Farmer, real estate agent.
Born at Cheshire, England in March 1870, he emigrated to Canada with his sister Jessie at the age of 12, settling at Sherbrooke, Quebec. He worked as a farmhand for two years then moved to Rockwyn where he worked for another two years. He then worked in a lumber camp in Pontiac County until 1889 when he came to Manitoba.
He worked for farmers south of Carman, and also cut wood during the winter, for seven years. He saved his money and eventually purchased farm land near Culross where he lived and farmed for two years before selling it and going into the real estate business, specializing in farm property. He sometimes worked in partnership with E. G. Edwards and Frank Stanley McCoy, with the latter in the firm of McCoy & Mullowney.
On 12 November 1907, he married Dorothea Johanna Seifert (1886-1973) and they had five children: William Richard Mullowney (1908-?), Margaret Ruth Mullowney (1910-?), Dorothy Elizabeth Mullowney (1912-?), Esther Craven Mullowney (1914-?), and Arthur James Mullowney (1922-?). After his death, his family immigrated to the United States in 1922.
He died at Carman on 23 July 1922 and was buried in the Greenwood Cemetery.
Marriage registration [Wm Joseph Mullowney, Johannah Dorothea Seiford], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Birth registrations [William Richard Mullowney, Margaret Ruth Mullowney, Dorothy Elizabeth Mullowney, Esther Craven Mullowney, Arthur James Mullowney], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
The Story of Manitoba by F. H. Schofield, Winnipeg: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1913.
Death registration [WIlliam Joseph Mullowney], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Obituary, Dufferin Leader, 27 July 1922, page 1.
Dorathea Seifert Mullowney, FindAGrave.
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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