Memorable Manitobans: Raymond Marwood-Elton Carey (1883-1975)

Raymond Marwood-Elton Carey Click to enlarge

Architect.

Born at Guernsey, Channel Islands in 1883, son of Adolphus John Carey and Susan Frances Elton, he trained as an architect in Britain. He emigrated to the United States and was at Detroit, Michigan before coming to Winnipeg in 1909. He worked in partnership with John Woodman for about seven years, and designed several houses in the new Tuxedo suburb of Winnipeg.

On 18 June 1913, Carey married Dorothy Claire Heubach (1894-1969), daughter of Frederick William Heubach, at Winnipeg and they had four children: Barbara Claire Carey (1914-1968, wife of Franklin Townsend Syme), Honor Carey (1916-1998, wife of Peter Baily), Hugh Campbell Carey (?-?), and John Elton Carey (?-?). The family moved to Detroit, Michigan around 1921 and divorced in the 1930s, with Claire later marrying Winnipeg lawyer Humphry Ringler Drummond-Hay. Carey continued to work as an architect at Detroit until around 1937 when he returned to London, England. In 1947, he married again.

He died at London, England on 20 August 1975.

Some of his architectural works in Manitoba included:

Building	Location	Year	Status
Hudson’s Bay Company Wholesale Building	77 Main Street, Winnipeg	1911
Lindsay Building	228 Notre Dame Avenue, Winnipeg	1911
Hudson’s Bay Company Garage	115 Garry Street, Winnipeg	1911
Free Press Building	300 Carlton Street, Winnipeg	1911-1913
Blackwood Soda Factory Building	421 Mulvey Avenue East, Winnipeg	1912
Blackwood Pickle Factory Building	415 Mulvey Avenue East, Winnipeg	1912
Chambre House	115 West Gate, Winnipeg	1912
Clarks Brothers Warehouse	448 Hargrave Street, Winnipeg	1912
Rogers House (Robert Arthur Rogers)	Nassau Street, Winnipeg	1914
Heubach House (Claude Heubach)	64 Nassau Street, Winnipeg	1914	Demolished (1980)
Paris Building	259 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg	1915
Carey House	121 Park Boulevard, Winnipeg	1915
Stovel Printing Building	365 Bannatyne Avenue, Winnipeg	1916
Moss House	218 Roslyn Road, Winnipeg	1917
Union Bank Building	409 Selkirk Avenue, Winnipeg	1917
Children’s Hospital Nurses’ Residence	131 Aberdeen Avenue, Winnipeg	1918

See also:

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Carey House (121 Park Boulevard, Winnipeg)

Sources:

“Carey – Heubach,” Winnipeg Tribune, 19 June 1913, page 7.

Marriage registration [Raymond Marwood Elton Carey, Dorothy Claire Heubach], Manitoba Vital Statistics.

Birth registrations [Barbara Claire Carey, Honor Carey, Hugh Campbell Carey], Manitoba Vital Statistics.

“R. Carey,” Detroit Free Press, 9 September 1923, page 33.

Marriage registrations [Barbara Claire Carey, Franklin Townsend Syme], Manitoba Vital Statistics.

“Weddings,” Winnipeg Free Press, 21 April 1934, page 18.

[Honor Carey engagement], Winnipeg Tribune, 28 June 1938, page 8.

Obituary [Dorothy Claire Drummond-Hay], Winnipeg Free Press, 8 July 1969, page 28.

“Park place,” Winnipeg Free Press, 27 May 2006, page 85.

Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Canada: 1800-1950.

Winnipeg Building Index.

Carey family genealogy, Geni.com.

We thank Jordan Makichuk for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Robert Hill.

Page revised: 18 November 2024

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