MHS Resources: Manitoba Bricks and Blocks: People

This is a list of persons involved in brick-making in Manitoba.

Surname begins with the letter: A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

Person	Location(s)	Operating Period	Company
John Ager	Learys	1901-1910	Leary’s Brick Company
Rod Ager	Learys	1947-1953	Leary’s Brick Company
John Hume Agnew (1863-1908)	Carman	1905	Dominion Pressed Brick Company
Percy Allen	Carman	c1900-1908	Carman Brick Yards
William Alsip (1833-1912)	Winnipeg	?
William Pitt Alsip (1859-1944)	Winnipeg	1911-c1919	Alsip Sandstone Brick Company / Birds Hill Sandstone Brick Company
C. A. Andrews	Carman	c1914
? Argue	Clearwater	1898-1901	Argue and McIntyre Yard
Hugh Armstrong (1858-1926)	La Riviere	1902-1906	Pinto Coal and Brick Company, Press Brick and Tile Company
W. H. Atkinson	Deloraine	1907-1909	Deloraine Brick Yard
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W. S. Barker	Whitewater	1894-c1896
Robinson Bell	Brandon	c1909
Stephen Benson	Neepawa	1905-c1915	Neepawa Brick Company
J. A. C. Blackwood	Edrans	1901-c1904	Edrans-Brandon Pressed Brick Company
George Henry Bradbury (1859-1925)	Beausejour	1904-1916	Manitoba Press Brick Company
Carter Hawkins Brindle (1867-1957)	Souris	c1903-c1906
? Britton	Wawanesa	c1880
Samuel Manners Brookfield	Dominion City	1882-1884	Dominion City Brick Company
John Bryce (1852-1884)	Emerson	1881-1883	Emerson Brick Yard
William Brydon (1847-1930)	La Riviere	1906-1913	Press Brick and Tile Company / Phoenix Brick Works
Robert Bulloch	Selkirk	1885-c1894
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Alex Calleaux	Deleau	1892
W. H. Cameron	Whitewater	1894-c1896
Robert Church (1846-1915)	Killarney, Lena	1896-1901	Church Yard
Joseph O. Cloutier	Rapid City	c1912
Frederick William Colcleugh (1845-1907)	East Selkirk	1879-1881
Lemon Cook	Oak Lake	1892	Cook Yard
? Couture	Somerset	1910-c1913
Douglas Creighton	Dominion City, Emerson	1882-c1888
W. D. Creighton	Dominion City	c1888
John Crerar	Minnedosa	c1883	Minnedosa Brick Company
? Crookston	Emerson	1880s
? Cuddy	Minnedosa	1882-1883	Minnedosa Brick Company
William Currie (1857-1898)	Neepawa	1888-1898	Currie Yard
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Francis Henry Dagg	Holland	1894-c1904	Dagg and Mawhinney Yard
John Thomas Dandridge	Shoal Lake	1905-c1907
William Richard David (1853-1926)	Deloraine, Whitewater	1896-c1906	Deloraine Brick Yard
Elwin Davis	Sidney	c1893-c1910
Hiram Davis	Sidney	c1895-c1900
W. B. Davis	Millwood	1908-1909	Myers Yard
Thomas Dearlove	Pilot Mound	1897-c1912	Dearlove Yard
R. J. Denny	Douglas	1904-1905	Riverside Brick Yard
James A. Devine	Sidney	1909-c1920
Charles S. Dobbyn (1852-1935)	Melita	1905-1910	Melita Lumber and Manufacturing Company
John Dobbyn (1820-1911)	Melita	1905-1910	Melita Lumber and Manufacturing Company
Richard John Dobbyn (1850-1950)	Melita	1905-1910	Melita Lumber and Manufacturing Company
? Doige	East Selkirk	c1905
David Douglas	Emerson	1882-?	Douglas Yard
Andrew Dykeman	Lavenham	1907-1919	Dykeman Yard; bricks with AD in frog
