Journalist.
Born at Gravenhurst, Ontario on 9 May 1886, son of Edward Carlton Marter and Jessie McGregor, he was educated at private and public schools, and the University of Toronto. He began a journalistic career with the Toronto World and, in 1912, moved to Saskatchewan to become telegraph editor at the Saskatoon Phoenix.
In 1913, he came to Winnipeg and joined the staff of the Telegram, moving to the Manitoba Free Press in 1916 as its telegraph editor until 1920 when he became editor of the Free Press Prairie Farmer. He held this position until retirement in 1946.
He and wife Delilah Maude Macklen (1881-1960) had three daughters: Grace Helen Marter (?-?, wife of Gilbert Hicks), Marjorie Eleanor Marter (1915-?, wife of Ronald Hugh McFarlane), and Doris Gwendolyn Marter (1919-?, wife of F. S. Bennett). He was secretary of the Winnipeg Publicity Committee of the Inter-Church World Movement and a member of the St. Andrews River Heights United Church.
He died at his Winnipeg home, 275 Ash Street, on 17 June 1954 and was buried in the Elmwood Cemetery.
Ontario birth registration, Ancestry.
Birth registrations [Marjoire Eleano Marter, Doris Gwendolyn Marter], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Marriage registration [Grace Helen Marter, Gilbert Hicks], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
“McFarlane-Marter nuptials held at St. Andrew's, Tuesday,” Winnipeg Free Press, 16 December 1942, page 6.
“F. M. Marter, ex-editor, dies at 68,” Winnipeg Tribune, 18 June 1954, page 16.
“Church worker, Mrs. Marter dies,” Winnipeg Free Press, 5 May 1960, page 24.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 3 July 2022
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