Memorable Manitobans: David Malcolm Wardrop (1887-1981)

Farmer, businessman.

Born in the RM of Springfield on 18 October 1887, son of William Walter Wardrop and Sarah Jane McCleod (1859-1926), he farmed and owned the Wardrop Brickyard for 25 years. On 27 December 1911, he married Mabel Josephine Cousins (1894-1989, daughter of William Henry Cousins) and they had a son, William Leslie Wardrop. He died at Whitemouth on 25 November 1981 and was buried in the Whitemouth Municipal Cemetery.

See also:

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Wardrop House (Whitemouth, RM of Whitemouth)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Whitemouth Brickyard (Whitemouth, RM of Whitemouth)

Sources:

Birth registration, Manitoba Vital Statistics.

Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 27 November 1981, page 41.

Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 22 December 2019

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