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George W. Eastment (1865-1910)	Gilbert Plains	1902-1910	Eastment Brothers Yard
James Eastment (1863-?)	Gilbert Plains	1902-1910	Eastment Brothers Yard
Jacob Edel	Russell	c1900-c1904
Lydia Edel	Russell	c1900-c1904
William Elliott	Carman	1897-1898	Elliott and McCormick Yard
F
Sidney Fairbairn (1844-1912)	Minnedosa	1895-1897	Fairbairn Yard
Charles H. Farrend	Millwood	1907	Myers Yard
Sabin F. Fecteau	St. Alphonse	c1887-c1890
D. Ferguson	Emerson	c1879	Ferguson Yard
Samuel Hector Foster (1868-?)	Winnipeg	1910-1915	Gate City Brick Works
Thomas A. Foster	Cypress River	1907-1908
G
William Gallie	Morris	1877-c1882	Russell Yard / Russell and Gaillie Yard
? Gardner	East Selkirk	c1897
Joseph Gatinstared	Deleau	1892
John A. “Jack” Gill	Asessippi	1893-1902
Edmond Cecil Gosset-Jackson	Rapid City	1891-c1900
? Grange	Dominion City	1882-1888
Clarence J. Gregory	Rapid City	c1912
John Guttridge	Hamiota	1895	Guttridge Yard
George Gwilt	Portage la Prairie	1911-1914	Portage la Prairie Brick and Tile Company
John William Gyles	Virden	1904-c1915
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Thomas Haines	Carman	1898-c1900	Elliott and McCormick Yard
Robert Dorrell Hales (1859-1929)	Brookdale, Edrans, Rapid City	1900-1929
William Edward Hales (1882-1960)	Edrans	1924	Edrans-Brandon Pressed Brick Company
William Henning	Selkirk	1885-1887
Albert Edward Hilder	Winnipeg	1918
? Holley	Stony Mountain	c1882
Edward T. Hooker (c1851-1897)	Selkirk	c1890-1897
James Henry Howden (1860-1938)	Neepawa	1905-c1915	Neepawa Brick Company
Dr. J. B. Hunter	Minnedosa	1883-c1884	Minnedosa Brick Company
Elisha Frederick Hutchings (1855-1930)	La Riviere	1902-1906	Press Brick and Tile Company
	Winnipeg	1911-c1919	Birds Hill Sandstone Brick Company
? Hyde	Whitewater	1890
? Hyndman	Whitewater	1890
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William Arthur Irish (1872-1941)	Virden	c1893-c1897
J
H. Johnson [Johnston]	Brookdale	c1904
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David Anthony Keizer (1857-1942)	Winnipeg	1901-?
Michael Kelly (1844-1923)	Stony Mountain	1882-c1884
William H. Kennedy	Virden	1904-c1915
William Kirkland (1852-1956)	Hartney	1895-1913	Hartney Brick and Delft Company
William Kirkville	Hartney	1901-1920
L
Albert B. Laird (1864-?)	Deloraine	1903-1907	Deloraine Brick Yard, McGarvey and Laird
Moise Landry	Somerset	c1907-1910	Somerset Brick Yard
Alexander Lang	Brandon	1882-1889
E. Lapham	Deleau	c1899
Donald Leary	Learys	c1975	Leary’s Brick Company
George Leary (1849-1939)	Carman, Learys	1901-1917	Dominion Pressed Brick Company
William Allen “Bill” Leary (1892-1953)	Learys	1930-1939	Leary’s Brick Company
? Little	Hartney	1901
James Loblaw	Carman	1897
W. Lockey	Portage la Prairie	1881-c1882	Portage Brick Yards
George E. Longbottom	Somerset	c1901-c1907
George E. Longbottom Jr.	Somerset	c1907
Jim Longbottom	Somerset	c1907
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D. Maclean [McLean]	MacGregor	1899-?	Maclean [McLean] Yard
William Maloney	Ninga	1895-1899
? Marion	Somerset	1910-c1913
Amable Marion	Oak Lake	1892-1900	Marion Yard
? Martin	La Riviere	1913-1914
