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George Allen Maybee

Male 1873 - Yes, date unknown

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  • Name George Allen Maybee 
    Birth 23 May 1873  Woodville, Victoria County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Gender Male 
    Ancestor Interest MEDIUM 
    No Name 1881  Eldon, Victoria County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    • George Allen Maybee appeared on the census of 1881 in the
      household of George Allen Maybee and Abigail Irish Eldon,
      Victoria County, Ontario, Canada
    No Name 1891  [3] 
    • George Allen Maybee was mentioned when George Allen Maybee 's
      will was probated 1891 . "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"
    No Name 1891  Woodville Village, Victoria County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    • George Allen Maybee appeared on the census of 1891 in the
      household of Abigail Irish Woodville Village, Victoria County,
      Ontario, Canada
    Land Between 1897 and 1905  Lot 23, 24 North of John Street, Woodville, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    • owned
    Census 1901  Brandon City, , Manitoba, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    • 13 Maybee A. George lodger May 23 1873 Ontario
    No Name 1911  Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    • George Allen Maybee and Margaret Shearer Black appeared on the
      census of 1911 Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada20 Maybee Geo A M
      Head M May 1873 38 1901
      21 Maybee Margaret F F Wife M Dec 1873 37 1901
      22 Maybee Allan Wellington M Son S Oct 1910 8/12m
    Memo 1924  Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    • 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 stead- ily, 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
    No Name 1924  Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    • George Allen Maybee 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
      stead- ily, 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 1924
      Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada
    Death Yes, date unknown 
    Notes 
    • From the Maybee Society files. Not all data is verified. Say dates are estimates and are probably within 20 years. The Maybee Society keeps its data on The Master Genealogist�, and has been modified by Gary Hester?s WIT2NOTE� to form the GedCom file. This information is also available in a TMG file.
    Person ID I35769  Glenn Cook Family
    Last Modified 30 Nov 2006 

    Father George Allen Maybee,   b. 1843, Woodville, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Aug 1891, Eldon Township, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 48 years) 
    Mother Abigail Irish,   b. 1846, Woodville, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Dec 1893, Woodville, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 47 years) 
    Marriage 21 Jul 1868  Ontario County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    • George Maybee, b. Canada, res: Woodville, 24 s/o Tobias Maybee
      & Abigail, married Abigail Irish, 22, b. Canada, Res:
      Woodville, Eldryde? Irish & Margaret Jane, 21 Jul 1868,
      Ontario Co., Ontario
    Census 1871  Mariposa Township, Victoria County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    • 7, George Mabee, M, 26, M, Ontario, Ch of England, Inn Keeper
      8, Abigail Mabee, F, 27, M
      9, Minnie Mabee, F,, 1, S
      10, Isaac Walton, M, 45, England, Labourer
      Tenant Lot 6, Concession 15, 3 acres; 1 horse, 1 colt, 2 cows,
      1 swine
    Census 1881  Eldon, Victoria County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    • George Maybee, M, M, 36, Irish, Ontario, , Trader, , Church of
      England
      Abigail Maybee, F, M, 36, Scottish, Ontario, , , , Church of
      England
      George Maybee, M, , 8, Irish, Ontario, , , , Church of England
      Caroline Maybee, F, , 2, Irish, Ontario, , , , Church of
      England
    Family ID F551605980  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family   
    Marriage 19 Aug 1903  Saint Catherines, Lincoln County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    • George Allan Maybee, 30, merchant, Woodsville, Brandon Man.,
      s/o George A. Maybee & Abigail Irish, married Margaret Shearer
      Black, not given, Ontario, St. Catharines, d/o J. K. Black &
      Magdalene Crane, witn: Lolla Crane of Petrolia & W. A. Black of
      St. Catharines
    Census 1906  Brandon, Manitoba, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    • Maybee, George, Husband, M, M, 39, Ontario
      Maybee, Margaret, Wife, F, M, 33, Ontario
      Black, Archibald, Boarder, M, S, 18, Ontario
    Census 1911  Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    • 20 Maybee Geo A M Head M May 1873 38 1901
      21 Maybee Margaret F F Wife M Dec 1873 37 1901
      22 Maybee Allan Wellington M Son S Oct 1910 8/12m
    Family ID F551605996  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 30 Nov 2006 

  • Sources 
    1. [S1233] Barbara Miller, Barbara Millar, THE STORY OF SASKATCHEWAN AND ITS PEOPLE. VOLUME 3, BY JOHN HAWKES,; PPUBLISHER: CHICAGO, ILLINOIS: CLARKE, 1924, PGS.1610 1611 1612 1625 (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S1271] Steve Mabie, Steve Mabie's Canadian census, 1881 CENSUS; ELDON, VICTORIA NORTH, ONTARIO, CANADA; SOURCE: FHL FILM 1375879 NAC C-13243 DIST 130 SUBDIST A DIV 1 PAGE 50 FAMILY 222 (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S1244] Douglas Cameron Mabee, MS 177 - Douglas Cameron Mabee, (dmab@allstream.net).

    4. [S1233] Barbara Miller, Barbara Millar, 1891 CENSUS 120O FAMILY 009 ONTARIO. VICTORIA NORTH,.WOODVILLE VILLAGE P3 FILM T6373 LDS1465798 (Reliability: 3).

    5. [S1233] Barbara Miller, Barbara Millar, 1901 CANADIAN CENSUS: BRANDON CITY, BRANDON DISTRICT, MANITOBA; FILM #: T-6431 DIVISION # 9, PAGE # 15, FAMILY # 139 (Reliability: 3).

    6. [S1233] Barbara Miller, Barbara Millar, 1911 / SASKATCHEWAN / MOOSEJAW / 123 MOOSEJAW / PAGE 11/FAMILY 88 (Reliability: 3).

    7. [S1233] Barbara Miller, Barbara Millar, MARRIAGES ONTARIO COUNTY (Reliability: 3).

    8. [S1271] Steve Mabie, Steve Mabie's Canadian census, 1871 CANADIAN CENSUS, UPPER CANADA (ONTARIO), VICTORIA COUNTY, MARIPOSA TOWNSHIP, DISTRICT 1; REFERENCE: FILM C 9980, PAGE 56 (Reliability: 3).

    9. [S1233] Barbara Miller, Barbara Millar, ONTARIO MARRIAGES 012179-1903 (LINCOLN CO.) (Reliability: 3).

    10. [S1233] Barbara Miller, Barbara Millar, 1906 CENSUS OF CANADA FOR MANITOBE, DISTRICT #1 (BRANDON), SUBDISTRICT #19E, PAGE 41, P.O. 7, SEC/WARD 7, HOUSEHOLD 319/329 (Reliability: 3).



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