Farmer.
Born at Perthshire, Scotland on 5 October 1866, son of William and Corstina Glendinning, he emigrated to Manitoba in 1892 and farmed 200 acres in the Assiniboine River valley. It became the nucleus of a 960-acre farm on Township 10, Range 26 near Virden where he raised horses and cattle. On 15 June 1892, he married Christina Robertson (1862-1941) at Glasgow, Scotland. They had three children: William Glendinning (?-?), Tina Glendinning (?-?), and John Glendinning (1900-1954). He was a member of the Presbyterian church. He died at Virden on 10 January 1940 and was buried in the Virden Cemetery.
Birth registration [John Glendinning], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
The Story of Manitoba by F. H. Schofield, Winnipeg: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1913.
Death registrations [John Glendinning, Christina Glendinning], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
John Glendinning Jr, FindAGrave.
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: 1 March 2024
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