Horticulturalist.
Born at Pope on 11 December 1915, son of John Strachan (1876-1964) and Margaret Watt Stewart (1882-1974), his family moved to Carman in 1925. He attended Carman School before attending the University of Manitoba, from which he received a BSc degree in Agriculture (1938). He worked for the Dominion Department of Agriculture at Brandon, Melita, and Minnedosa.
In 1943, he returned to Carman to join his father in operating the Strachan Feed Company. He continued to farm and raised registered sheep and swine, serving as President of the Canadian Sheep Breeders Association. He became a specialist in breeding gladioli, and developed six new varieties.
On 23 September 1939, he married Nina Margaret Crampton (1917-1995) in the RM of Pembina and they had two daughters and a son. He was a member of the Dufferin Agricultural Society, Carman Horticultural Society, Winnipeg Gladiolus Society, and Carman United Church.
He died on 27 November 1978 and was buried in the Carman Greenwood Cemetery. He was inducted posthumously to the Manitoba Agricultural Hall of Fame (1986).
Birth registration [Alfred John Strachan], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
1916 Canada census, Ancestry.
Marriage registration [Alfred John Strachan, Nina Margaret Crampton], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Obituary [Nina Margaret Strachan], Winnipeg Free Press, 17 June 1995, page 46.
Dictionary of Manitoba Biography by John M. “Jack” Bumsted, Winnipeg: University of Manitoba Press, 1999.
Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 28 September 2024
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