George Mitchell

1867 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	George Mitchell
  Born	23 Jul 1867	, Banffshire, Scotland   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1902	Birtle, , Manitoba, Canada
  	hardware store owner
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-117742
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Person ID	I117742	Generations
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2025

  
  

  Father	John Mitchell,   b. 30 May 1830, , Scotland ,   d. 30 Nov 1887  (Age 57 years)
  Mother	Ann Forbes,   b. 1 Aug 1831, , Scotland ,   d. 11 May 1904, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 72 years)
  Family ID	F7817	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Memorable Manitobans: George Mitchell (1867-?) Farmer, merchant. Born at Banffshire, Scotland on 23 July 1867, son of John Mitchell and Ann Forbes, the family emigrated to Canada in 1873, settling in Waterloo Country, Ontario. He attended local schools until the age of 16 when he returned to work on the farm. In 1891 he went to Manitoba and worked in the milling business for ten years. He moved to Birtle in 1902 and bought an interest in a hardware store. On 30 March 1904, he married Evelina Laidman. They had a daughter, Evelyn Mitchell. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church. Sources: The Story of Manitoba by F. H. Schofield, Winnipeg: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1913. This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough. Goldsborough, G. (2019). Memorable Manitobans: George Mitchell (1867-?). Mhs.mb.ca. Retrieved 8 June 2019, from https://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/people/mitchell_g.shtml

  
  

• Sources

  [S130] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1881, Div. 4 Page 30.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 23 Jul 1867 - , Banffshire, Scotland Occupation - hardware store owner - 1902 - Birtle, , Manitoba, Canada  = Link to Google Earth