Hotelier.
Born at Belleville, Ontario on 28 February 1875, son of Stephen Vivian (1832-1897) and Helen Huycke (1843-1919), in 1896 he came to Manitoba with his family and, for a time, his widowed mother operated a hotel at Elgin. He was connected successively with the Langham Hotel in Brandon (c1903), Ryan Hotel in Boissevain, and Metropolitan Hotel in Arcola (Saskatchewan). He ran a general store at Lashburn (Saskatchewan) and had the first hotel in Transcona. He owned and managed the King Edward Hotel in Neepawa. On 17 November 1903, he married Anna Christina Johnston (c1877-1965) and they had two daughters: Isabel Vivian (1912-?) and Luella Alvira Vivian (1917-?). He was a member of the Masons. He died at Neepawa on 21 December 1948 and was buried in the Neepawa Cemetery.
1901 Canada census, Automated Genealogy.
“Personal,” Winnipeg Tribune, 3 December 1903, page 7.
Birth, marriage, and death registrations, Manitoba Vital Statistics.
1921 Canada census, Ancestry.
Pioneers and Prominent People of Manitoba, Winnipeg: Canadian Publicity Company, 1925.
“Lewis Vivian, 73, veteran hotelman dies at Neepawa,” Winnipeg Free Press, 24 December 1948, page 6.
Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.
We thank Barb Vivian for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 20 December 2021
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