Louis J. Kennedy

1871 - 1962  (90 years)

• Name	Louis J. Kennedy
  Born	25 Oct 1871	, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Gender	Male
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-29634
  Died	14 Mar 1962
  Buried	Chapel Lawn Memorial Gardens, Winnipeg, , Manitoba, Canada
  Person ID	I29634	Generations
  Last Modified	25 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Daniel Martin Kennedy,   b. 1843, , Ireland ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Charlotte Ellen Hewitt,   b. 1852, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F51216	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Memorable Manitobans: Louis J. Kennedy (1871-1962) Dry goods merchant. Born at Waterloo, Ontario on 25 October 1871, son of Daniel Martin Kennedy and Charlotte Ellen Hewett, brother of William T. Kennedy, he was educated at St. Mary's School (Toronto) and De La Salle Institute. He joined his father's lumber manufacturing business of Kennedy Brothers (Toronto) then went to the Colorado Gold Rush where he worked in building, contracting, and mining. His first experience in the dry good business occurred in 1895. He joined Marshall Fields of Chicago in 1897, returning to Toronto to the T. Eaton Company in 1898. He came to Winnipeg in 1900 and joined the staff of Gaults Limited in June 1900. By 1922 he had acquired the assets of the company and was President and General Manager. He was also a Director of Northern Shirt Company and had interests in farmland and livestock throughout western Canada. He was a member of the Carleton Club, St. Charles Country Club, and Rotary Club. He resided at 1234 Wellington Crescent for many years. He died at the St. Boniface Sanatorium on 14 March 1962 and was buried in Chapel Lawn Memorial Gardens. Sources: "Men of Winnipeg in Diamond Jubilee Sketches," Winnipeg Free Press, December 1934. [Winnipeg Elite Study, G. Friesen Fonds, Mss 154, Box 15, File 8, University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections] Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 15 March 1962, page 30. This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough. Page revised: 2 January 2017 Goldsborough, G. (2019). Memorable Manitobans: Louis J. Kennedy (1871-1962). Mhs.mb.ca. Retrieved 9 June 2019, from https://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/people/kennedy_lj.shtml

  
  

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  Born - 25 Oct 1871 - , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Chapel Lawn Memorial Gardens, Winnipeg, , Manitoba, Canada  = Link to Google Earth