Henry Bruce Gordon

1855 - 1931  (75 years)

• Name	Henry Bruce Gordon
  Born	23 Dec 1855	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1861	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Laborer
  Residence	1861	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	E. N. C.
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-273887
  Died	21 Apr 1931	Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
  Buried	St. Johns Cathedral Cemetery, Winnipeg, , Manitoba, Canada
  Person ID	I273887	Generations
  Last Modified	6 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	John Gordon,   b. 14 May 1807, Aberdeen, , Aberdeen, Scotland ,   d. 23 Mar 1893, Winterbourne, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 85 years)
  Mother	Frances "Ann" "Franny" Martin,   b. 1810, Felpham, , Sussex, England ,   d. 14 Dec 1888, Stratford, Perth Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 78 years)
  Family ID	F232866	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

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• Notes

  Memorable Manitobans: Henry Bruce Gordon (1855-1931) Wholesale grocer. Born in Waterloo County, Ontario on 23 December 1855, son of John and Frances Gordon, he was educated at Ontario schools then came to Manitoba in 1882. He joined the firm of Thomson, Codville & Company in 1883, working as a buyer for a number of years. He was Second Vice-President when the joint stock company was formed and President from 1916. He was President of the Dominion Wholesale Grocers Guild from 1914 to 15, President of the Manitoba and Saskatchewan Grocers Association for twelve years, and President of the Winnipeg Board of Trade from 1911 to 1912. On 3 August 1887, he married Alma L. Douglass at Winnipeg. They had no children. He was a founding member of the St. Charles Country Club. Liberal. Anglican. He died at his Winnipeg home, 77 Wilmot Place, on 21 April 1931 and was buried in St. John's Cemetery. Sources: Marriage registration, Manitoba Vital Statistics. The Story of Manitoba by F. H. Schofield, Winnipeg: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1913. Pioneers and Prominent People of Manitoba, Winnipeg: Canadian Publicity Company, 1925. "H. Bruce Gordon, pioneer, succumbs", Manitoba Free Press, 22 April 1931, page 1. Page revised: 4 April 2010 Goldsborough, G. (2019). Memorable Manitobans: Henry Bruce Gordon (1855-1931). Mhs.mb.ca. Retrieved 8 June 2019, from https://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/people/gordon_hb.shtml

  
  

• Sources

  [S915] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1861, Township of Woolwich 1861 Div. 7 Page 62.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 23 Dec 1855 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Laborer - 1861 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - E. N. C. - 1861 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 21 Apr 1931 - Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Buried - - St. Johns Cathedral Cemetery, Winnipeg, , Manitoba, Canada  = Link to Google Earth