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Memorable Manitobans: Harry Hirsh [Hirsch] (1880-?)

Building contractor.

Born in Russia in August 1880, he came to Canada in 1902 and worked, in the early 1910s, worked as a building contractor in Winnipeg. At the time of the 1911 census, he was married to Luba Hirsh (1882-?) and living at 67 Aikins Street, Winnipeg.

Some of his construction works in Manitoba included:

Building

Location

Year

Status

Hirsh House

143 Polson Avenue, Winnipeg

1909

 

Burrows Court

230 Salter Street, Winnipeg

1911

 

Dunedin Court

793 McMillan Avenue, Winnipeg

1911

 

Carman Apartments

423 Burrows Avenue, Winnipeg

1913

 

Sources:

1911 Canada census, Automated Genealogy.

Henderson’s Winnipeg and Brandon Directories, Peel’s Prairie Provinces, University of Alberta Libraries.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 15 April 2023

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