Memorable Manitobans: Joseph Hector Tremblay (1878-1917)

Joseph Hector Tremblay Click to enlarge

Contractor.

Born in Quebec in February 1878, he came to Manitoba around 1904. He was President of the construction firm J. H. Tremblay & Company, with his brothers serving other executive roles: Joseph Albert Tremblay as Vice-President, Joseph Pierre Tremblay (1885-1948) as Secretary-Treasurer and Managing Director, and Joseph Desire Tremblay (1886-?) as Superintendent. The firm was responsible for the construction of several noteworthy buildings around Winnipeg as well as a portion of the Shoal Lake Aqueduct.

He died suddenly at his Winnipeg home, 739 Wolseley Avenue, on 6 February 1917. He was buried in the St. Boniface Cemetery.

Some of his construction works in Manitoba included:

Structure	Location	Year	Status
Provencher School	320 Avenue de la Cathedrale, Winnipeg	1906
Norwood School	?	1906-1907
Carnegie Library (addition)	380 William Avenue, Winnipeg	1908
Greenway School	850 St. Matthews Avenue, Winnipeg	1909-1910	Demolished (1997)
Glenwood School No. 1537	51 Blenheim Avenue, Winnipeg	1910-1911
Kelvin Technical High School	55 Harrow Street, Winnipeg	1910-1912	Demolished (1965-1966)
Union Stockyards	Marion Street, Winnipeg	1913
St. Boniface General Hospital (expansion)	409 avenue Taché, Winnipeg	c1915
Shoal Lake Aqueduct (20 miles)		1915-1918

See also:

Memorable Manitobans: Joseph Albert Tremblay (1881-1938)

Sources:

“Park for St. Boniface,” Winnipeg Tribune, 7 June 1906, page 10.

“From “Le Manitoba”,” Winnipeg Tribune, 26 October 1906, page 3.

“Winnipeg’s big building development during 1908,” Winnipeg Tribune, 19 December 1908, page 31.

“New Greenway School,” Winnipeg Tribune, 28 July 1909, page 2.

1911 Canada census, Automated Genealogy.

“J. H. Tremblay, head of contracting firm, expires suddenly,” Winnipeg Tribune, 7 February 1917, page 7.

Death registrations, Manitoba Vital Statistics.

“J. P. Tremblay, 63, Manitoba pioneer, dies at residence,” Winnipeg Tribune, 23 June 1948, page 2.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 25 August 2023

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