In May, 1876, Senator Forget married Miss Maria Raymond, a
daughter of Gustav A. Raymond of Montreal. They were the parents
of five children: Loulou, now Mrs. W. W. Skinner; Raymond, who
died at the age of four years; Blanche, now Mrs. Guy Boyer;
Marguerite; and Pauline. The two younger daughters accompanied
their parents abroad and the family was sojourning at Nice when
Senator Forget passed away, April 7, 1911.
CHARLES M. BLACK.
Thorough preparatory training and broadening experience well
qualify Charles M. Black for the important and responsible duties
that devolve upon him as secretary and treasurer of the insurance
brokerage firm of R. Howard & Company of Montreal. He has many
friends in this city, to whom his life record will prove of
interest. He was born in Winnipeg in 1890, a son of William Allan
Black and a grandson of Charles R. and Elizabeth (Hall) Black, of
Montreal. There is a mingled strain of English and Scotch blood
in his veins. The birth of William A. Black occurred in Montreal,
November 17, 1862. His education was acquired in the schools of
his native city, and for some years he was in the service of the
Grand Trunk and Canadian Pacific Railway Companies. In 1882 he
went to Manitoba and the following year became connected with
the Ogilvie Milling Company, one of the foremost enterprises of
that character in the country. Gradually in that connection he
worked his way upward and in 1902 was appointed general manager
of the western division, while in 1910 he was elected one of
the directors of the company. Still further promotion has come
to him in his election as vice president and managing director
of the Ogilvie Flour Mills Company. He is likewise a member of
the Winnipeg Board of Trade, a councillor of the Winnipeg Grain
and Produce Exchange and a member of the grain survey and grain
standard boards. He is likewise a director of the Home Savings &
Investment Company, Molson’s Bank and Larose Consolidated Mines
and is managing director of the Kaministiquia Power Company and
president of the Manitoba Cold Storage Company. He belongs to
the Winnipeg and Manitoba Clubs. He was married in 1888 to Mary
Campbell, daughter of Alexander McEwan, of Edinburgh, Scotland.
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