Journalist.
Born at St. Thomas, Ontario on 11 October 1877, daughter of William Henry Lindsay and Frances Leslie, she was educated at Toronto. She came to Manitoba in 1900 and became the editor of the women’s page of the Winnipeg Telegram and later the Manitoba Free Press. She served as President of the Canadian Women’s Press Club (1908-1909) and President of the Winnipeg Branch of the Canadian Women’s Press Club (1910-1911).
On 17 April 1907, she married grain merchant Rockwell Colman Osborne. In 1916, they lived at 128 Yale Avenue, Winnipeg. She was a member of the Women’s Canadian Club, Winnipeg Golf Club, St. Charles Country Club, and Anglican church.
She died on 27 December 1960 and was buried in the Palm Cemetery at Winter Park, Florida.
Ontario birth registration, Ancestry.
Marriage registration, Manitoba Vital Statistics.
“Northern Who’s Who; A Biographical Dictionary of Men and Women” by Dr. C. W. Parker, 1916.
Ethel Lindsay Osborne, FindAGrave.
We thank Darryl Toews for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 15 May 2024
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