Grain merchant.
Born in Lancaster Township, Upper Canada (now Ontario) on 13 August 1832, he worked in the lumbering business at Lancaster and Millbrook until 1881, when he came to Manitoba on behalf of a group of Ontario farmers. They came in 1882 and settled around Sourisford. He farmed for a time then he moved to Winnipeg in 1885 where he began working in the grain industry in the firm A. McBean and Sons. It operated grain elevators and warehouses at Baldur, Clearwater, Hilton, and Wawanesa.
About 1858, he married Sarah Dawson (1837-1921) of Millbrook, Ontario and they had eight children: Mary McBean (wife of H. A. Jukes), F. J. McBean, George A. McBean, Oscar McBean, W. D. McBean, Henry Malcolm “Harry” McBean (c1876-1961), Bruce McBean, and Athol Robert James McBean.
He died at his Winnipeg residence, 114 James Street on 19 January 1899 and was buried in the Elmwood Cemetery.
Death registration, Manitoba Vital Statistics.
“Arch M’Bean dead,” Winnipeg Tribune, 19 January 1899, page 4.
“Mr. A. M’Bean passes away,” Manitoba Free Press, 20 January 1899, page 6.
Twelfth Annual Report of the Winnipeg Grain and Produce Exchange, 10 January 1900, page 13. [Manitoba Legislative Library, HD9044, Win 1900]
Obituary [Henry Malcolm McBean], Winnipeg Tribune, 4 April 1961.
Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 14 September 2024
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