| Name |
George Allen Maybee |
| Birth |
23 May 1873 |
Woodville, Victoria County, Ontario, Canada  [1, 2] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Census |
1881 |
Eldon, Victoria County, Ontario, Canada [3] |
- George Maybee, M, M, 36, Ontario, Church of England, Irish, Trader
Abigail Maybee, F, M, 36, Ontario, Church of England, Scotch
George Maybee, M, 8, Ontario, Church of England, Irish, in school
Caroline Maybee, F, 2, Ontario, Church of England, Irish
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| Witness-Probate |
1891 [4] |
- Son George willed Lot 1,2 Con 4 Thorah Tp , and daughter Caroline willed Lot 1 Con 1 Eldon Tp, Ont and Woodville Vill Lot #6
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| Census |
7 Apr 1891 |
Woodville, Victoria County, Ontario, Canada [5] |
- Abigal Maybee, F, 47, Mar, Head, Ontario, Ontario, Ontario, Methodist
George Maybee, M, 17, Son, Ontario, Ontario, Ontario, Methodist
Carrie Maybee, F, 11, Daughter, Ontario, Ontario, Ontario, Methodist
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| Land |
Between 1897 and 1905 |
Lot 23, 24 North of John Street, Woodville, Victoria County, Ontario, Canada [4] |
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| Census |
30 Apr 1901 |
Brandon City, Manitoba, Canada [2] |
- Maybee A. George, M, W, Lodger, S, May 23 1873, 27 Ontario, Methodist, D. G. Salesman, earned $750
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| Census |
23 Jul 1906 |
Lot 551, Con 7, Brandon, Manitoba, Canada [6] |
- George Maybee, Head, M, M, 39, Ontario
Margaret Maybee, Wife, F, M, 33, Ontario
Archibald Black, Boarder, M, S, 18, Ontario
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| Census |
Jun 1911 |
108 Main Street, Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada [7] |
- Geo A Maybee, M, Head, Mar, May 1873, 38, born in Ontario, English origin, Methodist, Merchant, Store
Margaret F Maybee, F, Wife, Mar, Dec 1873, 37, born in Ontario, English origin, Methodist
Allan Wellington Maybee, M, Son, S, Oct 1910, 8/12, born in Ontario, English origin, Methodist
Nellie Curley, F, Domestic, S, Sep 1879, 31, born in Ontario, Irish origin, R. Catholic, private house
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| Census |
1916 |
321 Ross W, Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada [8] |
- George A Maybee, Head, M, M, 43, Ontario, Methodist, Canadian, Irish, Merchant, Boots Shoes
Margaret S Maybee, Wife, F, M, 42, Ontario, Methodist, Canadian, Irish
Fred G Miller, lodger, M, M, 44, Ontario, Baptist, Canadian, Scotch, Agent, Insurance
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| Memo |
1924 |
Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada [9] |
- Ambition, diligence, initiative and resourcefulness have been the four outstanding features of the exceptionally interesting career of George A. Maybee, today the president and general manager of the largest wholesale firm in Western Canada dealing in shoes and men's furnishings. Wealth and position played no part in his early career, for he was left an orphan as a young boy without any near relatives who could take the place of the father and mother he lost. His opportunities he made himself; he did not wait for them to knock. Beginning as a clerk in a store and equipped with scarcely more than the minimum of education, he has advanced steadily, though at first slowly, to a position of leadership in the trade circles of this province and has an influence that is felt throughout the Canadian west.
The son of George A and Abigild (Irish) Maybee, George A. Maybee was born on the 23d of May, 1873, in Woodville, Victoria county, Ontario, in the house in which his mother was born. Both his parents were natives of that province and lived there all of their lives. The father was a private banker and broker by occupation, a Liberal in politics and fraternally identified with the United Workmen. After the death of his parents George A. Maybee of this review was cared for by the board of the Methodist church, which had been the church of his father and mother during their lifetime. In addition to the work of the common schools he was given a two-year course in a high school, after which he set out to earn his own way in the world. His first position was that of a clerk in a general store, at which he worked for four years, following which he went to Saint Catharines and there spent four more years clerking in a shoe store, and began to learn something of the shoe trade-knowledge that was to be very valuable to him in after years. From Saint Catharines Mr. Maybee came west to Brandon and obtained a position as a clerk in a store, and after thus serving for nine months he acquired some stock in the company, starting out in a small way as a partner in the business.
