Grain merchant.
Born at Winnipeg on 18 November 1906, son of Sidney Thomas Smith and Emily Jordan Frogley (1881-1950), he received an Arts degree from the University of Manitoba and was associated with the grain exporting firm of Smith Vincent and Company, formed in 1950 as a successor to the Reliance Grain Company.
On 6 June 1931, he married Margaret Edith Richards (1909-1988, daughter of Stephen Elswood Richards) and they had a son and two daughters. The family lived at 202 Lamont Boulevard. He was a member of St. George’s Anglican Church, St. Charles Country Club, Manitoba Club, and Winnipeg Squash Club.
He died at the Winnipeg General Hospital on 22 November 1964 and was buried in the St. John’s Cathedral Cemetery.
Birth registration [Clarence Hilton Smith], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Marriage registration [Margaret Edith Richards, Clarence Hilton Smith], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 23 November 1964.
“Grain company president dies,” Winnipeg Tribune, 23 November 1964.
Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 12 September 2024
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