Police magistrate.
Born at Shoal Lake on 27 June 1885, son of William M. Ingersoll (1856-1912) and Elizabeth G. Ball (?-1890), he was educated at Shoal Lake and at St. Catharines, Ontario, leaving the Central High School at the age of 14. He subsequently learned steam engineering then farmed for eight years before being appointed a provincial police magistrate at Shoal Lake, taking over from his late father. He was also involved in real estate transactions, at Shoal Lake and in Saskatchewan. On 8 October 1912, he married Helen Ryan (?-?) at Winnipeg. He was a member of the Independent Order of Foresters and Anglican Church. He died at Long Beach, California in February 1951 and was buried in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park.
The Story of Manitoba by F. H. Schofield, Winnipeg: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1913.
Obituary, Long Beach Press-Telegram, 9 February 1951, page B10.
We thank Darryl Toews for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
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