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Memorable Manitobans: James Green (c1847-1892)
Farmer, municipal official.
Born in the Red River Settlement, his family being among the first settlers, he lived at Headingley with his widowed mother before moving to Minnesota for a time, to the farm of his uncle Thomas Porter, on the Mississippi River near St. Cloud. He returned to Headingley and began farming before moving to St. Charles. In 1867, he married a daughter of W. Stevenson and they had six children. Green was a member of the Municipal Council of Assiniboia and for some years was Reeve of the Municipality. He died on 9 March 1892.
Sources:
Death registration, Manitoba Vital Statistics.
“Death of Mr. James Green,” Manitoba Daily Free Press, 11 March 1892, page 6.
“Looking backwards,” Manitoba Free Press, 5 January 1921, page 11.
Pioneers and Early Citizens of Manitoba, Winnipeg: Manitoba Library Association, 1971.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Nathan Kramer.
Page revised: 28 March 2014
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