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Joseph Lemon
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Businessman.
Born at Lemonville, Ontario on 17 March 1862, son of George Lemon (1824-1908) and Margaret Pingle (1828-1910), he came to Manitoba in 1882 and became employed with the Manitoba Cartage and Warehousing Company, eventually becoming its General Manager. He remained with the company until his death.
On 15 February 1888, he married Margaret Emily McMullen (1866-1956, daughter of Henry McMullen) and they had two children: Ewart Roy Lemon (1889-1908) and Della Louise Lemon (1894-1977). He was keenly interested in horse and dog breeding, and was an active lacrosse player and snowshoer in his youth. He curled and served as President of the Granite Curling Club (1907-1908) and was made an Honorary Life Member of the Manitoba Curling Association (1915). He was a founding member, in 1905, of the St. Charles Country Club. He had a hunting lodge at Delta Marsh that subsequently was owned by Donald Henderson Bain.
He died at his Winnipeg residence, 420 Edmonton Street, on 1 October 1925 and was buried in the St. John’s Cathedral Cemetery.
Birth registration [Della Louise Lemon], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Death registrations [Ernest Roy Lemon, Joseph Lemon], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
“Deaths and funerals [Ewart Roy Lemon],” Manitoba Free Press, 7 March 1908, page 9.
“Prominent Winnipeg business man passes,” Manitoba Free Press, 2 October 1925. [Manitoba Legislative Library, Biographical Scrapbook B8]
Obituary [Della Louise Lemon], Winnipeg Free Press, 26 October 1977, page 138.
Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.
We thank Rick Mutton for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 10 December 2025
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