Railwayman.
Born at Three Rivers, Quebec on 12 October 1861, son of William and Alamena Lanigan, at the age of 17 years he took a job as a telegrapher for the Grand Trunk Railway at Upton, Quebec. Three years later he took a similar job with the Canadian Pacific Railway at Sharbot Lake. He was successively promoted to the positions of station agent, train agent, freight agent, and assistant general freight agent. In July 1901 he was transferred to Winnipeg to become general freight agent for the central and western divisions of the CPR.
In 1886, he married Arabella Avery (1860-1927) of Mallorytown, Ontario. They had two children: William Leonard Lanigan (1887-1918) and Alice Ethel Lanigan (1889-1953). He served as President of the St. Charles Country Club (1916-1917).
He died at New Westminster, British Columbia on 23 August 1952 and was buried in the Ross Bay Cemetery.
A History of Manitoba: Its Resources and People by Prof. George Bryce, Toronto: The Canadian History Company, 1906.
Obituary [Arabella Avery Lanigan], Victoria Daily Times, 31 January 1927, page 4.
Death registration [William Blackstock Lanigan], British Columbia Vital Statistics.
Obituary [Alice Ethel Lanigan McCallum], Victoria Daily Times, 3 April 1954, page 25.
We thank Darryl Toews for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 7 July 2024
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