Hotelier.
Born at Kincardine, Ontario on 31 August 1860, son of Donald McLennan and Mary McKan, he was educated locally then worked in a mine for two years before, in August 1881, coming to Winnipeg. He worked in a survey party for two years then, from 1883 to 1891, he farmed near Portage la Prairie. In the latter year he moved to Minnedosa where, in partnership with James Fraser Rea, he operated the Grand Central Hotel until 1904 when the partners erected the Tremont Hotel. He was a member of the IOOF (Portage Lodge No. 3). He died at Minnedosa on 6 September 1906 and was buried in the cemetery at Kincardine, Ontario.
A History of Manitoba: Its Resources and People by Prof. George Bryce, Toronto: The Canadian History Company, 1906.
“Vital statistics,” Birtle Eye-Witness, 11 September 1906, page 4.
We thank Darryl Toews for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
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