Born in Iceland on 10 November 1884, son of Andrjes [Andres] Davidson (c1856-1950) and Steinunn Andrjes Davidson (1854-1931), he came to Canada around 1904, living at Gimli before working as a building contractor within Winnipeg. In partnership with his brother-in-law Metusalem Jonsson Thorarinson, he built some 200 residences around Winnipeg before switching to apartment blocks in the 1920s. He lived at 328 Oak Street (c1926-1938). He died at the Misericordia Hospital on 21 October 1938 and was interred in a family mausoleum in the Riverside Cemetery.
Some of his construction works in Manitoba included:
Building
Location
Year
Status
36 Navy Way, Winnipeg
1926
445 Kennedy Street, Winnipeg
1927
303 Assiniboine Avenue, Winnipeg
1929
Death registrations [Steinunn Andrjes Davidson, Viglundur Andrjes Davidson], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
1926 Canada census, Library and Archives Canada.
“Notice,” Manitoba Free Press, 10 October 1925, page 15.
“Mrs. S. Davidson, native of Iceland, passes away,” Winnipeg Free Press, 3 April 1931, page 10.
Obituary, Winnipeg Tribune, 22 October 1938, page 19.
Death notice, Winnipeg Tribune, 24 October 1938, page 16.
Winnipeg estate files (ATG 0025A), #26619 Wiglundur Davidson, GR4868, Archives of Manitoba.
“Contractor leaves $153,509 estate,” Winnipeg Tribune, 23 December 1938, page 3.
Obituary [Andres Davidson], Winnipeg Free Press, 2 February 1950, page 28.
“Early Icelandic builders in Winnipeg” by S. Aleck Thorarinson, Logberg Heimskringla, 30 March 1967, page 7.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Nathan Kramer.
Page revised: 1 June 2022
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