Born at Bushmills, Ireland on 17 February 1880, he was orphaned at an early age and came to Canada in 1904 where he became involved in the construction industry by building homes and offices. In 1908, he partnered with Robert Johnstone MacDonald in forming the M and M Construction Company (later known as Macaw and MacDonald). They specialized in the construction of bridges around Manitoba. On 17 January 1914, he married Sidney Frances Robinson (1890-1963) at Winnipeg and they had two children: Joan Evelyn Macaw (1920-2017, wife of Kenneth A. Miners) and Kenneth William “Ken” Macaw (1927-2016). He died at his Winnipeg home, 117 Kingsway Avenue, on 18 September 1958 and was buried in the St. John’s Cathedral Cemetery.
See also:
Manitoba Business: M and M Construction / Macaw and Macdonald
1911 Canada census, Automated Genealogy.
Birth and marriage registrations, Manitoba Vital Statistics.
1921 Canada census, Ancestry.
“Joan Evelyn Macaw weds in grandmother’s bridal gown,” Winnipeg Tribune, 2 October 1944, page 8.
“Last rites Saturday for Arthur Macaw,” Winnipeg Free Press, 19 September 1958, page 30.
Obituary [Sidney Frances Macaw], Winnipeg Free Press, 7 March 1963, page 27.
Pioneering in Highway Bridges for the Province of Manitoba and the Engineering Profession by George A. DePauw, 1993, page 12.
Obituary [Kenneth William Macaw], Winnipeg Free Press, July 2016.
Obituary [Joan Evelyn Miners], Gerald A. Smith Funeral Home.
We thank Nathan Kramer and Sidney Macaw for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 7 July 2023
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