Waterloo Region Generations
A record of the people of Waterloo Region, Ontario.

Louis J. Kennedy

Male 1871 - 1962  (90 years)


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  • Name Louis J. Kennedy 
    Born 25 Oct 1871  , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-29634 
    Died 14 Mar 1962 
    Buried Chapel Lawn Memorial Gardens, Winnipeg, , Manitoba, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I29634  Generations
    Last Modified 30 Sep 2024 

    Father Daniel Martin Kennedy,   b. 1843, , Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Mother Charlotte Ellen Hewitt,   b. 1852, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   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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