Memorable Manitobans: John Cram Gordon (1855-1923)

Druggist.

Born at Osgoode, Ontario in 1855, he worked in Montreal as a druggist before coming to Winnipeg in 1879. He opened a small drug store in the old Wesley Hall on Main Street, later moving the business to a site later occupied by the Royal Alexandra Hotel. Some years later he became partners with William James Mitchell in the Gordon-Mitchell Drug Company and they opened a chain of stores around Winnipeg. The company was later taken over by Liggetts and Gordon retired in 1912. He and wife Mary had three children: Graham Gordon (1882-?), Elsie Gordon (1885-?), and Keith Gordon (1895-?). He died at his Winnipeg home on 12 September 1923 and was buried in the St. John's Cathedral Cemetery.

See also:

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Gordon and Mitchell Building / Bank of Montreal Building (676 Main Street, Winnipeg)

Sources:

1901 Canada census, Automated Genealogy.

Death registration, Manitoba Vital Statistics.

“Late J. C. Gordon was prominent druggist, founded the Gordon-Mitchell Drug Co.—came to Winnipeg in 1879,” Winnipeg Free Press, 13 September 1923. [Manitoba Legislative Library, Biographical Scrapbook B7]

Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 31 October 2024

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