Born in Yorkshire, England on 26 February 1867, he came with his family to Canada in 1904 and settled at Winnipeg where he worked as a building contractor. He and wife Agnes Walker (1864-1936) had three children: Ellen Metcalfe (1888-1972, wife of D. E. L. Fisher), Mary Madge Metcalfe (1891-1944), Eric Metcalfe (1903-?). He was a member of the Sons of England the Yorkshire Society. He moved to Vancouver, British Columbia around 1927 and died there on 30 July 1947.
Some of his construction works in Manitoba included:
Building
Location
Year
Status
430 Young Street, Winnipeg
1906
451 Hethrington Avenue, Winnipeg
1909
1911 Canada census, Automated Genealogy.
Death registrations, British Columbia Vital Statistics.
Obituary, Winnipeg Tribune, 1 August 1947, page 3.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 4 August 2023
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