Wright Price Garland

1859 - 1922  (63 years)

• Name	Wright Price Garland
  Birth	4 Jun 1859	Carleton County, Canada West
  Gender	Male
  Death	19 Jul 1922	Carberry, Brandon Census Division, Manitoba, Canada
  	Cause: /Paralized from falling down a stairs.
  	Born in Carleton County, Ontario on 4 June 1859, son of John Garland and Mary Ann Wright, he came to Manitoba in March 1880 and arrived by steamboat at Portage la Prairie. He remained there for three years, then moved to Grenfell, NWT [now Saskatchewan] where he stayed for four years, returning to Portage la Prairie in the fall of 1887. He worked there in partnership with his brother William Garland. In 1888, he opened a men's clothing store in Carberry. He sold the store in 1896 and invested in 960 acres of ranch land. In 1899 he sold the ranch and returned to Carberry to purchase the business of Haslam's Clothing & Furnishings. Two years later he sold out and became manager of the Sandford Manufacturing Company. In 1911 he opened a general store in partnership with his son-in-law Benjamin W. Caldwell. In 1914 he was appointed postmaster at Carberry. On 4 July 1883 he married Emily Mimack. They had four children: Olive Francis Garland, Mary Garland (Mrs. B. W. Caldwell), William Percival Garland, and Ross Garland. He was an active member of the Anglican church and the AF & AM (Carberry Lodge). A fall down stairs around 1915 left him partially paralyzed. He died at Carberry on 19 July 1922 and was buried in the Carberry Cemetery.
  Burial	Carberry Plains Cemetery, Carberry, Brandon Census Division, Manitoba, Canada
  	Address: 84 W Road, Horsham Road Carberry, Brandon Census Division, Manitoba Canada
  Person ID	I10411	The Family History of Robert Duncan a Lanark Society Settler
  Last Modified	16 Jan 2021

  
  

  Father	John James Garland,   b. 28 Mar 1814, Coolcullen Townlands, County Kilkenny, Ireland d. 15 Mar 1893, Goulbourn Township, Carleton County, Ontario, Canada (Age 78 years)
  Mother	Mary Ann Wright,   b. 1821, Moneenroe, County Kilkenny, Leister Province, Ireland d. 25 Nov 1876, Goulbourn Township, Carleton County, Canada West (Age 55 years)
  Marriage	11 Apr 1844	Dwyer Hill, Goulbourn Township, Carleton County, Ontario, Canada
  Family ID	F3428	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Emily Frances "Emma" Mimmack,   b. 2 Apr 1862, Ontario, Canada d. 1943 (Age 80 years)
  Marriage	4 Jul 1883	Portage la Prairie, Portage la Prairie Census Division, Manitoba, Canada
  Children	1. William Percival "Percy" Garland,   b. 13 Jun 1883, Rapid City, Oakview Rural Municipality, Manitoba, Canada d. 28 Aug 1950, Calgary, Calgary Census Division, Alberta, Canada (Age 67 years)   2. Olive Frances Garland,   b. 11 Feb 1884, Rapid City, Oakview Rural Municipality, Manitoba, Canada d. 4 Aug 1958, Vancouver, Greater Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia, Canada (Age 74 years)   3. Mary Irene Garland,   b. 22 Feb 1886, Portage la Prairie, Portage la Prairie Census Division, Manitoba, Canada d. 17 Nov 1971, Vancouver, Greater Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia, Canada (Age 85 years)   4. Ross Butler Garland,   b. 19 May 1893, Carberry, Brandon Census Division, Manitoba, Canada d. 4 Jun 1964, Vancouver, Greater Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia, Canada (Age 71 years)
  Family ID	F10774	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Jan 2021

  
  

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  Birth - 4 Jun 1859 - Carleton County, Canada West Marriage - 4 Jul 1883 - Portage la Prairie, Portage la Prairie Census Division, Manitoba, Canada  = Link to Google Earth