Horticulturist.
Born at Regina, Saskatchewan on 20 June 1912, one of five children of James Howard Silversides (c1885-?) and Mary Agnes Henderson (c1890-1969), he came to St. Boniface at an early age and attended Riverview School, Lord Roberts School, and Kelvin High School. He later obtained BScAg and MScAg degrees from the University of Manitoba. He worked for T&T Seeds (c1946), Interprovincial Co-operatives in Winnipeg, and Federated Co-operatives in Saskatoon. Upon retirement he returned to Winnipeg to pursue his interests in gardening and golf. He was a charter member of the Manitoba Institute of Agrologists, and a member of the Canadian Prairie Lily Society and the North American Lily Society. On 27 December 1941, he married Bernice Elizabeth Dawson (1918-1997) at Brandon and they had two sons. He died at the Grace Hospital on 14 May 1991.
See also:
Manitoba Business: T&T Seeds
Birth registration [William Harold Silversides], Saskatchewan Vital Statistics.
Birth registration [Bernice Elizabeth Dawson], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
1921 Canada census, Ancestry.
Marriage registration [William Harold Silversides, Bernice Elizabeth Dawson], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Obituary [Mrs. J. H. Silversides], Winnipeg Free Press, 20 November 1969, page 34.
Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 16 May 1991, page 31.
Obituary [Bernice Elizabeth Silversides], Winnipeg Free Press, 23 April 1997, page 36.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 10 November 2024
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