Born at Odessa, Ontario on 15 November 1861, son of Hugh and Susan Saul, he lived for a few years at Toronto before coming to Manitoba around 1893, first working at Carberry and Virden then at Winnipeg where he owned and operated a contracting business, first alone and later in partnership with his brother-in-law William Arthur Irish. He retired in 1933.
On 21 October 1885, he married Georgette Eugenie “Nettie” Irish (1863-1935) of Toronto. They had four children: Merle Victor Saul (1886-1931), Erma Irene Saul (1891-?, wife of Herbert A. Walley), Beatrice Saul (1893-1934, wife of Albert E. Beaumont), and Iva Leone Saul (1895-?, wife of William C. Fares). He was a member of the Winnipeg Amateur Driving Club.
He died at his Winnipeg home, 840 Grosvenor Avenue, on 1 November 1939 and was buried in the Elmwood Cemetery.
Some of his construction works in Manitoba included:
Building
Location
Year
Status
Ninth Avenue South, Virden
1892
Demolished (?)
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Saul House (62 Harvard Avenue, Winnipeg)
Manitoba Business: Saul and Irish Construction Company / W. A. Irish and Company
Ontario marriage registration, Ancestry.
1901 Canada census, Automated Genealogy.
“Mrs. Beatrice Beaumont dies in Los Angeles,” Winnipeg Tribune, 17 November 1934, page 6.
“Mrs. John A. Saul, early settler of province, is dead,” Winnipeg Free Press, 8 January 1935, page 5.
Birth, marriage, and death registrations, Manitoba Vital Statistics.
“John A. Saul, former contractor, dies at age of 78,” Winnipeg Free Press, 1 November 1939, page 2.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 26 February 2024
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