Business manager.
Born William Robert Elgin Garvin at Dauphin on 1 December 1902, son of Robert Garvin (1870-1960) and Emma Jane Glass (1870-1955), he was educated in Winnipeg. He worked for Breen Motors, rising to become its President. In 1945, he married Nora Gertrude Jenkins (1903-1984). They had no children. He died at Vancouver, British Columbia on 12 March 1981 and was buried in the Masonic Cemetery there.
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Breen Motor Company Building (245 Main Street, Winnipeg)
Manitoba Sites of Manitoba: Garvin House (40 Middle Gate, Winnipeg)
Birth registration, Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Obituary [Emma Jane Garvin], Winnipeg Tribune, 3 December 1955, page 35.
Obituary [Robert Garvin], Winnipeg Tribune, 29 March 1960, page 12.
Death registrations, British Columbia Vital Statistics.
Obituary [Nora Gertrude Garvin], Winnipeg Free Press, 26 May 1984, page 41.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 28 August 2020
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