Born at Newby Wiske, Yorkshire, England in 1860, he apprenticed as a bricklayer and mason before emigrating to Canada in 1882. He arrived in Winnipeg and worked as a contractor either alone or with partners including William James Hodgins.
He and wife Sarah Elizabeth Hall (1862-1952) had four children: Gertrude Elizabeth Horner (1885-1973, wife of Wesley John Gerow), Marjorie Millicent Horner (1895-?), William Hall “Bill” Horner (1897-1974), and Gordon Hall Horner (1905-1976). He died at his Winnipeg home, 494 Spence Street, on 22 October 1916 and was buried in the St. James Anglican Cemetery.
Some of his construction works in Manitoba included:
Building
Location
Year
Status
Bryan House
49 Kennedy Street, Winnipeg
1901
Demolished (?)
Porter Building
368-370 Main Street, Winnipeg
1902
Demolished (?)
McCutcheon House
Edmonton Street, Winnipeg
1902
Demolished (?)
Watrous Engine Works Warehouse
157 Higgins Avenue, Winnipeg
1902
Demolished (?)
Vendome Hotel (addition)
308 Fort Street, Winnipeg
1902
Codville Spice Mill
Lombard Avenue East, Winnipeg
1903
Demolished (?)
Vendome Hotel (addition)
308 Fort Street, Winnipeg
1904
Drewry Brewery (alterations and additions)
Redwood Avenue, Winnipeg
1904-1910
Demolished (?)
Crispo House
52 Balmoral Street, Winnipeg
1905
494 Spence Street, Winnipeg
1905
Central Congregational Church (addition and alterations)
374 Hargrave Street, Winnipeg
1906
Demolished (1936)
172-182 Logan Avenue / 48 Martha Street, Winnipeg
1906
Demolished (1940)
55 Redwood Avenue, Winnipeg
1907
Demolished (1999)
1000 Main Street, Winnipeg
1908
99 Middle Gate, Winnipeg
1910
Galt House
460 Wellington Crescent, Winnipeg
1910
Demolished (?)
646 Logan Avenue, Winnipeg
1910
55 Redwood Avenue, Winnipeg
1910-1911
Demolished (1999)
Union Bank Building
588 Sargent Avenue, Winnipeg
1911
Demolished (?)
145 Bannerman Avenue, Winnipeg
1912
White House
147 Bannerman Avenue, Winnipeg
1912
Sutherland Hotel (addition)
785 Main Street, Winnipeg
1913
Birth registrations [Margarete Millicent Horner, William Hall Horner, Gordon Hall Horner], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
1901 and 1911 censuses, Automated Genealogy.
Marriage registration [Gertrude Elizabeth Horner, Wesley John Gerow], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Death registration [William Horner], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
“Permits pass the nine million mark,” Manitoba Free Press, 13 July 1911, page 3.
“Wm. Horner, 56, builder, dies,” Winnipeg Tribune, 23 October 1916, page 3.
“Building permits $1,250,000 ahead of last year,” Manitoba Free Press, 24 August 1929, page 16.
“Sarah Horner dies Wednesday in 91st year,” Winnipeg Free Press, 23 July 1952, page 6.
Obituary [Gertrude Elizabeth Gerow], Winnipeg Free Press, 6 November 1973, page 19.
Obituary [William Hall Horner], Winnipeg Free Press, 22 October 1974, page 41.
Death registration [Gordon Hall Horner], British Columbia Vital Statistics.
Obituary [Gordon Hall Horner], Winnipeg Free Press, 24 August 1976, page 23.
“494 Spence Street, William Horner House” by Murray Peterson, February 2009.
“147 Bannerman Avenue, Archibald E. White House” by Murray Peterson, February 2009.
“785 Main Street, Sutherland (Cosmopolitan) Hotel” by Murray Peterson, February 2009.
“308 Fort Street - Vendome Hotel” by Murray Peterson, City of Winnipeg Historical Buildings and Resources Committee, February 2016.
“306 Ross Avenue, Leadlay Building” by Murray Peterson, City of Winnipeg Historical Buildings and Resources Committee, May 2019.
Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.
We thank Nathan Kramer for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Jordan Makichuk and Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 15 June 2024
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