Memorable Manitobans: Bentley Taylor (1877-1960)

Building contractor.

Born in Ontario in November 1877, he came to Winnipeg from Mille Illes, Quebec about 1910 and worked in construction of homes, apartment blocks, and other structures as proprietor of the Taylor Construction Company. On 24 December 1907, he married Elizabeth Scott (1881-1954) at Winnipeg. They lived at 369 Home Street and had no children. He died at the Winnipeg General Hospital on 18 July 1960 and was buried beside his wife in the Brookside Cemetery.

Some of his construction works in Manitoba included:

Building

Location

Year

Status

Avery Court

389 Home Street, Winnipeg

1911

 

Bartella Court

377 Home Street, Winnipeg

1911

 

Killarney Court

81-83 Lenore Street, Winnipeg

1912-1913

 

Biltmore Apartments

395 River Avenue, Winnipeg

1926

 

Craigavon Apartments

165 Ethelbert Street, Winnipeg

1927

 

Bellcrest Apartments

72 Lenore Street, Winnipeg

1928

 

Sources:

1911 Canada census [Burtlay Taylor], Automated Genealogy.

Marriage registration [Bentley Taylor, Elizabeth Scott], Manitoba Vital Statistics.

Obituary [Elizabeth Taylor], Winnipeg Free Press, 10 November 1954, page 23.

Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 19 July 1960, pages 21, 33.

Henderson’s Winnipeg and Brandon Directories, Henderson Directories Limited, Peel’s Prairie Provinces, University of Alberta Libraries.

We thank Nathan Kramer and Jordan Makichuk for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 31 July 2023

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