Memorable Manitobans: Thomas Storey Sinnott (1866-1949)

Businessman.

Born at Dulwich, London, England in 1866, son of Abraham Sinnott and Catherine Woodland, he was educated at Dulwich College (London, England) then came to Toronto, Ontario in 1905 where he was in the employ of the Imperial News Company. He travelled for ten years throughout Canada and Newfoundland before coming to Winnipeg in 1914 as Manager of its Winnipeg branch. The company specialized in British publications and were agents for Harmsworths publications, Curtis Publishing Company, Perm. Munsey Company, and Experimental Publishing Company.

He and wife Edith Beatrice Clarke (?-1949) had three sons and a daughter. He was President of the Lions Club of Winnipeg, and a member of the Winnipeg Board of Trade, London (England) Athletic Club, and Assiniboine Golf Club.

He died in 1949 and was buried in the Pine Hills Cemetery at Toronto.

Sources:

Pioneers and Prominent People of Manitoba, Winnipeg: Canadian Publicity Company, 1925.

“Ran news company T. S. Sinnott buried,” Toronto Star, 2 March 1949, page 23.

Obituary [Edith Beatrice Clarke Sinnott], Toronto Star, 23 September 1949, page 36.

We thank Darryl Toews for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 18 April 2024

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