Journalist.
Born at Little Prairie, Wisconsin on 16 February 1875, son of Reverend John and Grace Greenway, he came to Manitoba in 1880 and worked successively as a farmer, teacher, telegraph operator, and newspaper reporter. In 1911, he was editor of the Manitoba Weekly Free Press, based at Winnipeg.
In 1905, he married Ada Maria Cooke (1876-1959) at Boissevain and they had six children: Bessie Maria Grace Greenway (1909-1978, wife of Nils Bartels), Cora Audrey Greenway (1911-1993, wife of Thomas Park), Robert Seldon Earle Greenway (1913-1943), Emil Greenway (1915-1915), Norma Greenway (1915-1915), and Lys Alison Greenway (1916-1992, wife of Morland James Dowhan). They lived at 140 Marion Street, Norwood (c1911) and later at Sampson, Saskatchewan. His recreations included all outdoor sports, gardening, and chess.
He died in September 1944 and was buried in the Crystal City Cemetery.
1911 Canada census, Automated Genealogy.
Birth registrations [Emil Greenway, Norma Greenway], Saskatchewan Vital Statistics.
Death registrations [Emil Greenway. Norma Greenway], Saskatchewan Vital Statistics.
Who’s Who in Western Canada: A Biographical Dictionary of Notable Living Men and Women of Western Canada, Volume 1, 1911. C. W. Parker, editor. Canadian Press Association, Vancouver.
“Dowhan - Greenway,” Winnipeg Free Press, 4 September 1944, page 6.
Obituary, The Leader Post, 20 September 1944, page 11.
Obituary [Ada Maria Cook Greenway], Winnipeg Tribune, 7 May 1959, page 58.
Obituary [Bessie Maria Grace Bartels], Winnipeg Free Press, 22 August 1978, page 25.
Obituary [Alison Dowhan], Winnipeg Free Press, 12 May 1992, page C28.
Obituary [Cora Audrey Park], The Star Phoenix, 16 October 1993, page E7.
Flying Officer Robert Seldon Earle Greenway, Canadian Virtual War Memorial.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Darryl Toews.
Page revised: 29 June 2024
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