Background
Mccurdy, Wesley was born on April 2, 1881 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Son of Alexander Steele and Isabella (Downey) Mccurdy.
Mccurdy, Wesley was born on April 2, 1881 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Son of Alexander Steele and Isabella (Downey) Mccurdy.
Student Wesley College, Winnipeg, Manitoba, 1897-1900. Bachelor of Arts, Manitoba University, 1900. Honorary Doctor of Laws, Manitoba University, 1946.
Advertising clerk, Winnipeg Free Press Company, Winnipeg, 1900-1904. Advertising manager, and director, secretary-treasurer, assistant to general manager, 1913. Public The Winnipeg Tribune, 1936-1948.
Director The Southam Limited company, Montreal, Quebec.
Member Winnipeg Board of Trade (president 1933-1935), Can Camber of Commerce (vice president for Manitoba 1934, 43, 44), Aviation League of Manitoba (president 1932-1933), Canada Daily Newspapers Association (vice president 1941-1942, president 1942-1943, 1943-1944). Member Anglican Church. Clubs: Manitoba, Saint Charles Country.
Married Mabel Hortense Blake, August 3, 1912. Married second, Lottie Kathleen Salberg, August 31, 1946. Children: Isabel Jean (Mistress R. L. Sanburn), Evelyn (Mistress G. Doctorate. McKinney), Florence (Mistress G. McL. Steele), Helen.