Memorable Manitobans: William Moxam (1882-1950)

Building contractor.

Born at Foresters Falls, Ontario, Ontario on 25 August 1882, son of Emanuel M. Moxam (1854-?) and Annie Moxam (1852-?), twin brother of John Archibald Moxam, he came to Manitoba in 1903 and worked as a building contractor, at Petersfield for four years and later at Winnipeg. He and wife Ethel Blanche Demille (1886-1955) had two daughters: Marjorie Irene Moxam (1906-?, wife of Clarence Lee Tallie) and Helen Adelaide Moxam (1907-1987). He was a charter member of the Vermillion Lodge AF & AM at Dauphin. He died at the St. Boniface Hospital on 28 April 1950 and was buried in the Brookside Cemetery.

Some of his construction works in Manitoba included:

Building

Location

Year

Status

MacMillan Court

469 Kennedy Street, Winnipeg

1910

 

Vansittart Apartments

348 Stradbrook Avenue, Winnipeg

1910

Demolished (?)

Blackstone Apartments

100 Roslyn Road, Winnipeg

1927

 

Tuxedo Apartments

213 Langside Street, Winnipeg

1927

 

Bronx Apartments

393 River Avenue, Winnipeg

1928

 

Brentwood Lodge

230 Hugo Street North, Winnipeg

1930

 

Layton Apartments

830 Corydon Avenue, Winnipeg

1931

 

Sources:

1901 and 1911 Canada censuses, Automated Genealogy.

Birth registration [Helen Adelaide Moxam], Manitoba Vital Statistics.

Marriage registration [Marjorie Irene Moxam, Clarence Lee Talley], Manitoba Vital Statistics.

Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 1 May 1950, page 26.

Obituary [Helen Blanche Moxam], Winnipeg Free Press, 14 January 1955, page 31.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 22 April 2022

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