Builder, municipal official.
Born in Manitoba on 6 June 1878, son of Andrew Wilson Maxwell and Flora Garrioch (1857-1941), he worked in construction with the firm of Haney, Quainlan and Robinson, in which capacity he supervised construction of the railway shops in Transcona. On 14 December 1910, he married Frances Letitia “Daisy” McDermot (?-?) in the RM of Victoria. In May 1912, he was acclaimed the first Mayor of Transcona. He later moved to Montreal, Quebec where he was working at the time of his death as general building superintendent for A. Janin and Company. He died in December 1947 and was buried in the Mount Royal Cemetery.
1901 and 1911 Canada censes, Automated Genealogy.
Marriage registration, Manitoba Vital Statistics.
“Maxell Mayor of Transcona,” Manitoba Free Press, 14 May 1912, page 28.
“Town councillors of Transcona deal with variety of matters,” Winnipeg Free Press, 1 July 1936, page 2.
“C. J. E. Maxwell funeral rites set,” The Gazette, 16 December 1947, page 21.
Holland, Manitoba: 1877-1967 by Holland History Book Committee, 1967, pages 217-219. [Manitoba Legislative Library, F5649.H64 Hol]
We thank Darryl Toews for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
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