Draughtsman.
Born at Poole, Dorset, England in 1885, he came to Canada in 1908. A surveyor, he was chief draughtsman of the Winnipeg City Surveyor’s Department. He served as Secretary (?-?) and President (1952) of the Association of Manitoba Land Surveyors. He and wife Fredrica Alleyn Holloway (1901-2003) had no children. He died at the Misericordia Hospital on 9 May 1977.
His articles for the Manitoba Historical Society:
An Early Manitoba Diary: J. W. Harris’ Private Account of Events and Personalities Mainly in Winnipeg, 1869 to 1922
MHS Transactions, Series 3, 1946-1947 Season
Birth registration [Fredrica Alleyn Holloway], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
1931 Canada census, Ancestry.
Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 10 May 1977, page 30.
Fredrica Alleyn Eaton, Campbell River Mirror, 13 May 2003.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 15 February 2026
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