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Frederick William Scott
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Furniture merchant.
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Frederick William Scott
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Born in Ontario on 31 August 1876, son of Thomas Scott and Margaret McPherson Kellock (1842-1908, he attended public schools in Winnipeg and Manitoba College.
He worked at the post office for two years then began working in the furniture business of D. Scott and Company. In 1885, he took over the company, in partnership with John Leslie, and renamed it Scott and Leslie. In 1895, Leslie withdrew from the company and the firm continued as the Scott Furniture Company.
In September 1892, he married Annie Hawken (c1866-1895) at West Superior, Wisconsin and they had a daughter, Kathleen Scott (1895-1991). On 28 December 1899, he married Emma Maude Murray (1877-1966) at Winnipeg and they had a son, Murray Kellock Scott (1909-1984). He was a member of the Carleton Club and St. Charles Country Club. His Winnipeg residence was designed by architect Hugh Holman.
He died at his Winnipeg home, 1038 Dorchester Avenue, on 19 October 1940 and was buried in the St. James Cemetery.
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Scott Block (272 Main Street, Winnipeg)
Death registration [Annie Scott], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Marriage registration [Frederick W Scott, Emma Maud Murray], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
A History of Manitoba: Its Resources and People by Prof. George Bryce, Toronto: The Canadian History Company, 1906.
Birth registration [Murray Kellock Scott], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
“F. W. Scott, sportsman, retired businessman, dies in Winnipeg,” Winnipeg Free Press, 21 October 1940, page 5.
Obituary [Emma Maude Scott], Winnipeg Free Press, 30 March 1966, page 49.
Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.
We thank Pat Allan for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 5 October 2025
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