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Memorable Manitobans: Arthur John Bonnett (1874-1942)
Born at Woodstock, Ontario on 4 July 1874, he came to Winnipeg in 1904 and worked as a general contractor under the name of A. J. Bonnett and Brothers. On 15 February 1899, he married Catherine Annie Gillies (1879-1959) at Woodstock and they subsequently had three children: Cecil George Bonnett (1903-1978), Robert Frank Bonnett (1904-1957), and Marion Isabel Bonnett (1906-?, wife of Ellwood Simon Van Alstyne). He was a member of the Winnipeg Board of Trade, Builders’ Exchange, Masons (Lord Selkirk Lodge), IOOF (Hiawatha Lodge), St. John's Curling Club (President, 1922-1923), and St. John’s United Church. He died at his Winnipeg home, 101 Cathedral Avenue, on 3 March 1942 and was buried in the St. John's Cathedral Cemetery. Some of his construction works in Manitoba included:
Sources:Ontario birth registration [Cecil George Bonnett], Ancestry. Birth, marriage, and death registrations, Manitoba Vital Statistics. “Permits passed $10,000,000 mark,” Winnipeg Tribune, 10 July 1913, page 1. “Issues permits for buildings worth $244,000,” Winnipeg Tribune, 25 March 1920, page 3. “Building permits,” Winnipeg Tribune, 18 April 1925, page 15. “Week’s permits exceed $100,000 by hood margin,” Winnipeg Tribune, 21 July 1928, page 5. “Permits issued for new houses number fifteen,” Manitoba Free Press, 3 May 1930, page 24. “Winnipeg building permits for four months nearing three million dollar mark,” Winnipeg Tribune, 3 May 1930, page 33. “53 permits issued in week aggregate value of $77,800,” Winnipeg Tribune, 27 June 1931, page 6. City of Winnipeg Building Permit 3847/1931 [St. John’s Curling Rink], City of Winnipeg Archives. “Repairs to rink,” Manitoba Free Press, 14 November 1931, page 15. “Building notes,” Winnipeg Tribune, 2 November 1935, page 5. “New home near city pound for humane society,” Winnipeg Free Press, 9 November 1935, page 2. “A. J. Bonnett, builder, dies,” Winnipeg Tribune, 3 March 1942, page 17. “Frank Bonnett, early radio ‘ham’ dies at home,” Winnipeg Free Press, 15 January 1957, page 4. Obituary [Catherine A. Bonnett], Winnipeg Tribune, 26 December 1959, page 27. Obituary [Cecil G. Bonnett], Winnipeg Free Press, 11 December 1978, page 45. Henderson’s Winnipeg and Brandon Directories, Peel’s Prairie Provinces, University of Alberta Libraries. Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society. We thank Rick Mutton and Jordan Makichuk for providing additional information used here. This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough. Page revised: 25 August 2023
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