Financial broker.
Born at Niagara on the Lake, Ontario in 1859, son of Robert and Lockwood Warren, he was educated at Niagara on the Lake. He began working in the wholesale grocery business at Toronto in 1876. He became interested in Manitoba land transactions in 1882 and at Warren, Ontario (1890-1898).
In 1903, he built and owned the Winnipeg, Selkirk & Lake Winnipeg Railway until he sold it to the Winnipeg Street Railway in 1906, at which time he moved to British Columbia where he owned a seven thousand acre ranch in Queen Charlotte and eight miles of waterfront opposite Prince Rupert. In 1911, he was a broker for the Silica Brick and Lime Company at 512 Fort Street in Victoria, British Columbia.
He married Violet Gilmore (1858-1937) of Toronto and they had two daughters, including Peri Gilmore Warren (1894-1958, wife of ? Bell). He died in June 1947 and was buried in the Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Toronto, Ontario.
Who’s Who in Western Canada: A Biographical Dictionary of Notable Living Men and Women of Western Canada, Volume 1, edited by C. W. Parker, Vancouver: Canadian Press Association, 1911.
Obituary [Violet Gilmore Warren], Vancouver Sun, 10 March 1937, page 13.
Obituary, Toronto Star, 19 June 1947, page 33.
Death registration [Peri Gilmore Warren Bell], British Columbia Vital Statistics.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Darryl Toews.
Page revised: 12 March 2024
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