Born at Ecclefechan, Scotland in October 1881, he came to Winnipeg in 1904 and worked as a general contractor. He and wife Jemima “Mima” Booth (1877-1953, sister-in-law of James Bertram Mitchell) had a daughter, school teacher Muriel Jean McLellan Gass (1912-1988). The family lived at 674 McMillan Avenue (?-1954). He was a member of First Presbyterian Church, St. Andrews Society, and Granite Curling Club. He died at the Misericordia Hospital on 9 February 1954 and was buried in the Brookside Cemetery.
Some of his construction works in Manitoba included:
Building
Location
Year
Status
45 East Gate, Winnipeg
1930
1015 Wellington Crescent, Winnipeg
1932
Demolished (2022)
CKY Radio Building
Headingley
1934
Equipment Depot No. 2 (renovation)
1569 Orange Street, Winnipeg
1935
Manitoba Telephone System Building (renovation)
166 Portage Avenue East, Winnipeg
1936
Red Indian Service Station (addition)
506 Academy Road, Winnipeg
1936
Demolished (?)
Red Indian Service Station (addition)
667 Osborne Street, Winnipeg
1936
Demolished (?)
Red Indian Service Station (addition)
510 Sargent Avenue, Winnipeg
1936
Demolished (?)
1911 Canada census, Automated Genealogy.
Birth registration [Muriel Jean McLellan Gass], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
“Buried today [Mrs. Mary M. Booth],” Winnipeg Tribune, 10 April 1935, page 10.
“First two house permits of the year; Permits since Jan 1 stands at $173,600,” Winnipeg Free Press, 2 May 1936 , page 34.
Obituary [Mima Gass], Winnipeg Free Press, 29 April 1953, page 44.
“City contractor, J. B. Gass, dies in hospital,” Winnipeg Free Press, 10 February 1954, page 24.
Henderson’s Winnipeg and Brandon Directories, Henderson Directories Limited, Peel’s Prairie Provinces, University of Alberta Libraries.
Death registration [Muriel Gass], British Columbia Vital Statistics.
We thank Jordan Makichuk for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 2 April 2024
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