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Memorable Manitobans: Joseph McClure (1849-1916)Printer, journalist. Born in Peel County, Ontario on 25 January 1849, he came to Manitoba in 1880 and took up farming. He later moved to Winnipeg where he worked as a printer. He then was editor and proprietor of the Stonewall Gazette for about ten years. In 1913, he retired to Nelson, British Columbia where he died on 21 January 1916. Sources:1901 Canada census, Automated Genealogy. Death registration, British Columbia Vital Statistics. “Joseph M’Clure dead”, Manitoba Free Press, January 1916. [Manitoba Legislative Library, Biographical Scrapbook B6] This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough. Page revised: 11 October 2010
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