Farmer, grain buyer, editor.
Born at Plumas on 5 September 1886, youngest son of George F. Rogers (1835-1902) and Hannah Bond (c1840-1925), he graduated from the Manitoba Agricultural College in 1912 then returned to the family farm. He managed the United Grain Growers elevator at Plumas (1923-1951) and, on retirement in 1951, he became editor of the Plumas Standard, serving until shortly before his death. He was a member of the Odd Fellows, Lions Club, University of Manitoba Alumni Association, Game and Fish Association, Hudsons Bay Route Association, and Historical and Scientific Society of Manitoba. He served on the board of the Manitoba Chamber of Commerce (1954-1959), Chairman of the Whitemud River Watershed Committee, and a board member for the Gladstone District Hospital. He died unmarried at Gladstone on 12 May 1961 and was buried in the Plumas Cemetery.
Birth registration [Joseph Faulkner Rogers], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Death registration [Hannah Rogers], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 15 May 1961.
Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 2 January 2023
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