Financial agent, consul.
Born at Hull, Yorkshire, England on 30 November 1861, son of Oswald F. Smith, he immigrated to Canada in 1883 and was employed within the Land Department of the Manitoba & Northwestern Railway under Frederick Henderson Brydges as well as an Inspector with the Canada Settlers’ Loan & Trust Company, wherein he travelling around Western Canada.
He later entered into association with A. Douglas MacLean [McLean] and Henry Fry at Winnipeg operating until 1914 as Fry Smith McLean, a real estate and financial investment management agency. In the years leading up to his retirement, he purchased property in Fort Rouge and commissioned commercial buildings at 531 Osborne Street (1909), 529 Osborne Street (1911), 551-559 Osborne Street (1911), and 308 Morley Avenue (1914). He also provided consular services in Winnipeg, as a Vice-Consul for both the Norwegian and Swedish governments (c1905) and as Swedish Consul (c1914), the latter which he continued to serve after retirement.
On 28 October 1891, he married Alice Catherine Green (1867-1943) at Winnipeg. The couple had no children and lived at 329 Assiniboine (c1912) and 895 McMillan Avenue (?-1943).
He died at Winnipeg on 26 January 1941 and was buried in the St. John's Cathedral Cemetery.
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Smith Block (551-559 Osborne Street, Winnipeg)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Farish and Lamburn Bakery (308 Morley Avenue, Winnipeg)
Marriage [Herold John Smith to Catherine Alice Green] and death [Harold John Smith, Alice Catherine Smith] registrations, Manitoba Vital Statistics.
“Marriages [Smith - Green],” Manitoba Daily Free Press, 29 October 1891, page 1.
“Took Strychnine,” Manitoba Free Press, 3 April 1905, page 4.
City of Winnipeg Building Permit 1176/1909, City of Winnipeg Archives.
City of Winnipeg Building Permit 176/1911, City of Winnipeg Archives.
City of Winnipeg Building Permit 312/1911, City of Winnipeg Archives.
City of Winnipeg Building Permit 1031/1914, City of Winnipeg Archives.
“Knows of no call,” Winnipeg Tribune, 23 November 1914, page 5.
“Birthdays,” Winnipeg Free Press, 30 November 1940, page 17.
“Harold John Smith dies in 80th year,” Winnipeg Free Press, 27 January 1941, page 2.
“Harold J. Smith dies, aged 79,” Winnipeg Tribune, 27 January 1941, page 19.
Death notice [Mrs. Harald John Smith], Winnipeg Tribune, 20 September 1943, page 14.
Obituary [Mrs. Harold John Smith], Winnipeg Tribune, 21 September 1943, page 7.
“Mrs. H. J. Smith funeral held,” Winnipeg Tribune, 22 September 1943, page 17.
Winnipeg estate files (ATG 0025A), #31746 - Alice C. Smith, GR4870, Archives of Manitoba.
Saint John's Anglican Cathedral Cemetery burial transcriptions [Harald J. Smith], FindAGrave.
Henderson’s Winnipeg and Brandon Directories, Henderson Directories Limited, Peel’s Prairie Provinces, University of Alberta Libraries.
We thank Jordan Makichuk for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Nathan Kramer.
Page revised: 13 October 2025
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