Memorable Manitobans: William Alfred Clark (1871-1944)

Building contractor.

Born in Quebec on 17 March 1871, he came to Winnipeg around 1903 and worked as a building contractor. He and wife Adelaide Beatrice Bertrand (1875-1947) had two children: Leonard Clark (1902-?) and Cleo Mabel Clark (1905-1976, wife of John Alexander Norris). The family lived at 168 Arlington Street. He died at Winnipeg on 10 January 1944 and was buried in the Elmwood Cemetery.

Some of his construction works in Manitoba included:

Building

Location

Year

Status

Oakland Apartments

911 Westminster Avenue, Winnipeg

1928

 

Alameda Court

165 Ruby Street, Winnipeg

1929

 

Sources:

1911 Canada census, Automated Genealogy.

1921 Canada census, Ancestry.

Death registrations [Jean Elizabeth Fisher, William Alfred Clark, Adelaide Beatrice Clark], Manitoba Vital Statistics.

Obituary [William Alfred Clark], Winnipeg Tribune, 10 January 1944, page 5.

Obituary [Aldelaide Beatrice Clark], Winnipeg Tribune, 7 October 1947, page 19.

Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 5 March 2022

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