and they had two sons and a daughter. He was a School Trustee for some years. He died at Pilot Mound on 12 December 1927 and was buried in the Pilot Mound Old Cemetery.
Pioneers and Prominent People of Manitoba, Winnipeg: Canadian Publicity Company, 1925.
Death registration [James Alexander Fallis], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
“Mrs. Alex. Fallis was one district's early pioneers,” [sic] Pilot Mound Sentinel, 18 March 1926, page 1.
“Jas. Alex. Fallis, pioneer, passes,” Pilot Mound Sentinel, 22 December 1927, page 1.
Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.
We thank Darryl Toews for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 7 June 2024
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