Isaac Mawhinney	Holland	1894-1898	Dagg and Mawhinney Yard
John Duncan McArthur (1854-1927)	Lac du Bonnet	1901-1919	Lac du Bonnet Mining, Developing and Manufacturing Company
John H. McClure	Balmoral	1905-1916	Balmoral Brick Company
George McCormick	Carman	1897-1898	Elliott and McCormick Yard
Albert N. McCutcheon (1858-1934)	Morris, Whitemouth	1909-1921	Morris Brick Manufacturing Company / Western Brick Company
? McDonald	Minnedosa	1882-1883	Minnedosa Brick Company
J. G. McDonald	Stony Mountain	c1882
John R. McDonald	Portage la Prairie	1891-c1906	Portage Brick Yards
Thomas McGarvey (1866-?)	Deloraine	1899	McGarvey and Laird
Daniel McGregor	Morden	1887-1909	McGregor Yard
? McIntyre	Clearwater	1898-1901	Argue and McIntyre Yard
Henry McKay	Nelson	1882-c1884	Nelsonville Brick Yard
Alexander McKellar	Rapid City	1892-c1900
Murdock McLean (1838-1910)	Somerset	c1900
D. McNaught	Rapid City	c1884
Duncan McVicar	Brandon	1880s
Dougald McVicar	Brandon, Carberry, Sidney	c1882-1890s
Mrs. McVicar	Sidney	1892-c1896
Thomas Moran	Nelson	1880-c1881	Nelsonville Brick Yard
George Murray	Brandon	c1904-1907
Robert Myers	Millwood	1904-1907	Myers Yard
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Robert Naismith	Wawanesa	c1896-c1900
Joseph Nannon [Nonan, Noonan]	Deleau	1892-1899	Joseph Nannon [Nonan, Noonan]
? Neden	Virden	c1898-c1900
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P
Robert Holland “Bob” Partridge (1880-1937)	Newdale, Strathclair	1903-1904	Newdale Brick Yard
Joseph William “Joe” Partridge (1869-1961)	Newdale, Strathclair	1903-1904	Newdale Brick Yard
William Smith Partridge (1843-1933)	Neepawa	1905-c1915	Neepawa Brick Company
Henry Hugh “Harry” Payne (1858-1941)	Hartney	1895-1901	Payne Yard
John Peterson	Sidney	c1900
Captain G. P. Philips	Selkirk	1884
Peter Phillippe	Emerson	1878-1881	Emerson Brick Yard
Joseph Pion	La Broquerie	c1890
? Pogue	Minitonas	1905-1907	Rutherford and Pogue Yard
Q
R
John Ralston	Rapid City	c1884
F. Reid	Brandon	1880s
H. R. Reid	Brandon	1890s
Joe Rinn	Nelson	1879	Nelsonville Brick Yard
James A. Roberts	Neepawa	1898-c1905	Currie Yard
? Robinson	Carman	1900-?	Elliott and McCormick Yard
Rodmond Palen Roblin (1853-1937)	Carman	1905	Dominion Pressed Brick Company
Joseph Rowlett (1857-1910)	Gilbert Plains	1905-1910	Rowlett Yard
William A. Russell	Morris	1875-c1882	Russell Yard / Russell and Gaillie Yard
James Ruston (1864-1948)	Cypress River	c1896-1904	Pioneer Brick Yard
? Rutherford	Minitonas	1905-1907	Rutherford and Pogue Yard
S
George Sackville	Hartney	1898-1901	Hartney Brick and Delft Company
Harry Sage	Neepawa, Newdale, Strathclair	1903-c1915	Neepawa Brick Company, Newdale Brick Yard
Jack Sage	Newdale, Strathclair	1903-1904	Newdale Brick Yard
Henry Sampson	Brandon	1900-1917	Brandon Brick Works
J. Sampson	Brandon	1900-c1906	Brandon Brick Works
John Saul	Virden	c1893-c1897
A. J. Selwood	Douglas	1904-1905	Riverside Brick Yard
John Shaw	Carberry	1890s
James Sheriff	Virden	c1898-c1900
John Sinnott	Grandview	1904-c1908	Sinnott Yard
William Patterson Smith (1850-1937)	Portage la Prairie	1881-c1893	Portage Brick Yards
Robert Snowball	Pilot Mound	1881	Snowball Yard
