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Memorable Manitobans: Joshua Calloway (1830-1921)Realtor, municipal official. Born at Northemptonshire, England on 16 June 1830, he came to Winnipeg in 1879 where he opened an office as a manufacturers agent. He went into real estate at the time of the Winnipeg land boom of 1881-82 and remained in this business for the remainder of his life. He served on the Winnipeg city council as an alderman for Ward 3 in 1884, and from 1886 to 1891. He was also on the Winnipeg School Board from 1883 to 1890. He died at his Winnipeg home, 1109 Portage Avenue, on 4 October 1921. Sources:“Joshua Calloway, pioneer resident of Winnipeg, dies”, newspaper clipping. [Manitoba Legislative Library, Biographical Scrapbook B7] “Joshua Calloway, aged 91, dies at family residence, 1109 Portage Avenue”, Manitoba Free Press, 5 October 1921, page 11. Death registration, Manitoba Vital Statistics. This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough. Page revised: 31 October 2011
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