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Francis Stanley Fowlie
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Hotelier.
Born at Deloraine on 24 April 1890, son of hotelier James Fowlie (1857-1927) and Elizabeth Jane Wells (1867-1925), his childhood was spent at Boissevain.
Around 1908, he moved to Winnipeg and was President of the Fowlie Hotel Company, taking over operation of the Brunswick Hotel from his father, and building the St. James Hotel (1928), Cambridge Hotel (1938), Mall Hotel (1939), and St. Vital Hotel (1948). He served as President of the Manitoba Hotel Association (1939-1940, 1948) and Canadian Hotel Association. He retired in 1948.
He was married twice, first on 10 December 1913 to Mary Jane Spence (1891-1929) with whom he had a son, Gordon James Fowlie. On 31 July 1930, he married Esther May Gauer (c1900-1971). He was a member of the Winnipeg Rugby Football Club, Carleton Club, and Horseman’s Association. At one time, he owned a stable of race horses.
He died at the Winnipeg General Hospital on 26 August 1958 and was buried in the Elmwood Cemetery.
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: St. James Hotel (1719 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Cambridge Hotel (1022 Pembina Highway, Winnipeg)
Birth, marriage, and death registrations, Manitoba Vital Statistics.
1901 Canada census, Automated Genealogy.
“Hotelman F. S. Fowlie dies at 68,” Winnipeg Free Press, 27 August 1958.
Obituary [Esther May Fowlie], Winnipeg Free Press, 23 November 1971, page 29.
Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.
We thank Andrew Cunningham for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 11 October 2024
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