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Reginald Arthur Rumsey
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Banker.
Born at St. Mary’s, Ontario on 30 January 1875, son of Charles Stockman and Sarah Katherine Rumsey, he was educated St. Mary’s public schools and Upper Canada College (Toronto, Ontario).
In 1894, he began a career in banking as a clerk at the Canadian Bank of Commerce in Seaforth, Ontario. He served the bank in various Ontario branches, at New Orleans (Louisiana), New York City, and Dawson (Yukon Territory). He managed branches at Innisfail (Alberta) and Moose Jaw (Saskatchewan) before he came to Winnipeg in 1905. He was Assistant Manager of the Canadian Bank of Commerce as of 1911. He became General Supervisor in 1919 and Assistant General Manager in 1935.
In 1903, he married Ethel Genevieve Colter (1876-1959) at Cayuga, Ontario and they had a son. The family lived at 114 Stradbrooke Place, Winnipeg. He was a member of the Manitoba Club, Commercial Club, St. Charles Country Club, AF & AM, and Anglican church.
He died at Toronto, Ontario on 22 January 1947 and was buried in the Ingersoll Rural Cemetery at Ingersoll. The town of Rumsey, Alberta, was named after him.
Who’s Who in Western Canada: A Biographical Dictionary of Notable Living Men and Women of Western Canada, Volume 1, edited by C. W. Parker, Vancouver: Canadian Press Association, 1911.
“Former Winnipeg banker, R. Rumsey, dies at Toronto,” Winnipeg Tribune, 22 January 1947, page 26.
Ethel C. Colter Rumsey, FindAGrave.
We thank Darryl Toews for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 5 August 2024
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