Real estate agent.
Born at Stratford, Ontario on 17 June 1858, son of MP S. R. Hesson and Polly Hesson, he was educated at the Stratford public school. In 1882, he married Edith Emma Wade (1860-1909) at Detroit, Michigan and in time they had five children: Hilda Hesson, Rollin Wade Hesson (1885-1938), Frederick Leopold Hesson, Louisa Hesson (1889-?), and Ruth Hesson (1892-1964). He came to Brandon in 1882 and worked as a merchant and later as a real estate agent and customs collector. In 1892, his home on Nineteenth Street was designed and built by Frederick J. Chubb. The family moved to Winnipeg in 1901, lived at 211 Smith Street, and he was a member of the Adanac Club, Conservative party, and Anglican church. His recreations included all outdoor sports. He died at Middlechurch on 6 March 1918 and was buried in the St. John’s Cathedral Cemetery.
1901 Canada census, Automated Genealogy.
Who’s Who in Western Canada: A Biographical Dictionary of Notable Living Men and Women of Western Canada, Volume 1, edited by C. W. Parker, Vancouver: Canadian Press Association, 1911.
Birth and death registrations, Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Obituary, Manitoba Free Press, 7 March 1918, page 12.
“F. H. Hesson dies in Middlechurch,” Winnipeg Tribune, 8 March 1918, page 2.
Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 22 May 2020
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