Memorable Manitobans: Thomas Alfred Bratton (1868-1953)

Building contractor.

Born in Ontario in 1868, he came to Winnipeg where he worked as a building contractor. On 6 February 1907, he married Catharine Hann Lyons (1878-?) at Winnipeg and they had four children: Mabel Ethel Mary Bratton (1907-?, wife of James Kenneth Thompson), Arnold Robert Bratton (1910-1982), and Alfred Edward Bratton (1912-?), and Charles Bratton (?-?). He died at London, Ontario on 15 January 1953 and was buried there.

Some of his construction work in Manitoba included:

Building	Location	Year	Status
Selkirk Telephone Exchange Building	321 Manitoba Avenue, Selkirk	1921
Swan River Telephone Exchange Building	114 Fifth Avenue North, Swan River	1921

Sources:

Marriage registration [Thomas Alfred Bratton, Catharine Lyons], Manitoba Vital Statistics.

Birth registrations [Mabel Ethel Mary Bratton, Arnold Robert Bratton, Alfred Edwin Bratton], Manitoba Vital Statistics.

1911 Canada census, Automated Genealogy.

Marriage registration [Mabel Mary Bratton, James Kenneth Thompson], Manitoba Vital Statistics.

Obituary [T. Alfred Bratton], Winnipeg Free Press, 16 January 1953, page 28.

Obituary [Arnold Robert Bratton], Winnipeg Free Press, 22 February 1982, page 48.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 1 June 2023

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