Farmer, merchant.
Born at Banffshire, Scotland on 23 July 1867, son of John Mitchell and Ann Forbes, the family emigrated to Canada in 1873, settling in Waterloo Country, Ontario. He attended local schools until the age of 16 when he returned to work on the farm. In 1891 he went to Manitoba and worked in the milling business for ten years. He moved to Birtle in 1902 and bought an interest in a hardware store in partnership with Arthur Doig. On 30 March 1904, he married Evalina Luella Laidman (1875-1968) and they had a daughter, Evelyn Isabel Mitchell (1905-1961). He was a member of the Presbyterian Church. He died at Rochester, Minnesota on 31 March 1919 and was buried in the Birtle Cemetery.
The Story of Manitoba by F. H. Schofield, Winnipeg: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1913.
Obituary, The Eye-Witness, 1 April 1919, page 5.
Obituary, The Eye-Witness, 8 April 1919, page 5.
Obituary [Evelyn Isabel Mitchell], The Province, 9 January 1961, page 23.
Obituary [Evalina Luella Laidman Mitchell], The Province, 13 August 1968, page 22.
We thank Darryl Toews for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 5 May 2024
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