John Alexander Snyder (1861-1937)	Portage la Prairie	c1904-c1945
Morley David Snyder (1871-1948)	Gilbert Plains	1907-1929	A. Snyder and Company
William Henry “Squire” Sowden (1823-1907)	Souris	1892-c1901
Harry Steadman	Pilot Mound	1882-c1890	Snowball Yard
George Stenhouse	Sidney	1909-c1920
Henry Stephens (1865-1934)	Portage la Prairie	1899-1928	Portage Brick Yards / Portage la Prairie Brickyard Company
? Sutherland	East Selkirk	c1905
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Erven Tallman	Learys	1953-1962
Francis Albert Thomas (1858-1927)	Kenville-Durban	1899-1904	Thomas Yard
Isaac Thomas	East Selkirk	1890s
John Lewis Thomas	Virden	1920-1921
David Tisdale (1875-1951)	Crystal City	1901-1903	Tisdale Yard
J. Toombs	Carman	1898
Charles Town	Wawanesa	c1896-c1900
? Trull	Dominion City	1882-c1888
William Turber	Portage la Prairie	1880-1881	Portage Brick Yards
Jim Turner	Beausejour	1906-c1916
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G. Vaughan	Souris	1892
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? Waight	Morris	1880-1882	Waight Brothers
A. S. Walker	Minnedosa, Neepawa, Newdale	1888-c1889	Currie Yard, Minnedosa Brick Company
David Malcolm Wardrop (1887-1981)	Whitemouth	?-1945
John Wardrop	Whitemouth	c1914-c1920
William Walter Wardrop (1854-1942)	Whitemouth	1922-1945
? Wellman	East Selkirk	c1897
George Whalen	Darlingford	1900-1902	Whalen’s Brick and Tile
Creasy J. Whellems	Rapid City	c1882-c1890
? Williams	Carman	1888-c1890
James Wilson	Selkirk	c1890-c1893
Magnus Wilson (1860-1942)	Gladstone	1898-1900s	Wilson Yard
Cecil Wogan-Wainewright	Virden	1904-c1915
Daniel David Wood (1859-1925)	Winnipeg	c1920s	Wood's Brick Company
		1911-c1925	Alsip Sandstone Brick Company / Birds Hill Sandstone Brick Company / Wood's Brick Company
Joseph Edward Woodworth (1837-1889)	Brandon	1882-1899	Brandon Brick Works
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Ainslie Lunham Young (1868-1938)	Souris	c1903-c1906
George Young	Nelson	1881
Z

Sources:

Manitoba Brickmakers by Hugh Henry, Manitoba Museum of Man and Nature, 1992.

Manitoba Brick Yards by Randy Rostecki, Manitoba Historic Resources Branch Report, May 2010.

We thank Nathan Kramer for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 14 April 2022

Manitoba Bricks and Blocks A history of the manufacture of bricks and concrete blocks in Manitoba, based on research by Randy Rostecki for the Manitoba Historic Resources Branch and supplemented by information compiled by Gordon Goldsborough of the Manitoba Historical Society. . Bricks | Blocks | People | Glossary We thank Hugh Arklie, Gordon McDiarmid, and Heather Bertnick for their help in the development of this online guide. Financial support of the Thomas Sill Foundation is gratefully acknowledged. Additional information was provided by Ina Bramadat, David Butterfield, Neil Christoffersen, Frank Korvemaker, Ed Ledohowski, Ken Storie, Lynette Stow, and Tracey Winthrop-Meyers. © 2010-2020 Randy Rostecki, Manitoba Historic Resources Branch, Gordon Goldsborough, and Manitoba Historical Society. All rights reserved.