Businessman.
Born at Kincardine, Ontario on 15 August 1870, son of Hugh and Christina Lamont, he came with his family to the Brandon Hills where he was schooled until the age of 16. He quit school to work on the family farm. In 1892 he purchased 320 acres and began farming them. He sold the farm in 1906 and purchased 800 acres. Around 1910, he moved to Brandon and became a partner in the firm of McKinnon and Lamont that sold coal, wood, fuel, flour, and feed. He moved to Winnipeg around 1918 and later to Terrace, British Columbia.
On 29 July 1896, he married Christina Rice (c1873-1921) in the Brandon Hills. They had two daughters: Susan Rankin Lamont (1897-1981, wife of Robert McLeod Myers) and Edith Alexandria Lamont (1904-1989, wife of Wilfred Cameron). The family lived at 418 Eighth Street, Brandon (c1913). He was a member of the Baptist Church.
He died at Prince Rupert, British Columbia on 9 May 1951 and was buried in the Royal Oak Cemetery at Victoria.
Marriage registration [Peter Lamont, Christina Rice], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Birth registrations [Susan Rankin Lamont, Edith Alexandria Lamont], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
The Story of Manitoba by F. H. Schofield, Winnipeg: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1913.
Death registration [Christina Lamont], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Marriage registration [Susan Rankin Lamont, Robert McLeod Myers], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Death registration [Peter Lamont], British Columbia Vital Statistics.
Obituary, Brandon Daily Sun, 10 May 1951, page 5.
Obituary [Susan Rankin Myers], Winnipeg Free Press, 9 September 1981, page 72.
Obituary [Edith Alexandria Cameron], Winnipeg Free Press, 31 August 1989, page 47.
We thank Darryl Toews for providing additional information used here.
Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 14 May 2024
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