Lawyer.
Born at Fishers Mills, Ontario on 1 August 1876, son of John A. Markle and Rebecca Clemens, he came to Manitoba with his family in 1882 where his father worked in the flour-milling business at Birtle, afterwards working for the Indian Department in 1883 and was for a time Indian Agent at Birtle, later at the Blackfoot Indian Reserve, and Inspector of Indian Agencies for Alberta. Mervyn was educated at Birtle School, Berlin (Kitchener) Collegiate, University of Manitoba (1989), and Chatham Business College.
He articled in law to John Crerar of Melita and was called to the Manitoba Bar in 1902. For a time he was associated with Charles Julius Mickle in the practice of law at Birtle, afterwards moving to Shoal Lake where he continued his law practice and served as solicitor for the Village of Shoal Lake and the Rural Municipality of Shoal Lake. He was a member of the Law Society of Manitoba.
On 10 August 1904, he married Lydia Isabella Bates (1883-1981) at Shoal Lake. They had ten chldren: Vernon Bates Markle (1905-?), Mervyn Clarence Markle (1906-?), Margaret Noreen Markle (1907-?, wife of Ken Scott), Gerald Asquith Markle (1908-?), Claude Everett Markle (1911-?), Sherwood Ward Markle (1913-1998), Jack Wellington Markle (1915-?), David Lloyd Markle (1916-?), Orin Clemens Markle (1920-?), and Ruth Elizabeth Markle (1922-?, wife of Bill Kett). He was a member of the IOOF. He served as a member and Secretary-Treasurer of the Shoal Lake Hospital Board, a member and Chairman of the Shoal Lake School Board, and a member of the Trustee Board for the Methodist and Union churches. He was Mayor of Shoal Lake (1910-1911).
He died at Shoal Lake on 11 June 1935 and was buried in the Shoal Lake Municipal Cemetery.
Marriage registration [Mervyn Clemens Markle, Lydia Isabella Bates], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Birth registrations [Vernon Bates Markle, Mervyn Clarence Markle, Margaret Noreen Markle, Gerald Asquith Markle, Claude Everett Markle, Sherwood Ward Markle, Jack Wellington Markle, David Lloyd Markle, Orin Clemens Markle, Ruth Elizabeth Markle], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
The Story of Manitoba by F. H. Schofield, Winnipeg: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1913.
Pioneers and Prominent People of Manitoba, Winnipeg: Canadian Publicity Company, 1925.
Death registration [Mervyn Clemens Markle], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Obituary, Shoal Lake Star, 13 June 1935, page 1.
Obituary [Lydia Isabella Markle], Winnipeg Free Press, 19 March 1981, page 50.
Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.
We thank Darryl Toews for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 19 May 2024
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