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David Dexter Lewers
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Grain company executive.
Born at Garden Island, Ontario on 6 January 1872, son of David and Agnes Lewers, he was educated locally then worked as a machinist with Calvin Company at Garden Island (1886-1890). He was a marine engineer (1890-1893) before moving to Hartney in 1893. There, he worked as a grain buyer (1894-1899). He was a traveller for the Northern Elevator Company (c1903), Superintendent of Western Canada for the Winnipeg Elevator Company (?-1910) then he became manager of the Atlas Elevator Company in 1910.
On 12 November 1903, he married Lorine Elizabeth Wood (1881-1923) at Souris and they subsequently had four children: Dorothy Lewers (1904-?), Jack Lewers (1907-?), Lorine Lewers (1913-?), and David Dexter Lewers (1916-1970). He was a member of the Adanac Club, Conservative party, and Presbyterian church. His recreations included motoring and curling. He lived at 62 Sherbrook Street (c1915).
He died at Vancouver, British Columbia on 20 May 1938.
1901 Canada census, Automated Genealogy.
Marriage registration [David Dexter Lewis, Louise Elizabeth Wood], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
"Lewers - Wood," Brandon Sun, 19 November 1903, page 6.
Who's Who and Why, Volumes 6 and 7, 1915-1916, page 448.
1921 Canada census, Ancestry.
“Mrs. D. D. Lewers dead,” Winnipeg Tribune, 1 March 1923, page 6.
Death registrations, British Columbia Vital Statistics.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 22 October 2021
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