Memorable Manitobans: Frederick “Fred” Hinds (1864-1935)

Frederick Hinds Click to enlarge

Carpenter, building contractor.

Born at Brussels, Ontario on 6 April 1864, he worked as a stone mason before moving to Winnipeg where he was a carpenter and building contractor in partnership with Richard Mitchell in the firm of Hinds and Mitchell. He also worked alone or with other contractors. From 1904 to 1914, he was a leading member of the Winnipeg Builders’ Exchange.

On 30 December 1891, he married Isabella “Bella” Matheson (1867-1917) at Brussels and they subsequently had four children: Frederick Ellsworth “Fred” Hinds (1894-?), Jean Audrey “Jennie” Hinds (1896-?, wife of William Roy Boutillier), Violet Yuell Hinds (1898-?, wife of Frederick James Wise Smith), and Robert Hinds (1900-?). The family lived at 702 McMillan Avenue (c1911) and 100 Martin Avenue (c1935). In 1916, at the age of 52, he enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Force, serving as a Private in the 200th Battalion, by under-reporting his age by eight years.

He died at St. Boniface on 24 November 1935 and was buried in the Brookside Cemetery.

Some of his construction work in Manitoba, done by himself or in partnership with other contractors, included:

Building	Location	Year	Status
Northland Knitting Building	618 Arlington Street, Winnipeg	1912
St. Margaret’s Anglican Church (with Peter MacKissock)	160 Ethelbert Street, Winnipeg	1912
Vallance House (Victor E. Vallance)	824 Grosvenor Avenue, Winnipeg	1912-1913
Zion Methodist Church	50 First Street, Roland, RM of Roland	1912-1913
Snowden House (Joseph Snowden)	371 Kingston Crescent, Winnipeg	1913
Radisson Apartments	486 Sherbrook Street, Winnipeg	1914

See also:

Manitoba Business: Hinds and Mitchell

Sources:

Ontario marriage registration, Ancestry.

City of Winnipeg Building Permit 2224/1909 [Ross House Basement & Repairs], City of Winnipeg Archives.

1911 Canada census, Automated Genealogy.

“F. Hinds - Vice-President of Builders’ Exchange,” Manitoba Free Press, 24 August 1912, page 9.

Attestation papers [Frederick Elsworth Hinds], Canadian Expeditionary Force, Library and Archives Canada.

Obituary [Isabell Hinds], Winnipeg Tribune, 17 February 1917, page 3.

Marriage and death registrations, Manitoba Vital Statistics.

Obituary, Winnipeg Tribune, 26 November 1935, page 2.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Jordan Makichuk.

Page revised: 3 February 2025

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