Memorable Manitobans: William Wesley Fleming (1875-1957)

Building contractor.

Born at Moonica, Minnesota in July 1875, son of Mary Jane Fleming (1842-?), he came to Canada in 1877 and lived at Kenora (Ontario) for some time before moving to Winnipeg around 1893 and working as a building contractor until retirement in 1939. On 12 December 1919, he married schoolteacher Lena Patrick (1877-1955) at Winnipeg and they had a daughter, ? Fleming (wife of L. C. Williams). He was a member of the First Church of Christ Scientist. He died in Winnipeg on 2 March 1957 and was buried in the Chapel Lawn Memorial Gardens.

Some of his construction works in Manitoba included:

Building

Location

Year

Status

Bayview Apartments

182 Colony Street, Winnipeg

1929

 

Greysolon Apartments

136 Spence Street, Winnipeg

1930

 

Sources:

1911 Canada census, Automated Genealogy.

Marriage registration [William Wesley Fleming, Lena Patrick], Manitoba Vital Statistics.

1921 Canada census, Ancestry.

“Former school teacher, Mrs. W. Fleming, dies,” Winnipeg Free Press, 8 March 1955, page 5.

“Building contractor, W. W. Fleming dies,” Winnipeg Free Press, 4 March 1957, page 32.

Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.

We thank Jordan Makichuk for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 19 May 2023

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