Tailor, civil servant.
Born at Bradford, Ontario on 10 February 1861, son of Donald and Elsa McNiven, he was educated at public schools of Harriston, Ontario until the age of 14 when he began to work as a tailor, moving to Manitoba in the late 1880s and operating a tailor shop at Virden until he retired from business in 1906. He also served as a customs officer there. On 16 July 1886, he married Elizabeth Montgomery (1866-1947) at Walkerton, Ontario. They had three children: Donald Alexander McNiven, Jessie Merle McNiven (1890-1975, wife of Lewis James Carter), and Bessie Jean McNiven (1900-?, wife of Walter Stewart Moore). He was a member of the Masons, IOOF, Canadian Order of Foresters, and Presbyterian Church. He served for several years on the Virden School Board. He died in 1938 and was buried in the Virden Cemetery.
Birth and marriage registrations, Manitoba Vital Statistics.
1901 Canada census, Automated Genealogy.
The Story of Manitoba by F. H. Schofield, Winnipeg: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1913.
“Mrs. J. D. McNiven,” Winnipeg Free Press, 23 August 1947, page 26.
“Deaths,” Winnipeg Free Press, 1 August 1961, page 12.
Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 14 January 2018
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