Memorable Manitobans: James Allan Muirhead (1880-1949)

Real estate and investment broker.

Born at Dumfries, Scotland in 1880, son of Hugh Muirhead and Mary Allan, he had his early education at Dumfries then studied law at the Wallace Hall Academy. He worked at the Dumfries courthouse for several years before emigrating to Canada in 1903 and settling at Winnipeg. He went into the real estate business, specializing in city properties. He returned to Scotland two years later and married Margaret Blake (1884-1972) of Dumfries. They had one son, Clifford Muirhead. He died at St. Boniface on 25 March 1949 and was buried in the Elmwood Cemetery.

Sources:

The Story of Manitoba by F. H. Schofield, Winnipeg: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1913.

Death registration [James Alexander Muirhead], Manitoba Vital Statistics.

Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 26 March 1949, page 23.

Obituary [Margaret Maxwell Muirhead], Winnipeg Free Press, 26 December 1972, page 32.

We thank Darryl Toews for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 4 May 2024

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