Memorable Manitobans: John E. Heslip (1870-1955)

Building contractor.

Born at Chesley, Ontario on 7 September 1870, son of John W. Heslip (1831-1916) and Elizabeth Gillespie (?-1884), he worked as stableman at Chesley until at last 1896 before moving to Winnipeg where he worked as a bricklayer for a time. By the time of the 1911 federal census, he was a building contractor. On 6 May 1896, he married Margaret Ellen “Maggie” Barss (1867-1960) at Sullivan Township, Ontario. They had no children. He died at Calgary, Alberta on 27 October 1955 and was buried there.

Some of his construction work in Manitoba included:

Building	Location	Year	Status
Winnipeg Granite and Marble Building (with Samuel McComb)	248 Princess Street, Winnipeg	1904
Clare and Brockest Warehouse	527 Waterfront Drive, Winnipeg	1911	Demolished (?)
Carleton Warehouse	50 Macdonald Avenue, Winnipeg	1912	Demolished (?)

Sources:

Ontario

1901 and 1911 Canada censuses, Automated Genealogy.

Death registration [John Heslip], Manitoba Vital Statistics.

John Heslip, FindAGrave.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Jordan Makichuk.

Page revised: 12 February 2025

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