Railwayman, plant manager.
Born at Stratford, Ontario on 14 July 1881, he came to western Canada in 1898 and held a secretarial position with the Great Northern Railway. From 1900 to 1910, he worked for the firm of McKenzie and Mann on construction of the Canadian Northern Railway. He left railroading in 1918 to work for the Spanish River Pulp and Paper Company at Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, as secretary to Colonel C. H. L. Jones. In 1925, he began working on the Manitoba Paper Company project organized by John Duncan McArthur and moved to the new town of Pine Falls to become the plant’s manager. He held the position to the end of his life.
He and wife Muriel D. ? (1882-1961) had five children: James Irvine, John Cecil Irvine (1916-1983), William Irvine, Mary Irvine (wife of ? Hamlin), and Catherine Irvine (wife of ? Douglas).
He died at the Winnipeg General Hospital on 24 December 1945 and was buried in the Pine Falls Community Cemetery. The honorary pallbearers were Wesley McCurdy, Richard Lippincott Denison, Richard Jackson, E. H. Smith, William Henry Carter, Maurice Clark Gilman, Edwin Victor Caton, William Parker Fillmore, Charles Campbell, and Dr. William Creighton.
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Irvine House (7 Walnut Street, Powerview-Pine Falls)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Pine Falls Paper Mill (Powerview-Pine Falls)
Death registration [Charles Cecil Irvine], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
“Last respects paid to Charles C. Irvine,” Winnipeg Tribune, 27 December 1945, page 1.
Obituary [John Cecil Irvine], Lac du Bonnet Leader, 14 June 1983, page 9.
Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.
This page was prepared by Jordan Makichuk and Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 16 February 2025
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