Born in England on 8 January 1885, he came to Canada in 1905 and moved to Brandon in 1911 where he worked as a building contractor until retirement in 1949. He served overseas with the Imperials during the First World War and with the Veterans Guard during the Second World War.
He and wife Jessie Reid Simon (1878-1940) had two children, Frederick Douglas White (1913-?) and Pearl White (1914-?, wife of E. F. Maas), and an adopted daughter, Margaret Mackie (1915-?). The family lived at 1040 Tenth Street (1921-1922), 1027 Eleventh Street (1924-1929), and 363 Tenth Street (1940-1955). He was a member of the St. George's Anglican Church, Royal Canadian Legion, and Brandon School Board.
He died at Brandon on 29 March 1955 and was buried in the military section of the Brandon Cemetery.
Some of his construction works in Manitoba included:
Structure
Location
Year
Status
515 Broadway Avenue, Killarney
1929
Demolished (c2016)
587 Second Avenue, Rivers
1935-1936
Birth registrations [Frederick Douglas White, Pearl White], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
1921 Canada census, Ancestry.
Advertisement [A. E. White], Brandon Daily Sun, 23 May 1922, page 15.
1926 Canada census, FamilySearch.
“250 completed stores in west firm’s program,” Winnipeg Tribune, 21 September 1929, page 32.
Henderson’s Winnipeg and Brandon Directories, Henderson Directories Limited, Peel’s Prairie Provinces, University of Alberta Libraries.
Death registration [Janet Reid White], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Obituary [Jessie R. White], Brandon Daily Sun, 8 April 1940, page 10.
Obituary, Brandon Daily Sun, 31 March 1955, page 3.
We thank Jordan Makichuk for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 3 December 2024
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