This house on Clark Avenue in Killarney was built sometime before 1901 when it was purchased by farmer Alexander Burrows “Alex” Finnen (1860-1921).
Finnen House (September 2019)
Source: George PennerSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.17994, W99.66957
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Finnen House (213 Fletcher Street, Killarney, RM of Killarney-Turtle Mountain)
Death registration [Alexander Burrows Finnen], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
“Well-known shipper dies at Killarney,” Manitoba Free Press, 2 July 1921, page 5.
Reflections, 1882-1982: A Community History of the Rural Municipality of Turtle Mountain and the Town of Killarney by the J. A. Victor David Museum and New Horizons, 1982, page 298.
Special Places in Killarney, Killarney Special Places Project, Virtual Manitoba.
Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.
This page was prepared by George Penner, Gordon Goldsborough, and Anne Brazeau.
Page revised: 4 September 2022
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