Isaiah R. Strome^{[1, 2]}

1852 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	Isaiah R. Strome
  Born	7 Oct 1852	Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1881	Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada   [3]
  Occupation	1886	Brandon, , Manitoba, Canada   [3]
  	merchant
  Residence	1903	Brandon, , Manitoba, Canada
  Eby ID Number	00120-7494
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Person ID	I20718	Generations
  Last Modified	25 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	John R. Strome,   b. 12 Feb 1810, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 19 Aug 1865, Fisher Mills, (Cambridge) Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 55 years)
  Mother	Nancy R. "Annie" Rosenberger,   b. 7 May 1812, , Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. 13 Jul 1903, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 91 years)
  Married	31 Mar 1831  [4]
  Family ID	F4247	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Ann Pfeifer,   b. 1859, Glen Allan, Peel Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	16 Jan 1883  [3]
  Last Modified	26 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F5126	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  Isaish R. Strome https://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/people/strome_ir.shtml

  
  

• Notes

  Isaiah Strome, "is married to Mary Ann Pfeffer. They reside in Brandon, Manitoba." Eby, Ezra E. (1895). A biographical history of Waterloo township and other townships of the county: being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character. Berlin [Kitchener, Ont.]: [s.n.]. ______________ Isaiah R. Strome (1852-) Merchant, businessman. Born in Blenheim Township, Ontario on 7 October 1852, son of John Root and Mary Rosenburg, he worked on his family farm in the summer and attended school in the winter. At the age of 18 years he left home and spent two years working as a clerk in a fruit store at Galt, Ontario. He worked in a general store at harrison, Ontario from 1876 to 1881 when he came to Winnipeg. He worked for a year in the wholesale dry goods firm of Stobart, Sons & Company then he formed a business partnership with A. Kennedy and purchased the book store of H. S. Donaldson & Brother. He sold his interest to his partner in 1883 and purchase the dry goods business of Logan & Henderson at Portage la Prairie. He operated the business for two years under the name of Strome & Henderson . He bought out his partner then, in 1886, he moved to Brandon and established the dry goods business of Strome & Whitelow. He bought the dry goods firm of Paisley, Miller & Carscaden and dissolved his own business. In 1890 he established the Brandon Electric Light Company and was its president as of 1897. The company operated a hydroelectric dam on the Little Saskatchewan River that provided power to businesses and homes in Brandon. He owned the resort area of Lake Clementi south of Brandon, and he established branches of his dry goods business at Rapid City and Wapella. In 1882 he married Mary I. Peffers of Glenallan, Ontario. They had five children: Jessie Dunbar, Bertha Maud, Ivan Roy, Charles Merle, and Vivian Ruth. He served as a Brandon city alderman for nine years and chair of its finance committee. He was a member of the Brandon Board of Trade. A History of Manitoba Its Resources and People by Prof. George Bryce

  
  

• Sources

  [S10] Book - Vol II A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., 532. [S10] Book - Vol II A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., 200. [S724] Book - A History of Manitoba: Its Resources and People. [S10] Book - Vol II A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., 529.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 7 Oct 1852 - Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Residence - 1881 - Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Occupation - merchant - 1886 - Brandon, , Manitoba, Canada Residence - 1903 - Brandon, , Manitoba, Canada  = Link to Google Earth