Business manager.
Born at Erin, Ontario on 5 October 1869, son of William Matthews and Eliza Garrett, he apprenticed in his father’s harness shop until the age of 21 years, when he moved to Acton, Ontario and operated his own harness business until 1904, when he moved to Brandon and went into the jewelry business with W. H. Mallett for a year. Afterwards, he returned to the harness business by purchasing an interest in the Adams Brothers Wholesale Harness Company, changing its name to the Brandon Harness Company with himself as Manager. He opened retail harness shops at Saskatoon and Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan.
On 2 October 1887, he married Annie Rosetta Mallett (1865-1962) at Park Hill, Ontario. They had a daughter, Hazel Matthews (?-?. wife of jeweler George F. Thompson). He was a member of the Brandon Board of Trade, Lacrosse Club of Brandon, Masons, and St. Paul's United Church. He owned and raced several standard bred horses.
He died at Brandon on 8 March 1944 and was buried in the Brandon Cemetery.
The Story of Manitoba by F. H. Schofield, Winnipeg: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1913.
Obituary, Brandon Sun, 9 March 1944, page 5.
Obituary [Annie Rosetta Mellett Matthews], Brandon Sun, 28 November 1962, page 20.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Darryl Toews.
Page revised: 16 May 2024
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