Farmer, municipal official.
Born in the Rural Municipality of St. Clements in November 1874, son of Thomas Bunn and Rachel Harriott (1840-1909), he was Secretary-Treasurer of the RM of St. Clements for nearly 40 years, Secretary-Treasurer of the Kitchener School District (1900-1944), a Returning Officer in the 1910 and 1914 provincial general elections, and Secretary-Treasurer of the Lisgar Masonic Lodge (1917-1943). He was past Master of the Lisgar Lodge from 1916 and a member of the Scottish Rite. He was secretary of the Selkirk Board of Trade for two years. On 22 February 1898, he married Francis Jane Hodgson (?-?) of St. Clements. They had five children: Gerald Bunn (1899-1916), Isabella Adelaide Bunn (1902-?), Maurice Edwin Thomas Bunn (1904-?), Edward Bunn (1911-?), and a daughter. He died at Winnipeg on 26 August 1944 and was buried in the St. Clements Cemetery.
Birth and marriage registrations, Manitoba Vital Statistics.
1901 and 1911 Canada censuses, Automated Genealogy.
“Thomas Bunn, of pioneer Selkirk family, dies,” Winnipeg Free Press, 28 August 1944. [Manitoba Legislative Library, Biographical Scrapbook B9]
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 1 October 2023
Memorable Manitobans
This is a collection of noteworthy Manitobans from the past, compiled by the Manitoba Historical Society. We acknowledge that the collection contains both reputable and disreputable people. All are worth remembering as a lesson to future generations.
Search the collection by word or phrase, name, place, occupation or other text:
Custom SearchBrowse surnames beginning with:
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | Y | ZBrowse deaths occurring in:
1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024
Send corrections and additions to this page
to the Memorable Manitobans Administrator at biographies@mhs.mb.caCriteria for Memorable Manitobans | Suggest a Memorable Manitoban | Firsts | Acknowledgements
Help us keep
history alive!