Fifteen years ago he came to Moose Jaw, where he bought a third interest in the firm of Mitchell & Hembroff, which thereupon became Mitchell, Hembroff & Maybee. This was a gent's furnishing concern doing a retail business. The second year he was in the company it opened a wholesale branch, which grew to be the most important part of the business. Much of its success was due to Mr. Maybee's work as a traveling salesman, for he went on the road and represented his firm during the period that this wholesale business was being worked up. Ten years ago he bought out the interests of Mr. Mitchell and Mr. Hembroff and in 1916 disposed of the retail department in order to concentrate his entire energy upon the rapidly growing wholesale trade. He now distributes shoes and men's furnishings, exclusively, conducting the largest business of the kind in western Canada. Mr. Maybee is the president and general manager of the firm, which is capitalized at three hundred thousand dollars; Clifford Baird is vice president and sales manager; Mack Cockrane is secretary; and Robert Martyn is treasurer. In addition to these officers the name of M. S. Maybee appears on the board of directors. The concern owns its building, a four-story reinforced concrete structure of fireproof construction. In its erection all the modern scientific fireproof and fire-resisting methods of construction and materials were employed, so that it is now insured at the lowest rates in effect in the entire province. The company is, at the present time, the distributing agent for the Partridge Rubber Goods, Hurlbert Shoes, Kant Krack Kollars, Snag Proof Overalls, Lang Shirts, Hucks Gloves, Knitwell Underwear, Telford & Child's Mackinaws, Ever- wear Shoes, Tuxedo Shoes, Rhoda Shoes, and Sturdy Shoes. These lines are now carried by seven of Mr. Maybee's traveling salesmen, who are kept busy all of the time covering Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia.
On the 14th of August, 1903, Mr. Maybee was married to Miss Margaret Shearer Black of Saint Catharines, Ontario. Mrs. Maybee was educated there, where she spent most of her girlhood. Mr. and Mrs. Maybee have a son: George Edward, five years of age. The Maybees are members of the Methodist church. Mrs. Maybee is especially interested in social work for girls and young women and for several years has been the president of the local Young Women's Christian Association. Mr. Maybee's social work has been done in the Masonic order, in which he is identified with the York Rite and the Scottish Rite and he is a Noble of the Mystic Shrine, and also belongs to the independent Order of Odd Fellows, with which he has been associated for twenty-three years. His influence has been a potent factor in the development of these two fraternities along constructive lines in this city and he will ever be regarded as one of their most valuable members. He is likewise a member of the Rotary Club and the Prairie Club of Moose Jaw. Farming is his "hobby" and he takes almost as much pride in the fact that his farm is one of the finest in Saskatchewan as in his enormous business organization. The chief feature of his farm is a herd of twenty-six full-blooded Herefords, the finest in the Dominion, which are the basis of his cattle-raising activities. He raises and sells this pure-bred stock and in this connection has been active in raising the standards of farm stock throughout this section, a movement that is of no slight significance in the history of agriculture in western Canada. In all of his accomplishments one can see evidences of Mr. Maybee's outstanding ability as an executive. He possesses that rare power to in- spire confidence in others and harmonize varied interests so as to achieve cooperation on all sides. While he says, most generously, in his praise of his fellow workers, that he has the most loyal staff of assistants that any man ever had, the onlooker is a bit inclined to wonder if this exceptional loyalty is not inspired by an exceptional man
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| Census |
8 Jun 1926 |
330 Hall Street West, Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada [10] |
- George Allan Maybee, Head, Male, Married, 53, born in Ontario, father born in Ontario, mother born in Ontario, Irish origin
Margaret Shearer Maybee, Wife, Female, Married, 52, born in Ontario, father born in Scotland, mother born in Ontario, Scotch origin
George Edward Maybee, Son, Male, Single, 7, born in Saskatchewan, father born in Ontario, mother born in Ontario, Irish origin
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| Reference Number |
7383 |
| Death |
Yes, date unknown |
| Person ID |
I7341 |
Maybee Society |
| Last Modified |
7 Apr 2024 |
1873 - Yes, date unknown
