Memorable Manitobans: George Edgar McCulloch (1883-1935)

Pharmacist.

Born at Mount Forest, Ontario on 6 April 1883, son of Francis and Florence McCulloch, he graduated from the local high school in 1898, apprenticed as a pharmacist then attended the College of Pharmacy at Toronto, Ontario, graduating in 1903. He came to Brandon and took a job as a pharmacist at the drug store owned by John William Fleming. He operated his own business, the Red Cross Drug Store, from 1906 to November 1912, when he became Manager of the Central Drug Store. He was a member of the Masons, IOOF, Brandon Commercial Club, and Presbyterian church. He died in October 1935 and was buried in the Park Lawn Cemetery at Toronto, Ontario.

Sources:

The Story of Manitoba by F. H. Schofield, Winnipeg: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1913.

Obituary - The Toronto Star, 17 October 1935, page 42.

We thank Darryl Toews for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 16 May 2024

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